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From the Iris Festival to ArtFields to the Striped Bass Festival and more, everything you need to know

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about from the lake us PUBLISHER Vince Johnson EDITOR Kayla Robins COPY EDITORS Melanie Smith Rhonda Barrick WRITERS Adrienne Sarvis Bruce Mills Ivy Moore Sharron Haley COLUMNISTS Dan Geddings PHOTOGRAPHY Micah Green PUBLICATION DESIGNERS Cary Howard

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For the art enthusiasts in the crowd, two events – ArtFields, a citywide exhibit in Lake City, and The Wall That Heals traveling exhibit honoring Vietnam veterans – are sure to be worthwhile.

Spring may be synonymous with festivals and getting outside, but we still have some stories for you about interesting and unique people living around us, from the Clarendon County coroner’s trip to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to an auctioneer in Sumter who is the best in the state.

So, flip through these pages – maybe while sitting out in the sun – and invite your friends and family to go with you to these events. We’ll see you out there.

Blooming beauties highlight weekend at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens

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And just like that, spring is here.

If sometimes still the weather is deceiving, our calendar is not. The next couple months are jam-packed with festivals, events and any excuse to get outside.

From Clarendon to Sumter to the center of Wateree, there’s going to be something for everyone, from art exhibits and iris displays to celebrating veterans to catching catfish in the lake to parades, amusement rides, good food and music and better company.

We’re excited to tell you all about these and more upcoming festivals, including the Iris Festival in Sumter, King Kat Tournament in Camden, Striped Bass Festival in Clarendon County and Puddin’ Swamp Festival in Turbeville.

I’ve still been here for less than a year, so all these springtime activities are new to me. I’m looking forward to checking them out, because I’ve been

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The 7th Annual BBQ Cook-Off benefit for the Boy Scouts will be held Friday-Saturday, April 6-7, at American Legion Post 15, 34 S. Artillery Drive. Wing ding will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday with live entertainment provided by the Jus Tru Blac Band. Saturday will feature pork barbecue tasting from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with live entertainment provided by the Swift Creek Band. Tickets can be purchased at http://sumterbbq.com. For additional information and updates on the event, like the Facebook page at "2018 Boy Scout BBQ Sumter SC." Contact Glenn Button at (803) 983-9934 or glenn.button@yahoo.com.

Who knew that Nikola Tesla’s electrical coils would or could be used as musical instruments? ArcAttack did! Having made it to the semi-finals on “America’s Got Talent,” ArcAttack has wowed people across the nation and globe with their unique musical production.

You won’t want to miss ArcAttack’s electric performance combining Tesla coil music, guitars, a robot drummer, high voltage stunts, and educational outreach at 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, at the Sumter Opera House. This show is recommended for school grades 6 through 12.

Festival on the Avenue, celebrating the South Sumter community through performances and events reflecting both traditional African and African-American art forms, will be held Thursday-Saturday, April 12-14. Events as follows: 7 p.m. Thursday, An Evening of Elegance -- Remembering the Past, Mount Zion Family Life Center; Friday, Seventh Annual Golf Tournament, Crystal Lakes Golf Course; 6-9 4 APRIL - MAY 2018 | LAKESIDE

p.m. Friday, Taste of Soul on the Avenue with live music, South Sumter Farmer’s Market; and 10 a.m. Saturday, Festival on the Avenue Parade begins at the corner of South Main and Bartlette streets, followed by food, music and family fun until 4 p.m. on Manning Avenue.

Need more information? Visit www.festivalontheave.org, email festivalontheavenue@gmail. com or call (803) 262-6595.

the show is a big-haired, big laugh comedy about some bodacious Southern women who will stop at nothing to get what they want – whether it’s getting their daughter into the gates of Gamecock Heaven, finding middle-aged stardom in a zombie movie or just saying “Yes, ma’am” to a fresh box of Krispy Kreme! The show is recommended for ages 14 and up. Visit www.sumteroperahouse.com.

The annual Earth Day Celebration will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 14, at Swan Lake Iris Gardens off of Garden Street.

There will be live music, a variety of entertainment, green activities for children, food, beverages and fun.

Old McCaskill Farm will hold its annual Sheep Shearing day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 21. Take the family out to visit a working farm and see the sheep get their annual “wool” cut. In addition to the shearing, other activities will include the border collie demonstration, blacksmith at work, spinner, weaver and quilters, and more. The farm is located at 377 Cantey Lane, Rembert. Admission is $5 per person; children under age 2 are admitted for free. Call (803) 432-9537 or visit www.oldmccaskillfarm.com.

Are you a car enthusiast? Be sure to mark your calendar for the 6th Annual Rust & Dust Car Show from 4 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, at Cut Rate Soda Fountain, 32 S. Main St. If you haven’t had a good laugh lately, you will definitely want to see the satirical comedy “A Southern Girl’s Got to Have It” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, at the Sumter Opera House. Performed by The Hot Mess Players,

Don’t miss all you can eat shrimp at the Annual Shrimp Feast from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, at the Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St. Tickets: $30

for members; $40 for public; or $45 at the door (if available). Call (803) 775-0908 or visit www.sumtercountymuseum.org.

The biggest monster truck show in South Carolina, S.C. Monster Truck Madness, will be held Friday-Saturday, May 4-5, at the American Legion Fairgrounds.

There will be several food and drink options available as well as authentic monster truck merchandise. Admission ticket includes access to the pit party/autograph session from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday or noon to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Advance tickets on sale: $12 for ages 3-12; $15 for adults; and children age 2 and under get in for free. Ticket prices increase at the gate and will be cash only. Visit https://www. facebook.com/events/1792659911031112/ for information.

Sumter’s premier, must attend event, Derby Day Sumter will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in downtown Sumter. Derby Day Sumter brings the excitement and pageantry of the Kentucky Derby to downtown Sumter.

Enjoy an evening of Southern grace, charm and hospitality with food, derby fashion, live music, and beer and wine. Fancy hats, party dresses, bow ties and seersucker will be all the rage at this memorable event! Proceeds benefit the United Way of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties. Visit www.derbydaysumter.com.

The Downtown Sumter Microbrew Festival is back! Mark your calendars for Friday, May 11, 6-9 p.m., in downtown Sumter. This year will feature more than 20 microbrews and craft beers to try at various downtown tasting locations and entertainment provided by DJ Lady Diamond. Visit www.sumtermicrobrewfestival. org to purchase tickets.

Turbeville, will be held April 12-14, featuring vendors, carnival rides, music and more. Call (843) 659-2781, visit www.puddinswamp.com or look for Puddin’ Swamp Festival on Facebook.

The Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) BFL S.C. Division tournament will be held on April 14 at John C. Land Landing. Call (803) 435-4405.

Indulge your passion for the arts, yard sales, flea markets, plant sales, food, games and more by attending the Summerton Super Saturday event on April 14 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The town will host a flea market from 8 to 11 a.m. Chicken or barbecue pork plates will be available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children’s games, a corn hole tournament, live music and auctions will all be found on Cantey-Sprott Street, just behind Main Street. Visit www. lakemarionartisans.com.

An annual celebration of spring, a tribute to the beauty of Clarendon County, and a special salute to the striped bass, the Clarendon County Striped Bass Festival weekend will begin on Friday, April 20, with a street dance and carnival rides. Saturday’s events begin with the annual parade at 10 a.m., followed by crafts, food, vendors to purchase items from, and more. For more details about the fun-filled family event, call (803) 435-4405 or visit www. clarendoncounty.com/striped-bass-festival.

The Santee Cooper Open Team Fishing Tournament will begin at safelight on Saturday, April 21, at the John C. Land Landing.

Weigh-in will begin at 3 p.m. Call (803) 4354405 for details.

Relay for Life of Clarendon County will be held on Friday, May 4, at Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Highway, Manning. For details, contact Meredith Garris at (803) 707-6766 or Meredith.garris@cancer.org.

South Carolina’s oldest continuous festival, the 3-day Sumter Iris Festival includes concerts, arts and crafts, plants and flowers, antique and classic car shows, children’s activities, great food and more. Held at Swan Lake Iris Gardens, 822 W. Liberty St., the 78th Annual Sumter Iris Festival is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, May 25-27. Visit www.irisfestival.org for the schedule of events.

Enjoy a family-friendly weekend of good times and great music at Birdfest Friday-Saturday, May 18-19, at Pineland Farm, 2377 Gaymon Road, Pinewood. Visit http://birdfestmusic.com/ to purchase advance tickets, get directions, view the list of scheduled bands and more. Call (803) 433-6397.

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The Downtown Orangeburg Revitalization Association presents the 6th Annual Car Show on the Square on Saturday, April 7. Call (803)

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Looking for some great bargains? The Town of Santee Community Yard Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, at the Santee Town Hall Complex, 194 Municipal Way. Call Rosetta at (803) 854-2152, extension 2217.

The 2018 American Drag Racing League Spring Drags will be held Friday-Sunday, April 13-15, at the South Carolina Motorplez, 194 Dragstrip Road, Orangeburg. Visit www.

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The 47th Annual Orangeburg Festival of Roses, an annual event held to celebrate the beginning of the rose blooming season, will be held May 4, 5 and 6, at Edisto Memorial Gardens. The festival will feature food, running/ walking races, river race, sports tournaments and more. Visit www.festivalofroses.com.

BERKELEY COUNTY The 2018 St. Stephen Catfish Festival will be held April Friday-Sunday, April 6-8, at 113 Ravenel Drive, St. Stephen. Call (843) 5673565.

The Summerville Family YMCA Flowertown Festival, now in its 46th year, will be held Friday-Sunday, April 6-8, at Azalea Park/ Main Street. One of the largest arts and crafts festivals in the Southeast, the festival will feature more than 200 jury-selected artists displaying their work for sale, delicious foods from restaurants at The Taste, fun activities and rides for the children, a farmer’s market and more. Admission and parking are free.

A two day event featuring great music, food and family fun, Smoke at the Lodge will be held Friday-Saturday, April 6-7, at Summerville Masonic Lodge 234, 111 N. Main St., Summerville. Friday’s events begin at 6 p.m. with a “No Pork” night where the area’s best pit masters will showcase their talents preparing delicious dishes with no pork allowed. Tasting tickets will be available for $1. From 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, The Carolina Coast Band will provide musical entertainment. Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. barbecue plates will be available for purchase for $7. The plates will consist of barbecue from Friday night’s contest, baked beans, slaw and dessert. Visit www.summervillelodge.net.

Shop for great bargains from more than 50 vendors at the Goose Creek Giant Yard Sale!

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Call (843) 569-4242.

A Native Plant Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, at Old Santee Canal Park, 900 Stony Landing Road, Moncks Corner. The festival will feature master gardeners, pollinator exhibits and experts in native plants of South Carolina. Demonstrations will include how to properly plant a tree and how to use native plants to attract birds and butterflies to your yard. There will also be native plants available for purchase with nursery representatives on hand to answer any questions. Enjoy the food, music and information tables while supporting Old Santee Canal Park. Program fee is $10 and includes park admission. Call Kristin Threet at (843) 899-5200.

Old Santee Canal Park will offer a Spring Guided Canoe Trip from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28. Learn about the different plants and animals in the swamp and how they adjust from winter to summer.

Program fee is $15 and includes park admission Call Adam Bedard at (843) 899-5200.

Habitat for Humanity will host its 6th Annual Golf Tournament at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 4, at Crowfield Golf Course, 300 Hamlet Circle, Goose Creek. Cost is $100 for individual golfers or $360 for four-person team.

Visit www.berkeleyhabitat.org. Contact Alex Dixon at alex@berkeleyhabitat.org or (843)

203-3749.

An annual summer event, the Walk for the Fallen, sponsored by Black Force MMA, is a grueling 30-mile road march from Black Force MMA, 200 Varnfield Drive, Summerville, to Patriot’s Point, Mount Pleasant. This year’s walk will be 2 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 19. The walk’s first and foremost priority is to walk in memory of service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country and to honor all those who have served. Founded

by Navy veteran and Black Force MMA owner, Dwight Decker, the walk brings awareness to the difficulties veterans face when returning to civilian life and the unfortunate reality of 26 to 30 suicides by veterans each day. Representatives from each branch of service will participate in the walk to carry their respective branch's flag. The American flag will also carried. Dwight will carry "The Honor Flag," which contains names of hundreds of veterans provided by participants and sponsors. To have a name added to the flag, a $5 donation is required. A ceremony around the flag pole will follow the walk and each veteran's name, rank and status will be read. Afterward, catered barbecue is provided for participants and their families with food available for purchase for visitors/spectators. Visit www. eventbrite.com for more information.

KERSHAW COUNTY The Boykin Spaniel National Field Trials will be held Thursday-Sunday, April 5-8, at City Arena, 517 Bull St., Camden. The Boykin Spaniel Foundation (BSF) will again sponsor free eye C.E.R.F. and heart clinics for BSS member households from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday. Clinics are by appointment.

Walk-ins will be seen after all scheduled appointments. Call (803) 425-4032 to reserve a time. Only one Boykin Spaniel per BSS member household for free clinics. Additional

dogs may be evaluated at the cost the BSF pays to participating vets. Walk-ups with be accepted for the microchip clinic at $10 per dog. All dogs begin testing on Friday morning.

Start times will be staggered for each stake, beginning with novice at 8 a.m., followed by puppy, intermediate and then open. There will be a mandatory handlers meeting at 7 a.m.

Friday at the City Arena. The weekend will feature something for everyone in your family with Duck Dog Shootout, Hot Dog Retrieve, Speed Dog and more. The pre-paid banquet and cocktail party will be held Friday evening at City Arena. Contact Dawn Crites at (803) 425-1032 or email boykinss@boykinspaniels. org. Visit www.boykinspaniels.org.

A Women’s Self-Defense Seminar will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, at Camden Wellness, 1029 Broad St., Camden. Participants will learn to utilize momentum, leverage and skill against an attacker. The seminar will begin with discussions on situational awareness and prevention, followed by hands-on instruction on self-defense techniques. Workout clothing is recommended. Cost is $40 per person or $10 for teachers or students. Contact Jillian Thomas at jillian@camdenwellness.org or Arminda Flerx at mindy@camdenwellness. org. Visit http://www.camdenwellness.org.

Progressive Show Jumping will present the Camden Spring Show Friday-Sunday, April 13-15, at the South Carolina Equine Park, 443 Cleveland School Road, Camden. Contact Rick Cram at (803) 649-3505 or psjcathy@ gmail.com.

If you love crafts, you will certainly want to make it out to the Craft Fair at Proctor Hall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, at 2030 Lyttleton St., Camden. Call Bobbie Tucker at (803) 425-1437.

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Yakking the River, a guided paddle down the Wateree River sponsored by Global Eco Adventures and Kershaw County Parks and Recreation, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14. Launch will be from Wateree Dam of Tail Race Canal Drive and take out will be at the U.S. 1 Landing. Lunch will be provided as well as complimentary shuttle return to the dam. This event is free but pre-registration is required. Contact Tina Eddings at (803) 425-6009 or tina.eddings@ kershaw.sc.gov.

Clearwater Cove Marina, 2029 Baron Dekalb St., Camden. For a complete list of rules, visit www.kingkatusa.com or call (502) 384-5924.

In conjunction with the tournament, the Cabela’s King Kat Kids event for youth age 12 and younger, will be held at Clearwater Cove Marina. Sign up will be from 8 to 9 a.m. with the Kid’s Fishing Event from 9 until 11 a.m.

Bring your favorite rod, reel and bait and show your true fishing ability. All children must be accompanied by parent or guardian.

Featuring good music, good food and good fun, Spring Jam will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, on the Historic Camden grounds, 222 Broad St. Find out more about this family-friendly event by visiting http:// www.historiccamden.org.

The Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail and Kid’s Fishing Rodeo will hit the waters of Lake Wateree on Saturday, April 28. Catfish anglers will have the opportunity to compete for cash, prizes and a chance to advance to the Cabela’s King Kat Classic Championship, which is schedule for Sept. 14-15 on the Ohio River, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Late registration will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 27, at Camden City Arena, 517 Bull St., Camden.

Captains meeting/seminar will follow at 7 p.m. Tournament hours are 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and all anglers must be in the weigh-in line by 4 p.m. with a five fish limit per team.

To compete in the tournament, you must be a member of the King Kat Association. One year membership is $30. To pre-register, go to www.kingkatusa.com or call (502) 3845924. Tournament weigh-in will be held at

The Battle of Camden Barbeque Festival is back for a second year! Promising to be even bigger and better than the inaugural year, the festival will be held Friday-Saturday, May 18-19, at Historic Camden, 222 Broad St., Camden. The Battle of Camden will feature some of the finest barbecue competitors of the Southeast. Friday night from 6 to 10 p.m. will feature a wing competition with judging by first responders. There will also be a macaroni and cheese competition featuring local restaurants and vendors. The festival will feature live music both days, children’s activities, local vendors and tasty beverages.

Admission to this family-friendly event is free.

Tickets for sampling are $1 each or $10 for 12.

Call Michael Wright at (803) 432-4391 or visit http://www.camdenjaycees.org.

S.C. GUN AND KNIFE SHOWS Saturday-Sunday, Apr 7-8, Jamil Shrine Center, 206 Jamil Road, Columbia.

Show hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $8 per

person or $6 with military identification, children ages 12 and under admitted free with an adult. Visit the South Carolina Arms Collectors Association at https://www.scgunshows. com/. Call (803) 463-9377 or email scacadirector@aol.com.

Saturday-Sunday, April 14-15, Western Carolina Fairgrounds, 1566 Columbia Highway North, Aiken. Show hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $8 per person and children ages 12 and under admitted free. Visit Great American Promotions LLC at www.greatamericanpromotionsllc.com or call (865) 453-0074.

Saturday-Sunday, April 21-22, TD Convention Center, 1 Exposition Drive, Greenville.

Show hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $8 per person or $6 with military identification, children ages 12 and under admitted free with an adult. Visit the South Carolina Arms Collectors Association at https://www.scgunshows. com/. Call (803) 463-9377 or email scacadirector@aol.com.

Saturday-Sunday, April 28-29, Civic Center, 3300 W. Radio Drive, Florence. Show hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $8 per person and children ages 12 and under admitted free.

Visit www.mkshows.com. Contact Mike Kent at (770) 630-7296 or email Mike@MKShows. com.

Saturday-Sunday, April 28-29, Greenwood Civic Center (Farmers Market), 1610 Laurens Highway, Greenwood. Show hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Admission: $8 per person and children ages 12 and under admitted free. Visit Great American Promotions LLC at www.greatamericanpromotionsllc.com or call (865) 453-0074.

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BY IVY MOORE Sumter’s Swan Lake-Iris Gardens has grown into what’s known as a showplace of flowers and the home of all eight species of swan.

Thanks to the vision and hard work of late horticulturist H.C. Bland, who started the gardens around his small fishing lake in 1927, and the late A.T. Heath, who deeded the adjoining south gardens to the city of Sumter, the site is called the “World Famous Iris Gardens.”

Since 1940, it’s also been celebrated by visitors from across the U.S. and many international lands who travel here for the Sumter Iris Festival to see the thousands of Japanese irises growing along the banks of the lake and to participate in the wide variety of festival events.

The festival will be held in the gardens over Memorial Day weekend for the 78th year – that makes it the longest-running continuous festival in the country, regularly ranked in the top 20 festivals in the Southeast.

The beauty of the gardens and lake alone could easily earn the gardens its consistently rave reviews by travel sites and publica-

tions, but as they say, there’s more to see – and do – during the festival. The past few years have seen the addition of several sculptures by such renowned artists as Grainger McKoy and Zan Fort, both Sumter natives, and more are planned.

The festival begins on the evening of Thursday, May 24, with the official opening ceremony and the crowning of King and Queen Iris, then it’s on to the Garden Street side of the lake for the popular Taste at the Gardens, a tasting of food from local chefs, caterers and restaurants accompanied by variety music from the band JD & the Breeze.

Lynn Kennedy, chairwoman of the Iris Festival committee and events planner for the City of Sumter, said the committee always includes activities and sights to suit every demographic, from children to seniors. These begin on Friday and continue Saturday and Sunday.

While most events will interest all festival goers, there is an amusement area and Children’s Art in the Park for younger visitors, a flower show in the Alice Boyle Garden Center and gardening ideas

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The Sumter Iris Festival is presented in Swan LakeIris Gardens, 822 W. Liberty St., Sumter, from 6 to 9 p.m.

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and materials for plant lovers in the Bland Gardens. Gardeners can purchase a wide variety of plants, including culinary herbs and bulbs culled from the park’s own gardens, as well as artworks from regional artists. Welding students from Central Carolina Technical College will offer metal sculptures for sale to fund scholarships.

Special guest Ernest Lee, also known as “Chicken Man,” will have many of his paintings on wood and will be demonstrating his talents in the gardens.

Saturday brings the Shrine Day Iris Festival Parade with scores of units, including bands, clowns, horses, a float carrying the festival’s Kings and Queens and much more. Palmetto Health Tuomey Community Health Initiatives provides free screenings for adults, and SAFE Kids Sumter County and the Tuomey Foundation present SAFE Kids Adventureland on Saturday with Kiwanis Kids Fingerprinting, a Bike Rodeo and more.

An extensive food court and the Marketplace, both in the Heath Gardens on the south side, will be open all three days of the festival, offering a diverse selection of foods, arts and crafts. Festival goers

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can enjoy free pontoon boat rides – the Iris Festival is the only time they’re available – to get a swan’s-eye view of the lake and gardens.

The Iris Festival boasts two car shows – on Saturday, there’s the Head Turnerz show in the Bland Gardens, and on Sunday, festival goers can visit the Sumter Cruisers Show & Shine.

Throughout the festival, a variety of entertainment will be presented on several stages.

New additions to the Iris Festival include a military exhibit between the Visitors Center and the Iris Market that will host booths and recruiters in what will be called “Freedom Field,” outlined by U.S. flags.

Off Garden Street, the Southern Sportsman’s Expo will feature displays of outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, as well as taxidermy. Representatives of S.C. Department of Natural Resources will be on hand, and there will be a raffle for a shotgun or rifle. No guns will be on site, Kennedy said.

Admission to the Sumter Iris Festival is free. There is a $5 donation for admission to the Taste at the Gardens and a charge by individual vendors for food tastings.

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BY IVY MOORE Lake City transforms into one of the largest art galleries in the Southeast for nine days each April when the city hosts ArtFields, a celebration of Southern art and artists. With a population under 10,000, the city located east of Sumter and south of Florence remains a viable agricultural hub and has rapidly achieved a reputation for its support of the arts.

The sixth-annual ArtFields will be presented by Lake City Creative Alliance on April 20-28. Artists’ works have already been juried into the competition, and more than 400 will be exhibited in venues across the city, from locally owned businesses and warehouses to dedicated galleries.

ArtFields began in 2013 to celebrate artists from 12 Southeastern states, including many from South Carolina. More than $120,000 is awarded to artists through a selection process that involves visitors to ArtFields and a panel of accomplished artists and educators.

ArtFields’ stated mission is “to enhance the area schools and greater community through both creative and audience development by fostering a culturally rich environment, connecting our communities through the arts, integrating arts into the education system and serving as the lead in cultivating and advancing our region's creative economy.”

Over its 10 days, ArtFields also offers many other associated events and activities, including ArtFields Jr., a year-round arts program for students in grades K5 through 12.

Thousands of art lovers have visited Lake City over its five years, and in 2014 the event was named “South Carolina’s Top Spot to See” by CNN in its “50 States, 50 Spots.” The city also received the Charles A. Bundy Award from the South Carolina Governor’s

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Once the largest bean market in the world, for 10 days each April, Lake City is now one of the largest art galleries in the country.

ArtFields is a charitable program and event sponsored by Lake City Creative Alliance, which is a federally recognized Section 501(c)(3) organization located in Lake City, South Carolina. Admission to ArtFields is free to the public.

Visit Artfieldssc.org where you can find a map of venues, or pick one up at the ArtFields Welcome Center, 133A East Main St., Lake City, SC. For a list of associated daily events, visit www.artfieldssc.org/events; these include such activities as educational art walks, Art of Gardening at Moore Botanical Garden, Gospel on the Green, Music on the Green, portrait contests by ArtFields artists, Dandelion Stroll, the ColorMe ArtFields 5K Run and many more.

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BY KAYLA ROBINS The king is coming back to town.

Now that it’s finally time to get back out on the water with air that is promising to warm up instead of cause shivers, Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail is stopping in Camden for the fifth year in a row on April 28, and participants and spectators alike will soon find out who reels in the fattest kat(fish).

“Everybody always likes coming out to South Carolina because it’s like a mini vacation, but to stay and be right here in town … it has all the amenities fishermen look for,” said Jeremy Coe, tournament director.

It certainly is a vacation for many of the competitors in the sense of traveling. Last year, 60 teams traveled for the catfishing tournament on Lake Wateree from 10 states.

With each team consisting of two people – a third is allowed on the boat if they are under 16 or over 65 years old – Camden sees a significant uptick in visitors the weekend the tournament comes to town.

“There’s usually a very large spectator crowd due to the size of the fish,” Coe said.

While three main species of catfish are sought after in the King Kat tournaments, Wateree has blue catfish – the largest species in North America, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

The DNR says they are on average between 3 and 40 pounds, with an approximate maximum of about 120 in recent years.

Coe said the biggest fish that weighed in at last year’s tournament was about 60 pounds.

Having always lived in Kentucky, Coe grew up fishing with his dad and

competing in bass tournaments.

“I’ve always grown up around fishing and hunting and all that,” he said.

The 23-year-old said he thinks getting outside in that way is better than playing sports. When he was 18, he was working at a fishing store in western Kentucky and met someone from a local fishing show. The rest was fishstory.

“It’s a fun business to be in because it’s not really work. It’s good people.

They’re just good, down-to-earth people. It’s like family. You get treated like family. Everybody’s family,” he said. “It’s a neat transition to work in the industry later in life.”

He said fishing is just like football or baseball in the revelry and fandom aspect.

“Everybody kind of has their thing they get into,” he said. “The sport of catfishing is different completely from other freshwater species because of the size. It’s a new sport, and it’s gaining a lot of wind behind it and popularity.”

Cabela’s has been operating as a competitive catfishing tournament since 2003, and Coe said catfishing is becoming more popular than bass fishing.

“When you can have a fish that weighs more than your 11-year-old child, it’s more fun than, say, a bass. It’s just a whole different animal,” he said.

Teams can register for the tournament up until the night before, where they can go to Camden City Arena. Registration can also be done online or over the phone. Let LetUs UsHelp HelpYou YouGet GetYour Your The only difference this year, Coe said, is the weigh-in site, which is now at Yard Yard&&Deck Deck the Colonel Creek landing.

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Coe is in charge of 21 tournaments this year in 15 states, but he said going out on Wateree and staying in Camden is one of the “most supportive of all the communities we go to in this whole country … I always loveWe coming here.”

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Striped Bass Festival

BY SHARRON HALEY It’s that time of the year in Clarendon County. It’s festival time. It’s time to celebrate the beginning of spring and honor the striped bass, a saltwater fish that made its home in the Santee Cooper lakes more than 70 years ago.

2018 marks the 39th anniversary of the Clarendon County Striped Bass Festival. It’s a time of fellowship where friends and neighbors welcome visitors to share in all the beauty and hospitality that Clarendon County has to offer. From the shores of Lake Marion to the county seat of Manning, folks will be able to enjoy the three-day festival’s fun, food and activities.

“We’re expecting a great turnout this year,” said Ericka S. Floyd, executive director of the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce.

“We have something for everyone. If anyone needs any information, they can call us at (803) 435-4405. Come out and enjoy a great time in Clarendon County.”

This year, the festival begins on Thursday, April 19, with the Striped Bass Festival Youth Tennis Tournament. The matches begin at 3 p.m. at the Manning High School tennis courts located behind the parking lot on the 14 APRIL - MAY 2018 | LAKESIDE

right side of the school, 2155 Paxville Highway. The tournament is open for boys and girls ages 12 to 18. For additional information or to register to play, call the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce at (803) 4354405.

On Friday, April 20, the Manning Lion’s Club will host its annual Fish Fry at the Manning Restaurant, 476 N. Brooks St. Folks will be able to eat in or take a plate to go. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

The official opening ceremonies for the Striped Bass Festival will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the gazebo on West Keith Street.

Following the ceremonies, a free concert sponsored by McLeod Health Clarendon and featuring Flashback will begin at 7:30 p.m.

You may want to bring a lawn chair. Carnival rides and several food vendors will be open Friday evening.

The festival’s Super Saturday begins bright and early when fishing teams take to the Santee Cooper lakes at safelight for the Santee Cooper Open Team Tournament sponsored

by Santee Automotive. The teams launch their boats from the John C. Land III Sport Fishing Facility on Potato Creek. After a full day of fishing, the teams will head back to the

landing for the tournament’s weigh-in, which will begin at 3 p.m.

Early Saturday morning, the infamous “Miss Patty,” the Patty Plop cow, will be unleashed on the empty lot across from Flower de Linda’s on Church Street. The lucky entrant who chose the square where Patty deposited her plop will win $1,000 in cash. It could take a few minutes, or it could take an hour or so. It’s all up to Miss Patty. The winner will be announced Saturday afternoon.

The festival’s annual parade will kick off Saturday’s activities in Manning. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. from Old Georgetown Road, travel south on Brooks Street and turn right onto Boyce Street before ending.

Food vendors on Brooks and Mill streets will have everything from sausage dogs with peppers and onions to barbecue, elephant ears, fish, hotdogs, candy apples, cotton candy, French fries, lemonade, soft drinks and a lot more.

Arts and crafts vendors as well as vendors offering information on local services will be located on Keith Street.

The Sumter Cruisers Truck and Car Show will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the parking lot at Manning First Baptist Church.

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Entertainment by the Seacoast Worship Team will begin at noon.

Local dance groups will begin their performances at the gazebo on Keitt Street beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Firefighters from the Clarendon County and Manning fire departments will be competing in the Firefighter Combat Challenge beginning at noon at the corner of Boyce and Brooks streets. The event, sponsored by Sparrow and Kennedy, also offers a Kids Firefighter Challenge division. For more information on the challenge, call Josh Jordan at (843) 687-6120.

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BY SHARRON HALEY The flowers are blooming. The fields are about ready for planting, and the folks of Turbeville are practicing “the Stomp.” That’s short for the Puddin’ Festival “Stomp,” a dance perfected 11 years ago when the Turbeville community held its first Puddin’ Swamp Festival and needed a signature dance.

STOMP … STOMP. “We are pleased to be working with The Citizens Bank for the 11th consecutive year to present the Puddin’ Swamp Festival,” said Stephen Dukes, chairman of the Puddin’ Swamp Festival Committee. “Please join us in Turbeville April 12-14."

The fun-filled three-day festival kicks off shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, April 12, when the amusement rides open on Turbeville’s Town Square.

After enjoying a few thrilling rides, it’s time to head down to the Pine Grove United Methodist Church gym. You can’t miss it. Just follow your nose. The mouth-watering aromas from grills laden with pork loins, barbecue, steaks and chicken have the folks lined up waiting for the Taste of Puddin’ Swamp to open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and are available for purchase at Turbeville Town Hall 16 APRIL - MAY 2018 | LAKESIDE

and Turbeville Hardware. Entertainment will be provided by Cross Anchor.

If you leave the Taste hungry, it’s your own fault. Dozens of tables will be filled with homemade cakes, pies, brownies, cookies, dips and chips, a variety of savory appetizers, punch, lemonade, tea, boiled shrimp, wings, candy for the children and fresh fruit and dips. At past Tastes, folks waited in line for margarita glasses filled to the brim with shrimp and grits. And what would a festival in the South be without the Southern staples of banana puddin’ and a slice of a towering 12-layer chocolate cake?

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On Friday, the festival resumes at 5 p.m. with the amusement rides and food vendors on Town Square. Got your “Stomp” ready?

From 8 to 10 p.m., Jim Quick and The Coastline Band will be entertaining from the stage.

Dancing or stomping, whichever you prefer, is encouraged.

On Saturday, start the car, grab Grandma and the children, a bottle of sunscreen and a few lawn chairs or blankets and get ready to enjoy a day at the festival where activities begin at 10 a.m. and end with a fabulous fireworks’ spectacular at 9:30 p.m.

All day long, folks will be able to enjoy live mu-

sic from the Town Square stage featuring Carolina Cruisin’ DJs and other entertainment. At 9 a.m., it’s time to lace up those sneakers for the Puddin Swamp 5K, from which all net proceeds will benefit East Clarendon academics.

At 10 a.m., the food vendors located around Town Square will open for business selling everything you could wish for, including elephant ears, sausage dogs, barbecue, a variety of sandwiches, quenching and tart lemonade, soft drinks and a large selection of sweets.

The amusement rides also open at 10 a.m.

Beginning at 10 a.m., craft vendors from throughout Clarendon County, the state and Southeast will be on hand selling their beautiful homemade wares.

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‘In his element’ (New) Clarendon County Coroner Bucky Mock helped hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico with essential medical needs 18 APRIL - MAY 2018 | LAKESIDE

BY SHARRON HALEY Running toward danger is something that Charles “Bucky” Mock has done for more than half a century.

As a volunteer firefighter, the 73-year-old dons bunker gear and races toward blazing buildings. As a first responder, he’s called out for vehicle wrecks or individuals in need of medical attention. He’s also a forensically trained nurse, HAZMAT technician, certified diver and certified scuba diving instructor. He’s the new Clarendon County coroner and a member of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

When he’s not working, he’s active recreationally, too. Mock swims a couple of miles each morning, runs in triathlons, dives the murky waters of Lake Marion in recovery efforts, and, when he’s really feeling the need for excitement, he heads to the West Coast and rappels down the side of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot-tall vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park. But wait, he has to hike up the formation in order to rappel down it.

Mock isn’t one who sits idly by and lets others do the work for him.

Sept. 6, 2017. Hurricane Irma skirted the north side of the small Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, leaving one million residents without power, dozens dead and thousands homeless. Just two weeks later, a near Category 5 hurricane, Maria, dealt a second devastating blow to the small island.

Sept. 19, 2017. The National Disaster Medical System, which is part of the Department of Human and Health Services, put Mock’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team on alert, and the day after Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, his team was activated for duty.

Sept. 20, 2017. Mock flew from Charleston to Atlanta where he met with other members of his team.

“Bucky was in his element heading to Puerto Rico,” said Mock’s wife, Sharon. “He lives for helping others.

It’s in his nature to be in the midst of the action getting things done. It’s what he does, and he does it well.”

Sept. 22, 2017. Just two days after Maria carved her path through the island, Mock’s team of doctors, nurses, paramedics, physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners, along with support individuals who handled logistics and equipment and pharmacists who handled the cache of drugs that went along with the team, landed in Puerto Rico.

“Looking from the air, all you could see were lights from the generators,” Mock said. “We landed well after dark. The airport had generators. There were buses, and we were told to grab what we could carry and load up.”

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Three to four hours later, after traveling to several locations, the bus stopped, and Mock’s team had to walk almost a mile to a coliseum in San Juan.

“There were some cots scattered around and a couple of places with lights,” Mock said. “The government provided us with (Meals Ready to Eat), but we ate locally when we could.”

Bright and early the next morning, the team met and

made preparations to leave. By early afternoon, the team was on another bus en route to a new location.

“We went to a cancer hospital that had not opened yet,” Mock said. “It was ready to open with lots of brandnew equipment.”

Mock’s team, along with several other teams, camped out inside the nine-floor hospital.

“We ended up on the first floor inside the pharmacy,” Mock said.

While at the hospital, Mock said that various teams were sent out to canvass the island by vehicle and helicopter for needs assessment evaluations.

Two days later, Mock and his team were on another bus, this time headed to Fajardo. By 3 p.m. that day, the bus and three trucks arrived in Fajardo and set up camp inside the hospital there.

“We set up the minimum outside frame first,” Mock said. “Then we set up the sleeping tents. By dark, we had the tents and beds set up for the night. The next morning we completed setting up the camp.”

By 3 p.m. on the second day in Fajardo, Mock’s team began seeing patients. Many needed prescription refills, and many were diabetics who had been without insulin for days. Mock said his team addressed a wide range of medical needs from respiratory problems to infections to children’s illnesses such as pink eye.

“Some of the injuries we saw were from the first storm, Irma,” he added. “Some of the people were really sick.”

Some needs were simple.

“One lady whose husband was hospitalized next door lost a lot of her home from the storms,” Mock said. “After assessing her needs, we were able to determine that all she really wanted was a tarp to put on the roof of her home.”

Another resident suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

“A lot of the Puerto Ricans served in our armed services,” Mock said. “Every day, there were helicopters flying around, including military, evacuation, news and transportation helicopters. This man came in having flashbacks to Vietnam. He heard all the helicopters and saw them flying overhead, and he flashed back to the days when he was fighting in Vietnam. There’s a great Veterans Administration system in San Juan. We helped get him there.”

Mock said that many of the individuals working in the hospitals put off seeking aid for themselves.

“Our chief engineer at the hospital was a huge help to us,” Mock said. “He had a bandage on his hand from the first hurricane. There was a terrible infection that we helped clean up. He wouldn’t take the time to help himself.”

The next day, the engineer’s daughter, who was studying to become a doctor, dropped by the hospital to help with the language barrier, Mock said.

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help, and our numbers went up and up.”

Mock said he and his team members spent at least 12 hours a day seven days a week working at the hospital.

“We ate MREs and drank water,” he said. “Sometimes we’d collect money and send the security guards out to a local place and pick up food. Then, we’d set it up like a buffet so that everyone could enjoy it.”

After three weeks in Fajardo, it was time to move on.

“There were tears everywhere,” he said. “We worked closely with the locals, and they were our friends.”

In 21 days, Mock’s team saw a total of 1,600 patients with 170 patients seen in one day. When the camp was closed in Fajardo in mid-November, more than 6,000 patients had been helped.

Closer to home

Mock’s next assignment, after a brief rest back in San Juan, was with the North Carolina DMAT. “This team was arranged in three smaller strike teams instead of one big team,” he said. “We were able to get into the rural areas to assess local needs.”

On his first day, Mock said a group of Army personnel found people living in a school with low supplies, almost no fuel for their generator and no medical care.

“We went to them,” he said. “They were in a school gymnasium. All the schools had compiled their food in this one place, and the cooks were feeding the entire community. We were in need of just some basic care, some insulin and a couple of childhood illnesses. There was nothing too serious.”

Mock relayed the story of one Puerto Rican National Guardsman who voluntarily walked two to three hours to get to the school. Along the way, he used his own personal water filtering device to filter water for residents. Mock said that once his superior officers learned of his deeds, he received back pay for his efforts.

“It was fantastic how people helped each other,” he said. “He did that because he wanted to and not because he was being paid to do it.”

‘A bunch of them even called me Dad’ The next stop on Mock’s journey took the N.C. team to Humacao, where the team worked side by side with a hospital surgical team.

“We worked the routine problems while the doctors worked the complicated medical problems,” he said. “We traveled back and forth from Humacao and San Juan.”

After two weeks working with the North Carolina team, Mock was headed home to Clarendon County. For a weekend.

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he said. “I was home long enough to do a dive for a company that needed a car pulled out of Lake Marion. On Sunday morning at 4:30, I was headed back to Charleston. The flight landed in Atlanta and then flew straight into San Juan.”

This time, Mock saw a few familiar faces on his new team, the Georgia DMAT. Mock’s son and namesake, Charlie, 47, was there.

“I trained with everyone on that team,” Mock added with a laugh. “A bunch of them even called me Dad.”

By Sunday afternoon, the Georgia DMAT headed to Comerio, a mountainous area of Puerto Rico, to offer medical care out of the city’s mayor’s office.

“We slept in the hallways of a hospital,” Mock added. “In the mornings, we’d have to take down our beds because the hospital was being used. Every day, we’d have to pack up, and every night we’d unpack.

We’d also walk the mile or so from the hospital to the mayor’s office to see patients.”

The team split up with part of the team working in the clinic while another part combed the mountains looking for people who hadn’t received any medical attention since Irma hit the country on Sept. 6.

With a huge smile, Mock joked about missing out on a Minnesota Vikings versus Los Angeles Rams game on Nov. 19.

“We were still in San Juan,” he laughed. “On Monday, we had tickets to see the Minnesota Wild play the Anaheim Ducks. We got to Atlanta about the time the game ended.”

Nov. 23, 2017. Mock and Charlie flew into Minneapolis for a Thanksgiving reunion with family and friends.

“Things have slowed down a little,” he said.

In between talking about his trip, Mock’s fire radio was constantly a reminder that while he may not be Puerto Rico, he’s still needed closer to home.

“I don’t know what I’d do if I wasn’t busy,” he said.

Several years ago, while Mock was busy fighting fires, aiding in medical assists and active in his role as deputy coroner, Mock battled multiple myeloma and became a cancer survivor. He now crusades throughout the country to bring awareness to work-related carcinomas.

“We need to have the Presumptive Bill passed,” he said. “The Presumptive Bill would mean the cause of cancer in firefighters is presumed work related unless proved otherwise.”

At the age of 73, when most of his peers are relaxing on the golf course, casting a line for that big bass or spending time gardening, Mock said that’s not for him.

“I want to stay active,” he said. “I don’t know any other way.”

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BY KAYLA ROBINS Rafe Dixon could sell you anything. He can even make a stapler appealing.

The Sumter County resident and this year’s South Carolina Auctioneers Association (SCAA) Grand Champion Auctioneer knows, though, that it takes more than one skill to be an auctioneer. He relies on being a salesman, a real estate broker, a photographer, a problem solver.

Dixon has been a full-time professional auctioneer since 2007, a job that affords him the opportunity to travel the country to sell people’s assets for them to the highest bidder through either an in-person auction or an online forum.

“I think the most expensive thing I ever sold was a ranch in Montana. That was a 3,500acre parcel, and it sold for a little over $4.5 million,” he said. “I’ve sold from coast to coast.

I’ve been to California and sold a vineyard there and worked in auctions in Texas and Georgia and North Carolina and South Carolina. Just all over the country. I’ve even been to Costa Rica a time or two to sell property for an auction.”

He has salt-and-pepper hair and accompanies his button down and slacks with a tie in the office or a fleece vest at a home during an auction preview, all accompanied with a South Carolina southerner’s slow drawl that makes you wonder what it sounds like from a fast-talker.

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Just like any other skill, Dixon has to practice his bid calling. He uses tongue twisters to sharpen the pacing of his calling, and he practices the art of taking bids by taking a bid from every telephone pole he passes as he drives.

“Some people might take bids in the shower instead of singing,” he said.

That practicing served him well recently when he participated in the SCAA’s annual auctioneer contest. Going up against colleagues from across the Palmetto State, Dixon had to showcase his professional talents in an on-stage interview to be judged on poise and industry knowledge before leading an action to be judged on his bid-calling chant, rhythm, salesmanship and clarity.

“It’s pretty difficult because you’re trying to perform as an auctioneer to a room full of really good auctioneers,” he said. “It’s friendly competition because by competing, we all get a little better every time.”

He said calling bids is a “matter of saying I have an amount, and I would like another amount. And then filler words are the words between the numbers that just help us get from one number to the next. Every auctioneer has their own favorite filler words.”

Dixon was familiar with the style of auctioning an item to sell it before he entered to career field. He used to sell cotton gin machinery and agricultural chemicals and seeds, “and a lot of auctioneers do come from ag industries.” He entered the business as “another way to sell a product I was already involved in selling, that being cotton gin machinery. An as I got into it, I found I enjoyed the auctioneer side of it a whole lot more than what I was doing. I was limiting myself to those cotton gin machineries.”

He has come a long way since being, as he says, limited, to selling one type of item.

“I see a lot of history stuff,” he said. “I recently sold a collection of buttons, like campaign buttons but hunting and fishing licenses mostly from Kershaw County from the

‘30s. I’ve been living in South Carolina my whole life, and I’ve been buying hunting and fishing licenses every year but I had never seen them. I’ve never seen them, never heard of them, and they’re highly collectible.”

A change in the industry came when auctions moved largely online. While the process is the same, he spends a lot of time cataloging items – every item in a house for an estate auction, from the dishes to children’s toys to old lamps and baseball cards to the tools in the shed and the car in the driveway – and taking pictures of every item from every angle so prospective bidders can see.

Then, he holds a preview of the items, like an open house where people can stop by and see the items for themselves, pick them up, note which ones they want to bid for and what their lot number is to correspond to the website.

Being an auctioneer is more than selling an item to the highest bidder. Often, Dixon is selling off the entirety of a person’s home, of someone’s parents’ or family member who either has died or moved to a nursing home.

“Empathy is one of the most important things,” he said. “I have done auctions for folks who I knew growing up. I did one last year that the daughter and son are both here in town, and I sold their mother’s, I sold the contents of the home they grew up in. It was an emotional time for them, too.

“Sometimes, it’s kind of difficult getting through it with folks.”

No matter the item or the place, Dixon said he loves his job because of the nature of selling one thing and moving on to another.

“There are no two days alike. I’ve never sold the same asset, an identical thing twice,” he said. “It’s always a different asset, a different situation, a different problem that has to be solved. That’s what makes it fun.”

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Aiming higher TSA archers win second straight state title

BY TREVOR BAUKNIGHT

The Thomas Sumter Academy archery team is only in its third season of competition but already has notched two SCISA state championships and competed in the National Archery in the Schools Program's state tournament at the Sumter County Civic Center March 27-29.

Archery coach Mac McLeod said it's hard to lower expectations after enjoying that kind of quick success.

"After winning the state championship our second year, and then again this year, it's kind of hard to step back from that, and we want to just keep shooting higher," McLeod said.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, which sponsors the NASP program in South Carolina by donating 12 bows, targets and arrows, requires that the equipment be used as part of an academic curriculum. McLeod fulfills that requirement by teaching a unit on archery in his General Skills class, which also 32 APRIL - MAY 2018 | LAKESIDE

teaches students basics of survival like woodworking, gardening, automobile maintenance, first aid and personal finance.

"Last year, we went into the NASP tournament here in Sumter ranked 15th and finished 10th overall with the high school team," McLeod said. "This year, we're going in ranked 12th. If we can move up to top seventh or eighth this year, just improving on last year, that would be a goal, and I've got some individuals that are shooting really well. I look for Tyler (Singletary) to finish in the top three in the state and win some scholarship money."

Singletary wouldn't be the first from TSA to make the sport work for him academically. Last year's team leader, Kyle Decker, now shoots for Emmanuel College in north Georgia, becoming the first archer in the state to receive an archery scholarship.

McLeod explained that the SCISA championship is determined among member schools within a larger regional competition.

Thomas Sumter is a part of Region 2.

Fifth-grader William Britton is on the elementary school team at TSA. P H OTO BY T R EVO R BAU K N I G H T

"There are public schools, private schools and home schoolers, and, within that, the SCISA schools compete against each other as well as with the other schools," McLeod said. Thomas Sumter is the only local school that competes in NASP tournaments despite sponsorship by the DNR that provides complete competitive packages for schools interested in competing.

"You go through a class with them on safety rules, the use of the equipment and setting up a range to be certified," McLeod said. "After doing that, they give the schools 12 bows, a rack, targets and arrows to get started. After that, you have to buy your own, but we did that and that's how we got started three years ago."

Thomas Sumter has teams at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. Each team can have up to 22 archers, and in tournaments, the top 12 count and four of those have to be from the opposite sex.

McLeod said he didn't have to look hard to find kids interested

in taking up archery.

"A lot of the kids that aren't involved in traditional sports have a lot of interest in this â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I coach the bowling team here, and you see the same thing with them," McLeod said. "Some of the kids come before school at 7:30. Some come during their lunchtime to practice. I've got some elementary kids that come during recess. They're giving up their time to get in there and practice. I try to set it up so if a kid is playing another sport, they can come practice before school and it doesn't interfere. We try to do it so they can play what they want to play."

McLeod said archery is a great learning experience both from the team sports perspective and in developing as an individual.

"One of the great things is not only are they learning from playing a team sport, but they're also setting individual goals along with their team goals â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a lot of life skills and a lot of discipline," he said. "You've got to hold that bow on the target until you know you've got the shot, and it takes a lot of self-discipline to wait unAPRIL - MAY 2018 33

Archery team members Madeleine Britton (foreground) and Tyler Singletary (back) shoot during a recent practice session at the Dalzell school. The team recently won its second straight SCISA state championship.

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til you've got it. It's a sport like golf that they can do forever. Most of them are very dedicated, and they get in there and practice every chance they get."

Fifth-grader William Britton echoed McLeod's advantages.

"I've been doing it since I was about four," said Britton, whose sister Madeleine shoots for the middle school team.

"It's fun, and you don't have to get hurt like in football or get hit with the ball like in baseball. If you get injured, you don't have to wait a year before you can do it – you can do archery even if you have something wrong with you or can't run or aren't the strongest or tallest. It doesn't really matter. Just about anybody can do it."

Madeleine Britton also got started at an early age because of their father's interest in hunting. She took a break from archery only to pick it back up when she discovered Thomas Sumter would was putting a team together.

"I put my bow down for a couple of years, and then (William) started shooting with his hunting bow and it started up at Thomas Sumter, so I picked it back up because there was a team," she said. "One day I went to practice and I liked it, and I already had the bow, so I just decided to do it."

Madeleine said that with practice, archery becomes almost second nature.

"As soon as you know where to shoot, it's just easy," she said.

"You just pull it back, and you know the right place – you don't even have to aim."

TSA's top high school archer is Singletary, now in only his second year as a competitive archer and shooting in the high 290s out of 300 on average.

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"Last year, I found out about the team, joined and was shooting about average," Singletary said. "I took a little bit of a break, and when I came back, I had lost some of the muscle memory I had, and I worked off that and kept improving. I just practiced and practiced. I loved it, and I got to the point where I was enjoying it so much I was shooting four hours a day, and that got me where I am now."

Singletary agreed that the sport is mostly a mental challenge.

"It's 98 percent mental and 2 percent physical, and you have to develop that," he said. "It's not so much shooting as thinking about it and then just doing it over and over again until that becomes muscle memory."

Singletary said he got started with his father's hunting bow three years ago but doesn't bow hunt because he likes to remain focused on the competition.

"I don't want to develop bad habits," Singletary said. "I want to kind of stick to the same thing every time, and that way I don't have to change anything – I can just stay in the motion of shooting on these targets."

"We qualified to go to the national tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, and it was a great experience," McLeod said. "There were over 17,000 kids there shooting in a four-day tournament.

From there, we qualified to go to the Worlds in Orlando, (Florida,) and we traveled down there and competed. It's just getting better, and the kids are loving it."

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More than 58,000 names of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam are on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the scaled replica.

Mark Breymeyer, a Kershaw County resident who is serving as volunteer coordinator for the event, said the newly expanded replica has larger names listed for those who died in battle. This makes it easier for visitors of The Wall That Heals to do name rubbings, which some people like to do at the exhibit, Breymeyer said.

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“It’s quite a sacred experience to take in,” Sale said. “It will be very peaceful, and there will be an opportunity for people to sit and enjoy, and there’s an educational component of it, as well.”

Individuals and families who lost loved ones and friends in Vietnam can type in a person’s name at an information center and find exactly where the name is on

Known for its own military history from the Revolutionary War, Camden will host a special traveling exhibit in May honoring Americans who served and sacrificed during another war.

The Wall That Heals, a half-scaled replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., will be on display next door to Camden’s Revolutionary War site at 222 Broad St. (U.S. 521) on Thursday, May 3, through Sunday, May 6.

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The four-day event is free to the public and will be open 24 hours a day with night vigils – just like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – so some can visit at night if they want more privacy.

According to Sale, memorial officials think they’ve recorded everyone who died in Vietnam on The Wall, but because some people who died in the war may still have not been identified, event organizers are open to people coming forward at the event and letting officials know of others so their memory can be recorded.

The Camden stop is the only South Carolina location for The Wall That Heals this year, according to Sale and other officials. Since 2010, the mobile traveling exhibit has been in the Midlands twice. In 2010, the exhibit was in Orangeburg, and in 2016 it was on display in Blythewood.

Sale said Camden’s military history and its proximity to Fort Jackson in Columbia and Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter helped the city in the selection process.

She said organizers hope to have about 2,000 visitors per day for the event.

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BY DAN GEDDINGS As much as I like to hunt, I enjoy managing the land and wildlife just as much. I think that management can go a long way toward realizing the potential of a property, and some ingenuity and resourcefulness can help. Management activities can extend a hunter’s outdoor enjoyment year-round.

Aldo Leopold defined management as “a deliberate and purposeful manipulation of the environment.” Prescribed burning, food plot construction, bush hogging and winter plowing are a few examples of wildlife management techniques.

Leased hunt club lands can be managed within certain restrictions that do not conflict with the landowner’s primary use. For instance, timber companies lease land for hunting and allow food plots in certain areas but no burning or tree cutting. Old logging decks may be cleaned up and converted to food plots. Consult with the company representatives to find out what you can and can not do on the property.

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We managed the size of our deer herd by keeping records and adjusting the harvest as needed to keep the herd in balance with what the land can provide. Too many deer will ruin a property’s ability to provide a quality hunting experience, and too few will do the same thing.

Hunters want to see deer and have a reasonable chance to harvest a nice one. Our turkey management efforts were focused on openings. The property was heavily wooded with a thick understory, and I learned over the years that turkeys will not use thick woods unless there are travel corridors and openings. We bush hogged old roads and firebreaks and connected them to openings.

Management techniques might not be instantly obvious or may not even be beneficial. It’s a work in progress and can be constantly revised and changed. Good managers create their own skills by thinking, observing and experimenting with different techniques over time. For instance, I learned through experience that food plots can be more effective using a variety of seed blends. Most wildlife food plots are small, usually less than an acre. Deer will eat all the soybeans or cowpeas in a small plot. If there’s nothing else planted there you will have only grass or weeds until you plow and replant. I started mixing in grain sorghum, sunflowers and buckwheat. If the deer eat all the beans and peas there will still be the other plants that the deer will eat and the turkeys, quail and other wildlife will also use.

On another property that I hunted, we conducted prescribed burns there for many years. It was old farm land that has been set aside and allowed to revert back to an early successional stage. The land is mostly open and is a mix of broomstraw, weeds, briars and volunteer loblolly pines. Every year after deer season I plowed fire breaks around the woodline and throughout the property. I am a state certified prescribed fire manager and use the proper equipment and personnel to safely conduct a burn. We never did more than about 10 acres at a time. The benefits of the burns to wildlife are numerous as it stimulates new plant growth and builds up the soils. The plowed firebreaks are another benefit in that the wintertime disturbance of the soil stimulates the growth of natural native plants like ragweed, partridge pea and beggar lice that are preferred quail foods. The burned sections are favored by wild turkeys, green up quickly in the spring and provide excellent brood rearing areas during the summer.

None of the management techniques that I have described are costly or difficult and could be conducted by just about anyone. We get a better result from the land if we put in a little effort. Habitat improvements, food plots and even routine maintenance exhibit a commitment or stewardship to the natural world, and I believe that stewardship is our responsibility to nature.

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