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$25,000 for United Ministries Donation from Oktoberfest will go toward Free Clinic BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com Oktoberfest 2014 was a success. “It was our fifth year doing it, and it’s the best one we’ve ever had by far,” said Danielle Thompson, co-owner of
Hamptons and one of the event’s coordinators. “We had over 1,200 people at the event this year. I just feel like people are looking for it now, looking forward to it. The weather was absolutely perfect. That made a big difference, too.” Last year the weather was
misty, which Thompson credited for contributing to the smaller crowd of about 800. Two years ago, the Germanthemed event brought in a little more than 900 people, she said. Between the proceeds from the street festival and dona-
tions from sponsors, Thompson said she’ll be presenting Sumter United Ministries with a $25,000 check. “That’s huge,” said Mark Champagne, executive director of the nonprofit. While the charity helps people with needs ranging from
bills to food to a place to stay, it was the new Free Clinic that drew the attention of the Oktoberfest committee. “This is the first time we’ve paired up with Sumter United Ministries,” Thompson said.
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4 nabbed, 1 wanted in teen’s shooting
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BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com BISHOPVILLE — Four suspects were arrested Sunday in connection with a weekend shooting that left a Lee County teen dead. Authorities said Kevin Oneal White and Davon Tyrell McFadden, both 18, and 17-year-old Sunallah Sadat Liles WHITE were charged with murder in relation to the incident. Lee County records show Sarah Goodman, 48, also faces charges stemMcFADDEN ming from the fatal shooting. Records indicate Goodman was booked Sunday at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center on a LILES charge of accessory after the fact to a felony. Lee County Sheriff’s Office authorities posted to the department’s Facebook S. GOODMAN page Sunday morning to break news on the arrests, which stem from a Saturday morning shooting along Azalea Road on
Butch Tabben, above, cleans the wheels of his 1968 all-original Bonneville before it is judged at the Sumter Cruisers Car show on Saturday in the Kmart parking lot. He came from Charleston to have his car judged. Car show judges Bobby Beatson and Tommy Hickson look for dirt on an engine of a car in the show. “This one might be a winner,” they said. The two judged the cars based on cleanliness. “We had to look way under the engine here to see any dirt, and we couldn’t find anything. It was nearly perfect.” Attendants brought cars from all over the state to be judged. MATT WALSH / THE SUMTER ITEM
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March commemorates victim in fatal 2010 police shooting BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Dozens of Aaron Jacobs’ family members took to the streets of Sumter County on Sunday, just as they do every year in late September. It is a tradition four years in the making that is rooted in tragedy, but it’s one that gives the Wedgefield relatives a reason to unite each
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year around this time. More than 60 people made the 1.2-mile walk Sunday morning from Jacobs’ family home to the spot he lost his life. The walk came on the fourth anniversary of his death, one which has sparked a firestorm of local controversy through the years and was the basis for a South Carolina Supreme Court ruling this summer.
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Family members and friends gather Sunday for a protest walk in memory of Aaron Jacobs, who was fatally shot during an encounter with a Sumter police officer in 2010.
Jacobs was remembered as fun-loving, playful and charismatic, with a spirit for lightheartedly teasing those close to him. “Everybody remembered him by his aggravating ways ... his laughter and his smile. That represented him,” said his first cousin Carolyn Archie, who grew up in the same
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