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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 | SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA
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STEM, soft skills big at summit BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com
PHOTOS BY ROB COTTINGHAM / THE ITEM
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Brian Haselden, 18, and Brittani Johnson, 17, ride The Banzai at the Sumter County Fair on Thursday.
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TODAY, Sept. 28 Hand stamp day. Ride all day for $20 with stamp purchased before 6 p.m. at specially marked midway booths with The Item Item’s’s coupon, $25 without coupon. 10 a.m. to midnight — Gates open to the public 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. — All exhibits on display Noon — Judging: Pony and Horse Show 1, 3:30, 6:30 p.m. — Magic of Lance Gifford 1:30, 4, 7 p.m. — Hermann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions 2:15, 5, 7:45 p.m. — Staples Safari 2:15, 5:45, 8 p.m. — Swifty Swine Racing Pigs 6 to 9 p.m. — One Man Band, Carl Brunson
About 170 industry representatives, business leaders and educators came together Thursday evening for SanteeLynches Regional Council of Governments’ second education and workforce summit. “We need to know what you’re doing, and educators are here to support you in getting the job done,” said Bobby Anderson, chairman of the Santee-Lynches Workforce Investment Board. “If you’ve ever said, ‘I wish they would fix that’ or ‘they should do that,’ this is your opportunity. You’re in the driver’s seat.”
David Ray, left, human resources leader for Continental Tire the Americas in Sumter, talks to about 170 people during the Santee-Lynches’ summit Thursday. JADE ANDERSON / THE ITEM
For every position Boeing gets 7,000 applications, said Frank Hatten, specialist in education relations for Boeing South Carolina. “We all have the same challenges,”
The Santee-Lynches COG includes Sumter, Clarendon, Lee and Kershaw counties. EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION
It’s not easy to get a job these days, and it’s not going to get easier.
SEE SUMMIT, PAGE A10
A mission to ‘Shawzakistan’ Military kids learn what deployment really means BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com
The latest deployment from Shaw Air Force Base set out on its mission this week. But instead of flying LAST DAY to the other side of the SUNDAY, Sept. 29 1:30 to 9 p.m. – Gates open to the public, world, Operation Take $6 general admission Flight traveled by bus from 6 a.m. — Livestock removed the Deployment Processing 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Commercial FIND MORE Center to the other side of exhibits removed 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Poultry FAIR PHOTOS the base and the border and baby animals removed with “Shawzakistan.” ON A3. 2 to 3:30 p.m. — Individual This mission was differentries removed, premium checks ent from others at the base picked up because these were junior 2, 4 p.m. — Magic of Lance Gifford deployers — the grade 2:30, 4:30 p.m. — Hermann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions school-aged children of ser3, 5:15 p.m. — Staples Safari vice members based at 3:30, 6 p.m. — Swifty Swine Racing & Shaw. Their objective was to Swimming Pigs have fun while learning 9 p.m. — Midway closes what their parents go
through when they have to go overseas. “Military deployment involves quite a bit,” said John F. Kennedy, Shaw’s school liaison officer, who briefed the junior deployers on their mission. “This will help them be resilient and better understand the process.” About 200 children ranging in age from 5 to their teen years went through the same deployment process their mom or dad would go through. First, they arrived at the processing center and picked
PHOTOS BY BRISTOW MARCHANT / THE ITEM
SEE DEPLOY, PAGE A7
Every day is Hand Stamp Day.
RIGHT: Joseph Charleston, an assistant chief with the Shaw Air Force Base Fire Department, holds his 6-year-old son, Quinton, during the youngster’s junior deployment to “Shawzakistan” on Thursday. The children of soldiers and airmen took part in a mock deployment to better understand what happens when their parents are sent overseas.
The Ferris wheel lights up the sky Thursday night.
ABOVE RIGHT: The son of a service member takes a close look at a combat firearm on display.
Motorcycle club will honor fellow rider during funeral BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com About 100 motorcycle engines will rev across Sumter today in honor of a quieted fellow rider. Members of the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club are scheduled to 20 N. Magnolia St. Sumter, SC 29150 (USPS 525-900)
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lead the funeral procession of Adrean Sanders Spann, a road captain for the club who was killed in a motorcycle crash Monday. The procession is being organized by the Thunderguards’ vice president and Spann’s uncle, Jake Sanders Jr. In addition to the road captain’s job of
directing club members on rides, Spann also used his career experience in construction to act as contractor to the Thunderguards’ clubhouse. “He pretty much ran the clubhouse,” Sanders said. “He’s the one that kept it up.” The 36-year-old Sumter native was
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reportedly riding his bike on Florence Highway after a Thunderguards event about 2:20 a.m. Monday, when he apparently lost control of his motorcycle making the turn where the road branches off onto South Main Street SEE FUNERAL, PAGE A10
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