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Pig pickin’ and grinnin’ Jamboree will offer whole hog barbecue, live music
lent auction and a time for socializing with friends. The centerpiece of the 5:30to-9:30 p.m. jamboree is whole hog barbecue, prepared Williamsburg style by Pit Master Jonathan Teseniar, and Larry Matthews and Sumter Senior Services personnel will be cooking
BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com A pig pickin’ with all the trimmings and some surprises is in store for those attending Sumter Senior Services’ 12th Annual Backyard Jamboree. The Sept. 9 event is a typical jamboree, with plenty of live music, lots of good food, a si-
other items — also on the menu are barbecue chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, chili, chicken wings, cole slaw, baked beans and desserts, including the Red Hat Ladies’ famous red velvet cupcakes. Janice Williams, director of the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program at Sumter Senior Services, said holding the jamboree at Swan Lake’s Heath Pavilion was so successful last year, the agency decided to host it there
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Will Felder, a friend of the Morris family, donates blood while others wait their turn at Lakewood Baptist Church on Saturday. The drive was held in memory of baby Easton Morris, who died three months ago from complications caused by Trisomy 13.
Community donates blood in memory of baby Easton BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Family and friends came together and donated during a blood drive at Lakewood Baptist Church on Saturday to honor the memory of Easton Mor-
ris, who passed away at 4-and-a-half months of age from complications caused by Trisomy 13, a chromosomal disorder. Born on Jan. 3, Easton died on May 20 after surgery to repair two hernias that were caused by the disorder.
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Friday shooting began with argument 45-year-old man killed in dispute FROM STAFF REPORTS An argument between two men on Friday afternoon led to a fatal shooting of a 45-year-old near the intersection of Council and Bartlette streets. Officers with Sumter Police Department responded to the shooting shortly after 3 p.m. and found the body of Jermaine Williams, of 2725 Lowder Road, in the roadway, states a news release from the police department. Nathan McBride, 74, of 205 Council St., was apprehended at his home a short time after the shooting and is now being held at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, according to the reMCBRIDE lease. McBride, who also goes by the last name of Smoot, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Information collected so far during the investigation indicates that an argument between McBride and Williams began that afternoon while the men were at McBride’s home. The release states that the victim left the residence in his vehicle and McBride soon followed. Williams was then fatally wounded after he stopped and exited his vehicle in the 40 block of Council Street. The subject of the argument was not mentioned in the release. A weapon used in the shooting has been recovered. The investigation is continuing.
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Sgt. Keith Eudy, with Greenville County Emergency Medical Services, speaks Wednesday during a Law Enforcement Officers Naloxone Training Course at Sumter Police Department about a heroin overdose that occurred in his county.
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Trisomy 13 is a genetic disorder that causes a person to have three of the 13th chromosome instead of two, said Tonya Morris, Easton’s mother. Morris said most babies born with
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Officers are often needed in circumstances that fall outside the scope of what is considered traditional law enforcement. One of those situations could be saving the life of someone suffering from an opioid drug
or heroin overdose. Although not as common locally, Sumter Police Department is preparing for a growing national trend that has reached portions of South Carolina involving first-responder agencies seeing an increased number of life-threatening overdoses associated with opi-
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oid drug and heroin use. To help stem the number of opioid-related fatalities in Sumter, 10 officers participated in Law Enforcement Officers Naloxone Training to learn how to use a nasal spray form of Naloxone, also known
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