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VOTE FROM PAGE A1 Some of the young men and women who were obviously “feeling the Bern” hailed from places like Texas, Florida and California, while only a small handful represented The Granite State. When asked why they choose to support the 74-yearold Sanders instead of the 68-year-old Clinton, students reflected on him as being their “hip, cool grandfather.” To them, Clinton feels like the stuffy, upper cruster who
just cannot seem to relate to the modern and average American. An 18-year-old freshman commented that the Bush and Clinton families have been in the political arena for far too long and society needs a “breath of fresh air, whose name is Bernie.” Senior and former volleyball team member, Kathy, was held up on events of the past, some taking place before she was alive. She said there’s something about Clinton that grates on her. “I don’t know what it is,
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maybe it’s her pantsuit ... I know she has a great track record; she’s very articulate, but she stayed with Bill Clinton after he cheated on her.” Even though many remarked on Clinton’s knowledge, expertise and years of experience, millennials don’t see her as someone they can trust, as she represents the establishment and the “big money” ideals of their parents’ generation. Nevertheless, Bernie’s effects on young people seem to soar as his mantra defines his campaign being for the
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School District 2 Instructional Coach Marian Marlowe. She said the school district is implementing the STEM initiative at all five schools through Project Lead the Way, a national nonprofit organization that develops curricula for elementary, middle and high schools across the country. “We’re starting students as early as kindergarten,” she said. The kindergarten students work with Cubelets, magnetic robot blocks that exhibit different behaviors when stuck together in different arrangements. During their visit to Central Carolina’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center, students learned the basics of one of the engineering graphic programs the college students use. Tuders talked to the students about the different areas of engineering graphics and how engineering graphics technicians design most of the things they use every day. “We’re preparing them for so many jobs that don’t exist yet,” Marlowe said.
director of the Congressional Budget Office and president of the conservative American Action Forum. That seems especially true given that the job gains come at a delicate time for the U.S. economy. Analysts have warned that the economy faces a growing risk of another recession within a year or two after having recovered only gradually from the Great Recession. Economic weakness overseas and reeling financial markets have slowed growth and squeezed manufacturers. Last month’s pay raises and the addition of retail jobs suggest that consumers have the resilience to bolster growth. Average hourly wages have jumped
people and paid for by the contributions of the people. As far as UNH students are concerned, 2016 won’t be a revolutionary year because they would elect our first female president; rather, it would be a revolutionary year as the youth make a significant political impact by almost single-handedly electing Sanders. Amanda Finney was born and raised in Sumter until the age of 7 when she moved to Columbia. She is a graduate of Heathwood Hall Episcopal
2.5 percent over the past 12 months, evidence that years of steady job growth are finally helping generate pay raises for more Americans. The strong fundamentals in the jobs report could make the Federal Reserve somewhat more likely to raise rates again this year — a prospect that likely contributed to a sharp sell-off in stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 211 points or about 1.3 percent. “The wage numbers were the most encouraging bit of news all around,” said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust. Tannenbaum said the figures gave him “extra comfort that the expansion wasn’t sliding toward an untimely conclusion.” With the unemployment rate
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School. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in communication and English and a minor in women and gender studies. She took off her senior year to work as a field organizer in Virginia for President Obama’s 2012 re-election. Finney is pursuing her master’s degree at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications. She is reporting on the 2016 campaign for The Sumter Item this week in New Hampshire. Tweet Amanda at @FinneyAmanda2.
now 4.9 percent — its lowest level since 2008 — many workers have managed to gain raises because their employers have had to offer better incentives to compete for talent. The unemployment rate dipped in January even though a sizable 502,000 more people began hunting for jobs. That reversed a trend in which the unemployment rate had been dropping for a discouraging reason: Jobseekers had stopped looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed. Wage growth is a crucial indicator for the Fed, which is weighing whether to raise interest rates in the face of global risks that could imperil broader economic growth. The Fed wants to see earnings accelerate after years of sluggish gains.
OBITUARIES REBECCA J. BELLE Rebecca Junious Belle, 58, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at her residence. Born in Clarendon County, on Feb. 2, 1958, she was a daughter of Alex “Sonny” Junious and the late Alice Green BELLE Gaymon. She was the widow of Charles Jerome Belle. She leaves to mourn her passing and cherish her memories a daughter, Princess Belle; her father, Alex “Sonny” Junious; five brothers, Elliott (Carolyn) Junious, Leroy Junious, Johnnie Junious, the Rev. Thomas (Ruth) Junious and Nathaniel (the Rev. Denise) Junious; three grandchildren, Jai’Niyah, Alexus and Solange Belle; and a host of other close relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at William Parker Gymnasium, Old Scott’s Branch High School, in Summerton, with the Rev. Theola Parker officiating. Final resting place will be Brown Cemetery in Pinewood. Visitation will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at Dyson’s Home for Funerals Chapel. The body will be placed in the gym one hour prior to the service. The family is receiving friends at home, 1199 Detwilder Road, Summerton. Professional services are entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton, (803) 485-4280.
MARY LEE COKER Mary Lee Thigpen Coker, 77, beloved wife of the late Sherrill Clyde Coker, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at her home. Born in Clarendon County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. William Hugh COKER Thigpen and Bertha Corbett Thigpen. Mrs. Coker became a member of Sumter Freewill Baptist of the Pentecostal Faith Church in 1970 where she taught the adult Sunday school class for 29 years and was the secretary of the
church for 19 years. She also attended Grace Full Gospel Church. She was a 1956 graduate of Hebron High School and received a business degree from Sumter Technical College. Mrs. Coker retired from BD with 28 years of service. She served as the bookkeeper for her husband’s business until he was forced to retire due to failing health. She was also a caretaker for her son, Mitchell. Surviving are her four sons, Kenneth C. Coker (Debi) of Sumter, Timothy Wayne Coker (Elaine) of Creedmoor, North Carolina, Mitchell Andrew Coker of the home and Chad S. Coker (Christina) of Charlotte, North Carolina; two brothers, Willie M. Thigpen (Dot) and Ernest Thigpen (Mary); six grandchildren, Kimberly White (Chris), Shane Coker (Jennifer), Kerri Lavender (Edward), Adrienne Coker, Michael Coker, Zaida Coker; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her grandson, Brandon Scott Coker. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Freewill Baptist Pentecostal Faith Conference Center, 3868 Puddin Swamp Road, Turbeville, with the Rev. Stacey Floyd and the Rev. Caleb Howell officiating. Burial will be in Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery in Cades. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 1935 Florence Highway. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.
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James Vanolin Brewer Jr., died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Born Nov. 20, BREWER 1932, in Lake City, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Davies and Lila Tisdale Gaskins. She was a member of Manning United Methodist Church. She was a former clerk at Clarendon County Auditor’s Office and was a member of the Lord Clarendon Cotillion. She is survived by a daughter, Susan Lynn Brewer Poe (Don) of Charlotte, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Elizabeth McGill Brock and Chandler Brewer Brock; three stepgrandchildren, Donald Fann Poe Jr., Kathleen Montgomery Poe and James Harrison Poe; and numerous nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by a half brother, David Gaskins. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Manning United Methodist Church with the Rev. Randy Smith officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the church. The family requests that memorials be made to Manning United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 68, Manning, S.C. 29102. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org
ISAAC GATHERS Isaac Gathers, 50, entered eternal rest on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at his home. Born in Sumter County, on Sept. 19, 1965, he was the son of the late Harry Gathers and Maggie Anderson Prince.
Family is receiving visitors at the home of his aunt, Mammie English, 872 Twin Lakes Drive, Sumter. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.
NIYOKA P. LUDD Niyoka Patrice “Mykie” Doss Ludd, 44, wife of Lawrence Ludd, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Riverside Nursing Home, Charleston. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 22, 1971, she was the daughter of Ernest Miles and the late Cynthia Doss. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.
ANGELO J. SAGONA Angelo John Sagona, 64, beloved husband of Joan Francine, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.
Surviving are her brother, Edgar Laird Dallery and sisterin-law, Mary; two nephews, the Rev. James Franklyn Dallery and his wife Tamara and Robert Laird Dallery and his wife Krystal; and seven great-nephews and nieces, William, Mary Grace, Annabelle, Abigail, Charlie, Maclean and Christopher. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Webb Belangia officiating. The family will receive friends at the home of Ed and Mary Dallery. Memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. The family would like to express its appreciation to all of the staff at Sumter Valley Health & Rehab. for their love and care of Miss Dallery. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 7759386.
CAROLYN DALLERY Carolyn Dallery, 77, passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at Sumter Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 29, 1938, in Orange, New Jersey, she was a daughter of the late Franklyn Laird and Lois Rankin Dallery. Miss Dallery attended C. J. Scott High School in East Orange, New Jersey, and moved to Sumter in 1969 with her parents. She was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church.
THERESA BRUNSON Theresa Brunson entered eternal rest on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at her residence, 1430 Stokes Bridge Road W., Bishopville. The family is receiving friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.
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