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Sellers a finalist for S.C.’s Mr. Football

South Florence High School senior quarterback LaNorris Sellers is one of seven finalists to be named South Carolina’s Mr. Football. .. . . .. . . Page 3

F1S designated as District of Distinction

Florence 1 Schools was rec ognized as a pioneer in prepar ing students for the future during a special ceremony held Oct. 24 at McLaurin Elementary School. . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5

Annual creches exhibit at St. Ann Nov. 18-20

St. Ann Catholic Church Ladies’ Guild will hold its annual “Come to the Manger” creche exhibit and crafts event Nov. 18-20 in the parish life center. . Page 7

Chamber to hold annual breakfast

The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce will host its’ Fall Legislative/Community Breakfast on Friday, Nov. 4. at the Florence Center. . Page 7

NAME: Kendall Bullock

HOME: Florence. A graduate of Wilson High School and Francis Marion Univer sity

FAMILY: Parents, Patrick, and Amanda Bullock, and stepfather, Eddie. She has an older brother, Bryson.

OCCUPATION: Director of Market ing and Communications for Trinity Col legiate School.

HOBBIES: I love to paint and create digital art, and I love to write poetry. Three of her poems are published in FMU’s Snow Island Review, which you can find a copy of online.

FUN FACT: “I have red hair and blue eyes which is apparently the rarest com bination in the world, so I'm kind of a unicorn.”

Go Nuts! Annual festival expected to draw thousands to downtown

Festival-goers can expect to find plenty of family fun and entertainment at this year’s S.C. Pecan Music & Food Festival, presented by Pepsi. The stages, all nine of them, are set for an exciting lineup of entertainment to celebrate this year’s award-winning festival.

The festival will cover more than nine blocks of Downtown Florence and fill the streets with live music, great food, and plenty of shopping at over 250 vendors. The festival was named “Best Community Festival” again in 2022 and was named “Best Fall Festival in South Carolina” by

Travel + Leisure Online in 2017.

The family-friendly event also includes an action-packed free Kids Fun Zone, STEM Zone, pony rides, classic car and truck show, Bike Like a Nut metric half century and century bike rides, Run Like a Nut 5K/10K/USATF-certified half marathon, the Pecan Pub for craft brew enthusi asts, chalk art competition, ARCY! live muralist, blacksmith demonstrations, and a whole lot more!

Election set for Tuesday

Florence Voters will decide whether on not to allow businesses to sell alcohol on Sundays as well as who will represent District 1 on the City Council when polls open Tuesday morning for the 2022 General Election. The referendum calls for voters to decide whether city retailers who already legally sell beer and for off premises consumption the other six days of the week, should be allowed to do the same on Sundays. City Council voted in February to put the beer and wine sales referendum on the ballot.

County’s 911 Dispatch named Center of the Year

Florence County 911 Central Dispatch recently was named South Carolina Association of PublicSafety Communications Officials/National Emer gency Number Association (SC APCO/NENA) 911 Center of the Year at the organizations’ annual combined conference in Myrtle Beach.

The award is presented to the 911 Center that has exemplified outstanding professionalism, lead ership, and innovation to the community it serves, as well as, to its region and state.

Florence County 911 Central Dispatch under stands that training is the most important and one of the most expensive undertakings in the dispatch profession.

To ensure that other agencies have access to certain trainings, Florence County provides the training at no cost to the agencies. They are only responsible for the materials.

Florence County 911 also has weekly trainings with its special teams. The teams monitor their training over the radio and input all the information into CAD. The weekly training helps to learn dif ferent terms and languages that our special team

units use during these situations and better pre pare the Center for Active Assailant situations and SWAT operations.

Florence County 911 also strives to improve Public Safety Communications for their commu nity. It has formed a nonprofit foundation in mem ory of one of their dispatchers, Leslie Timmons, who died in 2020. The Leslie Timmons Foundation partners with a different organization annually to ensure that a needy family has a Christmas.

The 911 Center continually supports local com munity drives, whether it is Farrah Turner’s toy drive, Lydia’s Nest Back to School Bash, the United Way program or people in need in the area.

It also has partnered with All for Autism in Flo rence, receiving and entering information into their system to help identify Autistic residents and assist with key information, such as triggers and functional level.

In addition to the center’s award, Sommer Broach was awarded the Supervisor of the Year Award and Melissa Fletcher received the SC APCO/NENA Palmetto Award.

The lone City Council seat that will be contested is the District 1 seat cur rently held by LaShonda NesmithJackson. Nesmith-Jackson, a Democrat, will face will face Republi can challenger Joey McMillan.

Three seats on the Florence One Schools Board of Trustees will be decided. In the District Four race, incumbent Gloria Bracey will face chal lengers Brenda Deese, Derrick Echols, and Gloria C.L. Jones. The District 8 race will pit incumbent Barry S. McFadden against Terry B. Law Jr., Bryan Chapman, and Jimmy Woods. Incumbent Lura J. Mitchell will face challenger Davey Gregg in the District 9 race.

In the Florence County Probate Judge race, incumbent Jesse Cartrette Jr. will face challenger Chan dra Graham.

State Rep. Wallace H. “Jay” Jor dan of Florence will seek reelection to the District 63 House seat. He will face Democratic candidate Vincent Coe.

Voters can cast ballots at their assigned voting precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For a list of polling sites, visit www.scvotes.org.

Florence County 911 Central Dispatch was recently named the South Carolina Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials/ National Emergency Number Association (SCAPSCO/NENA) 911 Center of the Year.

Sommer Broach and Melissa Fletcher received the Supervisor of the Year and SC APCO/NENA Palmetto Award.

READY TO GO – This boy scout troop, sponsored by First Presbyterian Church, is pictured before heading down the Little Pee Dee River to earn the 50-Miler Award. The troop left from Fair Bluff, N.C. on a three-day river trip in 1967. Pictured from left is scoutmaster Charles Weeks, David Johnson, Ken Kirkland, Tim Dusenbury, Danny King, Walter Gregg, Ricky Karnuth, Bill Dixon, Rogers Kirvin, Larry Weeks, Freddie Kunz and Mr. Johnson. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for The News Journal’s Do You Remember? You may do so by emailing a digital copy of the photo, including information about the photo, to editor@florencenewsjournal.com. You may also submit photos and information in person at our office, located at 312 Railroad Ave.

Lighthouse Ministries selected as a Senate salary recipient

Lighthouse Ministries was selected as one of S.C. Sen. Mike Reichenbach’s Senate salary recipients.

When Reichenbach was elected, he and his wife, Charisse, pledged to donate his Senate salary to Pee Dee non-profits. The Reichen bachs recently presented a check for $1,000 to Light house Ministries Executive Director, Cecilia Meggs.

“Lighthouse Ministries is honored to have been selected as one of the recip ients of Sen. and Mrs. Reichenbach’s Senate salary donation,” said Meggs. “With these funds we will be able to help even more fami lies here in Florence County who are struggling to meet their basic needs. This dona tion is such a blessing to our community.”

The mission of Light house Ministries is centered around the prevention of homelessness, child abuse, and child neglect in Florence County. Through financial

DEATH NOTICES

Herbert Sloan Anderson Jr., 89, passed away Oct. 29. Layton-Anderson Funeral Home.

Paul Blackburn, 78, passed away Oct. 23. WatersPowell Funeral Home

Peter James Braffitt, 54, passed away Oct. 25. Cain-Calcutt Funeral Home.

Evette Edra Cannon, 44, passed away Oct. 30. Ideal Funeral Home.

Charles Benjamin Filyaw Sr., 81, passed away Oct. 28. Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Elizabeth Saverance Gandy, 93, passed away Oct. 26. Layton-Anderson Funeral Home.

Llewellyn Fields Hart, 92, passed away Oct. 27. Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home.

Larry A. Kester Sr., 76, passed away Oct. 28. Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Stephen Paul Langley, 37, passed away Oct. 28. Belk Funeral Home.

William Kelly McCallister, 72, passed away Oct. 25. Waters-Powell Funeral Home.

Bernard J. McCullough, 71, passed away Oct. 24. Ideal Funeral Home.

Jon Renee “Penny” Neal, 70, passed away Oct. 27. Belk Funeral Home.

Ivory “Bobby” Nowlin, 76, passed away Oct. 29. Ideal Funeral Home.

John W. Owens,72, passed away Oct. 24. Draper G. Myers Mortuary.

Carolyn Sue Salyer, 83, passed away Oct. 22. Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Howard Lessnorris Stafford, 72, passed away Oct. 30. Ideal Funeral Home.

Norward L. Tedder, 85, passed away Oct. 25. Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Wanda Tedder, 59, passed away Oct. 26. Ideal Funeral Home.

Johnny Ervin White Sr., 80, passed away Oct. 24. Waters-Powell Funeral Home

Gary Legrande Wise, 64, passed away Oct. 27. Ideal Funeral Home.

Timothy James Wyllie, 71, passed away Oct. 27. Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

assistance programs and educational opportunities, Lighthouse Ministries strives to both provide basic needs assistance for families who struggle to maintain a safe and secure home, as well as develop healthier parentchild relationships within our community.

Because of the generos ity of the Reichenbach, more families will be living in a sta ble environment. Countless families and individuals’ lives will be affected thanks to their support.

For more information, please visit www.lighthouse florence.org.

Book club selection announced

The Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library’s Book Club for adults recently announced its selection for November.

The group meets in per son monthly on the third Thursday of the month at

1 p.m. in the Founders room.

The book selection for November is “Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery.”

Sen. Mike Reichenbach, left, and his wife, Charisse, right, present a check to Lighthouse Min istries Executive Director Cecilia Meggs.

God is the perfect Father

Q: My parents criticize me all the time, saying that I spend more time with my friends than studying or helping around the house. I am active in my church. Why can’t they understand I need to have my own life? – I.T.

A: When young people begin the process of becoming independent, it often causes friction between parents and chil dren. This isn’t necessarily bad, because we each need to learn to make our own decisions as the years go by, but it should also be a time to build solid relationships between par ent and child — this is important for home and family.

The Bible tells parents not to provoke their children, but also stresses the importance of children honoring their par ents. It’s important to be on guard against an attitude or emo tion that automatically resists input from parents. Part of becoming an adult is learning from those who have already traveled that road. Not all children have the benefit of parents that guide and direct them. Many children and teenagers are in homes with little oversight.

How wonderful it is when growing children learn to listen and consider the wise counsel of loving parents, and to thank God for having a mother and father who care enough to give warnings and advice — particularly when it comes to making decisions that children will carry with them into the future.

Children who are blessed to have caring parents should learn to weigh carefully what a parent says. They have more experience in life than their children, but parents and children can certainly learn from one another, if they care enough to communicate with one another in love and understanding.

God is the perfect Father in Heaven and for those who belong to Him, He understands the need for teens to learn effectively how to live independently, but parents should be given honor. Depending on God the Father to lead and guide is a wonderful place to start.

(This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.)

©2022 Billy Graham Literary Trust. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SFHS’s Sellers a Mr. Football finalist

South Florence senior quarterback LaNorris Sellers is one of seven finalists to be named South Carolina’s Mr. Football.

Sellers, who has verbally committed to play for Syra cuse University, is the first Florence player to be nomi nated for the award since Ailym Ford of West Florence in 2018. No player from Flo rence has ever been named Mr. Football in South Car olina.

Other finalists are Jarvis

Green of Dutch Fork High School, Bryson James of Clinton High School, Raheim Jeter of Spartanburg High School, Xzavier McLeod of Camden High School, Jonah Norris of Lexington High School, and Tyler Smith of Barnwell High School

The player selected as Mr. Football will be announced at halftime of the Dec. 10 Touchstone Energy Bowl at Myrtle Beach’s Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium.

The S.C. Athletic

Coaches Association estab lished the Mr. Football award in 1995. Seven of the award’s first 22 winners made it to the National Foot ball League, with four of the last five winners still playing collegiately in the Southeast ern Conference.

Going into Friday’s show down with rival West Flo rence, Sellars had passed for 1,832 yards and 26 touch downs to go along with 776 rushing yards and 12 touch downs.

Donation aids sensory education lab

Duke Energy has made a $25,000 donation to Francis Marion University to supply a new sensory lab for the univer sity’s School of Education.

The new lab will enhance FMU’s current education pro grams by providing additional resources to teach children through special sensory tech niques. While the lab will be housed under Francis Mar ion’s School of Education, it will benefit students across many disciplines, including a new collateral and minor in Autism and Neurodiversity Studies created in conjunction with the psychology and speech and language pathol ogy departments.

“Duke Energy has long been a strong advocate for Francis Marion University,” says Fred Carter, president of FMU. “This new sensory lab will allow three of our aca demic disciplines to collabo rate on developing better

Rural Development Whitehall Solar, LLC: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Rural Business & Cooperative Programs (RBS), USDA

ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the RBS, as required by the National Environmental Pol icy Act, is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) in connection with possible impacts related to a project proposed by Whitehall Solar, LLC. The proposal is for construction of a 2—megawatt (MW) solar facility located on approximately 24.5 – acres off Sardis Highway in Timmonsville, Florence County, South Carolina. Whitehall Solar has submitted an application to RBS for funding of the proposal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Kemp, Business & Cooperative Programs Specialist (RBS), Rural Development. 1835 Assembly St, Suite 1007, COLUMBIA, SC 29201; 803­765­5533; denise.kemp@usda.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Whitehall Solar, LLC proposes to construct a 2­MW solar facility approximately 6.2 miles southeast of the town of Timmonsville, in Florence County, South Carolina.

The purpose of the Proposed Project is to provide a source of long­term renewable energy for rural South Carolina residents. True North Consultants, Inc. an environmental consultant, pre pared an environmental assessment for RBS that describes the project, assesses the proposed project’s environmental impacts, and summarizes as applicable any mitigation measures used to minimize environmental effects. RBS has conducted an independent evaluation of the envi ronmental evaluation of the environmental assessment and believes that it accurately assesses the impacts of the proposed project. No significant impacts are expected because of the construction of the project.

Questions and comments should be sent to RBS. Also, review of the environmental assessment may be done at RBS Office located at 1835 Assembly St, Suite 1007, COLUMBIA, SC 29201. RBS will accept questions and com ments on the environmental assessment for 14 days from the date of publication of this notice.

Any final action by RBS related to the proposed project will be subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with all relevant Federal environmen tal laws and regulations and completion of environmental review proce dures as prescribed by 7 CFR Part 1970, Environmental Poli cies and Procedures.

A general location map of the proposal is shown below.

Dated: 10/26/2022, 11/2/2022

processes for treating and educating children with autism spectrum disorders. This is a new endeavor for the univer sity, and we are pleased to have Duke join us both as a partner and as a philanthro pist.”

The sensory lab will be equipped with items used in various teaching practices benefiting autistic students. Sensory items used include

weighted vests, light projec tors, audiosedation systems, gel mats, and other sensory items. The lab will focus on instructing special education, early childhood education, ele mentary education, and sec ondary education teacher candidates on best practices when working with autistic students.

“Duke Energy is proud to further our partnership with

Francis Marion University, and continue to support the opportunities they provide their students and the region,” said Mindy Taylor, government and community relations manager The sen sory lab will be part of a new classroom building scheduled for construction on the Fran cis Marion University’s main campus. The new building will house Francis Marion’s School of Education as well as the School of Business and is expected to be completed in 2024. Construction on the new facility is expected to begin during the 2023 spring semester.

The $24 million, 60,000 sq. ft. facility was funded entirely through state appro priations during the 2021-22 fiscal year. Located across the pond from the Lee Nursing Building on FMU’s main cam pus, the building is expected to be completed in 2024.

LANORRIS SELLERS

Francis Marion University President Fred Carter, second from right, accepts a check for $25,000 from Duke Energy.

GOD’S WORD

“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”

First Amendment to The Constitution

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the govern ment for a redress of grievances.

EDITORIAL

Guardians ad litem can make big difference

It’s not uncommon in many situations to hear people ask: “How can I help?”

In the case of children in the family court system because of abuse and neglect, there is a definitive way. Become a “voice” for these children by volunteering as a guardian ad litem.

Guardian ad litem volunteers come from a variety of cul tural and educational backgrounds. For a few hours every month, these special people devote time to the children they represent. The most important requirements are car ing and compassion for children.

The phrase “guardian ad litem” is Latin for guardian “for the suit.” In South Carolina, it is a person appointed by a family court judge to represent the best interests of a child in a legal proceeding. Often in family law matters, the inter est of the children can become lost and develop into a point of contention because of the stresses related to divorce, custody and support. Family court cases that com monly require a guardian ad litem include:

• Contested visitation and custody cases

• Legal name changes for minors

• Abuse and neglect cases

• Adoption

• Termination of parental rights

A guardian may be agreed upon by the parties or their counsel, or may be appointed by the court. Under either scenario, a guardian’s appointment order in private cases will typically set forth the guardian’s functions and scope, hourly rate and fee cap for the entire case, which can only be modified by agreement or further court order.

In DSS abuse and neglect cases, the guardian is typi cally a non-attorney volunteer. The DSS “lay” guardian will have undergone guardian training, and may have a back ground in teaching, social work or counseling. This person will also usually have his or her own attorney for any DSS proceedings.

In private family court cases (meaning non-DSS involved cases), a guardian is typically an attorney, but that is not a requirement.

A guardian ad litem:

• Must be 25 years old or older.

• Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent.

• An attorney guardian ad litem must complete 6 hours of family law continuing legal education (CLE) annu ally. This CLE must be in the areas of custody and visita tion.

• A lay guardian ad litem must complete 9 hours of continuing education for initial qualification. This continu ing education must be in the areas of custody/visitation (6 hours) and substantive law and family court procedure (3 hours). A lay guardian ad litem must complete 6 hours of continuing education annually in the areas of custody and visitation.

• A lay guardian ad litem must observe 3 contested custody hearings prior to serving as a guardian ad litem.

Guardians fulfill two important roles for children in legal proceedings: to act as an investigator and reporter for the court and to advocate for what he or she believes are the best interests of the child involved in the case.

Locally, November brings an opportunity to get the necessary training.

The Orangeburg/Calhoun County Office of the Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program is offering the online training program at no cost.

The free online training begins Nov. 7. Visit http://gal.sc.gov for more information and to download an application.

The Guardian ad Litem program was founded in 1984 and has made a major difference in many children’s lives in the years since. And it has enriched the lives of adult volunteers. If you are willing to help, reach out, get trained and begin doing just that.

OPINION

School using rivalry to tackle hunger

With both Clemson and South Carolina in the midst of winning seasons and driving toward a huge showdown on Nov. 26 in Death Valley, the in-state college football rivalry has everyone showing their true colors – orange and pur ple for the Tiger faithful or garnet and black for those backing the Gamecocks.

In Cheraw, the faculty, staff, students, and parents of Long Middle School are channeling their excitement over the rivalry into a project that not only allows them to support their favorite team, but to help those in need dur ing the holidays while doing so. The school’s annual Clem son and Carolina Food Drive, which is currently underway and will continue through Nov. 17, collects thousands of canned goods and non-per ishable items that will be donated to local food banks and families. The collected items are put on display at the school and, as the weeks go by and the donations mount, it becomes quite an impressive site.

The premise of the drive is simple: Anyone can donate non-perishable food items or make a monetary donation to the school food drive and designate their contribution for either the Tigers or the Gamecocks. As the final whistle blows ending the drive, the winning team gets the bragging rights. The homeroom class that collects the most items gets to cele brate with a pizza party. The second place class cools off

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with ice cream and third place class gets popsicles. The day after the drive ends, one stu dent’s name is drawn from the Carolina bucket and another from the Clemson bucket. The two lucky stu dents win a pair of tickets to see their team play in person.

In years past, the students winning the tickets in the drawings got to attend the rivalry game on the weekend following Thanksgiving. This year, the price of the tickets for the big game was too expensive. Mason opted instead for tickets to the South Carolina-Tennessee and Clemson-Miami matchups on Nov. 19.

Talk about a championshipcaliber idea!

The drive is now in its 12th year and each year it seems to get bigger and bigger. Jes sica Mason, the athletic direc tor at Long Middle, came up with the idea as a way for the students to learn about giving back to their community.

“The first year was tiny,” Mason recalled. “We made the display with cinder blocks and 2-by-4’s. To see what it has become is pretty amaz ing.”

The cinder blocks and 2by-4’s have been replaced by a dozen shelves surrounding a makeshift football field. The

shelves are so crowded with food items that they look like the stands at Williams-Brice or Memorial Stadium on game day.

Last year’s drive brought in a total of 7,436 donated items. As for the rivalry, the Gamecocks prevailed, 4,1073,329. The real winner, how ever, was the community.

With the donated items, 50 families received Thanksgiving food boxes and a turkey or ham. Donations were also made to the McCarn Food Bank in Cheraw and the Manna From Heaven Food Ministry in Society Hill.

The school met its goal of feeding 50 families last year, but Coach Mason says she hopes the drive can do even better this year.

“We’re hoping for more monetary donations and we want to get companies and industries involved,” she said

A few weeks ago, Mason recruited some help in getting everyone pumped up about this year’s food drive. She reached out to local col leagues who had some con nections with the Carolina and Clemson coaches. Both Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and South Carolina’s Shane Beamer recorded messages that are posted on the school’s Facebook page.

Here’s what Coach Beamer had to say: “Hey everybody, I know how impor tant the Clemson rivalry is on the football field for us and I also know it’s important for your Thanksgiving Food Drive. So, let’s make sure the

Gamecocks win in this food drive. I’m pulling for you. Go Cocks!”

Clemson’s Swinney offered these words of encouragement: “Hey every body, this is Dabo Swinney up in Clemson. I know every body’s excited about the Clemson-South Carolina game, I also hope everyone’s excited about making a differ ence with this food drive. We compete on the field, but let’s have some fun and compete in this food drive as well. God bless all of you and Go Tigers!”

Well done, coaches, and very well done, Long Middle School. No matter which team comes out on top in the big game, you can all be proud of your efforts. In the end, it’s not the colors you wear or the team you support that matters the most. It’s giv ing back to the community. When that happens, we’re all winners.

For those wishing to be a part of Long Middle School’s Clemson and Carolina Food Drive, non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the school through Nov. 17. Monetary donations will be gratefully appreciated and can be made to the Long Middle School Food Drive, 1010 West Greene St., Cheraw, S.C., 29520. Make sure to designate your donation for either the Tigers or the Game cocks.

Contact Editor Bob Sloan at editor@florencenews journal.com.

A trying time for American elections

As the November general election approaches, I’ve been struck by the rise of an unusual type of news cover age. It’s focused not on the campaigns, but on the run ning of elections themselves.

Some of it is alarming. In California, elections officials worried about their personal safety have just been given the ability to hide their per sonal information — like home addresses — from the public, using the same pro gram the state uses to help victims of domestic violence. In several states, reports The New York Times, right-wing activists “driven by false the ories about election fraud” are flooding elections offices in an attempt to toss tens of thousands of voter registra tions, the vast majority of them entirely legitimate. Peo ple who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election are either becoming elections officials or angling for elected posts that would oversee election administration.

And lest there be any doubt about where all this might lead, federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just put it bluntly as she sen tenced a Jan. 6 rioter to prison: “You were trying to stop the singular thing that makes America: the peaceful transfer of power.”

My fondest hope is that the election doubters who

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are given new responsibility for helping to run elections see what those of us who have watched American democracy at work for decades know to our core: that the overwhelming major ity of elections at all levels in this country are administered fairly and competently by people who believe in the right of Americans to express their will at the ballot box.

To be sure, charges of voter fraud are rife. But study after study and legal investi gation after investigation have found that actual voter fraud in the U.S. is exceed ingly rare. There are prob lems, of course, whether they involve chicanery from politicians bent on disenfran chising voters whose politics they don’t like, or the mechanical and logistical issues that stem from an elections system with a patchwork of procedures, obsolete machinery, and increasingly complex training requirements for poll work ers. Still, we have well over 200 years of success in transferring power peacefully, often between political lead

ers who disagreed with one another, because in commu nities all over this country dedicated town and city clerks and ordinary volun teers make it their business to ensure that elections are conducted honestly.

It's a truism that elections matter. But we sometimes forget that participation in elections matters just as much. People who don’t vote because they can’t be both ered or they don’t care or — increasingly — they don’t trust their neighbors to run a fair election do more than keep vote totals down. They also help to skew election results by making potential candidates hyper-responsive to their party’s most loyal, most partisan, voters — the ones they know for certain will turn out.

I wish I could say that the answer is as simple as regis tering and voting. And in some respects, it is. But some states are making vot ing harder or less convenient, and in those places, it takes some determination to cast a ballot. Even more challeng ing, it’s not simply voting that matters: It’s casting an informed vote, one that looks past all the rhetoric and out right misinformation we encounter daily. That, too, is getting harder.

Yet what choice do we have? American democracy

is in our hands. The way we preserve it is at the ballot box, and if it takes some work to exercise that right responsibly, then so be it.

Lee Hamilton is a senior adviser for the Indiana Uni versity Center on Represen tative Government. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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zSpace recognizes F1S as a District of Distinction

Florence 1 Schools was recognized as a pioneer in preparing students for the future during a ceremony held Oct. 24 at McLaurin Elemen tary School.

During the ceremony, F1S was presented a District of Distinction Award from zSpace, Inc., F1S is the first in South Carolina district to receive the District of Distinction recogni tion. It is also the first district to implement the program in all its schools.

A technology firm based in Silicon Valley, Calif., zSpace

combines elements of virtual and augmented reality in a computer learning system to enhance the learning experi ence for students.

The program gives stu dents a lifelike and immersive learning experience through the use of mixed reality in classrooms.

zSpace is not limited to science, technology, educa tion, and math programs. It also offers programs like culi nary, auto and health sci ences.

Anything one is able to visualize can be pulled up in

the zSpace system and mod eled in a simulation for stu dents, according to the company.

Three zSpace representa tives made stops at three F1S schools - McLaurin, Royall Elementary, and Moore Middle School.

F1S utilizes zSpace pro grams in numerous ways. The programs are available on computers at all schools in the district as well as on the STEM Bus. zSpace training is offered to Florence 1 teachers so they may readily offer the experience to students.

STIFEL Convertible bonds

In times of market volatil ity, investors may search for ways to diversify their invest ments in order to reduce the level of risk within their port folio. If you’re looking for an investment that is tradition ally less volatile than stocks, you may want to consider convertible bonds.

Convertible bonds are corporate securities that can be exchanged for shares of the issuing company’s com mon stock at a predeter mined price or rate.

Companies issue corporate bonds in order to fund dayto-day operations or finance specific projects. Known as fixed income investments due to their life span and schedule of interest pay ments, corporate bonds may provide a steady and reason ably safe income. While no

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investment is without risk, corporate bonds are typically considered to be safer than stocks due to the fact bond holders are first in line should the issuer go bank rupt. Bondholders also are entitled to their interest pay ments before stockholders receive dividends. However, market risk is a considera tion if the bonds are sold prior to maturity, and it is important to note that as interest rates rise, bond prices will fall.

Like other corporate

bonds, convertible bonds encompass a certain degree of credit risk, depending on the issuer’s creditworthi ness. Therefore, bond rating agencies, such as Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, rate convertible bonds to reflect their credit risk. These rat ings allow investors to evalu ate various bonds and choose the ones that best match their personal toler ance for risk. For more infor mation on investing in convertible bonds, contact your investment professional today.

Article provided by Frank J. “John” Brand, Financial Advisor with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, member SIPC and New York Stock Exchange, who can be contacted in the Florence office at (843) 679-4096.

Re-Elect JESSE CARTRETTE Probate Judge

Paid for by Jesse Cartrette for Probate Judge

About Jesse Cartrette

• Born & Raised in Florence County

• Graduate of South Florence HS, Francis Marion University & Charleston School of Law.

• Has served Honorably as Florence County’s Probate Judge since 2019!

• Experienced Trial Attorney

• Former Board Member, Senior Citizens Association of Florence County

• Member of Compassion Church - Florence

• The only candidate with 15 years experience as a lawyer and judge to serve you!

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Florence 1 School’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe matics) bus is a state-ofthe-art, cus tom-designed mobile class room. The bus utilizes zSpace, Inc. technology.

Locals and visitors alike will love the fantastic line-up of entertainers this year. With nine stages of entertainment, this year’s festival truly has something for everyone with gospel, blues, country, jazz, dance, beach music, country, soul, contemporary hits, and rock and roll! And folks definitely don’t want to miss the festival’s head line entertainer sponsored by Lidl on the Flo rence Toyota Main Stage, Sister Sledge! This “Sledgendary” group became a household name and symbol of unity with their 1979 worldwide hit and iconic album “We are Family” and has become synonymous with some of the biggest dance anthems of all time.

The festival’s food vendors will all have at least one item containing pecans on their menu, so you can find pecans anywhere you stop for a snack! Pick up your bagged and covered pecans, pies, pecan treats, and more from the Young’s Premium Foods booth or at any one of the official Pecan Festival booths. Just look for the brown pecan flags!

Make sure to bring the kids to check out the free Kids Fun Zone sponsored by HopeHealth on the lawn of the FMU Performing Arts Center. Check out the Jebaily Law Firm Kids Fun Zone Stage featuring live entertainment, inflatables, balloon sculpting, demonstrations, crafts and activities, and our featured entertainer, Circus Stella! We’ve even got something for pre-teens and their families to enjoy with our STEM Zone sponsored by ThermoFisher featuring science, engineering, and robotics demonstrations, STEM career professionals, and more!

Don’t go nuts looking for parking at this year’s festival. Hop on the WBTW Park and Ride PDRTA shuttle picking up at three locations throughout Florence and delivering visitors to the festival grounds. For more information including pickup locations, visit the festival’s website. The park and ride shuttle is free, ADA accessible, and runs every 20 minutes begin ning at 9:30 a.m. through 8:30 p.m.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. and admission is free. For more information including complete entertainment line-ups, schedules of activities, competition sign-ups, and our interactive web app, visit www.scpecan festival.com and find us on Facebook for updates and features leading up to festival day!

FMU’s Knowles celebrated as trustee research scholar

Travis W. Knowles recently became Francis Marion’s newest research scholar for the university‘s Board of Trustees.

An associate professor of biology, Knowles received the award during a luncheon at Ervin Dining Hall. Accepting the honor before a gathering of members of the Francis Marion Board of Trustees, fac ulty, staff, and other research scholars, Knowles thanked the trustees for the prestigious honor. During brief remarks, Knowles highlighted the impor tant role research plays in the education of students at FMU.

“Research ultimately enriches life in the classroom,” Knowles said. “It helps us

mentor students who are inter ested in entering researchbased fields, and in biology it helps our students learn the scientific process. I’ve been very pleased to be involved in using research as a teach ing tool, and am pleased to receive this award that will support this work in the future.”

Knowles is the 23rd pro fessor to become a Board of Trustees’ research scholar. In 2002, FMU President Fred

Carter asked the board of trustees to create the pro gram, and the board did so by unanimous vote. The aim of the program is to recognize and promote high-level research and scholarship by university faculty. Appoint ments are awarded to 12 sen ior faculty members who have compiled a significant record of research and publication, and who show promise of continued scholarly productiv ity.

The appointment includes a reduced teaching load with a salary supplement.

Francis Marion University Board of Trustees Chairman Mr. Robert E. Lee said creat ing opportunities for faculty research is key to the univer sity’s future success.

“The addition of Professor Knowles as a Research Scholar is a reaffirmation of the board of trustees’ support of research for our most pro ductive scholars,” Lee said. “The impact professors have on the individual lives of their students here at Francis Mar ion is substantial and fulfills a core mission of FMU to better the lives of our students.”

Knowles joined FMU’s fac ulty in 1991, teaching a variety of courses including introduc tory biology, vertebrate zool ogy, conservation biology, and tropical ecology.

He is the founding Director of WildSumaco Biological Sta tion in Ecuador, a collaborative initiative of FMU, WildSumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, the Univer sity of North Carolina-Wilm ington, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.

KNOWLES

Annual creche exhibit at St. Ann Nov. 18-20

St. Ann Catholic Church Ladies’ Guild will hold its annual “Come to the Manger” creche exhibit and crafts event Nov. 18-20 in the church’s parish life center.

The St. Ann Ladies Guild had hosted this Florence com munity event for the last 10 years, with over 150 nativities from around the world shared

by our parishioners and other people in our community.

The Ladies Guild of St. Ann sponsored the first Come to the Manger Exhibit in November 2009, after visiting the creche exhibit at Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, and inviting parishioners and the community to participate. The exhibit consists of nativity

scenes from all over the world as well as those that had been in families for generations. Some have been handcrafted from ceramics, stained glass, and wood. There are tradi tional nativities and others are the unusual, such as a painted gourd by local artist Lynda English, and a Lenox Charlie Brown nativity. A booklet with

the history of each nativity scene is provided.

The exhibit is a family event with all ages enjoying the vari ous methods people have used in recalling that first nativity. Everyone is invited to share in this extraordinary community event. Times are Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, from 9 a.m. to

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4:30 p.m.; and Sunday, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.

As is the case every year, there will be a crafts and baked goods sale, along with the nativity displays. It is the hope of the St. Ann Ladies Guild that in sponsoring this event, everyone will experi ence a special beginning to

the Advent season. For those wishing to share a nativity and have it on dis play in the exhibit, please call St Ann church office at (843) 661-5012 or email mary bee663@gmail.com. St. Ann Catholic Church is located at 113 S. Kemp St. (behind McLeod Health Bldg. No. 5).

Chamber to host breakfast meeting

The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce will host its Fall Legislative/Com munity Breakfast on Friday, Nov. 4. at the Florence Center.

Speakers for this commu nity update will be Florence County Council member Jason Springs with an update on what is happening with Flo rence County. Florence City Councilman Chaquez McCall will provide an update on city happenings.

The South Carolina Secre tary of Transportation, Christy

Hall, will be updating everyone on the status of the roads throughout South Carolina and what new projects to expect here in the Pee Dee Region.

Doors will open at 7:30 a.m. The program, which will begin at 7:50 a.m., is made possible by First Reliance Bank and Signature Wealth Strategies.

For information or to pur chase tickets, visit www. flochamber.org.

An official grand opening for the FitLot Outdoor Fitness Park was held Oct. 20 at the park’s location on Barnes Street. The AARPsponsored park was planned and organized by FitLot, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities find the resources they need to plan, build, and program their own outdoor fitness parks. The outdoor fitness area has the benefits of an indoor fitness facility, but it’s free and accessible to youth, adults, and senior adults. For information, call (843) 665-3253

‘Homeless Connect’ event to take place on Friday

“Homeless Court” is held at 11 a.m. on the first Friday of every other month at the First Baptist Church gymnasium located at 300 S. Irby Street.

There is also “Homeless Connect” every first Friday of the month at 9 a.m. at the same location that offers a variety of services providing a one stop shop to low income residents and the homeless community.

Homeless Court provides an incentive for homeless peo ple who have pending criminal charges to seek treatment from a service provider and demonstrate a change of course. If they meet their goals, they may apply to the homeless court and have pending criminal charges dismissed and sometimes prior convictions reopened and dismissed. The charges are limited to misdemeanors and have other limitations. The South Carolina homeless courts have successfully cleared up the records of many homeless people, who have gone on to obtain jobs and stable housing that a criminal record would not have allowed.

Establishing Florence’s homeless court began in Novem ber of 2018. Florence Municipal Court Judge Debra Jackson sought assistance from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, as well as Mullin’s partner George Cauthen and associ ate, Blake Williams. She was assisted in making it feasible for Florence and implementing the plan. The City of Florence, along with local homeless advocates like the House of Hope, Lighthouse Mission, and South Carolina Legal services, had a good structure for assisting homeless individuals that sought relief.

The City of Florence received approval from the Supreme Court of South Carolina to create a homeless court, and the order was signed on September 16, 2019. A homeless court committee was created that was composed of Solicitor Ed Clements; Public Defender Scott Floyd; Commander Anson Shells of the Florence City Police Department; local homeless shelter directors, local homeless advocates, and local service providers, among others. This committee held several meet ings as well as continued legal education on homeless courts; two site visits to the original South Carolina Homeless Court, and two separate training sessions.

For additional information, call (843) 665-3148, or stop by City Court located in room 103 at the City Center on W. Evans St.

FLORENCE

Pets of the Week

The Jayne H. Boswell animal shelter is a part nership with the Flo rence Area Humane Society and the City of Florence. The shelter is located at 1434 McCurdy Road and is open Tuesday through Saturday, from noon to 5 p.m. Contact them by phone at (843) 6295456. Adoption fees are $65 for cats and $85 for dogs. The fee includes first vaccines and spay/neuter. The shelter is always in need of vol unteers, foster families, and donations.

Pick up a free copy of The News Journal at any of our RACK LOCATIONS

Bazens Family Restaurant - 704 S. Irby Street

Boys & Girls Club - 310 W. Roughfork Street

B.P. - 4798 E. Palmetto Street

B.P. - 400 Pamplico Hwy.

BTC Building - 181 E. Evans Street

Captain D's - 201 Second Loop Road

Carolina Bank - 1538 S. Irby Street

Carolina Collectables - 1224A S. Irby Street

Carolinian - 718 S. Dargan Street

Carriage House - 739 Parker Drive

Chris’s Diner - 1513 Pamplico Hwy.

Convenience Corner Shell - 1315 Pamplico Hwy.

Courtyard by Marriott - 2680 Hospitality Blvd.

Dr. Welch - 1343 Second Loop Road

Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Library - 509 S. Dargan Street

Elmcroft - 3006 Hoffmeyer Road

Fairfield Inn - 501 Woody Jones Blvd.

Finklea Law - 814 W. Evans Street

Florence Chamber of Commerce - 100 W. Evans Street

Florence Center - 3300 W. Radio Drive (3 locations)

Florence Little Theatre - 300 S. Dargan Street

Florence Pediatric Dentistry - 680 Senior Way

Golden Crown - 1988 W. Palmetto Street

Gregg Brothers Store - 3045 Francis Marion Road

Harris Teeter - 1930 W. Palmetto Street

Healthy Food Store - 2015 Elijah Ludd Road

Hotel Florence - 126 W. Evans Street

IGA - 525 E. Ebenezer Road

IGA - 2300 Pamplico Hwy.

INS Foods Exxon - 2351 Pamplico Hwy.

Janney - 1831 W. Evans Street, Suite 220

Jumpin J's - 898 S. Irby Street

King Cadillac Buick GMC - 1700 W. Evans Street

KP 76 Express - 3105 E. Palmetto Street

Liquors of Florence - 1200 W. Evans Street

Manna House - 450 Jarrott Street

Markette #16 - 1419 S. Irby Street

Mike Reichenbach Customer Service - 600 N. Coit Street

MUSC Health - Florence Medical Center - 800 Pamplico Hwy.

Emergency/waiting, Jazzmans, elevator area, Mall C entrance, Womans Center main entrance

New Generations - 2111 W. Jody Road

Palmetto Chop Shop - 1927 W. Palmetto Street

Paul Davis Dentistry - 220 A Cherokee Road

Pee Dee Thrift Store - 1650 E. Palmetto Street

Pee Dee Thrift Store - 1524 S. Irby Street

Phoenix Mart - 2698 David McLeod Blvd.

Poynor Adult Education - 301 S. Dargan Street

Presbyterian Home - 2350 W. Lucas Street

Residence Inn - 2660 Hospitality Blvd

Rogers BBQ - 2004 Second Loop Road

Senior Center - 600 Senior Way

Shannon's - 2554 W. Palmetto Street

South Florence Exxon - 3099 S. Irby Street

South Florence Feed & Seed - 3901 S. Irby Street

Southland Healthcare - 722 S. Dargan Street

Springhill Suites by Marriott - 2670 Hospitality Blvd.

Stifel Nicolaus - 1325 Cherokee Road

The Manor - 2100 Twin Church Road

The Wash Tub Laundry - 910 E. Palmetto Street

The Wash Tub Laundry - 124 S. Cashua Drive

The Wash Tub Laundry - 1350 James Jones Avenue

Towne Place - 2650 Hospitality Blvd.

Toyota Customer Service - 2300 W. Palmetto Street

Triple T Freightliner - 190 West Freight Road

Venus - 317 W. Palmetto Street

Wells Fargo Advisors - 1801 W. Evans Street

White Swan Cleaners - 223 Cherokee Road

World Finance - 2015-H W. Evans Street

YMCA - 1700 Rutherford Drive

PAMPLICO

IGA- 624 S. Walnut Street

Longs Pharmacy - 616 S. Walnut Street

Munn Hardware - 185 E. Main Street

Pearl’s Harbor Seafood & Grill - 137 E. Main Street

Pamplico Public Library - 100 E. Main Street

Service Motor Co. - 160 E. Main Street

QUINBY

Carolina Convenience Store - 2099 N. Irby Street

IGA - 900 E. Ashby Road

TIMMONSVILLE

Citizens Bank - 4700 W. Palmetto Street

Fast Track - 721 E. Smith Street

Georges Restaurant - 405 E. Smith Street

IGA - 310 E. Smith Street

Library - 298 E. Smith Street

DARLINGTON

Bethea Home - 157 Home Avenue Cruizers - 1504 S. Main Street IGA - 207 S. Main Street

Sav-Way - 102 Lamar Hwy. Wash Tub Laundry - 104 E. Broad Street

Aloe, above, has grown up in the shelter. He is seven months old now and is ready for a loving home. Slinky, left, is a happy, fun loving two-year-old male. Can you come meet him?

Trinity wins SCISA state title in girls’ tennis

Titans place third in swim meet

The Trinity Collegiate School swim team placed third in S.C. Independent Schools Association 4A State Championship. The championship was held Oct. 15 at the North Charleston Aquatics Cen ter in Charleston.

Along with this victory, Trinity Collegiate’s Reese Paison placed first in the 500 Free, setting a new school record. Members of the Titan swim team also placed in other events during the compe tition, such as the 50

if any, and compelling pay ment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the origi nal Note and Mortgage and the Complaint attached hereto.

NOTICE YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE

NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Flo rence County, South Car olina on July 20, 2022. /s/Nicole R Kuertz Nicole R. Kuertz Attorney, SC Bar No.: 105081 Albertelli Law 1201 Main St, Suite 1450 Columbia, SC 29201 nkuertz@alaw.net Phone: (803) 828-0880 Fax” (803) 828-0881 Date: October 5, 2022 Columbia, South Carolina (10/26, 11/2, 11/9/2022)

Property of the following tenants will be sold to sat isfy rental liens ONLINE in accordance with Title 39, Chapter 20, Section 10 through 50 of the South Carolina Lien Statutes. The undersigned will sell at pub lic sale by competitive bid ding November 3rd, 2022 after 1 PM EST on WWW.LOCKERFOX.COM with pictures attached. The Auction will end on or after November 17th, 2022 at 1 PM. Said property is stored at Storage Rentals of Amer ica 1455 Pamplico Hwy Florence SC 39 Natasha Linette Ses sions Household items, clothing, furniture, etc. 74 Galaunda D Wood berry Household items, clothing, furniture , etc 125 Rebeca Pickens Gaskins Household items, clothing, furniture, etc 144 John McDonald Household items, clothing, furniture, etc 240 Benjamin Dials Household items, clothing, furniture, etc Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase by cash only. All purchased items are sold as is, where is, and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obli gated party. (10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica

tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: JOESPH M PACK JR

Date of Death: 8/29/2022

Case Number: 2022ES2100972

Personal Representative: CYNTHIA RENEE PACK Address: 919 KALMIA STREET FLORENCE, SC 29501 (10/26, 11/2, 11/9/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: LEONARD CLIFFORD JORDAN Date of Death: 9/20/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100966

Personal Representative: LEONARD D JORDAN Address: 1624 WEST OLD HWY #4 SCRANTON, SC 29591 (10/26, 11/2, 11/9/2022)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Don Jose Mexican Restaurant LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license and/or permit that will allow the sale and on premises consumption

of beer, wine and liquor at 2131 Hoffmeyer Road, Florence, SC 29501. To object to the issuance of this license and/or permit, you must submit Form ABL-20, postmarked no later than November 11, 2022. Mail protests to SCDOR, ABL Section, PO Box 125, Colum bia, SC 29214-0907 or email to ABL@dor.sc. gov. (10/26, 11/2 11/9/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: JERRY ALLEN GAYMON Date of Death: 10/3/2022

Case Number: 2022ES2100968

Personal Representative: DAWN MARIE DENNIS Address: 2406 SALEM ROAD SCRANTON, SC 29591 (10/26, 11/2, 11/9/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and

address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: FRANKIE ALTMAN ELVIS Date of Death: 9/5/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100963

Personal Representative: JAMES ALTON ELVIS III Address: 1918 DURANT CEMETERY ROAD JOHNSONVILLE, SC 29555 (10/26, 11/2, 11/9/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: WILLIAM STEPHEN MORRIS

Date of Death: 7/10/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100967

Personal Representative: CATHERINE TALLON MORRIS Address: 630 POOR FARM ROAD FLORENCE, SC 29505 (10/26, 11/2, 11/9/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300

FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: LELAH CLINE SMITH Date of Death: 7/24/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100943

Personal Representative: J. KENT SMITH Address: 3325 TRENTON STREET FLORENCE, SC 29501 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: LORALEE CHANDLER LANGLEY Date of Death: 9/26/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100962 Personal Representative: KISA FENNELL Address: 3738 OLANTA HWY OLANTA, SC 29114 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: WILLIAM REESE MCCRARY Date of Death: 6/24/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100961 Personal Representative: CHARLES H MCCRARY Address: 1015 ATLANTIC BLVD #253 ALANTIC BEACH, FL 32233 Attorney if applicable: D MALLOY MCEACHIN JR Address: 180 NORTH IRBY STREET FLORENCE, SC 29501 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date

when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: LISTON HYMAN Date of Death: 9/26/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100960 Personal Representative: VICKY GORDON Address: 1649 HOSEA GIBBS RD PAMPLICO, SC 29583 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: JANICE SALTERS-WILLIAMS Date of Death: 5/26/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100958

Personal Representative: DOMINIQUE WILLIAMS Address: 211 EAST CLAFF CIRCLE LAKE CITY, SC 29560 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of

FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: LEWIS LARRY DAMON Date of Death: 9/21/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100953

Personal Representative: JUANITA DAMON Address: 2121 E. LYNCHES RIVER RD. TIMMONSVILLE, SC 29161 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any

uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: JASPER MCKITHEN Date of Death: 8/15/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100932

Personal Representative: GLORIA JEAN MCKITHEN Address: 450 TOBACCO ST. TIMMONSVILLE, SC 29161 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: EDWARD DAVID WALL Date of Death: 9/26/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100925

Personal Representative: DANA W. STOKES Address: 9 SAMSON AVE MADISON, NJ 07940 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE,

JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: WILLIAM DOVELT COLLINS Date of Death: 5/22/2022

Case Number: 2022ES2100941

Personal Representative: WILLIAM DERRICK COLLINS Address: 192 HICKS RD COWARD, SC 29530 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publica tion of this Notice to Credi tors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written state ments on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indi cating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

REBECCA JANE COLLINS Date of Death: 9/8/2022

Case Number: 2022ES2100942

Personal Representative: WILLIAM DERRICK COLLINS Address: 192 HICKS RD COWARD,SC 29530 (10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2022)

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