Thieves steal supplies from local Cub Scouts

June 16, 2005

By KENNY MAPLE
Index-Journal intern

Imagine the young faces of 75 Cub Scouts, ages 6-11, eager and ready for Cub Scout Day Camp.
Now imagine 75 disappointed children’s faces as they learn that nearly all the supplies for their Day Camp have been stolen.
This is precisely the scenario that confronts the directors of Cub Scout Day Camp in Greenwood.
The five-day camp is set to open Monday, but the cubs are now missing more than $4,500 in supplies.
The items were in a storage building, but when Day Camp Director Pat Foulk and District Executive Greg Balog went to get into the building, they found many of their most needed supplies missing.
“Everyone has been working extremely hard to make this Day Camp a great experience for each Cub Scout,” Foulk said, “and now to have this happen is just sickening.”
“I simply can’t believe that someone would be low enough to steal from a little Cub Scout,” she said.
The camp organizers are unable to replace of the materials themselves, as the supply budget is only $300 a year. That has already been spent on supplies purchased earlier.
“I feel bad for all the adults and for the kids relying on the supplies for the program,” Balog said.
Included among the stolen items are BB guns, compound bows and arrows, sleeping bags, outdoor games, leather stamp sets and many other supplies necessary for the camp.
Foulk said the BB gun and archery range is the station that the kids enjoy the most. Yet, eight guns, eight compound bows and 40 arrows are now gone.
The storage shed also housed 30 sleeping bags donated by the community for needy scouts.
“They left several containers, but took the expensive things,” Foulk said. “Somebody knew what they were after.”
Any concerns or information about the theft should be directed to Pat Foulk at 388-9727 or Greg Balog at 229-7669.

Opinion

Efforts still being made to end crossover voting

June 16, 2005

South Carolina’s election laws allow registered voters to cast their ballots in whatever primary elections they choose. That means, of course, that Democrats can vote in Republican primaries, and vice versa.
For example, members of one party can vote in the other’s primary to help elect what they believe would be a weaker candidate to oppose their candidate in the general election.
There’s no question that maneuver has been a factor in some elections.

REPUBLICANS IN SOUTH Carolina have tried to change that, though, by requiring, by law, that voters register by party. They thus would be able to vote only how they register. So far, the Republicans have been unsuccessful. However, now that they control both houses and the governor’s chair, they see their opportunity. They will be trying in the Legislature again next year to change the system.
There are pros and cons to such a setup. But stopping cross-over voting just might be the only motivation needed to make the change. Maybe not for some politicians, but for the people of South Carolina.

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Obituaries

Marjorie Bell

ABBEVILLE, SC – Marjorie Gillespie Bell, 93, formerly of 114 Henry St., widow of George L. Bell, Sr. died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Wesley Commons Health Care in Greenwood, SC.
Born in Rabun Gap, GA she was a daughter of the late James Brabson and Clarice Estella Scroggs Gillespie.
She was a homemaker and a member of Main St. United Methodist Church.
Survivors are: 2 sons George L. Bell, Jr. and his wife Karen of Abbeville, SC and son Frank B. Bell and his wife Betty of Charleston, SC, 1 sister Ida Gillespie Cannon, 3 grandchil-dren Janet Bishopp, G. Lee Bell, III, John N. Bell and his wife Hilary, 3 great-grandchildren Ashley Bishopp, Abbie Bell and Kriston Bell. She was preceded in death by 5 brothers and 2 sisters.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday June 16, 2005 at 3:00 PM from The Chapel of the Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home with the Rev. Carol Peppers-Wray officiating. The burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Abbe-ville, SC.
The body is at The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 1:30 until 2:30 PM Thursday afternoon prior to services.
Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice.
THE CHANDLER-JACK-SON FUNERAL HOME, ABBEVILLE, SC IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
PAID OBITUARY

Bobby Bruce Kinard

Bobby Bruce Kinard, 65, of 122 S. Bethune St., husband of Thelma Patterson Kinard, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late Clixy and Verdie Burnett Kinard. He was a member of Jacob Chapel Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and former church secretary. He was also a member of American Legion Post 224.
Survivors include his wife of the home; a son, Lafayette Kinard of Greenwood; a stepson, James G. Patterson of Greenwood; a brother, Dewey H. Kinard of Greenwood; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be announced by Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home.

Jo Ann Leaman

GREENWOOD – Jo Ann Eakin Leaman, 66, resident of 208 Heritage West Court, wife of Samuel M. Leaman, Jr., died June 14, 2005 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont Hospice House.
Born in Greenwood, March 7, 1939, she was a daughter of Kathleen Smith Eakin and the late Olin S. Eakin. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and the Greenwood College of Commerce. Formerly employed by Bowers Construction Co., she retired from Greenwood School District #50 as secretary at Southside Jr. High School.
A member of St. Mark United Methodist Church and the Fellowship Sunday School Class of the church, she was also a member of the Wednesday Night Bridge Club, the Monday Evening Duplicates Club and the Heritage Sertoma Club. Mrs. Leaman was a recipient of the Disabled Professional Woman of the Year Award presented by the Pilot Club International and the Pilot International Foundation.
Surviving in addition to her husband of the home and her mother of Greenwood are a son, Samuel M. III and wife Lucia Hoefer Leaman of Greenwood; two sisters, Kathy and husband, John Kincaid of Greenville and Janice and husband, Kevin Hawkins of Moncks Corner; grandchildren, Miriam Sadler Leaman, Samuel Madden Leaman, IV, Theodore Hoefer Leaman and Jackson Marshall Leaman; nieces and nephews, Carrie Anne Hawkins, Ian Baker Hawkins, Andrew Logan Kincaid and Hannah Grace Kincaid.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM Friday at St. Mark United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Johnston and Rev. Dan Smyth officiating.
Entombment will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park Chapel Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Franklin Smith, Lonnie Smith, Doug Smith, David Thompson, Louis DeBruhl, Jr., Paul Koon, Clifton Eakin and Tony Eakin.
Honorary escort will be Charter Members of the Monday and Wednesday Bridge Clubs along with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. James Gobble, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Reh, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coker, Mr. and Mrs. George O’Shields, Mr. and Mrs. James Hammer, Ms. Wilma McCall, Mrs. Betty Roche, Mrs. Imogene Richey, Mrs. Dale Smith, Mrs. Kay Smyth, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Bowers and Catherine Rice.
The body is at Blyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 10 AM Friday.
The family is at the home in Heritage West and will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Thursday evening.
Memorials may be made to the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 710, Washington, DC 20036 or to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646.
For additional information please visit www.blythfuneralhome.com.
BLYTH FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE LEAMAN FAMILY
PAID OBITUARY

Cleola Davis Smith

Services for Cleola Davis Smith, of 1548 Parkway, Apt. 1-D, are 2 p.m. Friday at Robinson & Son Mortuary, conducted by Pastor Deborah Chiles, assisted by the Rev. Johnny Chiles. Burial is in The Evening Star cemetery.
Pallbearers are Eugene Dendy, Michael Boozer, Calvin White, Willie Lee Harling and Robert Harling.
The family is at the home.
Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc. is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at robson@emeraldis.com

L.T. Settles

MANNING — L.T. Settles, 72, husband of Mary Settles, died Saturday, June 11, 2005 in Manning.
Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Henry and Janell Settles. He was of the Baptist faith. A retired truck driver, he was employed in job security management in Manning.
Survivors include his wife of the home; six daughters, Shirley McCalls, Michelle Knight and Yolanda Jones, all of Rochester, N.Y., Makshea Settles, Mellisa Settles and Lashunda Settles, all of Manning; a son, Paul Settles of Manning; six sisters, Martha Coleman, Addie Gilchrist and Ella Robinson of Greenwood, Ella Jackson and Bertha Crosley of Rochester and Neutrice Childs of Charlotte, N.C.; five brothers, Telpher Gilchrist, James Gilchrist, Tim Gilchrist and Fremon Gilchrist of Greenwood and Nelson Gilchrist of Columbia.
Haynes Samuel Funeral Home is in charge.
Announcement courtesy of Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home, Greenwood.