Food
This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for sweet potato brown rice with soy and scallions.
Spike your Thanksgiving sweet potatoes with Korean flavors
Lyssa Kligman Harvey and Rachel Gordin Barnett spent years collecting stories and recipes from Jewish families across South Carolina, interviewing people who have moved away and testing recipes for their book, "Kugels & Collards: Stories of Food, Family and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina."
Food, family and the Jewish South Carolina table; 2 women, 1 from Summerton, pen 'Kugels & Collards' cookbook, holding talk and signing at Sumter County Museum
This combination of images provided by Amanda Daley shows mockups of a soft drink can and a chocolate candy bar with labels for "exercise calories," or the amount of physical activity needed to burn them off. Daley, a professor of behavioral medicine at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, says, "They may still ignore it, but let's give it a go. Let's at least give them a chance to be able to easily understand."
What if you knew a cookie would take 20 minutes to run off?
Arts & Entertainment
From left, Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel and Teyonah Parris as Captain Monica Rambeau act in a scene from "The Marvels."

Movies with Isaiah: 'The Marvels' has major flaws but is still worth watching

It is no secret that "The Marvels" has found itself on the receiving end of mixed to overwhelmingly negative reviews from a collection of film critics. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been experiencing obvious signs of decline with Marvel/Disney …

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PHOTOS PROVIDED TOP: From left: Grandmother Stephanie, great-grandmother Cathy, great-great-grandmother Sandy. Holding baby Ellie-Jane is her mother, Julie, next to great-great-grandmother Dona Elaine. BELOW: Pictured left to right: Great-great-grandmother Sandy, mother Julie holding baby Ellie-Jane, great-great-grandmother Dona Elaine, great-grandmother Diana, grandmother Rebekah, and Ellie-Jane's father, Kody.
5 living generations on each side of child's family Returning to South Carolina in early November for the winter months in 2013, I had planned to go on a day bus trip with the Senior Group from Bethesda Church of God where I am a member. Our plans were to drive to Charleston to attend the Christmas …
What you need to know to publish a 2023 debutante photo Individual photos of debutantes along with club information will publish in the Nov. 25-27 Weekend Edition of The Sumter Item. The deadline is noon Nov. 8. Please email information and photos to …
Centenarian: Sumterite Rita Seth celebrates her 100th birthday on Sept. 26 Sumter resident Rita Seth celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, Sept. 23, with six of her seven children. Seth was born Sept. 26, 1923, in Erie, Pennsylvania. After marrying Richard Seth in 1945, she traveled the world as an …
Weddings
MRS. JAMES WILL
McClam-Will MAYESVILLE - Mariah Elizabeth McClam and James Michael Will, both of Sumter, were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at Sublette's Pond House. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Derrick McClam, the granddaughter of Mrs. …
MR. AND MRS. GREYSON YOUNG
Mann-Young CASHIERS, North Carolina - Baylin Elise Mann of Pensacola, Florida, and Greyson Steele Young of Sumter were united in marriage on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at The Country Club of Sapphire Valley. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Tyler Waite Mann …
Faith

Church News: Friday, Dec. 1, 2023

Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: - Saturday, Dec. 9 - Family and friends night, hosted by the China and Harvin families, will be held at 5 p.m. A tribute to Brother Pressly Harvin Sr. The Rev. Patrick Harvin, pastor of Jerusalem …

Yesteryear
Sumter's Mother of the Year, Mrs. W.B. Ard, is shown here as she was honored May 6, 1949, with a scroll from Mayor W.E. Bynum, left, for being chosen winner of the local mother contest. Watching the presentation are, at right, Harry Berger of The Hub Department Store, which conducted the contest, and James Karvelas of Jim's Waffle Shop, which presented Mrs. Ard with two Sunday dinners for Mother's Day. The Sumter theater and the Flower and Gift shop also showered Mrs. Ard with gifts.

Yesteryear by Sammy Way: 'Better Breathing Club' starts in Sumter; airport gets improvement grants

75 YEARS AGO - 1949 May 4-10 - S. Guerry Stukes, superintendent of the Ashwood schools in Lee County, delivered an interesting talk on the work being done at these schools at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club in the Coca Cola Community …

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