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Local life and health insurance agent Russ Childers recently showed his support of the SRH Souvenir Brick Drive by donating funds for a $50 brick. Childers' office is located right across the street from the old facility, which has been reduced to piles of rubble from the demolition. Here, Childers poses with his brick with the remains of the hospital in the background. The demolition is scheduled to be finished in the next few weeks, with groundbreaking for the new permanent facility scheduled for later this year. Sumter Regional's interim facility, Sumter Regional East, is scheduled to open on April 1 and will bring back the majority of services that were lost after the March 1st tornado of last year. For information call 928-4000 and ask for the Marketing & PR Department or visit www.sumterregional.org. The Americus Times-Recorder