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BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon remembers the calls for help ringing out over the police scanner. And they were immediately followed by silence. Simon was in Darlington County — about 20 minutes north of Bishopville — at the time, and his mind instantly began racing. Two of his deputies had just been shot while

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serving arrest warrants on a suspect during a traffic stop along S.C. 441. “I had to come all the way from Hartsville, blue light siren on, wondering how the officers were because nobody was really saying anything,” he recalled. “That’s the worst thing, listening to the radio when they came up on the radio and said that they’d been shot. And then it goes silent. Nobody else says anything.”

As the seconds ticked away with nothing transmitting across the airwaves, anxiety sets in, and Simon said he began reflecting on his relationships with the officers. Sgt. Leroy Durant was part of his graduating class and a life-long friend. He and Cpl. Shante Demary often attended gospel concerts together with their respective families.

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S.C. college student suspended over racial slur COLUMBIA (AP) — The University of South Carolina says it has suspended a student over a photo showing a racial slur being written on a board in a campus study room. Multiple media outlets reported President Harris Pastides announced the suspension Friday. Pastides said the unidentified student also faces university code of conduct investigations. He said the school’s Board of Trustees also endorsed the action.

A school spokesman wouldn’t comment on whether the student faces expulsion. The photo shows a white female student writing the slur directed at blacks on a whiteboard and blaming them, among other reasons, for the university’s poor wireless Internet connections. While not identified by the school, the student’s name was shared on social media posts that included angry comments about the slur and the

student. “Today, the unfortunate and disappointing act of a student in a study room has challenged the Carolina community to reflect on our values and tell the world what we believe,” Pastides said in a statement. “Respect for all is at the heart of the Carolinian Creed, the code by which we agree to abide. Racist and uncivil rhetoric have no place at the University of South Carolina.” The picture marked

the third such incident in the past week. Bucknell University expelled three students for making racist comments during a March 20 campus radio broadcast. At Duke University, a noose was found hanging from a tree. A student has admitted to placing the noose on the tree, and school officials say that person is no longer on campus, although disciplinary actions are pending and criminal charges are under consideration.

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Gov. Nikki Haley declared April the month of military children in South Carolina during a proclamation reading on Thursday at the State House in Columbia. Throughout the month of April, military children will be recognized for enduring the absence of a parent during deployment or the loss of a parent during military service. According to a media advisory from the South Carolina National Guard, April 15 is being promoted as Purple-Up for Military Children, and everyone is encouraged to wear purple in appreciation of military children. Military children have been recognized in the state of South Carolina during the annual American Legion Department of South Carolina’s Legacy Run. The state-wide motorcycle ride from April 25 and 26 will mark the fourth year that the event has taken place. The ride is based on the American Legion National Legacy Run to raise funds for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship for high school seniors and undergraduate students who have lost a parent in combat since Sept. 11, 2001. The American Legion Riders of South Carolina has raised more than $150,000 during the Legacy Runs over the past three years. This year, members of the group will participate in a 600-mile ride that will start in Murrells Inlet and end in Columbia. Riders will travel through North Charleston, Sumter and North Augusta along the way. Darrell Hodges, director of the Sumter Post 15 Legion Riders, said all money raised during for the ride will go to the national American Legion offices where the funds will be divided among eligible students. Also in celebration of military child month, Shaw Air Force Base will have recurring events for children and families: • Shaw Lanes Bowling Center will have free shoe rentals for children 17 and younger Monday through Friday the entire month of April. • Wateree Recreational Area will host a Teach a Child to Garden event on Earth Day, April 18, during which children will learn about gardening and will be able to take home their own vegetable plant. • The Hispanic Organization for Latin Appreciation will sponsor a Story Time event at the McElveen Library, 400 Shaw Drive, Shaw Air Force Base at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. This event is for toddlers and preschoolers, but everyone is welcome. Children will also sing songs and make crafts. For more information on the American Legion Legacy Rid and Donations, contact Darrell Hodges at (803) 468-6189 or lhodges1@sc.rr.com. For more Shaw events, visit 20thfss.com.

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Catelyn Bannon,16, left, adds screws to the deck as Luke Perdue helps John Russell Bannon,12, while Landyn Dean VanCote, 3, looks on from his grandmother Donna Carrington’s front window. Members of the Bishopville Chapter of Woodman of the World built a wheelchair ramp for the Carrington home Friday.

Woodmen build access BY HAMLET FORT hamlet@theitem.com A Lee County foster family in need is being helped by the local chapter of Woodmen of the World. A 16-year-old in Lee County has cerebral palsy and is restricted to a wheelchair. In her new foster home south of Bishopville, it’s challenging to get in and out of the house as it stands. Lutheran Services Carolinas, an organization that helps at-risk children in need of foster care, reached out to multiple charities for help, and Woodmen of the World stepped up. The group spent the day Friday building a handicapped-accessible ramp on Donna and Kenneth Carrington’s home. Cam Watson, the local chapter president of Woodmen of the World, said the project was an easy one to undertake. “Woodmen believes in helping where we can,” Watson said. “We are able-bodied. We are able to get up and go, so we might help somebody else.” Watson said one charity turned down Lutheran Services Caroli-

nas because the family’s home wasn’t in their county. Watson went to his local lodge in Bishopville and talked to the members about funding the project. They were behind it. “We want to reach out in the community,” Watson said. “This family has taken her in. It’s really difficult for them as it stands right now.” Lutheran Services asked for the child’s name to not be printed for safety reasons. Woodmen of the World is a nonprofit life insurance group, which Lee County chapter president Cam Watson describes as “fraternal.” Woodmen offers summer camps to at-risk youth, scholarships for high school students and financial aid to children who lost their parents at a young age. Watson is a field representative with the group and is a retired deputy sheriff in Lee County. He now serves as the president of the Woodmen of the World Bishopville chapter. Donna Carrington, a foster mother for 12 years, said the project is a “blessing,” because it eases the child’s life and allows her to be outside.

Woodmen of the World built more than just a ramp Friday, they built a small porch where she can sit in the sun. Carrington said the child goes “everywhere” with them, and that moving her from the house to a car can be extremely painful. The ramp will fix that. “She now has that freedom, to be outside and free of pain,” Carrington said. Carrington said she and her husband are committed to fostering because it gives them the opportunity to share love with children in need. “My grandmother taught me that it doesn’t matter if you’re blood — it’s that love, you share and pass it,” she said. “She shared that unconditional love, and I wanted to give it back and share it with others.” Merri Lunn, a social worker with Lutheran Services Carolinas who reached out to Woodmen of the World about the project, said she’s grateful for their action and knows the ramp will make life much easier for the child in need and her foster family. “It’s really amazing,” said Lunn of the project. “It’s ... even bigger and better than we thought.”

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Council to review draft budget, code, land sale Sumter City Council will meet April 7 at 5:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. to continue discussion of amendments to the city property maintenance code. Council will also receive a preliminary draft budget for Fiscal Year 2016 and consider first reading of an ordinance authorizing the sale of approximately 8.5 acres of city-owned land located off of Industrial Road to Florence Concrete Products Inc.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Blue Earth Inc., an alternative/ renewable energy and energy efficiency services company, has energized its initial combined heat and power energy plant at the Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation’s poultry processing facility in Sumter, according to a MarketWatch press release. Blue Earth owns and operates the $5.3 million energy plant inside the Pil-

grim’s Pride facility. With combined heat and power solutions, electricity is generated and the heat from the generator is captured and utilized to lowering energy costs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency, MarketWatch said. “We are extremely pleased that our initial CHP energy plant is energized at Sumter and that Blue Earth has become an Inde-

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Lexi Moore, 6, and Deoeshia Moses, 6, above, head out to hunt Easter eggs during the Parks and Recreation Department’s annual hunt at Swan Lake on Saturday. Evan Lovi, 2, at left, waits by the starting gate for Grace Dibble Boyle’s annual Easter Egg Hunt to begin, Friday afternoon.

Children, above, search Swan Lake for Easter Eggs during the annual hunt hosted by the Sumter Parks and Recreation Department on Saturday. Families gather, below, at the home of Grace Dibble Boyle for her 32nd annual Easter Egg Hunt. Pierson Kelly, 3, and Janet Harritt, 2, above, look over the eggs in Janet’s basket at the conclusion of the hunt on Friday. Lily Grace Przybyla, 5 and her cousin Bowen Zitzke, 6, left, carry baskets to Grace Dibble Boyle’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on Friday at the Boyle home. The event, in it’s 32nd year, features an egg hunt for toddlers and a second one for older children and is followed by a picnic of Coke, ice cream and cupcakes. Many parents of the attendees came as children themselves.

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Racism a lingering problem among collegiate millennials COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kayla Tarrant loves University of Maryland. But the campus tour guide says a racist email and photo attributed to her schoolmates makes her reluctant to encourage other black students to enroll “in a place where you feel unsafe and no one cares about you.” “We’re literally begging people to care about our issues,” Tarrant said, with tears in her eyes, to applause from about 100 students — blacks, Hispanics, Asians and a few whites — gathered to discuss the racial climate at the predominantly white, 27,000-student campus. Conversations such as the recent one at Maryland’s Nyumburu Cultural Center are taking place nationwide as racist incidents continue to pop up at colleges and universities, even though students are becoming increasingly vocal in protesting racism and administrators are taking swift, zero-tolerance action against it. This week alone, Bucknell University expelled three students for making racist comments during a March 20 campus radio broadcast. At Duke University, a noose was found hanging from a tree. “I just want to say that if your intent was to create fear, it will have the opposite effect,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs at Duke. Officials have since accused a student in the incident but have declined to release the student’s name or race. This is happening against a backdrop of promise when it comes to race relations, with campuses enrolling record numbers of black and Hispanic

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fort to improve the position of blacks and other minorities. They are also more likely to support interracial marriage and have friends of other races. Such data also shows divides. Little more than half of white and black millennials in one Pew survey said all, most or some of their friends are black or white, respectively. And among millennials age 18-24, a 2012 Public Religion Research Institute/Georgetown University poll found 56 percent of white millennials said the government has paid too much attention to the problems THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of minorities during the past few decades. About a quarter University of Maryland student Kayla Tarrant speaks during a town of black respondents and 37 hall meeting about racism in universities and what can be done to percent of Hispanics agreed. stop it on March 24. In 1976, nearly 10 percent of students were black and 4 perincident, a little more than half a plaque placed next to a Concent were Hispanic. In 2013, federate soldier statue on her — 51 percent — of college and campus, explaining its history. nearly 15 percent were black university presidents in an Inand nearly 16 percent Hispanic. “White supremacy isn’t just side Higher Ed poll conducted in Ferguson or isn’t just in New The National Center for Educathis year by Gallup rated race tion Statistics projects such York or isn’t just Cleveland or relations on college campuses growth will continue. where have you. It’s also in as “fair.” Benjamin Reese, president of Tasia Harris, a senior at Uni- these very privileged sites,” the National Association of Disaid Omololu Babatunde, a versity of North Carolina at versity Officers in Higher EduNorth Carolina senior. Chapel Hill, said racially cation, said efforts to put apThe Pew Research Center charged events in society are propriate focus on the issue of work has found that millenni“blatant reminders that this is diversity has unintentionally something that continues to af- als are more likely than older “diluted the focus on the unfingenerations to say society fect our lives.” She is among students who are trying to get should make every possible ef- ished business regarding race.”

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After 65 battlefields, history buff ’s Civil War campaign nears end BY STEVE SZKOTAK The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Hitting 60-plus battlefields in four years during the Civil War’s 150th anniversary takes as much passion and commitment as getting married or having a child. Rob Orrison has squeezed in all of that since 2011, albeit not without some marital compromises, such as a wedding day on the anniversary of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Next week, Orrison will conclude his own epic march at the place where the curtain fell on the Civil War, with his spouse, Jamie, and 2-year-old son, Carter, accompanying him. “There are worse hobbies,” Orrison said, while acknowledging his wife’s occasional impatience.

Orrison estimates he’s spent well more than $10,000 and logged “thousands and thousands” of miles on the road, plus a couple of flights to his farthest destinations. Name a Civil War battlefield, and he’s been there. Petersburg? Yes. Fort Sumter? Of course. Gettysburg? Please. Antietam, Perryville, Chancellorsville — been there, done that. Orrison, 39, marched 3 miserable miles on a dark night in a drenching rain at Harpers Ferry, a rare low point in his travels. He stood under a glittering starlit sky at 4 a.m. at Shiloh, a highlight. On his way, he wondered, “Who’s going to be here?” Some 2,000 people had the same idea. “It was pitch black, nothing but the stars, and seeing the same kind of things soldiers saw 150 years ago,” he said. “That was pretty neat.”

Civil War enthusiast Rob Orrison is seen next to a bust of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart during a tour of the Old House chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday. Orrison has been to 60-plus battlefields in four years during the Civil War’s 150th anniversary. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

At the commemoration of the Battle of First Manassas, he sweltered in 110-degree heat. In recent weeks, he’s been to Petersburg and Sailor’s Creek and stopped in Richmond a week ahead of Appomattox for the fall of the former capital of the Confederacy. All are dominos leading to Appomattox, about 90 miles west of Richmond, and Lee’s surrender to his Union counterpart, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. He travels in his 2005 Ford

Escape or a 2011 Toyota RAV4, typically encamping at the nearest Hampton Inn. He often travels with a friend or coworker and returns home with T-shirts and books. Orrison compares his travels to a baseball fan’s pilgrimage to every Major League ballpark. “It’s the exact same thing, to say you were there,” he said. “I just enjoy going, and the fact is that when you go to an event, there are usually a couple hundred other people who are

weird like yourself.” The National Park Service has aimed to attract more visitors and a more diverse audience during the war’s sesquicentennial, adding emphasis on the roles of slaves and freed people, women and civilian life, said Carol Shively, coordinator of the agency’s Civil War to Civil Rights Commemoration. Though exact figures aren’t yet available, attendance at some parks is up as much as 30 percent, Shively said in an email. Orrison’s interest is part professional, too. He’s historic site operations supervisor for Prince William County in northern Virginia, and part of his travels are to take notes on what other heritage sites are doing. Many of the battlefields he’s visited during the sesquicentennial are return trips, but the 150th has added new layers of history to explore, he said. “The tours are much more in-depth,” he said. “I’ve learned more because they had more details than they usually do.” Orrison grew up in Leesburg, a northern Virginia exurb of Washington that is named after the grandfather of the storied Confederate general and close to dozens of battlefields. About 80 percent of the war was fought in Virginia.

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coreâ&#x20AC;? believers. followers do not recognize the federAccording to the Center, the docal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authority to impose trine of sovereign citizenry is based laws or taxes upon them. upon long-established conspiracy In short, they believe they are imtheories and new world order declamune from the law. rations that, at times, seem comical Officials across the legal and law and often sounds like plot lines from enforcement landscape agree that science-fiction the underscreenplays. One ground society hypothesis states is growing the U.S. governaround the U.S., ment mortgaged and many credoff all its citiit that to the zens in 1929, and nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoevery Americaning economic born citizen crisis. Many today has an ID followers, some number on the experts conlong-form vertend, join the sion of their subculture bebirth certificates cause it preachthat corresponds es a mantra to a number on that removes the New York the burdens of Stock Exchange. paying taxes, Another prevadebts and, often DANIEL SIMON, lent precept times, even among sovermortgages. LEE COUNTY SHERIFF eigns is the ReThe sovereign demption Theomovement is a Discussing sovereign citizens ry, FBI doculoosely cobbled ments read. The group of orgatheory contends nizations that that the U.S. government went bankfall underneath the same umbrella. rupt in 1933 after abandoning the Some followers define themselves as gold standard as its basis for currenâ&#x20AC;&#x153;natural men,â&#x20AC;? while others identify cy. As a result, the government startas â&#x20AC;&#x153;common lawâ&#x20AC;? or private citizens, ed using citizens as collateral in according to several reports on the trade agreements with foreign govtopic. ernments. Sumter County officials say the movement has taken root locally and noted it runs the gamut, from exGROWING TREND OF EXTREMISM treme right-wing conservatives to varying sects of the Islamic religion Whatever their beliefs, a bigger that use names such as the Americoncern for authorities across the can Moorish Republic. nation is the threat of violence some The Southern Poverty Law Center, followers have posed to law enforcea civil rights legal advocacy nonprof- ment officers in recent years. it organization, was founded in 1971 In 2003, members of a family in and studies hate groups and extremAbbeville had an hours-long standist organizations. It estimated that off with law enforcement officials there were about 300,000 sovereign after shooting a deputy and a constafollowers nationwide in 2010, with ble dead during a land dispute conabout one third of them being â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard- cerning widening a nearby highway

These officers werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just coworkers. They were friends, men he knew personally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through all this stuff that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done together, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hearing them crying out on the radio,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And you wonder if this is the last time youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ever going to hear their voices.â&#x20AC;? Minutes later, relief arrived in the form of Bishopville Police Chief Calvin Collins, who helped wrestle the gun away from the suspect and placed him into custody. Collins, who rushed to the scene from home where he was battling a bout of pneumonia, quickly relayed the message to dispatchers that both officers would be fine. Simon could breathe easy. The shooting played out in December 2013. Durant sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen and Demary was shot twice in the leg. Their injuries proved to be non-life threatening. Both deputies and Chief Collins were awarded the South Carolina Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association Medal of Honor earlier this year for their efforts during the life-or-death situation. The culprit was a then 52-year-old Bishopville man with an extensive criminal background and a defiant attitude toward local and federal government. Yahchanan Reames was documented as a so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;sovereign citizenâ&#x20AC;? residing in Lee County years earlier. And during his 2013 encounter with deputies, Simon said he exhibited several signs showing he still followed the doctrine then.

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Secular writers fearful after 2nd blogger slain DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The writer, a thin young man who fears the growing interweaving of religion and politics in Bangladesh, knows his turn could come next. What happened earlier this week, when the second secularist blogger in less than a month was hacked to death in the streets of the capital, made it clear he wasn’t safe. AZAD “Anytime they can hit me or my like-minded friends,” said Ananya Azad, a 25-year-old blogger who has written pieces that were critical of Islamic fundamentalism and politics driven by religion. He quit his job as a newspaper columnist and stopped writing blogs in recent months after receiving numerous threats but still posts critical comments on Facebook. Azad said he’s thinking about fleeing the country and spends much of his time indoors these days. “They don’t hesitate to kill in the name of their beliefs,” he said. “I’m an easy target for the fanatics.” Bangladesh, a majority Muslim nation long seen as insulated from the most fervent strains of militant Islam, has seen that reputation crack amid an increasingly bloody divide between secular bloggers and con-

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Could violent Islamic movement be the new Third Reich? It’s Easter Sunday, and it hasn’t been a good week for Christians. In Kenya at least 147 Christian college students were killed by a bloodthirsty organization known as AlShabaab. This is not the first assault on defenseless Christians. In practically all parts of the world, the war on Christianity keeps growing, fed by radical Islam (a word that our presi-

dent dares not utter as he continues to bray about moral equivalences between the two faiths, the only difference being that Christian holy wars are seldom found in civilized parts of the world.) Al-Shabaab and ISIS are two birds of a feather, bent on destroying anyone and anything believed in their sick minds to be unworthy of living and sharing faiths that threaten

such barbarous regimes. The Judeo-Christian faiths that have brought freedom and opportunity to our part of the world will continue to be strong in reinforcing beliefs that seek peace in the world, not conflict. Our world of today is threatened by an evil pestilence not seen since the days of the Third Reich. Evil is real and dangerous. The parts of our

world that share or respect our beliefs must be prepared to unite to counter terrorism by whatever means necessary, even if it means some sacrifices in our comfortable lives. The true meaning of Easter should be a lesson in what a better world could be if evil would not be allowed to prosper, as it’s doing before our very eyes.

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Recovering oil or gas would have dirty onshore price State Sen. Chip Campsen is changing the debate on the intelligence of recovering oil or gas off the South Carolina coast. First, the Isle of Palms Republican says, there’s been a huge paradigm shift in the last few years about the way oil and gas are extracted through ground-breaking technologies such as fracking or converting oil sands. Regardless of what you think about these new methods, they’re keeping prices down and steering the Andy nation toward energy Brack independence. “There’s been a huge technological transformation in the production of oil so that it’s really questionable in the near term about whether it renders new offshore exploration moot,” Campsen told Statehouse Report. “We have more stored oil than we ever have had in history.” But a second consideration lost on most in the debate about whether South Carolina should even get into the oil and gas business may be even bigger here at home. Most people, he said, think about the risk of an offshore well to be ocean pollution, damage to the environment and the potential to wreck the state’s $4 billion tourism economy. They don’t seem to realize just how much ugly land-based infrastructure would be needed to convert any oil or gas recovered offshore. But all you have to do is travel to Texas or Louisiana to see acres of refinery equipment, pipe upon pipe looped like a crazy economist’s flow chart. “I’ve been there, and I’ve seen it,” Campsen says of the bulky onshore infrastructure. “It’s a reality and something that, again, people just don’t think about.” In a recent op-ed, Campsen wondered where South Carolinians would want to put this heavily industrialized spaghetti along the state’s coastline: “Which portions of South Carolina’s coast would we industrialize? Little River in the tourism mecca of Myrtle Beach; Murrells Inlet; pristine Winyah Bay, surrounded by tens of thousands of acres of protected wildlife refuges; McClellanville, next to Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge; Daniel Island or James Island in Charleston Harbor; the North or South Edisto Rivers near Seabrook Island or Edisto Beach; St.

Helena Sound and the protected ACE Basin ecosystem; Factory Creek in Beaufort, lined by beautiful homes; the Ports Authority property in Port Royal that is finally on the path to redevelopment; Calibogue Sound on the shores of Hilton Head and Daufuskie Island?” Campsen says he’s gotten a lot of positive reactions from people about how the state can’t afford to be home to countless acres of industrialized fossil fuel infrastructure. But he hasn’t heard much about his observations recently among Statehouse colleagues. His fellow Republicans, many of whom are pushing for the state to conduct oil and gas exploration and use seismic testing in sensitive areas off the South Carolina coast, should listen and stop being blinded by business. These state lawmakers should hear coastal communities which have been voting, one after another, to oppose oil and gas exploration, and seismic testing. From Hilton Head Island, Port Royal and Beaufort Folly Beach, James Island, Charleston and Isle of Palms, coastal leaders just say no. “Current estimates for reserves off the South Carolina coast equate to a six-day supply of oil and gas at current U.S. consumption rates,” the S.C. Coastal Conservation League’s Hamilton Davis in a recent issue of Statehouse Report. “If all economically recoverable fossil fuel reserves were extracted for the entire East Coast, you could only meet current oil demand for 132 days and current gas demand for 283 days.” Is it worth the risk to have tar balls floating into estuaries and killing shrimp and fish? Is it worth scaring away tourists when oil-laced trash washes up on beaches? Is it worth causing the local economy to nosedive just to get six days of fossil fuel? Two words: Hell no. Instead of continuing to push oil and gas recovery and boost South Carolina’s risk, why not focus on passing outstanding legislation to encourage more investment by businesses and individuals in solar energy and other renewable resources? Hold your state legislators accountable, particularly those who don’t live along the coast, and make sure they don’t ruin South Carolina’s coastal treasures. Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Statehouse Report. He can be reached at brack@ statehousereport.com.

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Born-again parenting WASHINGTON — For a variety of reasons, I gave up alcohol Jan. 4. I have your attention, don’t I? This is because people who enjoy drinking are always curious about people who stop. I know I always am. And this is so because most regular imbibers, especially us wine drinkers -and especially mothers -worry that perhaps we enjoy it too much. Wine is an elegant gift on multiple levels, most imKathleen portantly Parker because it allows aficionados to say they don’t really drink, they “just drink wine.” Additionally, wine comes attractively packaged with clever names, bottled for two and corked with denial. Unlike whiskey or beer -- the stuff of cowboy and fraternity brawls -- wine carries the whiff of civilization. Jesus turned water into wine; therefore it’s a sacrament. The French do it; therefore it’s sophisticated. Wine drinking comes with its own elaborate protocol, involving gleaming glassware, an elite language all its own, ceremonial dispersals and priest-like men who describe in luscious detail the attributes and character of the grape that sacrificed its flesh for our sundown redemption. By any other name, wine drinking is a religion; the sommelier its high priest. We, the connoisseurs, are congregants who study the seasons and varietals with catechismic reverence. Our children become acolytes in the holy communion of drinking. Which brings me to my

reason for writing this column. For some reason during this Holy Week, I’ve had similar conversations with several women who’ve also stopped drinking, at least at home. We shared funny but cautionary anecdotes about our children and parenting experiences. One was about the boy who set the table with milk glasses for everyone except Mom, whose place was set with a wine glass. Another involved a child who pronounced to a roomful of adults that her mother loooooooves wine so much, she could never give it up for Lent. We all laughed because it’s so true for so many. We looooooove our wine. I can almost hear the chorus drifting across the plains: Don’t even talk to me about giving it up. After so many decades of committed wine drinking, how could I? Besides, as my inner oenophile can’t resist further elucidating the record, I may enjoy a glass of wine or two in the future. But here’s a distinction with a difference: My children are grown. They are no longer watching my every move to learn how they should live. But for many years they did -- and I wish I had been a better role model. History tends to repeat itself in families. I learned to drink from my father, who was pouring me cocktails in my teens. My (someday) memoir of our remarkable relationship after my mother’s death at 31 will be titled: “He Needed the Company; I Needed the Smokes.” My drinking never ceased for all the ensuing years except during pregnancy, illness or occasionally to prove to myself that I could stop. For the most part, my glass of choice had a stem and I passed many glorious

evenings on dozens of porches and stoops, talking with friends and celebrating the wonders of . . . everything. My son and stepsons bore witness to these rituals and developed rituals of their own. I am prompted to this confession by Amy Joyce’s recent parenting column in The Washington Post. The topic was about when to start talking to your kids about underage drinking. A study by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Nationwide Insurance found that one-third of parents wait until their children are between ages 14 and 18, yet about 30 percent of eighthgraders have tried alcohol. And children as young as second- and third-graders have begun to form impressions about alcohol. This is when MADD recommends that parents begin talking about drinking. Yet, of eight “social harms” listed in the study, parents ranked drinking seventh behind other concerns that often involve alcohol, including sexual assault, car accidents or unplanned pregnancy. As our Hallmark approach to relationships and virtue goes, MADD has designated April 21 as talk-toyour-kids-about-drinking day. One day a year is a start, I suppose, but it has the same feel as once-a-year worship -- or of commercially sanctioned appreciation of mothers, fathers and valentines -- absolving us of neglect the rest of the year. Experience suggests a better course -- a simple if sometimes daunting rule of nature that persists through time: Monkey see, monkey do. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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Troops doubt women can do the job BY LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Surveys find that men in U.S. special operations forces do not believe women can meet the physical and mental demands of their commando jobs, and they fear the Pentagon will lower standards to integrate women into their elite units, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press. Studies that surveyed personnel found “major misconceptions” within special operations about whether women should be brought into the male-only jobs. They also revealed concerns that department leaders would “capitulate to political pressure, allowing erosion of training standards,” according to one document. Some of those concerns were not limited to men, researchers found, but also were found among women in special operations jobs. Dan Bland, force management director for U.S. Special Operations Command, told the AP that the survey results have “already driven us to do some different things in terms of educating the force.” About 68,800 people serve in the command, including 3,000 civilians. The main survey went to about 18,000 people who are in positions closed to women, and the response was about 50 percent. The high response rate, officials said, reflects the wide interest in the subject. The studies are part of the Pentagon’s effort to open all military combat positions to women or provide reasons why any jobs should remain closed. One survey, by RAND Corp., reflected doubts that women could meet the overall job demands, found concerns that sexual harassment or assault could increase and cited worries about “unequal treatment” of special operations candidates and personnel. Some worried that if women were let in to some jobs, they might be treated more harshly. Survey details have not been released. This was the first time that officials from Special Operations Command publicly discussed the results. Andy Hamilton, who works with Bland and has expertise on this issue, noted that women in special operations jobs had concerns, too, about

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An Army SPC hoists a 44-pound section of a 50 caliber machine gun onto a M1 A2 Abrams tank during a physical demands study at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, in February, 2014. Surveys find that men in U.S. special operations forces do not believe women can meet the physical and mental demands of their commando jobs, and they fear the Pentagon will lower standards to integrate women into their elite units, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press. the broader integration. “They’re concerned that this might result in the lowering of the standards in what are currently our male-only occupations, and that would then reflect on either them or on the women who come into those occupations,” said Hamilton. Pentagon leaders lifted the ban on women in combat jobs in 2012, but gave the military services time to integrate women gradually and systematically into the male-only front-line positions. By January 2016, the military must open all combat jobs to women or explain why any

OBITUARIES JOHN M. INGRAM John Monroe Ingram, 76, of Sumter, died Friday, April 3, 2015, at Palmetto Richland Hospital. He was born in Henry County, Virginia, on April 19, 1938, the son of George and Vernellie Ingram. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and traveled the world, settling near Shaw INGRAM A.F.B. after retiring from the military in 1976. He then had a second career at Crescent Tool. John enjoyed coffee and conversation with his friends. He greatly appreciated nature and wildlife. Survivors include twin sons Frederick Ingram of Sumter and Edward Ingram of Raleigh, North Carolina; as well as a sister, Christine Setliff of Bassett, Virginia, and other family members. He was married to the late Diana Judy Hayes, originally of London, England. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 1 p.m. in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at Bullock Funeral Home. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com The family has chosen

Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

DAVID J. MCCALL David Jones (D.J.) McCall, widower of Melba McCall, died April 4, 2015. He was 95 years old. Born in Summerton (Remini area), he was the son of the late Daniel Jones and Eunice Alsbrooks McCall. Mr. McCall, a veteran of World War II, was a member of the Sumter Masonic MCCALL Order for 60 years. He worked at Williams Furniture Company before and after the war, followed by 30 years at the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company. For 20 years, until the age of 88, he worked as a park ranger at Swan Lake – Iris Gardens in Sumter. It was his pleasure to give cart tours for thousands of visitors. In his early 80s, Mr. McCall worked as a security guard for Security Management of South Carolina. Survivors include a son Jack (Rose) McCall and daughter, Judy McCall, who reside in Sumter; daughter Nancy (Tom) Brunson from Forsyth, Georgia; seven

exceptions must be made. Positions within the special operations forces, including the clandestine Navy SEAL and Army Delta units, are considered the most grueling and difficult jobs in the military with training and qualifying courses that push troops to their physical, mental and emotional limits. The commandos often work in small teams in harsh, remote locations. As a result, those jobs are some of the last to be addressed as commanders review the qualifications needed and assess the impact of bringing in women.

As integration unfolds, the surveys have brought home the reality that there are “some reservations or misperceptions in the force in terms of why we’re doing this,” Bland said. Defense officials have stressed that they will not reduce standards in order to let in women. Women have so far had mixed results as they try to move into the more demanding combat positions — jobs for which men also have difficulty qualifying. So far, about 7,200 positions within the special operations forces have been opened to women, including combat jobs

grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; and two greatgreat grandchildren. Grandchildren include Eric McCall, Chris McCall, Mandi (Andy) King, Wendy Brunson, Kimberly (David) Ballard, Shane Brunson, and Michelle McCall. Also, Katie Hamilton and her children Nikki, Danny, and Caleb have been like grandchildren to him. Mr. McCall was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Marion McCall, and seven sisters—Mary McCall, Lucille Silver, Belva Truesdale, Pearl McLeod, Sadie Hair, Maude Gainey, and Elizabeth Smith. The family would like to thank the residents and staff at McElveen Manor for the love and care shown him for the past two years. Thanks go also to the staff at Sumter VA Clinic, Dorn VA Medical Center and Warriors Walk Hospice for the good care he received from them. The family will greet friends and relatives on Monday, April 6 at Lakewood Baptist Church beginning at 3 p.m., followed by the memorial service at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Building Fund at Lakewood Baptist Church, 3140 Nazarene Church Road in Sumter. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

habilitation Center, Sumter. Born Nov. 18, 1921, in Sumter County, she was the daughter of the late Joe Butler and Ann Mickens Butler. She had a special love for all of her family. She loved cooking and working in her flowers. She received her education in the public schools of Sumter County. She joined St. Mark United Methodist at an early age and was a lifelong member. Later she moved to Bronx, New York, where she met and married Ernest Grant, Sr. From this union six children were born. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Annie Mae Williams; three sons, Ernest Jr., Marion and Ervin Tyrone Grant; five brothers, Wilson, Marion, Alex, Ernest and Ervin Butler, and one great-great grandson, Carter Wilson. She leaves to cherish her precious memories: two daughters, Estella Trent (Leroy) of Seattle, Washington, Odessa Carattini of Lumberton, North Carolina; one brother, Nathaniel Butler of Sumter; one sister, Katie Butler James of Sumter; one son-in-law, Odell (Nancy) Williams of Mayesville; two sisters-inlaw, Virginia Butler and Mercina Butler, both of Sumter; a daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Grant Middleburg of Florida; a host of grandchildren; forty three great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; numerous of nieces, nephews, other relatives and

ANNA B. G. BALL Anna Butler Grant Ball, 93, departed this life on Monday, March 30, 2015 at the Sumter Health and Re-

in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, a specialized unit used to fly forces fast, low and deep behind enemy lines at night. For the first time, a woman last year made it through training and began serving as a pilot in the unit. Three female pilots, 25 women in other jobs, and 16 other women are now going through initial training for these helicopter crews, known as Night Stalkers. Most female soldiers do not want combat jobs, an earlier survey found. But among those who do, the Night Stalkers were a popular choice. Women have moved into Army artillery jobs and serve on Navy submarines and in the naval Riverine units. But none has made it through the Marine Corps’ officer infantry course. Special operations command leaders have made it clear that genuine concerns exist about incorporating women into some jobs. In 2013, when the planning was in its infancy, then-Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick spoke of demanding nature of missions requiring forces “to operate in small, self-contained teams, many of which are in austere, geographically isolated, politically sensitive environments for extended periods of time.” In an email last month to members of the special operations forces across the services, Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, said leaders had done initial analysis on training, facilities, education and other policies. Now, officials are examining “the social and cultural challenges of integrating females” into male-only jobs. Next, Votel said, officials will analyze requirements for the jobs to make sure standards are accurate and gender neutral. “We will continue in our commitment to provide the best manned, trained and equipped special operations personnel to execute our nation’s most difficult and sensitive missions,” Votel said. “With that in mind, we can assure you that our high standards will not be lowered.” Bland said that in addition to Votel’s email to service members, leaders have discussed the issue with commanders at frequent meetings so they can better educate their troops.

friends. Home-going celebration will be held at noon, Monday, April 6, 2015 from the St. Mark United Methodist Church, 1090 Oswego Road (Highway 401) Sumter, with the Rev. Geneva Stafford, pastor, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Robert E. Galloway and the Rev. Robert Thompson. The family is receiving family and friends at the home of her granddaughter, Alfreda Spann, 3245 Charles Jackson St., Dalzell. The remains will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. The procession will leave from the home of her granddaughter at 11:20 a.m. Floral bearers will be granddaughters. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Burial will be in the Hillside Memorial Park, 3001 Cain’s Mill Road, Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. com. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home, Inc.

ELAINE HANNIBAL Ms. Elaine Hannibal entered eternal rest on April 4, 2015 at the Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 10 Kasier Road, Bishopville. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

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FYI The City of Sumter is accept- ments set by HUD. StuSummer Youth Employment applidentsPrograms should see their ing applications for its Sumschool guidance counselmer cations Youth Employment accepted Proors for applications and ingrams through May 8. Students ages 14-15 will work come guidelines or pick up an application 8:30 a.m.-5 in city government and p.m., Monday-Friday, from students age 16 through the Liberty Center, 12 W. high school will work in Liberty St., Office H. Call the Co-Op Program for local businesses. Students Carolet Thomas at (803) 774-1652 or Clarence must live in the city limits Gaines at (803) 774-1649. and meet income require-

PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER COUNTY REGIONAL HOME CONSORTIUM BOARD Monday, 5 p.m., Santee-Wateree RTA Headquarters, 129 S. Harvin St.

Board Room, 36 W. Liberty St.

SUMTER COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS BOARD Monday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, conference room

BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building

SANTEE-LYNCHES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Monday, 7 p.m., Santee-Lynches

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Thursday, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

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Greenville 68/48

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Opportunities EUGENIA LAST are present, but you have to go after them. Don’t sit around waiting for someone to call you. Apply for positions of interest and add a unique twist to your resume that will make you stand out.

life and raise your standards of living. Love is highlighted. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Be very careful how you handle friends, family and partners. Diplomacy, integrity and patience will put you in a position that is conducive to getting what you want. Don’t be afraid to experiment and do things differently.

Today: Sunny to partly cloudy. Winds south-southeast 4-8 mph. Monday: A couple of thunderstorms. Winds east-southeast 3-6 mph.

Aiken 71/53

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Reevaluate your personal and professional positions. If you aren’t happy with the way things are going, consider your options. Check out what you need to learn in order to follow your dreams, hopes and wishes.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Focus on what you want and don’t stop until you have figured out how to get your way. Change is in the stars and will result in an interesting turn of events. Secretive actions will bring the best results.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Observation will be a great teacher. You can choose to offer up information or gather it instead. The biggest benefits will come from what you learn, not from teaching others. Make space at home to encourage yourself to expand your knowledge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will have the upper hand regarding matters that affect your home or community. Speak up, but don’t exaggerate or use false information to win favors. Honesty will lead you to the winner’s circle. Speak up and be prepared to take action.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take a break and keep your thoughts to yourself. You need time to rejuvenate and to reconsider your course of action before you put any plan into motion. Pampering will be in your best interest, and selfimprovement projects will reduce stress. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Step up and speak up. You can make a difference if you are passionate about your beliefs. Don’t worry about someone who doesn’t share your viewpoint. It’s best to find out where you stand so that you can avoid future confrontations. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Prepare to make the personal changes you’ve been contemplating. You’ll be happy with the results you get and the responses you receive. An investment can help stabilize your

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Concentrate on what is realistic. If you take on too much, you will lose sight of your goals. Don’t run about trying to do things that can wait. Emotional issues will surface, costing you valuable time and disrupting important relationships. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take a moment to remember the things that used to make you happy. If there was a particular way you used to do things, invent a way to make it fit your current lifestyle. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t make a snap decision regarding a contract, settlement or financial matter. Wait until you can obtain more information before you put your future on the line. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Focus on romance and personal improvements.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD APRIL SHOWERS: With RAIN all over By Gail Grabowski

ACROSS 1 Stinging remarks 6 “Dear sir or __ . . .” 11 Wash the floor again 16 Family nickname 19 “Where there’s __ . . .” 20 Is of __ (helps) 21 Whirlpool alternative 22 Eur. speedometer reading 23 Southwestern RAIN dancers 25 Hoffman’s brother in RAIN Man 27 Jousting weapon 28 “Welcome to Maui!” 30 Lentil holder 31 Thought-provoking 33 Choir voice 36 Life story, for short 37 Resorts with

hot springs 40 AMA members 42 Sign of RAIN 46 French cocktail 47 Close to the ground 48 Broke the news to 49 Summer cottage, perhaps 50 RAIN or shine 55 Name on peanut butter cups 57 World Cup cheer 58 Coddled 59 Train track 61 Grassy clump 62 Was aware of 63 City on the Erie Canal 64 Bona fide 66 Quick message 68 Jousting weapons 69 Lead actor in Singin’ in the RAIN 72 Llama habitat 76 Headliner 78 Zellweger of Chicago 79 1983 Indy 500

winner 80 Most recent 83 On the __ (fleeing) 85 Temperamental performer 86 Wedding worker 87 Exist 88 Race by 91 “The RAIN in Spain” musical 93 Trample 95 Frat letters 97 Paranormal ability 98 Flying formation 99 What acid RAIN has elevated levels of 102 CCLI doubled 103 Bath bubbles 104 Hot under the collar 105 Facsimile 107 Break (off) 109 Tool for prying 112 Elbowroom 114 Wool fabric 117 “Don’t RAIN on My Parade” show 120 RAIN gauge 123 Suffix for

Charleston 72/57

Today: Sunny. High 68 to 72. Monday: An afternoon shower or thunderstorm around. High 72 to 76.

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56 Jeopardy! owner 60 Took a shine to 62 Hound’s hotel 65 Jeans material 67 Stun gun 69 German tennis great 70 Impose, as a tax 71 Paged (through) 73 Eerie feeling 74 Escaped from 75 Grant permission 77 In the course of 80 Place for mascara 81 Pretentious 82 Start-up capital 84 WWI battle site 86 Take a little from, as savings 88 Parting words

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no. NIMBUS CLOUDS (42 Across) appear darker than other clouds because they are dense with water. KIR (46 Across) was named for Dijon mayor Félix Kir, who

popularized the drink in the postwar era. Motorsports Hall of Famer Tom SNEVA (79 Across) was the first driver to exceed 200 miles per hour at the Indianapolis 500.

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USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

This isn’t the icing on the cake

History awaits

hen Dawn Staley was hired as the women’s basketball head coach at the University of South Carolina for the 2008-09 season, her stated goal was winning a national championship. And that’s what any college head coach is to strive to achieve. It’s the right thing to say, even if it doesn’t seem to be feasible. And when Staley headed to Columbia it certainly didn’t seem to be realistic. Her predecessor, Susan Walvius, did get the Gamecocks to the Elite Eight in ’01-02 and to the Sweet 16 Dennis the following Brunson year. However, the program was, to say the least, in a malaise Walvius’ final five seasons. There was no buzz about the program with players from South Carolina NCAA Division I talent generally bolting to out-of-state programs. While Staley certainly brought name recognition with her background as one of the best women’s basketball players in United States history, it was hard to see that coming to fruition. An improved program? Certainly. A regular participant in the NCAA Tournament? Of course. Winning a national title? Well … Seven years later, here we are. USC is facing Notre Dame today for a spot in the national championship game on Tuesday. It’s not the ultimate

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South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley holds the net after the Gamecocks beat Florida State 80-74 to earn its first Final Four berth in school history. Staley went to the Final Four three times as a player, but this is her first appearance as a head coach. The Gamecocks face Notre Dame today at 6:30 p.m. in a national semifinal game in Tampa, Fla.

Gamecocks take on Notre Dame in first Final Four appearance BY FRED GOODALL The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Dawn Staley appeared in the women’s national semifinals three times as a player. Now, she’s back for the first time as a coach, guiding Final Four newcomer South Carolina. And, the former Virginia star, whose Southeastern Conference champions square off against Notre Dame on Sunday is paying tribute to an old and dear mentor during the Gamecocks debut on college basketball’s biggest stage. John Chaney won 741 games during a long career at Cheney State and Temple, where Staley made the tran-

FINAL FOUR At Tampa, Fla. National Semifinals TODAY Notre Dame (35-2) vs. South Carolina (34-2), 6:30 p.m. UConn (36-1) vs. Maryland (342), 8:30 p.m. National Championship Tuesday Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

sition from WNBA standout to coaching. He reached the Elite Eight of the men’s NCAA Tournament five times — and lost. “He did not get to the point of the Final Four, but

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certainly I dedicate our time being at the Final Four to him, and all the other players that have affected my life as a coach,” Staley said Saturday. Staley spent eight years at Temple before taking over a struggling South Carolina program and transforming the Gamecocks (34-2) into a national power over the past seven seasons. Chaney, 83, helped her changed the culture of Temple’s women’s program, too. And, Staley hasn’t forgotten. “A lot of times our male counterpart at different universities, they’re not as open to someone like coach Chaney. He would come to our practices, he would allow us to come into his

practice and learn,” she said. “He is a perfectionist. He put his team into positions to win basketball games that no one else thought they should have been in,” Staley added. “For that reason, he’ll always be one of the best mentors that I’ve ever had.” Perennial national championship contender Notre Dame (35-2) is appearing in its fifth consecutive Final Four. The Irish took a perfect record into last year’s title game, where they lost to unbeaten Connecticut. Coach Muffet McGraw has her team back in the national semifinals, despite losing

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Fire Ants settle for DH split BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

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Duke’s Justise Winslow (12) is fouled by Michigan State’s Gavin Schilling during the Blue Devils’ 81-61 victory in Saturday’s national semifinal game in Indianapolis. Duke will face the winner of the Wisconsin-Kentucky game for the national title on Monday.

Duke takes down Spartans 81-61 BY JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The latest Duke team to reach the national championship game got there behind a couple of freshmen and some of the trademark defense coach Mike Krzyzewski’s teams have long been known for. Justise Winslow scored 19 points and Jahlil Okafor added 18 to lead top-seeded Duke to an 81-61 victory over Michigan State on Saturday and into the title game. The two freshmen put up some impressive stats in their first Final Four game. Winslow, who played

through some early foul trouble, had nine rebounds and was 5 for 7 from the field, while Okafor grabbed six rebounds and was 7 for 11 from the field. Senior Quinn Cook had 17 points for the Blue Devils (34-4), who dominated the game except for the opening minutes when they trailed 14-6. Denzel Valentine led the Spartans (27-12) with 22 points and 11 rebounds while Travis Trice added 16 points. Defensively, it was a team effort, just the way Krzyzewski has stressed for his 35 seasons at Duke. What had

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Despite its inconsistencies, the University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team had been in every Region X game they’d played leading up to Saturday’s twinbill with Pitt Community College. As head coach Tim Medlin put it, the Fire Ants were “due for a stinker.” It came in the form of a 9-4 loss to the Bulldogs in the series finale – a loss that saw USCS pitchers walk the leadoff batter in each of the first three innings and a total of four errors being committed in the field. However, Fred Wadsworth’s 2-run single in the bottom of the fifth inning of Game 1 proved the difference as the Fire Ants held on for a 4-3 victory in the opener to earn a split of the 4-game series. “Split, split, split,” Medlin said. “I told the guys it’s not these types of losses that hurt you. It’s the 4-3 and 5-4 losses where we’ve had the lead going into the last inning. “These kinds of

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USC Sumter’s Brett Auckland (6) scores on a Justin Hawkins’ RBI single in the first inning of the Fire Ants’ 4-3 victory over Pitt Community College on Saturday at Riley Park. The Bulldogs won the second game 9-4 to earn a split. games happen – we just hoped it wasn’t going to happen today.” Still, by virtue of USC Lancaster and Spartanburg Methodist College each drop-

ping their opening games on Saturday, the Fire Ants are at least still tied for first in the region at 12-6. USCS is 28-15 overall.

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WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2015

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Final Four breakdown with Coach McCallie Blue Devils head coach gives analysis of women’s NCAA tournament semifinal matchups BY JOANNE P. MCCALLIE The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie takes a look at the games in the women’s Final Four. Her Blue Devils played all four teams this year. SOUTH CAROLINANOTRE DAME

Tempo, tempo, tempo. Whoever MCCALLIE can dictate the pace of this game has a better chance of winning it. Both teams can get up and down the floor, but it’s more to South Carolina’s liking to get post players involved. Each team has a dynamic player who can take a game over with Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame and Tiffany Mitchell of South Carolina. Loyd can do almost anything she wants on the floor offensively and she can take over a game when she needs to. Mitchell is more about controlling the flow of the game and taking over when needed. The other interesting matchup is the two freshmen. A’ja Wilson and Brianna Turner were predicted to be the top two freshmen coming into this season. How will Muffet McGraw utilize Turner against the big front line of

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the Gamecocks? Wilson hit the key tip-in to beat us and wasn’t a huge factor in the win over Florida State. Notre Dame definitely has the experience going for them having been to five straight Final Fours while this is South Carolina’s first. Although Dawn Staley was here a few times as a player, it’s a different entity when you’re worrying as a coach about all the different time demands put on your team. Also as a player, the ball is in your hands when the game’s on the line. As a coach you just hope they make the right choices. If the game does come to the end in a tight contest, South Carolina has been in a few of those this season, including a one-point win over Duke. Notre Dame has had just one contest come down to the final possession. MARYLAND-CONNECTICUT

To see what Maryland has been able to do to get back to the Final Four for a second straight season after losing Alyssa Thomas is impressive. The Terrapins’ guard play is much better this season with Lexie Brown and Laurin Mincy leading the way. While both Notre Dame and South Carolina saw Connecticut this season, Maryland

hasn’t. It’s always tough when you haven’t played them in a year to adjust to the pace at which they play the game. What helps Maryland is that most of this team did play against the Huskies last season. Unlike last season, when the Terrapins made the Final Four for the first time since their national championship in 2006, Maryland knows how to handle the pressure of the big stage better. That said, no one has been here more often than UConn lately it seems. They have been to eight straight Final Fours for a reason. They have five players on the court who can score in a variety of ways and also play such great defense. Starting with Breanna Stewart, who is nearly impossible to guard because she is so versatile. Throw in Kaleena MosquedaLewis and how well she’s shooting in the tournament. Not to mention the play of Morgan Tuck and this team is difficult to matchup with. Who are you going to stop? They don’t take bad shots and pass the ball so effectively to get pretty much whatever shot they want. They also play such great defense that isn’t cookie cutter. They take away what you want to do and make it so difficult to score.

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three starters — two of them first-round WNBA draft picks. “Out of all those five, this team has improved the most,” McGraw said. “I think this is the youngest team we’ve ever taken. Not a senior in the starting lineup. “For them to get it together and just keep getting better, it’s been really fun to watch.” Some things to watch in Sunday’s South CarolinaNotre Dame matchup: PHILLY CONNECTIONS

Staley’s ties to Chaney aren’t only Philadelphia connection at this Final Four. McGraw and UConn coach Geno Auriemma, both natives of West Chester, also grew up in the area. “We’re thinking maybe a cheesesteak to the winner,” McGraw said. “We always thought that so much began in Philadelphia on the men’s and women’s side. To have three of us, and we all still speak the language. I think we’re all pretty much the same, and tell it like it is. I can really appreciate that. ... It’s a shame that the Final Four is not in Philly.” KEY MATCHUP

One of the keys to Sunday night’s semifinal will be how South Carolina’s back-

RECORD SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT FG pct. 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-pt FG pct 3-pt FG/game FREE THROWS-ATT FT pct FT/game REBOUNDS Rebounds/game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS TOs/game Turnover margin Assist/TO ratio STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

UND OPP 35-2 34-2 2995 2203 80.9 59.5 +21.4 1120-2247 842-2252 .498 .374 181-470 178-625 .385 .285 4.9 4.8 574-777 341-530 .739 .643 15.5 9.2 1535 1217 41.5 32.9 +8.6 667 411 18.0 11.1 549 639 14.8 17.3 +2.4 1.2 0.6 345 284 9.3 7.7 185 125 5.0 3.4

court, led by All-American Tiffany Mitchell, matches up Notre Dame’s tandem of All-American Jewell Loyd, Lindsay Allen and Michaela Mabrey. Staley isn’t sharing the Gamecocks’ game plan. “This time around, they’re going to have to make plays. Tiff is going to have to make plays for us. Jewell is going to have to make plays for Notre Dame for both of us to be successful.” TURNING POINT

McGraw said there were a few points in the season when Notre Dame’s season could have nosedived, none bigger than a come-frombehind 94-93 overtime win at DePaul in December — four days after an 18-point home loss to UConn. That began a stretch in which the Irish have won 27 of 28.

CAKE FROM PAGE B1 goal, but it’s much closer to being attained than anyone likely predicted, especially in such a short period of time. The reason it happened so quickly is Carolina hit the trifecta, baby! It started with Staley slowing building the program and bringing in good talent. However, let’s look back over the past three years. Leading up to the ’12-13 season, Just a couple of hours away from Columbia in Charlotte was a young woman who grew up idolizing Staley, the player. Now everyone knows her as junior Tiffany Mitchell, 2-time Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and first team All-American. The next two years there just happened to be a pair of McDonald’s AllAmericans playing high school ball just a few miles from the South Carolina campus. Dutch Fork’s Alaina Coates joined the Gamecocks in ’13-14 and Heathwood Hall’s A’Ja Wilson came aboard this season. Now, it’s not as easy as 1-2-3. That’s where Staley comes in. She got the “easy” recruits and she brought in other

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2742 1937 76.2 53.8 +22.4 1020-2102 713-2052 .485 .347 175-495 145-506 .354 .287 4.9 4.0 527-776 366-543 .679 .674 14.6 10.2 1488 1141 41.3 31.7 +9.6 603 337 16.8 9.4 515 585 14.3 16.3 +1.9 1.2 0.6 308 241 8.6 6.7 226 105 6.3 2.9

“I think we were down six with a minute to go and somehow won the game. ... For us to win that game I think gave us so much confidence,” McGraw said. IN FOCUS

Staley is drawing on her experience as a player who participated in three Final Fours to keep the Gamecocks focused on the task at hand — trying to win two games — instead of all the festivities surrounding the event. “All the hoopla before you actually play the game plays a role in having the energy to finish the job,” Staley said. “Our main focus is to win a national championship. You don’t want to shortchange this opportunity by being clouded by something other than the basketball game.”

talented players – several from the state, but others from around the country to go with them. She has meshed them all together into a deep, cohesive unit. More impressive than this team’s talent is its unselfishness. No, not in making the extra pass, etc., just in the way the players sacrifice for one another. Yes, Mitchell is the “star” of the team, but she doesn’t have to have – or expect to have – the offense running through her. The players know their roles and except their roles. If the Gamecocks play up to their potential today, they will beat Notre Dame. That being said, I don’t think they played up to their potential in either of their games in Greensboro, N.C. They should have lost to North Carolina and needed a great second half to finish off Florida State. USC can’t afford to put itself in an early hole against Notre Dame the way it did in those games. However, rest assured USC isn’t happy to be in Tampa, Fla. It made the trip to bring home a national crown. Reaching the Final Four isn’t icing on the cake, nor is a victory today.

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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30), The Associated Press Player of the Year, will lead the 2-time defending national champion Huskies against Maryland today in an NCAA Tournament national semifinal game in Tampa, Fla.

Maryland hopes to end UConn’s Final Four run BY DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Brenda Frese and her Maryland Terrapins aren’t just happy to be back in the Final Four for a second straight season. They plan on sticking around through the weekend and play on Tuesday night for the national FRESE championship. For that to happen they’ll have to knock off two-time defending champion UConn tonight. “Aren’t we tired of it,” Frese said of UConn’s dominance. “Everyone’s rooting for us. Some new stories, our sport needs it to be quite honest. I know there are a lot of people out there cheering and want to see Maryland beat UConn. For us and our sport it would be a great thing.” After the Terrapins won the national championship in 2006, they didn’t make it back to the Final Four until last season with star Alyssa Thomas. Frese graduated five seniors, including Thomas, and few thought they’d be back so soon. Frese said she started believing this team could be something special midway through their undefeated run through their first year in the Big Ten Conference. “This is a team that no one expected to be here,” Frese said. “To accomplish what they did we were written off after Alyssa graduated and our five seniors. It is a different mentality coming back with this team. “Last year’s team that was their goal, they were happy to be here. That’s not the goal for this year’s team.” Making the Final Four feels

like a rite of spring for the Huskies lately as the team has appeared in the last eight national semifinals, winning four championships. Auriemma has said he believes the Huskies’ dominance is good for the sport, It’s certainly a role the they relish. “They come to Connecticut with that expectation in mind and they either embrace that role and survive and thrive,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. Winning a third straight championship for the second time in school history would give Auriemma 10 in his career, tying him with vaunted UCLA men’s coach John Wooden for the most titles in college basketball. The winner of Sunday’s game will face either South Carolina or Notre Dame for the title on Tuesday night. DECORATED HUSKIE

Breanna Stewart won The Associated Press player of the year award for the second consecutive season Saturday. Earlier in the day she won the Wade Trophy for the first time. Despite the individual awards, Stewart was still focused on the bigger goal, winning a third title. “It’s the reason why we are here, to play basketball,” she said. “These awards are nice, but it’s all extra. It doesn’t mean anything if we don’t do what we came here for.” DAS BOOT

Stewart was wearing a walking boot on her left foot when she came to the Huskies’ press conference and AP awards ceremony. She’s been wearing it all season saying: “The boot is nothing. It’s inflammation of the sesamoid bones. It’s fine.”

UCONN-MARYLAND MATCHUP The Associated Press

TEAM STATISTICS

RECORD SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT FG pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-pt FG pct 3-pt FG/game FREE THROWS-ATT FT pct FTs/game REBOUNDS Rebounds/game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS TOs/game Turnover margin Assist/TO ratio STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

UCONN 36-1 3337 90.2 +42.0 1302-2398 .543 314-768 .409 8.5 419-580 .722 11.3 1632 44.1 +13.1 798 21.6 453 12.2 +5.9 1.8 379 10.2 296 8.0

OPP

1785 48.2 693-2267 .306 188-701 .268 5.1 211-312 .676 5.7 1147 31.0 321 8.7 670 18.1 0.5 220 5.9 80 2.2

UM OPP 34-2 2850 2179 79.2 60.5 +18.7 1055-2233 834-2148 .472 .388 190-547 163-585 .347 .279 5.3 4.5 550-726 348-492 .758 .707 15.3 9.7 1533 1135 42.6 31.5 +11.1 596 417 16.6 11.6 551 598 15.3 16.6 +1.3 1.1 0.7 302 243 8.4 6.8 121 121 3.4 3.4

SPORTS

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

6 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (MLB NETWORK). 8:25 a.m. – International Soccer: Tottenham vs. Burnley (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9 a.m. – Youth Golf: Junior Drive, Chiip & Putt Championship from Augusta, Gal. (GOLF). 9 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Milwaukee vs. Cleveland from Phoenix (MLB NETWORK). Noon – NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (WIS 10). Noon – College Baseball: Vanderbilt at Georgia (SEC NETWORK). 1 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Houston at Oklahoma City (WOLO 25). 1 p.m. – College Baseball: Wofford at Western Carolina (WACH 57). 1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Open Men’s Final Match from Key Biscayne, Fla. (ESPN2). 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Houston Open Final Round from Humble, Texas (GOLF). 1 p.m. – Professional Basketball: Euroleague Game – Real Madrid vs. Barcelona (NBA TV). 1 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Leones Negros vs. UNAM (UNIVISION). 1 p.m. – College Baseball: North Carolina at Clemson (WPUB-FM 102.7). 2 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas at Oklahoma State (ESPNU). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Houston Open Final Round from Humble, Texas (WIS 10). 3 p.m. – College Softball: Oregon at UCLA (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Developmental League Game – Teams To Be Announced (NBA TV). 3:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago at Cleveland (WOLO 25). 3:30 p.m. – College Softball: Alabama at Kentucky (ESPNU). 4:30 p.m. – IRL Racing: Indy Lights Series from St. Petersburg, Fla. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 5 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Real Salt Lake at San Jose (ESPN2). 5 p.m. – LPGA Golf: ANA Inspiration Final Round from Rancho Mirage, Calif. (GOLF). 6 p.m. – College Softball: Mississippi State at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 6:30 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: NCAA Tournament National Semifinal Game from Tampa, Fla. – South Carolina vs. Notre Dame (ESPN, WNKT-FM 107.5). 7 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Philadelphia at Kansas City (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at San Antonio (NBA TV). 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: St. Louis at Chicago (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Chicago (ESPN2). 8:30 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: NCAA Tournament National Semifinal Game from Tampa, Fla. – Maryland vs. Connecticut (ESPN). 9:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV).

MONDAY

1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Toronto at New York Yankees (ESPN). 2:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match – Manchester City vs. Crystal Palace (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Miami (SPORTSOUTH, WPUBFM 102.7). 4 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Washington (ESPN). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Cleveland at Houston (ESPN). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Louisville at Virginia (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Buffalo (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – College Softball: Mississippi State at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 9 p.m. – College Basketball: NCAA Tournament National Championship Game from Indianapolis – Duke vs. Michigan State (WLTX 19, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Arizona (ESPN2).

PREP SCHEDULE MONDAY

Varsity Baseball Sumter vs. Airport (in Gilbert Spring Break Tournament), 6 p.m. Crestwood vs. Lakewood (in Spring Break Wood Bat Tournament at West Florence High), 5 p.m. Lamar at Manning, 6 p.m. Varsity Boys Golf Sumter in Hurricane Invitational (in Greenville), TBA

GOLF The Associated Press

Houston Open Par Scores Saturday At Golf Club of Houston, The Tournament Humble, Texas Purse: $5.9 million Yardage: 7,441; Par: 72 Third Round Jordan Spieth 69-66-67—202 -14 Scott Piercy 63-74-66—203 -13 Johnson Wagner 69-68-66—203 -13 Austin Cook 68-65-70—203 -13 Shawn Stefani 66-69-69—204 -12 Kelvin Day 68-69-68—205 -11 Paul Casey 68-69-68—205 -11 Charles Howell III66-70-69—205 -11 Russell Henley 69-68-68—205 -11 Patrick Reed 68-71-67—206 -10 Keegan Bradley 70-66-70—206 -10 Cameron Tringale68-70-69—207 -9 Sergio Garcia 67-71-69—207 -9

MLB SPRING TRAINING By The Associated Press FRIDAY’S GAMES

Washington 8, N.Y. Yankees 2 Tampa Bay 11, Detroit 5 Milwaukee 6, Cleveland 3 Baltimore 3, Atlanta 2 Minnesota 5, Boston 2 Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 2, Toronto 0 Kansas City 11, Houston 1

N.Y. Mets 5, Texas 0 Arizona 5, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Angels 6, L.A. Dodgers 0 Seattle 5, Colorado 4 San Francisco 4, Oakland 0

Spurrier in search of new starter behind center BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

x-Cleveland x-Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit

W 45 35 34 18 14

L 31 40 42 58 62

Pct .592 .467 .447 .237 .184

GB – 91/2 11 27 31

W 56 43 34 32 23

L 19 33 41 43 53

Pct .747 .566 .453 .427 .303

GB – 131/2 22 24 331/2

W 49 46 38 33 29

L 27 30 38 43 47

Pct .645 .605 .500 .434 .382

GB – 3 11 16 20

Pct .684 .684 .658 .605 .547

GB – – 2 6 101/2

Pct .653 .553 .453 .368 .211

GB – 71/2 15 211/2 331/2

Pct .827 .658 .500 .347 .267

GB – 121/2 241/2 36 42

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L x-Houston 52 24 x-Memphis 52 24 x-San Antonio 50 26 Dallas 46 30 New Orleans 41 34 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L y-Portland 49 26 Oklahoma City 42 34 Utah 34 41 Denver 28 48 Minnesota 16 60 PACIFIC DIVISION W L z-Golden State 62 13 x-L.A. Clippers 50 26 Phoenix 38 38 Sacramento 26 49 L.A. Lakers 20 55 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

Quarterback questions

SATURDAY’S GAMES

z-Atlanta x-Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando CENTRAL DIVISION

USC FOOTBALL

Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 0 Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, Washington 3 Boston 4, Minnesota 2 Toronto 9, Cincinnati 1 Texas 4, N.Y. Mets 4, tie Milwaukee 4, Cleveland 3 Atlanta 5, Baltimore 3 Seattle 6, Colorado 3 San Francisco 2, Oakland 1 Kansas City 3, Houston 1 Arizona 4, Chicago Cubs 2

y-Toronto Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York SOUTHEAST DIVISION

SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2015

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Washington 101, New York 87 Indiana 93, Charlotte 74 Milwaukee 110, Boston 101 Brooklyn 114, Toronto 109 Chicago 88, Detroit 82 Memphis 100, Oklahoma City 92 Orlando 97, Minnesota 84 San Antonio 123, Denver 93 New Orleans 101, Sacramento 95 Portland 107, L.A. Lakers 77

TODAY’S GAMES

Houston at Oklahoma City, 1 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Miami at Indiana, 6 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Sacramento, 9 p.m. L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

COLUMBIA— South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has had few issues at the quarterback position the past few seasons with the Gamecocks. His reputation for having little patience with those in the position could be tested this year. “Who’s the quarterback?” is the biggest question of spring ball — and one that Spurrier said Saturday the competition will remain open into fall practice. It has been about seven years since the Gamecocks entered with a true quarterback competition. The talented yet troubled Stephen Garcia was the unquestioned starter in 2009 and 2010 before Connor Shaw took over to lead the Gamecocks to three straight 11win seasons from 2011-13. Last year, senior Dylan Thompson entered spring as the starter and wound up setting a single-season school record for passing yards. With Thompson gone, the Gamecocks are looking to several little used performers to take over behind center. Connor Mitch, who’ll be a third-year sophomore next fall, has gotten the most work in the spring, despite just throwing six career passes in college. Mitch is shuttling at the position with former walk-on Perry Orth and freshman Michael Scarnecchia. None of the three have significant college experience — giving Spurrier much more work to do as position coach in quite some time. “The quarterbacks, none of them shined,” Spurrier said Saturday. “It was not encouraging on the offensive side.” The Gamecocks went through a 10-series scrimmage on Saturday and will close workouts with their annual Garnet-and-Black spring game on April 11. A forlorn-sounding Head Ball Coach said the competition will be settled later rather than sooner. “It’ll drag into the summer in all likelihood,” he said. None of South Carolina’s quarterbacks gave Spurrier much to consider in the scrimmage, combining to go 10-of-22 for 121 yards

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and an interception. The two touchdowns the Gamecocks put up came when the offense worked on its overtime schemes, starting at the opponent’s 25-yard line. Mitch threw the interception off a ball tipped in the end zone by linebacker T.J. Holloman and caught by safety Jasper Sasser. “Connor Mitch held the ball too much at times and threw late at times, as did all of them,” said Coach Spurrier. “But the protection probably wasn’t all that super at times either. Hopefully we can learn from it.” Spurrier was known as “Captain Hook” at Florida and early at South Carolina because of a quick trigger when things didn’t go the way the one-time Heisman Trophy winner hoped. But Spurrier’s settled into a quarterback rhythm the past six years, identifying the best quarterback and letting him run. In 2009 and 2010, that was Garcia who helped guide the Gamecocks to an upset of No. 1 Alabama and the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division title as a junior. The next three years, Shaw became the leader and brought South Carolina an unprecedented run of three straight 11-2 seasons. Spurrier has called Shaw the greatest quarterback in school history. Thompson ably filled the role last fall and threw for 3,564 yards, besting the 27-yearold mark of current broadcaster Todd Ellis. If there’s a clear quarterback successor, no one’s saying. “Right now, I feel like it’s all even because we’ve all been getting equal reps,” Orth said. “We’re all pretty confident that the best player is going to have a chance come August.” That might be incoming freshman Lorenzo Nunez, a dual-threat quarterback from Kennesaw, Georgia, in Shaw’s mold expected to get a long look by the Gamecocks.

MONDAY’S GAMES

KEEPING UP

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

Thompson ‘bright spot’ for Blue Hose

Portland at Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OTPts GF GA x-Montreal 79 47 22 10104 209 182 x-Tampa Bay 79 47 24 8 102 251 206 Detroit 77 40 24 13 93 223 211 Boston 78 40 25 13 93 207 200 Ottawa 77 39 26 12 90 222 205 Florida 78 36 27 15 87 198 211 Toronto 78 29 43 6 64 204 249 Buffalo 78 22 48 8 52 155 262 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OTPts GF GA y-N.Y. Rangers 7749 21 7 105 234 181 Washington 78 43 25 10 96 232 194 N.Y. Islanders 78 45 27 6 96 238 219 Pittsburgh 77 42 24 11 95 211 194 Columbus 77 38 35 4 80 214 237 Philadelphia 77 31 29 17 79 202 220 New Jersey 78 32 33 13 77 173 199 Carolina 77 28 38 11 67 177 214

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION x-Nashville x-St. Louis x-Chicago Minnesota Winnipeg Dallas Colorado PACIFIC DIVISION

GP W L OTPts GF GA 78 47 22 9 103 224 193 78 48 23 7 103 240 196 78 48 24 6 102 224 180 77 44 26 7 95 221 189 77 39 26 12 90 217 204 78 37 31 10 84 244 255 78 36 30 12 84 211 220

GP W L OTPts GF GA y-Anaheim 80 50 23 7 107 234 221 Vancouver 78 45 28 5 95 225 211 Calgary 78 42 29 7 91 230 208 Los Angeles 77 38 25 14 90 209 194 San Jose 78 39 30 9 87 220 217 Edmonton 78 23 42 13 59 188 268 Arizona 78 23 47 8 54 162 259 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

FRIDAY’S GAMES

New Jersey 3, Montreal 2, SO Chicago 4, Buffalo 3 St. Louis 7, Dallas 5 Colorado 4, Anaheim 2 San Jose 3, Arizona 1

SUNDAY’S GAMES

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reshman pitcher Russell Thompson has been a standout for the Presbyterian College baseball team. The Laurence Manning Academy graduate leads the team with a 3-1 record in a team-high 20 appearances, all in relief. The righthander has one save and a 2.74 earned THOMPSON run average. “He’s been one of our bright spots,” Presbyterian head coach Elton Pollock said. “He’s got a very high ceiling.” At 6-foot-3, the third tallest on the squad, Thompson is a side-arm pitcher, not that common in the sport. “It was actually more natural for me throwing from that arm slot,” said Thompson, who went to the new arm angle at the suggestion of his high school coach, former minor-league pitcher Billy Sylvester. “He throws from a different arm angle, so he gives us a different look,” Pollock said. Thompson has pitched the middle innings, appearing as the

first man to even the fourth man out of the bullpen. “Every opportunity he gets, he makes the Barbara most of it,” Boxleitner the coach said. “I really keep him short, an inning or so.” “He wants the baseball every day,” he said. “He’s not going to turn it down.” Although Thompson often has outings that are 1/3 to 2/3 of an inning, he has had longer efforts. He earned his first victory by throwing four innings of relief against Delaware State University in the season-opening series. He allowed three hits and no runs and struck out four.

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He earned his second win by tossing one inning, surrendering two hits and two earned runs. He earned his third win by allowing one hit and no runs in 1 2/3 innings. Thompson throws the fastball, changeup and curveball, according to Pollock. “His ability to throw strikes has been his main asset,” he said. Getting ahead in the count also has worked to Thompson’s advantage. “You have to make a lot more quality pitches,” Thompson said. “They don’t take near as many swings as high schoolers do.” Thompson said he plans to play summer ball. Send updates about area athletes to Barbara Boxleitner at BKLE3@aol.com.

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Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman, left, stretches for a throw to put out former teammate and St. Louis Cardinal Jason Heyward (22) durng a spring training game. The Braves traded Heyward as well as other key players in the offseason for younger talent in an effort to build a stronger farm system for the future. the fourth year in a row with 47. “I like our pitching,” manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “Our rotation is going to be as good as you want.” Even if the pitching comes through, the Braves have slipped way behind Washington in the NL East and could have trouble holding off the up-and-coming Miami Marlins as well. Yep, times have changed in Atlanta. Or maybe not. “The goal is the same for me,” Gonzalez insisted. “Our goal is to make the playoffs.” WHAT’S IN A NAME?

The center fielder formerly known as B.J. Upton is hoping a name change — actually, using his given name — will help him bounce back from two horrific seasons.

fielder Nick Markakis, and he’s coming off neck surgery.

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contract with the Braves, his two-season totals are .198 with 21 homers, 51 RBIs and a staggering 324 strikeouts.

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After firing Wren with a week to go in the disappointing 2014 season, the Braves decided to bring back Gonzalez for another year. He certainly deserved a shot to make up for a late-season collapse that was largely the result of a feeble offense. Let’s not forget: During Gonzalez’s first three years as manager, Atlanta won an NL East title, made two playoff appearances and missed out on another postseason berth on the final day. But his long-term future looks shaky, even with a franchise that cherishes stability. The Braves are definitely in rebuilding mode, and the manager often takes the fall when the losses begin to pile up.

2015 MLB SEASON TODAY’S GAMES

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Colorado at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.

The early results were not promising for Melvin Upton Jr., who missed all of spring training with a foot injury. Eric Young Jr. will hold down the starting job until Upton returns. Even then, Upton may have to share playing time unless he shows significant improvement. As it stands now, he’s one of the greatest free-agent busts in baseball history. Since signing a $75-million, five-year

Even with Upton, Heyward and Gattis, the Braves scored the second-fewest runs in the majors. The offense was virtually non-existent coming down the stretch, the major reason Atlanta went 7-18 over the final month and wound up 17 games behind Washington after being tied for first at the All-Star break. The homer-or-bust philosophy clearly didn’t work, so the Braves are hoping to scrap for runs this season. They’ll have to with a lineup likely to include journeymen such as Young and Jonny Gomes, as well as rookie second baseman Jace Peterson. The only major offensive addition was right

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Cubs, Cardinals have high hopes coming into new season BY ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press CHICAGO — The new videoboard looms large beyond the left-field wall, a gigantic symbol of a new day and a new era at Wrigley Field. The 101-year-old ballpark got a high-definition upgrade. So did the team that plays there. The Chicago Cubs will be tested right from the start when they send new ace Jon Lester to the mound against Adam Wainwright for the opener against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night. The prime-time matchup for the majors’ first game of the season comes after a busy winter in which the Cubs made it clear they feel they are ready to hit another gear after a top-to-bottom overhaul that tested some fans’ pa-

tience. “We were pretty transparent: It was ‘It’s gonna take a few years, we’re gonna have to do this the right way, that probably means a lot of losses,’” chairman Tom Ricketts said. “But I think right now, everyone knows that we’ve got a good young team and we’ve added some good veterans this offseason. We have a chance this year. We’ll compete for our division title and everyone’s excited about that.” The Cardinals, meanwhile, are seeking their fifth consecutive playoff appearance. The reigning NL Central champs lost to San Francisco in the league championship series a year ago, and then traded 15game winner Shelby Miller for outfielder Jason Heyward. They still figure to have a deep rotation, particularly if

Michael Wacha can stay healthy. He missed most of the second half of last season because of a stress reaction in his shoulder and was still rusty in October. He surrendered the series-winning homer to Travis Ishikawa in Game 5 against the Giants. “I like our five guys,” Wainwright said. “I think we’ve got a very good, talented group here. The sky’s the limit.” The Cubs believe they are headed for better days after five straight losing seasons and a 73-89 mark in 2014. Chicago was one of the majors’ most active teams in the offseason, deciding it was time to act after some of its prospects started to arrive in the majors, joining All-Stars Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo. The Cubs brought in one of the game’s top managers in

Joe Maddon after they initially told Rick Renteria he would be back for a second season. The cold-blooded change was a sign of their intentions, and the $155 million, six-year deal they gave Lester put the message in bold with a few exclamation marks. They also traded for center fielder Dexter Fowler and catcher Miguel Montero. But any significant climb into playoff contention could hinge on the development of their young players. Top prospect Kris Bryant will spend at least the first

few weeks in the minors despite a strong spring, but Jorge Soler figures to be in right field on Sunday. His approach at the plate and arm strength impressed his new manager this spring. Maddon also said he might have the pitcher bat eighth, perhaps on a more regular basis, in order to create in essence a second leadoff hitter in the ninth spot. “I used it a lot with the (Tampa Bay) Rays last year, quite often when we played the National League,” Maddon said. “I liked it.”

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been wide open 3-pointers early for Michigan State became contested shots and when the Blue Devils started getting up and on the Spartans, the points were suddenly tough to come by. “After the first four minutes, we were a different team. We played great basketball tonight, especially on the defensive end,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m so proud of my guys because they beat a great team.” The win improved Krzyzewski’s record in national semifinal games to 9-3 and that includes 3-0 in Indianapolis where the Blue Devils won it all in 1991 and 2010. They had some success earlier this season in Indianapolis as well, beating Michigan State 81-71 on Nov. 18 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in the Champions Classic. A win on Monday night against either Kentucky or Wisconsin would mean a fifth national championship for Krzyzewski breaking a tie with Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp and leaving him behind only John Wooden, who won 10 at UCLA. “It’s an amazing thing, I mean, just to be in the Final Four, but to play on Monday night is the ultimate honor,” Krzyzewski said. “I hope our guys get their rest and we can get the same type of effort we got tonight.” Cook was already thinking of Monday night. “Dreams come true, you know,” he said. “Dreams come true.” The Blue Devils have won 17 of 18 with the only loss to Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Michigan State shot 40 per-

Nairn Jr. 0-3 2-2 2, Trice 6-13 2-3 16, Dawson 5-12 2-5 12, Schilling 0-0 0-0 0, Valentine 7-11 3-4 22, Clark Jr. 0-2 1-2 1, Ellis III 0-2 0-0 0, Forbes 0-4 0-0 0, Costello 3-5 0-0 6, Bohnhoff 0-0 0-0 0, Wetzel 0-1 0-0 0, Wollenman 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 22-55 10-16 61.

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Cook 6-12 4-4 17, T. Jones 3-8 2-3 9, Winslow 5-7 9-11 19, M. Jones 3-6 1-2 7, Okafor 7-11 4-7 18, Allen 2-6 5-6 9, Jefferson 0-0 1-2 1, Plumlee 0-0 1-2 1, Kelly 0-0 0-0 0, Pagliuca 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-50 27-37 81. Halftime_Duke 36-25. 3-Point Goals_Michigan St. 7-20 (Valentine 5-9, Trice 2-7, Ellis III 0-1, Forbes 0-3), Duke 2-10 (Cook 1-3, T. Jones 1-3, Allen 0-2, M. Jones 0-2). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Michigan St. 33 (Valentine 11), Duke 36 (Winslow 9). Assists_Michigan St. 10 (Nairn Jr., Trice 5), Duke 10 (T. Jones 4). Total Fouls_Michigan St. 28, Duke 18. A_NA.

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Duke’s Matt Jones (13) shoots against Michigan State’s Branden Dawson (22) during the Blue Devils’ 81-61 victory in an NCAA Tournament national semifinal game on Saturday in Indianapolis. cent from the field (22 of 55) for the game but the Spartans were just 8 of 27 (29.6 percent) in the first half. The loss dropped Michigan State coach Tom Izzo to 3-4 in national semifinal games and he is 1-1 in Indianapolis where the Spartans won it all in

2000. Seventh-seeded Michigan State was the only non-No. 1 team in the Final Four. The Spartans came in having won eight of their last nine games and in the four tournament games were allowing 61.2 points per game on 33.9 percent

shooting Duke had 61 points — and a 20-point lead — with just under 10 minutes to play. Michigan State’s torrid start from the field didn’t last very long. The Spartans had a 14-6 lead just 4 minutes into the game. Valentine, who came in

shooting 41 percent from 3-point range, hit his first three shots from beyond the arc and another by Trice had the Spartans 4 of 4 from long range and 5 of 7 overall. That’s when Duke made some defensive adjustments and the tide turned quickly. With Okafor scoring half the points, the Blue Devils went on a 14-2 run to take a 20-16 lead with 9:12 left. The Spartans couldn’t make anything as Duke went ahead by as many as 12 points on the way to a 36-25 halftime lead. Michigan State finished the half 8 of 27 from the field — Branden Dawson was 2 of 8 with most of the misses from right underneath the basket — and the Spartans missed their last five 3-point attempts of the half. They weren’t taking care of the ball either, committing seven turnovers, one off their average for a game in the tournament. They finished with 14. Duke took advantage of their team speed to get the Spartans in foul trouble and the Blue Devils were 12 of 16 from the free throw line in the first half while Michigan State was 5 of 7.

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Spieth holds 1-shot advantage at Houston Open HOUSTON — Jordan Spieth’s pre-Masters run of extraordinary golf continued Saturday as the 21-year-old Texas native shot a 5-underpar 67 to take a one-shot lead over three players through 54 holes of the Houston Open. A victory today would be Spieth’s third on the PGA Tour and make him the second youngest after Tiger Woods with three titles since 1940. SUMTER 12 GILBERT 3

GILBERT – Sumter High School’s varsity baseball team defeated Gilbert 12-3 on Saturday in its opening game in the Sandlapper Spring Break Tournament at the Gilbert field. Edison Aldridge had two triples and drove in six runs for the Gamecocks, who improved to 8-6 on the season. Reece Hankins had two hits and two RBI, Javon Martin was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI and Spittle had a double and two RBI. Chris Crawford scattered six hits and allowed three runs in six innings for the victory. He struck out three. USC 13 MISSISSIPPI STATE 7

STARKVILLE, MISS. – All nine South Carolina starters tallied at least one hit as the

13th-ranked Gamecocks had 15 hits in a 13-7 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday. USC salvaged the final game of the 3-game Southeastern Conference series to improve to 21-11 overall and 6-6 in the SEC. The Bulldogs fell to 21-13 and 5-7. Max Schrock had a careerhigh in five hits to go with a pair of runs batted in and two runs scored. Carolina freshman righthanded pitcher Brandon Murray went 5 2/3 innings in relief to pick up the win. He allowed two runs on four hits with a walk and a strikeout to improve to 4-0. Elliott Caldwell and Madison Stokes both had two hits. DC Arendas and Kyle Martin both drove in three runs with Schrock, Marcus Mooney and Caldwell driving in two apiece. MERCER 17 CITADEL 0

CHARLESTON – Mercer had a 10-0 lead after three innings and rolled to a 17-0 victory over The Citadel on Saturday at Joe Riley Park. The Bulldogs fell to 15-15 overall and 1-5 in the Southern Conference. Mercer improved to 20-13 and 7-2. Sumter’s Jacob Watcher and William Kinney each had a hit for the Bulldogs.

SERENA WINS KEY BISCAYNE TITLE

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Clutching her latest trophy, Serena Williams brushed confetti from her arms and smiled for the cameras as she chatted with Martina Navratilova, her relaxed multitasking a reflection of vast experience with championship ceremonies. Williams wins everywhere she goes, and she wins on Key Biscayne more than anywhere else. She earned her eighth title in the tournament Saturday and remained unbeaten this year by drubbing Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-0 in the Miami Open final. Williams became the fourth player to win the same WTA event at least eight times. Navratilova won Chicago 12 times, the most titles by a woman at any tournament. STEWART, SEMRAU EARN AP PLAYER, COACH OF YEAR

TAMPA, Fla. — Breanna Stewart has joined another exclusive club, and she is only a junior. Connecticut’s versatile star is the winner of The Associated Press Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year, becoming just the fifth player to accomplish the feat. Florida State’s Sue Semrau was selected as coach of the year for the first time. From staff, wire reports

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SPLIT FROM PAGE B1 Pitt’s overall mark is now 21-10 and 10-8 in Region X. The combination of walks and errors helped the Bulldogs jump to an 8-0 lead early in the second contest. USCS starter Victor Gonzalez lasted just 1 2/3 innings and was charged with five runs, two earned, on three hits with no strikeouts and two walks. Zack Mozingo had a pair of RBI singles for Pitt. Dustin Ritchie had one as well and Greg White added a sacrifice fly in between the four walks and four USC Sumter errors. “Victor wasn’t sharp, we didn’t play good defense behind any of our pitchers and the leadoff guy walked and scored all three innings,” Medlin said. “So we were in a hole facing a guy (Pitt starter Lane Johnson) who was 4-0 with a 1.36 ERA. Add it all up and it’s tough to come back from.” It proved too much as Johnson went the distance and allowed four runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts and just one walk. USCS scored on a run on a wild pitch in the third and an RBI double by Wadsworth in the sixth before making things a little interesting in the bottom of the seventh. A Ray Murphy double and three straight 1-out hits from Mickey Dugan, Will Thomas and Brett Auckland started a late rally for the Fire Ants. But after Tee Dubose’ RBI fielder’s choice, Johnson was able to end the threat and the game with a strikeout. The opener was more of what USC Sumter has grown accustomed to. Former Sumter High School and Sumter P-15’s standout Will Smith rebounded from several rough outings with an effective performance. He allowed just two runs, none earned, on five hits with five strikeouts and five walks. He pitched around a leadoff single to open the game and got two crucial double plays to limit the Bulldogs’ scoring. A bases-loaded walk to Andrew Henrickson in the second and back-to-back errors in the fifth produced the only blemishes against Smith. “I thought it was really huge the way he minimized the damage today,” Medlin said of Smith. “Even after walking a run in, he didn’t give in and didn’t give up the big hit. His stuff is good enough to where when he’s able to locate, he gives us a chance to win and he did that today.”

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USC Sumter starting pitcher and former Sumter High and Sumter P-15’s standout Will Smith throws during the Fire Ants’ 4-3 victory over Pitt Community College on Saturday at Riley Park. The Bulldogs won the second game 9-4 to earn a split.

TIM MEDLIN Talking about his team’s offense in a doubleheader split on Saturday with Pitt Community College Meanwhile the Fire Ants got on the board early thanks to another big clutch hit. Justin Hawkins’ lined a 2-out single on a full count to put USCS up 1-0 in the bottom of the first. Dubose added another run in the third. His hot shot to shortstop was momentarily bobbled which allowed Connor Collins to score and put the Fire Ants up 2-1. The score was knotted at 2-2 in the fifth with the bases loaded and one out for Wadsworth. After striking out in his previous two at-bats, the USCS third baseman stayed inside on a pitch and dropped it into right field for what turned out to be the go-ahead and game-winning runs. “Fred got a fastball he could handle and had a huge at-bat to get those runs in,” Medlin said. “You have to use the entire field in baseball and you have to adjust to how other teams are pitching you. “We’re learning some things. I just wish we’d learn them a little more quickly.” Cam Smith and Jake Trejo came in and sealed the victory, although a leadoff walk in the seventh produced another run and added another tally to the Fire Ants’ growing list of 1-run games. Auckland was on base three times and scored twice for USC Sumter in the first game. Hawkins had a hit and was walked twice, as was Auckland. Thomas had two hits in the second game and three on the day for the Fire Ants. Dugan also collected two hits.

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‘Potter’s Raid: 150 years later’ Program will examine local Civil War battle BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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April 9, 1865, there might have been no fighting at Dingle’s Mill in Sumter County on that day. Instead, the Confederate 20th Infantry militia, comprising around 150 soldiers, most old men and boys from the surrounding area, were besieged by 2,400 Federal raiders commanded by Gen. Edward Potter and sent by Gen. William T. Sherman to destroy Confederate trains they carried.

These photographs taken by the late Judge Arthur Wilder and provided by his daughter show scenes from a reenactment of Potter’s Raid several years ago. There will be a sesquicentennial symposium on the battle at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 10, at the Sumter County Museum Education Building. Admission is free, and the public is invited.

Ironically, at the same time the soldiers in Sumter County were beginning almost two weeks of fighting, Gen. Robert E. Lee was in the small Virginia village called Appomattox Court House, surrendering to Union commander Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War. One hundred fifty years later, several local organizations and individuals have joined for a commemoration of the anniversary of what was the last Civil War battle in South Carolina. Robert L. Brown, organizer and moderator of the upcoming Sesquicentennial Symposium on Potter’s Raid at the Sumter County Museum, said word of the surrender reached the troops in South Carolina about two weeks later, as messages were sent by courier — “a lieutenant riding a horse.” The battle had several “lasts” that make it even more significant, he said. “The last Union officer was killed at Boykin’s Mill on April 18,” he said. “He was a Lt. Stevens of the 54th Massachusetts regiment. He’s now buried in Florence. There are still many men, both Confederate and Union, under the

ground at Dingle’s Mill. The last Confederate soldier killed in S.C. was a casualty of Potter’s Raid. This was also the last division-level fighting of the war.” In addition to the fighting at Dingle’s Mill, Brown said, there were also skirmishes or battles at Boykin’s Mill, Beech Creek, Dinkins Mill, Stateburg, Spring Hill and Bradford Springs that were part of Potter’s Raid, which didn’t end until April 21. Brown said there are many soldiers on both sides killed in Potter’s Raid that are buried in S.C. cemeteries or who are still on the battlefield. Potter’s Raid may be considered by some a “footnote” to history, he said, “and one of the topics we will address during the symposium is ‘What is the historical importance of Sherman’s invasion in S.C. and Potter’s Raid in Sumter?’” Other subjects to be addressed are “Why is the Carolinas Campaign of 1865 given so little attention by historians?” and “Importance and effects of Potter’s Raid — and possible benefits re: education and tourism in Sumter County today.”

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Dr. Tom Powers, University of South Carolina professor of history; Dr. Sammy Way, historian and Sumter Item archivist; and Tom Elmore, historian and author. The Sumter County Museum will also have a special exhibit titled “Potter’s Raid: 150 Years Later.” While it opens with the symposium on Friday, the exhibit itself will remain at the museum through Oct. 31. It will feature information and original Potter’s Raid artifacts provided by Heyward “Bruz” Crowson; these include “shells, bayonets, sabers and more from both sides,” Brown said. “When the Union soldiers found the trains, they set passenger cars, boxcars and flat cars on fire, and many of them exploded, scattering these artifacts. People are still finding them today.” Friday’s program will begin with a social period at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s education building, with a brass band playing period music and several reenactors in period military and civilian dress mingling with the public.

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Police to enforce noise ordinance; Summerton turns 100 75 YEARS AGO – 1940 Aug. 27–Sept. 2 Two stalks of cotton on display at the Booth-Boyle Live Stock Company attracted the attention of many of those who voted today at the Ward 2-A polls located there. Both stalks are of large size and heavily fruited. One stalk is Sea Island long staple, which is being planted in small acreage by several Sumter County farmers as Yesteryear an experiment. in Sumter • Announcement SAMMY WAY of the appointment of Marshall DesChamps, native of the Pinewood section, to the position of chief of detectives of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was received here today. DesChamps has been on the detective force of the company for many years, and at the time of his advancement was stationed at Tampa, Florida. • Chief of city police W.C. Kirven stated this afternoon that his department had received a number of reports in the last few days from the citizens of Sumter, complaining about the unnecessary noises made by the motorists of the city by the blowing of the horns on their autos. Kirven added that there is a city ordinance forbidding the unnecessary noise by auto horns and that the officers of the force would be on the alert to catch the offenders of this ordinance and to sum-

shown during the coming weeks. • Members of Sumter’s Junior Legion baseball team, state and regional champions, and a few invited guests were entertained by the city last night with a chicken stew supper at the Legion Hut. Following the delicious supper, which was prepared under the direction of Yank Blanding, Mayor F.B. Creech took charge of the meeting. • The State Democratic Executive Committee will meet in the state house tomorrow to tabulate the returns and declare the result of the primary of Aug. 27. S.K. Nash will represent Sumter County as alternate for Col. W.M. Manning, executive committeeman, who is absent from the state.

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“Sumter couple cast their ballots” read the overline on this photo from 1940. The above scene was repeated several thousand times this morning in Sumter and Sumter County as Democrats flocked to the polls to pick their nominees for a number of offices. The couple being sworn in by Manager Lawrence Folsom at Ward 2-B are Mr. and Mrs. Fant Jones. mons them to appear before the city recorder to face charges. • The bus for Sumter High School athletic teams, purchased by means of donations of sports fans and an appropriation made by the school board, is pictured above in front of the Courtright Chevrolet Company, through whom it was purchased. The bus, which cost around $1,500, will seat 28 and a driver. It is said to be the finest

school bus in the south. The Courtright Chevrolet Company sold the bus to the committee at actual cost and also donated $25 to the fund. • The Sumter Theater has launched its fourth anniversary celebration. Manager Kermit E. Ward said today that four outstanding productions have been selected for showing during the anniversary week, and that more of the outstanding pictures are to be

June 28-July 3 Loring K. Baker, president-elect of the Sumter Optimist Club, has been named Optimist of the Year, 1964-65. The designation, announced at the annual ladies’ night program at the Elks Club, carries with it a life membership in Optimist International. Baker was given the honor by secret ballot of the Optimist membership. A club member since September, 1962, Baker served as first vice-president during the past year and as chairman of the successful Christmas tree sale. He was a coach of the Optimist-sponsored boxing team and involved in such projects as the County Fair booth and fishing rodeo.

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Camden remembers Potter’s Raid

Rivers-Pelloni Lt. Commander and Mrs. Ray Fidler Rivers of Juneau, Alaska, announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Margaret Rivers, to Anthony William Pelloni, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pelloni II of Charleston and Mrs. Robin Wood of Charleston. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Rivers Jr. of Sumter and Mrs. Carolyn Williams and the late C. Reid Williams of Columbia. She graduated from Charleston Southern University with a bachelor of arts degree in early childhood education. She is employed as a second-grade teacher at Asian Hope International School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. Colleen Pelloni and the late William Pelloni Sr. of Goose Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Norris of Shenandoah Valley, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Morgan of Bon-

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neau. He graduated from The Citadel with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science technology. He is employed at Jump Bunch in Charleston. The wedding is planned for June 28, 2015, in Charleston.

Dad says girls must pay their own way at college DEAR ABBY — We have two granddaughters who will be going to college soon. We are in a position to help them Dear Abby with expenses, but we ABIGAIL are asking VAN BUREN you if we should. We put our daughter through college, and she has a career in the medical field. Her husband has a part-time, low-paying job and has shown no ambition to find other employment to assist with college expenses for the girls. He’s into electronics, and when he wants a new item, he has our daughter work overtime to buy it for him and she does! He has told our granddaughters they must pay for their own education because that’s what he had to do, although he never graduated. (His father told us it isn’t true -- that they would have helped.) We have helped them out financially over the years, which of course enables our son-in-law to not improve himself. We realize that they quite often play us and think we are too ignorant to realize we are being taken advantage of. I believe that further education for their girls is a nobrainer because we want them to be able to support themselves, but where should we draw the line? Grandma in Troy, Ohio DEAR GRANDMA — Stand pat before writing any checks; look at your granddaughters’ grades and ask yourselves if they take after your daughter or her husband. If they take after him, they may be more interested in a trade school instead. Depending upon their ambition and aptitude, they may qualify for scholarships or student aid. They could also get part-time jobs to help pay for books or tuition, which would help them to grow into independent young women. By now it should be apparent that it’s time to draw the

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line. If you decide to pay for your granddaughters’ education, be sure that any money they’ll be getting goes to the school. DEAR ABBY — I’m a 21-year-old female living in Washington, D.C. Today, while on the Metro coming home from work, a group of eight high school kids hopped on, excited about what they had in their backpacks. After they sat down across the aisle from me, I saw they were pulling handfuls of clothing out of their backpacks and attempting to take the sensors off the clothes. I heard a couple of them exclaim how excited they were about their new clothes, and one of the boys said, “I’m never paying for any clothes ever again.” Now I feel guilty that I didn’t report anything to the authorities, or at least tell the boys the consequences of their actions weren’t worth the possible repercussions. However, because I was a female traveling alone at sunset, I didn’t want to involve myself in a possibly dangerous situation. What would your advice be on how to handle this encounter should it happen again? Metrol Rider DEAR RIDER — You handled the situation correctly. If you are ever again alone in a situation in which you feel unsafe, particularly if you are outnumbered by individuals you think are up to no good, you should get away as quickly and quietly as possible. P.S. If you have any idea where the clothes may have come from, call the store and the police and tell them what you saw. TO MY CHRISTIAN READERS — A happy Easter to all of you! Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby — Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 610540447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

WEDDING / ENGAGEMENT POLICY Engagement and wedding announcements of local interest are published on Sundays. The deadline is noon on the preceding Monday. Call (803) 774-1264 for holiday deadlines. Engagement and wedding forms may be obtained at The Sumter Item or downloaded from www.theitem.com. Please type or print all information, paying particular attention to names. Do not print in all capital letters. Photographs must be vertical and of reproduction quality. To have your photo returned, provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Photos may also be e-mailed to rhonda@theitem.com. All photographs must be received by the Monday deadline. It is not The Sumter Item’s responsibility to make sure a photograph is e-mailed by your photographer. For additional information, call (803) 774-1264.

CAMDEN – With Columbia in flames, Union General William T. Sherman, feigning Charlotte to be his next objective, moved his army northeast to Liberty Hill on Feb. 23. The next day cavalry units from Illinois and Ohio were dispatched to Camden to “destroy the depot and other railroad property and take whatever army supplies may be found.” Set ablaze were the freight and passenger depots, Cornwallis House (a Confederate storehouse), east side of Broad Street from DeKalb to Rutledge, other commercial buildings and the Wateree River Bridge. Many families were “stripped Gen. Edward E. Potter commanded Union troops on their “expediof everything they had tion” through Sumter, Stateburg, Springhill, Bradford Springs, Dinin the world” during the gle’s Mill, Boykin’s Mill and other locations in S.C. Historic Camden two-day occupation. Revolutionary War Site will commemorate the 150th anniversary of Federal troops rethe Potter’s Raid both on and off the grounds of the museum on turned to the area two April 18-19. months later when Sherman learned that 500 mounted infantrymen from Kentucky’s locomotives and railroad cars full of war “Orphan’s Brigade.” supplies were trapped between Florence, Although outnumbered, the Confederates Sumter and Camden. “Those cars and locomotives should be destroyed if to do it costs were well positioned on the opposite side of the mill pond, protected by a swamp and a you 500 men,” he ordered his commanders narrow dike that held approach by the Fedat the Georgetown garrison. erals to one soldier at a time. After a fierce On April 5, Brigadier General Edward E. fight, the retreating Confederates woundPotter and his Provisional Division of 2,700 ed13 of the 54th, who were leading the aswhite and colored troops, including the sault, and killed a young 54th Mass private 54th Massachusetts Volunteers and 102nd and Lt. E.L. Stevens, considered the last United States Colored Troops, headed inFederal officer killed in the war. land to destroy the railways. Those wishing to commemorate the men Back at Hilton Head by April 28, General in blue and grey who actually fought at the Potter reported: “The results of the expedition may be summed up as follows: 1 battle- Battle of Boykin are invited to a brief wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday at flag, 3 guns, and 65 prisoners, and 100 hors10:30 a.m. at the Battle of Boykin’s Mill es and 150 mules and the destruction of 32 Monument in Boykin, nine miles south of locomotives, 250 cars, large portions of the Camden (Hwy 261 off Highway 521South railroad, and all the railroad buildings bepast Exit 98/I-20). Casual attire and comtween Camden and Sumterville, 100 cotton fortable shoes are recommended as seating gins and presses, and 5,000 bales of cotton will be limited. The monument, nestled in and large quantities of government stores. the Historic Boykin complex, was erected Five thousand negroes joined the column at the 130th anniversary battle reenactment and were brought within our lines. Our enin 1995 by an African-American reenacttire loss was 10 killed, 72 wounded, and 1 ment group who portray the 54th Massamissing.” chusetts Infantry. The granite obelisk comThe whirlwind “expedition” would later memorates all those who fought in the Batbe known as Potter’s Raid. tle of Boykin Mill, the site of the last Civil Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site will commemorate the 150th anniversary of War battle fought on South Carolina soil. Each day visitors will enjoy the activithe Potter’s Raid both on and off the grounds of the museum on April 18-19 from ties in the Union and Confederate camps, watch the military and weapons demon10 a.m. –5 p.m. Camped near the reconstructed Kershaw- strations and meet Civil War authors and speakers on the history of Potter’s Raid. Cornwallis House will be 25-30 members of The newly restored McCaa’s Tavern will the Palmetto Riflemen and New York Zoufeature exhibits on the Kershaw District aves, a first-rate Civil War living history Volunteers who served from 1861 to 1865, group based in the Carolinas and Georgia. Camden’s six Confederate Generals — JoDedicated to educating the public and preseph B. Kershaw, James Chestnut, Zachaserving the memory of the Civil War’s Fedriah C. Deas, James Cantey, John D. Keneral and Confederate soldiers, the group nedy and John B. Villepigue, Civil War diwill accurately present and interpret Genarist Mary Boykin Chesnut and the Angel eral Potter’s April 1865 “expedition” from of Marye’s Height, young Richard KirkGeorgetown to Camden, as well as present land. Kids will enjoy a Civil War Scaventhe history of the soldiers and citizens of ger Hunt, traditional games and other fun the Kershaw District during the war years. activities. Also remembered and interpreted will be Daily admission to Potter’s Raid is $10 for the Confederate troops who opposed Potadults, $5 for seniors (62+) and military, $5 ter’s march through the area at Dingle’s ages 6-12, free under 6 and $25 for family Mill (April 9), Stateburg (April 15), Spring package (2 adults, 3 kids under 12). Food Hill (April 16), Bradford Springs (April 18), concessions will be available and parking is Boykin’s Mill (April 18), and Dinkins’ Mill free. No pets, please. and Beech Creek (April 19). All proceeds from this event will benefit Two of the seven engagements will be inHistoric Camden, whose mission is to discovterpreted on the field of battle during the er, protect and interpret things pertaining to weekend at 1:30 p.m. each day. Saturday, Rebels and Yanks will interpret early Camden. The museum is governed by the trustees of The Historic Camden Foundatactics from the action fought at Dingle’s tion, a 501 (c) non-profit organization, and anMill on April 9, the day that Gen. Robert E. nually receives some funding from the City Lee surrendered to General U.S. Grant at of Camden, County of Kershaw, foundations, Appomattox Courthouse. Sunday’s 1:30 businesses and individuals. p.m. skirmish will represent the Battle of For information, call (803) 432-9841, e-mail Boykin’s Mill. hiscamden@truvista.net, and visit Historic Advised on arrival to Camden on April Camden’s Facebook page or websites www. 17, 1865 that a cache of locomotives and historic-camden.net and http://www.rootsrailroad cars had been moved below web.ancestry.com/~scprnyz/PottersRaid/ Boykin’s Mill, Potter’s army headed south MainPage.html. Historic Camden, located the next morning. Awaiting them at at 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, is Boykin’s Mill were volunteers of the South 1.4 miles from I-20 Exit 98. From Sumter, Carolina Home Guard, including Burwell take U.S. 521 North, which becomes Broad Boykin, 15-year-old son of Confederate Colonel Alexander Hamilton Boykin, and some Street.

CLUB DIGEST SUMTER ART ASSOCIATION Frances Betchman presided at the March 17 meeting of the Sumter Art Association, held in the Parish House at the Church of the Holy Comforter. She welcomed the 38 members in attendance, and Gene Smith gave the afternoon’s devotional meditation. The association elected a slate of officers to serve for the 2015-16 year: Floride McKoy, president; Frances Betchman, vice-president; Sue Towery, recording secretary; Dotty Lyles, corresponding secretary; and Linda Hogon, treasurer. The membership voted to donate funds to be used to-

ward a scholarship at the Sumter Gallery of Art in memory of deceased member and well-known local watercolorist Rose Metz. In lieu of the customary program, the remainder of the meeting was devoted to conducting the annual business session of the association.

SUMTER DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB Bridge winners for the month of March were: March 4: 1st – TIE – Kenneth Hamilton and Jimmie Ann Anderson Lila Cobb and Sue Pitts Denis Harbath and Gary Harbath

March 11: 1st – Denis Harbath and Gary Harbath 2nd – Lila Cobb and Sue Pitts 3rd – Jimmie Ann Anderson and Donna Reilly March 18: 1st – Jimmie Ann Anderson and Barbara James 2nd – Lila Cobb and Winnie Field 3rd – Denis Harbath and Gary Harbath March 25: 1st – Kenneth Hamilton and Jimmie Ann Anderson 2nd – Denis Harbath and Gary Harbath For more information about the Sumter Duplicate Bridge Club, contact Kenneth Hamilton at halo1@ftc-i.net.

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RAID FROM PAGE C1 “We expect to have several Zouaves and soldiers from both sides,” Brown said, explaining that Zouaves were “Yankee soldiers in elaborate North African uniforms, like those worn at the beginning of the war. They are quite colorful. “Dress will be casual for those attending the program.” At 7 p.m. the symposium will begin, with the panelists addressing the three topics relating to Potter’s Raid. Time will be allowed for the public to ask questions, talk to panelists and other participants and view the museum’s exhibit. Tom Elmore, author of several history books, will have copies of his newest work, “Potter’s Raid Through South Carolina: The Final Days of the Confederacy” available and will sign them for purchasers. The Sesquicentennial Symposium on Potter’s Raid is a cooperative effort of several individuals and organizations, Brown said. Among them, in addition to Sumter County Museum director Annie Rivers and panelists, are The Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum; the Gen. Beauregard Camp 1458, Sons of Confederate Veterans; John Acken, George Mudd, Boykin and Retta Sanders, Bryan and Retta Padgett, The Brass Quintet, The Palmetto Riflemen and New York Zouaves. The Sumter County Museum Education Building will open its doors to the public at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and the symposium will begin at 7. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. Dress is casual. For more information, call Brown at (803) 499-1999, email ravensnest@ ftc-i.net; or the museum at (803) 7750908.

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This map of the Dingle’s Mill area on U.S. Highway 521 South shows the positions of the Federal and Confederate troops during Potter’s Raid in April, 1865. BELOW: In this reenactment of the battle, soldiers continue to fight at Dingle’s Mill as wounded are assisted.

POTTER’S RAID SYMPOSIUM AND POTTER’S RAID: 150 YEARS LATER EXHIBITION WHERE: Sumter County Museum Education Building, 122 N. Washington St. WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Fiiday, April 10; Museum’s exhibition will remain through Oct. 31 ADMISSION: Free PHONE: (803) 775-0908; (803) 499-1999 WEBSITE: www.sumtercountymuseum.org

YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 • Contracts totaling $63,000 were awarded today for the construction of the Clarendon County airport. Plans are to begin work immediately on preparation of the site, which is located seven miles south of Manning beyond Jordan on a 62-acre tract of land. Total cost of the project is expected to exceed $100,000. The land will be purchased from J.M. Sprott. • Pitching has pulled the P-15s through once more. Sumter’s Legion juniors, trying to clinch a tie for the League III championship, produced just one run against Turbeville last night – and that one scored on a wild pitch. But righthander Winston Jewell shut out the home team on three hits, so Sumter got a 1-0 victory and a sure tie for its fourth straight title. • Three main events and a “powder puff” race for women drivers will highlight the program at Rebel Raceway tonight. Promoter Clinnie Hyatt has decided to run another ladies’ derby since the first “powder puff” event of the season last week was so successful.

25 YEARS AGO – 1990 March 29–April 5 This tiny town celebrating its 100th birthday this weekend has seen peace and prosperity as well as poverty and war. Very little history has been recorded to tell Summerton’s story, but Maynard Davis, a long-time Summerton resident, is putting the finishing touches on a book he hopes will shed some light on the town’s origins. A state Senate plan to scratch recycling goals from a statewide plan to handle South Carolina’s garbage would “impair” the bill, a key House member said. The Senate Medical Affairs Committee Thursday approved the bill to have South Carolina throw away less garbage and send the trash that does get dumped to safer landfills. • Six months after Hurricane Hugo plowed through Clarendon County, it’s time to put away the shingles, hammers and nails and have a good time. The county’s biggest celebration of the year – the Striped Bass Festival – kicks into full force this weekend. “This will be a great time for everyone to relax, kick back and take their minds off all the problems we’ve had here in the past year,” said Festival Chairman Jake Buddin. “We deserve a little fun over here and we invite every-

one else from all over the state to come along and celebrate the Bass Festival with us.” • The Sumter Gallery of Art and exhibit sponsors Campbell Soup Company and Crescent/Xcelite will present the South Carolina premier of “Touchable Art: An Exhibit for the Blind and Sighted by Paul Re’” April 6-29. Created by internationally known artist Paul Re, the exhibit features 25 raised-line embossing of basic shapes used in Re’s drawings and paintings, as well as a photograph of each corresponding visual work. The embossings, vacuum thermo-formed in plastic, depict abstracted natural forms, as in Blossom and Swan, and qualities, such as serenity and hope. • Abram Tomlin has opened Budda’s Bar-B-Que on Miller Road, the location formerly occupied by Kentucky Fried Chicken. Tomlin, who named the business after a nickname he once picked up, worked at Korn Industries Inc. for 28 years before quitting his job to open the eat-in/carry-out restaurant. “I felt like I had a good product, and people kept telling me to start a business,” Tomlin said. The business features a menu that includes a variety of barbecue dinners including hash, beef, chicken and sandwiches. • Cinemas I and II at Wesmark Plaza are scheduled to reopen Friday, April 20 – almost seven months after becoming casualties of Hurricane Hugo. And manager David Reifinger said, if lease arrangements can be com-

pleted to the satisfaction of negotiating parties, the twin theaters will be joined by four more adjacent auditoriums. When? “Three to five months after the start of construction,” Reifinger estimated. The proposed expansion will bring to 11 the number of screens available to Sumter area movie goers. • The winners of the men’s and women’s competition in Saturday’s ITEM/Park Inn Road Race were 33-year-old Jim Eastman, a recent transfer to Shaw Air Force Base, who normally runs in marathons; and 16-year-old Maria McIntosh, a junior at St. Jude Center High School, who does little running aside from what she does in games and practices for her high school teams. Eastman crossed the finish line in 15:32. McIntosh finished the 5K race that started and ended at Swan Lake in 21:18. • Sumter High School Senior Kenneth Schwartz made the highest score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test for the Group 3 Larger Schools category in the annual S.C. Scholastic Competition recently. Schwartz, son of Jay Schwartz of Sumter, was part of a five-member team from Sumter High invited to participate in the competition as a result of having the highest team score in the Group 3 category for the northeast region. They competed against Dreher High School, which had the highest score for the southwest region for the overall team winner and individual winner. • USC-Sumter magazine, “Sandhill,” recently garnered its share of laurels in the annual competition sponsored by the South Carolina Press Association’s Collegiate Division. Published

once a year, “Sandhill” captured first place awards in three categories in addition to taking third place in the “Best Overall, Division II” classification in the contest among 1989 entries. “Our magazine was awarded first place in the ‘Best Cover’ category, thanks to David T. Hines’ color photograph entitled ‘Season of Lights,’” according to Dr. Dinford G. Maness, professor of English at USC Sumter, who serves as faculty co-advisor to the “Sandhill” staff along with Dr. Tom Lisk, USC Sumter’s associate dean for academic affairs, who founded the publication in 1982. • For a group of people who met at Sumter Memorial Stadium it was a day that will live in their minds for quite some time. The Area 10 Special Olympics was the reason for the gathering at the stadium Saturday. The turnout was not what was hoped for or expected by the organizers due to the inclement weather, and prospect of more of the same, being the major factor. Those who did come enjoyed themselves. The weather could not put a damper on the excitement and joy experienced by these special athletes. • Purple martins are getting some much-needed new housing on state lands thanks to a convenience store chain that donated nesting gourds to the state wildlife department. Pat Ferrall, a nongame wildlife technician with the Nongame and Heritage Trust Section of the S.C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, said Young’s Food Stores of Sumter recently donated 200 of their plastic gourds to the department’s project to pro-

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1990 -- Furman High runner Glenda Hastie, second from right, glides in for victory in the 100-meter race during the Coaches Classic quaifying meet last week.

vide more nesting habitat for purple martins in South Carolina. • Charles A. “Chuck” Fienning, who transformed a local industry on the brink of collapse into a success story, was named Sumter Business Person of the Year Tuesday night. Fienning, president and CEO of Sumter Packaging Co. and a county councilman, was presented the award at the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting. • Lifelong Sumter resident Ruth Edens will present the Sherman Smith Lecture “The Carnegie Library – From Dreams to Reality” at 7:30 p.m. Monday. The lecture, sponsored by the Sumter County Historical Society, will be held at the Sumter County Museum. Edens, who grew up near the Carnegie Library, will read from a paper, “A History of Secondary Education in the City of Sumter, S.C. ~ 17661961,” that will complete her requirement for a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at USC Sumter. • The Freed Spirits Dance Theatre will present its spring concert “Dance 10” at Patriot Hall this Friday and Saturday. The presentation will bring together former members of the dance theater for a gala concert with performances of their best numbers over the past 10 years. Among the 17 former members to join the performance are Paul Pecko, a 1980 Freed graduate, who is now captain of the dance troupe at Disney World; Alton Adams, a 1986 graduate, who is captain of a private club in Columbia and teaches dance for a group that competes nationally; Sonja Sepulveda, 1987 graduate, currently the choral director at Sumter High School; and Judi Freed, a 1982 graduate, who is now manager of Show Time Dance Studios in Orlando. • The state Senate gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that would reduce by 19 percent the amount of hazardous wastes GSX Chemical Services Inc., can bury each year in its landfill near Lake Marion. But company officials contend that the state-mandated reduction in business is unconstitutional and promises it will be challenged in court. Reach Sumter Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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his issue of Reflections features photographs that capture a roof-top perspective of the buildings and streets of Sumter from the seventh floor of Sumter’s first skyscraper. This vantage point has been used by numerous photographers to capture a perspective of Sumter enjoyed by the local citizenry for decades. In December of 1911 G.A. Lemmon, president of the Sumter Savings Bank, announced that a sevenstory building would be constructed on the Sammy Way northeast corner of Main and Liberty REFLECTIONS streets at a cost of between $45,000 and $60,000; the building would house The City National Bank formerly known as the Sumter Savings Bank and would feature “all modern fixtures and improvements, but would be a plain substantial building, with no attempts made to ornament it.” The building would feature a granite foundation, with the first floor constructed of sandstone and the higher six stories constructed of pressed brick. In July of 1913 the bank opened for business, and Sumter paused to celebrate the completion of its first skyscraper. The final cost of the structure was placed at $72,000, and the site was valued at $25,000 bringing the total to $97,000. According to the article from The Sumter Daily Item archives, “The seventh floor, which was planned and fitted to meet the particular needs of the Sumter Club, has been leased to that organization for a term of years. “The club will also have access to the roof garden, one of the coolest settings for summer evenings to be found this side of the mountains and no doubt will be popular with club members and their friends. From the roof garden a beautiful extended view of Sumter and the surrounding country greets visitors.” Some photos were provided by Eddie Porter. Reach Sumter Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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The Dixie Life Building was the tallest building in Sumter for more than 30 years. Here, it’s shown in 1967, about 7 years before it was demolished.

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ABOVE: Looking north in this 1956 or ‘57 photo, note the Opera House clock tower. BELOW: Ta Mahon’s 1920s photo looks south down Main Street.

Looking south: Note the clock on top of Sumter Dry Goods, bottom left.

Prescott’s gas station stands beside First Baptist Church in this 1970s shot of East Liberty.

This 1960s photo shows the parking lot that faced Harvin and Liberty streets.

This Porter photo looks down on North Main Street around 1956. At lower left is the Rex Theatre marquee.

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Susan Throgmorton and Toby Horton have teamed up to craft an array of soaps, body oils, candles and more, all available at Elephant Ear Gallery, 672 Bultman Drive. JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM

Bubbly duo lathered up about smells of success Local handmade soap business continues to expand BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

t’s fitting that Soap Sense is located in a gallery, because while the wide variety of art

on display at Elephant Ear is a treat for the eyes, a visit to the Soap Sense display is a treat for the nose, and, once you take some of their wonderfully fragrant creations home, a treat for the skin. Co-owner Toby Horton has been making handmade soap for four years, she said. During the holidays, her kitchen was simply taken over. “I was doing it on my own, for family, friends and for the holidays,” she said. “It kind of escalated until one Christmas I had orders for 600 soaps,” she said. Susan Throgmorton was doing business as South Farms, and in 2014, she and Horton met at a craft show. “Within days we were talking about a partnership, and we jumped in full force,” she said.

Horton said the business grew quickly. “I can’t call it a job,” she said. “It’s an addiction,” Throgmorton added. Horton said the soap business quickly overwhelmed her kitchen, her dining room, practically the whole house. The house filled with much more than just soap, Horton said. “We have butters, oils, herbs; my 21-year-old moved out, and we took over his room,” she said. “They have a three-bedroom house that we have taken over,” Throgmorton said. “We make everything ourselves,” Horton said. “T(ealight) candles, tarts, massage oils, soap decks, scrubs and gift baskets.” Throgmorton said it is all done using a hot process. “The old-fashioned way — in a Crock-Pot,” she said. All of their soaps are lye based, Throgmorton said. “We grow our own herbs, rosemary, peppers, lavenders,” she said. They stick to natural products, they said, except for a few fragrance oils. “It all has a purpose,” Horton said.

“The skin is the largest organ of the body, and it only takes two seconds to absorb something. That is why we use all-natural ingredients.” The soaps and other products they make come in a variety of fragrances. “Every soap has a story,” Horton said. “Cindy’s Citrus is named for my sister because she could never find a soap with tangerine essential oil. “There is Cammylicious, which has goat milk and is very good for eczema and psoriasis,” Horton said. Horton said they can make soaps by special request for people with allergies. “We have the perfect testers,” she said. “Our husbands.” Throgmorton said their clientele has grown tremendously since they formed the partnership. “We have clients in Japan, Africa, England, all over,” she said. Despite a good online presence, www.getsoapsense.com, the majority of their sales are still at Elephant Ear, 672 Bultman Drive, and special events, Throgmorton said. “Our Sumter clients are wonderful,” she said. All of their products are labeled as

being made in Sumter, Horton noted. “My husband was complaining that I was spending too much, and I said ‘It’s all coming out of sales,’” she said. “That’s when it hit me that I actually owned a business.” “The first time I was buying in bulk it took two UPS guys to deliver.” Sometimes the ladies find it all a little surreal. “We stop and look at each other once in a while and ask, ‘Can you believe this?’” Throgmorton said. At a certain point they realized they had to get the business out of Horton’s house, so they started their display at Elephant Ear. “We started in February, and we have already added another shelf,” Horton said. “We couldn’t have picked a better place,” Throgmorton added. As Horton and Throgmorton look to the future, they realize a presence in the Elephant Ear cooperative is not enough. “Our big goal is to have our own store,” Horton said. “I want to get out of the house.” Throgmorton has another ambition. “I want to survive the state fair,” she quipped.

MEDICAL EXPENSES

Hospital bills? Find your way with a patient navigator BY MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer A medical emergency leaves you with tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid hospital bills. Your health insurance company rejects coverage for an important medical test. An unexpected diagnosis requires you to find three new medical specialists. In today’s health care system, consumers are increasingly on their own when these complex — and often costly — medical problems arise. Primary care doctors once helped patients manage such situations, but many physicians now have 15 minutes or less for each appointment. It’s in this highpressure environment that a new industry of patient advocates — sometimes called patient navigators — has emerged, offering to help guide patients through knotty health situations. Driven by an increasing number of baby boomers dealing with chronic medical problems, the field has mainly

taken shape in the last five to 10 years, according to Professor Theresa Cronan of San Diego State University. “People with chronic conditions use the health care system more. But the health care system has become so complex that it’s really hard for people to navigate,” said Cronan, who has studied the health advocacy industry. Here are some questions and answers about these businesses and the services they offer:

WHAT DO PATIENT ADVOCATES DO? Patient advocates are hired to help solve health care problems or help patients get the best care possible. Advocates can work for companies with hundreds of employees or operate as stand-alone consultants for a handful of clients. Some of the most common tasks health advocates work on include: • Negotiating discounts and payment plans for large medical bills; • Managing and filing insur-

ance paperwork, especially appeals where companies deny coverage for expensive procedures or equipment; and • Helping patients find and schedule appointments with medical experts who specialize in rare or hard-to-treat diseases.

HOW CAN THESE BUSINESSES POTENTIALLY SAVE ME MONEY? Many patient advocates highlight their ability to help reduce medical bills or cut through insurance red tape. Health advocates can review patient records to spot billing errors that drive up costs. They can also coordinate care between a number of physicians, usually for patients with complex conditions, avoiding repeat billings and insurance payments. In other cases, advocates will help patients find the best price for an expensive test or procedures. Prices for common tests, such as medical scans, can vary by hundreds or thousands of dollars, even among hospi-

tals that are only a few miles apart, as demonstrated by payment records released by the government’s Medicare program. With many patients in high-deductible insurance plans that require them to pay substantial out-of-pocket costs before coverage kicks in, the difference between a $300 MRI scan or a $1,300 MRI scan can be significant.

HOW MUCH DO THESE SERVICES COST? Patient advocates typically aren’t covered by insurance, so customers should expect to pay out of pocket. Many charge an hourly rate, ranging from $50 to $250 depending on the nature of the work, their location and background. Advocates charging the highest fees usually have a medical degree. Other services may use alternative fee structures. For instance, the medical bill saver service offered by Health Advocate of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, negotiates uncovered medical or dental bills of $400 or more at

no upfront cost to the customer. Instead, the company takes a 25 percent cut of the recouped savings. So if the company negotiated a $10,000 medical bill down to $5,000 the company would earn a $1,250 fee. Health Advocate sells access to its bill saver service and other offerings through an annual membership fee of $25.95. About 10,000 companies also offer Health Advocate’s services as a benefit to their employees.

HOW CAN I FIND A PATIENT ADVOCATE? There are several professional groups that offer online search tools for finding patient advocates, including: • National Association of Healthcare Advocacy, which requires members to sign a code of ethics: http://www. nahac.com; and • Alliance of Professional Health Advocates, which requires participants to have professional liability insurance: http://www.advoconnection. com/.

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2015

THE SUMTER ITEM

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ack in the day, my son, Robert, and I were really big into the 3D archery tournament scene. In fact, we both won our divisions at the state tournament in 1993. Over the years, he’s gotten married, I’ve slowed down and the thing we once lived for has sort of taken a back seat. We haven’t shot a tournament in probably 15 years now. It was a fantastic way for a father and son to take part in an activity together, and the bond we formed was incredible. I’d forgotten about those days until recently. My cousin, Ken Reese — aka Cuz — and I were talking the other evening, and he mentioned that his boy, T.J., was into the sporting clays thing and was shooting in a few tournaments around the state. My interest was immediately piqued. After some explanations and descriptions, I sort of invited myself to ride along on an upcoming shoot. Hey, after all, T.J. is family, and I would like to support my family in their competitive endeavors. As it turned out, there was a shoot at Rocky Creek Sporting Clays last weekend. Rocky Creek is a little north of Winnsboro, so it’s not that long a hike. We planned on meeting about 10:30 a.m. in order to make it up there and be ready to shoot in the last flight of the day that kicked off at 1:30 p.m. As we road along, Cuz gave me some background into

what all was going on. There was a lot of information coming forth, so forgive me if I butcher it a bit, but the Earle nuts and Woodward bolts of it are that AFIELD & there are AFLOAT schools and clubs around South Carolina that sponsor teams to participate. T.J. and his pals go to Wilson Hall, but I understand there are kids involved at Thomas Sumter Academy as well as White Koll and Spring Valley high schools in Columbia, Columbia private school Hammond, as well as a number of 4-H clubs and shooting clubs. In short, if you want to take part, there is a way to do it. In fact, you can visit the website of the organization, the South Carolina Youth Shooting Foundation, that puts it all together at www.scysf.org. They do a great job of introducing youngsters to the shooting sports. T.J. and his friends, Brady, and Mac, would be shooting in the Rookie division, those in the fifth grade or younger. There were 12 stands where each shooter would get an opportunity at shooting clay targets thrown from a variety of different directions — some crossing, some coming from overhead, some straight at you and any combination of

the above mentioned. It would be two targets at a time — either together or one followed by the other at the sound of the shot. I’ve been shooting for 50 years, and I can tell you I would have found some of the patterns a real challenge. After eight practice shots, it was on. T.J. led the pack while Cuz acted as coach for the team; well, not really so much, because after the practice shots the coach is not allowed to coach. He’s pretty much there to be sure safety is maintained at all times and to verify that the targets are hit or missed with the official scorekeeper. Over the course of the 12 stations, the boys fired 100 rounds at the targets and, for the most part, did pretty doggone good. I was proud of all of them. Every once in awhile, you could see some frustration start to creep into one member of the team or another, but the other boys would jump in and lift the guy up, giving encouragement. My job, aside from supporting T.J., was to drive the Polaris Ranger and Cuz’s wife, Missy, to each station, one of just a few hundred 4-wheelers and golf carts that followed their team up and down the range. It was a true family event; moms, dads, brothers and sisters were everywhere. I imagine there were a good 1,500 to 2,000 people in attendance and, after doing some quick math and figuring, Cuz estimated be-

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T.J. Reese, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Reese of Sumter, fires a shot at the S.C. Youth Shooting Foundation’s sporting clays shoot at Rocky Creek Sporting Clays outside Winnsboro. He did hit the target. tween 450 and 500 shooters. Those shooters ranged from T.J.’s group all the way up to seniors in high school. It included boys and girls, and a lot of those girls could really shoot. By the end of the day, there were a few sore shoulders, but nothing had been hurt or injured — not man nor beast. The only damage was to several thousand clay targets that were turned into dust by

some fantastic young men and women who just want to be skilled at shooting. Most of all, families came together to be with each other and to make new friends. Let’s see, at 450 shooters and 100 shots per shooter, that comes to 45,000 shots fired, and nobody got hurt! I guess guns really don’t kill people after all, especially when the first thing on everyone’s mind is safety first.

S.C. duck hunters enjoy solid waterfowl season BY S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES There was a total reported harvests of 3,931 ducks by hunters on S.C. Department of Natural Resources public hunting lands in the most recent season. A total of 1,955 hunters participated in 125 hunts at the 16 Wildlife Management Areas that recorded individual hunt data, meaning it was an average of 2 birds harvested per hunter. Gadwall accounted for 25 percent of the total harvest, followed by wood ducks, northern shoveler, American green-winged teal and American widgeon. Bear Island WMA near Green Pond

had the highest total harvest with 1,252 birds taken by 289 hunters, nearly 40 percent of them gadwall. “Overall the season for our waterfowl areas was excellent. The early cold weather fronts we had brought birds into many areas of the state before Christmas and many of our WMAs had consistent hunting all season long.” said Dean Harrigal, waterfowl program coordinator with the DNR. On Category I WMA lottery hunts, 901 hunters on 11 areas harvested 3,229 birds with an average of 3.6 birds per hunter. Gadwall, northern shoveler, American green-winged teal and American wigeon were top birds in the bag. Sandy Beach in Berkeley County had

FISHING REPORTS Santee Cooper System Crappie: Good. Captain Steve English reports that it is unclear whether the change is as a result of the recent cold front or not, but crappie fishing has clearly slowed down in the shallows. However, the overall bite remains good. The fish are still full of eggs, and they also caught a 2 ½ pound fish busting with eggs in 15 feet of water in the last couple of days. It may not be that all the fish are out deeper, but the most catchable fish do seem to have pulled out for now. Bream: Good. Captain Steve English reports that bream fishing remains good, and while the fish haven’t moved into the shallows they are still eating. Fishing crickets about 18 feet deep over brush in 30 feet of water is a great way to catch staged up fish. Striped bass: Fair to good. Captain Jim Glenn reports that striper can be caught on Lake Moultrie near the mouth of the diversion canal at times as well on the lower end of that lake. Striped bass are also running upstream on Lake Marion into the Santee and Wateree Rivers. Fresh cut herring fished on the bottom will produce bites. Lake Murray Crappie: Good. Captain Brad Taylor reports that the best crappie bite is coming in the main channel of the Little River, tight-lining curly tail jigs in about 6-10 feet of water. Occasional pre-spawn fish are being caught this way, but most of the fish are post-spawn. There is not a significant bite throwing minnows (or jigs) at shallow cover. Down the lake there may be more pre-spawn fish than at the upper end, but 6-10 feet still seems to be a key depth range. Striped bass: Good. Lake World reports that striper are being caught shallow on planer boards and free-lines. The best advice is to follow

the contours of the banks to pull baits, with the best action from the Gap down to the dam. There is also significant schooling activity, with most schooling activity taking place out in open water. The cut bait bite is just starting to come on, and cut herring fished off points in 3-25 feet of water will catch more and more fish as the spring progresses. At the same time birds are becoming less important as the flocks thin out, and on recent trips the striper schools guides have targeted have not had birds around them. White Perch: Fair. Lake World reports that the white perch bite has slowed substantially, and far less anglers are targeting them than a week or two ago. Perch seem to have gone deep, and anglers should use electronics to locate them. The fish will take spoons, minnows, or worms when located, with most anglers fishing for them vertically. Lake Wateree Largemouth Bass: Very good. Tournament angler Dearal Rodgers reports that bass fishing remains as good as it gets right now on Lake Wateree. Pre-spawn fish as well as spawning fish can be found all over the lake right now, and there are also a few post-spawn fish. Partly due to the cold front the biggest group of fish is still pre-spawn, but that will shift in the coming weeks. Fish will be caught around traditional shallow cover, and anglers should look around protected spawning pockets where fish will be (or are) bedding. Pre-spawn fish will be moving towards these areas. If anglers want to catch a ton of fish a variety of soft plastics will work, and throwing a shakey head worm is hard to beat. Anglers looking to perhaps concentrate on bigger fish would do well to throw a jig or spinnerbait. Temperatures are right on the cusp of getting where

the highest hunter average with 4.6 birds per hunter, followed by Bear Island in Colleton County with 4.3 birds per hunter, Santee Coastal Reserve in Charleston County with 3.5 birds per hunter, Santee Delta in Georgetown County with 3.2 birds per hunter and Broad River WMA with 2.3 birds. Top individual hunt units were Springfield/ The Cut of Bear Island (4.7 birds), Sandy Beach (4.6 birds), Bear Island East (4.2 birds), Bear Island West (4.0 birds) and SCR the Cape (3.7 birds). Hunt data was collected on five of the 30 Category II WMAs, ones open to the public on specific days. Hunters reported a harvest of 702 birds on these

they need to be for a topwater bite to turn on, and once surface temperatures hit 60 then throwing a buzzbait or frog in the grass will be effective. This might already be a good way to target a big fish. Crappie: Very good. Veteran tournament angler Will Hinson reports that this is peak crappie season on Lake Wateree, with some fish pre-spawn and some spawning. Anglers can catch crappie fishing minnows or jigs under corks around bank cover, docks and piers, and they can also target suspended fish both long-lining and tightlining in 4-10 feet of water. A good number of fish are also being caught around bridges. Fish are moving in and out and will continue to spawn heavily for about another week or two before things start to trickle off. Lake Greenwood Crappie: Good to very good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the crappie bite continues to be strong. Long-line trolling with jigs continues to be a consistent fish producer in the mouths of creeks and coves, with most fish suspended 3-8 feet deep in 10-20 feet of water. Fish are also in the very backs, and anglers have the option of trolling all the way to the backs as well as using their favorite shallow water technique (such as casting a minnow or jig under a bobber around cover). Jig color has to be determined by the angler on that particular day as a variety of different colors have been working from day to day. White Bass and Perch: Good to very good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that both the white bass and perch are making their annual spawning runs up the Reedy and Saluda rivers and the big feeder creeks. Most are being caught in 3-8 feet of water. Some large schools can be located and that can provide fast action at times. The best way to find the big schools is to troll into the backs of creeks with Roadrunners or Rooster Tails until you find a school. Once you find the schools you

areas, the vast majority coming from Hickory Top Greentree Reservoir. The average for 1,054 hunters was 0.7 birds per hunter. Wood ducks accounted for over 82 percent of the bag. A total of 41 special youth-only hunts were held on select areas throughout the season. The reported harvest was 436 birds by 212 hunters for an average of 2.1 birds per hunter. Gadwall, American green-winged teal and ring-necked duck were the top birds in the bag. “We were especially pleased that our youth-oriented hunts provided quality waterfowl hunting opportunities for young men and women during the season,” Harrigal said.

can stop the boat and continue to cast at them until the school moves on. Bonus crappie will also be caught this way. Lake Monticello Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the big fish bite remains very up and down, with slow to fair fishing one day and then the next day can be very good. The most consistent pattern seems to be anchoring on the deep side of points and humps and fan casting baits in 40-70 feet of water. Fishing around large schools of baitfish can sometimes pay off and watching the diving loons can help you cut the search for that down. Shad, herring and white perch are all working well. Small pieces are working better because the bulk of what the fish are feeding on is small 2-4 inch threadfin and gizzard shad. Lake Russell Striped bass: Fair. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that, although striper bass are pretty scattered, there are three main areas to search. First, just north of Russell State Park on the Savannah River; second, up above Pearl Mill in Beaverdam; and third, above Lowndesville in the Lake Secession Tailrace. Fish are in 15-40 feet of water related to points, and pulling herring, gizzard shad and trout on free lines is the most effective way to target them. Catfish: Fair. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that catfishing is starting to come on, and he suggests fishing cut herring on the sides of long, sloping points in 6-12 feet of water. Lake Thurmond Black bass: Good to very good. Buckeye Lures in Augusta reports that bass fishing remains very strong on Clarks Hill. While the spawn is well underway and more fish are spawning than a week ago, bedding activity is not yet totally wide open probably because of the cold front over

the weekend. The majority of fish are still pre-spawn, but in addition to spawners there are now a few post-spawn fish in the mix. As would be expected pretty much all the fishing activity is up shallow around spawning coves, pockets, secondary points and shoreline cover. Mop Jigs, lizards, any creature baits, Trick Worms rigged on a Spot Remover, as well as any other typical pre-spawn/ spawn lure will catch fish. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good to very good. Captain William Sasser reports that striper fishing remains strong on Clarks Hill, and across the entire lower part of the lake (from the main lake to the backs) pulling free-lines and planer boards about 10 feet deep over 20-30 feet of water has been productive. This bite has been particularly good before daylight, but the pattern will work throughout the day. A pretty good cut bait bite off points has also developed, and anglers are also catching fish on down-lines tied up to the cable line at the dam at night. Fishing herring 20 feet down in about 40 feet of water has worked best. Lake Wylie Catfish: Very good. Captain Rodger Taylor reports that catfishing on Lake Wylie is excellent as fish are feeding up heavily in the pre-spawn. Similar to Lake Wateree fish may be making a move both up the rivers and back into the creeks, and with two river arms to explore there are lots of riverine areas with moving water to fish. Rodger has spent the most time fishing in the creeks recently, and he has found an excellent bite in the backs of the creeks in 8-10 feet of water. On recent trips there have been spells where the fish bite constantly for a half-hour or more, stop biting and then turned on again; Rodger suspects that the fish are on the move rather than stopping and starting feeding. He has had the best action anchoring, although fish can also be caught drifting. Gizzard shad has been the best cut bait.

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF KENT 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FAMILY DIVISION TO: EMMANUAL LAMAR DINGLE Child's Name: JORDEN ADAMS Case No.: 13-52938-NA-100924602 Hearing: APRIL 30, 2015 AT 8:30 A.M. Judge ZEMAITIS, 6TH FLOOR, COURTROOM 6-C An initial and/or supplemental child protective petition has been filed in the above matter. A hearing on the petition, including petition to terminate your parental rights will be conducted by the Court on the date and time stated above in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Family Division, Kent County Courthouse, 180 Ottawa NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that you personally appear before the court at the time and place stated above and exercise your right to participate in the proceedings. THIS HEARING MAY RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS.

Bid Notices 29150. The scope of work consists of the re-design of car and bus drop-off and parking areas impacting the Alice Drive side of the school, the Miller Road side of the school, and on-site areas as well. A new covered walk structure with lighting is planned for the Alice Drive side of the school. Re-location of the main power service to the building is involved. Contractors may obtain bid documents by contacting the Architect: Jackson & Sims Architects, 7-1/2 South Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, 803-773-4329. Deposit for bid documents (hard copies and/or electronic documents) will be $50.00 (non-refundable). Electronic documents are available by request at jsarch@ftc-i.net. The Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the site. The Owner will receive bids on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sumter School District Office, Conference Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC, 803-469-6900. Sumter County School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive minor formalities in the bidding, and to award the contract to other than the lowest bidder if deemed to be in the best interest of the District.

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF KENT 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FAMILY DIVISION TO: PHYLLIS ELAINE ADAMS Child's Name: JORDEN ADAMS Case No.: 13-52938-NA-100924602 Hearing: APRIL 30, 2015 AT 8:30 A.M. Judge ZEMAITIS, 6TH FLOOR, COURTROOM 6-C An initial and/or supplemental child protective petition has been filed in the above matter. A hearing on the petition, including petition to terminate your parental rights will be conducted by the Court on the date and time stated above in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Family Division, Kent County Courthouse, 180 Ottawa NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that you personally appear before the court at the time and place stated above and exercise your right to participate in the proceedings. THIS HEARING MAY RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2015-CP-43-00437 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for FFMLT Trust 2006-FF4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF4, PLAINTIFF, VS. Larisa Gutierrez and The Citizens Bank, DEFENDANT(S). TO THE DEFENDANT(S) LARISA GUTIERREZ ABOVE NAMED:

the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on February 18, 2015. SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. Ronald C. Scott, SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley, SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant, SC Bar #78334 Vance L. Brabham, III, SC Bar #71250 William S. Koehler, SC Bar #74935 J. Harrison Rushton, SC Bar #100406 Andrew M. Wilson, SC Bar #72553 Andrew A. Powell, SC Bar #100210 Andrew M. Sullivan, SC Bar #100464 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

Public Hearing NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING The Sumter City Council will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the City of Sumter Zoning Ordinance on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located on the Fourth Floor of the Sumter Opera House (21 N. Main St.). The following requests are scheduled for consideration: OA-14-12, Ice Vending Machines (City) Request to amend the City Zoning Ordinance Article 3, Sections 3.i.3, 3.k.3, and 3.l.3 as well as Exhibit 3-5 to make Automatic Merchandising Machine Operators, with SIC Code 5962 a Conditional use in the GC, LI-W and HI zoning districts; amend Article 5, Section 5.b.1 to add specific conditional use review criteria for Automatic Merchandising Machine Operators (SIC Code 5962); and amend Article 8, Exhibit 8-9 to add parking requirements for Automatic Merchandising Machine Operators in order to allow freestanding ice vending machines as a principal use in the GC, LI-W, and HI Districts. Also to amend Article 4, Section G to add a new Section 4.g.5. with specific requirements for Accessory Vending Machine Units in all industrial and commercial zoning districts. OA-15-01, Administrative Approvals in Downtown Historic District (City) Request to amend Article 1, Section 1.o.5. General Certification of Appropriateness to better define administrative, staff level approvals as opposed to approvals given by the Historic Preservation Board in the City of Sumter Zoning and Development Standards Ordinance. Documents pertaining to the proposed request(s) are on file in the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department and are available to be inspected and studied by interested citizens. Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. Mayor

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of

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NOTICE OF 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD Wesmark Exxon Service Center 1101 Broad Street, Sumter, South Carolina DHEC (the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control) is accepting public comments on a potential Voluntary Cleanup Contract until May 5, 2015.

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The Voluntary Cleanup Contract, 15-6313-NRP, will affect approximately 0.6 acres identified by Sumter County tax map number 2031304002. A company known as 1101 Broad, LLC (1101 Broad) wants to acquire the property. This Voluntary Cleanup Contract will be between DHEC and 1101 Broad. The Property is bounded generally by a That Flippin Egg restaurant and Wesmark Plaza shopping center to the northwest with Market Street and commercial properties beyond; Wesmark Plaza shopping center to the northeast and commercial properties beyond; Wesmark Boulevard to the southeast with commercial properties beyond; and Broad Street to the southwest with commercial properties beyond. The Property has been unoccupied since the Wesmark Exxon Service Center closed in 2011. Wesmark Exxon performed vehicle maintenance and repairs and sold petroleum. 1101 Broad, LLC intends to acquire the property, raze the structures, and develop a strip shopping center with 2-3 retail and restaurant tenants. Soil and groundwater at the property has been contaminated with petroleum constituents. If this Voluntary Cleanup Contract is implemented, DHEC will allow 1101 Broad to own the property as a “Brownfields Site” because of the environmental pollution. 1101 Broad did not create the pollution, but will take steps to control it to keep the property safe for re-use. DHEC will not hold 1101 Broad responsible for the pre-existing pollution in exchange for doing work under the Voluntary Cleanup Contract. Under State law, 1101 Broad will not be responsible if anyone is affected by the contamination. Entering into this contract does not reduce the responsibility of any former owners or operators of the site. Under the proposed contract, 1101 Broad will test soil and groundwater at the property. If significant contamination is found, 1101 Broad will be required to take additional steps to protect human health and the environment.

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DHEC uses Voluntary Cleanup Contracts to keep Brownfield sites in productive reuse. The proposed contract is available at http://www.scdhec.gov/PublicNotices/. Printed copies may be obtained from the DHEC Freedom of Information Office at (803) 898-3882. Citizens may provide written, email, or telephone comments on the proposed contract until May 5, 2015. Questions or comments may be directed to Mark Berenbrok, Project Manager, email berenbmk@dhec.sc.gov, telephone (803) 898-0736 or Alex Fulmer, email FulmerWA@dhec.sc.gov or TOLL-FREE telephone (866) 576-3432. Written comments should be directed to either individual at SCDHEC, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201.

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