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Sens. Thomas McElveen, Kevin Johnson and Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, listen as Ben Haygood, Pinewood interim administrator, talks about the Pinewood Site’s operations during a tour of the facility on Friday.

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Nobody had all their questions answered or their fears allayed, but members of the media, elected officials and interested parties from several state agencies were exposed to a lot of information on a tour of the Pinewood Site hazardous waste landfill Friday afternoon.

The landfill sits close to the shores of Lake Marion and has become a major concern of local residents, particularly after Bill Stevens, owner of Kestral Horizons, the trustee of the site from 2013 to 2014, raised concern about the

safety of the site.

Ben Hagood Jr., president of a nonprofit corporation which was formed to act as temporary trustee for the site, presented a slide show and led the tour around the site.

Hagood said his goal was to get out the facts about the site.

“I am going to talk about things we know and don’t know,” he said.

He said one issue that frequently comes up is just how far the site is from Lake Marion. The distance is from 750 to 1,000 feet, he said.

The most significant concerns for the site, he said, are

single-lined cells in Section I and II, which are the oldest part of the landfill. At the time the cells were active in the 1970s, regulations and materials were not up to the standards of even a few years later, he said.

From an operational perspective, Hagood said the primary thing to deal with is water at the site.

“The product we generate is leachate,” he explained, “which is water that has come in contact with the contaminants classified as hazardous; the landfill generates hazardous waste on a daily

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Festival on the Avenue continues today

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Authorities on Friday morning served warrants to five inmates at Lee Correctional Institution who face charges tied to a riot at the Bishopville prison earlier this year, during which two correctional officers were stabbed.

According to a statement release Friday afternoon by S.C. Department of Corrections, those charged and the charges they face are: • Darrian Roberson, 21, inciting prisoners to riot, four counts of second-degree assault and battery, carrying or concealing a weapon by an inmate; • Tore Michael Dove, 22, attempted murder, carrying or concealing weapon by inmate, participating in riot by prisoner; • Antonio Blakely, 23, participating in riot by prisoner; • Christian Roman, 21, attempted murder, participating in riot by prisoner, carrying or concealing weapon by inmate; and • William Wallace, 30, two counts attempted murder, participating in riot by inmate, carrying or concealing a weapon by an inmate.

The riot took place Feb. 26 when several inmates reportedly attacked seven officers in an inmate dorm at the maximum-security prison. Lee Correctional’s emergency team and a crew of S.C. Law Enforcement Division agents secured the dorm after a ninehour standoff.

Three of the five inmates were charged with attempted murder, which carries a sentence of as many as 30 years.

Among those was 30-year-old Wallace, a convicted murderer serving a life term. Corrections department records show Wallace was admitted to Lee Correctional last August on murder, armed robbery and kidnapping convictions in Richland County.

Dove, who was in the midst of serving a 10-year term for armed robbery, was also charged with attempted murder. He faces 50 years added

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Black driver’s fatal shooting: Outcry over police tactics NORTH CHARLESTON (AP) — As North Charleston surged in population last decade, South Carolina’s third-largest city fought rising crime through a simple policing solution: Be aggressive.

But the city’s police department lost the respect of many black residents in neighborhoods they blitzed, and now many are upset after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist by a white officer.

Police in North Charleston used computers to track the neighborhoods where crime was on the rise, then sent waves of officers to patrol and conduct traffic stops looking for offenders and letting drivers

know they were present and cracking down.

By the numbers, the tactics worked: Every major category of crime, from murder to burglary to robbery to rape, fell significantly from 2007 to 2012, the last year for which statistics are available for the State Law Enforcement Division.

But anger is surfacing as civil rights leaders demand a full U.S. Justice Department investigation of the North Charleston force and its crime-fighting approach. The fatal shooting of Walter Scott as he fled after a traffic stop Saturday stirred outrage around the

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Paper company to fix Kensington mansion International Paper, responding to concerns from preservationists and Lower Richland residents, on Wednesday announced it plans to repair damage caused by roof leaks at Kensington mansion.

“We understand and value the historical significance of the Kensington mansion, and we will repair the property,” said Tom Ryan, director of global media relations for the Memphis, Tennessee-based company. “As longstanding members of the community, we have been vested in this house for decades.”

The company has put off repairs to the roof for several years, according to volunteers who helped with tours of the facility. Those leaks have led to deterioration of intricate plaster molding.

International Paper also will pay $100,000 to move and store the period furnishings that have been provided in the mansion by the ScarboroughHamer Foundation.

Affable Scott wary of police

BY RUSS BYNUM The Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON — Less than two months before he was killed, Walter Lamer Scott turned 50 and wanted everyone around him to join in the celebration.

It was February, and Scott’s family had taken him to dinner at a Japanese steakhouse. As waiters and other staff gathered around to sing “Happy Birthday,” Scott jumped up on the table and started dancing.

“He had everybody in the restaurant laughing,” Rodney Scott said of his older brother. “That’s the kind of person he was.”

Walter Scott had much to celebrate:

His job as a warehouse forklift operator, which had begun as temporary work over the holidays, was going so well his boss was determined to keep him as a permanent hire. And he had popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, who had agreed to become Scott’s third wife.

But Scott also had a problem that kept him looking over his shoulder: The father of four had fallen behind, again, on his child support payments.

Failure to pay can mean jail time in South Carolina, and Scott had been locked up three times since 2008.

His family suspects it was Scott’s fear of returning to jail that led him to run during a traffic stop last Saturday.

Scott ended up dead, shot in the back.

The police officer who opened fire was charged with murder after the shooting was caught on video, the case stirring outrage across the country as the latest instance of an unarmed black man killed by a white officer.

“He had trouble keeping up with the payments, that’s all, and he knew he would go to jail,” Rodney Scott said.

“His mission was to avoid the police as much as possible.”

Rodney Scott said his brother would take long detours when driving to their parents’ house because he thought there were more police patrolling the direct, 10-minute route from his home. He said Walter also tried to make sure any vehicle he drove had working headlights and taillights.

S.C. woman dies in Sumter County wreck

Museum hosts show about muzzleloaders COLUMBIA — The South Carolina State Museum is bringing specialists and gun enthusiasts together for a conference on the antique guns known as muzzleloaders.

Museum spokeswoman AnnaKate Twitty says the weekend conference features a variety of workshops and sessions on 18th and 19th century guns. It will also have displays of the guns and their accessories by exhibitors and collectors from across the country.

The arms in the show focus on the 18th and early 19th century weapons that were associated with the settling of early America.

The guns are so named because they are loaded with a projectile and propellant into the front end of the gun barrel.

The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and is included in general admission.

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A S.C. Highway Patrolman documents the details of a wreck that occurred Friday on an on-ramp from South Guignard Drive to U.S. 15.

No details of the incident were immediately available.

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com A Williamsburg County woman died when an 18-wheeler truck slammed into her car Friday afternoon in Sumter.

Officials had not yet released the name of the woman as of press deadline. According to preliminary information, the victim lived in Hemingway.

The crash occurred about 1 p.m.

South Carolina Highway Patrol reports indicate the woman was driving a 2007 Pontiac sedan heading southbound along U.S. 15 near Guignard Drive. According to Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. David Jones, the woman crossed the median and attempted to turn in front of a 2010 Kenmore tractor trailer, which was also traveling southbound along the highway. The 18-wheeler struck the driver’s side of

the woman’s car causing her to be entrapped inside the vehicle. Emergency crews responded to extract her and airlifted her to Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia where she died.

The driver of the truck, a 48-year-old North Carolina man, sustained no injuries in the crash. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, according to Jones, who noted Highway Patrol continues to investigate the collision.

Shaw’s Viper team to perform in Beaufort air show

BY JEFF WILKINSON jwilkinson@thestate.com BEAUFORT — Along with performances by the Navy’s famous Blue Angels and a peek at the new Marine Corps’ F-35 fighter at Beaufort this weekend, there will be the Viper Demonstration Team from Shaw — a single jet, pilot and four maintainers demonstrating the capabilities of an F-16.

Budgets cuts “closed all those things down,” said Steven Creech, a former Sumter mayor who represents the Gamecock City on the S.C. Military Base Task Force, which will meet Friday in Beaufort for a preview of the Saturday and Sunday

shows. “But I knew when I saw the fly-over at the Super Bowl that these things were coming back.”

With the end of the ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military is drastically cutting personnel and budgets. But no one knows for sure how deep those cuts will be until Congress decides whether to let $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts — half to the military, half to domestic spending — kick in.

The automatic budget cuts resulted from the 2011 debt ceiling fight. If enacted, the cuts would furlough federal workers, limit access to national parks and cut social programs in addition to slashing the military.

So the threat of those cuts grounded the Blue Angels and the Air Force’s Thunderbirds, as well any fly-overs for events like Gamecock football games or the annual Salute from Shore event on the Fourth of July along the Grand Strand.

But those flights were renewed last year as Navy, Marine and Air Force officials realized that the impact of getting the public, particularly young people, contemplating national service was invaluable.

“They are wonderful recruiting tool for the military,” Creech added.

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Clinton to announce presidential bid

BY JULIE PACE AND KEN THOMAS The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton will end months of speculation about her political future and launch her long-awaited 2016 presidential campaign on Sunday, according to people familiar with her plans.

The first official word that Clinton will seek the Democratic Party’s nomination will come via an online video posted on social media. She’ll then make stops in key early voting states, including Iowa and New Hampshire, where she’ll hold small events with voters.

One Democrat familiar with campaign rollout said Clinton’s stops would include vis-

its to people’s homes in those early states.

The people familiar with Clinton’s plans spoke on condition of CLINTON anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly.

The former secretary of state will be making her second bid for president and will enter the race in a strong position to succeed her rival from the 2008 Democratic primary, President Obama. Clinton appears unlikely to face a stiff primary opponent, though a handful of lower-profile Democrats have said they are considering their own campaigns.

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tion, Clinton would face the winner of a Republican primary season that could feature as many as two dozen candidates.

Among them, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is expected to formally announce his campaign in Miami on Monday — a day after Clinton’s announcement on social media.

Clinton will return to politics after a two-year leave from government. If elected, the former first lady would be the nation’s first female president.

Republicans have been preparing for a second Clinton campaign since she left Obama’s administration in early 2013. They intend to campaign against her by equating her potential presidency to that of a “third” Obama term,

during which they argue she would continue his most unpopular policies.

Clinton’s announcement was preceded by withering criticism because of her use of a personal email account and server while she was secretary of state, as well as the Clinton Foundation’s acceptance of donations from foreign governments.

She said at a news conference last month she used the personal email account for convenience. Republicans running a select congressional committee reviewing the 2012 attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya, which took place during Clinton’s tenure at the State Department, are investigating her decision to delete thousands

of emails she has deemed personal in nature.

By campaigning heavily in Iowa and New Hampshire, Clinton hopes to avoid making the same stumbles against Obama as she did in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, which he won in an upset. Democrats echoed hopes that she would seek personal connections this time.

Davenport, Iowa, Mayor Bill Gluba, a Democrat elected in a non-partisan election who backed Obama in 2008, said Clinton “kind of blew it last time” in the nation’s first caucus state. “She’s a very decent wonderful woman, but sometimes they come out of the New York atmosphere and they’re surrounded by staff and they’re insulated. We don’t want to see that,” he said.

Things to know about Hillary: A brief look at the Democratic frontrunner

BY KEN THOMAS The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at key things to know about Hillary Rodham Clinton as she steps into the 2016 Democratic presidential campaign with an expected announcement Sunday:

THE BRIEF She’s one of the most recognized women in the world and starts the race in a dominant position in the Democratic primaries. As first lady to President Bill Clinton during the 1990s, she was a driving figure in a failed health care overhaul and lived through the tumult of multiple ethics investigations and the trauma of her husband’s impeachment. She rebounded, winning a Senate seat representing New York in 2000, then embarked on a 2008 Democratic presidential bid that faltered against Barack

Obama. After Obama won the White House, Clinton joined his administration, serving for four years as his secretary of state. If successful, she’d be the first woman to achieve a major-party nomination and the presidency.

“dumb war” at the time. At the State Department, she was a hawkish member of Obama’s national security team who helped lay the foundation for multi-nation nuclear talks with Iran.

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The daughter of a smallbusiness owner and homemaker, Clinton grew up in suburban Chicago. As a senior at Wellesley College, she delivered a 1969 commencement speech that earned national attention, and enrolled at Yale Law School, where she met Bill Clinton. After working as a child advocate, Clinton followed her Rhodes Scholar future husband back to Arkansas, where he launched his political career. The couple’s 35-year-old daughter, Chelsea Clinton, gave birth to her first child, Charlotte, in September.

Lawyer, senator, diplomat.

In Arkansas, she worked as an attorney at one of the state’s top law firms while Bill Clinton served as governor. She quickly asserted herself as her husband’s adviser after he won the White House in 1992.

Both Clintons were a lightning rod for the right during the White Hours years; in the Senate, she struck a bipartisan tone at times — an approach expected to be seen in her 2016 campaign. Her Senate vote for the 2002 Iraq invasion became a point of contention in 2008 with nomination rival Obama, who spoke out against the

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CALLING CARD MOMENT Two speeches — a 1995 address in Beijing and her final campaign event in 2008 — serve as twin pillars as she heads into a second campaign. As first lady, Clinton declared in a speech to the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women that “human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.” The speech challenged human rights abuses of women and helped set the tone for Clinton’s

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Claude LaHaye, 14, holds two of his Mallard duck calls that he made April 2 at his home in Arnaudville, Louisiana.

Kid, 14, makes award-winning duck calls GRAND COTEAU, La. (AP) — A number of hunters around Grand Coteau buy handmade duck calls from a 14-year-old.

Claude LaHaye started tinkering with objects early, taking them apart, figuring out how they worked and putting them back together again. An avid hunter, he ended up focusing his fascinations on duck calls while sitting in a blind one slow morning.

LaHaye figured he might be able to make a call of his own. Once he got home, he started playing around with wood and other components until he had a simple call in his hand.

“I’ve just gotten better and better at it,” LaHaye said. “The more I made calls, the better I got. A lot of it is just trial and error.”

The eighth-grader estimates he has crafted a few hundred duck calls.

Nowadays, LaHaye sells his calls to hunters in the area. Rather than focusing on mass production, he likes to create a custom product tailored to each

person’s likes and dislikes.

“One thing I’ve learned is that (one-) 120th of an inch can make the difference between something sounding terrible and something sounding perfect,” LaHaye said. “The people who have bought them tell me that it’s like a piece of artwork, and they almost don’t want to go out hunting with it. But once they use it, they say it sounds really good.”

Recently, LaHaye took home multiple awards at the LSU Science and Engineering Fair. He wasn’t thinking seriously about entering the competition but followed suggestions from teachers at Berchmans Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau that he use his duck calls as the basis for his project.

“He is an extremely intelligent and self-motivated young man,” LaHaye’s science teacher, Katherine Meredith, said in a news release. “He came up with his project idea and completed the work all on his own.” She said she and his math teacher helped LaHaye use

data analysis software.

For now, LaHaye spends hours every week working on a lathe on his family’s farm in Arnaudville. The process includes placing pieces of wood on the lathe and spinning them, while LaHaye works the wood into specific shapes. LaHaye has gotten so good that he can usually make a call in about a day.

Recently, LaHaye has started expanding his list of creations. He made a pipe for his dad, Dr. Chip LaHaye. A ukelele marked a foray into creating musical instruments. He even made a flamethrower that attaches to his hand and shoots fire into the air — an idea he got from a YouTube video.

While it’s a business now, LaHaye said he thinks his duck call creations will eventually become a hobby. He plans to go into medicine — possibly ophthalmology, like his father.

“I’m happy for him and so proud of him,” Chip LaHaye said. “All of his hard work has paid off.”

LOS ANGELES — For some dogs, a chance at the good life takes off when the pilots do.

Thousands of pooches facing euthanasia — some just hours from death — get loaded on planes each year and flown to new homes in places with shortages of adoptable pets.

Groups such as Californiabased Wings of Rescue or South Carolina-based Pilots N Paws lead the charge, recruiting pilots to volunteer their planes, fuel and time in a trend that’s growing as more dogs end up in shelters and more people seek out canine love.

More than 4 million U.S. pets are euthanized every year.

Both pilot groups encourage spaying and neutering as a solution but know that airlifts will increase every year as they become more visible and the number of needy dogs grows.

States such as California, Georgia and South Carolina typically have too many dogs in shelters, while places such as Washington, Oregon, New York, New Jersey and Florida need more pets to satisfy demand. To solve the location conundrum, pilots fire up their engines.

In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, retirees want smaller dogs, which are easier to take care of but a tough find in the area with the high demand.

So, the Kootenai Humane Society orders a planeload of dogs under 16 pounds every month, or more than 1,000 animals in the last 16 months, Executive Director Debbie Jeffrey said.

“It’s just been a real success.

As fast as they come in, they are adopted,” she said.

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Apple app makes fixing, cropping photos a cinch NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re like most people, those hundreds of photos you took on vacation are still on your camera or phone. You shared a handful on Facebook or Instagram and tell yourself that you’ll sift through the others — one day.

Procrastinate no more. Apple’s new Photos app for Mac computers, available as a free software update, makes it easy to organize and edit your pictures. The app, which replaces iPhoto, bundles professionallevel tools such as granular color correction into one free consumer package.

Like other free apps such as Google’s Picasa, Photos is good for auto-enhancing, cropping and other basic touches such as lightening underexposed shots. But it goes further by also including some of the advanced fine-tuning features you’d find in a tool such as Adobe Lightroom, which costs $149.

BETTER-LOOKING SHOTS If you already use Photos on your iPhone or iPad, you’ll see many similarities. Images are organized automatically, partly using location information embedded in the pictures. You can also view photos on a map. The Mac’s app goes further in using face-detection technology to group photos by the people in them.

photos based on the horizon, among other features. My only complaint is it takes a few extra steps to make sure the cropped image retains the original’s dimensions. I hope a future update will let me set that as the default.

SYNCING DEVICES With a new iCloud Photo Library online-storage service, all your mobile photos will sync to the Mac app, along with your iPhoto albums. You can import additional photos, including those in cameras’ proTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS prietary RAW formats, which Apple’s new Photos app for Mac computers makes organizing and edmany pros prefer using. All imiting photos easy by bringing many professional-level tools to a free ages are stored online in high consumer package. resolution, whether they were taken on an iPhone or importClick on any photo to begin just by hitting “auto.” Lighted from another camera. Your editing. The Enhance button room usually requires more entire library is then accessible alone will improve many shots. steps to correct similar issues. on all your devices, and any The Adjust tool enhances lightPhotos has a lot of cropping edits you make will sync. ing, color and other attributes options, though my favorite is By storing full-resolution imthe auto button. It straightens separately. Each attribute has ages online, Photos can free up an auto button along with a slider you can adjust. Click an arrow to unveil the advanced controls.

I like to adjust something called white balance to compensate for, say, the yellowish glow of indoor lighting. Cameras do this automatically but not always correctly. In pictures taken on a recent trip, a friend’s baby looked too blue, and a waterfall looked too yellow. Photos fixed those quickly,

space on your Mac or mobile device by substituting a lowerquality version. You can still get the original whenever you need it, but it’s not taking up room if you don’t. Photos figures all that out for you and takes into account how much space you have.

Any photo you delete disappears from all your devices simultaneously, but don’t fear; you have about a month to retrieve it from the cloud.

HOW TO GET THE APP Check the Mac’s App Store for version 10.10.3 of the Mac system. Turn on iCloud Photo Library on your Mac and mobile devices when you see the prompts. You may need to buy more iCloud storage through Apple, as the 5 free gigabytes only translates to roughly 3,000 iPhone photos, not to mention video or larger files from stand-alone cameras.

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PINEWOOD FROM PAGE A1 basis.”

That leachate is collected from above the liners by sump pumps and piped to a tank farm and treatment station which reduces its volume before being sent off site to be disposed of.

He said administrators are concerned that the amount of leachate coming off Section 1, the oldest cell, which has been increasing each year, is a possible sign the liner on top of the cell is leaking.

He stressed repeatedly that monitoring has produced no indications of contamination outside of the cells.

“There is no current evidence there has been a release of landfill waste outside of the landfills,” Hagood said.

Hagood and site operators went into detail about many of the issues surrounding the site, including how the site is monitored and how the cells are constructed. Among those at the event were Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster; Department of Health and Environmental Control environmen-

tal affairs director Elizabeth Dieck; and state Sens. Kevin Johnson, D-Manning, Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, and Daniel Verdin III, R-Columbia.

Hagood and site manager Bryan Williams were able to answer most questions but not all.

For instance, he was unable to give a complete answer to what is contained in the landfill.

Verdin asked if the amount of leachate was unusual for a system that is covered by layers of soil and liner.

“Should I think a million gallons is a lot for what I am perceiving as a sealed tomb,” Verdin asked.

Williams said they think the problem is limited to Section 1.

“What landfills do in their design is leachate production should go down,” Williams said. “Everywhere we have double liners the leachate is going down, but Section 1 is going up at a rate that is making our leachate total increase.”

Attendees said they found the tour to be very informative.

CHARGES FROM PAGE A1 onto his sentence for his role in the incident.

Roman was projected to complete a three-year sentence in August. Now he to faces as many as 50 extra years on his sentence for his charges, which include attempted murder.

TACTICS FROM PAGE A1 nation, but people in North Charleston familiar with the police department’s focus said they weren’t surprised.

“If the image of the city is more important than the lives of their citizens, there is going to be a problem,” said Dot Scott, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Charleston branch. She’s unrelated to the slain motorist.

The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a parallel investigation with a local prosecutor into whether there were civil rights violations in the killing of Walter Scott.

The NAACP would like that expanded to a full probe of whether racism and lack of respect for civil rights is pervasive through the entire department — like the federal agency’s probe after of another black death at the hands of a law enforcement officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

North Charleston, which has suffered an image problem for much of its history, formed in 1972 from the merger of several small communities such as Liberty Hill,

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Bryan Williams, an engineer at the Pinewood facility, talks about how the leachate collection system works at the landfill using a cut-out model Friday afternoon.

“A lot of it was new to me,” Johnson said. “The scary part is what is not known.”

McElveen said he hopes the information gained can lead

Department of Corrections officials turned the investigation over to SLED in the days following the riot, and it was SLED who filed the warrants Friday.

According to the arresting affidavits, the riot sparked in the prison’s Chesterfield Unit when Roberson refused to cooperate with correctional officers who were searching him for

to action to protect Lake Marion.

“I think it was very informative,” McElveen said. “It didn’t answer all my ques-

weapons. The warrants indicate he did conceal a homemade knife, commonly referred to as a “shank,” in his possession.

Roberson allegedly assaulted an associate warden and three other officers during the search, causing other inmates to “grow rowdy and aggressive” toward the prison guards, warrants stated.

tions or all my concerns. I would like to see us be proactive on this. It will be a lot less expensive to deal with this before something happens.”

The warrants also indicated that a group of inmates chased one of the guards as he tried to flee the unit on foot with at least three of the pursuing prisoners stabbing the guard in the back with shanks as they tracked him.

Wallace tried stabbing two corrections officers during the riot, warrants alleged.

which was first settled by free blacks and freed slaves at the end of the Civil War. With just more than 100,000 people, North Charleston grew by nearly 16,500 people, or about 20 percent, from 2000 to 2010. More than half of its residents are minorities, mostly blacks.

Despite the effects of spillover prosperity from affluent Charleston next door, poverty endures in pockets in North Charleston. About 28 percent of its families make less than $25,000 a year, according to the U.S. Census.

For years, it battled an economic slump caused by the mid-1990s closing of Charleston Naval Base on the city’s waterfront. For decades, city fortunes were tied to the base, where 38,000 people worked in the late 1980s amid illegal tattoo parlors and prostitution that were the seedy hallmarks of many military towns late last century.

But the city had plenty of land and proximity to booming Charleston, itself bounded on three sides by water. North Charleston has since bounced back, largely because of a huge investment by Boeing, which has a 787 aircraft manufacturing plant in the city

and employs about 7,500 people in South Carolina, most in North Charleston.

Now North Charleston reaches from upscale subdivisions of $700,000 homes near the banks of the Ashley River through a thriving commercial district with its coliseum and outlets malls along Interstate 26 to the older, impoverished black neighborhoods near the old naval base.

And those poor and black residents have learned to band together and be cautious around a police force that is nearly 80 percent white. Several residents across the city this week told the same story about what they do when an officer turns on the lights to pull them over. They said they immediately call a friend to see if they are nearby and can walk over to be a witness to a traffic stop.

If no one is close, the phone is kept on and placed on the seat in or the console so the person on the other end can listen, just in case.

“We’ve learned you have to have witnesses,” said one resident, 25-year-old Robert Blanton.

Blacks were routinely putting their hands in the air when police confronted them

for years before “Hands up, Don’t shoot” became a slogan against aggressive policing in the wake of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, according to Blanton. He said he has been stopped plenty of times for simply walking around his neighborhood after dark.

“I wonder — do they do that to whites walking in their neighborhood?” Blanton said.

North Charleston Police would say ‘yes.’ The department has refused to talk about its crime-fighting strategies in the days since Scott was killed and officer Michael Slager was charged with murder, saying they want to wait until after Scott’s funeral Saturday out of respect for his family.

But in a 2012 article in The Post and Courier of Charleston, then-Police Chief Jon Zumalt justified his more aggressive approach by saying it ensured people were obeying the law.

And even if traffic stops didn’t lead to arrests, it got the word out that North Charleston was serious about fighting crime, he told the newspaper, which reported traffic stops in the city increased by about 3,000 to nearly 64,000 in 2011.

Numbers gathered by the state back that up. North Charleston had 26 murders in 2007 and 13 murders in 2012.

The number of robberies in that five-year span fell 66 percent, while the number of burglaries dropped 29 percent, according to SLED figures.

Dot Scott, the local NAACP president who lives in North Charleston, said creating something akin to a police state shouldn’t equal success.

“When you take people’s liberty from them to see if they are a criminal, that’s not accepted. And I don’t think it would be accepted in a nonpredominantly African American neighborhood,” she said.

Zumalt retired in 2012, and the city hired current chief Eddie Driggers. That hiring sparked curiosity because Driggers was known more as a police chaplain than an administrator.

His style was in stark contrast to the hard charging, tough-on-crime earlier chiefs.

He tried to show empathy toward African Americans, even if he struggled to change the culture of traffic stops and harassment, said the Rev. Joseph Darby, the vice president of Charleston’s NAACP branch.

Elizabeth was employed with Cypress Nursing Home for more than 20 years.

She leaves to cherish her memories: one daughter, Hattie (David) Dowdy of Sumter; five sons, Eddie (Shirley Ann) Mack Jr., Roosevelt (Stella) Mack, Richard (Michelle) Mack, Chris (Crystal) Mack, all of Sumter, and Julius (Carolyn) Mack of Raeford, North Carolina; a special grand whom she reared, Shaneque L. Mack; one sister-in-law, Hattie Pinckney of Sumter; one brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Jones of Brooklyn, New York; one brother-in-law, William Mack of Brooklyn, New York; two uncles, Joseph Jones and William Whittleton; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Mrs. Mack will be placed in the church today at 2:30 p.m. for viewing until the hour of service.

The funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church, 160 N. Kings Highway, Sumter, with the Rev. Laddie Howard officiating Family will be receiving friends at the home of her

daughter, 1027 Mayfield Drive, Sumter.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the Web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

and aunt, Kenny and Kathie Creel; and an aunt, Linda Coffey.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Rhonda Stephens; and grandparents, Maxie B. and Louise Creel.

A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. today in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation, 2700 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 310, Tampa, Florida, 33607.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

DOROTHY SANDERS

OBITUARIES JULIAN B. ALLEN Julian Barrett Allen, 90, died Friday, April 10, 2015, at Covenant Place.

Services will be announced by the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter. (803) 775-9386.

ELIZABETH J. MACK Elizabeth Jones Mack, widow of Eddie Mack Sr. and daughter of the late Julius and Rosa Garrett Jones, was born Oct. 30, 1936, in Wedgefield. She departed this life on Monday, April 6, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County.

She was a lifelong faithful member of Wayman Chapel A.M.E. She enjoyed fishing, cooking, sewing and making church hats.

MARY C. LEWIS Mary Cook Lewis, 65, widow of Daniel Lewis, died Thursday, April 9, 2015, at her home. Born May 16, 1949, she was the daughter of Isaac B. and Francis Boone Cooke.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 56 Cooks Lane, Dalzell.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

PATRICIA E. DOUGLAS Patricia Elaine Douglas, 47, died Thursday, April 9, 2015, in High Point, North Carolina.

Survivors include her mother, Patricia Creel; a son, Wendell S. Hannon Jr.; two sisters, Cathy Love and Jeannie Thompson; her best and closest friend, Wendell N. Hannon; a loving and caring uncle

NORRIS THOMAS Norris Thomas entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late James and Josephine West Thomas.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 1350 Burton Road, Pinewood.

Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton, (803) 485-4280.

Dorothy Sanders, 77, widow of Albert Sanders, died Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Dec. 5, 1937, in Kershaw County, she was the daughter of Marshall Robinson and Magnolia Murray.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 3520 Bonanza Court, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

JAMES D. HARRELSON James “Jimbo” Dow Harrelson Jr., 64, husband of Kim Brown Harrelson, died Friday, April 10, 2015, at his home.

Services will be announced by the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

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AROUND TOWN sociation will meet at 4 p.m.

The Rembert Area Community on Thursday, April 16, at the Coalition’s third annual spring South HOPE Center, 1125 S. parade will be held 10 a.m.Lafayette Drive. Call Ferdinoon today at 7530 Pisgah Everybody loves a parade nand Burns at (803) 968-4464.

Road, Rembert.

Activities will follow the parade. CamA benefit gala for the Boys and den Mayor Tony Scully will Girls Club of Lee County will be serve as grand marshal. For held 6-8 p.m. on Friday, April information, call Dr. Juanita 17, at the Opera House, 109 Britton at (803) 420-1255, Main St., Bishopville. This is Charlie Dennis at (803) 316a fundraiser benefit to initi8206, Lottie Spencer at (803) ate a Boys and Girls Club in 464-3296, Sadie Jenkins at Lee County through the Sal(803) 424-1523 or Harry vation Army. Purchased indiMcLeod at (803) 549-2282. vidual tickets for $30 or a The AARP Foundation Volunteer table of eight for $300. Table Tax-Aide Program will offer free seating will guarantee group seating together. Dinner will income tax assistance for lowbe served at 6 p.m., followed income or elderly taxpayers. by entertainment provided You will need: all tax forms by local youth. Dinner will be and information; government-issued ID; Social Secu- provided by youth volunrity card; all W-2’s, 1099s and teers in the Lee Central culinary arts program. Tickets 1098s; and supporting documents if you plan to itemize. available at Lee County Chamber of Commerce or Assistance will be available Lee County First Steps office.

9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Mondays Call Ruby Gibbs at (803) 468and Wednesdays through 8340 or Brenda Golden at April 13 at The Spectrum se(803) 651-1893. nior center, 1989 Durant Lane. Call (803) 316-0772.

Lee County EMS Community Outreach will host a health fair Free income tax filing services 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, and FAFSA application assisApril 18, at Concord United tance will be provided Methodist Church in the Lucthrough April 15 as follows: know community.

9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, SC Works — Santee The VFW Post 11078, SummerLynches, 31 E. Calhoun St., ton, will met at 6 p.m. on (803) 774-1300; 9:30 a.m.-4 Tuesday, April 21, at its p.m. Fridays, 3-8 p.m. Saturheadquarters on Canty days, appointments only on Street. All members and poSundays, Goodwill — Job tential new members are inLink Center, 1028 Broad St., vited.

(803) 774-5006; and 9:30 a.m.The Sumter County Educator’s 7 p.m. Thursdays and 9:30 Association-Retired will meet a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Lee at noon on Wednesday, April County Adult Education, 123 22, at the North HOPE Center, E. College St., Bishopville, 904 N. Main St. New mem(803) 484-4040. For details, bers are encouraged to atcall Ms. Samuels at (803) tend and join. Call Brenda 240-8355.

Bethune at (803) 469-6588.

Sumter County League of The Single Parent Institute will Women Voters will meet at 6 meet 5:30-6:30 p.m. on p.m. on Monday, April 13, at Wednesday, April 22, at the the Sumter County AdminisBirnie HOPE Center. For intration Building, 13 E. Canal formation, call Dr. Quaneck St., third floor. Topic of disWalkes at (803) 223-9408 or cussion will be roads and singleparentinstitute@quabridges in Sumter County, neck.com. Find the group on presented by Karen Hyatt, assistant Public Works direc- Facebook.

VFW Post 10813 will hold its tor for Sumter County. monthly “Wine, Cheese, Music The Sumter Chapter of the Na& more ...” event from 5 to 9 tional Federation of the Blind p.m. on Sunday, April 26, at will meet at 7 p.m. on Tues610 Manning Ave. Donations day, April 14, at Shiloh-Ranare welcome to help support dolph Manor. Janae Stowe, Santee-Lynches ADRC, I&R/A veterans and families programs. Call (803) 773-6700.

Manager, will speak. TransSt. Anne Catholic School’s sixth portation provided with the annual benefit auction will be mileage radius. Contact held from 6 to 10 p.m. on FriDebra Canty, chapter presiday, May 1, at the O’Donnell dent, at DebraCanC2@frontier.com or at (803) 775-5792. House. This event will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, Lincoln High School Class of music, a cash bar and silent 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on auction. Rafe, master of cerThursday, April 16, at American Legion Post 202, 310 Pal- emonies from J.R. Dixon Auctions, will also conduct a live metto St. Class from 1960 auction. Tickets are $25 per through 1969 are welcome person. All proceeds will and encouraged to send a benefit St. Anne Catholic representative to help plan School and assist in continuthe reunion celebrating the ing its various programs and Modern Civil Rights Movefunding scholarships. Call ment. Call Ferdinand Burns (803) 775-3632 for tickets or at (803) 968-4464. more information.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t take EUGENIA LAST others for granted or let anyone take advantage of you.

Being in the limelight will be unnerving, but will also help you advance. A networking function will lead to new beginnings.

Explore your options and expand your interests.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will pick up unusual information if you listen to someone older or more experienced than you. Attending an antique auction or a flea market will be interesting, but might tempt you to overspend on items you do not need. Love is highlighted.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Avoid anyone asking for too much of your time, cash or services. Don’t be daunted by the changes going on around you. Focus on what’s important to you and getting ahead using your skills and expertise. Romance will improve your personal life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Professional and personal changes look positive. You can give your reputation a boost by sharing your ideas and plans for the future.

Opportunities are apparent, but should not be confused with a costly venture that someone tries to lure you into.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Travel, activities and getting physical should be on your agenda.

Romance will be enticing, but should be handled with caution.

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Making unusual changes at home will help you expand an interest, but you must avoid going over budget.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A moneymaking opportunity is apparent. Home improvements and long-term investments will help to stabilize your financial position. Romance is on the rise and will help bring you closer to someone you think is pretty special.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take a step back and listen to what’s being said. It’s important that you don’t let last-minute changes upset you or stop you from doing what you want to do. Refuse to let emotional issues lead to isolation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Check out the job market, update your resume or consider getting into a partnership. A relationship that means a lot to you should be nurtured. Make special plans for two, and you will leave a lasting impression.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Follow your intuition. Take note of what everyone around you is doing. A conservative move will help you remain in control as well as bring you one step closer to your goal.

Check out unusual ways to use your expertise.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emotional matters will escalate, causing friction with a partner or someone you live with. Look for a way to put an end to any problem that has the potential to escalate. Make love, not war, and you will come out on top.

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SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Hagrid, a 6-month-old gray and white neutered male American short hair, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. He is sweet, shy, gentle, affectionate, friendly and great with other cats. He is also housebroken. Hagrid would make a super companion. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog, treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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Mastering the field Spieth sets lowest 36-hole score in Augusta course history

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga.— Jordan Spieth made Friday feel like Sunday at the Masters.

Fans rose to their feet and applauded when Spieth walked onto the 12th tee, and for the next two hours, ovations greeted him on tee boxes and greens.

The red numINSIDE ber next to his name on Par Scores and the leadertee times. board — 14Page B4 under par — was better than 11 of the last 13 winners.

It was easy to forget the Masters was only half over.

When the 21-year-old Texan tapped in for par and a 6-under 66, he broke the 36hole record at the Masters that had stood for 39 years.

Spieth was at 14-under 130, a two-day total matched by only three other players in major championship history.

And his five-shot lead over Charley Hoffman looked even larger considering that Spieth was a runner-up in his Masters debut last year, and he came to Augusta this year as the hottest player in golf.

“I got standing ovations walking to multiple greens,” Spieth said. “I mean, that’s

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Jordan Spieth holds up his ball after a birdie on the 15th hole during Friday’s second round of the Masters in Augusta, Ga. Speith broke the 36hole record after shooting a 6-under 66, breaking a mark that had stood for 39 years. something you can only dream about. It’s Friday, too.

I’d like to have the same thing happening on Sunday. Got a lot of work to do before that happens.”

Hoffman tried to keep pace with Spieth and ran off three birdies on the back nine until closing with a bogey for a 68.

MASTERS LEADERBOARD 1 Jordan Spieth -14 2 Charley Hoffman -9 3 Justin Rose -7 T4 Dustin Johnson -7 T4 Paul Casey -7

He was five shots behind at 135, a score that would have been leading at 36 holes in the

last three Masters. Hoffman didn’t care about that.

“It’s this year. It’s not any other year,” he said. “I’m just playing golf and I’ve only played 36 holes. And we’ve got a lot of golf left.”

Dustin Johnson opened with a double bogey, and then became the first player in

Masters history to make three eagles in one round. A bogey from the trees on the last hole gave him a 67, and he was seven shots behind, along with Justin Rose (70).

Tiger Woods showed more improvement with a 69 — his

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PREP FOOTBALL

USC FOOTBALL

Epps, Briggs guided LMA to special season

Cooper, standouts won’t play in spring game

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News

The numbers told the story: if Laurence Manning Academy’s Tyshawn Epps touched the football a big play was likely going to happen.

Swampcats head coach Robbie Briggs made a point to get the ball into Epps’ hands as much as possible.

That helped LMA to an 11-3 record and a SCISA 3A state runner-up finish, the program’s first since it went 13-0 won the 1997 state title.

Because of that, Epps has been selected as The Sumter Item Independent Player of BRIGGS the Year and Briggs The Sumter Item Independent Coach of the Year.

“I had a good season, but the main thing was over the summer all of our guys wanted to do what it takes to become a better team,” Epps said of the team’s success.

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ALL-INDEPENDENT TEAM OFFENSE QB – J.T. Eppley, Laurence Manning RB – Tyshawn Epps, Laurence Manning RB – Robert James, Wilson Hall RB – John Ballard, Wilson Hall WR – Brent Carraway, Wilson Hall WR – Cody Hoover, Wilson Hall WR – Cody Segura, Thomas Sumter OL – Thomas McGinnis, Wilson Hall OL – Tillman Tumbleston, Laurence Manning OL – Todd Larrimer, Laurence Manning OL – Walker Ard, Wilson Hall OL – Travis Christmas, Robert E. Lee PK – Josh Martin, Laurence Manning All-Purpose – Dustin Way, Clarendon Hall DEFENSE DL – Mac Davis, Clarendon Hall DL – Chris Godwin, Robert E. Lee DL – Patrick Kuzbary, Thomas Sumter DL – Will Watson, Wilson Hall LB – Alex Glasscock, Robert E. Lee LB – John Wells Baker, Wilson Hall LB – Sam Watford, Wilson Hall

LB – Tripp Mason, Laurence Manning DB – Tony Cruz, Laurence Manning DB – Tee Outlaw, Robert E. Lee DB – Adam Lowder, Laurence Manning DB – Cagney Brunson, Laurence Manning P – McLendon Sears, Wilson Hall HONORABLE MENTION Maleke Davis, Laurence Manning; Josh Edwards, Laurence Manning; Josh Gentile, Wilson Hall; Weston Green, Robert E. Lee; Brandon Harbour, Wilson Hall; Austin Hudson, Thomas Sumter; Brandon Hutson, Laurence Manning; Michael Lowery, Wilson Hall; Davis Martin, Laurence Manning; Edward McMillan, Wilson Hall; Cameron Menser, Laurence Manning; Dalton Miller, Wilson Hall; Walker Patrick, Wilson Hall; Brian Prewitt, Thomas Sumter; Dawson Price, Wilson Hall; James Rabon, Thomas Sumter; Olin Robinson, Laurence Manning; Trey Thomas, Clarendon Hall; Tristan Whitaker, Wilson Hall; Oren Wilkes, Thomas Sumter; Robert Young, Wilson Hall.

nations from the coaches at Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning Academy, Thomas Sumter Academy, Robert E. Lee Academy and Clarendon Hall. The team includes 10 players from Wilson Hall, nine from LMA, four from REL and two apiece from TSA and Clarendon Hall.

Laurence Manning’s

COLUMBIA— Fans coming to see a lot of star wide receiver Pharoh Cooper in the University of South Carolina football team’s Garnet & Black game today will be disappointed.

The annual spring intrasquad game set to start at noon at Williams-Brice Stadium will be all about those who have yet to have their day in the sun but will be needed if the Gamecocks are to improve on last season’s 7-6 record.

“I’ll tell you exCOOPER actly how much Pharoh is going to play right now,” said co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Steve Spurrier Jr. “He’ll play one snap. Maybe we will put him in for the double pass in the middle of the game.

“We don’t have a bunch of stars, but the stars we do have will not play a lot in this scrimmage.”

That means a lot of players attempting to get the attention of the coaching staff will be on the field a lot.

Probably the position where no one will be held out is offensive line, where only six

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SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Laurence Manning Academy running back Tyshawn Epps (4) was named The Sumter Item’s Independent Player of the Year. He rushed for 2,167 yards and 32 touchdowns on 172 attempts to lead his team to its best offensive output in school history and a berth in the SCISA 3A state title game.

27 SCISA players earn Item honors

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Twenty-seven athletes from the five local South Carolina Independent School Association football programs have been chosen to The Sumter Item All--Independent football team.

The team is chosen by The Sumter Item sports department based on nomi-

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SPORTS ITEMS

Sumter Speedway opens new season The 2015 racing season at Sumter Speedway begins today starting at 7 p.m.

Gates will open at 5 with racing action starting at 7. Grandstand tickets are $10 for adults and pit passes are $20 for adults.

Several familiar faces are expected to be on hand as well as several newcomers looking to make their names known. There will be a similar field of divisions as in 2014 with a few minor tweaks.

The classes that will be offered at the Extreme 4, Stock Four, Crate Late Model, Outlaw Hobby, Stock V8, Street Stock and Super Street.

SKIB jamborees begin this weekend at Palmetto Park The SKIB Baseball & Softball Jamboree will be held on Saturday at Palmetto Park. There will be five scrimmages every 35 minutes until the last set of scrimmages set for a 12:35 p.m. start. There will be three scrimmages at that time.

The baseball leagues that will play at 6-year-old, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. The softball leagues are Ponytails, Angels, Sweeties and Darlings. The T-Ball teams will also scrimmage.

BUSCH EDGES TEAMMATE HARVICK FOR POLE IN TEXAS RACE

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kurt Busch is on the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Texas.

Busch edged defending series champion Kevin Harvick with a run of 193.847 mph on the high-banked 1 1/2-mile track Friday.

The Duck Commander 500 is Saturday night.

It’s the second pole of the season for Busch, who also took the top qualifying spot in Fontana, California. But it’s the first time he has taken the top qualifying spot in Texas, where he has three career top-10 finishes and one win.

Harvick will start on the front row in Texas for the first time after turning a lap of 193.722. Busch and Harvick, teammates with Stewart-Haas Racing, also started 1-2 in California.

Brad Keselowski was third at 193.195 mph, followed by Kasey Kahne.

LAUREN HILL, WHO MADE INSPIRATIONAL LAYUP, DIES OF TUMOR

CINCINNATI — Lauren Hill’s teammates and coaches are remembering the 19-year-old college basketball player with her own inspiring words: “Never give up.”

An example she lived by as she fought a brain tumor and rallied those around her to help her achieve her dream of playing in a game.

Hill attended the Division III school and played after being diagnosed with the inoperable tumor. She spent her final year polishing a layup and inspiring others to live fully.

STEELERS SAFETY POLAMALU RETIRES

PITTSBURGH — His flowing locks bouncing off the top of his No. 43 jersey, Troy Polamalu spent more than a decade flying across football fields as the heady but humble backbone of a defense that fueled the Pittsburgh Steelers’ return to the NFL’s elite.

Polamalu, an eight-time Pro Bowler and 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is retiring after 12 seasons, telling the only team he’s ever played for that it’s time for the next phase of his life. Polamalu’s retirement was first reported by the Uniontown (Pa.) Herald-Standard.

WISCONSIN FORWARD DEKKER ENTERING NBA DRAFT

MILWAUKEE — Sam Dekker cooled off, as promised, after Wisconsin’s tough loss to Duke in the NCAA title game before making the most important decision yet of his young basketball career.

The forward is skipping his senior season with the Badgers to enter the NBA draft.

COLLEGE BASEBALL CLEMSON 15 BOSTON COLLEGE 6 CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. - Matthew Crownover pitched 6.0 scoreless innings and Clemson broke the game open with five runs in the seventh inning in its 15-6 victory over Boston College at Commander Shea Field on Friday afternoon.

The series continues today at 1:30 p.m.

MLB TIGERS 8 INDIANS 4 CLEVELAND — Alfredo Simon took a shutout into the sixth in his debut for Detroit and Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer as the Tigers won their fourth straight, 8-4 over Cleveland on Friday to spoil the Indians’ home opener in their remodeled ballpark.

BLUE JAYS 12 ORIOLES 5

BALTIMORE — As the strikeouts mounted and his hitless streak endured, Jose Bautista ended an earlyseason slump by going 3 for 3 and scoring four runs as Toronto ruined the Baltimore Orioles’ home opener with a 12-5 victory Friday.

TWINS 6

CHICAGO — Tommy Milone pitched two-hit ball into the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins got their first win under manager Paul Molitor, beating the White Sox 6-0 Friday in Chicago’s home opener.

From staff, wire reports

Swampcat trio tosses 5-inning perfect game

JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL LAURENCE MANNING 9 ORANGEBURG PREP 1

ORANGEBURG – Dalton Page struck out eight and the LMA JV baseball team earned a 9-1 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Friday at the Indians field.

Cole Hair, Dawson Hatfield and Trent Frye each had two hits

for the Swampcats.

MANNING 9 CRESTWOOD 6

Five Crestwood players tallied hits but it wasn’t enough as the Knights fell 9-6 to Manning on Friday in the Sumter High JV Spring Break tournament at Gamecock Field.

Jesse Lucas took the loss on the mound for Crestwood after allowing four earned runs over six innings.

VARSITY SOCCER PORTER-GAUD 4 LAURENCE MANNING 0 MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Porter-Gaud 4-0 on Thursday at the LMA field.

Luke Decosta had two shots on goal for LMA.

GIRLS VARSITY SOFTBALL LAURENCE MANNING 12 NORTHWOOD 1

SCOREBOARD

Colorado San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona San Diego

TV, RADIO TODAY

7:40 a.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match – Everton vs. Swansea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match – Aston Villa vs. Tottenham (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11:45 a.m. – High School Baseball: Lugoff-Elgin at Camden (WPUB-FM 102.7).

Noon – College Softball: Radford at Coastal Carolina (ESPNU).

Noon – College Baseball: Missouri at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: South Carolina Garnet & Black Spring Game from Columbia (WNKT-FM 107.5).

12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match – Burnley vs. Arsenal (WIS 10).

1 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Army at Navy (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: Family Circle Cup Semifinal Match from Charleston (ESPN2).

1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Boston at New York Yankees (FOX SPORTS 1).

2 p.m. – College Softball: Auburn at Texas A&M (ESPNU).

2 p.m. – College Football: Clemson Orange & White Spring Game from Clemson (WWBDFM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7).

3 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Minnesota at St. Louis or San Jose at Los Angeles (WIS 10).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters Third Round from Augusta, Ga. (WLTX 19).

3 p.m. – College Softball: Pacific at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

3 p.m. – High School Basketball: Nike Hoop Summit from Portland, Ore. – USA Junior National Select Team vs. World Select Team (ESPN2).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: Mississippi at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK).

4 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League Eastern Conference Playoffs Series Game Two – Fort Wayne at Maine (ESPNEWS).

4 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Syracuse at North Carolina (ESPNU).

4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Seattle at Oakland or Detroit at Cleveland (MLB NETWORK).

4:30 p.m. – Horse Racing: Lexington Stakes and Jenny Wiley Stakes from Lexington, Ky. (FOX SPORTS 1).

5 p.m. – College Softball: Louisiana State at Tennessee (ESPN).

5 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Louisiana Pole Qualifying from Avondale, La. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Penn State at Johns Hopkins (ESPNU).

6 p.m. – College Baseball: South Carolina at Florida (SEC NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5).

6 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Tigres vs. Cruz Azul (UNIVISION).

7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Duck Commander 500 from Fort Worth, Texas (WACH 57, WEGX-FM 92.9).

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Detroit at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Milwaukee or New York Mets at Atlanta (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Boston at Tampa Bay (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. – College Hockey: NCAA Tournament Frozen Four Championship Match from Boston (ESPN).

7:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Toronto at Miami (NBA TV).

8 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters Third Round from Augusta, Ga. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Bowling: NCAA Women’s Championship from St. Louis (ESPNU).

8 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – America vs. Monterrey (UNIVISION).

8:30 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Andy Lee vs.

Peter Quillen for the WBO Middleweight Title and Danny Garcia vs. Lamont Peterson in a Middleweight Bout from Brooklyn, N.Y. (WIS 10).

9 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Kansas City at Los Angeles Angels (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Football: Florida Spring Game from Gainesville, Fla. (SEC NETWORK).

10 p.m. – Arena Football: Los Angeles at Las Vegas (ESPN).

10 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Memphis at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV).

10:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Arizona at Arizona State (ESPNU).

1:30 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Chinese Grand Prix from Shanghai (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2 a.m. – NHL Hockey: Nashville at Dallas (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

NORTH CHARLESTON – Laurence Manning Academy defeated Northwood 12-1 in five innings on Thursday at the Northwood field.

Brooke Ward led the LMA offense, picking up three hits and driving in two runs. Baylee Elms was 2-for-with a double and two RBI, Hannah Hodge had two doubles and Abbie Beard and Dakota Jackson both had two hits.

Lundee Olsen was the winning pitcher.

She allowed one hit with five strikeouts and five walks.

On Wednesday in St. Matthews, Courtney Beatson tossed a 3-hit shutout with seven strikeouts at LMA beat Calhoun Academy 8-0.

Hodge was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Sarah Herbert had two hits.

Cora Lee Downer had a hit and two runs and Maggie Eppley and Ashton Rogers both had a hit, a run and an RBI.

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Pct 1.000 .750 .667 .333 .250

GB – 1/2 1 2 21/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 3 San Francisco 1, San Diego 0, 12 innings Boston 6, Philadelphia 2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

St. Louis (Wacha 0-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 0-1) at Miami (Cosart 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Washington (Fister 0-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Worley 0-0) at Milwaukee (Nelson 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 0-0) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-0), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0) at Arizona (Bradley 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 1-0) at San Diego (Shields 0-0), 8:40 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION y-Toronto Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia New York SOUTHEAST DIVISION z-Atlanta x-Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando CENTRAL DIVISION y-Cleveland x-Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit

W 46 36 36 18 15

L 32 42 42 61 63

Pct .590 .462 .462 .228 .192

GB – 10 10 281/2 31

W 59 45 35 33 25

L 19 33 44 45 53

Pct .756 .577 .443 .423 .321

GB – 14 241/2 26 34

W 51 47 38 35 30

L 27 32 40 43 48

Pct .654 .595 .487 .449 .385

GB – 41/2 13 16 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W 53 53 53 47 42

L 25 25 26 31 36

Pct .679 .679 .671 .603 .538

GB – – 1/2 6 11

W 51 42 36 29 16

L 28 36 42 49 62

Pct .646 .538 .462 .372 .205

GB – 81/2 141/2 211/2 341/2

W L z-Golden State 64 15 x-L.A. Clippers 53 26 Phoenix 39 40 Sacramento 27 51 L.A. Lakers 20 58 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

Pct .810 .671 .494 .346 .256

GB – 11 25 361/2 431/2

x-Houston x-Memphis x-San Antonio x-Dallas New Orleans NORTHWEST DIVISION y-Portland Oklahoma City Utah Denver Minnesota PACIFIC DIVISION

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Chicago 89, Miami 78 Golden State 116, Portland 105

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Baltimore 2 Boston 2 Toronto 2 New York 1 Tampa Bay 1 CENTRAL DIVISION W Detroit 3 Kansas City 3 Cleveland 2 Chicago 0 Minnesota 0 WEST DIVISION W Los Angeles 2 Oakland 2 Texas 2 Houston 1 Seattle 1

W 3 3 2 1 1

TODAY’S GAMES

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

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AREA ROUNDUP

ORANGEBURG – J.T. Eppley, Cagney Brunson and Buddy Bleasdale combined on a 5-inning perfect game as the Laurence Manning Academy varsity baseball team earned a 12-0 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Friday at the Indians field.

Brunson and Morgan Morris each had two hits and two stolen bases for the Swampcats. Adam Lowder homered and drove in four while Todd Larrimer collected two hits and three RBI.

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L 1 1 1 2 2

Pct .667 .667 .667 .333 .333

GB – – – 1 1

L 0 0 1 3 3

Pct 1.000 1.000 .667 .000 .000

GB – – 1 3 3

L 1 2 2 2 2

Pct .667 .500 .500 .333 .333

GB – 1/2 1/2 1 1

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Detroit 7, Minnesota 1 Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland 5, Houston 1 Texas 10, Oakland 1 Boston 6, Philadelphia 2 Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 3

W 49 49 42 42 41 37 30 23

L 22 24 25 26 27 29 44 49

OT 10 8 14 13 13 15 7 8

Pts 108 106 98 97 95 89 67 54

GF 217 259 233 235 211 203 208 159

GA 186 209 221 214 208 221 258 268

W 52 45 46 42 40 33 32 30

L 22 25 28 26 35 30 35 40

OT 7 11 6 12 5 18 14 11

Pts 111 101 98 96 85 84 78 71

GF 248 240 245 218 227 214 179 188

GA 190 199 224 207 244 231 213 224

OT 7 10 6 8 13 10 12

Pts 107 104 102 100 97 90 88

GF 244 231 227 229 225 257 216

GA 199 204 186 197 209 259 225

WESTERN CONFERENCE

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 0-1), 2:10 p.m.

Seattle (Happ 0-0) at Oakland (Gray 1-0), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Price 1-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-1), 4:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 0-1) at Miami (Cosart 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 0-0) at Baltimore (U. Jimenez 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (R.Hernandez 0-0) at Texas (Gallardo 0-1), 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 8:05 p.m.

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

GP 81 81 81 81 81 81 81

W 50 47 48 46 42 40 38

L 24 24 27 27 26 31 31

GP W L OT Pts y-Anaheim 81 50 24 7 107 x-Vancouver 81 47 29 5 99 x-Calgary 81 45 29 7 97 Los Angeles 81 39 27 15 93 San Jose 81 40 32 9 89 Edmonton 81 24 44 13 61 Arizona 81 24 49 8 56 NOTE: Two points for a win, one overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

GF GA 234 225 236 217 240 211 216 204 227 228 193 277 169 270 point for

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Colorado 1, Winnipeg 0, SO Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Carolina 3, Philadelphia 1 Montreal 4, Detroit 3, OT Tampa Bay 4, New Jersey 3, OT Florida 4, Boston 2 St. Louis 2, Chicago 1 Minnesota 4, Nashville 2 Calgary 3, Los Angeles 1 San Jose 3, Edmonton 1 Vancouver 5, Arizona 0

FRIDAY’S GAMES

NATIONAL LEAGUE

By The Associated Press EAST DIVISION W Atlanta 3 New York 2 Philadelphia 1 Washington 1 Miami 0 CENTRAL DIVISION W Cincinnati 3 Chicago 1 St. Louis 1 Milwaukee 0 Pittsburgh 0 WEST DIVISION

GP x-Montreal 81 x-Tampa Bay 81 x-Detroit 81 Ottawa 81 Boston 81 Florida 81 Toronto 81 Buffalo 80 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP N.Y. Rangers 81 x-Washington 81 x-N.Y. Islanders 80 Pittsburgh 80 Columbus 80 Philadelphia 81 New Jersey 81 Carolina 81

N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.

L 0 1 2 2 3

Pct 1.000 .667 .333 .333 .000

GB – 1 2 2 3

L 0 1 1 3 3

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .000

GB – 11/2 11/2 3 3

TODAY’S GAMES

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 12:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 12:30 p.m.

Calgary at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Florida, 7 p.m.

Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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Sumter Item 2014 Independent Football Team OFFENSE DEFENSE

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Tigers to focus on special teams in spring game

BY SCOTT KEEPFER Greenville News

CLEMSON ORANGE & WHITE GAME

CLEMSON— One of key things to watch at Clemson’s Spring Game on Saturday will be all aspects of the kicking game – the kicking, the blocking and the returning.

The kicking game will be “live” on Saturday, offering the coaches – and fans – a realistic look at some of the strengths and weaknesses of the respective units.

“I think that’s important,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “We’ve got some return guys that we need to find out more about. And we’ve got some

USC FROM PAGE B1 players are available. That means they all will play for both teams.

According to co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Shawn Elliott, having only a few players at his position during the spring was a plus.

“This is an opportunity for your young guys to get out there and play,” Elliott said.

“That’s what you want. You

WHEN: Today at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Memorial Stadium in Clemson RADIO: WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7

young guys from a coverage and protection standpoint that we need to put a little pressure on; same thing with our kickers.”

Returning starting placekicker Ammon Lakip has been “OK,” according to Swinney, but his backups have been “incredibly inconsistent.”

That inconsistency by the kickers,

WHEN: Today at Noon WHERE: Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia RADIO: WNKT-FM 107.5

want to gain valuable reps for those guys that haven’t been in game-type situations.

“You try to limit the reps for the guys who have been there. This is an opportunity to implement our scheme and our offense to those

“We wanted to be in the conversation – we wanted to be the Wilson Halls, the Hammonds — so we worked hard in the weight room, came in and relied on each other as a team, did what it took, took one game at a time.”

The senior running back had 2,167 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns on 172 attempts, leading his team to its best offensive output in school history.

He was named the SCISA Offensive Player of the Year by the Coaches Association, was a North-South participant and a 2-time Sumter Touchdown Club Player of the Week.

LMA scored 486 points while allowing just 149, good for a 34.7 offensive average and a 10.6 defensive average. The Swampcats scored at least 40 points three times, at least 50 four times and put up 69 points against Ben Lippen. In the win against the Falcons, Epps scored a school record eight TDs. “He was the first person to make

Tyshawn Epps is The Sumter Item Independent Player of the Year. Swampcats head coach Robbie Briggs, who led LMA to an 11-3 record and a 3A state runner-up finish, is The Sumter Item Independent Coach of the Year.

Epps rushed for 2,167 yards and 32 touchdowns on 172 carries. He also returned 12 kickoffs for 510 yards, a 42.5 per-return average, and one TD. As a cornerback on defense, Epps had 61 tackles and five interceptions.

The other running backs are Wilson Hall’s Robert James and John Ballard.

James rushed for 350 yards and three touchdowns on 65 carries and caught 24 passes for 341 yards and four TDs. As a defensive back, James had 55 tackles and three INTs. Ballard rushed for 772 yards and six scores on 122 carries and had 27 receptions for 273 yards and two touchdowns. As a DB, Ballard had 63 tackles and two interceptions. Both were SCISA allstate second team selections.

The quarterback is J.T. Eppley of LMA. Eppley rushed for 1,076 yards and 12 TDs on 145 carries.

The receivers are Brent Carraway and Cody Hoover of Wilson Hall and Cody Segura of TSA. Carraway had 24 catches for 363 yards and three scores. Hoover, a first team all-state selection, had 16 catches for 259 yards and five TDs and was 43-for-45 on extra-point attempts and 3-for-5 on field goals as the placekicker. Segura had 19 catches for 363 yards and four TDs. The offensive linemen are Thomas McGinnis and Walker Ard of Wilson Hall, Tillman Tumbleston and Todd Larrimer of LMA and Travis Christmas of REL. McGinnis graded out at 84.15 percent and was selected to the all-state first team.

combined with some less-than-stellar blocking efforts up front, have combined to lead to several blocked kicks, four of which have been blocked by defensive tackle Carlos Watkins.

“The flip side of that is I love what I’m seeing from the defense – the effort, the push,” Swinney said. “I love the fact that our field goal block team has had a great spring. I told them that we lead the nation in field goal blocks this spring.”

The Tigers also are looking to improve the return game, both on kickoff and punts. If the team were to play today, Wayne Gallman and T.J. Greene would drop back for the opening kick.

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younger guys who haven’t seen it and haven’t experienced it full speed.”

The ability to play in front of a large crowd inside Williams-Brice is exciting for players new to the program or having yet to receive play-

something out of nothing just with his straight-line speed,” Briggs said of Epps. “For example, the Ben Lippen game he rushed for 368 yards and eight touchdowns in one game. It wasn’t like it was by design; it was just every time he touched the ball somebody would miss and he was gone.”

Epps wasn’t just an offensive threat either. Briggs called him a 2-way player as he accounted for 61 tackles and five interceptions as a starting cornerback.

“I think a lot of people look at him as an offensive player, but he did a tremendous job starting for us at corner the last two years as well,” Briggs said.

“Even with all of his offensive accolades most people don’t realize that he was a 2-way player and he did a tremendous job for us on both sides of the ball.”

Briggs said his players and his coaching staff were the reason for the success he enjoyed as head coach.

“Anytime you have an award as a

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Ard graded out at 72.27 percent and was second team all-state.

Tumbleston graded out at 82 percent and had 34 knockdown blocks, while Larrimer graded out at 86 percent and had 23 knockdown blocks.

Tumbleston had 27 tackles on defense and Larrimer had 60 tackles and two INTs. Christmas graded out at 86 percent on offense and had 46 tackles and five quarterback sacks on the defensive line.

The placekicker is LMA’s Josh Martin. He was 6-for-8 on field goal attempts with a long of 42 yards and was 66 of 70 PATs. He averaged 42.5 yards per punt on 24 attempts and 72 percent of his kickoffs went for touchbacks.

The all-purpose player is Clarendon Hall’s Dustin Way. He completed 53 of 95 passes for 925 yards and 15 TDs and rushed for 1,068 yards and 12 TDs on 168 attempts as a quarterback. He also caught two passes for 44 yards and a score. On defense, Way had 57 tackles, three interceptions and broke up 10 passes.

The defensive line includes Mac Davis of Clarendon Hall, REL’s Chris Godwin, Patrick Kuzbary of TSA and Wilson Hall’s Will Watson.

Davis had 127 tackles, 16 ½ tackles for loss, eight quarterback sacks and 11 QB hurries. Godwin had 77 tackles, 23 TFLs and nine sacks. Kuzbary, a North-South all-star, had 73 tackles, two TFLs, two fumble recoveries, three caused fumbles and three hurries. Watson, a second team all-stater, had 79 tackles and eight sacks, returned an interception for a touchdown and returned a blocked punt for a TD.

ing time.

“A lot of us are getting equal reps, me Connor (Mitch) and Perry (Orth),” said freshman quarterback Michael Scarnecchia. “I think we’ve all progressed.

We have a new offense, so we’re trying to get a chemistry going.

“The spring game is going to be big for all of us because we get to play in front of a crowd and see who can manage the offense. I guess we’ll find out Saturday.”

head coach you’ve got to look at the players,” Briggs said. “We had great players this past season, they had great senior leadership and then we also have tremendous coaches that did a great job.”

Briggs’ staff included offensive coordinator Shawn McCord, defensive coordinator Elmer Bench, outside linebackers coach Ben Herod, defensive line coach Barry Hatfield, junior varsity head coach Al Nelson and B team head coach Dr. Ken Johnson.

Epps said it was a very memorable year.

“I think about how good of a team we were every day now,” Epps said.

“Still to this day I miss playing and I knew this would be the year for us to succeed. I knew if we worked hard for four or five years it would be for something like this.

“I knew we’d make history. We didn’t get the state title it’s sad to say, but I loved every moment of it and I would trade not one moment of it.”

The linebackers are REL’s Alex Glasscock, Wilson Hall’s John Wells Baker and Sam Watford and LMA’s Tripp Mason.

Glasscock, a North-South selection, had 108 tackles and three INTs. Baker, the High School Sports Report SCISA Defensive Player of the Year and a first team all-state pick, had 134 tackles and three sacks. Watford is a second team all-state pick and finished with 133 tackles, two fumble recoveries and three sacks. Mason had 136 tackles, three sacks, seven forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.

The defensive backs are Tony Cruz, Cagney Brunson and Adam Lowder of LMA

and Tee Outlaw of REL. Cruz had 139 tackles, eight interceptions and four PBUs. Brunson had 47 tackles, six picks and 14 PBUs. Lowder had 23 tackles, an interception on four passes broken up on defense and rushed for 716 yards and 11 TDs on 110 carries. Outlaw had 82 tackles and seven INTs in eight games.

Wilson Hall’s McLendon Sears is the punter, but he did far more than punt for the Barons. Sears had an average of 35.6 on 25 punts and as the WH quarterback he completed 95 of 139 passes for 1,369 yards and 16 TDs. Sears rushed for 659 yards and 14 scores on 114 carries.

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Keys, Hrdecka each surprise semifinalists at Family Circle

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CHARLESTON — Madison Keys and Lucie Hradecka are finding their games on clay and are both surprise semifinalists at the Family Circle Cup. Keys, the seventh seed, put on a dominating show to beat fellow American and one-time training partner Lauren Davis, 6-2, 6-2. Hrdecka, a qualifier from the Czech Republic, topped her second seeded player in as many days, knocking out No. 4 seed Sara Errani, 6-2, 6-4.

The two will square off Saturday for a spot in their first championship final of the year.

Third-seeded Andrea Petkovic brought some stability — and as defending champion, a familiar name — into the semifinals with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over qualifier Danka Kovinic. Petkovic will try and reach her second straight final here against either fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber or No. 13 seed IrinaCamelia Begu, who played Friday night.

The power-hitting Keys, 20, came into the even with a losing record on clay. Yet, she’s lost only nine games her first three matches here this week with a dazzling display of power and poise.

“I haven’t really had many complaints about how I’ve been playing,” Keys said. “Not trying to get too high on myself of anything like that. Just really trying to move forward and keep playing how I’m playing.”

That game made her impossible for Davis, 21, to match up with. Keys regularly sent serves in excess of 110 mph toward her opponent and, should the shot have been returned, sent back shots into the corners that appeared even faster.

Clay had been Keys least favorite surface — she was 11-13 on it the previous three years — and even she’s a bit stunned at her results. “It’s not the easiest game for me, being on clay,” she said. “But so far it’s been (a) pretty good transition.”

Hrdecka, ranked 110th coming in this week, had no such concerns about clay courts.

Of her 10 trips to semifinals as a professional, nine have come on the slower, softer surface.

This year, Hrdecka’s has had the added burden of qualifying to get into main draws as she did at Charleston. And Hrdecka has taken full advantage of it at the Family Circle.

She advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating eight-seed Caroline Garcia on Thursday, then followed that up with an easier than expected win over Errani — the Italian who had the most success on clay of any of the quarterfinalists.

Hrdecka rallied from 2-0 with six straight wins to take the first set. When Errani tied things up at four-all in the second set, Hrdecka responded by breaking the Italian’s serve before closing out things a game later.

Hrdecka, whose played six matches in seven days, remembers joking with her coach last Saturday after arriving in Charleston that she hoped they wouldn’t be getting off a plane, getting into a car, playing a match and then returning to the airport.

“It’s a week later and I’m

MASTER COMMENTARY

Finally, Tiger posts round worth getting warm and fuzzy over

BY JIM LITKE The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — The man was so darned agreeable from tee to green you half-expected his postround interview to begin: “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I’m Tiger Woods WOODS and I’ll be here all week.

Don’t forget to tip your server.”

If you thought Woods conducted himself like a recent charm-school graduate at a few Masters events earlier this week, you should have seen him Friday, when he finally put together a round of golf worth getting warm and fuzzy over. He laughed a lot, worked the crowd, chipped the ball reasonably well, and even cracked the occasional joke.

Shooting 69 will do that for a tortured soul, especially since that was the best number Woods has posted at Augusta National since the final round in 2011. It was miles better than anything in his only two outings in 2015: a missed cut at Phoenix and first-round withdrawal at Torrey Pines.

“All you gotta do is believe!” a fan along the ropes shouted as Woods strode to the ninth tee after back-to-back birdies.

Woods cracked a wide smile. “I hear you bro,”

he said.

Walking off the same tee a few minutes later, after his drive curled to a stop at the right edge of the fairway, Woods caught caddie Joe LaCava talking with a friend.

“Get your mind back on golf !” he barked at LaCava in mock anger, then nearly burst out laughing.

If those few moments of brilliance on the course were reminiscent of an earlier Woods, his demeanor was something almost entirely new. He isn’t sniffing any roses yet, but he certainly seems more interested in the view. After an absence of 11 years, Woods returned to the par-3 contest with his kids and girlfriend Lindsey Vonn in tow.

Instead of the thousandyard stare, he regularly made eye-contact with fans. Instead of threatening to helicopter a club down the fairway after a bad shot — as he did at No. 15 on Thursday — Woods simply dropped his head to his chest for a heartbeat, then quickly collected himself and headed down the fairway.

More telling, perhaps, he answered patiently when two of the seven questions he fielded postround were about Jordan Spieth, the 21-year-old Texan who’s stolen the spotlight and is threatening to run away with the tournament.

The old Tiger rarely made time to talk about anyone else.

MASTERS TEE TIMES The Associated Press At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. a-amateur Saturday Thirs Round 10:05 a.m. — Steve Stricker 10:15 a.m. — Lee Westwood, , Anirban Lahiri 10:25 a.m. — Matt Kuchar, Henrik Stenson 10:35 a.m. — Sangmoon Bae, Cameron Tringale 10:45 a.m. — Morgan Hoffmann, Jason Dufner 10:55 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Ian Poulter 11:05 a.m. — Rickie Fowler, Vijay Singh 11:15 a.m. — Jamie Donaldson, Jimmy Walker 11:25 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, John Senden 11:35 a.m. — Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell 11:55 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Hunter Mahan 12:05 p.m. — Erik Compton, Bernd Wiesberger 12:15 p.m. — Zach Johnson, Webb

Simpson 12:25 p.m. — Seung-Yul Noh, Geoff Ogilvy 12:35 p.m. — Ryan Palmer, Keegan Bradley 12:45 p.m. — Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy 12:55 p.m. — Jonas Blixt, Patrick Reed 1:05 p.m. — Danny Willett, Russell Henley 1:15 p.m. — Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia 1:35 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Charl Schwartzel 1:45 p.m. — Jason Day, Adam Scott 1:55 p.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Mark O’Meara 2:05 p.m. — Ryan Moore, Angel Cabrera 2:15 p.m. — Kevin Streelman, Bill Haas 2:25 p.m. — Ernie Els, Kevin Na 2:35 p.m. — Paul Casey, Phil Mickelson 2:45 p.m. — Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson 2:55 p.m. — Jordan Spieth, Charley Hoffman

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Madison Keys hits a return against Andreea Mitu during her 6-2, 6-2 victory in the third round of the Family Circle Cup on Thursday in Charleston. Keys and Lucie Hradecka advanced to the semifinals and will face each other for a spot in the championship match. still here,” she said, smiling.

For a while, it looked like Petkovic’s run of success at the Family Circle might end as Kovinic was up a set and 1-0 in the second set. A frustrated Petkovic slammed her racket down several times early, unable to get a handle on Kovinic’s fast serves and

relentless ground strokes.

But Petkovic moved closer to the baseline and called on her history — she’s 11-0 when taking the court at the Family Circle, her lone misstep coming when she withdrew with injury before her third-round match here in 2013 — to dig her out of the hole.

MASTERS PAR SCORES The Associated Press Friday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: TBA Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Jordan Spieth 64-66—130 Charley Hoffman 67-68—135 Justin Rose 67-70—137 Dustin Johnson 70-67—137 Paul Casey 69-68—137 Phil Mickelson 70-68—138 Ernie Els 67-72—139 Kevin Na 74-66—140 Kevin Streelman 70-70—140 Bill Haas 69-71—140 Ryan Moore 74-66—140 Angel Cabrera 72-69—141 Louis Oosthuizen 72-69—141 Mark O’Meara 73-68—141 Jason Day 67-74—141 Adam Scott 72-69—141 Hideki Matsuyama 71-70—141 Charl Schwartzel 71-70—141 Tiger Woods 73-69—142 Sergio Garcia 68-74—142 Danny Willett 71-71—142 Russ Henley 68-74—142 Jonas Blixt 72-70—142 Patrick Reed 70-72—142 Bubba Watson 71-71—142 Rory McIlroy 71-71—142 Ryan Palmer 69-74—143 Keegan Bradley 71-72—143 Seung-Yul Noh 70-74—144 Geoff Ogilvy

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MASTERS FROM PAGE B1 first round in the 60s at Augusta since the fourth round in 2012 — and was 12 shots behind going into the weekend.

“I’m 12 back, but there’s not a lot of guys ahead of me,” Woods said. “And with 36 holes here to go, anything can happen — ‘96 proved that.

So we have a long way to go.”

He was referring to Greg Norman losing a six-shot lead on the final day in 1996.

Spieth might find confidence in another reference.

The three other players who had a five-shot lead after 36 holes at Augusta — Herman Keiser in 1937, Jack Nicklaus in 1975 and Raymond Floyd in 1976. All went on to win.

Floyd previously had the 36-hole record of 131 at the Masters in that 1976 wire-towire victory.

Perhaps even more valuable was the experience of last year. He was tied for the lead with Bubba Watson and two shots ahead with 11 holes to play when he fell behind and never caught up to Watson. What he learned that day was to be patient.

“The hardest thing to do is put aside wanting to win so bad, and just kind of going through the motion and letting my ball striking and putting happen,” Spieth said.

“I got off to a great start and had a chance to win last year on Sunday. I’d like to have that same opportunity this year. Again, this is only the halfway point and I’m aware of that. I’m going to try and stay ... very patient these last two days and understand it’s going to feel like a whole ‘nother tournament.”

Much like his opening round of 64, this was without much stress, and there was one unlikely birdie.

Spieth hit into a bunker on the par-5 eighth hole, so close to the lip that he could only advance it some 30 yards and still had 235 yards left for his third shot. Spieth hit a hybrid that caught the contours perfectly and settled 2 feet from the cup for a birdie.

Billy Horschel, playing with Spieth, was just short in two. He went up to the green to check the line and noticed Spieth’s ball next to the flag.

Matt Every 73-74—147 +3 JB Holmes 76-71—147 +3 Brandt Snedeker 74-73—147 +3 Ben Martin 74-74—148 +4 Billy Horschel 70-78—148 +4 Branden Grace 75-73—148 +4 Brian Harman 76-72—148 +4 Camilo Villegas 72-76—148 +4 Joost Luiten 76-72—148 +4 Ian Woosnam 75-74—149 +5 Padraig Harrington 72-77—149 +5 Victor Dubuisson 74-75—149 +5 a-Corey Conners 80-69—149 +5 Sandy Lyle 74-76—150 +6 a-Byron Meth 74-76—150 +6 Jose Maria Olazabal 79-71—150 +6 Kevin Stadler 77-74—151 +7 Thomas Bjorn 72-79—151 +7 Larry Mize 78-73—151 +7 Brendon Todd 80-71—151 +7 Miguel Angel Jimenez 78-73—151 +7 a-Antonio Murdaca 78-73—151 +7 Martin Kaymer 76-75—151 +7 a-Matias Dominguez 76-76—152 +8 Tom Watson 71-81—152 +8 Trevor Immelman 76-77—153 +9 Fred Couples 79-74—153 +9 Robert Streb 80-76—156 +12 Scott Harvey 76-81—157 +13 a-Bradley Neil 78-79—157 +13 Ben Crane 79-78—157 +13 a-Gunn Yang 85-74—159 +15 Mike Weir 82-81—163 +19 Ben Crenshaw 91-85—176 +32

Walking back, he held his hands about a yard apart as Spieth was 100 yards away.

Horschel shook his head and started laughing.

He’s seen enough of this for two days. He’s come to expect it. Spieth said Horschel told him after the first round that he should get a tape recording of “Nice hole, Jordan,” to play on every tee box.

That’s about what it has looked like. The question is whether Spieth can keep it going.

“It’s a long, long way from being finished,” Ernie Els said after a 72 put him nine shots back. “A lot of work still to be done, so we’ll see.

But he’s very, very impressive.”

Maybe this will be the year a Texas-sized torch is passed.

Spieth played a final practice round with Ben Crenshaw, a two-time Masters champion and fellow Texas Longhorn who has been a mentor to Spieth. Crenshaw played the Masters for the 44th and final time. He missed the cut on Friday, right after Spieth seized control.

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Dumbest Racecar drivers.

Dumbest Golf carts; Segways.

How to Be How to Be (:02) Dumbest 161 Funniest Home Videos (HD) Funniest Home Videos (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Friends (HD) (6:00) There’s Some thing About Mary (‘98, Com edy) Brides maids (‘11, Com edy) aaa Kristen Wiig.

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‘Game of Thrones’ and TV’s brave new world

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH HBO ties the much-anticipated return of “Game of Thrones” (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-MA) as well as the season debuts of “Silicon Valley” (10 p.m.) and “Veep” (10:30 p.m.) to the April 7 launch of its HBO Now streaming service. For the first time, viewers will be able to stream new and vintage HBO content via Apple TV and iOS devices or Cablevision’s Optimum Online without a cable contract or connection.

Is HBO taking a bold step here? Or playing catch-up? NBC, Fox, the CW and ABC have allowed viewers to stream their content on Hulu and Hulu Plus, albeit the day after it airs.

CBS recently launched its All Access subscription service, which allows viewers to stream current shows. As on Hulu Plus, they “air” a day after their live broadcast. It also allows viewers to access CBS’ vast library of programming from years and decades past, as well as a live stream of CBS programming from 14 of America’s largest cities.

So, if you didn’t have cable and subscribed to CBS All Access, you could watch Sunday’s “The Good Wife” live like a “normal” TV viewer, or wait until Monday and stream it on demand. If you were even more parsimonious, you could stream it for free on a CBS app on your tablet. But you would have to wait a week or so.

PBS also has a free app for the Roku that allows you to stream content for free, often the night following its broadcast.

The life of a cord-cutter may be cheaper than that of a cable or satellite subscriber, but hassles and inconsistencies abound. If you want to watch Sunday’s “Mad Men,” you’ll have to wait until Monday night and rent/ buy it on an a la carte basis for $2.99 from Amazon or iTunes. If you’re keen on keeping up with the current and final season of “Nurse Jackie,” you’d better have a Showtime subscription.

There’s no other way to watch it.

Patching together a streaming media environment may seem cheaper than a cable subscription, but the fees do add up. HBO’s service is $14.99, Netflix $8.99 and Hulu Plus $7.99. Amazon Prime costs $99 per year. CBS All Access is $5.99. And there’s Dish Network’s streaming network Sling TV at $20. It offers a smattering of cable networks as well as ESPN. So that will get you some sports coverage.

Sports and news are big hurdles for the TV streaming services. HBO Now will include a daily newscast from its Vice News operation. One can cobble together network news podcasts on streaming devices like Roku, while

PHOTO COURTESY OF HBO

Daenerys continues to work with her dragons in the new season of the HBO series “Game of Thrones” which starts Sunday at 9 p.m.

CBS and ABC News have a “live” news streaming service available for free.

But if you want live sports, you’re pretty much out of luck. Even the live streaming part of the CBS All Access subscription blocks NFL games.

Somebody has to pay for those huge TV deals with the NFL and other leagues, and so far, that’s been the cable subscriber. With the number of cord-cutters recently hitting the 10 million mark, that may change.

• Like entirely too many docuseries, “New Girls on the Block” (10 p.m. Saturday, Discovery Life, TV-14) begins with a “girls’ night out.” But this one takes place in a humble barbecue joint in Kansas City, Missouri. And all of the girls were born male and are in the process of transitioning.

“New Girls” is clearly sympathetic to its subjects and their stories. But the decision to profile them as a group may tax viewers’ patience. Rather than tell one person’s compelling story, we’re asked to share time with more than half a dozen individuals who met in group therapy and who reunite as a means of mutual support. Their singular observations and shared conversations are laced with therapeutic jargon. Some may be startled to see a show devoted to the transgendered.

But believe me, the only thing shocking about “New Girls” is how dull it is.

• Chefs and restaurant owners confront legitimate online critics as well as vicious and cruel Internet trolls in the 15-part series “Say It to My Face!” (9 p.m. Saturday, FYI).

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • A storm bears down on Middleton

on “Good Witch” (8 p.m., Hallmark, TVPG).

• Teens (Emily Tennant and Keenan Tracey) target their cyber-tormentors in the 2015 thriller “Text to Kill” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

• Three hours of “Deadliest Catch” (8 p.m., Discovery, TV-14) anticipate Tuesday’s season debut.

• Primetime “Premier Boxing Champions” (8:30 p.m., NBC), live from Brooklyn.

• A shootout erupts on “In an Instant” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Jamie appeals to the duke on “Outlander” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

• An explosion devastates a Texas town on “Engineering Disasters” (10 p.m., History, TV-PG).

• Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney appear on “The Graham Norton Show” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

• Taraji P. Henson (“Empire”) hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring Mumford & Sons.

vations lead to execution (8 p.m., r), an empty tomb proves difficult to explain (9 p.m.).

• Eli and Alicia put their faith in an old pro on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• New information casts Cornell’s motivations in a new light on “Secrets and Lies” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Dragon training proves daunting on “Game of Thrones” (9 p.m., HBO, TVMA).

• Jackie gets some well-needed downtime on the debut of the seventh and final season of “Nurse Jackie” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Russ taps an unlikely source on “Battle Creek” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• Ballard tries to evade detection in the desert on “American Odyssey” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Victoria’s findings imperil Emily’s plans on “Revenge” (10 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• With Wolsey away, Cromwell bonds with the king on “Wolf Hall” on “Masterpiece” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• The gang navigates the world of venture capital on “Silicon Valley” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• Roger irks Don on “Mad Men” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• Selena’s first major address goes badly on “Veep” (10:30 p.m., HBO, TVMA).

CULT CHOICE A widowed waitress (Ellen Burstyn) falls for a strong, sensitive man (Kris Kristofferson) in the 1974 drama-comedy “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (8 p.m. Saturday, TCM).

SATURDAY SERIES Eric becomes a suspect on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * “Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon” (8 p.m., NBC) * “20/20” (8 p.m., ABC).

A missing child’s return coincides with a second child’s disappearance on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * “48 Hours” (10 p.m., CBS).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): the vulnerability of private companies to cyber attacks; a profile of Caroline Kennedy; a lacrosse coach faces false charges.

• Debbie Gibson and Gloria Reuben (“E.R.”) star in the 2015 drama “The Music in Me” (7 p.m., UP).

• Amy Schumer hosts the 2015 MTV Movie Awards (8 p.m., MTV, TV-14).

• A missing Russian sub roils diplomatic waters on “Madam Secretary” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• On two episodes of “A.D. The Bible Continues” (NBC, TV-PG): Mixed moti-

SUNDAY SERIES Lisa takes on fracking on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) * Emma can’t handle the truth on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Peter saves the day on “Family Guy” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * The Tucson saga continues on “The Last Man on Earth” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

Kevin McDonough can be reached at kevin.tvguy@gmail.com.

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BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

ZITS

MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

DILBERT

JEFF MACNELLY’S SHOE

Teen weighs best options for her baby’s future DEAR ABBY — I have had a very strained relationship with my father for many years.

My mother Dear Abby and I are not close beABIGAIL cause she VAN BUREN was incarcerated for most of my life until recently.

I am 16 now, and just found out I’m pregnant. No one knows except the father of my child. For some reason, he is thrilled for us. I, on the other hand, am terrified of the uncertainties.

I know what my father will say. He will want me to get an abortion, but I would never choose that for myself

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or for my baby. My mother is struggling since she was released from prison and is still trying to get on her feet. I live with my grandparents, who don’t have the means to support a child.

It seems like my only option is to move in with my boyfriend and his family while I finish school and then get a job. Please give me an unbiased perspective.

Uncertain in the South DEAR UNCERTAIN — You appear to be an intelligent young woman, so I will give it to you straight. Although you think you know what your father will say, you can’t know for sure until you talk to him and tell him what’s going on. I’m advising you to do that because you may need his help. A loving father

will give it to you. If you decide to have this baby, he can’t force you to get an abortion.

You and your baby’s father should also talk to his parents, so that, IF NECESSARY, you will be able to stay with them. You must also be sure to have the best prenatal care possible, so your child will be born healthy. Planned Parenthood has clinics where this care is offered, and you should contact it as soon as possible. If you check its website, www.plannedparenthood.org, you will also find information about adoption.

You must also make earning your high school diploma a priority, so you will be able to support and educate the child you’re bringing into the world, if you decide to raise him or her yourself.

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Staples Center team 9 Not flat 15 Minor issue?

16 Brazilian ballroom dance 17 Tiny cylindrical structure 18 Without a key 19 B’s 5 and C’s 6 20 Home entertainment option 22 Label for the Poison album “Poison’d!”

23 Links acronym 24 Crawford of the NBA’s Clippers 25 40% of DX 26 Common doo-wop soloist 27 Radar screen blip 28 It has a ring to it 29 Shoe attachment?

30 Clubby type 31 Works up 34 Places to see arrows 35 Sat for a bit 36 Semblance 37 Kitchen additions?

38 Prepare for winter flight, in a way

39 Energy Reorg. Act of 1974 creation 42 Pounds 43 Elegant 44 Krombacher output 45 Keats’ “Sylvan historian” 46 Farm deliveries 47 “Taxi” actor 48 “Soon” 50 “You’ve got to be kidding me!”

52 Debussy’s “__ Suite” 53 Title I of the Agricultural Act of 1956 54 Dug 55 Betrays DOWN 1 Outdoor sitting areas 2 Dame of mystery 3 Former heavyweight champ __ Lewis 4 Knock for __ 5 Little beavers 6 Cassowary cousin 7 Trunk structures 8 __ trunk 9 Insignificant 10 How some busy people run 11 Maker of

SteeL kitchen products 12 Scaly reproductive organ 13 Free West Coast daily 14 Gets the job done 21 Pound sound 24 Wasn’t serious 25 Leek relative 27 Sacks of diamonds?

28 Presence 29 Soft 30 RisquŽ 31 Seat of Peru’s Constitutional Court 32 Made a comeback?

33 Repeated musical pattern 34 1994 film

about a scandal 36 Demand to split 38 Calendario entry 39 Time to flip the sign, perhaps 40 Change in boundaries 41 Stimulates, with “up” 43 Like many boats on lakes 44 Tale of a whitetail 46 Big affair 47 Birdbrain 49 Douglas __ 51 Labor gp. that initially supported FDR

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19"' Wheels and Tires Orig. Factory Set for 2010 & up Mustang Tires 19" Fire Hawk Wide Ovals AS w/good tread. $500 803-847-2408

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In Loving Memory of Frances T. Ardis March 27, 1927-April 11, 2011

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PETS & ANIMALS Pets Wanted: Healthy long-haired chihuahua puppy w/ good temperament. Reasonably priced. Larger type female preferred. Ask for Ray at 803-452-5222

MERCHANDISE Garage, Yard & Estate Sales

ESTATE AUCTION OF LATE PAT CLARKE 108 THELMA DR. April 25th AT 10 AM. Antiques, glass ware, collectables, books, etc, Details and photos at auctionzip.com Auction conducted by Bill's Furniture, Antiques and Auction Firm and auctioneer Tommy Atkinson. SCAL3879

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Call 803-414-3472.

Moving Sale baby boy & girl clothes, adult clothes, toys, furniture, tools, etc. 2285 treetop Ln. Sat. 8-2 Multi-family sale 225 Curtiswood Dr. Sat. 7-11am. Hshld/kitchen items, clothes, misc.

Jean's Flowers & Plants, 244 Wildwood Ave. Fri. & Sat. 7AM. Plants, flowers, clothes, Epson photo printer, etc.

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend.

905-4242 or 494-5500

EMPLOYMENT

Helena Chemical Company seeking driver with CDL license, must have HazMat and tanker endorsements. Please call 803-453-5151 to schedule an interview.

Due to positive growth a Sumter company is hiring for: Commercial Roofing Mechanic; Sheet Metal Mechanic Commercial Roofing Foreman. All must be dependable, productive. Foreman applicant must be knowledgeable regarding commercial roofing applications as well as possess skills to supervise crew members. Benefits includes Health & Dental ins, Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation. Apply 14 W Oakland Ave, Sumter, Mon-Thurs, 8:30 - 4:30.

Primrose Oil Company, an organization since 1916, seeks sales reps for commercial, industrial, agricultural and construction accounts. Excellent commissions, opportunity for advancement w/benefits. Training provided. Email resume: dkelleher@primrose.com for info packet.

Need OTR Truck Drivers. 1-1/2 yrs exp. Good driving records. Dependable & willing to work. Paid weekly.

Paid Vacations. Call 888-991-1005

Help Wanted Part-Time

Roofing

Po Boy’s Rex Prescott Tommy Thompson

803-773-3600

395 Coachman Drive Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-5 Downtown apartments 1bd/1 bath $850, 2bd/2 bath $975, rent incl.water & elect.. 803-775-1204 Mon. - Fri. 8 am - 5 pm.

Mobile Home Rentals

2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Trailers for rent, Cherryvale & Dogwood Area $250 & up. (803) 651-9926

Turn your Tax Refund into your dream home! Low credit score?

Been turned down for bad credit?

Come try us, we do our own financing.We have 2-3-4 bedroom homes. For more information, call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book page (M & M Mobile Homes).

Land & Lots for Sale

Abandon Vehicle / Boat Abandoned Boat Notice To all persons claiming an interest in: 1984 15 HP Evinrude motor, E15RCR. Larry Reit will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claims to the watercraft/outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3858. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title. Case No: 20150402950193

Summons & Notice

For Sale by Owner 4 Acres. 12 miles to Sumter. Owner financing.

803-427-3888 or harryives@hotmail.com.

AMDENDED SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

For Sale By Owner: Country living, 5 minutes from shopping. Horses allowed. 2.6 acre lot with pond.

Shaded home site, great neighborhood. Call 803-469-9841 for more information.

TRANSPORTATION STATEBURG COURTYARD

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2014-CP-43-02353 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER PennyMac Loan Services, LLC,

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

Mopeds / ATVs / Motorcycles

975 Oswego Hwy 401. 2BR 2BA, Private lot, No pets. $425 mo +$400 dep. Conv. to downtown Sumter & Shaw 803-506-2370

Resort Rentals Ocean Lakes 2BR/2BA C/H/A Sleeps 8, near ocean. Call 803-773-2438 2007 Honda 1300 motorcycle, low miles, garage kept, $4,500 FIRM, side car for $2,500. Both for $6,500.

803-983-1215.

REAL ESTATE

Autos For Sale 2001 Buick Le Sabre Excellent Condition, low miles $3200 OBO Call 803-447-5453

Homes for Sale Water front house & lot. 4bd/ 2 bath, front deck, boat house w/ track, c/h/a, most furniture can go w/ house .26 acres 1050 sq/ft. 1159 Lakeview Dr Manning SC, White Oak Creek in Wyboo Call 843-659-4332

Spring Van Sale $1500 & Up Price is Right Auto Sales 3210 Broad St 803-494-4275

Columbia Housing, 8 min from campus, 2 Br/ 2Ba, move-in ready, non-furnished $131k. For sale only.

803-464-5602

Plaintiff, vs.

The Estate of Shirley O. King, John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all Heirs and Devisees of Shirley O. King, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendant(s).

Trucking Opportunities Drivers: Regional. Per Diem pay: More money, less taxes. Excellent Home Time. Newer Trucks. CDL-A 1yr. exp. 855-204-6535 Class A CDL Drivers with a tanker endorsement / TWIC card that can stay out at least a week dispatch are needed. There is also an opening for local/part-time work.

Company based in Summerton, SC. Call 803-488-0100 for further information and to apply.

Medical Help Wanted Ophthalmology Technician Wanted: Outstanding opportunity for a highly-motivated individual in a state-of-the-art facility. Previous experience in ophthalmology/optometry clinic preferred. This position offers excellent benefits, competitive salary, and room for advancement.

Send resume to: resumes@stokeseye.com

Unfurnished Apartments

For Sale or Trade

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311

Montreat St. (off Miller Rd.) 2BR 1BA, all electric, no pets $350-$400 mo + dep. 803-316-8105.

Multi-Family 521 Old Manning Rd. 1 mi. past Skate Station Sat. 7-12. Lots of kids stuff!

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OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE LICENSED & INSURED

469-7606 or 499-4413

FIREWOOD DELIVERY

Denise Wells,Realtor,

Yana Mathis,Broker

Broker, ABR

Agent Owned Realty 401 S. Mill Street 803-505-2788 yanakmathis@gmail.com

RENTALS

470 Pringle Dr two wingback chairs w/ foot stool, microwave, ladies clothing, household items. Sat. 7-12

TREE CARE

Manufactured Housing

LEGAL NOTICES

$$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

Dalzell UMC Proceeds for Relay for Life Sat., April 11 7 AM until everything is gone!

BBQ lunch at 11am-$7 per plate 3330 Black River Rd, Dalzell Collectable dolls, display cabinets included. Low price 803-968-0615

Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Years Experience. 45 year warranty. Financing available. Expert installation. Long list of satisfied customers. Call 803-837-1549.

1 MONTH FREE

FROM $600 PER MONTH

3bd/2ba mobile home, no pets, call 499-1500 or 469-6978 before 6pm.

Sumter United Ministries Support us by donating New or Used items from your yard sale or business for our future yard sales or auctions. Call: 803-464-7643

210 Best St. Wise Dr. to Gertrude to Best St. Sat. 8am-12. End tables, office chairs, file cab, pictures, rugs.

HUNTINGTON PLACE APARTMENTS

4185 Brabham Dr. Dalzell, 3BR 1.5BA, 1197SF-1/2 ac lot. Inside freshly renovated, new roof, fenced backyard. $84,990 or $399.66/Mo., If you qualify. Call 499-3776

(803) 773-3600

4920 John Franklin ( Eagle Rd) Sat 7-1 Full/Qn BR set , twin BR set, lawn mowers, lamps & more!

Sat 8-12pm. Best Sale in town.

Jewelry to New Industrial mop heads and everything in between.

Inside Palmetto Towers, behind Kmart.

Homes for Sale

Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600.

Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

Tree Company seeking CDL licensed drivers. Tree Experience a plus. Call 803-478-8299

In door moving sale sat 8-11, 26 Marion Av. Lots of stuff!

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THIRTEEN (13) MONTH LEASE REQUIRED

Help Wanted Full-Time

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Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

The Original Nunnery Roofing.

Established since 1972. Please contact Robert Nunnery for free est.

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Washer & Dryer Set for sale $250 Great condition Call 803-469-7871

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We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new, we thought of you yesterday, and the day before that too.

We think of you in silence, we often speak your name, now all we have are memories and your picture in a frame.

Nothing can be more beautiful, than the memories we have of you, to us you were so very special, God must have thought so too.

If we could have a lifetime wish, a dream that would come true, we will pray to God with all our hearts, for yesterday and you.

A thousand words cannot bring you back, we know because we tried and neither would a million tears, we know because we have cried.

You left behind our broken hearts, and happy memories too, but we never wanted memories, we only wanted you.

Loving You and Missing You, Children, Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren

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First Carolina Real Estate Group

327 N. Main 803-236-1721 dwells1913@aol.com 4 Brogdon St.

1141 Longleaf Drive in Pine Knoll S/D, Manning, SC 3 BR, 2.5 BA brick home w/large shade trees & underground sprinkler system! Salt water inground pool w/privacy fencing & storage bldg.

Engineered hard wood “floating” floors & 2 car garage.

This beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home located in a quiet established neighborhood features hardwood floors, wood fire place in the family room, French doors, formal dining room, sunroom, 4 year old roof and vinyl siding

$99,500

Betsy Hair,Realtor, GRI, CBR

Century 21 A Walton Agency

Patty Wood,Realtor, BIC

Remax by the Lake 326 S. Mill Street 803-410-0082 pattylu2@msn.com

300 W. Wesmark Blvd.

803-491-6822 betsy@walton21.com 1218 Pointer Drive, Manning, SC. 3 BR, 2 ½ bth Beautiful low maintenance brick home in Quail Ridge Subdivision just outside city limits. Immaculate! Granite countertops, hardwood floors, sun room. Screened porch on back and patio. Sprinkler system on private well.

655 Aidan Immaculate home! 3 bd 2 ba whirlpool tub and separate shower in masterbath fireplace/ gas logs sprinkler system with well security sys

$144,880

$226,000

Debbie Lee,Realtor, GRI, CBR

Remax by the Lake

326 S. Mill Street 803-983-3083 1099 Mill Creek, Manning 3 BR, 2ba.

Nice home sits just across the street from the water.

Home is a very nice Modular with large bonus rm upstairs, owners have already fix an area/storage for a bath to be added

$155,000

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TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

conveyed to James E. King and Shirley O. King as joint tenants with rights of survivorship by deed of Randall J. Scott and Mary M. Scott, dated 8/18/1995 and recorded 8/22/1995 in book 629 at page 486 in the office of RMC for Sumter County.

Subsequently, James E King passed away on 8/5/2001, making Shirley O. King the sole property owner.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO 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 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 Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Shirley O. King to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Amerigroup Mortgage Corporation, A Division of Mortgage Investors Corporation dated April 11, 2008 and recorded on April 30, 2008 in Book 1104 at Page 003656, in the Sumter County Registry (hereinafter, "Mortgage").

Thereafter the subject Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land, with the dwelling and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No 3, as shown on a Plat recorded in Plat Book Z-9, at Page 88, and more recently and particularly shown on a Plat by D.D. Edmunds, R.L.S. dated June 26, 1991, recorded in Plat Book 91 at Page 848, Records of Sumter County. Said Lot No 3 being bounded and measuring as follows: on the Northwest by Lot No 5, said Plat and measuring thereon 100.08 feet; on the Northeast by Clifton Road, said Plat and measuring thereon 199.78 feet; on the Southeast by Oswego Road (US Hwy No 401), said Plat, measuring thereon 99.71 feet; and on the Southwest by Lot No 4, said Plat, measuring thereon 198.12 feet. Be all dimensions a little more or less and according to said Plat.

[See also a later recorded Plat in Book 95, Page 813] This

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TMS No. 247-13-02-005 Property Address: 1120 Oswego Highway, Sumter, SC 29153 NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for SUMTER County on November 6, 2014.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS IN MILITARY SERVICE It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for known and unknown minors, and for all persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment, it is FURTHER upon reading the Petition filed by Plaintiff for the appointment of an attorney to represent any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire of P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all known and unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 1120 Oswego Highway, Sumter, South Carolina 29153; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire of P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants, AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in the Item, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

Sarah O. Leonard, SC Bar No. 080165 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 888-726-9953 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2014-CP-43-2547 CitiFinancial Servicing LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Francis Ellis a/k/a Francis V. Ellis, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS Francis Ellis a/k/a Francis V. Ellis: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at

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their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on November 25, 2014.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the

purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Francis V. Ellis to CitiFinancial Servicing LLC bearing date of August 12, 2005, and recorded August 15, 2005 in Mortgage Book 993 at Page 115 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Sumter County, in the original principal sum of Twenty Five Thousand Two Hundred Ten and 65/100 Dollars ($25,210.65). That thereafter, the Mortgage was assigned unto Plaintiff, which assignment is dated August 28, 2014 and to be recorded in said ROD Office., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: That property

with any improvements thereon situate in School District 17, Sumter County, South Carolina, representative as Lot 15 on plat of R.F. McLellan dated January 7, 1938, recorded in the Sumter County RMC Office in plat book G-5 at page 152.

Together with all and singular, the Rights, Members, Hereditaments and Appurtenances to said Premises belonging or in anywise incident of appertaining. TMS No. 249-08-04-016 Property Address: 328 N. Magnolia Street, Sumter, SC 29150 RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1137592 4/4, 4/11, 04/18/2015