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any exercise enthusiasts are under the impression that their workout is not effective if they are not left crawling and drenched in sweat or sore the next day. “No pain, no gain” is an exercise mantra that promotes physical gains through tough and even painful workouts. While a challenging workout may be ideal, the misconception is that one must always be CORRIGAN pushed beyond his or her limits in order to achieve any physical gains.

Muscle soreness is common when you begin a new exercise routine, change the intensity or introduce a new type of exercise into your routine. However, it should never be the goal of your workout. By no means does muscle soreness reflect the effectiveness of a workout; it just means that you have engaged in an activity that your body has not become accustomed to.

Experiencing muscle soreness is inevitable unless you continue to do the same activity or exercise at the same intensity. In order to get stronger and progress we must continue to challenge ourselves.

However, if you continue to exercise strenuously with the goal of being sore and never allow your body to fully recover, you may experience strength loss because of continued muscle breakdown. This type of damage can be very self-limiting, and it should be avoided.

Exercise-induced soreness can be immediate or it can appear 24-72 hours after the activity.

The latter is called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. It is a condition that is often experienced after strenuous activity. During the activity in which SEE HEALTHY LIVING, PAGE A8

Suspected marijuana found scattered at scene

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com Investigators with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office are seeking any information related to a shooting incident that took the lives of two Cherryvale men on Friday morning.

Reyshaun Sherrod Holmes, 24, and Willie Jermaine Chatman, 35, both of 4303 Confederate Road, were found face down on the floor of their

home about 2 a.m. Friday after deputies received calls about shots being fired in the neighborhood. What appeared to be marijuana and pills were found scattered about their bodies and on the floor.

“We are working some leads, and we have spoken to some witnesses,” said Capt. Allen Dailey, captain of investigations for the sheriff’s office.

“There appeared to be signs of a struggle, and

drugs were found at the scene. The weapon that killed these men was not.”

Reports indicate that deputies responded to the home about 1:50 a.m. and that they were flagged down by 48-yearold Janice Chatman, Holmes’ mother. She told deputies that Eric Davis, 23, another resident of the home, had called her minutes earlier to say that her son and nephew had SEE SHOOTING, PAGE A8

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The corner of Confederate Road and St. Paul’s Church Road in Cherryvale was quiet about 9 a.m. Friday, hours after Sumter County sheriff’s deputies secured a shooting scene at a home located at 4303 Confederate Road. Two men died in the shooting.

79TH FIGHTER SQUADRON CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY Col. Shaun McGrath, left, the 20th Operations Group commander at Shaw Air Force Base, formally hands the standard of the 79th Fighter Squadron, and with it command of the “Tigers,” over to Lt. Col. Raymond Millero during a change of command ceremony Friday.

Millero assumes command of the squadron shortly before it deploys to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Members of the 79th Fighter Squadron stand in formation in an air hangar at Shaw during the change of command ceremony.

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Federal court gets suit on handling of dress code

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com A federal court will decide a local parent’s legal challenge of a Sumter middle school’s administration’s handling of a uniform dress code policy.

Charles Smith alleged in a

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complaint filed March 1 in Sumter County common pleas court that his son was excessively targeted under the policy by school administrators, in part, because of a petition campaign he started that called for the firing of Furman’s principal, Maria

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Newton-Ta’Bon. He charges that she, Eighth-Grade Assistant Principal Jeffrey Barrineau and Assistant Principal and Site Administrator Gregory Jones have been, in their use of the policy, “arbitrary and capricious, (resulting) in the removal of students ...

from the learning environment, ... causing them to suffer embarrassment, humiliation, stress and to fall behind in their studies.”

In an answer filed by Columbia law firm Childs and SEE LAWSUIT, PAGE A7

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Doug Shin, Market Place Spirits Whether it’s for a birthday party, an anniversary or an annual holiday, if you’re an adult over the age of 21, you’ve likely shopped in a liquor store before.

And if you’re a Sumterite, chances are you’ve stopped by Market Place Spirits at the corner of Alice Drive and Wesmark Boulevard to make your selection.

While his wife, Sue, runs the beer and wine side of the store, Doug Shin can be seen running the liquor side of Market Place Spirits on just about any day of the week.

For nearly nine years, Shin has owned, managed and worked in the busy store, and his fondness for the business hasn’t slacked at all.

Really, it’s so much fun, you forget about the hard parts. We’ve enjoyed living in Sumter and meeting so many people through this business. It’s such a different lifestyle than the one I lived previously.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BUYING MARKET PLACE SPIRITS?

I was a professor of accounting at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Iowa before that.

THAT’S QUITE A CONTRAST. HOW’D YOU GET INTO THAT?

Doug Shin bags a pint of whiskey at the Market Place Spirits register recently.

LOCAL BRIEF From staff reports

Make donations in Steel’s memory The family of the late Capt. James Steel has asked that donations be made to The Yellow Ribbon Fund in lieu of flowers.

Steel, of the 77th “Gamblers” Fighter Squadron, was killed when his F-16 crashed on his final apSTEEL proach to land at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on April 3.

The Yellow Ribbon Fund was founded in 2005 and assists injured service members and their families while the service member is recovering from battle-sustained injuries.

To make a donation, visit www.yellowribbonfund.org. Donate in the name of Capt. James Steel via Bob and Dee Steel, 12154 Windsor Hall Way, Herndon, VA 20170.

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SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE WELL-TRAVELED. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE TO SUMTER?

I always wanted to retire in a small, traditional town and own a small store of some sort. Florida is too hot and humid, so I visited Sumter, liked it and decided to move here.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF WORKING HERE?

Meeting new people to share jokes and opinions with. Sometimes, you make friends and find social circles.

SUCH AS?

We have a Scotch club that meets once a month. We’ll discuss a particular Scotch and its elements while laughing and having a good time.

AFTER PUTTING IN NEARLY A DECADE SELLING ALL KINDS OF LIQUOR, BEER AND WINE, HAVE YOU FOUND A TOUGH SIDE TO RUNNING AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT SELLS SUCH A BROAD RANGE OF SPIRITS?

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burgh for a few years.

I spent most of my life in a school system. My father was a principal at a school in South Korea. When I finished school, I went on to work for the Bank of Korea, our version of the Federal Reserve, in the gross national product branch. In the early ’80s, I moved to Iowa, where I earned my Ph.D. in accounting at the University of Iowa. I soon became a professor there after graduation. Then I taught at the University of Pitts-

I TAKE IT SCOTCH IS YOUR FAVORITE KIND OF LIQUOR. DO YOU TAKE A SPECIAL PRIDE IN YOUR SCOTCH ASSORTMENT HERE AT MARKET PLACE?

Yes, we have a big variety of Scotch. When it comes to Scotch, there are things you have to know about it. You have to have knowledge.

WHAT SHOULD SOMEONE KNOW ABOUT SCOTCH?

One, the breakdown of drinking it. You should enjoy the smell of it, then you drink. Two, you have to know how to drink it. If you gulp it down, you never get to enjoy the taste. Scotch is meant to be sipped slowly and spread across the tongue. Once all five kinds of taste buds come into contact with it, you can appreciate its flavor. You don’t drink it to get drunk; that’s a total waste of money and fine liquor. Three, you wait. Every Scotch has an aftertaste to enjoy.

All three of these elements must be in harmony.

— Rob Cottingham

Romanian mission trip topic at Genealogical Society FROM STAFF REPORTS Ninety days’ immersion into the culture of Romania will be the topic when the Sumter County Genealogical Society meets at 7:30 p.m.

Monday. Jackie Hughes, who serves on the board of directors of the society, departed Dec. 3, 2012, for a mission trip to the south-central European country that began its transition to democracy after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.

During her three months in Romania, Hughes said she found that “the trip wasn’t exactly what I thought it was going to be.”

Almost deciding to leave after the first week, she instead stayed on.

“You have to live in a place more than a week or two to get an idea of what it is really like,” she said. “I was there for Christmas, my birthday, New Years and of course the winter solstice,” she said. “It was a rewarding experience, and I saw how a small act from one person can help their fellow man over 5,000 miles away.”

In her presentation, Hughes will discuss more than 25 different topics including cultural differences,

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Jackie Hughes, seen here on the far left of the second row in a group of members of the Baptist Church in Romania, will give a presentation titled “My Ninety Days in Romania” at the Monday meeting of the Sumter County Genealogical Society.

food, gas prices, language, money exchange, outhouses and running water, religion, transportation, the weather and what she did to keep busy during the time she was there. She will also provide information on ways to help the Romanians, particularly in spreading the gospel.

Hughes has been researching her family genealogy for two decades, tracing the six generations her father’s family has been in the Sumter area. A descendant of the Singletons, she noted, “Everyone was related to everyone in the Sumter area

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before Shaw Air Force Base came.”

With both grandparents born in Germany, and her mother the first to be born in the U.S., Hughes said, “I often wondered if some of the people that I came across could possibly be related to me, as people in Europe move around like people in America move around.”

Hughes grew up in West Palm Beach, Fla., and moved to Sumter with her family in 1963. She relocated to Charleston, joined the Marine Corps in 1964 and married a Marine, with whom

she had three sons. She moved back to Charleston in 1971 and lived there for 27 years until she moved back to Sumter in 1998. She is retired from the Army Reserves and is in the South Carolina State Guard. She attends First Baptist Church and plays saxophone in the church orchestra as well as in the Sumter Community Concert Band.

Hughes is first vice president of the South Carolina Genealogical Society and has served as its president. A charter member of the Sumter Marine Corps League, she is also active in many other groups and activities in the Sumter community.

Hear Hughes’ presentation on her 90 days in Romania at 7:30 p.m. Monday when the Sumter County Genealogical Society meets at Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Haynsworth St. The Society meets monthly from September through May. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend. Admission is free to the public, and refreshments will be served following the presentation. Call the Society’s research center for more information at (803) 774-3901.

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Man claiming to be SLED agent charged with larceny

POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES PARTNERS

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Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark, left, and Deputy Chief Alvin Holston, right, present a certificate to members of Shaw Air Force Base’s Security Forces Squadron at the police department’s annual Community Partners Appreciation Dinner held April 9 at the City Center on North Main Street.

Roark presents Cynthia Conyers with a certificate at the police department’s annual dinner.

Roark, second from left, presents certificates to officials of Sumter School District, from left, Mary Sheridan, public informationcommunity services coordinator; Shelly Galloway, public information and strategic partnerships coordinator; and Superintendent Randolph Bynum.

The Community Partners Appreciation Dinner held by Sumter Police Department recognizes individuals and businesses for their commitment and service to the department and the community. “We are fortunate to have a number of partners in the community who are always willing to lend a hand,� said Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark during the dinner. “Whether stepping up to chair a Neighborhood Watch group or donating items needed for various events, our community partners are always people we can count on. We are very grateful for all their efforts.�

Invited to the event were Neighborhood Watch chairpersons, business leaders, military officials, school district personnel and others who contributed their time, products or materials to help sponsor police department related community events.

The honored guests were provided with a meal with members of the department’s command staff and then received a certificate of recognition from Roark.

A dispute over a TV took an unusual turn Thursday when the man accused of trying to steal it told police he was an undercover SLED agent.

Anquoine Orlando Washington, 26, of 2254 Wendell Road, Wedgefield, reportedly went to his child’s mother’s house in the 700 block of Flamingo Road about noon, let himself in and woke her up from a nap on the couch. Washington reportedly told her to give him $200 or he was going to pawn her TV, according to the woman, and then began to unhook the TV. The woman reportedly struck Washington and knocked his hat off, at which point he told her he was an undercover agent for the WASHINGTON State Law Enforcement Division and she was going to jail for assaulting a police officer.

Washington reportedly called Sumter police about the incident.

The suspect reportedly told police that because of his work as an undercover SLED narcotics agent, he knew the television was stolen, and he needed to seize it and pawn it in order to get money to repay the victims.

Police were soon able to confirm that Washington is not employed by SLED. He was charged with simple larceny.

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President nominates Terry as Third Army commanding general Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that President Obama has nominated Army Lt. Gen. James L. Terry for reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as commanding general, U.S. Army Central Command/Third Army, Shaw Air Force Base.

Terry is currently serving as commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command/deputy commander, U.S. ForcesAfghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan.

The Senate previously confirmed Third Army/U.S. Army Central commanding general Lt. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks for appointment to the rank of general and assignment as the commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

If the Senate confirms Terry’s nomination, Third Army/ARCENT will determine a change of command date at that time and will announce that date as soon as possible.

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Clarendon officials face tough budget decisions

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com

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Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Kenneth Clark looks at one of several cameras seized during the investigation of an Internet scam operation.

Local web scam nets $10K in goods

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING — Two stolen debit card numbers, one in Clarendon County and the other in Georgetown County, led local investigators to the seizure of more than $10,000 in items purchased with stolen debit and credit card numbers.

Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett said the scam came to light last week after two women discovered $3,000 missing from their bank accounts.

Both women told Clarendon County investigators that someone used their bank debit cards to purchase items over the Internet that were shipped to an address in Clarendon County.

Using information from the women, Clarendon County investigators were able to trace the shipments to a location in the Bloomville area and another location just west of Manning.

Both addresses belonged to two independent contractors who had only one thing in common — the Internet job service they used to acquire their jobs. One contractor worked for Forward Express Delivery with an address of Times Square in New York, while the other contractor worked for Logistics Independent with an address in Fort Wayne, Ind., Garrett added.

The contractor working for Logistics was promised $2,600 a

Tools, shoes, handbags, compasses, a tractor generator and gold used to make jewelry are just a few of the more than $10,000 worth of merchandise purchased with stolen debit and credit card numbers.

month plus a bonus for his probationary first month and after that he’d receive $3,500 a month plus a weekly commission check based on how many packages he reshipped and their weight. “If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is,� Garrett said.

According to Garrett, here’s how the scam works. A fraudulent delivery company buys items using the stolen debit and credit card numbers and has the items shipped to their contractors who in turn repackage the items and ship them using mailing labels supplied to them by the company. The company then mails the packages to locations in Moscow and the Ukraine. “It’s an Internet scam that impacts both the debit card holders and the people the fraudulent company hired to repackage the stolen goods,� Garrett said. “That New York company isn’t going to pay those contractors.

They’re already late on paying one of the two located here.�

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don County investigators had seized more than $10,000 in items purchased with stolen cards, including Nikon cameras, HP laptops and notebooks, Orbit Baby stroller seats, a purse from Macy’s, shoes, compasses, gold used to make jewelry, binoculars, tires and tractor generators.

Garrett said there are two crimes involved: internet scam and credit card transaction fraud. “The bad part is these women are out of the money and I’m sure the address in New York will come up empty,� he said. “I want our citizens to be more vigilant with their debt and credit cards.

Check your bank balances on a regular basis. Don’t use your cards on Internet sites that are not secure.�

Garrett said that if there are any other independent contractors in the county who are working for Logistics Independent, Forward Express Delivery or a similar company to contact the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office immediately and ask to speak to an investigator.

MANNING — Clarendon County Controller Lynden Anthony told county council members that they have some “hard decisions� ahead as they try to balance the county’s 201314 budget.

Though council members passed first reading of the budget during its regular meeting Monday, the numbers currently FINNEY show a $300,000 deficit.

Anthony said projected general fund expenditures for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1, currently sit at $18,755,510.

The current prepared budget is based on a 2.07 percent millage increase, the maximum allowed by state law. He told council members that after his office received initial departmental budget requests, Administrator/Attorney David Epperson asked him to compare each request to current and prior budgets. “We looked at each department request and asked ourselves ‘Is there an opportunity to save money or can we make delays in various projects?’� Anthony added.

Anthony said cuts of about $257,000 from departments that answer directly to Epperson were made by postponing the purchase of land for a new airport runway, a hiring freeze and no cost-of-living increase for employees. Several elected officials requested no increase in funding over the prior budget year, including Auditor Patricia Pringle, Clerk of Court Beaulah Roberts, Coroner Hayes Samuels and Treasurer Matt Evans.

Anthony’s office did ultimately add about $236,000 to elected officials’ budget lines, however.

With 60 employees, the Clarendon County Sheriff ’s Department receives the bulk of elected officials’ funding. The 2013-14 budget for the office shows a 7 percent increase, or $210,000 more than the current budget. “That increase is for vehicles and the addition of two staff members,�

Anthony added.

Third Circuit Public Defender Jack Howle asked council for an increase of $18,000 over his current budget to pay for a full-time secretary for that office. Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip� Finney also asked council for $30,000 for the upcoming year as well. He said $20,000 of that request would be used to pay salaries and benefits for the Clarendon office. “Before we had only one staff member, now we have two, an office manager and someone doing preparations and Victim’s Advocacy,� he told council. The additional $10,000 will be used to purchase a desk, refrigerator, TV and other items for a state-mandated room for victims. Finney said state law requires a nice, quiet place for victims to retreat to during trials.

Anthony said the county’s water and sewer department, operated under its enterprise fund, will have operating revenues sufficient to support debt service for 2013-14. However, the county’s other enterprise, Weldon Auditorium, is projected to operate at a $115,000 deficit in 2013-14.

Anthony said even with moving $40,000 from the general fund, $70,000 from the county’s hospitality tax and $5,000 from Tax Accommodations, Weldon Auditorium will still be at its break-even point. Weldon, which opened in December 2010 after years of neglect and more than $3.5 million in renovations, was planned to operate with a deficit for up to five years, according to Item file stories.

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Kerry to North Korea: Don’t test missile SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety caused by a new U.S. intelligence report suggesting significant progress in the communist regime’s nuclear weapons program.

Kicking off four days of talks in an East Asia beset by increasing North Korean threats, Kerry told reporters in Seoul that Pyongyang and its enigmatic young leader would only increase their isolation if they launched the

missile that American officials think has a range of some 2,500 miles — or enough to reach the U.S. territory of Guam. “If Kim Jong Un decides to launch a missile, whether it’s across the Sea of Japan or some other direction, he will be choosing willfully to ignore the entire international community,� Kerry told reporters. “And it will be a provocation and unwanted act that will raise people’s temperatures.�

If the trajectory of the test missile suggests that it could be a threat to either the U.S.

or allies, the military would move to shoot it down from one of nine warships armed with sophisticated ballistic missile defense systems in the Pacific, including two that were moved closer to the Korean peninsula, U.S. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss military plans.

Kerry said the test would be a “huge mistake� for Kim. “It will further isolate his country and further isolate his people who are desperate for food and not missile launches,� he warned. “They

are desperate for opportunity and not for a leader to flex his muscles.�

Kerry’s diplomatic tour, while planned long in advance, is unusual in that it brings him directly to a region of escalated tensions and precisely at a time when North Korea is threatening action. The North often times its military and nuclear tests to generate maximum attention, and Kerry’s presence on the peninsula alone risked spurring Pyongyang into another provocation. Another key date is the 101st birthday of the nation’s founder, Kim Il

Sung, on Monday.

After meeting South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, Kerry also weighed in on an intelligence report that rocked Washington on Thursday, suggesting that North Korea now had the knowhow to arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead — even if the weapons would lack reliability. Kerry, repeating assertions by other administration officials, noted that Pyongyang still hadn’t developed or fully tested the nuclear capacities needed for such a step.

Implant helps treat chronic heartburn

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A tiny magnetic bracelet implanted at the base of the throat is greatly improving life for some people with chronic heartburn who need more help than medicine can give them.

It’s a novel way to treat severe acid reflux, which plagues millions of Americans and can raise their risk for more serious health problems.

It happens when a weak muscle doesn’t close after swallowing as it should. That lets stomach juices splash back into the throat. Drugs such as Nexium and Prilosec reduce acid. But they don’t fix the underlying problem, called GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Rodd Foster had it so bad he used to sleep sitting up to keep his dinner down. Tricia Carr worried she would develop complications like the one that killed her mother.

Both Californians got help from the new device, approved a year ago by the federal Food and Drug Administration and also sold in Europe.

The treatment was “life-changing,� said Foster, a 61-year-old plumbing contractor from Canyon Country, Calif. “It’s been 30 years since I’ve been able to eat normally, and now I can eat anything anytime.�

The Linx device, made by Torax Medical Inc., of St. Paul, Minn., is a ring of titanium beads with magnets inside.

Doctors place it around the weak muscle at the base of the esophagus in a half-hour operation using a scope and “keyhole� incisions in the belly. The ring reinforces the weak muscle to keep it closed, yet is flexible

and expands to let food pass when someone swallows. The ring comes in multiple sizes; it is about a half-inch in diameter and expands to about 1.5 inches. People don’t feel it once it is implanted.

The device costs $5,000; the operation can run $12,000 to $20,000 depending on hospital charges, said Dr. John Lipham, a surgeon who offers it at the University of Southern California and at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach. Many insurers cover it for patients who are not helped enough by antacid medicines. “It is a clever device,� said another doctor who has used it — Dr. Donald Castell, a gastroenterologist at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. The magnets “just bolster a little bit the pressure that is normally there� and help seal off the stomach juices, he said.

Both doctors consult for Torax. A third expert with no financial ties to the company — Dr. Daniel DeMarco of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas — said early results with the device have been “very impressive.� But only time will tell if they hold up for many years, he said.

As many as 20 million Americans have GERD. It’s not just a quality-oflife issue: Chronic acid reflux can raise the risk of a condition called Barrett’s esophagus, which in turn can raise the risk of throat cancer. “No one doubts that reflux should be treated,� but most people get enough relief from acidlowering medicines, said Dr. Brian Reid. He’s director of the Barrett’s esophagus program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

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Andrew Metzger looks around his house of six years on Friday near Notasulga, Ala. Metzger and his wife, Donna, were in the house when a tornado destroyed it Thursday night.

3 die in widespread spring storm JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes and winds strong enough to peel the roofs from homes in the Deep South and heaped snow and ice on the Midwest, killing three people and leaving thousands without power as it moved up the East Coast on Friday.

Emergency officials said one person was killed by a tornado in Mississippi. In Missouri, a utility worker repairing power lines was electrocuted, and a woman in Nebraska died when she tried to trudge through a blinding snowstorm from her broken-down car to her house a mile away.

Golf-ball and baseball-sized hail pelted parts of Georgia and the Carolinas. The second day of play at the Masters at Augusta National in eastern Georgia began as scheduled, though. The course was a bit wet but otherwise undamaged.

High winds knocked down trees and power lines across the Southeast, though the storm had mostly moved out of the region by Friday morning. Sleet and freezing rain made driving treacherous in

northern New York, where several schools closed and scores of others delayed the start of classes.

In Mississippi, Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said that one person died and 10 people were injured after a tornado struck Kemper County in the far-eastern part of the state. He said everyone had been accounted for, with the focus now shifting to damage assessment and cleanup.

At Contract Fabricators Inc. in Kemper County, bent pieces of tin hung from the heavily damaged building. A tractortrailer was twisted and overturned, and debris from the business was strewn through the woods across the street.

Derek Cody, an amateur storm chaser who works at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba, just south of Shuqualak, said he drove north to the small town to try to catch a glimpse of a tornado there.

He said he got out of his car on U.S. 45 just as the twister was approaching the

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highway, only to be hit by a strong gust of wind moving into the storm that almost knocked him over. “I kind of sat there and hoped it would cross right in front of me,� Cody said. “It was just a black mass that moved across the road.�

Cody said the center of Shuqualak, an eastern Mississippi town of 500 people, was unaffected. But he said a gas station and about 10 or so houses west of the town center were dam-

aged. He said one house was “completely flattened� with debris blown across the road.

Charlotte Conner, 47, and her mother were in a small, concrete-block apartment on her family’s property in Shuqualak in Noxubee County when the twister mowed it to the ground. “I feel like I’ve been run over by an elephant and a train, but we’re alive,� Conner said. “It was just the hand of God that kept us safe.�

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Obama keeps part of his tax pledge (AP) EDITOR’S NOTE — Part of a series examining President Obama’s campaign promises and what he is doing, or not doing, to keep them.

rich. But for others? He said in his 2012 State of the Union speech, “If you make under $250,000 a year, like 98 percent of American families, your taxes shouldn’t go up.�

THE ISSUE:

THE PROSPECTS:

Taxes are at the center of every major budget fight gripping Washington.

Democrats and Republicans simply do not agree on whether taxpayers should be asked to shell out more in order to reduce government borrowing. That’s why Congress and the White House couldn’t settle on a plan to avoid automatic spending cuts that took effect last month.

And that’s why Washington could be headed for another debt crisis this summer, when Congress once again will have to increase the government’s credit limit or risk an unprecedented default.

In the latest twist, President Obama proposed a 2014 budget that, if adopted, would break his promise to avoid any tax increases for middleand low-income people.

Obama got his first chance to raise taxes on the wealthy at the end of 2010, when a massive package of tax cuts first enacted under President George W. Bush expired. He flinched and agreed to extend all the tax cuts through the end of 2012.

The next time, he pledged, would be different. And it was. After weeks of negotiations and brinkmanship, Congress voted Jan. 1 to extend the tax cuts on income below $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for married couples. Those making more saw their top income tax rate increase from 35 percent to 39.6 percent.

So Obama kept his promise to raise tax rates on the wealthy, though he did so at different income levels than he’d pledged in the campaign.

In accepting higher rates on

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Carol Gay, of Brick, N.J., holds a sign saying “Tax the Rich� in 2011 as several groups including the Peoples Uprisings, October 2011 Coalition and Occupy DC “occupy� Freedom Plaza in Washington.

THE CAMPAIGN PROMISE:

In both his campaigns for the White House, Obama promised to raise taxes on individuals making more than $200,000 and married couples making more than $250,000.

No one making less will get a tax increase, he vowed many times.

In last year’s campaign, Obama said people who make more than $1 million a year should pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes. He called it the “Buffett rule,� named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, an Obama supporter who favors higher taxes for the

the rich, Republican leaders broke their promises to hold the line on tax increases.

But now Obama is proposing to raise taxes on just about everyone, including people who make less than $200,000.

Each year, income tax brackets are adjusted so people don’t get a tax increase simply because their wages kept pace with inflation. In his 2014 budget proposal, Obama proposes adopting a new measure of inflation that would result in smaller adjustments to the tax brackets each year.

That would result in tax increases for most people, especially low-income workers, who would see more of their income subject to the income tax.

The president also wants to raise taxes on the wealthy even more by eliminating some of their tax breaks and by imposing the Buffett rule.

Republicans are balking, and they’re unlikely to budge after vilifying the idea for more than a year as a political gimmick.

Church Directory Adventist

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Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Samuel Bonham Sat. Sch: 9:15am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45am Worship 10:55am Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 499-1838 www.longbranch_baptist.com James R. Allen Sun School 10:00am Worship 11:00am Sun Evening Worship 6:00pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm Midway Baptist Church 1210 Plowden Mill Rd 803-481-5064 Raymond Tobias, Pastor Mickey Lloyd Assoc. Pastor Sun. School 10am Worship 11am Tues. 6:30pm Pine Grove Baptist Church 433 Old Manning Road * 481-2041 Rev. Don Riner, Pastor Sunday School 10:00am Worship 10:50am Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45am Sunday Worship:11am & 6pm

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Plaza Church of Christ 1402 Camden Hwy. * 905-3163 Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm

The Catholic Community of Sumter/ St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St * 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.Ss.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5pm Sun. 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

Episcopal

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave * 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.Ss.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 The Rev. Daniel Lee Clarke Jr Christian Education 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Morning Prayer Tues-Thurs 7:30am Holy Communion Wed. 12:00 pm

St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30pm

City of Refuge Church $BSPMJOB "WF t Pastors Barbara and Johnny Davis 4VOEBZ 4DIPPM BN t 8PSTIJQ BN Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com

Once upon a time a boy wandered deep into the woods. As the sun sank behind the trees, the boy panicked, not knowing which direction to go. Discouraged, he began to lose hope until suddenly he remembered‌on his keychain was a small glowing compass his father had given him. Never used, it was nearly forgotten‌always there, it was a guide to safety. Our Heavenly Father has given us a guide to safety‌the light of His Word can be our guide as we wander through forest of life.

Visit your house of worship each week and let God help you find your way out of darkness.

Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei F. Washington Sun. Worship 10:00am Sun School 6:00pm Tue. Prayer Service 5:30pm Wed. Fellowship Dinner 6:00pm

Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00, 6:30 Wed. Meal-Choir-Missions: 5:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

Interdenominational

Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St * 773-9393 Rev. Kevin Gorry Contemporary Worship 8:45 Traditional Worship 11:00 Sunday School 9:45 trinityumcsumter.org

Love Covenant Church 245 Oswego Hwy * 775-7605 Apostle Tommy Fredrick Prophet Angela Frederick Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Thursday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St * 773-3814 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 9:45 a.m. Sunday School - All Ages 5:00 p.m. Sunday evening program

Non-Denominational

Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext * 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd * 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Bible Study 6:00 pm

Bible Fellowship Church 227 Broad St *773-7101 Pastor Jim Ketchum Sunday Worship: 11 am Worship 6:00pm Sunday School: 9:45 am Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:00pm

Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd * 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study/Respect Monday: 7pm

Lutheran - ELCA

Christ Community Church(CCC) 525 Oxford St, Sumter 803-934-9718 Pastor Toby Toburen Sun. Worship 10:00am (Patriot Hall)

St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am

First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd * 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am

Lutheran - NALC

Miracle Deliverance Temple COSC (Church Of A Second Chance) 1010 North Guignard Drive*934-1444 Apostle Larry DeRant, Bishop Sunday School 10:30am & worship 11:30am

Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive * 803-883-1049 Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Nursery provided Wed Bible Class: 6:30 pm

Swan Lake Presbyterian Church 912 Haynsworth St Sumter 803-775-3146 Pastor Chuck Staggs Sunday School 9:45 Worship 11:00

The Salvation Army 16 Kendrick St * 775-9336 Major Robbie Robbins Sunday School: 9:45 am Worship Service: 11 am Wednesday Mid Week Lift: 7 pm Wednesday Men Fellowship & Woman’s Home League: 7:30 pm

Methodist - Southern First Southern Methodist Church 321 Miller Rd * 773-9723 Ellison Evans III, Reverend Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship: 11:00 am, 6:30 pm Wed. Sevs: 6:30pm, Epworth League Mtg: 6:30pm

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Word International Ministries 1010 North Guignard Drive * 934-1444 Apostle Larry DuRant Pastor Woship - 8:00am & 11:15am Sunday: School - 10:30am

Methodist - United Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr * 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am

Pentecostal-United First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd * 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm

Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd * 469-2452 Rev. Billy Lewis Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.BethelUMCoswego.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net

Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd * 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Worship/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

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Improv comic Winters dead at 87

BY JOHN ROGERS The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87.

The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime friend. He was surrounded by family and friends.

“He was just a great friend, and I was very lucky to be able to work with him for all the years I did,” said Petro, an artist and printmaker who collaborated with Winters for decades on numerous art projects. “We’ve lost a giant, and we’re really going to miss him.”

Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comAP FILE PHOTO edy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of ec- Comedian and actor Jonathan Winters, whose breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others, died Thursday at his centric personalities and a Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes. He was 87. bottomless reservoir of creative energy. Facial contortions, sound effects, tall tales were based on people Winters would just blow the doors off.”

— all could be used in a matknew growing up in Ohio.

Winters’ only Emmy was ter of seconds to get a laugh.

A devotee of Groucho Marx for best-supporting actor for “Beyond funny, he inventand Laurel and Hardy, Winplaying Randy Quaid’s father ed a new category of comedic ters and his free-for-all brand in the sitcom “Davis Rules” genius,” comedian Albert of humor inspired Johnny (1991). He was nominated Brooks tweeted Friday.

Carson, Billy Crystal, Tracey again in 2003 as outstanding On Jack Paar’s television Ullman and Lily Tomlin, guest actor in a comedy series show in 1964, Winters was among many others. But Wilfor an appearance on “Life handed a foot-long stick and liams and Carrey are his best- With Bonnie.” he swiftly became a fisherknown followers.

He also won two Grammys: man, violinist, lion tamer, caCarson in particular lifted One for his work on “The Litnoeist, U.N. diplomat, bullWinters’ Maude Frickert char- tle Prince” album in 1975 and fighter, flutist, delusional psyacter almost intact for the another for his “Crank Calls” chiatric patient, British headlong-running Aunt Blabby comedy album in 1996. He master and Bing Crosby’s golf character he portrayed on also won the Kennedy Cenclub.

“The Tonight Show.” ter’s second Mark Twain Prize “As a kid, I always wanted It was Williams, meanfor Humor in 1999, a year to be lots of things,” Winters while, who helped introduce after Richard Pryor. told U.S. News & World Report Winters to millions of new Winters was sought out in in 1988. “I was a Walter Mitty fans in 1981 as the son of Wil- later years for his changeling type. I wanted to be in the liams’ goofball alien and his voice, and he contributed to French Foreign Legion, a deearthling wife in the final sea- numerous cartoons and anitective, a doctor, a test pilot son of ABC’s “Mork and mated films. Fittingly, he with a scarf, a fisherman who Mindy.” played three characters in the hauled in a tremendous marThe two often strayed from “The Adventures of Rocky and lin after a 12-hour fight.” the script.

Bullwinkle” movie in 2000.

The humor most often was “The best stuff was before The Internet Movie Databased in reality — his characthe cameras were on, when he base website credits him as ters Maude Frickert and Elwas open and free to create,” the voice of Papa in the forthwood P. Suggins, for example, Williams once said. “Jonathan coming “The Smurfs 2” film.

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LAWSUIT from Page A1 Halligan earlier this week, the defendants and Sumter School District deny the majority of Smith’s allegations.

They also filed a notice of removal to federal court, saying that only a federal judge can assure the defendants are given a “fair and impartial” result.

Smith’s suit centers on his son, whom Smith said the defendants “unfairly” targeted for dress code violations in December and January.

The boy, formerly a seventh-grader at the school, was given inschool suspension before Christmas break for a fleece jacket that “(Newton-Ta’Bon) said didn’t comply with the dress code policy.”

The boy, who now attends a private school, was later threatened with ISS in early January for a pair of Nike sneakers, according to the suit. In the meantime, Smith had been barred from the Furman campus through a letter signed by Superintendent Randolph Bynum and Newton-Ta’Bon, which was served to him the same day he began handing out petitions for the principal’s removal while on school grounds as parents picked up their children.

The dress code was originally adopted in 2009 and is now mandated in all Sumter middle schools. It was modified slightly, according to the district, after complaints from students and parents in October.

“This isn’t just me having this problem,” Smith said. “This is other parents, too. We had kids back at the beginning of the year having to wear (hospital-like foot coverings) on their feet because the school didn’t

OBITUARIES JUDY C. TIMMONS Judy Christmas Timmons, age 70, beloved wife of the late Roy Albert Timmons, died on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Lexington Medical Center.

She was born in Lee County, a daughter TIMMONS of the late English and Nannie Amerson Christmas.

She formerly worked as the office manager at the Roy Timmons Car Dealership and will always be remembered as a very loving wife, mother, and grandmother.

Surviving are a son, Robbie Timmons and his wife, Cindy, of Sumter; a daughter, Tonya Spencer and her husband, Brian, of Lexington; a brother, Ricky Christmas of Sumter; a sister, Carol Vick and her husband, Thomas, of Columbia; and a grandson, Blake Spencer of Lexington.

She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Timmons.

A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jamie McElveen officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park.

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like their shoes.”

However, the defendants argue in their answer that: • Newton-Ta’Bon informed Smith’s son prior to the ISS date that his pull-over jacket violated the school dress code and he should not wear it to school.

• School administrators are granted some “limited discretion” in the code’s enforcement.

• The boy wore the jacket to school after being instructed not to and refused to remove the jacket when told he violated the dress code.

• The school properly disciplined the boy for his refusal to comply with Newton-Ta’Bon’s instructions and the code.

• Smith was asked to stop handing out the petitions for NewtonTa’Bon’s removal because he was “causing a disturbance at the school.”

The district is also asserting a defense of immunity from liability under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, which bars lawsuits arising “from the exercise of discretion or judgment by (a) governmental entity or employee or the performance or failure to perform any act or service which is in the discretion or judgment of the governmental entity or employee.”

Smith has altogether alleged nine causes of action ranging from gross negligence, false imprisonment (of his son) and child endangerment to intentional infliction of emotional distress.

U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. is set to preside over the case.

Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211.

| The family will receive friends on Sunday two hours prior to the service from 2 to 4 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Memorial and Tributes, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

DARRELL E. LOCKHART SUMMERTON — Darrell Edward Lockhart, 75, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at Lake Marion Nursing Home.

Born Nov. 23, 1937, in Buchanan County, Va., he was a son of the late Bender Charles and Polly Frankie Lockhart.

He was a retired coal miner and former member of the United Mine Workers Association. He was of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by two daughters, Tammy Lockhart of Greeleyville and Gloria Marshall of West Virginia; a son, Timothy Lockhart of Summerton; a brother,

Jimmy Lockhart of North Carolina; three sisters, Lois Justice Panther of West Virginia, Betty Shiffett of Tennessee and Ruth Jones of Mississippi; six grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Tracy Lockhart; two brothers, Bobby Lockhart and Scotty Lockhart; and three sisters, Doris Castonon, Shirley Lockhart and Patricia Lockhart.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center, 654 Athens Road, Princeton, W.Va. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Princeton.

Visitation will take place from 5 to 7 p.m.

Sunday at Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center in Princeton.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

JAMES O. CROMWELL Jr. James Oliver Cromwell Jr., age 71, beloved husband of Bonnie Jo Cromwell, died on Friday, April 12, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

HENRIETTA BRADHAM ABBEVILLE — Henrietta “Rhetta” Tollison Stokes Bradham, 92, of Sumter, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at Hospice House in Greenwood.

She was twice married, first to the late Rochel A. Stokes and then to the late George H. Bradham. Mrs. Bradham was born in Camden, a daughter of the late Eddie B. and Estelle Langley Tollison.

Mrs. Bradham was a member of New Salem Baptist Church. She was an employee of Lakeside Produce Market in Sumter, where she had worked for many years and continued to work until recently.

In addition to her parents and spouses, she was preceded in death by a son, Rochel A. Stokes Jr.; a son-inlaw, Allen T. “Buddy” Collins; a grandson, Allen T. “Bucky” Collins Jr.; two sisters; and one brother.

Surviving Mrs. Bradham are her daughter,

Stella Stokes Collins; two grandsons, Tim Collins and his wife, Terri, of Abbeville and Lee Collins and his wife, Crystal, of Greenwood; five great-grandchildren, Molly, Mary Brian, Timothy, Caitlin and Chase Collins; and her special adopted family of Sumter, Roy, Jennie, Rhonda and Michael.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Hartley and Lee Collins officiating.

Graveside services will be held at noon Monday in Westview Memorial Park in Hartsville with the Rev. Daniel B. Settle officiating.

Memorial contributions in memory of Mrs. Bradham may be sent to New Salem Baptist Church, 2500 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter, SC 29154 or to the AHS Softball Field of Dreams, 701 Washington St., Abbeville, SC 29620.

A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www. harrisfuneral.com.

Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Abbeville is assisting the Bradham family.

REYSHAUN S. HOLMES Reyshaun Sherrod Holmes, 24, departed this life on April 12, 2013.

He was born Oct. 17, 1988, in Sumter, a son of Ronnie Holmes and Janice Chatman.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 1019 Yankee Drive, Sumter.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

WILLIE G. CHATMAN Willie Germaine Chatman, 35, departed this life on April 12, 2013.

Born March 18, 1978, in Sumter, he was a son of Willie Lee Wilson and Evelyn Chatman.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 418 Robney Drive, Sumter.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

KAY B. DUNCAN Sr. Retired Master Sgt. Kay Brill Duncan Sr., age 77, beloved husband of the late Terasita R. Duncan, died on Friday, April 12, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

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been fighting, both were shot and that they were possibly dead.

Davis told investigators he was asleep in the back bedroom of the home when he heard a loud disturbance, according to reports. Dailey said Davis then heard the gunshots, ran out the back of the home and contacted Holmes’ mother.

Dailey said the men appeared to be shot multiple times each; neither had vital signs at the scene. He said Davis is not considered a suspect at this time.

“He was cooperative and called the mother,” Dailey said. “He has cooperated with law enforcement from the beginning.”

Dailey said the scene showed that an altercation or struggle took place, one that flowed from the living room to the hallway and bathroom areas.

He said the men were shot by an unknown caliber firearm, and spent rounds of ammunition and bullet holes were discovered throughout the scene.

A gun was not found.

HEALTHY LIVING from Page A1

Staff writer Jade Anderson contributed to this report.

Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211.

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Deputies did, however, find what Dailey called a “large amount of marijuana and some pills” scattered on the mens’ bodies and around the surrounding floor area.

“Our chemist is determining ... the nature of the pills,” Dailey said.

Dailey said he did not know how long the victims and Davis had been living at the home. The home did not have electricity. On Friday morning, there were few individuals at neighboring homes, some of which appear abandoned or otherwise empty.

Dailey is hopeful that neighbors on Confederate Road or in the surrounding area did hear or see something.

“We had a bad storm on Friday morning, so that could’ve kept someone from hearing something,” he said.

“We are still actively working this case.

We’re asking neighbors or anyone to call Crimestoppers if they know anything, saw anything or heard anything that could help us in our investigation.”

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Allen Dailey, captain of investigations for the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, said there wasn’t much information to release Friday afternoon about the shootings of Reyshaun Sherrod Holmes, 24, and Willie Jermaine Chatman, 35, who both died sometime after 1:30 a.m. Friday at their home on Confederate Road in Cherryvale.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): the last word in astrology Control changing your Enjoy new people and mind or making an places. A mini vacation, day eugenia LAST abrupt move without trip or get-together with having all the information interesting people will turn required to be successful. your day into a memorable Timing will be essential if you plan. event. Love and romance are highlighted.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep an eye on SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Alter your home to someone appearing to be secretive or fit a project you want to pursue. Feeling unwilling to share information. Equality will be comfortable in your surroundings will help you necessary if you plan to work in partnership do a better job. There is money to be made if with someone. you invest in your future.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Make plans to GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Trust in your have some fun. You can make life judgment, expertise and ability to express and improvements if you dedicate some time to impress the people you deal with. Let your making the necessary adjustments to your charm and charisma lead the way and you will home and what you do for a living. win in the end.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t offer to take on CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Arguments are responsibilities without help and considerable likely. Back away from anyone being compensation. You’ll find solutions that will unreasonable or pushy. Focus on small jobs help you please everyone if you keep your you can do on your own. Caution must be plans simple and cost-effective. taken.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your unique ideas will AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Getting back to attract interest if you share your plans. Love is basics and the things and the people you enjoy on the rise, so make sure that you plan most will help you improve your life and future. something special for someone special.

Ask for help and offer what you can in return.

Success will be yours.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Size up your situation VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take the safe route. and take a serious approach to what needs to Expect delays while traveling or dealing with be done in order to reach your goals. Set people from different backgrounds. Don’t let reasonable goals, but strive for more and you frustration cause you to make a poor choice. won’t be disappointed.

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USCS turns experience into focus this week

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com

The par meant that Guan, who had one shot added to his score on the 17th hole for his second bad time of the round — made the cut under the 10-shot rule.

“If I can make it, I would be really happy for it,” Guan said some five hours earlier.

“But if I didn’t make it, it’s still a great week.”

He’s now part of a weekend at Augusta that should be as dynamic as ever.

Day was at 6-under 138, and 18 players were within

If there is a silver lining to last weekend’s series against Spartanburg Methodist College, it will come in the form of experience, University of South Carolina Sumter head baseball coach Tom Fleenor said.

The Fire Ants dropped three out of four games against the Pioneers – they were swept last Saturday by scores of 9-4 and 1-0 beFLEENOR fore splitting last Sunday’s game with a 5-4 win and a 10-2 loss.

“Until you’ve experienced it, you don’t know what the rivalry is like,” Fleenor said. “We’ve got that experience now and hopefully we can use it for the rest of the year and later on if we meet again in the (Region X) tournament.”

Thursday’s 3-1 and 9-2 victories overall the Belmont Abbey junior varsity team puts USCS at 28-13 overall, but the Fire Ants are under .500 in Region X at 8-10. They travel to Jamestown, N.C., today for a 4-game weekend series against Guilford Technical Community College.

The Titans are 17-16 overall and 10-10 in the region. The two teams are among a group of four battling for position as the regular season nears its end. USC Salkehatchie (911) and USC Lancaster (810) are the other two in the

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Jason Day chips out of a bunker on the 16th hole during the second round of the Masters on Friday in Augusta, Ga. Day leads with a 6-under par while Fred Couples and first-day leader Marc Leishman are just one shot behind. Last year’s Masters winner, Bubba Watson, and 14-yearold Tianlong Guan barely made the cut.

Day leads at 6-under par Watson, 14-year-old Tianlang Guan barely make cut

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

MASTERS LEADERBOARD

AUGUSTA, Ga.— The 14-year-old from China isn’t going anywhere in a hurry.

And this Masters is still a long way from taking shape.

Despite being the first player at Augusta National to get hit with a one-shot penalty for slow play, teen sensation Tianlang Guan still made history Friday as the youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event.

And it came down to the

Friday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 (36-36)

Second Round Jason Day Fred Couples Marc Leishman Angel Cabrera Jim Furyk Brandt Snedeker K.J. Choi Jason Dufner

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last shot of a wild and windy day.

Jason Day could have sent the kid home early with a birdie from just off the front of the green on the 18th hole.

Lady Knights stumble in final 3 innings, fall to Darlington 9-1

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com First-year Crestwood High School head varsity softball coach Jody Ortmann has been pleased with the progress the Lady Knights have made this season.

The next step is learning how to finish games as strongly as you start them, he added.

Crestwood came out strong ORTMANN against Darlington on Friday – holding the Lady Falcons scoreless through four innings – but miscues and mental mistakes during the last three innings produced seven unearned runs as the Lady Falcons came away with a 9-1 victory at the CHS Field.

The Lady Knights fell to 6-10 overall and 2-5 in Region VI-3A. Crestwood battles county rival Sumter on Monday.

“I think the girls came out inspired and ready to play,” Ortmann said. “We played very well for six innings. They scored three unearned runs in the fifth, but it was a very

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tight game for six innings before the wheels kind of came off.

“And that’s kind of how we’ve played all season.

We’ve played beautifully for four or five innings, and then let things get away from us. We have to understand that this is a mental game as much as it is physical, and you have to be sharp mentally for seven innings.”

The Lady Knights cruised behind starting pitcher Rebecka Gibbons for the first four innings.

Gibbons allowed just two hits through the first four frames and just three through the first six innings. She finished with five strikeouts.

“Rebecka pitched well and gave us solid innings, and the defense behind her played very well early on, too,” Ortmann said. “I think Reba and (catcher) Chloe (Foote) have improved a lot together since the start of the season and they did a good job for us tonight.”

Crestwood got on the board first in the third inning behind some aggressive baserunning by Emily Horton. After reaching on a single, SEE CRESTWOOD, PAGE B3

David Lynn Justin Rose Adam Scott Lee Westwood Tiger Woods Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Sergio Garcia Bernhard Langer

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But the Australian was wide left and tapped in for par, giving him a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead over fellow Aussie Marc Leishman and the ageless Fred Couples.

Stoudt, Kelly to battle for backup QB spot

BY MANDRALLIUS ROBINSON Greenville News CLEMSON-- All it cost Chad Morris was his voice. He would eagerly pay that cost again.

As long as the message resonates today during Clemson’s spring football game, scheduled to kick off at 4 MORRIS p.m. in Memorial Stadium.

Morris, who is entering his third season as offensive coordinator, feared complacency and entitlement settled into his unit during Monday’s scrimmage. He was dissatis-

fied with the Tigers’ energy, execution and even their lackluster reaction to a touchdown.

In the subsequent practices, Morris emphatically and repeatedly relayed his displeasure, leavSTOUDT ing him hoarse but hopeful for an acceptable response.

“What spring ball has done is magnified what we’ve got to work KELLY on,” Morris said.

“We haven’t mastered anything. These guys are 0-and-0.

They haven’t won a game.”

Senior quarterback Tajh Boyd played four snaps during Monday’s scrimmage, allowing the staff to observe how junior Cole Stoudt and redshirt freshman Chad Kelly would handle the lead.

The trial did not yield the desired results.

The defense notched 18 tackles for loss, including 14 sacks, and seven pass deflections. Stoudt and Kelly combined to complete 17 of 33 passes.

“We did not have the intensity level we needed to have.

We did not have the energy we needed to have,” Morris said.

“That was good, because we SEE TIGERS, PAGE B3

Cooper, Gurley hope to return to form

BY DARRYL SLATER Post and Courier COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s spring practices conclude in front of thousands of fans today at WilliamsBrice Stadium, with the COOPER spring game — an event that has become a festival of sorts, but remains no more definitive than anything else

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USC head football coach Steve Spurrier hopes to find several younger players to step up in today’s spring game at Williams-Brice Stadium.

that happened on the practice fields this month.

Most of the Gamecocks’ returning stars

won’t play today, because coach Steve Spurrier likes to use the spring, and today’s game, to get younger

players experience.

And as the Gamecocks try to build on back-to-back programbest 11-2 seasons, the weeks between now and GURLEY the Aug. 29 opener against North Carolina will be important for two key players returning from injury.

Linebacker Cedrick SEE USC, PAGE B3

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 10 a.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match from London -- Arsenal vs. Norwich (FOX SOCCER).

12:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Washington (WACH 57).

1 p.m. -- College Softball: Florida at Kentucky (ESPNU).

1 p.m. -- College Baseball: Virginia at Georgia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

1:30 p.m. -- College Baseball: Mississippi State at Texas A&M (SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. -- PGA Golf: The Masters Third Round from Augusta, Ga. (WBTW 13, WLTX 19).

3 p.m. -- College Football: Texas A&M Spring Game from College Station, Texas (ESPN).

3 p.m. -- College Baseball: South Carolina at Florida (ESPN2, WNKT-FM 107.5).

3 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: Johns Hopkins at Maryland (ESPNU).

3 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Philadelphia at Buffalo (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

4 p.m. -- College Football: Clemson Spring Game from Clemson (WPUB-FM 102.7).

4:30 p.m. -- Horse Racing: Blue Grass Stakes from Lexington, Ky. (WIS 10).

5 p.m. -- College Softball: Louisiana State at Texas A&M (ESPN).

5 p.m. -- College Baseball: Missouri at Vanderbilt (ESPNU).

5:30 p.m. -- College Softball: Loyola Marymount at Birgham Young (BYUTV).

5:55 p.m. -- International Soccer: Mexican Primera Division Match from Mexico City -Cruz Azul vs. Tijuana (ESPN2).

6 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Under-17 Quarterfinal Match from Chorrera, Panama -- Panama vs. Trinidad & Tobago (FOX SOCCER).

6 p.m. -- Horse Racing: Arkansas Derby from Hot Springs, Ark. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

7 p.m. -- College Hockey: NCAA Tournament Frozen Four National Championship Match from Pittsburgh -- Yale vs. Quinnipiac (ESPN).

7 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Boston at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh or Toronto at Kansas City (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Milwaukee at Charlotte (SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. -- Major League Soccer: Los Angeles at Dallas (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- High School Basketball: Jordan Brand Classic from Brooklyn, N.Y. (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- College Bowling: NCAA Women’s Championship from Canton, Mich. (ESPNU).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Memphis (NBA TV).

9 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Under-17 Quarterfinal Match from Chorrera, Panama -- Canada vs. Jamaica (FOX SOCCER).

10 p.m. -- College Softball: Washington at Arizona State (ESPN2).

10 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Juan Diaz vs.

Pipino Cuevas Jr. in a Light Welterweight Bout from Corpus Christi, Texas (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

11 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux for the WBO/WBA Super Bantamweight Title from New York (HBO) 2:30 a.m. -- Formula One Racing: Chinese Grand Prix from Shanghai (SPEED).

3 a.m. -- International Soccer: Australian League Match from Queensland, Australia -- Gold Coast vs. Melbourne (FOX SOCCER).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 5 4 .556 – Boston 5 4 .556 – New York 4 4 .500 1/2 Tampa Bay 4 5 .444 1 Toronto 3 6 .333 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 6 3 .667 – Detroit 5 4 .556 1 Chicago 4 5 .444 2 Minnesota 4 5 .444 2 Cleveland 3 5 .375 21/2 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 8 2 .800 – Texas 7 3 .700 1 Seattle 4 7 .364 41/2 Houston 3 6 .333 41/2 Los Angeles 2 7 .222 51/2 Thursday’s Games Detroit 11, Toronto 1 Washington 7, Chicago White Sox 4 N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, ppd., rain Baltimore 3, Boston 2 Oakland 8, L.A. Angels 1 Texas 4, Seattle 3 Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Tampa Bay at Boston, ppd., rain N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, late Toronto at Kansas City, late Detroit at Oakland, late Houston at L.A. Angels, late Texas at Seattle, late Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay (Price 0-1) at Boston (Lester 2-0), 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Hammel 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 1-1), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 1-0) at Cleveland (McAllister 0-1), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 1-1) at Oakland (Anderson 1-1), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Harvey 2-0) at Minnesota (Diamond 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 0-2) at Kansas City (Shields 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 0-2) at L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0), 9:05 p.m.

Texas (Ogando 2-0) at Seattle (J.Saunders 1-1), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Toronto at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

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

Monday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 11:05 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 8 1 .889 – Washington 7 2 .778 1 New York 5 4 .556 3 Philadelphia 4 5 .444 4 Miami 1 8 .111 7 Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 5 4 .556 – St. Louis 5 4 .556 – Chicago 3 6 .333 2 Pittsburgh 3 6 .333 2 Milwaukee 2 6 .250 21/2 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 7 3 .700 – Arizona 6 3 .667 1/2 Los Angeles 6 3 .667 1/2 Colorado 5 4 .556 11/2 San Diego 2 7 .222 41/2 Thursday’s Games

| San Francisco 7, Chicago Cubs 6 Washington 7, Chicago White Sox 4 L.A. Dodgers 3, San Diego 2 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 4, San Francisco 3 Atlanta 6, Washington 4 St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 0 Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 3, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, late L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, late Colorado at San Diego, late Saturday’s Games Atlanta (Hudson 1-0) at Washington (Strasburg 1-1), 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-1), 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Harvey 2-0) at Minnesota (Diamond 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 1-1), 4:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 0-2) at Miami (Fernandez 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 1-1) at Arizona (Kennedy 1-0), 8:10 p.m.

Colorado (Chacin 1-0) at San Diego (Volquez 0-2), 8:40 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

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

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

Monday’s Games St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-New York 51 27 .654 – x-Brooklyn 46 32 .590 5 x-Boston 40 38 .513 11 Philadelphia 31 47 .397 20 Toronto 30 48 .385 21 Southeast Division W L Pct GB z-Miami 62 16 .795 – x-Atlanta 43 36 .544 191/2 Washington 29 50 .367 331/2 Orlando 20 59 .253 421/2 Charlotte 18 60 .231 44 Central Division W L Pct GB y-Indiana 49 29 .628 – x-Chicago 43 35 .551 6 x-Milwaukee 37 41 .474 12 Detroit 27 52 .342 221/2 Cleveland 24 54 .308 25 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 57 21 .731 – x-Memphis 53 25 .679 4 x-Houston 44 34 .564 13 Dallas 38 40 .487 19 New Orleans 27 52 .342 301/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB x-Oklahoma City 58 21 .734 – x-Denver 54 24 .692 31/2 Utah 41 38 .519 17 Portland 33 45 .423 241/2 Minnesota 29 49 .372 281/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB y-L.A. Clippers 52 26 .667 – x-Golden State 45 34 .570 71/2 L.A. Lakers 42 37 .532 101/2 Sacramento 28 50 .359 24 Phoenix 24 55 .304 281/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Thursday’s Games Chicago 118, New York 111, OT Oklahoma City 116, Golden State 97 Friday’s Games Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.

New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Sacramento at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Chicago at Miami, 1 p.m.

Indiana at New York, 3:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 5 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Pittsburgh 41 31 10 0 62 138 101 N.Y. Islanders 41 21 16 4 46 119 121 N.Y. Rangers 40 20 16 4 44 99 96 New Jersey 40 15 15 10 40 96 111 Philadelphia 40 17 20 3 37 108 125 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Montreal 40 26 9 5 57 127 95 Boston 40 26 10 4 56 114 87 Toronto 40 22 13 5 49 123 112 Ottawa 40 20 14 6 46 99 89 Buffalo 41 16 19 6 38 107 127 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 41 22 17 2 46 123 113 Winnipeg 42 21 19 2 44 109 123 Tampa Bay 40 17 21 2 36 127 122 Carolina 40 16 22 2 34 103 129 Florida 40 13 21 6 32 98 139 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Chicago 39 30 5 4 64 129 83 St. Louis 39 23 14 2 48 109 98 Detroit 40 19 15 6 44 101 104 Columbus 40 17 16 7 41 95 104 Nashville 41 15 18 8 38 96 110 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 40 23 11 6 52 109 96 Minnesota 40 22 16 2 46 103 100 Edmonton 40 16 17 7 39 102 111 Calgary 39 14 21 4 32 103 138 Colorado 41 13 22 6 32 96 128 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 41 27 9 5 59 124 103 Los Angeles 41 23 14 4 50 118 103 San Jose 40 21 12 7 49 101 100 Phoenix 40 18 16 6 42 108 107 Dallas 39 19 17 3 41 109 118 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Games San Jose 3, Detroit 2, SO Los Angeles 3, Colorado 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 2, Boston 1 Ottawa 3, Philadelphia 1 Washington 3, Carolina 1 Montreal 5, Buffalo 1 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 3 Winnipeg 7, Florida 2 St. Louis 2, Minnesota 0 Friday’s Games Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013

SHS baseball rescheduled for today Sumter High School’s varsity baseball road game with Conway on Friday was postponed due to rain.

A late afternoon rain storm in Conway caused the postponement. The game has been rescheduled for a 6:30 p.m. start today.

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

LAURENCE MANNING ORANGEBURG PREP

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MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy remained undefeated in SCISA Region II-3A with a 7-0 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Thursday at Tucker Belangia Diamond.

Nick Gibbons pitched six innings to get the victory for the Swampcats, who are 16-2 overall and 4-0 in region play. He had 12 strikeouts.

Mark Pipkin led the LMA offense, going 3-for-4 with a 2-run home run, three runs batted in and two runs scored. Jack Martin had two hits and two RBI and Thomas Walker had two hits and an RBI. MANNING LAKEWOOD

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MANNING — Manning High School hit three home runs in an 11-4 victory over Lakewood on Thursday at the MHS field.

Jamal Keels led the Monarch offense, going 3-for-4 with a homer, three runs scored and two runs batted in. Rashad Hilton was 2-for-4 with a homer, a run and an RBI and Willie Glover hit a solo homer and scored twice.

Justin McArthur was 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI, and Tommy King was 2-for4 with a double, two

RBI and a run.

King was the winning pitcher for Manning, which improved to 13-3 overall and 6-2 in Region VI-3A. He allowed five hits and two earned runs while striking out 11.

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Wilson Hall fell to 15-5 on the season with a 4-2 loss to Calhoun Academy on Thursday at Baron Field.

Jay Goodson had a hit, a walk and drove in two runs to lead the Barons. Kemper Patton was 2-for-3 with a double.

Chase Belk took the loss, allowing three earned runs and six hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked one.

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Crestwood High School fell to 2-14 on the season with a 13-2 loss to Dreher on Thursday at the Crestwood field.

Cole Benenhaley was 2-for-3 to lead the Knights.

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BLACKVILLE — Clarendon Hall evened its record at 5-5 on the season with a 19-10 victory over Jefferson Davis Academy on Tuesday at the JDA field.

The Saints had 21 hits with Dustin Way leading the way with four hits and two runs batted in. Daniel Pappas and Tilton McRae were both 3-for-5.

Brandon Baxley pitched 4 2/3 innings to get the win.

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DALZELL — Michael Streeter scored three goal and had an assist to lead Wilson Hall to an 8-1 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy on Thursday at General Field.

Drake Shadwell added two goals and two assists for the Barons, who improved to 7-4 on the season. Justin Schaare, Edel Barrett and Nathan Ditts also scored goals, while Adam Jennings, Phillip Shulter, Harris Jordan, Michael High and Matthew High each had an assist.

Luke Schumacher scored TSA’s goal.

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FLORENCE — Wilson Hall improved to 10-1 on the season with an 11-2 victory over Florence Christian School on Friday at the FCS field.

Edward McMillan allowed one hit and had four strikeouts in three innings pitched, while Brandon Spittle had four Ks and allowed no hits in three innings.

Drew Talley pitched the final inning, striking out three.

Brent Carraway, Dawson Price, Jake Reaves and Spittle each had two hits. Spittle, Jay Barnes, McMillan and John Ballard each had a double.

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Wilson Hall concluded its season with a 7-3 record after beating

Colleton Prep 8-0 on Thursday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Tanner Epps, Dalton Dabbs and Luke Stokes combined on a 1-hit shutout for the Barons.

Daniel Reynolds was 3-for-4 with two runs, while Jackson LeMay and Corbin Bruce were both 2-for-2 with three runs batted in.

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Sumter High School remained undefeated on the season with a 5-0 victory over Lakewood on Friday at the SHS field.

Travis Disher, Oscar Martinez-Cruz, Owen Brooks, Ryan Missildine and Richie Cotton each scored a goal for the Gamecocks, who are 8-0 on the season.

Nick Fry, Cotton, Kwajo Boateng and Brooks each had an assist.

Devon Smith had two saves.

VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD WILSON HALL THIRD

CHARLESTON — Wilson Hall finished third in a 9-team meet on Thursday at the Porter-Gaud track.

P-G won with 223 points, followed by Garrett with 111 and the Barons with 61.50.

Hayes Goodson won the 400-meter hurdles for Wilson Hall in a time of 1 minute, 10.10 seconds.

WILSON HALL First-Place Finishers 400 Hurdles -- Hayes Goodson (1 minute, 10.10 seconds).

Second-Place Finishers 4x800 Relay -- David Bradham, Brayden Fidler, Scott Harvin, Ryan Norris (9:21.00).

Third-Place Finishers 1,600 Run -- Bradham (4:58.75) 4x100 Relay -- Josh Gentile, Ashton Knowlton, Harvin, Norris (3:51.40).

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

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Knights even region record with 2-0 win BENNETTSVILLE — Crestwood High School’s varsity girls soccer team evened its Region VI-3A record at 2-2 with a 2-0 victory over Marlboro County on Friday at the MC field.

Kristian Gainey scored both goals for the Lady Knights, who improved to 4-7 overall. Alexis Scriven and Patti Peters each had an assist.

shutout for the Lady Saints, striking out eight. Royce was also 2-for-2 at the plate.

Brittany Bays was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, Delaney Peeler was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Abby Dara had a triple and an RBI, and Shannon Corbett had a double and an RBI.

VARSITY SOFTBALL CLARENDON HALL PATRICK HENRY

ORANGEBURG — Laurence Manning Academy lost its SCISA Region II-3A opener to Orangeburg Prep 7-2 on Thursday at the OP field.

The Lady Swampcats committed seven errors in falling to 22-9 on the season.

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SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall improved to 12-1 on the season with an 8-0 victory over Patrick Henry on Friday at the CH field.

Gracyn Royce pitched 2-hit

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JUNIOR VARSITY SOFTBALL

THOMAS SUMTER ORANGEBURG PREP

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DALZELL —Thomas Sumter Academy improved to 9-6 on the season with an 11-2 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Friday at the TSA field.

Lindley Hodge led TSA, going 3-for-3 with four runs batted in.

Carmen Silveste had two triples and an RBI and Lauren Jones had two hits.

On Tuesday in Dalzell, TSA beat Dorchester 8-3. Hodge was the winning pitcher and had two solo home runs. Dymond Gibson had an inside-the-park home, a double and two RBI, Silvester had a homer, a double and two RBI and Riley DeLavan had two hits.

Busch brothers starting 1-2 in Texas race

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Move over, brother.

The Busch brothers will start on the front row for the second time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series after younger brother Kyle set a Texas qualifying record with a lap of 196.299 mph Friday night. That knocked Kurt off the pole, but not off the front row for Saturday night’s race.

“Not too shabby of a day. ... I feel like we have a good piece for the race,” Kyle Busch said. “It felt that good.

Sometimes you feel that good and it’s not very fast.”

KYLE BUSCH Kyle Busch went almost immediately from the Cup qualifying run in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to climbing into his Nationwide car and starting second in that race.

It took that record qualifying lap by Kyle to knock Kurt Busch off the pole KURT BUSCH after his lap of 195.688 mph in his Chevrolet.

“A track record is a small feather in the cap,” Kurt Busch said. “The fact that it’s Kyle, I wouldn’t want to lose to anybody other than him, but it is bitter that I did lose to him.”

NRA 500 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Saturday At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 196.299 mph.

2. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 195.688.

3. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 195.009.

4. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 194.946.

5. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 194.77.

6. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194.532.

7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 194.503.

8. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 194.168.

9. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 194.147.

10. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 194.007.

11. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 193.819.

12. (51) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 193.764.

13. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 193.632.

14. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 193.451.

15. (11) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 193.444.

16. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 193.431.

17. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 193.195.

18. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 192.885.

19. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 192.781.

20. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 192.761.

21. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 192.761.

22. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 192.754.

23. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 192.644.

24. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 192.596.

25. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 192.555.

26. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 192.267.

27. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 192.102.

28. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 191.891.

29. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 191.734.

30. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 191.571.

31. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 191.557.

32. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 191.279.

33. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 191.144.

34. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 190.927.

35. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 190.921.

36. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 190.705.

37. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, Owner Points.

38. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, Owner Points.

39. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

40. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, Owner Points.

41. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points.

42. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

43. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 187.617.

45. (44) Scott Riggs, Ford, 186.149.

SPORTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013

THE ITEM

Gator Classic XVII tourney set for today

MASTERS from Page B1

The Gator Classic XVII soccer tournament will be held today at Lakewood High School’s J. Frank Baker Stadium beginning at 8:45 a.m.

The opening game of the 4-team tournament will have Lakewood taking on Orangeburg Prep at 8:45. Lower Richland and Lake City will meet at 10 a.m.

The losers of the two games will meet for third place at noon, while the two winners will play for the title at 1:15 p.m.

Each game will have two 30-minute halves.

four shots of the lead, including Tiger Woods.

Woods moved into a share of the lead with a two-putt birdie on the eighth hole, and his game looked to be as sharp as ever — perhaps too sharp. Right when it looked like he might take the outright lead, Woods hit a lob wedge that was so perfect it hit the flag on the par-5 15th and caromed backward off the green and into the water. Instead of having a short birdie putt, he had to scramble to save bogey.

Woods posed over another shot on the 18th and was stunned to see it hop onto the upper shelf, leading to his second three-putt bogey of the week. He had to settle for a 71, though he was still only three shots out of the lead.

“My score doesn’t quite indicate how well I played today,” Woods said.

The 53-year-old Couples, who shared the 36-

DALZELL POST 175 MEETING SET

The Dalzell/Shaw American Legion Post 175 baseball program will hold a pre-tryout meeting for the 2013 season Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Post 175 hut located at 3625 Camden Highway in Dalzell.

The team is open to players between the ages of 15-18.

Those who want to play for Dalzell are asked to attend the meeting along with a parent or guardian. Players are asked to bring their original birth certificate to the meeting.

GREINKE EXPECTED BACK IN 8 WEEKS

SAN DIEGO — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke will need surgery to repair his broken left collarbone, and the team says he is expected to return in eight weeks.

QUENTIN SUSPENDED 8 GAMES

SAN DIEGO— Padres slugger Carlos Quentin has been suspended eight games and Los Angeles infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. suspended one

SPORTS ITEMS game by Major League Baseball for their roles in a brawl Thursday night.

FLORIDA USC

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat South Carolina in a college baseball game on Friday at McKethan Stadium.

The Gamecocks are 27-9 overall and 8-6 in the Southeastern Conference after the loss, while Florida is 18-18 and 7-7. The series concludes today with a 3 p.m. game that will be televised on ESPN2.

USC led 3-1 entering the bottom of the eighth with relief pitcher Adam Westmoreland having tossed four shutout innings. However, the Gators rallied against the left-hander.

Westmoreland had relieved Jordan Montgomery, who started the game. The lefty from Sumter worked three innings, allowing one unearned run while scattering four hits, walking one and striking out two.

Connor Bright had three hits for Carolina, including a solo home run. Graham Saiko had two hits.

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CLEMSON — Clemson won its eighth game in a row on Friday, opening a 3-game series with Wake Forest with an 8-2 victory at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

The Tigers improved to 24-11 overall and 10-6 in the

USC from Page B1 Cooper and free safety T.J. Gurley, both sophomores who missed the spring, are expected to be back from knee injuries suffered last season by August practices. Cooper will compete for the will linebacker job, and Gurley has a chance to grab the free safety spot vacated by D.J. Swearinger.

Both could play valuable roles on a defense that ranked 11th and third nationally

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the past two seasons in yards allowed per game, so the progress they make between now and August, in moments not seen by scores of fans, will be critical.

Cooper will return to a linebacker group that lost all three starters from last season. His absence this spring has allowed position coach Kirk Botkin to get sophomore Marcquis Roberts some work at will linebacker. Roberts

thrown out at home, however, trying to score after a groundout to third on a delayed tag-up.

The Lady Knights also had runners at the corners with two down later on in the inning, but could not push across a run.

Darlington put the game away in the top of the seventh with a 6-run outburst – four of which were unearned. Ramsey Sherrill, Taza Mitchell and Anjae Timmons had RBI hits for the Lady Falcons. Crestwood also committed two errors on strikeout pitches in the dirt, allowing two extra runners who both came around to score.

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All four are looking up at Louisburg College (126), SMC 11-7) and Florence-Darlington Tech (108).

“We’re taking the approach of forgetting about what happened last weekend and just focusing on the next game,” Fleenor said. “We start with Game 1 (today) and try to win that and go from there.”

That will be easier said than done. USCS has no real scouting report on Guilford, so the Fire Ants will be going in blind, Fleenor said.

“We don’t know too much about them,” he said.

“We know they’ve got a solid No. 1 pitcher (Garrett Hickman), but other than that, we’re just going to go in and play our best and see what happens.”

Hickman leads the Titans with a 2.75 earned run average and 52 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings this season. The next three starters, however, have a combined ERA over 6.00. As a team, the Titans’

NBA HEAT CELTICS

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MIAMI — LeBron James scored 20 points in 29 minutes, Rashard Lewis added 19 on a huge night for the Miami bench and the Heat tied the franchise record for home wins in a season, topping the Boston Celtics 109-101 on Friday night.

NETS PACERS

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INDIANAPOLIS — Deron Williams scored 33 points and the Brooklyn Nets secured home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a 117-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

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hole lead at the Masters last year, birdied the 18th hole for a 71 and will play in the final group.

Former Masters champion Angel Cabrera birdied five of his last six holes for a 69 and was in the group two shots behind, along with former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk (71) and Brandt Snedeker (70). Woods was at 3-under 141 with six others, including Adam Scott (72), Lee Westwood (71) and Justin Rose (71).

And still in the mix was Rory McIlroy, who turned his fortunes around with a 5-wood from about 275 yards that set up a short eagle putt. He added three more birdies on the back nine and had a 70, leaving him only four shots out of the lead going into the weekend.

“Anything under par today was going to be a good score,” McIlroy said.

WASHINGTON — Ramiro Pena hit a two-run homer off Craig Stammen with two outs in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves came back to beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 Friday night, stretching their winning streak to seven games.

From wire, staff reports

needed the work, because he missed all of the past two seasons with injuries, and defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward liked what he saw from Roberts this spring.

“Marcquis is real physical,” said Ward.

“He’s just got to continue to work on his run keys and getting pull calls.”

Sophomore Kaiwan Lewis and redshirt freshman T.J. Holloman have impressed Ward and Botkin this spring with their ability to recognize offensive

CRESTWOOD from Page B1 Horton took second on a sacrifice bunt by Dora Ann Fay and then made it all the way to third after a close throw by the Lady Falcons.

Horton scored on error to put Crestwood up 1-0.

Two Lady Knights’ errors in the fifth paved the way for a trio of unearned runs by Darlington.

Sydney Blackman had a sacrifice fly and Jada Richardson had an RBI single for the Lady Falcons, who took a 3-1 lead.

Crestwood had a chance to pull within one run the bottom of the sixth when Fay led off the inning with a double and moved to third on a wild pitch. She was

Atlantic Coast Conference.

Wake fell to 19-18 and 4-12.

Daniel Gossett picked up the win, allowing eight hits and two runs in six innings. He struck out nine and walked two.

Garrett Boulware had two hits, including a solo home run. Tyler Slaton and Joe Costigan were both 2-for-4 with a run scored and a run batted in.

tendencies, and when linemen pull off the line of scrimmage to block in the open field.

This spring, both played will linebacker and mike linebacker — the player responsible for getting the defensive front aligned before the snap. Lewis has played mike since he got to USC last summer, so he is the leading candidate to start there. Botkin isn’t sure if he will have Holloman compete with Cooper at will linebacker during August practices, or rotate with Lewis at mike.

“We’ve come a long way since the first game,” Ortmann said. “We just have to continue to work hard and keep improving. We have three games next week to come out and play well and try to pick up some wins.”

Fay was 2-for-2 with a sac bunt to lead Crestwood. Horton and Kaci Dinkins picked up the other two base knocks.

Darlington starting pitcher Sherrill picked up the win after tossing seven solid innings and allowing just an unearned run on four hits with six strikeouts.

She was also 2-for-2 with two walks, an RBI and a run scored.

Brooke Sohenman was also 2-for-2 for the Lady Falcons.

ERA is 4.59.

That may benefit a USCS squad that has struggled offensively this season. The team batting average was at .284 prior to Thursday’s games against Belmont Abbey. Of the main starters, Brad Johnson (.410), Andrew Reardon (.333) and Trevor Bradley (.328) have led the way for the Fire Ants.

Johnson leads the team with 20 runs driven in – one more than Josh Bowers. Reardon and Bradley have combined for 19 RBI. Johnson also leads the team with three homers followed by Reardon with two.

The pitching and defense continue to be strong points for USCS, though. The Fire Ants’ team ERA is 3.11 and the fielding percentage is .966.

Bowers has logged the most innings at 59 2/3 with a 2.26 ERA and 55 strikeouts to go along with it. Marlin Morris is next with a 2.40 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings.

JR Black has been solid out of the bullpen, posting a 2.00 ERA with two saves and 16 strikeouts in 18 innings.

Masters Par Scores The Associated Press Friday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Second Round (a-amateur) Jason Day 70-68-138 -6 Fred Couples 68-71-139 -5 Marc Leishman 66-73-139 -5 Angel Cabrera 71-69-140 -4 Jim Furyk 69-71-140 -4 Brandt Snedeker 70-70-140 -4 K.J. Choi 70-71-141 -3 Jason Dufner 72-69-141 -3 David Lynn 68-73-141 -3 Justin Rose 70-71-141 -3 Adam Scott 69-72-141 -3 Lee Westwood 70-71-141 -3 Tiger Woods 70-71-141 -3 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 68-74-142 -2 Sergio Garcia 66-76-142 -2 Bernhard Langer 71-71-142 -2 Rory McIlroy 72-70-142 -2 Charl Schwartzel 71-71-142 -2 John Senden 72-70-142 -2 Luke Donald 71-72-143 -1 Bill Haas 71-72-143 -1 Trevor Immelman 68-75-143 -1 Dustin Johnson 67-76-143 -1 Matt Kuchar 68-75-143 -1 Ryan Moore 71-72-143 -1 Steve Stricker 73-70-143 -1 Rickie Fowler 68-76-144 E Scott Piercy 75-69-144 E David Toms 70-74-144 E Michael Thompson 73-71-144 E Ernie Els 71-74-145 +1 Freddie Jacobson 72-73-145 +1 Zach Johnson 69-76-145 +1 Sandy Lyle 73-72-145 +1 Bo Van Pelt 71-74-145 +1 Richard Sterne 73-72-145 +1 Thomas Bjorn 73-73-146 +2 Keegan Bradley 73-73-146 +2 Stewart Cink 75-71-146 +2 Tim Clark 70-76-146 +2 Brian Gay 72-74-146 +2 Paul Lawrie 76-70-146 +2 Kevin Na 70-76-146 +2 Jose Maria Olazabal 74-72-146 +2 Carl Pettersson 76-70-146 +2

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Vijay Singh 72-74-146 +2 Henrik Stenson 75-71-146 +2 Robert Garrigus 76-71-147 +3 Peter Hanson 72-75-147 +3 John Huh 70-77-147 +3 Martin Kaymer 72-75-147 +3 Phil Mickelson 71-76-147 +3 D.A. Points 72-75-147 +3 Nick Watney 78-69-147 +3 Lucas Glover 74-74-148 +4 Branden Grace 78-70-148 +4 Ryo Ishikawa 71-77-148 +4 Thorbjorn Olesen 78-70-148 +4 John Peterson 71-77-148 +4 a-Guan Tianlang 73-75-148 +4 Bubba Watson 75-73-148 +4 Failed to qualify George Coetzee 75-74-149 +5 Jamie Donaldson 74-75-149 +5 Martin Laird 76-73-149 +5 Matteo Manassero 75-74-149 +5 Graeme McDowell 73-76-149 +5 Larry Mize 73-76-149 +5 Ted Potter Jr. 76-73-149 +5 Webb Simpson 73-76-149 +5 Y.E. Yang 72-77-149 +5 Louis Oosthuizen 74-76-150 +6 Nicolas Colsaerts 74-77-151 +7 Ben Curtis 76-75-151 +7 John Merrick 74-77-151 +7 Mark O’Meara 74-77-151 +7 Ian Poulter 76-75-151 +7 Mike Weir 72-79-151 +7 a-T.J. Vogel 77-75-152 +8 a-Michael Weaver 78-74-152 +8 Thaworn Wiratchant 79-73-152 +8 Padraig Harrington 78-75-153 +9 Russell Henley 72-81-153 +9 Kevin Streelman 76-77-153 +9 Francesco Molinari 74-81-155 +11 a-Nathan Smith 77-78-155 +11 Tom Watson 79-78-157 +13 a-Steven Fox 76-81-157 +13 Craig Stadler 79-79-158 +14 Hunter Mahan 76-82-158 +14 Ian Woosnam 80-78-158 +14 a-Alan Dunbar 83-77-160 +16 Ben Crenshaw 80-84-164 +20 Hiroyuki Fujita 79-85-164 +20

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SPORTS

REACHING FOR RESULTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013

AREA SCOREBOARD GOLF CAMP CORRAL TOURNAMENT

The Tee Off With Camp Corral golf tournament will be held on Saturday, April 20, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

The 4-person Captain’s Choice Tournament will have a 7 a.m. sign-in on April 20 with a shotgun start set for 8 a.m.

Benefits from the tournament will go to Camp Corral, a summer camp for children of wounded or disabled military families.

There will be closest to the pin and hole-inone prizes and every player gets a $200 gift card to Maui Sunglasses.

The entry fee is $200 per team and teams can enter on the day of the tournament.

For more information, call Todd Kachel at (803) 905-4411 or e-mail him at coldencorralsumter@gmail.com.

RELAY FOR LIFE TOURNAMENT PHOTOS BY KEITH GEDAMKE / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

TOP: Sumter High School’s Darigna Reid leaps over the high jump bar. Reid finished second in the event in Tuesday’s meet with a height of 4 feet, 10 inches. The Gamecocks swept Tuesday’s home meet against Crestwood and Lakewood.

LEFT: Sumter’s Aton Moseley, left, tries to catch Lakewood’s Otis Jones in the 400-meters dash. BELOW: Crestwood’s Andre Bennett clears a hurdle in the 110-meter high hurdles race. BOTTOM: Sumter’s Devontaye Edwards attempts a discus throw. Edwards won both the discus and shot put events.

The Relay For Like Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, May 4, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

The 4-man Captain’s Choice tournament has an entry fee of $40 per player.

There will be an 8 a.m. shotgun start with registration beginning at 7.

Lunch will be provided by Outback Steakhouse.

Tee sponsorships are available for $40 each, while a tee sponsorship along with a 4-man team can be purchased for $200.

To enter teams, call the Crystal Lakes pro shop at (803) 775-1902.

For more information, call Jimmy Byrd at (803) 778-0796 or Jimmy Shuping at (803) 7737775.

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$1,500, $1,000, $400 and $100.

The team entry deadline and sponsorship deadline are both on Friday.

For more information, contact Mack Kolb at (803) 773-1477 or mkolb@ftc-i.net or Nancy Cataldo at (803) 7735-2363 or nancy. cataldo@redcross.org.

BASEBALL/SOFTBALL DOYLE ACADEMY PROGRAM

The Doyle Academy Baseball/Softball Spring Hitting Program will be held on Sunday, April 21, at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

The program will begin at noon and last until 5 p.m. It is open to children age 13 and under. The registration fee is $65. A T-shirt can also be purchased for $15.

Players can register at the Sumter County Recreation Department located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

For more information, call Phil Parnell at (803) 436-2248.

ROAD RACING RECOVERY ROAD RACE

The Recovery Road Race will be held on Saturday, April 20, at Swan Lake Iris Gardens Heath Pavilion.

There will be a 10-kilometer run/walk as well as a 5K run/walk beginning at 9 a.m.. The 10K entry fee is $25 before April 13 and $30 after that date. The 5K entry fee is $20 before April 13 and $25 after that date. There will be race day registration beginning at 7:30. Those who register before April 13 will receive a T-shirt.

For more information, go to http://www. sumtersc.gov/recreation.aspx. To register online, go to www.strictlyrunning.com.

RED CROSS HEROES TOURNEY

BASKETBALL SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

The Heroes of the American Red Cross Golf Tournament will be held on April 26, at Sunset Country Club.

The tournament format is 4-person Captain’s Choice. The minimum team handicap is 40 strokes and only one team member can have a handicap under 10.

The entry fee is $300 per team.

There will be a 2-mulligan limit per player at a cost of $5 each. There will be prizes for closest to the pin, hole-in-one and place prizes.

There are sponsorship opportunities for

There will be three sessions of the Sumter Christian Basketball Clinic held over the summer.

The clinics, which will be ran by Bobby Baker, Tom Cope and Jim Davis, are scheduled for June 10-14, June 24-28 and July 15-19.

The first session is for children in grades 3-6, the second is for grades 6-9 and the third is for grades 9-12. The clinic will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

The cost of each session is $45 per camper.

T-shirts will be given and trophies will be awarded.

TIGERS from Page B1 were able to coach and teach off of it. As a coach, all you can do is ask your guys to respond. If they respond, you know they’ve got something there.”

Clemson will mix its first, second and third string squads today.

Morris expects to limit Boyd’s snaps again.

Thus, Stoudt and Kelly will continue their battle for the backup slot before an audience.

Morris asserted he will not accept Boyd’s absence as an excuse for inefficiency. “ This ain’t an excuse game,” Morris said. “This is a resultoriented game. That’s what we’ve got to have, and that’s what we’ve

got to demand.”

The reserve quarterbacks are not the only targets of Morris’ emphatic and repeated demands.

He also has challenged the seniors on the offensive line, Tyler Shatley and Brandon Thomas, to take hold of the leadership role. He has challenged the wide receivers to hold on to the football. “ We’re going to play physical. We’re going to play aggressive.

We’re going to play with a hard edge,” Morris said. “If they don’t want to do that, then they can stand behind us.

“Just don’t stand too close behind us.”

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A Sumter Detachment 1202 Marine Corps League flapjack fundraiser will be held 8-10 a.m. today at Applebee’s, 2497 Broad St. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the door.

Rembert Area Community Coalition (RACC) will hold a Spring Parade 9 a.m.noon today. The parade will begin at Dennis Convenience Store, 7570 Pisgah Road.

The Northside Neighborhood Association will hold a “giveaway” 9 a.m.-noon today at the North Main Park. Items include clothing, canned goods, furniture and household goods.

A Lee Central High School / Career Center Career Expo: Highway to Success will be held 9 a.m.noon today at Lee Central High School, 1800 Wisacky Highway, Bishopville. Rose Rock, author of “Mama Rock’s Rules” and mother of comedian Chris Rock, will speak.

Event is free to Lee Central High School students and their parents. Lunch will be served at noon. Call Betty Lowery at (803) 428-4633.

A bluegrass and gospel music fundraiser will be held noon-9 p.m. today at the Sumter Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St. Admission: $12; children under 12 get in free. Proceeds will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. On the program: the Cockman Family, Red and White Bluegrass, Kenny Scoggins and Mill Creek, and many others. Barbecue available for $6. Call Roy Reaves at (803) 4644492 or the Civic Center at (803) 436-2270.

American Legion Post 202’s 2nd Annual Fashions in Review will be held at 4 p.m.

Sunday, April 14, at 310 Palmetto St., featuring Amelia’s Jewelry Box, fashion consultant Delores James, Shivern’s Fashions and Abrams’ Pocketbooks & Accessories. Admission is $5.

Call Angie Porter at (803) 778-1552.

Ashwood Central High School Classes of 1976 and 1977 will meet at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at McDonald’s in Bishopville. Plans are being made for the August class reunion.

Call Debra Martin Mickens at (803) 2292979 or Barbara Mathis Wactor at (803) 9835132.

The Dalzell COPs (Community Oriented Policing) will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Ebenezer Community Center, 4580 Queen Chapel Road and the corner of Ebenezer Road, Dalzell.

Call (803) 469-7789.

Carolina Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 16, at the Parks & Recreation Department building, 155 Haynsworth St. Visitors welcome. Call (803) 775-8840.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH We share an impulse to find joy in infant behavior. But taken to extremes, such pleasures can become infantile.

That, in a nutshell, is both the appeal and the pitfall of the new game show “Bet On Your Baby” (8 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

Like the old “Newlywed Game,” where the recently hitched won money and prizes based on correct answers to slightly naughty questions about their spouses, “Bet” asks proud parents to wager on the behavior of their barely toddling children. Can junior be coerced into spinning in a circle seven times in 20 seconds? Are you willing to lose money if he doesn’t?

Actress/comedian Melissa Peterman (“Reba”) is the host of this human variation on Animal Planet’s “Too Cute” (9 p.m. Saturday, TV-G). Folks who value the adorable above all will find this irresistible.

Those who quibble at robbing children of their dignity and exhibiting them for cash will be appalled.

• In a perfect world, we’d get to comedian Louis C.K.’s thoughts on shows like “Bet On Your Baby.” The star of “Louie” on FX returns to the stage in the hourlong special “Louis C.K.: Oh My God” (10 p.m. Saturday, HBO), where he expands on thoughts far from cute. C.K. sets the tone in the opening seconds of his consistently funny, if downbeat, performance. When greeted with a warm bath of applause from his Phoenix audience, he tells them he appreciates it, but does not agree with their

sentiments. He goes on to compliment his fans on the handsomeness of the arena, then qualifies that by saying that it’s the only interesting building “for miles around.” That, in a nutshell, is the essence of this deeply neurotic and introspective grump, whose bracing, dyspeptic honesty has made his show on FX the best comedy on television — if not the future of comedy on television.

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• Rob Lowe narrates “The 80s: The Decade That Made Us” (8 p.m.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, National Geographic), a six-part flashback to a formative period. The commentary surrounding the recent death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminds us of some of the stark choices of the period, a time when leaders in both the United Kingdom and the United States began to enthusiastically extol the virtues of market forces and downplay or demonize the more distributive government actions of previous decades.

“80s” blends history with nostalgia, dredging up memories of PacMan and glasnost in nearly equal measure, emphasizing the changes in technology and the marketplace that still reverberate. “80s” also looks at other events and phenomena that defined the times: AIDS, hip-hop music, exotic televange-

lists and crack cocaine among them.

• HBO gives viewers a whole new season to learn to love the comedy “Veep” (10 p.m. Sunday, TV-MA). I’m not sure if it will work. “Veep” almost always amounts to less than the sum of its parts. Smartly written with a caustic sense of absurdity, “Veep” resounds with hostile zingers. Yet the same show frequently reduces Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Vice President Selina Meyer to a lightweight simpleton better suited to sight gag humiliations than a script of this caliber. It never reaches the bilious brilliance of “In the Loop” or the effervescent silliness of “Parks and Recreation.”

Gary Cole guest-stars this season as Kent Davison, the president’s chief strategist and numbers cruncher, dubbed “the prince of pie charts” by jealous admirers. He tolerates Selina with bemused contempt, which may reflect the feelings of the audience.

• “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (9 p.m. Sunday, CNN) brings the host of “No Reservations” back on the road. Tonight: a trip to Myanmar.

Saturday’s Highlights • Tom’s ambitions may not be in the show’s best interests on “Smash” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A wayward Soviet sub puts mankind at risk on “Doctor Who” (8 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).

• Terrified by the cloning experiment, Sarah wants to take the money and run on “Orphan Black” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-MA).

• Scheduled on “The

Nerdist” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14): Jon Hamm, Betsy Brandt and Rory Scovel.

Sunday’s Highlights • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Toronto Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey; Marfa, Texas; the manhunt for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

• A glance backward on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• Diane faces official scrutiny on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV14).

• The 2013 MTV Movie Awards (9 p.m.) features Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and Selena Gomez.

• Selfridge uses the ballerina Anna Pavlova to give the store prestige on “Mr. Selfridge” on “Masterpiece Classic” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• Tyrion’s burdens grow on “Game of Thrones” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• A bus accident fills the wards on the series premiere of “Nurse Jackie” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Marta wears a wire on “Red Widow” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

• Don quarrels with a client on “Mad Men” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• Eddie’s deployment sparks a change in Caroline on “Army Wives” (9 p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG).

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• Ragnar’s crew rattles England’s elite on “Vikings” (10 p.m., History, TV-14).

• Vatican intrigue mounts as Pope Alexander clings to life on the season premiere of “The Borgias” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

Saturday Series Yet another petty officer down on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * A detective is trapped in a fairy tale nightmare on “Grimm” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * Vigilante injustice on “Body of Proof” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

Sunday Series Swiss cheese on “The Amazing Race” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Milhouse channels Brando on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Game show madness on “Bob’s Burgers” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Promotional materials on “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Peter breaks out on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A Labor Day tradition on “Revenge” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Francine tries to excite Stan on “American Dad” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Death in the fake Wild West on “The Mentalist” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). © 2013, United Feature Syndicate

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Farms & Acreage For Sale by owner, 10 acres near Alcolu $39,000. Owner financing.

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