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‘Worse than Afghanistan’ Adjutant general says state’s armories need repair BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

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S.C. Adjutant Gen. Bob Livingston listens to questions from members of Sumter Rotary Club on Monday at O’Donnell House.

The stars were shining down on the South Carolina National Guard. Not in the deserts of Afghanistan, where they battled bravely against the Taliban, skirmished with insurgent tribesmen and worked to train the Afghan mili-

tary. It was not in Kuwait during Desert Storm or in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, when South Carolina air units were among the first to go in to soften up Saddam Hussein’s air defenses. It was right here in the Palmetto State. “We are not talking about a maintenance backlog,” said Gen. Bob Livingston, South Carolina ad-

jutant general. “I am talking about walking into the armory and looking up through the roof and seeing the stars, not because there is a skylight, but there is a hole in the roof.” “We were bringing people back from Afghanistan to worse facilities then they had in Afghanistan,”

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Inaugural Comic Arts Symposium draws crowd BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com It was a day where super heroes could feel at ease amongst their brethren. Hundreds of comic book enthusiast swarmed into the Patriot Hall Performing Arts Center on Saturday for the inaugural installment of the Comic Arts Symposium. The daylong event featured learning workshops, seminars and discussion groups led by veteran comic authors and artists from across the nation as well as professors at the University of South Carolina’s Sumter and Columbia campuses. It essentially served as a comic-con styled gathering in which attendees were encouraged to show up costumed as their favorite comic characters. “I loved watching some of these children coming through in their costumes,” said Carmela Bryan, executive director of Sumter County Cultural Commission. “And then to watch some of the adults to come in costume, it was great to watch their faces. Like little Batman and then big Batman came in, and it was so much wonder and so much surprise in their eyes. It was really a nice thing to see.” The cultural commission sponsored the symposium in conjunction with USC Sumter, and Bryan said the event was part of an effort during the past few years to vary the types of artistic showcases the commission puts on. The festivities included cocktails as well as a steady stream of music, courtesy of Nervous Wreck Entertainment. Organizers estimated that about 400 people turned out to Sat-

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Kathleen Bozarth and her son, Adrick, 3, react to seeing Iron Wolverine during the Sumter Comic Arts Symposium on Saturday at Patriot Hall. The event was sponsored by Sumter County Cultural Commission and the University of South Carolina Sumter. urday’s event, which was the first year for the comic book conference in Sumter. “I think it shows that Sumter is ready for something

new and fun,” Bryan said. “We’ve been trying to highlight new forms of art or forms of art that are not being considered as artistic expres-

sion. We did a show on body art a couple years ago. And now comics are so big everywhere, so we thought we’d bring a little bit to Sumter.”

The seminars and workshops focused on such topics as the process of putting a

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Tax deadline looms just around the corner for late filers BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com If you haven’t filed you income taxes yet, you have less than 48 hours to wade through your W-2s, 1099s and 1040s to send your return to the IRS. If you are filing electronically, you have until midnight Wednesday. If you are mailing your return, you need to get to the post office before regular closing time Wednesday because they will not stay open late. According to the IRS website, more than 90 percent of taxpayers have chosen the electronic option this year. Angelina Morales, owner of Ardis Tax Service, said she has been very busy preparing returns, but her busi-

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ness has always been able to handle those last-minute filers. “We always finish everything,” she said. “I am not sure how, but we always get it done.” Latoya Capers, a preparer at Liberty Tax, said the only glitch this year has been the new health care provisions. “The only issue people are concerned about is the new health law if they haven’t got insurance yet,” she said. Morales said some people are having to pay penalties because they don’t have insurance, but since most taxpayers receive refunds, the penalty is taken out of that. “They usually don’t have to pay out of pocket,” she said.

Other customers have had to wait for their refunds because of incorrect 1095 forms sent by health insurance exchanges. “Thousands of the incorrect 1095 forms were sent out in January,” she said. “The new ones weren’t sent out until March.” Taxpayers who filed using the old, incorrect forms had their returns put on hold, she said. “I have a little problem with calling my clients and telling them their refunds are on hold,” she said. There is some good news for many of those whose returns were held up, however. “Most of them will get a credit and will be getting a little more in their re-

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fund,” Morales said. Meanwhile, things haven’t gone all that well on the government’s side of the income tax equation. According to the website wallethub. com, funding cuts to the Internal Revenue Service since 2010 have hampered the agency’s ability to process tax returns efficiently. The website says the agency has 14 percent fewer employees with 20 percent less devoted to enforcing tax laws, and this has led to 46,000 fewer audits and $2 billion in revenue losses. More Americans interact with the IRS than any other government agency, wallethub.com states, and callers to the IRS wait an average of 28 minutes for the call to be answered.

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Alleged kidnapper of pregnant woman jailed Police in Myrtle Beach captured one of Sumter County’s most-wanted men Monday, according to a statement issued by Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. Roosevelt Green, a 40-yearold Sumter County man, was added to the GREEN sheriff’s office’s most-wanted list late last month. He was sought on kidnapping and criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature charges stemming from a March 28 incident here. Myrtle Beach police arrested him Monday on a drug charge, records indicate. A judge set Green a $15,000 personal recognizance bond on that count, which he posted Monday. Sumter County officials indicate he remains in custody in Horry County awaiting extradition back to Sumter County to face charges here. According to Sumter County reports, Green forced a woman nearly seven months pregnant into a car where he held her at gunpoint and made her drive around for several hours. During the ride, Green punched the woman in the stomach and threatened to kill her and her family several times. At one point, he even pointed the gun directly at the woman’s stomach and threatened to kill her unborn child, reports stated. The assault on the expectant mother caused her to require medical attention after the abduction.

SWRTA locator app coming soon BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com The days of waiting out in the elements for public transportation are soon to be over now that Santee Wateree Regional Transportation Authority is set to purchase software that would allow passengers to have real-time tracking for vehicles. SWRTA Executive Director Lottie Jones said the app, Route Shout, would help the transit agency become more efficient with features that allow drivers to send arrival time alerts and easily log passenger counts. The company that created the app, Route Match, provides its technology for multiple private and public transit agencies around the world.

In 2009, SWRTA was given a $749,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to purchase locator software and new vehicles, but the transit agency lacked the local funds needed to help purchase the software until recently. Jones said SWRTA received more than $175,000 from the South Carolina Department of Transportation to purchase the software, which she anticipates will be available sometime in the next three months. Jones said SWRTA would be the second transit agency to use the app after Greenlink Transit in Greenville. Sumter City Councilman Calvin Hastie mentioned the app during city council’s meeting on April 7. He said the app would really benefit SWRTA pas-

sengers because they would not have to stand out in the rain or cold weather while waiting on a bus that could be running late. Passengers can also register demand response and paratransit pickups either online or on their mobile device and receive real-time updates from drivers about estimated arrival times and delays. Transit alerts can be delivered through the mobile app, SMS texts, interactive voice response or the Web. SWRTA vehicles would also be equipped with tablets that would facilitate driver to passenger communication and passenger counts for SWRTA review purposes. For more information about SWRTA, demand pickups and fixed routes visit swrta.com.

Military exercises happening at McEntire A nighttime special operations military exercise is underway through Friday at McEntire Joint National Guard Base said South Carolina National Guard 169th Fighter Wing public affairs spokesman 2nd Lt. Stephen Hudson through a news release. Soldiers are using training ammunition and other training devices to make the military exercise as realistic as possible, he said, and different rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft are being used. Anyone in the area should be aware there will be periods of increased air traffic including low-flying aircraft (both helicopters and airplanes) during hours of darkness, Hudson said. Increased air traffic and noise may be associated with a large airborne operation involving the Rangers, he added. Hudson said the exercises are conducted periodically to maintain a high level of readiness for the military personnel involved. Safety surveys and risk assessments are thoroughly prepared before and during military exercises, he said.

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Volunteers Jenny Moss and Rodgers Greenawalt with Trinity United Methodist Church collect donated food items during a previous Operation Inasmuch. Volunteers from area churches will participate in the annual day of service on Saturday, April 25.

Church volunteers prepare for annual service day BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

The program is taken from a quote by Jesus in the King James Bible: “Inasmuch as you did it for the least of these, you did it for me.” Local church congregations will be Sumter churches have been involved out and about Saturday, April 25, as in the program for six or seven years, they join in Operation Inasmuch, an Porter said, with church members annual program intended to involve doing a variety of activities geared tochurch members in helping the needy ward the area’s less-fortunate resiin the community. dents, such as building handicap “It is a program that gets people out ramps, collecting food and visiting the of the pews and into the community, elderly. Each church has a coordinator meeting the needs of those less fortuand has a planning team to develop nate,” said Sumter area coordinator projects to do throughout the commuChuck Porter. nity, he said. Porter said 10 local congregations Lamar Atkins, coordinator for Bethwill be participating this year. el Baptist Church, said his church The program was started by David will have several teams involved in Crocker, a senior pastor at Snyder Medifferent projects. The adult men’s morial Baptist Church in Fayetteville, team will do yard work for elderly laNorth Carolina, when city officials dies in the lower part of the county. asked him if he could mobilize volunand the men’s choir, Gene and teers to help clean up a part of the city Friends, will serenade at local retirefor a nationwide contest, Porter said. ment homes. The church’s youth “Crocker mobilized over a thousand people, and they won the award,” Porter group will collect food at IGA and Piggly Wiggly on Pinewood Road, and said. “Crocker thought, ‘if I can do this, why can’t churches do this but reach out younger children will write letters to Wounded Warriors. to the needy in the community?’”

Atkins said that for those church members who wish to participate but aren’t able go out, they may take part in a prayer group or make a donation. Porter said a lot of food was collected by churches in April 2014. “Last year we collected food and gave it to United Ministries,” he said. “We collected enough food to feed 400 families of four for a week. That was amazing.” This year, he said they will be feeding the homeless at Sumter’s emergency shelter and other locations. “It’s just up to the churches what they want to plan to do,” Porter said. Among churches participating this year are: Bethel Baptist Church, Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, First Church of God, Christ Community Church, Alice Drive Baptist Church, First Baptist Missionary Church, Emmanual Lutheran, First Presbyterian, Aldersgate Methodist and Trinity Missionary Baptist Church. For more information, visit www.operationinasmuch.org or call Porter at (803) 481-2646.

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Kingsbury students visit Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Kingsbury Elementary School fifth-graders traveled to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant for an educational field trip March 25. While there, they checked out the Vietnam Experience exhibit, taking a photo in front of a CH-46 helicopter; toured the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier; and experienced the science and history curriculum offered by the education department at Patriots Point. For the science lesson, students worked together in teams to solve the mystery of an oil spill in the harbor and recommend the best method of cleaning up the resulting damage to the environment. For the history lesson, the students traveled to “The Franklin Room” where they became navigators, code breakers and operators planning and solving a mission for the USS Hornet in World War II. PHOTOS PROVIDED

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Tadasha Bailey, 18, of 1258 Coffey St., was arrested Sunday evening and charged with shoplifting, third offense, after reports she stole several items from a convenience store in the 1800 block of U.S. 15 South. Thomas Davis, 53, of 21 S. Guignard Drive, was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with driving under suspension, third offense, during a traffic stop at the intersection of Bartlette and Walker streets. STOLEN PROPERTY A 55-inch flat-screen TV valued at $800, two of 32-inch flat-screen TVs valued at $600 combined, a DVD player valued at $75, a Sony PlayStation 3 gaming system valued at $400, a Nintendo Wii gaming system valued at $300, a safe box valued at $50, assorted clothing items and shoes valued at $500, cash and coins totaling $200, a synthetic stock Remington 1100 12-gauge shotgun valued at $800 and about $600 in food and drinks were reported stolen from a Wedgefield home in the 6100 block of Phoenix Court about 10 p.m. Sunday. A Husqvarna leaf blower valued at $300 and an 18-inch Johnson chain saw valued at $180 were reported stolen from a shed in the 200 block of Vernon Drive about 11:30 a.m. Saturday. A 2014 6-foot-by-10-foot utility trailer valued at $700 was reported stolen from a property in the 3500 block of Cornfield Drive at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Ex-guards to get lengthy prison sentences for Iraq shootings BY SAM HANANEL The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Monday that he won’t deviate from the lengthy mandatory minimum sentences faced by four former Blackwater security guards for their role in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth rejected a defense motion to impose lesser sentences on the four, as well as a motion by prosecutors to increase the penalties. That means that former guard Nicholas Slatten appears likely to be sentenced to life in prison for his firstdegree murder conviction, and that three others — Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard — appear headed for a minimum of 30year terms for multiple counts of manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and using firearms while committing a felony. Lamberth deferred formally imposing the sentences while hearing emotional testimony from families of Iraqi victims as well as char-

‘These four men have refused to accept virtually any responsibility for their crimes and the blood they shed that day.’ PATRICK MARTIN Assistant U.S. Attorney acter witnesses urging leniency for the defendants. Defense lawyers argued for mercy, but prosecutors said the men have never shown remorse or accepted responsibility. “Based on the seriousness of the crimes, I find the penalty is not excessive,” Lamberth said. All four were convicted in October for their involvement in the killings that caused an international uproar in Nisoor Square, a crowded traffic circle in downtown Baghdad. The legal fight over the killings

has spanned years. Prosecutors have described the shooting as an unprovoked ambush of civilians, though defense lawyers countered that the men were targeted with gunfire and shot back in self-defense. The firearms convictions alone carry mandatory minimum sentences of 30 years in prison. But the government sought sentences far beyond that. Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Martin urged the court to consider the gravity of the crime as well as the sheer number of dead and wounded and “count every victim.” “These four men have refused to accept virtually any responsibility for their crimes and the blood they shed that day,” Martin said. Video monitors in the courtroom showed photos of the dead and wounded, as well as images of cars that were riddled with bullets or blown up with grenade launchers fired by the Blackwater guards. The defense argued for mercy, saying that decadeslong sentences would be un-

constitutionally harsh for men who operated in a stressful, war-torn environment and who have proud military careers and close family ties. They also argued the guards were using weapons that had been issued by the U.S. State Department for their protection. “The punishment should be within the limits of civilized standards,” defense attorney David Schertler said. But Lamberth said he would not deviate from the mandatory minimum sentences, noting that similar stiff penalties have been applied to police officers who commit crimes while carrying automatic weapons as part of their jobs. Mohammad Kinani AlRazzaq spoke in halting English about the death of his 9-year-old son as a picture of the smiling boy, Ali Mohammed Hafedh Abdul Razzaq, was shown on courtroom monitors. He demanded the court show Blackwater “what the law is” and claimed many American soldiers died “because of what Blackwater did.” “What’s the difference between these criminals and

terrorists?” Razzaq said. Razzaq’s mother and two older brothers also spoke briefly about their loss. The sentencing is unlikely to bring an end to the legal wrangling, which began even before the guards were first charged in 2008. A judge later dismissed the case before trial, but a federal appeals court revived it and the guards were indicted again in October 2013. Even before the trial began, defense lawyers had identified multiple issues as likely forming the basis of an appeal, including whether there was proper legal jurisdiction to charge them in the first place. The law under which they were charged, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, covers the overseas crimes of Defense Department civilian employees, military contractors and others who are supporting the American war mission. But defense lawyers note that the Blackwater defendants worked as State Department contractors and were in Iraq to provide diplomatic, not military, services.

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Children of Holocaust survivors inherit the role of witness BY ARON HELLER The Associated Press KFAR HAROEH, Israel — When David Hershkoviz was a child, he used to wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of his mother screaming in her sleep, knowing that she was reliving the horrors of the Holocaust. In time, he learned of the traumatic wartime experience that haunted her most — being torn away from her own mother at the Auschwitz concentration camp’s selection line, where at 21 she was forced into work and her mother dispatched to death. “That separation never left her,” said Hershkoviz, 54, his voice quivering as he choked back tears. “She said, ‘I think my mother is angry at me because I left her. ... My mother never comes to me in my dreams. I haven’t dreamed about her since we parted. How is that possible?’” When his mother, Mindel, died two years ago, he wanted to carry on her legacy by bearing witness to the Holocaust. He found help in a first-of-itskind course teaching the children of Holocaust survivors how to ensure their parents’ stories live on. Hershkoviz is one of 18 graduates of the Shem Olam Institute’s inaugural four-month “second-generation” course, where children of survivors study the history of the horrors their parents endured and how best to pass it on. The program aims to usher in a new stage of Holocaust commemoration in a post-survivor era. The German Nazis and their collaborators murdered 6 million Jews during World War II, wiping out a third of world Jewry. Only a few hundred thousand elderly survivors remain, and the day is fast approaching when there will be no one left to provide a coherent first-person account of the ghettos and death camps. With Israel marking its annual Holocaust remembrance day this week, that has become the central challenge for Holocaust

legacy of trauma but it is not your history. ... The history your parents lived is their history, not yours.’” Established in 1996, Shem Olam says it looks to provide an alternative to the more established Holocaust museums by providing the “story behind the story” and getting beyond the victimization to focus on issues of faith and resilience. Krieger said “Shem Olam” derives its name from the same passage in the book of Isaiah that mentions “Yad Vashem” — the name of Israel’s official Holocaust memorial. Yad Vashem is Hebrew for “a memorial and a name,” while Shem Olam roughly translates into “everlasting name.” Located in a modest threestory building inside a Jewish seminary in this small central THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Israeli village, it features HoloDavid Hershkoviz, a son of a Holocuast survivor, listens to Avraham Krieger, the institute director of the caust-inspired artwork and arShem Olam Holocaust, as he speaks about the Torah scroll from the Warsaw ghetto in Kfar Haroeh, Israel. tifacts collected from the destruction, such as a charred the Strassler Family Center for Torah scroll. where the concept of a grandinstitutes around the world as Shem Olam, which receives Holocaust and Genocide Studthey rush to collect as many re- parent was nonexistent. minimal state funding and ies at Clark University in He thinks that in 100 years, cords and belongings as possiWorcester, Massachusetts, wel- mostly exists off contributions, when people recall the Holoble before the live testimony of focuses on documenting relicomed the initiative, saying it survivors is a thing of the past. caust, they will be most intergious life in the Holocaust. It Shem Olam looks to take this ested in how people lived rather would be very meaningful for holds public lectures and arfuture generations to have live than how they died. He says it trend one step further, by not ranges delegations to former is his generation’s responsibili- contact with people who had only recording survivors’ biogJewish communities in Europe. personal relationships with ty to counter the myth of Jews raphies but also the emotional But its flagship project of late survivors. She said there are experiences that can be relayed meekly marching to their has been the second-generation still some Americans old deaths. through their children. outreach program. enough to remember the pow“The story of the Holocaust “We are here to give a differ“Today we, as second generaerful experience of meeting is how a person copes in such ent narrative of the Holocaust. someone who was the child of a tion, know which camp my We’ve heard the story of trage- an environment,” he said. “An mother and father were in, and slave. extreme reality, which has no dy, we want to give the story of how much bread they got is an “That physical presence of a parallel in modern history, of how people coped inside this important story. But it is more people who are in the most dire second generation person will living hell,” said Avraham lend authenticity to the history important to find out what kind Krieger, the institute’s director. human situation and are still of person they were,” said and will give it another dimenmaintaining their humanity, Krieger, himself a child of sion,” she said, before adding a Krieger, 53. “We never really still maintaining something survivors, said the second genasked the tough questions of warning. “I am a historian so from their values.” eration grew up in homes that how our parents coped emowhat I want to say to them Deborah Dwork, director of were haunted by the past and tionally.” though is, ‘You inherited the

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after we had dated for a year, including discussions about my dad losing his job, my brother’s stint in rehab and more. Rory’s family has had lots of similar meetings, but I am excluded because I am not a blood relative. Even when my husband lost his job, I was not invited to attend. I was left sitting out in the hallway with the children and the boyfriend of one of his other siblings. I am Rory’s WIFE. Shouldn’t I be allowed in on the family discussions now that we’re married, especially ones that center on my husband? Am I overreacting because I’m so angry about this? How can I overcome this exclusion from his family?

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Wants to join in DEAR WANTS TO JOIN IN —You are not overreacting. If you haven’t done so already, discuss this with your husband. He is the one who needs to make his family understand you are now a fullfledged member of the clan. If their line of thinking is followed to its logical conclusion, then no man or woman who marries in is fully accepted. “What God has joined together, let no man put asunder,” the saying goes. The tradition in Rory’s family creates division, and it isn’t healthy. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Don’t accept cliché answers about toxic landfill

he article “Officials tour toxic landfill” in the Saturday Sumter Item was informative but to some degree misleading. First, let me thank Sens. McElveen and Johnson for keeping this issue before the public, both here and across the state. They inherited this mess, but they are doing very good work ensuring everyone understands this is South Carolina’s problem, not just Sumter’s and Clarendon’s. I was happy to see Sen. Verdin, who actually is from Laurens, not Columbia, and Lt. Gov. McMaster were there. I was unhappy with the cliché answers reported to have been given to these officials. Mr. Stevens was a trustee from 2001 until 2014. No person alive knows more about the site than him. And the reason he was asked to resign was because former DHEC director Catherine Templeton wanted him to sign an application to EPA for a permit leaving out facts as Mr. Stevens knew them to be. Question No. 1: Will Mr. Haygood or someone from DHEC now sign the app knowing there are leaks in the landfill? According to Mr. Stevens, hazardous waste has been discovered outside the “secure” cells. So be careful when phrases such as “no waste outside the landfill” are used.

GUEST COMMENTARY And the other cliché so often used, “the first area used old technology and is where all the problems are,” shows a lack of understanding of the site. Yes, the first area was built using single liners approved for holding water impoundments, not organic and toxic liquids and material. But the later areas, though they used two liners, are little better. The management of the operations was fined millions in the 1990s for simply covering up tears in the liners Phil made by bulldozers Leventis during construction, so they are no more dependable. The management was corrupt, and there are no real “as built” depictions of what is really in place at the site in any area, not just the first. Because there is little leachate coming from some cells might mean they are drying out, but it more likely means the collection basins and pipes are clogged. It is naïve to believe that pipes and catch basins installed 30-plus years ago are working as designed ... if they were ever built as designed. (See

comment about as built depictions.) And DHEC has assumed any leak will only emanate from the bottom of the cells. In a word, stupid. Millions of gallons of material inside the dump are piled as high as Carolina stadium. Liquid can flow down or up or sideways. And if water is leaking in — admitted by the current management — then material can also be flowing — and I submit is — out. If DHEC’s theory of leaking from the bottom were viable, there would never be Artesian wells. Who convinced DHEC it could only leak from the bottom? I would guess it was the corrupt management that also convinced former Gov. Campbell not to require $130 million cash to the state as surety but instead directed his DHEC board to accept a “Scout’s Honor” promise from the company. It was the DHEC staff that studied the site in the late 1980s and suggested the cash. The staff report went on to say that the company should put up cash because it would declare bankruptcy if large sums of money were ever required to maintain or close or clean up the site. Ten years after Gov. Campbell let the company off the hook, they did declare bankruptcy, just like the staff forecasted, and the money in cash, if we had insisted on it, would prevent the state from now proposing to spend

$40,000,000 in taxpayer funds over the next ten years just to monitor and maintain the site, not clean it up. Sen. Verdin asked a key question — “if the amount of leachate was unusual for a system that is covered by a layer of soil and line ... as sealed tomb?” Mr. Williams said they think the problem is limited to Section 1. Wow. The site has been under DHEC and trustee scrutiny for almost 40 years, and they don’t know? And so you can appreciate just how frighteningly lax the that scrutiny was. The first thing DHEC had to do after the corrupt management declared bankruptcy and left was to be very careful wherever they went on the site because the building were not built to building codes. This massive site, with millions of tons of toxic waste, was not even built to the standards that businesses all over the state must meet. I applaud Sens. Johnson and McElveen for focusing on a real problem. These men have their work cut out, but job one is not to take cliché answers promoted by those who made tens of millions out of this site and left us, South Carolinians, holding the bag. Phil Leventis is a former state senator who represented the 35th District from 1980 to 2012.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR TELL LOVED ONES ABOUT ‘HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT’ Here we go again. Someone didn’t hear about “hands up, don’t shoot.” How is that possible? If you know of someone and really love them, maybe your father, brother, or son, please tell them to raise their hands when a police officer stops them for any reason. Some people haven’t gotten the message yet. We have had several people, right here in Sumter, who haven’t gotten the word or don’t understand it. Look at the consequences of one man’s actions. A policeman’s life is ruined even if he isn’t found guilty. A pregnant wife could be without a father for her unborn child. A wonderful city, North Charleston, has to live in fear that their city will be on fire sometime in the future. Mr. Sharpton will have to make an appearance and do what he does best. Will the president have to make his predictable talking points? Will Mr. Holder have to get involved and do what he does best? Please, if you have a loved one who needs to know, tell them about “hands up, don’t shoot.” Explain it to them. Tell them that you want them to live no matter what they have done. Get them in church unless your church isn’t teaching Christian values. The Ten Commandments could be taught without going to church. I don’t know where someone learns to run from the police, fight with the police or be disrespectful to police, but it needs to stop. Tell them that they need to just do what the police tells them to do until they can get to court or get a lawyer. It’s really easy to do, if you want to. Running and fighting can get them hurt or killed. Please, tell anyone you love, who might be looking for trouble, to use that new mantra “hands up, don’t shoot.” Ask them if they understand it, and if they say “NO,” tell them what it means. Be someone’s hero, and advocate for the path of nonviolence. Everyone will come out ahead. JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

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Ashes to ashes, dust to thrift shop item

he businesses in the downtown area of my hometown of Opelika are an interesting family of people. Over the years, I’ve come to know Roland Lee, the owner and proprietor of Roland’s Thrift Store, quite well. We couldn’t have asked for a better neighbor for my family’s business: the Cottage Walk. Mr. Roland is one of the kindest people you will ever meet and his store is a treasure trove of randomness. I’m never entirely sure what I’m going to find when I walk in there. It could be a new dressmaker’s dummy, an antique tin bug repellent sprayer or a large cardboard cutout display of some NASCAR driver whose name I don’t and will never know. I peruse the records constantly, hoping to find some album I think I desperately need (Case in point, I did find several Joni Mitchell albums there — not too shabby). You can find almost anything at Roland’s. A while ago, per usual, I was wandering around inside and saw a simple, wooden jewelry box sitting on the counter. I picked it up, noticing it seemed far heavier than a normal jewelry box. “What in here, Mr. Roland,” I asked.

“Open it,” he said. I did. Inside of the box was another large, crimson plastic box with a sticker on it that read “These are the cremated remains of …” “These aren’t ...” I said, hesitating to finish the sentence. “They are,” Roland said. “Found them in a box of stuff I bought from some lady.” Of course, Roland didn’t intend to buy human remains. There may be some odd items in his store, but Cliff the macabre is not a McCollum realm usually showcased in his store. “Bad juju,” I said to Roland. “You need to send those back.” Roland assured me he was going to and, as of this date, the remains have been safely returned to their proper owner. (Actually, the returning of the ashes is also a funny story, but Roland tells it far better than I do. Stop by and have him recount the story for you. Worth a trip, I promise.) Buying someone’s ashes, even accidentally, does stir up some odd feelings. My immediate thought was that I was fairly certain that a few amendments to

the U.S. Constitution pretty much said you can’t buy people any more, even if they are in cinder form. However, as I continued to think about the singular oddity of the thrift store’s human ashes, the dominant emotion was a sense of sadness. It’s a grim future to have one’s eternal remains put into a box somewhere in the house and to be forgotten, sold with other trinkets and baubles like you don’t matter. Even the worst among us doesn’t deserve the fate of being tossed out like that. Keep track of your loved ones, dear readers. Make sure Great Aunt Edna is still in that urn on top of your mantle. I dare say I can speak for most of us when I say that we don’t want to see any more people for sale at Roland’s. Cliff McCollum is an 80-year-old soul trapped in a 20-something body. He is an ordained minister and former community college professor who enjoys British literature and field herpetology. He spends his spare time trying to show Vegans and vegetarians the error of their ways. As managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. — he can be reached at cmccollum@gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

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COMICS FROM PAGE A1 comic book together, how to get funding for a project and how to take your work to the market. Some art labs focused on teaching artists how to collaborate together on projects. Toronto-based Ray Fawkes and Tim Seeley of Chicago were the special guest artists and writers on hand Saturday. The duo collaborated on a recent project titled Batman Eternal, among their collection of solo works. The two combine to account for more than 25 years of experience in the comic industry and were the most wellknown artists in attendance. They’ve helped power a resurgence of the

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comic book culture, which has grown to mainstream status during the past 15 years with many comics providing the impetus for blockbuster movies and TV shows. “It’s really growing,” Fawkes said. “For a while there, they thought it was dying, back in the ‘90s and early 2000s. But lately, it’s just been getting bigger and bigger every year. Some of the shows that we go to, there’s 80,000 to 100,000 people there. It gets crazy.” Seeley said such big conventions differ from Saturday’s symposium in that attendees at many of the events they attend are wellversed in comic-book culture. He noted it was inspiring to see the curiosity showcased in its rawest form by those on hand at Patriot Hall. Seeley, who’s freelanced for DC and Marvel comics and helped create Guardians of the Galaxy, said its always encouraging meeting fans at events. “I feel like there’s a unique … there’s a connection sometimes when you write something or draw something,” he said. “If you tell someone a story — like in the form of a comic — sometimes it affects them very deeply. And when you meet them, you’ve had a very intimate connection on their side, even though you’ve never met them personally. “But they feel they know you because you’ve touched something, and it’s really a cool experience. I mean, it’s one of the best things about working in comics, having people who’ve really felt something with a character you’ve made up.” Sumter artist and hair stylist Michael Broadway showed up to the gallery Saturday costumed as iconic Batman villain the Joker, circa his appearance in the first scene of 2008’s “The Dark Knight” — one of the latest installments in the Batman movie franchise. Broadway, who frequents many of the art shows at Patriot Hall, said he was new to the comic world but noted he attended Saturday because it gave him a chance to wear a costume. His, he indicated, was an ode to late actor Heath Ledger, who played the on-screen version of the Joker in “The Dark Knight.” “It’s kind of like one of his goons, but it sort of the Joker himself,” Broadway said. Kimba Giles, an aspiring Sumter entrepreneur, said he came to the symposium to learn tips on how to get his T-shirt business started. He indicated he learned the most about public relations and how to use Kickstarter to fund their efforts. “It was very exciting,” he said. “I thought that mainly for these young artists that want to break into the business, it was great for them because a lot of them get discouraged very easily. And this kind of showed them some ways to get things off the ground.”

FROM PAGE A1 he said. “That just wasn’t right.” Livingston said that is one reason he decided to run for election as adjutant general. “We have not maintained our facilities in a satisfactory manner in about the last 15 years,” he said. Livingston was in Sumter Monday addressing Sumter Rotary Club at its weekly meeting at O’Donnell House on Liberty Street. Since his election, he said, he has found Gov. Nikki Haley and the General Assembly to be supportive of his efforts to improve guard funding for facilities, but he said it has been a slow process. “They started saying, ‘The first year we will start giving you $250,000 to fix your armories,’” he said “At that time, we had about a $39 million backlog on the state side. On the federal side — a federal match goes with that — so about a $78 million backlog, really.” Livingston said they have put together a 10-year plan on how to fix the problem. “Part of it is closing out many facilities,” he said. “Part of it is building facilities, and part of it is fixing our facilities.” Funding has been increased, he said. “Four years ago we got $250,000, a year after that we got about $500,000, and the year after that about $650,000, and then last year we got about $2.5 million because we showed we were doing what we said, and we were reporting back,” Livingston said.

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South Carolina Adjutant Gen. Bob Livingston talks to the Sumter Rotary Club on Monday at O’Donnell House. Maintenance costs are $2.5 million to $3.5 million a year, he said, with the National Guard budget being about $8 million out of the state’s $2 billion budget, while a healthy majority of the guard’s budget, about $300 million, comes from the federal government. This maintenance of the facilities is very critical, he said, but it is unclear where funding will come from. The South Carolina House approved a $500 million bond package that included $15 million for National Guard facility maintenance, but the governor threatened a veto, and the proposal was withdrawn. “The Legislature put all of their eggs into that bond referendum hoping that would go through, and it did not,” he said. “We are now trailing this year. We have a 10-year track to get it all right, and we need to get part of that financed.” Livingston will be South Carolina’s last elected adjutant general. Voters passed a constitutional amendment to make the position appointed by the governor beginning in 2019.

Christopher Anderson,10, shows off his apocalyptic costume during the Sumter Comic Arts Symposium on Saturday at Patriot Hall. KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

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Who will make it out alive in ‘Justified’ finale? BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH What good is a Western without a final showdown? Will the series finale of “Justified” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA) reveal the last man (or woman) standing in the triangular struggle between Raylan, Boyd and Ava? I’ll never tell. • Today marks the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s assassination. The documentary “Ford’s Theatre: America’s Playhouse” (10 p.m., Ovation) explores the curious history of the venue at which the president was shot. Its history predates Lincoln’s murder, having been originally built as a Baptist church. It was converted into a playhouse in the 1860s and was frequented by the president. It fell into disrepair after becoming infamous. Converted into a lowly warehouse, it would be visited by tragedy again in 1893, when a partial collapse claimed 22 lives. It would only reopen in 1968, and has been restored several times. In the 1990s and 2000s, ABC broadcast specials

terrorist bomb struck. “Boston” chronicles her efforts to finish the race in 2014 and the city’s efforts to rally in the face of shared trauma and tragedy.

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Nick Searcy stars as Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Art Mullen, left, and Timothy Olyphant as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in the series finale of “Justified” airing at 10 p.m. today on FX. from Ford’s Theatre, often with the sitting president in attendance. • “Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color” (9 p.m., History, TV-PG) presents hundreds of rarely seen photographs of the conflict that ended 150 years ago this month. • Basic cable’s fixation on

the diminutive continues with the heart-tugger “Little Person: Boston Strong” (8 p.m., Discovery Life, TV-PG). Measuring 3 feet 9 inches tall, Juli Windsor was not exactly born to be a long-distance runner. But she was one mile from finishing the Boston Marathon in 2013 when a

• Casey’s sister needs help on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14). • Immortality baffles a handsome medical examiner on “Forever” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

SERIES NOTES

• School cutbacks force Louis and Jessica to volunteer on “Fresh Off the Boat” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • The team behind “The Mindy Project” discusses the show on “Behind the Story With the Paley Center” (8 p.m., Sundance). • TCM salutes its long-serving host on “Robert Osborne’s 20th Anniversary Tribute” (8 p.m., TV-PG). • Explosives, shenanigans and crabs loom large as “Deadliest Catch” (9 p.m., Discovery) enters its 11th season. • “Botched” (9 p.m., E!, TV14) returns with a new season of cosmetic surgery disasters. • Reese dedicates a case to Carter’s memory on “Person of Interest” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

A garbled translation on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Robotic bees make a point on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TVPG) * A carjacking involves an officer’s child on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, TV14) * Danny mulls a refund on “Undateable” (9 p.m., NBC, TV14) * Women’s motivations baffle Schmidt on “New Girl” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Melinda’s secrets revealed on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Liv must choke down the brains of an old pal in order to find her killer on “iZombie” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Prudence offers advice on “One Big Happy” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Stosh recycles on “Weird Loners” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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AROUND TOWN The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. today at Shiloh-Randolph Manor. Janae Stowe, Santee-Lynches ADRC, I&R/A Manager, will speak. Transportation provided with the mileage radius. Contact Debra Canty, chapter president, at DebraCanC2@frontier.com or at (803) 775-5792. A South Carolina Legal Services Expungement Workshop (Part 2) will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, at Clarendon School District One Community Resource Center, 1154 Fourth St., Summerton. Attendees can begin or continue the process of clearing their record to help them be eligible for various career opportunities. Call Kathleen L. Gibson at (803) 485-2043 or (803) 225-0832. Lincoln High School Class of 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, at American Legion Post 202, 310 Palmetto St. Class from 1960 through 1969 are welcome and encouraged to send a representative to help plan the reunion celebrating the Modern Civil Rights Movement. Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 968-4464. The Pinedale Neighborhood Association will meet at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 968-4464. The Lincoln High School Class of 1965 will meet at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 17, at the Lincoln High School gymnasium, Council Street, to plan for the 50-year class reunion. Call Betty Miller at (803) 7751616. The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association will hold a dinner fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 17, at the Lincoln High School gymnasium, Council Street. Cost: $8 per dinner and will consist of grilled chicken, red rice, stuffing, lima beans, roll and a drink. Call James L. Green at (803) 968-4173. A benefit gala for the Boys and Girls Club of Lee County will be

held 6-8 p.m. on Friday, April 17, at the Opera House, 109 Main St., Bishopville. This is a fundraiser benefit to initiate a Boys and Girls Club in Lee County through the Salvation Army. Seating can be purchased by individual ticket for $30 or a table of eight for $300. Table seating will guarantee group seating together. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m., followed by entertainment provided by local youth. Dinner will be provided by youth volunteers in the Lee Central culinary arts program. Tickets available at the Lee County Chamber of Commerce or Lee County First Steps office. Call Ruby Gibbs at (803) 468-8340 or Brenda Golden at (803) 6511893. The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will hold a black tie fundraiser event at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17, at the Carolina Sky Club, Shaw Air Force Base. Tickets are $50 each. Sammy Way, historian, will speak. Call Henry Boyd at (803) 464-1239 or Leroy Peeples at (803) 509-2868. Lee County EMS Community Outreach will host a health fair 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at Concord United Methodist Church in the Lucknow community. The Bethel Grammar School annual reunion will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at Cypress Creek Club House, 5520 Bethel Church Road. Call (803) 481-8896 or Polly McLeod at (803) 452-5758. The Clarendon County Republican Party Convention will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at Cornerstone Free Will Baptist Church, 2116 Greeleyville Highway, manning. Fee: $5 for non-member delegates; and $10 for guests. There is no fee for elected officials or the press. The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association will meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, at the Lincoln High School cafeteria, Council Street. Lincolnites, friends and the community are invited. Call James L. Green at (803) 968-4173.

PUBLIC AGENDA LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 9 a.m., council chambers SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Today, noon, Sunset Country Club SUMTER COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Today, 5 p.m., library LYNCHBURG TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Teen Center on Magnolia Street, Lynchburg SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Sumter County

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DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Couple of thunderstorms

Cloudy and mild with a t-storm

A t-storm in spots; not as warm

Mostly cloudy with brief showers

Rather cloudy, a t-storm; warmer

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

82°

63°

72° / 54°

67° / 58°

77° / 63°

79° / 60°

Chance of rain: 65%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 65%

Chance of rain: 55%

SSW 7-14 mph

W 6-12 mph

NE 8-16 mph

NNE 10-20 mph

NNE 7-14 mph

ENE 4-8 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Greenville 78/61

Columbia 83/66

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Someone EUGENIA LAST who is jealous or ruthless will try to outsmart you. Don’t be a follower -- it’s up to you to size up situations and find solutions. Trust your judgment and get things done. Your take-charge attitude will win points.

Sumter 82/63

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 82/66

ON THE COAST

Charleston 82/67

Today: Partly sunny and humid with a couple of thunderstorms. High 79 to 84. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy; a thunderstorm in spots. High 71 to 81.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

78° 58° 74° 48° 88° in 1972 32° in 1989

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Myrtle Beach 78/66

Manning 82/65

Today: A couple of thunderstorms. Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph. Wednesday: A couple of thunderstorms. Winds northeast 8-16 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 83/63

Bishopville 82/62

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 358.00 75.59 75.35 97.44

24-hr chg +0.02 +0.07 -0.03 +0.01

RIVER STAGES Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 7.65 -0.16 19 4.01 -0.47 14 5.24 +0.06 14 3.48 +0.05 80 78.89 -0.36 24 6.47 -0.01

River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

0.00" 0.87" 1.33" 15.60" 10.26" 12.62"

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Wed. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 80/65/t 72/56/t Chicago 64/40/s 63/41/pc Dallas 67/52/t 77/62/pc Detroit 66/40/s 63/42/pc Houston 75/65/t 83/67/t Los Angeles 74/57/pc 80/59/s New Orleans 79/68/t 77/68/t New York 65/49/r 66/47/s Orlando 88/70/t 88/70/t Philadelphia 65/48/r 69/47/pc Phoenix 92/66/s 86/58/s San Francisco 66/49/s 71/54/s Wash., DC 65/52/r 70/51/pc

City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Today Hi/Lo/W 71/55/t 79/63/t 83/65/t 84/68/t 73/58/t 82/67/t 78/56/t 79/62/t 83/66/t 80/60/t 77/54/r 80/60/t 81/58/t

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 61/48/t 72/54/c 75/57/c 81/63/c 65/55/c 77/61/c 65/50/t 68/54/c 73/56/c 70/53/c 62/51/c 70/54/c 68/52/c

City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

Today Hi/Lo/W 83/63/t 85/65/t 78/57/t 80/57/t 83/67/t 72/53/r 78/61/t 74/54/r 82/69/t 86/66/t 84/65/t 83/63/t 79/63/t

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High 5:38 a.m. 6:03 p.m. 6:42 a.m. 7:05 p.m.

Ht. 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.3

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Low Ht. 12:40 p.m. -0.1 ----1:05 a.m. -0.1 1:38 p.m. -0.4

Today Hi/Lo/W 77/55/t 81/68/t 78/66/t 81/67/t 82/69/t 76/55/r 78/57/t 79/57/t 84/67/t 80/59/t 83/67/t 78/62/t 72/53/r

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 62/45/t 76/62/c 74/59/c 76/57/c 78/63/c 62/49/c 66/49/t 65/51/c 83/63/c 64/50/t 75/59/c 73/56/c 60/47/c

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow ﬂurries, sn–snow, i–ice TURBEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 7 p.m., town hall CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Thursday, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Check out any investment that promises to help you improve personally, professionally or financially. Working alongside someone you feel close to will help you bring about the changes you want to see happen. Embark on a new beginning.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll receive mixed messages. Don’t get involved in a debate or a physical confrontation if you aren’t prepared to finish what you start. A loss of respect will result if a personal secret is revealed. Protect your reputation and your position.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stay in sync with your creative ideas and don’t let what others are doing sidetrack you. Your imagination will not let you down. Emotional matters can lead to financial loss or poor choices. Don’t make a financial commitment you cannot afford.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t limit the possibilities because you don’t want to express your true feelings. Say whatever is on your mind and offer suggestions that can help turn your ideas into a reality. Believe in yourself, project your style with confidence and forge ahead.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen carefully when it comes to emotional matters. Someone will offer important information that could alter a decision you have to make. Concentrate on the changes you want to make at home. Working alone will bring the best results.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t feel the need to donate or help others when it’s your own wellness that should concern you. Be smart and make a point to eliminate unhealthy habits. Get informed and strive to make positive lifestyle changes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can help your community, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you or prompt you to donate too much. Put time and effort into your home and personal surroundings. Don’t let a love interest cost you. Be discreet.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t get angry or flustered — get moving. Make changes to your surroundings or search for information that will contribute to your advancement. You can win favors and points if you make good use of your talents. Romance will lead to good fortune.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you take part in industry events or networking with people you have worked with in the past, an opportunity will present itself. Romance is in the stars, and letting someone special know how you feel will enhance your personal life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stay on top of rates, loans and changing economic issues that can affect your personal financial situation. Be proactive and ferret out information that can help you make wise decisions regarding your professional direction.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t be fooled by others. Take care of matters personally and you won’t have regrets later on. A slower pace will give you a chance to consider other options. Keep your personal and professional lives separate. Expect emotional interference.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC

Debra Riles shares a photo she took during a visit to Swan Lake.

HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to sandrah@theitem.com, or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please.

Fire Ants take control of Region X B3

SECTION

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PRO GOLF

Tournament titan

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jordan Spieth hits a fairway shot to the 17th hole on his way to winning the Masters on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Spieth set scoring records for 36 and 54 holes while sharing the 72-hole record with Tiger Woods in his 18-under par victory. Spieth won his first major at the age of 21.

Spieth puts himself on potential fast track with Masters victory BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — The most important round in Jordan Spieth’s young career began with a little perspective from his caddie. Texas was playing a college match Sunday in California at Pasatiempo Golf Club. Spieth would have been in

his senior year with the Longhorns if not for dropping out during as a sophomore to try to make a living on the PGA Tour. As they stood on the first tee, Spieth said Michael Greller told him, “Aren’t you glad you’re not at Pasatiempo right now?” Looks like it was a good career move for the 21-year-old Texan, who traded

burnt orange for a green jacket. After having a laugh about where they were, and just how they got there, Spieth birdied the first hole and was on his way to a performance that ranks among the best at the Masters. He set scoring records for 36 holes (130) and 54 holes (200), and a bogey on the final hole Sunday meant he had to share the record for 72 holes (270) with

Tiger Woods. He had the lowest start by a champion (64). He made more birdies (28) in one tournament than anyone in 78 previous Masters. The only number that really mattered to Spieth was 42 — his jacket size. “It’s the most incredible week of my

SEE SPIETH, PAGE B2

LOCAL RACING

PRO TENNIS

Sharpe claims Stock-4 opener

Kerber rallies past Keys, wins Family Circle BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

BY CODY TRUETT Special to The Sumter Item Sumter Speedway opened the 2015 season on Saturday and Travis Sharpe highlighted the night by picking up the win in the Stock-4 division. Sharpe started the feature from the front row after winning his heat race, but had his hands full as the green flag flew, battling with Banjo Duke and Austin Mintz for the top spot. After a few laps, Sharpe opened up a small lead as Duke and Mintz continued to battle out for second. Mintz took over the spot and set his sights on Sharpe for the lead. As the laps wound down, Sharpe maintained the lead and went on to the win. Mintz settled for second with Duke third, DJ Carraway fourth, and Jason Hodge fifth. Ashley McHenry was sixth and Tommy Bell seventh. Luke Wilson picked up a hard-fought win in the Extreme 4 division, holding off multiple challenges. Wilson battled with Landon Jeffreys in the early stages of the race,

SEE SPEEDWAY, PAGE B3

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Angelique Kerber returns to Madison Keys during her 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory in the Family Circle Cup championship match on Sunday in Charleston.

CHARLESTON — Angelique Kerber didn’t really like playing on clay. That’s changed in a big way Sunday when the fifth-seeded German rallied past American Madison Keys to win the Family Circle Cup.

The 27-year-old Kerber trailed 4-1 in the final set, yet took six of the last seven games to pull out a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory for her fourth career WTA title and first on the slow, gunky coating power players love to hate. “You know, it was never my favorite surface,” Kerber

SEE FAMILY CUP, PAGE B3

LOCAL SPORTS

Youth Day Extravaganza on Saturday at Bates Middle BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Youth Day Extravaganza, which will feature basketball games with members of The Sumter Item AllIndependent and All-Area boys and girls teams, will be held on Saturday at the Bates Middle School gymnasium beginning at 10 a.m. The event is being sponsored by LAY UP (Leading America’s Youth Upward Program), a local non-profit organization. The event will

include performances by dance teams, step teams, a beat box team, a choir, a puppet team and a drum line featuring local youth as well as the basketball games. “We just really want to do this to showcase the talent of our local youth,” said Mark Shaw, the program coordinator for LAY UP. “We wanted to have an event to build bonds and build bridges. “We just want to show all of the different talent out there with our youth, to

have an event to expose their talents.” There will be six different basketball games played throughout the course of the day. Three of the games will feature members of The Sumter Item teams, which will officially be announced later this week. There will be a high school boys game scheduled for 5:45 p.m. and a high school girls game scheduled for 4:45. Also, at 11:45 a.m., a boys all-star team will meet the Sumter County Recre-

ation Department’s 17U allstar team that competed in the state tournament. There will also be a girls middle school all-star game at 2 p.m. followed by a boys game at 3. The other game will begin at 10:45 a.m. and will feature members of the Third Army going against the LAY UP mentors. Other participants in the event include Team Robinson MMA, the Salem Praise

SEE EXTRAVAGANZA, PAGE B3

SPORTS

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015

SCOREBOARD

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

TV, RADIO

Washington (Strasburg 0-1) at Boston (Masterson 1-0), 6:10 p.m. Detroit (Greene 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Koehler 0-1) at Atlanta (Cahill 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Buchanan 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 1-0), 8:05 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 0-1) at San Diego (Despaigne 0-0), 10:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (S. Baker 0-0), 10:10 p.m. Colorado (Bergman 1-0) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 0-0), 10:15 p.m.

TODAY

PREP SCHEDULE

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

Houston Seattle Oakland Texas Los Angeles

W 4 4 3 3 2

L 2 2 3 3 4

Pct .667 .667 .500 .500 .333

GB – – 1 1 2

W 6 6 2 2 1

L 0 1 4 4 5

Pct 1.000 .857 .333 .333 .167

GB – 1/2 4 4 5

W 3 3 3 3 2

L 3 3 4 4 4

Pct .500 .500 .429 .429 .333

GB – – 1/2 1/2 1

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Detroit 8, Cleveland 5 Tampa Bay 8, Miami 5 Toronto 10, Baltimore 7 Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2 Houston 6, Texas 4, 14 innings Kansas City 9, L.A. Angels 2 Seattle 8, Oakland 7, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 14, Boston 4

TODAY’S GAMES

Washington (Strasburg 0-1) at Boston (Masterson 1-0), 6:10 p.m. Detroit (Greene 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 0-0), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-1) at Baltimore (Mi. Gonzalez 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Andriese 0-0) at Toronto (Da.Norris 1-0), 7:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 0-0) at Cleveland (Carrasco 1-0), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Rucinski 0-0) at Texas (N.Martinez 1-0), 8:05 p.m. Oakland (Graveman 0-1) at Houston (Wojciechowski 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (S. Baker 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 5 4 3 2 1

L 1 3 4 4 5

Pct .833 .571 .429 .333 .167

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Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee West Division

4 3 3 3 1

2 2 2 4 5

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Colorado San Diego Arizona Los Angeles San Francisco

4 4 3 3 3

2 3 3 3 4

.667 .571 .500 .500 .429

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Atlanta New York Philadelphia Washington Miami CENTRAL DIVISION

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

W 48 38 37 18 16

L 32 42 43 62 64

Pct .600 .475 .463 .225 .200

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W 60 46 35 33 25

L 20 34 45 47 55

Pct .750 .575 .438 .413 .313

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W 51 48 40 37 31

L 29 32 40 43 49

Pct .638 .600 .500 .463 .388

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Pct .679 .675 .675 .613 .538

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Pct .638 .538 .463 .375 .200

GB – 8 14 21 35

Pct .813 .675 .481 .338 .263

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

TODAY

Kansas City Detroit Chicago Cleveland Minnesota WEST DIVISION

NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press

SOUTHWEST DIVISION

Varsity Baseball Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6:30 p.m. Manning at Crestwood, 6:30 p.m. Hartsville at Manning, 6:30 p.m. East Clarendon at C.E. Murray, 5:30 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m. Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 6 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes, 5 p.m. Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 6:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Baseball Summerville at Sumter, 6 p.m. Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. B Team Baseball Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes, 3:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Golf Sumter in Bengal Invitational (in Columbia), TBA Marlboro County at Manning, 4:30 p.m. East Clarendon at Lee Central (at Bishopville Country Club), 4:30 p.m. Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter, Laurence Manning, Calhoun, Orangeburg Prep in SCISA Region II-3A Match (at Shannon Greens Country Club in Manning), 3:30 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 3:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer Carolina Forest at Sumter, 7:30 p.m. Crestwood at Manning, 6 p.m. Lakewood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Thomas Sumter (at Patriot Park SportsPlex), 5:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Carolina Forest at Sumter, 6 p.m. Wilson Hall at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Varsity Girls Soccer Sumter at Carolina Forest, 7:30 p.m. Lakewood at Hartsville, 6 p.m. Junior Varsity Girls Soccer Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6 p.m. Varsity Softball Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6:30 p.m. Manning at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m. Lakewood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Gray Collegiate at Thomas Sumter, 5:30 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes, 5 p.m. Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 5:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Softball Manning at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m. Lakewood at Hartsville, 5:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis Carolina Forest at Sumter, 4:30 p.m.

Boston Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay New York CENTRAL DIVISION

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

TODAY’S GAMES

1 p.m. -- College Football: Mississippi Grove Bowl Spring Game from Oxford, Miss. (ESPNU). 2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal First Leg Match -Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid (FOX SPORTS 1). 2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal First Leg Match -Monaco vs. Juventus (FOX SPORTS 2). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Dallas Baptist at Oklahoma (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at Pittsburgh or New York Yankees at Baltimore (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Alabama-Birmingham at Alabama (SEC NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Miami at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – High School Baseball: Lower Richland at Camden (WPUB-FM 102.7). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Presbyterian at South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5). 8 p.m. – College Softball: Weber State at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 8 p.m. – College Baseball: Nebraska at Creighton (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League Western Conference Playoffs Series Game Three – Canton at Sioux Falls (If Necessary) (ESPNU). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Washington at Indiana (TNT). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Seattle at Los Angeles Dodgers or Colorado at San Francisco (MLB NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix (TNT).

SUNDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 5, 11 innings Tampa Bay 8, Miami 5 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3 Washington 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings Pittsburgh 10, Milwaukee 2 Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 4 San Diego 6, San Francisco 4

MONDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets 2, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4 Washington at Boston, 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 4:35 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

W L x-San Antonio 55 26 x-Houston 54 26 x-Memphis 54 26 x-Dallas 49 31 New Orleans 43 37 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L y-Portland 51 29 Oklahoma City 43 37 Utah 37 43 Denver 30 50 Minnesota 16 64 PACIFIC DIVISION W L z-Golden State 65 15 x-L.A. Clippers 54 26 Phoenix 39 42 Sacramento 27 53 L.A. Lakers 21 59 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee 96, Brooklyn 73 Boston 117, Cleveland 78 Detroit 116, Charlotte 77 Denver 122, Sacramento 111 Washington 108, Atlanta 99 Indiana 116, Oklahoma City 104 Houston 121, New Orleans 114 San Antonio 107, Phoenix 91 Dallas 120, L.A. Lakers 106

TODAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Indiana, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

WH tennis now 9-0 COLUMBIA – Wilson Hall’s varsity boys tennis team remained undefeated on the season with a 4-3 victory over A.C. Flora High School on Monday at the Flora courts. The Barons improved to 9-0, claiming the No. 1 doubles match to beat the Falcons.

SINGLES 1 – Brown (WH) defeated McClammrock 6-1, 6-1. 2 – Davis (WH) defeated Fant 6-2, 6-2. 3 – Kirkland (ACF) defeated Hendrix 6-1, 6-3. 4 – Prince (ACF) defeated Stover 6-1, 6-4. 5 – Thompson (WH) defeated Echols 6-4, 4-6, 10-3. DOUBLES 1 – Brown/Davis (WH) defeated McClammrock/Kirkland 8-2. 2 – Reid/Kneece (ACF) de-

feated Stone/Coulter 7-5, 6-3.

VARSITY BASEBALL LAURENCE MANNING 1 CALHOUN 0

ST. MATTHEWS – Buddy Bleasdale, J.T. Eppley and Taylor Finley combined to toss a shutout as Laurence Manning Academy defeated Calhoun Academy 1-0 on Monday at the Calhoun field. Bleasdale allowed just one hit in five innings. Eppley pitched one inning to get the win and Finley pitched the final inning for the save. Cagney Brunson hit a sacrifice fly to score

pinch runner Matthew Miles, who had come on for Tripp Mason, who had drawn a walk. A fake bunt slash single by Bleasdale moved Miles into scoring position. HARTSVILLE 13 CRESTWOOD 1

Crestwood High School fell to 0-6 in Region VI-3A with a 13-1 loss to Hartsville on Monday at the CHS field. Lance Ragan had a hit and scored the only run for the Knights, who fell to 2-15 overall. Collin Kremer had the RBI.

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

LMA finishes 2nd in SCISA preseason softball tourney The Laurence Manning Academy softball team went 3-1 and finished second in the SCISA Preseason Tournament on Saturday at Patriot Park SportsPlex. LMA defeated Wardlaw Academy 16-0 in the opener. Brooke Ward was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and four RBI. Dakota Jackson wad 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBI and Hannah Hodge had two doubles, a run and an RBI.

Courtney Beatson threw a 1-hit shutout in four innings. The Lady Swampcats followed that with a 9-0 win over St. John’s Christian. Abbie Beard was 2-for-2 with three RBI and a run, Cora Lee Downer had two hits, two runs and an RBI and Hodge had two hits and two runs. Lundee Olsen pitched a 2-hit shutout for the win. Laurence Manning defeated Wilson Hall 6-0 as Beatson tossed a

6-hit shutout. Sarah Herbert hit a home run and drove in two runs. Hodge had a hit and an RBI, while Beard and Maggie Eppley both had a hit and an RBI. Hannah Jordan had two hits for Wilson Hall and Amelia Weston had a double. LMA lost to Thomas Heyward Academy 6-1 in the championship game as THA scored five runs in the top of the seventh. Maddie Cantley had a double for the Lady Swampcats.

NHL PLAYOFFS By The Associated Press

FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Montreal vs. Ottawa Wednesday, April 15: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Friday, April 17: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 19: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. Detroit Thursday, April 16: Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18: Detroit at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 21: Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23: Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Thursday, April 16: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. Monday, April 20: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Washington vs. N.Y. Islanders Wednesday, April 15: N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. Friday, April 17: N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 19: Washington at N.Y. Islanders, Noon Tuesday, April 21 : Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

St. Louis vs. Minnesota Thursday, April 16: Minnesota at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18: Minnesota at St. Louis, 3 p.m. Monday, April 20: St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 22: St. Louis at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. Nashville vs. Chicago Wednesday, April 15: Chicago at Nashville, 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 17: Chicago at Nashville, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19: Nashville at Chicago, 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 21: Nashville at Chicago, 9:30 p.m. Anaheim vs. Winnipeg Thursday, April 16: Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18: Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. Monday, April 20: Anaheim at Winnipeg, 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 22: Anaheim at Winnipeg, 9:30 p.m. Vancouver vs. Calgary Wednesday, April 15: Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Friday: Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Sunday: Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 21 : Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m.

MLB ROUNDUP

Royals remain unbeaten, romp Twins MINNEAPOLIS — The Kansas City Royals became the only unbeaten team in the majors as Danny Duffy pitched into the seventh inning and Kendrys Morales homered in a 12-3 romp over Minnesota, spoiling the Twins’ home opener Monday.

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NATIONALS 4 BOSTON — Mookie Betts took away a tworun homer with a leaping catch, stole two bases on the same pitch, hit a 3-run homer and led the Red Sox toward a 9-4 win over the Washington Nationals on Monday.

CARDINALS 4 ST. LOUIS — Matt Garza overcame five walks to earn his first career win in St. Louis and Carlos Gomez had two hits and an RBI for the Milwaukee Brewers, beat the Cardinals with a 5-4 victory on Monday.

INTERLEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PIRATES 5

ROCKIES 2

TIGERS 4 PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Jared Hughes needed three pitches to bail out starter Gerrit Cole and the Pirates eventually held on for a 5-4 win on Monday.

GIANTS 0 SAN FRANCISCO — Eddie Butler outdueled fellow rookie Chris Heston and shut down the Giants, and the Colorado Rockies beat San Francisco with a 2-0 win Monday.

METS 2 PHILLIES 0

NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom got the Mets off to a successful start at home as he pitched into the seventh inning as New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 Monday to win its home opener. From wire reports

FAMILY CUP FROM PAGE B1 said. “But it’s changed in the last year. I knew that I can play also on clay and it’s good also for my (overall) game because I’m playing defensive and being aggressive.” Kerber showed both those qualities against the power-hitting Keys, who came into the final without dropping a service game. Kerber broke Keys in the first game and five times overall,

relentlessly sending 120 mph serves and sizzling groundstrokes back that had gone for winners earlier in the week. Kerber won 12 of the next 16 points to tie the decisive set at 4-all. Keys moved in front one last time at 5-4 before Kerber dug in one last time to take control and fully unnerve the previously steady Keys.

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line and Sounds Effect beat box team. The cost of the event for the entire day is $3 per student and $5 per adult.

SPEEDWAY FROM PAGE B1 holding off each charge. As the laps wound down and problems sent Jeffreys to the pits, Bruce Denman, who worked his way through the entire field after starting last, found himself on the rear bumper of Wilson. As the laps wound down, Wilson held the lead, but Denman was on his heels, waiting to make his move. Wilson took the white flag as the leader and held off one final charge from Denman to pick up the win. Travis Poole, making his first start, finished third followed by John Ledwell, Chelsea L’Huillier, Jessica Stephens, Jeffreys and Nick Oliva. Shannon Munn picked up an impressive win in the Super Street division. Munn battled with Greg Murphy and Justin Timmons throughout the feature be-

fore finally opening up a comfortable lead and taking the win. Robbie Disher finished second with Murphy third, TJ White fourth and Timmons fifth. Joey Ayers was sixth and Steven Bartlette was seventh. The Crate Late Model feature was an exciting feature and a winner has yet to be determined. When the green flag flew, Duke shot into the lead from the outside pole starting position, but an early caution erased that lead. On the restart, pole sitter Matt Lawson held Duke to the outside and took over the lead. Lawson cruised on, leading the entire race and took the checkered flag. However, second-place finisher Justin Mintz protested Lawson’s car and results are still pending at this time. Duke finished third, Kale

Green fourth, Mark McLeod fifth and Brandon Yawn sixth. Willie Hill picked up the win in the Stock V8 division. Timmy Kimsey jumped into the early lead, but fell back to second as David Duke took over the top spot. Hill battled his way around Duke and took over the top spot and held on to it for the remainder of the race. Jason Potts led flag to flag in the Street Stock division, picking up a dominant win. Robbie Disher was second, Grant Hill third, JJ McKenzie fourth and Adam Hill fifth. Racing continues on Saturday with gates opening at 5 p.m. and racing starting at 7. Grandstand tickets are $10 for adults and pit passes are $20 for adults. Active duty military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge with military identification.

The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team split its doubleheader with Spartanburg Methodist College on Sunday at Riley Park, winning the opener 3-1 before losing the nightcap 8-7 in eight innings. The victory in the opener helped the Fire Ants win the NJCAA Region X series 3-1 and take a 1-game lead in the region entering the final weekend of the region season. That leaves USC Sumter with a 31-6 overall mark and a 15-7 region record. The Pioneers are 26-20 and 13-11. Florence-Darlington Technical College, USC Lancaster and Pitt Community College are all one game behind USCS in the standings. FloDar is 13-7, while Lancaster and Pitt are both 14-8. Sumter will go on the road to face last-place Guilford Technical College, 5-15 in region play. Pitt will play at 7-15 USC Salkehatchie while FDTC and Lancaster will meet in Lancaster. SOUTH CAROLINA 2

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MASTERS PAR SCORES By The Associated Press

SUNDAY

At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Final Jordan Spieth (600), $1,800,000 64-66-70-70–270 -18 Phil Mickelson (270), $880,000 70-68-67-69–274 -14 Justin Rose (270), $880,000 67-70-67-70–274 -14 Rory McIlroy (150), $480,000 71-71-68-66–276 -12 Hideki Matsuyama (120), $400,000 71-70-70-66–277 -11 Paul Casey (101), $335,000 69-68-74-68–279 -9 Dustin Johnson (101), $335,000 70-67-73-69–279 -9 Ian Poulter (101), $335,000 73-72-67-67–279 -9 Charley Hoffman (82), $270,000 67-68-71-74–280 -8 Zach Johnson (82), $270,000 72-72-68-68–280 -8 Hunter Mahan (82), $270,000 75-70-68-67–280 -8 Rickie Fowler (65), $196,000 73-72-70-67–282 -6 Bill Haas (65), $196,000 69-71-72-70–282 -6 Ryan Moore (65), $196,000 74-66-73-69–282 -6 Kevin Na (65), $196,000 74-66-70-72–282 -6 Kevin Streelman (65), $196,000 70-70-70-72–282 -6 Sergio Garcia (56), $155,000 68-74-71-70–283 -5 Tiger Woods (56), $155,000 73-69-68-73–283 -5 Louis Oosthuizen (52), $135,000 72-69-71-72–284 -4 Henrik Stenson (52), $135,000 73-73-70-68–284 -4 Russell Henley (50), $120,000 68-74-72-71–285 -3 Keegan Bradley (47), $92,833 71-72-75-68–286 -2 Angel Cabrera (47), $92,833 72-69-73-72–286 -2 Ernie Els (47), $92,833 67-72-75-72–286 -2 Mark O’Meara (47), $92,833 73-68-77-68–286 -2 Patrick Reed (47), $92,833 70-72-74-70–286 -2 Bernd Wiesberger, $92,833 75-70-70-71–286 -2 Jonas Blixt (41), $68,000 72-70-70-75–287 -1 Jason Day (41), $68,000 67-74-71-75–287 -1 Morgan Hoffmann (41), $68,000 73-72-72-70–287 -1 Webb Simpson (41), $68,000 69-75-72-71–287 -1 Steve Stricker (41), $68,000 73-73-73-68–287 -1 Sangmoon Bae (36), $54,000 74-71-72-71–288 E Jamie Donaldson (36), $54,000 74-71-76-67–288 E Chris Kirk (36), $54,000 72-73-72-71–288 E Brooks Koepka (36), $54,000 74-71-71-72–288 E Ryan Palmer (36), $54,000 69-74-74-71–288 E Seung-Yul Noh (30), $40,000 70-74-72-73–289 +1 Charl Schwartzel (30), $40,000 71-70-73-75–289 +1 Adam Scott (30), $40,000 72-69-74-74–289 +1 John Senden (30), $40,000 71-74-72-72–289 +1 Cameron Tringale (30), $40,000 71-75-69-74–289 +1 Jimmy Walker (30), $40,000 73-72-74-70–289 +1 Bubba Watson (30), $40,000 71-71-73-74–289 +1 Danny Willett, $40,000 71-71-76-71–289 +1 Matt Kuchar (25), $30,000 72-74-72-72–290 +2 Lee Westwood (25), $30,000 73-73-70-74–290 +2 Geoff Ogilvy (23), $27,400 74-70-73-74–291 +3 Jason Dufner (22), $25,600 74-71-74-73–292 +4 Anirban Lahiri, $25,600 71-75-74-72–292 +4 Erik Compton (20), $24,600 73-72-74-74–293 +5 Darren Clarke, $23,800 74-71-77-72–294 +6 Graeme McDowell (19), $23,800 71-74-76-73–294 +6 Vijay Singh (17), $23,200 75-70-79-71–295 +7 Thongchai Jaidee, $23,000 75-70-80-72–297 +9

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life,” Spieth said. “This is as great as it gets in our sport.” But even as he tried to fathom all he accomplished, it was that joke on the first tee that was even more difficult to comprehend. Spieth turned pro in late 2012 without a PGA Tour card and no idea where the road would take him. It led to victory as a 19-year-old rookie, to being selected as the youngest American to play in the Presidents Cup, to the final group at the Masters in his debut last year and losing a two-shot lead with 11 holes to play. “It’s all run together. It all happened quickly,” Spieth said. “Sometimes it feels like a long time ago. And sometimes it feels like yesterday. All in all, it’s really cool.” It was the disappointment of last year that ultimately carried him to a four-shot victory Sunday. He watched Bubba Watson celebrate another Masters title, and all the perks and celebrity that came with it. He knew that could have been him. “So you get reminded of it all the time, because when you’re Masters champion, it’s a different legacy,” Spieth said. “And so that definitely left me hungry. And then also, having a chance to win the last couple of week and not pulling it off.” He was runner-up in the Texas Open and lost in a playoff at the Houston Open before arriving to Augusta. “So the combination of the two allowed me to keep my head down, not worry about anyone else in the field except myself and to play a golf course

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that is my favorite course in the world,” he said. The par-5 eighth hole is where it all started to go wrong last year. He had a two-shot lead and made bogey to Watson’s birdie. On the ninth hole, Spieth’s shot came up a fraction short and tumbled down the front of the green and back into the fairway, leading to another bogey. Watson birdied and suddenly was two shots ahead, and Spieth didn’t have the power or the putting to catch up. This year was different. His lead down to three shots, Spieth made a simple birdie on the eighth hole. This time, his approach on the ninth was fraction long enough to land on the ridge and stay put. He made par, and Justin Rose had a three-putt bogey to fall five shots behind. There was only one shaky moment after that. Spieth was four shots ahead and looking at a two-shot swing on the 16th when Rose had 15 feet for birdie and Spieth faced an 8-foot putt for par. Rose missed. Spieth made. He was on his way. “It was probably one of the best putts he hit all day,” Rose said. It’s tempting to declare Spieth as golf’s next big star after such a performance and the elite company he joins. In the last century, only four players have three PGA Tour titles that include a major before turning 22 — Spieth, Woods, Tom Creavy and Gene Sarazen. He was the first wire-to-wire winner at Augusta in 39 years. He already is No. 2 in the world, and he still has work to do to reach Rory McIlroy at No. 1.

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GAINESVILLE, FLA. – Florida jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning and scored in six of eight innings on the way to a 12-2 win over South Carolina on Sunday at McKethan Stadium. The Gators swept the 3-game Southeastern Conference series to improve to

28-9 overall and 9-6 in the SEC. Carolina dropped to 23-14 and 6-9. Gamecock starting pitcher Taylor Widener suffered the loss in his first start of the year. He allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits with four walks and three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings. South Carolina’s runs came on solo home runs by Gene Cone and Kyle Martin. CLEMSON 6 BOSTON COLLEGE 3

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. – Clemson rallied from a 3-1 deficit with three runs in the fifth inning and two in the seventh to defeat Boston College 6-3 on Sunday at Commander Shea Field. The Tigers won the Atlantic Coast Conference series 2-1 and improved to 18-18 overall and 9-9 in ACC play. BC fell to 16-18 and 6-11. WOFFORD 7 CITADEL 6

CHARLESTON – Wofford defeated The Citadel 7-6 on Sunday at Joe Riley Park to win the Southern Conference series 2-1. Connor Walsh was 3-for-5 with a homer, two runs and two runs batted in to lead the Bulldogs. Sumter’s Zach Sherrill pitched a scoreless inning for The Citadel, allowing a hit and striking out one. From staff reports

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DEANNE K. BOYCE DALZELL — Deanne Klump Boyce, age 68, beloved wife of the late James Edward Boyce Sr., died on Saturday, April 11, 2015. She was born on Jan. 11, 1947, a daughter of the late Robert W. Sr. and Reva Curry Klump. Deanne worked as a registered nurse with Tuomey Healthcare System for more BOYCE than 31 years. She was a devoted Christian and an active member of Crosspoint Baptist Church. Deanne’s life was dedicated to serving others and she was the primary caregiver for many members of her family, until her own illness. Mrs. Boyce was the recipient of a lung transplant in 2013. Her children are especially grateful to her donor family, whose generosity during their time of loss, gave them an additional 18 months of life with their mother. Deanne will be remembered as a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Surviving are five daughters, Denise Taylor and her husband, David, of Poquoson, Virginia, Suzie Cantrell and her husband, Clyde, of Gastonia, North Carolina, Kimberly Johnson and her husband, Charles, of Dalzell, Virginia “Ginny” B. Dority and her husband, Chris, of Sumter and Julie B. Cox and her husband, Miles, of Sumter; three sons, James Edward “Eddie” Boyce Jr. and his wife, Darlene, of Kernersville, North Carolina, Richard “Rick” Geddings Boyce and his wife, Debbie, of Irmo and Kenneth “Ken” Jackson Boyce of Dalzell; two sisters, Margy Dye of Roswell, New Mexico, and Barbara Robichaud and her husband, Martin, of Athol, Massachusetts; 16 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert W. Klump Jr. and Charles Eugene Klump. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Crosspoint Baptist Church with the Rev. John Sorrells officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Chase Carver, Tyler Davis, Nyckolas Johnson, Dayven McLeod, Blake Norton and Aaron Taylor. The family will receive friends at the home. Memorials may be made to Crosspoint Baptist Church, 2755 Carter Road, Sumter, SC 29150. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

of Saint Inigoes, Maryland, and Barbara Tisdale Baird (Jim) of Lake City; a sister-inlaw, Mildred Tisdale Ambul of Greenville; 25 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and a number of great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Eugene Mosier officiating. Burial will follow in Duffy Cemetery in Manning. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home. The family would like to thank her caregiver, Tiffany McFadden, for all of her care and attention. Memorials may be made to Paxville Baptist Church, 1027 Lewis Road, Manning, SC 29102. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephenfuneralhome.org

GJVERE L. WILLIAMS REMBERT — Services for Gjvere L. Williams will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Willow Grove AME Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Willow Grove AME Church. Services have been entrusted to JP Holley Funeral Home.

Those left to cherish his memories are his children, Damauri Shaliq Glover, Morgan McKenzie Williams and Zoey Symone Williams; parents, Lowery Lee and Patricia Miller Williams; the children’s mother, Tia Williams; brothers, LaWayne Miller, Eric (Kendra) WILLIAMS Nelson, Lowery Williams, Demetris Nelson and Mario Nelson; sisters, Shannon Wade, Patricia (Joshua) Pope, Patrice Williams and Sarah Choice; 21 nieces and nephews; along with a host of other loving relatives and friends, all of whom will miss him dearly. J.P. Holley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

PATRICIA WHRITENOUR Patricia Ann Casey Whritenour, 74, departed this life on Friday, April 10, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia. She was born on April 28, 1940. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

CAROLYN R. HUGHES Carolyn Reaber Hughes, 79, died on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Utica, New York, she was a daughter of the late Karl and Edith Levenson Rea-

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Pallbearers will be Victor Donald, Jessy Vincent, Richard Burns, Frank Snow, Garry Garrison and Frank Edwards. Honorary pallbearers will be Dan Lyles, Tommy Dabbs, Dr. Harry A. Jordan, Dr. Julian Abbott, Louis Disher, and Jim and Jolene Lander. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Mrs. Hughes would like to say a special thank you to all her clients and friends who were so true to her during her real estate career, and to Bruce Walker Automotive for taking such good care of all of her vehicles over the years. Memorials may be made to the Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150; First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150; or to a charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

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FREDDIE ELLISON Freddie Ellison, 77, entered into eternal rest with his heavenly father on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at his residence in Sumter. Born on Jan. 27, 1938, in Dillon County, he was a son of the late Samuel Bass and Judy ELLISON Bethea-Ellison. He was joined in holy matrimony to Maggie M. McDonald Ellison on Nov. 25, 1961. To this union two daughters were born, July Lynn Ellison-Houston and Carla Faye Ellison. He was educated in the public schools of South Carolina and the United States Navy, where he received his diploma in 1957. He received a bachelor degree in education from Morris College in 1963; a master’s degree in education from South Carolina State College, Orangeburg, in 1968; a master of science in reading from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1972; and an education specialist degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1973. After completing his education, he worked in the public schools of Sumter and Horry County as an elementary and reading teacher. He furthered his career as assistant director and graduate student of teacher training for developing institutions at the University of Southern Mississippi, 1971-1973; administrative head of adult learning lab, Sumter Technical College, 1973-1974; principal of Scotts Branch High School, Summerton, 1974-1978; reading and language arts teacher, Kollock Elementary School, Wallace, 1978; principal at Britton’s Neck High School, Britton Neck, 19781980; and principal of Brockington Elementary School, Darlington, 1980-1990, from where he retired. Mr. Ellison was a lifetime member of Bernie Elk Lodge No. 1195 in Sumter and served as exalted ruler, until his health failed. He was also a member of the American Legion Post No. 202; Master Mason; health and safety advisor, District No. 10 Boys Scouts; and was a sports enthusiast and fisherman. He leaves to cherish his memory: his brother, Henry Bethea (Joyce) of Hopkins; daughters, Judy Lynn Ellison-Houston (Kenneth) of Hopkins and Carla Faye Ellison of Myrtle Beach; granddaughter, Kenuthra Houston of Sumter; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Graveside services will be held at noon on Wednesday at Hillside Memorial Park, 3001 Cain’s Mill Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Jake Sanders II officiating, eulogist. The family is receiving family and friends at the home, 2325 U.S. 15 South, Sumter. Viewing for the public will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at

John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home, 821 N. Main St., Sumter. The procession will leave at 11 a.m. from the home. Floral bearers will be member of Sacred Heart Temple No. 835. Pallbearers will be brothers of Bernie Elk Lodge No. 1195. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

RAYMOND M. YOUMANS WEDGEFIELD — Raymond M. Youmans, 57, loving partner of Faye Young Gerhard, died on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at his home. Born in Arkansas, he was a son of Bud Willard Youmans and Opal Marie Martin Youmans. He was a member of Wedgefield Baptist Church and was employed by the city of Sumter. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and member of Riverside Hunting Club, where he gained an appreciation and love of the outdoors throughout his entire life. Survivors include his loving partner of Wedgefield; parents of Wedgefield; two children, Marty Youmans of Wedgefield and Tiffanie Zellers (John) of Smithfield, North Carolina; two stepsons, Troy Trimnal (Josie) of Phoenix, Arizona, and Stewart Trimnal (Angie) of Sumter; eight grandchildren, John Zellers III, Logan Zellers, Ayden Zellers, Jack Zellers, Dalton Trimnal, Ryan Trimnal, Alexa Trimnal and Holden Trimnal; a nephew, Bud Bowman (Tanya) Wedgefield; a niece, Tiffany Lee; and a greatniece, Vicky Bowman. He was preceded in death by a brother, Bud Youmans Jr.; and two sisters, Jackie Youmans and Sheila Lee. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Wedgefield Baptist Church with Pastor Paul Goff officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home of his parents, 30 Youmans Court, Wedgefield. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wedgefield Baptist Church, P.O. Box 265, Wedgefield, SC 29168 or to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

EDDIE H. SPEED ROEBUCK — Eddie Huey Speed, 70, husband of Barbara Jean Rogers Speed, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 10, 2015, after a battle with cancer.

Born in Clearwater, Florida, Eddie was a son of the late Stephen Ernest and Lorena Charlton Speed. He honorably served his country in the United States Air Force. A retired civil engineer, Eddie worked for Grey Engineering, the City of Greer, and also Spartanburg County. An avid hunter, he enjoyed his time in the great outdoors with friends and his grandson. Eddie was a graduate of the University of Alabama and followed the Tide, as well as pulling for the South Carolina Gamecocks, in all sporting events. In addition to his wife of almost 50 years, he is survived by two daughters, Renee Holler (Punky) of Columbia and Dorenda Dawn Speed Fulmer of Newcastle, England; and a sister, Jane Tucker of Lithonia, Georgia. He was blessed with three grandchildren who he loved and adored, Eddie Jr., Mo and Logan Holler, all of Columbia. Eddie was predeceased by his brother, Royce Speed. A private graveside service will be held in Sumter. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 154 Milestone Way, Greenville, SC 29615. Online condolences may be made at jmdunbar.com. Dunbar Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

JANE F. MADIGAN Jane F. Madigan, age 99, died on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015 She leaves to cherish her memories: one son, Daniel Lewis III of Bishopville; one stepdaughter, Terresa Blyther of Sumter; two sisters, Rosa C. Mack and Virginia (Isaac) Rufus, both of Dalzell; four brothers, Willie and Bradford Cook of the home, Leroy (Sarah) Cook of Charleston and John Brunson of Queens, New York; special sister, Rachel (Theodore) Gibson of Wedgefield; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one uncle, Raymond (Jessie M.) Cook Sr.; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents. Homegoing celebration will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at New Haven United Methodist Church, 3159 Red Hill Road, Bishopville, with the Rev. Fadetra Harrington, pastor, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Lorenzo Dinkins, the Rev. Raymond Cook Jr. and the Rev. Kenneth Carter. The family is receiving family and friends at the home, 56 Cooks Lane, Dalzell. The remains will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. The procession will leave at 2:20 p.m. from the home. Floral bearers and pallbearers will be cousins and friends. Burial will be in New Haven United Methodist Churchyard cemetery. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

JERRY A. HOLT LEE JENKINS Lee Jenkins, 67, died on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Windsor Manor Nursing Home, Manning. Born on July 8, 1943, in Lee County, he was a son of the late Sylvester Johnson and Evelena Jenkins. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of his brother, William Jenkins, 511 Church St., Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

MARY E. COOK LEWIS Mary E. Cook Lewis, 65, widow of Daniel Lewis Jr., departed this life on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at her home. Born on May 16, 1949, in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Isaac I.B. Cook and France B. Cook. She attended the public schools of Lee County. At an early age, she joined New Haven United Methodist Church. She was a loving and caring person.

Jerry Allen Holt, 79, husband of Metta Marie (Loyd) Holt, died on Friday, April 10, 2015. Born in Butternut, Wisconsin, he was a son of the late Carl and Dorothy Jourdan Holt. Mr. Holt retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of senior master sergeant after 22 years of service, and retired again from Civil Service after 20 years as chief biomedical engineer at the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia. Other survivors include his children, Bret Allen Holt (Mabel Lou) of Eckerty, Indiana, and Sheri Holt McClendon (Jeff ) of Dalzell; grandchildren, BJ Holt, Victoria Holt Foote (Brandon), Josh Holt (Mandy), Nicholas Holt, Jeremy Holt, Garrett McClendon and Travis James; great-grandchildren, Camden Holt, Gage Holt, Conner Foote and Isabella Foote; and his lifelong friends, Joe Goode and George Waninger. Mr. Holt, an active member of Dalzell United Methodist Church, was civicminded and was known by his family and friends to be a man of honor and integri-

ty who set a strong and loving example for those who knew him. He was very active in the Masonic Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star, and Order of the Amaranth. Right Worshipful Brother (RWBro) Jerry Allen Holt was initiated as an Entered Apprentice on Jan. 16, 1975; passed to the Degree of a Fellow Craft on Feb. 20, 1975; and raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on April 2, 1975. He was past master of Hillcrest Lodge No. 397 and a life member. RWBro Holt was past district deputy grand master of the 26th Masonic District in 1993/1994. He served as sovereign master of Sumter Council No. 188 Allied Masonic Degrees (AMD) and was a knight of the Red Branch of Eri and appendant Bodies. He was a member of Sumter York Rite Bodies as excellent high priest of Beulah Royal Arch Chapter No. 25; Illustrious Master Degree; Eminent Commander of Sumter Commandery No. 20 Knights Templar (receiving Knight Templar Cross); a life member of the Knight Templar Eye Foundation; a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason in the Columbia Scottish Rite Bodies; a charter member of the Sumter Scottish Rite Club; Palmetto York Rite College No. 70 (Knight of York); associate Regent of the Order of the Purple Cross of the Sovereign York Rite College of North America; All Saints Conclave of the Order of Red Cross of Constantine; South Carolina Council No. 20 Knight Masons; past patron of Hillcrest Chapter No. 263 Order of the Eastern Star; and past royal patron of Swan Lake Court No. 24 Order of the Amaranth Inc. RWBro Holt was a Mason among Masons with more than 40 proud years of service and a fervent supporter of the Holy Land Pilgrimage Fund. Best of all: “An all-around nice guy.” Funeral services with full military honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Dalzell United Methodist Church with the Rev. Wanda Altman and officiating, assisted by the Rev. Wes Conner. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral with a Masonic memorial service following. Donations may be made in his honor to the Holy Land Pilgrimage Fund. Send to Sumter York Rite Bodies, 215 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150-3809. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

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THE ITEM Land & Lots for Sale

Summons & Notice

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of such service, and if you fail to Answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action wil apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

TRANSPORTATION

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NOTICE OF FILING TO THE NAMED:

Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Corner Pantry, Inc. intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale OFF premises consumption of Beer,Wine and/or Liquor at 660 W. Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 23, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Summons & Notice

Larry C. Weston, Esquire 109 N. Main Street Sumter, South Carolina 29151 (803) 778-2421 Attorney for the Plaintiff

Estate Notice Sumter County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Lucinda McFadden Colclough Petitioner, vs Ervin Dantzler, Respondent YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the Petitioner or her attorney, Larry C. Weston, Esquire, at his office, 109 North Main Street,Sumter, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day

Estate Notice Sumter County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

Jean B Spivey #2015ES4300188

Personal Representative

Laurel Claire Spivey Powers 725 Wren Street Sumter, SC 29150

Emily Burgess C/O Ruben Gray Attorney at Law PO Box 2636 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

Cynthia Hacquard 510 Canvasback Cove Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

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Personal Representative

Walter G. Newman 27 West Calhoun Street

Sumter, SC 29150 Estate: Narvice Bowers Painter #2015ES4300190 Personal Representative

Jason L. Capell C/O J Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

Eugene L. Geddings #2015ES4300212

Personal Representative

Mr. Williard Dalton Lemmon Sunset: April 14, 2014

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Estate: James Wynne Simmons #2015ES4300200

Estate: Muldrow James Burgess #2015ES4300218 Personal Representative

In Memory

Estate:

Happy 25th Anniversary my beloved Jeffery W. Jackson. The love of my life whom I've shared every dear moment with only to look forward to another 25 years of true love.

Gone, but not forgotten; your spirit remains with us everyday. I can feel you by my side as you grew into manhood, even today as you rest in the mighty hands of our wondrous savior. We will always miss you. Siblings Eugene, Brenda, Boyston, Chaunsey, Latrelle, Yolanda, Thomas L., Alfred III, and Phedra. Your nephew Lamont, dear friend Gloria, along with many other nieces, nephews, cousins and relatives. Parents, Agnes & Alfred Spencer.

Roger Dean Blakley #2015ES4300210

Personal Representative

Edna Blakley 603 Colonial Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Rebecca M Duncan #2015ES4300193

Personal Representative

Estate:

Elizabeth N. Hilton #2015ES4300208

Personal Representative

John B. Hilton Jr. 2691 Wedgefield Rd. Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Chester L. Douglas, IV #2015ES4300189

Personal Representative

Robert Lawrence Roy C/O J Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

Lynwood Harmon Hodge, Sr. #2015ES4300181

Personal Representative

Joe Ellen Hodge C/O Jack W. Erter, Jr. 126 N. Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Docket Number 2014-CP-43-2355

ABOVE

TAKE NOTICE that the Summons in the above mentioned action, together with the Complaint, was filed with the Sumter County Summary Court on the 6th day of November, 2014.

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LEGAL NOTICES

DEFENDANT

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015

Estate:

Larry Green 27 Malibu Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate: Phillip Lee Martindale #2015ES4300191

Carlos Henry Skelton, Sr. #2015ES4300209

Janice E Lasley Payne 4006 Warm Winds San Antonio, TX 78253

Personal Representative

Carols Henry Skelton, Jr. 2640 Indigo Drive Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Jerry Singleton #2015ES4300217

Personal Representative

Christine Singleton C/O Ruben Gray Attorney at Law PO Box 2636 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate: James Thomas Burgess #2015ES4300206 Personal Representative

Vela Burgess 4805 Narrow Paved Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 Estate: Harmon Patrick Hodge Sr #2015ES4300197 Personal Representative

Joyce Hodge 4855 Huckabee Road

Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Barbara Ann Taylor #2015ES4300219

Personal Representative

Marian Virginia Brame C/O Catherine H. Kennedy PO Box 1473 Columbia, SC 29202 Estate:

Lottie L. Matthews #2015ES4300183

Personal Representative

Frank Matthews 2903 Hunting Hill Court Oakton, VA 22124 Estate:

Michael Lee Edwards, Jr. #2015ES4300216

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Personal Representative

Angela C. Edwards 715 Orlando Circle Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Laura Lee Jackson #2015ES4300194

Personal Representative

Willie Mae Singleton 356 Curtis Drive Sumter, SC 29150

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