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It’s all about striped bass in April

• 1 dead, another hospitalized in Clarendon shootout • Woman arrested in connection with hit-and-run fatality

Clarendon awaits return of Striped Bass Festival

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Marathon mayhem 3 killed, 130-plus injured in Boston by bomb blasts

BY JIMMY GOLEN The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that

terrorists might have struck again in the U.S. A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.

President Obama vowed that those responsible will SEE MARATHON, PAGE A7

Sumter native shares account of chaos, grief following tragedy

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com PHOTOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Boston Marathon runner is comforted as she cries in the aftermath of two blasts which exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston on Monday.

When Rick Jones of Sumter finished his sixth Boston Marathon in a time of 3 hours, 3 minutes, on Monday, he wasn’t particularly

happy with his result.

It wasn’t my best time; I’ve done it in 2:54 before,” Jones said. “I was hoping I would finish under three hours.”

A little over an hour later, Medical workers wheel the injured across the finish line SEE JONES, PAGE A7 during the marathon following an explosion.

Lands honored by constituency Haley slaying County, city, state leaders reflect on life of servitude

trial slated to start today

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com

Samuel George Henderson, charged with the murder of Melissa Corley Haley, will face a jury this week at the Sumter County Courthouse

MANNING — John C. Land III will never forget the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the dome of the Statehouse.

The date was July 1, 2000, and he had worked for years with state Democrats and civil rights leaders to bring down what was to many civil rights leaders one of the most potent symbols of the state’s ugly history of race relations. Land tearfully told a crowd gathered at Manning High School on Sunday that it was one of the most trying times he had as a state senator.

“We brought the flag down,” he said, pausing to rein in his emotions.

“It brought tears to my eyes to (see) South Carolina is a better place to live.”

Leaders from Clarendon County and surrounding areas came together Sunday to honor both Land and his wife, Marie, for their efforts in making the state better for all his constituents.

Land stepped down from the state Senate earlier this year after nine terms.

“I’ve never been The Senator; I’ve been your senator,” Land said to the crowd, which included members from the Clarendon County

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ABOVE: With his wife, Marie, looking on, former S.C. Sen. John C. Land III voices his appreciation in closing remarks at a celebration in his honor on Sunday at Manning High School’s lecture hall.

Numerous state, Clarendon County and Manning politicians and public figures shared stories and commentary highlighting the work Land and his wife have done for the city, county and state.

LEFT: Former magistrate Willie Bethune shares a heartfelt story about Land on Sunday afternoon.

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“Should I have a lawyer? ... I know I killed somebody.”

Samuel George Henderson said these words to Sumter Sheriff ’s Office Investigator Tripp Mays nearly two years ago on the day Forestry Commission workers found the body of Melissa Corley Haley off Cane Savannah Road.

Third Circuit Judge R. Ferrell Cothran decided Monday that a jury will get to hear that statement and other portions of a recording of HALEY Henderson and Mays’ conversation, which runs nearly three hours.

Testimony begins today at the Sumter County Courthouse in the state’s case against Henderson, who has been detained at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center since his arrest Aug. 10, 2011, after bond was denied in November 2011. Sheriff’s office reports allege Henderson stabbed Haley to death shortly after 6:30 a.m. the day of his arrest after the two left Scooter’s Lounge. Haley’s partially clothed body was found several hours later by forestry workers investigating illegal trash dumping in Manchester State Forest.

Sumter Public Defender Tim Murphy argued SEE HENDERSON, PAGE A8

DEATHS Virginia M. Capper Jannette R. Glisson Edna B. Ridgeway Bernard L. Shirah William Oxendine Isaac Ahtonen

Sylvester Moses Kay B. Duncan Sr. Charles M. Dennis Inez B. Coutrier Quintelia D. Stukes Akime O. Cousar

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Shootout kills 1, sends 1 to hospital

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING — A shootout at 2042 Kingstree Highway shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday killed one man and sent another to a Columbia hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett.

Two suspects are in custody while a third is being treated at a Columbia hospital for his injuries.

The body of 24-year-old Akiame Osborne Cousar was found inside a kitchen cabinet at the scene, according to reports.

“The door to the cabinet was open,” Garrett said. “We’re not sure at this time whether he crawled in there after he was shot or whether he was shot inside the cabinet.”

The preliminary report from Sunday’s autopsy of Cousar revealed that he was shot twice, Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Charles Jackson said Monday morning.

“I’m not at liberty right now to COUSAR reveal where he was shot,” Jackson added.

Two other individuals were inside the home at the time of the shooting: Brenton Devan Blanding, WRIGHT 25, of 1154 Archer Ave., Manning, and James Riley Jr., 63, of 206 Harvin Ave., Manning.

Garrett said that Blanding suffered a minor injury during the shootout, and Riley was uninjured.

One suspect, Tony Wright, 17, of 1072 Olympic Drive, Manning, was arrested early Sunday morning, and a second suspect, Leron Dingle, 19, of 1984 Cambridge Drive, was arrested about 11 a.m.

NIVENS Sunday.

The third suspect, Raheem Koshun Nivens, 21, was transported to Palmetto Health Richland hospital in CoDINGLE lumbia early Sunday morning with a wound to his upper leg area. Garrett said he wasn’t certain who transported Nivens to the emergency room before he was sent to the Columbia hospital.

“As soon as he’s able to be

released from the hospital, he’ll be transported back to our jail,” Garrett said.

He said Wright, Dingle and Nivens face multiple charges including murder; attempted murder; burglary, first degree; armed robbery; possession of a weapon during a violent crime; and discharging a firearm into a residence.

Garrett said his deputies received two calls at almost the same time Saturday night — one for a shooting at a residence on Kingstree Highway and the second from Clarendon Memorial Hospital’s emergency room to report a patient with a gunshot wound.

According to Garrett, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, the suspects parked their vehicle down the road from 2042 Kingstree Highway and walked up

to the residence.

“According to our sources, there had been no confrontation between the two parties that night,” Garrett said.

When the trio reached the home’s front yard, they reportedly opened fire on the home and continued firing as they entered the home.

Garrett said his investigators are “putting the puzzle pieces together” concerning who shot whom.

He said the State Law Enforcement Division’s forensics team found three different bullets at the scene. As of Monday morning, only one weapon, a sawed-off shotgun, had been recovered.

“Our investigators had everyone in custody within 12 hours of the shooting,” Garrett said. “It don’t get any better than that.”

LOCAL BRIEFS | From staff reports

27-year-old killed in Sunday wreck Danny Bracey, a 27-year-old Bishopville man, was killed in a wreck Sunday morning on Browntown Road in Lee County. Another man, the driver, is in serious condition.

According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, the 1997 Chevrolet went off the right side of the roadway, then the left before overturning. Neither the driver nor the passenger, who was ejected from the vehicle, were wearing a seatbelt. The incident happened about 3:25 a.m.

The driver was taken to Palmetto Health Richland hospital in Columbia where he was listed in serious condition.

The wreck remains under investigation.

Bridge on Kolb Road set to undergo repairs Starting April 22, the bridge on Kolb Road will be closed, according to state Department of Transportation officials.

Local traffic will be permitted, but all other vehicles will be sent down a sign-guided detour.

For any questions about the project, contact SCDOT Resident Maintenance Engineer Tammy C. Hodge or Assistant Resident Maintenance Engineer Phil E. Nobles at (803) 7785466.

42Five closes SSCCA season tonight The Sumter-Shaw Community Concert Association closes out its 2012-13 season tonight with a concert by a cappella quintet 42Five. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Admission is by season membership or $25 at the door. Area students of all ages will be admitted for $5. Call (803) 469-2264 for more information.

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Jhamal Cole, left, a Morris College senior, and Antonio Alford, a freshman, rehearse a scene from “Playas Club.” Students from the college’s speech and theater class 310 and members of the Morris College Players Drama Club will present selections from Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” with scenes from the 2010 Tyler Perry movie serving as bridges. The event is free and open to the public. The students are scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Neal-Jones Auditorium, 100 West College St., Sumter. The play is directed by Kathleen Roy, an assistant professor in the Division of General Studies.

Woman arrested in motorcycle hit and run FROM STAFF REPORTS A Sumter County woman has been arrested after a Rembert motorcyclist was killed early Saturday in a hit-and-run.

Charles Dennis, 24, of Spencer Road in Rembert, died after colliding with an unknown driver, who then left the scene, according to a report from the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Jacqueline Mesidor, 30, of Stagecoach Road in Sumter County, has been arrested in connection to the case, the Highway Patrol said. No other details were available.

According to booking reports at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, Mesidor is charged with hit and run and failure to render information and give aide.

Dennis was riding a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle on U.S. 521/Camden Highway about 12:54 a.m. A car driving in the northbound lane reportedly attempted to MESIDOR turn left onto Dinkins Mill Road. The car reportedly turned in front of Dennis, and the motorcycle struck the car in the southbound lane.

Dennis was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision, according to Highway Patrol. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The vehicle that hit Dennis was described as a laser metallic blue 2005 fourdoor Chevrolet Impala.

Anyone with information about the collision, is asked to contact the South Carolina Highway Patrol at (803) 8969621 or 1-800-768-1501, or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC (274-6372).

Calls can be made anonymously, and Crime Stoppers does offer rewards for information leading to an arrest.

Lee man sentenced in cigarette trafficking ring FROM STAFF REPORTS Nathaniel Elmore, 48, of Newark, N.J., and Charley Antonio Davis Jr., 41, of Bishopville, were sentenced in federal court Monday for their roles in an illegal cigarette trafficking ring authorities think smuggled more than $3 million worth of cigarettes between South Carolina and New York.

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32-months incarceration in the United States Bureau of Prisons. Davis, a driver and purchaser for the organization, entered a guilty plea to one count of failure to keep tobacco records and was sentenced to six months’ probation.

“Anybody out there who wants to cheat the tax system in place for cigarettes should take notice,” said U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles. “I commend the law enforcement officers for

their hard work, as their task is more difficult because South Carolina is one of only two states that does not require tax stamps on cigarettes.”

The case was jointly investigated by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Internal Revenue Service and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney T. DeWayne Pearson of the Columbia office.

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Instruction of students learning English bleak

BY CHRISTINE ARMARIO The Associated Press EDITOR’S NOTE — “America at the Tipping Point: The Changing Face of a Nation� is an occasional series examining the cultural mosaic of the U.S. and its historic shift to a majority-minority nation.

MIAMI (AP) — Duna Lopez started school in Miami last fall not knowing a single word of English.

The 8-year-old girl from Barcelona, Spain, with dark blond hair was placed in the Coral Way Bilingual K-8 Center, the nation’s oldest bilingual school. For half the day, she receives classes in Spanish; it’s English for the rest. During language arts, she gets pulled out with three other new arrivals for extra help on grammar and phonics.

After seven months, she’s one of the most active participants in class. “In five months, like that, I learned it,� she said.

Duna’s success is exceptional, but the language challenge she faced is increasingly common across the U.S. educational map. Nationwide, nonwhites are expected to become a majority of the population within a generation, and schools are at the cutting edge of that historic shift.

School-age children who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations.

Their numbers doubled between 1980 and 2009, and they now make up 21 percent of school-age kids.

There were 4.7 million students classified as “English language learners� — those who have not yet achieved proficiency in English — in the 2009-10 school year, or about 10 percent of children enrolled, according to the most recent figures available from the U.S. Department of Education. “This is part of a new reality that our public schools are facing,� said Robert Linquanti, an expert in English learner students for WestEd, an education research agency based in San Francisco. “It’s been coming for a long time but now it’s hitting a tip-

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Mathew Botros, 9, works on a lesson during an English class on April 3 at Coral Way K-8 Center, the nation’s oldest bilingual school, in Miami. Students who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations.

ping point.�

Of all the challenges facing minority students and their schools, English learners are arguably the most disadvantaged. It’s hard to find enough teachers who are qualified to instruct them, and there’s little consistency in the programs used to educate them.

The country is divided over the best way to educate them, with bilingual programs gathering steam but also provoking a sometimes heated debate with those who favor an Eng-

lish-only approach. English-learner students are more likely to be in poor, overcrowded schools and in many places represent an added cost to already cash-strapped school districts.

The longer these students stay in special language programs, the further they fall behind in other subjects. In several states, their graduation rates are at less than 60 percent, and as low as 29 percent in Nevada, according to federal data.

Just 7 percent of fourth-grade and 3 percent of eighth-grade

English learners scored “proficient� or above in a nationwide reading exam, and thousands languish for years in ineffective English-as-asecond-language programs.

On a scale of one to 10, the education of the nation’s English learners is “below five,� said Gary Cook, a specialist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. “Their success is our success,� Cook said. “If they really can’t meet the educational expectations of what’s coming — that is, the need to be

knowledge workers, not necessarily physical workers — then we’re in a world of hurt.�

The vast majority of English learners, more than two-thirds at the elementary school level, were born in the United States. They represent many different languages and ethnicities, but the majority is Hispanic.

Overall, 38 percent of Hispanic fourth-grade students were identified as English learners, as well as 20 percent of Hispanic eighth-grade students, according to the 2011 National Assessment of Education Progress math test.

Latino students overall have some of the highest dropout rates and the lowest share of the population with a bachelor’s degree. The language barrier does not affect the majority, but for those who enter school as English learners the challenges are even greater.

Asian students represent the second largest

group of English learners.

States such as California, Texas, New Mexico and Nevada have some of the largest proportions of English learners in their school-age populations. They also are widely concentrated in low-income, urban schools. A study by the Urban Institute found that 70 percent are educated in 5,000 elementary schools, just 10 percent of the nation’s schools.

The segregation of these students is reflective of both neighborhood segregation and a decision on the part of some districts to group these students together in order to provide them with qualified teachers and bilingual programs that are scarce, said Richard Fry, a senior research associate for the Pew Hispanic Center.

But the schools they attend also tend to have the highest rates of poverty, larger pupil-teacher ratios and bigger schools.

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LAND from Page A1 Caucus and the Manning Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. “God selects ordinary people to do extraordinary things,� said Manning NAACP President Robert M. Fleming.

Fleming said Land’s attention to race relations began long before the Confederate flag issue took up much of the Legislature’s debate in the late 1990s. “John Land was the coolest white guy I’ve ever met,� Fleming said. “He was like an uncle to me growing up.�

That status is fitting, Fleming said, because Land and Fleming’s father, the late Billie S. Fleming Sr., were like Batman and Robin to him. The senior Fleming was one of three blacks appointed to the Clarendon School District 2 Board of Trustees after courtordered integration in 1971. He ultimately served as board chairman three times and died in 1992. Fleming said his father, Land and then-Goat Island owner Bill Davis worked in the 1970s as “pioneers in the acceptance of race relations in Clarendon County.� “They got the job done,� Fleming said of Land’s relationship with his father.

Manning Municipal Judge James Dingle said Land was “the most truthful politician� he has ever met. “If he tells you something, you can go home and go to sleep knowing it will be done,� Dingle said. “I give him credit for who I am today. He is truly a good friend.�

Sen. John W. Matthews Jr., D-Orangeburg, said “good friend� is how he will always remember Land. “I can tell you now that I have many acquaintances, but I have only 10 good friends and one of those is John Land,� said Matthews. “I’ve seen his work, and all of us are better off because he served.�

Clarendon County Clerk of Court Beulah Roberts said she got her foot in the door at the office because of Land. Roberts began working in the office in 1976, and Land was instrumental in having former Gov. David Beasley appoint Roberts to the clerk’s position in December 1995 when then-Clerk Doug McFaddin was killed in a wreck. “This June 1, I will have been in that office for 37 years,� Roberts told Land with a smile. “Five times straight I’ve run unopposed, and I thank you.�

Land’s demeanor in the courtroom always impresses Roberts, she said. “Other lawyers will walk into the courtroom with boxes and boxes, probably half of their office and a number of assistants,� she said. “Sen. Land will walk in with a single letter folder, and I

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Attendees look on as Marie Land expresses her gratitude Sunday. Hundreds came to celebrate the work of John C. Land III and his wife, Marie, as they shared laughs and shed tears looking back on all that Land has helped accomplish in the area.

have no idea what’s in the folder. It may be a single piece of paper or what have you, and he’ll walk away with a win.�

Land also had wins in the General Assembly, according to Matthews, who said Land was instrumental in the state’s passage of the Education Finance Act, Education Improvement Act and rural infrastructure improvements. Quoting his father, Matthews said, “A leader is someone you can follow in the dark.� “John Land is that leader,� he said. “Because of (him) all of us are better off today.�

Congressman Jim Clyburn, who could not attend, echoed those sentiments in a letter read by Clarendon County Auditor Patricia Pringle. “Sen. Land’s genu-

ine love and respect for the people in this community are legendary,�

Clyburn wrote.

John C. “Cal� Land IV said his father was always OK “if he listened to Mama.� “Mama taught Dad that if you listen to people you can go far,� he said.

Marie said when she moved to Manning that she had rarely lived anywhere longer than a few years. Growing up in an Air Force family, she was accustomed to moving frequently. “John told me he was going to move me to Manning, where we’d live the rest of our lives,� she said. “You have been my family, my friends and my home.�

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He thanked her for allowing him to run term after term. “That’s true,� he said. “Manning is a better place to live because of you.�

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

Call (803) 469-7789.

Carolina Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Parks & Recreation Department building, 155 Haynsworth St. Visitors welcome. Call (803) 775-8840 for information.

S.C. Works & Partners from SanteeLynches Workforce Region will host a job fair 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at the Sumter Mall, 1057 Broad St. Veterans will be allowed early entry at 9:30 a.m. Employers wanting to reserve a table can call Denise McNeill at (803) 4325153, extension 109, or Jennifer David at (803) 432-5153, extension 108.

The National Association for Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) will meet at noon Thursday, April 18, at Sunset Country Club.

Call Tammy Kelly at (803) 773-8322.

The Pinedale Neighborhood Association will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at South HOPE Center. Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 968-4464.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH In the years since the cable channel TBS rebranded itself as a comedy outfit, we’ve seen some great innovations in comedy. But not on TBS. While shows like “Louie” and “Modern Family” have brought some discerning viewers back to TV comedies, TBS has played it relatively straight, airing fairly oldschool sitcoms including “The Bill Engvall Show” “My Boys,” “Men at Work” and “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.” None of these shows would seem out of place on network television. In 1983.

Tonight, TBS dials it back decades with the newest variation on “Candid Camera.” “Who Gets the Last Laugh?” (10 p.m., TV-14) asks three professional comedians to devise hidden camera pranks to scare and surprise unsuspecting strangers. At the end, a studio audience, aided by host Donald Faison (“Scrubs”), will decide the funniest of the three and award $10,000 to that comic’s favorite charity.

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creators Jason Goldberg and Ashton Kutcher, “Laugh” puts its emphasis on the cruel and the crude. In one hidden camera set-up, police surround an unsuspecting participant and insist that there is a pound of marijuana in his car. In another, two women arrive at their parking lot to find their car being hosed down with sewage, and a third unknowing participant is convinced that she’s just been the subject of a robbery.

How old is this idea? “Candid Camera” debuted — on radio — in 1947. Its cable knockoffs aren’t exactly young, either. “Punk’d” debuted on MTV in 2003. Shannen Doherty first hosted “Scare Tactics” on the old Sci-Fi Channel a decade ago as well.

TBS would be better served if it developed original sitcoms for some of “Last Laugh’s” comedian participants, including Andy Dick, Tom Green, Cheri Oteri and Alan Thicke. Recycling familiar stars in new shows certainly has worked for “Hot in Cleveland” on TV Land. With the possible exception of Conan O’Brien, TBS continues to

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• NBC’s matchmaking series “Ready for Love” (9 p.m., TVPG) just might be a magic act.

Last week’s debut episode made nearly 10 million NBC viewers disappear. After “The Voice” attracted more than 13 million viewers, “Love” had an audience of just more than 3.5 million. You do the math.

• “In Performance at the White House” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) celebrates the Memphis Soul sound of the 1960s and ‘70s, popularized on the Stax record label, home to Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. and the MGs and other influential acts.

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Has-beens displace water on “Splash” (8 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

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• “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” (10 p.m., HBO) looks at the role of soccer fans in Egypt’s revolution.

Cult Choice Meryl Streep portrays British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 biopic “The Iron Lady” (8 p.m., Showtime).

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Tobacco up, peanuts down in S.C. in 2013 FLORENCE (AP) — The Pee Dee is flavor country for the state of South Carolina, and things are set to get much smoother this year with 25 percent more acres devoted to tobacco this season, according to crop estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recently released planting report.

Certainly not the cash crop it used to be, flue-cured tobacco was a paltry $48.8 million crop in the state last year that was planted on 12,000 acres with an average yield of 2,100 pounds per acre. This year, farmers plan on increasing acreage to 15,000 (slightly below 2011 levels) thanks to international demand.

Tre Coleman, state tobacco board marketing specialist, said he thinks that number could stand to grow even more. “What’s driving that is the hurricane that affected North Carolina last year that took out a lot of excess production and drought the year before, so stocks are

down and demand for our good, flavored tobacco is up,� Coleman said. “Why we are seeing increase is because of price and demand, it’s not domestic for sure. The export market has a higher demand for better quality, and our tobacco has better taste.�

Those sentiments were echoed in an outlook report by North Carolina State University professor Blake Brown and University of Kentucky professor Will Snell last November. “Consequently global supplies of premium style flue-cured tobacco are low even though overall supplies of fluecured are up,� the report read. “If this is the only factor in higher prices, then if the 2013 Brazilian crop is of good quality and sufficient quantity U.S. prices could return to lower levels in 2013.

However, tobacco buyers are indicating optimism for the fluecured market beyond the 2012 crop.�

They agree that this

year will show how true the demand is for fluecured as China demands more and countries such as Brazil ban flavored cigarettes.

Prices were up $.30 from 2011 to $1.98 a pound in 2012 and based on the 2013 season, prices could continue up, though, combined, the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia show a 6 percent increase for 2013 planted acreage.

It could also be an indication that peanut farmers are jumping back into tobacco after a year where peanuts

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With bumper crops of peanuts from South Carolina and other states still in the market, it’s no wonder why acreage is down 18 percent for South Carolina this year.

Corn’s $298.7 million crop was up 111 percent from 2011 because of higher prices from the devastating drought

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in the Midwest. With acreage up 5 percent to 345,000, growers remain optimistic, though contracts are about $5.50 to $6.35 a bushel, yields (which increased 87 percent in 2012) that could offset lower prices if they maintain.

Last year’s weather helped keep crops happy, but the thirsty corn crop is becoming more and more irrigated in Pee Dee fields like those owned by Neal Baxley and his family in Marion. “Our corn acres are up a little bit, but we’re

putting in some irrigation because corn can be a risky crop,� Baxley said. “A lot of irrigation has been put in the Pee Dee recently, and that’s going to help with corn.

Now farmers can plant corn with less risk and supply a lot of these feed mills, chicken, hog, turkey farms with local grain that is really important. It’s good insurance, too.�

The family plans to keep corn, cotton, peanuts and soybeans evenly divided over thousands of acres, with 125 acres going to tobacco as well.

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Women walk away from the area of an explosion after the Boston Marathon in Boston on Monday.

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Medical workers aid injured people after the explosion.

MARATHON from Page A1 “feel the full weight of justice.”

A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other bombs were found near the end of the 26.2-mile course in what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack.

The fiery twin blasts took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the fluttering national flags lining the course.

Blood stained the pavement, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories.

“They just started bringing people in with no limbs,” said runner Tim Davey of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to keep their children’s eyes shielded from the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but “they saw a lot.”

“They just kept filling up with more and more casualties,” Lisa Davey said.

“Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed.”

Authorities shed no light on a motive or who may have carried out the bomb-

JONES from Page A1 all of that seemed quite insignificant.

Of course, the reason for that was the dual explosions that went off near the crowded finish line of the event, killing three people and injuring more than 130 Jones said he and his family were back at their hotel when the explosions rocked Boston at the 4:09 mark of the race, shattering glass all around and reportedly severing limbs of people in the carnage. Jones estimated they had left the finish line area about 30 minutes in front of the explosions, that went off almost simultaneously and within 100 yards of each other.

“People are just kind of in a state of shock right now,” said Jones, who was viewing the rescue efforts from the window of his hotel room, which he said was about a quarter of a mile away from the finish line. “Of course, there were a lot of runners in the hotel, and I heard one guy talking to someone who said he was happy about his time. But then he said when something

People react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston on Monday. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.

ings, and police said they had no suspects in custody. Authorities in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The FBI took charge of the investigation.

Police said three people were killed.

Hospitals reported at least 134 injured, at least 15 of them critically. The victims’ injuries included broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.

At Massachusetts General Hospital, Alisdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: “This is something I’ve never seen in my 25 years here ... this amount of carnage in the civilian population.

This is what we expect from war.”

Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathons.

One of Boston’s biggest annual events, the race winds up near Copley People run from the scene after an explosion. At least three people were killed in the blasts.

Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public Library. It is held on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis asked people to stay indoors or go back to their hotel rooms and avoid crowds as bomb squads methodically checked parcels and bags left along the race route. He said investigators didn’t know whether the bombs were hidden in mailboxes or trash cans.

like this happens, it doesn’t matter as much.

“And he’s right.”

Jones didn’t hear the explosions when they occurred, saying he was in the shower. “I didn’t know anything about it until I saw it on television,” he said.

Jones’ wife, Katie, and daughter, Karsen, had gone to the hotel’s restaurant along with his fatherin-law and two cousins.

Jones said they didn’t hear the explosions either.

Jones said there were ambulances and police cars lined all around the bombing sight, and police weren’t allowing people into the area.

Jones said he began to receive text messages in rapid-fire fashion soon after the report of the bombing started to become known. “I got texts from people in my office, from friends, wanting to know if we were OK.” Jones couldn’t’ help but think about how close he and his family were to being part of the horrific scene. He said he didn’t have to wait as long to pick up his belongings after the race as he normally would, and that he didn’t linger as long after the race, talking and watching other competitors finish, as he had in the past.

While he would have still made it out in time, he would have been cutting it much closer.

Also, he ran the race with his father, Tommy, a few years ago and, “if dad would have been running Emergency responders comfort a woman on a stretcher who was injured in a bomb blast today, we would have still near the finish line. been there,” Jones said.

Sumter High School graduate Drew Williams, 35, who now lives in Columbia,, finished the Boston Marathon in 3:23.28, around 45 minutes ahead of the the explosion.

“I was walking away,” Williams told The State of Columbia. “I heard it, but I was far enough away to where I didn’t see it.”

Williams was part of a group of seven Columbia runners who were all acounted for.

“Everybody went crazy. The police started clearing the roads,” he said. “You saw people running and just trying to get away form it any way possible. They weren’t sure if there was another one that would go off.

“So at that point everybody was scared, like, ’Is there another one?’ I saw people getting on the island in the middle of the road where there RICK JONES / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM is like nothing there but a trash can.

Emergency response vehicles line a street near the site of the explosions on Monday. The presence of so many medical crews was more than necessary as more than 130 people Reach Dennis Brunson were injured by the blasts and required immediate medical care. At least three people at (803) 774-1241. were killed in the chaos.

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HENDERSON from Page A1 Monday before Cothran that Henderson’s statement should be inadmissible because he asked several times if he should have a lawyer, and law enforcement failed to clarify that he had that right.

“The court has the benefit of the entire tape,” Cothran said in denying Murphy’s motion that the statement be suppressed.

“The police officers didn’t raise their voices, and there’s nothing out of the ordinary. They didn’t threaten him. They offered him a bathroom break, water. There’s nothing in this record to say that this statement wasn’t freely and voluntarily given. The police’s role is to determine the facts. He was read his rights, so he was advised of his right to a lawyer.”

Third Circuit Deputy Solicitor John P. Meadors and Assistant Solicitor Darla F. Pierce told Cothran that Michelle Hen-

derson, the suspect’s wife, is expected to testify this week about statements made between the two as Samuel Henderson sat in Mays’ car at the couple’s home at 2895 Remington Drive in Sumter. Michelle Henderson was charged with accessory after the fact to murder in the case. Authorities said during a bond hearing in November 2011 that Henderson told his wife that he killed a black man who pulled a gun on him after he gave him a ride.

Pierce said at that time the suspect also told his wife the man told him he’d just killed a white woman. “(Michelle Henderson) will be waiving (marital) privilege when she testifies,” Pierce said.

Cothran said he will swear jurors at 9:30 a.m. today.

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

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Justice O’Connor pays visit to Palmetto State CHARLESTON (AP) — Issues dealing with church and state will always be among the toughest the nation’s courts deal with and there’s no easy test for deciding them, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said Monday.

“Religious pluralism lies at the very heart of the American political tradition, and I think it remains a major concern as our country becomes ever more the home of larger and larger communities of people from widely different ethnic and religious backgrounds,” the first woman appointed to the high court told a legal symposium focusing on a constitutional test she proposed in a high court ruling almost 30 years ago.

The symposium at the Charleston School of Law was sponsored by the Charleston Law Review and the Riley Institute at Furman University.

O’Connor’s endorsement test proposed that a government action can violate the First Amendment’s separation of church and state if a reasonable observer sees that action as either endorsing or disapproving religion.

But O’Connor, who is 83 and who retired from the court in 2006, said that there is no grand unified

theory for applying to such cases.

Over the years the Supreme Court has made seemingly contradictory decisions.

“While moments of silence and invocations to divine providence are ubiquitous in public settings, a law providing school children a moment of silence for personal meditation or prayer goes too far,” she said. “A display on public property of a Christmas tree and a menorah is permissible but a crèche standing alone violates the Constitution. State and local municipalities can erect a monument displaying the Ten Commandments — except sometimes they can’t.”

O’Connor, who said she would not comment on recent decisions or cases currently before the court, added the court will always have to wrestle with individual cases.

“It’s going to remain one of the most difficult areas of the law and grand theories are always going to be eroded by tests of time and experience,” she said. “The role of the judge is to do the best she can and do the right thing in the case that’s before us — and to try to explain what we’re doing in a way that teaches something for the case that is going to come next.”

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SHS secures playoff spot behind shutout

BY TOM O’HARE Special To The Item Sumter High School’s varsity baseball team locked down a spot in the 4A state playoffs with a 4-0 win over South Florence on Monday at Gamecock Field.

Right-hander Will Smith went the distance on the mound to get the shutout for the Gamecocks, holding

the Bruins to three singles to improve to 3-0 on the season.

Sumter improved to 6-4 in Region VI and 13-8 overall. Sumter head coach Joe Norris liked what he saw from Smith, along with the play of his NORRIS infield, which played errorless baseball and turned many difficult chances into outs.

“That is three straight games where (Will) Smith has done what he needs to do, keep the ball down and throw strikes,” said Norris. “He struggled with that early in the year, but with the success he has had in his last few starts, he has become a much more confident pitcher.

“He really got a lot of help from our defense,” Norris added. “Our infield has not been as good as it usually is

around here, but we have made some improvement there and made a lot of nice plays tonight.”

While happy with his team’s solid effort against the Bruins, Norris left the field shaking his head at something he has never seen in his baseball life. In the bottom of the first, his team turned a strikeout at the plate SEE SUMTER, PAGE B2

Speedway picking up where it left off

BY CODY TRUETT Special To The Item

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Last year’s Masters champion Bubba Watson, left, helps Adam Scott put on his green jacket after Scott won the Masters on Sunday in Augusta, Ga. Scott, who became the first Australian to win the event, defeated Angel Cabrera in a playoff.

Great Scott: Aussie wins

Scott beats Cabrera in playoff to becomes 1st Australian Masters champ

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Adam Scott barely had time to think about an Australian in a green jacket when a sudden roar from the 18th green and a quick look at the TV reminded him it’s never been easy. Not for him in the majors. And certainly not for the Aussies at Augusta National.

He thought for a second it was over when he made a 20-foot birdie putt, the kind that always wins the Masters.

In the scoring room, one last cheer on a soggy Sunday caused Scott to look up at the television after Angel Cabrera produced a great shot of his own, a 7-iron to 3 feet for birdie to force a playoff.

Not again.

“The golf gods can’t be this cruel to Australia,” Greg Norman, the symbol of heartache at Augusta, said in a text to friends who were

watching nervously.

Scott knocked in a 12-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to win that green jacket, personal redemption for his own failure last summer in the British Open and an end to more than a halfcentury of Australian misery at the Masters.

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!

“We like to think we’re the best at everything. Golf is a big sport at home, and this is the one thing in golf we hadn’t been able to achieve,” Scott said. “It’s amazing that

it’s my destiny to be the first Australian to win. It’s incredible.”

Halfway around the world on Monday morning, commuters cheered on buses going into Brisbane, the capital of Scott’s home state of Queensland. A speech by the prime minister was interrupted to give an update on the playoff.

The celebration was sweet, especially for the 32-year-old Scott.

SEE MASTERS, PAGE B3

Baseball marks 5th annual Jackie Robinson Day BOSTON (AP) — Everybody in uniform at the Tampa Bay Rays game Monday against the Red Sox at Fenway Park wore the number “42” as Major League Baseball celebrated its fifth annual Jackie Robinson Day. Fans will see more of that number on jerseys before the next couple of days are out. All the teams in action — there were THE ASSOCIATED PRESS eight night games on the schedBoston Red Sox players each dispay No. 42 on the back of ule, in addition to the Rays-Red their jerseys in honor of Jackie Robinson Day on Monday Sox day game — were asked to wear Robinson’s number on the before their 3-2 win over Tampa Bay at Fenway Park.

66th anniversary of his breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Teams that didn’t play on Monday planned to pay tribute Tuesday.

The anniversary is drawing special attention this year with the release of the film “42” about Robinson, which went into wide release over the weekend.

“We had a screening down in spring training,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “It was open to all of our personnel.”

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Kyle Busch sweeps weekend at Texas

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch was just trying to maintain the pace behind Martin Truex Jr. while waiting for his chance.

The No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team pounced when the yellow flag came out with 21 laps to go at Texas Motor

Speedway.

Busch finally regained the lead on pit road during that caution then held on for the final 16 laps after the last restart Saturday night in the Sprint Cup race, completing a NASCAR weekend sweep.

“As soon as that caution came, my boys stepped up the plate and hit a grand slam,”

said Busch, who got his 26th career cup win in his 300th start.

After following Truex lap after lap, Busch came off pit road first and charged forward his Toyota forward in a strong restart.

It was the second THE ASSOCIATED PRESS time this season, and a NASCAR-record seventh Kyle Busch celebrates by firing 6-shooters after winning Saturday’s NRA 500 at Texas Motor SEE NASCAR, PAGE B4 Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

The first two weeks of the new racing season for Sumter Speedway has had several drivers continue their winning ways from the previous season and others make their first trip to victory lane.

The Bomber-4 division has picked up where it left off the past few seasons in terms of excitement. Luke Wilson and Brett Siegel battled it out for the victory in the season opener on April 6, swapping the lead back and forth several times. Wilson edged out Seigel at the start/finish line to pick up a tough victory.

Wilson looked to make it two in a row on Saturday, but Billy Ray Watford and Bruce Denman had other plans. Wilson started the feature from the pole position, but quickly lost the lead to Watford as the began. Wilson challenged Watford for several laps, but couldn’t find a way around him.

Denman battled his way to the front and joined the battle, making it a 3-car duel for the top spot. Watford would never relinquish the lead despite multiple challenges from both Denman and Wilson.

Denman was second, Wilson third, Bucky Deberry fourth and Jay Kyle fifth.

In the Young Guns division, David Roark Jr. picked up the wins in each of the first two features.

Newcomers Kayla Rhodes and Caleb Heaton have started their racing careers off at Sumter Speedway this season. Rhodes has two second-place finishes under her belt and Heaton had a solid third place finish in his first race.

Banjo Duke looked to restablish his dominance in the Crate Late Model divison this season and has done just that by winning the first two features.

Duke won the pole position last week and never looked back on his way to vicotry. On Saturday, Cale Green stepped up and won the pole. Duke took the lead early in the race though and never lost it.

Green was second and Eugene Kinard third.

Joey Ayers won the Ridge Runner opener, but Marty Hudson didn’t let him make it two in a row.

Ayers and Hudson battled back and forth throughout Saturday’s feature, swapping the lead back and forth before Hudson finally took control and picked up the win.

The Stock-4 division SEE SPEEDWAY, PAGE B4

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Barons’ Kinney tosses 3-hit shutout ORANGEBURG — William Kinney tossed a 3-hit, complete game shutout to lead Wilson Hall to a 2-0 varsity baseball victory over Orangeburg Prep in eight innings on Monday at the OP field.

Kinney struck out 11, walked four and hit a batter to lead the Barons, who improved to 17-5 overall and 4-1 in SCISA Region II-3A. Kemper Patton had a triple, a run scored and a run batted in to lead the offense. Gordon Owens had a hit and scored a run, Joh Patrick Sears picked up an RBI on a sacrifice bunt and Jay Goodson had a hit and a walk.

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LAMAR — Jordan Evans went 3-for-4 with two triples and four runs batted in to lead East Clarendon High School

AREA ROUNDUP in Hannah Jordan finished with two hits, Jordain Edmondson had two RBI and Danielle deHoll scored three runs.

to a 13-1 victory over Lamar on Monday at the Lamar field.

Kaitlin Alexander was 2-for-2 with two doubles, while Grayson Smith was 3-for-5. Katerria Rose was 2-for-2 with a double and Sarah Melton had two hits.

Alexanders started the game with three no-hit innings, striking out eight. Leslie Altman worked the final four, allowing a hit and an unearned run while striking out seven.

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ORANGEBURG — Edward McMillan hit a 2-run home run to help Wilson Hall to a 3-2 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Monday at the OP field.

Brandon pitched a complete game to get the victory, striking out 12 while scattering four hits.

Sam Watford added two hits for the Barons, who improved to 11-1 on the season. Dawson Price and Jay Barnes each had a double.

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Wilson Hall improved to 12-5 on the season with a 12-0 win over Hammond on Monday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Holly Scott pitched a 2-hit shutout, striking out 10 while walking two.

Scott and Haley Hawkins each had two hits and two runs batted

VARSITY BOYS SOCCER BARONS GO 1-1-1

WEST COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall went 1-1-1 in its three games in the Airport Select Invitational

on Saturday at the Airport High field.

The Barons played to a scoreless tie against Dutch Fork, the No. 9 SCHSL 4A team in the state in its opening ame.

Matthew High had 17 saves in goal for the Barons.

In the second game, Wilson Hall lost to Battery Creek 3-0. High had nine saves.

The Barons beat Camden 4-2 in their final game to improve to 8-5-1 on the season.

Drake Shadwell had two goals and an assist to lead the way. Justin Schaare and Adam Jennings each scored a goal and Michael High and Jimmy Latham each had an assist.

Matthew High had seven saves in this game. He was named to the all-tournament team.

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Sumter Voodoo Dolls win American Cup in the Collegiate Baseball poll and from 22nd to No. 2 in the Baseball America poll.

South Carolina dropped from 11th to 17th in the BA poll and 12th to 22nd in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

The Sumter Voodoo Dolls won the U11 Girls Academy Blue bracket in the Publix and Kohl’s American Cup on Saturday and Sunday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

On Saturday, Sumter beat NASA 01 Whiplash 4-0 and FUSC U11G Black 3-0. It beat DSC 01 Lady Green 4-0 on Sunday to win Flight B and advance to the championship game.

The Voodoo Dolls beat SCUSFC 01 Girls Black 4-1 to win the title, outscoring their opponents 15-1.

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STATESBORO, Ga. – The Citadel pitching staff completed a dominating 3-game performance at Georgia Southern behind the best start of the season by freshman Austin Mason in an 8-2 win over the Eagles on a rainy Sunday.

The sweep, which including shutout wins in the first two games, helped the Bulldogs improve to 20-17 overall and 9-6 in the Southern Conference. The Citadel finished the weekend tied with Elon (12-6), Western Carolina (12-6) and College of Charleston (11-6) for the fewest losses in the league.

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CLEMSON — Freshman Steven Duggar’s 2-run, walk-off home runs with two outs in the 11th inning lifted Clemson to a 6-4 win over Wake Forest on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium and a sweep of its Atlantic Coast Conference baseball series.

The Tigers won their 10th game in a row, improving to 26-11 overall and 12-6 in the ACC. The Demon Deacons fell to 19-20 overall and 4-14 in ACC play.

Clemson went from 20th to 17th

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SUMTER from Page B1 into three runs, with, of course, a lot of help from South Florence.

After Smith set down the Bruins in order in the top of the first, Charlie Barnes led off with a bunt single for Sumter in the bottom of the first. Jacob Watcher sacrificed Barnes to second for the first out, then Phillip Watcher beat out a slow grounder to shortstop to put runners at the corners. Then the bizarre happened.

Taylor MacFaddin followed Phillip Watcher, and South Florence starter Patrick Lovelace was able to get MacFaddin to swing and miss at Strike 3. But Bruins catcher Mason Edwards could not hold on to the final

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

The team is open to players between the ages of 15-18. Those who want to play for Dalzell are asked to attend the meeting along with a parent or guardian. Players are asked to bring their original birth certificate to the meeting.

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LAS VEGAS — Sumter’s Jeremy Bryan lost to Imar Imam by knockout in the second round of their super lightweight bout on Friday.

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and promptly scored when Jacob Watcher followed with a single to center that put Sumter on top 4-0.

The four runs proved to be plenty for Smith.

South Florence’s best chance to score came in the top of the sixth when Lovelace and Calcutt had back-to-back singles with one out.

However Smith struck out Lindsay Robinson for the second out and ended the inning by getting Marion Edwards to ground out to second.

“It’s a good time to be doing the two main things we did tonight – getting good pitching and playing good defense to stay in games,” said Norris. “That’s what you need to be doing once you get into the playoffs.”

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top of the third when Will Edwards led off with a walk and Denton Lee followed by dumping a single into centerfield. Jeremy Romanzyn moved the runners over with a sacrifice bunt, but Smith worked out of the inning by striking out Braydon Hatchell for the second out and retiring Lovelace on a slow grounder to Jacob Watcher at second for the third out The Gamecocks added a run in the third, thanks primarily to another strikeout. Lovelace got Barnes, the first batter of the inning, to swing and miss at the third strike, but Edwards could not squeeze the final strike. When he threw down to first, it again sailed over Calcutt’s head and rolled into right field.

Barnes ended up at third

strike, and when he fired down to first to record the out, his throw sailed over first baseman Steven Calcutt’s head and rolled down the rightfield line before settling on the warning track. By the time the Bruins got the ball to the infield, Barnes, Phillip Watcher and MacFaddin each scored to give the Gamecocks a 3-0 lead.

“I’ve never seen that,” Norris said. “That’s what they say about baseball.

If you see enough of it, sooner or later you see everything. But getting those three runs in that first inning was a big help, like it always is.”

After a scoreless second inning, the Bruins made some noise in the

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Rising ninth-graders who plan to play football at SHS next season should attend the meeting.

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Istanbul -- Galatasary vs. Real Madrid (FOX SOCCER).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Dortmund, Germany -- Borussia Dortmund vs. Malaga (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

6:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego or Chicago White Sox at Washington (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Miami (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUBFM 102.7).

7 p.m. -- College Baseball: The Citadel at South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5).

8 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Match from Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Santos vs. Seattle (FOX SOCCER).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Phoenix at Houston (NBA TV).

8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Chicago at Minnesota (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Memphis (SPORTSOUTH).

8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (WGN).

8:30 p.m. -- Women’s College Basketball: NCAA Tournament National Championship Game from New Orleans -- Louisville vs. Connecticu (ESPN).

10 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Oakland at Los Angeles Angels or Houston at Seattle (MLB NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: New Orleans at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV).

PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Varsity Baseball Hartsville at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Marlboro County, 6:30 p.m.

Manning at Darlington, 7:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Florence Christian, 7 p.m.

Calhoun at Thomas Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Marlboro, 5 p.m.

Colleton Prep at Clarendon Hall, 7 p.m.

Sumter Christian at Conway Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Hartsville at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Darlington, 5:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Andrews (DH), 5:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Florence Christian, 4 p.m.

Colleton Prep at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

B Team Baseball Maranatha Christian at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Varsity Boys Golf Sumter in Bengal Invitational (at Crickentree Golf Club in Blythewood), noon Lake City at Lee Central (at Bishopville Country Club), 4:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning in SCISA Region II-3A Match (at Orangeburg Country Club), 3:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter in SCISA Region II-2A Match (at Santee National Golf Club), 3:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer West Florence at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m.

Florence Christian at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Laurence Manning, 6 p.m.

Palmetto Christian at Covenant Christan, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Sumter at West Florence, 7:15 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer West Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Crestwood at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Soccer Sumter at West Florence, 6 p.m.

Varsity Softball Hartsville at Crestwood, 7 p.m.

Lakewood at Marlboro County, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Darlington, 7:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Andrews (DH), 5:30 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at Timmonsville, 5:30 p.m.

Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Florence Christian at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Calhoun at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Marlboro, 5 p.m.

Colleton Prep at Clarendon Hall, 6:30 p.m.

Sumter Christian at Conway Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Softball Hartsville at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Marlboro County, 5:30 p.m.

Manning at Darlington, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m.

Florence Christian at Laurence Manning,3:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Calhoun, 4 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Marlboro, 3 p.m.

Colleton Prep at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

B Team Softball Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Varsity Boys Tennis West Florence at Sumter, 5 p.m.

Manning at Hartsville, 4:30 p.m.

Williamsburg at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 8 4 .667 – New York 6 5 .545 11/2 Baltimore 6 6 .500 2 Toronto 5 7 .417 3 Tampa Bay 4 8 .333 4 Central Division

| W L Pct GB 7 5 .583 – 7 5 .583 – 5 6 .455 11/2 5 7 .417 2 4 7 .364 21/2 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 9 4 .692 – Texas 8 5 .615 1 Seattle 6 8 .429 31/2 Houston 4 8 .333 41/2 Los Angeles 4 8 .333 41/2 Monday’s Games Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 3 L.A. Angels at Minnesota, late Houston at Oakland, late Today’s Games Arizona (McCarthy 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 0-0) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 0-2) at Baltimore (Arrieta 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 0-1) at Toronto (Jo.Johnson 0-1), 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 2-0) at Atlanta (Medlen 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 1-0), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Vargas 0-1) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Houston (Peacock 1-1) at Oakland (Griffin 2-0), 10:05 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 2-0) at Seattle (Harang 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 11 1 .917 – New York 7 4 .636 31/2 Washington 7 5 .583 4 Philadelphia 6 6 .500 5 Miami 2 10 .167 9 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 7 5 .583 – Pittsburgh 6 6 .500 1 Cincinnati 5 7 .417 2 Chicago 4 8 .333 3 Milwaukee 3 8 .273 31/2 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 9 4 .692 – Arizona 8 4 .667 1/2 Colorado 8 4 .667 1/2 Los Angeles 7 5 .583 11/2 San Diego 2 10 .167 61/2 Monday’s Games St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 2 Washington 10, Miami 3 N.Y. Mets at Colorado, Postponed San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late Today’s Games Arizona (McCarthy 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Westbrook 1-1) at Pittsburgh (J.Sanchez 0-2), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 2-0) at Atlanta (Medlen 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 1-1) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Haren 1-1) at Miami (Sanabia 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 1-0), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 2-0) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Laffey 0-0) at Colorado (Francis 1-1), 8:40 p.m.

San Diego (Marquis 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-New York 53 27 .663 – x-Brooklyn 47 33 .588 6 x-Boston 41 39 .513 12 Philadelphia 33 47 .413 20 Toronto 32 48 .400 21 Southeast Division W L Pct GB z-Miami 64 16 .800 – x-Atlanta 44 36 .550 20 Washington 29 51 .363 35 Orlando 20 60 .250 44 Charlotte 19 61 .238 45 Central Division W L Pct GB y-Indiana 49 31 .613 – x-Chicago 43 37 .538 6 x-Milwaukee 37 43 .463 12 Detroit 28 52 .350 21 Cleveland 24 56 .300 25 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 58 22 .725 – x-Memphis 54 26 .675 4 x-Houston 45 35 .563 13 Dallas 40 40 .500 18 New Orleans 27 54 .333 311/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 59 21 .738 – x-Denver 55 25 .688 4 Utah 42 38 .525 17 Portland 33 47 .413 26 Minnesota 30 50 .375 29 Pacific Division W L Pct GB y-L.A. Clippers 54 26 .675 – x-Golden State 45 35 .563 9 L.A. Lakers 44 37 .543 101/2 Sacramento 28 52 .350 26 Phoenix 24 56 .300 30 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

SPORTS

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013

MASTERS PAR SCORES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Angel Cabrera, right, reacts with his son and caddie, Angel Cabrera Jr., after he almost chipped in for birdie on the first hole of Sunday’s playoff during the Masters in Augusta.

Cabrera was defeated by Adam Scott in the playoff.

MASTERS from Page B1 It was only last summer when Scott threw away the British Open by making bogey on his last four holes to lose by one shot to Ernie Els. He handled that wrenching defeat with dignity and pledged to finish stronger if given another chance. “Next time — I’m sure there will be a next time — I can do a better job of it,” he said that day.

Scott was close to perfect, and he had to be with Cabrera delivering some brilliance of his own.

Moments after Scott made his clutch birdie on the 18th hole for a 3-under 69 to take a one-shot lead — “C’mon, Aussie!” he screamed — Cabrera answered with one of the greatest shots under the circumstances, setting up an easy birdie and a 2-under 70. They finished at 9-under 279.

They both chipped close for par on the 18th in the first playoff hole, and Cabrera’s 15-foot birdie putt on the 10th grazed the right side of the cup.

Scott his 6-iron into about 12 feet, leaving him one putt away from a green jacket.

Under darkening clouds — no sudden-death playoff at the Masters had ever gone more than two holes — Scott said he could barely read the putt.

That’s when he called over caddie Steve Williams and asked him to take over. Williams was on the bag for 13 of Tiger Woods’ majors, and read the putt that helped Woods to the 1999 PGA Championship.

“I said, ‘Do you think it’s just more than a cup?’

The Associated Press Sunday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Final (x-won playoff on second hole; a-amateur) x-Adam Scott (600), $1,440,000 69-72-69-69—279 -9 Angel Cabrera (330), $864,000 71-69-69-70—279 -9 Jason Day (210), $544,000 70-68-73-70—281 -7 Marc Leishman (135), $352,000 66-73-72-72—283 -5 Tiger Woods (135), $352,000 70-73-70-70—283 -5 Thorbjorn Olesen, $278,000 78-70-68-68—284 -4 Brandt Snedeker (105), $278,000 70-70-69-75—284 -4 Sergio Garcia (88), $232,000 66-76-73-70—285 -3 Matt Kuchar (88), $232,000 68-75-69-73—285 -3 Lee Westwood (88), $232,000 70-71-73-71—285 -3 Tim Clark (75), $192,000 70-76-67-73—286 -2 John Huh (75), $192,000 70-77-71-68—286 -2 Fred Couples (62), $145,600 68-71-77-71—287 -1 Ernie Els (62), $145,600 71-74-73-69—287 -1 Dustin Johnson (62), $145,600 67-76-74-70—287 -1 David Toms (62), $145,600 70-74-76-67—287 -1 Nick Watney (62), $145,600 78-69-68-72—287 -1 Branden Grace, $116,000 78-70-71-69—288 E Henrik Stenson (54), $116,000 75-71-73-69—288 E Jason Dufner (49), $89,920 72-69-75-73—289 +1 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, $89,920 68-74-73-74—289 +1 Bill Haas (49), $89,920 71-72-74-72—289 +1 Steve Stricker (49), $89,920

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More than 100 players and other club employees watched the film at a theater in Port Charlotte, Fla., the Rays’ spring training site, “and I think a lot of guys walked away with a greater appreciation” of Robinson’s contribution, Maddon said.

Maddon said Robinson’s debut on April 15, 1947, helped lead to the broader civil rights movement.

“I still don’t think people understand how much it plays into the Martin Luther King situation,” he said. “The revolution that occurred at that particular moment, it mattered. That had to happen first to set that whole thing up.

“So when you’re talking about Jackie Robinson, I don’t think people realize the significance and really courage that went behind that, and in the movie it points that out — the courage to not fight back, to be able to win over that particular mind set to be able to make all of this work.”

Red Sox manager John Farrell said baseball “reflects society in so many ways, whether it’s the color barriers being broken down. In our clubhouse you’ve got six or seven countries coming together. As a group of 25, you look to not only co-exist, but (recognize) the individuality of everyone in there.

“Certainly, the Robinson family and, certainly, Jackie himself may be one of the most significant situations in our country’s history, breaking down segregation to the point of inclusion and I think that happens in the game today.”

The movie “42” earned an estimated $27.3 million over the weekend, according to Warner Brothers, its distributor.

The subject’s popularity extends to the sale of licensed sports merchandise.

Fanatics.com, a large online retailer of those items, said sales of Jackie Robinson gear on its site since the season began increased by more than 1,000 percent over the same time period last year.

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Keselowski expresses anger toward NASCAR

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Brad Keselowski had plenty of good things to say about his team for all it overcame for another top-10 finish.

KESELOWSKI As for his feelings about NASCAR, the defending Sprint Cup champion is pretty angry these days.

“The things I’ve seen over the last seven days have me questioning everything that I believe in, and I’m not happy about it,” Keselowski said in the garage area after Saturday night’s race at Texas.

Before the race that

Kyle Busch won to complete a weekend sweep, NASCAR confiscated the original rear-end housing from Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford and the No. 22 of Joey Logano, his Penske Racing teammate.

That could lead to penalties, including possibly suspensions, the loss of championship points and fines.

Logano was late to the starting grid because of the additional inspections after changes, and he had to start at the back of the field. He charged to a fifth-place finish, four spots ahead of Keselowski, who kept his starting spot of 16th.

“I have one good thing to say, and that was my team and the effort they put in today, in fighting back with the absolute (ex-

pletive) that’s been the last seven days in this garage area,” Keselowski said.

Keselowski, who has six top-10 finishes and is second in season points behind Jimmie Johnson, got a penalty a week earlier at Martinsville for pitting outside his stall.

He still disputes that.

“There’s so much stuff going on. You guys have no idea ... what’s going on,” Keselowski said. “I could tell you there is nobody, no team in this garage with the integrity of the 2 team. And the way we’ve been treated over the last seven days is absolutely shameful.

“I feel like we’ve been targeted over the last seven days more than I’ve ever seen a team targeted,” he said.

SPEEDWAY from Page B1 had Bubba Kolb pull his new ride into victory lane in the season opener after an exciting duel with Allen Ridgeway. Car problems sent Ridgeway to the pits and Kolb cruised on from there to pick up the win with DJ Carraway second and Taylor Geddings, making his career debut, third.

On Saturday, neither Kolb nor Ridgeway were on hand, but Duke, driving Kolb’s No. 208 machine, dominted the feature and picked up the victory, Cody Truett was second, Rusty Harrelson third and Taylor Geddings fourth.

After finishing second to William Disher in the Street Stock sea-

son opener, Heather Welch joined the short list of female drivers to pick up wins at Sumter Speedway.

Welch started from the pole position and never looked back, leading flag to flag on her way to her first Street Stock victory. Kevin O’Brien came home second with Jody Truett third, Thomas Gales fourth and Tim Landis fifth.

The season continues on Saturday with racing in all divisions. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7.

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NASCAR from Page B1 time in his career, that Busch won Cup and Nationwide races in the same weekend. He was the polesitter Saturday night, and won the Nationwide race Friday night on the 1½-mile, high-banked track.

Busch, who also won both races at Fontana last month, led eight times for 171 of 334 laps. He is the first driver to win in all three series at Texas, with six Nationwide wins and two in trucks.

“To be in Victory Lane in Texas, there’s nothing better,” Busch said. “If it wasn’t for my pit crew, which is the most awesome group ever. ... Man, those guys were just awesome. They put together a heck of a stop to give us that lead. These cars are amazing to drive. They’re fast. They’re fun.”

Truex was trying to win for the first time since June 2007, but his winless streak reached 210 races when he finished a half-second behind Busch. Truex came into the race 25th in points with no laps led this season, but had his Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota in front for 142 laps at Texas.

“Debris huh????”

Truex tweeted about the caution that cost him the lead.

Truex had more than a 4-second lead over Busch soon before pulling in for a green-flag stop on lap 281 just before two cars spun on the backstretch bringing out a caution.

Truex had pushed back to a 1.3-second lead just before that last yellow flag that determined the race.

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“The last caution came out and we got beat out of the pits, and that was the race,” Truex said. ‘It was pretty frustrating to run second again.”

NASCAR said that during a postrace inspection, it was determined that Truex’s No. 56 car was too low in the front.

The series said the car would be looked at further, and the issue addressed next week.

Busch has 111 career victories in NASCAR’s three top series — 26 in Sprint Cup, 55 in Nationwide and 30 in Camping World Truck.

His weekend sweep in California last month was overshadowed by the last-lap crash in the Cup race between former teammates Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano that left Hamlin with a fractured vertebra in his lower back.

Logano barely made the start of the race after prerace inspections turned up problems. He started at the back of the field, but worked back to a fifth-place finish. Jimmie Johnson maintained his series points lead by finishing sixth, ahead of Aric Almirola.

“It was one of the toughest races I think we’ve ever dealt with and to come home with a topfive out of something like that, we couldn’t be more excited about that,” Logano said.

NASCAR confiscated the original rear-end housing parts from Logano’s No. 22 Ford and the No. 2 of Penkse Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, the defending Sprint Cup champion.

The Associated Press At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 334 laps, 144.1 rating, 48 points, $550,858.

2. (5) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 334, 132.8, 43, $346,555.

3. (9) Carl Edwards, Ford, 334, 95.6, 41, $268,605.

4. (35) Greg Biffle, Ford, 334, 91.6, 40, $214,855.

5. (18) Joey Logano, Ford, 334, 84.9, 40, $204,713.

6. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 334, 109, 38, $203,341.

7. (3) Aric Almirola, Ford, 334, 101.4, 37, $182,841.

8. (15) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 334, 93.9, 0, $153,305.

9. (16) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 334, 79.4, 35, $183,746.

10. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 334, 80.9, 35, $167,288.

11. (14) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 334, 92.7, 33, $144,395.

12. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 334, 105.6, 32, $165,006.

13. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 334, 85.4, 31, $170,701.

14. (23) Mark Martin, Toyota, 334, 75, 30, $134,315.

15. (26) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 334, 84.9, 29, $164,648.

16. (11) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 334, 88.9, 28, $149,455.

17. (19) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 334, 72.2, 27, $151,751.

18. (22) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 334, 68, 0, $119,810.

19. (4) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 333, 83, 25, $145,424.

20. (10) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 333, 70.6, 24, $145,024.

21. (13) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 333, 62.9, 23, $158,435.

22. (32) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 332, 55.3, 22, $139,668.

23. (21) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 332, 65.4, 21, $119,910.

24. (38) David Reutimann, Toyota, 332, 57.2, 20, $126,468.

25. (28) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 332, 57.1, 19, $123,418.

26. (25) David Ragan, Ford, 331, 51.8, 19, $126,768.

27. (33) David Stremme, Toyota, 331, 50.4, 17, $115,132.

28. (42) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 331, 42.9, 16, $102,585.

29. (6) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 330, 91, 15, $117,985.

30. (40) Josh Wise, Ford, 330, 43, 0, $102,835.

31. (24) Casey Mears, Ford, 330, 41.7, 13, $104,910.

32. (27) David Gilliland, Ford, 329, 49.1, 13, $95,810.

33. (12) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 326, 45.3, 0, $102,710.

34. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 326, 37.2, 10, $93,610.

35. (41) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 324, 28.9, 0, $92,485.

36. (43) Timmy Hill, Ford, 322, 28.8, 8, $91,360.

37. (2) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 316, 88.7, 7, $117,603.

38. (8) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, front suspension, 306, 98, 7, $130,196.

39. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, rear axle, 293, 34.8, 5, $79,260.

40. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 290, 45.7, 4, $123,596.

41. (34) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 140, 29.6, 0, $71,260.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013

VIRGINIA M. CAPPER Virginia Mellette Capper, 95, widow of Max Vernon Capper, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Sumter County.

Virginia was born April 28, 1917, in Sumter, a daughter of Harry Bernard Mellette and Virginia Singleton Mellette Hutchinson Campbell.

She was educated in Sumter County schools. VirCAPPER ginia lived on the Isle of Palms and in Mt. Pleasant for nearly 40 years, where she was a well-loved and respected owner-operator of Mrs. Capperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plants on Coleman Boulevard, Mt. Pleasant. After selling the business, she returned to Sumter. She had a lifelong love of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation and could easily transform any space into a beautiful garden. She was always active in local garden clubs, happily sharing her natural talent.

Virginia joyfully worshipped as a member of First Baptist Church in Sumter. She especially enjoyed the friendships and teachings of the Fellowship Sunday School class.

Virginia never met a stranger; and people were drawn to her positive spirit.

She is survived and will be missed by her daughter, Martha Capper Sparwasser (Roger) of Mt. Pleasant; three grandsons, Paul (Anna) of Omaha, Neb., Max (Lee) and Jeff of Mt. Pleasant; five great-granddaughters; three nieces, Judy Barfield, Ann Danford and Jackie Hughes; many great-nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.

Virginia was preceded in death by her husband; parents; a sister, Lessie Mellette Stuckey; and a brother, Lucian Hutchinson (Dorothy).

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, Sumter, conducted by the Rev. Charles Clanton and the Rev. Dan Barber.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. today.

Burial will follow the service at Sumter Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29151.

In memory of Mrs. Capper, create a beautiful garden and feed the birds.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 7759386.

merton and worked as a substitute teacher in the Sumter city schools.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Thomas D. Glisson; one grandson, Richard Anthony Rhames; one granddaughter, Michelle Holland Smith; three sons-in-law, Samuel L. Rhames, William P. Martin and Brownie S. Holland; five sisters; and two brothers.

Surviving are six daughters, Eleanor K. Rhames, Barbara J. Martin, Minnie L. Holland, Christine L. (Ronald) Hines and Loretta (Roosevelt) GLISSON Goodwin, all of Sumter, and Patricia A. (Samuel) Maple of Jacksonville, N.C.; three sons, Calvin L. Glisson, Earl Glisson and Jefferick R. Glisson of Sumter; two sisters-in-law, Leola G. Martin and Jeanetter Crowell; 27 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; five great-greatgrandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at noon Wednesday at Mt. Pigah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette

St., Sumter, with Dr. Rev. Betty Deas Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Walker Cemetery, Oakland Avenue, Sumter.

The public may view from 1 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

Mrs. Glisson will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends at 207 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.

EDNA B. RIDGEWAY LEXINGTON PARK, Md. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edna Nellie Bidault Ridgeway passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 8, 2013, at Hospice House in Callaway, Md. Born Sept. 10, 1923, in Sumter, to Eugene and Ivabel Bidault, Nellie was the middle of three sisters.

She was predeceased by her parents and her older sister, Agnes Hall.

Nellie is survived by her son, J.C. Ridgeway Jr.; daughter, Ameta R. (Don) Macaluso; four grandchildren, Cameron Dunn, Michael Ridgeway, Heather R. Keane and Ashley Ridgeway; 10 great-grandchildren; and

her sister, Eugenia (Jean) Lyons.

Married to a career Air Force enlisted man, Julian C. Ridgeway Sr., Nellie worked various jobs all over the country and overseas: she was a file clerk at a hospital in Tampa, Fla., and Great Falls, Mont.; worked in Civil Service on Guam, Marianas Islands and in Amarillo, Texas; and she worked for the state in Tacoma, Wash. Her longest job was at Safe Federal Credit Union in Sumter, which she held from RIDGEWAY 1969 until her retirement in 1990.

During that time, she was employed as supervisor of accounts control for 13 years and then worked in the accounting department.

A devout Christian, Nellie was a member and attended church faithfully at St. Marks United Methodist Church in Sumter from 1967 until she fell ill in 2005 and moved to Maryland to be near her son and his family. She served as treasurer at St. Marks from 1975 until 1986, and for several years she was the recording secretary. She also helped

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out as an offering counter and member at large for many years. She was a familiar face and an active participant in all church activities.

Throughout her lifetime, Nellie was many things but, first and foremost, she was mother, grandmother, and friend.

If you asked her children and grandchildren what they remember most fondly of her, they might respond with the countless favorite recipes only she could make just right, like pecan pie, lemon meringue pie, macaroni and cheese, cheese straws, snow ice cream, hot lemonade, coconut cake, meringue cookies and her date nut roll. Or they might recount stories of her camping adventures, walks in the woods, fascination with birds and her love for cats. Friends and neighbors will recount to you the amazing cakes of all shapes and sizes that she made for their birthdays and special celebrations, or tell you how they could often find her

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kneeling in the garden amidst the flowers. But all will tell you that she met them with a contagious smile and a spirit of gentle kindness with a pinch of adventure that will never be forgotten.

Family and friends are invited to share a potluck dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday at St. Marks United Methodist Church fellowship hall, 27 Broad St., Sumter. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. by Pastor Billie Lewis. Casual dress.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that you consider a donation to Hospice House of St. Marys (www.stmaryshospitalmd.org/ hospice), whose amazing staff made her last days more comfortable than her family would have imagined possible.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com.

Arrangements by Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md. SEE OBITUARIES, PAGE B6

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Last weekend was a glorious, finally at last, spring day. Spears from the newly planted asparagus crowns finally emerged from the bottom of the trench and are waiting to be covered up another two inches of soil. The potatoes are up and we are adding old coastal Bermuda hay to their bed, hoping as we bury them deeper they will make more potatoes for us. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also taken the shredded paper from the office home, spread it over the garden paths, and topped that with more, even older coastal Bermuda, which holds it in place, speeds its decomposition, and keeps it from looking so horribly trashy.

At this point, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember how I got started on using coastal Bermuda hay as mulch, probably my friend and gardener extraordinaire Mary Pittman told me about it. It has a carbon to nitrogen ratio that makes for very quickly conversion to compost and I have used it instead of pine straw my whole life at the new old house. Our soil there is basically a sandy loam and needs all the extra organic matter it can get.

Since we planted white oak seedlings ten years ago, we have religiously mulched them with â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you guessed it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; coastal Bermuda. Now I am going to cut two of those trees down as they are shading my vegetable garden. Instead of letting my friends with wood stoves have the logs, however, I am going to have them run through the machine the tree people bring and turn them into mulch.

Liz Gillard, former State Urban Tree Specialist and now arborist for the City of Camden, has taught me a lot about planting trees when you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the luxury of irrigation. Liz plants trees on the streets of Camden and waters them the first two years. After that, they are considered grown up and independent. She has found that the trees that were mulched with pine straw did not establish as well as those that had wood mulch (not bark, not pallets) applied. The wood mulch held the soil moisture more effectively than the straw and did equally as well at controlling weeds and ameliorating extremes in soil temperature.

Since my husband insists (I had to fuss a little just to let him think he got his way for once) that I plant new trees in other places in the yard to replace those weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re removing, I will recycle those dear white oaks that grew so beautifully, not dreaming that tree hugger like me would ever sacrifice them in order to grow tomatoes and cucumbers. I hope that being used to help new trees take root and flourish will keep them a part of that great tree force field that cools the earth, provides food and shelter to wildlife, and inspires us with the connections that exist in the natural world.

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BERNARD L. SHIRAH Bernard L. Shirah, 81, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at the home of his sister.

Born June 18, 1931, in Sumter, he was a son of the late James C. and Dorothy Ardis Shirah.

Mr. Shirah was a retired firefighter for the city of Sumter. He also served in the National Guard.

Mr. Shirah is survived by three brothers, Samuel Shirah and wife, Peggy, of Columbia, Thomas Shirah and wife, Theresa, of Summerville, and Heywood Shirah and wife, Barbara, of Springfield, Va.; one sister, Virginia McDearis and husband, James, of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Shirah.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with John McDonald and Craig Bagwell officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Feed the Children Foundation, P.O. Box 36, Oklahoma City, OK 73101, 1-800-6274556, or to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

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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WILLIAM OXENDINE William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billyâ&#x20AC;? Oxendine, 66, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at a local nursing facility.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Mansfield and Nellie Benenhaley Oxendine.

He was a self-employed painter and was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include two children, David Rudd of Sumter and Christy Rudd of Summerville; five grandchildren; a brother, Burgess Oxendine (Krista) of Sumter; two sisters, Jeanette McCoy and Marion Benenhaley, both of Sumter; a brother-inlaw, John Miller of Sum-

ter; and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Earl Oxendine, Mansfield Oxendine Jr. and Cecil Oxendine; and two sisters, Louise Horne and Annie Mae Miller.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home with Ralph Oxendine officiating.

Burial will be in Long Branch Baptist Church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Toby Oxendine, Michael McCoy, Billy Joe McCoy, Carl McCoy, Daren Holliday Jr., Johnny Berry and Wayne Brown.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of John Miller, 1410 Camp Branch Road.

Memorials may be made to Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians, 5700 Oak Hill Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

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

ISAAC AHTONEN Isaac â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ikeyâ&#x20AC;? Ahtonen, 60, husband of Jackie McElveen Ahtonen, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Robert and Miriam McLeod Marshall. He was a member of New Calvary Baptist Church and the Carolina Anglers Fishing Club. He enjoyed fishing and coaching baseball. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife; three children, David â&#x20AC;&#x153;Davyâ&#x20AC;? Ahtonen of Sumter, Kelly Jeter (Bryan) of Spartanburg and Julie Long (Daniel) of Lexington; five grandchildren, Allyson Ahtonen, Marisa Ahtonen, Jake Jeter, Caleb Jeter and Luke Long; two brothers, the Rev. Charles Ahtonen (Rhonda) and Danny Marshall (Cindy), both of Sumter; two sisters, Mary Frances Hatfield (Mac) and Linda Christmas (Buddy), both of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dawn Michelle Ahtonen; and four brothers, Bobby Ahtonen, Phil Ahtonen, Melvin Marshall and Bobby Marshall.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Ron Underwood and the Rev. Charles Ahtonen officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible Class of New Calvary Baptist Church and the Carolina Anglers Fishing Club.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to New Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 848, Sumter, SC 29151.

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

SYLVESTER MOSES Sylvester Moses, 57, departed this life on April 14, 2013, at the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia.

Born June 29, 1955, in Lee County, he was a son of Robert Lee and Jessie Mae Moses.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 697 Aiken Ave., Lynchburg, SC 29080.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

KAY B. DUNCAN Sr. Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Combat Controller Kay Brill Duncan Sr., 77, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, after a courageous battle with several ailments.

Born Sept. 18, 1935, in Charlotte, N.C., he was a son of the late Wade Hampton Duncan and Tempie Lanier Duncan of Whiteville, N.C. His family and friends lovingly knew him as K.B. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 34 years, Terasita Julie Ricafort Duncan.

Surviving are two daughters, Ann Duncan Heredia (Greg) of Fairfield, Calif., and Karen Duncan Page (Kelvin) of Sumter; two sons, Kay B. Duncan Jr. (Julie) of Pelion and Terry Hampton Duncan of Sumter; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

K.B. served 27 years in the armed services.

He served in the Army and the Army National Guard before he found his home in the Air Force. He toured in

Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines as well as several other duty stations both abroad and in the U.S. He was one of the early members of the elite United States Air Force Combat Control Team, where he formed a strong bond and brotherhood with his fellow beloved Combat Controllers. He was a recipient of many decorations and medals that included the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Medal, and the Bronze Star for acts of heroism. K.B. retired from the Air Force in 1979 at the rank of master sergeant. He went on to graduate from HorryGeorgetown Technical College with a degree in hotel, motel and restaurant management. He retired a second time from U.S. Airways after working in New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LaGuardia Airport, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and finally Charlotte Douglas International Airport as a ticket agent. After twice retiring, he and his wife, Julie, started their business in Myrtle Beach, The Ice Cream Machine, which gave them both great pleasure.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday one hour prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Crosswell Home for Children, 11 Crosswell Drive, Sumter, SC 29040, volunteer@crosswellhome.org.

You may sign the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest book at www. bullockfuneralhome.com.

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

Bullock Funeral Home & Crematorium CHARLES M. DENNIS Charles Markell Dennis, 24, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Sumter County.

Born Dec. 30, 1988, in Sumter County, he was a son of Herbert and Christina Williams Dennis.

The family will receive friends and relatives at the home, 3305 Spencer Road, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

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INEZ B. COUTRIER GOOSE CREEK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Inez Brown Coutrier, 93, widow of Peter Coutrier, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Hospice Center, Mt. Pleasant.

She was born Feb. 10, 1920, in Summerton, a daughter of the late Henry Johnson and Rosa Brown.

The family is receiving friends after 5 p.m.

Friday at the home of Evander and Pauline Nelson, 2568 MW Rickenbaker Road, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

QUINTELIA D. STUKES Quintelia DeShawn Stukes entered eternal rest on Monday, April 15, 2013, at her residence, 607 Cedar St. Born April 17, 1987, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Michael Chatman and Tyrees Stukes Mellette and stepdaughter of Kelvin Mellette.

The family is receiving visitors at the home of her mother and stepfather, Tyrees and Kelvin Mellette, 10 Cecil St., Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

AKIME O. COUSAR MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Akime Osborne Cousar, 24, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Manning.

He was born Dec. 11, 1988, in Manning, a son of James Hilton and Lesia Cousar.

The family is receving friends at the home of his mother, Lesia Cousar, 110 Allendale St., Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

JAMES OLIVER Jr. SUMMERTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seedyâ&#x20AC;? Oliver Jr., 57, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at his residence in Clarendon County.

Born Dec. 26, 1955, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late James Sr. and Wilhelmenia Thames Oliver.

The family will receive friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mable and Leroy Simmons, 1476 Lila Lane, Summerton.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Summerton Funeral Home LLC, (803) 4853755.

JOHN FRAZIER MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; John Frazier, 65, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

He was born Aug. 13, 1947, in the Santee dam section of Manning, a son of Lillie Pearson Frazier and the late James Frazier.

He received his formal education at Manning Training High School and graduated in 1965. He was employed by Hewton Rubber Co. and as a taxi cab driver in Buffalo, N.Y. Survivors are his mother, Lillie P. Frazier of Manning; the mother of his children, Rebecca Gamble Frazier; three sons, James Frazier, Rodney (Tonya) Frazier and David Frazier; two brothers, Apostle Pickney Frazier and the Rev. Joseph (Connie) Frazier; three sisters, Ada (Robert) Jones, Maggie Hannah and Ruth Miles; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Wake services for Mr. Frazier will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today at Hayes F. and LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning, with the Rev. Darren Frazier presiding, and the Rev. Joe Frazier, Evangelist Shirley Waiters and Minister Eloise Jackson assisting.

The family is receiving friends at the home of Adger (Evangelist Shirley) Waiters, 2403 River Road, Greeleyville.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

SAUL TONEY Saul Toney, 78, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Hyattsville, Md. Born in Lee County, he was a son of the late Tillman and Laura Cain Toney.

The family will receive friends at the home of Josephine Toney, 1065 U.S. 76 West, Lynchburg, SC 29080.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

ROCHELLE M. JACKSON Rochelle McClary Jackson, 53, wife of Arnold Jackson, departed this life on Monday, April 15, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Aug. 8, 1959, in Washington, D.C., she was a daughter of Dollie Peterson McClary and the late Marion McClary.

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 ile 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 irst 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.

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Jeremiah Grant, Sr

#2013ES4300200 Presonal Representative Minnie R. Grant 3760 McCrays Mill Road Sumter, SC 29154

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Stuart Hovermale

#2013ES4300179 Personal Representative Jon C. Hovermale 652 Cain Drive Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Estate:

Daisy E Wilson

#2013ES4300194 Personal Representative Willis Wilson Jr 19 S Salem Avenue Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Harvey Cecil Waddell

#2013ES4300170 Personal Representative Alice M. Waddell 4242 Reona Avenue Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Nettie McCall

#2013ES4300195 Personal Representative Lillian Sims 1665 N Pike East Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Dennis A. Willard

#2013ES430035 Personal Representative Linda F. Willard 1841 W Oakland Ave Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Hazel Sanders

#2013ES4300177 Personal Representative Bernice P. Robinson 4625 Patriot Parkway Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Samuel Lee Rhames, Sr

#2013ES4300193 Personal Representative Eleanor Glisson Rhames AKA Eleanor K. Rhames 412 West Oakland Ave Sumter, SC 29150

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Jud A. Harvin

#2013ES4300169 Personal Representative Raymond Douglas Weeks, Sr 606 West Huggins Street Manning, SC 29102

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Willie Edward Davis

#2013ES4300202 Personal Representative Rita D. Davis 8490 Black River Road Rembert, SC 29128

Estate: Freddie Albert Wright #2013ES1400087 Personal Representative: Diana Lambert 2044 Keels Rd Manning,SC 29102 4/9/13-4/23/13

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David M. Peek

#2013ES4300187 Personal Representative Sylvia E. Peek PO Box 1367 Sumter, SC 29151

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Jeffrey A. Scott

#2013ES4300176 Personal Representative Debra Scott 4115 Camden Hwy Dalzell, SC 29040

Estate:

James J. Brown

#2013ES4300167 Personal Representative Mary E. McDermott C/O J. Kevin Crain Attorney At Law 636 Long Point Road #G95 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Estate:

Richard C. Johnson Jr

#2013ES4300192 Personal Representative Dorothy Mae Johnson 1107 Hurley Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Moses Smith

#2013ES4300181 Personal Representative Ida Smith 905 1/2 Bartlette Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Rose Mcfadden

#2013ES4300168 Personal Representative Gail McFadden Roberts 3 Belton Court Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Thomas B. Tillman JR

#2013ES4300186 Personal Representative Carolyn Tillman Steele 4018 Jack's Creek Road Monroe, GA 30655

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Bonnie Jean Clay

#2013ES4300198 Personal Representative Robert A. Clay II 10 Delorme Court Sumter, SC 29150

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Catherine Chappell

#2013ES4300190 Personal Representative Johnny R. Chappell 458 Chippewa Circle Sumter, SC 29150

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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 ile 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 irst 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:

Spring has Sprung. Let Load Lifters lift some of the weight off of you. Lic. & Bonded. Call 803-468-6508

Found: Shorthair Brown//Black dog. McCray's Mill Rd. West of Sumter High. Twin Lake area. Call to identify 803-481-9188

In Memory

#2013ES4300185 Personal Representative Kenneth Hamilton Attorney At Law PO Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152

Salon Owner is seeking License Stylists or Barbers. 803-316-8031, 803-883-4639.

120 Broad St Office space, Great location, Rent is $495-$695 Agent Owned Call 236-2425

All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp.

SC lic. Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

Robert's Metal Roofing 29 years exp. 18 colors & 45 year warranty. Call 803-837-1549.

Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721 STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net Tree Doctor Call us for an appt. Free est. 7 days/week. Prune trees, remove trees, grind stumps, proper limbing & treatment. 803-773-8402.

Jerry E. Jackson Jr

#2013ES4300182 Personal Representative Janet J. Jackson C/O Glenn F. Givens Attorney At Law 107 N Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Int/Ext Painting, Pressure washing. 30 yrs exp. Ref. Quality work/free est.

Call Bennie 468-7592

Tree Service

Found: male black lab mix in the area of Loring Mill Rd. Wearing a collar.

Owner please call 336-504-8798 to identify.

Linda D. Longberry

Estate:

Office Rentals

Lost & Found

Carl G. Truett

Estate:

Help Wanted Full-Time

Roofing

Sumter Ghost Finders may pay you $60 for an investigation.

481-8826. On The Web

MERCHANDISE

Frank Ransom

#2013ES4300172 Personal Representative Kathleen Ransom 5500 Halley Road Rembert, SC 29128

Estate:

Want to Buy Buying Gold & Silver. Paying Top Price. Call 803-605-8638

Alice M. Lipscombe

#2013ES4300175 Personal Representative C. Douglas Lipscombe, Jr. C/O Jack W. Erter, Jr. Attorney At Law 126 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Melba McClelland

#2013ES4300197 Personal Representative Michael L. Brown 4740 Frisco Branch Road Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Looking to buy an Adult three wheel bicycle. Call 803-495-3871 Wanted Appliances: Washers, Dryers, Stoves & Refrig. Working or not. 803-968-4907 In Loving Memory of Aaron Green 06/29/57 - 04/16/00 It has been 13 years since you've gone, but not forgotten. Sadly missed by your family.

Looking for a stump grinder in good condition.

Call (803) 468-1946

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales Sumter County Flea Mkt Hwy 378 E. 803-495-2281 500 tables. Sat. $8 free return Sun.

Jerry Lee Ardis

#2013ES4300164 Personal Representative Virginia P. Ardis 19 Newman Street Sumter, SC 29150

The SC Army National Guard wants High School Juniors, Seniors, Grads and GED holders, and Prior Service! Ask about college tuition. Receive paid technical training and more while serving your Country and Community on a part-time basis. Call now for this great opportunity!

SFC Jeffrey Hudson 803-427-3104 SSG Lorraine Lordy 803-360-1979 Medical Billing/Charge Entry: Immediate openings for experienced Medical Billers with 2+ years charge entry experience.

(After hours/weekends available).

CPC required. Apply online at colonialfamilypractice.com

No Experience Necessary.

Roehl Transport needs entry level semi drivers.

Premium equipment & benefits.

Call Today!

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Help Wanted Part-Time

The sale will begin at 12:00 pm at 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153.

The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant(s);

Green Camper Shell $100 Call 803 607-9447 or 468-0788 In Loving Memory of Frank J. Ladson 04/16/39 - 01/01/99 Happy Birthday!

It's been 14 years since you've been gone. There's not a day that goes by that you're not thought of especially on this day, Your Birthday! Missing you everyday Love Always Your Wife, Children, Grandchildren, Family & Friends

1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153 B013 - Green, Pamela B034 - Roberts, Michelle E014 - Tobias, Ben E042 - Dyer, Megan F040 - Mims, Ashley G003 - Rainwater, Cora Lee G033 - Walker, Tony

BUSINESS SERVICES

Purchase must be paid for at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed within 48 hours of the sale. Failure to do so could result in abandonment of goods and denial of future participation. Sale is subject to adjournment

Summons & Notice

Electrical Services

Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364 USC Fan Santa Claus 10 inch ceramic figurine, USC attired. pennant, large Gamecock. Great $25.00. Call 934-0910

Appliance repair person needed for part time work. Pay commensurate with experience. Must have own transportation. Send resume to: P-309 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151.

Need X-Tra $$$ Buy Wholesale $100 Min. Home & Body Oils & More! 774-7823

RENTALS Unfurnished Homes

Willie Mae Marshall, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Irvin Marshall, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Sadie Marie Hodge, DEFENDANT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Complaint was filed in the above entitled action in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on February 26, 2013, for the purpose of instituting an action against the Defendant as a result of a motor vehicle collision which occurred on March 1, 2010.

HEREIN

You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices at 17 East Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

BRYAN LAW FIRM OF SC, L.L.P. By:s/John R. Moorman John R. Moorman Attorney for the Plaintiff 17 East Calhoun Street P. O. Box 2038 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 775-1263

Professional Remodelers Home maintenance,ceramic tile, roofing, siding & windows doors, etc. Lic. & Ins. (Office) 803-692-4084 or (Cell) 803-459-4773 H.L. Boone, Contractor additions, painting, roofing, gutters, sheetrock, blown ceilings, decks. 773-9904

3 BR/2BA, Country Home, no pets $745/mo. $745/dep.

803-406-6159, 9am - 8pm.

Spacious, nice 2BR in safe area.

Convenient to Shaw/Sumter. Dumpster, Water, Heat pump & Sec lights incl'd.

No H/A or PETS! $465/mo + $350/dep. 803-983-0043

3BR/1BA C/H/A for rent (Manning/Alcolu) $600 dep//$600 mo. Call 803-473-3301

**CASH** FOR JUNK CARS NO TITLE NEEDED Call 934-6849 or 934-6734

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water/sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd.

RV parking avail. Call 494-8350

Utility Buildings

Iris Winds MHP: 3BR/2BA MH No pets. Ref/dep req'd, $500/mo.

Call 803-775-6816, 803-460-9444

Assorted Steel Bldgs $3.00 to $10.00 sq ft Closeout while they last Erection Information Available Source# 18X 800-964-8335

Taking applications for clean affordable homes. Nice quiet areas, 2 Br1Ba $350 Mo. No pets.

3Br2ba $425-$450 Mo. Shaw Area Call 840-5734 For Sale, 3Bed/2Bath, Land, $360/mo.

803-494-5090

Decks & Fences, Screen Porches, Sun Rooms, Flooring, Concrete, Top Soil, Water problems, Insulated Windows. Free Est. 795-6046

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American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

Help Wanted Full-Time

Scenic Lake 2BR1BA & 3BR2BA. No pets. Call between 9am - 5pm: (803) 499-1500.

Established Heating and Air Conditioning Company looking for an experienced HVAC service technician. Must have experience, a valid driver's license, people skills, good personality and personal tools on hand. Great benefits offered and top pay!

Apply in person Hatfield Heating & Air, 1640 Suber St. Sumter, SC

Rent to own 4BR DW @ 3350 Pinewood Rd Call (803) 497-3579

For details on these and additional jobs, both permanent and temporary, please visit our website......

WILLIAMSTEMPORARY.COM Some of the following current job openings are Direct Hire and some are Temp to Hire.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK CUSTOMER SERVICE REP (2nd shift) OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR (Manning) CUSTOMER SERVICE REP (Manning) MA, CNA, OR LPN MFG. ASSEMBLERS PRESS OPERATORS TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES PROCESS ENGINEERING TECH PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Ocean Lakes 2BR/2BA C/H/A Sleeps 8, near ocean, Call 803-773-2438

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Hardwood floors. Fenced Backyard. Easy Financing. 775-4391, 464-5960

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411 N. Magnolia, renovated.

C/H/A. Garage, workshop & shed. Commercial lot facing LaFayette.

Fin Available.

775-4391/ 464-5960

Resort Rentals

Norman Williams and Associates, Inc. 344 West Liberty Street No Fees To Applicants.

Renovated 1387 Raccoon Rd. (Lee County) 3BR/1.5BA. C/H/A 1,200sqft. Also has approx 2,200sqft, 4rm bldg. 1-4.5 acres available. Fin avail. 775-4391 464-5960.

Renovated 318 Council St 3BR/2BA. $425/Mo + $425/dep.

Option (Rent to Own $425, 10 yrs).

843-479-7144 or 910-824-0383

Mobile Home Rentals

EMPLOYMENT

SBC Construction

3600 Dallas: Dalzell, 3BR, 2BA. Big Lot. Big storage & workshop. 1/2 ac lot. Financing Available. 775-4391, 464-5960

Work Wanted

Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves. Also new Gas stoves.

Guaranteed. 803-464-5439

Home Improvements

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION NO: 2013-CP-43-337

DEFENDANT

NEED AN ERRAND RUN???

Call Gail at 803-464-8825. Very reasonable rates.

Gail's Go For Service

Fulton Town Electric, Service any electrical needs. Cert. Master Electrician, 938-3261/883-4607

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TO THE NAMED:

Business Services

Time to Plant. The Original EARTH BOX. Complete instructions included. $10.00 Call 803-469-2689

Recently renovated 2BR MH on 1/2 ac shady lot in Burgess Glen Park. C/H/A, 4643 Allene Dr. Close to Shaw Fin Avail. 775-4391 464-5960

Looking for part-time Bookkeeper. Must have computer skills, and high trust level. Apply in person and ask for Rich, at Travel Centers of America, 3014 Paxville Hwy, Manning, by phone 888-669-8256 or online www.mytajob.com.

"Specify by clicking bookkeeper or store"

803- 905-4242

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of owner at public sale by competitive bidding on April 25, 2013 personal and/or business property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and other household/business items located at the properties listed.

523 Benton Dr. 5 br, 2.5 ba, lg kitchen, den & dining rm combo.

Lg. Florida rm, dble carport, lg fenced bckyrd, 2 storage rooms, good location. Call 803-469-2771

New const. in Beech Forest Patio Sec. 1550 sq. ft. 3BR 2BA, Eat in kitchen Hdwd, carpet, tile, granite. Custom cabinets, $148K 803-565-4850

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

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Homes for Sale

ATTENTION

FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

REAL ESTATE

Driver Trainees Needed Now!

LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $1 & Up

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#2013ES4300201 Presonal Representative Carl W. Truett and Janet T. Bouyea 220 Macy Street Sumter, SC 29153

Barbara J. Robinson

#2013ES4300199 Personal Representative Kendall Lee Robinson PO Box 545 Loris, SC 29569

Estate:

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97 Mercury Grand Marquis, 141k mi runs great. Blue, leather interior, asking 2500. 972-3292

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Contact the Clarendon Sun Bureau at (803) 435-8511 or e-mail sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com

Summerton 2013-14 budget in black

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com SUMMERTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A huge sigh of relief followed by smiles around the table greeted Summertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial consultant when she told town officials the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013-14 budget showed more revenue than expenditures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this is a first,â&#x20AC;? Sum-

merton Mayor Jay Bruner told town officials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first reading of our budget, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the black. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great.â&#x20AC;?

Bruner opened the BRUNER townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget workshop session with the news that Boeing would be in-

vesting an additional $1 billion in the Charleston facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2,000 more jobs and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big in this region,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to feed off their growth.â&#x20AC;?

When town officials got into the budget, line item by line item, with the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial consultant, Kimberly Binson, they were able to increase several, while deleting or reducing

others. At the end of the workshop session, town officials had widened the gap between revenue and expenditures.

With just $300 in the black at the beginning of the session, town officials ended with more than $5,000 in the black. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our departments have been very cost conscious,â&#x20AC;?

Bruner said.

Following the workshop,

Summerton officials held the monthly council meeting.

Summertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street between Duke and Cantey is posted at 25 mph; however, many drivers are not adhering to the reduced speed.

Bruner thanked Police Chief Ray Perdue for the increased police presence throughout SEE BUDGET, PAGE C3

USC First Lady promotes healthy lifestyle

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The April 9 Authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luncheon sponsored by Clarendon Habitat for Humanity was a sellout.

Patricia Moore-Pastides, First Lady of the University of South Carolina, an accomplished cook, author and public health professional, was the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest speaker and the inspiration for the menu.

The recipes were borrowed from Moore-Pastidesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greek Revival: Cooking for Life.â&#x20AC;? The menu featured Greek favorites and introduced the audience to the healthy benefits of a traditional Mediterranean diet.

Now in its third printing, the book is a fundraiser for the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health and Sustainability Fund.

MOOREMoore-Pastides apPASTIDES plauded the students in the F.E. DuBose Culinary Arts class and the students in the Manning High School Chapter of the FFA for assisting in serving the meal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love to see young people involved in the community,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they are doing something they love to do, they will be successful.â&#x20AC;?

Moore-Pastides was introduced to the Greek lifestyle by her husband, USC President Harris Pastides, and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long for the newlywed to realize the differences in the diets of her Greek inlaws and Americans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They eat very few processed foods,â&#x20AC;? she told the audience, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but they eat from almost all of the food groups. Their proportions are different.â&#x20AC;?

Moore-Pastides outlined several changes that Americans can make to become healthier. The first change is trading butter for olive oil. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It brings more flavor to the food,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you make one change, this would be it. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t add it with the butter.

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The 34th annual Striped Bass Festival will feature amusement rides for children of all ages on April 26 and 27.

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BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clarendon celebrates its longtime fishing tradition this spring with the 34th annual Striped Bass Festival. The 2013 festival will go full tilt when opening ceremonies on April 26 start a weekend packed with events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very excited about the upcoming Striped Bass Festival,â&#x20AC;? said Ryan Way, a member of the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Striped Bass Festival committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to get it kicked off. We have several events before the big weekend. This allows us to spread things out, and it gives us some breathing room between big events.â&#x20AC;?

Several events that are being held prior to the big weekend are the Miss Striped Bass Beauty Pageant, Master Gardeners Plant Sale, Striped Bass Poker Run and the Striped Bass Fastpitch Softball Tournament.

The first event was the beauty

SCHEDULE Friday, April 19 â&#x20AC;˘ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. - Master Gardeners plant sale Saturday, April 20 â&#x20AC;˘ 9 a.m.-2 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Master Gardeners plant sale â&#x20AC;˘ Poker Run â&#x20AC;&#x201C; log in before 5 p.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Fast pitch softball tournament Friday, April 26 â&#x20AC;˘ 4:30-6:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lions Club Fish Fry â&#x20AC;˘ 6-10 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Amusement rides â&#x20AC;˘ 6:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Opening ceremonies â&#x20AC;˘ 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Almost McGraw Band Saturday, April 27 â&#x20AC;˘ 7:15 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Striped Bass Festival 5K Run/5K Walk/1 Mile Fun Walk â&#x20AC;˘ 9 a.m.-4 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rides; boat, car & art shows, vendors, more â&#x20AC;˘ 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Striped Bass Parade â&#x20AC;˘ Noon-4 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wildlife Wonders Zoo Sunday, April 28 â&#x20AC;˘ 3-5 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sunday at the Gazebo, dancers, ice cream

pageant on April 13 when Miss Striped Bass and her court were crowned at Weldon Auditorium.

The Master Gardeners Plant Sale will be held at the Land Law Firm courtyard from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

April 19 and 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

April 20. Experienced and novice gardeners will be able to fill up their empty containers with everything from annuals and perennials to

vegetables and interesting finds from Stan â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Citrus Manâ&#x20AC;? McKenzie. The proceeds from the plant sale will benefit community projects.

Also on April 20, the Striped Bass Poker Run, organized by the Goat Island Boat Club, will be based at John C. Land III Landing and Sporting Facility. Participants can begin at any time Saturday. The only requirement is that they log in at the landing before 5 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you can get it to move, you can enter the poker run,â&#x20AC;? said John Mathis, a member of the club. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Participants can start at any of the landings or marinas. They will need to be back at John C. Land III Landing by 5 p.m. to qualify for prizes.â&#x20AC;?

Participants will also need to have their cards stamped by each of the seven participating landings and/or marinas to qualify for prizes. The participating landings/marinas are Goat Island Restaurant, Taw Caw Campground, John C. Land Landing, Lakevue Landing, SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE C4

Master Gardeners put down roots throughout county

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com

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Master Gardeners Emmanuel Cochren, David Trebil, Tom Stone and Ken Phelps landscape Summertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Early Childhood Center with a variety of colorful and green plants.

MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Recent 80-degree days have had both novice and longtime gardeners heading outside to brighten their landscapes with a rainbow of plants, trees and shrubs. Master Gardeners will share their avocation through their annual Master Gardener Plant Sale at the Land Law Firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s courtyard at the corner of Mill and Keitt streets this weekend. Hundreds of plants

will be on sale from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These will be fun days,â&#x20AC;? said Master Gardener Marie Land. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of the plants have been started by the master gardeners from seeds or little starts in the Manning High School greenhouse. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see some unusual plants and of course, the prices are right.â&#x20AC;?

Land said some of the items on sale will be coming directly from membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gardens.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy meeting and chatting with the other gardeners who come to the sale,â&#x20AC;? Land said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go early when the selections are at their best.â&#x20AC;?

Stan McKenzie, known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Citrus Man,â&#x20AC;? will be on hand with a wide assortment of plants for sale.

Do you have a problem area in your landscape?

Ask one of the master gardeners, who are trained volunteers SEE GARDENERS, PAGE C5

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George Wilson inducted into 2013 Action Martial Arts Hall of Honors

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; George A. Wilson was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Honors 2013 and awarded the Golden Lifetime Contribution in the Martial Arts at a special awards ceremony held in January at the Trump Tower Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Wilson also received a certificate from the South Carolina Senate and state Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning, recognizing his achievement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very excited,â&#x20AC;? Wilson said last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is quite an honor.

They had martial artists from around the world at the ceremony.â&#x20AC;?

Wilson who has earned the title of Kyoshi or Most High Master has been involved in martial arts for more than 40 years. He was taught by Kenneth Funakoshi, the fourth cousin of the founder of the System of Shotokan Karate, Gichin Funakoshi, and currently holds one of the highest rankings in Shotokan karate.

Wilson also holds the Shihan

rank or 7th degree in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charles Elmore Ju-Jitsu School of Self Defenseâ&#x20AC;? founded by Great Grandmaster Charles Elmore. Wilson was taught by Professor Cleophas Jacobs who was a protege of Elmore. Both men taught Ju-Jitsu for years in the Brownville Brooklyn community of New York.

Sensei (teacher) Wilson also has a Dojo, a school of the WILSON Martial Arts, in Manning where he teaches the broader values and responsibilities of being virtuous. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At my Dojo, we endeavor to help the people within the community while encouraging them to cultivate their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Self to the Highest of Excellence,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Wilson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We teach our students to respect others and to defend the helpless.â&#x20AC;?

Wilson said the martial arts are popular right now, but they do have their highs and lows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A true martial artist trains and studies the art,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so much physical as mental.â&#x20AC;?

Wilson said he enjoys the history of the martial arts.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a professor at Fordham (University) who had a trunk or case at his home that was covered in stones, rubies, emeralds and in that case, he had a scroll,â&#x20AC;?

Wilson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he unfurled that scroll, it touched the floor.

On the scroll were the names of martial artists and Samurais dating back 400 years.â&#x20AC;?

Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professor also shared a story with him about a visit the professor made to his home country of Japan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a rock on the property where his forefathers came from that he would go and sit on,â&#x20AC;? Wilson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He told me this was the place where his relatives would sit and meditate after battles. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable that for centuries his relatives have continued to go to this one special spot to meditate.â&#x20AC;?

Wilson takes his students all over the United States competing in a variety of competitions at the regional, state and national levels. Under his guidance, his students have won numerous grand championships and first-place trophies.

For more information on Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dojo, call (803) 473-8989.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS STRIPED BASS FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE ON SALE

Clarendon County Striped Bass Festival T-shrts, hats and other items are on sale at the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce, 19 N. Brooks St., Manning.

ASK QUESTIONS OF DNR EXPERT ON FACEBOOK FRIDAY

The Ask a S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Expert series allows Facebook fans to get answers to questions about favorite topics. During each session, DNR employees will go onto the DNR Facebook page and answer as many questions as possible in an hour.

They will host different experts about different topics from all of the divisions at different times during the year. All topics, times and experts are subject to change.

The latest round gets underway from noon until 1 p.m. Friday with the topic of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freshwater Fishing in South Carolina.â&#x20AC;? Answering questions this session will be Ross Self, Chief of Freshwater Fisheries along with a member of DNR Law Enforcement.

Participation requires a free Facebook user account. Visit and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Likeâ&#x20AC;? DNR on Facebook. You can e-mail questions before the talk to newsdesk@dnr. sc.gov or post questions on DNRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook wall during the talk. Please use the comment feature under the expertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post instead of starting a new post. The expert will answer as many questions as possible in the time frame. All questions during the conversation should be related to the topic and field of expertise.

Some of the upcoming topics include: â&#x20AC;˘ DNR State Lakes â&#x20AC;˘ Wild hogs, where do we go from here?

Find the DNR Facebook page at: https://www. facebook.com/pages/South-Carolina-Departmentof-Natural-Resources/49096224094 LIBRARY AMNESTY WEEK

The Harvin Clarendon County Library, in celebration of National Library Week, will feature an amnesty week for all library patrons with overdue materials. Patrons returning overdue materials during the week of April 14-20, 2013 will have those late fines deleted from their records. For additional information, call the library at (803) 4358633.

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The Clarendon County Community Development Corporation Inc. has grant money available for emergency home repair. Interested persons may apply from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays. For more information, please contact the Corporation at (803) 435-6639.

GRETCHEN

Snickers and Gretchen are the only puppies left from their litter. Both are Labrador mixes with up-to-date vaccinations and are loving and playful. Snickers is a neutered male, and Gretchen has been spayed. They are looking for a loving home. Meet these lovable puppies at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301), which has numerous pets available for adoption. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To drop off an animal, call (803) 473-7075 for an appointment. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol. webs.com and www.ascasmanningsc.doodlekit.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Thank you for supporting our fish fry.

St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lodge would like to thank everyone that made our April 5 fish fry fundraiser a great success. We had outstanding participation from our community.

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Little Star PH Church Relay Team will be set up at the Gazebo on Keitt Street on April 28 selling Hershey Ice Cream and bottled water. All proceeds to benefit Relay for Life.

The City of Manning along with Pete and Janene Surette will be selling doughnuts from 6 a.m. until on April 26 at the corner of Boyce and Boundary streets. All proceeds to benefit Relay for Life.

The City of Manning will have a dunking booth set up at noon on Saturday, April 27, after the Striped Bass Festival parade. All proceeds to benefit Relay for Life.

CHURCH NEWS Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph Lemon-Dingle Road, Jordan, announces: * Saturday, April 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Super salad Saturday at 1 p.m. Minister Esther McCullough, of Kingstree, will speak. * Sunday, April 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The 38th anniversary of Heavenly Sisters of Man-

ning will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. * Saturday, May 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Annual walk-a-thon at 7 a.m. Walk, run or ride your bike.

Full Proof Deliverance Ministry, 2758 S.C. 341 S., Olanta, announces: * Friday, April 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A night with the king wor-

ship service at 7:30 nightly. Pastor Frances Washington, Prophetess Ella Ingram and Evangelist Janice Samuel will speak.

Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Wednesday, April 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mid-Day Bible study

noon-1 p.m. Will continue each Wednesday.

Zion Freewill Baptist Church, Olanta, announces: * Saturday, May 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 90th birthday celebration for Gertie Nero Ingram at 2 p.m. Evangelist Betty Ingram-White, of Philadelphia, Pa., will speak.

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Shake Store on Kingstree Highway 3:30-5 p.m.

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Barrineau Pentecostal Church 2:303:30 p.m.

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The Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) is accepting applications for its week-long residential summer camps for rising 8th-, 9th- and 10th-graders. Online applications are available at: http://scgssm.org/goscitech GoSciTech, held on GSSMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hartsville campus, will be offered June 16-22, June 23-29 and July 7-13.

Students can attend GoSciTech for up to three weeks, focusing on a unique area of interest each week. All weeks offer as many as 10 courses to choose from, with the average course cost of $675, including room and board.

Courses offered this summer include, but are not limited to: Game Theory, Science of Music, Engineering, the Search for Life Out There, CSI, Codes & Cryptography, Marine Biology and Science & the Law. Courses will be taught by GSSM faculty, college and university professors and professionals in their respective fields.

Acceptance to the GoSciTech program is based on academic achievement. Rising 8th-, 9th- and 10th-graders who have demonstrated scholarship in science, math, computer science, technology or engineering and desire an academically challenging experience are strong candidates.

The scholarship deadline has passed, but the application deadline is May 15, 2013. Scholarships are only available to South Carolina residents.

For a paper application, contact the Center for Science Education and Outreach at (843) 383-3958.

For more information, contact GoSciTech Director Susan Engelhart at (843) 383-3901 x3950 or engelhardt@gssm.k12.sc.us.

The South Carolina Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School for Science and Mathematics is a two-year, public, residential high school in Hartsville. Learn more by visiting www.scgssm.org.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Clarendon County Democratic Party The Clarendon County Democratic Party Executive Committee will meet on 7KXUVGD\ $SULO Â&#x2021; SP DW WKH Clarendon County Administration Building in the Council Chambers. The public is invited to attend.

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an a new garden season be here already? Before you know it youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have tubs of tomatoes, pecks of peas and a bounty of beans to reckon with.

You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to eat all your homegrown vegetables while they are fresh and at the peak of flavor. Canning can help solve that problem.

When that dreary December day rolls around and you can nancy open a jar of homeHARRISON grown tomatoes for a vegetable soup, you will appreciate the effort you made in the summer to preserve some of your garden excess. Properly processed homegrown vegetables are far superior to anything you can buy in a can at the grocery store.

The question is: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is proper procedure for canning fruits and vegetables?â&#x20AC;?

That depends on the acidity of the food you want to preserve. For highacid foods such as fruits, pickles, jams and jellies, a boiling water bath will suffice. Some fruits such as tomatoes and figs are borderline, and they will need lemon juice or citric acid added to the food in the jar in order to raise the acidity.

Foods that have a low acid level such as all vegetables, all meats and all seafood must be pressure canned. Why? Clostridium botulinum is why.

This microorganism can be deadly if you eat food contaminated with the toxin it produces. It loves a low acid environment without air â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is the exact environment offered by canned vegetables and meats.

Fortunately it can be killed at the

the town, and he also asked for possible solutions to the problem of people speeding on Summertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m worried someone is going to get hit or someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car door is going to be knocked off,â&#x20AC;? Bruner told Perdue.

Bruner asked if painting crosswalk areas would slow drivers down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;School will be out

temperature of boiling water â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 212°F. But the reproductive spores produced by this bacterium are a different matter all together. To kill them, you will need temperatures of 240°F or higher.

The laws of physics require water to be under pressure to reach such a temperature. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why you need a pressure canner.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never used a pressure canner before, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid. All you have to do is place your closed jars of food on a rack and add 2-3 inches of water inside the canner.

Close the canner and bring it up to boil, allowing the steam to vent for 10 minutes. Then close the vent and allow the pressure to rise to the prescribed level and remain there for the time called for in your canner directions.

After processing, let the canner cool for 30 minutes. Then open the vent, wait a few more minutes, and then open the canner to remove the jars.

Proper processing will depend on your pressure canner being in good condition. Make sure your gaskets are not dry and cracking. Make sure your pressure gauge is accurate as well.

To learn more about canning your vegetables safely, prepare yourself and attend the canning classes that are being scheduled; the classes will help you overcome the fear of using the pressure canner for your low acid vegetables.

If you would like some help with your pressure canner inspection, call the Clemson University Extension office at (803) 874-2354 ext.113, and schedule a time to bring your canner in for a pressure check.

Canning classes are being scheduled in your area; dates will be posted.

Replace the butter with it.â&#x20AC;?

Moore-Pastides advocated eating more of what she referred to as a nutritional powerhouse â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lentils.

For a non-animal protein, she suggested adding nuts to a diet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just a palm-size portion,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be careful and eat only one handful.â&#x20AC;?

In the Mediterranean, she said, residents eat fruit after a meal instead of calorie-laden desserts, a practice that results in a more nutritional meal.

Adding honey to a diet can also help individuals suffering from hay fever, Moore-Pastides said.

USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Lady never cooks with white rice, choosing instead to use whole grains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cook a lot with bulgur, brown rice and barley,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quinoa from South America is high in amino acids and is a wonderful grain.â&#x20AC;?

A huge difference in the Greek lifestyle and American lifestyle is the

consumption of vegetables. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They caramelize their vegetables in the oven with lots of olive oil,â&#x20AC;?

Moore-Pastides. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It intensifies the flavors of the vegetables.â&#x20AC;?

Another staple of the Mediterranean diet is the amount of Omega 3s that are consumed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They ate what was there, and that was a lot of fish,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fish, especially cold water and oily fish, are rich in Omega 3s that are important to our emotional health.â&#x20AC;?

She encouraged parents to offer more Omega 3-rich foods to their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling blue or a little down, have a piece of salmon and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel better.â&#x20AC;?

Although red wine is recommended in the Mediterranean diet, Moore-Pastides said that does not give a person free rein to drink more than a small serving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t save up all

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Perdue said he would keep a closer watch on the area and look into several possibilities that would slow drivers down in that area.

Under new business, Summerton officials gave first reading approval to the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013-14 budget. Summertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general fund

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budget for 2013-14 stands at $1,226,720 while its water and sewer budget stands at $2,105,780. Bruner said the water and sewer budget does include some grant monies.

He said council would hold a public hearing on the 2013-14 budget at councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next meeting on May 14 and that an additional meeting could be held prior to that date if council members want to review the budget in greater detail.

week for Saturday night,â&#x20AC;? she said with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drink a little each day with food.â&#x20AC;?

Another difference in the two diets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Greeks sit down with family and friends to enjoy their meals, whereas American tend to eat on the go and in their cars. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take time with your meals,â&#x20AC;? she urged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Use this as a time to spend with your family.â&#x20AC;?

Wright Turbeville, president of Clarendon Habitat for Humanity, applauded the growth of the organization since its inception 14 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then we had 26 volunteers,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, we have a 13-member board and hundreds of volunteers.â&#x20AC;?

Turbeville said thanks to the support of those attending the luncheon, Clarendon Habitat is now working on its 21st home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Habitat would not be possible except for the support of those in this room and the hundreds of volunteers who work on the homes,â&#x20AC;? he said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our ministry to help people to help themselves.â&#x20AC;?

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The Harvin Clarendon County Library Manning will host a Teddy Bear Picnic during the Week of the Young Child. Join us at 10:30 a.m.

April 17 for stories, songs and activities. Be sure to bring a picnic lunch and your teddy bear! This program is for toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents or caregivers. For more information, contact the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Librarian at (803) 435-8633.

EBENEZER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH REVIVAL

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 105 Dinkins St., Manning, is hosting Spring Revival at 7 p.m.

April 22-26. The Rev. George Wind-

ley Jr. will be the pastor for the week.

The Rev. George Windley Sr. is host pastor.

FREE NUTRITION CLASS

Caroline Thompson, Clarendon Health System Registered Dietitian, will be conducting a free Nutrition Class from 5 to 7p.m. April 22 in The Cypress Center near the entrance to The Zone at 50 E. Hospital St. in Manning. Topics to be covered are: Diabetes, Weight Loss, High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol.

mentary School Cafeteria (at the rear of the school), 311 West Boyce St. in Manning. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 4-12.

Children under the age of 4 will be admitted free. Tickets are available from any Lions member, the Manning Restaurant, the Dental Office of Langston and Coffey, or you can pay at the door.

III Landing and Sport Fishing Facility. First place wins $5,000 guaranteed. The entry fee is $150 plus optional big fish. For more information, contact the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce at (803) 435-4405 or email chamber@ clarendoncounty.com

SANTEE COOPER OPEN TEAM FISHING TOURNAMENT

Back for a second year in a row, the Harvin Clarendon County Library will give away free comic books to readers of all ages on May 4! There will be a limit of two comic books per person while supplies last. Questions? Call the library at (803) 435-8633 for further details.

The Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce and Santee Cooper in connection with the Clarendon County Striped Bass Festival are sponsoring a one-day fishing tournament on April 27 at John C. Land

MANNING LIONS CLUB ANNUAL FISH FRY

The Manning Lions Club Annual Fish Fry will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. April 26 in the Manning Ele-

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY @ THE HARVIN CLARENDON COUNTY LIBRARY

POLICE BLOTTER ARREST

Leroy Matthews, 54, of 1106 Hyman Drive in Manning was arrested at 9:43 a.m. April 1 at a retail store on Paxville Highway on two outstanding warrants. The Manning police officer who was doing a walk through of the business recognized Matthews when he walked in the door. After confirming with dispatch that Matthews was wanted on two outstanding warrants, the officer arrested the Manning man.

As the officer was searching Matthews, the man took a cigarette pack out of his pocket and attempted to crush it and throw it away.

The officer said he took the pack out of Matthews hand and found a plastic bag inside that contained approximately eight grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. Matthews was charged with possession of marijuana-second offense and transported to the Clarendon County Detention Center.

on Pampas Grass Way between 10 p.m. April 4 and 6 a.m. April 5. The words â&#x20AC;&#x153;BK,â&#x20AC;? FOLK GROSS,â&#x20AC;? and a six-point star were painted in black on the end of the trailer. Damages to the trailer were estimated at $100.

A 23-year-old Manning woman told deputies that while she was waiting at the stop sign at Oak Grove Church Road and the Bloomville Road a man ran up to the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side of her vehicle and kicked the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s door and window. She told deputies that the man who was wearing a hoodie ran away toward the Sugar Hill community.

Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,000.

BREAKING AND ENTERING

A 24-year-old Manning woman told police that she left her home on Allendale Street at noon on April 1 and when she returned at 7 p.m. she found a brick on the floor in her bedroom. Police reported finding a second brick

VANDALISM

A 17-year-old Manning woman told police that an 18-year-old Summerton woman tried to start a fight with her at a fast food restaurant on the Paxville Highway at 9:30 p.m.

April 1. The younger woman told police she left the area to avoid a fight, but the older woman followed her and threw a bottle at her car breaking the passenger side window.

Damage to the car was estimated at $300.

A 61-year-old New Zion man told deputies that someone spray painted words on the side of his mobile home

GARDENERS from Page C1 with the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service.

The plant sale is definitely a win-win situation, they say.

Gardeners take home beautiful, healthy plants, and the community receives funding for a variety of projects.

All the proceeds from the sale will benefit community projects including landscaping Habitat houses, the Breedin Courtyard, the pergola at the Department of Social Services and learning gardens at Summerton Early Childhood Center.

For more information on the plant sale, call the Clemson Extension Office at 435-8429.

on the bed in the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second bedroom. Police reported that someone threw the brick through the bedroom window causing $80 in damages.

A 64-year-old Manning woman who manages an apartment complex off Church Street told police that someone forced open the door to an apartment where the occupant is currently away. The woman reported seeing the open door at 8:20 a.m. April 9. Damage to the door is estimated at $100.

THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE

A 39-year-old Florida woman told police that her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle was involved in an accident in Clarendon County on April 4 and that when he went to get items out of the vehicle on April 6 items valued at $2,000 were missing, including clothes and furs.

A Manning woman told deputies that someone took items out of her deceased sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle after it was towed

to Manning. The woman said her son was involved in a fatal collision on Interstate 95 on April 4 and that when she arrived at the scene and asked for her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possessions, the trooper reportedly told her the wrecker company would allow her to get her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possessions from their place of business. The woman said when she arrived at the wrecker company, the trunk to her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle was open and items were lying next to the vehicle. The woman told deputies she knew what was in the vehicle because she had helped her son pack it. She reportedly told deputies that missing from her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle were $300 in cash, two black Yankee ball caps, two pairs of Jordan Air athletic shoes, four shirts, five pairs of jeans, one goldtoned Figaro chain, a marine-link bracelet, a gold hoop earring and a cell phone. The items stolen were valued at $2,350.

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BURGLARY

A 26-year-old Manning man told deputies that someone broke into his home on Haseldon Street while he was at work between 6 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. April 6 and stole a television, three watches, wheat pennies, silver quarters and tools, all valued at $670.

A 52-year-old Summerton woman told deputies that someone broke into her deceased motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home on Bill Davis Road between 8 a.m. and noon April 9 and stole two flat screen televisions, valued at $900.

LARCENY

A 47-year-old Mississippi man reportedly told deputies that he works for a company in Mississippi and was working in Manning. He told deputies he left on March 28 and when he returned on April 3, someone had cut the lock on his tool box that was located in a busi-

ness on the Paxville Highway and stole several welding leads, grounds and power cords, valued at $8,000.

A 34-year-old Manning woman reportedly told deputies that someone stole a central air conditioning unit valued at $2,500 from her home on Mallett Road between 10 a.m. April 5 and 2:30 p.m. April 10.

ARMED ROBBERY

A 36-year-old Manning man reportedly told deputies that he was walking home on Oak Grove Church Road about 9:55 p.m. April 5 when a black male driving a Buick stopped and asked if he needed a ride. The Manning man told deputies that when he told the man no, the man got out of his car, pulled a revolver out and told him to take everything out of his pockets. The man said several cars passed by as he was being robbed. He reportedly told deputies the man fled with $750.

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EAR ABBY — I Before your next birthday, was raised that a “remind” him that you person’s birthday prefer not to celebrate or is his or her day to do acknowledge it. A good whatever he or she wants, friend should respect the but my wishes are being other person’s wishes. ignored by a close friend I’ll call Wade.

DEAR ABBY — For the last 10 My husband and I years I have ighave been married nored my birthfor nine years. I day and tried to worked until 2010, avoid all celebraand then quit to be tions. I’ll take a a stay-at-home vacation alone mom to our two Abigail and have a great small children.

VAN BUREN time. My family Because I no understands how longer work, I I feel and gives watch what I me no grief. spend, but my husband I met Wade five years never lets me forget that ago. He’s a co-worker who he is the wage earner. has become a good When I want to spend friend. Wade has made it money he always says, his goal in life to make me “What’s in it for me?” or, celebrate my birthday. I “What do I get?” I feel have tried being nice like this degrades me. about the presents and Why does he do this to even a surprise birthday me? party one year, but I really STAY-AT-HOME MOM prefer to be left alone. He says I am “rude” for not DEAR STAY-ATletting him celebrate my HOME MOM — Your birthday. Other than this husband may say it beissue, he’s a great guy. Ad- cause he feels stressed or vice, Abby? resentful that he is the NON-OBSERVANT sole wage earner now.

You should respond to DEAR NON-OBSERhim that his children VANT — Wade may be a have a full-time mother, “great guy,” but he apand “what he gets” out of pears to be insensitive it are offspring who have when it comes to respect- a mother rather than a ing the feelings of others. caregiver raising them.

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