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FROM LAST WEEK • Samuel G. Henderson, 41, will spend the next 45 years in state detention after entering an Alford plea to the murder of Melissa Corley Haley during his trial on Wednesday at the Sumter County Courthouse. An Alford plea allows a defendant to tell the court that he might not have committed the killing, but the state has enough evidence to convict him. Henderson says he doesn’t remember killing Haley in August 2011. According to Sumter County Sheriff’s Department deputies, Henderson stabbed Haley six times, and Henderson was arrested shortly after Forestry Commission workers found her body in Manchester State Forest off Cane Savannah Road.

• The retrial of the U.S. federal government and Tuomey Healthcare System began April 16 before U.S. District Court Judge Margaret B. Seymour at the Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse.

At question in the lawsuit first filed by local orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Drakeford in 2005 is whether Tuomey violated Stark Law and the False Claims Act, and if so, whether the local hospital must repay nearly $45 million in what the federal government claims was improperly received Medicare funds.

• Palmetto College, an effort to help USC students statewide finish their degrees by taking online courses during their final two years of school, was officially launched Thursday. Students who complete two years of their college education in the classroom can enroll to work toward a bachelor’s degree in seven areas of study: business administration, criminal justice, nursing, human services, elementary education, liberal arts studies and organizational leadership. The classes are administered by different campuses within the USC system. For more information, or to apply, visit palmettocollege.sc.edu.

COLUMBIA — Federal prosecutors turned their focus to some of Tuomey Healthcare System’s doctors and McDUFFIE board members to start the second week of their lawsuit against the Sumter hospital, continuing to attempt to build their case in the potentially multi-million dollar lawsuit.

Local doctors Scott MOSES McDuffie and Henry Moses, who also serve on the Tuomey board, as well as former Tuomey board executive committee member Janet Odom, were all called to the stand by federal pros-

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ecutors Monday. With the testimony, federal attorneys are hoping to convince the 11-person jury that the local hospital had SEE TUOMEY, PAGE A10

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After tragedy, Sumter Police push gun locks

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com There can be few better examples of the need to properly store firearms than Quoíntrez Moss.

The 3-year-old from Lilburn, Ga., was with family at the Magnolia Manor apartments off South Pike East on April 9 ‘The Sumter when he picked up Police Departhis uncle’s gun, apparment will conently left tinue its gun unattended safety education in the open, and manefforts and will aged to and work to prevent shoot kill himself. senseless That tragedy inspired tragedies from officers with the Sumter the careless Police Dehandling partment to push for of firearms.’ better handling and storage of household guns, especially where they could fall into the hands of Cpl. James Sinkler children.

Sumter Police As a part of that effort, Department police will be distributing gun locks free of charge at upcoming community events and want to reach more gun owners with the locks promoted by Project ChildSafe.

“Project ChildSafe is a national program to promote safe firearm storage among gun owners by giving out these firearm safety kits,” said Cpl. James Sinkler with the Crime Prevention Unit.

The kits include the lock on a metal

GET INVOLVED • Sumter’s Downtown Market held on Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from June through October is seeking artisans, farmers and musicians to participate. No re-sell items will be allowed, but if you’re interested in participating or selling, contact Leigh Newman, Growth and Development Specialist for the city, at lnewman@sumter-sc.com or (803) 436-2635. The market will be open at Rotary Centennial Plaza on the corner of Main and Liberty streets.

• Businesses and individuals are being encouraged to help Relay for Life teams with Paint the Town Purple by buying purple bows at $5 a piece to display, showing their support for Relay for Life. Those who purchase the purple bows are encouraged to affix the ribbons to their homes or businesses until the Relay for Life event scheduled from 6 p.m. May 17 to 6 a.m. May 18 at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium. For more information on how to purchase the bows, contact Mitchum at leslie.mitchum@yahoo.com or by calling (803) 983-6938. Fellow Cochairwoman Denise Robinson can also be contacted at relayforlife@ftc-i.net or by calling (803) 968-0982. For more information on Relay for Life and the 2013 event, including how to register to participate, visit www.relayforlife.org/sumtersc.

BOSTON (AP) — A seriously wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with bombing the Boston Marathon in a plot with his older brother and could get the death penalty for the attack that killed three people.

Tsarnaev, 19, was charged by federal prosecutors with using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction — a bomb — to kill.

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he 2-year-old pre-kindergarten h class at Trinity Day School march ed down the sidewalk outside the United Methodist Church on Council Street Friday for the school’s annual “Grandfriends Day.” Dressed in special hats and armed with paper-plate noisemakers, the children walked from their classrooms to the church’s fellowship hall, past a crowd of grandparents ut and other relatives who turned out for the annual spring celebration.

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YWCA combines causes for event

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com

WANT TO GO?

Sumter men, get ready to put on some high heels.

The YWCA of the Upper Lowlands Inc. will hold its Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event Saturday.

“It’s about taking a stand against sexual assault,” said Yolanda Debra Wilson, interim executive director of the local YWCA. “Women walking in heels is difficult, but it’s even more difficult for men. It shows a little bit of empathy for the victims.”

Someone in America is raped every two minutes, according to walkamileinhershoes.org, and one in six women in America are victims of sexual assault.

In conjunction with this walk, the YWCA will hold its Stand Against Racism event.

“The Stand Against Racism is a national event,” Wilson said.

WHAT: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes and Stand Against Racism WHEN: Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday; walk starts at 9 a.m.

WHERE: North Hope Park, 904 N. Main St., Sumter COST: Early Registration is $15, and day of the walk is $20. It includes a T-shirt and a pin.

T-shirts, which go up to 2X, will also be on sale for $10. Send checks or money orders to 246 Church St., Sumter SC 29150. Debit and charge cards accepted by phone or on site.

BENEFITS: YWCA of the Upper Lowlands Inc.’s domestic violence program PHONE: Contact Vida Daniel or Yolanda Debra Wilson at (803) 773-7158.

“We’ll have people sign pledges to be good role models, to be examples of love and peace in the community and to do the right thing by people.”

More than 250,000 people across the country participated in Stand Against Racism in 2012, and more than 300,000 people are expected to do so this year, ac-

cording to standagainstracism. org.

“We encourage people to stand against violence in the community, specifically criminal domestic violence,” Wilson said. “It’s just a community initiative to raise awareness and get everybody together on the same page.”

Proceeds from the dual event will go toward the YWCA’s women’s shelter.

“We’re looking at a new surveillance camera and just maintenance of the shelter,” Wilson said.

Last year, the YWCA of the Upper Lowlands Inc. helped 103 victims of domestic violence in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties, she said.

For more information, contact Vida Daniel or Yolanda Debra Wilson at (803)773-7158.

Reach Jade Anderson at (803) 774-1250.

WILSON HALL ARTISTS CREATE PAPIER-MACHE FISH

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Samantha Sherrill, Wilson Hall alumna and an artist at the Elephant Ear Gallery, hangs an exhibit of papier-mache fish created by Wilson Hall students. This sampling of eight fish runs the gamut of colors and shows the talent of the students in creating unusual works of art. They can be viewed through May 15 at Elephant Ear Gallery, 672 Bultman Drive. Artists include Carlee Cousineau, Daniel Reynolds, Abby Zilch, Breland Land, Elise Pyon, Lauren Giardini, Addy Carraway and Amber Prewitt.

S.C. voters to decide whether to legalize raffles COLUMBIA (AP) — Voters will decide next year whether church cake walks and school raffles will finally become legal in South Carolina.

Schools, churches and other nonprofits could hold a limited number of raffles yearly under measures given final approval in the House earlier this month.

The resolution that puts the question on November 2014 ballots needs no action by Gov. Nikki Haley. A separate measure awaiting her decision lays out how state law would regulate raffles, beginning in 2015, if voters approve.

A signing ceremony last week sent the bill to her desk. She has until Wednesday to veto it,

sign it or let it take effect without her signature.

Currently, the only legal raffle in South Carolina is the state lottery.

The state is among just four nationwide where raffles are illegal.

They’re held regularly across the state anyway, with enforcement depending largely on whether someone complains to police.

“It makes sense to make it legal so everybody’s on the same field,” sponsoring Sen. Raymond Cleary, R-Murrells Inlet, told The Associated Press on Monday. “This is just a commonsense bill.”

Yet, its passage was more than seven years in the making.

Previous efforts to make raffles legal failed as

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That fear was magnified when other proposals tried to also legalize kitchen-table poker games and poker-night charity events.

Nonprofit officials and anti-gambling lobbyists worked in the off-session last year to create what Cleary calls “a clean bill with no unintended side effects.”

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ready occurring for charities doing such good work.”

Unlike previous versions, the bill allows no poker-themed fundraisers and bars the possibility of organizers profiting from raffles. Nonprofits could not hire anyone to run them.

The bill sets a maximum ticket cost at $100 and caps the total value of prizes at $250,000 per raffle. Nonprofits registered with the secretary of state could hold up to four raffles yearly. Nonprofits that raffle off a non-cash prize worth less than $500 wouldn’t have to register with the state — an exemption intended to allow garden clubs or other civic groups to legally hold an occasional raffle.

Blue Knights, Shriners join for fundraiser

BY KEN BELL Special to The Item There’s a new motorcycle club in Sumter, and it isn’t wasting any time making a difference in the community.

In September, the Blue Knights South Carolina Chapter II will join forces with the Jamil Streakers to raise funds that will be divided equally between the two groups.

The motorcycle club plans to donate its share to the local CrimeStoppers organization, while the Shriners will donate their portion toward transportation costs to the Shriners Hospital in Greenville.

The Blue Knights South Carolina Chapter II moved here from Florence after its participation dwindled.

“I was a member there, and we had more interest here,” said Jim Tallon, who heads up the local chapter and has been a member of the Blue Knights since 1999.

“The ‘II’ denotes that we are the second chapter in South Carolina.”

“The Blue Knights was started in 1972 by a group of police officers in Bangor, Maine,” Tallon said. Today, there are 635 chapter and more than 20,000 members in 27 countries, according to the parent group’s website. Other S.C. communities with chapters include Lexington, Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Beaufort. The local chapter has about 12 members, so far.

Membership is limited to active or retired police officers, or any active-duty or retired veterans who served in a law enforcement capacity while in service. Members must be licensed to operate a motorcycle and must either already own a motorcycle or plan to buy one within six months.

“As long as they served in the law enforcement field — OSI, etc., they are eligible to join,” Tallon said. “Dues are only $25 a year, and the club meets once a month.”

He said the meetings are being held at various locations around the community for now.

The Blue Knights’ main purpose is to promote motorcycle safety and awareness in the community, Tallon said. “We want to raise awareness so that people will watch out for motorcyclists.”

“In September, we’re planning a benefit ride with the Jamil Streakers,” he said. “Details are still being finalized, but we’ll ride, and then we’ll meet up somewhere for chicken bog or some other kind of meal.”

Todd Touchberry, director of the Jamil Streakers, said his group donates to the Shriners Hospital twice a year.

“We earmark most of our money for the transportation fund,” he said. “When most people think of the Shriners Hospital, they usually think about paying for medical bills.

People don’t realize there is a huge expense flying or transporting patients to certain hospitals around the country for specialized treatment such as the burn center in Cincinnati. We try to provide funding to pay for the transportation costs so the families don’t have to worry about it.”

Touchberry said initial plans call for the benefit ride to be held on Sept. 14, although an exact route has not yet been selected.

“We’ll start at Cut Rate Pharmacy and end up at the Shrine Club with a meal,” he said. “We haven’t yet established a price to participate, but we’ll also accept donations.

Anyone interested in getting more information about the club or the benefit ride can reach Tallon at (803) 968-2312.

And Tallon and Touchberry can be reached at Cut Rate Pharmacy, where they both work.

To learn more about the Blue Knights online, go to www.blueknights.org.

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ABOVE: Barrels painted by students at, from left, Kingsbury Elementary School, Lakewood High School, St. Francis Xavier High School and Chestnut Oaks Middle School, are seen during Saturday’s Earth Day celebration at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens.

TOP LEFT: A solar-powered water filtration system is displayed by Central Carolina Technical College’s S.C. Environmental Training Center at Saturday’s Earth Day celebration. The mobile system is used by Water Missions International to meet the daily water needs of up to 200 people in developing countries. CCTC uses this model to promote its water treatment and engineering programs.

BOTTOM LEFT: A wide variety of flowers were on sale outside the gardens. The plants were sold as part of the Sumter Green Truck Load Sale.

Manchester educator named local AFA Teacher of the Year

BY JAMIE H. WILSON Special to The Item The room of fifth-graders loudly applauded when fifthgrade science teacher Catherine Limon accepted the 2013 Teacher of the Year award from the Swamp Fox chapter of the Air Force Association. “It’s an honor and a surprise,�

Limon said.

Col. Bush Hanson, a former pilot and president of the local Air Force Association, presented Limon with a certificate, a plaque and a check for $500 to commemorate her achievement during a short ceremony April 19 at Manchester Elementary

School. According to Hanson, the award is given to teachers who impact students in the areas of math, science or technology. “We are concerned with science, technology, engineering and math,� he said. “We need people who are educated in those things.�

Hanson shared with the fifthgrade attendees about his experiences while traveling abroad with the United States Air Force and emphasized the importance of learning. “It’s a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of work,� he said. “Science and math are very important to pilots.�

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He commended the students on their academic endeavors. “What you are learning today is very important,� he said. “It matters in everything you do.�

Hansen cited Limon’s use of available resources and her commitment to hands-on learning. “If it’s not exciting for you then you don’t want to learn it,� Hanson said. “She has made it exciting for you.�

Dr. Joan Tye, principal at Manchester, said she had personally sat in on Limon’s classes and was impressed by her approach. “She connects with students,�

Tye said. “This will launch the students into studying science as adults.�

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Board votes to expel Clarendon student for having handgun

BY SHARRON HALEY sharronh@theitem-clarendonsun.com The Clarendon School District 3 Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday its regular monthly meeting to expel the East Clarendon Middle School student who took an unloaded handgun to school on March 20.

Following a lengthy administrative hearing Thursday in executive session to discuss the matter, the board made the unanimous vote in open session.

Clarendon 3 Board Chairman Dr. George Green said the board was adhering to the state’s policy on handguns in schools.

The board’s decision

was made before a middle school parent asked the board to expel the student.

Following the meeting, Clarendon 3 Superintendent Connie Dennis said the district was expelling the middle school student for a calendar school year. “We are attempting to assist the student with an alternative setting,� Dennis said. “With this type of infraction, we are adhering strictly to the state’s policy.�

The day of the incident, school officials were able to quickly handle the situation without disrupting classes after a school resource officer learned a student might have a gun in a classroom.

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Millwood celebrates 50 years

BY JAMIE H. WILSON Special to The Item Former students, teachers and employees of Millwood Elementary School’s 50-year history are invited to celebrate the school’s five decades of public education at an open house event from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

After a brief program at 5 p.m., which will include the history of the school, recognition of former employees, teachers, students and former Parent Teacher Association presidents and officers, participants will be afforded the opportunity to once again pace the halls of the Pinewood Road school. “We’ve felt like we’ve given students a good foundation to be successful at school and at life,� said Principal Johnny Hilton. “Personally, I’ve really enjoyed working with teachers and parents.�

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Millwood Elementary School will celebrate 50 years with an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Millwood Elementary School opened in January 1963 when portions of the student body and staff were transferred from Alice Drive Elementary School. The school opened under Alice Drive Elementary School Principal Kathryn B. Holdom but was transferred to James H. Carson, a retired United States Air Force colonel, shortly after opening. First and second grades attended in 1963 with third and fourth grades joining in 1963-64.

When the school opened, it

had 10 classrooms. Since that time, the school has expanded its physical footprint three times, according to Hilton.

The original building was 18,257 square feet on about 12 acres and cost $197,341 to erect. Three hundred students attended during its first year.

According to a flier announcing an open house event in 1963, the school featured a playground area, a clinic, a multi-purpose room, a library and a kitchen.

Hilton joined the faculty 24 years ago and has seen thousands of children pass through its halls, including children of the students he taught at Millwood Elementary School. “It makes me realize I’m getting older,� he said, laughing.

The event is open to the public. For more information, contact Millwood Elementary School at (803) 775-0648.

Man charged with trafficking blames hoarding tendencies

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com A 57-year-old New York man charged with trafficking last year after sheriff’s deputies said they found 54 grams of crack cocaine in his car told a circuit court judge last week that it was his hoarding tendencies that led him to accumulate that much of the drug.

Daniel Pontillo, of 124 Longwood Drive in East Syracuse, N.Y., pleaded guilty before 3rd Circuit Judge George C. James Jr. at the Sumter County Courthouse to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of hydrocodone, a controlled substance.

He was charged Jan. 19, 2012, when deputies stopped him for crossing the center line on Interstate 95 near the 140 mile marker. Police found the crack cocaine, along with paraphernalia, throughout Pontillo’s car, which police described as “junky� and “lived in.� Pontillo also had about 61 grams of marijuana, $4,313 in cash and three hydrocodone pills for which he had no prescription. “The car was just full of stuff, including the crack cocaine and marijuana,� said Lt. Donald Vickers.

Police also found an envelope in the car with the instructions “only open if I’m dead,� with a note inside instructing his wife as to various bank accounts and their contents. “We felt by weight alone that the offense was trafficking,� said 3rd Circuit Assistant Solicitor Darla F. Pierce.

Law enforcement officials and Pierce told James that they agreed to a reduction from trafficking because of Pontillo’s spotless criminal record.

Pontillo’s attorneys, C. Kelly Jackson and David W. Farrell, told James that their client was “a user, not a dealer.� “This is a man whose addiction in the past three to four years has gotten out of control,�

Farrell said. “He had so much of these substances because he has a

hoarding nature. There was no digital scale or anything to indicate that he was a dealer.�

Farrell and Jackson outlined Pontillo’s history of hoarding behavior and obsessive-comPONTILLO pulsive disorder, which was backed up by testimony from both his daughter and Pontillo. Pontillo told James that he had been a counselor with the Office of Mental Health in New York for more than 32

years. After his retirement in 2010, he lost his purpose in life. “I’m embarrassed,�

Pontillo said. “My addiction has gotten out of control. I had a casual attitude toward recreational use of drugs. I have always been in control of my choices, and I’ve obviously lost that control.�

Pontillo said he has had four relapses — one just a week before his plea — since his arrest in early 2012. “He understands now that this is going to be a lifelong battle,� Farrell

told James. “We believe getting this incident past him will help him get some control. He has really just been trying to hold his life together for the past 15 months.�

Farrell told James that the supposed “death note� to Pontillo’s wife had been written some 13 years before his arrest. “The bank accounts are for his children, and the note indicates where he has hidden money in his house and in his office at work,� Farrell said. “He hadn’t worked for two years at the point

they found this note.

Why would he need to write a note telling his wife where to find money at his job? He didn’t work there anymore. We submit this note was written years earlier and had been kept in this car, just like he keeps everything.�

James said he wasn’t “convinced either way� that Pontillo was either a dealer or an addict who hoards drugs. He gave Pontillo five years for the possession with intent to distribute charges, suspended to 90 days in Sumter-Lee Regional

Detention Center and five years’ probation with substance and alcohol abuse treatment. He was given 90 days to run concurrent for possession of hydrocodone. “I’m left with how to treat someone who has no record, an admitted drug addict and someone who chooses to enter our county with that much of an illegal substance,� James said. “Don’t come through here again with drugs.

You dodged a bullet.�

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Lakewood program pushes 9th-graders to think about future

BY SPC. SHARMAIN BURCH Third Army/ARCENT Public Affairs The slogan, “Navi ‘Gators’ following the path to excellence,� hangs in the front office of Lakewood High School in Sumter.

Lakewood educators complemented this motto by inviting local career professionals, including members from Team Shaw, to participate in the 2nd annual Ninth Grade High School Assessment Program on April 16.

The collaborative effort between educators and career professionals focused on giving students insight about career opportunities the workforce offers, as the goal is to get students to think about what they want to be when they graduate.

Alicia L. Hammett, Lakewood’s ninth-grade career specialist, said giving students an early start on having future goals is critical; it gives students something to shoot for from their freshman through senior years. “We invited over 20 speakers who we met at our career fair last September; then we went into the community and targeted career professionals from various industries,� Hammett said. “Our goal was to invite diversity; have professionals from various industries stand before our ninth-grade

Sgt. Maj. Christopher J. Fletcher, Third Army/ARCENT public affairs, tells ninth-graders at Lakewood to “have a plan, not just one plan but multiple plans.�

students, because sometimes students need that extra inspiration that they can’t get from just reading about a career field.�

The program started early Tuesday morning in the students’ homeroom classes as career professionals went from roomto-room and gave students tips on how to develop a career plan to be successful.

The freshmen shared what they wanted to be when they graduate, and the ones who were not sure were inspired by their peers’ goals.

Doctor, musical engineer and airman were just a few careers named by the many students that participated.

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Missy Corrigan, director of healthy living for the Sumter Family YMCA, provides nutritional facts to ninth-grade students at Lakewood High School recently. Educators from the school invited local career professionals, including Third Army/ ARCENT and AFCENT from Shaw Air Force Base, to participate in the 2nd annual Ninth Grade High School Assessment Program on April 16.

the day was fun and informative. “I liked the information we were told by everyone,� said Breona A. Harris, a Lakewood freshman. “I want to be a doctor, and I was really amazed to know that the military helps you pay for your college.�

Educators were pleased that students embraced the opportunity to meet and speak with career professionals about developing lifelong goals. Their main aspiration is to continue to encourage parents to be involved in their children’s career goals. “The biggest challenge that a ninth-grader faces is accountability and re-

sponsibility. In middle school, students become aware of their hormones, but in high school it’s responsibility. As they are given more responsibilities they must make more choices and be in the right class on time,� said Brandon K. Middleton, Lakewood ninthgrade Algebra II teacher. “So it’s important that the parents target their children’s strengths and weaknesses and speak to them realistically about that and share with them what mistakes they’ve made or life lessons learned because their children may choose to make different decisions.�

Middleton also gave

the students self assessment tips. “Build your vocabulary and stay up to date on current events,�

Middleton said. “I constantly emphasize to my students how important presentation is because they never know where they will end up. I participated in internships and counseled people. Before teaching, I wanted to work for Nike growing up, but life had a different plan and I just met the challenge.�

As students advance in their education at Lakewood, teachers hope to build on the foundation of developing life-long goals. “We know

we’re not going to get through to each and every student, but if we touch one or two students, we have made a difference,� said Hammett.

Third Army/ARCENT soldiers are America’s land force professionals and experts in the Middle East and Central Asia. With a forward headquarters in Kuwait, as well as the main headquarters collocated with U.S. Air Force Central at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, Third Army shapes the regional environment and is the critical cog to sustaining coalition military operations in the region.

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Caterpillar profit shrinks, cuts 2013 outlook MINNEAPOLIS — A slowdown in the mining business is digging a hole in Caterpillar’s profits.

First-quarter profit shrank 45 percent, and Caterpillar has lowered its expectations for fullyear sales and profit because its mining business is slowing. Sales of Caterpillar-branded mining machines, such as large trucks and bulldozers, will drop by half this year, the company said Monday.

Caterpillar, based in Peoria, Ill., said mining customers placed big orders for equipment last year, but then mining profits fell, so now those customers are cutting back. Dealers who would

normally be stocking up on Caterpillar gear to get ready for a busy summer instead cut inventory during the first quarter.

Executives said they had hoped that a slowdown in orders from dealers in late 2012 would turn around this year. “Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened,� said Mike DeWalt, the company’s controller, on a conference call. “Overall mining orders have remained depressed.�

Profit margins are higher for mining gear than for many of Caterpillar’s other products, making the slowdown more painful to the company’s bottom line.

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BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as “Obamacare.”

It could mean exposing businesses to Internal Revenue Service penalties and leaving low-income citizens unable to afford coverage even as legal immigrants get financial aid for their premiums. For the poorest people, it could virtually guarantee they remain uninsured and dependent on the emergency room at local hospitals that already face federal cutbacks.

Concern about such consequences helped forge a deal in Arkansas last week. The Republican-controlled Legislature endorsed a plan by Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe to accept additional Medicaid money under the federal law but use the new dollars to buy private insurance for eligible residents.

One of the main arguments for the private option was that it would help businesses avoid tax penalties.

The Obama administration hasn’t signed off on the Arkansas deal, and it’s unclear how many other states will use it as a model. But it reflects a prag-

matic streak in American politics that’s still the exception in the polarized health care debate.

“The biggest lesson out of Arkansas is not so much the exact structure of what they are doing,” said Alan Weil, executive director of the nonpartisan National Academy for State Health Policy. “Part of it is just a message of creativity, that they can look at it and say, ‘How can we do this in a way that works for us?’”

About half the nearly 30 million uninsured people expected to gain coverage under President Obama’s health care overhaul would do so through Medicaid. Its expansion would cover low-income people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, about $15,860 for an individual.

Middle-class people who don’t have coverage at their jobs will be able to purchase private insurance in new state markets, helped by new federal tax credits. The big push to sign up the uninsured starts this fall, and coverage takes effect Jan. 1.

As originally written, the Affordable Care Act required states to accept the Medicaid expansion as a condition of staying in the program. Last summer’s Supreme Court decision gave each state the right to decide. While that pleased many governors, it also created complications by opening the door to unintended consequences.

Here’s a look at some potential side effects: THE EMPLOYER GLITCH

States that don’t expand Medicaid leave more businesses exposed to tax penalties, according to a recent study

by Brian Haile, Jackson Hewitt’s senior vice president for tax policy. He estimates the fines could top $1 billion a year in states refusing.

Under the law, employers with 50 or more workers that don’t offer coverage face penalties if just one of their workers gets subsidized private insurance through the new state markets.

But employers generally do not face fines under the law for workers who enroll in Medicaid.

In states that don’t expand Medicaid, some low-income workers who would otherwise have been eligible have a fallback option. They can instead get subsidized private insurance in the law’s new markets. But that would trigger a penalty for their employer.

THE IMMIGRANT QUIRK

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, called attention this year to this politically awkward problem when she proposed that her state accept the Medicaid expansion.

Under the health law, U.S. citizens below the poverty line — $11,490 for an individual, $23,550 for a family of

four — can only get coverage through the Medicaid expansion. But lawfully present immigrants who are also below the poverty level are eligible for subsidized private insurance.

Congress wrote the legislation that way to avoid controversy associated with trying to change previous laws that require legal immigrants to wait five years before they can qualify for Medicaid. Instead of dragging immigration politics into the health care debate, lawmakers devised a detour.

THE FAIRNESS ARGUMENT

Under the law, U.S. citizens below the poverty line can only get taxpayersubsidized coverage by going into Medicaid. But other low-income people making just enough to put them over the poverty line can get subsidized private insurance through the new state markets.

An individual making $11,700 a year would be able to get a policy. But someone making $300 less would be out of luck, dependent on charity care.

“Americans have very strong feelings about fairness,” said Weil.

Medicare and Medicaid chief Marilyn Tavenner, also overseeing the health overhaul, told the Senate recently that cost is a key question as the administration considers the Arkansas deal. Private insurance is more expensive than Medicaid.

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The Sumter Tea Party will meet on Thursday, April 25, at the Elks Lodge, West Liberty Street. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m.

A Shaw Air Force Base Rising IV flapjack fundraiser will be held 7:30-10 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at Applebee’s, 2497 Broad St. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door or by calling (214) 457-6884. Proceeds will be used to start a scholarship fund for junior enlisted personnel.

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Provost Academy South Carolina will host an informational session at 5:30 p.m. today at the USC Sumter library, 200 Miller Road. Provost Academy South Carolina is an online public charter high school serving students in grades 9 through 12 statewide.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sumter High School Class of 1978 will sponsor an “All White Party� Spring Mixer at 9 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the American Legion building, Artillery Drive. Event is open to all classes to include Sumter High School, Hillcrest High School, Mayewood, St. Jude, Crestwood, Lakewood, etc. Tickets: $10 in advance; $15 at the door. Call Sam Lowery at (803) 236-8818, Altoya Felder Deas at (803) 316-7320 or Delores Evans-McMillan at (803) 565-9642.

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The Shepherd’s Center will offer public information classes from 11 to 11:50 a.m. on Thursdays at 24 Council St. as follows: April 25, healthy eating for seniors; May 2, tips on spring gardening; May 9, do-it-yourself home repairs; May 16, Betty Reese, Elephant Ear Gallery; May 23, preparing for a disaster; and May 30, protecting yourself from scams and scammers.

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BIO’s ‘Citizen Hearst’ is powerful documentary

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “I think it would be fun to run a newspaper� — Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) in “Citizen Kane.�

As media experiences go, there’s nothing more peculiar — and interesting — than spin control seven decades after the fact.

Released in conduction with the 125th anniversary of the Hearst Corp., the documentary “Citizen Hearst� (8 p.m., BIO) has the unenviable task of retelling its subject’s story, a tale many people will associate with the 1941 drama “Citizen Kane,� whose title character was loosely based on Hearst. And that’s only a film generally considered to be the greatest movie ever made.

William H. Macy narrates this serviceable biography of the media behemoth and of its founder, William Randolph Hearst. The film is up-front about the ways his life corresponded to that of Welles’ creation. Like Kane, he is the son of a very rich man. In fact Hearst’s father became a senator from California. And like Kane, he eschewed his father’s life as a big-

business tycoon for the nittygritty of newspaperdom. To get an idea of how low Hearst was stepping, he devoted himself to saving a small paper (the San Francisco Examiner) that his dad had won in a card game. “Citizen� recalls the media battles between Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World. They were famous for waging war on the front pages and also on the funny pages, and Hearst is given credit for popularizing newspaper comics, most notably the early strip “The Yellow Kid,� whose name was forever associated with downmarket tabloid newspapers, or “Yellow Journalism.� “Citizen� also discusses how the visionary Hearst embarked on newspaper syndication, early forms of movie animation and his pioneering work in magazines, including Cosmopolitan and Harper’s Bazaar. While the film refutes some of the dramatic license of “Citizen Kane,� it hardly denies Hearst’s attempts to sway public opinion toward and against candidates, wars and policies, both as a publisher and

politician. Feelings about Hearst run roughly parallel to contemporary opinions about Rupert Murdoch. Some chafed at his tactics or despised his politics.

But they could not help admiring his passion for print and brash efforts to expand a media empire. “Citizen� brings the story of the Hearst Corp. right up to the 21st century, but it’s clear that the life of the founder and creator (1863-1951) remains the juiciest story.

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GUN LOCKS from Page A1 cable that runs through an empty gun barrel or cylinder to ensure the gun canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be loaded. Sumter police were issued about 1,000 such locks from Project ChildSafe more than two years ago and have handed out hundreds of them around town since. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We gave them out at the fair, at different events,â&#x20AC;?

Sinkler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last time was at the Festival on the Avenue.â&#x20AC;?

The locks can be adjusted to fit on any model of gun, and today many firearms are sold in a package deal along with a similar lock through retailers. Once locked on, Sinkler said these locks are almost impossible to get off without the key. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would take a lot of work,â&#x20AC;? he said.

In South Carolina, there are no legal requirements for how a gun must be stored in an individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, but the police do make recommendations for how firearms should be safely stored. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more or less the responsibility of the owner to keep it somewhere that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not accessible,â&#x20AC;? said Lt. Don Florence, head of the Crime Prevention Unit.

Among those recommendations are keeping the gun unloaded and locked inside the house, and storing all ammunition in a separate location. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You must have it in your control at all times, and make sure it is inaccessible to children and other unauthorized persons,â&#x20AC;? Sinkler said.

If a gun owner does not have a lock like those distributed by Project ChildSafe, they are encouraged to use a safe, lockbox or specially designed gun box to keep the weapon inaccessible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids are curious,â&#x20AC;? Sinkler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if you try to hide (your gun), theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll search, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll climb, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try to get to it.â&#x20AC;?

Children should be taught as soon as they are old enough to handle a gun how to treat the weapons with the respect and care they deserve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids are naturally attracted to guns, because they see them on TV and in video games. But they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand what the consequences are, and parents need to help them understand,â&#x20AC;? Sinkler said, adding that â&#x20AC;&#x153;people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think a 3-year-old is strong enough to pull a

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Sumter Police Department will be distributing gun locks like the one seen above from Project ChildSafe free of charge at upcoming community events.

trigger, but they can.â&#x20AC;?

According to the National Rifle Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eddie Eagle GunSafe program, children should be taught to take four steps immediately if they discover a gun: stop, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t touch, leave the area and tell an adult.

Sinkler stressed the

availability of gun locks is just one step the police department will be taking to educate the public about gun safety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sumter Police Department will continue its gun safety education efforts and will work to prevent senseless tragedies from

the careless handling of firearms,â&#x20AC;? he said.

A list of upcoming events at which the Sumter Police Department will be giving out gun locks will be posted on sumterpd.com as it becomes available.

Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272.

Columbia police chief resigns amid leave request COLUMBIA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott on Monday submitted his resignation from the post heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held for less than three years, saying heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder related to the death of an officer killed in the line of duty.

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haos. Things seemed to be spinning out of control on many fronts this week.

Starting, of course, with the Boston Marathon bombing Monday. The bombers chose a significantly festive time and place for their attack.

The marathon is held every year on Patriots Day, the Massachusetts state holiday commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775.

Even before the identity of the bombers became known, it seemed likely that they were enemies of America.

And their attack was a reminder that this free Michael and open country re- BARONE mains a soft target. There is no way we can be entirely safe.

If the marathon bombings brought back memories of the Sept. 11 attacks, the news on Tuesday and Wednesday that letters containing the poison ricin were sent to Sen. Roger Wicker and President Obama brought back memories of the anthraxladen letters discovered the week after 9/11.

It was a comfort to see how well bystanders and first responders reacted to the marathon bombings and how law enforcement personnel, led by the FBI, were careful to avoid premature announcements.

Comforting also were Barack Obama’s appropriate remarks in Boston on Thursday and the release by the FBI, after his departure, of photos of the two suspects.

Law enforcement invited the public to supply information and identify the killers. This contrasted favorably with the way law enforcement quarantined information about the Beltway snipers in October 2002.

But in the meantime, other things spun out of control.

On Wednesday, the Senate voted down gun control proposals, with the closest vote coming on the background check provision sponsored by Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin.

In the Rose Garden, Obama spoke angrily and called the votes “pretty shameful.” But they were an inevitable response to his cynical exploitation of the grief of parents of the Newtown victims to get votes for measures that would not have prevented that or other mass killings.

Obama made much of polls showing 90 percent support for background checks. But those polls didn’t measure the response to arguments against those measures.

This was a test of Organizing for America, the offspring of the Obama presidential campaign. The idea is that OFA could pressure members of Congress just

as it had turned out voters for Obama last fall.

But that ignored some relevant political numbers.

The Obama campaign did motivate enough voters to carry 332 electoral votes.

But those votes were heavily clustered in central cities and university towns.

Obama carried only 26 states. They elect only 52 senators, well under the 60 votes he needed in the Senate on gun control. And he carried only 209 congressional districts, less than a majority of the House.

Wednesday also saw an extraordinary outburst in the Senate Finance Committee’s hearings on Obamacare, as committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, “I just see a train wreck coming down.”

HHS, he noted, is way behind schedule on issuing regulations implementing the health care law. Small businessmen in Montana, he said, don’t know how they can comply. ‘’The administration’s public information campaign on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act deserves a failing grade,” he told Sebelius. “You haven’t given me any data. You just give me concepts, frankly.”

Liberals grumbled that Baucus was skittish about 2014, when he is up for reelection in a state that voted 55 to 42 percent for Mitt Romney, and threatened to run ads against him.

Kansas Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo pointed out that Baucus was one of the chief authors of the law whose implementation he was now criticizing. Nonetheless, Obamacare seemed to be spinning out of control.

Similar disarray was apparent on foreign policy in hearings Thursday, as noted by the American Interest’s Walter Russell Mead.

Secretary of State John Kerry testified that we are working “very, very closely” with “the moderate legitimate opposition” to the Assad regime in Syria. But Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey testified that it was getting harder to “clearly identify the right people” in the opposition than it was six months ago.

George W. Bush and his party suffered at the polls in his second term after things seemed to be spinning out of control in New Orleans and Iraq.

Things aren’t that far out of control, yet. But this hasn’t been a good week for Obama or for America.

Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. © 2013 The Washington Examiner distributed by creators.com

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t’s pretty ridiculous how House lawmakers with the job of drafting major ethics reform to improve accountability and transparency in government did their work in secret with virtually no public input.

But that’s the odd way things have happened in this year’s legislative session, characterized more by fixing dumb things done in the past than any grand moves to fix real and lingering problems, such as the poor states of education, health care and poverty in South Carolina.

Among the messes that state legislators are working to clean up with about six weeks left in this year’s session: RESTRUCTURING

After weeks of discussion this year and in years past, the Senate passed a measure that would create a cabinetlevel Department of Administration to supersede most of the functions of the Budget and Control Board to give more authority to a governor.

The measure, now in the House, is structural and won’t make a big difference in people’s everyday lives.

CANDIDATES

After last year’s embarrassment of more than 250 candidates removed from ballots for incomplete filing because of a state law snafu, the legislature seems to be cleaning up the mess this year so it won’t happen again.

HACKING

After a hacker stole personal information from 3.5 million taxpayers and hundreds of thousands of businesses from the state Department of Revenue, it hasn’t been too contentious for the

state to approve more credit monitoring for taxpayers and more data security to fix the system. It looks like the state will pay for monitoring for 10 years.

ETHICS REFORM

After embarrassing headlines for Gov. Nikki Haley and House Speaker Bobby Harrell over ethical allegations of impropriety in different cases, lawmakers are making moves to create a tougher ethics law to improve accountability and transparency. But while proposed measures are much stronger Andy than what is in BRACK place now, it doesn’t help that House members negotiated on components of the bill in private.

Although these issues are responses to problems of our own making, other work being done this year includes looking for ways to improve accountability for charter schools, trying to fix high property insurance rates along the coast, providing a $120 million incentive to Boeing so it will invest $1 billion in an expansion, boosting small job creation and more.

The House also has passed measures to shorten the legislative session and redirect the sales tax on cars to roads.

One Statehouse veteran observed that this year’s session has been more of a breather than recent ones in which lawmakers faced huge challenges to keep state government going during the Great Recession.

The 2013-14 state-funded part of the South Carolina budget has about $6.7 billion in monies for legislators to

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Rights violated during searches in Boston What just happened in America? Did a civil authority just lock down the citizens of a city as if they were prisoners in a state institution? Were hundreds of warrantless searches conducted (under the pretext of exigency) without regard to the Constitution? As bad as the deaths and

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injuries were in the Boston bombing this scares me far more than any terrorist.

Thousands upon thousands have died fighting for freedom in this country. For what, a tyrannical government that can control every aspect of our lives at the point of a gun? A government that can force us to buy health care? A government that now wants to take away our God-given right to

defend ourselves from just such tyranny? We need to spend less time waving the flag and more time holding our government institutions (OUR SERVANTS) accountable to us and to the Constitutional principles of freedom to which the founding fathers pledged their lives, property and sacred honor.

JOHN DAVIS Jr. Dalzell

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spend — about $400 million more than last year. Signs that the economy is recovering also comes in the $159 million in extra revenues received this year that were not expected last year.

So as the state is slowly rebuilding government agencies severely cut during the recession and getting a little time for recovery, state lawmakers seem to be legislating around the corners and doing stuff that’s comparatively easy, instead of handling the big problems that continue to vex us.

The state needs leaders who will fly the flag of reform to fix education funding so that the opportunities provided in rural schools match those found in suburban ones. They need to ignore flash points like abortion, unions and expanding access to guns in bars. Instead, they should figure out a way to accept federal aid to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of people without health insurance. And it wouldn’t hurt to find ways to improve the justice system with alternative sentencing options that will keep bad guys in jail but have less expensive correctional options for non-violent criminals.

Bottom line: Find common ground of big issues on which we can agree on and get moving on those things. Set a statewide agenda. And keep in mind that people don’t have much faith in state legislators. The way to earn their trust and respect is to achieve, not just float on along.

MARGARET W. OSTEEN 1908-1996 The Item

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TUOMEY from Page A1 knowingly signed 19 local doctors to contracts above fair market value, creating an illegal kickback, thereby violating Stark Law and the False Claims Act. If successful in its lawsuit, the federal government is expected to attempt to recoup nearly $45 million in Medicare payments to Tuomey made between 2005 and 2009.

Both Moses and McDuffie were signed to the part-time contracts in question, and during their testimony, they agreed the arrangements did not increase the number of patients they cared for and, with the exception of some corporate administrative duties, did not significantly change their average workload.

Moses, however, disagreed with the prosecution’s claims that his salary increased significantly with the new contract.

“That was not the actual income I received once the agreement was in place,” Moses said.

To illustrate the value of the contracts, prosecutors also pointed to several additional benefits the doctors were receiving, including malpractice insurance payments made for the doctors by the hospital, as signs of additional income. Both men agreed the contracts provided additional benefits they were not previously receiving.

During cross-examination by Tuomey’s lawyers, McDuffie implied the contracts had received necessary legal review by saying he and his partners had hired their own lawyer to review the contracts, who then suggested revisions to the agreements before he ultimately signed the contract.

Prosecutors pointed out that McDuffie’s lawyer had suggested the contracts include a provision allowing the doctors to receive part of the referral fees Tuomey receives when procedures are conducted at the hospital, which they said would be a direct illegal kickback.

McDuffie said, while that was suggested, the hospital refused to include portions of the referral fees.

“They must have, because they ultimately did not do that,” McDuffie said.

Part of Tuomey’s defense, in addition to refuting the accusation that the contracts were illegal, is that any agreement they entered into was at the suggestion of legal counsel. As part of the federal legislation, Stark Law allows hospitals to use following the legal advice of their attorneys as a viable defense.

For the second straight day in the trial, prosecutors also raised the issue of Tuomey’s apparent refusal to accept a legal opinion that might have questioned the contracts’ legality.

On Friday, Kevin McAnaney — an attorney and former chief of the Industry Guidance Branch of the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services — testified he was hired jointly by Tuomey and Dr. Michael Drakeford, the local physician who first raised issues with the contracts to federal prosecutors, to evaluate the contracts. McAnaney said he raised concerns about Drakeford’s contract, but was instructed by Tuomey lawyers not to put his opinions in writing.

When asked why they felt the hospital did not need the written legal opinion, both Odom and Moses said it was their understanding that McAhaney’s opinion had become tainted, and did not reflect the actual proposals presented to Drakeford.

“It appeared he had gotten information that was incorrect,” Odom said, adding she believed the erroneous information came from Drakeford and his lawyer. “When he’s not responding to what you’re planning, it’s a little futile to put that in writing,” Odom added.

When asked by federal prosecutors what information McAnaney had received that was incorrect, Odom said she did not know.

Both Moses and Odom also said the board had decided to no longer engage McAnaney — who was suggested by Drakeford’s lawyers — because it had become apparent that negotiations had come to a standstill with Drakeford.

“He has always been a challenge for us at the hospital. He’s never had an interest in the hospital at all,” Moses said. “He kept insisting on more compensation, and we really didn’t feel like we were going to reach an agreement with him.”

Prosecutors responded to Moses’ statement by saying that by initially bringing the lawsuit against Tuomey, it would imply that Drakeford felt the hospital was actually offering him too much money in the contract.

The trial continues in the Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse at 9 a.m. today with Tuomey’s lawyers beginning their crossexamination of Odom.

Reach Braden Bunch at (803) 774-1201.

BOSTON from Page A1 The criminal complaint containing the allegations shed no light on the motive. But it gave a detailed sequence of events and cited surveillance-camera images of Tsarnaev dropping off a knapsack with one of the bombs and using a cellphone, perhaps to coordinate or detonate the blasts.

The two pressurecooker bombs sprayed shrapnel into the crowd at the finish line last Monday. Moore than 200 people were wounded, and the dead included an 8-year-old boy.

The Massachusetts college student was listed in serious but stable condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the throat and other injuries. His brother, Tamerlan, 26, died last week in a fierce gunbattle with police.

“Although our investigation is ongoing, today’s charges bring a successful end to a tragic week for the city of Boston and for our country,” Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.

The charges carry the death penalty or a prison sentence of up to life.

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pictures from the public Julie Jeffcoat comments on her photo submission, “I took this photo of one of the hatching chicks in the afternoon pre-k class at Kingsbury Elementary School. This little one popped his head out and greeted the excited students on his birthday!”

PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES Today, 6 p.m., hospital board room SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., County Council Chambers GREATER SUMTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wednesday, noon, chamber office SUMTER CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 3 p.m., Planning Department, conference room, 12 W. Liberty St.

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McDowell wins Heritage in playoff

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

DELAYNA EARLEY / HILTON HEAD ISLAND PACKETT

Graeme McDowell poses with the RBC Heritage trophy on the 18th hole on Sunday at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island. McDowell defeated Web Simpson in a playoff.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Graeme McDowell found just the pick-me-up after a frustrating week at the Masters.

The 2010 U.S. Open champion missed the cut at the season’s first major by a stroke.

Disappointed, he left Augusta National and headed to the RBC Heritage with his fiancee, parents and several friends to de-stress and have fun.

“Yeah, it was a workweek, but it was kind of a low-key workweek,’’ McDowell said. “I

LEADERBOARD Final x-Graeme McDowell Webb Simpson Luke Donald Kevin Streelman Jerry Kelly (110)

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(x-won on first playoff hole)

came here. I did my work and I went home.’’

He’s heading home with the RBC Heritage championship, standing tall on a wind-swept

Sunday that blew away most of the competition at Harbour Town Golf Links.

McDowell outlasted reigning U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson in a playoff, his twoputt par from about 15 feet taking the victory when Simpson couldn’t answer.

It was McDowell’s second career PGA Tour victory, the first since he won his major at Pebble Beach three years ago.

McDowell was grateful for laid-back Harbour Town and the chance to wipe away the SEE HERITAGE, PAGE B3

TSA looks to earn 2nd region title

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

Swampcats’ sidearm reliever Russell Thompson threw the ball away and Kinney easily scored.

The Barons, now 18-6, scored their first six runs with two outs, doing it two separate ways — stringing collective hits together and the long ball.

Kemper Patton’s 2-out, 2-run homer in the fifth gave Wilson Hall a 4-2 lead.

LMA answered with four runs in the sixth to take a 6-4 lead. The Barons then got a clutch 2-out, 2-run single by Tyler Pannell to tie the game in the bottom of the inning.

LMA, now 18-3, had its chance to take the lead in

Thomas Sumter Academy won the first region title in the school’s baseball history last season, claiming the SCISA Region II-2A crown.

The Generals lost a number of key players from that squad, but when they travel to Holly Hill Academy today, a chance at a second straight region title will be on the line.

“With all of the youth and inexperience we have on this team, if you’d have told me we’d be playing for the region title going into our final region game, I would have taken it with DELAVAN no problem,” said TSA head coach Bill DeLavan.

Thomas Sumter will actually have to beat the Raiders twice to win the region. Holly Hill is 7-0 in the region, while the Generals are 6-1. If TSA wins today, then a game will be scheduled at a neutral site to decide the region champion.

The Raiders, who are 10-5 on the season, won the first meeting in Dalzell by a 4-2 score.

DeLavan expects Holly Hill to send right-hander Noah Cason to the mound. Cason owns a 6-1 record with a 1.95 earned run average. In 46 2/3 innings, Cason has 46 strikeouts while allowing just 32 hits and 13 walks.

“Cason is just a very good pitcher,” DeLavan said. “He works deep into games; he’s a heck of a pitcher. He’s crafty, not overpowering. He nibbles, works the outside corners and tries to get batters to chase balls out of the zone.

“He throws a lot of offspeed

SEE BARONS, PAGE B2

SEE TSA, PAGE B4

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Wilson Hall’s Parker McDuffie takes a swing at a pitch during the Barons’ 7-6, 8-inning victory over Laurence Manning on Monday at Baron Field. The victory left the teams tied for first in SCISA Region II-3A.

Barons edge LMA in extras Win forces playoff for top seed in SCISA Region II-3A on Thursday

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com A throwing error with no outs in the eighth inning gave Wilson Hall a 7-6 victory over Laurence Manning Academy and a share of the SCISA Region II-3A baseball title with LMA at Baron field on Monday in a game that lasted longer than three hours.

Both WH and LMA finish the regular season with a 5-1 record in league play.

The two teams will play on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Hammond in Columbia to determine the top seed from the region for the state playoffs.

For seven innings, Wilson Hall had been clutch with two outs, but none of

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Baseball Wilson Hall at Ben Lippen, 7 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Camden Military, 5 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Holly Hill, 6:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 7 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 7 p.m.

Sumter Christian at North Myrtle Beach Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Wilson Hall at Ben Lippen, 4 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

B Team Baseball Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Golf Sumter in Easley Tournament (at Smithfield Country Club), noon East Clarendon at Lee Central (at Bishopville Country Club), 4:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning in SCISA 3A State Tournament (at Hackler Course in Conway), TBA Thomas Sumter, Robert E. Lee in 2A State Tournament (at Hackler Course in Conway, TBA) Varsity Boys Soccer Sumter at Carolina Forest, 7:30 p.m.

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

Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m.

that was necessary in the eighth. Andrew Kinney led off with a single then stole second base. After two

Florence Christian at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Wilson Hall at Camden Military, 4:30 p.m.

Lugoff-Elgin at Covenant Central, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Darlington, 6:30 p.m.

Varsity Sofball Branchville at Scott’s Branch, 5 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Florence Christian, 5 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Holly Hill, 7 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 6 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 6:30 p.m.

Sumter Christian at North Myrtle Beach Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Softball Wilson Hall at Florence Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Calhoun, 5 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Holly Hill, 5 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Tennis Sumter at Carolina Forest, 5 p.m.

Varsity Track and Field Sumter in Region VI-4A Meet (at Sumter Memorial Stadium), 3 p.m.

failed bunt attempts to push Kinney over, William Creech got a bunt down with two strikes. The

Kenseth holds on at Kansas Speedway

BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Matt Kenseth knew that he had a front-running car Sunday.

It was simply a matter of getting there.

So when a caution flag came out with several leaders on pit road, and Kenseth found himself leading the pack into the pits, he had a feeling things were going his way.

“That was the key,’’ he would say later.

Kenseth won the race off pit road after taking two tires under caution, and a No. 20 Toyota that had been strong all day slowly

pulled away. Kasey Kahne trimmed into the lead once he moved into second, but Kenseth managed to block every move he tried to make.

Kahne pulled alongside him entering Turn 4 with the white flag flying, but Kenseth pulled back ahead along the front stretch and then cruised to the win at Kansas Speedway.

“When it was in front, we knew it was really fast,’’ Kenseth said after his second straight win at the track. “And if we could get out there first, we’d be THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tough to beat.’’

It was the third straight Matt Kenseth celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the STP 400 on Sunday at Kansas SEE KENSETH, PAGE B3 Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.

Watford’s Bomber-4 win highlights Saturday races

BY CODY TRUETT Special To The Item Billy Ray Watford picked up his second consecutive win in the Bomber-4 division to highlight the racing action at Sumter Speedway on Saturday.

As the green flag flew to start the Bomber-4 feature, Watford and Brett Siegel battled side by side for the lead through turns 1 and 2.

Watford grabbed the lead as Siegel settled into second. The two continued battling throughout the feature, with Watford holding a slight advantage over

Siegel.

Watford took the white flag with Siegel all over his back bumper.

Watford slipped high in the exit of Turn 2 and Siegel dove to the inside to take over the lead down the back stretch.

Watford battled back and dove to the inside of Siegel in turns 3 and 4 and the two battled side by side to the checkered flag. Watford gained the momentum in the exit of the final turn to take the victory.

Siegel settled for second with Luke Wilson third, Bucky Deberry SEE SPEEDWAY, PAGE B4

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match -- Bayern Munich vs.

Barcelona (FOX SOCCER).

6 p.m. -- College Baseball: South Carolina at Gardner-Webb (WNKT-FM 107.5).

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

7 p.m. -- College Baseball: Georgia vs. Georgia Tech from Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Washington or New York Yankees at Tampa Bay (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (WGN).

7:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game Two -- Milwaukee at Miami (NBA TV).

7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Boston at Philadelphia (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game Two -- Boston at New York (TNT).

8:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Colorado (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

10:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Dallas at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game Two -- Golden State at Denver (TNT).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 12 6 .667 – New York 10 7 .588 11/2 Baltimore 10 8 .556 2 Tampa Bay 8 10 .444 4 Toronto 8 11 .421 41/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 10 7 .588 – Minnesota 8 7 .533 1 Detroit 9 9 .500 11/2 Cleveland 7 10 .412 3 Chicago 7 11 .389 31/2 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 12 6 .667 – Oakland 12 7 .632 1/2 Los Angeles 7 10 .412 41/2 Seattle 7 13 .350 6 Houston 5 13 .278 7 Sunday’s Games Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 4 Kansas City 4, Boston 2, 1st game L.A. Dodgers 7, Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 8, Oakland 1 Cleveland 5, Houston 4 Minnesota 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Texas 11, Seattle 3 L.A. Angels 4, Detroit 3, 13 innings Kansas City 5, Boston 4, 10 innings, 2nd game Monday’s Games Oakland at Boston, late Toronto at Baltimore, late N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, late Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, late Miami at Minnesota, ppd., rain Seattle at Houston, late Texas at L.A. Angels, late Today’s Games Miami (Fernandez 0-1) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 2-1), 1:10 p.m., 1st game Oakland (Colon 2-0) at Boston (Aceves 1-0), 6:35 p.m.

Kansas City (W.Davis 2-0) at Detroit (Scherzer 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 2-2) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 0-2) at Tampa Bay (Price 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (McAllister 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-0), 8:10 p.m.

Miami (Undecided) at Minnesota (Undecided), 8:10 p.m., 2nd game Seattle (Iwakuma 2-0) at Houston (B.Norris 2-2), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (Ogando 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 0-2), 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

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

Seattle at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 13 5 .722 – Washington 10 8 .556 3 New York 9 8 .529 31/2 Philadelphia 8 11 .421 51/2 Miami 4 15 .211 91/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 11 8 .579 – Pittsburgh 10 8 .556 1/2 St. Louis 10 8 .556 1/2 Milwaukee 9 8 .529 1 Chicago 5 12 .294 5 West Division W L Pct GB Colorado 13 5 .722 – San Francisco 12 7 .632 11/2 Arizona 10 8 .556 3 Los Angeles 8 10 .444 5 San Diego 5 13 .278 8 Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 10, Miami 6 N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 7, Baltimore 4 Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 2 San Francisco 5, San Diego 0 Arizona 5, Colorado 4 Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 3 Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, late St. Louis at Washington, late Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, late Miami at Minnesota, ppd., rain Atlanta at Colorado, late Milwaukee at San Diego, late Arizona at San Francisco, late Tuesday’s Games Miami (Fernandez 0-1) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 2-1), 1:10 p.m., 1st game Pittsburgh (Locke 1-1) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-2), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 3-1) at Washington (Detwiler 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 1-0) at Cincinnati (Cingrani 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Undecided) at Minnesota (Undecided), 8:10 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta (Teheran 0-0) at Colorado (Garland 2-0), 8:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 1-1) at San Diego (Richard 0-1), 10:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 2-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-2), 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

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

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 1, Milwaukee 0 Sunday: Miami 110, Milwaukee 87 Today: Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday: Miami at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

April 28: Miami at Milwaukee, 3:30 p.m. x-April 30: Milwaukee at Miami, TBA

| x-May 2: Miami at Milwaukee, TBA x-May 4: Milwaukee at Miami, TBA New York 1, Boston 0 Saturday, Boston 78 Today: Boston at New York, 8 p.m.

Friday: New York at Boston, 8 p.m.

April 28: New York at Boston, 1 p.m. x-May 1: Boston at New York, TBA x-May 3: New York at Boston, TBA x-May 5: Boston at New York, TBA Indiana 1, Atlanta 0 Sunday: Indiana 107, Atlanta 90 Wednesday: Atlanta at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday: Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

April 29: Indiana at Atlanta, TBA x-May 1: Atlanta at Indiana, TBA x-May 3: Indiana at Atlanta, TBA x-May 5: Atlanta at Indiana, TBA Brooklyn 1, Chicago 0 Saturday: Brooklyn 106, Chicago 89 Monday: Chicago at Brooklyn, late Thursday: Brooklyn at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

April 27: Brooklyn at Chicago, 2 p.m. x-April 29: Chicago at Brooklyn, TBA x-May 2: Brooklyn at Chicago, TBA x-May 4: Chicago at Brooklyn, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City 1, Houston Sunday: Oklahoma City 120, Houston 91 Wednesday: Houston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Saturday: Oklahoma City at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

April 29: Oklahoma City at Houston, TBA x-May 1: Houston at Oklahoma City, TBA x-May 3: Oklahoma City at Houston, TBA x-May 5: Houston at Oklahoma City, TBA San Antonio 1, L.A. Lakers 0 Sunday: San Antonio 91, L.A. Lakers 79 Wednesday: L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Friday: San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

April 28: San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. x-April 30: L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, TBA x-May 2: San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, TBA x-May 4: L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, TBA Denver 1, Golden State 0 Saturday: Denver 97, Golden State 95 Today: Golden State at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

Friday: Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

April 28: Denver at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. x-April 30: Golden State at Denver, TBA x-May 2: Denver at Golden State, TBA x-May 4: Golden State at Denver, TBA L.A. Clippers 1, Memphis 0 Saturday: L.A. Clippers 112, Memphia 91 Monday: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 9:30 p.m.

April 27: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 4:30 p.m. x-April 30: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBA x-May 3: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBA x-May 5: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBA

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Pittsburgh 44 34 10 0 68 150 108 N.Y. Islanders 45 24 16 5 53 134 131 N.Y. Rangers 45 24 17 4 52 120 106 New Jersey 45 17 18 10 44 106 121 Philadelphia 45 20 22 3 43 124 137 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Boston 44 27 12 5 59 123 97 x-Montreal 45 27 13 5 59 139 120 x-Toronto 45 25 15 5 55 138 124 Ottawa 44 23 15 6 52 108 96 Buffalo 45 19 20 6 44 118 138 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 45 25 18 2 52 140 123 Winnipeg 45 23 19 3 49 121 134 Carolina 45 18 24 3 39 118 145 Tampa Bay 45 17 24 4 38 140 141 Florida 45 13 26 6 32 104 162 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Chicago 44 34 5 5 73 146 94 St. Louis 45 26 17 2 54 119 112 Columbus 46 22 17 7 51 114 117 Detroit 44 20 16 8 48 109 112 Nashville 45 15 21 9 39 104 128 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Vancouver 45 25 13 7 57 121 110 Minnesota 45 24 18 3 51 116 119 Calgary 45 19 22 4 42 123 149 Edmonton 44 17 20 7 41 111 124 Colorado 45 15 23 7 37 109 142 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 45 28 11 6 62 131 112 x-Los Angeles 45 26 14 5 57 128 111 San Jose 45 24 14 7 55 118 109 Dallas 45 22 19 4 48 127 133 Phoenix 44 19 17 8 46 114 118 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference Sunday’s Games Boston 3, Florida 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 1 Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 2 Calgary 4, Minnesota 1 Colorado 5, St. Louis 3 Columbus 4, San Jose 3 Anaheim 3, Edmonton 1 Los Angeles 4, Dallas 3, OT Monday’s Games Winnipeg at Buffalo, late Pittsburgh at Ottawa, late Phoenix at Detroit, late Anaheim at Edmonton, late Chicago at Vancouver, late Today’s Games Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Washington, 7 p.m.

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

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

San Jose at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013

WH golf in 4th at 3A state tourney BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

CONWAY — Wilson Hall’s varsity boys golf team is in fourth place after the first round of the SCISA 3A state tournament on Monday at the General Hackler Course on the campus of Coastal Carolina University.

The Barons shot a 324, leaving it 12 shots off the lead entering today’s final 18 holes. Hilton Head Christian and Pinewood Prep were tied for the lead at 312 while Hilton Head Prep was third at 323.

Raines Waggett shot a 79 to lead Wilson Hall. Christian Salzer and Grier Schwartz both shot an 80 while Walker Jones had an 85.

VARSITY TENNIS WILSON HALL CARDINAL NEWMAN

2 -- Davis (WH) defeated Nieri 6-1, 6-0.

3 -- Stover (WH) defeated Liebennow 6-2, 6-2.

4 -- Hendrix (WH) defeated Pankau 6-1, 6-0.

5 -- Thompson (WH) defeated Odom 6-3, 6-1.

6 -- Stone (WH) defeated Six 6-2, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 -- Stover/Hendrix (WH) defeated Pankau/Ngyuan 8-1.

2 -- Thompson/Davis (WH) defeated Herbkersman/Garrick 8-2.

3 -- Umbaugh/King (WH) defeated Pennington/Thompkins 8-1.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL LAURENCE MANNING WILSON HALL

field.

Oscar Martinez-Cruz scored two goals to lead the Gamecocks. Caleb Turner and Richie Cotton each scored a goal while Jaymel Daniels and Nick Fry each had an assist.

VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD BARONS FINISH FOURTH

COLUMBIA —Wilson Hall finished fourth in the Henry Woodward Invitational on Saturday at Heathwood Hall.

The Barons had 54 points in the 12-team meet. PorterGaud won with 131 points followed by Orangeburg Prep with 87 and Augusta Christian with 86.

Devin Singleton led the boys team. He finished first in the 400-meter dash in 51.75 seconds. He was second in the 200 and third in the 100.

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Laurence Manning Academy defeated Wilson Hall 5-2 on Monday in the completion of a supsended game at Baron Field.

The game was called after four innings on Friday due to rain.

Brent Carraway had two hits for the Barons, who fell to 12-2 on the season. Dawson Price had a double and two runs batted in and Jay Barnes had a triple.

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COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall remained undefeated on the season with a 9-0 victory over Cardinal Newman on Monday at the Trenholm Park courts.

The Barons improved to 12-0 on the season.

JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER SUMTER CAMDEN

WILSON HALL First-Place Finishers 400 Dash -- Devin Singleton (51.75 seconds) Second-Place Finishers 200 Dash -- Singleton 4x800 Relay -- Brayden Fidler, Ryan Norris, Justin Timmons, Will Watson Third-Place Finishers 100 Dash -- Singleton

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Sumter High School improved to 11-0 on the season with a 4-1 victory over Camden on Monday at the SHS

SINGLES 1 — Brown (WH) defeated Armstrong 6-0, 6-0.

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Crestwood softball tops Lakewood 11-7 Crestwood High School’s varsity softball team closed out its season with an 11-7 victory over Lakewood on Monday at the Lakewood field.

Dora Ann Gay was 4-for-4 for the Lady Knights, who finished the year with a 7-10 overall record and a 3-5 mark in Region VI3A. Chloe Foote, Reba Gibbons and Tori Raymond each went 3-for-4 and Kaci Dinkins was 2-for-4.

Gibbons was the winning pitcher.

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MANNING — Lau-

rence Manning Academy improved to 23-9 on the season with a 7-3 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Monday at the LMA field.

Sara Herbert had three hits, including a double, to lead the Lady Swampcats.

Grace Beatson added a home run.

Courtney Beatson was the winning pitcher.

ence on Monday at the SHS field.

Shelley McCoy led the Lady Gamecocks offensively, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two runs batted in. Aubrey Rickard had two hits, two runs and two RBI, while Anna DuBose and Grooms both had two hits, a run and an RBI. Grooms was the winning pitcher.

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VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD LADY BARONS FINISH FOURTH

Sumter High School closed out its season with a 10-9 victory over West Flor-

COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall finished fourth in the Henry Woodward Invitational on Saturday at

Heathwood Hall.

The Lady Barons finished with 56.5 points in the 13team meet. Ashley Hall won with 101 points followed by Heathwood with 74 and Hammond with 60.

For the Lady Barons, Cori Stroebel won the high jump and finished third in the pole vault.

WILSON HALL First-Place Finishers High Jump -- Cori Stroebel (5 feet, 0 inches) Third-Place Finishers 800 Run -- Anne-Davis Shaw 400 Hurdles -- Amy Banghart 4x800 Relay -- Chandler Curtis, Cameron Duffy, Nicolette Fisher, Bethany Jennings Pole Vault -- Stroebel

Bulls shut down Nets 90-82, even series at 1-1 NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Boozer had 13 points and 12 rebounds, Joakim Noah gutted his way through a foot injury to make three fourth-quarter baskets, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 90-82

on Monday night to even their first-round series at one game apiece.

Luol Deng bounced back from a poor opener with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls, who became the first

BARONS from Page B1 both the seventh and eighth innings. The Swampcats loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh thanks to two hit batters and a walk, but Cagney Brunson struck out. In the eighth, Jack Martin doubled with one out, but was he doubled off after Thomas Walker flew out to left field.

Andrew Kinney and Jay Goodson each led WH offensively with three hits apiece. Kinney also scored three runs while Goodson had a stolen base and an RBI. Pannell also contributed two hits in the win.

Chase Belk picked up the victory, going 2 2/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits while walking four, hitting two batters and striking out three. WH starter John Patrick Sears went five innings, allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out three.

Jack Martin led LMA offensively, going 4-for5 with two doubles and an RBI. Linc Powell led the team with two RBI while Davis Martin, Mark Pipkin and Brunson each had an RBI. Nick Gibbons threw five innings, allowing

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Washington second baseman Danny Espinosa, top, jumps over St. Louis’ Allen Craig to complete a double play during the seventh inning of the Cardinals’ 3-2 victory on Monday in Washington.

Cardinals edge Nats 3-2 WASHINGTON — Yadier Molina drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, backing Shelby Miller’s strong start, and the St. Louis Cardinals returned to the site of their Game 5 NL division series victory last season with a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday.

The other big hit for St. Louis was Allen Craig’s two-run double in the third.

Miller (3-1) struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs and four hits.

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PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth, Jonathan Pettibone had an impressive major league debut and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2.

Pettibone allowed two runs and six hits, striking out six in 5 1/3 innings. The righty was pulled after 83 pitches and didn’t get a decision.

BRAVES-ROCKIES POSTPONED

DENVER — The game between the Atlanta Braves and Colo-

MLB ROUNDUP rado Rockies, the teams with the best records in the majors, was delayed because of snow.

The game was rescheduled as part of a split-doubleheader today, with the first game set for 1:10 p.m and the previously scheduled night game at 6:40 p.m.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Matt Moore became the first Rays pitcher to win his first four starts of a season, Ryan Roberts homered twice and Tampa Bay beat CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees 5-1.

Moore (4-0) allowed one run, two hits, three walks and had nine strikeouts over eight innings. Roberts connected in the first and third to help the Rays take an early 5-0 lead.

Sabathia (3-2) gave up five runs and seven hits over seven innings.

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BALTIMORE — Nick Markakis singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom

KENSETH from Page B1 win from the pole in the Sprint Cup series.

Jimmie Johnson did it two weeks ago at Martinsville, and Kyle Busch did the same last weekend at Texas.

The last time three straight winners came from the pole was in 1985, when Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt combined to do it at Michigan, Bristol and Darlington.

“The fastest car is supposed to win, right? That’s what racing is about,’’ Kenseth said. “I think it’s a little bit of a coincidence, the way things worked out.’’

Points leader Johnson finished third with a car that kept getting better during long, green flag runs. Martin Truex Jr. came home in fourth and Clint Bowyer was fifth.

“Matt’s good. He always has been,’’ Johnson said. “He impresses me in his ability to lead the team, make adjustments on the car, and his knowledge of the car, but most importantly, inside the car, and finding a little bit more. The guy can do it.’’

So can Brad Keselowski, who put a positive spin on an ugly week for Penske Racing.

Keselowski picked up some minor damage to the rear of his car early in the race, and fell a lap down when he was slow getting off pit road under caution. The damage kept getting worse as the laps ticked along, and eventually a huge piece of his rear end ripped off.

The No. 2 team managed to get it fixed up enough, and Keselowski slowly picked off positions in the waning laps to finish a heartening sixth

| of the ninth inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto reliever Aaron Loup (1-2) began the ninth by hitting Chris Davis with a pitch.

After a sacrifice bunt, Steve Pearce popped out and Nolan Reimold received an intentional walk before Alexi Casilla reached on a throwing error by shortstop Munenori Kawasaki that loaded the bases.

Markakis then sliced an 0-2 pitch to the opposite field near the leftfield line.

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BOSTON — Mike Napoli hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, Will Middlebrooks busted out of a slump with a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox rebounded from a doubleheader sweep by beating the Oakland Athletics 9-6.

The Red Sox scored three runs in the fourth and five in the fifth. Napoli’s fourth career slam keyed the 5-run fifth.

wall-to-wall stress of the Masters.

“I took a pretty relaxed approach this week, and really tried to enjoy myself,’’ he said. “Have a glass of wine or two in the evening and some great food and some good friends and family. So that was really the M-O this week and it seemed to work out really well.’’

McDowell’s resume includes big moments, from his rousing triumph at Pebble Beach three years ago to clinching the winning Ryder Cup point for Europe later that year. It is short, though, on PGA Tour victories.

“This game kicks you more often than it gives you a pat on the back,’’ McDowell said. “It’s hard to win.’’

Not on this day for McDowell, who pushed forward on windblown Harbour Golf Links when his rivals went backward, unnerved by the 20 to 30 mph gusts that rattled the course.

He rallied from four strokes down when the day began to take a oneshot lead into the 72nd hole. Then, after he made his only bogey of the round to fall into tie with Simpson, he two-putted from about 15 feet to make a par on the extra hole that Simpson couldn’t match.

“I guess the weather was what the doctor ordered. I needed that to get close to the leaders,’’ said McDowell, who earned $1,044,000 for the victory.

McDowell, from Northern Ireland, had a 2-under 69, one of only three scores in the 60s among the 70 who teed off Sunday.

Simpson, the reigning U.S. Open winner, shot 71. He had a chance to win in regulation, but his 22-footer for birdie went 3 feet past and set up the additional hole.

“I came in with not too much confidence, but I just stayed true to the process of what we’ve been working on,’’ Simpson said.

Luke Donald shot a 69 to tie for third with Kevin Streelman, who had a 72. Jerry Kelly rounded out the top five after his even-par 71.

Charley Hoffman, the 54-hole leader, ballooned to a 77 and fell into a tie for sixth with Russell Henley (69) and Chris Stroud (70).

Par Scores The Associated Press Sunday At Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head Island Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,101; Par: 71 (x-won on first playoff hole) Final x-Graeme McDowell (500), $1,044,000 71-67-68-69—275 Webb Simpson (300), $626,400 68-71-65-71—275 Luke Donald (163), $336,400 69-68-71-69—277 Kevin Streelman (163), $336,400 66-70-69-72—277 Jerry Kelly (110), $232,000 69-72-66-71—278 Russell Henley (92), $194,300 73-70-67-69—279 Charley Hoffman (92), $194,300 66-70-66-77—279 Chris Stroud (92), $194,300 70-70-69-70—279 Trevor Immelman (64), $125,667 72-72-66-71—281 Richard H. Lee (64), $125,667 68-71-69-73—281 Marc Leishman (64), $125,667 67-71-71-72—281 Rory Sabbatini (64), $125,667 69-69-72-71—281 Jordan Spieth, $125,667 70-69-69-73—281 Mark Wilson (64), $125,667 69-75-67-70—281 Brendon de Jonge (64), $125,667 70-69-67-75—281 Billy Horschel (64), $125,667 71-68-68-74—281 Camilo Villegas (64), $125,667 68-71-68-74—281 K.J. Choi (51), $73,080 70-71-71-70—282 Ken Duke (51), $73,080 70-70-71-71—282 Justin Hicks (51), $73,080 69-70-68-75—282 Steve LeBrun (51), $73,080 68-68-71-75—282 Pat Perez (51), $73,080 68-70-70-74—282 Johnson Wagner (51), $73,080 67-71-71-73—282 Stewart Cink (45), $46,980 70-69-73-71—283 Tim Clark (45), $46,980 68-71-68-76—283 Robert Garrigus (45), $46,980 70-71-70-72—283 -1 Bill Haas (45), $46,980 68-69-70-76—283 Scott Langley (45), $46,980 71-69-72-71—283 Darron Stiles (45), $46,980 70-69-71-73—283 Brian Davis (39), $36,018 65-75-70-74—284 Jason Day (39), $36,018 67-73-71-73—284 Bob Estes (39), $36,018 70-73-71-70—284 Matt Jones (39), $36,018 75-67-68-74—284 Chris Kirk (39), $36,018 73-69-70-72—284 Justin Bolli (33), $27,384 68-72-75-70—285 Jason Dufner (33), $27,384 71-69-75-70—285 Matt Kuchar (33), $27,384 70-73-72-70—285 Carl Pettersson (33), $27,384 68-75-72-70—285 Made cut; did not finish Tommy Gainey (1), $11,136 70-73-73—216

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STP 400 RESULTS

By The Associated Press Sunday At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267 laps, 146 rating, 48 points, $263,816.

2. (27) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 267, 112.5, 42, $182,085.

3. (21) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, 115.6, 42, $185,021.

4. (7) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267, 118.9, 41, $155,985.

5. (10) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 267, 110, 39, $151,018.

6. (33) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 83.5, 38, $156,551.

7. (14) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 267, 80.4, 37, $131,330.

8. (6) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, 97.2, 36, $132,671.

9. (8) Mark Martin, Toyota, 267, 88.6, 35, $102,135.

10. (12) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, 90.9, 34, $124,176.

11. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 267, 101.7, 34, $139,071.

12. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 106.4, 32, $133,821.

13. (43) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, 74.1, 31, $131,971.

14. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, 80.9, 31, $121,768.

15. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 267, 81.3, 29, $112,855.

16. (23) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 90.3, 29, $100,685.

17. (2) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267, 105.9, 28, $121,510.

18. (20) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 267, 76.4, 26, $93,485.

19. (11) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 81.5, 25, $99,585.

20. (15) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 267, 74.7, 24, $113,399.

21. (18) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 266, 64.2, 23, $127,985.

22. (41) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 266, 53.1, 0, $110,568.

23. (28) David Gilliland, Ford, 266, 56.6, 21, $100,268.

24. (34) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 266, 58.5, 20, $105,943.

25. (25) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 265, 55.8, 19, $80,910.

26. (36) Josh Wise, Ford, 265, 41.6, 0, $83,235.

27. (19) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 264, 80.9, 17, $110,149.

28. (31) David Reutimann, Toyota, 263, 36.2, 16, $94,293.

29. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 263, 33.4, 15, $91,982.

30. (26) David Ragan, Ford, 262, 44.9, 14, $91,185.

31. (16) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 257, 54.9, 0, $98,785.

32. (38) David Stremme, Toyota, 256, 39.4, 13, $78,760.

33. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, 242, 34, 11, $78,560.

34. (30) Casey Mears, Ford, accident, 216, 50.7, 10, $86,335.

35. (40) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, accident, 210, 35.5, 9, $78,140.

36. (32) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, engine, 209, 44.3, 8, $85,935.

37. (4) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, accident, 181, 64.6, 0, $77,725.

38. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 102, 50.1, 6, $117,958.

39. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 102, 53, 5, $96,458.

40. (24) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, accident, 85, 39.1, 0, $64,550.

41. (35) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 65, 27.7, 0, $60,550.

42. (29) Michael McDowell, Ford, vibration, 43, 28.3, 2, $56,550.

43. (42) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, accident, 36, 32.9, 1, $53,050.

after a frustrating week.

Penske Racing is appealing heavy sanctions handed down by NASCAR after an unapproved rear-end housing was found on its two cars last week at Texas. The penalties include six-race suspensions for seven-crew members, including both crew chiefs, $200,000 in fines and 25-point penalties.

The date of the appeal hasn’t been set, allowing both teams to arrive in full at Kansas.

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Erskine, Limestone win Fire Ants split with Stingers tennis championships SPORTS ITEMS

FROM STAFF REPORTS Erskine College won its ninth straight conference tournament championship on Sunday when it beat Queens College 5-1 to win the Conference Carolinas Tennis Championship at Palmetto Tennis Center.

In the men’s championship match, second-seeded Limestone College defeated top seed Coker 5-2.

The teams earned automatic berths in the NCAA Division II Tennis Championships to be held May 8-11 in Surprise, Ariz.

In the women’s match, No. 1 seed Erskine downed the third-seeded Royals in the championship round for the third straight year. The Flying Fleet, which is now 18-5 on the season, won two of the three doubles matches and rolled to straight victories in the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles.

Tournament most valuable player Victoria Stephens defeated Queens’ Farina Rafig at No. 5 6-3, 6-3, while fellow all-tournament teammates Mika Goyette and Sarah McDonald won at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively.

Goyette defeated Amanda Poole 6-3, 6-1, and McDonald topped Paige Earnest 6-1, 6-0.

Queens, which finished the year at 14-4, had Erin Williams and Morgan Roberts selected to the all-tournament team, .

In the men’s match, Limestone won two of the three doubles matches to take control and win the tournament title after finishing runner-up the past two seasons. The Saints, who are 18-7, were led by tournament MVP Carlos Yanes.

Antoine Le Dore and Rafael Ferla of Limestone made the all-tournament team. Coker, which finished 18-5, had Martin Mancayo and James Corfield make the all-tournament team.

Women Championship Erskine 5, Queens 1 #1 Doubles Christina Rustscheft/Morgan Williams (QU) defeated Corin Hallman/Mika Goyette (EC), 8-5 #2 Doubles Miranda Guthrie/Sarah McDonald (EC) defeated Morgan Roberts/Amanda Poole (QU), 8-4 #3 Doubles Abby O’Reilly/Victoria Stephens (EC) defeated Paige Earnest/Farina Rafig (QU), 8-4 #4 Singles Mika Goyette (EC) defeated Amanda Poole (QU), 6-3, 6-1 #5 Singles Victoria Stephens (EC) defeated Farina Rafig (QU), 6-3, 6-3 #6 Singles Sarah McDonald (EC) defeated Paige Earnest (QU), 6-1, 6-0 All-Tournament Lauren Bolender Limestone Francesca Ceppi Mt. Olive Erin Williams Queens Morgan Roberts Queens Mika Goyette Erskine Sarah McDonald Erskine Victoria Stephens Erskine Most Valuable Player Men Championship Limestone 5, Coker 2 #1 Doubles Carlos Yanes/Rafael Ferla (LC) defeated Andre Staab/George Handy (CC, 8-1 #2 Doubles Lucas Guinski/Antoine Le Dore (LC) defeated Tom Sizeland/William Marrafao (CC), 8-4 #3 Doubles James Corfield/Martn Mancayo (CC) defeated Austin McAlister/Daniel Lopez (LC), 8-3 #2 Singles Rafael Ferla (LC) defeated Tom Sizeland (CC), 6-0, 7-6 (7-3) #4 Singles Antoine Le Dore (LC) defeated James Corfield (CC), 6-3, 6-0 #5 Singles Benjamin Diaz Lascari (LC) defeated George Handy (CC), 6-2, 6-2 #6 Singles Martin Mancayo (CC) defeated Daniel Lopez (LC), 6-0, 6-3 All-Tournament Team Gabriel Santana- Mt. Olive Ben Hunter- Pfeiffer Martin Mancayo- Coker James Corfield- Coker Antoine Le Dore- Limestone Rafael Ferla- Limestone Carlos Yanes Limestone Most Valuable Player

SPEEDWAY from Page B1 fourth and Jay Kyle fifth.

Young Guns defending points champion Anthony Hudson made his season debut and picked up the win. Hudson led flag to flag with David Roark Jr. finishing second.

Kale Green started the Crate Late Model feature from the pole and led at the start of the feature. However, Gene Kinard quickly worked his way to the front and took the lead.

Green battled back, but couldn’t muster enough strength to get around Kinard.

Kinard cruised on to pick up the win with Green second and Allen Kelly third.

The Vintage series gave the fans a blast from the past as cars from the early years of racing took to the track.

Johnny O’Neil led flag to flag for the win with Virginia Ayers second and Clarence Atkins third.

Bubba Johnson picked up a hard-fought victory in the Stock-4

feature, getting around leader DJ Carraway midway through the event. Carraway, along with Jason Hodge, gave Johnson some strong competition, but neither was able to find a way around him.

Johnson scored the victory with Carraway second, Hodge third, Mike Skinner fourth and Cody Truett fifth.

Marty Hudson led flag to flag to pick up his second consecutive Ridge Runner feature.

Steven Bartlette finished second and O’Neil was third.

The Street Stock feature had the most exciting race of the evening as three different drivers took their turns leading the field.

William Disher started the race from the pole and led at the beginning of the race.

Heather Welch battled her way to the front and took over the lead in turns 1 and 2. Disher battled back and recaptured the lead in

turns 3 and 4 a few laps later.

After a caution and restart, Grant Hill jumped into the lead and led the field around the track. Hill got sideways in the exit of Turn 4, collecting Disher and Welch. Welch suffered extensive front end damage and was done for the night.

On the restart, Disher recaptured the lead and picked up the victory.

Grant Hill was second with Welch third, Adam Hill fourth and Ronnie Stephens Jr. fifth.

The season will continue on Saturday with racing in all divisions.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. with races starting at 7.

Grandstand tickets are $10 for adults and pit passes are $20. Active duty military will be admitted to the grandstand free of charge with military identification.

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The University of South Carolina Sumter split its baseball doubleheader with Florence-Darlington Technical College on Sunday at Riley Park, losing the opener 5-2 before winning the nightcap 5-2.

The Fire Ants are now 34-17 on the season and finished its Region X schedule with a 12-14 mark.

FDTC is 26-24, but finished region play at 15-11.

USCS closes out its regular season this week by traveling to USC Union on Wednesday for a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. It goes to Allendale on Saturday for a 2 p.m. twinbill against USC Salkehatchie.

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COLUMBIA — Freshman lefthander Jack Wynkoop hurled a career high eight innings and allowed just one unearned run and LB Dantzler hit a 2-run home run to help South Carolina to a 3-1 victory over Kentucky on Sunday at Carolina Stadium and complete a sweep of their 3-game college baseball series.

The Gamecocks, who are ranked 15th in both the Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls released on Monday are 31-10 overall and 11-7 in the Southeastern Conference. Kentucky is 24-15 and 7-11.

Wynkoop did not walk a batter and struck out three to improve to 5-2 on the year. He allowed nine hits. Senior left-hander Tyler Webb pitched a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts to earn his 12th save of the year.

Kentucky took advantage of an error by Dantzler at first base to break ahead 1-0 in the top of the fourth inning. Dantzler atoned for his mistake in the bottom of the inning with his 12th homer of the season to give Carolina a 2-1 lead.

His homer scored Joey Pankake, who led off with a hit.

Pankake had an RBI single in the fifth.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Andrew Suarez pitched a 6-hit shutout to lead Miami to a 7-0 college baseball win over Clemson on Sunday at Alex Rodriguez Park.

The Hurricanes, who won the series 2-1, improved to 27-16 overall and 10-11 in the Atlantic Coast

TSA from Page B1 pitches and that makes his 80 mileper-hour fastball look like it’s 88. If we’re going to beat him, we’re going to have to take those pitches the other way.”

Matt Holloman leads Thomas Sumter with a .519 batting average and 19 runs batted in to go along with nine doubles and three triples. Shane Bishop is batting .367 with a team high 21 runs scored and 11 RBI. Brantley Gray is batting .278, but has an on-base percentage of .508 with 16 walks.

Andrew Wrenn is batting .283 with 13 RBI. The Generals will send the right-

Conference. The Tigers fell to 27-13 overall and 13-8 in ACC play.

Suarez, who improved to 3-3, earned the win by yielding just six singles and no walks with five strikeouts.

Steve Wilkerson led the Tigers with three hits.

The Tigers fell from 12th to 13th in the Collegiate Baseball poll released on Monday and from 20th to 25th in the Baseball America poll.

CITADEL APPALACHIAN STATE

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CHARLESTON — The Citadel completed its second straight Southern Conference baseball sweep with an 8-7 victory over Appalachian State on Sunday at Riley Park.

The Bulldogs, who won their seventh straight game, improved to 24-17 overall and 12-6 in SoCon play. ASU fell to 21-15 and 10-10.

After the Mountaineers scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game at 7-7, The Citadel’s Hughston Armstrong singled to lead off the bottom of the inning with his career-high fifth hit of the game. Joe Jackson sacrifice Armstrong to second and he went to third on a wild pitch. Bo Thompson’s sacrifice fly scored him with the winning run.

KNICKS’ SMITH WINS SIXTH MAN AWARD

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith has won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award.

Smith received 484 points, including 72 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 writers and broadcasters. The Clippers’ Jamal Crawford finished second with 352 points, getting 31 first-place votes.

Smith averaged 18.1 points in 80 games, all off the bench. He had 29 games in which he scored 20 points as a reserve, tying Crawford for the NBA lead.

LANGER EARNS GREATER GWINNETT VICTORY

DULUTH, Ga. — Bernhard Langer, a three-time Champions Tour player of the year, said he’s never had a better start to a season.

Langer relied on his short game to bail him out of trouble early and he added to his impressive start to the season by shooting a 67 to win the inaugural Greater Gwinnett Championship by three strokes Sunday.

From staff, wire reports

handed Bishop to the mound. Bishop is 4-2 with one save and a 2.82 ERA in 47 innings. Bishop has 77 strikeouts and 26 walks.

Cason leads the Raiders with a .452 batting average. Charlie Carpenter is batting .420 with a team high 12 RBI. In the first meeting, James Shuler was 2-for-3 with three RBI for the Raiders, while Cason was 3-for-4 with an RBI. “I’m really proud of this team,” DeLavan said of his 8-9 squad.

“We’ve had to take some athletes who haven’t played baseball in a couple of years and put them out there. We’ve done a good job though, playing especially well in the conference.”

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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013

Predicting the 1st round of NFL draft

BY BARRY WILNER The Associated Press NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Get me out of here.

Maneuvering to move down in Thursday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first round of the draft will be a common behind-thescenes scramble. There simply are few franchise-type players teams will be enamored of, yet plenty of depth to make picking up extra picks later on a worthwhile strategy.

The big bodies will dominate the opening round. Look for 17 of them to go in the top 32 at Radio City Music Hall.

1. KANSAS CITY (2-14) The Chiefs already have their quarterback â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not that it is worth taking one at the top this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a good running game. The guy who could be the cornerstone for the entire offense, as well as QB Alex Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protector for next few years, plays left tackle.

LUKE JOECKEL, OT, TEXAS A&M 2. JACKSONVILLE (2-14) Unlike the Chiefs, the Jaguars are virtually devoid of talent everywhere. So anyone they choose will be an upgrade. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk they could jettison Blaine Gabbert, their first-round pick two years ago, and go for Geno Smith at quarterback. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to trade down, but if not, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll upgrade the pass rush and defensive athleticism instead.

DION JORDAN, DE-OLB, OREGON 3. OAKLAND (4-12) By far the worst team in drafts over the last decade.

But now thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new regime under Reggie McKenzie, who learned his trade in Green Bay, one of the best drafting clubs of recent years. Like Jacksonville, Oakland could go anywhere with this pick, but is less likely to look to move down.

ERIC FISHER, OT, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 4. PHILADELPHIA (4-12) The Chip Kelly no-holds-barred, breakneck offense needs speedy playmakers, something the Eagles already have. What they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have: enough bigtime defenders. They go for a huge one in ...

SHARRIF FLOYD, DT, FLORIDA

quarterback and plenty of upside.

BJOERN WERNER, DE, FLORIDA STATE 16. ST. LOUIS (7-8-1) St. Louis would have liked a shot at Austin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; receiver definitely is a need â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and could go for one here. But with another pick coming up soon where they can get a pass catcher, the Rams opt for the best safety in this draft.

KENNY VACCARO, S, TEXAS 17. PITTSBURGH (8-8) As the Steelers keep insisting they are not a team in transition, one look at the roster says otherwise. Free agency losses hurt them, and they lack the depth theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had in their contending seasons. The first upgrade this year is ...

STAR LOTULELEI, DT, UTAH 18. DALLAS (8-8) They would have loved Vaccaro in their secondary.

The Rams spoiled that, and the Cowboys consider bolstering their backfield and offensive line before taking the best man still unclaimed.

SYLVESTER WILLIAMS, DT, NORTH CAROLINA 19. NEW YORK GIANTS (9-7) As the noise in the theater reaches a crescendo, with chants from blue-shirted Giants fans of â&#x20AC;&#x153;MAN-TI, MAN-TI,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the Giants indeed fill their need for an inside linebacker with good instincts, passion and leadership skills.

ARTHUR BROWN, ILB, KANSAS STATE 20. CHICAGO (10-6) There wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as much noise when the Bears step up. There will be the same need for a linebacker, especially with Brian Urlacher gone. They find their man in Athens, Ga., a player who could play inside or outside.

ALEC OGLETREE, LB, GEORGIA 21. CINCINNATI (10-6) With the Andre Smith free agency situation still cloudy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; do the Bengals really want him back? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cincinnati makes a move to put pressure on the veteran. Or to let him walk.

D.J. FLUKER, OT, ALABAMA 22. ST. LOUIS (10-6), pick from Washington Wisely, the Rams went with Vaccaro at No. 16 and still get the wideout to boost their passing game at this spot.

DEANDRE HOPKINS, WR, CLEMSON

5. DETROIT (4-12) Coming off a distressing collapse in which they gave up 437 points, the Lions must find a way to close the wide-open door to their end zone. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fortunate to have several options here, and go for the pass rusher.

ZIGGY ANSAH, DE, BYU

23. MINNESOTA (10-6) With two selections in the next three slots, Minnesota is going to help itself on defense both times.

First up, yes, the Vikings see plenty of value in that Notre Dame linebacker.

MANTI TEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;O, ILB, NOTRE DAME

6. CLEVELAND (5-11) After holding their breath that the cornerback they seek will be on the board â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the previous three teams all have a need there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Browns can exhale and call the name ...

DEE MILLINER, CB, ALABAMA

24. INDIANAPOLIS (11-5) Seeking a pass rusher to replace Dwight Freeney, the Colts look at Damontre Moore of Texas A&M, Datrone Jones of UCLA and Alex Okafor of Texas.

Moore is most ready to step in.

DAMONTRE MOORE, DE, TEXAS A&M

7. ARIZONA (5-11) If they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trade down, the Cardinals wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to swallow hard to upgrade their offensive line with a proven winner and another Crimson Tide player.

CHANCE WARMACK, G, ALABAMA

25. MINNESOTA (10-6), pick from Seattle More help for the interior defense in a real bargain this late in the first round. Although the Vikes are tempted to go for a wideout, they see excellent value in ...

SHELDON RICHARDSON, DT, MISSOURI

8. BUFFALO (6-10) Every team puts up smoke screens before the draft. And the Bills sure seem to have polluted the air with them because we think they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t convinced Kevin Kolb or Tarvaris Jackson is more than a backup or fill-in QB. So the first quarterback off the board is ...

GENO SMITH, QB, WEST VIRGINIA

26. GREEN BAY (11-5) The Packers never expected to be in this position, choosing between the best running back in this crop, the two best tight ends or an effective defensive tackle who never stops coming. Does the question become which helps Aaron Rodgers more, a pass catcher or a running back?

TYLER EIFERT, TE, NOTRE DAME

9. NEW YORK JETS (6-10) Having finally dealt Darrelle Revis, the Jets could look at a cornerback here, perhaps FSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Xavier Rhodes. And, yes, they might have considered Smith.

But someone who can get to the quarterback from the outside is a must for Rex Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense.

BARKEVIOUS MINGO, DE-OLB, LSU

27. HOUSTON (12-4) Houston has a very obvious need: finding a receiver to complement the superb but aging Andre Johnson.

That void has been a major reason the Texans flopped in the playoffs the last two years. There are three possible choices for that position, and the answer is ...

CORDARRELLE PATTERSON, WR, TENNESSEE

10. TENNESSEE (6-10) The Titans sang a sour song on defense all through 2012, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to fix some of that in Music City.

They might look at the offensive line, but their needs are so hefty on D, and there are lots of solid prospects on the board. Such as ...

JARVIS JONES, LB, GEORGIA 11. SAN DIEGO (7-9) Another team starting over after the talent base was erased by ill-advised moves in the last few years.

New coach Mike McCoy is offense-minded, and he sees all the holes on the line.

LANE JOHNSON, OT, OKLAHOMA 12. MIAMI (7-9) Yet another team needing blocking help. After the Dolphins made so many splashes in free agency, they can afford to fill a void, especially when one of the better offensive linemen still is available.

JONATHAN COOPER, G, NORTH CAROLINA 13. NEW YORK JETS (6-10) They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss on Rhodes, but they will consider an offensive playmaker here such as Tavon Austin or DeAndre Hopkins. In the end, the back end on defense will be the target, and because this seems too high to take a safety, New York grabs ...

XAVIER RHODES, CB, FLORIDA STATE 14. CAROLINA (7-9) The Panthers will be tempted to go back to the big guys.

Then they will spot the little guy with the game-breaking skills on kick returns, as a receiver and even perhaps in a version of the wildcat. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resist ...

TAVON AUSTIN, WR, WEST VIRGINIA 15. NEW ORLEANS (7-9) The Saints will take about 10 seconds of their allotted time to write down their pick, instantly improving their pass rush with a guy with good feel for getting to the

28. DENVER (13-3) Getting past the Elvis Dumervil error that made him a free agent will be a whole lot easier when the Broncos find a nice replacement _ and a surprise first-rounder who impressed with 4 1-2 sacks in the Alamo Bowl.

ALEX OKAFOR, DE, TEXAS 29. NEW ENGLAND (12-4) Predicting anything Bill Belichick will do, other than scowl or wear a hoodie, is impossible. Clearly, the Patriots need help virtually everywhere on defense, although they should be a runaway winner in the AFC East even if they skip all their picks. Now that would be different for Belichick.

MATT ELAM, S, FLORIDA 30. ATLANTA (13-3) After giving lots of thought to Alabama RB Eddie Lacy, Atlanta backs off and turns to a defensive unit damaged in the offseason by cuts and defections.

With visions of defending Brees and Newton twice a season, they go for ...

DESMOND TRUFANT, CB, WASHINGTON 31. SAN FRANCISCO (11-4-1) The Niners almost won the Super Bowl, and they are loaded heading into the draft. So much so that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to flinch about grabbing the best guy on their board. No selection for need here.

JESSE WILLIAMS, DT, ALABAMA 32. BALTIMORE (10-6) The 2013 Ravens already donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resemble the team that won the championship. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Anquan Boldin, Dannell Ellerbe, Paul Kruger and Bernard Pollard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all gone. But GM Ozzie Newsome is one of the best talent evaluators around. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get this pick right.

KEVIN MINTER, LB, LSU

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GM: Panthers might take OL, DL

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; While other NFL teams are in search of quarterbacks and running backs, new Carolina general manager Dave Gettleman said the Panthers wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind walking away from the NFL draft with big offensive and defensive linemen.

Gettleman has worked in the NFL for more than a quarter century and to him â&#x20AC;&#x153;hog molliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a term of affection he uses for offensive and defensive linemen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are areas of need.

GETTLEMAN â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on record: Big men allow you to compete,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gettleman said.

The Panthers must find a replacement for veteran left tackle Jordan Gross, whose contract voids after the season, and a defensive tackle to replace Ron Edwards.

They could also use a defensive end.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no denying the influence working the past 15 seasons in the personnel department of the New York Giants has had on Gettleman, a firm believer that the best way to build a team is from the inside out.

The Giants relied on aggressive defensive ends to help take Tom Brady out of his rhythm and beat the New England Patriots in two Super Bowls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an interest in those

big guys,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Getteman, who joined the Panthers in January. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those big guys are line-of-scrimmage changers. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re big for the team.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gettleman believes that offensive and defensive line are the two deepest positions in the draft. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not angry about that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gettleman grinned.

However, Gettlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resources are limited.

He has only has five draft picks at his disposal, including the 14th selection overall. The Panthers last year traded away their third- and seventh-round picks.

While Gettleman will have final say over all draft day decisions, he said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll rely heavily on his scouting staff and his coaches for input.

And with good reason.

Gettleman admits heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a novice when it comes to evaluating college personnel and his knowledge of running a draft.

With the Giants, all of his work came on the pro personnel side, which included analyzing NFL free agents. Occasionally heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get asked advice on a college player, but those instances were few and far between. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a pro guy basically I was in the war room on draft handling the trade phone,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gettleman said of his time with the Giants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was basically it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But in the end he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think evaluating NFL talent is much different than assessing college talent.

Keeping Sumter Beautiful

By Amanda McNulty County Extension Agent

IF YOU HAVE TO CUT THEM...

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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PHENIS BROCKINGTON Jr. Phenis â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flapâ&#x20AC;? Brockington Jr., 65, husband of Hattie Brockington, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at his residence in Sumter.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Phenis Brockington Sr. and Parnese Dunham Brockington Wiley. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School Class of 1966.

BROCKINGTON After graduation, he attended Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. After college, Flap was employed as an officer with the city of Sumter Police Department for 21 years. He served with distinction and retired with the rank of sergeant. As a young man, he joined Brown Chapel Baptist Church, where he was baptized.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Carrie and Janice; four brothers, Jerry, Orin, Michael and Joseph; paternal grandparents, Archie and Rosa L. Brockington; and maternal grandparents, Richard Dunham and Janie D. McCoy. Surviving are his wife, Hattie Brockington; a daughter, Natasha (Derreck) Whorline; a son, Nicholas (Kenitra) Brockington; five grandchildren, Tazhanique, Joshua, Jordan, Nikya and Kori; two brothers, Velvet (Deborah) Brockington and Lee (Patricia) Brockington; one sister, Barbara Brockington; mother-inlaw, Hattie Bradley; two brothers-in-law, Eugene Baten and Willie Bradley; a sister-in-law, Ernestine Bradley; and a host of other family members.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Beulah AME Church, 3175 Florence Highway, Sumter, with the Rev. Dwayne Bruce, pastor.

The public may view from 1 to 6 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel,

304 S. Main St., Sumter.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. at Palmer Memorial Chapel and other times at 918 Fulton St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

Online memorials may be made to www.palmermemorialchapel.com.

EMERY A. VALLIER REMBERT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Emery Allyn Vallier, age 81, beloved husband of the late Barbara L. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bobbiâ&#x20AC;? Vallier, died on Friday, April 19, 2013, at Hospice Atlanta.

Born in Detroit, Mich., he was a son of the late Russell Joseph and Ina Agnes Emery Vallier. Mr. Vallier served his country in the U.S. Army as a VALLIER master sergeant in the 7th Calvary and was a Korean War veteran. He went on to work for the U.S. Postal Service in Washington state and then retired from the Postal Service in Rembert. He was a member of the VFW, DAV and St. James Lutheran Church.

Surviving are his family, Sandra J. Delrie of Atlanta, Cliff Delrie of Atlanta, and Russell D. Vallier and his wife, Rene, of Florence; one sister, Lois V. DiNicola of Lake Placid, N.Y.; a daughter-inlaw, Debbie Cheatwood and her husband, Kelley, of Kennewick, Wash.; three grandchildren, Michael C., Ami Jo and Logan; and his special friends, Wilj Sturkey and Andy and Tonjua Teague, both of Atlanta.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his brother, Dean Vallier.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday at Bullock

Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to St. James Lutheran Church, 1137 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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 DELORIS McCONICO MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Deloris McConico, 51, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at her residence.

She was born Nov. 19, 1961, in the Paxville section of Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Mary Lou McCouico.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 306 Breedin St., Manning.

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

GLENNIE H. DAIL Glennie Hodge Dail, 52, widow of Gary Dean Dail, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013, at her home.

Born Oct. 12, 1960, in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Staber and Stella Lowder Hodge. Mrs. Dail attended Andrews First Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Aside from her love for dogs, Glennie loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her granddaughters.

Survivors include a daughter, Jennifer Dail Carter (Johnnie) of Andrews; two granddaughters, Paisley Caydence Carter and Marley Dean Carter; two brothers, Gary Hodge (Elisha) and Wayne Hodge (Vera), both of Andrews; a sister, Annette Miller of Andrews; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013

at Andrews First Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Dean Baber and the Rev. Paul Miles officiating. Burial will follow in Andrews Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. today at the church.

Memorials may be made to the Andrews First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 112 N. Magnolia Ave., Andrews, SC 29510 or to Hospice Care of South Carolina, 131 N. Academy St., Kingstree, SC 29556.

Graham Funeral Home of Georgetown is in charge of the arrangements. www.grahamfuneralhome.org

LLOYD HILL Sr. Lloyd Hill Sr., 64, husband of Elsie Martha Maple Hill, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Nov. 5, 1948, in Sumter County, he was a son of Robert and Rosa Lee Harvin Hill.

The family will receive friends at the home, 595 Deschamps Road, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

MARY F. MORRIS MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mary Rhunette Floyd Morris, 82, wife of 65 years to Dr. Presley Andrew Morris, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Sept. 21, 1930, in Lake City, she was a daughter of the late Wesley Bethea Floyd and Mary Alice DuBose Floyd. She was a ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife for 55 years; was appointed as a home missionary by the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indiana; and graduated with an associate degree from Porter Business College in Indianapolis, Ind. She was retired from Claren-

don School District 2 and Clarendon County Council on Aging. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband of Manning; a daughter, Rosemary Morris Herring; a son, David Morris (Susie), all of Alcolu; three grandsons, Jason Morris of Pawleys Island, Justin Morris of Charleston and Shane Herring (Kristen) of Waynesville, N.C. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m.

Wednesday at Clarendon Baptist Church with the Rev. Jesse Powers officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alcolu.

Pallbearers will be Michael McGee, Joey Morris, Ray Morris, Rob Morris, Darry Ruthven and Neal Cole.

Nephews will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, David and Susie Morris of Alcolu.

Memorials may be made to Turbeville Free Will Baptist Home for Children, P.O. Box 229, Turbeville, SC 29162.

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

GENEVA M. HOWARD Geneva Moore Howard departed this earthly life on Friday, April 19, 2013, at her residence in Columbia.

Born Sept. 15, 1953, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Catherine Moore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bunch,â&#x20AC;? as she was affectionately known, attended the public schools in Sumter County and graduated from Mayewood High School Class of

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1972. She was baptized as a Jehovahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Witness, where she served diligently until her health failed. She was employed by Georgia Pacific Co. for many years.

She also lived in Germany and worked at a daycare center. She had a passion for attending her Christian meetings.

She was especially fond of her dogs and her flowers. She enjoyed witnessing to others and sharing her love for Jehovah. She was united in marriage to Lonnie Howard.

She is survived by a son, LaRon Howard. In addition, her memories will be cherished by her loving sisters, Eartha Moore, Anna D. Gibson and Henrietta (Eugene) Burton; a brother, John W. Moses, all of Sumter; two uncles; four aunts; several nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.

Wednesday at the West Congregation of Jehovahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Witnesses, 100 Lyman Road, Sumter, with Elder John Cannon officiating.

The family will receive friends and relatives at the home of her sister, Henrietta Burton, 918 Mordred St., Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at noon.

The funeral procession will leave at 12:20 p.m. from the home of her sister.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be friends of the family.

Interment will be in Mayesville Cemetery, Mayesville.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr.com.

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Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

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BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press With the how and when of college football playoffs determined, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to lock in the where.

The conference commissioners in charge of putting together the four-team playoff system that will start after the 2014 regular season will meet starting Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif.

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Pick three more bowls to be used in the semifinal rotation and decide on a site for the first national championship game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be another big step,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; BCS executive director Bill Hancock said recently.

True, though all signs point toward these big steps being foregone conclusions. The Fiesta, Cotton and Chick-fil-A bowls are the overwhelming favorites to be chosen for the playoff rotation, and have been for a while. So much so that

only one other bowl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Holiday Bowl in San Diego â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even put in a bid to be part of the system that will replace the Bowl Championship Series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a little surprised we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get more,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said.

Hancock said there was plenty of interest even though it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t result in bids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I talked to 10 or 12 bowls about it,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think for various reasons people decided, many of the bowls decid-

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Even Holiday Bowl organizers acknowledge they are a big underdog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough competition,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Holiday Bowl executive director Bruce Binkowski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we felt it was incumbent upon us to make a bid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to beat out the incumbents.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; As for the site of the first national championship game on Jan. 12, 2015, the frontrunner is Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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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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Richard C. Johnson Jr

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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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Eileen Salisbury

#2013ES4300212 Personal Representative Robert J. Swank C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

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

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Whitney C. Weatherly

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

#2013ES4300206 Personal Representative Lenora T. Weatherly 2131 N Main Street Sumter, SC 29153

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Thomas B. Tillman JR

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

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

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Catherine Chappell

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

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Carl G. Truett

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

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Linda D. Longberry

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

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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

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Forman Ulysses Irick, III

Clara Bell McKenzie

#2013ES4300213 Personal Representative Mary Jenkins 6809 Oconee Place Fairburn, GA 30213

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

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Annie Mae Beall

#2013ES4300207 Personal Representative Gloria J. Pounds 215 Winn Street Sumter, SC 29150

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

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John C. McKenzie

#2013ES4300214 Personal Representative Mary Jenkins 6809 Oconee Place Fairburn, GA 30213

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David M. Peek

#2013ES4300187 Personal Representative Sylvia E. Peek PO Box 1367 Sumter, SC 29151 #2013ES4300218 Personal Representative Emery McElveen 1800 Queen Chapel Road Sumter, SC 29153

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Norman F. Hood #2013ES4300221 Personal Representative John L. Hood 2575 Relative Road Dalzell, SC 29040

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#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

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#2013ES4300211 Personal Representative Margaret H. Windham 1075 Sterling Street Sumter, SC 29153

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

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Frances M. Waldron

#2013ES4300205 Personal Representative Joseph A. Waldron Jr 2055 Bethel Church Road Sumter, SC 29154

To request a bid package and plans, email khyatt@sumtercountysc.org. A hard copy of the bid package and plans may be picked up for a non-refundable fee of $150 at Sumter County Public Works 1289 North Main Street Sumter, S.C. 29153 A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for April 30, 2013 at 9:00 am in the Sumter County Council's Chambers.

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Abandoned Vehicle Notice The following vehicle was abandoned at Bethel Tire Service, 828 Bethel Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154. Described as a 2008 SUZI, VIN #JS1GT77A282108367. Total due for storage and repairs is $4,500.00 as of April 12, 2013 plus $35 per day thereafter; . Owner is asked to call (803) 481-9898. If not claimed in 30 days, it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.

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Dennis A. Willard

#2013ES4300220 Personal Representative Linda P. Irick C/O John Keffer Attorney At Law 2775 Britton Brogdon Road Sumter, SC 29153

Melba McClelland

Separate sealed bids for: the construction of approximately 1,100 linear feet of dual lane roadway will be received by Sumter County in the County Council's Chamber located on the third floor of the Sumter County Administration Building, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, SC until 10:00 a.m. on May 15, 2013 there at said office opened and read aloud.

Nettie McCall

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

Moses Smith

Project: Wise Drive Extension Phase II

James W. McElveen

Barbara J. Robinson

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Lillian Elaine Wright Chapman, Plaintiff, vs.

Edward J. Wright, Minnie Jones Corea, Timothy Jones, Elliott Kelly, Calvin Kelly, Kerene Spigner, Robert Spigner, Mary Bracy Anderson, Randolph Bracey, Jr., Carrie Singleton Prioleau, Darcus Singleton Stewart, Sarah Singleton Griggs, William Singleton, Rhetta Singleton Sanders, Lewis Singleton, Gaymond Singleton, James Singleton, Lee Singleton, Randolph Singleton, Theresa Singleton, Sabrina Singleton, Elbert Singleton, Maceo Singleton, Jr., Barry Singleton, Deborah Singleton Webb, Sandra Singleton Savage, Patricia Parr, Cynthia Singleton, Laverne White, Benjamin Singleton, Beverly Osborne, Bernard Singleton, Byron Jackson, Ceicely Smith, Gladys Grant, John Doe, Mary Roe, also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, or any claim adverse to Plaintiff s ownership or any cloud on title thereto, Defendants.

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Sumter, South Carolina, 29151-1268, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Second Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Second Amended Complaint.

INCLUSIVE OF SUCH PERSONS WHETHER INFANTS OR UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY, AND IN THE CASE OF INFANTS UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN (14) YEARS OR PERSONS MENTALLY INCOMPETENT, TO THEIR PARENTS OR THE PERSONS WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE, OR THEIR CONSERVATOR, IF THEY HAVE ONE,

If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, not less than ten (10) days after the time for answering has elapsed, Plaintiff will apply for a hearing before the Master for Sumter County, which hearing shall be held to obtain a final order and judgment of all issues in this action, whether a matter of fact or law, or both; and said hearing shall be held before The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master-in-Equity for Sumter County, or any successor Master-in-Equity for Sumter County, who shall enter final judgment.

TO ALL OF TE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, INCLUSIVE OF ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT,

TAKE NOTICE That unless you apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this notice upon you, exclusive of the date of service, application will be made in your behalf by the Plaintiff in this action for the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your interest in said action.

That Michael M. Jordan, Esquire, 10 Law Range, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, has been appointed as Guardian ad litem nisi for all Defendants impleaded herein who may be infants or others under legal disability.

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The Loft on Caldwell, which serves as living quarters for representatives of companies doing business in Sumter as well as for employees of Thompson Turner Construction, which owns it, will be the site of an open house hosted by the Main Street Society on Thursday.

Downtown apartment focus of event

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he Main Street Society will host an open house on Thursday, featuring The Loft on Caldwell Street, an upscale apartment converted from a historic downtown building.

Danielle Thompson of Thompson Turner Construction, which owns the apartment, oversaw its renovation along with that of several others.

“Thompson Turner was the contractor for the project,” she said, “and Randy Abbott of Nicole Norris Designs did the cabinet design and lighting, and I did the decor and furnishings.”

The apartment, while “a little more ‘dressed up’” than the other downtown apartments constructed by Thompson Turner, “is a pretty good model for the others,” Thompson said. Like The Loft, some have two bedrooms and two baths, while others have one bedroom and one bath.

The other apartments are already occupied, she said, noting that the company keeps The Loft for use by business clients and employees of Thompson Turner when they’re in Sumter on business.

“We just used it a week ago for guests of the restaurant (Hamptons),” she noted. “Greg (Thompson, her husband) and I have spent a couple of nights there, and we were surprised by just how quiet it is downtown. I think it’s quieter than at our house.”

The Loft was a site for Sumter Senior Services’ Sip and Stroll last fall, and it attracted many guests curious

The exteriors of newly remodeled apartments in historic downown Sumter are shown.

There is a waiting list for the apartments, and a large number of people are looking to live downtown in apartments on Main Street and its arteries.

about the changes occurring in the area, Thompson said.

“I think people are interested in the growth of downtown Sumter,” she said.

“The other apartments were rented through word of mouth, and I feel that shows that people really want to live there.

“We made a commitment to downtown when Greg decided to locate his office here and we opened Hamptons,” she said. “We’re pleased by the success of our decisions, and we’re planning on other projects in the future.

“I know some others are renovating

downtown buildings for apartments and other projects,” she said. “A lot of people are inquiring about changes and opportunities, and that’s good for downtown, I think.”

The Main Street Society agrees.

The mission of the organization of individual members is stated as to “encourage the support of Sumter’s citizens, industries and businesses in the continuous revitalization of Downtown Sumter.”

Lucy Wilson of the Society said the open house is a continuation of the group’s efforts “to show off all the

things that are happening in Sumter’s historic district and downtown.”

Like Thompson, Wilson thinks many people are interested in Sumter’s downtown.

“Neal Crotts with Central Carolina Technical College said he gets a lot of calls wanting the college to open a conference center downtown,” she said. “There’s a park that will be opening across from the Sumter Opera House, and we’re hearing that a hotel with a conference center may open next to it on Main Street soon.

“We just want to get the word out so that people will know what’s happening.”

The Main Street Society sponsored an open house in August at the historic Haynsworth home being renovated

by Bubba and Julie Bailey.

“We had a wonderful turnout for that event,” Wilson said, “and we feel people would also like to see what’s happening in the apartments downtown.”

That opportunity for the public comes from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, when they’ll be able to walk through The Loft. There is no charge, but a $5 donation to further the goals of the Main Street Society is encouraged.

Main Street Society members will be admitted beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Loft on Caldwell is located on Caldwell Street, also called Brick Street, across from Central Carolina Technical College’s Health Sciences facility. Ample parking is available.

For more information about joining the Main Street Society, visit the website www.sumtersc.gov/main-street-society.aspx.

Rotary Sunrise does the ‘Cow-Cow Boogie’ “contented cow.”

“They’re almost always pretty laid back,” he said.

Derek Burress is not a “I’ve gotten to the point I bingo player, but he can tell if a cow is in a makes an exception once good mood by looking at a year for a game that’s her, so I can gauge whethjust too much fun for him er I’ll have to run from to resist — Rotary Club of her. I’m not as agile as a Sumter Sunrise’s Cow rodeo clown!”

Patty Bingo. He’s been While the game is all in hosting the fundraiser for good fun, the funds raised “11 or 12 years,” Burress support Rotary Sunrise said, and he’ll be back projects. To play, attendSaturday, ready to cheer ees make donations and on the cows, who, by the then select a randomly way, don’t mark their numbered box on the squares with ink or coin- “bingo card” — a grid in sized tokens. Their mark- the Sumter County Fairers are much bigger and grounds’ livestock arena contain a large amount of marked off by chalk. A hay, fed to them “in large well-fed bovine is then quantities” shortly before ushered into the arena, the game. and Burress waits for her It’s that high-fiber diet to “select” a box. Whoever that determines how has picked the correct quickly the games go, box wins the pot for that Burress noted. He likes particular game. Several to jump in the ring to games are played determine exactly which throughout the afternoon. of 50 boxes in the grid If Ol’ Bossie doesn’t the cow has made her find your box or boxes, deposit in, but is cauyou’ll get yet another tious if he doesn’t get a chance to win by making

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Master of ceremonies Derek Burress prepares for a game of Cow Patty Bingo sponsored by Rotary Club of Sumter Sunrise Club.

a donation in the 50-50 drawing. If your ticket’s drawn, you’ll split the pot with the Rotary Club. Numerous door prizes will also be awarded.

Funds raised by Saturday’s event will help the club’s scholarship programs and will also be used to support community programs such as youth baseball, school supply packs for needy children and dictionaries for third-graders in Sum-

ter County.

The club also sponsors candidates for Rotary International’s Ambassadorial Scholars program, which according to Rotary International’s official Web site, www.Rotary.org, is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program with more than 41,000 men and women from 100 nations having studied abroad since 1947. Rotary International

and local chapters are particularly proud of the success of their campaign to essentially eradicate polio worldwide.

Nicki Blooze and Formally Unknown, the popular local band that plays rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, blues, beach music and pop, will entertain the crowd before Burress and the cow take to the arena. The band comprises Blooze on vocal and percussion, Lee McLaughlin and Julius Brown on guitar and vocals, Christopher Morrison on bass and Robbie McLaughlin on drums.

Since the ticket price includes food and beverages, attendees can also enjoy barbecued chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, beans, chili and more — all you care to eat.

Children love watching the cow during the bingo games, and there will also be a play area for them with face painting, a bounce house and other

activities.

As for Burress, he said for the next few days he’ll be in his work boots “practicing my tip-toeing” when he’s not hosting his daily radio program and working at Sumter Habitat for Humanity, where he is executive director.

Although he’ll have his well-broken-in boots, Burress said he’s still thankful that of all the bingo games, Rotary Sunrise doesn’t have “cover the card” on the program.

Cow Patty Bingo will be held in the Livestock Arena directly behind the Civic Center on West Liberty Street from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Admission tickets for Saturday’s event are $10 for an individual adult, $15 for a couple and $5 for children 12 and older.

Children 11 and younger will be admitted free.

Tickets can be purchased at the gate or from any member of the Rotary Club of Sumter Sunrise.

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Cedar-Planked Pecan, Bourbon and Brown Sugar Glazed Brie is a perfect party appetizer.

Cedar planks dress up glazed brie with fruit ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press My trick to throwing a great party — and I love throwing a great party — is to keep my stress level as low as possible. Because an atease host makes for atease guests.

For me, keeping party stress to a minimum means prepping as much food as possible in advance. That way when people are arriving, all I need to do is heat, plate and eat.

This also lets you focus more energy on how the food is presented, which — especially for a party — can be nearly as important as taste.

One of my favorite party tricks is to use cedar wood planks for both cooking and serving. I love the look of the ruff hewn wood plank piled with food.

And if the edges are a little charred, so much the better! One of my tried and true party appetizers that works with this technique is a grilled glazed brie with fresh fruit.

This recipe is a streamlined version of the baked brie I used to make. Back in the day, I would cut open the wheel of cheese, stuff it with fruit and nuts, then close it back up and bake it. But I like this glazed version better. It’s simpler to prepare and looks more appetizing with all the delicious hot “filling” toppling over the side. I serve it with assorted fruit and water crackers, but baguette or your favorite crackers would be just as good.

I make the fruit and nut mixture in advance and keep it in a jar in my refrigerator so I can throw it together when friends drop by unexpectedly, or just when I am feeling like a treat.

It works best on a small 8-ounce wheel of brie

because the rind will contain the oozing cheese as it heats up.

You can use a slice of brie instead, but make sure that you don’t heat it too long or all of the cheese in the center will melt and puddle out. You want the cheese and toppings to be just warmed.

The cedar plank adds a kiss of flavor, makes it easy to bake in the oven or pop onto the grill, and becomes your serving platter as well. I also use these planks as serving trays for lots of my little dishes. In fact, we use them in my restaurant as trays for passed hors d’oeuvres when we host special events.

One of my favorite uses is for chili con queso and chips. I heat the spicy cheese dip, pour it into a hollowedout red pepper and serve it with chips on a wooden plank. Even a simple cheese platter is dressed up by the rustic slab of wood and makes an impromptu wine and cheese party feel more special.

CEDAR-PLANKED PECAN, BOURBON AND BROWN SUGAR GLAZED BRIE

You shouldn’t have any trouble finding food grade cedar planks. Most grocers sell them near the seafood and meats. If you buy them from a hardware store, be certain that they are untreated.

Start to finish: 30 minutes (plus soaking time for the cedar plank) Servings: 6 Cedar grilling plank (about 6-by-8 inches) 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/4 cup chopped pecans 2 tablespoons dried cherries and/or chopped dried apricots 1 tablespoon bourbon 8-ounce round brie

1 tablespoon no-sugar raspberry jam 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and thinly sliced 1 pear, cored and thinly sliced 2 tablespoons lemon juice Small bunch of grapes Water crackers, to serve Soak the cedar plank in water for at least 30 minutes. If necessary, weigh it down to keep it submerged.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl stir together the brown sugar, pecans, dried cherries and bourbon. This step can be done up to a week ahead. If so, cover and refrigerate until needed.

Heat the grill to indirect medium heat. The cheese also can be prepared in the oven. For the latter, heat it to 400 F. Place the Brie on the wet cedar plank. Spread the jam over the top of the cheese. Spoon the fruit and nut mixture over the jam. You may not need all of the nut mixture.

Place the plank with the brie either on the grill grates or on a cookie sheet in the oven. Either way, cook for 10 minutes, or until the brie is slightly softened and the sugar melts.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, toss the apple and pear slices with the lemon juice.

Arrange the slices and grapes around the side of the brie. Serve on the plank with a cheese knife.

Nutrition information per serving: 300 calories; 130 calories from fat (43 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (7 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 40 mg cholesterol; 36 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 31 g sugar; 9 g protein; 240 mg sodium.

When made just right, mashed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food: smooth, creamy, warm and filling — not to mention a perfect vehicle for gravy.

But how to get them perfectly smooth and creamy? Too often ridding mashed potatoes of those pesky lumps forces you to overwork the spuds into a gummy, grainy mess.

Or you end up adding so much cream and butter that the dairy drowns out the flavor of the potatoes.

But if you’re after a silkier texture — more like what the French call pommes puree — stick with waxy potatoes, such as Yukon gold or fingerlings. You also should try a modernist technique pioneered by food writer Jeffrey Steingarten and refined by the British chef Heston Blumenthal. It adds a step, but it is well worth it.

Steingarten discovered that gently heating the potatoes for a half hour or so in warm water before they are boiled profoundly improves the result. This is because as the potatoes soak in water at about 160 F (70 C), the starch in them gelatinizes, producing a smoother puree on the tongue.

The granules that contain the starch also firm up, making it harder to rupture them during mashing.

Recently our research chefs perfected yet another modernist method that yields an amazingly smooth and slightly sweet potato puree, and all without adding any butter, milk or cream. The secret is to deploy a little trick of biochemistry that con-

verts the starch in the potatoes into sugar.

The key to this culinary alchemy is an enzyme known as diastase. Don’t let the fancy name put you off; this ingredient is quite natural (it is derived from malted grain), and you can buy it online or at stores that sell brewing and baking ingredients. The enzyme typically is sold in in a ready-to-use form called diastatic malt powder.

The trickiest part is measuring the right amount. It’s potent stuff, so you really should measure ingredients by weight. After you have peeled and cubed the potatoes, weigh them. For every 100 grams of potatoes, measure out 1 gram of diastatic malt powder.

So 1,100 grams of peeled, cubed potatoes calls for 11 grams of malt powder.

Now fill a pot with water and add 2 grams of sugar and 3 grams of salt for every 100 milliliters of water. Simmer the potato cubes until they are tender, 30 to 40 minutes, then drain.

Stir the diastatic malt powder into the potatoes, then pass the mixture through a ricer.

The riced potatoes next get sealed in a zipclose plastic bag, which is set in a pot of hot tap water (about 125 F) for a half hour. The warmth activates the enzyme and starts it gobbling up the potato starch.

When the 30 minutes is up, empty the bag into a pot, then heat the puree to at least 167 F (75 C) to halt the enzymatic activity.

That’s it. Even with no butter or cream, the result is sweet and amazingly smooth.

MODERNIST POTATO PUREE

As with most mod-

ernist recipes, accuracy is key. We’ve provided volume equivalents of most ingredients, but for best results use a digital scale and weigh things out.

Start to finish: 2 hours Makes 4 cups 2 1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes 30 grams (2 tablespoons) salt, plus additional for seasoning 20 grams (1 1/3 tablespoons) sugar 10 grams (1 tablespoon) diastatic malt powder Fill a large pot halfway with hot tap water.

Set the pot over very low heat. Maintain the water temperature at 125 F. To hold this temperature, you may need to turn the heat on and off occasionally.

Meanwhile, peel the potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes.

Measure out 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds or about 7 1/3 cups) of the potato cubes. Reserve any excess for another use. Place the potatoes in a second large pot with 2 liters (about 2 quarts) of water. Add the salt and sugar, then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until the potatoes are very tender, 30 to 40 minutes.

Drain the potatoes, then transfer them to a food processor. Add the malt powder, then process until smooth and sticky. Transfer to a large zip-close plastic bag, pressing out as much air as possible before closing. Place the bag of potatoes in the pot of 125 F water and cook in this manner for 30 minutes.

Empty the potatoes from the bag into a clean pot, then heat gently to at least 167 F. Season with salt and serve immediately.

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Try this healthier take on take-out worthy fried rice Starchy, crunchy and flavorful, fried rice is a deeply satisfying dish no matter what you add to it. And you can add just about any vegetable or protein you care to name, fresh or left over.

I love fried rice not only for its taste and versatility, but also because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so easy to make at the last minute.

I almost always have most of the core ingredients stocked in my pantry, refrigerator and freezer. If a carton of leftover take-out restaurant rice suddenly appears on a shelf next to the milk, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m good to go.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been all that great at cooking rice. I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to get the ratio and timing right, and I always forget when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to leave it alone and when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to stir it. I finesse this handicap by leaning on a little trick I learned during my restaurant days: boiling the rice in a big pot of salted water as if it was pasta. That way thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no rice-towater ratio to worry about. For brown rice, 45 minutes does the trick.

And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a particular rush, you can swap in instant brown rice, which is almost as nutritious as regular brown rice and cooks up quicker, as advertised.

This being spring, I made sure that the stars of the recipe were seasonal ingredients, starting with peas. Fresh peas are heavenly, of course, but they start turning to starch as soon as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re harvested, so be sure to cook them right away. I also incorporated two other spring vegetables â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sugar snap peas and radishes, though I left the radishes raw. Saute a radish and this spicy, crispy root vegetable becomes sweet and tender.

But I like the kick of a raw radish, so I simply shredded them, then tossed them with a little seasoned rice vinegar.

Sprinkled on top of the finished dish, these raw radishes are similar to a pickle.

Protein-wise, this recipe calls for shrimp, but you can use any protein you choose, or toss in mushrooms instead and call it a vegetarianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delight.

As is typical in Chinese cuisine, this dish requires little cooking time. But you must have all the ingredients measured and chopped before you toss them in the pan. If you want to streamline the process even further, you can leave out the sauce, simply serving the finished dish with soy sauce and hot sauce on the side.

For that matter, you could lose the radish garnish, though even suggesting such a thing makes me sad.

In the end, I can pretty much guarantee that if you try this recipe even once, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be inspired to make it again and again, changing it slightly every time to make room for whichever delicious seasonal ingredients happen to be at hand or whichever leftovers are crying out to be used up.

SHRIMP FRIED RICE WITH PICKLED RADISHES

Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 4 2 eggs Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil, divided 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion 1/2 pound peeled and deveined raw shrimp 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger 3 cups cooked brown rice 2 cups coarsely shredded radishes (about 10 large radishes) 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry 2 teaspoons sesame oil 1 cup blanched fresh or thawed frozen peas 1 cup blanched sugar snap peas, cut into 1/2inch pieces Heat a large nonstick skillet over mediumhigh. Coat the pan with cooking spray.

In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add a pinch of salt and some pepper to the eggs, then add them to the pan.

Tilt the pan to spread the egg all around to make a flat pancake.

Cook for 30 to 45 seconds, or until almost set.

Turn over the egg (you can cut it in a few pieces to make it easier, using the side of a nonstick pan-safe spatula) and cook for another 10 seconds. Transfer the egg to a cutting board.

Add 1/2 tablespoon of the oil to the pan.

Once the oil is hot, add the onion. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is lightly golden, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and cook, stirring, until almost cooked through, about another 3 to 5 minutes.

Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and return the skillet to the heat.

Add the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil to the skillet, then add the rice, pressing it flat with the back of the spatula.

Cook until the rice is slightly crispy, turning it over with the spatula, about 8 to 10 minutes.

While the rice is cooking, in a small bowl combine the radishes, vinegar and salt to taste.

In a small bowl combine the soy sauce, sake and sesame oil. Chop the egg and add it along with the peas and sugar snap peas to the bowl with the shrimp.

When the rice is nicely crisped, add the contents of the shrimp bowl and the soy sauce mixture to the skillet and cook, stirring, until the mixture is heated through. Transfer the fried rice to 4 bowls and top each portion with some of the radishes.

Nutrition information per serving: 440 calories; 120 calories from fat (27 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 175 mg cholesterol; 50 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 9 g sugar; 22 g protein; 670 mg sodium.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013

Husband rude to in-laws should make himself scarce

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EAR ABBY — I TIRED OF IT have been married for 18 years to DEAR TIRED OF IT — a man I have a good relaIt would be helpful to tionship with. My probknow WHY your husband lem is he has always been behaves this way. Does he extremely rude to my par- dislike your folks? Does ents. They aren’t critical he have so little in comor judgmental of him, and mon with them he they try hard to be friend- doesn’t know how to parly and accommodating, ticipate in a conversation perhaps thinking it might with them? Is he this way lessen the rudewith any other ness he continupeople? ally shows them.

Perhaps it Example: If my would be better for mom asks him all concerned if he how his parents saw them with you are doing, without less often, say, 30 looking up from percent to 50 perhis cellphone he’ll Abigail cent of the time.

VAN BUREN grunt and say, And before he “They’re fine” — does, make sure he nothing more. is up to the task of When we go out to dinner, being social because, as it he usually doesn’t join in stands, I agree his behavthe conversation. Instead, ior is rude. he just sits there with a He’s not a teenager dismissive, bored look on with his nose buried in a his face. cellphone; he’s an adult I have told him I don’t who should know better. want him to come with If he finds your parents’ me when I visit them. It company less than stimuonly takes a few times be- lating, he should be a betfore he asks if he can ter actor. come again and promises Dear Abby is written by to try to behave. But after Abigail Van Buren, also a few visits, he reverts known as Jeanne Phillips, back to his old, rude ways. and was founded by her It has reached a point that mother, Pauline Phillips. it’s affecting our marriage. Write Dear Abby at www.

Can you offer any sugges- DearAbby.com or P.O. Box tions for how this issue 69440, Los Angeles, CA can be resolved?

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The Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center will offer public information classes 11-11:50 a.m. on Thursdays at 24 Council St. as follows: April 25, healthy eating for seniors; May 2, tips on spring gardening; May 9, do-it-yourself home repairs; May 16, Betty Reese, Elephant Ear Gallery; May 23, preparing for a disaster; and May 30, protecting yourself from scams and scammers.

The Sumter Tea Party will meet Thursday, April 25, at the Elks Lodge, West Liberty Street. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting at 7 p.m.

AARP will hold a Refresher Driver Safety Classroom Course 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center, 24 Council St. Call (803) 7731944. Cost: $12/AARP members; and $14/ non-members.

Sumter High School Class of 1978 will sponsor an â&#x20AC;&#x153;All White Partyâ&#x20AC;? Spring Mixer at 9 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the American Legion, Artillery Drive. Open to all classes to include Sumter High, Hillcrest High School, Mayewood, St. Jude, Crestwood, etc.

Tickets: $10 in advance; $15 at the door. Call Sam at (803) 236-8818, Altoya at (803) 3167320 or Delores at (803) 565-9642.

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The Sumter Police Department will sponsor its sixth â&#x20AC;&#x153;National Prescription Drug Take Back Dayâ&#x20AC;?

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Collection boxes will be set up at the Sumter Law Enforcement Center, 107 E. Hampton Ave. This program provides the public with the opportunity to dispose of unused, unwanted or expired presciption drugs in a safe, legal manner.

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Despite being the best, or at least the bestreviewed, new show of the season, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;?

(10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) has seen its ratings steadily decline since midseason. Nothing kills a soapy melodrama like asking viewers to return in three weeks to see what happens next, followed by another twoweek hiatus.

In tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repeat, spoiled country pop star Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) is convinced that her virgin quarterback boyfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christian family has warm feelings for her. (Spoiler alert: They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.) And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known that since before Christmas!

Repeats have always been part of the TV season, but they are disruptive to a good show trying to establish itself.

And they can be particularly jarring now that an increasing number of viewers opt to consume TV in unconventional ways. Netflix has started releasing original dramas (â&#x20AC;&#x153;House of Cardsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hemlock Groveâ&#x20AC;?) a season at a time. Fans of those shows donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to wait a month between new episodes.

Like staying up all night to finish a good novel, they can devour an entire seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story arc in a single weekend if they so choose.

Of course, viewers

can catch up on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;? on a service like Hulu Plus. But they still have to wait until an original episode is broadcast to stream it there. Some may wait until the whole season is over to stream it in its entirety. But if not enough viewers watch it on good old-fashioned ad-supported TV, ABC may just go ahead and cancel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nashville.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Locked Up Abroadâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., National Geographic, TV14) presentation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raving Arizonaâ&#x20AC;? features a foreigner incarcerated in America with a strangely interesting tale to tell.

U.K.-born Shaun Attwood followed his dream to become a stockbroker in America.

But after developing a taste for Ecstasy, the enterprising Englishman decided he could cut out the middleman and start dealing the drug on his own. The attention of

Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Other Highlights â&#x20AC;˘ Deadshot returns on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arrowâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., CW, TV14). â&#x20AC;˘ Murder on sorority row on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Law & Order: Special Victims Unitâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14). â&#x20AC;˘ A unique ecosystem emerges on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First 4 Billion Yearsâ&#x20AC;? on â&#x20AC;&#x153;NOVAâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., PBS, TVPG). â&#x20AC;˘ Signs of a meteor strike on â&#x20AC;&#x153;CSIâ&#x20AC;? (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

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Series Notes Lethal love triangle on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dateline NBCâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., TV-PG) * Sueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrestling pep squad takes on the cheerleaders on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Middleâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Reid reels on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Criminal Mindsâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Dean mentors a hacker (Felicia Day) on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Supernaturalâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A canceled camping adventure on â&#x20AC;&#x153;How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)â&#x20AC;? (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

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Show With Jon Stewartâ&#x20AC;?

(11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Andy Samberg, Josh Hopkins and Lisa Loeb are on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conanâ&#x20AC;? (11 p.m., TBS, r) * Katie Couric is booked on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chelsea Latelyâ&#x20AC;? (11 p.m., E!) * Danica Patrick is on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Colbert Reportâ&#x20AC;? (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Kate Hudson and Selena Gomez appear on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Show With David Lettermanâ&#x20AC;? (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Emily Blunt and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tonight Showâ&#x20AC;? (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Topher Grace, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and Depeche Mode appear on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimmy Kimmel Liveâ&#x20AC;? (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Ricky Gervais and Jessica Pare visit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Night With Jimmy Fallonâ&#x20AC;? (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Rainn Wilson appears on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Late Late Showâ&#x20AC;? (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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others are incredible people. This year, make sure you properly thank her for all she has done for you by celebrating her with a day she’ll cherish forever.

Make this

MOTHER’S DAY her most memorable yet with these ideas: ◆ Plant a Garden Together Before you shell out big bucks on chocolates and jewelry, consider a greener gift that mom can treasure from her window. Visit your local garden center or nursery and pick some vibrant beauties you know she’ll swoon over.

Supply the gloves, mom’s favorite cocktails and snacks and make an event out of gardening with your favorite lady.

◆ Create Your Own Card No matter how old you are, nothing says it better than construction paper, glitter and a little creativity. If she’s a grandmother, involve the kids and make it a family craft project. Take a trip to your local hobby store to make sure you have all the goods for this tried-and-true ticket to mom’s heart.

Watermelon’s Many Benefits Just like mom, watermelon is a sweet and wonderful thing. Mom always told you to finish your fruits and vegetables, but did you know that watermelon boasts immunity benefits? Here are some of the perks for eating this juicy treat: Vitamin A — This vitamin is known to promote eye health, while boosting immunity through the enhancement of white blood cells.

Vitamin B6 — Boosts the immune system by maintaining normal nerve function and forming red blood cells.

Vitamin C — Protects immune system against infections, viruses and harmful free radicals that accelerate aging and other conditions.

Potassium — A two-cup serving of watermelon also contains potassium, an essential mineral that maintains water balance in every cell.

◆ Plan a Beautiful Brunch Create a colorful, bountiful brunch for mom. Make a checklist of all the necessary ingredients, ensuring you serve all of her favorites! For a fresh twist on brunch, incorporate the sweet summertime goodness of watermelon and other fresh fruit. Impress her with Breakfast Six Layer Trifle, or make her smile with Watermelon Pancake Sandwiches. Design a homemade menu card, and throw in an arrangement of her favorite blooms for a finishing touch.

For additional recipes and brunch ideas, visit www.watermelon.org.

BREAKFAST SIX LAYER TRIFLE Serves: 8 to 12 3 cups organic fat free vanilla yogurt 2 cups low fat natural granola 4 cups watermelon, minced 3 cups organic fat free peach yogurt 2 cups organic crisp rice cereal 2 cups shredded coconut Spread the vanilla yogurt over bottom of deep glass casserole or trifle dish. Layer remaining ingredients in order listed above in even layers over vanilla yogurt.

CHUNKY WATERMELON LEMONADE Serves: 2 to 3 2 cups water 1/3 cup raw sugar (or to taste) 2 cups seedless watermelon puree

1 fresh lemon, sliced thinly 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups chopped seedless watermelon flesh

In half-gallon pitcher with lid, mix 1 cup of water with sugar until completely dissolved. Stir in rest of water, watermelon puree, sliced lemon, lemon juice and vanilla extract.

Stir to mix well and chill thoroughly. Stir in 2 cups of chopped watermelon before serving.

WATERMELON PANCAKE SANDWICHES Serves: 4 2 tablespoons maple syrup 8 silver dollar size (3 to 4-inch) natural blueberry pancakes homemade or prepared, warm 4 slices seedless watermelon, same size as pancakes Spread syrup over one side of each pancake. Place slice of watermelon on the syrup brushed side of 4 of the pancakes. Top the watermelon with other 4 pancakes, syrup side down. Serve immediately.

WATERMELON WALDORF SALAD Serves: 4 to 6 2 cups cubed watermelon (1/2-inch cubes) 1/2 cup celery, sliced

1/2 cup seedless red grape halves Dash of salt 1/4 cup Greek yogurt

2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted

Stir together watermelon, celery, and grapes in bowl. Just before serving, stir salt into yogurt for dressing.

(Add water to thin, if necessary.) Pour dressing over fruit; stir until coated. Sprinkle with almonds.

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