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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com A Sumter Item news carrier could be considered a hero after alerting a sleeping couple to a yard fire early Tuesday morning.

Donna Moore and her husband were asleep in bed when they were awakened by the sounds of someone banging on the front door of their home on Whitehall Drive.

Moore said if it were not for Rita Holliday, she and her husband probably would not have woken up at all.

“She saved our lives,” she said.

Holliday, a news carrier with The Sumter Item for more than eight years, said she had just put the paper in the mailbox when she looked up and saw the fire in the Moores’ backyard.

Worried that the flames would reach the vehicles under the carport in the yard, Holliday ran to the front door to alert the Moores.

“I ran to the door and started banging on it and ringing the doorbell,” she said.

When the couple asked who was at the door, Holliday replied, “It’s Rita, your carrier lady.”

The fire spread from a shed in a neighboring yard behind the Moores’ house on Pelham Drive.

The cause of the fire was not stated in the incident report.

Moore’s husband tried to control the fire to his shed with the garden hose, but the flames were not fully extinguished until Sumter Fire Department arrived.

Moore said her first thought after calling the fire department

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Lack of Sumter psychiatrists means long wait

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A local patient has complained to The Sumter Item that he and others in need of mental health care have been unable to gain access to psychiatrists because of a shortage of psychiatric doctors in the Sumter area.

The patient said he was told by a counselor at Santee Wateree Community Mental Health Center it may be months before he could get an appoint-

ment with a psychiatrist.

“I am going through an issue, and they are telling me I probably can’t see a doctor till June,” he said. “I can see the counselor, but she isn’t helping me.

I need to see a doctor.”

The center’s Executive Director Richard Guess said attracting psychiatrists to the area is a problem.

“It’s always a challenge to recruit psychiatrists in rural areas,” he said. “It is more of a challenge for us to recruit psychiatrists to Sumter than it is in Columbia, Charles-

ton or Greenville.”

He said the shortage of psychiatrists is nationwide, particularly for child psychiatrists. The situation has been made worse locally by the recent deaths of two practitioners.

“We have just recently lost two of our psychiatrists who have passed away,” he said.

Fred Harmon, president of the local chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness, said local practitioners face

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Catfish limits could help stop ‘pay pond’ stockers Guides say trotline fishermen relocate species to other states

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources began enforcing catch limits for blue catfish on the Santee-Cooper lakes Wednesday. The new regulations limit each person to 25 fish per day and no more than two fish more than 32 inches long.

Previously, the number of fish was not limited, and anglers could only keep one blue catfish larger than 36 inches.

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limits will have little effect on them, but the regulations will not help restore the fish to previous levels unless authorities reel in the number of fish taken by commercial trotline fishermen.

“When I am guiding, sometimes I will have six people on the boat, and if we catch 25 catfish all day long, that’s unheard of almost,” said Rick Maynard of Rick’s Guide Service.

Wayne Vining of Santee-Cooper Catfishnfool Fishing Guide Service agrees.

“It says 25 per person in a boat, but

I haven’t seen that many catfish in a boat for a while,” he said.

The new limits also stipulate that

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CHAMBER NAMES NEW VP Christy Richardson is the new vice president of membership development for the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce.

Formerly with J.H. Seale and Sons as a sales manager, Richardson was also an agent with John Brabham Berkshire Hathaway HomeRICHARDSON Sales and a landscape designer for Richardson Landscaping and Nursery in Sumter.

She is a member of many community organizations including the Junior Welfare League, the Shaw/Sumter Community Council and the Sumter County Board of Realtors.

In 2014 she was also selected to serve as an Honorary Commander of the LR Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base.

MISSING 15-YEAR-OLD FOUND Authorities on Thursday located a Sumter teen whose family members reported him missing late last month, according to a statement from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

The discovery came about 2:30 p.m. after 15-year-old Harley Ray Ard was seen entering a S.C. Department of Social Services office in Clarendon County. Clarendon County deputies responded to the office, picked the teen up and transported him to the Sumter sheriff’s office to reunite Ard with family members.

According to the latest statement, Sumter County deputies will continue to investigate the teen’s week-long disappearance. Authorities said it’s possible they may file charges against others implicated in the incident at a later time.

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office released a media alert Wednesday night asking for the public’s help in finding the teen, who reportedly went missing March 23. The Sheriff’s Office issued another statement early Thursday indicating he had yet to be located, despite reports from social media and traditional media outlets.

Officials confirmed that Ard was involved in recent DSS court proceedings during which a judge reaffirmed his father’s custody of him.

The teen was removed from his mother’s home at some point; authorities were not clear on how long ago that was.

S.C. tops the list of best states to be a doctor

BY DAMIAN DOMINGUEZ USC School of Journalism Doctors are hearing a call that is drawing them to South Carolina. The Palmetto state was listed as the best state for doctors to work in by a personal finance website.

Although the study by WalletHub ranked South Carolina third in work environment and eighth in opportunity and competition, its overall ranking put it in first place, just ahead of second-place Minnesota and Texas in third.

The study looked at 12 key elements that the study organized into two groups: opportunity/competition and work environment.

Opportunity was measured with metrics such as average starting salary and wage disparity, while measuring competition used metrics such as the number of hospitals and physicians per capita.

The work environment was measured through the number of serious disciplinary actions by state medical

boards and malpractice.

Eileen Korpita, director of pre-professional advising at the University of South Carolina, said the state may be appealing in part because of what residency programs pay.

“Palmetto Health Richland is very well known for their residency programs,” she said.

KORPITA Residencies across the state pay well above average, she said, and that’s one reason why South Carolina medical students tend to seek work within the state.

Korpita said what’s most surprising is that pre-medical enrollment at USC has been increasing consistently, despite students being advised otherwise by medical professionals.

“Every day I get a student in my office telling me that the doctor they’re shadowing told them ‘do not go into medicine,’ that if they had the chance, they wouldn’t do it all again,” she said.

Part of the concern, Korpita said, is that the Affordable Care Act has made many physicians wary of continuing their career.

But that hasn’t stopped growth, she said. She said that the numbers have grown every year for the past five years for applications for pre-med students.

The fact that doctors and medical students would want to stay in South Carolina was no surprise to Andrew Vaughan, a USC medical student working with Palmetto Health Richland. For him, the main draw for staying in the state is that he was born here. He said that’s the reason a lot of students stick around.

“I love this state, and I love being here,” he said.

He said that the salary and working hours were less important than the training and education provided in the state, which he described as “unparalleled” in the region.

“The quality of training pulls people to South Carolina, and then they want to stay here,” he said.

Symposium encourages girls to pursue STEM careers

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com U.S. Navy Commander Kelly Hinderer, Commanding Officer for the Navy Recruiting District in Raleigh, was the main speaker at yesterday’s STEM Symposium for Women, held at Crestwood High School.

Nearly 340 eighththrough 12th-graders from three high schools and seven middle schools came out for the event which focused on encouraging women to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and math — STEM — fields.

Hinderer spoke on how STEM has had an effect on her career. She leads 245 military and civilian personnel across three states.

“There is an alarming number of statistics that show that there is small number of females in leadership roles in STEM-related areas,” she said. “I want to encourage girls to pursue those fields because they can make a huge contribution in those careers.”

Hinderer started out as a journalist and public affairs officer deployed on an aircraft carrier in 1991. It was while on assignment one day, while interviewing a pilot, that she decided to fly the skies herself.

She attended naval flight school and made her way up the ranks.

In flight school she was the only female in her class.

When she became a flight instructor, she was the only female out of 90 officers.

Today she is one of a handful female department heads in the Navy.

“Leadership skills are important qualities to have, and every girl can reach the

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Sumter School District students check out a cup filled with sodium polyacrylate at the STEM Symposium for Women at Crestwood High School. Sarah Ford Williams, left, and Erika Moseley, far left, of WeylChem US Inc. in Elgin presented on their experiences working in the STEM field. top with the right motivation and effort,” Hinderer said.

One of the main organizers of the event was Chief Petty Officer Dale Barkley, U.S. Navy Nuclear Engineering program coordinator for the Navy Recruiting District in Raleigh.

The event at Crestwood was the first of its kind put on by the Navy.

“The goal of this symposium was to put local faces as role models for these students,” Barkley said. “For them to explain what they do and why they do it so that students can be inspired by these women to pursue careers that can have an impact on the world.”

Several local organizations from the surrounding counties had representa-

tives who presented at the event, too.

Senior Investigator. Darlene Dillinger and Victim’s Advocate/Quartermaster Deputy Jennifer Mays spoke on their experiences of working for the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

“Law enforcement is not typically a female-oriented profession,” said Dillinger.

“Don’t let anyone ever tell you though that because something is not typically a profession for a certain gender, that you cannot do it.”

Dillinger encouraged students to never stop learning and reaching for new heights.

“Once you have the education, no one can ever take it away from you,” she said.

Sarah Ford Williams and Erika Moseley spoke on their experiences working

for WeylChem US Inc., a supplier of fine chemicals that provides chemical synthesis and processing for the agrochemical, pharmaceutical, polymer, personal care, specialties and detergent chemicals industry.

The two women work at the WeylChem US Inc. location in Elgin, Kershaw County.

Also presenting at the event were Sumter native Dr. Joel Snipe of Sumter Family Health Center, who spoke on health careers, and Abby Wardle, U.S. Navy Nuclear Power School prototype instructor, who spoke on exploring careers in nuclear engineering.

For more information on the program, contact Chief Petty Officer Dale Barkley at dale.e.barkley.mil@mail. mil or call 803-730-3640.

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Sumter High seniors get spring break warning Wilson Hall grad recounts personal horror story of felony DUI, death of victim

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Mandi Wilson still doesn’t remember everything about that fateful night.

All she knows is it changed her life forever.

It happened about eight years ago when Wilson, a 27-year-old Sumter native, was a student full of promise in her freshman year at University of South Carolina in Columbia. Wilson, as she says was often the case, had been drinking that evening.

She got in her car to drive home, and minutes later she found herself waking up to a horrific scene that would alter her destiny. Her airbags were deployed, and the hood of her car was about an inch from her face as she sat in the cabin of her vehicle. She got out and one of the first things she saw was someone giving a woman mouth to mouth, trying to resuscitate her.

“And I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’ve killed someone,’” Wilson said.

She was right.

Wilson slammed into a house and flipped another vehicle that had four passengers inside during her ride home. One of the people in the other car died; another was severely injured.

Wilson was on-hand to talk to a room filled students to share her experience Thursday morning at Sumter High on the cusp of the school’s spring break. Officers representing

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Mandi Wilson, a 2006 graduate of Wilson Hall, talks to Sumter High students about the effects of the DUI she received in her freshman year of college. Wilson caused a fatal accident while driving drunk and, as part of her sentence, talks to students about not drinking and driving. law enforcement and emergency safety agencies throughout the 3rd Judicial Circuit were also on-hand, strongly urging students not to drink during their week away from the classroom.

“When you leave here this week and you go on spring break, think about it in the back of your mind,” Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Staff Sgt. Luke

Hall told the throng of nearly 300 pupils, which consisted of most of Sumter High’s junior and senior classes.

“What do I need to do to be a productive member of society, where I actually have a chance of a good life? Because you do have a chance at a good life. But when you start making mistakes … it’s nobody’s fault but yours.”

Students watched a public safety announcement detailing the dangers of underage drinking, which proclaimed that one in five South Carolina minors drink each weekend and one in 11 female students on college campuses in the state are taken advantage of sexually because of alcohol.

The morning session was aimed at detailing for the students the consequences of irresponsible drinking. For Wilson, the consequences consist of a felony DUI conviction, which she said impacts her life every day. She could have been sentenced to as many as 25 years in prison for the offense, but was spared that fate, she said, so she could share her cautionary story with other youth.

Gone are her gun ownership rights, her right to vote, run for public office, and sit on a jury, among other things.

She told the students she could not even drive until last year, as her driving license had been revoked. But Wilson said the hardest part is living with the knowledge that she took another person’s life because she was reckless. She urged the students to be safer and wiser in their actions.

“To know that I killed someone’s grandmother, someone’s mother, someone’s aunt, someone’s sister … none of you want to have the images that I have in my head,” she said.

“If you have to drink — which you really don’t — and if you have to go out, have a designated driver. Miss out for one night. Don’t do anything stupid. Because I promise you, there’s going to be another party, and it’s going to be exactly the same. Nothing ever changes. And it’s not worth the impact that it will have on your life.”

Clyburn: Religious freedom laws can be as bad as segregation

BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press COLUMBIA — The religious freedom laws that several states have passed are just as wrong as laws that allowed racial segregation a century ago if they allow people to discriminate, U.S. Rep. James Clyburn said Thursday.

South Carolina’s lone congressional Democrat, serving his 12th term, spoke to reporters for nearly 90 minutes, touching on topics ranging from the financial problems at his alma matter, South Carolina State University, to his own future and how the presidential race might shake out in South Carolina in 2016.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAWS Clyburn said he has stayed quiet for years as states have

passed laws that supporters say ensure religious freedom, but opponents say allow discrimination based on someone’s beliefs or sexual orientation. The recent furor in Indiana pushed him over the edge.

“I think I’ve reached the point I’m going to stop talking internally,” Clyburn said.

The laws are part of a broad movement by conservatives to marginalize poorer people and those with liberal views, Clyburn said.

He said other developments, like the U.S. Supreme Court throwing out limits on campaign contributions, are hampering progressive lawmaking and increasing divisiveness in the U.S. He said the news reminds him of the period after the Civil War and Reconstruction when Southern states passed segregation laws.

“Anything that has happened before can happen again,” Clyburn said.

S.C. STATE Clyburn, a Sumter native and 1962 graduate of SC State, called reporters into his office to mainly talk about the school.

He said he is especially offended by reports he doesn’t give the school money. Clyburn said Thursday that his annual golf tournament and other events have raised $1.2 million for S.C. State’s endowment in the past 25 years. Clyburn also gives money from speeches and other appearance fees to a scholarship fund, which totals about $70,000.

S.C. State projects it will owe $23.5 million by this summer, but Clyburn said that shouldn’t be a death blow. He said the

university could be turned around by taking steps like opening the Board of Trustees to people who live outside South Carolina and getting a solid management team in place. He saved his harshest words for the current trustees.

“You’ve got a lot of people setting policy, and they can barely spell policy,” Clyburn said.

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS Clyburn said he won’t endorse anyone to be the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s first-in-the-South primary in 2016 until the field is set.

And there is a chance he might not endorse anyone at all.

In 2008, Clyburn said he voted for Barack Obama but kept that to himself. Publicly, he supported no one until endorsing Obama in June, nearly four months after South

Carolina’s primary.

In 2004, Clyburn endorsed U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt from Missouri.

“I have been cautioned before that if I get overly involved publicly on behalf of any candidate to the extent that other candidates stay out of it, that would not be good for South Carolina maintaining its early primary status,” Clyburn said, adding he can still wink at a candidate he likes.

CLYBURN’S FUTURE Clyburn turns 75 in July and is in his 23rd year in the U.S. House. He said he is still healthy and hasn’t decided when he might retire. He said his wife of nearly 54 years, Emily, cut off the discussion last time he tried to bring it up, saying he still had too much to do.

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Researchers say polar bears won’t thrive on land food ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A group of researchers say polar bears forced off melting sea ice will not find enough food to replace their current diet of fat-laden marine mammals such as seals, a conclusion that contradicts studies indicating that bears may be benefiting from bird eggs, berries and other land food sources.

Few bears are using land food, and what they find can’t replace lipid-rich ringed or bearded seals, said Karyn Rode, a U.S. Geological Survey research wildlife biologist and lead author of the review paper published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

The paper by federal and academic researchers reviews the latest polar bear research. It’s aimed at recent research documenting bears feeding on land and suggestions that those foods are becoming more important for them, which could increase their chance for survival as summer sea ice recedes, preventing seal hunting.

But not everyone agrees with the conclusions reached by Rode and the other authors at Washington State University and Polar Bear International.

Robert Rockwell, a population biologist and ecologist at City College of New York, who is also affiliated with American Museum of Natural History, has conducted research at western Hudson Bay for 47 years. He has watched polar bears change their behavior to eat goose eggs and caribou calves, he said Tuesday.

“I find it hard to believe they’re going to get nothing out of it,” he said.

Polar bears are marine mammals that spend most of their lives on sea ice.

They use the frozen ocean to hunt, often catching ringed seals.

The world’s 19 polar bear populations are divided into four regions. In three, entire populations historically remained on sea ice year-round. The fourth has seasonal sea ice and includes Hudson Bay, where polar bears have always spent time on land.

The Bush administration in 2008 listed polar bears as threatened because of an alarming loss of summer sea ice and climate models indicating major declines in polar bear distribution and abundance.

Land food such as berries can be abundant for polar bears, but they are low quality, Rode said. Eggs from ground nests are higher quality but limited. Polar bears feeding on berries lose significant weight, Rode said.

“There is evidence that some bears are using terrestrial sources in a place such as Hudson Bay, but there’s been no evidence that it’s contributing a significant amount to their energy requirements,” Rode said.

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3-D print technology provides ‘robohand’ 7-year-old amputee designs new hand

BY JOHN ROGERS The Associated Press LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Seven-year-old Faith Lennox never thought much about putting a prosthetic limb where her missing left hand had once been.

Not until the little girl learned she could design her own, strap it on easily and then jump on her bike and pedal away at speeds previously only imagined.

With family members occasionally shouting “Be careful” and “Watch out for that car,” Faith firmly placed her new hand’s bright blue-and-pink fingers on her bike’s left handlebar and took off for a seemingly endless sojourn around the Build It Workspace on Tuesday morning. Inside, just a short time before, that hand had rolled off a 3-D printer that built it overnight.

“I don’t think we’ll ever get her off it,” said her mother, Nicole, smiling with resignation as she watched her daughter continue to circle the parking lot in this Orange County suburb.

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Faith Lennox, 7, rides her bicycle with her newly 3-D printed hand outside the Build it Workspace parking lot in Los Alamitos, California, on Tuesday. Faith had compartment syndrome when her position during childbirth cut off the flow of blood to her left forearm, irreparably damaging tissue, muscle and bone.

After nine months of trying to save the limb, doctors determined they had to amputate below the elbow.

The prosthetic that had just made such a task immediately easy represents a breakthrough in small, lightweight hands that are economical and easy for children to use. It weighs only a pound and costs just $50 to construct out of the same materials used to make drones and automobile parts.

When Faith outgrows it in six months or a year, a replacement can be made just as cheaply and easily, said Mark

Muller, a prosthetics professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, who helped with the design. He said a heavier adult model with sensors attached to a person’s muscles would run $15,000 to $20,000.

Faith manipulates her hand without sensors. Instead, as she happily demonstrated over and over after the bike ride, she moves her upper arm back and forth.

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That in turn opens and closes its blue-and-pink fingers — “my favorite colors,” she noted with a smile — that she uses to grasp objects such as the favored plush toy she brought with her.

The oldest of three children, Faith had compartment syndrome when her position during childbirth cut off the flow of blood to her left forearm, irreparably damaging tissue, muscle and bone. After nine

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months of trying to save the limb, doctors determined they had to amputate just below the elbow.

She had tried a couple more traditional — and more expensive — prosthetics through the years but found them bulky, heavy and hard to use.

Her parents were working with the nonprofit group ENable to get her a 3-D-printed hand, but the technology is so new there’s a waiting list, her mother said. Then she learned of what Build It Workspace could do from a friend whose son visited with his Scout troop. The small studio teaches people to use high-tech printers, provides access to them for projects and does its own commercial printing.

Although the company, founded less than a year ago by mechanical engineer Mark Lengsfeld, has printed out everything from pumps for oil and gas companies to parts for unmanned aerial vehicles, this was the first hand Lengsfeld and his employees had built.

So he used E-Nable’s opensource technology and called in Cal State, Dominguez Hills’ experts for guidance.

When Faith quickly strapped on their new creation and headed out to ride Tuesday morning, as TV cameras captured the moment, Lengsfeld admitted he was nervous. After being up all night finishing the hand, he wanted to test it himself to be sure it worked.

“But she did fine with it,” he said, chuckling.

She noted it did fine by her as well.

“I didn’t have to lean so much,” she said of the difficulty of navigating and steering a bike with just one hand.

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CATFISH FROM PAGE A1 no more than two in a catch can be longer than 32 inches in the upper reach of the Santee River, Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Diversion Canal and the Re-diversion Canal upstream of the St. Stephen Dam, Congaree and Wateree rivers.

Maynard said the limit on bigger fish will have a small impact on his business.

“I don’t think the limit is going to affect people that fish for sport at all, other than catching two fish over 32 inches; those are pretty big fish,” he said. “If you got three over 34 inches, you need to put one back (anyway).”

Maynard blames the commercial fishermen for running trotlines that deplete catfish numbers.

“What’s happening and what people don’t realize is you have people from all over the country now fishing trotlines, catching live catfish and putting them in tanker trucks and taking them back to North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Georgia, and putting them in what’s known as pay ponds,” Maynard said.

He said the ponds are found almost everywhere, and commercial fishermen ply routes to keep them stocked.

“Somebody’s got a little half-acre pond full of Santee-Cooper catfish, and they are charging people to come catch them,” he said. “I was told there was one pond in North Carolina that has a sign that says ‘Come catch trophy Santee-Cooper catfish here.’”

Scott Lamprecht, a biologist for DNR, said a combination of factors have led to the decline of blue catfish in Santee-Cooper, including over fishing and lower reproductive rates for the blue catfish.

“Everybody always wants to point their finger at somebody else,” Lamprecht said. “Right now we certainly need to reduce harvest, and right now commercial fishermen are probably taking a majority of the harvest that’s available out there. They are probably having a disproportionate impact.”

He said the new regulation applies to everyone and is centered on trying to reduce harvest and trying

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to rein in harvest of the extra-big fish and is not targeted at one group of fishermen.

“We have been over fishing in relation to the reproductive success of the species over the last 12 years,” he said. “If we kept cruising along at the old reproduction rate, we would not be over fishing.”

Lamprecht said the population of blue catfish is at about one fourth of what it was when it peaked in the late ’90s and early 2000s.

Meanwhile, the population of channel catfish and flathead catfish has remained steady, he said.

Maynard said the lack of fish is having a devastating effect on the lake area economy.

“The landings are going broke, half of them are closing down, the motels aren’t making any money; people just aren’t coming anymore because they are not catching catfish,” he said.

“The economic value of those fish is undervalued by a lot of folks,” Lamprecht said. “I think long-term we are going to have to change how we administer the harvest of those fish.”

He suggested some restrictions that might help restore the blue catfish.

“Right now, we issue commercial licenses that apply to anywhere in the state, and I kind of see in the future where we would move toward a limited number of licenses sold for Santee-Cooper and each water body rather than having a wideopen unregulated commercial fishery for the fish,” Lamprecht said.

He said commercial fishing is necessary because sport fishing does not always harvest enough fish to control populations.

“As many fish as sports fishermen can take, it often happens that we need to harvest the fish more than sport fishermen are capable of,” he said.

How to limit the amount of commercial fishing requires some consideration, he said.

“There are a lot of fly-by-nighters that don’t do it right, and there are families here that have been fishing here for 60 years,” he said. “We certainly don’t want to put anybody out of business, but we do have to recognize the value of sport fishing to the economy around the lakes.”

Guess said they are using telepsychiatry in the Santee-Wateree Mental Health System.

“We use telepsychiatry internally within our center,” Guess said. “I may have a psychiatrist who is sitting in Sumter but treating patients in Bishopville. That allows us more efficient use of a psychiatrist’s time.”

Guess said primary care facilities are also adding mental health staff.

“In the last couple of years, the primary care facilities have branched out and started including psychiatric care, which has really helped address the shortage some,” he said.

Guess said if necessary, a psychiatrist can usually be located.

“If it’s a matter of the health and safety of the patient or the public, it is possible for us to provide same-day psychiatric service in emergency situations,” he said.

“There has been some improvement, but it is still a legitimate complaint that it takes too long to get in to see a psychiatrist,” Guess said.

Guess said he hopes people become more aware of the issue.

“We could use more psychiatrists,” he said. “This is not unique to the Sumter area; all rural areas in South Carolina have this challenge.”

Meanwhile, the patient continues to wait.

“What is happening to me is happening worse, and we can’t do anything about that because we are short of doctors,” he said. “What if something was to happen to me? What if I decide to do something stupid?”

He says he knows of others in the same situation.

“I know I am not the only one going through this,” he said.

FROM PAGE A1 big case loads.

“The case load for psychiatrists and counselors is really high. I don’t know what the specific figures are, but my guess is it is about 75 to 100 per case manager.”

Many psychiatrists who practice here do not live here, he said.

“They come up from Charleston or come over from Columbia and fill in one or two days a week,” he said.

Harmon has a family member who needs treatment, and he said he can usually see a psychiatrist about once a month; however, his counselor has been ill, and the family member has not been able to see his counselor in weeks.

Harmon said he understands the difficulty in getting doctors to locate to Sumter.

“I am told this is not the most attractive place for them to come,” Harmon said. “They would rather be in Charleston or Columbia or Upstate.”

Guess said one initiative that seems to be helping is telepsychiatry.

“For example, if someone needing to see a psychiatrist on an emergency basis at the hospital in Manning or here at Tuomey (Regional Medical Center), they are able to see a psychiatrist through a network with high-definition, real-time audio and video,” Guess said.

Harmon said he was told by Dr. William King, one of the local doctors who passed away recently, that telespychiatry helped him see more patients.

“He told me he liked that new innovation,” Harmon said.

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Holliday said she arrived at the right time.

“I’m glad I came there when I did because it could have been much worse than what it was,” she said.

“I owe her a great big thank you,” Moore said. She said Holliday will probably receive a large Christmas gift this year.

CARRIER FROM PAGE A1 was to move her car away from the blaze and evacuate the area. In doing so, Moore said she fell and broke her collarbone.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Why do some rich people insist that their house look like an Olive Garden restaurant?

These and other questions rebound in my mind when I watch reality shows like “Meet the Smiths” (9 p.m., TBS, TVPG).

Following a format largely unchanged since “The Osbournes,” this reality series documents former NBA star and TV talking head Kenny Smith and his attractive family as they try to pass themselves off as regular folk.

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• “Derek,” the offbeat comedy series starring Ricky Gervais as an innocent working at a retirement home, streams its finale on Netflix.

• When did it become a mandatory pit stop for every pop or rock singer to cover jazz standards or songs from the “Great American Songbook”? On “Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert” on “Great Performances” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) the singer from the Eurythmics interprets such chestnuts as “Georgia on My Mind” and “Mood Indigo.”

She spends a good deal of time in Billie Holiday country, performing “Strange Fruit,” “God Bless the Child” and “I Cover the Waterfront” before crossing the tracks into the neighborhood of rock and R&B with “I Put a Spell on You,” the classic made famous by the inimitable Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.

• Good Friday programming includes three hours of “Jesus: The Untold Story” (8 p.m., Discovery Family, TV-PG).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A detour for Bavaria’s Oktoberfest on “The Amazing Race”

beloved film only through repeat television viewings. For many years between 1956 and 1999, when it first appeared on cable, it was an annual event on CBS that was much anticipated by parents and children.

Each airing was introduced by special hosts, including Dick Van Dyke, Danny Kaye and Angela Lansbury.

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Former NBA star Kenny Smith and his wie, Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith, relax at home on an episode of “Meet the Smiths” premiering at 9 p.m. today on TBS. (8 p.m., CBS).

• Murder on two wheels on “Grimm” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum star in the 2012 adaptation of the old Fox series “21 Jump Street” (8 p.m., Fox, TV14). The 2014 sequel “22 Jump Street” (9 p.m., Starz) also airs.

• The voices of Danny Kaye, Casey Kasem and Vincent Price animate the 1971 fantasy “Here Comes Peter Cottontail” (8 p.m., CW).

• Brad Pitt stars in the 2004 sword and sandal epic “Troy” (8 p.m., BBC America).

• Tim Allen appears as Mike Baxter from “Last Man Standing” on a crossover episode of “Cristela” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• A friend of Grover’s plunges to her death on “Hawaii Five0” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• “Mysteries at the Museum” (9 p.m., Travel, TV-PG) returns with a look at the discovery of

Richard III’s bones in England.

• A journalist protects his source on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE As expensive and ambitious as any musical in MGM’s history, the 1939 favorite “The Wizard of Oz” (8 p.m., TCM) did only modest box-office business. Like “It’s a Wonderful Life,” it became a universally

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BIZARRO

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ANDY CAPP

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BEETLE BAILEY

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BLONDIE

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MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

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Hungry therapist should plan ahead for snack

Dear Abby ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

THE SUMTER ITEM

DEAR ABBY — We have a daughter with severe developmental disabilities. Thankfully, she receives 40plus hours of in-home therapy a week, which is covered by

insurance.

Her first therapist arrives at 7:30 a.m. and leaves at 11:30 a.m. Some days, she will pick up something to eat on the way. Most days, I suspect she hasn’t eaten breakfast.

About once a week she’ll call out for me, asking for a snack — usually a breakfast sandwich — which I make for

her. Last week, she asked for some chocolate-covered nuts I had offered her once. I told her we had eaten them. I finally put out a bowl of old hard candy to stop her from asking. She has been eating it for a while now and joking that I’m making her gain weight.

Must I continue providing her snacks or say something about her bringing her own? I am grateful for the work she does for our daughter and hope I’m not sounding petty.

Unsure in Kansas DEAR UNSURE — You should not be responsible for feeding your daughter’s therapist.

Have a talk with the therapist and suggest that if she’s “out of fuel” at the end of your daughter’s session that she

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bring some individually wrapped cheese sticks or fruit with her. It would be a lot healthier than what you’re giving her and probably better for her.

TO MY JEWISH READERS — Sundown marks the first night of Passover. Happy Passover, everyone!

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.

DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

To receive a collection of Abby’s most memorable — and most frequently requested — poems and essays, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby — Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

ACROSS 1 Spell 5 Traitor 10 Letters causing a rush 14 Property measurement 15 Flopped financially 16 Bonkers 17 Response to a drone 18 Quibble about accommodations?

20 Zeus’ beginning?

21 Forgives 22 Director Burton 23 Little bit 25 “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” duettist 27 Marshmallow that’s been toasted too long?

33 4x4, e.g.

34 “1984” worker 35 Get used (to) 38 Assembly stage 40 Hit from a tee 42 Start of Operation Overlord 43 Scrutinized, with “over” 45 Abounds 47 Generation 48 Small group of tiny monarchs?

51 Google, say 53 Canyon part 54 “A Bug’s Life” extra 55 It might blow up in a crash 59 Shade at the shore 63 Worthless buzzer?

65 [I’m doomed] 66 Goes wrong 67 Bridge expert on some “Sports Illustrated” covers 68 Mozart’s “a” 69 Soft-spoken painter Bob 70 Irish hero, briefly 71 Pringles competitor DOWN 1 Now hyphenless rapper 2 “Dies __” 3 Spotted aquarium dweller 4 Film estate with a championship golf course 5 “Avian” for whom flight is often futile 6 __ Reader 7 It may be hammered out 8 Help providers

9 Stain 10 European attraction 11 Independent country since 2011 12 When Hamlet says, “The play’s the thing ... “ 13 Dickinson output 19 “Amen!”

24 Trivia Crack, e.g.

26 Mind 27 Horrified reaction 28 One of the Ringling brothers 29 Drowns in the garden 30 __ Star 31 Circular 32 Chevy’s “American Pie” destination 36 Woolen yarn

37 Socket set 39 Review target 41 Newly formed 44 Joe sans jolt 46 Take on moguls 49 The Cat in the Hat’s numbered cohorts 50 Visuals 51 Word with tooth or saw 52 A–o starter 56 Repeated word in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” 57 Do a new mom’s job 58 On a cruise 60 Gave notice 61 Radius neighbor 62 Pinnacle 64 ‘40s spy org.

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GUEST COMMENTARY

Past time for full accounting at Pinewood dump

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or us, and for many South Carolinians, decisions were made when we were much younger that will loom in perpetuity over Sparkleberry Swamp, the Santee-Cooper lakes and the Santee River.

The consequences will remain ours to deal with for generations to come.

For more than 35 years, the Pinewood hazardous waste site and its millions of tons of toxic waste have been a bone of contention in our home counties of Sumter and Clarendon. The dump is situated some 1200 feet from the northern shore of Lake Marion that touches the Senate Districts that we were elected to serve in 2012.

The vast Sen. Thomas majority of us McElveen who hold public office today had absolutely nothing to do with the questionable decisions that enabled this landfill to operate. It began as a Sen. Kevin kitty litter Johnson mine in 1972.

By 1977, it had gained an industrial waste permit without the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) ever giving public notice. Three years later, it received interim operating status as a hazardous waste site, and nine more years passed before Laidlaw was granted a hazardous waste permit in 1989.

Perhaps the worst mistake occurred in 1992, when the DHEC Board caved to political pressure and reversed its original decision to require a $135 million trust fund for clean-up, leaving only a flawed $30 million insurance policy in its place. Finally in 2000, the South Carolina Court of Appeals ordered the Pinewood landfill to close, after the Sierra Club and South Carolina Environmental Law Project prevailed in a lawsuit against Safety-Kleen, the final owner of the site, which promptly declared bankruptcy.

South Carolinians have since been left to deal with this menacing public health and environmental threat. The landfill is a “ticking time bomb” that has become our unwanted legacy in Pinewood — an otherwise beautiful place which many wonderful people call home.

Our state now owns the land and DHEC monitors the 2003 agreement that appointed Kestrel Horizons as the trustee charged with management and oversight of the landfill. After severing ties with Kestrel last year, DHEC named the Hagood & Kerr law firm as an interim trustee, and contracted with a third-party engineering firm to review the site and provide recommendations on funding

and capital improvements.

Let us state very clearly that everyone in South Carolina has a stake in the decisions that we now face.

Because the Pinewood site’s funds have dwindled, DHEC has asked the South Carolina Legislature for just under $4 million of annual funding for basic monitoring and maintenance. The former trustee has estimated that multi-million dollar improvements might be necessary in order to more safely secure the site.

If the unthinkable occurs and we are ultimately faced with a breach or leak from the landfill, it will be to the detriment of all South Carolinians.

No one can dispute that the clean-up costs would be astronomical. The folks who profited are long gone and sadly, the liabilities have since been unfairly and wrongfully transferred to us, meaning that we the taxpayers will be left “holding the bag” along with our children, grandchildren, and future generations of South Carolinians.

Recently, a proposal surfaced to provide an income stream which might assist with the clean-up of Pinewood by importing a more dangerous mix of nuclear waste to Barnwell from outof-state. We understand the intent, but given that 70% of the toxic hazardous waste buried at Pinewood was from out-of-state, we cannot support bringing more dangerous waste to any community in South Carolina.

Frankly, we have been dismayed by the methods with which DHEC has chosen to address concerns that we and other members of our local legislative delegation have raised.

Given the conflicting information that we have been provided and the concerns raised by the former trustee, we believe that the time has come for full public disclosure.

A little over a month ago, we made a formal request to the chairmen of two of the Senate Committees on which we serve to initiate a comprehensive, public inquiry into the current state of the Pinewood site so that we may ask questions of those whom we compel to testify as well as hear from others who may wish to speak and share pertinent information.

If we are to fulfill our obligation of being good stewards of the abundant, God-given natural resources with which our State has been blessed, it is imperative that we gain a clearer picture of the range of measures required to contain Pinewood’s toxins as well as the potential short and long term costs of implementing such measures.

It is our duty to ensure the proper precautions are taken now and not passed on as a spoiled inheritance to future generations.

‘It is our duty to ensure the proper precautions are taken now and not passed on as a spoiled inheritance to future generations.’

Senator Thomas McElveen, DSumter, and Senator Kevin Johnson, D-Clarendon

COMMENTARY

Hands up, don’t discriminate!

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appy National Hate Week! Today, we’re all hating on Indiana. Who will be the left’s Emmanuel Goldstein next week?

Evidently, the sole function of the media these days is to subject the public to a steady stream of manufactured events: “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot;” nuclear power kills; Lena Dunham’s rape by a college conservative at Oberlin; the “mattress girl” raped at Columbia University; Jon Stewart is funny; a fraternity gang-rape at the University of Virginia; and a law protecting religious freedom will lead to separate water fountains for gays in Indiana.

The whole country has to keep being dragged through these liberal hate campaigns, but as soon as the precipitating event turns out to be a gigantic hoax, the truth is revealed like a bedtime story being read to a child: The ending is whispered and the narrator tiptoes out of the room.

Here’s a time-saver: Whenever one of these conscience-shocking stoAnn ries is promoted to frontCoulter page status by The New York Times and involves police brutality, the environment, a campus rape or gays, you can be pretty confident it’s a hoax. As the saying goes, it didn’t happen until it’s reported by The New York Times, and not even then.

Many months, several million wasted taxpayer dollars and one cop’s career later, even Eric Holder’s Justice Department finally admitted that the whole “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” story was bunk.

After the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan four years ago, Bill Nye “the (selfproclaimed) Science Guy” gravely informed CNN viewers, “This is all bad and very scary. ... You know, it’s nothing but danger. It’s nothing but very serious, very, very long-term problems.”

Wired magazine recently reported that, in the four years since the disaster, more than 96 percent of food, fish and agriculture throughout Fukushima has contained less than one-sixth of the radiation permitted in food imported to Europe.

Lena Dunham, star of HBO’s “Girls,” was forced to retract her autobiographical account of having been raped by a campus conservative named “Barry.”

The alleged rapist of Columbia University’s mattress girl finally released her alluring texts to him, and now we all know she was a desperate, spurned lover, not a rape victim.

Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s much-celebrated Rolling Stone story about a fraternity gangrape at the University of Virginia turned out to be based on one poor, sad girl seeking attention by creating a fake online boyfriend and fantasizing her own gang-rape.

And this week, we all have to be in a panic about Indiana passing a measure that enshrines a basic principle of Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence, because of the utterly apocryphal assertion that the law will be used to turn gays away from restaurants.

The idea that generally applicable laws may, in certain circumstances, be required to accommodate individual religious beliefs has been around for centuries. That’s why priests don’t have to reveal penitents’ confessions to the police and Quakers don’t have to join the military.

Having won the war on gay marriage (by judicial fiat), now some liberal zealots insist on going house-to-house and shooting the survivors. They seem to seek out Christian businesses to provide floral arrangements and cakes for gay weddings so they can call the cops if the Christians try to pass.

A roomful of gays would say, “Why don’t you guys just go to one of the nine out of 10 florists who would be happy to have your business?” (My guess is, if the zealots looked really hard, they might even be able to find a gay florist!)

That is all the religious freedom laws do: Encourage steely-eyed activists to stop requiring every last Christian to celebrate gay marriages.

Right now, in states that don’t have religious protection laws, Christians are being compelled, by general non-discrimination laws, either to participate in gay marriages -- or go out of business.

With the law, the Christian gets a legal argument. He might win in court or he might lose, but he’d at least have an argument, thus encouraging the kill-the-survivors nuts to go to another shop for their gay weddings and stop doing their victory dances on top of Christians.

It’s utter nonsense that any shopkeeper, least of all a nice Christian, would turn away a customer for any reason other than a deeply held religious belief, such as not wanting to participate in a gay wedding, a Planned Parenthood gala or any event involving Bill Clinton.

Do not assume that because liberals are in an absolute panic over Indiana’s law, they must have a point. To the contrary, the more hysterical they are, the more you should assume the whole story is a sham.

When the journalist Richard Bradley raised questions about Erdely’s Rolling Stone gang-rape story, Anna Merlan responded at Jezebel, calling his questions a “giant ball of sh*t,” in an article titled “’Is the UVA Rape Story a Gigantic Hoax?’ Asks Idiot.”

Even after Rolling Stone had retracted the story and Charlottesville chief of police Timothy J. Longo confirmed that the man Jackie accused of precipitating the gang-rape didn’t exist, his department merely “suspended” the investigation. I’m going to call Chief Longo with a complaint that I was raped by a unicorn to see if we can get him to actually “close” a case.

It’s one thing to treat disturbed girls falsely crying rape with kid gloves. (Though the boyfriend of the Duke lacrosse false-rape accuser, Crystal Gail Mangum, might have wished she’d been held a little more accountable: Mangum was never prosecuted for her lies and she later murdered her boyfriend, thus dashing her hopes for a prime time show on MSNBC.) But why do we have to treat liberal fantasists in the media as if they’re children, too? Believing there’s a monster under the bed is cute. Falsely accusing cops of murder, men of rape and an entire state of homophobia is not.

Every single cause championed by liberals is based on a fake story. They make up events that didn’t happen and get apoplectic over things that never will happen. The definition of “liberal” is quickly becoming: people who believe their fantasies should be facts.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015

GOOD FRIDAY, EASTER SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be open today. Good Friday and Easter Schedule: April GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed today: City 3, 2015 of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed today: Sumter School District; Robert E. Lee Academy; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Thomas Sumter Academy; St. Anne Catholic School; Wilson Hall; William Thomas Academy; St. Francis Xavier High School; Clarendon Hall; Sumter Christian School; and Laurence Manning Academy.

Lee County Public Schools will observe a teacher in-service / work day with no student attendance today.

Morris College will be closed on Monday, April 6.

Central Carolina Technical College will be closed April 6-10.

UTILITIES — Farmers Telephone Coop. will be closed today.

Black River Electric Coop. will close at 3 p.m. today.

OTHER — The Harvin Clarendon County Library and the Sumter County Library will be closed today-Sunday.

The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce will be closed today.

All offices of The Sumter Item will be open today.

DAILY PLANNER

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TONIGHT

Sunshine and some clouds

A couple of latenight showers

SATURDAY

A couple of morning Plenty of sunshine showers

ARIES (March 21-April 19): An emotional EUGENIA LAST issue regarding work is likely to arise. A straightforward approach will be in your best interest. Look at the positive side to whatever situations you face and you will find the best course of action to take.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t be too trusting. Keep personal make assumptions or play a information a secret until you know guessing game with someone who exactly where you stand with can influence your future or your someone. Love is highlighted, but reputation. Offer everything you overreacting will stand between can to ensure you come out on top. you and romance. Keep your Try to control your situation instead thoughts to yourself. Offer of being controlled. affection, not criticism.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): point of lending a helping hand, You’ve got what it takes to make and you will reap unexpected rewards. Don’t let anyone lead you things happen. Live up to your in the wrong direction regarding a potential and make the improvements to your situation work-related problem. Learn from that will bring you greater past experience and do what you feel will resolve the issues you face. satisfaction and joy. Nothing will happen unless you make it so.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Get CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Say whatever job you’ve been given little and do a lot. Take action, but out of the way. Keep a low profile don’t expect everyone to be happy and refuse to let anyone force you into a debate. Concentrate on your with the decisions you make. The needs and do what makes you feel changes you make at home or to your personal life will be beneficial most at ease. Protect yourself in time. Don’t back down. physically, mentally and emotionally.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make an effort to position yourself LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Put your strategically and you will achieve intelligence to good use. Using the advancement you are looking brains over brawn will bring the for. Anger will not help you, but best results. Travel and intelligence will. Speak your mind communicating with friends and and offer constructive solutions family will spark good ideas that can counteract someone’s attempts that will separate you from any to disrupt your plans. A minimalist competition you face. approach will pay off.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A passionate approach to whatever VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have fun. Taking part in a social event or you do will lead to success. Speak from the heart, and don’t give in if expanding your interests will there is something you want. It’s improve your state of mind and up to you to stand firm and bring about ideas that can help implement what you want to see you improve your skills or your looks. Love is in the stars and happen.

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Gaffney 82/55 Spartanburg 82/55

Greenville 83/56

Columbia 86/61

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 85/64

LOCAL ALMANAC

Aiken 84/61

Charleston 84/62

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The Lincoln High School PresThe Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association ervation Alumni Association Class Competition Victory Celwill hold a flapjack fundraiserat Applebee’s Flapjack fundraiser on Saturbreakfast day 8-10 a.m. on Satur- ebration will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, at day, April 4, at Applebee’s, 2497 Broad St. Cost is $7 per the Lincoln High School gym, Council Street. Enterperson. Call James L. Green tainment and refreshments at (803) 968-4173, Hayes will be provided. The winbaker at (803) 316-7695 or ning “Bulldogs” for 2015 will Essie Richardson at (803) be announced. Donation is 775-2999. $10 per person. Call James The AARP Foundation VolunL. Green at (803) 968-4173 or teer Tax-Aide Program will Hayes Baker at (803) 316offer free income tax assistance for low-income or elderly 7695.

An Easter egg hunt, spontaxpayers. You will need: all sored by Genuine Determitax forms and information; nation Network Inc., will be government-issued ID; Soheld 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Suncial Security card; all W-2’s, day, April 5, at Crosswell 1099s and 1098s; and supPark. Free food and drinks. porting documents if you Prizes given to whoever plan to itemize. Assistance finds the most eggs. Call will be available 9 a.m.-2 (803) 840-1566. p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays through April The Pettle Bell (Pioneer) retir13 at The Spectrum senior ees will meet at 11:30 a.m. center, 1989 Durant Lane. on Monday, April 6, at GoldCall (803) 316-0772. en Corral.

Free income tax filing services The Clarendon Section of Naand FAFSA applications assistional Council of Negro Women tance will be provided will meet at 5 p.m. on Monthrough April 15 as follows: day, April 6, at the Council 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesof Aging, 206 S. Church St., days, SC Works — Santee Manning.

Lynches, 31 E. Calhoun St., The Rembert Area Community (803) 774-1300; 9:30 a.m.-4 Coalition will host a communip.m. Fridays, 3-8 p.m. Saturdays, appointments only on ty meeting and dialogue at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 6, at Sundays, Goodwill — Job Rembert-Rafting Creek Link Center, 1028 Broad St., Community Center, 4050 S.C. (803) 774-5006; and 9:30 261 N., Rembert. Meet city, a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays and county and state elected of9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Lee County Adult Education, ficials and representatives.

Information will be shared 123 E. College St., Bishopville, (803) 484-4040. Call Ms. about proposed changes to government structure and Samuels at (803) 240-8355. the water system. Contact The Campbell Soup friends Dr. Juanita G. Britton at lunch group will meet at (803) 432-2001, (803) 42011:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1255 or jbritton@raccinc.

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MONDAY

Chance of rain: 5%

Today: Breezy and warmer with some sun.

Winds southwest 10-20 mph.

Saturday: Cooler; overcast, partly sunny in the afternoon.

AROUND TOWN

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MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY

14-25-30-33-37 PowerUp: 2

2-30-33-39-44 Powerball: 1; Powerplay: 3

8-26-41-61-73 Megaball: 11; Megaplier: 5

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SPCA DOG OF THE WEEK Lady, a 1-year-old tricolored spayed beagle mix, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She is housebroken, sweet, friendly, gentle, affectionate and active. She loves to play ball and can sit and stay on command. Lady is a very smart and lovable dog! The SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www. sumterscspca.com.

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

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PREP BASEBALL

MEN’S FINAL FOUR

Shutdown option

Kentucky looks to do what UNLV could not

BY JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Twentyfour years ago, UNLV arrived in Indianapolis for a coronation disguised as a Final Four.

The Runnin’ Rebels were a college basketball juggernaut.

They hadn’t lost all season. In fact, they hadn’t lost for 45 straight games, a streak that started with a run in the previous season to a national championship.

UNLV, led by Jerry Tarkanian, the towel-chewing defensive genius, arrived in Indianapolis needing two wins to become the first undefeated national champion since Indiana in 1976.

This week, Kentucky arrived in Indianapolis for a coronation disguised as a Final Four.

The Wildcats are a college basketball juggernaut. They haven’t lost all season.

Kentucky, led by John Calipari, a coach who has turned recruiting into an art form, arrived in Indianapolis needing two wins to become the first undefeated national champion since Indiana in 1976.

The Wildcats face Wisconsin on Saturday in the national semifinals. That was the round in which UNLV’s undefeated dreams were dashed by Duke,

SEE KENTUCKY, PAGE B4 KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Lakewood starting pitcher Dustin Frye tossed a 1-hit complete game in the Gators’ 12-2 victory in six innings over rival Crestwood on Thursday at the LHS field.

Gators’ Frye goes distance, allows 1 hit in 12-2 victory over rival Crestwood

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Lakewood High School senior Dustin Frye threw a 1-hit complete game while sophomores Daquan Ingram and Josh Whitley each had three runs batted in, leading the Gators to a 12-2, 6-inning varsity baseball victory over

crosstown rival Crestwood on Thursday at the LHS field.

Frye, who improved to 2-2 on the season, allowed two runs, one earned, and struck out seven while walking three batters. The victory pushed the Gators to 4-10 overall and 2-4 in Region

VI-3A play.

“He’s our No. 1 guy and we’ve been on a skid here and we needed someone to come out and stop it, and that’s what he does,” Lakewood head coach Mike Chapman said of Frye’s performance. “When you come out here and it’s a

game you’re supposed to win, you put your guy on the mound, and he fires strikes and went the distance. He gave up a couple of walks, one hit, but he fired the ball in there, kept them off balance and that’s

SEE SHUTDOWN, PAGE B3

FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday Michigan State (27-11) vs. Duke (33-4), 6:09 p.m.

Kentucky (38-0) vs. Wisconsin (353), 8:49 p.m.

National Championship Monday Semifinal winners

USC SUMTER BASEBALL

USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Fire Ants begin crucial stretch run in Region X

Mitchell, WNBA idol Staley lead Carolina to Final Four

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com When the next three weeks are up, University of South Carolina Sumter head baseball coach Tim Medlin has one simple goal in mind.

“I want to be a halfgame ahead of everyone else (in NJCAA Region X),” he said laughing. “I like the position we’re in, but nothing is decided and probably won’t be for three weeks.

“If we do hang on (for the region championship), we’ll have earned it.”

And then some. The Fire Ants’ quest for another regular-season crown has two major roadblocks on horizon — starting today with a series against Pitt Community College at Riley Park.

With Easter on Sunday, the two teams will begin their 4-game set a day earlier. Today’s doubleheader will be at 1 p.m. while Saturday’s games are slated to begin at noon.

The Bulldogs are in fifth place in the Region X standings at 8-6, but are

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USC Sumter starting pitcher Michael Carpin will take the mound today at 1 p.m. in the opening game of a doubleheader against Pitt Community College at Riley Park. just two games behind 10-4 USCS for the overall top spot.

In fact, the difference

between first and sixth place is just four games.

SEE USCS, PAGE B3

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Cheryl Mitchell wasn’t sure what project her third grade daughter was working on when she asked to go to the store to pick up poster board.

Tiffany Mitchell created a collage of WNBA star Dawn Staley — beginning a trek that’s landed the South Carolina coach and Gamecocks standout in the school’s first Final Four.

Mitchell’s shown she’s every bit as skilled as her idol.

She scored the go-ahead basket to beat North Carolina 67-65 in the Sweet 16, then followed that with seven straight points to put the Gamecocks ahead for good in an 80-74 victory over Florida State in the Elite Eight.

Now the AP All-American and the rest of Staley’s Gamecocks (34-2) square off against Notre Dame (35-2) in the national semifinals Sunday night in Tampa, Florida. The winner will play whoever advances in the Maryland-UConn matchup in the other semifinal.

Staley believes Mitchell is set to have another strong performance on the game’s biggest stage.

“She’s not a settler,’’ the coach said. “Like, ‘People out there think someone’s better than me, so I’m going to show them.’

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, right, probably never had an easier recruiting pitch to make than to star guard Tiffany Mitchell, left, who grew up idolizing the 3-time Olympic gold medalist and had Staley’s pro jersey on her wall.

She’s up for the challenge.’’

Mitchell’s has always been able to rise and meet most challenges when it comes basketball, her mother said. Her youngest

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

SHS softball upsets South Florence 4-3

THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOREBOARD

N.Y. Mets at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

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

Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

TV, RADIO

SATURDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

MYRTLE BEACH — Laurence Manning Academy remained undefeated in the Grand Strand Softball Classic with an 8-4 victory over Cassadaga Valley Central High School from Sinclairville, N.Y., on Wednesday at Myrtle Beach Grand Park at Market Commons.

Hannah Hodge led the Lady Swampcats, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored and three runs batted in. She also stole two bases.

Abbie Beard was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a stolen base.

Sarah Herbert had a hit, a run, two RBI and a stolen bases and Cora Lee Downer had two hits, two stolen bases and an RBI. Courtney Beatson pitched six shutout innings to get the win. She struck out five, walked one and allowed two hits.

FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS Wilson Hall: Hayley Smoak 100 hurdles; Allison Owens, discus; Lauren Goodson high jump; 4x800 relay (Chandler Curtis, Cameron Duffy, Julia Ladson, Aubrie Yarbrough).

Thomas Sumter: Latrice Lyons 200; Taja Hunley long jump; Emily Nevels shot put.

SECOND-PLACE FINISHERS Wilson Hall: Chandler Patrick 100 hurdles; Anna Lyles 800, 1,600; Duffy 400 hurdles; Ladson 400; Cori Moore long jump, triple jump; 4x100 relay (Peyton Geddings, Dubose Alderman, Kayla Porter, Smoak); 4x400 relay (Curtis, Ladson, Lyles, Liza Segars).

Thomas Sumter: Lyons 100; Grace Scott discus, shot put; Sarah Moore high jump.

THIRD-PLACE FINISHERS Wilson Hall: Callie Glaser 400 hurdles; Cynthia Hall discus; Porter long jump; Chandler Patrick triple jump.

Thomas Sumter: Moore 400; Bella Crowe 1,600; 4x100 relay (Hunley, Emily Stacey, Emma Gaulke, Lyons); 4x400 relay (Julie Coffey, Mary Ross, Tabitha Scruggs, Moore).

6 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: St. Louis vs. New York Mets from Jupiter, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

9 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay from Clearwater, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

11 a.m. – Girls High School Baseball: Dick’s Sporting Goods Nationals Semifinal Game from Queens, N.Y. -- Gonzaga Prep (Wash.) vs.

Miami Country Day (Fla.) (ESPNU).

Noon – LPGA Golf: ANA Inspiration Second Round from Rancho Mirage, Calif. (GOLF).

1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Detroit vs. Tampa Bay from Lakeland, Fla. (ESPN).

1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Open Men’s Semifinal Match from Key Biscayne, Fla. (ESPN2).

1 p.m. – Girls High School Baseball: Dick’s Sporting Goods Nationals Semifinal Game from Queens, N.Y. -- Dillard (Fla.) vs. South Shore (N.Y.) (ESPNU).

3 p.m. – High School Baseball: Dick’s Sporting Goods Nationals Semifinal Game from Queens, N.Y. (ESPN2).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas Christian at Texas Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Houston Open Second Round from Humble, Texas (GOLF).

5 p.m. – High School Baseball: Dick’s Sporting Goods Nationals Semifinal Game from Queens, N.Y. (ESPN2).

6 p.m. – LPGA Golf: ANA Inspiration Second Round from Rancho Mirage, Calif. (GOLF).

6 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Atlanta vs. Baltimore from Sarasota, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

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

6:30 p.m. – College Baseball: North Carolina at Clemson (WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Open Men’s Semifinal Match from Key Biscayne, Fla. (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Lacrosse: North Carolina at Virginia (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series West NAPA Auto Parts 150 from Bakersfield, Calif.

(NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas A&M at Kentucky (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Indiana (SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: South Carolina at Mississippi State (WNKT-FM 107.5).

8 p.m. – College Baseball: Portland at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: CBI Basketball Championship Series Game Three – Loyola (Chicago) at Louisiana-Monroe (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City at Memphis (ESPN).

8:30 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Villanova at Denver (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Petr Petrov vs.

Gamaliel Diaz in a Lightweight Bout from Corona, Calif. (ESPN2).

9:30 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Arizona (MLB NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Portland at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN).

12:30 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Cincinnati vs. Toronto from Montreal (MLB NETWORK).

JUNIOR VARSITY SOFTBALL

PREP SCHEDULE

VARSITY SOCCER

Lakewood High School defeated Crestwood 16-2 on Thursday at the LHS field.

Lauren Bean scored two runs for the Lady Gators. Hallie Griffin had seven strikeouts in three innings pitched for the victory.

FLORENCE — Sumter High School’s varsity softball team picked up its first Region VI-4A victory of the season while handing South Florence its first region loss on Wednesday in a 4-3 victory at the SF field.

Chae Hutchison led the Lady Gamecocks, who improved to 4-6 overall and 1-5 in region play, going 3-for-3 with a run batted in. Rachel Vise was 2-for-4 with a double, while Chelsie Logan was 2-for-4. Kaylee Posey had a hit and an RBI and Brooke Gentele had an RBI. Hannah Bettencourt was the winning pitcher. She limited the Lady Bruins, 11-6 and 4-1, to six hits and two earned runs while striking out four.

LAURENCE MANNING 8 CASSADAGA VALLEY 4

CRESTWOOD 2 LAKEWOOD 1 Crestwood High School defeated Lakewood 2-1 on penalty kicks to pick up a 2-1 victory over Lakewood on Thursday at the CHS field.

Meagyn Ferguson scored the regulation goal for the Lady Knights, who improved to 3-7 overall and 1-3 in Region VI-3A. Ferguson and Shayann Mayneid had Crestwood’s two goals on penalty kicks.

Ashley Griffin had seven saves in regulation and six on penalty kicks.

SUMTER 11 SOUTH FLORENCE 0

FLORENCE — Jessica Harris

scored four goals and Madison Durant had three to lead Sumter High School to an 11-0 victory over South Florence on Wednesday at the SF field.

Emma Graham added two goals for the Lady Gamecocks, who are 8-2 overall and 2-2 in Region VI-4A. Izzy Sneider and Mary Kate Shaffer each scored a goal.

VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD WILSON HALL FIRST, TSA THIRD

COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall finished first and Thomas Sumter Academy third in a 7-team meet on Wednesday at the Heathwood Hall track.

The Lady Barons won with 173 points. Heathwood was second with 158 followed by TSA with 101, Trinity-Byrnes with 17, Cardinal Newman with 16, Ben Lippen with 13 and Augusta Christian with 12

LAKEWOOD 16 CRESTWOOD 2

JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER SUMTER 4 SOUTH FLORENCE 1 FLORENCE — Sarah Missildine scored two goals to lead Sumter High School to a 4-1 Victory over South Florence on Wednesday at the SF field.

Morgan Schaffer and Ashlynn O’Connor each scored a goal for the Lady Gamecocks. Taylor Gradwell had five saves in goal.

FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS Thomas Sumter: Patrick Kuzbary 400; Hunter Jarvis 1,600, 3,200; Dre Litsey high jump; 4x800 relay (Liam Miller, David Crotts, Jacob

SECOND-PLACE FINISHERS Thomas Sumter: Chris White 100, 200, triple jump; Jacob Crotts 1,600; David Crotts 3,200; Litsey long jump; 4x100 relay (Ty Cressionne, Dre Litsey, Noah White Chris White); 4x400 relay (Cody Segura, Kuzbary, Noah White, Chris White).

Wilson Hall: Goodson 110 hurdles, 400 hurdles; Howard 400 hurdles; Justin Timmons 800; Patrick Muldrow discus; Greyson Young high jump; David Tussey shot put; 4x800 relay (Timmons, Ethan Nolan, Duncan Rupe; Fidler).

THIRD-PLACE FINISHERS Thomas Sumter: Cressionne

CRESTWOOD 7 LAKEWOOD 6

Lakewood High School scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning, but it wasn’t enough as the Gators lost to Crestwood 7-6 on Wednesday at the Crestwood High field.

Hunter Davis was 2-for-3 with two doubles for LHS.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Reeves tosses Citadel’s 1st no-hitter in 13 years CHARLESTON (AP) — James Reeves struck out 14 while throwing the first no-hitter for The Citadel in 13 years, blanking Mercer 4-0 on Thursday night.

It was the sixth no-hitter in school history, and first since T.A. Fulmer tossed one against East Tennessee State on March 29, 2002. Reeves (5-1) tied his season high for strikeouts, allowing only three baserunners to get into scoring position.

The junior left-hander from Summerville walked five, but Mercer didn’t have more than one runner on

base in any inning. Reeves’ performance helped snap a six-game losing streak for The Citadel (15-13).

Reeves issued a leadoff walk in the ninth before striking out the next two batters. On a 2-2 pitch, Jackson Ware hit a foul pop that second baseman and former Sumter High and Sumter P-15’s standout Jacob Watcher ran down in The Citadel bullpen to seal the no-hitter.

Wilson Hall’s William Kinney drove in two runs against Eric Nyquist (4-2), who took the loss for Mercer (18-13).

z-Atlanta x-Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando CENTRAL DIVISION x-Cleveland x-Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit

W 45 34 34 18 14

L 30 40 41 58 61

Pct .600 .459 .453 .237 .187

GB – 10 1/2 11 27 1/2 31

W 56 42 34 32 22

L 19 33 40 42 53

Pct .747 .560 .459 .432 .293

GB – 14 21 1/2 23 1/2 34

W 48 45 37 32 29

L 27 30 38 43 46

Pct .640 .600 .493 .427 .387

GB – 3 11 16 19

W 51 51 49 46 40

L 24 24 26 29 34

Pct .680 .680 .653 .613 .541

GB – – 2 5 101/2

W 48 42 34 28 16

L 26 33 41 47 59

Pct .649 .560 .453 .373 .213

GB – 6 1/2 14 1/2 20 1/2 32 1/2

L 13 26 37 48 54

Pct .824 .658 .507 .351 .270

GB – 12 23 1/2 35 41

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

W z-Golden State 61 x-L.A. Clippers 50 Phoenix 38 Sacramento 26 L.A. Lakers 20 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

SATURDAY

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Varsity Baseball Sumter vs. Gilbert (in Gilbert Spring Break Tournament), 9 a.m.

B Team Baseball Sumter vs. Gilbert (in Sumter JV Classic), 1:30 p.m.

Varsity Track and Field Sumter in Track Classic (at Beaufort High School), 10 a.m.

GOLF The Associated Press HOUSTON OPEN PAR SCORES

Thursday At Golf Club of Houston, The Tournament Humble, Texas Purse: $5.9 million Yardage: 7,441 ; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Scott Piercy 30-33—63 J.B. Holmes 35-30—65 Alex Cejka 33-32—65 Luke Guthrie 33-33—66 Phil Mickelson 35-31—66 Charles Howell III 34-32—66 Shawn Stefani 34-32—66 Graham DeLaet 32-35—67 Hunter Mahan 33-34—67 Victor Dubuisson 34-33—67

Generals edge Barons at Heathwood track meet JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL

y-Toronto Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York SOUTHEAST DIVISION

TODAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

110 hurdles; Cameron Eidson discus; Noah White high jump; James Rabon shot put.

Wilson Hall: Gentile 100, 200; Rhett Howell 800; Young long jump;.

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

Varsity Baseball East Clarendon in Mingo Bay Spring Break Tournament (in Myrtle Beach), TBA Robert E. Lee in Spring Break Tournament (in Myrtle Beach), TBA

MLB SPRING TRAINING

By The Associated Press

Crotts, Kuzbary).

Wilson Hall: Brayden Fidler 800; Evans Boyle long jump, triple jump; 4x100 relay (Boyle, Josh Gentile, Hayes Goodson, Noah Harvin); 4x400 relay (Fidler, Jeff Howard, Campbell Mims, Andrik Rivera-Nesala).

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

Washington 106, Philadelphia 93 San Antonio 103, Orlando 91 Charlotte 102, Detroit 78 Boston 100, Indiana 87 Brooklyn 100, New York 98 Dallas 135, Oklahoma City 131 Houston 115, Sacramento 111 Milwaukee 95, Chicago 91 Toronto 113, Minnesota 99 Utah 98, Denver 84 L.A. Clippers 126, Portland 122 New Orleans 113, L.A. Lakers 92

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

COLUMBIA — Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity boys track and field team edged Wilson Hall in a 7-team meet on Wednesday at the Heathwood Hall track.

The Generals won with 171 points, while WH finished with 159.

Heathwood was third with 60 followed by Curtis Baptist with 57, Trinity-Byrnes with 35, Ben Lippen with 8 and Augusta Christian with 4.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Montreal, 1:07 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

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

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Oakland Kansas City Toronto Boston Houston Tampa Bay New York Los Angeles Cleveland Minnesota Baltimore Chicago Seattle Detroit Texas

W 21 18 18 15 12 14 16 13 14 12 11 11 11 11 9

L 9 10 12 11 10 12 15 14 16 14 17 17 17 19 18

TODAY’S GAMES

New York at Washington, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

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

New Orleans at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

-9 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9 p.m.

Utah at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

Pct .700 .643 .600 .577 .545 .538 .516 .481 .467 .462 .393 .393 .393 .367 .333

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct Los Angeles 16 9 .640 New York 18 12 .600 San Diego 17 12 .586 Pittsburgh 15 11 .577 Arizona 17 14 .548 St. Louis 13 11 .542 Miami 14 12 .538 Colorado 16 14 .533 Cincinnati 14 13 .519 Chicago 15 15 .500 Atlanta 13 16 .448 Philadelphia 12 17 .414 Milwaukee 11 16 .407 Washington 10 15 .400 San Francisco 11 20 .355 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Houston 3, Detroit 2 Toronto 9, Boston (ss) 7 Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 2 Minnesota 4, Boston (ss) 4, tie Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Miami 8, Washington 0 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 1 Kansas City 4, L.A. Dodgers 4, tie Arizona 3, Cincinnati 0 San Diego 8, Chicago White Sox (ss) 2 Chicago Cubs 11, Milwaukee 7 Chicago White Sox (ss) 12, Seattle 4 San Francisco 5, Cleveland 2 Colorado 10, Texas 4 Baltimore 3, Pittsburgh 3, tie, 10 innings

THURSDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis 0, N.Y. Mets 0, tie Tampa Bay 10, Philadelphia 1 Detroit 3, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 2 N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6, Pittsburgh 2 Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 3 San Diego 6, Milwaukee 5 Arizona 10, Chicago White Sox 2 Baltimore vs. Atlanta (late) Boston vs. Minnesota (late) L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels (late) Oakland at San Francisco (late)

TODAY’S GAMES

Miami at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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

Washington vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Montreal, 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

GP x-Montreal 77 x-Tampa Bay 78 Detroit 76 Boston 77 Ottawa 76 Florida 77 Toronto 78 Buffalo 77 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP x-N.Y. Rangers 76 N.Y. Islanders 77 Pittsburgh 77 Washington 77 Philadelphia 77 Columbus 76 New Jersey 77 Carolina 76

W 47 47 40 39 38 35 29 22

L 22 24 23 25 26 27 43 47

OT Pts GF GA 8 102 203 174 7 101 250 204 13 93 221 208 13 91 204 198 12 88 220 204 15 85 192 210 6 64 204 249 8 52 152 258

W 48 45 42 42 31 37 31 28

L 21 27 24 25 29 35 33 37

OT Pts GF GA 7 103 231 179 5 95 235 215 11 95 211 194 10 94 227 190 17 79 202 220 4 78 210 234 13 75 170 197 11 67 176 208

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

GP 78 76 76 76 77 77 77

W 47 46 46 44 39 37 35

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L 22 23 24 25 26 30 30

OT Pts GF GA 9 103 224 193 7 99 229 190 6 98 217 176 7 95 219 186 12 90 217 204 10 84 239 248 12 82 207 218

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Buffalo 4, Toronto 3 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 1 Anaheim 5, Edmonton 1 San Jose 5, Colorado 1

THURSDAY’S GAMES

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

Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

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

Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Arizona at San Jose, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Vancouver at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Washington at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m.

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

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

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Crestwood’s Brendan Miller, right, slides into third base in front of Lakewood’s Ryan Taylor during the Gators’ 12-2 victory in six innings on Thursday at the LHS field.

SHUTDOWN FROM PAGE B1 what we needed tonight.”

The Knights were hurt by their defense as Lakewood took advantage of seven errors, leaving CHS head coach Mike Kremer at a loss for words.

“They outplayed us and we’ve got to get mentally tougher,” Kremer said. “When a few mistakes happen we start falling apart, which happens too much. They played a good game, but there is no reason we shouldn’t have been right in there. There is no excuse on our part; we didn’t play well.

“It’s something we’ve been struggling with all season,” Kremer said of 2-11 and 0-5 team. “When things don’t go well we tend to not deal with it as well as we should. It’s something we’ve been working on and it’s something we’ll have to overcome.”

Ingram, Frye, Ryan Taylor and Kyle Chandler each had two hits to lead

Lakewood offensively. According to Chapman, it was Chandler’s at-bat in the fourth inning that really ignited the Gators.

“Kyle Chandler came up there in the (No.) 9 hole (in the batting order) and he hit the curveball up the middle and showed the rest of the team, ‘Hey if you’re going to hit offspeed, hit it up the middle or pole to pole,’ Chapman said. “Once that started, it opened the floodgates.

“We struggled early in the game with (Cole Benenhaley’s) offspeed, swinging at balls out front, and we had that trouble on Tuesday against Marlboro (County), but when Kyle Chandler sat back and got his hands behind and drove the baseball it showed the rest of the guys how to approach the plate and really opened the game up for us,” Chapman said.

Neither team collected a hit until Ingram’s RBI single in the bottom of the third gave Lakewood a 3-1 lead. Crestwood got its only hit on a Chris Tention RBI single in the bottom of the

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fifth.

Lakewood took a 1-0 lead in the first, but Crestwood answered in the top of the third, scoring a run on two errors and a wild pitch.

Lance Ragan reached on a 2-base error and stole third. He scored on a wild pitch.

The Gators responded in the bottom of the inning, sending nine batters to the plate to take a 4-1 lead thanks to three runs on two hits, three errors and two hit by pitches.

A Josh Whitley RBI fielder’s choice extended the Gators’ lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the fourth.

Tention’s RBI single in the top of the fifth made it a 3-run deficit. Tention knocked in Brendan Miller, who had reached on a 2-base error and then stole third.

Lakewood broke open the game in the bottom of the fifth to go up 11-2.

The Gators added six runs on Chandler’s RBI single, Whitley’s 2-run double and Ingram’s RBI single while Frye scored on an error and Taylor scored on a wild pitch.

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USC Lancaster (9-5) is hot on the Fire Ants’ heels with Spartanburg Methodist College (10-6) and Florence-Darlington Tech (7-5) not far behind. USC Salkehatchie is also still in the hunt at 6-8.

But USC Sumter can’t allow itself to look ahead, Medlin said.

“Pitt is a quality team,” he said. “They’ve got a number of guys who can swing the bats well and they’ve got a lot of really good arms. “…There’s no doubt that this weekend is going to be our biggest challenge in terms of their pitchers versus our hitters.”

The Bulldogs had a 2.83 team earned run average entering last weekend’s 4-game split with SMC. Aaron Rumburg (3-1, 26 2/3 IP, 4.05 ERA, 28 K, 11 BB), Lane Johnson (4-0, 25 1/3 IP, 1.42 ERA, 16 K, 1BB) and Logan Redmond (4-0, 25 IP, 0.36 ERA, 28 K, 2 BB) give Pitt a terrific top three while the bullpen has been solid as well.

Offensively, Pitt (19-8) is led by Andrew Henrickson, who was batting .435 with 10 runs driven in prior to last weekend. Nathan Hood also has 10 RBI and leads the team with two homers while Jordan Goodman is second on the team with a .349 average.

USCS (26-13) has a formidable pitching trio of its own rounding into shape. Michael Carpin (4-2, 53 1/3 IP, 2.53 ERA, 55 K, 15 BB) and Colie Bowers (5-0, 52 1/3 IP, 0.86 ERA, 69 K, 19 BB) have been solid all season while Victor Gonzalez (1-2, 37 IP, 5.11 ERA, 34 K, 13 BB) has put together back-to-back solid weekend outings.

The Fire Ants also raised their team batting average to .273 prior to Tuesday’s doubleheader split with the Anderson JV team. Will Thomas (.355 avg., 31 RBI) and Brett Auckland (.358 avg., 25 RBI) still pace USCS while Tee Dubose (.314 avg., 23 RBI) and Ray Murphy (.279 avg., 23 RBI) continue to be solid as well.

“We’ve got a lot of very talented players,” Medlin said. “The thing is that a number of them have been up and down at times.

We’re looking for more consistency, but we’ve swung the bats pretty well lately so hopefully we can continue that the rest of the season.”

REGION X STANDINGS 1. USC Sumter 10-4 2. USC Lancaster 9-5 3. Spartanburg Methodist 10-6 4. Florence-Darlington Tech 7-5 5. Pitt CC 8-6 6. USC Salkehatchie 6-8 7. Guilford Tech 3-9 8. Louisburg 3-13

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RCR appeals Newman penalties CHARLOTTE — Richard Childress Racing has appealed the penalties NASCAR levied against Ryan Newman’s team for allegedly manipulating tires.

NASCAR this week said tires taken from Newman after the March 22 race in California failed an independent inspection and had been altered to intentionally release air pressure during the race.

Crew chief Luke Lambert was fined $125,000 and suspended for the next six races. The suspension also includes the All-Star race in May. Lambert was also placed on probation through the end of the year.

Tire technician James Bender and engineer Philip Surgen also were suspended six races and placed on probation through Dec. 31.

Newman and car owner Childress were docked 75 points each.

No date for the appeal was set Thursday.

FINAL FOUR At Tampa, Fla. National Semifinals Sunday Notre Dame (35-2) vs. South Carolina (34-2), 6:30 p.m.

UConn (36-1) vs. Maryland (34-2), 8:30 p.m.

National Championship Tuesday Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

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PIERCY HOLDS 1-STROKE LEAD AT HOUSTON OPEN HOUSTON — Scott Piercy tied a tournament record with a nearly flawless 9-under-par 63 Thursday to take a 1-stroke lead after the first round of the Houston Open.

Alex Cejka made four birdies on his back nine to finish with a 64, one stroke behind Piercy.

J. B. Holmes was next at 65. Phil Mickelson, Luke Guthrie, Charles Howell III and Houston’s Shawn Stefani each shot a 66 and trail Piercy by three strokes.

KO TIES SORENSTAM’S MARK FOR ROUNDS UNDER PAR RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.

— Lydia Ko tied Annika Sorenstam’s LPGA Tour record with her 29th consecutive round under par, shooting a 1-under 71 on Thursday in the ANA Inspiration.

The top-ranked New Zealander started the streak in the first round of her victory last year in the seasonending CME Group Tour Championship. Her worldwide streak is 32, counting her three rounds this year in her victory in the Ladies European Tour’s New Zealand Women’s Open.

Sorenstam set the LPGA Tour mark in 2004.

WICHITA STATE REACHES NEW DEAL WITH MARSHALL Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall has agreed to terms on a new contact,

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Richard Childress Racing has appealed the penalties NASCAR levied against Ryan Newman and his team for allegedly manipulating tires during the March 22 race in Fontana, Calif. choosing to remain with the Missouri Valley powerhouse after receiving overtures from Alabama.

Terms of the agreement, which was reached late Wednesday, were not disclosed because the final contract still must be signed. It is expected to be a significant raise from the base salary of $1.85 million that Marshall was making on his previous seven-year rollover contract.

Marshall has led the Shockers to four straight NCAA tournaments, including a trip to the Final Four in 2013. Wichita State lost to Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 this past season.

The longtime coach of Winthrop, Marshall is 204-75 in eight seasons at Wichita State.

FLORIDA UPS DONOVAN’S SALARY TO ABOUT $4M GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Billy Donovan has signed a 1-year contract extension that raises his annual salary to about $4 million and keeps him under contract through the 2019-20 season.

The new contract paid Donovan $4.2 million in 201415. His salary drops to $3.96 million for the next four years and then jumps to $4 million the final year.

ISNER ROLLS AT MIAMI OPEN KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — John Isner has powered his way into the semifinals of the Miami Open, easily beating fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4, 6-3 on

KENTUCKY FROM PAGE B1 a team the Runnin’ Rebels had beaten by 30 points in the championship game a year earlier. Duke, which plays Michigan State on Saturday, could get another chance to ruin a perfect run at the title, but that is looking way down a three-day road.

“I’ll never have a group of players like this again,’’ Tarkanian, who died on Feb. 11, said the night of the 79-77 loss to Duke, a result that stunned the sports world.

“You only get a team like this once in your career.

This was a very special group of kids.

“I’m just sick,’’ he said. “It meant so much to these kids.

I’m just hurting inside.’’

When the game ended, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski had his own problem. He had to get his team to settle down after the upset because the Blue Devils still had a game Monday night for the national championship.

“I thought all week we had a chance but I wasn’t going to be Joe Namath and say anything like that,’’ Krzyzewski said 24 years ago. “I thought if we could fight for 40 minutes we could win, not knowing if the kids could handle it. UNLV plays with such ease and we play with so much emotion.’’

UNLV won its games by an average of 26.7 points per

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It was 24 years ago that Anderson Hunt (12) and unbeaten UNLV arrived in Indianapolis for a coronation disguised as a Final Four.

Unbeaten Kentucky is in the same city awaiting its crown, but as the Rebels discovered, a coronation can fast become an insurrection. game. Only two games were decided by less than 12 points, a 7-point win over Arkansas in a 1-vs.-2 matchup and an 8-point victory over Georgetown in the sec-

ond round of the NCAA Tournament.

“I remember in practice, Coach K had us practicing five against seven, to get used to their speed and their

Thursday.

Earlier Thursday, Carla Suarez Navarro reached the women’s final with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Andrea Petkovic.

JUDGE WILL NOT HALT CUBS VIDEO BOARD CONSTRUCTION CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs don’t have to halt construction on a Wrigley Field video board that will block game views of adjacent rooftop clubs, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

The ruling means both that the right-field sign could be operational soon and that the Cubs’ $375 million renovation of the century-old ballpark remains on track.

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quickness,’’ Grant Hill, a freshman starter on that Duke team, said Thursday in Indianapolis where he will serve as a game analyst for CBS. “We had a game plan, we’d been in a number of close games, we won some, some we didn’t, but we had that experience, and they had not been in many close games, so our thing was let’s hit them early, let them know we’re here, we’re going to play, and let’s just manage the game and keep it close, and if it’s close, the pressure is going to be all on them. That was our comfort zone, how we played all year.’’

UNLV’s starting lineup included first-round draft picks Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and Greg Anthony.

It also had Anderson Hunt and George Ackles. All were upperclassmen.

Kentucky’s roster is so deep scuba gear is recommended. Nine outstanding underclassmen who have all committed to ignoring minutes for wins and it’s anybody’s guess how many of them will be first-round NBA draft picks. Eight of the nine players in the rotation are averaging between 5.6 and 11.0 points per game. Eight players have been Kentucky’s leading scorer in a game this season. The Wildcats did have three game decided by six or fewer points, but their average margin of victory was almost 21 points per game.

child had tried and given up many youth sports before mixing it up with older boys on basketball courts throughout their Charlotte, North Carolina neighborhood.

Mitchell quickly outshined most players on the court and became a standout in AAU basketball. When they could, the family would attend Charlotte Sting games with Tiffany fixated on Staley.

Then came the recruiting letters and interest from Staley. And when the two finally met in person, “Tiffany was mesmerized,’’ Cheryl Mitchell said.

She knew where her daughter’s college focus was when she continually wanted to spend Saturday’s down in Columbia around Staley, her assistants and her players.

Mitchell committed to South Carolina during her junior year at Providence Day School.

Staley liked what she’d seen, yet wasn’t sure how the quiet Mitchell would fit in at college.

Mitchell had talent, loved basketball like Staley did and worked hard in high school.

But the coach wasn’t fully convinced how special she’d be for the Gamecocks.

“Tiffany is self-motivated.

When you see how much she was in the gym her first year, that’s when you go, ‘Aha, she’s the one that’s going to take us to higher heights,’’’ Staley said.

Mitchell started 30 of 33 games her freshman season, helping the Gamecocks to their second straight trip to the Sweet 16 in 2013. She became the team’s unquestioned leader a year later, averaging 15.5 points a game and earning Southeastern Conference player of the year honors as South Carolina won its first-ever league championship.

This season, Mitchell excelled again at 14.5 points a game and earned her secondconsecutive SEC player of the year award despite being the focus of every opponent’s defensive game plan. It’s that drive, Staley said, that puts Mitchell among the best in women’s basketball.

Mitchell focus is only on this weekend, a destination and opportunity the Gamecocks have pointed too all year long.

“That’s been our ultimate goal and our main gain this season,’’ Mitchell said. “I think it would be a bit of a letdown if we didn’t get’’ the national championship.

Mitchell’s star is on the rise.

She’s the program’s first AP All-American and is a finalist for the Wooden Award. Cheryl Mitchell recalled getting a call last week from Tiffany saying how she was being “attacked’’ by fans and autograph seekers at a gas station.

“That’s a good thing, right?’’

Cheryl told her daughter.

It is, for both South Carolina and the low-key, Mitchell — even if she does shun being the center of attention.

“Tiffany works the hardest when the spotlight’s not on her,’’ teammate Aleighsa Welch said. “When you have a superstar like that who gives her teammates more credit than she gives herself, it’s humbling and it makes everybody on the team want to work a little bit harder.’’

Staley still jokes with Mitchell about the signed Staley jerseys and cut out pictures of her future coach. But always the competitor, Staley paid Mitchell probably her highest compliment when talking about getting on the court with her.

“Truth is,’’ Staley said, “I would love to step outside and see me play and compare it with what Tiffany’s doing in her career.’’

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BY JEFF ODOM The Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. — Alex Wood’s breakout campaign with the Atlanta Braves last season may have come as a surprise to some people.

The hard-throwing lefty, however, wasn’t one of them.

Between stints in the bullpen and starting rotation during his second big-league season, the 24-year-old Wood emerged as a blossoming star for the rebuilding Braves, going 11-11 with a 2.78 ERA and 170 strikeouts in 35 games.

Wood, known for his quirky delivery, said he has always established high expectations for himself, going back to his days as a high-school standout in Charlotte, North Carolina and then, collegiately at Georgia.

But even with the assurance of a full-time spot in the rotation for the first time this season, the former second-round pick in the 2012 draft, has been careful not to let himself become too comfortable.

“I look at it as one of those things where baseball is a cruel game. It will humble you real quick, so I try to stay even keel,’’ Wood said. “To me, I look at it as a feeling of when I do well, that’s what I expect of myself. That’s what this organization expects of me.’’

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Atlanta starting pitcher Alex Wood, known for his quirky delivery, said he has always established high expectations for himself going back to his days as a high school standout in Charlotte and then on the collegiate level at Georgia. those expectations for Wood will be heightened after the offseason departures of seasoned right-handers Kris Medlin, Ervin Santana and Aaron Harang.

Wood currently finds himself as one of the team’s most experienced returning pitchers behind 14-game-winner Julio Teheran, who will start

the season opener at Miami on Monday.

“I’m just trying to go out there and give my team the best chance I can to win,’’ Wood said. “If I can come in here (the clubhouse) and get my work in after the game and tell myself that’s what I did, then I’m happy about it.

It’s one of those things where

you love to win more than you hate to lose.’’

Manager Fredi Gonzalez said Wood’s ability to prosper against tough lineups during spring training has given him confidence that the southpaw is up to the challenge.

In his most recent outing on Saturday against a Toronto split squad, Wood worked his

Bardstown, Kentucky; a brother, Ronald D. Gantz of Irvine, Kentucky; two stepbrothers, Gregory A. Cope (Diane) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Charles E. Cope (Elizabeth) of Agoura Hills, California; seven grandchildren; an uncle, Denver Thompson (Adel) of Dublin, Georgia; an aunt, Edna Behner (Don) of Salem; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at Hope Cemetery Chapel, Salem, and her ashes will be interred on her father’s grave with Stark Funeral Home handling the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Summerton Presbyterian Church, 15 S. Cantey St., Summerton, SC 29148.

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

was a daughter of the late Rufus and Rosa Bradley Hinnant. She attended the public schools of Sumter County. During McCRAY the early years of her life, Mrs. McCray was a member of Ebenezer AME Church, Mayesville.

She later joined Mulberry Baptist Church, where she was a member of the adult women Sunday school and the senior citizen ministry. She was an honorary mother of the Agape Outreach Ministries and an honorary queen of the Princess iN Me Organization in Sumter, where she modeled the example of a woman with grace and poise.

Mrs. McCray was a domestic worker, mothering and caring for her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Mrs. McCray was married to the late Albert McCray Sr. and to this union five children were born.

She leaves to cherish her memories: three daughters, Annie Mae Graves, Mother Annietti China (Cleveland) and Deacon Jeanette McFadden (Jimmy), all of Sumter; one sister, Ruffie Mae Lemon of Baltimore, Maryland; 16

grandchildren; 42 greatgrandchildren; 11 great-greatgrandchildren; six sisters-inlaw; two brothers-in-law; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by two children, Willie “Bug” Hinnant and Albert McCray Jr.; two grandchildren, Riah Marie and Ophelia Elaine Hinnant; one great-grandchild, Taylor Angel Wilson; five brothers, William (twin brother), Thomas, Jasper and Fred Hinnant, and James Bradley; and three sisters, Maggie McCarney, Doshia Hinnant and Armitta Stancil.

Homegoing celebration will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Mulberry Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, Sumter, with Pastor Nate Brock, pastor, eulogist, assist-

way into a couple jams against a predominantly right-handed-hitting lineup that featured sluggers Jose Bautista, Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion.

Wood stayed calm, though, and got out of them relatively unscathed. He allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings.

“It was nice to see that he had to get out of those jams, working through those things,’’ Gonzalez said, “because sometimes you go 1-2-3, 1-2-3 every single time, it’s a little different. You don’t get the adrenaline, the juices flowing. . He did great.’’

Wood’s expectations for himself are true for the rest of Atlanta’s pitching staff as well.

With the addition of starter Shelby Miller — acquired in November from St. Louis in exchange for outfielder Jason Heyward - and other bullpen pieces such as veterans Jim Johnson and Jason Grilli, Wood believes they will surprise.

Much like he did last season.

“On paper, on the field — any way you want to look at it, I think we’ve got the makings of a good staff,’’ Wood said. “Anybody that has watched our games this spring can see we are playing baseball the way it is supposed to be played. We’re executing. We’re doing the things we need to do.”

OBITUARIES JUDY PLUM Judy Kay Hooey Plum, age 71, beloved wife of 28 years to Arlis L. Plum, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at her residence.

Born in North Dakota, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Daisy Campbell Hooey. Mrs. Plum PLUM worked in healthcare for more than 20 years. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Surviving in addition to her husband are two children, Troy Hoffman and his wife, Kim, and Tammie Asbury and her husband, Tim, all of Michigan; two stepsons, Jason Plum of Tennessee and Travis Plum and his wife, Tamesha, of Sumter; 13 grandchildren, Troy Huffman Jr., Johnnie Huffman, Angela Huffman, Rebecca Hayes, Julia Plum, Andrew Plum, Travis Plum, Kamonie Plum, Steven Plum, Dontrell Fulton, Hunter Rogers, Hailey Rogers and Hayden Rogers; and two great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tommy McDonald officiating.

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

DIANA NASTARI SUMMERTON — Diana Jean Gantz Nastari, 65, was called home on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, while in McLeod Regional Medical Center.

Born on Sept. 4, 1949, in Salem, Ohio, she was a daughter of Betty Lenora Thompson Gantz Morford and the late NASTARI Donald Eugene Gantz. She was of the Catholic faith.

She is survived by her mother and stepfather, Charles R. Morford of Summerton; three sons, Samuel Lewis Nastari II (Susan) and Daniel Joseph Nastari Jr. (Terry Lee), both of Alliance, Ohio, and Matthew Luke Nastari (Sarah) of Lisbon, Ohio; a daughter, Elizabeth Angelina Gantz Conway (Michael) of

LILLIAN MCCRAY A quiet and compassionate life came to a close for Lillian Ophelia Hinnant McCray, 86, on Tuesday evening, March 31, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

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The family is receiving family and friends at the home, 1246 Mooneyham Road, Sumter.

The procession will leave at 2:30 p.m. from the home.

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BILLIE E. BOATWRIGHT Billie Earle Boatwright, 86, widow of Harry Austin Boatwright, joined her Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 2, 2015.

Born in Marion, she was a daughter of the late Willie Edward and Nell Baxley Earle. She was a member of Wise Drive Baptist Church, where she enjoyed many years of fellowship, Sunday school and Bible study.

Survivors include sons, Harry T. Boatwright (Linda) of St. George and Michael Earle Boatwright of Mt. Pleasant; daughter, Gaye Boatwright Eaves (Jimmy) of Sumter; grandchildren, Jason Sean Gardiner (Susan) of El Dorado, Kansas, Amanda Boatwright Reeder (Robbie) of Goose Creek, Sarah Eaves Smith (Jonathan) of Sumter, Juliee Ann Boatwright of North Charleston, Christopher James Eaves of Mt. Pleasant, and Michael Brett Eaves (Sara) of Columbia; nine great-grandchildren; and a special friend and adopted sister, Libby Lane.

She loved crocheting, reading and participating in activities at National Health Care. Most of all, she fiercely loved her family and friends. She was a devoted wife, loving mother, adoring grandmother and doting great-grandmother.

A very special thank you to National Health Care of Sumter and to the amazing staff who loved her unconditionally and made her life there feel like home. There are too many outstanding folks to list, but special love to Nicole Kidd and Stephanie Williams, both of whom were involved in her daily care and whom she claimed as daughters; and to Connie Bell, from NHC who stood in as surrogate daughter and checked on her daily.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Wise Drive Baptist Church with the Rev. Dearld Sterling officiating.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at Wise Drive Baptist Church and other times at the home of her daughter, 1110 Antlers Court.

Burial will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion.

Memorials may be made to Wise Drive Baptist Church Youth Ministry, 2751 Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

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HESTER B. JAMISON Hester “Big Sister” Brewer Jamison peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Powhatan, Virginia.

She was born on Sept. 16, 1926, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Michael and Lillie Brewer. Hester joined St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church at an early age and worked diligently as a faithful member.

Hester’s loving spirit shall forever be cherished and remembered by her two faithful and loving daughters, Mary Rose Pearson of Sumter and devoted caregiver, Mamie (John) Scott of Powhatan; step-great-granddaughter, Ieisha WilsonClark of Sumter; grandchildren, Melissa Rena Pearson of Sumter, Adrienne (Russell) Berry of Powhatan, Schmikal Rashon of Baltimore, Maryland, Ebony C. Scott of Powhatan and Robert “Bobby” Pearson Jr. of Baltimore; great-granddaughter, Megan A. Berry of Powhatan; eight greatgrandchildren; three greatgreat-grandchildren; a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandson, Michael Scott.

Public viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mrs. Jamison will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at St. Luke AME Church, 2355 S. Saint Paul Church Road, Sumter, with Pastor Orlando McCauley, the Rev. E. Robert Thomas, eulogist, pastor of Spring Hill AME Church. Interment will follow in St. Luke AME Church cemetery.

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

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

NATHANIEL WELL BISHOPVILLE — Nathan-

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iel Well entered eternal rest on April 2, 2015, at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, New York.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date.

The family will be receiving friends at 104 Blue Jay Lane, Wisacky community, Bishopville.

Wilson Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of arrangements.

MARY LEE B. MICKENS BISHOPVILLE — Mary Lee Bowman Mickens, widow of Robert Mickens, entered eternal rest on March 30, 2015, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 150 Harlem St., Bishopville.

Visitations will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Order of Eastern Star Rites will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at Mt. Cavalry Missionary Baptist Church, Bishopville.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, Bishopville, with the pastor, the Rev. Darren T. Dixon, officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mark Memorial Garden.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

ANN S. COOKE Ann Singleton Cooke, 80, departed this life to be with our father in heaven on Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Brooklyn, New York.

Born on Dec. 19, 1934, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Israel and Amelia Isaac Singleton.

At an early age, she became a member of Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. She attended the public schools of Sumter County and was a graduate of Ebenezer High School. After that time, she migrated to New York and later joined St. Timothy Holiness Church, where she was a faithful member and was affectionately known as “Mother Cooke.” She was a kind and warm-hearted person, who loved her family and always extended a helping hand to those in need. Ann was employed at Wycoff Heights Hospital as a dietician for more than 30 years. Known as “Cookie” to her peers and co-workers, she was loved and respected by all who knew her.

She was united in holy matrimony to the late Sammie Lee Cooke. To this

union, two children were born. ‘ She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; one son, Sammie Lee “Punchie” Cooke Jr.; two sisters; and three brothers.

Ann leaves to cherish her memories: a devoted son, Wayne T. (Shameka) Cooke of Brooklyn, New York; two grandsons, Malik Cooke of Charlotte and Sam Cooke of Brooklyn, New York; one granddaughter, Tamika Douglas; two step-granddaughters, Brittian and Bryanna Billings, all of Brooklyn; one brother, John Singleton of Bishopville; four sisters, Geneva Jackson of Sumter, Amelia Prescott of Ocala, Florida, Susie Boyd of Bishopville and Elizabeth Martin of Atlanta; two aunts, Mae Ruth Cooke and Genevieve Cooke, both of Sumter; five sisters-in-law; three godchildren, Beverly Cooke, Mitchell C. Jackson and Marvin Singleton; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (USA), 4620 Queen Chapel Road, Dalzell, with the Rev. Carnell Hampton, moderator, eulogist, assisted

by Elder Sharon McCoy and the Rev. Dr. Ralph Singleton.

The family is receiving family and friends at the home of Geneva Jackson, 690 Rainbow Drive, Sumter.

The procession will leave at 11:20 a.m. from the home.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in Ebenezer Presbyterian Churchyard cemetery.

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

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

JAMES J. LLOYD MANNING — James Johnny Lloyd, 53, died on Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born in Paxville, a son of the late John Henry Walker and Bernice Lloyd.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Frank Nesbitt, 3335 Les Tindal Road, Pinewood.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funer-

al Home LLC of Manning.

LEE ERNEST ABRAHAM GABLE — Lee Ernest Abraham, 64, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at his residence, 10491 N. Brewington Road, Gable.

He was born on Feb. 15, 1951, in the Cypress Fork section of Clarendon County, a son of the late Anthony “Ante” and Pearl Eaddy Abraham.

Funeral services for Mr. Abraham will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Cypress Fork AME Church, Alcolu, with the Rev Oddie Smalls, pastor. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

Online memorials may be sent to www.samuelsfuneralhome.com.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Leroy and Mary Abraham, 10421 N. Brewington Road, Gable.

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

MARY STAVIS REMBERT — Service of Celebration for Mother Mary “Boot” Stavis will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Greater Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 609 Miller Road, Sumter, with Bishop Marvin Hodge, senior pastor. Interment will follow in the Greater Mt. Pisgah Church Cemetery.

A public viewing will be held from noon to 6 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Mary was born on Oct. 30, 1919, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late Joseph and Lottie Bennett Stavis.

She was preceded in death by 12 siblings.

On Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Sumter Valley Health and Rehab Home, God called Mary home to live forever in the land of endless delight.

She leaves to cherish her memories: her children, Patricia Ann Sumpter (Nathaniel) and Andrew Stavis, both of Sumter; sister, Louise Alston of Rembert; five biological grandchildren, Avery Wilson, Lorenzo Cannon, Lakeila Cannon, Valencia Sumpter and Lakeema Cannon; four step-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, close relatives and friends.

Online messages of sympathy can be left at www. whitesmortuary.net.

Services entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC, (803) 774-8200.

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Local/Regional Drivers Immediate openings for experienced Van, Tanker & Rolloff drivers. Class A CDL with Hazmat & Tank endorsements required with 2 years verifiable experience. Mileage starts as high as .41 per mile along with stop pay, hourly pay and per diem on overnight trips. Medical, Dental, Prescription & Life Ins. plans along with 401K and profit sharing. Paid Holidays, Earned PTO time and .03 per mile yearly Safty/Performance Bonus plan. Applicants can apply in person at FCI 132 Myrtle Beach Hwy, Sumter SC 29153 or call 1-888-249-2651 ext 24

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice PUBLIC AUCTION Sumter Self Storage, 731 Broad St. Sumter, S.C. will have an auction 10:00AM Saturday, April 11, 2015.

Weather permitted. Following units be sold: Jermaine Kind 917 Sylvia Harry 511 Jennie Gamble 129 Hope Johnson 353 Adline Albert 226 Meg Thomas Rose 902 Roxann Solone 706 Carl McPherson 544 Sale handled by management. "CASH ONLY" Items must be removed by Sunday, April 12, 2015 @ 5:00PM.

PUBLIC AUCTION SUMTER EAST SELF STORAGE 800 MYRTLE BEACH HWY. AUCTION April 18, 2015 10:00 A.M. UNITS FOR AUCTION B-6 Shanna Evans B-40 Sandra P. Hill C-16 Sheryl White C-22 Marie Mack F-20 Danielle Wright F-38 Sanra P. Hill

Bid Notices Sumter School District Invitation For Bids IFB # 15-0008 Sumter School District invites qualified contractors to offer Sealed Bids for the New Student Pick-Up/Drop-Off Renovations at Alice Drive Elementary School, 251 Alice Drive, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150.

The scope of work consists of the re-design of car and bus drop-off and parking areas impacting the Alice Drive side of the school, the Miller Road side of the school, and on-site areas as well. A new covered walk structure with lighting is planned for the Alice Drive side of the school.

Re-location of the main power service to the building is involved.

Contractors may obtain bid documents by contacting the Architect: Jackson & Sims Architects, 7-1/2 South Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, 803-773-4329.

Deposit for bid documents (hard copies and/or electronic documents) will be $50.00 (non-refundable).

Electronic documents are available by request at jsarch@ftc-i.net.

The Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the site.

The Owner will receive bids on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sumter School District Office, Conference Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC, 803-469-6900.

Sumter County School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive minor formalities in the bidding, and to award the contract to other than the lowest bidder if deemed to be in the best interest of the District.

Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2014-CP-43-02426 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee for the holders of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF15 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF15, Plaintiff, vs.

John Anthony Morris; Regina L. Morris; Sumter County Clerk of Court, Defendant(s).

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

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

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

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney

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for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

Registration System, Inc. as nominee for Metro Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns, dated September 27, 2007, and recorded on September 28, 2007, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1092 at Page 3575 (the "Mortgage").

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

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YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on November 12, 2014.

Sarah O. Leonard, SC Bar No. 080165 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 888-726-9953 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A #: 2015-CP-43-00363 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

PHILIP LEE WILLIAMS, LISA RENEE GILLESPIE, and DAVID GLEN WILLIAMS AS HEIRS AT LAW OF WARREN M. WILLIAMS A/K/A WARREN MARSHALL WILLIAMS, DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER HEIRS-AT-LAW OR DISTRIBUTEES OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR SPOUSES, IF ANY THEY HAVE, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; ALSO ANY UNKNOWN ADULTS AND THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL OF THEM BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; and SAFE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 1703 Laurel Street, Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on February 10, 2015 and the Amended Complaint was filed on February 17, 2015.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND ATTORNEY TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe or John Doe, defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or under other legal disability, and as Attorney for said parties who may be in the military service, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney shall be made absolute.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage of Real Estate given by the Defendant Warren M. Williams a/k/a Warren Marshall Williams, now deceased, to Mortgage Electronic

By Mortgage Assignment (the "Assignment"), Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. as nominee for Metro Mortgage Corporation assigned the Mortgage to the Plaintiff, and the Assignment was recorded January 23, 2015, in Book 1208 at Page 1673 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as a lot containing 0.40 acres, as shown on that certain plat of D.D. Edmunds, RLS, dated June 18, 1991 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County Plat Book 91, page 853. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This is the same property known as 19 Hinson Street, Sumter, SC. Represented by Sumter County Parcel No. 252-01-03-005.

This being the same property conveyed to Warren M. Williams by deed of June Floyd by deed dated September 27, 2007 and recorded on September 28, 2007 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in book 1092 at page 3568.

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For a complete description of the property encumbered by the Mortgage, the undersigned craves reference to the Mortgage, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC P. O. BOX 11682 COLUMBIA, South Carolina 29211 (803) 233-0797 Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2015-CP-43-00074 DEFICIENCY REQUESTED

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pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina, on January 15, 2015.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter "Order"), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803-726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE P U R P O S E O F T H I S COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER M&T Bank, PLAINTIFF, vs.

John T. Conner, Jr.; Colleen K. Conner; Brittany L. Conner, as Trustee for 2555 Lorentz Drive Trust, a Land Trust; James D. Grant; Bank of America, N.A.; Discover Bank DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm; P.O. Box 8237; Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the 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 Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals

NOTICE OF SALE 2009-CP-43-0826

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: MRH Sub I, LLC against Leonardo D. Harris, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on April 6, 2015, at 12:00PM, at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 118 on a plat made by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated April 13, 1987 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book PB89 at page 486. Said property being bounded and measures as follows: On the North by Lot 117 and measuring thereon 156.25 feet, said plat, and measuring thereon 9.95 feet and 125.04 feet; on the South by Lot No. 119 and measuring thereon 156.66 feet; and on the West by Kentwood Drive, said plat; and fronting thereon 114.95 feet in an arc. Subject to any an all existing reservations, easements, rights-of-way, zoning ordinances and restrictive or protective covenants that may appear or on the premises.

This being the identical property conveyed to Leonardo D. Harris by deed of Gordon J. Robertson and Michelle L. Robertson dated October 13, 2005 and recorded October 24, 2005 in Deed Book 1002 at Page 1390.

TMS No. 1821302012 Property Address: 1225 Kentwood Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance.

Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.8750%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should

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satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1134440 3/20, 3/27, 04/03/2015

and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Emra London Seawood; James R. Seawood; Deonna Pirtle; Any Heir-at-law or Devisees of James L. Seawood, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Gerald Butler;, C/A No. 14-CP-43-1656, The following property will be sold on April 6, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that piece, parcel, or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Sumter County, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Lot 21A and 22, Block A, being more fully described in Plat Book 98, Page 1244 recorded in the RMC Office for Sumter County. Reference is hereby made to said plat for a more complete description of metes and bounds thereof.

Derivation: Book 742; Page 1538 726 Berry Street, Sumter, SC 29153-5904 250-11-02-006 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.375% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-1656.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-05698 FM Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2014-CP-43-02712

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Siwell Inc. DBA Capital Mortgage Services of Texas vs. Bobby Lee Brubaker;, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 4/6/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

and

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ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, identified as Lot No. 3 of Oakdale Properties Subdivision and being more fully shown on a plat prepared by Hugh F. Longshore, Jr., RLS dated May 24, 1972 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 90 at Page 545. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Bobby Lee Brubaker by virtue of a Deed from Corey O. McBride and Sandra B. McBride dated August 15, 2013 and recorded August 21, 2013 in Book 1192 at Page 2643 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

1286 Mooneyham Road Sumter, SC 29153 TMS# 252-03-01-006 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Four and 00/100 (4.00%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance.

The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-01572 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Provident Funding Associates, L.P. vs.

Aida M. Mederios, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on April 6, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 5 OF WEN LE SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON A PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z-22 AT PAGE 151 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY AND HAVING SUCH METES, COURSES AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCED TO WHICH PLAT IS HEREBY MADE PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO AIDA M. MEDEIROS BY DEED FROM LIBERTY ENTERPRISES II, LLC DATED FEBRUARY 17, 2011 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 25, 2011 IN BOOK 1151 AT PAGE 1068, IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 5 Wen Le Court West, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 249-08-06-015 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-15538

NOTICE OF SALE 2013-CP-43-504

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Nationstar Mortgage LLC against Everett L. Witherspoon a/k/a Everette L. Witherspoon, E.L.W. Enterprises, LLC, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on April 6, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 13, as shown on that certain plat of R. F. McLellan, R.L.S., dated January 7, 1938 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book G-5 at Page 152, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in Section 30-50-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

This being the identical property conveyed to Everette L. Witherspoon by deed of Phifer Brown and Betty Lee Brown, dated February 26, 2003 and recorded February 27, 2003 in Deed Book 877 at Page 1117; subsequently Everette L.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 03, 2015 Notice of Sale Witherspoon conveyed the subject property to E.L.W Enterprises, LLC by deed dated September 21, 2004 and recorded September 21, 2004 in Deed Book 953 at Page 1500.

TMS No. 249-08-04-020 Property Address: 326 N. Magnolia Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.0000%.

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master in Equity Sumter County Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-00731

BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC vs.

Arthur L. Heyward; Estate of Mary Rouse Billie, John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all Heirs and Devisees of Mary Rouse Billie, Deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any rights, title interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants or persons under disability or persons in Military Service designated as a class Richard Roe; CitiFinancial; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles; Shirl R. Williams, the

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The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County

undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on April 6, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON INCLUDING A 2002 28' X 66' BELLCREST MOBILE HOME, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, CITY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DESIGNATED AS LOT 41 ON PLAT PREPARED FOR L.K. PROPERTIES DATED MAY 25, 1990 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 92 AT PAGE 1236 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY. THIS BEING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 920 UTAH CIRCLE SUMTER SC 29153 AND BEARING SUMTER TAX MAP NUMBER: 251-12-05-014.

ALSO INCLUDED HEREWITH IS THAT CERTAIN 2002 BELLCREST MANUFACTURED HOME BEARING SERIAL NUMBER BL02GA0210962A&B. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ARTHUR L. HEYWARD AND MARY R. BILLIE BY DEED OF CHARLES M. SMITH DATED MAY 10, 2005 AND RECORDED MAY 13, 2005 IN DEED BOOK 980 AT PAGE 954, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 920 Utah Circle, Sumter, SC 29153 TMS: 251-12-05-014 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 10-24459

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-02050

BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Carmen E. DeJesus; Edward DeJesus; South Carolina Department of Revenue; South Carolina Department of Revenue, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on April 6, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE DWELLING AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, LYING AND BEING SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF STATEBURG, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 201 OF OAKLAND NORTH SUBDIVISION, SECTION NO. 4, PHASE II, ON THAT PLAT PREPARED BY JULIAN B. ALLEN, RLS, DATED OCTOBER 16, 1992 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 92 AT PAGE 1790 IN THE RECORDS OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY. PURSUANT TO SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, (1976, AS AMENDED) REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT IS HEREBY MADE FOR THE METES, BOUNDS, COURSES AND/OR DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY DELINEATED THEREON. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO CARMEN E. DEJESUS AND EDWARD DEJESUS BY DEED OF CLYDE B. HUGHES AND BARBARA L. HUGHES RECORDED JANUARY 8, 2007 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN VOLUME 1060 AT PAGE 378.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2695 Watermark Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS: 092-13-03-007 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the

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balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.625% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. If the United States is named as a Defendant, The sale shall be subject to the United States one hundred twenty (120) day right of redemption pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§ 2410(c).

OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1134694 3/20, 3/27, 04/03/2015

deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.75% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-2154.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 13-17407 NOTICE OF SALE 2014-CP-43-2700

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: CitiFinancial Servicing LLC against Ashleigh R. Pack, Derrick A. Pack, Best Lumber and Millwork, Inc. and Lakewood Links Property Owners Association, Inc., I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on April 6, 2015, at 12:00PM, at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, identified as Lot No. 171 of Lakewood Links Subdivision and being more fully shown on a plat prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, RLS dated January 14, 2003 and recorded in Plat Book 2003 at Page 565, Records of Sumter County. Being the same property conveyed to Derrick A. Pack and Ashleigh R. Pack by deed of Lakewood of Sumter, LLC dated September 15, 2006 recorded on September 18, 2006 in Book 1045, Page 516 in Sumter County Records, State of SC. TMS No. 222-02-02-007 Property Address: 3310 Royal Colwood Court, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.6296%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Shawanda Evans; Cindy Akers; Derek Cain; Tyrone Cain; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Mary W. Cain a/k/a Mary Witherspoon Cain a/k/a Mary L. Cain, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Branch Banking and Trust Company; The South Carolina Department of Revenue; Republic Finance; Safe Federal Credit Union; Sumter Land & Realty, Inc.;, C/A No. 13-CP-43-2154, The following property will be sold on April 6, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 20 on that plat of Wilson Park Subdivision, prepared by Palmer & Malone dated October 31, 1954 and recorded in Plat Book Z-12 at Page 82 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter county, and more recently on that plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, PLS, dated November 29, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book 2000 at Page 801, aforesaid records. Said Lot No. 20 consists of 0.25 acres, more or less, being bounded and measuring as follows: On the NORTHEAST by Phifer Street, a fifty foot (50') right-of-way, and fronting thereon 74.90 feet; on the SOUTHEAST by Lot No. 19, and measuring thereon 168.71 feet; on the SOUTHWEST by Lot No. 24, and measuring thereon 54.55 feet; and on the NORTHWEST by Lot No. 22 and Lot No. 21, and measuring thereon an aggregate distance of 168.16 feet.

Be all said measurements a little more or a little less and according to said most recent plat. This is the property known as 122 Phifer Street, Sumter, SC.

Derivation: Book 788; Page 1089 122 Phifer St, Sumter, SC 29150-3026 248-09-03-060 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-04337 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales) NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs.

Charlotte L. Smith a/k/a Charlotte Hamilton; The United States of America acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lendmark Financial Services, C/A No. 14-CP-43-2161, The following property will be sold on April 6, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying, and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, said lot containing 4.08 acres as shown on certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated May 13, 2002, and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book 2002 at Page 538, reference to which is craved for the exact metes, boundaries, and distances pursuant to authority contained in Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This is the property known as 780 Holiday Drive, Sumter South Carolina, bearing Sumter County tax map number: 247-00-02-011. Derivation: Book 1117; Page 2841 780 Holiday Dr, Sumter, SC 29153 247-00-02-011, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance

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with the bid at the rate of 4.375% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-2161.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 015262-01731 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1134173 3/20, 3/27, 04/03/2015

third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

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bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.25% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.125% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-1664.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-01255 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1134169 3/20, 3/27, 04/03/2015

July 29, 2011 in Book 1157 at Page 3654 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs.

Charlene A. McSwain, and Malcom Eugene Pack, Jr., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, April 6, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 36, as shown on that certain Plat of Palmer & Mallard, R.L.S., dated August 10, 1971 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-31 at Page 19, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in 30-50-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This property is known as 187 Pack Road, Sumter, SC. This being the same property conveyed to Malcolm Eugene Pack, Jr., and Charlene A. McSwain by Deed from Wade H. Warr dated February 22, 2005 and recorded February 23, 2005 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 970 at page 1089.

TMS No. 224-05-04-020 Property address: 187 Pack Rd, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.500% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: EMC Mortgage LLC vs. Lonnel Charles, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on April 6, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SUMTER, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 120 OF HILLDALE SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED

BY BEN J. MAKELA, RLS DATED JULY 1, 1990 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 90 AT PAGE 854. AFORESAID PLAT IS SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED HEREIN AND REFERENCED IS CRAVED THERETO FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE METES, BOUNDS, COURSES, AND DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY CONCERNED HEREIN. THIS DESCRIPTION IS IN LIEU OF THE METES AND BOUNDS, AS PERMITTED BY LAW UNDER SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE 1976 CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LONNELL CHARLES BY DEED FROM CALVIN HASTIE DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 8, 2005, IN BOOK 996 AT PAGE 929, IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 860 Perry Boulevard, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 207-07-01-008 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-19437 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Elizabeth Chevere; Josue Rivera; USAA Federal Savings Bank, C/A No. 13-CP-43-1664, The following property will be sold on April 6, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the Township of Stateburg, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 6 of Wintergreen Subdivision, Phase II, on that plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, PLS, dated October 23, 2002 and recorded in Plat Book 2002 at Page 657 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County. Said Lot No. 6 consists of 0.45 acres, more or less, being bounded and measuring as follows: On the Northeast by Oleander Drive, a fifty foot (50') right-of-way, and fronting thereon 100.00 feet; on the Southeast by Lot No. 5, and measuring thereon 195.24 feet; on the Southwest by lands now or formerly of William J. Carter, and measuring thereon 100.06 feet; and on the Northwest by Lot No. 7, and measuring thereon 195.18 feet. Be all said measurements a little more or a little less and according to aforesaid plat. This is the property known as 3590 Oleander Drive, Sumter, SC. Derivation: Book 864 at Page 1626 3590 Oleander Dr, Sumter, SC 29154 1860101026, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Branch Banking and Trust Company vs.

Ryan Brooks, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, April 6, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 0.55 acres, more or less, and being shown and delineated as Lot No. 7R of Hatfield Estates Subdivision, Section No. 1, on that plat of Louis W. Tisdale, RLS, dated March 29, 1999 and recorded in Plat Book 2000 at page 243 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 2625 Genoa Drive, Sumter, South Carolina and shown on the Auditor`s map of Sumter County as Tax Parcel 200-08-01-021.

This being the same property conveyed unto Ryan Brooks by virtue of a Deed from William J. Wise and Katie Wise f/k/a Katie F. Brown dated July 25, 2011 and recorded

TMS No. 200-08-01-021 Property address: 2625 Genoa Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.750% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized

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bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.75% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in §30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This property is known as 2500 Edmunds Drive, Sumter, SC.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-00226 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. Jimmy Dale Morgan; Jillian N. Morgan; Dorimar Baugh; Jerry Baugh, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on April 6, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL AND LOT OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 72 OF DALZELL ACRES, PHASE II, SECTION NO. 4, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT BY CROFT ENGINEERING COMPANY, DATED AUGUST 13, 1997, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 97 AT PAGE 1359 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY; PURSUANT TO SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, (1976, AS AMENDED) REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT IS HEREBY MADE FOR THE METES, BOUNDS, COURSES, AND/OR DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY DELINEATED THEREON. THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JIMMY D. MORGAN AND JILLIAN N. MORGAN BY DEED OF LORAND R. BATTEN, III DATED JANUARY 4, 2008 AND RECORDED JANUARY 8, 2008 IN BOOK 1098 PAGE 1729 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 3235 Lee Altman Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS: 189-04-01-053 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 08-10878

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America vs. Virginia R. Strasburger; SC Housing Corp.; Springleaf Financial Services of South Carolina, Inc.; Republic Finance; , C/A No. 14-CP-43-1262, The following property will be sold on April 6, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: ALL THAT certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Sumter Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 83 of Amherst Subdivision, as shown on that certain Plat of Edwards Land Surveyors, dated May 29, 1998 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 98 at Page 639, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown

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Derivation: Book 988; Page 1981 2500 Edmunds Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 207-09-06-015 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.75% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-1262.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

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ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 5 AS SHOWN ON A PLAT BY LOUIS W. TISDALE, PLS DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 95 AT PAGE 1293 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY. SAID LOT NO. 5 BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY LOT NO. 6 AND MEASURING THEREON 168.17 FEET; ON THE EAST BY LOT NOS. 13 AND 14 AND MEASURING THEREON 65.63 FEET; ON THE SOUTH BY LOT NO. 4 AND MEASURING THEREON 169.61 FEET; AND ON THE WEST BY BAKER STREET AND FRONTING THEREON 64.93 FEET. BE ALL DIMENSIONS A LITTLE MORE OR A LITTLE LESS AND ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT. THIS BEING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 23 BAKER STREET. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO VIVIAN L. JACKSON BY DEED FROM ADA L. FUGATE DATED AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 26, 2004, IN BOOK 927 AT PAGE 671, IN THE OFFICE OF THE ROD FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 23 Baker Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 249-08-04-019

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TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not be closed on the day of sale but will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days as provided by law.

Plaintiff is demanding a deficiency, the Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.25% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set

forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-24511

MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-2342

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against Christopher M. Payne, Jessica R. Payne et al., I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, April 6, 2015, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying, and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #106 of Ginkgo Hills Subdivision, containing 0.56 acres, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, RLS, dated January 16, 2003, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat book 2003 at Page 76, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. This is the property known as: 2555 Maidenhair Lane, Sumter, South Carolina 29153, TMS # 200-09-03-003.

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NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-02336 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities 2004-2 Trust, Home Equity Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-2 vs. Vivian L. Jackson, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on April 6, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

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This being the same property conveyed to Christopher M. Payne and Jessica R. Payne by deed of McKnight Construction Co. of Sumter, Inc. dated April 26, 2004 and recorded April 26, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 935 at Page 277.

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less. INCLUDED HEREWITH that c e r t a i n " 2 5 W I D E INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT" extending from Easy Street to the said lot as shown on the aforesaid plat.

Book 1032; Page 442 4618 Easy Street, Rembert, SC 29128-9055

200-09-03-003

Property Address: 2555 Maidenhair Lane Sumter, S.C. 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.50% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797 Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Laura W. Dinkins; Kathy Dinkins English a/k/a Kathy English a/k/a Kathy A. D. English; SC Housing Corp.; Kathryn W. Mitchell a/k/a Katheryn Mitchell; , C/A No. 14-CP-43-0088, The following property will be sold on April 6, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that certain piece, parcel of lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as a lot containing 1.00 acre, more or less, on that certain plat entitled "PLAT OF 1.00 ACRE TRACT CUT FROM A TRACT RECORDED IN PB 04 AT PAGE 74..." prepared by Michael C. Turbeville, P.L.S. No. 12524, dated April 25, 2003 and recorded April 29, 2005 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB2005, at Page 230; said lot having such metes and bounds as reference to said plat will show, all measurements being a little more or

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089-00-01-091 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required . The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.25% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-0088.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County

TMS: 206-04-03-025 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.125% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-16772

John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-04860

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-02025 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. Samuel R. Lewis, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on April 6, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE IN SCHOOL DISTRICT 1, SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, REPRESENTED AS LOT 107 OF MILLWOOD GARDENS SUBDIVISION ON PLAT OF M.K. MILLARD DATED DECEMBER 3, 1967, RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY RMC OFFICE IN PLAT BOOK Z-15 AT PAGE 11.

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO SAMUAL R. LEWIS BY DEED OF ADRIAN D. THOMAS DATED 11/24/08 AND RECORDED IN THE ROD OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY ON 12/5/08 IN BOOK 1115 AT PAGE 3667.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1831 Georgianna Drive, Sumter, SC 29150

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Steven Ray Short; Sevein Short, C/A No. 14-CP-43-0168, The following property will be sold on April 6, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as 3.16 acres, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Ben J. Makela, III, RLS, dated February 9, 1998 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 98 at Page 135. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 1845 North Main Street, Sumter, SC. Represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as tax parcel no.

246-00-02-010.

Derivation: Book 1137; Page 2797 1845 North Main St, Sumter, SC 29153 2460002010, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale

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or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-0168.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-01349 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1135112 3/20, 3/27, 04/03/2015

conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.750% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

NOTICE OF SALE 2014-CP-43-1531

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. against James Mitchell, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on April 6, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 33 of Bridgepointe Subdivision on that plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated June 15, 1992 and recorded in Plat Book 92 at Page 1050 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County.

Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is made in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted by law under § 30-5-250 of The Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended. This is the property known as 2730 Circleview Drive, Sumter, SC. Being the identical property conveyed unto James Mitchell by deed from John T. Conner, Jr., as successor Trustee for 2730 Circleview Drive Trust, a Land Trust dated January 15, 2009 and recorded January 22, 2009 in Deed Book 1117 at Page 2253 in the ROD Office for Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 206-01-05-005 Property Address: 2730 Circleview Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and

The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.5000%.

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master in Equity Sumter County

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797 Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against Gregory R. Aikens, Jr., I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, April 6, 2015, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina, delineated as Lot 9 of Sherwood Forest Subdivision on a plat prepared by James D. Willson, RLS, dated January 7, 2001 and recorded in Plat Book 2001 at Page 28 in the RMC Office for Sumter County, and having such boundaries and measurements as shown on said plat.

This being the same property conveyed to Gregory R. Aikens, Jr. by deed of The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, an Agency of the United States of America dated September 19, 2011 and recorded October 24, 2011 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1161 at Page 2809.

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2002 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER

12,900

$

NADA RETAIL $15,925 $3,025 SAVINGS

4,990

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