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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Charlton Holladay and a friend pushed a rowboat out into the Pee Dee River in November of 1941. They spent the next several weeks drifting downstream, living off the land. Upon reaching the coast, they learned Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor and their nation was at war. According to his nephew Jack Holladay, he knew what he had to do. Charlton Holladay became a U.S. Marine. At 11 a.m. Monday, the remains of Sgt. John Charlton Holladay will be buried with full military honors at Florence National Cemetery. It

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would have been his 104th birthday. In July 1943, Holladay, already a Guadalcanal veteran, was assigned to Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, which fought in a joint U.S. Army-U.S. Marine Corps battle against Japanese positions at Bairoko Harbor as part of the invasion of New Georgia HOLLADAY Island, British Solomon Islands. During the battle against a well-prepared Japanese defense, 34 U.S. service members were killed, including Holladay. Although there is little official information on

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the circumstances, family members say he was felled by a sniper. In the days following the battle, U.S. patrols returned to the battlefield to recover their dead, according to U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Several Marines were buried in graves in the area, but there was no record of Holladay’s remains being recovered. In late 1947, extensive searches were made to recover human remains. No remains were found, and Sgt. Holladay was declared non-recoverable. In 2015, the DDPA took custody of

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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com It’s a small world when you can cruise at Mach 2. It’s also a small world when you become the U.S Air Force’s demonstration pilot for the world’s most advanced fighter jet and you find out the superintendent just hired to manage your crew went to the same high school that you did. Maj. Daniel Dickinson is the F-22 Raptor Aerial Demonstration Team commander and pilot and is responsible for demonstrating the F-22 for more than 10 million spectators around the world. He is also a 2001 graduate of Sumter High School. Dickinson’s “right-hand man,” as the pilot called him, is Master Sgt. Delmont Benjamin, who manages the crew that makes sure the aircraft is safe and reliable while the demonstration team is on the road. Benjamin also manages travel arrangements and books the hotels. Benjamin graduated from Sumter High School in 1999. The two did not know each other but discovered their common background after Benjamin joined the team. “I came in and interviewed, and we were talking about it that day,” Benjamin said. Being on the F-22 Demonstration Team means you are the “best of the best.” Which is what the F-22 is. An Air Force fact sheet says the F-22 represents an “exponential leap in warfighting capabilities,” and is “designed to project dominance rapidly and at great distances.” Its two Pratt and Whitney engines produce more thrust than any other fighter jet, and it can cruise at more than Mach 1.5 without using an afterburner, a capability known as “supercruise.” It is lethal in both air-to-air and air-to-grounds situations. “The F-22 cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft,” the fact sheet says. It wasn’t easy for Dickinson to become the demonstration pilot for the aircraft.

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Cancer survivor counts her blessings BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com Jane Collins wakes up with a smile every morning and hits the ground running. The five-time cancer survivor views each day as an opportunity to enjoy life and spread joy to other people’s lives. “Cancer has made me appreciate and understand that life is a gift,” Collins said. “Every day is an opportunity that you’ve been given to do something special for

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someone. “I rejoice in the fact that I’m still here.” Twenty years ago, doctors diagnosed her with leiomyosaracoma, an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma derived from smooth muscle cells typically of uterine, gastrointestinal or soft tissue origin. Doctors at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston told Collins the only treatment for the disease includ-

Taylor Mitchum and Jane Collins walk the survivors’ lap together at the Sumter Relay For Life in 2015.

ed surgery to remove affected areas. They told her they’d remove “stuff” from her until they ran out of stuff to remove. On her third visit, doctors told her the cancer had returned, but they wouldn’t perform any more surgery. Thinking they had reached the end of “stuff” to remove, she panicked. But doctors told her she could be a candidate for an experimental form of chemotherapy.

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City council to review preliminary budget Sumter City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to review a preliminary draft budget for fiscal year 2017. Council will also consider final reading of an ordinance to update the annexation procedures required for residential and commercial structures to receive city water and sewer services.

Pinewood branch of NBSC gets new manager Steve Reynolds joined the Pinewood branch of NBSC bank as branch manager on March 28. Reynolds has nearly 25 years of banking experience and is returning to the industry from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, where he was National Director of Ride for Kids. Reynolds earned a bachelor of science degree from The Citadel, where he played baseball, and an masters in business administration from Winthrop University. NBSC was founded in Sumter in 1905 and serves 16 South Carolina counties at 39 locations.

Plaza Church of Christ will host Ladies Day program Saturday BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Plaza Church of Christ invites the women of the community to attend its Ladies Day 2016 set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Guest speaker for the program will be Christian writer and teacher Sharon Verrett, a New Orleans native who has been living in Summerville for several years. Theme for the program is “Women Under Construction! (God’s not finished with me yet),” based on the Bible verse Philippians 1:6, “He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Verrett attends the North Charleston Church of Christ where she teaches the first- through third-graders, is an active member of the Ladies Tuesday

Morning Bible Class and works with the inspirational care ministry. With her husband, Kevin, she also works with the church’s marriage ministry. VERRETT She recently wrote and published her first novel, “Just Between Friends,” and is working on her second titled “Life’s Book of Short Stories.” Verrett said she hopes to write many more books in order to “aid and inspire (readers) with her fictional but ‘real life’ situations which she or others have experienced and have overcome.” Verrett attended Southern University in New Orleans and graduated from Charity Hospital School of Surgical Technology; she worked as a surgical technologist for 20 years before under-

taking her current career as a cosmetologist with her own hair salon in Charleston. The Rev. Stewart Schnur, pastor of the independent, non-denominational church, said the women of the church have done all the planning for Ladies Day, which they present every other year. There is no charge to attend the program, and lunch will be provided, he said. While no reservations are required, the church requests calls from those planning to attend so that the women of the church can plan for lunch. Respond to jacquelinejones817@ gmail.com or plazacofc@gmail.com, or call Jackie at (803) 469-8805. Plaza Church of Christ is located at 1402 Camden Highway (U.S. 521 North) about ½ mile past Kmart.

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Aiken residents: Cavity search was illegal AIKEN — Two South Carolina residents are suing the City of Aiken and its department of public safety for what they say was an illegal cavity search in broad daylight. The Aiken Standard reports Elijah Pontoon and Lakey Hicks filed the lawsuit last September. It was moved to federal court in November. According to the lawsuit, Pontoon and Hicks say they were illegally stopped by officers for a paper car tag and searched without consent. In addition to the cavity search, the complaint says a female officer exposed Hicks’ breasts on the side of the road with a search performed in the presence of three male officers. Capt. David Turno said in a statement that the city denies the allegations. Turno wasn’t available Saturday for further comment.

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Students in Hugh Collins’ seventh grade social studies class at Hillcrest Middle School enjoy a demonstration of Google Expedition, part of a beta testing project, during a Google representative’s week-long visit to Sumter School District recently. While Collins manipulated the devices from a tablet, the students looked “up, down, and all around” at surgeries, airplanes, volcanoes, whales, outer space and more. District innovation specialist Melissa Epps learned about Google Expedition at a conference and requested the free visit to Sumter. The representative spent full days at Bates, Furman, Hillcrest and Mayewood middle schools and Lakewood High School.

S.C. museum buys Confederate weapons smuggled in from Britain COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina’s military history museum has bought the bulk of what’s thought to be the largest collection of British-imported Confederate weapons that were smuggled into southern ports through the Union blockade. The Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum paid $620,800 last month for artifacts collected during four decades by the late Cleveland Adger Huey of Columbia and featured in “The English Connection,” a book

published after his death in 2013 about British arms used by the Confederacy. “It’s a ground-breaking collection of one of the last unexplored areas of Civil War history,” Allen Roberson, director of the museum in downtown Columbia, said Friday. The 106 purchased pieces include 41 guns, 12 swords, five bayonets and 15 groupings of bullet molds and tools, said Rachel Cockrell, the Relic Room’s registrar. They represent “four-fifths” of

Huey’s total collection of British-imported Confederate artifacts, which appraised for more than $800,000. Fundraising continues in hopes of buying more, but there’s no agreement for the remainder, Roberson said. The planned exhibit, set to open in 2019, will tell how the Confederacy armed its soldiers. It’s thought roughly 80,000 weapons were manufactured across the entire South, most of them poor quality. But some 500,000 guns

were smuggled in from Great Britain, Roberson said. It’s a tale of international financing, privateers and profiteers. Charleston was a major player as both a receiving port and home to financiers such as George Trenholm, likened to the fictional Rhett Butler in “Gone With The Wind.” Trenholm, treasury secretary of the Confederacy in the war’s final year, will be profiled in the exhibit. “It is all about the money,” Roberson said. “We hope to tell that story.”

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Severe weather made its move east toward Carolinas after tornadoes BY JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. The Associated Press ATLANTA — Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. More tornadoes and isolated winds remained possible, according to the National Weather Service. Nearly 3,000 people in the Carolinas were already without power by early morning. The weather service confirmed a tornado touched down in central Georgia and did some damage Friday morning. Meteorologist Steve Nelson says a tornado pushed through Twiggs County with 90 mph winds near Allentown, Georgia, about 8:40 a.m. Nelson says it traveled 1.9 miles, damaging eight homes and destroying two. He says it’s possible that another tornado later in the morning hit neighboring Wilkinson County, causing some damage to homes and trees. Wilkinson County Emergency Management director Gary Brown says three homes were damaged. In nearby Warner Robins, some streets were flooded and roofs damaged at Robins Air Force Base, and the airfield at Robins was temporarily closed. On Thursday, one tornado touched down in Eldridge in central Alabama around 8 p.m. Another hit about hour earlier in Ardmore in the northern part of the state, according to emergency man-

agement officials Rita White and Harry Markham. There were no immediate reports of damage or any injuries, and the weather service said all tornado warnings had expired in Alabama. In southeastern Louisiana, the National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down, bringing down trees and power lines but causing no injuries. An apparent tornado also damaged homes and downed trees near Columbus, Mississippi. Lowndes County Emergency Management director Cindy Lawrence said reports indicated at least a dozen homes were damaged near New Hope, between Columbus and the Alabama state line. Brian Karg, a New Hope, Mississippi resident, told The Associated Press in a phone interview he was at home with his girlfriend and daughter Thursday evening as the weather began to worsen in the northeast Mississippi community. After sending his girlfriend and daughter to the bathroom to hide, Karg looked outside to see a funnel cloud coming over his house. He snapped a picture as the twister, which hadn’t yet touched ground, as it passed over nearby trees. “You always get a little nervous, but me being a guy, I want to see if it’s coming so I can be prepared,” Karg said, explaining why he too didn’t hide. Lawrence said it was unclear whether anyone had been injured. She said emergency workers were responding by foot in some places be-

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classmates remarking that he was “no good for anybody.” So by the time he reached high school, Payton had retreated into a shell. He was quiet and would barely speak to his teachers and other students. But three people, in particular, have helped pull Payton out of that shyness: Sara Cook, his English teacher; Kyle Keasler, who is also deaf and teaches those with hearing loss at West-Oak High School; and Cheryl Theodoroff, the drama teacher at West-Oak High School. “If it weren’t for Mr. Keasler, Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Theo, I wouldn’t be where I am now,” Payton said. Cook and Keasler worked with Payton on his reading, writing and speaking to others. As Keasler saw Payton making progress, he started talking with Theodoroff. And they encouraged Payton to sign up for drama class. Payton said he wasn’t sure he liked being in plays. The ones that they performed in class, at first, didn’t appeal to him. That changed, he said, when he went to the class’s first “big production.” He saw his classmates acting out a play on the big stage. “I started thinking that maybe it would be fun to be in a play,” Payton said. So he tried out for a part in the school’s performance of “Alice in Wonderland.” “I was worried that he might freeze up or that others wouldn’t be able to hear him,” step-father Brian Russell said. “But he did a great job.” For Payton, he found that he loved being on stage. His theater friends loved him. They didn’t mock him. And Payton found some escape in the characters that he played.

Associated Press writers Bill Fuller in New Orleans, Jeff Amy in Jackson, Mississippi; Jeff Martin in Atlanta and Sarah Rankin in Chicago contributed to this report.

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WESTMINSTER (AP) — On the stage, 17-year-old Payton Rigdon is smiling and singing as he wears his character’s costume in the school’s play, “Beauty and the Beast.” When it comes time, he catches the arm of another player and they skip off out of sight. To anyone in the audience, Payton is a teenager having fun in his drama class. After a conversation with him, though, it is clear that it has been a journey for him to feel comfortable up there in the lights of his school’s largest auditorium. For what the audience cannot see are two small hearing aids in Payton’s ears that help sounds reach him in a way that make sense. Those hearing aids are the aftermath, if you will, of what his body went through as a baby when doctors discovered he had a tumor squeezing in on his little brain. He was 2 years old when his mother, Cyndi Russell, rushed him to the hospital because he was throwing up, and doctors found the tumor on his brainstem. He went through two surgeries so the tumor could be removed. Those surgeries and treatments saved Payton’s life. But the treatments severely affected his hearing. By the time he was in grade school, he had trouble hearing the difference between the letters. His difficulty hearing also led to difficulty talking. And eventually, his classmates began to use those difficulties as weapons against him. “It was hard for me to accept that I was different,” Payton said. “For a long time, I didn’t have the courage to do anything. I thought everybody was better than I was.” Payton was bullied and remembered hearing some

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THE SUMTER ITEM Linda Papa, MD, MSC, an emergency medicine physician, is seen at Orlando Health in Orlando, Florida. New research bolsters evidence that a simple blood test may someday be used to detect concussions and other brain trauma.

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ccording to recent studies, one in eight adults worldwide are obese. It is estimated that 50 percent of the American population will be obese by 2030. While lifestyle and environment account for 90-95 percent of most chronic diseases, including obesity, Americans are more likely to stick to their old routine and accept their health fate rather than take action. Feeling too out of shape to ever make progress, feeling too old, afraid of change or not knowing how or what to change are the most common reasons reportMissy ed. Corrigan Physical activity is an important part of improving health; however, we just don’t get enough. In a recent survey across three generations, it was found that children today do not play. Previous generations spent time outside picking fruit, going door to door to get all the neighborhood kids to play tag, building forts and exploring nature. Parents would have to call for their children to come inside when it was getting dark. Unfortunately, kids today report that they are happiest when they are playing video games and can spend four to five hours a day texting and watching videos on the internet. Being physically active does not mean that you need to be a part of a structured exercise program. It is extremely beneficial, and some studies show its more beneficial to walk 10 minutes three times a day than to exercise for one set block of time. Americans spend too much time sitting, whether it is at work or at home. We need to move more and move more frequently throughout the day. Nutrition plays a vital role in determining your health, yet we are quick to reach for cheap, convenient foods. Americans eat food without considering the ingredients, not realizing that the food is packed with chemicals and unhealthy ingredients. Ignorance may be bliss but not in this case. We all know that cheese should be made of dairy, not oil and water. Undereating does not mean you are healthy, yet many Americans diet themselves to the point of starving the body. Eating breakfast is the most important meal of the day, providing your body with the proper fuel needed for activity and focus. Breakfast contributes less than 20 percent of the total daily calories but accounts for approximately 25 percent of key vitamins and minerals. Research shows that those who skip breakfast are less likely to make up those missed nutrients later in the day. The Center for Disease Control recommends that your daily eating pattern is something that needs to be considered. Who do you eat with? What time are you eating? What are you doing when you are eating? Are you often in the car when you eat or are you at a table? Identifying these patterns, the why and the when, can be extremely informative in recognizing unhealthy habits that are causing harm or

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Blood test to detect concussions? Researchers report some progress BY LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — New research bolsters evidence that a simple blood test may someday be used to detect concussions. It suggests that a protein linked with head trauma may be present in blood up to a week after injury, which could help diagnose patients who delay seeking treatment. The study involved patients at one hospital in Florida and the results are preliminary — a concussion blood test based on the two proteins studied or on other so-called biomarkers under review is likely at least a few years away from routine use. But the new findings “are a substantial step” in developing a test that could be used in broad settings, from the battlefield to sports events and doctors’ offices. That’s according to an editorial published with the study Monday in JAMA Neurology. Dr. Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, co-author of the editorial and a researcher at the government’s Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, said it’s likely that several biomarkers will be found to be useful for diagnosing concussions, “each of which

will tell us something slightly different” about the injury. Dr. Linda Papa, an Orlando Health emergency medicine specialist, and colleagues tested nearly 600 adults treated at Orlando Regional Medical Center. About half had concussions from car crashes, falls, sports and other activities. Most were mild, with symptoms that included loss of consciousness, amnesia or feeling disoriented. The rest of the adults had fractures or other types of non-brain trauma. Blood samples were taken starting four hours after the injury, then periodically for seven days. The tests measured two proteins nicknamed GFAP and UCH-L1, which are present in brain cells. In a head injury, the proteins can leak into the bloodstream, Papa said. Other research has shown blood levels of the proteins are highest with the most severe injuries. In this study, levels of both proteins were much higher in concussion patients. The proteins were found in low levels in some non-concussion patients, probably from a head bump or jostling during an accident but not true concussions, Papa said.

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FROM PAGE A1 And while the experimental treatment destroyed the cancer, it also caused her liver to fail. Eventually, doctors discovered that she could coat her digestive system with a mouthwash that would keep her from having a negative reaction to the chemotherapy, which she now takes daily. “I believe in prayer, love, laughter and miracles,” Collins said. No wonder. Without her current chemotherapy, doctors told her the cancer will return. Collins surrounds herself with a strong support group to help her through the difficult challenges she has faced. “I think I was on every prayer group list in town,” she said. That hit home when she went to a bank teller to make a deposit and the teller — whom she didn’t know — looked at her deposit slip and said, “Oh, you are the woman we are praying for.” Her family rallied to support her, and her exercise group encouraged her. People she didn’t know sent her cards. Above all, she kept hearing her mother’s voice reminding her to “keep a positive attitude.” That’s not always easy. Eight years ago she received word that she had stage 4 melanoma, her fifth diagnosis of cancer, this one not related to her earlier bouts. Stage 4 melanoma has a five-year survival rate of 15 to 20 percent. While recovering from melanoma with what she describes as a tennis-ball-sized bandage taped to her head, her 12-year-old grandson, Taylor Mitchum, spent his whole summer going to her house every day to take care of her from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. During the day, Mitchum would cook and clean for his grandmother. He’d take care of the lawn and perform whatever health care duties Collins needed help with from cleaning her surgical wounds to checking her head to make sure things were all right. He even helped her bathe.

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When Mitchum was diagnosed with his own cancer that year, he proudly proclaimed that “if my grandmother can do it, so can I.” Doctors removed a soda-popbottle sized dermatofibrosarcoma growth from his leg. “We never know when or where we will make an im-

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he Republican presidential candidates continue to resemble a circular firing squad. Do those guys have a death wish? Why not just concede the presidency to Hillary Clinton? Leading the suicide charge is Donald Trump, who completed his week by stating that women should be punished for having abortions (even after rape or incest?) while his campaign manager roughed up a female reporter, which led to him being arrested. Then there were his attacks on Heidi Cruz, wife of Ted Cruz, plus his failure to denounce the Ku Klux Klan. There are many more examples of Trump’s broadsides and personal attacks on the other GOP primary candidates. The civility shown by other Republican candidates in the past is not showing up in this campaign sea-

COMMENTARY son. Ronald Reagan used humor to shoot down Jimmy Carter in their debates, such as “there you go again” when Carter strayed from facts in their exchanges. That was as close as the Gipper would get to namecalling. Trump has gotten away with his bombast so far because his most ardent fans Hubert want to think he Osteen “tells it like it is” without defining what “it” is. Trump is truly a phenomenon on the political scene, breaking all the rules in his quest to persuade voters that he’s presidential material.

He, along with Cruz are the last candidates standing (with John Kasich, still a dark horse). Cruz seems to have done his homework while Trump keeps on winging it like he knows what he’s doing. Foreign policy? Carpet bomb ISIS. Domestic policy? Your guess is as good as mine. Jonah Goldberg, editor of the National Review, isn’t swallowing Trump’s boilerplate, and his words in his latest column bear repeating: “Like all demagogues he (Trump) is using his lies as a loyalty test for his followers. He’s exploiting his popularity and abusing the loyalty of his fans into going along with his fictions until they are in so deep psychologically, they have no choice but to carry on. It’s an ancient psychological tactic of authoritarians, Mafia dons, and the

like……The Donald Trump of the last week is the exact same many of us saw a year or five years ago. He’s always been full of sh*t. “He’s always been a total ignoramus when it comes to public policy, lacking the simple sense of patriotic duty to do his homework on the issues. He’s always been a nasty and boorish cad. He’s always pretended to be a conservative while working on liberal assumptions of what conservatives want to hear.” Goldberg’s turn at “telling it like it is” does a far better job than what Trump has tried to do. In many ways, the Trump campaign is slip-sliding away as the Hillary Clinton apostles guffaw at the GOP’s suicidal dance. Reach Hubert D. Osteen Jr. at hubert@ theitem.com.

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s a member of the Georgetown Rotary Club, I enjoy our regular Tuesday lunch meetings at Chacon’s Restaurant next to Georgetown Landing Marina, which overlooks Winyah Bay down here in this historic port city. The Georgetown Club began meeting on June 7, 1938, Graham and was Osteen sponsored by the Rotary Club of Sumter, proving once again that Sumter is the center of the universe. The Georgetown Club has a great group of people — young and old — who are always welcoming to visitors. If you’re a Rotarian and would like to do a makeup while you’re down this way, just holler. This past Tuesday there was a mix-up between our club leaders and the restaurant staff because it was the fifth Tuesday of the month, and they assumed we weren’t meeting, greeting and eating. About 12:30 p.m. is when 50 to 75 men and women start showing up, and the dining tables and buffet hadn’t been set up for our Rotary group. It’s no big deal to adapt the room when everyone pitches in like Rotarians always do, so a group of us went to work right away. That’s when the problems started. There was a table of four women still sitting and talking after finishing their meal and paying their bill. They were clearly ready to go until we started moving furniture around. That’s when they took umbrage. One of our members politely explained that the room was going to be transformed from a restaurant setup to the normal Rotary meeting setup, and we thought it was OK since they were clearly finished. Surely they would understand, especially since we were being so polite about it, like Rotarians do. Think again. One of them starts squawking about how this was the rudest thing she’s ever seen IN HER ENTIRE LIFE, and all of us within earshot thought she was joking. She wasn’t. The four of them get up in unison and start moving to-

ward the exit, complaining loudly and verbally berating the arriving Rotarians. Three of us were standing there when one of the women marches straight into our personal space. “Where is the manager?” she demands to know. “I wish we hadn’t paid our bill because this is the worst treatment I’ve ever seen anywhere, and we’ve traveled here many times.” The accent was our first clue. She was from “up there,” as my late grandmother would say, meaning not the South where good manners still count. My friend and fellow Rotarian Betty tried to soothe the woman’s ruffled feathers, but she was having none of it. She kept talking over us and wouldn’t let it go. Next thing you know, the yelling woman throws a glass of sweet tea in my face. It was actually half and half, but it still startled me and stung my eyes. Betty quickly grabs her by the hair and next thing you know her three friends are coming after us like those crazy people at Trump rallies, swinging and slipping and knocking glasses and plates all over the place. This is not how Rotarians act, so I urged everyone to just calm down. When order was somewhat restored, I announced that you, dear reader, have just been taken in by a late April Fools’ joke. It’s April 3, but I don’t care. Ha. Ha. Ha. The story was true up to the tea in the face part, and during lunch we did talk about how some people in the world are just rude because they’re unhappy and they can’t help it, so you’re supposed to be understanding and feel sorry for them. That’s why Southerners say “Bless their hearts.” One final note: The 10th Annual Georgetown Rotary Club Shag Festival is coming up Saturday, April 23, in downtown Georgetown from 7 to 11 p.m. If you need tickets, please contact me. All proceeds go to support Alzheimer’s research through the C.A.R.T. Fund – Coins for Alzheimers Research Trust – which was begun by Sumter’s own Roger Ackerman. Graham Osteen is Editor-AtLarge of The Sumter Item. He can be reached at graham@ theitem.com. Follow him on Twitter @GrahamOsteen, or visit www.grahamosteen.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR READER SHARES ROAD FIXING SUGGESTIONS Walter Cronkite said years ago, “We as a people are not educated enough to elect our own officials.” Nothing makes this statement more true than what we have in the statehouse in Columbia. A conclave of clowns that turned the roads bill into a fiasco when the answer is simple: raise the state sales tax by three cents and place this money into a special account for highway maintenance only. Divide this money equally among all counties; no county getting more than any other. This would generate a steady flow of money and

solve the highways and byways dilemma. This could be done, and it would work. If the governor or any hero in his own mind politician didn’t agree, who cares? The only thing in the way of this becoming a reality are the clowns in Columbia. If any of them object, issue them a stool and dunce hat. On another note, I see that DOT in Sumter made a half-hearted attempt towards fixing the bumps and holes in Manning Road between Patricia Drive and Booth Road. I have requested that these places be fixed several times to no avail. From now on, I will be calling the Co-

lumbia office. All of the layabouts and shade seekers with DOT Sumter can get ready for a call from Columbia. I am sure that someone from that office will see that this work is done and done right. You people are being paid the same amount every work day and holiday, so it is time you got out of the shade and worked for a change. If any of you with DOT Sumter don’t know how the places should be fixed right, I will be happy to instruct you as to the procedure. Whether you can follow instructions is another matter. H.N. HODGE Sumter

WHO REPRESENTS YOU SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Naomi D. Sanders 5605 Borden Road Rembert, SC 29128 (803) 499-3947 (home) DISTRICT 2 Artie Baker 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 803-469-3638 (home) DISTRICT 3 James Byrd Jr. 13 E. Canal St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 468-1719 (mobile) (803) 778-0796 (office) (803) 436-2108 (Fax) jbyrd@sumtercountysc.org DISTRICT 4 Charles T. Edens 760 Henderson St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 775-0044 (home) (803) 236-5759 (mobile) DISTRICT 5 Vivian Fleming-McGhaney 9770 Lynches River Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 (803) 437-2797 (home) (803) 495-3247 (office) DISTRICT 6 James T. McCain Jr. 317 W. Bartlette St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-2353 (home) (803) 607-2777 (mobile)

WARD 5 Robert Galiano 608 Antlers Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 469-0005 bgaliano@sumter-sc.com SUMTER CITY COUNCIL WARD 6 David Merchant MAYOR 26 Paisley Park Joseph T. McElveen Jr. Sumter, SC 29150 20 Buford St. (803) 773-1086 Sumter, SC 29150 dmerchant@sumter-sc.com (803) 773-0382 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com STATE LAWMAKERS DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten P.O. Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home)

WARD 1 Thomas J. Lowery 829 Legare St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9298 tlowery@sumter-sc.com WARD 2 Ione Dwyer P.O. Box 1492 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 481-4284 idwyer@sumter-sc.com WARD 3 Calvin K. Hastie Sr. 810 S. Main St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 774-7776 chastie@sumter-sc.com WARD 4 Colleen Yates 437 W. Hampton Ave. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-3259 cyates@sumter-sc.com

Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville District 50 420 S. Main St. Bishopville, SC 29010 (803) 484-6832 (home) (803) 734-2934 (Columbia) Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins District 70 P.O. Box 5 Hopkins, SC 29061 (803) 776-0353 (home) (803) 734-9142 (fax) (803) 734-2804 (Columbia) jn@schouse.org Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, D-Clarendon District 64 117 N. Brooks St. Manning, SC 29102 (803) 938-3087(home) (803) 212-6929 (Columbia)

Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter District 67 P.O. Box 580 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 778-2471 (business) (803) 778-1643 (fax) (803) 734-3042 (Columbia) murrellsmith@schouse.gov Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 (business) (803) 734-3102 (Columbia) Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 (803) 212-6148 (Columbia) Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 (home) (803) 212-6108 (Columbia) Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, D-Sumter District 35 P. O. Box 57, Sumter, 29151 (803) 775-1263 (business (803) 212-6132 (Columbia)

NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 531-A Oxford Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 327-1114 Rep. Jim Clyburn — 6th District 319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3315 1703 Gervais St. Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 799-1100 jclyburn@hr.house.gov Sen. Lindsey Graham 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5972 Midlands Regional Office 508 Hampton Street, Suite 202 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 933-0112 (main) Sen. Tim Scott 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 (202) 228-5143 (fax) 1301 Gervais St., Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 771-6112 (803) 771-6455 (fax)

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ROBERTA W. JOHNSON Roberta Wells Johnson, 86, wife of R. Donald Johnson, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Palmetto Richland Memorial in Columbia. Born in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Joseph L. Wells and Grace Cobia Wells.

Mrs. Johnson was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church where she was a charter member of the FaHoLo Sunday School Class. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and was retired from the National Bank of South Carolina after 47-and-a-half years of service. She was married to the late R. Donald Johnson for more than 64 years. Surviving are one daughter, Brenda Johnson of Columbia; one son, Donnie Johnson and wife, Denise, of Greenville; two grandchildren, Witt Johnson and Anna Kay Johnson both of Greenville; one sister, JoAnne Davis of Greenville; sistersin-law, Ruth Turner and Helen Johnson of Florence and Martha O. Huggins of Glastonbury, Connecticut; and numerous special nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., with the Rev. Dr. Steve Holler and the Rev. Angela Marshall officiating. Private burial will be held at Sumter Cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the FaHoLo Sunday School class. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St.

Born June 2, 1980, in Sumter, he was a son of Havala R. Bean and Mark Scott Bean Sr. Survivors include his wife of Sumter; mother of Sumter; father of Texas; a son, Carson Bean of the home; two daughters, Camron and Cayleigh Bean, both of the home; and two sisters, Angela Davis (Tommy) and Mallory Bean, both of Texas. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home Chapel, 515 Miller Road, with the Rev. Bill Tschorn Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. Monday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

NEOMIA MOUZON ATLANTA — Neomia Mouzon died Friday, March 25, 2016, in Atlanta. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pinegrove AME Church, Greeleyville. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

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CHARLES JOHNSON Charles Johnson, 62, widower of Gloria Johnson, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born

Mark Scott Bean Jr., 35, husband of Julia Ann Bean, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at his home.

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Nov. 3, 1953, in Lee County, he was the son of Willie and Carola Lewis Johnson. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his daughter, Stephany Soto, 1460 Hidden Oaks, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Williams Funeral Home Inc.

MARY PRESCOTT Mary Prescott entered eternal rest on Friday, April 1, 2016, at her residence, 2017 Lucknow Road, Bishopville. The family is receiving friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

MARCUS GARLAND Marcus Garland, 25, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at MUSC Hospital, Charleston. He was born May 22, 1990, in Charleston, a son of Gwendolyn Denise Garland and stepson of El “Brother” Pack. Family is receiving friends at the home of his mother and stepfather, 285 Tuyllah Drive. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

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2015, Dickinson said he spent another four to six months receiving more training. “There is a long syllabus of sorties you have to go through to become a demo pilot,” he said. “I spent that time shadowing the previous demo pilot.” He did his first show last month in Tucson, Arizona, he said. “It was good to finally get to fly for the public,” he said. “There was a lot of work that

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the other F-22 candidates, and then the wing commander and all of his staff make their decision,” he said. “I was fortunate enough to get selected. It was awesome.” He said it is something he wanted to do for a long time. “It’s a great opportunity to give back to the public and demonstrate the capabilities of the F-22 Raptor,” Dickinson said. After being selected in March

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Tyndall for three years, where he was an flight instructor. “That is when I got the chance to interview for the F-22 demo pilot job,” he said. “There is one F-22 demo pilot for the Air Force, so it is a very prestigious position to have.” Dickinson said the position comes open every two years. Each F-22 base submits a name, and the nominees go to Langley Air Force Base. “You interview along with

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led up to that first air show.” He said he will not be in the Shaw Air Expo in May. “Since Shaw already has the Thunderbirds and the F-16s, the Air Force wants to spread the wealth and send us to another air show that’s happening that same weekend,” he said. Along with Benjamin and Tech Sgt. Jonathan Billie, the team chief, Dickinson said he is with the team full-time, while others work in the squadron and maintenance units as well. Dickinson and Benjamin both said they really enjoy the chance to meet the public at the air shows. “You get to travel and meet people,” Benjamin said. “Especially the kids. You get to see the excitement they get from these shows.” “My favorite part is on Thursdays or Fridays before the air show,” Dickinson said. “We generally have a chance to interact with the kids at the air show, and I think that’s cool because I remember going to the air shows with my dad.” He said they bring stickers and other handouts the kids really enjoy. “I remember being in their shoes when I was a kid, and it really inspired me to be on this track,” Dickinson said. “We hope we can inspire the next generation of pilots.”

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“It took a lot of work and gaining experience,” he said. Dickinson came to Sumter with his parents, Dan and Karla, when his father was stationed at Shaw Air Force Base. His parents are retired in Sumter. After graduating from Sumter High, Dickinson attended Clemson University where he enrolled in the ROTC program. When he graduated he joined the Air Force. DICKINSON “Daniel has it in his blood,” said his mom, Karla Dickinson. Daniel Dickinson said his granddad was an F-4 Phantom pilot, and his BENJAMIN uncle was an F-16 pilot. “I guess it kind of ran in the blood a little bit,” he said. After about a year of pilot training, he did about 10 months of training at the F-22 School House at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida, he said, and was an operational combat pilot at Langley Air Force Base for four years. He returned to

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AROUND TOWN Wednesdays through April The Pettie Bell retirees will 18 at the Shepherd’s Center meet at 11 a.m. on Monday, of Sumter, 24 Council St. ApApril 4, at Golden Corral. Pettie Bell retirees to meet plicants are advised to bring Lincoln High School Class of 1964 will hold a class reunion with them government-issued photo IDs, Social Secumeeting at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 4, at South Sumter rity cards and / or Medicare cards for anyone in the Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Francis Woods household, last year’s tax forms, W-2 and / or 1099 at (803) 773-3804, Lillie Wilforms, and power of attorson at (803) 775-9088 or Berney certification forms if tha Willis at (803) 775-9660. they are filing for someone AARP will offer free tax prepaelse. For details, call Henry ration from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 Dinkins at (803) 499-4990 or p.m. on Mondays and Lula King at (803) 316-0772.

PUBLIC AGENDA LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS BOARD MEETING Monday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Sheriff’s Office conference room SANTEE-LYNCHES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Monday, 7 p.m., Santee-Lynches Board Room, 36 W. Liberty St. SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., board room, district office, 15 Major Drive, Manning BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 4 p.m., town hall

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

Plenty of sun

Clear

65°

43°

76° / 49°

Chance of rain: 0%

Chance of rain: 10%

NNW 6-12 mph

SSE 3-6 mph

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Increasing cloudiness

Showers and a heavier t-storm

67° / 41°

71° / 55°

71° / 46°

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 0%

Chance of rain: 20%

Chance of rain: 70%

SW 8-16 mph

NNE 8-16 mph

SE 7-14 mph

SW 10-20 mph

Sunny, pleasant and Plenty of sunshine warmer

Gaﬀney 64/40 Spartanburg 65/41

Greenville 65/43

Columbia 66/43

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Sumter 65/43

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Being flexible EUGENIA LAST will be the best way to reach your destination. Choose to work with people who you know will work as hard as you. Good fortune will come through a joint effort or venture. Invest in your future. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take part in an event that will educate and motivate you to do things differently. What you learn will distinguish you from any competition you face. Explore different philosophies or creative outlets that will allow you to express your thoughts and feelings. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Follow your heart and make adjustments that suit you and your chosen lifestyles. Your ability to work through any differences you face will enable you to avoid interference. Use your charm and intelligence to get what you want. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Choose to be different and you’ll attract someone who is interested in joining and contributing to your journey, making it that much more enjoyable. Travel, learning and indulging in projects that will improve your standard of living are all favored. Romance is highlighted. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Participate in whatever adventures entice you. Getting involved in an activity that tests your strength, courage and intelligence is recommended. You will thrive when faced with challenges. Stick to a set budget. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Consider using assets, investments and tangible possessions to bring in cash if necessary. Question partnerships that have been costly or emotionally draining. Look for

solutions and make suggestions that will improve the situation. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Personal improvements will make you feel good and help you take on a task that needs your attention. Added energy and bounce will help you drum up the interest you need to enlist others to pitch in and help.

Today: Plenty of sunshine. Winds southwest 3-6 mph. Clear. Monday: Sunny and pleasant. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sign up to help with a cause. Getting involved in humanitarian causes will give you greater insight into the existing problems and prompt you to do something to make a difference. A romantic evening will bring you closer to someone you love. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Observe what others do and say. Avoid getting caught in the middle of someone else’s problem. An accident is likely if you take a risk. Entertain at home instead of getting involved in activities or events that draw large crowds. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can offer help, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you. Look for any opportunity to practice and improve at your favorite pastime or hobby. Love is on the rise and will improve your personal life. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make the most of what you have. Use your skills to generate something that would be of service to your community. Express your feelings and you will come to an agreement with someone who can influence your life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Anger will rise if things aren’t done your way. Before you get upset, look for a way to implement your way of doing things in a diplomatic and friendly way. A positive and complimentary approach will lead to victory.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD WATER LOG: As your pencil flows along By Gail Grabowski ACROSS 1 Cotton shirt fabric 5 Paid promos 8 Cantina fare 14 Honoluluborn leader 19 Overcharge 20 Take a load off 21 Cracker shape of a sort 22 Low point 23 Puritanical nature 26 Break down slowly 27 Skye topper 28 Retro “Awesome!” 29 Vote out 31 Grp. awarding merit badges 32 Vigilant 34 Thick bankrolls 37 Brief cybermessages

39 Run rings around 41 Aussie bird 42 Homeland, affectionately 45 Land parcel 46 Be intolerant of opposition 51 Disrespectful 52 Land-parcel measures 54 County near London 55 At any time 56 Genesis setting 57 Fridge foray 58 Part of a Dracula costume 59 Loud sound 60 Film’s orchestral music 62 Polished off 63 Finance deg. 65 Teeth expert’s deg. 66 Literary narration method 73 __ la la 74 Chum 75 Play a part 76 Place a hex on

77 Caravan stop 79 Needing a rubdown 80 Sound of 113 Across 81 Keycard receiver 85 Ratio phrase 86 Undue speed 88 French impressionist 89 Give in, so to speak 90 Giving the remote a workout 93 Film with a posse 94 Sioux City citizens 95 Hulk director Lee 96 Erin Brockovich’s former employer 98 Social group 101 Liverpudlian, for one 102 Microsoft cofounder 103 French article 104 “Ya got me” 108 Evoking the shivers

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Today: Plenty of sun. High 63 to 70. Monday: Pleasant with plenty of sun. High 71 to 77.

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Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

75° 63° 71° 45° 89° in 2012 30° in 1987

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.91 75.34 74.80 97.29

24-hr chg +0.18 +0.18 +0.03 +0.11

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

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

0.77" 0.77" 0.22" 13.10" 14.73" 11.64"

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 64/45/s Chicago 64/33/c Dallas 78/53/s Detroit 44/31/pc Houston 73/49/s Los Angeles 78/56/pc New Orleans 72/53/s New York 42/35/pc Orlando 76/54/pc Philadelphia 48/38/pc Phoenix 88/62/s San Francisco 64/52/pc Wash., DC 55/43/s

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

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 74/51/s 40/27/pc 84/57/s 39/22/c 79/50/s 76/56/pc 76/56/s 49/27/r 81/55/s 60/29/r 91/62/s 65/50/pc 66/34/pc

Today Hi/Lo/W 60/35/s 67/42/s 68/39/s 70/49/s 57/49/s 68/47/s 63/43/s 67/44/s 66/43/s 63/41/s 57/43/s 63/41/s 63/43/s

Flood 7 a.m. stage yest. 12 7.76 19 6.87 14 7.51 14 6.89 80 78.79 24 8.00

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 73/42/s 76/49/s 75/49/s 77/55/s 68/48/s 76/54/s 75/44/s 76/49/s 77/51/s 75/47/s 72/42/s 75/48/s 77/48/s

24-hr chg +0.24 +2.57 +1.30 +2.31 +0.06 -3.55

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 65/42/s 74/46/s 64/42/s 61/43/s 67/44/s 60/43/s 65/43/s 62/41/s 66/50/s 72/46/s 68/41/s 68/39/s 64/42/s

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High 6:05 a.m. 6:25 p.m. 7:05 a.m. 7:24 p.m.

Ht. 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2

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

Low Ht. 12:21 a.m. 0.2 1:06 p.m. 0.0 1:25 a.m. -0.1 2:01 p.m. -0.3

Today Hi/Lo/W 64/32/s 67/48/s 64/50/s 65/42/s 67/48/s 60/43/s 64/42/s 63/40/s 70/47/s 65/41/s 66/43/s 64/44/s 60/44/s

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 73/40/s 74/55/s 74/54/s 74/50/s 74/56/s 73/44/s 74/45/s 76/46/s 77/55/s 75/46/s 75/53/s 74/52/s 73/42/s

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Antonio 97 Top-tier groups 98 Points of a crescent 99 Chip giant 100 Oscar winner Witherspoon 101 Filet’s lack 105 Alma mater of 44 Down 106 Christmas song 107 No longer valid 109 Prior nights 111 Colony crawlers 112 Rough guess 114 Virtuoso 116 “Zip-a-__Doo-Dah” 117 Ending like -arian 118 What boys will be

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Braves face bleak season but future is brighter By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

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USC Sumter starting pitcher Jamie Morlan throws during the Fire Ants’ 7-6 victory over USC Lancaster on Saturday in Game One of a doubleheader at Riley Park. The Lancers won the second game 8-6 to force a split.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Dillon Heffner made a welcome return to the University of South Carolina Sumter lineup on Saturday at Riley Park. The Fire Ants wound up having to bid farewell to their winning streak, however. Heffner, back after missing time dealing with a concussion, connected on an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead USCS to a 7-6 walk-off victory in the opening game of a doubleheader against USC Lancaster.

The win increased USCS’ unbeaten streak to 14 straight games, but that came to an end in the nightcap as the Lancers raced to an 8-0 lead and held on for an eventual 8-6 victory. The Fire Ants’ overall mark now stands at 25-11 and they’re 11-3 in Region X. USCL is 24-13 and 8-6. The two teams play another twinbill today beginning at 1 p.m. USC Sumter head coach Tim Medlin wasn’t upset with the streak ending or the loss, but instead heaped praise on his team for its resiliency -- in both games. “To watch us get off the mat like

that -- down 8-0 and cut it to two runs?” Medlin said. “I don’t give out praise easily but I was so proud of this group. I know we lost, but that was as gutty a performance as I’ve seen. They really showed me a lot in that game and the first one. “I’ll take this group over anybody.” The Fire Ants had to endure adversity in the opener as well as they watched a 6-run lead evaporate in the fifth inning. Fortunately, Fred Wadsworth and Heffner provided a positive outcome.

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men’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Villanova blows out Okla. 95-51 to reach title game

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CAROLINA FOOTBALL

Lakewood DE Johnson commits to Gamecocks BY PHIL KORNBLUT Recruiting

By JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press

sas in the regional final. Villanova dominated the Sooners (29-8) after an openHOUSTON — Villanova ing 7 minutes that had the advanced to the national teams trading the lead on alchampionship game Saturmost every possession. day night with the biggest The Wildcats broke it open margin of victory in Final with a 21-4 run. The stats Four history, overwhelming about NRG Stadium being a Buddy Hield and Oklahoma horrible place to shoot went in a resounding 95-51 victory. out the window along with Josh Hart scored 23 points the Sooners’ chances at playon 10-of-12 shooting. ing for their first national The Wildcats (34-5) will championship. face the winner of the North The Wildcats, with Hart Carolina-Syracuse game for going 7 for 8, shot 66.7 percent the title on Monday night. in the first half, including 6 The margin topped 34of 11 from 3-point range in point Final Four wins by taking a 42-28 halftime lead. Cincinnati over Oregon State “We knew how they could in 1962 and Michigan State beat us bad so we had a lot of over Penn in 1979. fear coming into this game,” “That was just one of Wright said. those nights,” Villanova As the Wildcats, who won coach Jay Wright said. “I feel it all in 1985 with the shockbad for Oklahoma.” ing upset of Georgetown, The Wildcats now have kept making shots, Oklahofour wins in the tournament ma star Buddy Hield kept of at least 19 points, the only missing. close game a 5-point win see NCAA, Page B6 over overall No. 1 seed Kan-

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are looking forward to a shiny new stadium and the bounty of a replenished farm system. First, they must get through 2016. Coming off a 95-loss season, their worst in a quarter-century, the Braves are likely to endure another difficult year, which begins Monday in Atlanta against Washington, while slogging through a major rebuilding job. New general manager John Coppolella has largely accomplished the goal of hoarding top young talent, including an impressive trade with Arizona that brought in 2015 No. 1 overall pick Dansby Swanson. A farm system that ranked among the worst in baseball just a year ago is now considered one of the best. The big league roster is filled with holes, however, from a woefully thin rotation to a glaring lack of power hitters. Manager Fredi Gonzalez tried to sound optimistic.

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Villanova guard Josh Hart (3) shoots against Oklahoma during the second half of the Wildcats’ 95-51 victory on Saturday in the NCAA tournament semifinals in Houston.

COLUMBIA -- Lakewood defensive end Tyreek Johnson (6foot-4, 245 pounds) has known for a few months that he wanted to play college football for the University of South Carolina, but wanted to wait to make his commitment to new head coach Will Johnson Muschamp while on campus with his parents for an unofficial visit. That finally happened for him Saturday morning. Muschamp offered Johnson on Feb. 22 -- giving him his first major offer. Becoming a Gamecock then became foremost on Johnson’s mind. “The education and the environment,” Johnson cited as the two primary reasons for his commitment. “I feel like if I don’t make it to where I want to be in football then I can lean on the background of the education I got from there. They have good facilities and stuff.

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Sunday, April 3, 2016

SPORTS ITEMS

Herman, Lovemark tied at Houston Open

HOUSTON — Jim Herman and Jamie Stewart was a unanimous choice SaturLovemark, two players who have never won day, the first time that’s happened since the a PGA Tour event or played in the Masters, first award in 1995. Ralph Sampson of Virshared the lead going into the final round ginia was the only men’s basketball player of the Houston Open. to win the award three times. A win Sunday and they get to tee off at Voting was done before the Augusta National next week. NCAA Tournament and by the The 38-year-old Herman shot a 5-under 67 32-member national media Saturday to position himself for a breakpanel that selects the weekly through. Lovemark, 28 and a former NCAA Top 25 poll. champion at USC whose professional career Stewart won the award as a was derailed by major back surgery, wasn’t sophomore and junior as well able to build on his fast start, which saw and has helped UConn to victoStewart him birdie three of the first four holes. He ries in its past 73 games. She is stayed in the hunt with a 70 after opening the only women’s basketball rounds of 67 and 68. player with 400 assists and 400 blocks for her career. She has won 149 games over the UConn’s Geno Auriemma wins AP past four seasons. Two more wins will give Coach of the Year for 8th time her four championships and the most victoINDIANAPOLIS — UConn’s Geno Auries ever. riemma is The Associated Press Coach of Kyle Busch finally wins at the Year in women’s college basketball for Martinsville in a truck the eighth time. MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kyle Busch held He received 16 votes Saturday off John Hunter Nemechek in a two-lap from the 32-member national overtime restart and won the NASCAR media panel that selects the weekly Top 25 poll. Scott Rueck trucks race at Martinsville Speedway on of Oregon State and Muffet Mc- Saturday, his first victory in 31 career starts on the 0.526-mile oval. Graw of Notre Dame were secBusch, who was saving his ond with three votes each. Auriemma last set of fresh tires for an opUConn has won 73 straight portune time inside the final 50 games and Auriemma stands laps, never got one and won detwo victories from winning a record 11th spite driving the last 115 laps on national championship. That would move the same tires. Most of the rest him past UCLA men’s coach John Wooden of the field had tires that were for the most in college basketball history. Auriemma also won AP coaching honors kyle Busch at least 30 laps newer, but a series of late restarts worked in in 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2011. Busch’s favor and he ended his Voting was done before the NCAA TourMartinsville drought. nament. Nemecheck got second and Busch’s teamBreanna Stewart is named AP mate, William Byron was third, followed by Player of the Year for 3rd time Kyle Larson and Timothy Peters. INDIANAPOLIS — UConn’s Breanna Busch won for the 45th time in one of Stewart is The Associated Press Player of NASCAR’s truck series and became the the Year in women’s college basketball for a third different winner in as many races this record third time. year.

COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Vandy claims series over USC with 10-6 victory NASHVILLE, TENN. — Second-ranked South Carolina broke out to a 4-1 lead in the fifth inning, but third-ranked Vanderbilt struck for five runs in the bottom half of the frame and added four more runs in the sixth and seventh on the way to a 10-6 victory to claim the 3-game series. Carolina remains in first place in the SEC with a 24-5 overall record and a 7-2 league mark. Vanderbilt is now 23-5 and 6-3 in the SEC. Jonah Bride hit a 2-run homer for USC as did DC Arendas. Arendas’ shot momentarily tied the game at 6-6 in the sixth. Dom Thompson-Williams had two hits and also drove in two for Carolina, who scored all six runs with two outs. On Friday, freshman right-hander Braden Webb struck out 11 batters in eight scoreless innings and limited Vanderbilt to just two hits as USC defeated the Commodores 4-0. Fresh off 14 strikeouts vs. Ole Miss last week, Webb (6-1) was masterful again on the mound -- not allowing a hit until a 2-out double in the sixth inning and just two in the contest. LT Tolbert had a 2-run triple while Alex Destino and John Jones also drove in runs on an RBI single and sac fly, respectively.

Pittsburgh 15 Clemson 5 CLEMSON -- Charles LeBlanc and Alex Kowalczyk combined for six hits and 10 RBI to lead Pittsburgh’s 18-hit attack in its 15-5 victory over No. 17 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday. The Panthers, who evened the series 1-1,

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If I do make it, they’ve got good trainers, facilities and good coaches that know exactly what they are doing to get you where you need to be.” Johnson’s only other offer at this point was from Coastal Carolina so the chance to play in the SEC, and do so close to home, was more than he ever had imagined. “It was very exciting,” Johnson said. “I was actually kind of surprised to be honest with you. I wasn’t really expecting to get an offer from a big SEC school like USC. I feel kind of proud about myself because I know every game my family is

improved to 13-10 overall and 5-6 in the ACC. The Tigers, whose 13-game home winning streak came to an end, fell to 20-7 overall and 6-5 in ACC play. Reed Rohlman belted a 2-run double in the first inning to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead, then the Panthers responded with three runs in the second inning. Seth Beer, who earlier extended his hitting streak to 23 games, hit a solo homer in the third inning. After the Tigers tied the score 5-5 in the fourth inning, Pittsburgh scored three runs in the fifth inning and four runs in the sixth inning to pull away. Pittsburgh starter T.J. Zeuch (2-0) earned the win by allowing six hits, five runs and three walks with six strikeouts in six innings. Tiger starter and former Sumter High and Sumter P-15’s standout Charlie Barnes (2-3) suffered the loss as he surrendered eight runs, seven earned, on 10 hits in four innings pitched. The series concludes today at 1 p.m.

Stetson 7 Citadel 0 DELAND, Fla. -- Stetson starting pitcher Brooks Wilson tossed a complete-game, 2-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts as the Hatters blanked the Citadel 7-0 on Saturday. Stetson improved to 14-13 while the Citadel fell to 12-16. The final game of the series is today at 1 p.m. Former Sumter High and Sumter P-15’s standout Jacob Watcher had one of the two basehits for the Bulldogs. Clay Martin had the other. From local, staff reports

probably going to be out there cheering me on and supporting me and stuff.” Johnson is also looking forward to play defense under Muschamp’s watch and learning all he can from defensive assistants Lance Thompson and Travaris Robinson. “Their defense seems to be very well coordinated, very fast paced and physical,” he said. “I guess I fit into that category for that type of defense.” Last season Johnson had 89 tackles with 21 tackles for a loss and 10 sacks. “He has a very quick first step,” Lakewood head coach Brian Jackson said. “He has excellent pursuit. He separates from the offensive linemen.” Johnson is USC’s 9th commitment for the 2017 class and the fifth from South Carolina.

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO

TODAY 6 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Minnesota at Washington (MLB NETWORK). 8:25 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Southampton vs. Leicester City (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9 a.m. – Youth Golf: Drive Chip & Putt Championship Finals from Augusta, Ga. (GOLF). 9 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Seattle vs. Colorado from Scottsdale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK). 9: 30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hertha Berlin vs. Borussia Monchengladbach (FOX SPORTS 1). 10:30 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Bahrain Grand Prix from Sakhir, Bahrain (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10:30 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Teams To Be Announced (USA). 11:20 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Cologne vs. Hoffenheim (FOX SPORTS 2). Noon – College Lacrosse: Loyola (Md.) at Colgate (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Noon – College Lacrosse: Penn State at Ohio State (ESPNU). 12:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Boston at Chicago (WIS 10). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Pittsburgh (ESPN). 1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Open Men’s Championship Match from Key Biscayne, Fla. (ESPN2). 1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series STP 500 from Ridgeway, Va. (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9). 1 p.m. – College Softball: Kansas at Oklahoma (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Houston Open Final Round from Humble, Texas (GOLF). 1 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League Game – Teams To Be Announced (NBA TV). 1:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Missouri at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 2 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas A&M at Florida (ESPNU). 2 p.m. – College Baseball: Oklahoma at Texas (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 2 p.m. – International Figure Skating: World Championships from Boston – Exhibition Performances (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Houston Open Final Round from Humble, Texas (WIS 10). 3 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Final Round from Biloxi, Miss. (GOLF). 3 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Angels (MLB NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City at Houston (WOLO 25). 3:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Cleveland (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 3:30 p.m. – College Softball: Arkansas at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Toronto at Tampa Bay (ESPN2). 5 p.m. – LPGA Golf: ANA Inspiration Final Round from Rancho Mirage, Calif. (GOLF). 6 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four Semifinal Game from Indianapolis – Oregon State vs. Connecticut (ESPN). 8 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Portland at Orlando (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Portland at Golden State (NBA TV). 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: St. Louis at Colorado (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Kansas City (ESPN). 8:30 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four Semifinal Game from Indianapolis – Washington vs. Syracuse (ESPN2). 9:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – UNAM vs. Guadalajara (UNIVISION). 11 p.m. – NLL Lacrosse: Buffalo at Georgia (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). MONDAY 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Houston at New York Yankees (ESPN). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Seattle at Texas (ESPN). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at Atlanta (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WPUB-FM 102.7). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego (ESPN). 9 p.m. – College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Championship Game from Houston – Villanova or Oklahoma vs. North Carolina or Syracuse (TBS, TNT, TRUTV, WNKT-FM 107.5). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Angels (ESPN2).

nba Standings By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division y-Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division Charlotte Miami x-Atlanta Washington Orlando Central Division y-Cleveland Detroit Indiana Chicago Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 51 24 .680 — 44 32 .579 7½ 31 46 .403 21 21 55 .276 30½ 9 67 .118 42½ W L Pct GB 44 31 .587 — 44 31 .587 — 45 32 .584 — 37 39 .487 7½ 32 44 .421 12½ W L Pct GB 54 22 .711 — 40 36 .526 14 39 36 .520 14½ 38 37 .507 15½ 32 44 .421 22

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 63 12 .840 — Memphis 41 35 .539 22½ Dallas 38 38 .500 25½ Houston 37 39 .487 26½ New Orleans 28 47 .373 35 Northwest Division W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 53 23 .697 — Portland 40 36 .526 13 Utah 38 38 .500 15 Denver 32 45 .416 21½ Minnesota 25 51 .329 28 Pacific Division W L Pct GB y-Golden State 68 8 .895 — x-L.A. Clippers 47 28 .627 20½ Sacramento 30 46 .395 38 Phoenix 20 56 .263 48 L.A. Lakers 16 59 .213 51½ x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Friday’s Games

Charlotte 100, Philadelphia 91 Dallas 98, Detroit 89 New York 105, Brooklyn 91 Milwaukee 113, Orlando 110 Toronto 99, Memphis 95 Cleveland 110, Atlanta 108, OT Utah 98, Minnesota 85 Miami 112, Sacramento 106 Boston 109, Golden State 106 Washington 106, Phoenix 99

Saturday’s Games

Indiana at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Toronto at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m. Miami at Portland, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

New Orleans at Brooklyn, 1 p.m. Washington at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 3:30 p.m. Charlotte at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Memphis at Orlando, 6 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Golden State, 8 p.m. Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

nhl Standings By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 77 43 25 9 95 221 191 Tampa Bay 77 44 28 5 93 214 185 Boston 78 41 29 8 90 229 214 Detroit 78 39 28 11 89 201 214 Ottawa 79 36 34 9 81 224 240 Montreal 78 36 36 6 78 208 224 Buffalo 78 32 35 11 75 189 211 Toronto 77 28 38 11 67 187 226 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 77 55 16 6 116 241 179 Pittsburgh 77 44 25 8 96 224 192 N.Y. Rangers 77 43 25 9 95 222 203 N.Y. Islanders 76 42 25 9 93 214 196 Philadelphia 77 39 25 13 91 201 202 Carolina 78 34 28 16 84 191 211 New Jersey 78 37 33 8 82 175 197 Columbus 77 30 39 8 68 198 241

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 78 47 22 9 103 256 221 x-St. Louis 78 46 23 9 101 211 192 x-Chicago 78 45 26 7 97 218 196 x-Nashville 78 39 26 13 91 217 204 Minnesota 79 38 30 11 87 214 196 Colorado 78 39 35 4 82 207 222 Winnipeg 78 31 39 8 70 199 230 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Los Angeles 77 46 26 5 97 211 180 x-Anaheim 77 43 24 10 96 206 184 x-San Jose 78 43 29 6 92 230 203 Arizona 77 34 36 7 75 200 230 Vancouver 78 29 36 13 71 179 225 Calgary 78 32 40 6 70 213 251 Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference

Friday’s Games

Detroit 3, Minnesota 2 Boston 6, St. Louis 5 Chicago 5, Winnipeg 4, OT Washington 4, Colorado 2 Vancouver 3, Anaheim 2

Saturday’s Games

Philadelphia 3, Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m. San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Boston at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 8 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 7 p.m. Florida at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

mlb spring training By The Associated Press

Saturday’s Games

Washington 8, Minnesota 8, tie Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal, 1:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., ccd., Rain N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, Ind., 1:35 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 3:10 p.m. Seattle vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. San Francisco at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at San Diego, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels, 3:05 p.m.

Golf By The Associated Press

PGA Tour-Shell Houston Open By The Associated Press Saturday At Golf Club of Houston Humble, Texas Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,441; Par 72 Third Round Jim Herman 69-69-67—205 -11 Jamie Lovemark 67-68-70—205 -11 Henrik Stenson 69-71-66—206 -10 Russell Henley 70-68-68—206 -10 Dustin Johnson 65-71-70—206 -10 Roberto Castro 65-72-70—207 -9 Kyle Reifers 70-70-68—208 -8 Charley Hoffman 64-70-74—208 -8 Chez Reavie 66-70-72—208 -8 Kyle Stanley 69-72-68—209 -7 Si Woo Kim 69-71-69—209 -7 Whee Kim 67-73-69—209 -7 Rickie Fowler 69-70-70—209 -7 Sean O’Hair 68-73-69—210 -6 David Toms 70-70-70—210 -6 Jordan Spieth 67-73-70—210 -6 Charles Howell III 69-69-72—210 -6 Will MacKenzie 69-68-73—210 -6 Tyrone Van Aswegen 71-70-70—211 -5 Daniel Berger 67-74-70—211 -5 Charl Schwartzel 69-72-70—211 -5 Phil Mickelson 69-71-71—211 -5 Johnson Wagner 66-76-69—211 -5 Chesson Hadley 71-71-69—211 -5 Luke List 68-72-71—211 -5 Graham DeLaet 67-72-72—211 -5 Jamie Donaldson 69-68-74—211 -5 Rafa Cabrera Bello 71-72-68—211 -5 Nick Taylor 68-73-71—212 -4 Gary Woodland 69-72-71—212 -4 David Hearn 70-70-72—212 -4 Patrick Reed 69-71-72—212 -4 John Senden 69-74-69—212 -4 Scott Pinckney 66-73-73—212 -4 Harris English 68-70-74—212 -4 Jimmy Walker 70-73-69—212 -4 Ernie Els 72-69-72—213 -3 Cameron Smith 69-72-72—213 -3 Retief Goosen 71-71-71—213 -3 Rafael Campos 69-71-73—213 -3 Erik Compton 72-70-71—213 -3 Zac Blair 69-73-71—213 -3 Mark Hubbard 70-72-71—213 -3 Scott Piercy 68-74-71—213 -3 Jhonattan Vegas 69-73-71—213 -3 Michael Kim 68-74-71—213 -3 Ben Martin 68-75-70—213 -3 Bernd Wiesberger 68-71-74—213 -3 Thongchai Jaidee 71-72-70—213 -3 Boo Weekley 69-72-73—214 -2 Stuart Appleby 69-71-74—214 -2 Geoff Ogilvy 70-72-72—214 -2 Martin Laird 68-71-75—214 -2 Chris Stroud 70-73-71—214 -2 Steve Wheatcroft 69-74-71—214 -2 Brian Harman 67-74-74—215 -1 Bryce Molder 71-72-72—215 -1 Lucas Glover 71-68-76—215 -1 Rhein Gibson 73-70-72—215 -1 Sung Kang 72-71-72—215 -1 Cameron Tringale 72-71-72—215 -1 Jon Curran 67-74-75—216 E Andres Gonzales 69-73-74—216 E Justin Hicks 66-74-76—216 E Ryan Palmer 69-74-73—216 E Scott Brown 65-74-77—216 E Jason Kokrak 69-72-76—217 +1 Stewart Cink 69-73-75—217 +1 Davis Love III 67-75-75—217 +1 Andrew Loupe 67-72-78—217 +1 Colt Knost 71-72-74—217 +1 Made cut did not finish Steve Marino 67-73-78—218 +2 Derek Fathauer 73-70-75—218 +2 D.A. Points 71-72-75—218 +2 Seung-Yul Noh 70-73-75—218 +2 Sergio Garcia 71-72-75—218 +2

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PRO GOLF

Stars aligned as anticipation is building for the Masters By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press The opening line in a book David Owen wrote 17 years ago about the Masters captures why the anticipation for the first major at Augusta National. “The modern golf season never ends, but it does begin.” That rings particularly true this year. The fall is forgotten. The preliminaries are over. For some, the Masters could not get here soon enough. It felt that way when the 2015 majors ended last August with Jason Day winning the PGA Championship in a onesided duel and a record score to par. Jordan Spieth opened the new year with an eightshot victory in Hawaii, right as the Masters began airing TV promos with those moody piano notes. For three months, just about every tournament was a reminder of the showdown looming amid the azaleas and dogwoods. “I don’t know if it’s a freefor-all,” Adam Scott said. “I think it’s an exciting lead-up to the Masters with a lot of top players in great form and a lot of stories there, probably more so than the past few

to as the modern version of the “Big Three.” Only now they have company. Bubba Watson won at Riviera, reviving memories of his two Masters victories in the last even-numbered years. Scott tabbed him as the favorite, even as the Australian won in back-to-back weeks to start the Florida swing. And then along came Day, who won his last two starts before the Masters to return to No. 1 in the world. “I am looking forward to it. I know it’s one tournament that I’ve always wanted to win, so the motivation and the want ... there’s no problem,” The AssociateD Press Day said. “I can’t get comfortSeven of the top 14 players in able with how I’m playing the world have already won this right now. I can’t get lazy, beyear, inlcuding Adam Scott, with cause I’ve got to understand a showdown looming amid aza- that what I’m doing is workleas and dogwoods at Augusta ing. So I’ve got to keep workNational. ing ... and then stay focused and hopefully put on the green jacket.” years.” The only player among the The top of golf is so tight at top six in the world without a the moment that Westgate Las victory is McIlroy, who has Vegas Sportsbook has three had three good chances to co-favorites — Day, Spieth and win in the last six weeks. He Rory McIlroy — with 7-1 odds returns to Augusta with anto win the green jacket. All in other shot at becoming only their 20s, they have won five the sixth player in history to of the last six majors, which is complete the career Grand why they have been referred Slam.

Spieth scores with plenty of smarts By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press Jordan Spieth was on the right side of the fairway at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas, trying to figure out his next shot. He remembered the grass being a little thin on the left side, so any shot hit too hard in that direction was likely to run through into the scrub and dunes. What he didn’t notice — or hear — was the guy sitting in a cart just outside the ropes. “This kid is so smart,” Tiger Woods said as he leaned forward with his arms resting against the wheel. More than his capacity to

hole 20-foot putts, his reliable short game and the other parts of his game that don’t get enough credit, the 22-yearold Masters champion has an old head on young shoulders. It’s what led David Feherty to blurt out during an interview with Spieth, “This is like listening to Spieth Old Tom Morris.” Woods might have remembered what happened last April at Augusta National. Spieth and Ben Crenshaw were playing a practice round on Wednesday before the tour-

nament started when Woods asked if he could join them on the back nine. They finished up on the 16th hole when Spieth looked back and noticed Woods putting from about 8 feet below and behind the Sunday pin placement. So he headed back to take a look. “I remember just watching that putt and noticing how much it broke, and it kind of threw me off,” Spieth said. “Wow. I watched him hit quite a few of them. He obviously knew that was a tricky putt. And sure enough, I ended up having a very similar putt, maybe a slightly different angle, for par to really clinch the Masters.”

area scoreboard GOLF PAR 4 PETS TOURNAMENT The fourth annual Par 4 Pets golf tournament will be held on Saturday, April 23, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format will be 4-man Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $160 per team or $40 per player. The fee includes golf cart, lunch and beverages. The field will be limited to the first 20 teams. The money raised will go K.A.T.’s Special Kneads. For more information, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 4693906, Teresa Durden at (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 775-1902.

St. Francis Golf Classic The 21st Annual St. Francis

Xavier High School Golf Classic will be held on May 6 at Sunset Country Club. The 4-man Captain’s Choice has a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The cost is $70 per person. For more details, contact Steve Capinas at scapinas@hotmail.com.

Chicken Bog will be served to participants and spectators and concessions will be available. There will also be a bake sale. There will be a Home Run Derby and baserunning competition for participants. For more information, call Bill DeLavan at (803) 968-3866.

BASEBALL

BASKETBALL

Alumni Game

Perseverance Tryouts

Lakewood High School will host a Lakewood/Furman/ Mayewood alumni baseball game on Saturday, April 9, at the Lakewood baseball field beginning at noon. Money raised from the event will go into the Lakewood baseball program. The cost is $10 for each participant. Admission is $5 for spectators.

The Sumter Perseverance youth basketball program is holding tryouts for the upcoming AAU season. Tryouts will run through Friday. For more information, contact Coach Junko Allen at (803) 795-5513, at coachj_perseverance@yahoo.com or at www.facebook.com/perseverancebasketball.

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Sunday, April 3, 2016

AUTO RACING

The Associated Press

Denny Hamlin gets ready for the final practice for Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.

Hamlin tabs himself as the man to beat at Martinsville By HANK KURZ Jr. The Associated Press

STP 500 Lineup By The Associated Press

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Denny Hamlin didn’t hesitate in the least. “Myself,” he said when asked who his biggest competition is at Martinsville Speedway now that Jeff Gordon, a nine-time winner on NASCAR’s oldest and smallest oval, has retired and moved into the broadcast booth. “I don’t know how many pit road penalties I’ve had here at this race track or why I choose to push it on pit road knowing that I have the speed on the race track that we’ve shown,” the Chesterfield, Virginia native said. “I think I’ve had two in the last bunch of races, just consecutively.” Still, defending champion Hamlin will try for his sixth career victory on the 0.526mile oval Sunday, and while he hopes to curb his own selfdestructive nature on pit road, he’ll be wise to keep an eye on some of his rivals, too. Jimmie Johnson, the only driver with two victories through the first five races of the season, has won eight times at Martinsville, but the track’s unique trophy — a grandfather clock — has gone elsewhere the last five races. Joey Logano won his third consecutive pole here Friday, and has never won the race. But he was running in the lead and seemingly certain to at least contend to the finish last fall until Matt Kenseth took him out in Turn 1. Gordon was the last driver to win three straight poles here, in 2003-04, and while Logano said it was nice to be mentioned in the same company as the four-time champion, making a visit to Victory Lane would be even nicer. It’s the kind of thought that had Hamlin eager to get back to work during last week’s break for Easter. “Really the last 10 days or so I’ve really been itching about getting back because this is such a fun race for me and obviously we have a lot of high expectations,” Hamlin said. “I come here, it’s very similar to when I was racing go-karts

After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 97.043 mph. 2. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 97.033. 3. (14) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 96.864. 4. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 96.854. 5. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 96.736. 6. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 96.676. 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 96.657. 8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 96.642. 9. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 96.44. 10. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 96.224. 11. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 96.205. 12. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 96.171. 13. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 96.637. 14. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 96.622. 15. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 96.617. 16. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 96.568. 17. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 96.474. 18. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 96.47. 19. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 96.362. 20. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 96.244. 21. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 96.049. 22. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 95.981. 23. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 95.796. 24. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 95.714. 25. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 96.083. 26. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 95.917. 27. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 95.912. 28. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 95.888. 29. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 95.874. 30. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 95.84. 31. (98) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 95.757. 32. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 95.612. 33. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 95.593. 34. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 95.545. 35. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 95.295. 36. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 95.252. 37. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, 94.817. 38. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 94.246. 39. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 94.218. 40. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet.

back in the day, like all the WKA Nationals would come to my home track and I was like, ‘OK, I have a chance to beat them because I know this track.’ Kind of like that. The best comes to town and it just feels like I race here every week. Even my first lap here on the track here, it feels like I’ve run a million laps here.”

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AL EAST CAPSULES Toronto Blue Jays

2015: 93-69, first place, lost to Kansas City in ALCS. Manager: John Gibbons (fourth season). He’s Here: LHP J.A. Happ, RHP Drew Storen, RHP Jesse Chavez, LHP Randy Choate, RHP Gavin Floyd, RHP Joe Biagini, OF Darrell Ceciliani, OF Junior Lake, RHP Arnold Leon, RHP/LHP Pat Venditte. He’s Outta Here: LHP David Price, OF Ben Revere, LHP Mark Buehrle, LHP Jeff Francis, RHP LaTroy Hawkins, RHP Liam Hendriks, RHP Mark Lowe, C Dioner Navarro, INF Cliff Pennington. Projected Lineup: CF Kevin Pillar (.278, 12 HRs, 56 RBIs), 3B Josh Donaldson (.297, 41, 123; AL MVP), RF Jose Bautista (.250, 40, 114), DH Edwin Encarnacion (.277, 39, 111), SS Troy Tulowitzki (.280, 17, 70 with Colorado and Toronto), 1B Chris Colabello (.321, 15, 54), C Russell Martin (.240, 23, 77), LF Michael Saunders (.194, 0, 3 in 9 games), 2B Ryan Goins (.250, 5, 45). Rotation: RH Marcus Stroman (4-0, 1.67 ERA in 4 starts), RH Marco Estrada (138, 3.13), RH R.A. Dickey (11-11, 3.91), LH J.A. Happ (11-8, 3.61 with Seattle and Pittsburgh), RH Aaron Sanchez (7-6, 3.22 in 41 games, 11 starts). Key Relievers: RH Roberto Osuna (1-6, 2.58, 20 saves), RH Drew Storen (2-2, 3.44, 29 saves with Washington), LH Brett Cecil (5-5, 2.48, 5 saves), LH Randy Choate (1-0, 3.95 with St. Louis), RH Jesse Chavez (7-15, 4.18 in 30 games, 26 starts, with Oakland). Hot Spot: Pitching Staff. Debate raged all winter about whether the hardthrowing Sanchez, 23, should be in the rotation or the bullpen. Sanchez made 11 starts last season, beating Houston with eight strong innings on June 5 before missing the next seven weeks with a strained muscle in his side. Rather than being stretched out again when healthy, Sanchez returned in a relief role, capably setting up closer Osuna. Sanchez, who gained 25 pounds in offseason workouts this winter, has made it clear he’d prefer to start. But teaming him with Osuna, Storen and Cecil would give the Blue Jays a fearsome foursome to help shorten games out of the ‘pen.

New York Yankees

2015: 87-75, second place, lost to Houston in wild-card game. Manager: Joe Girardi (ninth season). He’s Here: 2B Starlin Castro, LHP Aroldis Chapman, OF Aaron Hicks. He’s Outta Here: RHP Adam Warren, LHP Justin Wilson, OF Chris Young, LHP Chris Capuano, 2B Stephen Drew, INF Brendan Ryan. Projected Lineup: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.257, 7, 33, 21 SBs), LF Brett Gardner (.259, 16, 66, 20 SBs), RF Carlos Beltran (.276, 19, 67, 34 2Bs), 1B Mark Teixeira (.255, 31, 79), C Brian McCann (.232, 26, 94), 3B Chase Headley (.259, 11, 62), SS Didi Gregorius (.265, 9, 56), 2B Starlin Castro (.265, 11, 69 with Cubs). Rotation: RH Masahiro Tanaka (12-7, 3.51), RH Michael Pineda (12-10, 4.37, 156 Ks, 169 2-3 IP), RH Luis Severino (5-3, 2.89 in 11 starts), RH Nathan Eovaldi (14-3, 4.20), RH Ivan Nova (6-11, 5.07 in 17 starts following return from Tommy John surgery) or LH CC Sabathia (6-10, 4.73). Key Relievers: LH Aroldis Chapman (4-4, 1.63, 33/36 saves, 116 Ks, 61 1-3 IP with Reds), LH Andrew Miller (3-2, 2.04, 36/38 saves, 100 Ks, 61 2-3 IP), RH Dellin Betances (6-4, 1.50, 9/13 saves, 131 Ks, 84 IP), LH Chasen Shreve (6-2, 3.09, 64 Ks, 58 1-3 IP), RH Branden Pinder (0-2, 2.93), RH Nick Rumbelow (1-1, 4.02), RH Bryan Mitchell (0-2, 6.37). Hot Spot: Starting Rotation. Sabathia’s spot was in jeopardy following a string of poor spring training outings, and the team doesn’t know how he would

respond if put in the bullpen, a role he’s never filled. After trading Warren, the Yankees hope Mitchell can handle his job as a multi-inning reliever who can make spot starts or shift into the rotation if there are injuries — a concern after Tanaka (wrist, forearm), Pineda (forearm), Eovaldi (wrist) and Sabathia (knee, alcohol rehab) missed time last year. Chapman, quickly tabbed the closer in an intimidating bullpen, will sit out the first 30 games while serving a suspension for domestic violence. But during that stretch, Miller and Betances will simply continue to fill the roles they executed so well last year.

Baltimore Orioles

2014: 81-81, third place. Manager: Buck Showalter (seventh season). He’s Here: OF Hyun Soo Kim, OF-1B Mark Trumbo, RHP Yovani Gallardo, DH Pedro Alvarez, RHP Odrisamer Despaigne, RHP Vance Worley. He’s Outta Here: LHP Wei-Yin Chen, OF Gerardo Parra, 1B Steve Pearce, C Steve Clevenger. Projected Lineup: 3B Manny Machado (.286, 35, 86, 20 SBs, 162 games), DH Pedro Alvarez (.243, 27, 77 with Pirates), CF Adam Jones (.269, 27, 82), 1B Chris Davis (.262, 47, 117), RF Mark Trumbo (.262, 22, 64 with Arizona and Seattle), C Matt Wieters (.267, 8, 25 in 75 games), LF Hyun Soo Kim (played in South Korea), SS J.J. Hardy (.219, 8, 37), 2B Jonathan Schoop (.279, 15, 39). Rotation: RH Chris Tillman (11-11, 4.99, 120 Ks, 173 IP), RH Yovani Gallardo (1311, 3.42 ERA, 33 starts with Rangers), RH Kevin Gausman (4-7, 4.25, 112 1-3 IP), RH Ubaldo Jimenez (12-10, 4.11, 168 Ks, 184 IP), RH Miguel Gonzalez (9-12, 4.91, 109 Ks, 144 2-3 IP). Key Relievers: LH Zach Britton (4-1, 1.92, 36/40 saves), RH Darren O’Day (6-2, 1.52, 6 saves), RH Brad Brach (5-3, 2.72, 1 save), LH Brian Matusz (1-4, 2.94), LH T.J. McFarland (2-2, 4.91), RH Oliver Drake (0-0, 2.87). Hot Spot: Starting Rotation. The Orioles added Gallardo, a workhorse who will take the ball every fifth day. But they lost Chen, arguably their most consistent starter, so the success of the rotation depends on everyone else stepping up. Tillman won two fewer games than in 2014 and his ERA jumped by a run and a half. Gonzalez also tailed off in 2015 and has struggled this spring. Showalter can only hope Jimenez continues his resurgence from a dismal 2014 campaign and Gausman finally shows he’s ready to be a regular member of the starting five.

Tampa Bay Rays

2015: 80-82, fourth place. Manager: Kevin Cash (second season). He’s Here: OF-DH Corey Dickerson, SS Brad Miller, C Hank Conger, 1B-OF Logan Morrison, OF-INF Steve Pearce, RHP Ryan Webb, LHP Dana Eveland, RHP Danny Farquhar. He’s Outta Here: LHP Jake McGee, SS Asdrubal Cabrera, 1B-DH John Jaso, C J.P. Arencibia, OF Daniel Nava, RHP Brandon Gomes, RHP Kirby Yates, LHP C.J. Riefenhauser, RHP Nathan Karns, OF Grady Sizemore, OF Joey Butler. Projected Lineup: 2B Logan Forsythe (.281, 17, 68), SS Brad Miller (.258, 11, 46 in 144 games with Seattle), 3B Evan Longoria (.270, 21, 73), DH Corey Dickerson (.304, 10, 31 in 65 games with Colorado), LF Desmond Jennings (.268, 1, 7 in 28 games), CF Kevin Kiermaier (.263, 10, 40, 12 triples, 18 SBs), 1B James Loney (.280, 4, 32 in 104 games), RF Steven Souza Jr. (.225, 16, 40), C Rene Rivera (.178, 5, 26 in 110 games). Rotation: RH Chris Archer (12-13, 3.23, 252 Ks in 212 IP), LH Drew Smyly (5-2, 3.11 in 12 starts), LH Matt Moore (3-4,

PRO BASEBALL 5.43 in 12 starts), RH Jake Odorizzi (9-9, 3.35 in 28 starts), RH Erasmo Ramirez (11-6, 3.75 in 34 appearances, 27 starts). Key Relievers: RH Brad Boxberger (410, 3.71, 41/47 saves), LH Xavier Cedeno (4-1, 2.09, 1 save in 61 appearances), RH Alex Colome (8-5, 3.94), LH Dana Eveland (0-1, 5.40 in 10 appearances with Atlanta), RH Steve Geltz (2-6, 3.74, 2 saves), RH Matt Andriese (3-5, 4.11 in 25 games, 8 starts), RH Danny Farquhar (1-8, 5.12 in 43 appearances with Seattle), RH Ryan Webb (1-0, 3.20 in 40 appearances with Cleveland), LH Enny Romero (0-2. 5.10 in 23 appearances). Hot Spot: Starting Rotation. For all the talk about how much better the Rays could be on offense, they are built to thrive on strong starting pitching, a dependable bullpen and superior defense. Archer was a first-time AllStar a year ago. Smyly and Moore returned from injuries during the season and performed well enough to inspire confidence they can team with Archer, Odorizzi and Ramirez to give Tampa Bay one of the most formidable rotations in the league. With Alex Cobb on track to return from Tommy John surgery that sidelined him for all of 2015 and prospects Blake Snell, Taylor Guerrieri and Jacob Faria rising in the minors, the Rays think they have the type of pitching necessary to re-emerge as a playoff contender.

Boston Red Sox

2015: 78-84, fifth place. Manager: John Farrell (fourth season). He’s Here: LHP David Price, RHP Craig Kimbrel, OF Chris Young, RHP Carson Smith, LHP Roenis Elias. He’s Outta Here: LHP Wade Miley, LHP Craig Breslow, LHP Rich Hill, RHP Alexi Ogando. Projected Lineup: RF Mookie Betts (.291, 18, 77, 21 SBs), 2B Dustin Pedroia (.291, 12, 42), SS Xander Bogaerts (.320, 7, 81), DH David Ortiz (.273, 37, 108), 1B Hanley Ramirez (.249, 19, 53), 3B Pablo Sandoval (.245, 10, 47), LF Rusney Castillo (.253, 5, 29), C Blake Swihart (.274, 5, 31), CF Jackie Bradley Jr. (.249, 10, 43). Rotation: LH David Price (18-5, 2.45, 225 Ks, 220 1-3 IP with Detroit and Toronto), RH Clay Buchholz (7-7, 3.26), RH Rick Porcello (9-15, 4.92), RH Joe Kelly (10-6, 4.82), LH Roenis Elias (5-8, 4.14 ERA with Seattle) or RH Steven Wright (5-4, 4.09). Key Relievers: RH Craig Kimbrel (4-2, 2.58, 39/43 saves, 87 Ks in 59 1-3 IP with San Diego), RH Koji Uehara (2-4, 2.23, 25 saves, 47 Ks), RH Junichi Tazawa (2-7, 4.14, 3 saves, 56 Ks), RH Carson Smith (2-5, 2.31, 13 saves, 70 IP, 92 Ks with Seattle), LH Robbie Ross Jr. (0-2, 3.86, 6 saves, 60 2-3 IP, 53 Ks), LH Tommy Layne (2-1, 3.97, 1 save, 47 2-3 IP, 45 Ks). Hot Spot: Pitching Upgrades. The Red Sox made their biggest free agent splash by signing Price to a $217 million, seven-year pact. He was steady last season after being dealt from Detroit to Toronto, winning nine games for each team and posting an ERA under 3.00 for the first time since 2012. The only major injury concern in the starting rotation coming out of camp appears to be fellow lefty Eduardo Rodriguez (10-6, 3.85), who will start the season on the disabled list as he works his way back from a right knee injury sustained early in workouts. Smith also will begin the season on the DL with a strained flexor muscle in his forearm. Boston is counting on Kimbrel, acquired from San Diego for four young players, to help stabilize the bullpen.

NL EAST CAPSULES New York Mets

2015: 90-72, first place, lost to Kansas City in World Series. Manager: Terry Collins (sixth season). He’s Here: 2B Neil Walker, SS Asdrubal Cabrera, LHP Antonio Bastardo, OF Alejandro De Aza, RHP Jim Henderson, OF Roger Bernadina. He’s Outta Here: 2B Daniel Murphy, LHP Jonathon Niese, LF Michael Cuddyer, SS Ruben Tejada, RHP Tyler Clippard, 3B-2B Juan Uribe, INF-OF Kelly Johnson, RHP Carlos Torres, RHP Bobby Parnell, RHP Dillon Gee, RHP Jenrry Mejia, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, C Anthony Recker, LHP Alex Torres, OF Darrell Ceciliani, OF Eric Young Jr., LHP Eric O’Flaherty, LHP Jack Leathersich, RHP Tim Stauffer. Projected Lineup: RF Curtis Granderson (.259, 26 HRs, 70 RBIs, .364 OBP, 98 runs, 91 BBs, 11 SBs, 151 Ks), 3B David Wright (.289, 5, 17 in 152 ABs, .379 OBP), CF Yoenis Cespedes (.291, 35, 105, 101 runs, 42 2Bs with Tigers and Mets), 1B Lucas Duda (.244, 27, 73, 33 2Bs, 138 Ks), 2B Neil Walker (.269, 16, 71, 32 2Bs with Pirates), C Travis d’Arnaud (.268, 12, 41, .825 OPS in 239 ABs), LF Michael Conforto (.270, 9, 26, .841 OPS in 174 ABs), SS Asdrubal Cabrera (.265, 15, 58 with Rays) or Wilmer Flores (.263, 16, 59). Rotation: RH Matt Harvey (13-8, 2.71 ERA, 188 Ks, 189 1-3 IP), RH Jacob deGrom (14-8, 2.54, 205 Ks, 191 IP), RH Noah Syndergaard (9-7, 3.24, 166 Ks, 150 IP), LH Steven Matz (4-0, 2.27 in 6 starts), RH Bartolo Colon (14-13, 4.16, 217 hits allowed, 24 BBs, 194 2-3 IP). Key Relievers: RH Jeurys Familia (2-2, 1.85, 43/48 saves, 76 games, 86 Ks, 78 IP), RH Addison Reed (3-3, 3.38, 4 saves with Diamondbacks and Mets), LH Antonio Bastardo (4-1, 2.98, 1 save, 66 games, 64 Ks, 26 BBs, 39 hits allowed, 57 1-3 IP with Pirates), RH Hansel Robles (4-3, 3.67, 61 Ks, 54 IP), LH Jerry Blevins (1-0, 0.00, 7 games, 5 IP, retired all 15 batters faced; missed almost entire season with broken arm), LH Sean Gilmartin (3-2, 2.67). Hot Spot: Third Base. Wright missed more than four months with injuries last year and it remains to be seen how much his spinal stenosis might limit him during a full season. He eased into action this spring and was held out of early games, but expects to play third on opening night in the World Series rematch at Kansas City. At the very least, the 33-year-old captain figures to get regular rest throughout the season, with Flores and Eric Campbell the primary options to spell him. A lefthanded hitter would be a better fit. Wright had an .814 OPS in 38 games last year but struggled at the plate in the postseason. He’s one of the most respected players in the majors and his leadership in the clubhouse is unquestioned, but his right-handed bat remains important to this lineup, too.

Washington Nationals

2015: 83-79, second place. Manager: Dusty Baker (first season). He’s Here: 2B Daniel Murphy, OF Ben Revere, INF Stephen Drew, RHP Trevor Gott, RHP Shawn Kelley, LHP Oliver Perez, RHP Yusmeiro Petit. He’s Outta Here: Manager Matt Williams, RHP Jordan Zimmermann, SS Ian Desmond, RHP Drew Storen, CF Denard Span, 3B Yunel Escobar, RHP Doug Fister, RHP Casey Janssen, 2B Dan Uggla, RHP Craig Stammen. Projected Lineup: CF Ben Revere (.306, 2, 45, 31 SBs with Phillies and Blue Jays), 3B Anthony Rendon (.264, 5, 25), RF Bryce Harper (.330, 42, 99, 118 runs, .460 OBP, NL MVP), 1B Ryan Zimmerman (.249, 16, 73), 2B Daniel Murphy (.281, 14, 73 with Mets), LF Jayson Werth (.221, 12, 42), C Wilson Ramos (.229, 15, 68), SS Danny Espinosa (.240, 13, 37). Rotation: RH Max Scherzer (14-12, 2.79, 276 Ks, 228 2-3 IP, 2 no-hitters), RH Stephen Strasburg (11-7, 3.46), LH Gio Gonzalez (11-8, 3.79), RH Tanner Roark (4-7, 4.38), RH Joe Ross (5-5, 3.64).

Key Relievers: RH Jonathan Papelbon (4-3, 2.13, 24/26 saves with Phillies and Nationals), LH Felipe Rivero (2-1, 2.79, 2 saves), RH Shawn Kelley (2-2, 2.45 with Padres), RH Trevor Gott (4-2, 3.02 with Angels), LH Oliver Perez (2-4, 4.17 with Diamondbacks and Astros), RH Blake Treinen (2-5, 3.86), RH Yusmeiro Petit (1-1, 3.67, 1 save with Giants). Hot Spots: Bullpen, Shortstop, Disabled List. All eyes will be on Papelbon, the volatile closer who was kept around despite grabbing Harper by the throat in a dugout dustup last September. Aside from whatever lingering ill will fans may harbor, the biggest question will be whether Papelbon and the rest of a reconstructed back end of the bullpen can be more effective than last year’s crew. Another spot to watch is shortstop, where Desmond is gone and Espinosa takes over. Espinosa’s defense is top-notch; his hitting is definitely a question mark. Last season, key players such as Zimmerman, Werth and Rendon missed large chunks of time due to injury. Washington needs to stay healthier in 2016.

Miami Marlins

2015: 71-91, third place. Manager: Don Mattingly (first season). He’s Here: LHP Wei-Yin Chen, INF Chris Johnson, RHP Edwin Jackson. He’s Outta Here: Manager Dan Jennings, RHP Henderson Alvarez, INF Casey McGehee, INF Donovan Solano. Projected Lineup: 2B Dee Gordon (NLbest .333, 4, 46, MLB-high 205 hits and 58 SBs), CF Marcell Ozuna (.259, 10, 44), LF Christian Yelich (.300, 7, 44), RF Giancarlo Stanton (.265, 27, 67 in 74 games), 1B Justin Bour (.262, 23, 73), 3B Martin Prado (.288, 9, 63), C J.T. Realmuto (.259, 10, 47), SS Adeiny Hechavarria (.281, 5, 48). Rotation: RH Jose Fernandez (6-1, 2.92 in 11 games), LH Wei-Yin Chen (11-8, 3.34 for Orioles), RH Tom Koehler (1114, 4.08), RH Jarred Cosart (2-5, 4.52 in 14 games), LH Adam Conley (4-1, 3.76 in 15 games). Key Relievers: RH A.J. Ramos (2-4, 2.30, 32/38 saves), LH Mike Dunn (2-5, 4.50), RH Edwin Jackson (4-3, 3.07, 2 saves for Cubs and Braves), RH Bryan Morris (5-4, 3.14), RH David Phelps (4-8, 4.50). Hot Spot: Trainer’s Room. The payroll will rank among the lowest in the majors, as usual, which means the Marlins have little depth, which means injuries would be devastating. That was the case last season, when their best player — Stanton — and best pitcher — Fernandez — never took the field together. The Marlins must keep their stars and other starters healthy to have any shot at finishing above .500 for the first time since 2009. Outlook: The biggest changes in the offseason came on the bench, where the Marlins hired Mattingly and added Barry Bonds as hitting coach. Theyll try to help an offense that ranked next-tolast in the majors in runs and homers but has considerable young talent. Chen provides much-needed veteran durability but the rotation is thin, and the bullpen took a blow even before spring training games began when Carter Capps required Tommy John surgery. Miami is 90 games under .500 since the team moved into Marlins Park in 2012, and this year could be more of the same.

Atlanta Braves

2015: 67-95, fourth place. Manager: Fredi Gonzalez (sixth season). He’s Here: OF Ender Inciarte, SS Erick Aybar, RHP Bud Norris, RHP Jim Johnson, 3B-1B Kelly Johnson, C Tyler Flowers, OF Jeff Francoeur, LHP Alex Torres, INF Gordon Beckham, RHP Jhoulys Chacin, LHP Ian Kroll, INF-OF Emilio Bonifacio, RHP Alexi Ogando. He’s Outta Here: SS Andrelton Simmons, OF Cameron Maybin, RHP Shelby Miller, OF Eury Perez, LHP

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Mike Minor, 3B Pedro Ciriaco, C Christian Bethancourt, RHP Edwin Jackson, RHP Peter Moylan, LHP Ross Detwiler, OF Todd Cunningham. Projected Lineup: CF Ender Inciarte (.303, 6, 45, 21 SBs with Diamondbacks), SS Erick Aybar (.270, 3, 44, 15 SBs with Angels), 1B Freddie Freeman (.276, 18, 66), 3B Adonis Garcia (.277, 10, 26 in 58 games), RF Nick Markakis (.296, 3, 53), LF Hector Olivera (.253, 2, 11 in 24 games), C A.J. Pierzynski (.300, 9, 49), 2B Jace Peterson (.239, 6, 52, 12 SBs). Rotation: RH Julio Teheran (11-8, 4.04), RH Bud Norris (3-11, 6.72 with Orioles and Padres), RH Matt Wisler (8-8, 4.71), RH Williams Perez (7-6, 4.78), RH Jhoulys Chacin (2-1, 3.38 in 5 games with Diamondbacks) or RH Mike Foltynewicz (4-6, 5.71) or LH Manny Banuelos (1-4, 5.13 in 6 starts). Key Relievers: RH Arodys Vizcaino (3-1, 1.60, 9/10 saves, 37 Ks in 33 2-3 IP), RH Jason Grilli (3-4, 2.94, 24/26 saves, 45 Ks, 33 2-3 IP, coming back from Achilles injury), RH Jim Johnson (2-6, 4.46, 10/17 saves with Braves and Dodgers), RH Jose Ramirez (1-0, 12.91 in 8 games with Yankees and Mariners), LH Alex Torres (0-0, 3.15 with Mets), RH Alexi Ogando (3-1, 3.99 with Red Sox), LH Ian Krol (2-3, 5.79 with Tigers). Hot Spot: Starting Rotation. Teheran is the ace of the staff, and he’s coming off a disappointing season after making the All-Star Game in 2014. The Braves need him to bounce back and a bunch of other things to go right. Norris is coming off a dismal season. Wisler, Williams Perez, Foltynewicz and Banuelos are unproven over full seasons. Chacin was a 14-game winner with Colorado in 2013 but hasn’t done much since then because of injuries.

An age-old question in majors: Can Cubs do it? By BEN WALKER The Associated Press As a boy, he watched his beloved team play the very first World Series game at Wrigley Field. A few Octobers later, he was there to see Babe Ruth call his shot. A lot changed over the years — a job in a different field, on another kind of bench — but retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens never lost faith in the Chicago Cubs. Now 95 and older than the ivy at the Friendly Confines, Stevens offers an opinion on their title drought dating to 1908. “I don’t think it’s a question of whether they’ll win a championship,” he told The Associated Press. “It’s whether I’ll still be here to see it.” “They are close,” he said. “Will it happen soon enough?” Surely, a lot of fans in Wrigleyville and far beyond are wondering the same thing. So let’s begin right there as Major League

Baseball loosens up for opening day. First pitch is this afternoon in Pittsburgh, when the Pirates play Adam Wainwright and the 100-win St. Louis Cardinals. Two later games, too: Josh Donaldson and the bangin’ Toronto Blue Jays visit Tampa Bay, then Salvador Perez and the champion Kansas City Royals host Matt Harvey and the New York Mets in a World Series rematch. Plenty to see, hear and taste from the get-go. Aces Zack Greinke, David Price and Johnny Cueto start fresh with new teams. Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully on deck for fond farewells. Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, Carlos Correa, Nolan Arenado and Noah Syndergaard among the young, bright stars all over the diamond. Barry Bonds back in play, as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins. Dusty Baker back in the dugout, managing the Washington Nationals.

Braves

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“My expectation is for us to always be a playoff team, to get in there somehow,” he said. “A lot of stuff’s got to go right for us to do that, obviously.”

Back to reality The once-powerhouse franchise is clearly aiming toward a return to contention in 2017, when the Braves move into their new suburban home, SunTrust Park. “I just know that last year what we went through was the start of a process, and this year we’re in the second year of that process,” catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. “I’m sure there are people around who don’t believe we’re any good.”

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Nick Markakis is one of the few vets Atlanta has back.

game winner just two years ago, and that Matt Wisler can build on a promising rookie season (8-8, 4.71). After those three? Who knows? Expect a revolving-door rotation as Gonzalez looks for the hot hand.

LOOKING FOR POP

The Braves will start the season with only two playFAR CRY FROM MADDUX, ers who hit more than 10 GLAVINE & SMOLTZ homers last season, and one During their heyday, the of those is backup outfieldBraves were known for a er Jeff Francoeur, who restarting rotation that inturns to the team where he cluded three Hall of Fambegan his career as a herers. Not anymore. Opening- alded prospect more than a day starter Julio Teheran decade ago. is the only one to make While Francoeur is a remore than 20 big league minder of better times in starts last season, and even Atlanta, Freddie Freeman he’s coming off a disap(18 homers, 66 RBI) is the pointing performance (11-8 only established power with a 4.04 ERA). Bud Nor- threat the Braves will send ris had a miserable showout every day this season. ing with Baltimore and San Atlanta is counting on a Diego, going a combined couple of Cuban defectors, 3-11 with a 6.72 ERA. The third baseman Adonis GarBraves are hoping he can cia and left fielder Hector regain a semblance of the Olivera, to add some pop to form that made him a 15the lineup.

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Oregon State, UConn take different paths to Final Four By DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Ruth Hamblin and Jamie Weisner had a goal when they came to Oregon State four years ago: get the team to the Final Four. Mission accomplished. “We’re small-town kids, we’re dreamers, and we worked hard, and it’s cool to see how far that’s come,” Hamblin said. “But we definitely had the vision.” Now that the pair has helped the Beavers to the school’s first national semifinals, they’ll try to keep it going. That might be a tall task. The Beavers will face top-seeded UConn on Sunday night in the first semifinal game. The Huskies have won three straight national championships, 73 consecutive games, and have looked nearly unbeatable. Oregon State has noticed from across the country. “It’s hard to miss them. They’re on ESPN all the time,” Weisner said. “It’s legendary. I would say it’s even an honor to play against them. In 20 years I can tell my kids that I played against that UConn team.” Despite the praise, the Beavers aren’t intimidated by UConn. “I think it’s a mental thing, just like you can’t lose the game before you step foot on the court,” Hamblin said. “You just got to know that they’re humans and they’re going to make mistakes. And every team is beatable if you play the right way. You know they’re not invincible.” UConn has looked close to perfect over the past two seasons. Every victory has been by double digits and most of the time the starters are sitting for the fourth quarter. The Huskies are on record pace, having won by an average of 40 points. They stand two victories away from completing an unprecedented feat with four consecutive titles. While the Beavers seniors wanted to just make a Final Four, Breanna Stewart had loftier goals. She said she wanted to win four championships. “I want to go out and finish this thing off,” Stewart said.

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Oregon State’s Jamie Weisner (15) dribbles during practice for today’s Final Four matchup with UConn in Indianapolis. likely she’ll play in Sunday’s semifinal against Oregon State.

UCONN’S DOMINANCE Even Stewart has been impressed by UConn’s NCAA run. The Huskies have already set the record for most consecutive victories in the NCAA Tournament with 22 straight wins. The senior group of Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson have never lost an NCAA game. “It is really ridiculous The Associated Press actually,” she said. “When people say that my class is Connecticut head coach Geno undefeated in postseason play Auriemma, right, instructs Katie Lou Samuelson. The 6-foot-3 ath- in the NCAA Tournament, that’s crazy to think about.” lete wasn’t at practice on Satur-

day, but is expected to play in today’s semifinal in Indianapolis.

“I want to finish my career off on the greatest note, and the same thing with the other seniors.”

SICK SAMUELSON UConn freshman Katie Lou Samuelson didn’t practice Saturday. Team officials said she wasn’t feeling well. The 6-foot-3 Samuelson averaged 11 points for the Huskies, but has increased that to 14.4 points during the postseason. She led the team during two of the first three rounds of the tournament, scoring 22 points in a 101-49 win over Robert Morris, then scoring another 22 and grabbing 14 rebounds in UConn’s 98-38 regional semifinal rout of Mississippi State. A team spokesman says it’s

ENJOYING THE MOMENT Oregon State coach Scott Rueck has been to the Final Four before, leading George Fox to the Division III championship in 2009. He is so happy to see the NCAA put all three championships in the same place at the same time. “I was so excited,” he said. “I was killing ourselves to get here to be a part of that, and I was really secretly hoping George Fox would be here as well. And they had another phenomenal season and had a shot at that. And so I thought how perfect would that be if we could find a way to be here with them. And so I think that’s really special, first off. Every level should be celebrated, because it’s all relative. I don’t care more now that I’m here than I was in Division III at the Final Four, it’s all the same.”

have to break down an inordinate amount of film and spend a lot of time to try to INDIANAPOLIS — Syrapredict what they do. So the cuse coach Quentin Hillschallenge is adjusting in the man and Washington coach game and Mike Neighbors will put about the time their budding friendship on you do that, so hold Sunday night. does Q. He’s a After four months of tradreally good ining text messages, learning game coach. about one another’s team Every time you and watching their own Neighbors make an adteams evolve into national justment, he’s championship contenders, got a counterthe two first-time Final Four punch.” coaches will square off for Syracuse’s the second time this season. players can The winner will get a tickapply additionet to Tuesday’s women’s al pressure championship game — and Hillsman with their will have one more fan in three-guard the crowd. lineup of Alex“You want to win a game, is Peterson, Brianna Butler but you still have to mainand Brittney Sykes, too. tain some kind of normalcy The Orange also have in your life,” Hillsman said. made some changes since “Neighbors is a good guy November. and really I respect him and “We understand we’re a respect what he does. That’s good team, a really good one of those things where team,” Peterson said. you -- I’m not that guy, we’re While Syracuse has won not playing against each 15 of its last 16, Washington other. We’ve got to put a is trying to join Tennessee’s game plan together and let 1997 title team as the only our kids go and play.” 10-loss programs to play for Those players have ala national title. ready met once this season, But the two coaches know with Syracuse jumping to this much: Their friendship an early 21-point lead before will survive this game. holding off the hard-charg“He’s going to outdress ing Huskies 66-62. me tomorrow and there’s no But a lot has changed in chance I can win that. I’m that time, especially at not even going to try,” Washington. Neighbors said. “But he’s After finishing fifth in the somebody that I think has Pac-12, the Huskies (26-10) done it the right way.” have made a stunning postHere are some other season run by beating Mary- things to watch Sunday: land on its home court, Kentucky on its home court and PLUM’S CHASE Huskies guard Kelsey conference rival Stanford in Plum is No. 3 in the nation the Lexington Region title game. They are the first No. at 26.2 points per game. The junior guard needs 25 7 seed to reach the national points to break Chiney Ogsemifinals since Minnesota wumike’s Pac-12 scoring in 2004. Back then, the surprising record (967), and she needs 57 points for a 1,000-point Huskies were still trying to season. find their identity. Today, they’re a confident, relaxed TURNOVERS bunch eager to play. Syracuse leads the naNeighbors learned something else during that game tion in turnover-margin at plus-10.28 by forcing 24.22 — it’s not easy matching turnovers per game, the wits with Hillsman. most in the ACC. The Hus“We can’t simulate (Syrakies, meanwhile, have only cuse) without having our 34 turnovers in four NCAA guys’ practice team here,” Neighbors said. “You would Tournament games.

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Oklahoma’s guard Buddy Hield (24) and Khadeem Lattin stand on the bench during Saturday’s 95-51 loss to Villanova in the NCAA Final Four semifinals in Houston.

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From Page B1 The unanimous All-America selection was 3 for 8 in the first half, including 1 of 5 from beyond the arc. Hield came into the game shooting 46.5 percent from 3-point range. “Just playing defensively as a team ... we contained him,” Hart said. Hield kept putting on and off his familiar white sleeve on his right arm. On or off didn’t matter this night as the Sooners absorbed their worst loss of the season. Villanova shot 71.4 percent for the game (35 of 49) while the Sooners finished at 31.7 percent (19 of 60). The Wildcats only missed five of 22 shots in the second half. Kris Jenkins added 18 points for Villanova and Ryan Arcidiacono had 15. Jordan Woodard led the Sooners with 12 points and Hield had nine on 4-of-12 shooting, including 1 of 8 from 3-point range. Villanova turned the tables from the December meeting with a 21-4 run in the first half. The Wildcats made one less 3-pointer in the run than they did in 32 attempts in the 78-55 loss at Pearl Harbor. Mikal Bridges, Jenkins and Arcidiacono hit the long jumpers for Villanova and Oklahoma, meanwhile, couldn’t get anything going. The Sooners

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went 4 ½ minutes without scoring. They committed four turnovers on their five possessions of the drought and the fifth was a missed 3 by Hield that was partially blocked by Hart. Hart capped the half for Villanova with a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left that made it 42-28. The Wildcats had as many assists (9) as Oklahoma did turnovers. Villanova shot 66.7 percent (18 of 27) while the Sooners were just 12 for 25 (48 percent), usually a pretty good number but not when the opponent shoots like the Wildcats.

With one down in the seventh, Wadsworth looped a fly ball that got caught in the swirling winds at Riley Park and fell just out of the reach of USCL right fielder Ryan Mason for a double. Heffner followed with a 7-pitch at-bat that saw him just miss a double over the first base bag that went foul and another where he barely caught a piece to stay alive. “I don’t think I saw a fastball the entire time,” Heffner said. “It was nothing but offspeed. He kept throwing me changeups (at the end) and that was his mistake because I was able to take advantage of it.” Heffner connected on a single to right field that went just past the outstretched glove of Lancers second baseman Walt Ballentine. Wadsworth raced home and crossed standing up as the throw from Mason was offline. “We caught a couple breaks there in that inning and fortunately we were able to take advantage of them,” Heffner said. So did Lancaster. USCS starter Jamie Morlan was pitching a 2-hit shutout when he ran into trouble in the fifth. USCL sent 11 men to the plate -- starting with back-to-back singles to lead off the inning -- and a 2-out error allowed the Lancers to score three unearned runs and tie the game. Morlan left after 4 2/3 innings. He allowed six runs, three earned, on six hits with two strikeouts, five walks and a hit batter.

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USC Sumter’s Jason Miller, left, is forced out at second as USC Lancaster Jonathan Sabo throws to first during the Fire Ants’ 7-6 victory on Saturday in Game One of a doubleheader at Riley Park. The Lancers won the second game 8-6 to force a split. “(I) did a lousy job of leaving the starting pitcher in too long both games,” Medlin said. “I’ll take the blame for that. I’ve done it three times this year. But Jamie and Austin Hawley and Zach Mosay have earned it and I’m going to stick with them. Same with those guys in the pen.” Jake Trejo came in and got the last out for USC Sumter and picked up the win after tossing 2 1/3 scoreless innings to close out the game. Patrick Price led the Fire Ants with two hits and three runs batted in. He had an RBI single in the first and a 2-run base-knock in a 4-run fourth inning. Mickey Dugan also had two hits, including a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first and an RBI single in the fourth. The second contest was almost the opposite script. USC Lancaster scored eight runs over the first four innings -- capped by Jonathan Sabo’s 2-run homer in the fourth as it appeared the Lancers were

going to take the game going away. But a trio of USCL errors in the fourth inning opened the door for a comeback. Dugan and Tee Dubose each had a 2-run single and CJ Farias drove in another as the Fire Ants sent 11 men to the plate and brought in six runs to cut the deficit to 8-6. That was as close as USCS got though as Lancaster relievers Brandon Justice and David Pattinson came in and closed the door. “Give them credit because those two guys came in and shut us down,” Medlin said. “But I liked our approach and I liked what our bullpen was able to do. I can’t wait to get out here tomorrow.” The Fire Ants used six pitchers in the game and four of them put up zeroes. Hawley, the starter, allowed six runs, five earned, on four hits with four strikeouts, two walks and two hit batters. Dubose had two hits and drove in three runs total on the day. Jason Miller and Wadsworth had two hits each as well.

PRETTY CLOSE The teams were as close as you can possibly get in the final AP poll. Villanova was sixth and Oklahoma seventh. Both teams spent time at No. 1 this season.

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African dance and music are always an integral part of the Festival on the Avenue. From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, entertainment of all sorts will fill three stages along Manning Avenue.

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he 9th annual Festival on the Avenue comes to South Sumter at 7 p.m. Thursday night with a tribute to the community; divided into three sections, the program that night at

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 315 W. Fulton St., begins with the recognition of several citizens and groups for their civic contributions and continues with a golf tournament, a parade, music and the popular Taste of Soul on the Avenue on Friday and Saturday. State Representative David Weeks, D-Sumter, was one of the founders of the festival and remains an organizer for the event. While he said he enjoys the entire festival, the Thursday night program is a special interest for him. “We’ll start with the presentation of the Heritage Awards, which recognize everyday citizens who’ve done a lot for the community,” he said.

This year’s award recipients are: • The Rev. Franklin Colclough, Presbyterian Church USA, retired; • The Rev. Marion Newton, Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church; • The Rev. Robert L. McCants Jr., presiding elder AME 7th District (Sumter); • Ione Dwyer, Sumter city councilwoman;

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African drumming is always featured at the festival. The Krast Universal Temple Afrikan Drummers performed at last year’s event. Singers, dancers and other performers will entertain on three separate stages on Saturday.

Weeks files for House seat; Christian school closing 75 YEARS AGO – 1941 Aug. 25-31 John McMillan, recently appointed assistant coach at Sumter High School, has been elected to serve as head coach during the absence of W.J. “Bill” Clark, who has been called to active army Yesteryear duty. Clark’s position will in Sumter be held for SAMMY WAY him until his return from the army, or if he fails to pass the physical examination he can return to his job. McMillan was graduated last year

from the University of South Carolina. • Lt. W.B. “Billy” Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Gibson of Sumter, has been selected as the most outstanding officer of the 67th Coast Artillery for the period of April 1 to Aug. 1. • The Sumter Daily Item recently began service to Summerton and David “Sonny” Gordin, a Summerton native, became one of the paper’s newest delivery boys. • C.M. Emanuel was elected chief deputy sheriff at a meeting of the Sumter County police commission. Named to serve as rural police were W.J. Seale, Sam Newman, B.J. Bradley, S.B. Geddings and Louis Tisdale. Needs for guns

1966 — This 1921 Rolls Royce Salamanca will be on display July 4 at Wesmark Plaza shopping center during Woolco Department Store’s Classic Auto Show. The handsome display will also be held the night of the Fourth. and equipment were discussed at the session, which was attended by commission members,Harvey Tiller and J.

Ryan White, and Sheriff George L. Mabry. • Reservations for the Friday night dinner meeting of

the University of South Carolina Alumni Association, third judicial district, to be held in Sumter, have been so numerous that Dr. W. L. McCutcheon, alumni association vice-president for the district, believes that the alumni meeting will be largest ever held in Sumter. Dr. J. Rion McKissick, president of the University of South Carolina, will be the principal speaker. Other guests from the University who are expected are Mrs. McKissick, John W. Crews, alumni president, Coach Rex Enright and Ralph Lewis, alumni secretary. • Lt. R.A. Moses and W.M. Reynolds of Sumter will be

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Rodgers-Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Terry Rodgers of Manning announce the engagement of their daughter, Candace Rodgers of Manning, to Kyle Keefe of Sumter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Keefe of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rodgers of Sumter and Mrs. Sarah Ann Poplin and the late Dr. F. Wayne Poplin Sr. of Manning. She graduated from Central Carolina Technical College. She is employed as a registered nurse by Palmetto Health Tuomey. The bridegroom-elect is the

grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Keefe of Lake City and Mrs. Joan Ballew and the late Mr. Joel Ballew of Cayce. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor of science in physical education. He is employed by Simpson Hardware and Sports. The wedding is planned for May 7, 2016, at Home Branch Baptist Church in Manning. ••• The couple is registered at Belk, www.belk.com; and Bed, Bath and Beyond, www.bedbathandbeyond.com.

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Tribble-Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. Reid W. Tribble of Columbia announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Rowe Tribble of Columbia, to Preston Reid Schwartz of Sumter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Schwartz of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. David E. Tribble and the late Mr. and Mrs. Pride G. Ratterree, all of Columbia. She graduated from AC Flora High School and Clemson University. She is employed by Charleston County School District. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Oliver Gulledge and Mr. Ramon Schwartz and the late Mrs. Rosa W. Schwartz, all of Sumter. He graduated from Wilson Hall and Clemson University. He is employed by CSX Corp. The wedding is planned for June 11, 2016, at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia. MISS TRIBBLE

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Hursts celebrate 60 years Howell and Libby Hurst of Sumter celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on March 31, 2016. A party was given in their honor by their four children and their spouses: Debbie and Charlie Fosset and Don and Becky Hurst, all of Sumter;

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DEAR ABBY — I’m writing to ask what’s the classy way to handle a touchy situation. My Dear Abby mother-inABIGAIL law lives VAN BUREN with my husband and me because she’s financially unable to live on her own. She sometimes goes away on trips and vacations with her church and “boyfriends.” About a month ago, I noticed several items of nice clothing and shoes had gone missing. I asked if anyone had seen them and got a negative reply. Well, I saw some pictures of my mother-in-law from a recent trip that someone had posted online, and she was wearing some of the missing items. She has since returned, but they haven’t been returned. I haven’t confronted her about it yet, but I need to figure out how to get my things back without blowing my top. She does this frequently. They usually turn up after about six months, in places I know I didn’t put them. How do I put a stop to this once and for all? Upset fashionista DEAR UPSET — Show your mother-in-law the pictures you spotted and see how she reacts. You didn’t mention whether she may be losing her memory and not remember she has taken things or if she’s just lightfingered. The way to fix this would be to install a lock on your closet or bedroom door and use it. (You might also want to explore putting her name on a list for low-cost

senior housing if any is available in your community.) DEAR ABBY — I work for a public library. A customer came up the other day holding a book she was interested in and asked, “Does this smell like cigarette smoke to you?” It did, so I apologized and added it to the box of items to be disposed of. This happens often. Books are returned by obviously heavy smokers with the pages so saturated with the odor of stale tobacco that they must be set aside to see if it will dissipate. Sometimes they smell better after a day or so, but often we have no choice but to throw perfectly good books away. It’s frustrating, because the cost of books, DVDs and other materials adds up. We don’t have a policy for charging the offenders. So, Abby, I hope you will pass along the “hint” to heavy smokers that if they smoke while reading their library books, they’re creating extra costs for the library and their fellow taxpayers, and affecting more than just their own health. Library employee in Washington DEAR L.E. — I understand your problem because many years ago there was no rule in the Dear Abby office against smoking on the premises, and several of my mother’s assistants were heavy smokers. In those days, readers’ questions all arrived via snail mail rather than via the Internet, and I vividly remember my mother complaining that when letters were delivered to her home, the tobacco odor was so strong it made it hard for her to review them.

Foreign adoptions by Americans dropping BY DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 12 percent last year to the lowest level since 1981, according to new State Department figures. The department’s report for the 2015 fiscal year shows 5,648 adoptions from abroad, down from 6,438 in 2014 and about 75 percent below the high of 22,884 in 2004. The number has fallen every year since then, to the frustration of many adoption advocates in the U.S. China, as is customary, accounted for the most children adopted in the U.S. Its total of 2,354 was up 15 percent from 2014, but far below the peak of 7,903 in 2005. However, there was a sharp drop in adoptions from other countries that had been high on the 2014 list: The numbers fell from 716 to 335 for Ethiopia, from 521 to 303 for Ukraine and from 464 to 143 for Haiti. Even with the decline, Ethiopia was No. 2 on the list, followed by South Korea, Ukraine, Uganda, Bulgaria, Latvia and Congo. Lawmakers in Uganda passed a bill in March that sets tough new conditions for adoptions by foreigners, so its numbers may drop for the 2016 fiscal year from 202 in 2015. The numbers from Congo may rise from the 168 adoptions reported for 2015; authorities there have finally begun issuing long-delayed exit permits for many children who’d been stuck there for more than two years despite court approval of their adoptions. There were no adoptions from Russia, which once accounted for hundreds of U.S. adoptions each year, but imposed a ban that fully took effect in 2014. The ban served as retaliation for a U.S. law targeting alleged Russian human-

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In this Nov. 11, 2015 file photo, Jennifer and Eric Sands of Illinois, right, accompanied by their adopted daughter Joy, 12, left, smile as their adopted son Issaac, 12, center, arrives from Congo at Dulles International Airport, in Dulles, Virginia. The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 12 percent last year to the lowest level since 1981, according to new State Department figures. rights violators. The last time there were fewer foreign adoptions to the U.S. overall was in 1981, when, according to U.S. immigration figures, there were 4,868 adoptions from abroad. Concerns about corruption, child-trafficking and baby-selling have prompted the United States to suspend adoptions from several countries in recent years, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala and Nepal. Guatemala, which for a few years provided the most children for U.S. adoptions, accounted for 13 last year — cases that were pending when

adoptions were suspended in 2007. Nepal accounted for two U.S. adoptions last year; there were none from Vietnam and Cambodia. In each case, U.S. officials have been working with local authorities to curtail corruption and trafficking, with the goal of eventually giving the go-ahead for resumption of some foreign adoptions. Chuck Johnson, CEO of the National Council of Adoption and a critic of State Department adoption policy, expressed dismay at the stead overall decline, saying the world’s orphan population was growing annually by millions.

Many countries “are begging the U.S. for help establishing intercountry adoption programs — and the U.S. has been slow to respond,” Johnson said in an email. He said some relatively impoverished nations have been told to improve their child welfare systems and cut down on child trafficking in order to qualify for a full-fledged adoption arrangement with the United States. Yet these countries often lack the resources to meet the goals set by U.S. officials, Johnson contended. “The absolute reality is that unadopted children are the most likely to be trafficked,”

Johnson wrote. “There are tens of thousands of Americans — and many in other countries too — who want to open their hearts and homes to children, but are not considered a viable alternative.” However, Johnson said he was encouraged that some State Department officials now seemed committed to reversing the decline in adoptions to the extent possible. The State Department reported that 93 American children were adopted by residents of foreign countries last year — 39 of them went to Canada and 37 to the Netherlands.

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Employees of Brown’s Gulf Station, above, stand in front of the newly constructed building on North Washington Street in 1965. An addition to Korn Industries at a cost of $40,000, left, was approved in 1965 as construction in Sumter continued to grow.

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Clayton Lowder’s Esso Station.

Take a look back at Sumter’s mid-’60s

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eflections continues a look at construction undertaken in Sumter in the mid-1960s and the value of some of the properties. It is far from complete, which indicates the extent of the additions

to businesses in Sumter and the rapid growth of the community.

In 1965, B.F. Goodrich was permitted to build a facility at a cost of $63,000 at 330 N. Main St.; Westbury Lumber Co. would erect an office and retail outlet at 143 S. Lafayette Blvd. The new Clark’s Discount Store was permitted to build at 207 Broad St., a facility costing $275,000. A new Gulf Oil Co. gas station was permitted to build on North Washington Street at a cost of Sammy Way $40,531. A new bus station received a permit REFLECTIONS to construct a facility at 320 Hampton Ave. valued at $24,097. On May 5 and July 1, permits were issued for 63 new units of the Holiday Inn for a total of $200,000. This addition brought the inn’s total units to 131. The following list details dates of issue of building permits and construction costs for local businesses and organizations: On July 6 a steel fabricating building was added to B.L. Montague Co., 303 E. Liberty St. for $60,000; Nov.10 – an office and equipment addition to the General Telephone Co. plant at 115 N. Washington St. costing $133,440; on Nov. 24 for alterations and repairs to the composing room and press room of The Sumter Item for $37,370; on Dec. 8 an addition to the furniture plant at Korn Industries for $40,000. On May 21 an addition to the National Bank of South Carolina in which the loan department will be located for $63,000. The largest building project in a threemile radius of downtown included five buildings in Wesmark Plaza, among them the giant Woolco Department Store and two supermarkets. On Nov. 16, the new IGA Supermarket at 1200 Pocalla Road at $60,000; on Sept. 24 for a school bus maintenance shop by the S.C. Education Finance Commission on Mooneyhan Road at $36,000; on Feb. 25, Clayton Lowder’s grocery store at 1165 Broad St. for $25,000; on Oct 14 a new sanctuary by

Clark’s Discount Store stood on the corner of Broad Street and Crescent Avenue. Construction costs in 1965 were $275,000. A furniture store now operates there. the First Church of God at Wise Drive and Rast Street at $72,000. The construction of new homes in the city and in the surrounding area during 1965 was heavy. Residential building within the city limits was estimated at $1,675,088 compared with $819,285 for 1964. In 1965 a total of 219 new homes was built at an estimated value of $2,553,247. The average cost of the homes both in the city and the three-mile area was about $13,000. However, inside the city limits the average cost was slightly more than $16,000. Robert Palmer, president of Riley and Co., one of the city’s most active home builders, estimated that his firm built from 21 to 22 new residences ranging from $20,000 to $30,000 in and near the city during the year. These homes, all of them brick, had three or four bedrooms, two baths, air conditioning, den and kitchen, built-in stoves and dishwashers and double carports. He added that the demand for new homes was high during the year with the influx of Exide employees and Shaw Air Force personnel and their families. Palmer noted that builders of homes faced one difficult problem, and that was the acquisition of good building lots where city sewage facilities are

The B.F. Goodrich Tire Co., above, operated on the corner of Warren and North Main streets. A new Greyhound bus station, left, was constructed on the corner of Lafayette Boulevard and Hampton Avenue, where Taco Bell now stands. available. In November of 1964 it was announced in The Sumter Daily Item by City Planning Director Ed Gussio that 10 new subdivisions were “either approved, tentatively approved or in the preliminary stages of development” for the Sumter community. The developments would encompass 575 acres and include 757 lots. Among the larger subdivisions being developed were The Village, comprising 106 acres north of McCrays Mill Road; Beckridge Park, 147 acres, off the Pinewood Road near the Sunset Country Club; and Buxton subdivision, 175 acres, located west of Alice Drive in the Wise Drive vicinity. In addition to the explosion of residential development, the city issued permits to build a classroom, library,

The “giant Woolco department store” was in Wesmark Plaza, the largest building project within 3 miles of downtown Sumter.

science and administration building for Clemson University at Palmetto Park at an estimated cost of $834,000. In addition to the new school facilities under construction, preliminary work had started on the 70-unit Downtowner Motor Inn being built on the corner of North Main Street and Loring Place. The 1960s were a dynamic period of industrial growth and economic expansion in Sumter. This acceleration of development may have slowed, but it did not stop in spite of an economic slowdown being experienced nationally shortly thereafter. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 7741294.

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FESTIVAL FROM PAGE C1 • Cheryl Johnson McKnight, community activist; • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., for educational initiatives; • Enon Baptist Church Mass Choir; and • Lucille Hastings, retired educator – Humanitarian Award. After the presentations, Weeks will host a gala reception, during which guests can tour the Living Museum. Weeks explained that the Living Museum comprises 12 vignettes with volunteers from Girl Scouts, fraternities, sororities, church groups and neighborhood associations portraying outstanding African-Americans from the fields of medicine, politics, the arts, sports, the military, education and others. “Like all the events of the festival, this is open to the public,” Weeks said. “Everything is free, except the fee for Friday’s golf tournament and food and other items from vendors Friday night and Saturday.” The Festival on the Avenue Golf Tournament, now in its fifth year, is open to the public. Format for the tournament is 4-man captain’s choice, with an entry fee of $200 per team. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. Friday, with the competition beginning at 8. Grand prize — for a hole-inone — is a new Chevrolet Malibu. To sign up visit the website festivalontheavenue. com or call any of the organizers listed below. Friday night’s Taste of Soul on the Avenue will feature a

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EVENT SCHEDULE Thursday, April 7, 2016 • 7 – 9 p.m. The Living Museum Presentation of Heritage Awards Reception Mount Zion Enrichment Center 315 W. Fulton St. Friday, April 8, 2016 • 8 a.m. — 5th Annual Golf Tournament Shotgun Start 4-man captain’s choice format Crystal Lakes Golf Course, Sumter • 6 to 9 p.m. —SCA Taste of Soul on the Avenue Live music with Horizon South Sumter Farmer’s Market next to the South Sumter Resource Center Saturday, April 9, 2016 • 10 a.m. Festival on the Avenue Parade • 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Family activities, food, art, entertainment, more Manning Avenue

menu of soul foods, including everything from ribs, barbecue, fish and fried chicken to collard greens and a variety of desserts, including sweet potato pie, jelly cake and more. Entertaining for the Taste for the second year will be HorizonBandSC, a group of young musicians who play gospel, jazz and R&B. The band has played for large events and has opened for the legendary CeCe Winans and jazz saxophonist and flautist Najee. They also per-

YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 among the 102 cadets who will report on Monday, Sept. 1, to the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, to assume their duties as members of the training cadre in charge of the recruiting class. • Rogers food stores will continue to close at 1 o’clock on Thursday afternoons throughout the winter, it was announced by J.W. McElveen, manager of the store on North Main Street. For most businesses, yesterday afternoon was the last free one, the halfholiday having been adopted only for the months of May, June, July and August. • Fourteen awards were made to Boy Scouts of the Sumter District at the court of honor held in the county courtroom Wednesday night. Richard Hudson of troop 34 was promoted to Star Scout and received a merit badge in safety. Thomas Faucette of troop 38 received merit badges in pioneering, rowing and swimming. Merit badge awards were made to scouts of troop 38, Dickie Bradford, first aid; Charles Nabors, rowing and swimming; Jack Black, bugling and bookbinding. Three scouts of troop 34, Kimball Huggins, Louie Powell and Leonard Rogers were promoted to rank of Second Class Scouts as was Nickie Nichols of troop 38.

50 YEARS AGO – 1966 June 27 – July 3 Lt. Col George W. Cap and Maj. Joseph E. Summerour Jr., former members of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw AFB, flew the 10,000th sortie for the 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in Southeast Asia earlier this month. Colonel Cap, pilot and Major Summerour, 35, navigator, of Sumter, have been flying the RB-57 Canberra with the 460th Wing since its activation Feb. 18. They flew the milestone mission over the Mekong River Delta to photograph U. S. Army Special Forces camps for defensive planning purposes. • Before the largest crowd in over two years at Sumter Raceway, Robbie Hynes drove his 1955 Chevrolet to a first place finish in the 35-lap Late Model race Saturday night. It was Hynes’ second consecutive victory and his third of the year. Finishing in second-place was Lee Johnson in a ‘55 Ford, followed by H.C. Pritchard, ’55 Chevy; and Jimmy Powell, ’55 Ford. • Sumter vaulted to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and then coasted the rest of the way to a 9-1 American Legion victory over Manning Tuesday night. Tommy Hall made his first start on the mound in 10 days and went the route securing his second win of the year against one defeat. • Miss Marie Hadley, well-known soprano, will appear in a recital at Morris College. Miss Hadley has traveled abroad and her voice has been heard throughout Europe, as well as in the

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The 2015 Festival on the Avenue begins with a parade from Central Carolina Technical College Health Sciences Center over the Britton Bridge to Manning Avenue to the Newton Life Enrichment Center. This year’s parade, the ninth, will follow the same route, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. form annually at the Legends of ... concert series in Columbia. Festival on the Avenue cofounder Patty Wilson said the band is “talented, exciting and can play anything. The crowd loves them.” As has become a tradition, the Taste will be held at the Farmers Market, beside the South Sumter Resource Center. That is also near the Manning Avenue Free (Art) Studio, where David Sanders, artist and owner, and also one of the festival’s founders, will preside over the annual art show on Saturday. Saturday events begin at 10 a.m. with the festival parade, a procession of bands, dignitaries, civic groups, floats, horses, antique cars, school and church groups, military groups, clowns and more.

New York Choral Society. She has had the experience of studying in New York under Edward Boatner, arranger and teacher. Her recital will consist of works by Scarlatti, Schubert, Brahms, Puccini, Verdi and other outstanding composers. Miss Hadley will sing in Italian, German and French. • Heading the Tuesday-morning Petticoat Bowling League in 1966-67 will be Mae Witters, president; Esther Schlemmer, vice-president; Jean Mahoney, secretary-treasurer; and Lucille Leslie, sergeant-at-arms. Winners include: The Wesmark Plaza team, made up of Lucille Leslie, Liz Kolb, Bettie Ridley and Joyce Hanna, took the first-place award. Second place went to the Goofers, with Joe Ann Hall, Freda Thomson, Dot Poss and Judie Pomakatch. • Rowland Alston of Rembert has been selected as a 4-H representative to the National Youth Conference on Natural Beauty and Conservation in Washington, D.C., June 26-29. Rowland, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. LeNoir, Rt. 2 Rembert, is a member of Horatio 4-H Club, and is a graduate of Hillcrest High School. He is among 500 young people representing the nation’s 10 largest youth agencies, who will explore the role that youth can play in natural beauty and conservation. • The newly formed Sumter Artists Guild decided on officers and started plans for an August art exhibit at the group’s second organizational meeting June 28. Mrs. J.T. Kirven was named president of the guild. Other officers included Mrs. Mildred White, first vice-president; Mrs. Katie Damron, second vice-president; Lad Chandler, recording secretary; Bob Jones corresponding secretary; and Roland McCollum, treasurer.

25 YEARS AGO – 1991 March 28 – April 3 The concrete floor at the New Horizons Teen Center is patched over with squares of worn out and trampled green, orange and beige carpet. There is no air conditioning, and the converted warehouse smells like a musty old warehouse. Still, the teenagers come – hundreds of them every weekend. “It’s not the prettiest place,” said Tom Cloer, a 24-year-old graduate of Furman University recently hired by Sumter County to oversee the teen center. “But the kids wanted this place and they worked with what they had.” • The U.S. general who masterminded the air war says he worries that the allies’ crushing victory over Iraq is glorifying war to Americans. “Because we made it look easy, people think it was easy – but it wasn’t,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles A. Horner, head of Central Command Air Forces. “This was a violently fought War, and we seized everything we got,” he said. • The Brookland-Cayce softball team’s cheers filled Artillery Field prior to the contest with Sumter, but it was the Gamecocks who came away celebrating a 5-1 victory. Sumter pitch-

Grand Marshals for this year’s parade are Dr. Pearl B. Clark and the Rev. Ellie Palmer. “Dr. Clark contributed a lot to the community and was the ‘Iron Lady’ on the S.C. Cosmetology Association,” Weeks said. “Rev. Palmer was a longtime educator who was principal at Mayewood High School. They’ll be riding in the first two cars in the parade on Saturday.” In addition to being an impressive spectacle, the parade is also symbolic of the mission of the Festival on the Avenue when it was started in 2008. At that time, Wilson said the goal was twofold: “to celebrate the people and history of South Sumter,” and to “bridge the gap” between South Sumter and the rest of

er Jennie Hankins scattered five hits in seven innings of work in a strong outing. She was also the first run of the game when she took a walk to lead off the bottom of the second. After a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice, Hankins stole home on a Sumter double steal. The runner going to second, Iris Sanchez, overran the base and was tagged out on the play. • Booth Chilcutt will be more than just an interested spectator among the 47,100 people who will pack the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis for the Final Four. He will be there to see his youngest son, Pete, play for North Carolina against Kansas in hope of advancing to Monday’s national championship game. Booth admits excitement in the fact that Pete, a 6-10 forward, is playing in such a high-profile contest. • Sumter attorney J. David Weeks will run for the state House seat held by former Sumter Rep. Larry Blanding. Weeks, a Democrat, filed with his party shortly after filing opened. Officials with Sumter’s Democratic and Republican parties said Weeks, 36, was the only candidate to file to date. • Sumter’s Bendix Automotive Systems plant announced this week a $3.3 million improvement program that company officials believe can earn the plant a larger share of the automobile and slight truck brake market. Engineers and an employee involvement team at Bendix’s drum brake plant in the Sumter Industrial Park began operating the first of five new automated assembly lines. The five high-tech final assembly lines, which will replace 7 conventional lines, are expected to be fully operational within a year. • Jason Riley Cannon, a 10th-grader at Hillcrest High School, received three awards for his science exhibit at the Central South Carolina 35th Annual Region II Science Fair held at the Carolina Coliseum. Cannon’s “Atmospheric Optical Communication” exhibit won first place on the school and district level, which advanced on to the state level. There he received first place in the U.S. Navy Science award, U.S. Marine Corps Certificate of Achievement in Science, and the S.C. Optical Association award, which included a cash prize. • Two Wilson Hall students will attend the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts this summer at Furman University. Junior Rucht Lilavivat and Freshman Pressley Wilson are among students from around the state who will attend the five-week artistic enrichment program. Wilson, who auditioned for judges, will attend theater classes, and Lilavivat, who submitted essays, will attend creative writing classes. • Jim and Billie Eargle spend time washing labels off bottles and cans and stomping on their milk jugs each week. They are Sumter recyclers, and they find the task a little easier since they joined some 1,499 other households in the city’s 2-month-old pilot curbside recycling program. They used to carry recyclables to the recy-

the city. The Britton Bridge marks the transition from South Main Street to Manning Avenue, and to many, she said then, it stood as a barrier rather than a connection between South Sumter and the center and north part of town. “What we’re trying to say is ‘It doesn’t matter where you came from, there are beautiful people in every corner of Sumter, and very talented ones,” Wilson said. Performances and other activities on Saturday include gospel, jazz, reggae, rap music, dance, drum lines as well as storytelling, visual arts, crafts, chalk-art competitions, discussion groups, poetry, food vendors and other “street-side fun,” organizers said. Weeks, who was grand marshal for the first festival, said he thinks while the event is making slow progress toward its goal, it is making progress. “Citizens have a lot of pride, have embraced the festival and its goal,” he said. “It’s been a full community event, which is the best part of all of this. The crowds have grown larger and more diverse each year. I think people are realizing there’s always something to be seen, something to do in the South Sumter community.” For more information about the Festival on the Avenue contact: • Perry Tiller (803) 983-5868 • Patty Wilson (803) 491-4910 • Fred Ballard (803) 469-7778 • Joe Jefferson (803) 464-5558 • David Sanders (803) 9837233 • Lewis Watkins (347) 8311243 • Ben Bailey (803) 840-8371

cling center on Artillery Drive, but now they just fill up the green plastic bin the city provided and carry it to the curb. • A high school instructor convicted of conspiring with a student to murder her husband concedes she acted oddly after the murder, but “then nobody gave me the 22-year-old widow’s handbook.” In an interview, 23-yearold Pamela Smart also said she doubted she would be convicted. “I thought there were two options: I would be found not guilty or there would be a hung jury. I never conceived this would become a reality.” • Since he was a child in Brooklyn, John Spagner has loved kites. He and his childhood friends would make diamond-shaped kites from newspaper or brown paper and climb to the roof for a day of playing with the breeze. Today, Spagner designs his own kites from common materials such as garbage bags and dowels, and offers tips on how to make your own kites. In February he taught a group of 4-H members to make kites. • Four of six school districts in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties do not have a policy on school prayer or religion, but administrators have said there’s never been cause for one. But the time may be coming, as the S.C. American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Supreme Court have renewed interests in religion and whether public school students’ First Amendment rights are in some cases being violated. • The Sumter Gallery of Art will host a foyer exhibit this month of Item staff photographers Heyward “Bruz” M. Crowson Jr., Jim Lee, Micheline Phelan and Milt Putnam. Sumter native Bruz Crowson graduated from Sumter High School and received a liberal arts degree from Wingate College. Encouraged by his father to pursue a career in photography, he has been with The Item for 20 years and has received numerous awards for his photographs. • Bill Brewer is stepping down as the head coach of the Manning-Santee American Legion baseball team after six years at the helm. Brewer, who will still help with the program, will be succeeded by assistant coach Toy McCord. “I’m just not able to spend as much time with it as I have in the past,” Brewer said in explaining his decision to give up the head job. “I will help with the pitchers some, and I’ll help do a lot of the paperwork that goes with the American Legion.” • Seventy students will attend a new school, and 11 employees will have to find new jobs when Temple Baptist Christian School closes after 17 years of educating Sumter County youth. “The enrollment just wasn’t there. Sumter’s just not big enough for two Christian schools,” Temple Baptist Church Pastor Ray Anglea said, referring to his school. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 7741294.

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For some, leaving workforce continues years after retiring BY ADAM ALLINGTON For The Associated Press

Factors leading to the appeal of bridge jobs include longer life expectancies and OULDER, Colo. — less physically demanding The transition from work, according to Quinn. His data also suggest the propenemployment to resity to seek out bridge employment is highest at both tirement used to be ends of the wage spectrum, marked by a date on a cal- with blue-collar workers acting out of financial necessity, endar, along with some while wealthier workers sheet cake and a maybe a think of it more as a lifestyle choice. gold watch. Those days Laura Thompson drove a are long gone for most bus for 25 years in Detroit before retiring 16 years ago. workers in the United “For a while I was completely States. retired,” says Thompson. “But eventually, I just felt like Today, the journey toward complete withdrawal from the I still had it in me to do something, plus the extra income labor force can last many years. Economists refer to the is nice too.” These days Thompson transition period as “bridge keeps busy by working part employment.” As more and time as a chef at a local more Americans either homeless shelter. She says the choose, or are forced, into decision was less about necesbridge employment, the exsity and more about a desire pectation of what retirement to help out. Still, she says it actually means is rapidly isn’t uncommon for retired changing. “We shouldn’t even use the bus drivers to keep working. “Our pensions have already word ‘retirement’ any more. been cut by the city,” ThompIt obscures more than it enlightens,” says Boston College son says, “I mean, I could probably scrape by without economist Joseph Quinn. working, but I don’t want to Quinn’s research has do that, not if I can help it.” shown that for many seniors A somewhat open question today, retirement is not a oneis whether bridge jobs are time event, but rather a protruly bridges to retirement cess. He attributes it to a or just another job change, changing economic picture that encourages more seniors perhaps one of many, in a seemingly unending working to choose work over leisure. career. Bridge jobs, Quinn says, “I don’t want to be too Pol“tend to be lower pay and less lyannaish about bridge jobs likely to have pension and because part of this is likely a health benefits, but since many people are taking these reaction to the erosion of retirement security in the U.S.,” jobs voluntarily, they obviously provide some advantag- says Monique Morrissey, an economist with Economic es — most likely flexible Policy Institute, a Washinghours, since more than half ton-based think tank with ties of the bridge jobs are partto organized labor. time.” Morrissey says older AmerAccording to data from the icans are facing a gradual University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study, erosion of retirement benefits. Specifically, she points to roughly 6 out of 10 men and the transition to 401(k)s over women of retirement age defined-benefit pensions, as don’t plan to leave the labor well as the eventual increase force when they leave their in the retirement age up to 67, full-time career jobs.

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Gloria Adamson, 81, of Boulder, Colorado, said she never planned to be working this late in life.

‘I figure by the time I’m 100, I will be in better shape financially. I might think about retiring then.’ GLORIA ADAMSON 81-year-old woman who still remains in the workforce a move she says amounts to an “across-the-board cut in benefits.” The fact that bridge jobs occupy an increasing portion of the labor force suggests that wage income is an increasingly important part of retirement planning for many seniors. The traditional model of a retirement income is a “three-legged stool,” composed of Social Security, pensions and savings. However an analysis of census data by the Social Security Administration found that since the mid-1980s, earnings as per-

centage of income has more than doubled and is still rising (for people 65 and older). Gloria Adamson, 81, says she never planned to be working this late in life. “I simply have to work,” she says. “Retirement isn’t even in the picture, to tell you the truth.” To cover her bills, Adamson started working as an adjunct professor in the Colorado community college system 13 years ago. According to a 2014 congressional report, most adjuncts receive no benefits, and often earn a fraction of what

tenure-track faculty make. Therefore, Adamson says she was never able to build up much savings, or make adequate contributions to her pension. For the past year she has worked full-time teaching writing and rhetoric to freshmen at University of Colorado in Boulder, a job with better pay and benefits than what she got at the community college. She teaches three classes in addition to spending 10 hours a week tutoring students at the campus writing center. Still, Adamson says doesn’t feel cheated out of her retirement. “I learned a trick some time ago that if I make my work important enough to me, I won’t have a lot of time to do other things,” she says, with a slight smile. “I figure by the time I’m 100, I will be in better shape financially. I might think about retiring then.”

Choosing to do your own taxes? You need to know a few things BY ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK — As though paying taxes isn’t annoying enough, prices and plans for tax software keep changing. What was best for you last year isn’t necessarily so now. Software makers will try to hook you in with free options, then get you to upgrade along the way. All major tax software will guide you with questions, much like an interview, to help you find savings: Do you have kids? Did you make charitable contributions? Many will also retrieve your records electronically, so that you don’t have to enter numbers yourself and potentially make mistakes — though this is where you might be asked to upgrade. Even small businesses and selfemployed individuals with complicated returns can use software. Some higher-end packages include help lines with humans on the other end.

Resist any offers to upgrade until you really have to as it can be tough to drop back down later. Don’t use your credit card to pay taxes or your refund to pay for tax software, as fees typically apply.

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It might seem unnerving to have your financial data sitting on some remote server, but using downloaded software, with data kept on your PC, isn’t as safe as it might sound. Companies whose reputations depend on data security are probably better than you are at keeping machines secure, says Neill Feather, president of security company SiteLock. But Feather says there’s no such thing as 100 percent security, and hackers are going to find these companies to be richer targets than your lonely PC. That’s where additional safeguards come in. When you sign into TurboTax or TaxAct, a special code is sent to DESKTOP OR ONLINE? your email address. Hackers who You can download software to PETER BARRERAS / INTUIT TURBOTAX VIA AP get your tax password still wouldn’t have that code in your email inbox. your computer or use an online pro- Intuit TurboTax software sits on display at a retailer in Foster City, California. The filing (Don’t use the same password for gram. Online programs are usually deadline for 2015 taxes is April 18. your email.) cheaper, though households filing H&R Block gives you security multiple returns can share a downcheck to see if the state return is in- questions, such as where your first load. to a plan based on factors like job was, but someone could guess cluded — it’s usually not. If you Through mobile apps, online softwhether you’ve sold stocks. Keep in ware also has some features that mind that their recommended plans moved last year, you might also have that from your Facebook profile. When setting up the security questo pay for a second state. make it easier on filers, like the abil- typically aren’t free. tions, add some numbers or memoTaxAct offers a completely free ity to import data from your W-2 Even if you choose a free plan, rable phrase to the answers to make online option for both federal and paying a fee might be unavoidable. form by taking a picture of it. them difficult to guess. state — but if you have itemized de“Free” federal-tax software often CAN YOU FILE FOR FREE? There have been cases of identity comes with a filing fee. Don’t expect ductions or income from stocks, you’re booted up. H&R Block charg- thieves filing taxes on your behalf TurboTax, TaxAct and H&R Block to print the return and mail it in to and claiming the refund. Your best es for state but offers itemized deavoid the fee, as you might be rehave charts to compare their free recourse is to file early before the ductions in its free plan for federal stricted from doing so without payand paid plans. Those comparison thieves can. ing. Even when you see free e-filing, taxes. sites also have tools that guide you

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The thrill of bagging a turkey in the rain

here was a soft patter of raindrops on top of the small ground blind that had me lulled almost to sleep. I had been sitting for about an hour, peeping out of the small window openings at the wet field. The piney woods behind me glistened and sparkled in the soft light. The heavy clouds scudded along, and I could hear thunder in the distance. The blind has big windows that can be zipped down for expansive views, and smaller peephole windows that offer a more restricted view. I had the big window in front zipped all the way across, but only down about four inches, to help keep the raindrops out, and help keep me hidden. I had my turkey decoy out front at about 25 yards. On the sides I had the peephole windows barely open, but it was enough to see most of the surrounding field. I put this ground blind here for just this reason. A rainy day. I could stay warm and dry, without giving up too soon and heading back to the truck. I almost never sit in one any other time.This field had been planted in peanuts the year before, but has been fallow this year. It is carpeted in a beautiful stand of rusty red sour weed. The turkeys favor the field, as it is pretty remote and not heavily hunted.

I counted 12 different young gobblers, or “jakes,” in this field one day last year, so I knew there should be multiple big gobblers around this year. I was hopeful that one would come out in the Dan rain today. Geddings No one else was at OUTDOORS the club when I arrived at noon one day this past weekend. I had these 3,000 lowcountry acres all to myself. I changed into my hunting clothes and eventually headed out to the ground blind in the peanut field. The rain started as soon as I got to the blind.After a while I looked down at my watch and saw that it was about 3 p.m. “Turkey time,” I thought, and leaned over to look out the little peephole window on my right. “Big Gobbler!” He was standing erect, on full alert, at about 150 yards. I knew he could not see me, and I assumed his interest was in my decoy or even the ground blind, if he had not seen it before. He was out nearly 100 yards from the woods. “How did he get there without me seeing him?” I wondered.I glanced across the field and there

was another turkey on the far woodline at about 100 yards. By now my heart was thumping, and my breathing was labored. I had to calm myself down — it was way too soon to get so excited. I thought this other bird was also a gobbler. They had not moved yet. Very slowly I leaned down and picked up my small pair of binoculars that I had laid on the ground. They can fit in my shirt pocket, but are very powerful. I focused on the gobbler. He was a longbeard! The other one on the woodline was a hen. I hadn’t been able to tell without the binoculars - at that distance. I knew the gobbler would go wherever the hen went. They both stood still for a very long time, then the hen started walking very slowly down the woodline. The gobbler started walking slowly across the field toward the hen. They each would take a few steps, then stop, stand erect and look around for what seemed like a very long time. They were extremely wary. At one point the hen turned away and started back down the woodline. I pulled out my box call and made a soft yelp. She stopped, looked toward the decoy and started back. They both worked back across the field toward the woods on my right, then zigzagged back across the field toward

my front. The rain was heavier now, and they stopped and shook themselves often. I had my gun across my lap and had to shift around slowly to be able to make a shot out of the front of the blind. The gobbler eventually turned and started back down the field away from the hen. I yelped on the box call again. The gobbler stopped, but the hen trotted over toward the decoy. I didn’t look at her again, but focused only on the gobbler, as I knew now he would come. And he did. He was in gun range, and walking steadily toward the hen and the decoy. At about this time the hen “putted” out an alarm call. She had realized that the decoy wasn’t real. But, it was too late, I had my gun up and the gobbler was at about 40 yards. He turned and started straight away. When he put his head up I got the bead on him and made sure I was down tight on the stock. At the shot he rolled over and flopped in the wet grass. The rain had just about stopped when I walked out to claim my prize. I looked at my watch. It was 4 p.m. Dan Geddings is a weekly columnist for The Sumter Item. If you would like to contact him, you can email him at cdgeddings@gmail.com.

Now is the time to prep fields for successful fall dove hunt BY S.C. DNR Now is the time to begin the planning and preparation of fields to attract doves during the upcoming hunting season. The mourning dove is one of the most popular game species in the Southeast, and fall dove shoots are a South Carolina tradition. Large numbers of doves will feed on waste grains and weed seeds in harvested peanut, corn and wheat fields. Fields can also be planted in millet, sorghum, sesame, corn, sunflowers or other crops and managed specifically for dove hunting. It is legal to plant a field with grains attractive to doves and harvest or mow all or part of it, or none of it at all, and shoot doves over the area. Well-managed dove fields provide benefits to doves and other wildlife before and after the hunting season. Landowners interested in dove field recommendations should contact S.C. Department of Natural Resources

2016-17 DOVE SEASON Sept. 3-Oct. 15; Nov. 12-Nov. 26; Dec. 15-Jan. 15. More info at: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/ species/dove/index.html

Small Game Project at (803) 734-3609, or a DNR regional wildlife biologist. Dove field planting information can also be found on the DNR website at http://dnr.sc.gov/pubs/AttractingDovesLegally.pdf. Several factors should be considered when planning a dove field. Larger fields are often more attractive than smaller fields. Generally, a dove field should be a minimum of three acres in size and should be designed to allow at least one acre per hunter. Fields should not be located near busy highways, residential areas, schools, hospitals, or other areas where safety or noise could be a concern. Also, doves are easier to attract if fields are located within an agricultural landscape, rather than within a

FISHING REPORTS Information on fishing trends provided courtesy of www. AnglersHeadquarters.com, South Carolina’s premier fishing report source. Customers of the Angler’s Headquarters online tackle store have access to daily updates and full-length reports on its site. DHEC Fish Consumption Advisories: www.scdhec.gov/environment/water/ fish Freshwater Report Santee Cooper System Bass: Good. Captain Linwood Thornhill reports that bass fishing in the Santee Cooper lakes is good, and recent tournament weights bear this out. Prespawn, spawning and post-spawn fish can all be caught, and worms, jigs and spinnerbaits are all working in relatively shallow water. Crappie: Good. Captain Steve English reports that crappie can be found spawning in the shallows as well as staging in slightly deeper water, and both groups will eat minnows and jigs. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Jim Glenn reports that the best catfish bite is coming in 20-30 feet of water on cut shad. Striped Bass: Fair. Captain Jim Glenn/ Pack’s Landing reports that the striper spawn continues and fish are being caught in the top of the system on artificials, live herring and cut herring. Read more.: www.anglersheadquarters. com/category/water/sc-bow/sclakes/ santee-cooper/ Midlands Area Lake Wateree It’s all about water temperature on Lake Wateree! Crappie: Good. Will Hinson advises that cooler temperatures pulled crappie from the shallows out to deeper water, but as temperatures warm again

fish will push back towards the banks and prepare for the spawn. Most big females have not yet spawned, and long-line trolling with jigs is the best pattern right now. Read more...www. anglersheadquarters.com/lake-watereesc-crappie-fishing-report-updatedmarch-30/ Lake Greenwood Bass: Fair. Veteran tournament bass angler Stan Gunter concurs that Greenwood is fishing tough right now, but he adds that two additional patterns have been producing fish. Fish have been caught throwing an Alabama rig in shallow pockets, but Alabama rigs are also producing around shallow and even mid-depth cover and structure. In the middle to lower part of the lake Alabama rigs are catching bass around docks with 7-10 feet of water at the end of them as well as around boat ramps. They are also producing around creek channels and channel swings. While most fishermen have been concentrating their efforts in the clearer water down the lake, bass can still be found up the Reedy River in the muddy/ dingy water. The mud has pushed them very shallow so that they can see better, and throwing a white or chartreuse spinnerbait in 2-4 feet of water has been generating some bites. Fish will be around rocks, docks, brush and most any bank cover. Lake Monticello The spawn is on at Lake Monticello! Bass: Good. Andy Wicker reports that most Lake Monticello bass are at some stage of the spawn around beds right now, and they will take a variety of soft plastics fished in the shallows. Postspawn fish can be a little tricky to target

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A farmer preps a field for fall dove hunting. large block of woodlands. A single field can be manipulated to attract good numbers of doves through the season by alternating strips of several different crops. For example, browntop millet, which will mature in 60 to 70 days, will provide food during the early dove season. Dove proso millet will mature in 80 to 90 days and will be available after the browntop falls. Corn or sunflowers could be planted on remaining strips to provide late-season food sources.

Doves prefer small-seeded, black-oil-seed varieties of sunflowers over the larger striped-shell sunflowers. Dove fields should be planted on dates that allow the seed to mature about two weeks prior to hunting, which allows doves time to locate the food source and become accustomed to feeding in the field. Planted strips within fields should be at least 30 to 50 feet wide, and kept as weed-free as possible. Doves have weak feet and will not use a field where they have to scratch and

on Monticello but they will leave by the same routes they came in. Read more... www.anglersheadquarters.com/lakemonticello-sc-bass-fishing-reportupdated-march-29/ Lake Murray Striped bass: Good. It’s a special time to go fishing on Lake Murray, and instead of one or two species biting well right now you can find a good bite for pretty much whatever you want to target. For anglers who enjoy catching more than one species, the hardest part of the day may be deciding what to fish for! Lake World (803-957-6548) reports that the striped bass bite is already good and getting better, and free-lines, corks pulled behind the boat (to keep the bait a certain depth) and planer boards (to get the bait away from the boat) are all catching fish. A couple of weeks ago they suspected, but it was unconfirmed, that cut bait was catching some of the bigger fish being caught, but now there is no doubt about it. The cut bait bite is definitely coming on strong. About the only pattern that isn’t catching a substantial number of fish is downlining. Fish are still highly scattered, and they can be found over much of the lake. Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports that he is also fishing free-lines and planer boards, and both live herring as well as shad are catching fish. He concurs that action will be found all around the lake, but he is finding that most of the fish will to some extent be related to a creek system (even if they are at the mouth of it). A lot of fish are also being caught under the birds using bucktails, spoons and flukes. Look for more and more fish to be related to points, too, as the bait continues to stage around points and then the herring (and shad) begin their annual spawn.

Piedmont Area Lake Russell Spotted Bass: Good. Everything is happening so fast this year that the bass are only a little behind the crappie if at all, and Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) says that most of the fish are moving shallow towards secondary points, and they are very close to moving into pockets to spawn. Fishing in 5-15 feet of water with Carolina rigs and crankbaits is a good bet, and Jerry points out that many of the spotted bass will spawn deeper in 10 or so feet of water where it is hard to see them. There are also still a decent number of fish out deeper in 25-30 feet of water, and these fish will take a worm fished on a drop shot or a jig. However, this bite is almost certainly winding down with warm temperatures and the spawn close at hand. Guide Wendell Wilson (706-283-3336) is finding spotted bass on the sides of shallow, sloping banks and for him they are taking a Scrounger head rigged with a fluke body as well as a jig or drop-shot rigged worm. The male spotted bass seem to be holding in 8-10 feet, while the females are a little deeper off the sides of points in 12-15 feet. Wendell is also catching a pretty good number of largemouth very shallow mixed in with the crappie in dirty water up the creeks. #5 Shad Raps have been hard to beat for these fish. Lake Thurmond Bass: Good. In the last couple of weeks Lake Thurmond water temperatures have skyrocketed, and as a result Buckeye Lures in Augusta, Ga., in Augusta reports that significant numbers of male fish have started moving up onto points and getting ready for the spawn. The next stage for these fish will be moving into pockets, and if the water temperatures stay as

search for food. For this reason, it is best to plant crops in rows to facilitate cultivation. Herbicides labeled for the various plantings are also recommended. Row plantings also make finding downed birds easier. In fields with heavy weed growth, light discing of strips throughout the field will improve the attractiveness of the field to doves by exposing seeds of native weeds and planted crops. Overshooting will drive doves away from even a highquality dove field. A field should not be hunted more than once a week, and the birds should be allowed to feed unmolested during the last two hours of daylight. A particular field should be hunted morning or afternoon, not both. After the close of dove season, fields should not be plowed under. Crop residue as well as associated weed seeds will continue to provide doves and other wildlife with a reliable food source throughout the remainder of winter and early spring.

warm as weather reports indicate they should then bigger females will be right behind them. They will follow males onto points and then on the next full moon they should head to the pockets for a massive round of spawning. Right now Buckeye does not report having seen any fish on beds. Right now it’s pretty easy to catch a good limit of smaller, male bass fishing off points, and Spot Removers fished out to 10 or 15 feet of water will catch these fish. Another prime pattern has been fishing The Sled off points, and Tyler Matthews with Buckeye said that when he made the switch from fishing The Sled with green pumpkin Zoom Speed Craws to a larger NetBait Magnum black and blue Paca Craw he started catching more and bigger fish. In the stained water a darker bait and a bigger profile seems to help. Lake Wylie Catfish: Good. Right now is the hot prespawn fishing period where everyone wants to be fishing on places like Lake Wylie. On recent trips in the lower part of the lake, Captain Rodger Taylor (803517-7828) has not found a great bite. It seems that fish are also transitioning up the lake, again using the river channels as a highway. Both the South Fork and the Catawba are producing. The edge of the rivers in 6-20 feet of water has been the best range, but on Lake Wylie humps in the same depth range are also good. It seems that humps provide the same feeding stations to the catfish as the sides of the channel do. On Lake Wylie cut blueback herring and cut shad have both been working well. South Carolina freshwater recreational fishing regulations: (Pdf file): www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/pdf/ freshfishing.pdf

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