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Search continues for missing man

A Florence County Sheriff’s Department helicopter lands on U.S. 15 to pick up a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources officer to coordinate with a boating crew Monday.

They were checking locations downstream from Pocotaligo River for Harry Bradley.

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputies stopped traffic while the helicopter landed.

Fisherman disappeared while on trip Saturday

BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com Family and friends gathered on and near a bridge over the Pocotaligo River on Monday, waiting for word on whether South Carolina Department of Natural Resources located

Harry Lee Bradley of Sumter.

Bradley, 61, was dropped off at the site by friends Garry Nelson and Sam Hayward at noon Saturday. They didn’t panic when he didn’t show up for them to pick him up at

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Rat rod fans flock to show Saturday

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

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t takes a special kind of auto enthusiast to love rat rods. Or at

least somebody who doesn’t like to wash his or her vehicles.

Larry Murdough of Walterboro was showing his 1948 Dodge pickup Saturday at the fourth-annual Rust & Dust Rat Rod Show at Cut Rate Soda Fountain, 32 S. Main St. He said he likes the rat rods because they attract a lot of attention.

“People want to pull out cameras and take pictures,” he said.

His grandson Riddick, a lad of about 4 or 5 years old who was scampering all over the Dodge, really likes his grandpa’s truck.

“If you ask him, he’ll tell you it’s his,” Murdough said.

Murdough’s passenger looks like he is at death’s door — and not on this side, either.

“He’s kind of quiet, but he gets a lot of attention, too,” Murdough said. “He made it on TV at Daytona.”

No bones about it, the passenger resembles a skeleton.

Jay Wells, of Pinesville, said it took about a year and a half to build his 1928 Model A. “I don’t like the pristine ve-

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Jace Harding, 3, receives help from his father, Jason Harding, to look at a 1955 Pontiac during the fourth-annual Rust & Dust Rat Rod Show on Saturday at Cut Rate Soda Fountain. hicles,” he said. “You spend more time cleaning them than you do driving them. This one, you can get in it and go.”

It also saves him money, he said.

“Junkyard parts are a lot cheaper,” he said.

He calls his Model A “Mistrez.”

“My wife says if I am not spending time with her, I am spending time with the car,” he explained.

James Parrott believes in recycling, apparently. Why

else would he use a Jack Daniels bottle as a gas gauge?

The contraption sitting in the back of his 1946 Ford pickup looks remarkably like a whisky still — where could Parrott possibly have learned to build such a thing?

“Let’s just say I grew up in South Carolina,” he said.

Parrott has put a lot of work in the vehicle, he said.

Shiny metal all around the top is a dead giveaway he has

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Trove of data on offshore accounts raises questions

BY FRANK JORDANS The Associated Press BERLIN — The release of a vast trove of documents and data on offshore financial dealings of wealthy, famous and powerful people around the world is raising questions about the widespread use of such tactics to avoid taxes and skirt financial oversight.

Reports by an international coalition of media outlets on an investigation with the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists brought to light details of offshore assets and services of politicians, businesses and celebrities, based on a cache of 11.5 million records.

Among the countries with past or present political figures named in the

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Vladimir Putin’s spokesman claimed that the Russian president was the “main target” of the investigation, which he suggested was the result of “Putinophobia” and aimed at smearing the country in a parliamentary election year. The ICIJ has links to the U.S. government, Dmit-

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“I don’t consider it possible to go into the details” of allegations that Putin’s friends ran an offshore scheme, Peskov told reporters, “mainly because there is nothing concrete and nothing new about Putin and a lack of details.”

He added that Sergei Rodulgin, a St.

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Scott Kinder’s Pathfinder’s Engine That Could, “Chug,” is scheduled to compete in the intermediate division of the Boykin Spaniel Society National Field Trials in Camden on Friday and Saturday. Spectators are welcome to attend at no charge.

See Boykin Spaniels in action in Camden National Field Trials set for Friday, Saturday

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Since it was first bred by L.W. “Whit” Boykin in the early 1900s as a hunting and retrieving dog, the Boykin Spaniel has grown in popularity among hunters and sportsmen and as a loyal and loving pet.

This week, however, the emphasis will be on the Boykin as a sporting dog at the Boykin Spaniel Society National Field Trials in Camden, set for Friday and Saturday.

Boykin Spaniels are known for their skills and intelligence; in fact, rule No. 17 — among 51!

— reads in part that dogs are judged on “their natural abilities as well as abilities acquired through training, including

steadiness, control, responses to direction and delivery. Dogs should also be judged for their natural abilities, including memory, intelligence, attention, nose, courage, perseverance and style. Dogs will be judged on a 10 point system. ...”

The spaniels will be required to retrieve birds on land and from the water.

Bill Crites of the Boykin Spaniel Society said the trials are very competitive.

“We expect more than 200 dogs from 17 states and 350 handler participants,” he said.

“This is the third year we’ve hosted it here in Camden.”

Dogs will compete in four categories: puppies, novice, intermediate and open division,

considered the toughest and most prestigious. Last year’s winner in the open division was Hudson River Drake, owned and handled by Blaine Tarnecki of Lula, Georgia.

Scott Kinder of Sumter has placed in the top four every time he entered his now retired dog Jake, he said, and this year, his 2-year-old “new” dog, Pathfinder’s Engine That Could, called “Chug,” will compete in the intermediate division. Chug took third in the novice division last year.

“He’s a good little dog,” Kinder said. “I expect him to do well.”

Kinder trained Chug at Ralph Ardis’ Will Do Kennels and will handle him for the trials. He also hunts doves and ducks with Chug.

Both Crites and Kinder are excited to have the trials so near to Boykin, where the spaniels originated.

Crites said spectators are

welcome at the field trial events at no charge.

“We usually get a lot of spectators on the final day (Saturday this year),” he said.

“Events begin on Friday.”

One thing spectators should look for during the actual competition is how well a spaniel conforms to its prescribed function, defined in the rules as “to seek and retrieve fallen game when ordered to do so.

The dog should sit quietly on line or in the blind, walk at heel, or assume any position designated by the handler until sent to retrieve. When ordered, a dog should retrieve quickly, briskly and without disturbing too much ground, and should deliver tenderly to hand. The dog should then await further orders.”

While the competition can be grueling, there are many fun events for the handlers and their dogs. Among them, Kinder said, are a “hot dog chal-

lenge and a skeet shoot.”

In the skeet shoot, when the handler shoots, “a bird is thrown, and the dog must retrieve it,” Kinder said.

The hot dog challenge is perhaps the most fun the handlers and their dogs, as well as the spectators, might have, Crites said.

“In this one, a hot dog is thrown several yards in front of the dogs,” he explained.

“The first dog to return with the biggest piece of the hot dog is the winner.”

Crites laughed.

“We don’t get too many of the hot dogs back.”

To get to the Boykin Spaniel Society National Field Trials, take U.S. 521 North to Camden.

Stop at the Rhame Arena, 517 Bull St., Camden, for a complete schedule, list of venues and directions.

Visit the BSS website, www. boykinspanielsociety.org, for more information.

Campaign sign for House candidate missing from U.S. 521 FROM STAFF REPORTS According to a news release from S.C. House of Representatives District 50 candidate Brian L. Alston, a 4-by-4 campaign sign was removed from the intersection of U.S. 521 and Frierson Road in Dalzell.

Alston noticed that the sign was missing during a tour of District 50 on

March 19.

A courtesy check with S.C. Department of Transportation confirmed that the department did not remove the sign, states the release.

“I had a campaign sign shot up and defaced during the 2014 primary,” Alston said in the release. “I am not deterred by this incident and similar oth-

ers that may occur during the process.”

You can destroy a singer, but you cannot destroy a song; you can destroy a dreamer, but you cannot destroy a dream, states the release.

A report of the stolen campaign sign was filed with Sumter County Sheriff’s Office on March 21, according to the release.

Removing, defacing, vandalizing or tampering with a lawfully placed campaign sign before an election without the candidate’s permission is a misdemeanor, according to South Carolina Code of Laws.

If convicted, a person can be fined no more than $100 and be imprisoned for no more than 30 days.

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EU begins shipping migrants in Greece back to Turkey

BY MEHMET GUZEL AND DEREK GATOPOULOS The Associated Press DIKILI, Turkey — A controversial European Union plan to curb migration and smash smuggling rings in Turkey began Monday as 202 migrants from two Greek islands were piled onto boats and shipped back to Turkey.

Under heavy security, authorities on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios deported people from 11 nations — the first in a plan that has drawn strong criticism from human rights advocates but is seen by some European nations as the only way to resolve the continent’s migration crisis.

The first vessel from Lesbos was escorted into the Turkish port of Dikili by the Turkish coast guard as a helicopter hovered overhead.

The migrants were taken to red-and-white tents for registration and health checks.

About a dozen people stood at the port holding a banner that read “Welcome refugees.

Turkey is your home.” That sentiment came in sharp contrast to protests during the weekend by locals who feared that Dikili would turn into a warehouse for refugees.

A second vessel motored in from Lesbos and a third from the nearby island of Chios later Monday.

Greek authorities said a total of 191 men and 11 women were sent back.

Those included 130 people from Pakistan, 42 from Afghanistan, 10 from Iran, five from Congo, four from Sri Lanka, three from Bangladesh, three from India, one

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A man watches as a ship transporting migrants from Greek island Chios docks in Dikili port, Turkey, on Monday. The first group of migrants were ferried from the Greek islands to Turkey on Monday as part of a controversial European Union plan to curb migration to Europe. each from Iraq, Somalia and Ivory Coast, and two Syrians who had asked to be sent back.

Those who arrived from Lesbos were sent to “reception and removal center” in the northwestern Kirklareli province on the Black Sea, according to Turkey’s staterun Anadolu Agency. It said the Syrians would be placed in refugee camps, and other migrants would be deported.

In an address to police officers in Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged them to show “compassion’” to the return-

ing migrants and said Syrian refugees from camps in Turkey would be sent to Europe.

In the other half of the plan, 16 Syrian refugees from Turkey flew into the central German city of Hannover on Monday to be resettled, and 16 more were expected on a flight later in the day.

Turkey and the European Union reached a deal last month that says migrants who reach Greece illegally from Turkey after March 20 will be returned to Turkey unless they qualify for asylum. For every Syrian turned back, a Syrian refugee is to

be resettled from Turkey to the EU. The agreement aims to deter people from making the short but dangerous journey with smugglers to Greek islands from the Turkish coast.

More than 52,000 migrants and refugees are stranded in Greece following the border closures of European nations further north, but only those who arrived after March 20 — about 4,000 so far — are being detained for deportation.

Monday was a symbolic benchmark in the agreement that has been plagued by

concerns about human rights and the adequacy of preparations made in Greece and Turkey. The numbers transferred, however, were smaller than initially forecast.

And while the number of new arrivals in Greece has dropped since March 20, potential asylum-seekers are still taking smuggling boats across the Aegean Sea, including 339 people who authorities say landed from Sunday morning to Monday morning.

Giorgos Kyritsis, a spokesman for a Greek government refugee crisis committee, said 136 migrants were deported from Lesbos and 66 from Chios, where riot police clashed with residents hours earlier during a protest against the expulsions.

“This is the first day of a very difficult time for refugee rights. Despite the serious legal gaps and lack of adequate protection in Turkey, the EU is forging ahead with a dangerous deal,” Giorgos Kosmopoulos, head of Amnesty International in Greece, told The Associated Press from Lesbos.

“Turkey is not a safe third country for refugees. The EU and Greek authorities know this and have no excuse,” he said.

The deportations started with migrants who did not apply for asylum or had their applications declared inadmissible.

“Even if this first group is not refugees, what we are seeing here is symbolic kickoff of what might be a very dangerous practice of returns to Turkey,” Kosmopoulos said.

Drone company demos how blood air drops will work in Rwanda

BY RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer

plane weighing just 22 pounds off a launcher that used compressed air.

Electric-powered propellers took it the rest of the way, on a flight that could extend to 75 miles round trip, using military-grade GPS and software to navigate.

As it dipped low before the drop-off area, the bottom popped open, and a cardboard box with a parachute made of butcher paper and biodegradable tape burst out, plopping to the ground a few steps away from CEO Keller Rinaudo, who walked over to retrieve it.

“You have a database of people. You know their lives are in danger,” he said. “Can you get them what they need fast enough? That’s been the mission from the start.”

LOS ANGELES — Drone delivery might be years away in the U.S., but it’s becoming a reality in Rwanda this summer.

A San Francisco-based drone delivery company says it’ll start making its first deliveries of blood and medicine in Rwanda in July.

Zipline International Inc., backed by tech heavyweights such as Sequoia Capital and Google Ventures, demonstrated its technology for journalists last week in an open field in the San Francisco Bay area.

In a demo broadcast on Periscope on Friday, a staffer launched a fixed-wing

Company executives said the cost of each flight was about the same as a motorcycle trip, but far more reliable.

And because deliveries of packages up to 3.5 pounds could be completed in 15-30 minutes, modest packaging eliminated the need for refrigeration along the way, which saves on wasted supplies such as blood.

“We leapfrog broken refrigerators, we leapfrog the lack of roads,” said Keenan Wyrobek, Zipline’s head of product and engineering.

Two hubs contained in modified shipping containers with 10 to 15 planes each are all that’s required to serve all of Rwanda, the company says. The Rwandan government an-

nounced its deal with Zipline in February.

It plans to operate in other countries later this year if it proves it can operate successfully in Rwanda.

Rinaudo says the company for now is focused on medical supply delivery in emerging economies where there is less air traffic and regulations are easier to deal with than in the U.S. or Europe.

“The U.S. has one of the most complicated airspaces in the world and for that reason the (Federal Aviation Administration) is even more risk-averse than most regulators,” he said. “So I think where this will start is in environments where the need is incredibly high and the airspace is relatively empty.”

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Trump: ‘I automatically win’ if Kasich would quit MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is pushing rival John Kasich to get out of the White House race, arguing that the Ohio governor shouldn’t be allowed to collect future delegates because the nomination is already beyond his grasp.

Trying hard to right himself after a difficult week, Trump said it was unfair for Kasich, the winner of only his home state’s primary, to continue campaigning. He suggested that Kasich, who has pledged to make it to the summer convention, follow the lead of former candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush — and quit.

“If I didn’t have Kasich, I automati-

ping out before the convention,” said Kasich spokesman Chris Schrimpf.

Meanwhile, former GOP candidate and Trump supporter Ben Carson warned Monday that “it would be a disaster” if the Republican party tries to put forward any alternative candidates to Trump or Cruz at the July convention. Speaking to ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Carson said that if that scenario plays out, “we have major problems brewing.”

Across the political aisle, Democrat Hillary Clinton told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the FBI had yet to request an interview regarding the private email server she used as secretary of state.

cally win,” Trump said Sunday evening in West Allis, Wisconsin.

Trump said Kasich could ask to be considered at the GOP convention in Cleveland in July even without competing in the remaining nominating contests. He said earlier Sunday that he had shared his concerns with Republican National Committee officials at a meeting in Washington this past week.

Kasich’s campaign countered that neither Trump nor Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would have enough delegates to win the nomination outright in Cleveland.

“Since he thinks it’s such a good idea, we look forward to Trump drop-

Clinton and her Democratic opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, announced they’d agreed to debate in New York before the important April 19 primary, though their campaigns continued debating about when to schedule the face-off. Sanders, meanwhile, fired up a crowd in Wausau, Wisconsin, hoping to continue a string of recent campaign victories even as Clinton maintains a sizable delegate lead.

Trump’s call for Kasich to bow out came as Republican concerns grew about the prospect of convention chaos if Trump fails to lock up his party’s nomination — or even if he does.

Princeton says it will keep Wilson’s name despite racist views

BY ERRIN HAINES WHACK The Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. — Woodrow Wilson’s name will remain on Princeton University’s public policy school, despite calls to remove it because the former U.S. president was a segregationist, the Ivy League university announced Monday.

Princeton was challenged to take a deeper look into Wilson’s life in the fall, when a group of students raised questions about his racist views. The Black Justice League held a 32-hour sit-in inside the Princeton president’s office, demanding Wilson’s name be removed from programs and buildings, including the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs, and for other changes to make the university more diverse and inclusive.

University leaders concluded that Wilson’s accomplishments merited commemoration, so long as his faults also are candidly recognized.

Princeton also pledged to adopt other changes, including establishing a pipeline program to encourage more minority students to pursue doctoral degrees and diversifying campus symbols and art.

Wilson was president of Princeton from 1902 to 1910 and the country’s 28th president from 1913 until 1921. He is credited with creating the Federal Reserve system, led the U.S. into World War I and tried to preserve a lasting peace afterward. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919 for being the architect of the League of Nations.

But he also supported segregation — including in the

federal government — rolling back progress for the emerging black middle class in the nation’s capital at the turn of the 20th century. As president of Princeton, he also prevented the enrollment of black students.

The debate about Wilson’s name was part of a wave of racially motivated activism on college campuses across the country this school year that began with protests at University of Missouri.

There, black students — including members of the school’s football team — successfully protested for the ouster of Missouri’s president.

In recent months, college leaders have moved to change mascots, building names, mottos and other symbols some have deemed offensive or outdated. Most recently, Harvard University has taken steps to remove university references tied to slavery.

At Princeton, a 10-member committee looked at Wilson’s legacy and the state of race relations on campus. It gathered input from Wilson scholars and more than 600 submissions from alumni, faculty and the public.

In the end, the committee concluded Wilson’s accomplishments were among “the reason’s Wilson’s name was associated with the school and the college” but added that some of his views “clearly contradict with the values we hold today.”

Using his name “implies no endorsement of views and actions that conflict with the values and aspirations of our times,” the committee report read. “We have said that in this report, and the university must say it in the settings that bear his name.”

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Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is seen at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, in December. Princeton University announced Monday that Woodrow Wilson’s name will remain on Princeton University’s public policy school, despite calls to remove it because the former U.S. president was a segregationist.

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New push could help keep seniors in home, community-based programs

BY ALEJANDRA CANCINO For The Associated Press CHICAGO — The federal government is pushing states to keep more low-income seniors out of nursing homes and, instead, enroll them in home and community-based programs.

The shift comes as demand for long-term care is rising. By 2050, the number of people older than 85 is expected to triple to more than 18 million. These seniors tend to have the highest disability rate and the greatest need for long-term care.

The tug of war between rising demand and controlling costs has advocates for seniors worrying about quality of care.

Medicaid is one of the largest expenses for states, and it’s a program they look to for savings when budgets are tight. Medicaid spending on long-term care for seniors rose by 4 percent, to nearly $89 billion in fiscal year 2013.

Advocates say programs for seniors often wind up on the chopping block.

For example, Illinois is considering changes to its home and communitybased program that would reduce funding by about $200 million.

“I think that oftentimes people are afraid of change, regardless of what

that change is,” said Andrea Maresca, director of federal policy and strategy at National Association of Medicaid Directors. There’s room to improve the programs, Maresca said, and states are also trying to make sure seniors don’t lose access to services.

Loren Colman, of Minnesota Department of Human Services, said it took that state roughly 25 years to shift from institutional care to home and community-based programs.

The focus now is on helping older adults remain at home, delaying expensive nursing home care and supporting family caregivers.

To rein in costs, some states are changing payment systems from feefor-service to managed care, which generally pays a per-person rate to providers who manage seniors’ health and social services.

Gwen Orlowski, an attorney at Central Jersey Legal Services, said New Jersey’s managed care program is an improvement over its previous system but not without issues. She’s had to help some seniors appeal service cuts.

“I do worry that the delivery of services is beholden to the money that the managed-care companies are receiving (from the state) and the money they want to make,” said Orlowski, whose office provides free

federal dollars, states must ensure that seniors have a say about where they want to live and get treated with dignity and respect.

Robyn Grant, director of public policy and advocacy for National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care, said regulations are a “step in the right direction,” but there needs to be proper enforcement. “Unfortunately, that’s very nebulous,” Grant said.

legal assistance to low-income seniors.

To address fears, new federal regulations have been proposed to strengthen protections for seniors in managed care, including help with appeals. A final rule is expected this spring.

Already, states are working on implementing earlier rules from 2014 aimed at improving quality of care across programs. In exchange for

Bypass boosts survival in heart failure, study says Researchers say surgery plus medicine helps more than drugs alone

BY LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — Heart failure patients with clogged arteries have a better chance of surviving 10 years if they get bypass surgery plus medicine rather than just drugs alone, according to an international study.

Earlier results from the same research raised questions about the benefits of bypass versus medicine alone, but researchers say the longterm evidence clearly favors the surgery.

The lead author of the study, Duke University cardiologist Dr. Eric Velazquez, said the results “are so definitive and so robust” that they would likely lead to stronger recommendations favoring bypass surgery for

around age 60 when the study began. All were taking heart medicines, and about half were assigned to also get bypass surgery.

More than half the patients in each group lived beyond the study’s first phase. The 10year results are a look back at all patients studied.

A total of 359 bypass patients died from any cause, or about 59 percent, compared with 398 medicine-only patients who died, or 66 percent.

Deaths from heart diseaserelated causes totaled 247 in the bypass group, or 41 percent, versus 297 medicine-only patients, or 49 percent.

A journal editorial published with the study says the latest results “solidly support” strengthening treatment guidelines to say that bypass surgery is “probably beneficial” for these patients.

The long-term results “are very encouraging” and confirm what many doctors thought about potential ben-

these patients.

Nearly 6 million Americans and 23 million people worldwide have heart failure, and many of them also have artery disease similar to those studied. In recent years, bypass surgery has increasingly been recommended for such patients, along with medicines to ease heart failure symptoms.

Concerns were raised when results after nearly five years of research showed about equal number of deaths in bypass patients and in those who got only medicine, despite fewer heart-related deaths in the bypass group.

Those findings were published in 2011.

The 10-year results were published online Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at an American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago.

The study involved 1,200 heart failure patients in 22 countries, including the United States. Most were men

efits of bypass for these patients, said Dr. Ted Feldman, a cardiologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois. Feldman

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They flee North Korea, only to be adrift in the South SEOUL, South Korea — A middle-aged man is walking through a quiet Seoul neighborhood when he suddenly stops. He lights a cigarette, cupping his hands to shield the flame from the winter wind, and takes a deep draw, remembering how things used to be. He’s a former policeman, a broad-shouldered man with a growling voice and a crushing handshake.

Back where he came from, he says, he was someone who mattered.

“In North Korea, people were afraid of me,” he says.

He says it wistfully, almost sadly, like a boy talking about a dog he once had. “They knew I could just drag them away.”

That fear meant respect, and bribes, in the North Korean town where he lived, a place where the electricity rarely worked and the Internet was only a rumor. It meant he could buy a TV and that he had food even as those around him went hungry. It meant that when he grew exhausted by the relentless poverty and oppression around him, and when relatives abroad offered to advance him the money to escape, he had connections to a good smuggler.

Just more than a year ago, that smuggler showed him where to slip across a river and into China, on his way to South Korea. His new home is one of the wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations in the world.

It has a thriving democracy and a per-capita income at least 12 times larger than the North’s. Seoul is a city of infinite shopping choices, glassfronted office towers and armies of exquisitely dressed businesspeople. He used to dream of the easy life he’d have here.

And what does he think now?

“Sometimes, when my work is too hard, I think about my job as a policeman,” says the man, who spoke on condition his name not be used, fearing for the safety of relatives who still live in the North. “I didn’t have problems with money back then. I ate what I wanted to eat.” He pauses, thinking about his decision to leave: “There are times when I regret it a lot.”

Every year, thousands of North Koreans risk imprisonment, or worse, to leave their

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Exiled North Korean Gae-yoon Lee is seen in her home in Seoul, South Korea. Lee, who was raised on a collective farm, left North Korea in 2010 with only a high school diploma. After living in South Korea for six years, she still finds life there competitive and stressful. ground in China for months or years and weeks of travel through still more countries.

They left behind one of the most isolated nations in the world, where the ruling family has been worshipped now for three generations, and only a minuscule elite are allowed to make international phone calls. It has no free press or political opposition.

While the famine is over, the country remains very poor, with hunger and malnutrition serious problems.

It’s a country where jobs are assigned by the government, but where most families now survive by selling everything from rice to car parts in an ever-growing network of markets. Most North Korean refugees come from collective farms or hardscrabble towns near the Chinese border. Few have more than a high school education.

Tens of thousands of North Koreans are thought to live underground in China. Some stay permanently, while others slip back into the North after earning extra money.

For many, though, the lure of a wealthy, Korean-speaking nation is strong, even if refugees’ expectations of the South are often shaped less

homeland, many hoping to eventually reach the South.

Instead, they often find themselves lost in a nation where they thought they’d feel at home, struggling with depression, discrimination, joblessness and their own lingering pride in the repressive nation they left behind. Surveys have shown that up to one-third would return home if they could.

Take the former policeman, an increasingly bitter day laborer who now supports his family hauling bags of cement through the sprawling apartment blocks constantly under construction across Seoul. His hands are rougher than sandpaper now. His fingernails are warped. He sleeps most nights in a dormitory near his latest construction site, just outside the city, only occasionally visiting his wife and the rest of his family, who live in a middle-class Seoul neighborhood.

“I knew that South Korea was a capitalist country, that it was very rich. I thought that if I can just get there, I can work less but earn a lot of money,” he says.

He grimaces when he thinks of his naivete.

More than 27,000 North Korean exiles live in the South, most arriving since a brutal famine tore at the country in the mid-1990s. Government control foundered amid widespread starvation, and security loosened along the border with China. While security has again tightened, nearly 1,300 refugees reached South Korea last year, according to statistics compiled by the Seoul government. For most, the journey required bribing border guards, life under-

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Those who go find themselves living in one of the most brutally competitive countries in the world, where education is worshipped, toddlers are offered exam-prep classes and a drive for perfection has produced one of the world’s highest rates of plastic surgery.

“Life in South Korea is competitive,” Hong Yong-pyo, South Korea’s minister of unification, said in a recent speech to a group of defectors. “For you to succeed in this competition, you need to push yourself on your own.”

But that can be very difficult. Despite government programs that include an immersive three-month program, along with assistance in getting apartments and jobs, the exiles are immediately marked by their accents and their confusion about everything from checking accounts to job applications.

Many are noticeably shorter than southerners because of malnutrition, a serious issue in a country that sees height as a measure of attractiveness and success. When it comes to finding work, they have none of the school or hometown connections that are often key here to getting hired, and many South Koreans dismiss them as lazy and difficult.

When they do get jobs, seemingly simple things — such as knowing they need to arrive at work on time — can leave them flummoxed, their pride badly battered.

“It has happened so many times: They show up for work for one or two days, then get into a fight with their colleagues and quit,” says Ahn Kyung-su, a Seoul-based researcher who has spent years working with exiles.

As a result, they remain far less educated than most South Koreans and have far higher rates of unemployment. Their most common profession is unskilled laborer.

Even success doesn’t make life easy.

Gae-yoon Lee, who was raised on a collective farm, left North Korea in 2010 with only a high school diploma.

Six years later, she’s a published poet who often writes about her childhood and the famine, and is midway through a degree in Korean literature at one of Seoul’s top universities.

A quiet woman with a stylish purse and braces on her teeth, she finds herself intimidated by southerners’ intense focus on success.

“Even between friends, people are always competing here,” says Lee, 30. “It can be really stressful to live here.”

With an accent that still gives her away as an outsider, she sometimes resorts to pretending she doesn’t belong at all.

“There are times when I’m too afraid to be tagged as a North Korean,” she says. “So when I’m talking to South Koreans, sometimes I’ll use a few English words that I remember so that people think that I’m a foreigner just learning to speak Korean. At that moment, I really want to be a foreigner.”

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BRADLEY FROM PAGE A1 dusk. They said they knew that Bradley might have decided to stay on the river all night, although he would usually notify them by cellphone.

“We kept calling him Saturday, and he didn’t answer,” Nelson said.

When Bradley wasn’t at the pickup site on Sunday morning, they notified authorities that he was missing. DNR searchers found his abandoned boat tucked under some limbs and vines, a location they said

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would have been difficult for the boat to land at by just floating downstream.

The location was about a quarter mile downstream from the

bridge.

A dive team from DNR searched the area near the boat but did not find anything.

In the boat, searchers found his cellphone, his wallet and some red waterproof clothing, said Tasha Cowell, Bradley’s daughter, who was at the scene Monday.

“It doesn’t feel normal,” Cowell said. “Something’s not right about the situation.”

Cowell said Bradley is fit and COWELL has no known health issues. He also swims well and is an avid outdoorsman, she said. Bradley works as a master carpenter, mainly NELSON construction work for himself.

Cowell said Bradley took his great-grandson James Brand

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016 Jr. fishing in July when James caught his first fish. “(Bradley) taught him about life,” Cowell said. “He told him to work hard, get a good education, take care of his family and put God first.”

About noon Monday, a helicopter crew from Florence County Sheriff’s Office worked in tandem with a boat crew to search areas of the river. The helicopter landed on U.S. 15 and picked up a DNR officer who directed the boat crew via radio communications to different locations he spotted from the air that might have looked like a clue

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Ken Bell, spokesman for Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, said the search Monday was to try to locate him in case he sustained an injury or had become confused. He said they viewed it as a search and rescue.

He said the helicopter also had heat-seeking capabilities that would have located a live human in the area. Investigators have all but ruled out foul play, saying the evidence doesn’t indicate that at this point.

Beginning today, Bell said they will consider it a recovery operation to locate his body.

Anthony Belanger, 11, looks at a 1955 Ford rat rod during the annual show on Saturday.

RAT RODS FROM PAGE A1 lowered the roof.

“I’m waiting for it to rust; then I can shellac it,” he said. “Rust is our friend.”

Look closely at Andy Benfield’s 1954 Ford, and you’ll know just what he means. Covering the rust and faded pigment of the black, two-door wagon is a thick layer of clear lacquer. Right shiny.

Todd Touchberry, general manager of Cut Rate and organizer of the event, said he was happy with the number of entries in the show and the people who turned out.

“I am blessed so many people are here to support us,” he said.

Touchberry said there were nearly 50 entries, including the non-motorized class.

Bill Barkley’s 1930 Ford could really use a paint job, but that is not likely to happen, even though Barkley owns a paint and body shop.

“I just like the old look,” he said.

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ACCOUNTS FROM PAGE A1 Petersburg-based cellist allegedly involved in the offshore schemes, was a friend of Putin’s but that the president “has very many friends.”

Peskov, who had last week foreshadowed the disclosure of the documents by warning of an upcoming “information attack” on Putin, said Monday he expected

Mathis said the reason he bought his 1966 Ford Ranch Wagon was because he had never owned a station wagon.

“One of my officers had it for sale,” he said. “Besides, it came with a big block engine.”

“I like big blocks,” he said. “I’m a big guy.”

Jim Askins said his 1959 Rambler is one of about a dozen he owns.

“The rest of them are back in the woods, and I can’t get them out,” he said. “Besides, my wife won’t let me.”

Unlike many of the cars at the show, he said his Rambler American station wagon is pretty much rust-free.

“I plan on driving this thing to Knoxville, Kentucky,” he said. “I’ll keep my fingers crossed.”

Later on, entrants were set to receive awards for their rat rods. Prizes were to be handed out in categories such as “Most Likely to Get Towed” and “Most Likely to Break Down Leaving the Show.”

However, to avoid embarrassing anyone, those awards will not be announced here.

more reports to follow.

In Russia, where the investigation was published by independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, the scandal faced an effective coverage ban. Russian TV on Monday morning made no mention of it.

In Australia, the tax agency said Monday it was investigating more than 800 wealthy people for possible tax evasion linked to their alleged dealings with Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm

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Car enthusiasts are reflected in a hubcap as they talk about their passion for rat rods during the show on Saturday.

with international offices that provide offshore financial services.

The Australian Tax Office said in a statement that it had linked more than 120 of those people to an offshore services provider in Hong Kong but did not name the company.

In New Zealand, Prime Minister John Key rejected ICIJ’s characterization of his country as among 21 tax havens used by Mossack Fonseca.

“Tax havens are where

there is nondisclosure of information,” Key said. “New Zealand has full disclosure of information.”

Ramon Fonseca, a co-founder of Mossack Fonseca — one of the world’s largest creators of shell companies — confirmed to Panama’s Channel 2 TV network that documents investigated by the ICIJ were authentic and had been obtained illegally by hackers.

But he said most people named in the reports were not

his firm’s direct clients but were accounts set up by intermediaries. He said the firm did not engage in any wrongdoing.

Businessmen, criminals, celebrities and sports stars — the ICIJ said the documents involve 214,488 companies and 14,153 clients of Mossack Fonseca. The nonprofit group said it would release the full list of companies and people linked to them early next month.

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Trump learns that thinking is hard W

ASHINGTON — Donald Trump is learning how hard it is to pretend to be something he’s not.

Case in point: Since deciding to run for president — and maybe before, but who knows?

— Trump has insisted he is pro-life. America learned otherwise with his recent remarks that a woman should be punished were she to have an illegal abortion.

Because abortion is Kathleen legal, this is a circumstance Parker that doesn’t exist, otherwise known as a hypothetical query.

The question posed to Trump by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews wasn’t hard even if it was irrelevant.

Abortion has been legal for 43 years and, though many Americans would be comfortable with limits, the law isn’t likely to be overturned. That

is, unless a Republican president remakes the Supreme Court, which, speaking of hypotheticals, could happen.

With possibly four seats, including recently deceased Antonin Scalia’s, to fill in the next presidential term, a prolife president such as Trump pretends he would be, might choose pro-life justices and, voila, Roe v. Wade could conceivably be overturned.

Conceivably. Possibly. Potentially. But probably not.

This scenario was what Matthews was trying to explore with Trump, who, apparently, had never given any serious thought to how a Trump presidency might act or what the repercussions might look like. His answer betrayed a shallow consciousness. Yes, he said, there should be some punishment for a woman who has an abortion if the procedure became illegal. And, no, he said, men (as in the father of the unborn child) should not face any punishment.

Spoken like a true generic numbskull, not to mention an ayatollah. Note to Trump: I

know it’s slow reading that brand new Bible, but please do skip ahead to the New Testament.

If Trump were truly prolife, which he apparently isn’t, given his lack of understanding of the pro-life movement to end abortion, no one in that world talks about punishing women. Even the craziest “pro-lifer” trains his fury on doctors rather than women seeking abortion.

Giving Trump the benefit of the doubt, he may well have changed his mind about abortion.

But to go from supporting partial-birth abortion, as Trump once did, to being prolife would suggest a Road to Damascus moment rather than a casual change of mind.

The simple answer to Matthews’ question would have been to say, as smarter presidential candidates usually do: “I’m not going to entertain hypothetical questions about circumstances that don’t exist and may never exist. But I will tell you how I came to change my mind about abortion. It truly was a life-altering expe-

rience for me, as I know it has been for so many Americans.”

Such a response would have had the added benefits of conveying a rare sincerity from Trump and also, much to the pleasure of media-haters, of making Matthews seem like an off-base bully. But a truer answer — the pro-life answer that is, in fact, part of pro-life catechism — would have gone something like this: “Chris, let me skip the hypothetical and just say that I have nothing but compassion for women who find themselves unable to welcome a child into the world. I can only imagine how painful it must be for a woman to find herself in such a situation. This is why, as president, I would do everything in my power to help women find quality prenatal healthcare and other support, as well as loving homes for their babies.”

This would have so flummoxed his interviewer while pleasing his conservative constituents that Trump could have backstroked to the convention and a likely nomination. Hypothetically speaking.

It would have humanized him and revealed a depth heretofore in hiding.

Instead, he had to backpedal from his remarks, as he has countless other times. His retake was that only doctors should be punished in a world he has promised to help fashion — a conclusion he reached after half the world and most women went bat-crazy.

Already unpopular beyond his base, Trump’s unfavorability rating among women has now hit 75 percent. Even among Republican women, his favorability has dropped about 25 points since last November.

One’s only conclusion: The man either can’t or won’t think before speaking. Shooting from the hip may work on reality TV, but it’s no way to run a country — or even to broker a deal, the art of which seems to have been lost on its author.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

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How well do you know your baseball trivia?

W

ASHINGTON — Pitcher Jim Bouton said, “Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?” To show how smart you are, identify: (1) The team that won a record 26 consecutive games (but finished fourth).

(2) Among those with 3,000 hits, the player with the fewest home runs.

(3) The player who led both leagues in homers and triples (not in the same season).

(4) Who hit the only game seven World Series walk-off home run.

(5) The four players who hit World Series homers in three different decades.

(6) The first manager to lead three teams to pennants.

(7) The manager who, after Connie Mack and John McGraw, had the most George consecutive years managing Will one team.

(8) The first player to hit 30 home runs, score 125 runs and steal 45 bases in a season.

(9) The four hitters who, since World War II, had five or more seasons batting .350 or better.

(10) The five hitters ranked in the top 25 in career singles, doubles and triples.

(11) The player whose 44 hits in his first month is second to Joe DiMaggio’s 48.

(12) The four Hall of Fame pitchers DiMaggio faced during his 56-game hitting streak.

(13) The youngest player to lead the National League in hits.

(14) The three players to get two extra-base hits in an All-Star Game before age 23.

(15) The player with seven straight seasons with a .300 average, 20 homers, 100 RBIs and 100 walks.

(16) The Hall of Famer who played most of his games as DH. (17) The second player, after Ty Cobb, to have at least 221 hits, 46 doubles and 54 steals in a season.

(18) The team that had five consecutive Rookie of the Year winners.

(19) The player who slugged .826 in a six-game World Series, with a record 10 RBIs, but whose team lost.

(20) The player who had the most consecutive World Series hits (7).

(21) The record number of games in a season in which a team homered.

(22) The player who had the most career RBIs (1,903) without ever leading the league.

(23) The player who reached a base in a record 84 consecutive games.

(24) The most recent former Rookie of the Year elected to the Hall of Fame.

(25) The two pitchers who pitched 27 World Series innings without yielding an earned run.

(26) The only player in the last 100 years who twice in a season scored four runs in a game without a hit.

(27) The pitcher who won 107 games before age 23.

(28) The first pitcher to have two 300-strikeout seasons.

(29) The four pitchers to win at least two Cy Young awards, to win at least two World Series rings and pitch a no-hitter.

(30) The three pitchers who started five All-Star Games.

(31) The team that had the highest American League season winning percentage.

(32) The team with the most wins in an AL season.

(33) The NL team with the best single-season winning percentage since 1900.

(34) Which team that existed in 1900 took the longest to win a World Series.

(35) The youngest unanimous MVP.

(36) The three pitchers to strike out at least 150 in each of their first nine seasons.

(37) First infielder (other than first basemen) to hit 500 home runs.

(38) The manager of the AL team with a seasonrecord 116 wins.

(39) Who won a home run title with a batting average lower than that year’s Cy Young winner, Steve Carlton (.218).

(40) The pitcher who retired 46 consecutive batters.

Bonus question: Who said, “All of the Mets’ road wins against the Dodgers this year occurred at Dodger Stadium.”

Answers: (1) 1916 New York Giants (2) Eddie Collins (3) Sam Crawford (4) Bill Mazeroski (5) Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Eddie Murray, Matt Williams (6) Bill McKechnie (1928 St. Louis Cardinals; 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates; 1939, 1940 Cincinnati Reds) (7) Walter Alston (8) Mike Trout (2012) (9) Wade Boggs, Rod Carew, Tony Gwynn, Ted Williams (10) Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Tris Speaker, Paul Waner, Honus Wagner (11) Yasiel Puig (12) Bob Feller, Lefty Grove, Ted Lyons, Hal Newhouser (13) Starlin Castro (2011) (14) Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Trout, Ted Williams (15) Frank Thomas

(16) Frank Thomas (17) Jose Altuve (18) 1992-1996 Los Angeles Dodgers (19) Ted Kluszewski, 1959 Chicago White Sox (20) Billy Hatcher, 1990 Cincinnati Reds (21) 131, New York Yankees (2012) (22) Willie Mays (23) Ted Williams, 1949 (24) Mike Piazza (25) Christy Mathewson (1905), Waite Hoyt (1921) (26) Bryce Harper (27) Bob Feller (28) Rube Waddell (29) Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Tim Lincecum, Jim Palmer (30) Don Drysdale, Lefty Grove, Robin Roberts (31) 1954 Cleveland Indians, 111-43 (.721) (32) 2001 Seattle Mariners, 116-46 (.716) (33) 1906 Chicago Cubs, 116-36 (.763) (34) Philadelphia Phillies (1980) (35) Bryce Harper (36) Hideo Nomo, Tom Seaver, Don Sutton (37) Eddie Matthews (38) Lou Piniella (39) Dave Kingman (40) Yusmeiro Petit Bonus answer: Ralph Kiner, of course.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR INMATES SHOULD HELP CLEAN UP SUMTER AREA I live on Starks Ferry Road. The pictures are from the Pinewood Road end of the road. That is the trash we see every day. I just moved back to Sumter last year. It’s never looked like that. It would be nice if we could get a crew of inmates to clean up across Sumter. It is our tax dollars that house them.

LESLIE ABRAHAM Sumter

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It is the beginning of the end for ‘American Idol’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH • “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) begins its long, threenight goodbye with a 90-minute retrospective. That’s entirely fitting for the once dominant series whose future is very much in its past.

Look for hosts, judges and talents from past seasons, stretching back to 2002 when it came down to Kelly Clarkson vs. Justin Guarini.

• Closing statements give way to a verdict on the finale of “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). Next stop: Emmy Awards.

• “The Secrets of Saint John Paul” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) explores the decades-long friendship and extensive, deeply personal correspondence between the priest, archbishop, cardinal and eventual pope and PolishAmerican scholar and philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka.

A married woman, she and the man born Karol Wojtyla shared countless confidences and visited each other and vacationed together in both Poland and America. They were collaborating on a revised translation of an earlier book

by Wojtyla when he ascended to the papacy in 1978.

Vatican insiders were worried. Aside from the risk of gossip and scandal, there was the prospect of a married American woman claiming to be an intimate friend of the pope as well as his colleague, equal, mentor and influence.

Critics of Pope John Paul II’s efforts to resist calls for female ordination found his relationship with a woman who was his intellectual soul mate to be, at best, paradoxical.

“Secrets” avoids the salacious. Experts cited here seem pretty certain that Wojtyla never strayed beyond his vows of celibacy. One calls their relationship a “chaste passion.”

In the precipitous efforts to turn Pope John Paul II into a saint, his friendship with Tymieniecka was all but written out of official history. “Secrets” sheds new light on a historical figure who was cast in marble before he was fully known and appreciated as a human being.

• The new series “America’s Greatest Makers” (9 p.m., TBS)

by soaps on “Fresh Off the Boat” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * “Arrow” characters cross over on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * Grandma (Frances Conroy) can’t handle the truth on “The Real O’Neals” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Jazz funerals can be murder on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * A widower’s weird request on “Chicago Med” (9 p.m., NBC, TV14) * A grim vision of the future on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Amy goes undercover on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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Pope John Paul II greets Mother Teresa of Calcutta in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in June of 1997. Airing at 9 p.m. today on PBS, “The Secrets of Saint John Paul” explores the deep friendship between the pope and Polish-American scholar and philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka. looks like the latest variation on “Shark Tank.” But there’s a major difference. Participants on “Makers” compete for a $1 million grand prize by creating wearable technology and smart-connected consumer devices. But every device must include the Intel Curie Module.

What’s that? Watch the show and find out.

Every team vying to move up the ladder must explain how it uses the module and extol its virtues to a panel of experts that includes an Intel executive.

Product placements are a part of competitions and game shows. But this continual plug may be a bit too much.

check local listings) goes beyond curb appeal to explore artistic and historical influence.

• An ambitious student’s brain gives Liv a taste of her old life on “iZombie” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

• Amassing an arsenal on “The Outsiders” (9 p.m., WGN, TV-MA).

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CULT CHOICE Spared the devastation of a nuclear war, Australians and a U.S. submarine crew await the arrival of fatal radiation in the 1959 drama “On the Beach” (5:45 p.m., TCM), starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner, as well as Fred Astaire in a dramatic role.

“Limitless” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Murder on the job on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Follow-ups on past investments on “Beyond the Tank” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

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Wanda Sykes, Sharon Horgan and Aurora appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Arianna Huffington, the Property Brothers and Baby Metal on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Greg Kinnear, Padma Lakshmi and Andrew Dice Clay on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Matthew Perry, Thomas Lennon, Cecily Strong, Chuck Todd and Brann Dailor visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Salma Hayek and Ray Romano visit “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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AROUND TOWN payable and mailed to NFB The National Council of Negro Women will celebrate their 24th Sumter Chapter, P.O. Box 641, Sumter, SC 29151. annual Harambee Breakfast at NCNW’sApril Harambee Breakfast set for 9 a.m. on Saturday, 9, The Sumter Stroke Support Saturday at the Melina Activity CenGroup will meet at 6 p.m. on ter, 3539 Black River Road, Thursday, April 14, in the liGable. The Rev. George P. brary of Alice Drive Baptist Windley Sr. will speak.

Church on the corner of Loring Mill Road and Wise Clarendon School District One Drive. will conduct free vision, hearing, speech and developmental The Sumter Combat Veterans screenings as part of a child Group will meet at 10 a.m. on find effort to identify stuFriday, April 15, at the South dents with special needs.

HOPE Center, 1125 S. LafayScreenings will be held from ette Drive. All area veterans 9 a.m. to noon at the Sumand active military are invitmerton Early Childhood Cen- ed. ter, 8 South St., Summerton, The Annual Earth Day Celebraon the following Thursdays: tion and Flower Sale will be April 14; and May 12. Call held from 8 a.m. to noon on Sadie Williams at (803) 485Saturday, April 23, at Swan 2325, extension 116.

Lake-Iris Gardens on the AARP will offer free tax prepanorth side of the gardens ration from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 surrounding the gazebo. p.m. on Mondays and There will be green vendors, Wednesdays through April music, entertainment and 18 at the Shepherd’s Center more. of Sumter, 24 Council St. ApThe Sumter Combat Veterans plicants are advised to bring Group Second Annual Black Tie with them government-isGala Fundraiser will be held sued photo IDs, Social Secuon Saturday, April 30, at the rity cards and / or Medicare Sumter County Civic Center. cards for anyone in the Meet and greet will be held household, last year’s tax at 6 p.m. and the gala will forms, W-2 and / or 1099 begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are forms, and power of attor$50 each or reserve a table ney certification forms if for six for $250 or a table for they are filing for someone eight for $350. Rep. David else. For more information, Weeks will speak. This will call Henry Dinkins at (803) be a night of food, fun, danc499-4990 or Lula King at ing and entertainment. Call (803) 316-0772.

Henry Boyd at (803) 464-1239 Broken Wings, an eight-week or Leroy Peeples at (803) grief support group hosted by 509-2868.

Amedisys Hospice Care, will Shaw Air Force Base will host be held from 10 a.m. to noon the Shaw Air Expo open house each Saturday through April and air show Saturday and 23. Meetings will be held at Sunday, May 21-22. The free the Amedisys Hospice ofevent will be open to the fice, 198 E. Wesmark Blvd., general public from 8 a.m. to Suite 2, (803) 774-4036. There 5 p.m. both days. Visit www. is no charge and the public shaw.af.mil/airexpo/ for is invited. more information. Also, The Sumter Chapter of the Na“like” the Shaw Air Force tional Federation of the Blind of Base Facebook page at South Carolina will meet at 7 https://www.facebook. p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, at com/20FighterWing/ for upShiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 to-date information. Aerial W. Bartlette St. The spotlight demonstration teams or will shine on Mable Preston performances will include: and the honorary members U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds; are the Rev. Dr. William S. U.S. Army Black Daggers and Doris Randolph. Transparachute demo; 20th Fightportation provided within er Wing Air Power; F-16 their mileage area. If you Viper; USAF Heritage Flight; know a blind person, conCanadian Air Force CF-18; tact Debra Canty, chapter U.S. Navy F/A-18; Warbirds president, at (803) 775-5792 (historical military aircraft); or debra.canty@frontier. and Gary Ward & Greg Concom. Listen to the message nell. The acts are not in line anytime at (206) 376order of performance and 5992 for information about are subject to change. the gala. Make donations

PUBLIC AGENDA TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 4 p.m., town hall

CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING Today, 5:30 p.m., board room, district office, 15 Major Drive, Manning

BISHOPVILLE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD PLANNING COMMISSION Thursday, 6 p.m., South Carolina Cotton Museum, 121 W. Cedar Lane, Bishopville

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Set a good EUGENIA LAST example for anyone who may consider you a mentor. Stay on top of matters concerning peers, employers and dealing with institutions. It’s best to tie up loose ends before someone asks you to.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your intuition will be spot-on when dealing with others. Someone will take advantage of you or ask for a handout. Offer solutions or advice instead, and you will be spared a loss of money and friendship.

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SSE 7-14 mph

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Gaffney 59/32 Spartanburg 62/33

Greenville 63/36

Columbia 65/37

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Sumter 64/35

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 64/36

ON THE COAST

Charleston 67/43

Today: Sunny; cooler. High 61 to 69.

Wednesday: Partly sunny. High 65 to 70.

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77° 46° 72° 46° 90° in 1967 27° in 1992

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LAKE LEVELS Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

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24-hr chg -0.12 -0.14 -0.07 +0.23

RIVER STAGES 0.00" 0.77" 0.44" 13.10" 14.74" 11.86"

Myrtle Beach 61/43

Manning 62/36

Today: Sunny and cooler. Winds eastnortheast 6-12 mph.

Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun.

Winds south 10-20 mph.

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Florence 62/33

Bishopville 61/32

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

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Today Hi/Lo/W 57/32/s 69/39/s 68/36/s 69/44/s 51/43/s 67/43/s 60/34/s 67/40/s 65/37/s 59/33/s 49/34/s 58/31/s 57/33/s

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 8.93 +0.75 19 4.73 -3.26 14 8.61 +0.25 14 4.64 -1.00 80 79.97 +0.40 24 6.94 -0.34

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

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One-hit wonder Patience rewarded as ‘Year of the Senior’ comes to a close

usc football

McIlwain making most of practice Freshman quarterback impresses Muschamp

By Willie T. Smith III wtsmith@greenvillenews.com

Robert Deutsch/The Associated Press

Villanova’s Jalen Brunson (1) goes to the basket for a layup against North Carolina during the first half of the national championship game on Monday in Houston. The Tar Heels led 39-34 at halftime. For complete results, go to www.theitem.com.

By EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press HOUSTON — The “One and Dones” didn’t get anywhere near the Final Four this season. Instead, this will be remembered as the year when patience was rewarded.

The projected top two picks of the upcoming NBA draft, freshmen Brandon Ingram of Duke and Ben Simmons of LSU, were warming up the couch for Monday night’s title game between

North Carolina and Villanova — two teams that, quite fittingly, got where they are with a locker room full of seniors.

“We did have good freshmen this year,” said Kansas coach Bill Self, in summing up the scene around the country. “But seniors stole the show.”

The Season of the Senior offered a break from the story lines of the last five or six years, during which handwringing over the “One and Done” rule has taken over the sport, almost non-

stop.

Officially, “One and Done” is the NBA’s requirement that players be at least 19 and wait one season after graduating high school before entering the draft. With the league and its union expected to pick up collective-bargaining negotiations later this year, the debate will almost certainly be resumed.

What’s the best outcome? Depends on who you ask.

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pro baseball

Murphy huge hit in Nationals debut Braves fall 4-3 in 10th in final Turner Field season opener

By CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATLANTA — Daniel Murphy was a huge hit in his Washington debut with a home run and a go-ahead double in the 10th inning, and the Nationals rallied past the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in their season opener Monday.

NL MVP Bryce Harper also homered in his first plate appearance of the season, and the Nationals made a winner of Dusty Baker in his first game as their manager.

Washington tied it in the ninth on Michael Taylor’s sacrifice fly to shallow center field. Atlanta nearly escaped with a game-ending double play, but Jayson Werth scored when catcher A.J. Pierzynski dropped Ender Inciarte’s accurate throw that beat Werth to the plate.

Murphy’s one-out double to left off Eric O’Flaherty (0-1) drove in Ryan Zimmerman from second base. Zimmerman reached on a two-base throwing error by second baseman

John Bazemore/The Associated Press

Jayson Werth (28) scores the game-tying run as the ball gets past Atlanta catcher A.J. Pierzynski in the ninth inning of the season opener fort both teams on Monday See braves, Page B4 in Atlanta at Turner Field. The Nationals won 4-3 in 10 innings.

COLUMBIA – University of South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp continues to be impressed by the play of freshman Brandon McIlwain as spring drills wind down.

With Perry Orth out for the remainder of the muschamp spring because of a broken collarbone and Lorenzo missing the past two weeks because of a hyperextended knee, McIlwain has made the most of his opportunity since enrolling in January.

“Brandon had a lot of command in how he directed the offense when he was on the field,” Muschamp said. “I was very pleased with his decisionmaking.”

While Orth was the consistent No. 1 quarterback before getting injured and will have s strong chance of preserving that status when he returns, McIlwain is giving the staff something to think about.

“I thought Brandon did some really nice things,” said Muschamp. “He was 12-of-14 (passing in the scrimmage), took care of the football, made good decisions, had good command.

“We didn’t limit anything we were doing on either side of the ball, so there was a lot thrown at those guys.”

Muschamp also praised returning quarterbacks Connor Mitch and Michael Scarnecchia, but it is obvious Orth and McIlwain have separated a bit from the pack.

See usc, Page B5

auto racing

L’Huillier wins Extreme-4 as season begins

By CODY TRUETT Special to The Sumter Item Sumter Speedway kicked off its 2016 season on Saturday with Chelsea L’Huillier highlighting the night by picking up a hard-fought win in the Extreme-4 division.

L’Huillier battled with Bret Carter for the top spot as the race began with Carter holding the early advantage.

L’Huillier worked her way to the front, taking the lead and dominating the feature. Carter settled for a solid second-place finish with John Ledwell third, Timmy Kimsey fourth, Woodie Peak fifth and Rusty Harrellson sixth.

Walter Anderson picked up where he left off last season with another win in the Stock V8 division. Anderson battled with Adam Hill for the top spot early in the race, but quickly took control and cruised on to the victory. Hill came home second with Timmy Kimsey third, Cody Truett fourth and Jerry Knight fifth. Randy Creech

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Kyle Busch takes a bow as he celebrates winning the Sprint Cup STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va., on Sunday.

Kyle Busch pulls off Martinsville sweep

was sixth and Marty Horne seventh.

Mark McLeod led flag to flag in the Crate Late Model feature. Kale Green was second and Larry Morse third.

Drew Shealy put on a show in the Super Street feature, jumping into the lead as the green flag flew and never looking back. Shealy picked up an impressive win with Robbie Disher second, Shannon Munn third and Justin Timmons fourth. Matthew Hodge came home fifth with Tony Terry sixth and Bobby Leaphart seventh.

The Stock-4 feature saw intense action from start to finish. Justin Mintz came out on top after holding off multiple challenges from Travis Sharpe on his way to the checkered flag. Sharpe settled for second with Bubba Kolb third and Matt Lawson fourth. Allen Ridgeway came home fifth with Ashley McHenry sixth, Daniel Creamer seventh and Russell

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stp 500 results

MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Kyle Busch came to Martinsville Speedway with no grandfather clock trophies from the shortest and tightest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series short tracks.

He left with two clocks after completing an unprecedented Martinsville sweep in Sunday’s STP 500, and, appropriately, the first question he radioed to his crew after his celebratory burnouts dealt with telling time.

“What time is it?” crowed the reigning series champion, who a day earlier had won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville in his own equipment.

Then Busch answered his own rhetorical question. “Time to tell the haters to shut up!”

Busch shouted, a reference to the ambivalent relationship the Joe Gibbs Racing driver enjoys with the NASCAR fan base.

But Busch can be forgiven for his over-thetop exclamation. With the victory, he’s all but assured of defending his 2015 championship in this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. “I can’t say enough about this whole JGR team,” who led the final 174 laps after passing teammate Matt Kenseth for the top spot on Lap 327. The (No. 18) M&M’s Camry was awesome in practice (on Saturday). We had a really good car through practice, and (crew chief) Adam (Stevens) made some really good adjustments overnight to keep us where we needed to be, running up front all day.”

In fact, Busch led 352 of the 500 laps on the way to his first victory of the season and the 35th of his career. The 352 laps led were the most at Martinsville since Bobby Hamilton dominated the Apr. 20, 1998 Sprint Cup race at the .526-mile track, winning from the pole and leading 378 circuits.

For the final restart on Lap 489, after caution had slowed the race for the eighth time when Jamie McMurray shredded a tire and lost control in Turn 2, Busch pulled away to cross the finish line .663 seconds ahead of AJ Allmendinger, who matched his career-best Sprint Cup finish on an oval track, with his previous second place coming at Martinsville in 2012.

Moreover, it was Allmendinger’s first top five since he won at the Watkins Glen International road course in August 2014 and quali-

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MLB Standings

By The Associated Press

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service

season

TODAY 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal First Leg Match – Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal First Leg Match – Benfica vs. Bayern Munich (FOX SPORTS 2).

4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Kansas City (MLB NETWORK).

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

6:30 p.m. – High School Baseball: Westwood at Blythewood (WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. – College Softball: Southern Utah at Brigham Young Doubleheader Game One (BYUTV).

7 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinal Game One – Sioux Falls at Westchester (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Boston (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at Miami or St. Louis at Pittsburgh (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Baseball: Coastal Carolina at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5).

7:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Toronto (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST) 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Tampa Bay at New York Rangers (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal Second Leg Match – Queretaro vs. Tigres (FOX SPORTS 2, UNIVISION).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Detroit at Miami (TNT).

8:30 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Championship Game from Indianapolis – Connecticut vs. Syracuse (ESPN).

9:30 p.m. – College Softball: Southern Utah at Brigham Young Doubleheader Game Two (BYUTV).

10 p.m. – International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal Second Leg Match – Santos vs. America (FOX SPORTS 2, UNIVISION).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Oakland (MLB NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Minnesota at Golden State (TNT).

East Division

Washington Miami Atlanta New York Philadelphia Central Division

Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee St. Louis West Division

San Francisco Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego

Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500 laps, 45 points.

2. (6) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 500, 39.

3. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 500, 38.

4. (29) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 500, 37.

5. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 36.

6. (25) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 500, 35.

7. (3) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 500, 34.

8. (4) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 500, 34.

9. (24) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 32.

10. (5) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 31.

11. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 31.

12. (14) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 29.

13. (23) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500, 28.

14. (21) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 27.

15. (9) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500, 27.

16. (28) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 500, 25.

17. (19) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 25.

18. (16) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 500, 23.

19. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 500, 22.

20. (10) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 499, 21.

21. (22) David Ragan, Toyota, 499, 20.

22. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 499, 19.

23. (15) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 499, 18.

24. (27) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 498, 17.

25. (30) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 497, 16.

26. (26) Brian Scott, Ford, 496, 15.

27. (32) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 496, 14.

28. (33) Landon Cassill, Ford, 495, 13.

29. (35) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 495, 12.

30. (31) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 495, 11.

31. (18) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 494, 10.

32. (13) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 494, 9.

33. (36) Chris Buescher, Ford, 491, 8.

34. (34) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 491, 7.

35. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 490, 6.

36. (37) Joey Gase, Ford, 490, 0.

37. (40) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 490, 4.

38. (39) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, engine, 326, 3.

39. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 221, 2.

40. (20) Aric Almirola, Ford, engine, 206, 1.

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Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 1 Kansas City 4, N.Y. Mets 3

Monday’s Games

San Francisco 12, Milwaukee 3 Philadelphia at Cincinnati Washington 4, Atlanta 3, 10 inn.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego Colorado at Arizona Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels

American League East Division

Toronto Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Central Division

Kansas City Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota West Division

Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 80.088 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 17 minutes, 2 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.663 seconds.

Caution Flags: 8 for 51 laps.

Lead Changes: 11 among 5 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-21; P.Menard 22-31; Ky.Busch 32-100; K.Harvick 101-105; Ky.Busch 106-131; M.Kenseth 132-146; Ky.Busch 147-155; K.Harvick 156-222; M. Kenseth 223-240; Ky.Busch 241-314; M.Kenseth 315326; Ky.Busch 327-500.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 5 times for 352 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times for 72 laps; M.Kenseth, 3 times for 45 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 21 laps; P.Menard, 1 time for 10 laps.

Wins: J.Johnson, 2; Ky.Busch, 1; D.Hamlin, 1; K.Harvick, 1; B.Keselowski, 1.

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Houston at New York, ppd., rain Minnesota at Baltimore Seattle at Texas Boston at Cleveland, ppd., cold Toronto at Tampa Bay Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels Chicago White Sox at Oakland

nba Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

y-Toronto x-Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

x-Atlanta x-Charlotte x-Miami Washington Orlando

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W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 53 24 .688 — Portland 41 37 .526 12½ Utah 39 38 .506 14 Denver 32 46 .410 21½ Minnesota 25 52 .325 28 Pacific Division

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Sunday’s Games

New Orleans 106, Brooklyn 87 L.A. Clippers 114, Washington 109 Dallas 88, Minnesota 78 Houston 118, Oklahoma City 110 Cleveland 112, Charlotte 103 Utah 101, Phoenix 86 Orlando 119, Memphis 107 Chicago 102, Milwaukee 98 Indiana 92, New York 87 Golden State 136, Portland 111 Boston 107, L.A. Lakers 100

Monday’s Games

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nhl Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Florida 78 44 25 9 97 225 194 Tampa Bay 78 45 28 5 95 217 186 Detroit 79 40 28 11 91 204 216 Boston 79 41 30 8 90 233 220 Ottawa 79 36 34 9 81 224 240 Montreal 79 36 37 6 78 211 228 Buffalo 79 33 35 11 77 193 214 Toronto 78 28 39 11 67 189 229 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 78 55 17 6 116 241 182 x-Pittsburgh 79 46 25 8 100 235 194 N.Y. Rangers 78 43 26 9 95 225 207 N.Y. Islanders 77 42 26 9 93 214 201 Philadelphia 78 39 26 13 91 203 208 Carolina 79 34 29 16 84 192 216 New Jersey 79 37 34 8 82 176 200 Columbus 78 31 39 8 70 203 242

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 80 48 23 9 105 260 226 x-St. Louis 79 47 23 9 103 216 193 x-Chicago 79 46 26 7 99 224 200 x-Nashville 79 39 26 14 92 219 207 Minnesota 80 38 31 11 87 215 201 Colorado 79 39 36 4 82 208 227 Winnipeg 79 32 39 8 72 204 231 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 78 44 24 10 98 209 185 x-Los Angeles 78 46 27 5 97 213 183 x-San Jose 79 44 29 6 94 233 205 Arizona 78 35 36 7 77 203 230 Calgary 79 33 40 6 72 218 251 Vancouver 78 29 36 13 71 179 225 Edmonton 80 30 43 7 67 194 239 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference

Sunday’s Games

Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 4, N.Y. Mets 3

fied for the Chase for the only time in his career.

Kyle Larson, who, like Busch, competed in Saturday’s truck race, used the extra track time to full benefit in finishing third, one spot ahead of Austin Dillon, who stayed out on old tires for the final restart (as did Busch, Kenseth and Allmendinger) and held the fourth position.

Lamberth eighth. Justin Starnes was ninth, Bubba Miller 10th and Aaron Wood 11th.

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

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y-Cleveland Detroit Indiana Chicago Milwaukee

Chicago 6, Boston 4 Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 2 Winnipeg 5, Minnesota 1 St. Louis 5, Colorado 1 Anaheim 3, Dallas 1

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.

Golf

By The Associated Press

PGA Tour-Shell Houston Open

Sunday At Golf Club of Houston Humble, Texas Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,441; Par 72 Final

Jim Herman (500), $1,224,000 69-69-67-68—273 -15 Henrik Stenson (300), $734,400 69-71-66-68—274 -14 Dustin Johnson (190), $462,400 65-71-70-69—275 -13 Rafa Cabrera Bello, $326,400 71-72-68-65—276 -12 Daniel Berger (105), $258,400 67-74-70-66—277 -11 Russell Henley (105), $258,400 70-68-68-71—277 -11 Charles Howell III (85), $211,933 69-69-72-68—278 -10 Chez Reavie (85), $211,933 66-70-72-70—278 -10 Kyle Reifers (85), $211,933 70-70-68-70—278 -10 Rickie Fowler (70), $170,000 69-70-70-70—279 -9 Sean O’Hair (70), $170,000 68-73-69-69—279 -9 Patrick Reed (70), $170,000 69-71-72-67—279 -9 Si Woo Kim (56), $123,760 69-71-69-71—280 -8 Phil Mickelson (56), $123,760 69-71-71-69—280 -8 Charl Schwartzel (56), $123,760 69-72-70-69—280 -8 Jordan Spieth (56), $123,760 67-73-70-70—280 -8

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UConn nears unprecedented mark

By DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Breanna Stewart came to UConn with the lofty goal of winning four national championships and the Huskies are one victory away from history.

They will play former Big East foe Syracuse on Tuesday night with a chance to become the first women’s team to win four straight Division I titles.

Only UCLA, with seven in a row from 1967-73, has done it on the men’s side and a UConn victory would give coach Geno Auriemma 11 national championships — one more than Bruins coach John Wooden for the most ever in the history of college basketball.

While Stewart didn’t guarantee four titles when she was a freshman, she did promise a victory against Syracuse.

“I’m not going to go and say that we’re going to lose,” Stewart said after the Huskies beat Oregon State in the Final Four. “To end my college career, to end it with the other seniors, there is no other way that I want that to happen.”

Syracuse coach Quentin Hillsman wasn’t planning on using the comments as extra motivation for his team.

“I don’t think she knew who she was playing yet,” he said, laughing. “So what is she supposed to say? I told our fans and our crowd that we’re going to win, too.”

Auriemma shrugged it off.

“Having said it and now being on the verge of being able to do it, those are amazing things that it’s like a storybook,” Auriemma said. “You have to admire her. She’s got a lot of guts, Stewie does. And you know what we talk about on our team a lot is courage.

And it takes a lot of courage sometimes to say certain things and to be able to do certain things.”

Stewart and her fellow UConn seniors have won 74 straight games and have never lost in the NCAA Tournament,

senior

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At the college level, “One and Done” can make for some exciting one-hit wonders. John Calipari has led Kentucky to four Final Fours over the last six years, with one national championship, thanks to his uncanny ability to reload at Kentucky. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski also has a title under that formula.

Both have faced their share of criticism for sacrificing continuity and subverting education in exchange for the high of a quick title run. Calipari and Coach K are fond of bragging about the still-impressive numbers of their players who do get degrees — and insisting they’re only playing by the rules, not writing them.

Meanwhile, at the NBA level, Charles Barkley considers “One and Done” a crisis.

“We’ve got guys who can’t play coming to the NBA after one year,” he said. “Our quality of basketball is awful. We’ve got six good teams. ... We can’t sustain our business model that way. Charging people outrageous sums of money for regular-season tickets and putting a (bad) product out there, we’re going to kill our product.”

To Barkley’s dismay, this season looks more like a onetime reprieve than a trend.

The upcoming recruiting class is loaded. Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles have committed to Duke; De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk and Bam Adebayo are pointed toward Kentucky.

All are already listed on 2017 mock NBA draft boards.

Because these five are moving as package deals to coaches who are used to this sort of thing, their chances for NCAA success over a short stay figure to be greater.

PERFECT 10 UConn is 10 for 10 in title games.

“I think at this time of the year your confidence level and your ability have to mesh,” Auriemma said. “There’s teams maybe that come here with a lot more confidence than ability and it catches up to you or a lot more ability than they have confidence. So when those two things mesh, I think you have a pretty unbeatable combination.”

Auriemma then also admitted that it helped having players like Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Stewart.

“Three people are directly responsible for eight of them,” he said. “So when you’ve got those three in your lineup, Stewy, Dee, and Maya, at this time of the year, generally speaking, if you have the best player on the floor, good things can happen.”

SHOOTING STARS Syracuse has been stellar in the tournament from behind the 3-point line. The Orange have made 48 3-pointers so far in the NCAAs, averaging nearly 10 a game — up one from the regular season. They are also making 33.6 percent from behind the arc, up 4 percent from the regular season.

“Our goal is to make 10 3s a game,” Hillsman said. “If it takes 40 to make 10, it’s 40. If it takes 50, it’s 50.”

WOUNDED HUSKIE

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Connecticut’s Breanna Stewart (30) shoots against Oregon State’s Samantha Siegner (5) during their Final Four matchup Sunday in Indianapolis. UConn won 80-51 and face Syracuse today for the national title.

UConn will be without freshman Katie Lou Samuelson, who broke her foot in the semifinal win over Oregon State.

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going 23-0. To win the title, Stewart and the Huskies will have to beat her hometown team.

“It definitely feels like it’s coming full circle,” Stewart said. “From my freshman year, when we played in the Big East, we played against Syracuse. Following that, there was no Big East, so we obviously didn’t get to play

them and now having an opportunity to finish it off against them.”

The former Big East foes met at least once a season before the Orange went to the ACC after the 2013 season. The Orange have lost their last 23 meetings against UConn, a skid that dates to 1996.

“I’ve been on every possible end of the spectrum of a

UConn game, on a regular season game, in a Big East Tournament game, on senior night at their place,” Hillsman said.

“I think teams get overwhelmed with their speed and quickness and their strength.

It is an overwhelming thing because they’re very good, but at least we understand that because we’ve seen it and we’ve experienced it.”

Hillsman said that Syracuse men’s coach Jim Boeheim has been one of the team’s biggest fans. While he didn’t think Boeheim would be at the game Tuesday night, he has been offering support.

“We’ve texted. He’s always — like I said, he’s the man,” Hillsman said. “He’s a Syracuse guy. He’s very supportive.

And it’s good.”

This year’s freshmen, however, were different. Instead of “One and Done,” this group was more like “Now or Never.”

After winning it all last season with One-and-Doners Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow, the Blue Devils, as Krzyzewski explained early and often, were thin this year, leaving Ingram on the outside looking in after the Sweet 16.

At LSU, coach Johnny Jones lost a pair of sophomores, Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey, to the NBA, leaving Simmons and the Tigers out of the tournament altogether.

“For Ben, things happened that were beyond his control,” Jones said. “He was very impactful and engaged for us. He put his team in the best possible position.”

In a perfect world, says former UConn coach Jim Calhoun, these situations wouldn’t be so common.

“You take 770 kids transferring every year, and add those to the freshmen who leave,” he said, “and it’s a case where you just don’t get the stability in the game. I’m not trying to be a curmudgeon. I’d just like to see more stability.”

In a way, 2015-16 must have felt like a nice breather to him.

All these Final Four seniors — Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige of Carolina, Daniel Ochefu and Ryan Arcidiacono of Villanova, Buddy Hield of Oklahoma and Michael Gbinije of Syracuse — should, at minimum, get a chance to make an NBA roster next season. Hield and Johnson could both be lottery picks. That they all had four years to learn basketball in college only helped their cause.

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of the Year, senior Denzel Valentine, also benefited. His Michigan State team was supposed to contend for a title, but lost, shockingly, in the first round.

He’s still glad he stuck around.

“I don’t think it always needs to be a fight, seniors versus freshmen,” Valentine said. “If you stay in school and you’re a senior, there shouldn’t be a knock on that.

They shouldn’t say, ‘Aw, he waited too long.’ Let’s just look at who’s good and go from there.”

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Tampa Bay’s Kevin Kiermaier (39) scores on a wild ptich in front of Toronto pitcher R.A. Dickey during the Blue Jays’ 5-3 win on Monday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Orioles beat Twins after 2 rain delays

BALTIMORE — Matt Wieters singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles withstood two long rain delays Monday in a season-opening 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

A game that was scheduled to start at 3:05 p.m. finally ended at 8:44, even though the playing time was only 2 hours, 48 minutes.

Minnesota hasn’t won on opening day since 2008.

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beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Monday night.

All three of the home runs were hit off Drew Smyly, with Donaldson connecting for a solo shot in the fifth inning, Saunders delivering a two-run homer in the fourth and Thole going deep on a third-inning drive that umpires initially ruled was a double after a fan interfered by catching the ball before it reached the stands.

The call was reversed after a replay review, erasing a 1-0 Tampa Bay lead.

Mariners 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARLINGTON, Texas — Cole Hamels handed Felix Hernandez his first opening day loss and the Texas Rangers managed to win with just one hit, beating the Seattle Mariners 3-2 Monday.

Prince Fielder blooped an RBI single off Hernandez during a three-run fifth inning that included three walks and two errors.

Hamels won on opening day for the first time in three tries, giving up two runs and striking out eight in seven innings. Shawn Tolleson pitched the ninth for a save.

Blue Jays 5 Rays 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Josh Donaldson, Michael Saunders and Josh Thole homered to help R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays

Reds 6 Phillies 2 CINCINNATI — Zack Cozart had three hits and drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and Joey Votto followed with a bases-loaded single that sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in a Monday opener matching the majors’ two worst teams from last season.

The Reds scored five times in the eighth against Philadelphia’s work-in-progress bullpen. Jay Bruce completed the rally with a two-run single in front of 43,683 fans, the largest regular-season crowd in Great American Ball Park history.

Both teams plunged into a major rebuilding last sea-

son, when the Phillies had the worst record in the majors at 63-99 and the Reds were second-worst, only one game better.

Giants 12 Brewers 3

MILWAUKEE — Denard Span homered and drove in five runs in his San Francisco debut, and the Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-3 in an opener Monday despite a sluggish start from under-the-weather ace Madison Bumgarner.

Span hit a three-run shot with two outs in the eighth inning and Joe Panik and Buster Posey followed with home runs off Ariel Pena.

It marked the first time the Giants had connected for three straight homers on opening day.

Dodgers 15

The Wilson Hall varsity baseball team went 2-1 in the Mingo Bay tournament last week in Myrtle Beach.

In their opening game on Tuesday, the Barons defeated Holy Name High School of Ohio 11-0. Drew Talley was the winning pitcher, striking out six and allowing just three hits.

Brent Carraway was 2-for-2 with a double to lead the offense. Robert James had a triple and Charlton Commander and Daulton Dabbs each had a double.

In Game 2 on Wednesday, WH defeated North Greene High of Tennessee 8-1. Edward McMillan was the winning pitcher, striking out eight while allowing four hits. Drew Talley was 2-for-3 with a double.

On Thursday against Lewisville High, Wilson Hall dropped a 10-8 decision. Carraway and Sam Watford both had two hits while Dabbs had a triple and McMillan a double.

The Barons’ games on Friday and Saturday were cancelled due to rain.

Baker said Tanner Roark will start Thursday’s home opener against Miami. Joe Ross and Scherzer will follow Roark in the rotation before Gio Gonzalez makes his first start. Baker said Gonzalez was available in the bullpen on Monday.

Baker said he and pitching coach Mike Maddux “discussed it and changed it and rehashed it” before settling on a plan designed to protect the bullpen.

The plan was influenced by off days on Tuesday and Friday this week.

TRAINER’S ROOM Nationals: CF Ben Revere was replaced by Taylor to open the fifth inning. The Nationals did not immediately report any health or injury issue with Revere.

Braves: Now that Freeman’s right wrist appears to finally be pain-free, Fredi Gonzalez said he wants to keep the key member of his lineup healthy with an occasional day off.

Gonzalez acknowledged it won’t be easy to get Freeman to accept that plan. Freeman laughed when he said Monday, “He can ask all he wants, but he can’t force me out of the lineup.” Freeman started his sixth straight opener, an Atlanta record for a first baseman.

UP NEXT Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg will try to improve his unimpressive career numbers against Atlanta on Wednesday in the second game of the series. Strasburg is 6-7 with a 3.77 ERA in 19 career starts against the Braves, including a 3-3 mark and 4.79 ERA in nine starts at Turner Field.

Braves: RHP Bud Norris, who won 15 games for Baltimore in 2014, will try to move past a disappointing 3-11 record with the Orioles and Padres in 2015 when he makes his debut with Atlanta. Norris was 1-3 with a 6.46 ERA in six spring starts.

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SAN DIEGO — Clayton Kershaw was brilliant on opening day, holding San Diego to one hit in seven innings and striking out nine to lead rookie manager Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 15-0 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Kershaw (1-0) allowed Jon Jay’s single to left field with two outs in the third and then retired his last 13 batters. The lefty improved to 4-0 in six opening day starts.

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Gordon Beckham.

Murphy also walked twice in his first game since leaving the rival Mets as a free agent and signing a $37.5 million, three-year contract with Washington. The 2015 NLCS MVP set a postseason record last year by hitting a home run in six consecutive playoff games.

Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia homered against Nationals ace Max Scherzer, who gave up two runs and three hits in seven innings.

Blake Treinen (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for Washington. Jonathan Papelbon got three straight outs for the save.

The Braves took a 3-2 lead in the eighth. Shawn Kelley, who replaced Felipe Rivero with the bases loaded, threw four straight balls to Garcia to force in a run.

Harper homered into the right-field seats off Julio Teheran in the first inning. Only 23, the slugger already has four career homers on opening day. He homered twice in the 2013 opener and also connected last year.

Teheran allowed two runs on five hits and three walks in six innings.

Baseball’s new “Chase Utley Rule” cost the Braves a baserunner after Nick Markakis walked in the seventh. On Hector Olivera’s grounder to third, Markakis slid wide of second base, upending Murphy, whose throw to first was late.

Olivera was ruled out at first for a double play because the slide by Markakis took him too far inside the bag. Murphy pointed to Markakis immediately after the play.

Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez left the dugout briefly but did not argue the call.

The Braves opened their 20th and final season at Turner Field. They will move into new SunTrust Park in suburban Atlanta next season.

PITCHING PLANS

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Atlanta starting pitcher Julio Teheran (49) works in the first inning against Washington on Monday in Atlanta.

Prep schedule TODAY Varsity Baseball South Florence at Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Darlington, 6:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Manning, 6:30 p.m.

Kingstree at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at East Clarendon, 5 p.m.

Camden at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Ben Lippen, 6:30 p.m.

Calhoun at Thomas Sumter, 7 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 6:30 p.m.

Maranatha Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Sumter at South Florence, 6 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Ben Lippen, 4 p.m.

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

Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 4 p.m.

B Team Baseball Wilson Hall at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Johnsonville, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Golf Sumter in Easley Invitational, TBA Marlboro County, Camden Military at Manning, 4:30 p.m.

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

Crestwood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m.

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

Darlington at Manning, 6:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at First Baptist, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Sumter at South Florence, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer South Florence at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Marlboro County, 6 p.m.

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

Varsity Softball South Florence at Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m.

Kingstree at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

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

Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Calhoun, 4 p.m.

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

Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 5:30 p.m.

Maranatha Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

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

Lakewood at Hartsville, 5:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Johnsonville, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Calhoun at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

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

Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Tennis Sumter at South Florence, 4 p.m.

Wilson Hall in SCISA Open Tournament (at Palmetto Tennis Center), TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Wilson Hall in SCISA Open Tournament (at Palmetto Tennis Center), TBA Darlington at Manning, 5 p.m.

Varsity Track and Field Sumter in Home Meet, TBA WEDNESDAY Varsity Baseball Crestwood at Lamar, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 6:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball McBee at Lakewood, 5 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

B Team Baseball Ridge View at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Varsity Boys Golf Hammond at Wilson Hall (at Sunset Country Club), 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer Lakewood at Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 7 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Wilson Hall at Thomas Sumter, 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer Lakewood at Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Softball Crestwood at Lamar, 7:30 p.m.

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

Varsity Boys Tennis Sumter at South Florence, 4 p.m.

Wilson Hall in SCISA Open Tournament (at Palmetto Tennis Center), TBA

Varsity Girls Tennis Wilson Hall in SCISA Open Tournament (at Palmetto Tennis Center), TBA Varsity Track and Field Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning at Heathwood Hall, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY Varsity Baseball River Bluff at Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Calhoun at Robert E. Lee, 6:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Orangeburg Christian, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Crestwood at Darlington, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Manning, 6 p.m.

Lamar at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

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

Varsity Boys Golf Manning at Darlington, 4:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning, Thomas Sumter in SCISA Region II-3A Match (at Beech Creek Golf Club), 3:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer Porter-Gaud at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Florence Christian, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Hartsville at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Varsity Softball East Clarendon at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Lakewood, 7 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Florence Christian, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Softball East Clarendon at Sumter, 5:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Lakewood, 5 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Florence Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Tennis Socastee at Sumter, 4 p.m.

Georgetown at Manning, 4:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Track and Field Crestwood, Thomas Sumter, Hartsville at Manning, 5 p.m.

Lakewood, Marlboro County at Darlington, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Track and Field Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

FRIDAY Varsity Baseball Sumter at Socastee, 6:30 p.m.

Darlington at Crestwood, 6:30 p.m.

Manning at Lakewood, 6:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Johnsonville, 6:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Timmonsville, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Calhoun, 6 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Thomas Sumter, 7 p.m.

The King’s Academy at Robert E. Lee, 6:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball The King’s Academy at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

B Team Baseball Robert E. Lee at The King’s Academy, 5 p.m.

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

Hartsville at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

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

Calhoun at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Socastee at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer Sumter at Socastee, 7:30 p.m.

Hartsville at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Soccer Sumter at Socastee, 6 p.m.

Varsity Softball Sumter at Socastee, 6:30 p.m.

Darlington at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Johnsonville, 6:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Timmonville, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Laurence Manning, 5:30 p.m.

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

Manning at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Varsity Track and Field Crestwood, Lakewood in Taco Bell Classic (at Spring Valley in Columbia), TBA SATURDAY Junior Varsity Baseball West Florence at Sumter (DH), noon Varsity Sporting Clays Wilson Hall at Rocky Creek Competition (in Richburg), TBA Varsity Track and Field Sumter in Gamecock Invitational, 10 a.m.

Crestwood, Lakewood in Taco Bell Classic (at Spring Valley in Columbia), TBA

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Fire Ants sweep Lancaster in twinbill The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team swept South Carolina Lancaster in a doubleheader on Sunday at Riley Park, winning the opener 5-3 and the nightcap 3-2.

The Fire Ants won the series 3-1 and improved to 27-11 on the season. They are now 13-3 in NJCAA Region X, opening a 2-game lead over 11-5 Spartanburg Methodist College.

In the opener, USC Sumter scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to get the win. Fred Wadsworth’s single scored Tee Dubose and Jason Miller with the tying and goahead runs. Dubose had doubled to score Mickey Dugan.

Jake Trejo picked up the win in relief, recording two outs in the sixth, to improve to 6-0.

Zach Mosay pitched the seventh for his seventh save.

In the second game, Zach Mosay was the winning pitcher, improving to 7-0. Christian Hendrix got two outs in the seventh for his second save.

USCS trailed 2-1 going to the bottom of the fifth. Derrick Parnell’s double scored Dillon Heffner with the tying run.

Dugan’s 2-out single delivered Parnell with the game winner.

Dugan had two RBI and Heffner scored twice.

USC dismisses Gregory, Cobb from basketball COLUMBIA — Suspended South Carolina players Jamall Gregory and Eric Cobb have been dismissed from the Gamecocks men’s basketball program.

Coach Frank Martin said Monday announced the decision on Monday.

The reserves had been arrested in March and charged with misdemeanors for shooting a BB pellet gun. Cobb, a 6-foot-9 forward, was charged with assault for firing at an occupied car. Gregory, a 6-2 guard, was charged with four counts of property crimes.

Martin said after talking with the players, the decision was made that it was best for the players to leave.

Gregory and Cobb were among five players Martin suspended before an NIT victory over High Point last month. The other players — forward Chris Silva and guards Marcus Stroman and TeMarcus Blanton — remain suspended.

O’Neal, iverson elected to basketball Hall of Fame HOUSTON — Shaquille O’Neal, Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes, Tom Izzo and Jerry Reinsdorf were elected to the Baksetball Hall of Fame on Monday.

Posthumous honorees this year include 27-year NBA referee Darell Garretson; John McLendon, the first AfricanAmerican coach in a professional league; Cumberland Posey, who also is in the Baseball Hall of Fame; and Zelmo Beaty, who led Prairie View to an NAIA title in 1962.

Clemson 4 Pittsburgh 3

CLEMSON -- Jordan Greene’s single in the eighth inning scored Reed Rohlman for the go-ahead run in No. 17 Clemson’s 4-3 win over Pittsburgh at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday.

The Tigers, who won the series 2-1, improved to 21-7 overall and 7-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Panthers dropped to 13-11 overall

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From Page B1 Muschamp is hopeful Nunez returns to practice this week.

Other players have also caught the coaching staff’s attention.

Running back A. J. Turner and sophomore wide receiver Deebo Samuel were singled out.

“David Williams and A.J. Turner continue to distance themselves as our two better backs right now,” said Muschamp. “At receiver, Deebo Samuel is very explosive. He made a bunch of plays for

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Retired NBA player Allen Iverson, Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, retired WNBA player Sheryl Swoopes and retired NBA player Shaquille O’Neal are introduced as the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2016 on Monday during halftime of the national championship game between Villanova and North Carolina in Houston. and 5-7 in ACC play.

The Tigers tied the score 1-1 on Chris Okey’s 2-out, infield single in the third inning, then Pittsburgh regained the lead with two runs after a costly Clemson error in the fifth inning. Chris Williams’ 2-out, 2-run single in the sixth inning tied the score, then Greene’s single with one out in the eighth inning off the glove of shortstop Charles LeBlanc scored Rohlman.

Seth Beer extended his hitting streak to 24 games.

Pat Krall (3-0) pitched the final 41/3 innings to earn the win.

Stetson 11 Citadel 5

DELAND, Fla. -- The Citadel fell to 12-17 on the season with an 11-5 loss to Stetson on Sunday at Melching Field.

Stetson scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning against Bulldog starting pitcher Jacob Watcher, The righthanded Watcher, who is from Sumter, fell to 4-2. Watcher worked 11/3 innings, but only one of the runs was earned.

He allowed five hits while striking out one and walking one.

Herman wins at Houston, prepares for 1st masters HUMBLE, Texas — Jim Herman delivered a masterful performance at just the right time Sunday in the Shell Houston Open.

Herman, winless in 105 previous starts on the PGA Tour, chipped in for birdie on the par-3 16th and finished with two solid pars for a 4-under 68 and a 1-shot victory that sends him to the Masters for the first time in his career.

Ko shoots 12 under for 2nd straight major win RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Lydia Ko took advantage of Ariya Jutanugarn’s late colus.”

Receiver is a position of concern for the Gamecocks, a spot where Muschamp and co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon have been waiting for players to step up.

Like McIlwain, a January enrollee has played well on defense. Muschamp praised defensive end Keir Thomas.

“From Practice One to Practice 11, he may be as improved a guy as is out there,” said Muschamp.

Junior linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams has been impressive throughout the spring, and Jonathan Walton

lapse to win the ANA Inspiration on Sunday for her second straight major victory and second LPGA Tour win a row.

The top-ranked Ko hit an 88yard wedge shot to a foot on the par-5 18th to set up her winning birdie — and an unlikely victory leap into Poppie’s Pond. She closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 12 under.

Jimenez comes from behind to win champions SAUCIER, Miss. — Miguel Angel Jimenez shot an 8-under 64 to win the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic by two strokes on Sunday.

Jimenez started the day in third place, three shots behind the leader Scott Dunlap. But the 52-year-old from Spain took control on the tournament’s final day thanks to a bogey-free round that included four straight birdies from No. 10 to No. 13.

Duke’s Ingram declares for Draft after 1 season DURHAM, N.C. — Brandon Ingram has made it official he’s the latest one-and-done player to come through Duke.

The freshman announced his decision Monday in a firstperson story posted on The Players’ Tribune website.

Duke spokesman Cory Walton said Ingram is hiring an agent and is staying in the draft.

The Kinston, North Carolina, native is the seventh Duke freshman since 2011 to head to the NBA, a run that started with eventual NBA rookie of the year Kyrie Irving and continued last year when three freshmen made the jump after winning the program’s fifth national title.

Ingram averaged 17.3 points, matching the third-highest average by a Duke freshman in school history.

From staff and wire has also come on strong in recent practices, Muschamp said.

Muschamp admitted the Gamecocks have a long way to go, however, in the defensive backfield.

“We’re a long way from being good as a secondary,” said Muschamp. “That’s just the way it is.”

Defensive end Darius English, who pulled a quad muscle, will be out for the remainder of spring practice, Muschamp said, and wide receiver Terry Googer has a high ankle sprain and is expected to miss the rest of the spring.

Keeping Sumter Beautiful

By Breann Liebermann, Clemson Extension - Water Resources Agent Green Lawns, Green Wallets

top which you can use to irrigate your lawn.

I went up to Connecticut to visit my sister last weekend and I was shocked at how brown and grey the landscape was. Though it’s technically spring up there, too, it looks nothing like it does in South Carolina. Here, the landscape is simply bursting with color: flowers are blooming and grass is greener.

• Water your lawn early in the morning (before 5am). You will lose less water to evaporation and will discourage disease growth since grass blades will dry quickly as soon as the sun rises. Don’t water your lawn every day, as that encourages a shallow and weak root system.

Space out the days that you do water as far as you can.

We all want healthy green grass in our yards and many of us hope to achieve that through plentiful watering. I’m here to give you a few tips and tricks on maintaining a healthy lawn while saving money and conserving water.

• First, get friendly with your lawn. It will tell you when it’s thirsty. A bluish-grey tint, footprints left behind after you walk on it, and wilting are all signs that your lawn needs water.

Only water it when necessary.

For reference, turfgrass requires about one inch of water per week.

• Utilize rainfall! The simplest thing you can do is turn off your sprinkler system if there is rain in the forecast. Next time you’re at the local hardware store, invest in a rain shut-off device, which turns off your sprinkler system when it rains. For bonus points, install a rain barrel and harvest rainwater off your roof-

• Add this to your honey-do list: fix leaky spigots, valves, and hoses and ensure that sprinkler heads are spraying evenly and in the desired direction. There’s no need to spend money watering the sidewalk.

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Big 3 of best without a major eye Masters 8 0 T H

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — The modern “Big Three” have won five of the last six majors going into the Masters.

The other “Big Three” can only hope they are next.

That would be the trio of top players — Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson and Rickie Fowler — who have done everything right over the past several years except for those four weeks that define careers.

All of them are among the top 10 in the world. All of them have had their close calls in the majors, which motivates them even more.

“I still feel like my time is coming,” Johnson said Monday. “I’ve just got to keep putting myself in position to have a chance to win. One of these days, I will get it done.”

The label of “best to have never won a major” has been around for at least three decades, and most of those players eventually won one, whether it was Tom Kite or Corey Pavin, Davis Love III or Phil Mickelson. And then there was Colin Montgomerie, who never did, and Sergio

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Coming off victories in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Dell Match Play, he has taken over as a leading candidate to win a green jacket.

In his two appearances at the Masters, Spieth has won and finished second; in eight rounds, he has yet to post a score over par.

Has never missed the cut in 10 previous appearances at Augusta National; a great driver and iron player, his worst finish in the last five years was a tie for 25th.

First showed his aptitude for Augusta National as an amateur in 1998 when he tied for 21st.

In the 2012 Masters finished two shots out of a playoff.

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For the second This is the only year, he goes into major in which the Masters Fowler has needing to win never missed to complete the the cut; he career Grand started this Slam; his 54-hole year by winning lead in 2011 in Abu Dhabi suggests it can against a happen. strong field.

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Has becomea popular choice for the Masters because he has been playing well this year, and because he always seems to play well at Augusta National

Moved to the A-list of favorites with his play this year; when he’s on, he’s tough at the Masters, but his only two top 10s were the years he won.

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Garcia and Lee Westwood, who have to wonder if they ever will.

The list of current candidates is growing.

And with Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day taking turns winning majors and trading time at No. 1 in the world, it’s getting tougher.

“It’s never been easy to predict winners in golf, but it’s certainly not getting any easier,” Stenson said.

Stenson, who turns 40 on Tuesday, might feel the great-

est sense of urgency.

He has reached as high as No. 2 in the world. He was runner-up at Muirfield in the British Open and tied for third in the PGA Championship three years ago. His closest call was in 2014 in the PGA Championship at Valhalla, when he was among four players tied for the lead on the back nine and tied for third.

Frustrating? Yes. Hopeless?

Not even close.

“I know I’ve got a game that fits well for major champion-

ship golf, and I’ve just got to keep on putting myself in the final groups, or in the last couple of groups,” Stenson said.

“The more times I do that, the better the chances are for the outcome that I want to have. ...

I’m certainly motivated to make it happen.”

To make that happen at Augusta, history is not on his side. That goes for Johnson and Fowler, too.

Stenson believes Augusta National suits him well, even though he has yet to record a

top 10 in the Masters. Johnson finally cracked the top 10 last year with a tie for sixth — nine shots behind Spieth.

Fowler is the youngest of the group at 27, though he joined an elite group two years ago by finishing in the top five at all the majors. He’s starting to win with more regularity, piling up four wins against strong fields over the last 12 months.

Mickelson was 34 when he finally won his first major in 2004 at the Masters.

kinson (Allen); a brother, Wayne Jones (Linda); sisterin-law, Faye Bryant (Eddie); brothers-in-law, Joe Bradley (Sherry) and Gene Bradley; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Fraser officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be T.J. Bradley, Clay Coleman, Joshua Bradley, Aubrey Coleman, Brett Jones and Keith Atkinson.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 or to Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

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

The family is receiving friends at 133 Hansel St., Bishopville.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Pleasant African Methodist Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, with the pastor, the Rev. Earnest Brown, officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

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

Sumter County, she was a daughter of David and Elenora Taylor Skinner.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at her home, 6580 Darrel Road, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

the late Thomas and Lue Bertha Postell Bowman.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 5197 Summerton Highway, Silver community of Manning.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced

by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

OBITUARIES LEDFORD H. HODGE MANNING — Ledford Harlon Hodge, 71, died on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at a local nursing home.

Born on Dec. 5, 1944, in Manning, he was a son of the late John Henry and Naomi Sue Alsbrooks Hodge. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a helicopter HODGE crew chief. He earned a National Defense Medal, Sharpshooter (Rifle M-14), and the Aircraft Crewman Badge. He was a member of Foreston Hunting Club and Liberty Free Will Baptist Church.

He is survived by two daughters, Rhonda H. Carter (Joe Jr.) of Manning and Kristy Smith (Jim) of Sumter; a son, George Thomas Hodge (Renee) of Moncks Corner; and seven grandchildren, Tripp Carter, Jordan Leigh Carter, Cody Armstrong, Cody Smith, Jonathan Michael Darby Jr., Jonathan Hodge (Devin) and Florence Hodge.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with Elton “Pappy” Hilton officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Foreston Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of his daughter, 1082 Wadell St., Manning.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210.

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

LINDA A. BRADLEY Linda A. Bradley, 68, wife of Arthur Bradley, died on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on March 31, 1948, in Sumter, she was a daughter of Gladys Jones Bell and the late Daulton D. Jones Jr. She retired from Sumter School DisBRADLEY trict 2 as a remedial math teacher and computer lab manager.

She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; mother; two children, Tammy Coleman (Clay) and Timmy Bradley (Lauren); grandchildren who she loved and cherished, T.J. Bradley, Ali Coleman, Clay Coleman, Joshua Bradley, Aubrey Coleman, Brady Fisher and Caitlin Bradley; a sister, Peggy At-

MAZIE R. GARRISON ANDERSON — Mazie Lavern Ragin Garrison, 68, wife of Leroy R. Garrison, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Anderson Memorial Hospital, Anderson.

She was born on Jan. 16, 1948, in Summerton, a daughter of the late David Delaine and Francena Ragin.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Liberty Hill AME Church, Summerton, with the Rev. Robert China, pastor, officiating.

Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her sister, Darlene (Tony) Stukes, 1118 Urbana Road, Summerton.

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

DAVID J. FULTON NEW ZION — David James Fulton, 71, died on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at the home of his daughter.

He was born on March 2, 1945, in Cades, a son of the late James and Rebecca Brown Fulton.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his daughter, Betty Fulton, 1425 527 Subdivision Road, New Zion.

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

ED HENRY PARROTT BISHOPVILLE — Ed Henry Parrott entered eternal rest on March 30, 2016, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville.

ROSA MAE BELLE Rosa Mae Belle, wife of Thomas Lee Belle, entered eternal rest on April 2, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 198 Freedom Ave., Elliott.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

JULIA H. MCCONICO Julia Hampton McConico, 71, wife of Junior McConico, entered eternal rest on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence.

Born on Jan. 9, 1945, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Powell Hampton Sr. and Rosa Odell Green Hampton.

The family is receiving visitors at the home, 1635 West Ave. South, Pinewood.

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

BABY GIRL LENEAU Baby Girl Leneau departed this life on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

She was born on March 31, 2016, in Sumter, a daughter of Charles Stukes and Tiffany Leneau.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

WHITLEY LEE STOKES SR. Whitley Lee Stokes Sr., age 79, beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Ann Henderson Stokes, died on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

PATRICIA O. LOHR Patricia Elizabeth Olson Lohr, age 85, beloved wife of the late Robert E. Lohr, died on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Queens, New York, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Margaret Gralton Olson. Pat was a lover of people and life and treasured her family and friends. May eternal light shine upon her.

Surviving are a daughter, Beverly Lohr Cornell and her husband, Ted “Buzz” Cornell; one granddaughter, Ameila Cornell; along with numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Charlie and Raymond; and a sister, Peggy.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday at Bullock Funeral Home with a wake service beginning at 4 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Service Dog Institute, 655 H Fairview Road, No. 173, Simpsonville, SC 29680.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

RICHARD W. MCKINNEY JR. Richard Woodson “Woody” McKinney Jr., 77, died on Monday, April 4, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Services will be announced

by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 7759386.

Lillian Skinner Davis, 93, widow of Darrel Davis, died on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Born on April 1, 1923, in

Dorothy English Jordan, 87, widow of Arnold Byrd Jordan, died on Friday, March 25, 2016, in Florida.

Born in Bishopville, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Wilson English and Willie Bell Jackson English. Mrs. Jordan was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church.

She was a graduate of Winthrop College and was a retired accounting clerk with Sumter Area Technical College.

Surviving are two sons, Arnold B. Jordan Jr. and wife, Carol Umfrid, of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Stephen E. Jordan and wife, Kathy Cunningham, of Kenneth City, Florida; a daughter, Elizabeth Jordan Evans and husband, Gary, of Land O’ Lakes, Florida; nine grandchildren, Myia (Jordan) Greene, Brit, Mary, Patti, Bobbi and Adam Jordan, and Jay, Jordan and Alissa Evans; and four greatgrandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Alice Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Clay Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Friday at the church, prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road, Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

FRANK YATES LIONEL BOWMAN

LILLIAN S. DAVIS

DOROTHY E. JORDAN

SUMMERTON — On Saturday, April 2, 2016, Lionel Bowman, devoted husband of Rosa Amelia Felder Bowman, exchanged time for eternity at Lake Marion Nursing Facility, Summerton.

Born on Dec. 4, 1922, in Summerton, he was a son of

Frank Yates, 91, died on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at his home.

He was born on April 19, 1924, in Sumter County.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at his home, 3001 Woodrow Road, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

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Co-worker’s offer could have disastrous results DEAR ABBY — Last week one of my associates asked me out for drinks. I have been working with him for the Dear Abby same length of time that I ABIGAIL have been VAN BUREN married. I know he’s interested because he has been texting me about unrelated work things and is always flirting. I am very much in love with my husband, but my coworker is very tempting. I’m worried about hurting my husband, but at the same time I’m excited about what this new man can offer me. Did I mention that he’s the top lawyer of

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Tempted in South Carolina DEAR TEMPTED — Let’s pretend for a moment that the situation was reversed and this letter came from the husband you “love very much.” How would you feel if he acted on his temptation? When people marry, they promise each other certain things, chief among them fidelity. That “Alpha Dog” may want to have a fling with you may be flattering, but it isn’t necessarily a compliment.

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DEAR ABBY — My daughter is being married soon and we are getting ready to mail out the invitations. We have three couples who will not be married when the invitations are mailed, but will be by the wedding. Should we address their invitations using their single names or married names?

Charlotte in Akron, Ohio DEAR CHARLOTTE — Not all women these days change their names to their husband’s. Address the invitations using the names these couples are using now. At the wedding reception, the place cards can reflect any name changes that are necessary.

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ACROSS 1 Riffles (through) 6 Kitty cries 10 Like some chatter or threats 14 Birdbath buildup 15 Plant "pet" 16 Bellyache 17 *Game with a barrel-throwing gorilla 19 "Flip or Flop" cable channel 20 Dueling sword 21 Stare unsubtly 22 Slammer 23 Wreck completely 25 "Moi?" 27 __ Lingus 28 Reason for an R rating 31 "I __ thought of that" 34 Place to overnight 35 Crooner Cole 36 Stat that's better when it's lower 37 *Lock insert 41 Expressive rock genre 42 Architect Maya __ 43 Serengeti grazer 44 Crease-resistant fabric

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3 Dancer de Mille 4 Skin bronzing from a bottle 5 "Understand?"

6 Jim of "Wide World of Sports"

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Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7 • www.MayosDiscountSuits.com Public Storage/ PS Orangeco, Inc. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of owner at public sale by competitive bidding on April 14, 2016 personal and/or business property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and other household / business items located at the properties listed.

The sale will begin at 2:00 pm at 1143 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29153.

The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant(s); 1143 N.Guignard Dr, Sumter, SC 29150 311 - Wallace, Anthony 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153 B092 - Sharpe, Semeeka C071 - Sigler, Tommy F052 - Ellis, Jeffrey 3785 Broad St, Sumter, SC 29154 0201 - Atkinson, Tiffany 0214 - Lockes, Carlton 0601 - Mitchell, Monica 0831 - Hendrix, Linzer Purchase must be made with cash only and paid for at the time of sale.

All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject to adjournment.

Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Layers intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine and Liquor at 1737 Peach Orchard Road, Sumter, SC 29154. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 6, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

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Whatever you did to console our hearts, We thank you so much whatever the part.

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Matthew Lee Toney #2016ES4300188

Personal Representative Robert F. Nesbitt, Jr. C/O thomas E. Player, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Box 3690 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Must Sell! 6 Middle St. Price reduced. 3 or 4 Br. 2 Ba. C/H/A. New construction. Fin avail 464-5960

In Memory

Estate: Dianne Dorriety Nesbitt #2016ES4300184

Estate:

One bedroom, kitchenette & deck over garage. Furnished. Utilities paid. No pets. References required.

Shown by appointments. Call 803-773-6107

John Lewis #2016ES4300179

Personal Representative Raymond F. Davenport II PO Box 330 Dalzell, SC 29040

Estate:

Furnished Apartments

Exp. carpenter w/ a valid drivers license & your own transportation needed. Leave a name & phone number. 803-473-4246

Personal Representative Terry Leander McKnight 1045 Manning Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

RENTALS

CNA's FT & PT 3p-11p shifts. Apply in person at NHC Healthcare Sumter, 1018 N. Guignard Dr. Sumter, SC 29150 (EOE)

Personal Representative Anna Jenkins 118 Webb Avenue Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Truck driver needed to transport freight in Sumter Mon-Fri . 5 yrs exp.

Must have clean driving record & CDL. Call 803-938-2708 M-F 9am-3pm

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time

Estate: Flonnie Louise Dawkins Medlin #2016ES4300174

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Estate:

Septic Tank Cleaning

Personal Representative John M. Mahon, Jr. 1420 Wellington Drive Columbia, SC 29204

Personal Representative Deborah Edens C/O Atty John E. Miles, Sr Attorney as Law PO Box 2687 Sumter, SC 29151

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311.

Open 7 Days a week 9am-8pm

Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing avail. Expert installation. Long list of satisfied customers. 803-837-1549.

Mary Octavia Mahon #2016ES4300171

Estate Notice Sumter County

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

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

Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

Esther Theresa Jaxtheimer #2016ES4300167

Shirley J.V. Morgan 04/03/45 - 08/29/14 Happy 71st Birthday in heaven!

We love and miss you dearly.

Bill, Debbie, Theresa , Denny, Lindsey and our Family in England.

BUSINESS SERVICES Home Improvements JAD Home Improvements 24 Hr Service. We beat everyone's prices, Free Est. Licensed & Bonded 850-316-7980

Legal Service Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark.

Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

Do you want to sell something for $100 or less? The Item Classified Department will run your ad FREE in the paper Thursday, Friday & Saturday!

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Personal Representative Robert B. Jaxtheimer C/O Kenneth Hamilton Attorney as Law PO Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152

Estate:

Annette Frierson #2016ES4300165

Personal Representative James L. Frye 2235 Nettles Road Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Charles L. Kirven #2016ES4300175

Personal Representative Kimberly Roberts 18 Clearwater Lane Savannah, GA 31419

Mail To:

Classified Dept.

P.O. Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151

NO REFUNDS. CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER DISCOUNTS. GARAGE & YARD SALES EXCLUDED. ALL ADVERTISING SUBJECT TO PUBLISHERS APPROVAL. MUST HAVE PAID CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION. OFFER EXPIRES MAY 31, 2016 • DEADLINE: TUESDAY AT 12 NOON