April 6, 2016

Search for missing man comes to an end Authorities retrieve fisherman’s body Tuesday WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

75 CENTS

SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 3 SECTIONS, 22 PAGES | VOL. 121, NO. 146

BY RICK CARPENTER AND JIM HILLEY rick@theitem.com, jim@theitem.com Searchers recovered the body of missing fisherman Harry Lee Bradley from Pocotaligo River

about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday not far from where his boat was recovered on Sunday, according to Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Ken Bell.

Bell said Private 1st Class Ed Laney from South Carolina De-

partment of Natural Resources, Sumter Police Department Sgt. Billy Lyons and sheriff’s office investigator Robert Reynolds recovered the body of Bradley, 61, who

SEE SEARCH, PAGE A6

‘Never let someone tell you you can’t do something’ Gearing up for spring Shepherd’s Center offers lots of activities this season C1 FOOD

Try minty sugar snap peas with tangerine and toasted almonds C8 Take avocado beyond guacamole C2

PHOTOS PROVIDED

Ebony Ivy, No. 55, is seen above tackling another player when she was a defensive end for the women’s semi-professional football team Pittsburgh Passion. Now a patrol officer with Sumter Police Department, as seen below, she moved to Sumter in May of last year.

Police officer tackling crime after taking down quarterbacks

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

DEATHS, B5 Marceline B. Kennington Willie J. Smith

George Green Mary L. Prescott

WEATHER, A8 A TAD BIT WARMER Sunny to partly cloudy today; a shower and thunderstorm expected tonight.

Tackling crime is not an issue for one of Sumter Police Department’s newest employees, Patrol Officer Ebony Ivy, former defensive end for women’s semi-professional football team, Pittsburgh Passion.

Officer Ivy has been involved in athletics since she was young. She is one of four girls and is the

only one into athletics.

“I was doing everything people said I couldn’t because I had asthma,” she said.

She was the child in her family that was sick most of the time, but Ivy never wanted to be coddled.

“I don’t like to be pitied,” she said.

Ivy played powder-puff football in high school

and decided to try out for the Pittsburgh Passion when she turned 18 after talking about it with her coach, who also played for the Passion. The team

was formed in 2002 by Theresa Conn, women’s football player and coach for more than 10 years,

SEE TACKLE, PAGE A6

HIGH 67, LOW 54

INSIDE

CONTACT US

Classifieds B6 Comics C6 Opinion A7 Television C7

Info: 774-1200 Advertising: 774-1237 Classifieds: 774-1234 Delivery: 774-1258 News and Sports: 774-1226

VISIT US ONLINE AT the

.com

City approves final reading of new annexation standards

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter City Council approved final reading of an ordinance updating the city’s development standards and policies regarding the annexation of property into the city during its regular meeting on Tuesday.

The main change to the ordinance is that residential or commercial structures can receive water and sewer services or wateronly services. Sewer-only services will not be available.

During a previous meeting, City Attorney Eric Shytle said the change will protect the city from individuals who intend to take ad-

vantage of the city’s services. If a property owner receives sewer services from the city and water services from another entity, it would be difficult for the city to shut off sewer services if the owner stops making payments, he said.

Also, according to the updated

SEE CITY, PAGE A6

Not ‘egg’actly the perfect crime Florence man arrested for stealing swan eggs

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com It can be difficult for police when there is no apparent motive, and the victim isn’t talking.

However, members of Sumter Police Department made an arrest after a Florence man allegedly purloined three mute swan eggs from a nest at Swan Lake.

According to the departMELANIE SMITH / THE SUMTER ITEM ment, William Christopher A mute swan sits on her eggs March 11 at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens in a McLaughlin, 30, of 2830 Wilfenced-off area near the shore. A Florence man was recently arrested low Creek Road, Florence, for stealing the eggs of such a bird. was charged with grand larce-

MCLAUGHLIN

ny for removing the eggs and taken to the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center Sunday evening.

He was released Monday on a $5,000 surety

bond.

Officers were able to crack the case when patrons of Swan Lake told park rangers late Sunday afternoon they had seen a man enter an enclosed area at the park and remove a small number of swan eggs from a nest.

A park ranger then called Sumter Police, who later found the missing eggs in McLaughlin’s vehicle, according to a police report, and the perpetrator’s goose was cooked.

The eggs are each valued at between $1,400 and $4,500, according to Assistant City Manager Al Harris.

He said the value of the eggs is based on the price of swans.

“When we have to order swans for the lake, it costs

SEE EGGS, PAGE A6

A2

|

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

THE SUMTER ITEM

Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: pressrelease@theitem.com

More than 1K expected for Heartwalk

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sixteen women in South Carolina die every day from heart disease. Across the nation, the illness remains the number one killer of Americans, according to Catherine Ramsey, American Heart Association’s director for communications and marketing for South Carolina.

For the last 16 years, the association has hosted a heart walk in Sumter to raise money and awareness for the health issue.

“Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in our area,” said Bronwyn McElveen, chairwoman of the 2016 Sumter County Heart Walk. “This event helps address the critical health issue and brings people together for a large scale community function.”

The 2016 Sumter County Heart Walk will be held on April 16. The 3.3-mile walk will start and finish in front of the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, 32 E. Calhoun St. The walk is free and open to the public. There will also be a 1-mile fun walk.

Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the walk will begin at 9 a.m.

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Hillcrest Middle School cheerleaders and community members warm-up before the 2015 American Heart Association’s Sumter County Heart Walk. This year’s event will be held on April 16.

McElveen said events such as the Heart Walk not only raise money for the American Heart Association but also help to get people exercising, which is important in the prevention of heart disease.

More than 1,000 people are expected to participate, said Ramsey, and dozens of local teams have already made donations.

Last year’s fundraising efforts raised about $207,000 for

LOCAL & STATE BRIEFS

the American Heart Association, and this year’s goal is $225,000, Ramsey said.

Students and staff at Lemira Elementary School have raised the most money out of all the schools in Sumter School District, collecting $3,237, according to the Heartwalk’s website, www.sumtercountyheartwalk.org.

Sarah Anne LeNoir, first grade teacher and Lemira’s team captain, has been in-

16-year-old dies after wrecking motorcycle

FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

One Sumter meeting to focus on local candidates The One Sumter Community Group will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 321 W. Fulton St. The meeting will focus on voting and the upcoming primary scheduled for June 14. Many of the candidates have confirmed that they will be in attendance to meet the public.

This is a great opportunity for the community to meet the candidates and interact with them. The meeting is open to the public.

For more information, contact the One Sumter chairman, the Rev. Joshua Dupree at (803) 795-3600.

USC Sumter naturalist to lead 2 April nature walks University of South Carolina Sumter naturalist Austin Jenkins will lead two nature walks at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens this month.

The 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. leisurely walks on April 11 and 20 will leave from the gardens’ visitors center and take nature lovers around the lake, as Jenkins talks about the area’s “plants, animals and their exciting interactions.”

Jenkins encourages participants to “Bring binoculars and a strong dose of curiosity.”

The walks are free and open to the public. For more information visit the website www.uscsumter. edu.

A 16-year-old male died Sunday evening after sustaining fatal injuries during a single motorcycle wreck while traveling north on Narrow Paved Road in Olanta at about 5:45 p.m.

According to a news release from Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock, Rufus McCray, of Narrow Paved Road, was transported to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence where he was later pronounced dead.

South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Matt Southern said McCray was thrown from the motorcycle after the vehicle went off the right side of Narrow Paved Road and hit a ditch. The motorcycle came off the ground, hit a second ditch and then hit a speed limit sign before coming to a stop, he said.

Southern said McCray was not wearing a helmet.

South Carolina Highway Patrol continues to investigate the wreck.

Woman faces attempted murder charge in shooting Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 22-year-old woman Monday pursuant to a warrant issued on March 29 alleging she fired a handgun at another woman on March 25.

Charmyn R. Edwards, of 2350 Claremont Road in Rembert, is charged with attempted murder for firing a gun at her husband’s grandmother while in the 2300 block of Claremont Road, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

An incident report provided by the sheriff ’s office states the

volved with the event for four years. LeNoir’s father, the late John C. McNair, passed away from congestive heart failure in 2013.

“Fundraising for this event is a passion of mine,” she said. “We hope that our efforts contribute to the research and programs the American Heart Association provides.”

LeNoir said students at the schools have held various fun-

shooting took place after a verbal altercation between Edwards and her husband while in the victim’s backyard.

At some point Edwards obtained her husband’s firearm, shot an unknown number of rounds in the direction of the grandmother EDWARDS and left the residence with her husband. The incident report states no shell casings or property damage were found at the scene.

Edwards is being held in Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, awaiting a bond hearing.

draisers from “Penny Wars” to doughnut sales.

“It teaches students what it means to help out the community and be a good citizen,” she said. “It’s a very upbeat event. You can come get your morning exercise and feel good for the rest of the day.”

Anytime Fitness has raised $1,116, in its first year participating in the event, according to www.sumtercountyheartwalk.org.

Aneysa Bengston, Anytime Fitness club manager in Sumter, and team captain, said the association does a good job in providing resources for those affected by heart disease.

“We really work hard to promote a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness of heart disease which impacts so many people of all ages,” Bengston said.

The fitness center’s team includes 16 staff and members.

Money raised from the event will be used to fund research, education and advocacy efforts of the American Heart Association, according to www.heartwalk.org.

It is not too late to register a team or donate to the event.

Donations will also be accepted after the event.

For more information, visit www.sumtercountyheartwalk. org.

Dog found with duct tape on mouth, head

Audit: DOT should better prioritize state’s road needs COLUMBIA (AP) — An audit of South Carolina’s Department of Transportation finds the agency needs to better prioritize the state’s roadwork needs and time construction in a way that reduces repair costs.

The Legislative Audit Council released its long-awaited report Tuesday. It found the state’s highway system has deteriorated significantly since 2008, even as the DOT added 760 miles of lanes, mostly to widen congested roads.

DOT Secretary Christy Hall agrees with most recommendations. But she says the agency complies with the 2007 state law that requires the ranking and prioritizing of projects.

The report comes amid the Legislature’s debate over how to fix South Carolina’s crumbling roads.

It says DOT’s reliance on a gas tax that hasn’t increased since 1987 can be a problem due to inflation and more fuel-efficient vehicles.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Darlington County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help in identifying the person responsible for injuring a dog found walking a Darlington street with his head wrapped in duct tape.

Officials seek public help in finding those responsible for abusive act

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DARLINGTON — Darlington County deputies have asked for the public’s help in identifying the person responsible for covering a dog’s head and mouth with duct tape.

Darlington County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that authorities received an anonymous tip Monday that a black dog had been duct-taped and was walking along a street in Darlington.

Deputies say they were able to find the dog and safely remove the tape.

The dog was taken to an animal shelter for treatment.

HOW TO REACH US IS YOUR PAPER MISSING? ARE YOU GOING ON VACATION? Call (803) 774-1258

20 N. Magnolia St., Sumter, S.C. 29150 (803) 774-1200

Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Jack Osteen Editor and Publisher / Advertising jack@theitem.com (803) 774-1238

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD:

Rick Carpenter Managing Editor rick@theitem.com (803) 774-1201 Jeff West Customer Service Manager jeff@theitem.com (803) 774-1259

Michele Barr Business Manager michele@theitem.com (803) 774-1249 Gail Mathis Clarendon Bureau Manager gail@theitem-clarendonsun.com (803) 435-4716

Member, Verified Audit Circulation

TO BUY A SUBSCRIPTION Call (803) 774-1258 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES Standard Home Delivery

Call (803) 774-1234 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.

TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

to 5 p.m.

One year - $174.25; six months - $91; three months $47.50; two months, $33; one month - $16.50. EZPay, $14.50/month

TO PLACE A NON-CLASSIFIED AD: Call (803) 774-1237 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

to 5 p.m.

One year - $84; six months - $43; three months - $22; one month - $7.50; EZPay, $7.50

TO PLACE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

Mail Delivery

Birth, Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary, Obituary Call (803) 774-1226 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

One year - $276; six months - $138; three months - $69; one month - $23 Printed on recycled paper with environmentally safe soy inks to reduce ruboff. The Sumter Item is recyclable.

The Sumter Item is published six days a week except for July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day (unless it falls on a Sunday) by Osteen Publishing Co., 20 N. Magnolia St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Periodical postage paid at Sumter, SC 29150.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Osteen Publishing Co., 20 N. Magnolia St., Sumter, SC 29150 Publication No. USPS 525-900

LOCAL | STATE

THE SUMTER ITEM

S.C.’s Senate majority leader stepping down COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Harvey Peeler stepped down Tuesday as the leader of the chamber’s GOP caucus, saying the move allows him to be more forthright in trying to reach consensus.

Peeler, 67, said he hopes to become the Senate’s “selfproclaimed quality control manager.”

“We desperately need quality control within the Senate,” said the 36-year Senate veteran. “I’ve heard the term ‘dysfunctional Senate’ more times than I want to hear.”

Peeler, R-Gaffney, is known to be outspoken in a colloqui-

al style he calls “Gaffneyeez.”

“Y’all are going to enjoy Harvey Peeler unplugged,” he told reporters.

The caucus is expected to vote Wednesday on Peeler’s replacement, who will be the chamber’s first new majority leader since 2005. Peeler is not endorsing anyone among the Senate’s 26 other Republicans.

“That chamber’s full of qualified people. If we have a lowest common denominator, it’s that we all have an appetite for power,” Peeler said.

“Let the hunger games begin.”

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

A3

|

Getting dunked for fun and student nutrition

Peeler faces a primary opponent in June — his first in at least 20 years. Peeler said the move also allows him time to campaign.

Peeler said his decision is not directly tied to Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman, though it does allow for a distribution of leadership. Leatherman’s election in June 2014 as president pro tem gave more roles to the already powerful Finance Committee chairman.

“I’ve been preaching we need to have shared responsibilities in the Senate,” he said. “This is my way of practicing what I preach.”

Still no decision on death penalty in Charleston church shootings case

DENTAL

CENTER

C A L L T O D AY FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT! TEMPORARY LOCATION

740 Bultman Dr. Convenient Office Hours: 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

Monday–Friday MEMBER OF

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

ise

St.

S. W

ad

S. Wise Dr.

Bro

ad

St.

Dr.

803.773.3328

NEW PATIENTS ARE WELCOME www.SumterDental.com

Us!

Bro

Dr.

ens

re Walg

Dr.

CARDS

Bultman

Palmetto Farm Supply

Eddie C. Durant, Jr., D.D.S. Gregory A. Wheeler, D.M.D.

Dr.

FARM PET GARDEN

Sumter S um mter F Family am mily

Bultman

CHARGES Corey R. Brown, 25, of 34 Phillips St., Sumter, was arrested Saturday and charged with third degree assault and battery after a physical altercation with a woman while at his residence late Friday night, according to an incident report filed by Sumter Police Department.

Timothy M. Costa, 35, of 1740 Pinewood Road, Sumter, was arrested Saturday for reportedly having alcohol containers, .5 grams of crack cocaine and .4 grams of suspected marijuana in his possession during a traffic stop near Bay Blossom Drive early that morning, according to an incident report from Sumter Police Department. Costa is charged with driving under the influence, first offense; driving under suspension, third offense; and driving with tags registered to another vehicle.

DAMAGED PROPERTY A gray 2011 Chevy Impala sustained approximately $1,000 worth of damage when a small cement pillar was thrown through the rear windshield and deep marks were scratched into the hood and side of the vehicle while it was parked on Inglewood Drive Saturday morning.

STOLEN PROPERTY An Xbox 360 valued at $300; an HP laptop valued at $200; a blue RCA tablet with a keyboard attachment valued at $180; and $200 in cash in $2 bills were reportedly stolen from a residence on Lesense Drive in Sumter on Sunday.

The victim also reported an estimated $200 worth of damage caused to the back side door when it was kicked in to gain entrance into the house, according to an incident report from Sumter Police Department.

A 14-karat gold women’s size 5 “S” style ring with three diamonds, one 1-carat diamond and two .5-carat diamonds, valued at $10,000; a 10-karat yellow gold men’s diamond ring with a 1.25 carat diamond valued at $5,000; and a Nikon Sure Shot Red Digital camera valued at $100 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 2700 block of Pintail Drive in Sumter.

A gray The North Face backpack valued at $60 containing sky diving clothes and equipment; two pairs of pants with a total value of $400; a pair of short pants valued at $100; a leather hat valued at $60 and an altimeter valued at $350 were reportedly stolen from a gray Dodge Ram truck while the vehicle was parked in the 2600 block of Foxcroft Circle between March 27 and April 1.

PHOTO PROVIDED

Central Carolina Technical College President Tim Hardee enjoys his time in the dunking booth during “Centralbration,” a student appreciation event held March 17. There was free food catered by Sonic, music, games, popcorn, cotton candy, the dunking booth and fellowship. The weather was beautiful, the turnout was great and Hardee took a turn in the dunking booth to raise money for the college’s Student Nutritional Access Center.

ise

POLICE BLOTTER

and one being taken very deliberately,” Richardson said.

Gergel has been pressing the government for several months about whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Roof, who faces numerous counts, including hate crimes, in the June 2015 slayings during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church.

“My patience is running out,” he told Richardson, although he agreed to a government request to delay the trial.

Gergel said the defendant has a right to a speedy trial and there is also a public interest in resolving the case.

S. W

CHARLESTON (AP) — The decision on whether the federal government will seek the death penalty against a white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church is now before U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, a prosecutor told a federal judge on Tuesday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson told U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel that a recommendation from a Justice Department panel reviewing the case is now on Lynch’s desk. But he said he did not know when a decision would be made.

“It’s obviously a very important decision

is partnering with th th Bonnie Plants for a HU HUGE

Vegetable & Flower SALE Choose from tomatoes, peppers, marigolds, cucumbers, petunias, strawberries & much more

6 PACK

$ 49

1

Was $2.99

La mb & Rice

Dog Food

no corn, wheat, soy

$29.99

WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF PET FOODS.

SALE GOOD THROUGH SATURDAY APRIL 16 40 W Wesmark Blvd.

Sumter 803-773-3397 350 Pinewood Rd Sumter 803-774-2275

335 BROAD STREET • SUMTER, SC

803-775-1204

www.simpsonhardwareinc.com

110 N. Brooks St. Manning 803-435-2651 320 W. Liberty St. Sumter 803-773-9381

A4

|

NATION

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

THE SUMTER ITEM

Mississippi law allows service denial to gays JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor signed a law Tuesday that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people based on religious beliefs.

Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the bill without ceremony just hours after it cleared its final legislative obstacle Monday, and before opponents could try to talk him out of it. In addition to opposition from gay-rights activists, two leading state business associations and a number of large corporations had come out against the bill in recent days.

It was unclear whether opponents would continue to marshal their forces in an attempt to repeal the measure as they are doing in North Carolina, however, where the Republican governor signed a law limiting bathroom options for transgender people and prohibiting local communities from enacting anti-discrimination ordinances. The Mississippi law also prohibits local communities from passing their own ordinances.

The law is slated to take effect on July 1.

“We’re still gathering troops,” said Erik Fleming, director of advocacy and policy for the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi. “We’re disappointed. We were hoping that the business community stepping up the

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Protesters call for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to veto House Bill 1523, which they says will allow discrimination against LGBT people, during a rally outside the Governor’s Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday. Read the full article at www.theitem.com. way they did, and people of faith, would Online: House Bill 1523: at least have http://bit.ly/1qo4guX him reflect on the decision.”

Republican Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a similar religious objections bill last week after big companies including Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines and others expressed vehe-

READ THE BILL

ment opposition, and national sports organizations hinted that they might hold their important events elsewhere. In North Carolina, an economic backlash broadened Tuesday, with PayPal announcing it has canceled a major expansion in the state. South Dakota’s governor vetoed a similar proposal limiting bathroom options for transgender people.

Such measures began emerging in various states in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer that effectively legalized gay marriage nationwide.

Bryant said in a statement that he signed House Bill 1523 because he wanted to protect “sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions of individuals, organizations and private associations from discriminatory action by state government or its political subdivisions.”

Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, a lawyer and Southern Baptist minister who shepherded the measure through the House, said under the law, “people can not only believe what they believe, but act in accordance with their beliefs and not violate their conscience.”

Opponents of the law, however, see it as a sword against LGBT people, not a shield for Christian conservatives.

“This bill flies in the face of the basic American principles of fairness, justice and equality and will not protect anyone’s religious liberty,” Jennifer Riley-Collins, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, said in a statement. “Far from protecting anyone from ‘government discrimination’ as the bill claims, it is an attack on the citizens of our state, and it will serve as the Magnolia State’s badge of shame.”

U.S. judge OKs $20B settlement from 2010 BP oil spill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement for the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation concerning the worst offshore spill in the nation’s history.

The settlement, first announced in July, includes $5.5 billion in civil Clean Water Act penalties and billions more to cover environmental damage and other claims by the five Gulf states and local governments. The money is to be paid out over roughly 16 years. The U.S. Justice Department has estimated that the settlement will cost the oil giant as much as $20.8 billion, the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history as well as the largest-ever civil settlement with a single entity.

U.S District Judge Carl Barbier, who approved the settlement, had set the stage with an earlier ruling that BP had been “grossly negligent” in the offshore rig explosion that killed 11 workers and caused a 134-million-gallon spill.

In 2012, BP reached a simi-

lar settlement agreement with private attorneys for businesses and residents who claim the spill cost them money.

That deal, which didn’t have a cap, led to a protracted court battle for subsequent payouts to businesses. A court-supervised claims administrator is still processing many of these claims.

BP has estimated its costs related to the spill, including its initial cleanup work and the various settlements and criminal and civil penalties, will exceed $53 billion.

“We are pleased that the Court has entered the Consent Decree, finalizing the historic settlement announced last

July,” BP spokesman Geoff Morrell said in an email.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch praised the settlement.

“Today’s action holds BP accountable with the largest environmental penalty of all time while launching one of

the most extensive environmental restoration efforts ever undertaken,” Lynch said in a statement.

In Louisiana, where delicate coastal marshes were damaged by the oil, Gov. John Bel Edwards said the decision

clears the way for the state to receive critical coastal restoration funding. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, who acted as a coordinating lawyer for the five Gulf states, also was among those touting the settlement.

EVERY DAY Tickets may be purchased at Freed School of Performing Arts (803) 773-2847

In Concert The Anchormen

FOR FREE! ARE YOU AN ITEM SUBSCRIBER?

Friday, April 8 at 7 PM

Shiloh P.H. Church 240 Myrtle Beach Hwy. • Sumter, SC “Love Offering”

ABSOLUTE FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION

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!

• • • • •

3 Lines (up to 16 words) For the 3 Days Price & Phone number must be in ad One item, per household, per week May repeat ad at regular cost Must submit ad on provided coupon

• Businesses/Commercial Accounts not eligible • Additional Words .35¢ Each • Add a Photo - $5.00 • Bold Border - $1.00 Per Day

Saturday, April 16, 2016 • 10AM B.K. Phillips Jr Farms Lynchburg, SC

Very nice Farm Tractors, Combine, Cotton Picker and Row Crop Equipment.

Consignments Accepted!!!

Sale Manager: Aaron Easters 843-858-0677 For complete listing and pictures visit www.rebelauction.net

REBEL Auction Co., Inc.

SCAL 4062

P.O. Box 549 • Hazlehurst, GA 31539 912-375-3491 • 1-800-533-0673 Fax 912-375-7384 Email: auction@rebelauction.net www.rebelauction.net

Name Address City Home Phone # Print Your Ad Here

State

Zip

UP TO 16 WORDS

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

NATION | WORLD

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

Supreme Court bolsters influence of U.S. Latinos WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court unanimously endorsed election maps that bolster the growing political influence of America’s Latinos on Monday, ruling that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in drawing voting districts.

The decision rejected a challenge from Texas voters that also could have diluted the voting power of urban Democrats, to the benefit of rural Republicans.

The case offered a test of the principle of “one person, one vote,” the requirement laid out by the Supreme Court in 1964 that political districts be roughly equal in population. The issue here, though, was what population to consider: everyone or just eligible voters.

All 50 states use total population as their basis for drawing district lines, but the challengers said the rural state Senate districts in which they lived had vastly more eligible voters than urban districts, making their votes count for less, in violation of the Constitution.

In Texas, and other states with large immigrant populations, urban districts include many more people who are too young, not yet citizens, in the country illegally or otherwise ineligible to vote. All of them, recorded by the census, count for the purpose of drawing po-

litical districts.

Civil rights groups said forcing states to change their method of constructing districts would have damaged Latino political influence.

“Jurisdictions, we hold, may design state and local legislative districts with equal total populations; they are not obliged to equalize voter populations,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, summarizing her opinion for the court.

Ginsburg said that “history, our decisions and settled practice in all 50 states and countless local jurisdictions point in the same direction.” She also declared that “representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible or registered to vote” and that nonvoters have an important stake in many policy debates.

The court stopped short of saying that states must use total population. And it also did not rule on whether states are free to use a different measure, as Texas had asked.

Ginsburg said the court was not resolving whether states may base maps on voter population.

Richard Hasen, an expert in election law at the University of California at Irvine Law School, said, “A contrary ruling would have shifted power to Republican, rural districts, and away from Democratic, urban areas.”

Cash in a FLASH! We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, Pocket Poc ock ocket oc k Wa ket W Watches, atch tches c es, ch ess,, An A Antiq Antiques t ques tiq ues & Est E Estates state tate attes

Inside Insi nside V Vestco estc es tco Prop Properties op perrti ties es

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

One post at a time, bombing survivor shares his healing BRUSSELS (AP) — In the days since Islamic State suicide bombers attacked the Brussels airport, survivor Walter Benjamin has been plugging away on Facebook from his hospital room, sharing his story, telling loved ones not to worry.

He has met the king of Belgium, the queen and the country’s chief rabbi — but it was an airport technician who made the biggest impression.

Hassan Elouafi stepped over corpses at the airport to hand Benjamin a telephone so he could call his mother and tell her he was alive. At a time when many Muslims are being demonized because of the actions of a few, Benjamin feels the need to tell Elouafi’s story.

“Hassan cried in my arms and told me, ‘I am so happy to see you alive.’ His name is Hassan, he is a Belgian Muslim, father of four children, technician at Brussels airport. THIS

MAN IS NOT A TERRORIST,” Benjamin, who is Jewish, wrote in one Facebook post. “He acted as a normal human being. He is a Mensch. I will plant a tree in Israel for him, his wife and his children.”

In a daily recounting of his convalescence, the 47-year-old matchmaker for a dating agency has become the voice of the wounded, offering a firsthand look at the suffering and triumphs of those who survived the March 22 bombings that killed 32 others.

Through all this, the survivor who lost a leg in the attack is trying to heal — physically and spiritually — as he reaches out to persuade others that hating Islam is not the answer.

“One can criticize me and tell me that I am an idealist, that I first defend the Muslim community,” he told The Associated Press. “Well I don’t think I defend them only. I still think

AT WALLY’S HARDWARE 1 Acre Mosquito Kill System

(inside Coca-Cola Building))

Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM

Rembert Area Community Coalition 4TH ANNUAL SPRING PARADE Saturday, April 9, 2016 Parade 9am-12pm • Activities until 4pm

Come enjoy the day with family and friends!

Parade lineup starts at Dennis Convenience Store • 7570 Pisgah Road • Rembert, SC • Horseback riding • 12 acres of fun • Vendors • Music & Food

Activities include:

that 99.99 percent of Muslims are good people, extraordinary people, people like you and me.

They are not terrorists.”

The attacks at Brussels’ main airport and on a subway train left 270 people wounded, many with severe burns and maimed limbs. A handful have already died in the hospital.

One doctor at the military hospital where many are being cared for said colleagues were accustomed to treating such wounds in soldiers but were so shocked at the carnage in Brussels they would likely need counseling.

Two weeks after the attacks, 66 people are still hospitalized in Belgium while others are being treated abroad. Foreigners from 20 nations were affected. Among them were three Mormon missionaries from Utah, two Jet Airways cabin crewmembers from India and a newlywed from Germany.

OUTDOOR BUG ZAPPER’S

480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150

803-773-8022

• Kills Insects On Contact • Uses light cycling heat and scent for optimum results.

• Kills 2X more biting mosquitos.

1/2 Acre Mosquito Kill System

• Kills Insects On Contact • Black UV light attracts insects.

• Green LED lighs remain on to provide light attraction.

• Kills Insects On Contact • 15 watt ultraviolent light excites insects and lures them in.

IN STOCK ONLY • WHILE SUPPLIES LAST • NO RAIN CHECKS

Wally’s Hardware 1291 Broad St. Ext. • Sumter, SC Open: Mon-Fri. 8am - 5:30pm • Sat. 8am - 2pm

469-8531

MORNINGSIDE OF SUMTER FIVE STAR

Grand Marshall Crestwood High Marching Band GRADY BROWN My energy bills keep going up.

Better Call Boykin.

Live Well!

SENIOR LIVING

At Morningside Assisted Living, we invite residents into our senior living community not just to live with us, but to thrive with us.

Lock In Savings And Comfort With Aeroseal Duct Sealing.

Your home’s duct system can be wasting money and affecting your family’s health. Let the experts at Boykin provide a quick solution with Aeroseal, a patented technology that safely blocks leaks from inside you ducts.

Call us today and bring clean, energy-efficient air home to stay.

803-883-0492 www.boykinacs.com License #M4217

A5

Walter Benjamin makes a phone call as he rests in his bed in Jette University Hospital in Brussels on Sunday. Benjamin survived the Brussels airport attack but lost a leg. Read more online at theitem.com.

5 in 1 Mosquito Kill System

Lafayette Gold and Silver Exchange

|

• Cozy & Comfortable, Warm & Welcoming Community • Spacious & Elegant Private Apartments • Lifestyle360 Program - A Unique Resident Focused Approach to Activities • Dining Experience that Rivals Your Favorite Restaurant • Personalized Service and Support • Friendly, Compassionate & Tenured Team of Care Professionals

2500 Lin-Do Court Sumter, South Carolina 803-469-4490 www.MorningsideofSumter.com Call today to learn more about Morningside of Sumter!

Living Well

at

A6

|

LOCAL

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

THE SUMTER ITEM

TACKLE

“I’ve always wanted to be a police officer since forever,” she said.

Ivy is also a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a degree in criminal justice.

She wanted to join the armed forces, but health concerns kept her from doing so.

Ivy has been enjoying her time at the police department, especially the family atmosphere among the officers.

She said the teamwork ethic she developed while with the Pittsburgh Passion also works as a police officer. Everyone has to do their jobs 100 percent in order for the team to work, she said.

Ivy said she was in and out of the hospital since she was 2 weeks old and was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease a few years ago.

She encourages others to push themselves and to not let others limit their goals.

Ivy said she always wanted to prove wrong those people who said she could not do something because of her health.

“Never let someone tell you you can’t do something,” she said.

FROM PAGE A1 Steelers and Seattle Seahawks, Franco Harris.

Before getting on board with the team, Harris came out to watch the women practice. Ivy said the only way he knew there were women playing was by the ponytails.

She said women’s football is a full-contact sport just like NFL football.

“The team is made up of women who love the game,” Ivy said.

She said women’s football is nothing like lingerie football, which is not even a sport.

“That kind of league makes it harder for our sport,” she said.

Pittsburgh Passion is a faith-based team made up of women in many professional careers: state troopers, teachers, police officers and lawyers, she said.

Ivy moved to Sumter and started working at Sumter Police Department in May 2015 after graduating from South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy after four seasons with the Passion.

RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM

A team from South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office officers slowly move up the Pocotaligo River to work in tandem with a helicopter on Monday to search for Harry Bradley, a missing fisherman. Bradley’s body was found by searchers Tuesday afternoon.

SEARCH FROM PAGE A1 had been missing since Saturday.

Officers from DNR and the sheriff’s office had been searching for Bradley since Sunday.

After using a Florence County Sheriff’s Office helicopter to search the area with DNR and Sumter sheriff’s officers on Monday, DNR reportedly decided to check the area each morning and afternoon in case his body surfaced. Reportedly, Bradley’s body surfaced close to the area where his empty boat was located on Sunday. Foul play is not suspected.

“It appears that Mr. Bradley was standing in the boat and fell overboard,” Laney said.

Sumter County Deputy Coroner Rob Lybrand also said an autopsy and other testing to determine an exact cause of death and approximate time would be conducted in Newberry today.

“Our condolences go out to the family of Mr. Bradley,” Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said. “We appreciate the diligent teamwork from other agencies including the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, the Sumter Police Department, City of Sumter, South Carolina Department of Transportation and

the concern and care from the many Sumter residents and passersby who stopped by to bring food and water to those active in the search.”

Friends had dropped off Bradley, of Sumter, on Saturday at the river near a bridge on U.S. 15 about a mile south of Guignard Parkway.

When those friends, one of whom has known Bradley since junior high school, returned to pick him up at dusk, he wasn’t at the bridge launch site.

Garry Nelson and Sam Hayward, friends who dropped him off, said it wasn’t unusual for him to decide to stay overnight on the river somewhere. He did, however, usually call them to let them know not to worry about him.

Those worries intensified Sunday morning when he wasn’t at the drop spot, and they contacted relatives who then notified authorities.

The last known call to his cellphone was about 3 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

DNR launched a dive team and boats to search for Bradley. They found his boat, and it had his cellphone, wallet and waterproof clothing still aboard and some water in it. They found the boat near an embankment that had growth over it, which indicated it would have been difficult for the boat to have drifted to the location, according to Bell.

$1,500 or more for a pair,” he said.

When shipping and handling is included, it can cost a lot more, he said.

Harris said the rescued eggs were placed back in the nest, but after being handled and moved around, they are unlikely to hatch.

is near

Call one of these local tax specialists today!

803.775.7498 Quick Refund Tax Service Computerized Taxes Prepared “quick as a wink” (Next to Furniture Warehouse)

294 Bultman Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Bookkeeping Taxes & Payroll Services TAX PREPARERS George E. Joyner Jr. Theresa Phillips Eddie Joyner PHONE: (803)773-1515 FAX: (803)775-3080 PAYROLL SERVICES Donna Burress

Al Barrineau Tax Preparation, Monthly Bookkeeping, Payroll, and Tax Resolution

507 Broad Street Sumter, SC 29150

ESTABLISHED 1968 259-C BROAD STREET | SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA 29150 (803) 775-7220 | FAX: (803) 775-8960 | BARRINEAUACCT@FTC-I.NET

Greene Insurance And Tax Service

Permanent Year-Round Service

H R

A A VIN

209 A North Washington Sumter, S.C. 29150

emaiL tescotaxservice@yahoo.com

business • individual • non-profit

Shelly A. Lundberg Professional Services Offered:

741 Bultman Drive - Suite 11 Sumter, SC 29150 (803)775-0423

Business

$

Certified C ifi d P Public bli A Accountant

Patrick Seech,

INCOME TAX

P.O. Box 2226 Sumter, SC 29151

TESCO TAX SERVICE

BARRINEAU ACCOUNTING & ASSOCIATES

Tax Consultant

Your community news source

FROM PAGE A1

“If the mother keeps ignoring them like she has been, we’ll probably have to pick them back up and dispose of them,” he said.

An investigation is continuing according to Sumter Police. Swans are an important draw for the lake, which trumpets in its promotional material that the lake is home to five different species of swans.

NEED A HAND WITH YOUR TAXES?

CITYFROM PAGE A1 ordinance, structures must meet current city development standards before being annexed into the city.

Council then received a preliminary draft budget for fiscal year 2017. As of Tuesday evening, the draft budget leaves the city with a $1.3 million deficit, $60.97 million in revenues and $62.27 million in expenditures.

City Manager Deron McCormick said the good news about the draft budget is that it does not reflect a tax increase. This could be the seventh or eighth year that taxes have not been increased, he said.

He said not increasing taxes has been very important to council in the past, and it will be mindful of that for this budget, he said.

Council will have its first budget workshop for the 2017 fiscal year on April 26.

In other news, Downtown Development Manager Howie Owens said the revitalization of Main Street will continue Sunday night. He said milling and paving the street was postponed in consideration of Easter Sunday and because of unfavorable weather.

Owens said paving will hopefully be complete next week if everything goes to plan.

EGGS

Personal

• audits,

•

•

reviews, compilations business start up consultation

•

bookkeeping & payroll services tax planning & preparation

2630-b hardee cove • sumter, sc • shelly@slundbergcpa.com

T 803.469.7300

F 803.469.7301

MOORE BUSINESS CONCEPTS, LLC

Personalized Bookkeeping, Payroll and Tax Services Business & Personal

SSOCIATES (803) 778-2285 or (803) 773-1050

Betty J. Avin

www.theitem.com

Sharon Moore, Personal Consultant for your business.

545 Oxford Street, Ste. D Sumter, SC 29150 • (803) 305-1248 Fax: (803) 305-1287 Email: sharon@mooreconcepts.biz

WILLIAM LEVAN BYRD, CPA, CMA MANAGING CONSULTANT

OPEN YEAR ROUND 61 W. Wesmark Blvd.

Sumter, SC 29150 www.jacksonhewitt.com

Tel: (803) 469-8899 Fax: (803) 469-8890

WILLIAM LEVAN BYRD, CPA, PC CERTIFIED PUBLIC CONSULTANT

INCOME TAX CONSULTANTS

207 EAST LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, SC 29150 (803) 778-0209 WLBYRDCPA@AOL.COM

THE SUMTER ITEM N.G. Osteen 1843-1936 The Watchman and Southron

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 H.G. Osteen 1870-1955 Founder, The Item

H.D. Osteen 1904-1987 The Item

|

A7

Margaret W. Osteen 1908-1996 The Item Hubert D. Osteen Jr. Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Graham Osteen Co-President Kyle Osteen Co-President Jack Osteen Editor and Publisher Larry Miller CEO Rick Carpenter Managing Editor

20 N. Magnolia St., Sumter, South Carolina 29150 • Founded October 15, 1894

COMMENTARY

Campus lunacy, part 2

P

rofessor Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He recently wrote an article titled “The hypocrisy behind the student renaming craze.” Students, often with the blessing of faculty, have discovered that names for campus buildings and holidays do not always fit politically correct standards for race, class Walter and sex.

Williams Stanford students have demanded the renaming of buildings, malls and streets bearing the name of the recently canonized Junipero Serra, an 18th-century Franciscan priest who was often unkind to American Indians.

Harvard Law School is getting rid of its seal because it bears the coat of arms of the Royalls, a slave-owning family. This renaming craze is widespread and includes dozens of colleges and universities, including Amherst, Georgetown, Princeton, Yale and the University of California, Berkeley. The students have decided that some politically incorrect people from centuries ago are bad. Other politically incorrect people are not quite so bad if they were at least sometimes liberal; their names can stay.

San Diego State University students are not demanding that the school eliminate its nickname, “Aztecs,” even though the Aztecs enslaved and slaughtered tens of thousands of people from tribes they conquered — often ripping out the hearts of living victims. Should UC Berkeley students and faculty demand the renaming of Warren Hall, named after California Attorney General Earl Warren, who instigated the wartime internment of tens of thousands of innocent JapaneseAmerican citizens? UC Berkeley students and faculty might consider renaming their Cesar E. Chavez Student Center. Chavez sent his thug lieutenants down to California’s southern border to use violence to prevent job-seeking Mexican immigrants from entering the United States.

President Woodrow Wilson was a racist who, among other racist acts, segregated civil service jobs. Should Princeton University rename its Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs plus rename its Woodrow Wilson fellowship program?

Most universities have a

women’s studies program.

Part of their agenda is to make sure men learn that “no” means “no” and condemn any form of sexual assault. Should campus feminists make clear that former President Bill Clinton, a womanizer and exploiter of women, is unwelcome on any campus? Should they also protest any appearance by his enabler, Hillary Clinton, who helped demonize her husband’s female accusers by cracking down on “bimbo eruptions”?

Recently, Brown University changed its Columbus Day celebration to Indigenous People’s Day. By the way, many cities are following suit. There may be a problem.

According to publications such as Lawrence H. Keeley’s “War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage” and Steven A. LeBlanc and Katherine E. Register’s “Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage,” we may have to rethink just how noble and peaceful American Indians were prior to Christopher Columbus. American Indians waged brutal tribal wars long before Europeans showed up. The evidence is especially strong in the American Southwest, where archaeologists have found numerous skeletons with projectile points embedded in them and other marks of violence.

Comanche Indians were responsible for some of the most brutal slaughters in the history of Western America.

Our military has a number of deadly aircraft named with what the nation’s leftist might consider racial slights, such as the Comanche, Apache, Iroquois, Kiowa, Lakota and the more peaceful Mescalero.

Should they be renamed? Our military might also be seen as disrespecting the rights and dignity of animals. Should military death-dealing aircraft named after peace-loving animals — such as the Eagle, Falcon, Raptor, Cobra and Dolphin — be renamed?

Renaming deadly aircraft might receive a sympathetic ear from our politically correct secretary of defense, Ashton Carter.

Victor Davis Hanson says that changing history through renaming is nothing new.

Back in the Roman days, the practice was called damnatio memoriae, a Latin phrase meaning “condemnation of memory.” It was practiced when the Romans wanted to erase the memory of people they deemed dishonorable; it was as if they had never existed.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2016 creators.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR SPACE FOR FOSTER BOYS AT DETENTION CENTER FARM The Sumter Item recently had a first page article, “Planning Commission votes down amendment for foster homes.”

Willis Holiday had requested that he be allowed to have a home for teenaged boys in a residential area. The request was turned down.

At this time, there is an

excellent facility for troubled boys at the Clarendon County Detention Center. I know a splendid young man who was there and absolutely loved the farm life setting while he enjoyed work on a big farm.

He now has a well-paid job in another state. His parents take great pride in him.

LAURANCE H. KANNON Sumter

COMMENTARY

What Trump has wrought

A

s Wisconsinites head for the polls, our Beltway elites are almost giddy.

For they foresee a Badger State bashing for Donald Trump, breaking his momentum toward the Republican nomination.

Should the Donald fall short of the delegates needed to win on the first ballot, 1,237, there is growing certitude that he will be stopped. First by Ted Cruz; then, perhaps, by someone acceptable to the establishment, which always likes to have two of its own in the race.

But this city of self-delusion should realize there is no going back for America.

For, whatever his stumbles of the last two weeks, Trump has helped to unleash the mightiest force of the 21st century: nationalism.

Transnationalism and globalism are moribund.

First among the issues on which Trump has triumphed — ‘’We will build the wall — and Mexico will pay for it!’’

— is border security.

Republican candidates who failed to parrot Trump on illegal immigration were among the first casualties.

For that is where America is, and that is where the West is.

Consider Europe. Four months ago, Angela Merkel was Time’s Person of the Year for throwing open the gates to the ‘’huddled masses’’ of the Middle and Near East.

Merkel’s Germany is now leading the EU in amassing a huge bribe to the Turks to please take them back, and keep them away from the Greek islands that are now Islam’s Ellis Island into Europe.

Africa’s population will double to 2.5 billion by 2050.

With 60 percent of Africans now under 25 years of age, millions will find their way to the Med to cross to the Old Continent where Europeans are aging, shrinking and dying. Look for gunboats in the Med. If immigration is the first issue where Trump connected with the people, the second is trade.

Republicans are at last

learning that trade deficits do matter, that free trade is not free.

The cost comes in dead factoPat ries, lost Buchanan jobs, dying towns and the rising rage of an abandoned Middle America whose country this is and whose wages have stagnated for decades.

Economists who swoon over figures on consumption forget what America’s 19th-century meteoric rise to self-sufficiency teaches, and what all four presidents on Mount Rushmore understood.

Production comes before consumption. Who owns the orchard is more essential than who eats the apples.

We have exported the economic independence that Hamilton taught was indispensable to our political independence. We have forgotten what made us great.

China, Japan, Germany — the second, third and fourth largest economies on earth — all owe their prosperity to trade surpluses run for decades at the expense of the Americans.

A third casualty of Trumpism is the post-Cold War foreign policy consensus among liberal interventionists and neoconservatives.

Trump subjects U.S. commitments to a cost-benefit analysis, as seen from the standpoint of cold national interest.

What do we get from continuing to carry the largest load of the defense of a rich Europe, against a Russia with one-fourth of Europe’s population?

How does Vladimir Putin, leader of a nation that in the last century lost its European and world empires and a third of its landmass, threaten us?

Why must we take the lead in confronting and containing Putin in Ukraine, Crimea and Georgia? No vital U.S. interest is imperiled there, and Russia’s ties there are older and deeper than ours to

Puerto Rico.

Why is it the responsibility of the U.S. Pacific Fleet to defend the claims of Hanoi, Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Brunei, to rocks, reefs and islets in the South China Sea — against the claims of China?

American hawks talk of facing down Beijing in the South and East China Seas while U.S. companies import so much in Chinesemade goods they are fully subsidizing Beijing’s military budget.

Does this make sense?

Patriotism, preserving and protecting the unique character of our nation and people, economic nationalism, America First, staying out of other nation’s wars — these are as much the propellants of Trumpism as is the decline of the American working and middle class.

Trump’s presence in the race has produced the largest turnout ever in the primaries of either party. He has won the most votes, most delegates, most states.

Wisconsin aside, he will likely come to Cleveland in that position.

If, through rules changes, subterfuge and faithless delegates, party elites swindle him out of the nomination, do they think that the millions who came out to vote for Trump will go home and say: We lost it fair and square?

Do they think they can then go back to open borders, amnesty, a path to citizenship, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and nation building?

Whatever happens to Trump, the country has spoken. And if the establishment refuses to heed its voice, and returns to the policies the people have repudiated, it should take heed of John F. Kennedy’s warning: ‘’Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.’’

To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.creators.com. © 2016 creators.com.

EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES EDITORIALS represent the views of the owners of this newspaper.

COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY are the personal opinion of the writer whose byline appears. Columns from readers should be

typed, double-spaced and no more than 850 words. Send them to The Sumter Item, Opinion Pages, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, or email to hubert@theitem.com or graham@theitem.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are written by

readers of the newspaper. They should be no more than 350 words and sent via e-mail to letters@theitem.com, dropped off at The Sumter Item office, 20 N. Magnolia St. or mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, along with the full name

of the writer, plus an address and telephone number for verification purposes only. Letters that exceed 350 words will be cut accordingly in the print edition, but available in their entirety at www.theitem.com/opinion/ letters_to_editor.

A8

|

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

SUPPORT GROUPS Multiple Sclerosis Support Group AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: — Third Tuesday each month, AA — Monday-Friday, noon 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitaand 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 Support Groups: April 6,Hospital, 2016 tion 121 E. Cedar St., p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775Amputee Support Group — 1852.

Fourth Tuesday each month, AA Women’s Meeting — 5:30 p.m., Carolinas RehabilitaWednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren tion Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., St. (803) 775-1852.

Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

AA Spanish Speaking — Sunday, EFMP Parent Exchange Group — 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) Last Tuesday each month, 11 775-1852. a.m.-noon, Airman and Family AA “How it Works” Group — Readiness Center. Support to Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., service members who have a 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494dependent with a disability or 5180. illness. Call Dorcus at (803) 895-1252/1253 or Sue at (803) 441 AA Support Group — Mon847-2377. day, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441.

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: AA Summerton Group — Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall.

Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday each month, 11 Manning Al-Anon Family Group — a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter ReThursday, 7:30 p.m., Behaviorsource Center, 337 Manning al Health Building, 14 Church Ave. Call Bertha at (803) 774St., Manning. Call Angie at 6181.

(803) 435-8085.

Divorce Care — Wednesdays, C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Church, 2401 Bethel Church Ronda St. Call Elizabeth at Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

(803) 607-4543.

Grief Share — Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road. Call MONDAY MEETINGS: (803) 481-2160.

Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North THURSDAY MEETINGS: HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763.

TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Find the group on Facebook.

Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or TUESDAY MEETINGS: Nancy at (803) 469-4789.

Sumter Connective Tissue SupAlzheimer’s Support Group port Group — 1st Tuesday of through S.C. Alzheimer’s AssociaJanuary, March, May, July, tion — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 September and November, 7 p.m., National Health Care, p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call 1018 N. Guignard Drive. Call (803) 773-0869.

Cheryl at (803) 905-7720 or the Mothers of Angels (for mothers Alzheimer’s Association at who have lost a child) — First (800) 636-3346.

Tuesday of each month at Journey of Hope (for family memnoon and third Tuesday of bers of the mentally ill), Journey each month at 6 p.m., Wise to Recovery (for the mentally ill) Drive Baptist Church. Call and Survivors of Suicide Support Carol at (803) 469-9426, Betty Group — Each group meets at (803) 469-2616, Carolyn at every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. (803) 469-6059 or Margaret at John United Methodist (803) 469-6887.

Church, 136 Poinsett Drive.

Sumter Combat Veterans Group Call Fred at (803) 905-5620.

Peer to Peer — Every Tuesday, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. VeterFRIDAY MEETINGS: ans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and Celebrate Recovery — Every Fribenefits. day, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Parkinson’s Support Group — Miller Road (across from Food Second Tuesday each month, Lion). For struggles of alcohol, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitadrugs, family problems, etc. tion Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, Sumter Amputee Support Group 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. — Second Tuesday each Call Kevin at (803) 778-0303. month, 6:30 p.m., Sumter Prosthetics & Orthotics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) 883-4356.

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie Complex Regional Pain Syndrome HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Support Group — 1:30 p.m.

Open to all families or friends every third Saturday, 3785 who have lost a loved one to Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call murder in a violent way.

Donna at (803) 481-7521.

DAILY PLANNER

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016

AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Sunny to partly cloudy

A shower and t-storm around

A t-storm in spots in the a.m.

Partly sunny and breezy

Partly sunny, breezy and cool

Mostly sunny and cool

67°

54°

74° / 51°

70° / 45°

63° / 36°

61° / 43°

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 60%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 25%

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 5%

SSE 6-12 mph

S 7-14 mph

WSW 12-25 mph

WNW 10-20 mph

NW 10-20 mph

NNW 6-12 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 62/48 Spartanburg 62/48

Greenville 62/50

Columbia 69/55

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 67/54

Aiken 66/51

ON THE COAST

Charleston 69/58

Today: Partial sunshine. High 65 to 69.

Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots; warmer in southern parts. High 73 to 77.

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

63° 56° 72° 46° 90° in 2010 33° in 1961 0.00" 0.77" 0.54" 13.10" 14.74" 11.96"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Today Hi/Lo/W 67/53/pc 56/35/sh 79/50/s 54/36/r 79/50/pc 85/60/pc 78/61/pc 45/43/pc 79/60/pc 54/47/pc 97/71/pc 84/58/s 59/50/pc

LAKE LEVELS

SUN AND MOON

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

7 a.m. yest.

357.79 75.39 74.90 97.74

24-hr chg none +0.04 +0.08 -0.07

RIVER STAGES

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 70/51/pc 46/31/sn 84/56/pc 44/28/c 82/51/pc 71/58/sh 78/59/s 59/42/r 84/58/pc 61/40/r 90/66/c 70/58/pc 64/43/r

Myrtle Beach 66/59

Manning 68/55

Today: Intervals of clouds and sunshine.

Winds south 6-12 mph.

Thursday: Some sun returning. Winds west-southwest 8-16 mph.

LOCAL ALMANAC

Florence 66/54

Bishopville 67/53

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

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 9.16 +0.23 19 5.63 +0.90 14 8.38 -0.23 14 2.72 -1.92 80 79.95 -0.02 24 9.24 +2.30

Sunrise 7:02 a.m.

Moonrise 6:33 a.m.

Sunset Moonset

7:47 p.m.

7:07 p.m.

New

First

Full

Last

Apr. 7

Apr. 13

Apr. 22

Apr. 29

TIDES AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Thu.

High 8:54 a.m.

9:13 p.m.

9:46 a.m.

10:05 p.m.

Ht. 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.8

Low 3:21 a.m.

3:44 p.m.

4:15 a.m.

4:33 p.m.

Ht. -0.7 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 58/44/pc 67/50/pc 69/52/pc 69/58/s 67/62/sh 69/58/s 62/50/pc 66/52/pc 69/55/pc 67/53/s 61/53/s 67/55/s 66/54/s

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 64/39/c 69/47/c 72/48/pc 77/54/pc 71/57/t 78/54/pc 68/46/pc 71/51/c 73/51/pc 71/48/pc 69/47/t 72/48/t 73/49/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 66/54/s Gainesville 77/56/s Gastonia 64/47/pc Goldsboro 65/54/s Goose Creek 68/58/s Greensboro 60/49/pc Greenville 62/50/pc Hickory 59/47/pc Hilton Head 66/59/pc Jacksonville, FL 73/57/s La Grange 71/52/pc Macon 71/54/pc Marietta 67/52/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 73/49/pc 80/54/pc 68/46/r 72/47/t 76/54/pc 66/44/r 68/46/c 66/45/c 74/55/pc 81/53/pc 71/52/pc 74/49/pc 68/47/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 59/46/pc Mt. Pleasant 68/60/s Myrtle Beach 66/59/s Orangeburg 67/55/s Port Royal 68/60/s Raleigh 62/52/s Rock Hill 63/50/pc Rockingham 65/54/pc Savannah 71/57/s Spartanburg 62/48/pc Summerville 68/56/s Wilmington 67/58/s Winston-Salem 60/49/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 64/42/c 75/55/pc 75/56/pc 72/52/pc 76/56/pc 68/45/t 67/46/r 70/45/pc 78/55/pc 68/47/pc 75/53/pc 75/55/t 65/45/r

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

PUBLIC AGENDA TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSION Today, 4 p.m., town hall 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): Line up your EUGENIA LAST tasks and get moving. Plan something you feel passionate about after you take care of your responsibilities. An activity that allows you to blow off steam and get into shape will improve your mental state.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Look at your choices and size up your situation. Don’t let a bully push you in a direction that doesn’t appeal to you. Take care of business and keep your personal affairs secret. Romance shows promise.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t wait for someone else to make a move. Stay on top of your game, call in favors and use whatever means are available to you to reach your objectives. Stay on top of your spending and avoid excess.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep life simple and focus on the activities you enjoy doing most. Let your creativity lead the way, and your experience will help you outdo any competition you face. Avoid impulsive people.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Partnerships will change as you share ideas and pull together a plan that suits your needs. Whether in business or your personal life, planning and taking action will result in satisfaction and greater happiness.

Romance is encouraged.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Work from home if possible. Whether you’re applying for a new position or just trying to make room to take on a new project, what you accomplish will encourage you to explore avenues that appeal to your current mindset.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ask questions if you feel uncertain.

Ulterior motives are apparent and must be dealt with before it’s too late. You can bring about changes that will make your life better.

“Where Quality Matters”

803-774-2100

FURNITURE & BEDDING

SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PET OF THE WEEK Lamar is a friendly, small sized young shepherd / lab mix who likes people as well as other dogs.

Approximately 1-3 years old, Lamar has a sweet Lamar hasdisposition a sweet and would love to be a part of disposition your family. This sweet boy is waiting for you in kennel 26 at Sumter Animal Control, 1240 Winkles Road, (803) 436-2066.

Thank you for considering a homeless pet. You can view more adoptable pets on our Facebook page — Sumter Animal Control.

Remember to check with us if your pet is lost.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep a close watch over situations involving friends, relatives and neighbors. A last-minute change of plans will leave you at a loss if you aren’t prepared to act fast. Be prepared for any situation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Share your thoughts and ideas and expand your awareness and long-term goals.

Getting involved in an event that exposes you to different lifestyles or philosophies will do you good.

Romance is in the stars.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Rely on experience to help you get through your current situation. You’ll come out on top if you maintain realistic spending habits and check out other opportunities to make money. Choose something you love doing to increase revenue.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Avoid taking on more than you can handle.

Find ways to cut costs at home and you’ll ease your stress. A partnership is best handled with diplomacy. Aim to stabilize your personal life by using practical solutions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do enough fact-finding before you leap into something you know little about. Rely on your resources and set a budget and timeline that will keep you moving forward. Don’t give in to bullies.

HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to sandrah@theitem.com, or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please. Photos of poor reproduction quality may not publish. With the exception of pictures that are of a timely nature, submitted photos will publish in the order in which they are received.

SECTION

b

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PREP SOFTBALLL

Getting defensive Big plays in the field & a big day from Cantley at the plate help LMA edge region rival Wilson Hall 3-1

KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Laurence Manning Academy courtesy runner Taylor Lea, right, slides into second base on a steal as Wilson Hall shortstop Addy Carraway, left, looks for the ball during the Lady Swampcats’ 3-1 victory on Tuesday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Second baseman Abbie Beard was one of the players Laurence Manning Academy head coach Maria Rowland pointed out for her improved defense from a year ago.

Rowland very easily could have identified nearly anyone on the diamond for the Lady Swampcats on Tuesday, though.

LMA’s defense recorded two pickoffs, a caught stealing and turned a double play while Maddie Cantley went

3-for-3 with a run batted in and two runs scored as the Lady Swampcats edged SCISA Region II-3A rival Wilson Hall 3-1 at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Laurence Manning improved to 10-5 overall and 2-0 in the region and will host Thomas Sumter Academy on Friday.

WH fell to 8-7 and 0-1 and will travel to Robert E. Lee Academy on Friday.

“The defense stepped up big for us tonight,” Rowland said. “They’ve all worked so hard and you can really see

the difference from last year.

We’ve got a lot of girls who are willing to lay out and make those plays and do what they can for their pitchers and their teammates.”

A pickoff at first base erased a leadoff walk in the second inning and another one at second on a ball coming back in from the outfield took a runner out of scoring position for the Lady Barons after back-to-back 1-out singles in the sixth.

The Lady Barons also had a runner thrown out at third

after back-to-back singles to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning with WH trailing by two runs.

“Yeah they were costly times when they happened -would they have impacted the outcome of the game?

You don’t know,” WH head coach Teresa Alexander said. “But they will definitely impact us in terms of learning from those mistakes and growing from them and not making them in the future.”

see SOFTBALL, Page B5

Men’S ncaa TOURNAMENT

Jenkins becomes latest on list of last-second NCAA greats

By KURT VOIGT The Associated Press

Game-winning, last-second shots are almost as expected On its own, Kris Jenkins’ in the NCAA Tournament as 3-point shot to win the the opening-round upset — national championship for from U.S. Reed in 1981 to Villanova wasn’t all that out Bryce Drew in 1998 and this of the ordinary. year’s halfcourt heave by In an era when Steph Northern Iowa’s Paul Curry has made 35-foot jump Jesperson. While they are shots seemingly often celebrated for a brief commonplace, Jenkins’ moment before we turn our twenty-something-footer was attention to another relatively normal. opening-weekend game, What made the shot so Monday night’s tournament memorable was the entirety finish had the attention of of the back-and-forth that the entire country. led up to it, the nervous It’s a finish weary energy surrounding both teenagers talked about teams as they competed Tuesday morning at high toward an uncertain schools across the nation, outcome in the closing one they’ll recall with clarity minutes, and the remarkable years from now — just as double-clutch 3-pointer by their fathers remember North Carolina’s Marcus Charles and other Paige that preceded it. unforgettable game-ending And, of course, there was shots that led to NCAA the timing — the buzzerchampionships. beating dramatics of which What a game. hadn’t been seen in an What a tournament.

NCAA Tournament Here are some more heartchampionship game since stopping moments from the the Lorenzo Charles dunk NCAA Tournament archives: that secured North Carolina State’s victory over Houston EDNEY’S DASH While Tyus Edney’s in 1983. length-of-the-court drive to If there was indeed a give UCLA a buzzer-beating debate about whether the win over Missouri happened long ball had replaced its high-flying cousin, the dunk, in the second round of the as the highlight of choice for 1995 NCAA Tournament, it had no less impact overall. many a millennial, Jenkins Following Edney’s dash and might have just ended it. layup to give UCLA the 75-74 Jenkins’ shot will win, the Bruins collected certainly go down as the themselves and went on to most revered in Villanova defeat defending champion basketball history, and it The Associated Press immediately joined Charles’ Arkansas two weeks later for Villanova’s Kris Jenkins (2) shoots THE game-winning 3-point basket the title. dunk on the short list for at the buzzer in the Wildcats’ 77-74 vicory over North Carolina on greatest NCAA see JENKINS, Page B2 Monday in the NCAA championship game in Houston. championship game finishes.

PREP BASEBALL

Bruins rally to knock off Sumter 4-3

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Brooks Shumake could only see one way to describe his Sumter High School varsity baseball team’s 4-3 loss to South Florence on Tuesday at Gamecock Field.

“They outwilled us tonight,” Shumake said of the Bruins, who scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to rally from a 3-2 deficit for the victory. “I think they had a greater will to win tonight than we did.”

SF improved to 7-9 overall on the season and 2-3 in Region VI-4A. “I’m very proud of them, the way we battled back tonight,” said longtime South Florence head coach Kenny Gray. “We did a good job of making things happen at the plate.”

The Bruins finished with nine hits, three of them producing the winning run in the top of the seventh.

The Gamecocks, who fell to 2-3 in region play and 8-8 overall, managed just three hits.

“It’s tough to win any game when you manage just three hits,” Shumake said. “If there hadn’t have been some walks and a passed ball or two, we wouldn’t have scored what we did.”

see BRUINS, Page B4

MASTERS

Spieth relies on experience in repeat bid for Masters

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Packing for a three-week road trip reminded Jordan Spieth that winning the Masters wasn’t as easy as he made it look.

Driving down Magnolia Lane made it all seem possible again.

Among the clothes he packed was the green jacket that had Spieth been hanging in his closet at home in Dallas for much of the year.

Only the current Masters champion is allowed to take it with him from Augusta National.

“I was like, ‘Wow, this is actually ... there’s a possibility that I don’t have this back at my house anymore’ when I was leaving home,” Spieth said Tuesday. “It kind of fired me up a little. Just the jacket itself provides a little motivation, which is cool. But at the same time, it’s not easy. It’s not easy to get.”

Spieth last year joined the short list of wire-to-wire winners at the Masters, setting the 36-hole record, tying the 72hole record and never letting anyone get within three shots of him after the opening round. It was the first step in a year that saw him win the U.S. Open and make a spirited bid for the Grand Slam.

No one is overlooking the defending champion, not when he started the year with an eight-shot win and stayed at No. 1 in the world until two weeks ago. Still, he hasn’t been in serious contention in more than two months.

see MASTERS, Page B3

B2

|

sports

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

The SUMTER ITEM

Scoreboard

MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT

TV, RADIO

The Associated Press

North Carolina’s Nate Britt, right, and Villanova’s Kris Jenkins are brothers in every way except blood.

With the sacrifice of two families, Jenkins becomes national champ

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

the brothers from the Baltimore area. Jenkins was out of shape and Wright wasn’t sure he could put in the work needed to play HOUSTON — It took two families and lots Villanova basketball. of sacrifice to get Kris Jenkins to Villanova.

Jenkins, by the way, doesn’t quite buy that That was the difficult part. Making one of story from his coach. But the fact remains the biggest shots in college basketball histothat Jenkins has dropped about 40 pounds ry was easy by comparison. from his 6-foot-6 frame to become the secondWith both of his families in the house — leading scorer on a national championship the one that took him in and provided the team. stability he needed, and the one that realized “I’ve been doubted my whole life. People althat what they could give him might not be ways had buts after they say, ‘well Khris can what he needed most — Jenkins dropped in do this but,”’ Jenkins said. “One thing they a 3-pointer at horn Monday night to give the can’t say is Kris is not a national champion.”

Wildcats their first national championship Jenkins played AAU ball with Britt, on a since 1985. The 77-74 victory against North team coached by Britt’s father, Nate Sr. After Carolina also gave Jenkins bragging rights his birth parents split up, his mother, Felicia for life over his brother, Tar Heels guard Jenkins, got a job coaching basketball at a Nate Britt. small school in Columbia, South Carolina.

“Nobody, really understood the hard work Felicia Jenkins helped craft the shooter that and dedication it took from my family, both Jenkins has become, making sure he built of my families,” Jenkins said as he sat in the up his range by not letting him shoot 3s until locker room, the national championship tro- he mastered 2s. phy lying on his chest like a resting baby. “It She moved Kris to South Carolina but was great to share this moment with them.” didn’t feel like it was the best situation for On the last play, which began with 4.7 sec- him. She asked the Britts if he could live onds left, Jenkins was the player to inbound with them back in Maryland and they bethe ball from under his own basket to Ryan came his legal guardians in 2007.

Arcidiacono. Jenkins had a feeling he would Jenkins and Britt aren’t just like brothers, be open as the trailer. Sure enough he was. they are brothers.

“I believe every shot’s going in,” said JenBritt and Jenkins’ sister, Natalia, sported a kins, who was slowed by foul trouble in the shirt for the game that had a depiction of first half but scored 14 points in 21 minutes.

Nate’s 0 jersey and the North Carolina logo “Kris Jenkins’ explanation was brilliant,” on the front and Kris’ No. 2 jersey and a VilWright said of the junior’s break down of lanova logo on the back. the last play. “That’s what I said to him when Nate Britt and Jenkins hugged after the he was walking out. Because he’s the last op- game and Britt congratulated him. Britt said tion because he’s the inbounder. If he can he knew when Jenkins stepped into that catch up with Arch and get ahead of him shot it was going in. Having his brother be and get in his vision, that’s your last look.” the hero, didn’t make it feel any better.

Wright says he wanted Britt more than he “Obviously, right now it hurts more than wanted Jenkins when he started recruiting anything,” he told reporters.

TODAY 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Seattle at Texas or San Francisco at Milwaukee (MLB NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal First Leg Match – Manchester City vs. Paris Saint-Germain (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal First Leg Match – Real Madrid vs. Wolfsburg (FOX SPORTS 2).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Masters Par 3 Contest from Augusta, Ga. (ESPN).

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

7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Cleveland at Indiana (ESPN).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Philadelphia at Cincinnati (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Louisville at Kentucky (ESPNU).

7:30 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: United States vs. Colombia from East Hartford, Conn. (FOX SPORTS 1).

7:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at New York (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

7:30 p.m. – College Softball: North Carolina at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Philadelphia at Detroit (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Necaxa vs. Cruz Azul (UNIVISION).

9:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Houston at Dallas (ESPN).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Oakland (ESPN2).

MLB Standings

By The Associated Press

W 1 0 0 0 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 .000 ½ 1 .000 1 1 .000 1 1 .000 1

W 1 1 1 0 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 1 .000 1 1 .000 1

W 1 1 1 0 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 1 .000 1 1 .000 1

Monday’s Games

San Francisco 12, Milwaukee 3 Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 2 Washington 4, Atlanta 3, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 15, San Diego 0 Colorado 10, Arizona 5 Chicago Cubs 9, L.A. Angels 0

Tuesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

San Francisco (Samardzija 0-0) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 0-0), 1:40 p.m.

Colorado (Chatwood 0-0) at Arizona (Corbin 0-0), 3:40 p.m.

Detroit (Sanchez 0-0) at Miami (Fernandez 0-0), 4:55 p.m.

St. Louis (Leake 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Nicasio 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 0-0) at Cincinnati (Finnegan 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 0-0) at Atlanta (B.Norris 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 0-0) at San Diego (Cashner 0-0), 9:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:35 p.m.

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

American League East Division

Toronto Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Central Division

Chicago Kansas City Detroit Cleveland Minnesota West Division

Texas Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

Jenkins

From Page B1

SMART’S MOVE Indiana won the last of its three championships under coach Bobby Knight in 1987, and it did so in dramatic fashion — with Keith Smart connecting on a baseline jumper in the closing seconds to give the Hoosiers a 74-73 win over Syracuse.

It was also Smart who then stole the Syracuse inbounds attempt with one second left to secure the win.

One of the tournament’s signature moments, Christian Laettner’s catch from Grant Hill, shot fake and turnaround jumper to defeat Kentucky at the buzzer of a 1992 regional final did more than just send defending champion Duke back to the Final Four.

It also led to back-to-back titles for the Blue Devils, who went on to defeat Fab Five-led Michigan in the championship game.

FABULOUS FRESHMAN Basketball great Michael Jordan was on hand to watch his beloved Tar Heels lose in gut-wrenching fashion on Monday night. Long ago, it was Jordan who hit the eventual winner in North Carolina’s 63-62 win over Georgetown in 1982.

Then a freshman, Jordan hit his shot from the left wing with 16 seconds remaining, and the Tar Heels held on after a turnover by the Hoyas’ Fred Brown.

Villanova forward Kris Jenkins (2) celebrates with teammates after winning the NCAA championship game against North Carolina on Monday. Villanova won 77-74.

VILLANOVA 77 NORTH CAROLINA 74

VILLANOVA (35-5) Jenkins 6-11 0-1 14, Ochefu 4-5 1-2 9, Brunson 1-4 1-2 4, Hart 4-9 3-4 12, Arcidiacono 6-9 2-2 16, Booth 6-7 6-6 20, Bridges 1-1 0-0 2, Reynolds 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-48 13-17 77.

NORTH CAROLINA (33-7) Meeks 1-8 2-2 4, Johnson 6-10 2-3 14, Jackson 3-8 0-2 9, Berry II 7-12 2-2 20, Paige 7-17 3-4 21, Britt 1-4 0-0 2, Pinson 0-0 0-0 0, Hicks 2-4 0-0 4, James 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-63 9-13 74.

Halftime—North Carolina 39-34. 3-Point Goals—Villanova 8-14 (Booth 2-2, Arcidiacono 2-3, Jenkins 2-4, Brunson 1-2, Hart 1-3), North Carolina 11-17 (Berry II 4-4, Paige 4-7, Jackson 3-4, Britt 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Villanova 23 (Hart 8), North Carolina 36 (Johnson 8). Assists—Villanova 6 (Arcidiacono, Ochefu 2), North Carolina 16 (Paige 6). Total Fouls— Villanova 16, North Carolina 20. A—74,340.

Look no further than your local newspaper for

The right advertising opportunity!

Call (803) 774-1200 and get started today.

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 ½ 0 1.000 ½ 0 .000 1 2 .000 2

W 1 1 0 0 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 0 .000 ½ 1 .000 1 1 .000 1

W 1 0 0 0 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 .000 ½ 1 .000 1 1 .000 1 1 .000 1

Monday’s Games

The Associated Press

25 24 17 — — — 15 —

Collegiate Baseball Poll

By The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through April 3. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:

Record Pts Prv 1. Florida 27-3 495 1 2. Miami 23-4 493 4 3. Vanderbilt 23-5 491 6 4. Louisville 22-5 488 5 5. Florida State 19-6 486 8 6. South Carolina 24-5 483 2 7. Texas A&M 22-6 480 3 8. Mississippi State 20-8-1 477 7 9. California 18-6 476 10 10. TCU 22-5 474 15 11. North Carolina 20-7 470 9 12. UC Santa Barbara 20-6 467 11 13. Kentucky 20-8 464 12 14. Oregon State 19-7 463 13 15. Mississippi 21-7 459 14 16. Missouri State 22-5 458 16 17. Clemson 21-7 457 17 18. FAU 21-4 456 18 19. Texas Tech 20-8 453 29 20. Michigan 20-5 452 23 21. N.C. State 19-9 449 22 22. BYU 23-3 447 24 23. Coastal Carolina 20-9 444 — 24. Georgia Tech 20-7 441 19 25. LSU 18-9 439 20 26. Virginia 18-11 436 21 27. Tulane 19-8 434 27 28. South Alabama 21-7 430 — 29. Creighton 18-6 428 28 30. Utah 10-14 426 —

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 Central Division

y-Cleveland Detroit Indiana Chicago Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 51 25 .671 — 45 32 .584 6½ 31 47 .397 21 21 56 .273 30½ 9 68 .117 42½ W L Pct GB 45 32 .584 — 44 32 .579 ½ 44 32 .579 ½ 37 40 .481 8 33 44 .429 12 W L Pct GB 55 22 .714 — 41 36 .532 14 41 36 .532 14 39 38 .506 16 32 45 .416 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 64 12 .842 — Memphis 41 36 .532 23½ Dallas 39 38 .506 25½ Houston 38 39 .494 26½ New Orleans 29 47 .382 35 Northwest Division

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

W L Pct GB y-Golden State 69 8 .896 — x-L.A. Clippers 48 28 .632 20½ Sacramento 31 46 .403 38 Phoenix 20 57 .260 49 L.A. Lakers 16 60 .211 52½ x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Tuesday’s Games

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at Utah, 9 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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

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

Wednesday’s Games

W 2 1 1 0 0

Houston at New York, ppd., rain Baltimore 3, Minnesota 2 Texas 3, Seattle 2 Boston at Cleveland, ppd., cold weather Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 3 Chicago Cubs 9, L.A. Angels 0

THE SHOT

FAU 21-4 Kentucky 20-8 Long Beach State 17-10 Clemson 21-7 East Carolina 19-9 Texas Tech 20-8 Houston 17-10 Rice 17-10

nba Standings

National League East Division

Washington Miami Atlanta New York Philadelphia Central Division

Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee St. Louis West Division

Colorado Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

Tuesday’s Games

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

Boston 6, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto (Happ 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Moore 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Seattle (Miley 0-0) at Texas (Lewis 0-0), 2:05 p.m.

Detroit (Sanchez 0-0) at Miami (Fernandez 0-0), 4:55 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 0-0) at Cleveland (Carrasco 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 0-0) at Baltimore (Gallardo 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rodon 0-0) at Oakland (Gray 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

Baseball America Top 25

By The Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll through April 3 (voting by the staff of Baseball America):

Record Prv 1. Florida 27-3 2 2. Miami 23-4 3 3. Texas A&M 22-6 1 4. Louisville 23-5 4 5. Mississippi State 20-8 5 6. Vanderbilt 23-5 6 7. TCU 22-5 8 8. South Carolina 24-5 7 9. California 18-6 10 10. Oregon State 19-7 11 11. Florida State 19-6 12 12. UC Santa Barbara 20-6 18 13. North Carolina 20-7 9 14. Mississippi 21-7 13 15. LSU 18-9 19 16. Oklahoma State 19-9 16 17. Michigan 20-5 20

Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.

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

nhl Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Florida 79 45 25 9 99 229 197 Tampa Bay 79 45 29 5 95 219 191 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 79 28 40 11 67 192 233 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 x-N.Y. Rangers 79 44 26 9 97 229 209 N.Y. Islanders 78 43 26 9 95 219 203 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 79 31 40 8 70 205 246

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 80 48 23 9 105 260 226 x-St. Louis 80 48 23 9 105 221 195 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 79 46 28 5 97 215 186 x-San Jose 79 44 29 6 94 233 205 Arizona 79 35 37 7 77 205 235 Vancouver 79 30 36 13 73 182 227 Calgary 79 33 40 6 72 218 251 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

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, Columbus 2 Florida 4, Toronto 3 St. Louis 5, Arizona 2 Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2

Tuesday’s Games

Carolina at Boston, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Columbus at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 8 p.m.

sports

The SUMTER ITEM

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

|

B3

MASTERS

McIlroy brings new approach to quest for Grand Slam

By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

a feel of how the course is actually going to play and especially from certain areas that AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIl- you wouldn’t normally hit out roy stood on the 17th green, of in a practice round. I’m just waving his arms this way and trying to play at more like it is that. a tournament round.”

Then he feigned a jump shot At the 18th hole, he yanked for England’s Matthew Fitzpat- his second shot into the parick, recreating the NCAA trons left of the green. men’s basketball champion“Sorry,” McIlroy said sheepship game from the night beishly as he walked up to his fore. ball.

“He was explaining what Then he chipped it right next happened,” Fitzpatrick said to the flag, the gallery roaring after they wrapped up their its approval.

Masters practice round TuesFor McIlroy, this is all part day. “It was an exciting finish, of a new plan to become just apparently.” the sixth player to capture the Indeed it was, as Villanova modern version of the Grand swished a winning 3-pointer at Slam. He’s already won the the buzzer.

U.S. Open, the British Open, “Unbelievable,” McIlroy and a pair of PGA Championsaid. “Ridiculous.” ships. The Masters is the only He’s hoping for some theatthing standing between him rics of his own at Augusta Na- and the exclusive club that intional. cludes Gene Sarazen, Ben Maybe a new approach will Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary help.

Player and Tiger Woods.

With a career Grand Slam McIlroy took his first shot at again in his grasp, the 26-year- the Slam a year ago, only to be old from Northern Ireland derailed by a sluggish start. changed his preparation for He fought back to a tie for the first major of the year. Infourth at 12-under 276, his best stead of arriving early, he finish ever at Augusta, but didn’t play his first practice wasn’t really a threat to winround until Monday. He also ner Jordan Spieth. tried to take a more competiIn hindsight, he acknowltive approach, replicating a edges being a little overmatch-play format his first whelmed by the moment. time around the course, the “I think part of that was 3-and-2 victory over Chris having so much expectation Wood clinched by a hole-in-one and thinking of the Grand at the 16th. That was followed Slam and thinking of the Masby a four-ball match on Tuesters and thinking of all this, day. whereas I needed to just take a “I’ve hit it off pine straw this step back and relax and go out week,” McIlroy said. “Hit it out and try and play my own of the rough, fairway bunkers, game,” McIlroy said. bunker shots. You get more of As soon as last year’s tour-

MASTERS

Masters Tee Times

From Page B1

A year ago, Spieth had a victory and two runner-up finishes when he arrived at Augusta National. He knew his game was sharp, and he knew he could play Augusta National from having played in the final group as a Masters rookie the previous year.

What inspires him now are the memories.

“We’ve already done it,” he said. “It’s not like I’m chasing my first major. We have two major championships now. So we feel like there’s an advantage if we can get into contention against those who are searching for their first. ... Sure, I’m putting pressure on myself to contend this year, just like last year. And I feel like I’m in form, as well. But it’s also going to be a lot of fun walking these fairways, reliving those memories with the crowds and the roars, the echoes.”

Jack Nicklaus (1965-66), Nick Faldo (1989-90) and Tiger Woods (2001-02) are the only players to win back-to-back at the Masters.

“There’s a lot of really fun stuff going on,” McIlroy said sarcastically.

Not so fun, he’s slipped to third in the world rankings and is still seeking his first win of the season, challenged by plenty of talented 20-somethings who are just as eager to be recognized as Tiger Woods’ heir apparent.

Spieth won his first two majors a year ago, and nearly won two more. Jason Day broke through for his first major title at the PGA Championship, and moved to the top of the rankings with back-toback wins last month. Rickie Fowler hasn’t won a major yet, but it seems just a matter of time.

“I want to dominate,” McIlroy said. “I want to go back to the summer of 2014 (when he won the British Open and PGA Championship) and play like that for the rest of my career.

Whether that’s possible or not remains to be seen, but I know that’s a level that I can play The Associated Press at.”

Rory McIlroy catches a golf ball from his caddie on the driving range Three-time Masters champiduring a practice round for the Masters on Tuesday in Augusta, Ga. on Phil Mickelson, himself just a U.S. Open victory away nament ended, he began mak- on the flip side, you can confrom the career Grand Slam, ing plans to change things up. sume yourself with it, which I calls McIlroy one of the playThere were no advance trips don’t think’s a good idea, eiers to beat at Augusta. to Augusta National to get acther.”

“He’s hitting drives so long,” customed to the course.

The changes extend to Lefty said. “He’s going to have He passed on the chance to Wednesday’s Par 3 Contest, a a distinct advantage over 95 come in the weekend before just-for-fun event that he’ll percent of the field.” for a few extra rounds. skip this time. Instead, he’ll McIlroy has no doubt he’ll “I really feel like I play my play nine holes, try to get off win the Masters before his cabest golf when I’m more rethe course by 3 p.m., and head reer is done. laxed, when I’m having fun back to his rented house to He doesn’t want to linger too out there and I’m not overdorelax. He brought along a long in the quest. ing it, not overthinking it,” 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle to “There would be no better McIlroy said. “You can obvipass the time, and might play time,” he said, breaking into a ously relax too much, but then a game of Monopoly. sly smile, “than this week.”

The Associated Press

Billy Payne, right, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, speaks on Tuesday with Jordan Spieth on the driving range during a practice round for the Masters

And Spieth hasn’t cornered the market on major victories.

Jason Day, who replaced him at No. 1, won the PGA Championship in August and became the first player to finish at 20under par in a major. Rory McIlroy already is a four-time major champion and going after the career Grand Slam at the Masters. Adam Scott, 2013 Masters champion, won twice in Florida.

“There are probably 10, 12, 15 guys you could make a good case for that have a real shot at winning this tournament, even with the standard of golf that

At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. All Times EDT a-amateur Thursday-Friday 8:20 a.m.-11:16 a.m. — Jim Herman, Steven Bowditch 8:31 a.m.-11:27 a.m. — Trevor Immelman, Robert Streb, a-Derek Bard 8:42 a.m.-11:38 a.m. — Larry Mize, Victor Dubuisson, Kevin Streelman 8:53 a.m.-11:49 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Bernd Wiesberger, Vaughn Taylor 9:04 a.m.-Noon — Webb Simpson, Chris Wood, Thongchai Jaidee 9:15 a.m.-12:22 p.m. — Tom Watson, Charley Hoffman, Lee Westwood 9:26 a.m.-12:33 p.m. — Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, a-Cheng Jin 9:37 a.m.-12:44 p.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner, Patrick Reed 9:48 a.m.-12:55 p.m. — Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey, a-Bryson DeChambeau 9:59 a.m.-1:06 p.m. — Justin Thomas, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson 10:21 a.m.-1:17 p.m. — Vijay Singh, Hideki Matsuyama, Chris Kirk 10:32 a.m.-1:28 p.m. — Harris English, Andy Sullivan, Kevin Na 10:43 a.m.-1:39 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, Marc Leishman, Henrik Stenson 10:54 a.m.-1:50 p.m. — Justin Rose, Jamie Donaldson, Daniel Berger

high,” Scott said.

Spieth knows nothing but success at Augusta National. In just two appearances, he has yet to have a round worse than par. He had the lead with 11 holes to play as a Masters rookie in 2014 until Bubba Watson

11:05 a.m.-2:01 p.m. — Adam Scott, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka 11:16 a.m.-8:20 a.m. — Mike Weir, Cameron Smith, a-Sammy Schmitz 11:27 a.m.-8:31 a.m. — Ian Woosnam, Troy Merritt, Byeong-Hun An 11:38 a.m.-8:42 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick 11:49 a.m.-8:53 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, David Lingmerth, a-Paul Chaplet Noon-9:04 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Kiradech Aphinbarnrat 12:22 p.m.-9:15 a.m. — Charl Schwarzel, Davis Love III, Rafael Cabrera-Bello 12:33 p.m.-9:26 a.m. — Danny Lee, Russell Knox, Smylie Kaufman 12:44 p.m.-9:37 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Branden Grace, Ian Poulter 12:55 p.m.-9:48 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Hunter Mahan, a-Romain Langasque 1:06 p.m.-9:59 a.m. — Jason Day, Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els 1:17 p.m.-10:21 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Fabian Gomez, Scott Piercy 1:28 p.m.-10:32 a.m. — Jimmy Walker, Soren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri 1:39 p.m.-10:43 a.m. — Danny Willett, Sergio Garcia, Ryan Moore 1:50 p.m.-10:54 a.m. — Angel Cabrera, Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes 2:01 p.m.-11:05 a.m. — Martin Kaymer, Bill Haas, Rory McIlroy

chased him down. No one came close to him last year in his four-shot victory.

Horton Smith is the only player to have won the Masters twice in his first three appearances. Jack Nicklaus, the standard against whom everyone is

measured at the Masters, won three times in a four-year stretch early in his career. The exception was a runner-up finish in 1964.

Spieth isn’t a prototypical power player, though an immaculate short game goes a long way at Augusta National.

“I love courses where you have to use your imagination and a lot of feel, so I just kind of had a unique eye for it, I guess — a passion for it. A place that you come back to play every single year in a major, this is the only one. You already have a ton of focus on the golf course and really dissecting, giving it your all that week in a major.

“It sticks with you.”

Parts of this week are a new experience for the Masters champion. He now walks up a flight of stairs at the clubhouse to the newly renovated locker room reserved for champs. He shares a locker with Arnold Palmer. He put on his green jacket Tuesday evening for the Champions Dinner, where the 22-year-old Texan had barbecue on the menu.

That will be the last time he wears his green jacket this week — unless he wins again on Sunday.

LARGEST SELECTION OF TUXEDOS IN THE MIDLANDS! INCLUDING SLIM FIT, MODERN FIT AND TRADITIONAL FIT TUXES

Your Prom Tuxedo Headquarters!

ANDREW KINNEY in the new Grey Savoy Tux. Available in Flat Front and Modern Slim Fit Pant.

2 N. Main St. • Corner of Liberty & Main • 803-905-4299 www.canthonysmenswear.com

B4

|

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

sports

SPORTS ITEMS

The SUMTER ITEM

boys AREA roundup

Lakewood JV baseball beats Manning 7-3 Zach Tidwell had five strikeouts and Xavier Gamble homered and drove in two runs as the Lakewood High School junior varsity baseball team defeated Manning 7-3 on Monday at the LHS field. Tidwell allowed one run on three hits and also had two hits himself.

Tommy Touchberry pitched the final two innings and struck out six. Brandon Chandler also had a hit for the JV Gators.

McBee defeated Lakewood 9-6 in the previous game, scoring six runs in the sixth inning. Brian Brown was 2-for-4 with two stolen bases for Lakewood while Hunter Day and Touchberry each went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Laurence Manning 13 Ben Lippen 5 COLUMBIA -- Andrew Boyd got the win on the mound as Laurence Manning

Academy defeated Ben Lippen 13-5 on Tuesday at the BL field. Brewer Brunson had three hits for LMA and Chase Lee added two. Jake Jordan also scored four runs.

The Swampcats host Williamsburg Academy today.

VARSITY GOLF Hammond 152 Wilson Hall 153 Heathwood Hall 172 Hammond edged Wilson Hall by a stroke in a trimatch with the Barons and Heathwood Hall at Sunset Country Club on Tuesday.

Bronson Meyers took medalist honors with a 37 for Hammond. Christian Salzer, Grier Schwartz and Coker Lowder all shot a 38 for the Barons. Easton Ward had a 39. WH will play a SCISA Region II-3A match on Thursday at Beech Creek Golf Club.

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

The Associated Press

Connecticut’s Breanna Stewart (30) grabs a rebound against Syracuse’s Bria Day (55) in the Huskies’ 82-51 victory in the women’s NCAA championship game on Tuesday in Indianapolis.

UConn wins 4th straight title with triumph over Syracuse INDIANAPOLIS — It’s UConn, again.

Breanna Stewart scored 24 points to lead the undefeated Huskies to their 11th national championship and fourth straight with an 82-51 win over Syracuse on Tuesday night. Morgan Tuck added 19 points and Moriah Jefferson had 13 for the Huskies, who have now won 75 consecutive games, and 122 of their last 123, all by double digits.

Brittney Sykes had 12 points for Syracuse (30-8), which was making its first appearance in the title game.

The Huskies (38-0) have been simply dominant with Stewart, Jefferson and Tuck, who have helped the team to an NCAA record 151 wins over their four years. The three seniors left to the hugs of coaches and teammates with 1:46 left.

Manning coach drop-in today Clarendon School District Two will hold a drop-in meet and greet for new Manning High School football head coach and athletic director Keith West and his family today.

The event will be held at the Manning High senior dining area from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Bruins

From Page B1

SF starting pitcher Will Hardee pitched 4-plus innings. The left-handed was charged with all the runs and hits while striking out five, walking four and hitting a batter.

Sumter took its first lead in the bottom of the fifth. Trailing 2-1 against Hardee, Tradd James led off with a single and Dawson Price drew a walk. Ryan Moore put down a bunt to advance the runners, but Hardee’s feet went out from under him for a single to load the bases with no outs.

James scored on a passed ball to make it 2-2 and that ended Hardee’s time on the mound. He was relieved by side-arming right-hander Nick Gray, Coach Gray’s nephew. Caleb Larrimore hit

USC 4 Coastal Carolina 2 COLUMBIA – South Carolina scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to a 4-2 victory over Coastal Carolina on Tuesday at Founders Park.

The Gamecocks improved to 25-5 on the season, while Coastal dropped to 20-10.

Taylor Widener pitched five innings for USC to get the win. He allowed two hits and both of the runs while striking out five and walking one.

Reed Scott and Brandon Murray each pitched a scoreless inning before Josh Reagan pitched the final two to pick up his eighth save.

Carolina finished with eight hits, with DC Arendas and Donn Thompson-Williams each having two. ThompsonWilliams, Jonah McBride and TJ Hopkins each had a run batted in while LT Tolbert, John Jones, McBride and Marcus Mooney each scored a run.

7-inning victory over The Citadel on Monday at CSU Ballpark.

Sumter’s William Kinney drove in the Bulldogs’ only run with a double.

Defending champ Kerber wins

CHARLESTON -- Charleston Southern scored 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to an 18-1,

CHARLESTON — Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber opened defense of her Volvo Car Open title with a three-set victory over Lara Arruabarrena on Tuesday night.

Kerber, the top seed and ranked No. 2 in the world, moved on and won her sixth straight match here with a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3) win. It was also the second straight year Kerber upended Arruabarrena in Charleston, although the Spaniard put up more of a fight than in the 6-3, 6-0 defeat in 2015.

Other seeded winners at the clay-court even included No. 10 seed Sam Stosur and 14th-seeded Daria Kasatkina.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni topped 11th-seeded Kristina Mladenovic, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (13).

Most of the top seeds, including the highest-rated American in the field in No. 3 seeded Venus Williams, begins play Wednesday.

a shot that second baseman Austin Blakely got a glove on and Larrimore was thrown out by shortstop Austin Moore, but Price scored to make it 3-2. Ryan Moore was thrown out at home when Jordan Holladay hit a grounder to third base.

The Bruins tied the game in the sixth. Holladay had worked two perfect innings in relief of Rylan Williamson, but gave up a leadoff double to Mitchell Green to start the sixth. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Blakely to tie the game at 3-3.

SF picked up the winning run in the seventh. Austin Moore and Hill had 1-out singles to right against Holladay before Seth Stephens hit into a fielder’s choice for the second out. Caleb Cooper came through with his second hit of the game to drive in Hill with the winning run.

Sumter missed out one final chance to score. Price drew a

1-out walk, stole second and went to third on an error on the player. Gray finished with three innings of scoreless relief though, getting Ryan Moore to hit a soft grounder to first and striking out Larrimore.

“Nick came in and did a really good job for us,” Coach Gray said. “I thought Will did well until he got tired.”

Hampton Rowe had Sumter’s other hit, an RBI single in the second to score Luke Stokes, who had walked.

Green also had two hits for SF. He singled with one out in the second and scored when the Gamecocks committed two infield errors.

Williamson allowed five hits in three innings of work, but had four strikeouts and no walks.

Sumter plays host to River Bluff on Thursday before traveling to Myrtle Beach on Friday for another region game against Socastee.

Charleston Southern 18 Citadel 1

Sumter soccer tops South in penalty kicks Jasiah Pack scored both a regulation and penalty kick goal to help lead the Sumter High School varsity girls soccer team to a 2-1 victory over South Florence on Tuesday at the SHS field.

The score was tied 1-1 after regulation when Pack, Adrianna Martin and Aria Strickland connected on PKs as the Lady Gamecocks won 3-1 in the shootout.

two more. McKenzie Truett had a double, two runs and two RBI, while Madison Truett had two hits, including a double, two runs and an RBI. Kate Johnson had two hits and scored three runs and Olivia Coker had two runs.

Caroline Robinson had a hit, two runs and two RBI. Cakhi Fowler got the win in the circle for the Lady Swampcats.

Andi Grae Wingate suffered the loss and was also JUNIOR VARSITY 2-for-5 with a double and two SOFTBALL runs scored at the plate.

Carly Allred was 3-for-4 Laurence Manning 15 with a run scored for WH; Wilson Hall 10 Sydney Jarecki was 3-for-4 MANNING -- Wilson Hall with two doubles and two suffered its first loss of the runs while Anne Land season on Tuesday with a Welch had two hits, drove in 15-10 defeat at the hands of two and scored once.

Laurence Manning Academy Camryn Bateman had a at the LMA field. triple and drove in three Madisyn Hudson had runs and Kinsley Waynick three hits, one a double, and had a double and an RBI. drove in three runs for LMA. Becca Cromer also had a hit Maggie Josey had three hits, and Taylor Ward drove in a scored two runs and drove in run.

Subscribe today, and stay in the loop

(803) 774-1200

Simply Fashion Grand Opening !

SUITS FOR LESS AT SIMPLY FASHION FOR MEN! Men’s Suits Size 36-46 • $89.99 Size 48-60 • $99.99 Dress Shirts, Pants and Shoes • 25% Off $5 OFF Purchase of $50

4/9/16 Not valid with Suit Sale or 25% Off items

$10 OFF Purchase of $100

4/9/16 Not valid with Suit Sale or 25% Off items

$20 OFF Purchase of $200

4/9/16 Not valid with Suit Sale or 25% Off items

1009 Broad Street • 803.774.0144 Between Aarons and Piggly Wiggly

SPORTS sports

THESUMTER SUMTERITEM ITEM The

MLB ROUNDUP

Syndergaard, Mets top Royals following ring ceremony KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Noah Syndergaard threw six scoreless innings, Neil Walker hit his first homer with the Mets and New York beat Kansas City 2-0 Tuesday after the Royals were given their 2015 World Series rings.

Syndergaard (1-0) was the only pitcher to beat the Royals in the World Series last year, winning Game 3 after intentionally throwing his first pitch above Alcides Escobar’s head. Escobar started this one with a triple, but then Syndergaard struck out the next three batters and retired 12 straight before Kendrys Morales’ double opened the fifth.

Syndergaard allowed three hits, walked one and struck out nine.

Astros 5 Yankees 3 NEW YORK — A freezing opening day at Yankee Stadium turned on a play that caused a hot argument.

Carlos Correa reached on an eighth-inning dribbler that Dellin Betances threw over first baseman Mark Teixeira as Jose Altuve scored the tiebreaking run, and the Houston Astros went on to beat the New York Yankees 5-3 Tuesday to win four straight openers for the first time in franchise history.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi argued with plate umpire Dana DeMuth that Correa should have been called out for running on the fair side of the foul line, causing Betances to throw the ball over Teixeira for an error.

After the four umpires conferred, the call was upheld and Girardi played the remainder of the game under protest. Luis Valbuena added a two-run single on Betances’ 30th and final pitch for a 5-2 lead.

BOSTON 6

WEDNESDAY,April APRIL 6, 6, 2016 Wednesday, 2016

||

B5 B5

PRO BASEBALL

Beckham’s error in 10th inning hurts Braves in 4-3 loss to Nats

By CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Gordon Beckham and the Atlanta Braves threw away chances to win their opener.

Jason Grilli couldn’t hold a onerun lead in the ninth inning and Beckham’s throwing error set up Daniel Murphy’s run-scoring double in the 10th that sent the Washington Nationals to a 4-3 victory Monday.

“You let a good team hang around and they end up scoring a run,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said.

New shortstop Erick Aybar also had a throwing error in his Atlanta debut as the Braves wasted a solid start by Julio Teheran, who allowed two runs and five hits in six innings.

“I did everything that I could to keep my team in the game,” Teheran said, adding he made “a couple mistakes” on homers by Murphy and Bryce Harper.

“But I felt really good,” Teheran added.

Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia homered against Washington ace Max Scherzer.

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

Washington got even in the ninth on Michael Taylor’s sacrifice fly to

SOFTBALL

From Page B1

The solid defensive work by LMA helped make a winner out of Courtney Beatson. Beatson allowed one run on eight hits with four strikeouts and three walks in a complete-game effort.

All three of Beatson’s free passes came in the first two innings, during which Wilson Hall plated its only run of the game on a Becka Noyes RBI single in the first. Beatson rebounded to face just two batters over the minimum until the sixth inning, however.

“Courtney hasn’t seen the amount of mound time she normally has (in

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.

“It was a tough play at the plate there, you know?” said Gonzalez, a former catcher. “First of all you’ve got to get a good throw and you’ve got to make a great tag and it’s tough. It’s not as easy as you think.”

Murphy’s one-out double to left off Eric O’Flaherty (0-1) drove in Ryan Zimmerman from second base in the 10th. Zimmerman reached on a twobase throwing error by Beckham, playing second base after walking as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.

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

Murphy was a huge hit in his debut for the Nationals, who made a winner of Dusty Baker in his first game as their manager.

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.

Gonzalez briefly emerged from the dugout but didn’t argue the call.

“You’re splitting hairs,” he said.

“He slid past the bag a little bit and kind of rolled. They want you to just slide into the bag.”

the past),” Rowland said. “But she settled down and pitched well. All three of our girls that we have pitching have just done a tremendous job for us and have worked really hard.”

After falling behind 1-0, LMA grabbed all the runs it needed in the top of the second inning. Cora Lee Downer walked and came home two batters later on Cantley’s RBI double, The Lady ‘Cats first baseman then came home herself two batters later on a wild pitch as Laurence Manning grabbed a 2-1 advantage.

LMA made it 3-1 in the fourth.

Cantley led off with a single, took second on an error, third on a wild pitch and came home on Brooke Ward’s sacrifice fly to complete the scoring.

Downer walked twice and Bailee Elms and Ashton Rogers had the other hits for the Lady ‘Cats.

Wilson Hall starter Drake Ives suffered the loss despite allowing three runs, two earned, on just five hits with five strikeouts and three walks.

Ives also had two hits and walk to for WH. Noyes and Madison Sliwonik also had two hits apiece.

“We’re still young; still adapting to a lot of new positions,” Alexander said. “We’re learning and we’re keeping our eyes toward May (and the state tournament) when we’ll have to use the lessons we’ve learned this year.

“But give them credit because Courtney pitched well and her defense was behind her.”

The Associated Press

Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Jason Grilli (39) sits on the bench on Monday after blowing a save in the ninth inning against the Washington Nationals in Atlanta. Washington won 4-3 in ten innings.

CLEVELAND 2 CLEVELAND — David Price struck out 10 and won his weather-delayed debut for Boston and David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, leading the Red Sox to a 6-2 win over the Cleveland Indians, who were forced to push their season opener back because of wintry conditions.

Price gave up two runs and five hits in six innings, giving the Red Sox and immediate payoff after they signed the left-hander to a seven-year, $217 million contract. Boston is hoping Price can push them back into contention in the AL East after the club finished last in the division the past two seasons.

Ortiz began his farewell season with a bang, connecting for his 504th career homer in the ninth. Big Papi tied Hall of Famer Eddie Murray for 26th place on the career list. Ortiz also doubled.

The Associated Press

Prep schedule TODAY 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

OBITUARIES MARCELINE B. KENNINGTON WARNER ROBINS, Georgia — Marceline Blair Kennington, 90, passed away on April 3, 2016.

Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Heritage Memorial KENNINGTON Funeral Home.

The Rev. David Miller will officiate. Burial will be held on Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery, Sumter.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Heritage Memorial Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene Building Fund, 200 Lois Drive, Warner Robins, GA

31093 or a charity of your choice.

Mrs. Kennington was born on Sept. 17, 1925, to the late James and Lillie Blair. She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister, who loved spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Brady E. Kennington; and grandson, Chris Pitts.

She is survived by three daughters, Norma (Dennis) Sroczynski of Warner Robins, Kay (J.D.) Cole of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Gail Mohlar of Warner Robins; two sons, James (Debra) Kennington of Ferdinand, Indiana, and Robert (Joane) Kennington of Radcliff, Kentucky; brother, James A.

(Faye) Madison, Florida; sister, Gwendolyn Newsome of Savannah; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Please go to www.heritagememorialfuneralhome.com to sign the online guestbook.

Heritage Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

WILLIE J. SMITH MANNING — Willie James “Coolie” Smith, 70, husband of Rosa Lee Carter White Smith, died on Monday, April 4, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

He was born on Aug. 7, 1945, in the Silver community of Clarendon County, a son of the late Junious and Louise Smith Conyers.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 408 Briarcliff St., Manning.

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

GEORGE GREEN MIAMI, Florida — On Thursday, March 31, 2016, George Green, beloved husband of Madlene Grant Green, was called home to take his final rest.

Born on June 25, 1942, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Rev. Willie Green Sr. and Beatrice Murray Green.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Chapel of Jay’s Funeral Home in Miami.

Online condolences for the Green family may be sent to www.flemingdelaine.com or emailed to flemingdelaine@ aol.com.

Jay’s Funeral Home, 17420

Homestead Ave., Miami, is in charge of arrangements.

Courtesy by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

MARY L. PRESCOTT BISHOPVILLE — Mary Louise Prescott entered eternal rest on April 1, 2016, at her residence, 2017 Lucknow Road, Bishopville.

Friends and family may sign the register from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Gum Spring Baptist Church, Bishopville, with the pastor, the Rev. Alexander Davis, officiating. Interment will follow in Gum Spring Cemetery.

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

B6

CLASSIFIEDS

THE ITEM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 06, 2016

IT’S PROM TIME AT MAYOS “Spring Explosion of Colors” 2 Piece Sets, Linen, Seer Suckers, Sport Coats, Shirts, Ties, Shoes, Socks, Mens Sandals If your suits aren’t becoming to you, It’s a good time to be coming to Mayo’s!

Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7 • www.MayosDiscountSuits.com Good cow hay for sale. 1000lb net wrap bales $50. Call 843-662-1939 or 843-992-6866

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend. Call 803-494-5500 Prior and retired military CWP Class Thursday, April 21, 6-10 pm. $35.00 Call 803-840-4523.

Yard sale fundraiser April 7th-9th 7am-? Clothes,hot dogs, drinks,& sweets. 973 Blvd Rd.

In Memory

For Sale or Trade 2014 EZ-Go golf cart, loaded with extras, show room condition. Call 803-968-1650 Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311.

Open 7 Days a week 9am-8pm For Sale in Evergreen Cemetery, 2,4,6 or 8 lots side by side. Section; Fountain number 4 #369. $2500 each lot (below cost) Call 828-290-8314

EMPLOYMENT Reginald "Noble" Tirrell Holmes 12/24/72 - 04/06/11 It has been 5 years and we are still missing you. Love Your Mother: Mary, Sister: Tiffany, Brothers: Chris & Derrick, Children: Melody, Cameron, (Heidi), Family & Friends. We Miss You.

BUSINESS SERVICES Legal Service Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark.

Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

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

Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing avail. Expert installation. Long list of satisfied customers. 803-837-1549.

Septic Tank Cleaning

Septic Tank Cleaning Call the pros for all of your septic pumping needs. 803-316-0429 Proline Utilities, LLC

Tree Service

Help Wanted Full-Time Experienced Plumber & helper needed. Must have tools & transportation. Call 491-4616 8am-5pm RETIREES/HOUSEWIFES SUBSIDIZE YOUR INCOME Must be able to work EARLY morning hours. Must have dependable transportation. Must be able to work alone. Must not be afraid of work. Must be dependable. Must be bondable. If you are all the above, come in and complete an application. 20 N. Magnolia, St. Sumter, SC LPN/RN Positions - 12 hour shifts.

Please apply in person at: NHC HealthCare Sumter, 1018 North Guignard Dr., Sumter, SC. EOE CNA's FT & PT 3p-11p shifts. Apply in person at NHC Healthcare Sumter, 1018 N. Guignard Dr. Sumter, SC 29150 (EOE) F/T Maintenance Technician needed for apartment community located in Sumter, SC area. Performs various maintenance duties necessary to maintain & enhance the value of the community. Duties include plumbing, light electrical, painting, diligent work ethics & have good customer service. Applicant must have own tools & reliable transportation. Please email your information to resume@boydmanagement.com or fax it to 803-419-6577. EOE Exp. carpenter w/ a valid drivers license & your own transportation needed. Leave a name & phone number. 803-473-4246 Nesbitt Transportation is now hiring Class A CDL Drivers. Must be 23 yrs old and have 2 yrs experience. Home nights and weekends. Also hiring experience diesel mechanic. Call 843-621-0943 or 843-621-2572

TRUCK MECHANIC / WELDER NEEDED Experienced Truck Mechanic & Welder needed for local trucking company. Work includes general maintenance on trucks and trailers, along with welding repairs on rolloff equipment. Benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans. Company paid uniforms, paid holidays, PTO time, life insurance, 401K and profit sharing. Must have own hand tools and valid driver's license. Hourly pay commensurate with experience. Apply in person at FCI 132 Myrtle Beach Hwy Sumter, SC 19153 803-773-2611 Ext - 25 for Todd.

Resumes can be e-mailed to tkrigbaum@freeholdcartage.com

Spring into your dream home today. We have quality used refurbished mobile homes. We specialize in on the lot financing. Low credit score is OK. Call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book page (M & M Mobile Homes).

TRANSPORTATION

Miscellaneous

Help Wanted Part-Time

Refurbished batteries as low as $45. New batteries as low as $70.

Auto Electric Co., 102 Blvd Rd. 803-773-4381

Unfurnished Homes Recently renovated Tudor St Duplex 2BR 2BA appliances, AC/Heat. No pets. $750mo+ Dep Call 803-773-4210

Mobile Home Rentals 3BR/1.5BA, all appl. incl. C/H/A, water & sewer incl. $400/mo + dep.

Call 803-464-5757.

STATEBURG COURTYARD

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his attorney, at 7008 Shakespeare Road, Columbia, SC 29223, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

1 Bedroom Apartments for 62 YEARS AND OLDER

SUMMONS

•Refrigerator •Central Heat & Air •Community Room •Range •Handicap •Coin Operated •Blinds Accessible Laundry Room •Carpet •Emergency Call •Ceiling Fans System **Rent Based On 30% of Adjusted Income** **Utility Allowance Given**

IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2016-DR-43-00327

60 Hilliard Drive • Sumter, S.C. 29150 For application or information, please call

LEGAL NOTICES Summons & Notice

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT:

Tynika Claxton The Claxton Law Firm, LLC 7008 Shakespeare Road Columbia, SC 29223 (803) 400-1195

Hiring Cooks and servers. Apply in person at 8920 Old #6 Hwy Santee SC

RENTALS

VICTORIA D. JAMISON DEFENDANT

ANDRE JAMISON vs.

Southview 803-934-1449 TTY 800-735-8583

PLAINTIFF,

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350 2 Br, 1.5 ba SW, Hwy 15 S. area, 1388 Guess Road, Pinewood, $325 mo./dep. 803-378-6206

NOW HIRING

Resort Rentals

Dairy Operations Manager #017672 Wateree Farm Operations Salary: $45,280-48,770

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

REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale

Requirements: A bachelor’s degree and relevant program experience. Ten years experience in management of a large dairy; to include five years experience in hay and forage production and storage. Must have five years supervisory experience.

1530 Mooneyham Rd 3BR 1BA $65k Call 803-236-2232 or 803-236-5809 3BR 2BA Brick Home Approx 1800 sq ft. Hdwd floors throughout, granite counter tops, completely renovated. Alice Dr School Dist. $131K Call 803-316-6129

Deadline: Until Filled For more information, please call Recruiting and Employment Services 803-896-1649 www.doc.sc.gov

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721 Dewey Stump Removal. Special 20" stumps removed for as little as $20 per stump, 5 stump limit. Call 843-362-1743 or 704-242-0481

World Veterinary Day

NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal, trimming & stump grinding. Lic/Ins 803-316-0128

On this special day raise a paw, hoof or claw to say thank you to our veterarians. Honor you veterarian by showing your pet’s appreciation with a thank you ad for

$

20

Thank you Dr. Jones for taking care of my Rufus.

DEADLINE: TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2016 • PUBLISH: APRIL 30, 2016 I’ve never seen so many cars and people!

What do you think is going on over there?

Well, I was told she’s having one of those ‘Garage Sales.’

Can you imagine?!

Minnie told me she made over $100 last time she had one... Just by placing a Classified Ad in Do you think we should have one and place an ad?

It sure would help with Spring Cleaning!

20 N. Magnolia St. Sumter, SC 803.774.1234 www.theitem.com

Name ______________________________________ Phone ________________ Address ___________________________________________________________ City ____________________________ State ____________ Zip _____________ Pet’s name _________________________________________________________ Owner’s Name _____________________________________________________ Message (limit 12 words) ___________________________________________________ Payment must accompany order: Total $ ______________ ❐ Check ❐ Visa ❐ Mastercard If paying with credit card: Card No.______________________ Exp. date_________________ Signature _______________________________________________________________________

20 N. Magnolia Street • Sumter, SC

803-774-1263 mary@theitem.com

Please send a self addressed stamped envelope with picture so it can be mailed back.

SECTION

C

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 Call Ivy Moore at: (803) 774-1221 | E-mail: ivy@theitem.com

Learning’s an adventure at Shepherd’s Center Spring session offers variety of classes and activities

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

T

he Shepherd’s Center of Sumter begins its spring semester Thursday, and the organization is offering a full roster of informative and entertaining classes and much more. Members, who must be at least 50 years old, can sign up for a September trip to Massachusetts; save on auto insurance by taking an AARP safe driving class; enjoy a balanced, hot lunch while being entertained by diverse performers and speakers; and participate in various other activities.

The classes, designed to benefit participants’ heads, hearts, hands and health, “just like the 4-H club motto,” as Executive Director Jeanette Roveri Smith is fond of saying, are the main event, however. Many of the instructors, all volunteers, have been with the center for years.

Jane Collins has been teaching line dancing and short stories for 20 years.

“Most people in the class are regulars,” she said, “but several new people have signed up this session.”

The goal of the class, Collins said, is “to evaluate yourself as a reader. We’re going to talk about how to get into reading a story even though it might not interest you at first.”

She said the class members will start off this session reading a fairy tale, such as “Goldilocks,” “The Three Little Pigs” or “The Billy Goats Gruff,” then “be ready to talk about how fairy tales relate to the development of the short story.”

Nick Zlotnicki will again teach a geography class, this session’s focusing on Europe, North America and the Far East; Brenda Davis’ Bible study class will examine how the Scriptures relate to the world today.

Many of the classes teach hand skills and range from knitting and china painting to bead weaving and crochet.

James Cox will be back to provide basic instruction on how to use laptop, iPads and tablets, Michelle Ross will teach “Write Your Own Memoirs 2,” and Rhetta Sanders will continue her class in be-

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOS

Dandy Don, The Singing Cowboy, in a return performance, will entertain Shepherd Center members at lunch this Thursday. Lunches, which are served at 12:15 p.m. each Thursday, are served buffet style for a charge of $6. There is always entertainment or an interesting and informative program. Lunches are catered by New Beginnings; fried chicken is on Thursday’s menu. ginning sign language.

There are six class periods each Thursday, each lasting one or two hours. Shepherd’s Center members can take as many classes as will fit into their schedule by paying the fee of $20; the early bird registration of $15 ended on April 1; however, Roveri Smith said anyone mentioning having read this story will get the early bird discount. Annual membership in the Shepherd’s Center is $20.

The center also offers free public information classes each Thursday, for which there is no age requirement.

In addition to the currently scheduled classes, Roveri Smith said, several others are in the works.

Shepherd’s Center members can take Money Management for Seniors, a variety of exercises, including yoga; learn — or just play a variety of card and board games; go bowling; and more.

In addition, the center will have its popular One Pot CookOff from noon to 1:30 p.m. on April 21 in the Trinity United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall; members will try to outdo each other with a wide variety of soups and stews, and those eating them will vote on the winners. Advance tickets are $6, or pay $10 at the door. Starting at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5,

Instructor Grace Prescott, standing, assists Joan Moon during the china painting class at the Shepherd’s Center on Thursday, as Gail Turnmeyer, back left, and Julia Paciulan work on their projects. Turnmeyer will teach the class once a week for eight weeks beginning Thursday. also in the TUMC Fellowship Hall, members will host a spring bazaar with the theme Make It, Bake It, Sew It, Grow It. Non-members are invited to this event and can even have the $6 lunch if they make advance reservations.

Several classes are presented on days other than Thursdays and at different locations. Call the Shepherd’s

Center at (803) 773-1944 or go by the office at 24 Council St. in the Lincoln Trinity Center for a complete brochure.

PUBLIC INFORMATION CLASSES Trinity UMC FaHoLo classroom Free to the public 11-11:50 a.m.

April 14 – Our Veterans Remember

Homer Hunt will speak on “Going Up North,” his Vietnam experiences May 12 – Planning for Emergencies with Erik Hayes, Sumter County director of Emergency Management May 26 — Internet safety, David O’Brien will teach precautions for using social media sites such as Facebook More classes to come

With 500-plus roles Luna’s proud of contribution to acting

BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks In 1989, after concluding her contract with the ABC soap opera “One Life to Live,” BarBara Luna informed her agent of plans to retire, but not before requesting one more role that would include some vacation time. Two days later, while sitting in her New York apartment, the agent called back.

“He asked if I wanted to fly to Australia for an episode of the new “Mission: Impossible” TV series,” recalled Luna, from her home in Los Angeles. “I said ‘I’m there!’”

In fact, since “retiring,” Luna has returned to acting a few times but has been occupied mostly with off-screen activities.

“I do volunteer work for several organizations, including The Thalians, and organize and attend various autograph shows,” she said. “It requires a lot of work and time, but I love it.”

Born and raised in New York City, Luna was just 9 when she appeared on Broadway in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific.” Stage roles in “The King and I” and “Teahouse of the August Moon” soon followed with Rodgers encouraging the young actress and predicting: “You’re not going to be out of work!”

“He was right,” said Luna.

PHOTO PROVIDED

BarBara Luna is shown with William Shatner in a scene from the 1960s TV series “Star Trek.” She has worked on many popular series, including “MIssion Impossible” and “Zorro.”

“From the time I stepped foot on stage until I retired, I never missed a year of work.”

At 16, her parents moved to Florida, but Luna had other plans. While on a three-year national tour with “Teahouse,” she fell in love with Los Angeles and stayed.

In 1958, she was cast in four sequential episodes of “Zorro,” one of her first TV appearances, working with suave “Zorro” star Guy Williams.

“He was 6 foot 4 and just de-

lightful,” she recalled. “I had been warned about Hollywood actors, but he was such a gentleman.”

Although westerns were among her favorite roles, they sometimes came at a price.

“I love riding horses but am terribly allergic,” she said.

“Usually I could keep it under control, but on a ‘Gunsmoke’ episode I had a bad attack. It was a challenge to finish shooting that episode.”

Fortunately, throughout her

long career, sickness prevented her from working on only one other occasion.

“That was on ‘Star Trek,’” she recalled, referring to her role as Lt. Marlena Moreau in the popular second season episode “Mirror, Mirror.”

“The producers probably wanted to kill me because around the fourth day of shooting I woke up with strep throat,” she said. “The problem was that I had a kissing scene coming up with William Shat-

ner, but the infirmary doctor said I was too contagious to work so I was sent home.”

With her exotic screen presence, Luna was often cast in very specific roles.

“My mother was from Budapest and her father was from Italy,” she explained. “My father was born in Manila and his mother was from Spain. So with that background, I was usually cast in a variety of Hispanic and ethnic roles throughout my career. Even as a child, people would ask me ‘What are you?’”

Which is one reason her “Star Trek” role was so refreshing.

“When I read the script, I thought this was a strong character and not typical of some I had played throughout my career,” she said. “In the sci-fi world, characters may be green or purple, but are not viewed as ethnically stereotypical so it made a nice change.”

A regular guest at fan conventions for many years, Luna is proud of her long career.

“If you look at my resume, it includes over 500 TV roles,” she says. “I think I made a nice little contribution to the profession.”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers.

C2

|

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

FOOD

THE SUMTER ITEM

Salmon pasta salad is light and flavorful

BY KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press Nothing speaks to me of spring like a salmon salad. It’s light and pretty and herby, and when you add pasta it becomes a real meal. It’s also quite portable, so you’ll want to think of this when you’re envisioning lunch at your desk the next day, or when you’re invited to a potluck event. And talk about easy to make. Poach the salmon. Boil the pasta. Puree dressing.

Dump everything together and you’re good.

I speed chill the salmon by popping it in the freezer for a few minutes. But if you have more time, you certainly could poach the salmon the

PASTA SALAD WITH SALMON AND CREAMY CILANTRO DRESSING Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 6 2-pound salmon fillet, bones removed Kosher salt 1 pound cavatelli or elbow pasta For the cilantro sauce: 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves, plus extra to garnish 1/4 cup minced shallots 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt (or another 1/4 cup mayonnaise) 2 tablespoons heavy cream Pinch cayenne pepper Ground black pepper Set the salmon in a large saute pan. If needed, cut the salmon into 2 pieces. Add enough cold water to just cover.

Season with 2 teaspoons salt, then bring to a boil. Immediately turn off the heat, cover the pot THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

night before and refrigerate it until ready. Likewise, the pasta also could be cooled briefly in the freezer, spread in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet (or similarly prepped the day before).

Some people really, really love cilantro, and some people really, really hate it. It’s actually a genetic thing. For some people, it tastes soapy or otherwise unpleasant. So this recipe — with its creamy cilantro dressing — clearly is for the lovers, and not the dish to make if you’re not sure about your audience. I love it (obviously, I guess), and I love this dressing. But if you’d rather lose the cilantro, feel free to substitute fresh basil.

and let the salmon sit for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, transfer the salmon to a plate and set in the freezer to cool.

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions, then drain.

Rinse under cold water to cool.

Set aside to drain.

Meanwhile, in a food processor or blender combine the cilantro, shallots, Dijon, mayonnaise, yogurt, cream and cayenne. Puree until smooth, then season with salt and pepper.

When the salmon is chilled, remove the skin, if necessary, and break the flesh into bitesized chunks. In a large bowl, combine the pasta, cilantro sauce and salmon, then toss gently to combine. Garnish with additional cilantro leaves.

Nutrition information per serving: 710 calories; 290 calories from fat (41 percent of total calories); 33 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 90 mg cholesterol; 380 mg sodium; 59 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 41 g protein.

Pasta Salad with Salmon and Creamy Cilantro Dressing is ideal for packed lunches and picnics.

Avocado can do more than make guacamole

BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press Avocado is far more than just guacamole, club sandwiches and California omelets.

This creamy, fatty, filling fruit (technically, it’s a berry), also is a great source of healthy fat, making it an excellent replacement for other fats.

Why have fat at all? Because research is clear that our bodies need fat to absorb other nutrients. Not to mention that they taste good and leave us satisfied. When I eat healthy fats with my meals, I am far less likely to dive into a sugary-carby treat later on. It’s that simple. When I find myself craving a sweet in the afternoon, it’s almost always a sure sign that I didn’t eat enough healthy fat at lunch.

Avocado is nutrient-dense, which means the per-calorie nutritional game is solid. Avocados are packed with vitamins and minerals. And they are incredibly fiber-rich. Who would guess given how lusciously creamy they are?

Know that nutrient-dense also means calorie-dense. So downing a large bowl of guacamole at happy hour probably is not wise. I aim for an ounce or two a day, which is about a quarter or a third of a medium avocado.

What do I do with avocado? I use it when I want to swap out cheese, such as adding decadence and creaminess to morning egg whites. Or I use it as a healthy boost for my kids’ morning smoothies, adding vitamins and filling fiber and fat to jumpstart their day. Avocado also is a great substitute for heavy cream; I blend it up to make salad dressings, silkyrich sauces, even puddings and baked goods.

Today’s recipe is a quick creamy pasta sauce that needs no cooking. It’s as fast as whizzing up a few ingredients in the blender and letting piping hot pasta bring all the heat necessary for the pasta sauce flavors to bloom. You won’t miss the cream!

SPEEDY NO-COOK AVOCADO PASTA SAUCE Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 6 12 ounces whole-grain pasta 1 large avocado, peeled, pitted and roughly cubed 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 teaspoon lemon zest 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed 1 scallion, chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Pinch red pepper flakes 1/4 cup cilantro leaves and soft stems Kosher salt and ground black pepper Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to package directions, then reserve 1/2 cup of the cooking water, and drain.

Meanwhile, in a blender combine the avocado, lemon juice and zest, garlic, scallion, olive oil, Parmesan and Worcestershire sauce. Blend until smooth. If too thick, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water. Once smooth, add the red pepper flakes and cilantro and pulse to mix, but not completely blend. Seasoned with salt and pepper. Pour into a large serving bowl.

Once the pasta is cooked, immediately add it to the sauce let sit for 30 seconds. Toss to coat the pasta, adding a bit of the reserved cooking water, if needed, to thin the sauce.

Nutrition information per serving: 320 calories; 100 calories from fat (31 percent of total calories); 11 g fat (1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 135 mg sodium; 47 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 8 g protein.

FOOD

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

|

C3

7 creative, delicious recipes to make in your slow cooker

BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press

T

hink all your slow cooker is good for is cranking out

pots of chili and beef stew? Think again! This versatile kitchen workhorse can be put to use for all manner of things you probably never realized.

with powdered sugar.

• OATMEAL: Combine 2 cups water, 2 cups milk, 1 cup steel-cut oats and a pinch of salt in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours. Add fruit, spices, brown sugar or maple syrup as desired.

• COCONUT RICE PUDDING: Combine a 15-ounce can coconut milk with 2 cups water, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, a pinch of salt and 1 cup short-grain white rice. Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Peach cobbler is just one of many desserts you can make in your slow cooker.

So we’ve gathered seven of our favorite slow cooker hacks to help you get the hang of making the

NASA uses hydrogen fuel in space for a special process to make electricity from hydrogen. The byproduct of this process is water. This provides water for NASA astronauts to drink during space missions.

© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 17

most of yours.

• FRUIT SAUCE: Combine 3 pounds of cored and sliced apples (or other fruit) with 1/2 cup matching fruit juice, a pinch of salt and 2 tablespoons butter. Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or low for 6 to 8 hours. Puree or process with a blender, immersion blender or food processor to your desired level of smoothness. Optionally, stir in 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract or cognac. Serve over pancakes, waffles, ice cream or oatmeal.

• COBBLER: Combine 2 pounds frozen peaches or mangoes with 1/3 cup packed brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground dry ginger, 1 tablespoon cornstarch and a pinch of salt.

Top with canned or homemade biscuit dough and cook for 2 to 3 hours on high or 4 to 6 hours on low.

• MULLED CIDER OR WINE: Combine 1 gallon apple cider or 3 bottles of red wine with 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice, the zest of 1 orange peeled into long strips with a vegetable peeler, 4 cinnamon sticks, 1 tablespoon cloves, 1-inch chunk of fresh ginger, sliced, and 1 teaspoon whole allspice. Cook for 1 to 2 hours on high or 3 to 4 hours on low.

• HOT CHOCOLATE: Combine 1/2 gallon whole milk, 2 cups heavy cream, 12 ounces each of milk chocolate chips and dark chocolate chips, and a vanilla bean, split and scraped. Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours or on high for 1 to 2 hours, stirring once or twice to mix the melted chocolate thoroughly with the milk and cream.

• CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER SNACK MIX: Combine 4 cups Corn Chex cereal, 4 cups Cheerios, 2 cups miniature pretzels and 2 cups peanuts with 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 cup smooth peanut butter. Cook on low for 3 hours, stirring 1 to 2 times per hour. Spread evenly on a parchment-lined baking sheet and sprinkle

It takes energy to move something. In early days, people used their own human energy to move things. It was tough!

Over time, people invented ways to generate energy to move vehicles by burning coal and gasoline.

Eventually, carts and wagons were hitched to horses and oxen. Animal energy was great!

Coal and gas are fossil fuels. But fossil fuels have a couple of problems.

They cause pollution and someday the world may run out of these resources.

Today, scientists are looking for new, cleaner ways to create energy to move vehicles. They are looking for energy that won’t run out. Many think hydrogen is the answer.

Look through the newspaper to find words that can be combined to make makke a new word.

For example:

Standards Link: Reading Readin ng Comprehension: Follow w written directions.

Hydrogen is a molecule that when combined with oxygen molecules makes energy.

Hydro Hydrogen fuel can power cars in a way that’s better for the environment.

HYDROGEN MOLECULE COMBINED D S E L VEHICLES E L U C REACTION N R U B PRODUCE OXYGEN I M E A ENERGY B S O E WATER M Y R V POWER O A O E MOVE BURN C D N E DAYS N O I T CAR AIR

C I H E V H E L O M Y E O C L D E N X R R N C E Y O E R U R G P T W D G E R A W O Y N I W R R P C A E R P S

Keep reading your newspaper for updates newsp about this exciting technology!

Find an interesting ad in today’s newspaper.

Estimate how many ads of that size can fit on the page. Then, measure to find the exact answer. How close was your estimation?

Standards Link: Math: Estimation.

Best Book of the Summer

Send your story to:

Tell other kids about a book you think they should read this summer. Have fun describing the details but don’t give away the ending!

Deadline: May 1 Published: Week of May 29 Please include your school and grade.

Carolina Children’s Dentistry

Columbia, SC (803) 736-6000

Sumter, SC (803) 775-4793

Specializing In Infants, Children, and Adolescents

South Carolina Safety Company, Inc. p 2535 Tahoe Drive Sumter, SC 803-905-3473 Quality Service Since 1989

Buying used Mobile Homes, Lots, Acreage, or Houses In Need of Repair Call 803-773-8022 anytime

“Proud Supporters Of Literacy In Our Community”

Sumter Family Dental Center

piggly wiggly 4 Locations To Serve You Better

740 Bultman Drive, Sumter, SC 29150

“Investing In Our Futures by “Promoting Literacy For Our Kids”

Sumter Cut Rate Drugs

VESTCO PROPERTIES

(803) 773-3328

Brown’s “Where Quality Matters”

FURNITURE & BEDDING

31 W. Wesmark Blvd.

Sumter, SC

803-774-2100

Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm • Saturday 9am-4pm

This page is brought to you by these community minded businesses.

Call 1-800-293-4709 to sponsor this Exciting Page!

This page is brought to you by these community minded businesses.

803-773-8432

32 S. Main St. • Sumter Since 1936 Hours: M-F: 7AM - 6PM • Sat 9AM-4PM www.sumtercutratedrugs.com

Call 1-800-293-4709 to sponsor this Exciting Page!

1283 Broad Street Sumter, SC 29150

803-905-5500

Sumter Laundry & Cleaners

1091 Broad St., Sumter 938-9767

FREE Home Pick-up & Delivery

GEICO Field Representative

775-3962

Telephone: 803.938.8200

Roger Armfield 639 BULTMAN DRIVE

Buy a Happy Meal or a Mighty Kidʼs Meal and GET A

FREE COOKIE

This page is brought to you by these community minded businesses.

Call 1-800-293-4709 to sponsor this Exciting Page!

C4

THE ITEM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

piggly wiggly

aaa

SUMTER • MANNING BISHOPVILLE

$4.99

2/$4

89 OZ. TROPICANA PURE PREMIUM

8 OZ. BORDEN CHUNK OR

ORANGE JUICE

SHREDDED CHEESE

14.5-15.25 OZ. LIBBY

12PK 12 OZ.

CANNED VEGETABLES COCA COLAS

5/$5

12 OZ. BORDEN SLICED AMERICAN SINGLES

5.3 OZ. OIKOS TRADITIONAL OR REGULAR SINGLE SERVE

SLICED CHEESE

SPRING WATER

LIMIT 6 W/PFC & $20 ORDER

$2.99

2/$3

$3.99

16 OZ. PIGGLY WIGGLY

5 LB. BAG PIGGLY WIGGLY CRINKLE CUT

2/$4

10-16 OZ. BIRDS EYE STEAMFRESH POLY BAG

45 OZ. TUB PIGGLY WIGGLY

VEGETABLES

SPREAD

$2.99

2/$4

64 OZ. ALMOND BREEZE

6 CT. MAYFIELD NOVELTIES OR

DINNERS

3 LB. BAG PIGGLY WIGGLY

5 LB. BAG QUAKER

16 OZ. KEN’S

FLOUR

LONG GRAIN RICE

QUICK GRITS

SALAD DRESSING

$6.99

5/$5

5/$5

2/$4

2/$5

28-30.6 OZ. MAXWELL HOUSE

14-15 OZ. MARGARET HOLMES

10 OZ. FRENCH’S

24 OZ. NEWMAN’S OWN

2 LB. MUELLER’S

2/$5

11-12.25 OZ. GENERAL MILLS (CHEERIOS, LUCKY CHARMS OR GOLDEN GRAHAMS)

CEREALS

COFFEE

CANNED WORCESTERSHIRE SPAGHETTI SAUCE VEGETABLES SAUCE

$4.99

$4.99

$4.99

8 ROLL BOUNTY BASIC

12 CT CHARMIN BASIC

50 OZ. GAIN LIQUID 2X

PAPER TOWELS

BATH TISSUE

BOGOF

2/$6

$3.99

PASTA

$11.99 16 LB. BAG KIBBLES & BITS

LAUNDRY DETERGENT

12-12.6 OZ. PANTENE CONDITIONER OR

SHAMPOO

DOG FOOD

2/$5

2/$3

2/$4

8-16 OZ. NABISCO

5 OZ. GOLDEN FLAKE

8 CT. LANCE HOME PACK CRACKERS OR

ICE CREAM SANDWICHES

4/$5

4.5-8.5 OZ. MICHELINA’S TRADITIONAL ENTREES

10-10.5 OZ. FRITO LAY SALSA OR

POTATO CHIPS

TOSTITOS

RITZ CRACKERS

POTATO CHIPS

$9.99

$8.99

$8.99

$8.99

$6.99

.75 LITER

1.5 LITER

6 PK. 12 OZ.

RIUNITE WINE

LANDSHARK BEER

COOKIES

DINNERS

$3.49

$4.99

1 PINT BEN & JERRY

22.5 OZ. JOSE OLE BEEF OR

CHICKEN TAQUITOS

MIRASSOU COORS BUD LIGHT LIGHT BEER BEER WINES

GREENBAX GROCERY SPECIALS 12 PK 8 OZ. DEER PARK

2 GB

40 OZ. KRAFT BBQ SAUCE

3 GB 2 GB

WATER

5/$4

$4.99

5.2 OZ. PIGGLY WIGGLY

89 OZ. TROPICANA PURE PREMIUM

PIZZAS

2/$4

2/$5

12 OZ. MILLER LIGHT, 12 PK 12 OZ. BUDWEISER OR 12 PK. YUENGLING OR

ICE CREAM

VEGETABLE OIL

$1.79

10-10.5 OZ. FRITO LAY LAY’S

4.4-10 OZ. SMART ONES CLASSIC FAVORITES OR ENTREES

5/$5

POTATOES

5/$5

5/$10

COCA COLAS

48 OZ. PIGGLY WIGGLY

2/$3

5 LB. PLAIN OR SELF RISING SOUTHERN BISCUIT

ALMOND MILK

2 LITER (LIMIT 10 W/PFC & $20 ORDER)

YOGURT

$1.99

SOUR CREAM

ICE CREAM

3/$10 BOGOF

69¢

24 PK 16.9 OZ. PIGGLY WIGGLY

2/$4

48 OZ. MAYFIELD

ORANGE JUICE

18 CT. 2.5 OZ. BUDGET SAVER

POPS

1 CT. SPARKLE BIG ROLL PRINT

PAPER TOWEL

2 VEGETABLE OIL GB 2 LITER PIGGLY WIGGLY 1 SOFT DRINKS GB 12 OZ. OUR PRIDE 3 PIMENTO CHEESE GB SPREAD 48 OZ. EXCEPTIONAL VALUE

1.5 GB

2.5 YELLOW MUSTARD GB 16.9-18 OZ. WHITE RAIN 1 CONDITIONER OR GB SHAMPOO 4 CT. ANGEL SOFT 1 BATH TISSUE GB 20 OZ. FRENCH’S CLASSIC

$1.99 OR LESS SNACK CAKES

LITTLE DEBBIE

2 GB

THE ITEM

• FREE GROCERIES FOR A YEAR! • GROCERY SHOPPING SPREES! • COMMUNITY DONATIONS • TABLETS, GROCERY GIFT CARDS & MORE! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY. SEE OFFICIAL RULES FOR DETAILS. NOT ALL PRIZES MAY BE AWARDED. AT PARTICIPATING STORES.

FRESH SLICED QUARTER

SIRLOIN TIPS

RED SEEDLESS

FRESH FAMILY PACK BONELESS FRYER TENDERS OR

PORK LOINS

FRYER BREAST

$1.29

$2.69

LB

$9.99LB

STEAKS

LB

FRESH FAMILY PACK PORK STEAKS OR COUNTRY STYLE

PORK RIBS

$1.69LB

GRAPES

$2.19

LB

USDA SELECT T-BONE OR NEW YORK STRIP

FRESH FAMILY PACK BONELESS CENTER CUT

PORK CHOPS

STEAKS

2/$5

12 OZ. SUGARDALE (REGULAR, THICK OR APPLEWOOD)

SLICED BACON

2/$5

12 OZ. PIGGLY WIGGLY FRESH SAUSAGE PATTIES OR

SAUSAGE LINKS

$12.99

LB

$3.99

BABY BACK (GREAT ON THE GRILL)

FRYER THIGHS

2/$5

8.9-10.7 OZ. OSCAR MAYER FUNPACK

5/$5

30-35 OZ. JIMMY DEAN ORIGINAL OR BLUEBERRY

PANCAKES & SAUSAGE

$11.99

LB

FRYER WINGS

2/$6

12 OZ. CAROLINA PRIDE MEAT FRANKS OR

LUNCHABLES SLICED MEAT BOLOGNA

$6.99 EA

$8.99

1.5 LB. ROGER WOOD BOX (MILD, HOT OR POLISH)

SMOKED SAUSAGE

$6.99 LB

LB

1LB. 51/60 CT BAG NATURE’S BEST MEDIUM

ALASKAN CLUSTERS

SNOW CRAB

EZ PEEL SHRIMP

$11.99

LB

LB

FRESH FAMILY PACK

PORK RIBS

$6.99

LB

CERTIFIED ANGUS

CERTIFIED ANGUS

CERTIFIED ANGUS

RIB-EYE STEAKS

NEW YORK STRIP

T-BONE STEAKS

99¢ LB

LB

CERTIFIED ANGUS BONELESS

$3.99

2/$5

2/$5

SC BUNCH

JUMBO CANTALOUPES OR

KRETSCHMAR HAM

8 PC MRS. MAC’S

SLICED TO ORDER

$4.99

$3.99

4 CT.

(PROVOLONE, BOLOGNA, HAM, TURKEY)

EA

SUB ROLLS SUPER SUB SANDWICH

$4.99

EA

IN-STORE BAKED (ASSORTED VARIETIES)

CRÉME CAKES

HONEYDEWS

CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF BONELESS

SIRLOIN TIP ROAST

$4.99

$2.99 LB

5 LB. BAG RED DELICIOUS

FARM FRESH CRISP GREEN

APPLES

ASPARAGUS

$4.99 EA

1 LB. BAG LAND O FROST PREMIUM

SLICED LUNCHMEATS

$4.99

$1.79 LB TOMATOES ON THE VINE

$1.99

24 OZ. BAG FRESH EXPRESS

GARDEN SALAD

EA

1 LB. BAG NATURE’S BEST PACIFIC COD FILLETS OR

ATLANTIC PERCH

$14.99

LB

$2.99 LB

2/$5

FRESH

3 LB. BAG MEDIUM

OKRA

YELLOW ONIONS

MEAT SALE

CERTIFIED ANGUS (CUT AND WRAPPED FREE)

WHOLE TOP SIRLOIN TENDERLOINS STEAKS

FRIED CHICKEN

2/$3

POTATOES

LB

DELI & BAKERY SPECIALS

$7.99

10 LB. BAG RUSSET

FRESH FAMILY PACK FRYER DRUMSTICKS OR

$2.69

LB

$2.99

LB

COLLARD GREENS

$8.99

ive away

PRICES EFFECTIVE APRIL 4 - APRIL 10, 2016

CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF WHOLE (CUT AND WRAPPED FREE)

CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF COWBOY RIB EYE

eat Grocer

QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED. NONE SOLD TO DEALERS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT PRINTER’S ERRORS. PHOTOS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY - PRODUCT APPEARANCE MAY VARY

$1.77 LB

$2.99

Gr

yG

773-6312 774-5755 775-3268 773-1252 433-8544

C5

.

*

SHOP TO WIN NOW THROUGH APRIL 10, 2016!

si t w w w.

114 E. Calhoun Street 1455 S. Guignard Pkwy.

1011 Broad Street 343 Pinewood Road 36 Sunset Dr., Manning

Vi

DELI BAKERY

co m

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

LB

BROCCOLI CRUNCH SALAD

$5.99

$3.99 14 OZ. CHEESE ROLLS, 12 OZ. CINNAMON ROLLS OR

RAISIN ROLLS

FRYER LEG QUARTERS

SMOKED SAUSAGE

$12.99

$7.99

6.5 LB. BAG BIG DADDY’S

3LB. BAG DANDY

PATTIES

WINGS

$26.99

$18.99

LB

DOUBLE LAYER LEMON CAKE SINGLE LAYER LEMON CAKE

$4.99

$14.99

3 LB. BOX ALL BEEF HAMBURGER

CAKE OF THE MONTH $9.99

$5.99

10 LB. BAG CAROLINA FRESH FOODS

10 LB. (5/2 LB. BAGS) NATURE’S BEST

TILAPIA FILLETS

10 LB. BOX AUNT BESSIE’S

PORK RIBLETS

C6

|

COMICS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

THE SUMTER ITEM

BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

ZITS

MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

DILBERT

JEFF MACNELLY'S SHOE

Bisexual father is hesitant to reveal identity to sons DEAR ABBY — I am a single father of teenage boys. I have always played an active role in my chilDear Abby dren’s lives, ABIGAIL physically, emotionally VAN BUREN and financially. My older son lives with me; my younger sons live with their mother.

I am bisexual and have always been attracted to both men and women. It took me a long time to admit it to myself. I suffered from depression for many years as I struggled with my sexual identity. Unfortunately, I

was diagnosed with HIV. Since then, I have been on medication and live a very healthy lifestyle.

None of my children knows about my sexuality or my diagnosis. I have wanted to tell them for a while now, but I can never bring myself to do it. I’m afraid that if I tell them, they’ll be ashamed of me and it will add unnecessary stress in their lives. On the other hand, I’m tired of keeping secrets. Furthermore, I worry about the possibility that they could find out from someone else.

All four of us will be together for an event in a couple of months. I feel this could be a good opportunity to tell them. Or should I tell them on their own, individu-

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ally? Am I selfish for wanting to tell my children? Or am I foolish for not telling them?

Keeping secrets DEAR KEEPING SECRETS — If your children ask you about your health or your sexual orientation, do not lie to them. However, I see no reason for you to make a blanket announcement about this now because I sincerely believe that most young people do not care to know.

If you wind up partnering with another man, they will at some point begin to draw their own conclusions. If your health takes a turn for the worse, they will need to know your status. Until then, my advice is to keep mum.

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

By Gareth Bain

ACROSS 1 Fabric mimicked by jeggings 6 Dallas NBA team 10 Indian mausoleum city 14 In the company of 15 __ bargain 16 Fountain contribution 17 Midler's "Divine" nickname 18 Burn unit procedure 20 Allow to enter 22 Big name in auto racing 23 Kerfuffles 25 Advanced degs.

26 "Rogue Lawyer" novelist 31 Whiskas eater 34 Pulitzer winner Walker 35 Actor McGregor 36 Dance in a pit 37 Hull fastener 38 Group 39 Mazda MX-5, familiarly 40 Big nights 41 How-to component 42 Follow, as a hunch 43 __ Plaines 44 Rockefeller Center centerpiece 46 Farm enclosure

4/6/16 47 Bit of naughtiness 48 Doze 53 Disney character with a white tail 56 Quartet of Wagnerian operas, and a hint to the progression in this puzzle's circled letters 58 Regal headpiece 60 Bordeaux brainstorm 61 Down-to-earth 62 2001 scandal subject 63 Boilermaker component 64 Prohibitionists 65 City near Florence DOWN 1 Reservoir creator 2 German actor Jannings 3 Sommelier's asset 4 Examples 5 Classic British two-seater 6 Base cops, briefly 7 __-Seltzer 8 Corpuscle conduit 9 Dreamy guy?

10 Lots of plots

11 Butter in a farmyard?

12 Africa's Great __ Valley 13 Naysayer 19 Light weight 21 Hide-hair link 24 Afternoon break 26 Actor/singer Leto 27 Green hue 28 Homes with buzzers 29 "Ni-i-ice!"

30 Quaint headpiece accessory 31 Raccoon kin 32 __ Martin: 007's car 33 Acknowledge in an Oscar speech, say 36 Barely-there dress

39 Powerful people 41 Rock band Lynyrd __ 44 Legato's opp., in music 45 San Francisco's __ Hill 46 "Like a Rock" rocker 48 Chicago paper, for short 49 __-de-camp 50 Bermuda shorts endpoint 51 One with an untouchable service 52 Word with fair or foul 54 Unadorned 55 Fairway choice 57 PGA star from South Africa 59 Santa __ Mountains

Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved

©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

4/6/16

TELEVISION

THE SUMTER ITEM TW FT

7 PM

7:30

WIS News 10 at Entertainment Tonight (N) (HD) news update.

News 19 @ 7pm Inside Edition (N) WLTX E19 9 9 Evening news up- (HD) date.

Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! (N) WOLO E25 5 12 (N) (HD) (HD) WIS

E10

3 10 7:00pm Local

Naturescene in S WRJA E27 11 14 Carolina: Chert Quarry The Big Bang WACH E57 6 6 Theory NASA message. (HD) Anger ManageWKTC E63 4 22 ment Eccentric therapist. (HD)

Story for Sustaining Sea (N) (HD) The Big Bang Theory (HD)

8 PM

8:30

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

9 PM 9:30 LOCAL CHANNELS

Heartbeat: 100,000 Heartbeats (N) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: (HD) Melancholy Pursuit Missing teen girl.

(HD) Survivor: Kaôh Rong: The Jocks vs. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders: The Pretty People (N) (HD) Whispering Death Apparent suicides in Japan. (N) (HD) The Middle: The Goldbergs Modern Family: (:31) black-ish: Crushed (N) (HD) Adam betrays. (N) The Party (N) (HD) The Leftovers (N) (HD) (HD) ACC InVenture Prize (N) (HD) NOVA: Vikings Unearthed (N) (HD)

10 PM

10:30

11 PM

11:30

Chicago P.D.: Now I’m God A doctor WIS News 10 at poisoning his patients. (HD) 11:00pm News and weather.

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders: News 19 @ 11pm The Lonely Heart Americans in Paris The news of the are attacked. (N) (HD) day.

Nashville: What I Cannot Change ABC Columbia Juliette Barnes returns to Nashville. News at 11 (HD) (N) (HD) Tavis Smiley (HD)

|

C7

12 AM

(:35) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Comedic skits and celebrity interviews. (HD) (:35) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell. (N) (HD) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live Celebrities and human-interest subjects. (HD)

BBC World News Charlie Rose (N) International (HD) news.

American Idol: Top 3 Perform The Empire: A Rose by Any Other Name WACH FOX News at 10 Local news TMZ (N) 2 Broke Girls: Mike & Molly: Top 3 perform at the Dolby Theatre in Hakeem is influenced by Camilla. (N) report and weather forecast.

And the Dumpster Carl Meets a Lady Los Angeles. (N) (HD) (HD) Sex (HD) (HD) Anger Manage- Arrow: Eleven-Fifty-Nine Merlyn Supernatural: Hell’s Angel Lucifer The Closer: Junk in the Trunk The The Closer: Power of Attorney A Hot in Cleveland ment Eccentric plans to help Darhk. (N) (HD) goes back home. (N) (HD) hunt for stolen diamonds. (HD) man accused of murder and rape.

Friends share therapist. (HD) (HD) home. (HD)

CABLE CHANNELS Wahlburgers Wahlburgers: Wahlburgers: Wahlburgers: The Fenway Way Donnie Loves Donnie Loves (:02) (:32) Wahlburgers: (HD) (HD) Extra (N) (HD) Extra (N) (HD) Back Softball game. (N) (HD) Jenny (N) (HD) Jenny (N) (HD) Wahlburgers Wahlburgers Extra (HD) (5:00) The Lost World: Ju ras sic Park Ju ras sic Park III (‘01, Sci ence Fic tion) aac Sam Neill.

Dr. Alan Grant is Die Hard (‘88, Ac tion) aaac Bruce Wil lis.

A New York cop bat tles a gang of ruthless 180 (‘97) aaa Jeff Goldblum. deceived into returning to the island to help find a lost boy. (HD) terrorists in a high-rise building. (HD) 100 River Monsters (HD) River Monsters (HD) (:01) River Monsters: New Depths (HD) (:03) River Monsters (HD) New Depths (:57) Mar tin DJ’s (:28) Mar tin DJ’s Soul Men (‘08, Com edy) aaa Sam uel L. Jack son.

Soul sing ers re luc tantly agree to per form (:32) Chas ing Des tiny (:32) Mar tin DJ’s Wendy Williams 162 attitude. attitude. at tribute concert at Apollo Theater. (HD) attitude.

Show (HD) The Real Housewives of New York What Happens Real Housewives 181 Real Housewives of New York City: Real Housewives of New York City: The Real Housewives of New York City (N) Rumble on the Runaway New Beginnings, My Ass City (N) (HD) Beverly 84 Super Rich Super Rich Shark Tank (HD) Shark Tank (HD) Follow the (N) Super Rich (N) Shark Tank Grilled cheese. (HD) Shark (HD) 80 Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360° (N) (HD) Anderson Cooper 360° (N) (HD) CNN Tonight with Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360° (HD) News (HD) Broad City: Daily Show with Nightly Show w/ (:01) @midnight 136 (6:50) Futurama (:22) Futurama (:54) South Park South Park Hand (:58) South Park (:29) South Park Broad City (N) (HD) (HD) (HD) puppet. (HD) (HD) (HD) (HD) B&B-NYC (HD) Trevor (N) Wilmore (N) (N) (HD) Austin & Ally Stuck in the Mid- Stuck in the Mid- BUNK’D (HD) Backstage (HD) Best Friends Liv and Maddie Stuck in the Mid- Girl Meets World K.C. Undercover So Raven: Run 200 (HD) dle (HD) dle (HD) Whenever (HD) (HD) dle (HD) (HD) (HD) Raven Run 103 Bering Sea Gold (HD) Bering Sea Gold: Dredged (N) Bering Sea Gold (N) (HD) Survivorman: Instincts (N) Bering Sea Gold: Pressure (HD) Alaska (HD) 35 NBA Basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers z{| (HD) NBA Basketball: Houston Rockets at Dallas Mavericks z{| (HD) Sports (HD) 39 MLB Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds from Great American Ball Park z{| (HD) MLB Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics from O.co Coliseum (HD) 109 Diners (HD) Diners (HD) Diners (HD) Diners (HD) Diners (HD) Diners (HD) Restaurant: Impossible (N) Mystery (N) Mystery (HD) Diners (HD) 90 On the Record with Greta (N) The O’Reilly Factor (N) (HD) The Kelly File News updates.

Hannity (N) (HD) The O’Reilly Factor (HD) The Kelly File (6:00) Paul Blart: Mall Cop (‘09, Young & Hun gry Baby Daddy (N) Ho cus Pocus (‘93, Fan tasy) aac Bette Midler.

Con jured up by a cu ri ous The 700 Club ParaNorman (‘12) 131 Comedy) aa Kevin James. (HD) (N) (HD) (HD) teen, three 17th-century witches take revenge on Salem. (HD) aac (HD) 42 MLB Baseball: Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves from Turner Field z{| (HD) Post Game Post Game MLB Baseball: Washington vs Atlanta (HD) Last Man Stand Last Man Stand Last Man Stand Last Man Stand The Mid dle (HD) The Mid dle: The The Mid dle (HD) The Mid dle: Sib Golden Surgery The Golden Girls: Golden: Before 183 ing (HD) ing (HD) ing (HD) ing (HD) Scratch (HD) lings (HD) for the ex.

The Actor and After 112 Property Brothers (HD) Property Brothers (HD) Property Brothers (HD) Hunters (HD) Hunters (HD) Property Brothers (HD) Prop Bro (HD) 110 American Pickers (HD) American Pickers (HD) American Pickers (HD) Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Join Die (HD) Pawn Stars American (HD) Law & Order: Bodies Detectives hunt Law & Order: Bounty Bounty hunter Law & Order: Patient Zero Biochem- Law & Order: Shrunk A troubled ac- Law & Order: 160 Law & Order: Couples Day full of murder. (HD) possible serial killer. (HD) linked to reporter dies. (HD) ist plots to release virus. (HD) tress is murdered. (HD) Blaze (HD) Lit tle Women: LA: The Party Con tin Lit tle Women: LA: Cross ing the Line Lit tle Women: LA: Me dia Frenzy (N) (:02) Lit tle (:32) Lit tle (:02) Lit tle (:32) Lit tle (:02) Little 145 ues Party tension rises. (HD) Friendship damage. (HD) (HD) Women (N) (HD) Women (N) (HD) Women (HD) Women (HD) Women: LA (HD) 92 Hardball with Chris (N) (HD) All in with Chris Hayes (HD) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) Lawrence O’Donnell (HD) All in with Chris Hayes (HD) Maddow (HD) 210 Henry Thunderman Thunderman Bella and (HD) Full House Full House Full House Full House Friends (HD) Friends (HD) Friends (HD) 153 Big Daddy (‘99, Comedy) aac Adam Sandler. Big kid plays dad.

The Waterboy (‘98, Comedy) Adam Sandler. Anger management.

You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (‘08) aa Su per man II (‘81, Ac tion) aac Face Off: Skull Is land: Reign of Kong Face Off: Sin is ter Show down, Part 1 Internet Ru ined Internet Ru ined Face Off: Sinister Showdown, Part 1 Internet Ruined 152 Gene Hackman. Kryptonian villains. Species evolution. (HD) Horror makeups. (N) (HD) My Life (N) My Life (HD) Horror makeups. (HD) My Life (HD) The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Conan (N) (HD) 2 Broke Girls 156 Seinfeld Midler Seinfeld (HD) mangled. (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) (HD) (6:15) Keeper of the Flame (‘42, French man’s Creek (‘44, Ad ven ture) aac Joan Fontaine.

Eng lish New Or leans (‘47, Mu si cal) aac Arturo DeCordova. (:45) In cen di ary Blonde (‘45, Musi186 Mystery) aac Spencer Tracy. (HD) woman falls for a French pirate in the 1600s.

Casino owner introduces jazz music. cal) aaa Betty Hutton.

157 My 600-lb Life (HD) My 600-lb Life: Where Are (N) My 600-lb Life: Where Are (N) (:01) Two in a Million (N) (HD) My 600-lb Life: Where Are (HD) (:02) Two (HD) Cas tle: Fa mous Last Words Rock Cas tle: Kill the Mes sen ger Cas tle: Love Me Dead Es cort sus Cas tle: One Man’s Trea sure Man Cas tle: The Fifth Bul let Am ne siac is CSI: NY: Un158 star. (HD) Hit-and-run. (HD) pects; daughter’s secret. (HD) stuffed in garbage chute. (HD) witness to murder. (HD) friendly Chat (HD) 129 World’s Dumbest... (HD) Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro (N) Carbonaro Billy On (N) Billy On (N) Carbonaro 161 Griffith (HD) Griffith (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Raymond (HD) Lopez (N) (HD) Soul Man (N) Gaffigan (HD) Queens (HD) Queens (HD) NCIS: Judgment Day, Part 1 Death at NCIS: Judgment Day, Part 2 Death on Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family 132 NCIS: Stakeout Team witnesses mur- NCIS: Internal Affairs NCIS team in der on stakeout. (HD) murder investigation. (HD) NCIS. (HD) team. (HD) (HD) (HD) (HD) 166 Law & Order: Possession (HD) Law & Order (HD) Law & Order (HD) Law & Order (HD) Law & Order: 3 Dawg Night (HD) Law (HD) 172 Jerry Maguire (‘96, Drama) aaa Tom Cruise. A sports agent starts his own company. (HD) Underground (N) (HD) Underground: Run & Gun (HD) Undergr. (HD)

A&E

46 130 Wahlburgers

AMC

48

ANPL

41

BET

61

BRAVO

47

CNBC CNN

35 33

COM

57

DISN

18

DSC ESPN ESPN2 FOOD FOXN

42 26 27 40 37

FREE

20

FSS

31

HALL

52

HGTV HIST

39 45

ION

13

LIFE

50

MSNBC NICK SPIKE

36 16 64

SYFY

58

TBS

24

TCM

49

TLC

43

TNT

23

TRUTV TVLAND

38 55

USA

25

WE WGN

68 8

‘NOVA’ special explores history, legends of Vikings

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Who knew that when mankind ventured into space, we could find Vikings? It may sound like science fiction. But it has happened. And it represents a new chapter in the history of the New World.

Co-produced with the BBC, the two-hour “NOVA” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) presentation of “Vikings Unearthed” explores the history and legends of Scandinavian seafarers whose travels took them to Europe and Asia, and westward to Iceland, Greenland and North America.

Fans of the History Channel’s epic drama “Vikings” know they ravaged the coasts of England and Ireland and violently besieged Paris. Tonight’s “NOVA” looks at the discovery of a previously unknown Viking settlement at Point Rosee, located in southern Newfoundland. The only previously known North American Viking site, L’Anse aux Meadows, was found in 1960 on the very northern tip of Newfoundland.

Point Rosee was discovered by something known as “space archaeology.” Scientists used remote photography to detect patterns of iron ore.

Buried under centuries of sediment and vegetation, these signs of human habitation were invisible to the human eye, but detectable via highresolution imagery from satellites positioned approximately 478 miles above the Earth.

“Unearthed” will use historical re-enactments, employing an exact replica of an 11thcentury Viking vessel, as well as CGI renderings, to show how the Vikings mastered shipbuilding and the ability to cross oceans at a time when other seafaring societies barely left their home shores.

While movies and shows

like “Vikings” have put the accent on the Norseman as rapacious raiders, evidence is emerging of their entrepreneurial know-how and trading skills that took them from the Caspian Sea to modern-day Canada.

• The Smithsonian Channel has promised to go “wild.”

Over the next seven Wednesday nights it will celebrate filmmaker and naturalist David Attenborough’s 90th birthday in a programming event known as “Wild With Sir David Attenborough.” First up, “Conquest of the Skies” (8 p.m.) explores the evolution of flying creatures, from winged dinosaurs to the bats, birds and bugs we know today.

• Can you have nostalgia for shows about nostalgia? On tonight’s episode of “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG), jocks and nerds duke it out playing Dungeons & Dragons.

That fantasy role-playing game also loomed large on an episode of “Freaks and Geeks,” when the nerdy freshmen bonded with James Franco’s character, Daniel Desario, teaching him that there might be experiences beyond his delinquent detachment.

Of course, “Freaks” was looking back at 1980 from the vantage point of 1999. “The Goldbergs” and “The Americans” are removed from their mid-1980s settings by more than three decades.

All of this puts me in the mood for Richard Linklater’s new movie, “Everybody Wants Some!!” It’s a contemporary look at 1980 college life and a sequel of sorts to “Dazed and Confused,” a movie about the last day of school in 1976 that was released in 1993.

every tribe member on “Survivor” (8 p.m., CBS).

• The top three — Trent Harmon, Dalton Rapattoni and La’Porsha Renae — battle it out on the second-to-last episode of “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

• Camilla schemes on “Empire” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Luke and Manny must rise to the occasion on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• Juliette returns on “Nashville” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• A botched mission raises profound questions on “The Americans” (10 p.m., FX, TVMA).

CHUCK HODES / FOX

Naomi Campbell, left, guest stars as Camilla and Taraji P. Henson stars as Cookie in the “A Rose By Any Other Name” episode of “Empire,” airing at 9 p.m. today on FOX.

CULT CHOICE A portly villain (Gert Frobe) has a thing for bullion in the 1964 James Bond thriller “Goldfinger” (8 p.m., BBC America), starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman.

SERIES NOTES A shortage of guinea pigs on “Heartbeat” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Sue falls for her professor on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Merlyn makes his move on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * On two episodes of “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (CBS, TV-14): turning Japanese (9 p.m.), paranoids in Paris (10 p.m.) * A missing teen on “Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * Lucifer challenges the natural order on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Just in case on “black-ish” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Suspicious overdoses pile up on “Chicago P.D.” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

LATE NIGHT Adam Scott and John Cena appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, David Duchovny and Autolux are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes

Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Alessia Cara and Chad Smith on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tom Hiddleston and Granger Smith appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC, r) * Jenni Konner, Lena Dunham, Ashley Greene and Birdy visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Schaal and Kacey Musgraves appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate

REMODELING SALE All Display Appliances MUST GO! GO!

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Mergers don’t sit well with

1152 Pocalla Rd, Sumter

(803) 773-8016

Subscribe today, and stay in the loop

Open Mon.-Fri. • 9am-5pm

(803) 774-1200 #MVWB835DW High Efficiency Top Load Washer • 5.3 cu. ft.

• Deep Clean Option • Sanitize Cycle

#MEDB835DW High Efficiency Electric Dryer • 8.8 Cu. ft.

• Power Dry Cycle • Advanced Moisture Sensing • Sanitize Cycle

*We Service What We Sell* Financing Available Shop on our New Website www.bobsappliancessc.com

C8

|

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

THE SUMTER ITEM

Call Rhonda Barrick at: (803) 774-1264 | E-mail: rhonda@theitem.com

Order Up! Sumter’s Oldest f the Chicken Wing! me o o H Eat In or Take Out

FULL SERVICE

Soda Fountain!

EST. 1935 | 78 YEARS STRONG

Breakfast and Lunch Daily Monday-Friday 7am-4pm Saturday 9am-3pm

TUESDAY NIGHT WING SPECIAL Dine-In Only 6:30-9:00 pm

775-6538

1961-B McCrays Mill Rd. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11am-10pm

Sumter Cut Rate Soda Fountain 32 S. Main St. Sumter 7 773-8432 73 843ex2. 3 t

www.SUMTERCUTRATEDRUGS.com

500

2 Piece Meal $ 1 side, biscuit and drink

1083 Broad Street • 803-775-0963 1701 US-15 • 803-481-0157

For information about advertising, contact (803) 774-1212 or (803) 774-1284

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alsatian Onion Pie is a simple pizza-like dish that gets a tremendous amount of flavor from onions, which are cooked slowly in a small amount of bacon fat.

Know the correct way to cut, cook onions

BY SARA MOULTON The Associated Press

B

ack in the ’80s and ’90s, I used to work behind the scenes with Julia Child during her appear-

ances on “Good Morning America.” It was my job to prepare the food she would put before the cameras.

Once, when I knew in advance that I couldn’t be there for one of her upcoming appearances, I invited a pal of mine — a culinary professional — to try out for the gig.

We prepped the food as usual, and at the end of the day I thought my friend had done a dandy job. Julia flatly disagreed and said she wouldn’t hire her. I was flabbergasted.

“Why not?” I asked.

“Because she sliced the onions the wrong way,” Julia replied.

Yikes! I simply hadn’t focused on how my friend sliced the onions. I didn’t think this detail was that important. But all these years later, I realize Julia was right. Exactly how you slice an onion makes a difference.

So does how you cook it.

Everyone knows that chopping onions can literally bring tears to your eyes. Here’s why. When an onion’s cells are ruptured, they give off pungent sulfur fumes. The more roughly an onion is treated — such as when it is chopped with a dull knife or pulsed in a food processor — the more fumes it gives off.

There are any number of quaint folk remedies for this problem. Put a piece of bread in your mouth while you’re chopping. Do your chopping near a running faucet. And

ALSATIAN ONION PIE Start to finish: 1 hour 15 minutes Makes three 10- to 12-inch pizzas 6 ounces bacon, thinly sliced crosswise 4 cups thinly sliced yellow onion Kosher salt and ground black pepper 8 ounces creme fraiche 1 large egg yolk Pinch nutmeg 1 1/2-pound ball purchased pizza dough, room temperature 3 ounces coarsely grated Gruyere cheese In a large skillet over medium, cook the bacon, stirring, until it starts to brown, 5 to 8 minutes.

Transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain and pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the skillet. Return the skillet to medium heat and add the onions. Cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until very soft, about 10 minutes. Remove the cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about another 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside.

Heat the oven to 500 F. Arrange one of the oven

so on. None of them works.

What does work — at least when you’re chopping up a lot of onions — is wearing onion goggles. Modeled on welder’s goggles, these babies prevent the onion’s fumes from reaching your eyes. But the best everyday tactic is to chop or slice the onion quickly and with a very sharp knife. Chilling the onion for an hour or two ahead of time also is a good idea.

Having managed to blunt an onion’s ability to bring you to tears, let’s turn to the correct way to slice one, a la Julia. Lengthwise, not crosswise, is the way to roll. Cutting an onion in half through the root end and then slicing it from stem to stern stimulates far fewer sulfur fumes. These lengthwise slices also happen to hold together much better than crosscut slices, precisely because you’ve sliced with the grain instead of against it. This is especially important for a dish like onion soup, when you want the slices to maintain their shape.

Finally, we come to how to cook an onion, which affects not just the flavor of the onion, but of the whole dish. If you throw it into a hot pan and quickly saute it over high heat, the onion and the dish it’s added to will be bland. If you do it slowly over low heat, you’ll maximize the onion’s flavor.

All of these tips apply to making my Alsatian onion pie. The French call it tarte flambee. The Germans call it Flammkuchen. It strikes me as more like a pizza than anything else. I tasted it for the first time on a river cruise in France a couple years ago, and I was really knocked out by its combination of simplicity and big flavor. Accompanied by a fresh salad, this treat would make the perfect light supper for the beginning of spring.

racks on the oven’s bottom shelf.

In a small bowl, stir together the creme fraiche, egg yolk, nutmeg and a pinch each of salt and pepper.

Divide the dough into 3 even pieces. On a lightly oiled surface, roll out each piece into a 10-by-12inch rectangle about 1/8-inch thick. Transfer each to a 15-by-17-inch sheet of kitchen parchment. The dough may shrink and lose its shape. If so, roll it again on the parchment.

One at a time, transfer each piece of parchment and dough to a baking sheet (unless your oven can fit 2 sheets on one shelf, you’ll need to bake these one at a time). Spread a third of the creme fraiche mixture over the piece of dough on the baking sheet, then top with a third of the onions and bacon. Sprinkle with a third of the cheese, then bake on the oven’s lower shelf for 10 minutes, or until the crust is crisp. Repeat with remaining dough and toppings. Serve right away.

Nutrition information per half pizza: 640 calories; 310 calories from fat (48 percent of total calories); 35 g fat (16 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 120 mg cholesterol; 1260 mg sodium; 60 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 17 g protein.

Spring’s return means enjoying greens again

BY ELIZABETH KARMEL The Associated Press This is one of the prettiest dishes to dress a spring — or dreaming of spring — table.

After months of delicious but (let’s face it) mostly brown food, my appetite is primed for bright colors and fresh flavors.

And there are few green vegetables as vibrant and appealing as sugar snap peas.

My mother served them often in a quick saute with toasted almonds. But in recent years, I have munched on them raw as a healthy, crunchy snack. I had almost forgotten what they tasted like cooked until one day last year when I was browsing through a cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld, “The Can’t Cook Book: Recipes for the Abso-

MINTY SUGAR SNAP PEAS WITH TANGERINE AND TOASTED ALMONDS Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 6 1 pound sugar snap peas 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 cup sliced almonds 2 large shallots, sliced into thin rings Zest and juice of 1 large tangerine Ground black pepper 10 to 15 fresh mint leaves, julienned or chopped Coarse sea salt, such as Maldon Using scissors or your fingers, remove the stems from the snap peas and pull to remove the string if necessary (many brands are sold with the strings already removed). Place the snap peas in a bowl or strainer and rinse with cool water. Set aside.

In a heavy saute pan over

lutely Terrified.”

The book is my favorite gift for young cooks, or anyone who thinks cooking is difficult. It contains appealing contemporary recipes and everything is simplified and spelled out. When I saw the picture of her minty sugar snaps, it reminded me of my mother’s dish and I had a craving that I couldn’t stop thinking about until I made them.

Because I love citrus with both mint and sugar snap peas, I added the zest and the juice of a tangerine to brighten the flavor and balance the richness of the butter. The toasted sliced almonds add a welcome crunch and, if you are like me, you will find yourself making sure that every bite includes an almond or two.

medium, combine 1 1/2 tablespoons of the butter, the salt and the almonds. Once the butter is melted, lower the heat and stir the almonds occasionally until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Once the almonds are toasted, transfer to a plate, then return the pan to medium heat and add the remaining butter.

Add the shallots and cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until they are soft and beginning to brown. Add the snap peas and cook, stirring often, until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Add the tangerine juice and cook for another minute.

Stir in the tangerine zest and mint, then season with pepper.

Transfer to a serving dish and top with the almonds. Finish the dish with a sprinkle of crunchy sea salt.

Nutrition information per serving: 140 calories; 90 calories from fat (64 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 170 mg sodium; 10 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 4 g protein.