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Clarendon deputies nab $813K Traffic stop leads to largest amount of cash confiscated in department history

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office confiscated the largest amount of cash in the department’s history on Wednesday morning when deputies discovered $813,817 in the trunk of a vehicle during a traffic stop on I-95.

Deputies with the department’s Interstate Crime Enforcement team made a stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation near the 132 mile marker in

the southbound lane of I-95. The vehicle was impeding the flow of traffic on the interstate’s fast lane by driving under the speed limit, said Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett.

Upon suspecting signs of criminal activity, deputies conducted a search of the vehicle with a K-9. A suitcase and a bag full of cash in $20 bills was discovered in the trunk, Garrett said.

The suspects were apprehended without incident, he said. The two suspects, a Cuban national and a Colom-

More than $800,000 in $20 bills was located in a vehicle traveling on Interstate 95 Wednesday.

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bian national, were traveling from New York to Miami.

No weapons or drugs were discovered in the vehicle.

However, Garrett said there was rea-

son to suspect the money was related to drug-trafficking.

“The story of their trip and the trip

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Jack Osteen named Business Person of the Year Others also honored at inaugural gala

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com University of South Carolina Athletic Director Ray Tanner was keynote speaker at the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce Gala on Thursday night at Sunset Country Club. His engaging talk about the importance of teamwork instead of individual glory was fitting for many of the awards that were given out after his talk.

The final award given out was the premier award the chamber gives, said Chamber CEO Chris Hardy.

Michelle Logan-Owens, Chief Operations Officer for Palmetto Health Tuomey, presented the Business Person of the Year Award to The Sumter Item Editor and Publisher Jack Osteen.

Before presenting the award, Logan-Owens outlined for the attendees the central role The Sumter Item has played in the community for more than a century and how times have been difficult in the publishing industry.

“Industries change, businesses that once thrived go under, changes in the rhythm of day-to-day life can be a challenge,” she said.

She said the local newspaper was hit hard by the recession, but it regrouped under

Jack Osteen, above, editor and publisher of The Sumter Item, receives applause after being named Business Person of the Year during the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce’s Gala on Thursday night at Sunset Country Club. During the event, Ray Tanner, left, athletic director for University of South Carolina, talks about his experience working with the Gamecocks.

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Community leaders agree to speak against sexual violence

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One in six women and one in 33 men are victims of rape or attempted rape during their lifetime, according to the National Violence Against Women Survey.

Twenty-three leaders from various churches in Sumter

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County and surrounding areas and community members gathered on Thursday at First Presbyterian Church for an informational and training session aimed at combating sexual violence.

The program, hosted by the Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands, provided information for clergy and church leaders to

find ways to support survivors of sexual assault in their congregations, said Catherine L. Gibson, advocate counselor for the nonprofit organization’s Sumter branch. The mission of the nonprofit is to advocate for and support survivors of sexual assault

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Learn about Coastal Plain snakes at park BISHOPVILLE — If you’ve ever suddenly come upon a snake and wondered — after the initial scare — what kind of snake it was and whether it was poisonous, you can learn all about it and other snakes in our area from 11 a.m. until noon on Saturday at Lee State Park. Darrell Linder will present a lecture and demonstration on S.C. Coastal Plain snakes.

At Lee’s Education Center, Linder will teach you how to identify snakes and will discuss their behavior, dispelling many popular misconceptions. He will have several live specimens from his own collection to make positive identifications more accurate.

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Motorcycle ride to help Lee Council on Aging The 4th Annual Charity Ride for Lee County Council on Aging will be held Saturday. Because of state budget cuts, the council is in need of money to meet day-to-day expenses in caring for the local elderly.

Love Doctors Motorcycle Club of Bishopville, Soul Ryderz of Bishopville, Dogg Pound Bike and Car Club, Blue Line Riderz Bike and Car Club, Strikers Motorcycle Club of Bishopville and Maxx Motorcycle Club of Lynchburg have joined together to sponsor the ride.

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CORRECTION In a story on page A2 in The Sumter Item on Thursday about Sumter Fire Department’s new rating of ISO 1, it should have reported that 178 out of 48,000 fire departments in the U.S. have a ISO 1 rating.

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City adds bling to new fire rating

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Thursday was a proud day for City of Sumter and especially for the city’s firefighters. In a ceremony at Sumter Opera House, Mayor Joe McElveen and Fire Chief Karl Ford, along with Division Chief David White, announced the Gamecock City has achieved Insurance Services Office Grade 1 designation.

“This has been a goal of every city mayor and city manager as long as I can remember,” the mayor said.

McElveen noted it not only means more favorable insurance rates but also affirms the confidence the people of Sumter have in their fire department.

“Congratulation to each and every firefighter here,” McElveen said as many firefighters were in attendance at the press conference.

He said that only about 3 percent of fire departments in the county have the Grade 1 rating.

ISO is an advising organization which conducts community ratings for the insurance industry, according to a handout from the city. ISO bases its rating on the fire department’s ability to suppress fire, the availability of water, the communication systems and risk reduction programs.

White said ISO looks at many things when it is choosing a rating for a community.

“ISO rates the community,” he said.

“It a testament to our city, our water system, our dispatch systems.”

Chief Ford called it a proud moment in Sumter Fire Department history, and said it represents the results of the department’s men and women doing their job every day.

“They give it all,” he said.

The new rating was not the only upgrade at the ceremony.

Ford related a short history of the Maltese Cross, the traditional symbol for firefighters.

“It is a symbol of protection and a badge of honor,” he said and listed the virtues associated with it, including pride, honor, charity, loyalty, generosity

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Sumter Fire Chief Karl Ford, left, applauds his firefighters after donning new badges like the one displayed above, right. The old badge is shown below for comparison. and dexterity.

He then ordered the assembled firefighters to retire their old badges and put on new ones.

The new badges are larger, have finer detail, are more colorful and include a more prominent display of the Maltese Cross.

“You all don’t know what it means to be up here today,” he said, turning to show his appreciation to the mayor and city councilors present.

Afterwards, Mayor McElveen administered the Firefighters’ Oath to the fire department employees who were present.

Battalion Chief Joey Duggan said though the new badge was a small change, it was an opportunity to do something for the firefighters.

“It’s the importance of the Maltese

Cross,” he said. “It’s something to be proud of.”

Lathan Roddey, a co-owner of Creech, Roddey Watson Insurance, said the new ISO rating should bring property insurance rates down, but he said he couldn’t predict how much.

“All of our companies use it,” he said.

While the new rating my not mean a great deal to the average homeowner’s insurance, the benefit would be much greater for large industries and businesses.

Sumter Economic Development CEO Jay Schwedler said he didn’t know exactly how the rating would affect specific industries but it is a positive development.

“Certainly it is a tool in our toolbox for recruiting new industries but also in retaining the ones already here because it will lower their costs,” he said.

Transportation team looks at Sumter’s bad intersections

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study’s Study Team reviewed two Transportation Improvement Program projects for improvements to two intersections during its meeting Wednesday morning.

Sumter Planning Department Director George McGregor said the two projects were chosen from a list of five intersection improvement projects on SUATS’s longrange transportation plan.

The list includes intersections at Pinewood at McCrays Mill roads; U.S. 15 at Lewis Road; Guignard Drive at Liberty Street; West Liberty Street and Alice Drive at Myers Street; and Broad Street at Miller Road.

The first candidate project is for improvements to the intersection at Pinewood and McCrays Mill roads. According to a report provided by Sumter Planning Department Senior Transportation Planner Allan Yu, about

47,900 vehicles passed through the intersection daily in 2015, and 110 wrecks were reported at or near the intersection between 2012 and 2015 based on information proved by the Public Safety Department.

Yu said traffic at the intersection is driven by the numerous restaurants, stores and gas stations in the area.

Recommended improvements to the intersection include: moving driveway access of nearby establishments away from the intersection; installing barriers to separate exclusive left-turn and through-movement lanes; and reprogramming the traffic lights to accommodate current traffic volumes.

The estimated cost for the recommended improvements range from $700,000 to $887,000, according to outside consulting firm Kimley Horn Associates. Yu said the range reflects projected inflation from 2010-20.

The second candidate project includes improvements to

the intersection at Alice Drive and West Liberty Street at Myers Street.

Yu said South Carolina Department of Transportation observed an average of 45,300 vehicles passing through the intersection in 2015.

According to Yu’s report, there were 79 wrecks within a half-mile radius of the intersection between 2011 and 2015.

Yu said Alice Drive’s turning lanes on at the intersection can cause confusion to drivers who do not know the right lane is for right turns only. He said drivers may attempt to get into the left lane at the last second and get in a wreck.

The conditions of West Liberty Street and Alice Drive are also a concern, he said.

According to Yu, SCDOT gave the condition of the roadways at the intersection a rating of 1.3 on the Pavement Quality Index scale that ranges from 1 to 5 with 1 being the worst.

Recommended improve-

ments to this intersection include resurfacing portions of West Liberty Street, Myers Street and Alice Drive. Other recommendations include painting directional arrows on the lanes on Alice Drive going toward West Liberty Street and adding a flashing yellow light at the left-turn lane for drivers turning onto Alice Drive from West Liberty Street.

Yu said SCDOT estimates the resurfacing will cost about $1.29 million. The other improvements will cost about $700,000, based on an estimate by Kimley Horn Associates, he said McGregor said the recommendations for each project are preliminary and will be narrowed down once a project has been selected.

The study team agreed to present both candidate projects, with a preference for improvements to the intersection at Pinewood and McCrays Mill roads, to the SUATS policy committee for review.

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SUPPORT FROM PAGE A1 and abuse and educate the community to identify and prevent sexual violence, according to the organization’s website, www.stsm.org.

In 2015, the organization — which has branches in Richland, Lexington, Newberry and Sumter counties — provided 15,955 services to 1,966 survivors of sexual assault in those four counties and surrounding areas, according to the organization’s 2014-2015 annual report.

Out of the 1,966 people who received services, 1,591 were primary survivors and 375 were secondary survivors, including family, friends or acquaintanc-

es of the victim.

Ages of victims ranged from a 6-month-old infant to an 84-year-old woman, according to the report.

Gibson said that in at least 80 percent of sexual assault crimes, the perpetrator is someone who the victim knows.

“Most of the perpetrators are someone you know and trust,” said Mary Dell Hayes, the organization’s executive director. “It’s very easy for them to use coercion. They set up the expectation that no one is going to believe your story and that telling someone that this happened is shameful. It’s very rare that these assaults are reported to law enforcement.”

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ported to police, she said.

“That makes victims feel alone, that no one cares and no one understands,” she said. “Our organization says that is unacceptable.”

The organization is a comprehensive sexual assault services agency offering 24-hour response via hot line and hospital accompaniment.

Counselors or volunteers respond to all victims who report an assault at a hospital in the four counties, even if the assault did not take place in those counties or if the survivor does not live in those counties, according to its website, www.stsm.org.

Counseling services include crisis intervention, individual counseling and

Jack Osteen, editor and publisher of The Sumter Item, reacts to being named Business Person of the Year.

GALA FROM PAGE A1 adversity and the necessary decisions were made to keep the business afloat and stronger than ever.

“Sumter has always been home to this person and when the business was seeking to relocate, he chose a new spot in the heart of Sumter,” she said.

She recounted Osteen’s long history of community involvement as a member and often chair of numerous civic organizations.

“Yet somehow he has time to attend to everyday life, like coaching his kid’s sports teams,” Logan-Owens said. “It’s good this award includes a La-Z-Boy recliner.”

Osteen was humble as he accepted the award.

“A lot more successful

businessmen than me have earned this award,” he said, trying to hide the lump in his throat.

Reflecting on the keynote speech given by Tanner, Osteen said it was a team effort.

“This is not about one person,” he said. “Thanks to this community. I am proud to be a part of it and proud to be moving forward.”

Earlier, the Sumter Green award was presented to University of South Carolina Sumter by Sumter Events Manager Lynn Kennedy for its efforts to beautify the campus.

“Have you been on Miller Road lately and seen all the trees?” she asked. “It’s quite a treat.”

The Chamber Ambassador or the Year was presented to Larsen Faw by Tara Wise of All South Federal Credit

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group counseling. Services are available to all survivors and supporting family members over the age of 12. Personal and legal advocacy is also available.

All services are free of charge, Hayes said.

During Thursday’s breakfast meeting, Hayes recognized participants as “Ambassadors of Change,” and asked them to pledge their willingness to use their voices as leaders in the community to speak out against sexual violence.

For more information, call the organization’s headquarters in Columbia at (803) 790-8208, the 24-hour hotline for Sumter County at 1-800-491-RAPE (7273) or visit the website, www.stsm.org.

nity for many decades.

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by Victoria Bailey.

An Industry Appreciation Award was given to EMSChemie for its strong support of the chamber and other contributions to the community by Hardy.

The Outstanding Achievement Award, also presented

by Hardy went to “Team Sumter” for the way the community responded to the October floods, especially employees of the city and county and all the emergency responders that helped guide the community out of the disaster.

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If the suspects are not cleared, Garrett said 80 percent of the money will return to the sheriff’s office through the court system.

The money cannot be used for salaries. It can be used for equipment, training and enforcement, he said.

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“She gives of her time over and over,” Wise said.

The Minority/Woman Owned Business of the Year Award was given to State Farm Agent Tammy Kelly.

“She does it all and does it well and with that trademark smile,” presenter Beverly Gagne of SAFE Federal Credit Union said.

The Young Professional of the Year Award, a new award, was presented to Chavis Lesane by Chip Chase of Farmers Telephone.

“He has all the characteristics essential for a young leader,” Chase said. “He give 100 percent and never hesitates to chip in.”

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Scientists bemoan SeaWorld decision to stop breeding orcas ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There’s one last orca birth to come at SeaWorld, and it will probably be the last chance for research biologist Dawn Noren to study up close how female killer whales pass toxins to their calves through their milk.

While SeaWorld’s decision last month to end its orca breeding program delighted animal rights activists, it disappointed many marine scientists, who say they will gradually lose vital opportunities to learn things that could help killer whales in the wild.

Noren got to observe only one mother-and-calf pair at a SeaWorld park before the end of the breeding program was announced.

“It’s really difficult to publish with one. I really was hoping for a couple more, but that is what it is,” said Noren, who works at the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle.

SeaWorld’s 29 captive orcas in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio could remain on display for decades to come and will be available in the meantime for study by outside scientists, as they generally have been for many years.

But as SeaWorld’s orca population — with whales 1 to 51 years old — dwindles, researchers will lose chances to collect health data and make other observations, such as drawing

blood, measuring their heart rates and lung capacity and documenting their diets and their growth. As the animals age, scientists say, research will be limited to geriatric orcas.

No other marine park or aquarium in the world has SeaWorld’s experience in maintaining or breeding orcas in captivity.

SeaWorld parks hold all but one of all the orcas in captivity in the U.S., and they have housed more than half of all captive killer whales in the world tracked by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration during the past 50 years.

Orcas held in Canada, Japan and Europe have not been as accessible to researchers.

SeaWorld will continue to support research projects underway on hearing, heart rates and blood, said Chris Dold, SeaWorld’s chief zoological officer.

“There won’t be an immediate crunch,” he said. But he acknowledged: “Over time, yeah, there’s a loss of this resource to society and science.”

SeaWorld’s critics, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and WDC/Whale and Dolphin Conservation, sidestepped questions of whether outside researchers will suffer. But they said SeaWorld’s own research has been unhelpful to orcas in

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Whale trainer Kristi Burtis obtains a milk sample from Kalia, an orca whale at SeaWorld in San Diego. There’s one last orca birth to come at SeaWorld, and it probably will be the last chance for a research biologist to study up close how female killer whales pass toxins to their calves through their milk. the wild.

“SeaWorld has had the largest population of orcas and has had the opportunity to do useful research and had done none of that,” said Jared Goodman, PETA’s director of animal law.

Researchers outside SeaWorld argue they need its facilities and 1,500 employees in animal care to answer questions about wild orca behavior.

“If you want to interact with them and conduct research, the combination of talent you have to have is a scientist with a research question, animals that are healthy so that you’re looking at normal physiological rates, and in between that are the trainers — and I think people miss that,” said Terrie Williams, who runs the Center for Marine Mammal Research and Conservation at University of California, Santa Cruz.

SeaWorld’s decision to end orca breeding and phase out its world-famous killer whale performances by 2019 comes after years of protests and a drop in ticket sales at its parks.

The backlash intensified after the 2013 release of “Blackfish,” a documentary that was critical of SeaWorld’s orca care and focused on an animal that killed a trainer during a performance in Orlando in 2010.

In the wake of SeaWorld’s announcement, some researchers fear that lawmakers on Capitol Hill and in states such as Washington and California will ban breeding or keeping of killer whales altogether. Similar bans targeting other species would have stymied the captive breeding that revived the California condor, said Grey Stafford, incoming president of the International Marine Trainers’ Association.

Scientists look at hangers-on amid mass die-off of bats ALTAMONT, N.Y. (AP) — As white-nose syndrome kills millions of bats across North America, there’s a glimmer of hope at hibernation spots where it first struck a decade ago: Some bats in some caves are hanging on.

Researchers trying to figure out why winter populations of bats in some hibernation sites appear to have stabilized are studying everything from behavior to cave conditions.

Their answers about the persistence of the species known as little brown bats could be critical in dealing with the devastating fungal infection.

“We are hoping that things are turning around and the population may be able to recover over time,” said Scott Darling, a biologist with Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. “The caveat, of course, is stabilization is at probably 10 percent of what it was of the population. But still, it’s good to know they’re not continuing to decline.”

The populations of little browns appear to have stabilized in some locations in upstate New York and Vermont, the region where dead bats were found with sugary white smudges around their noses starting in 2006.

Afflicted bats rouse in the middle of winter and burn down their fat reserves as they look for food. Hibernation caves were decimated, with die-off rates hitting 90 percent.

White nose eventually spread through the Northeast and then beyond. It was identified last week in the state of Washington, making it a coastto-coast scourge confirmed in 28 states and five Canadian provinces.

Bats play an important role in controlling the populations of insects that can damage wheat and other crops. Wildlife biologists have openly wor-

ried about some species disappearing.

There were predictions that hard-hit little brown bats would disappear from the Northeast by 2026, and the northern long-eared bat was listed as threatened just last year.

The less grim reports about little browns come even as other caves continue to post declines. Jeremy Coleman, the national white-nose coordinator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said “it’s a mixed bag right now, but we’re

very hopeful what we’re seeing at some locations is evidence of persisting populations.”

It’s possible the fungus has fewer chances to transmit from bat to bat, and higher population numbers in some caves could reflect the movement of surviving bats from other caves. But there is evidence that bats can adapt to the fungus.

Bucknell University researchers analyzing hibernation patterns of infected little brown bats in upstate New York found they roused less

frequently than bats during the peak of white nose mortality. That’s good news because

these bats have a better chance of conserving enough energy for the winter.

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In a report last year, the Tax Justice Network complained that “Washington’s independent-minded approach risks tearing a giant hole in international efforts to crack down on tax evasion, money laundering and financial crime.” It said foreign elites have “used the United States as a bolthole for looted wealth.”

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Christensen says Swiss banks report that “many of their tax-dodging clients are talking about moving to the U.S. You go to Switzerland, and that’s all they’re talking about.”

Individual states, including Nevada, Wyoming and South Dakota, are making things worse, critics say.

They compete with each other to make it easier to set up corporations — few questions asked about who’s behind the business.

“We have states that set up corporations where there’s no information about ownership,” says Jack Blum, a Washington lawyer who specializes in financial crime.

“The states make a lot of money doing that.”

Nevada, for instance, makes it easy to incorporate secretly and charges a $500 annual business license fee for corporations and $200 for other businesses. Lawmakers granted business entities greater protection against lawsuits in 2001, hoping to attract more of them and use incorporation filing revenue to raise teacher salaries.

“Nevadans will continue to see nefarious business practices like those reported in the Panama Papers if state officials don’t change the laws of incorporation,” says Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada.

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Active duty service members and veterans are treated to a free lunch at Moe’s Southwest Grill on Broad Street on Thursday afternoon to thank them for their service. Today the restaurant will allow customers to choose their price for burritos, and all proceeds will be donated to the youth programs at Shaw Air Force Base.

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A top haven for tax cheats that might surprise: the U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. lambastes and strongarms countries that help drug lords and millionaire investors hide their money from tax collectors. Critics say it should look closer to home.

America itself is emerging as a top tax haven alongside the likes of Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and Panama, those seeking reform of the international tax system say.

And states such as Delaware, Nevada, South Dakota and Wyoming, in particular, are competing with each other to provide foreigners with the secrecy they crave.

“There’s a big neon sign saying the U.S. is open to tax cheats,” says John Christensen, executive director of the Tax Justice Network.

America’s openness to foreign tax evaders is coming under new scrutiny after the leak this week of 11.5 million confidential documents from a Panamanian law firm. The Panama Papers show how some of the world’s richest people hide assets in shell companies to avoid paying taxes.

Christensen’s group, which campaigns for a global crackdown on tax evaders, says the United States ranks third in the world in financial secrecy, behind Switzerland and Hong Kong but ahead of notorious tax havens such as the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

Under a 2010 law, passed after it was learned that the Swiss bank UBS helped thousands of Americans evade U.S. taxes, the United States demands that banks and other financial institutions disclose information on Americans abroad to make sure they pay their U.S. taxes.

But the U.S. doesn’t automatically return the favor.

More than 90 countries have signed on to a 2014 information-sharing agreement set up by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; the U.S. is among the few that haven’t joined. American banks don’t even collect the kind of information foreign countries would need to identify tax dodgers.

“The banking lobby has resisted changes in the law that would allow more sharing of

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White House: $589M to go to fight Zika virus WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal money left over from the largely successful fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration announced Wednesday.

Most of the $589 million would be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for research on the virus and Zika-related birth defects as well as the creation of response teams to limit its spread. The National Institutes of Health would continue research into a vaccine, and the U.S. Agency for International Development would intensify efforts to fight the virus overseas.

Researchers fear Zika causes microcephaly, a serious birth defect in which a baby’s head is too small, as well as posing other threats to the children of pregnant women infected with it.

President Obama has asked for about $1.9 billion in emergency money to fight Zika, but the request has stalled in the GOP-controlled Congress.

White House budget chief Shaun Donovan and Health and Human Services Secretary

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaks during a news conference at a Zika summit in Atlanta on April 1.

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Sylvia M. Burwell said on a conference call with reporters that the administration still needs the full request to fight both Zika and maintain vigilance on Ebola.

They said agencies would not be able to achieve a complete response to Zika without additional funding. For instance, additional money must be approved to manufacture vaccines, purchase diagnostic tests and undertake mosquito control throughout the rainy season in Central America and the Caribbean, among other activities.

“We cannot wait for this supplemental. We cannot wait for the fall,” Donovan said. “There are real consequences and risks for waiting.”

While the administration

has acknowledged that substantial Ebola funding is left over, it has already committed much of it to helping at least 30 other countries prevent, detect and respond to future outbreaks and epidemics. It also wants to preserve money to keep fighting Ebola should it flare up again.

“We’ve made important progress to keep Americans safe from these public health threats here and abroad, but these efforts need to continue, and they can’t be stopped or shortchanged,” Burwell said.

“We face two real global health challenges, Ebola and Zika, and we don’t have an option to set one aside in the name of the other.”

The impending move comes as there is greater urgency to

their desire to try to protect pregnant women in their states from this terrible disease,” Earnest said.

Republicans on Capitol Hill had suggested the administration consider reshuffling existing funds and have said they are open to paying the money back in future legislation if it’s needed for Ebola or some other purposes.

Action on a standalone emergency spending bill seems improbable in the bitterly partisan atmosphere in Washington, though such funding could be attached to larger legislation later in the year. At the same time, both the White House and top Republicans have tried to work cooperatively despite the difficult environment.

battle the Zika virus as summer weather leads to mosquito season and a potential broader spread of the virus.

Burwell said there are 672 confirmed cases in U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and the United States, including 64 pregnant women. Zika can also be transmitted through sexual contact, and it’s estimated that 40 million people will travel between the U.S. and countries with Zika outbreaks.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest struck a harsher tone later in the day, promising Republicans would regret stalling Obama’s funding request.

“At some point, they’re going to have to choose whether or not their animosity toward President Obama trumps

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‘Sleepy Hollow’ wraps up third, possibly last, season

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The word “soporific” just doesn’t get thrown around as often as it should. An adjective describing something “tending to induce drowsiness or sleep,” it’s a perfect description of televised golf coverage.

The “Adult Swim Golf Classic” (11:30 p.m., Cartoon Network) takes a swing at spoofing the decidedly low-key conventions of televised golf. It stars Jon Daly (“Kroll Show”) and Adam Scott (“Parks and Recreation”) as professional golfers named Jon Daly and Adam Scott in a fictional golf invitational taking place in 1966.

Absolutely no effort was given to make the fashions, references and attitudes ring true to that period. And that appears to be the point. The only “real” things about this half-hour live-action special are the charities (St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and Save the Children) and the actors’/ duffers’ passion for the sport.

For those who take their golf seriously, the second round of the 2016 Masters Tournament (8 p.m., ESPN) is also scheduled, not to mention roundups on “Live From the Masters” (7:30 p.m., Golf).

• Abby and Ichabod achieve a roundabout victory over the Hidden One on the season finale of “Sleepy Hollow” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

Or is that series finale? TV by the Numbers, the website that worries about such things, gives this series a lessthan-even chance of surviving cancellation.

This fantasy mash-up of Washington Irving’s “Headless Horseman” tale and historical conspiracy thrillers like “National Treasure” has the difficult task of finding an audience that has been indulged with countless hours of fantasy programming, much of it geared to specific comic book heroes, even publishers.

• Proof that perhaps “Hell’s Kitchen” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) has run out of creative gas arrives with a contrived episode.

Contestants must complete Chef Ramsay’s dish while strapped in a straitjacket and reduced to shouting instructions to a close friend or loved one. This takes “mentoring” to a weird new level.

pire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * The birds and bees can wait on “Dr. Ken” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * A case from the past puts Grover on the run on “Hawaii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Behind the black horizon on “The Originals” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

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Jenny (Lyndie Greenwood), Ichabod (Tom Mison) and Abbie (Nicole Beharie) work to prevent the Hidden One from destroying humanity on the third season finale of “Sleepy Hollow,” airing at 8 p.m. today on FOX. • Season two of “Catastrophe” begins streaming today on Amazon Prime. A transcontinental comedy, it features a brash American (Rob Delaney) and an Irish woman (Sharon Horgan) who find themselves dragged into an unlikely relationship after a torrid weekend of anonymous passion results in a surprise pregnancy.

• The 2015 documentary “All Things Must Pass” (10 p.m., Showtime) examines the rise and fall of the Tower Records chain and its colorful founder Russ Solomon. Colin Hanks directs.

Tower Records consisted of 200 stores and made $1 billion in 1999, only to declare bankruptcy in 2006. “Pass” documents the revolution in the digital music industry that killed Tower as well as the

chain’s corporate culture that made it much more than a “bricks and mortar” destination.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Bloody fingers on “The Amazing Race” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• Mother Nature gets nasty on “Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TVPG).

• A preacher harvests a congregation via identity politics on “Grimm” (9 p.m., NBC, TV14).

• Entrepreneurs propose a toolbox with attitude on “Shark Tank” (9 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• The owners of an aggressive German shepherd need some tough love on “Cesar 911”

(9 p.m., Nat Geo Wild).

• Baez has bad personal history with a new partner on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE A teenage runaway (Judy Garland) falls in with a strange crowd in a dark wood after killing one woman and on the road to kill another, all while trying to please a mysterious figure who is not what he seems, in the 1939 musical fantasy “The Wizard of Oz” (8 p.m., TCM).

SERIES NOTES Vanessa confuses the line between “Mom” and friends on “Last Man Standing” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Stefan fights for his (after)life on “The Vam-

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Smoker is desperate to become a quitter DEAR ABBY — I am the father of an only child and husband to a wonderful wife. But for some reason, I have Dear Abby not been able ABIGAIL to find the motivation to VAN BUREN quit. I know smoking is bad for my health, and I don’t want to endanger my child’s health any longer.

I have tried the gum, the patch and even prescription meds. My willpower just isn’t strong and I can’t quit, no matter what I try. I need the right inspiration. Can you help me stop this nasty habit?

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First, clean house. Get rid of all the cigarettes you have stashed at home, in your car and at your workplace. Yes, even the pack you “forgot” in your jacket pocket.

Realize that your body is saturated with nicotine and it must be flushed out. Drinking LOTS of water for the first month will help you accomplish that.

Then, choose one day when you will go entirely smokefree. Understand going in that you will crave your “fix.”

When that craving hits, if you must put something in your mouth, chew (non-nicotine) gum, go brush your teeth or eat a crunchy vegetable (carrot sticks, celery). If you can manage to do this for just ONE

DAY, you can do it for another one. And then another, etc.

Accept that you are an addict and that your “sobriety” is something you will have to cling to with determination.

Eventually the impulse to grab a cigarette will fade, but every now and then you may have an urge to smoke that comes out of left field. When that happens, get up and walk out of the room. By the time you return, the urge will have subsided. Mine did.

And one more thing — if you fall off the wagon (and you may), think about watching your child graduate from high school or college, getting married and playing with your grandchildren. Your chances of doing those things will be better if you’re not a smoker.

Then get back on that wagon and start over again.

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ACROSS 1 Walks, on scorecards 4 Rehab hurdle 7 Calm 13 "Well, __-di-dah!"

14 Deli choice 15 Ducks' home 16 Some Anne Rice novels 18 Dupes 19 *Assist Charles M. Schulz?

21 Completely 22 Wapiti 23 ID checker 24 "__ any drop to drink": Coleridge 26 Surface 32 *Free ticket given to Target Field players?

35 Burn soothers 38 Modern reaction to a riot?

39 Group of species 40 *Timepiece at a stag party?

43 Important Philippines export 44 Bros, e.g.

45 Fraction of a joule 48 Not allow to atrophy

50 "My vegetable love should grow / __ than empires ... ": Andrew Marvell 53 *Law office?

58 Option play option, in football 59 Home of the god Pan 60 Beverage sometimes served with mint 61 Besides 62 Inning trio 63 Botched (up) 64 Model of industry 65 Put into words DOWN 1 Failed miserably 2 Industry leaders 3 Fan letter?

4 Meaning 5 Industry leaders 6 Prepare tuna, in a way 7 Converse, e.g.

8 Take in 9 Quaker pronoun 10 It may be skillfully created by one who's all thumbs

4/8/16 11 Rests 12 Acute care letters 15 Eponymous skater Paulsen 17 Ring decision 20 One putting on an act 25 Home of Norway's royal family 27 Bank holding: Abbr.

28 Carafe kin 29 __ Tin Tin 30 Shaggy-tailed bovid 31 First of September?

32 Lot of trouble?

33 "A Hard Road to Glory" writer 34 Merrie __ England

35 Plant bristle 36 French narrative poem 37 Like some stocks, briefly 41 Misspoke, as lines 42 Surround 45 Rachmaninoff's "__-tableaux" 46 Light-sensitive layer 47 __ spoon 49 Upholstered piece 51 Fancy tie 52 Hotel amenity 53 Derby, perhaps 54 Some bills 55 Chances 56 Speck 57 It may be mined 58 Objective reference

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COMMENTARY

The reality-denying politicization of the English language

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ast week, French president Francois Hollande met President Obama in Washington to discuss joint strategies for stopping the sort of radical Islamic terrorists who have killed dozens of innocents in Brussels, Paris, and San Bernardino in recent months. Hollande at one point explicitly referred to the violence as “Islamist terrorism.”

The White House initially deleted that phrase from the audio translation of the official video of the Hollande-Obama meeting, only to restore it when questioned. Did the Obama administration assume that if the public could not hear the translation of the French president saying “Islamist terrorism,” then perhaps Hollande did not really say it — and therefore perhaps Islamist terrorism does not really exist?

The Obama administration must be aware that in the 1930s, the Soviet Union wiped clean all photos, recordings, and films of Leon Trotsky on orders from Josef Stalin.

Trotsky was deemed politically incorrect, and therefore his thoughts and photos simply vanished.

The Library of Congress, under pressure from Dartmouth College students, recently banned not just the term “illegal alien” in subject headings for literature about immigration, but “alien” as well. Will changing the vocabulary mean that from now on, foreign nationals who choose to enter and reside in the United States without being naturalized will not be in violation of the law and will no longer be considered citizens of their homeland?

Did the Library of Congress ever read the work of the Greek historian Thucydides, who warned some 2,500 years ago that in times of social upheaval, partisans would make words “change their ordinary meaning and … take that which was now given them.”

These latest linguistic contortions to advance ideological agendas follow an established pattern of the Obama administration and the departments beneath it.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper described Egypt’s radical Muslim Brotherhood as “largely secular.” CIA Director John Brennan has called jihad “a legitimate tenet of Islam,” a mere effort “to purify oneself.”

Other administration heads have airbrushed out Islamic terrorism by referring to it with phrases such as “mancaused disaster.” The effort to combat terrorism was called an “overseas contingency operation,” perhaps like Haitian earthquake relief.

The White House wordsmiths should reread George Orwell’s 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” which warned that “political writing is bad writing” and “has to consist largely of euphemism.”

Obama has said the greatest threat to future generations is “climate change,” a term that metamorphosed from “global warming.” The now anachronistic term “global warming” used to describe a planet that

Victor Davis Hanson

was supposedly heating up rather quickly. But it did not account for the unpleasant fact that there has been negligible globaltemperature change since

1998.

Rather than modifying the phrase to “suspected global warming” or “episodic global warming,” the new term “climate change” was invented to replace it. That way, new realities could emerge. Changes of all sorts — historic snows, record cold, California drought, El Niño storms — could all be lumped together, supposedly caused by man-made carbon emissions.

Volatile weather such as tornadoes, tsunamis, and hurricanes was sometimes rebranded as “climate chaos” — as if Western industry and consumer lifestyles were responsible for what used to be seen as fairly normal occurrences.

The term “sanctuary cities” describes municipalities that in neo-Confederate fashion deny the primacy of federal immigration law and refuse to enforce it.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch used the term “justiceinvolved youth” to describe young criminals arrested and charged with crimes. From such terminology, one might think the offenders’ “involvement” meant that they were parole officers or young lawyers.

So what is the point of trying to change reality by making up new names and phrases?

It’s mostly politics. If Hollande had used the label “skinheads” to describe European right-wing movements, the White House might not have altered the video. If a half-million right-wing Cubans were pouring illegally into Florida each year, or if 100,000 Serbs were crossing the border from Canada, the Library of Congress might not object to calling them “illegal aliens.” Clapper and Brennan are unlikely to claim that the Crusades were largely secular or an exercise in self-purification.

The Obama administration probably would not describe rogue police officers charged with crimes as “justice-involved police.” If cities with conservative mayors declined to enforce the Endangered Species Act or federal firearms statutes, they probably would not be known as “sanctuary cities,” but rather as “nullification cities.”

Orwell also wrote about a futuristic dystopia ruled by a Big Brother government that created politicized euphemisms to reinvent reality. He placed his novel in the year 1984, warning Westerners about what was in their future.

We are now 32 years beyond 1984, but we are at last living Orwell’s nightmare.

Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author, most recently, of The Savior Generals. You can reach him by e-mailing author@victorhanson.com. © 2016 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

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The coming train wreck

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ASHINGTON — Yes, the big Wisconsin story is Ted Cruz’s crushing 13-point victory.

And yes, it greatly improves his chances of denying Donald Trump a first-ballot convention victory, which may turn out to be Trump’s only path to the nomination.

Nonetheless, the most stunning result of Wisconsin is the solidity of Trump’s core constituency. Fundamentalist Trumpism remains resistant to every cosmic disturbance. He managed to get a full 35 percent in a state in which: • He was opposed by a very popular GOP governor (80 percent approval among Republicans) with a powerful state organization honed by winning three campaigns within four years (two gubernatorial, one recall).

• He was opposed by popular, local, well-informed radio talk show hosts whose tough interviews left him in shambles.

• Tons of money was dumped into negative ads not just from the Cruz campaign and the pro-Cruz super PACs but from two anti-Trump super PACs as well.

And if that doesn’t leave a candidate flattened, consider that Trump was coming off two weeks of grievous selfinflicted wounds — and still got more than a third of the vote. Which definitively vindicated Trump’s boast that if he ever went out in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shot someone (most likely because his Twitter went down — he’d be apprehended in his pajamas), he wouldn’t lose any voters.

The question for Trump has always been how far he could reach beyond his solid core. His problem is that those who reject him are equally immovable. In Wisconsin, 58 percent of Republican voters said that the prospect of a Trump presi-

COMMENTARY dency left them concerned or even scared.

Cruz scares a lot of people, CHARLES too. But his Krauthammer fear number was 21 points lower. Moreover, 36 percent of Wisconsin Republicans, facing a general-election choice between Hillary Clinton and Trump, would either vote Clinton, go third party or stay home.

Trump did not exactly advance his needed outreach with his reaction to the Wisconsin result: a nuclear strike on “Lyin’ Ted,” as “a puppet” and “a Trojan horse” illegally coordinating with his super PACs (evidence?) “who totally control him.” Not quite the kind of thing that gets you from 35 percent to 50 percent.

Not needed, say the Trumpites. If we come to Cleveland with a mere plurality of delegates, fairness demands that our man be nominated.

This is nonsense. If you cannot command or cobble together a majority, you haven’t earned the party leadership.

John Kasich makes the opposite case. He’s hanging on in case a deadlocked convention eventually turns to him, possessor of the best polling numbers against Clinton. After all, didn’t Lincoln come to the 1860 convention trailing?

Yes, and so what? The post-1968 reforms abolished the system whereby governors, bosses and other party poo-bahs decided things. In the modern era, to reach down to the No. 3 candidate — a distant third who loses 55 of 56 contests — or to parachute in a party unicorn

LETTER TO THE EDITOR “CELEBRATE SERVICE” THE THEME FOR NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK 2016 “Celebrate Service’’ is the theme for National Volunteer Week 2016.

April 10-16 marks the 41st observance of the week here in Sumter and the 43rd for the nation.

Since that initial experience, this special week has provided an opportunity for us to turn the givers of our community into receivers and is eagerly anticipated. The observance began in 1974 when President Nixon signed an executive order establishing NVW as an annual celebration of volunteerism. Every president since has signed a proclamation promoting the week.

The week will be extended and celebrated when Sumter Volunteers and the City host its traditional picnic April 22 honoring volunteers and 75 Years of Outstanding Community Service of Shaw AFB. Mayor Joe McElveen will have his traditional commendations for the top cookie

who never entered the race in the first place would be a radical affront to the democratic spirit of the contemporary nominating process.

A parachute maneuver might be legal, but it would be perceived as illegitimate and, coming amid the most intense anti-establishment sentiment in memory, imprudent to the point of suicide.

Yet even without this eventuality, party suicide is a very real possibility. The nominee will be either Trump or Cruz. How do they reconcile in the end?

It’s no longer business; it’s personal. Cruz has essentially declared that he couldn’t support someone who did what Trump did to Heidi Cruz. He might try to patch relations with some Trump supporters — is Chris Christie’s soul still for sale? — but how many could he peel away? Remember: Wisconsin has just demonstrated Trump’s unbreakable core.

And if Trump loses out, a split is guaranteed. In Trump’s mind, he is a winner. Always. If he loses, it can only be because he was cheated. He constantly contends that he’s being treated unfairly. He is certain to declare any convention process that leaves him without the nomination irredeemably unfair. No need to go third party. A simple walkout with perhaps a thousand followers behind will doom the party in November.

In a country where only 25 percent feel we’re on the right track and where the leading Democrat cannot shake the challenge of a once-obscure dairy-state socialist, you’d think the Republicans cannot lose.

You’d be underestimating how hard they are trying.

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com. © 2016, The Washington Post Writers Group.

bakers in “Shower Shaw with Cookies’’ and will also present the Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Community Service. The Edith Myers Volunteer Extraordinaire Award will be presented by Sumter Volunteers.

The volunteer spirit that forged the nation from a wilderness is alive and well in communities across America. We have felt that in our community since last October when Sumter experienced its second natural disaster, the 1,000 Year Flood. It brought back memories of the devastation of Hurricane Hugo in Sept. 1989.

Once again Volunteers from neighboring states and communities joined locals to assist in clean up, restoration and rebuilding.

Our gratitude for the caring and sharing spirit of ALL disaster relief Volunteers is beyond measure.

Volunteers, you are appreciated and cherished as a great community asset, giving the best gift of all — self ! We thank you. It’s your week. Enjoy!

JO ANNE MORRIS Director, Sumter Volunteers

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FYI The City of Sumter will accept Highway, U.S. 521, Rembert, in front of the car wash. applications for its Summer City accepting summerContact youth emDr. Juanita Britton Youth Employment Programs ployment applications at (803) 432-2001. through May 6. Students ages 14-15 will work in city Make-A-Wish South Carolina government and students is seeking volunteers to help age 16 through high school make wishes come true for will work in the Co-Op Pro- children across the state. gram for local businesses.

Bilingual volunteers are esStudents must live in the pecially needed. Interest city limits and meet inwebinars are offered at come requirements set by 6:30 p.m. on the second HUD. Students should see Wednesday of each month. their school guidance Preregistration is required. counselors for applications Contact Brennan Brown at and income guidelines or bbrown@sc.wish.org or pick up an application 8:30 (864) 250-0702 extension a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, 112 to register for the wefrom the Liberty Center, 12 binar or begin the applicaW. Liberty St., Office H. Call tion process.

Carolet Thomas at (803) The Sumter Combat Veterans 774-1652 or Clarence Group holds weekly peer to Gaines at (803) 774-1649. peer meetings at 11 a.m.

The Purple Heart Chapter of every Tuesday at the South Sumter is sponsoring a projHOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayect to have all Purple Heart ette Drive. These meetings medal recipients inducted are designed for veterans into the National Purple to help other veterans with Heart Hall of Honor located PTSD, coping skills, claims, in New York. An enrollment benefits, therapeutic counapplication must be comseling sponsored by the pleted by the medal recipi- Columbia VET Center at 11 ent or next of kin if the vet- a.m. each Tuesday, and eran is deceased. Proof of one-on-one counseling 9 the award of the medal is a.m.-3 p.m. every other required and, if possible, a Wednesday. Open to all photograph of the recipiarea veterans. Call James ent. Call Willie Washington Thomas at (803) 765-9944. at (720) 203-2112 for details Having cancer is hard. Finding and assistance. help shouldn’t be. Free help Sumter High School Class of for cancer patients from 1976 is in the process of the American Cancer Sociplanning its 40th class reety. Transportation to union. To celebrate this treatment, help for appearevent in a manner that ance related side effects of only the Class of 1976 can, treatment, nutrition help, funds are needed to assist one-on-one breast cancer in getting started with the support, free housing away plans. We are asking for a from home during treat$20 donation from each ment, help finding clinical classmate. An account has trials, someone to talk to been established with First — all free. Call (800) 227Citizens Bank, 201 N. Wash- 2345. ington St., Sumter, SC The Rembert Area Community 29150. You can deposit Coalition (RACC) offers a sefunds directly or you may nior citizens program 10 contact Ruthie Dow at (803) 406-8874, Ella Johnson a.m.-noon each Monday and Wednesday at 6785 at (404) 435-4971, Bobby Bradley St. (behind comCook at (803) 840-3151 or munity car wash), RemGlenn Carpenter at (704) 621-0869 for further details. bert, SC 29128. Transportation is available. For deThe Single Parent Institute tails, call (803) 432-2001. meets from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. on the second Monday Are you a breast cancer surviof each month at the Birnie vor? Maggie L. Richardson HOPE Center. Meetings are is seeking other survivors open to teenage single par- to form a music group and give back to the communients, custodial and nonty. If you are interested in custodial single parents. joining, contact her at mlrYou are welcome to bring minstry2012@gmail.com or your children as the Single (803) 236-9086.

Parent Institute is for the entire family. Contact Dr. L. The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching Quaneck Walkes at (803) for anyone / everyone who 223-9408 or lqwalkes@ served in the 2nd Infantry sctechthisout.com.

The Rembert Area Community Division. Visit www.2ida. org or contact Mike Davino Coalition offers an after school program for students at MDavino@yahoo.com or (919) 498-1910. from kindergarten to sixth Zumba classes will be held grade at the youth center at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays in Rembert. Children reand Wednesdays at the ceive assistance with homework, school projects, Parks and Recreation building on Haynsworth Street. etc. A nutritious snack is Classes are $5 each. No served daily. There is a registration required. Consmall monthly fee. Registact Deanne Lewis at zumtrations are accepted 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 8455 Camden badeanne@gmail.com.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A wellEUGENIA LAST thought-out plan will be easy to execute. Plan to celebrate with someone you love. A romantic encounter can turn into a promise that will give you something to look forward to. Mix business with pleasure.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Let others know what you are willing to give and how you would like to move forward. Openness will help you avoid disappointment later on.

Plan a fun adventure with someone you love.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Get involved in something that will make you feel good. A charitable act will result in meeting someone who sparks your interest. A partnership will develop that promises experience and a chance to put your skills to good use.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expand your interests and change things around at home to accommodate something you enjoy doing. Your intuition will not let you down.

Follow your gut feeling when dealing with friends and family matters, and you will get good results.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll have trouble controlling your emotions.

Keep busy doing the things that challenge you and can help make you a better person. Altering or updating your image will lift your spirits. Plan a romantic evening or attend a social event.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ask questions and engage in discussions that will help you better understand a personal situation or project you want to pursue. Don’t get angry if someone is aggressive. A compassionate

response will bring the best results.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Dealing with institutions, property or contractual matters is favored. Look for alternative ways to handle assets, or sell off possessions that are taking up space and are no longer of use to you. A change in an important relationship will benefit you over the long term.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Offering help to the underdog will lead to an unusual encounter with someone unique. Your insight and compassion will attract greater interest in your personal and professional life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Uncertainty can turn into a costly mistake if you believe what others tell you. Ask questions and go to the source in order to get the facts and make wise decisions. Romance is favored.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep an open mind when dealing with friends and relatives, but don’t let anyone push you around or take advantage of you. You can make positive changes at home that will add to your comfort or increase your personal profits.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Use your talents to reach your goals, and put more effort into perfecting what you enjoy doing most. Don’t let anyone discourage you from following your dreams. Focus on physical self-improvements.

Embrace personal changes and new beginnings.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Rely on your own efforts to get things done. If you count on others, you will be let down. Reconnect with people you have worked with or enjoyed being around in the past, and you will discover you still have plenty in common.

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Gaffney 61/40 Spartanburg 62/40

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Today: Partly sunny. High 67 to 75.

Saturday: Breezy; partly sunny, except sunnier in southern parts. High 63 to 70.

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

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the masters

Familiar position Spieth picks up right where he left off — atop the leaderboard with six birdies after first round at Augusta National

local tennis

Taking sport to Sumter children Twilight Tennis in the Parks begins Saturday

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

The Associated Press

Jordan Spieth walks off the green after a birdie on the 18th hole during Thursday’s first round of the Masters in Augusta, Ga. The 2015 Masters champion shot a 6-under 66 to lead the field.

By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth picked up right where he left off a year ago.

Just another birdie-filled round at the Masters.

Looking very much like the player who romped to a dominating victory a year ago, the 22-year-old Texan threw up a 6-under 66 on a breezy Thursday at Augusta National to claim a familiar position: the top spot on the leaderboard.

Spieth set a tournament record with 28 birdies in 2015, leading after every round on the way to an 18-under score and his first major title. That sparked one of the great years in golf history, as he went on to capture the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, just missed out on a playoff in the British Open, and took the runner-up spot behind Jason Day at the PGA Championship.

Day is now the top-ranked player in the world and came into the Masters as

The Associated Press

Jason Day tees off on the 13th hole on Thursday in Augusta, Ga.. The top-ranked player in the world ended the first round within one stroke of the leader.

the betting favorite. He certainly looked “We just stay patient with what we’re the part playing in the afternoon, doing,” he said. “We know how to win shooting a 5-under 31 on the front side this golf tournament.” to pull within one stroke of the lead.

Spieth rolled in six birdies — all from Don’t expect Spieth to shy away from See masters, Page B3 the challenge.

The professionals at Palmetto Tennis Center are going to take the sport they love to the children of Sumter.

PTC will hold the first of seven sessions of Twilight Tennis in the Parks at local parks beginning on Saturday.

The initial event is scheduled for Saturday at North Hope Park from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

“We’re doing this to have the chance to expose the entire city to the game,” said PTC Director of Tennis Sam Kiser. “Not everyone may have transportation to the tennis center, so we’re going to go to them.”

The events are open to children ages 5-12 and are free. There will be demonstrations from PTC professionals Kiser, new Tennis Development Professional Brian Hodge and Youth Professional Michael Pereira.

Kiser and Hodge will be on hand on Saturday at North Park.

“We’re going to take the small nets, the foam balls and the small racquets to the parks,” Kiser said, describing the equipment used to teach beginners. “We want to introduce as many people to the game as we can.”

The other events will be held on April 23 at Crosswell Park, May 14 at Dillon Park, June 4 at Memorial Park and June 25 at Swan Lake Park. Each of those events will go from 7 to 8:30.

Events at Shaw Park on July 16 and Birnie Park on July 30 will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

For more information, call PTC at (803) 774-3969.

schedule 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Saturday — North Hope Park April 23 — Crosswell Park May 14 — Dillon Park June 4 — Memorial Park June 25 — Swan Lake Park 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

July 16 — Shaw Park July 30 — Birnie Park

USC Sumter Baseball

Fire Ants hit road, face another big challenge against Bulldogs

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com There is a certain calmness the University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team possesses that head coach Tim Medlin has witnessed -- especially since Region X play began.

“It starts with the sophomores,” Medlin said. “These guys don’t panic. They have certain expectations of themselves and they’ve been in a lot of big games and a lot of big moments.”

They’ll likely have a few more over the next few weeks, starting with a trip to Greenville, N.C., to face Pitt Community College in a pair of doubleheaders beginning on Sat-

REGION X STANDINGS 1. USC Sumter 13-3 2. Spartanburg Methodist 11-5 3. (tie) Florence-Darlington Tech 10-6 3. (tie) Pitt CC 10-6 5. USC Lancaster 8-8 6. Guilford CC 7-9 7. USC Salkehatchie 3-13 8. Louisburg 2-14

urday at 1 p.m.

Thanks to taking three of the four games against USC Lancaster last weekend, the Fire Ants still find themselves atop the Region X standings at 13-3. Spartanburg Methodist College is two games back at 11-5 and both Pitt and Florence-Darlington Technical College are three games back at 10-6. SMC travels to Flo-Dar this weekend as well.

“We control our own destiny

-- and I’ve told the kids that we really just have to hold serve,” Medlin said. “If we can do that, we’ll have the opportunity to win a region championship at the end of the year.

“If we get swept or lose three out of four, we won’t.”

USCS is 27-11 on the year, has won 20 of its last 23 games and has yet to lose a Region X series this year. That streak will be put to the test during the next two weeks, however, against Pitt (21-11) and SMC (29-13).

“Pitt swings the bats very well and they have a couple of very good arms in the rotation and coming out of the bullpen,” Medlin said. “You can

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Gators top Manning behind Howard’s complete-game gem MANNING -- Courtland Howard tossed a complete game, allowing just three hits while striking out five as Lakewood’s varsity baseball team earned an 8-1 victory on Tuesday at the MHS field.

Lenny Gonzalez had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs for the Gators. Josh Whitley and Daquan Ingram each went 2-for-4 with Ingram collecting a double while Wyatt Thompson finished with two RBI. The Gators improved to 8-6 overall and 3-2 in the region and will host Manning today.

Laurence Manning 12 Williamsburg 2

MANNING -- Buddy Bleasdale got the win on the mound and Ryan Touchberry had two hits and drove in a run as Laurence Manning Academy earned a 12-2 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Wednesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond.

Dawson Hatfield and Morgan Morris also had two hits each for the Swampcats, who improved to 12-2 overall. They will travel to Thomas Sumter Academy today for a 7 p.m. matchup.

VARSITY TENNIS Wilson Hall 7 Hammond 2 COLUMBIA -- Wilson Hall swept all three doubles matches en route to a 7-2 victory over Hammond on Thursday in Columbia.

The Barons improved to 5-1 and will travel to Pawleys Island on Wednesday to face Low Country Prep.

SINGLES 1 — Brown (WH) defeated W. Lynch 6-2, 6-1.

2 — S. Lynch (H) defeated Hendrix 6-3, 6-3.

3 — Stover (WH) defeated Owens 6-3, 6-1.

4 — Stone (WH) defeated Asbill 6-0, 6-0.

5 — Coulter (WH) defeated Lett 6-0, 6-0.

6 — Wang (H) defeatd Kellogg 6-1, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 — Brown/Hendrix (WH) defeated W. Lynch/Owens 8-2.

2 — Stover/Stone (WH) defeated S. Lynch/Wang 8-2.

3 — Coulter/Kellogg (WH) defeated Asbill/Lett 8-1.

Prep schedule TODAY 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

VARSITY GOLF Wilson Hall wins SCISA region meet Wilson Hall shot a 152 to win the 5-team SCISA Region II-3A meet on Thursday at Beech Creek Golf Club.

Calhoun Academy was second with a 163 followed

by Laurence Manning with a 171, Orangeburg Prep with a 176 and Thomas Sumter

Academy with a 186.

The Barons’ Walker Jones and the Generals’ Tyler Gray tied for medalist honors by each shooting a 35.

Grier Schwartz shot a 37 for WH followed by Christian Salzer with a 39 and Miller Jones with a 41.

The Barons return to action on Monday when they will compete in the 2-day Blythewood Invitational tournament at Columbia Country Club.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL McBee 3 Lakewood 1

Xavier Gamble went 2-for3 in a losing effort as McBee defeated Lakewood 3-1 on Wednesday at the LHS field.

Hunter Day and Zach Tidwell each collected a hit.

Jody Windham struck out two, walked five and allowed no runs on five hits in a relief effort.

B TEAM BASEBALL Sumter 14 Ridge View 0 Bryce Spittle had two hits and drove in five runs as Sumter’s B Team shut out Ridge View 14-0 on Wednesday.

Seth Posey went 3-for-3 with three RBI and Wylie Coker added two hits.

Ethan Brown picked up the win on the mound, going four innings and giving up just two hits while striking out nine.

VARSITY SOCCER Wilson Hall 3 Thomas Sumter 2 Wilson Hall rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Thomas Sumter Academy 3-2 on Wednesday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Andrew McCaffrey scored the Barons’ first goal off of a deflection on Mills Herlong’s free kick. Herlong tied it on a shot outside the 18. Dalton Miller scored the winning goal on an assist from herlong, who crossed the ball in front of the goal.

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TODAY 1 p.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: Volvo Cars Open Quarterfinal Matches from Charleston (ESPN2).

1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Philadelphia at New York Mets (MLB NETWORK).

2:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hannover 96 vs. Hertha Berlin (FOX SPORTS 2).

2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Duck Commander 500 Pole Qualifying from Fort Worth, Texas (FOX SPORTS 1).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters Second Round from Augusta, Ga. (ESPN).

4:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Pole Qualifying from Fort Worth, Texas (FOX SPORTS 1).

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

6:30 p.m. – College Softball: Coastal Carolina at Winthrop (ESPNU).

6:30 p.m. – NASCAR: Sprint Cup Series Duck Commander 500 Practice from Fort Worth, Texas (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Brooklyn at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Boston at Toronto or Tampa Bay at Baltimore (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Florida Spring Game from Gainesville, Fla. (SEC NETWORK).

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

7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

8 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters Second Round from Augusta, Ga. (ESPN).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: College Basketball Awards from Los Angeles (ESPN2).

8 p.m. – Soccer: Mexican League Match – Toluca vs. Queretaro (UNIVISION).

8:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Vanderbilt at Louisiana State (ESPNU).

8:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 from Fort Worth, Texas (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Memphis at Dallas (NBA TV).

9 p.m. – Men’s College Volleyball: Southern California at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

10 p.m. – IRL Racing: Indy Lights Series (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series West from Bakersfield, Calif.

(NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11:35 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters Second-Round Highlights from Augusta, Ga. (WLTX 19).

MLB Standings

By The Associated Press

National League East Division

Washington New York Miami Atlanta Philadelphia Central Division

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis West Division

Los Angeles San Francisco Colorado Arizona San Diego

W 2 1 1 0 0

L Pct GB 1 .667 — 1 .500 ½ 2 .333 1 2 .000 1½ 3 .000 2

W 3 3 2 1 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 ½ 2 .333 2 3 .000 3

W 3 3 2 1 0

L Pct GB 1 .750 — 1 .750 — 1 .667 1 2 .333 2 3 .000 3

Wednesday’s Games

Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 3 Colorado 4, Arizona 3 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2 Washington 3, Atlanta 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 0

Thursday’s Games

Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 6 Miami 6, Washington 4 San Francisco 12, L.A. Dodgers 6 Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia (Eickhoff 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

San Diego (Rea 0-0) at Colorado (Lyles 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-0) at Cincinnati (Simon 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 0-0) at Atlanta (Wisler 0-0), 7:35 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 0-0) at Milwaukee (Anderson 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 0-0) at Arizona (Ray 0-0), 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-0), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

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

San Diego at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

American League East Division

Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Toronto Boston Central Division

Detroit Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota West Division

Seattle Houston Texas Oakland Los Angeles

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USC Sumter’s Jamie Morlan (29) and the rest of the Fire Ants look to keep their hold on the top spot in Region X this weekend when they travel to face Pitt Community College.

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“We have to go out and do what we do.”

The Fire Ants have made a habit of comebacks and close victories since region play began as six of their 13 wins have come by a lone run. USCS produced a walk-

off hit and two comebacks in last week’s series against the Lancers.

“Our guys were very patient at the plate,” Medlin said. “They forced (USCL’s) pitchers into doing some things they didn’t want to do. Everyone in the lineup had a big hit and our guys on the mound did a great job of holding their offense down for us to come back.”

It’s been the winning formula for several weeks now, and USC Sumter aims for it to continue against the Bull-

dogs. Pitt brings a potent lineup, though, as the Bulldogs are batting .307 as a team.

Six regulars are batting .300 or better, leg by Scott Walter at .388. Walter has 23 runs batted in to rank second behind Levi Gesell, who has 28 RBI and a team-high five homers.

The rotation is led by J.D. Cook, who has a 3.31 earned run average over 322/3 innings. Eric Sigovich leads the Bulldogs with a 1.85 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 241/3 innings.

W 2 2 2 2 1

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 1 .667 ½ 2 .500 1 2 .500 1 1 .500 1

W 2 3 1 1 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 1 .750 — 1 .500 1 1 .500 1 2 .000 2

W 2 1 1 1 0

L Pct GB 1 .667 — 2 .333 1 2 .333 1 3 .250 1½ 2 .000 1½

Wednesday’s Games

Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Seattle 9, Texas 5 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Cleveland 7, Boston 6 N.Y. Yankees 16, Houston 6 Baltimore 4, Minnesota 2 Oakland 2, Chicago White Sox 1

Thursday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland 1 N.Y. Yankees 8, Houston 5 Boston at Cleveland, ppd., rain Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (Severino 0-0) at Detroit (Zimmermann 0-0), 1:08 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 0-1) at Baltimore (Tillman 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Kelly 0-0) at Toronto (Stroman 1-0), 7:07 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 0-0) at Milwaukee (Anderson 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (E.Santana 0-0) at Kansas City (Ventura 0-0), 8:15 p.m.

Texas (Griffin 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

Oakland (Surkamp 0-0) at Seattle (T.Walker 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Boston at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Boston at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

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

Houston at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 8:08 p.m.

nba Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

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

x-Atlanta x-Miami x-Charlotte Washington Orlando Central Division

y-Cleveland Indiana Detroit Chicago Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 52 25 .675 — 46 32 .590 6½ 31 48 .392 22 21 57 .269 31½ 10 68 .128 42½ W L Pct GB 46 32 .590 — 45 32 .584 ½ 45 33 .577 1 38 40 .487 8 33 45 .423 13 W L Pct GB 56 23 .709 — 42 36 .538 13½ 42 37 .532 14 39 39 .500 16½ 32 46 .410 23½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 65 12 .844 — Memphis 42 36 .538 23½ Dallas 40 38 .513 25½ Houston 38 40 .487 27½ New Orleans 29 49 .372 36½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 54 25 .684 — x-Portland 43 37 .538 11½ Utah 39 39 .500 14½ Denver 32 47 .405 22 Minnesota 26 52 .333 27½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB y-Golden State 69 9 .885 — x-L.A. Clippers 50 28 .641 19 Sacramento 31 47 .397 38 Phoenix 20 58 .256 49 L.A. Lakers 16 62 .205 53 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Wednesday’s Games

Indiana 123, Cleveland 109 Detroit 108, Orlando 104 Washington 121, Brooklyn 103 Boston 104, New Orleans 97 Charlotte 111, New York 97 Dallas 88, Houston 86 Portland 120, Oklahoma City 115 L.A. Clippers 91, L.A. Lakers 81

Thursday’s Games

Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Miami, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games

Phoenix at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Okla. City at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

nhl Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Florida 80 46 25 9 101 233 198 x-Tampa Bay 80 45 30 5 95 221 194 Detroit 80 41 28 11 93 207 216 Boston 80 41 30 9 91 234 222 Ottawa 80 36 35 9 81 227 245 Buffalo 80 34 35 11 79 196 215 Montreal 80 36 38 6 78 212 232 Toronto 80 28 41 11 67 193 238 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 79 55 17 7 117 244 186 x-Pittsburgh 80 47 25 8 102 240 197 x-N.Y. Rangers 80 45 26 9 99 232 211 x-N.Y. Islanders 79 44 26 9 97 223 206 Philadelphia 79 39 27 13 91 203 211 Carolina 80 35 29 16 86 194 217 New Jersey 80 37 35 8 82 177 203 Columbus 80 32 40 8 72 210 247

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 80 47 26 7 101 230 202 x-Nashville 80 40 26 14 94 223 210 x-Minnesota 81 38 32 11 87 215 204 Colorado 80 39 37 4 82 211 231 Winnipeg 80 33 39 8 74 206 232 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 79 44 24 11 99 210 187 x-Los Angeles 80 47 28 5 99 220 190 x-San Jose 80 45 29 6 96 236 205 Arizona 80 35 38 7 77 207 241 Calgary 80 33 40 7 73 222 256 Vancouver 80 30 37 13 73 184 233 Edmonton 81 31 43 7 69 200 241 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

Wednesday’s Games

Columbus 5, Toronto 1 Edmonton 6, Vancouver 2 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0

Thursday’s Games

Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

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

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Nashville, 8 p.m.

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

Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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

Winnipeg at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Columbus at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Ottawa at Boston, 12:30 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 12:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

Anaheim at Colorado, 5:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Florida, 7 p.m.

Toronto at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Arizona at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

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masters par scores The Associated Press Thursday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: TBA (Last year: $10 million) Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round a-denotes amateur Jordan Spieth 33-33—66 Danny Lee 35-33—68 Shane Lowry 31-37—68 Paul Casey 34-35—69 Justin Rose 34-35—69 Ian Poulter 34-35—69 Soren Kjeldsen 37-32—69 Sergio Garcia 37-32—69 Billy Horschel 36-34—70 Scott Piercy 33-37—70 Danny Willett 34-36—70 Rory McIlroy 34-36—70 Kevin Streelman 37-34—71 Charley Hoffman 36-35—71 Lee Westwood 35-36—71 Emiliano Grillo 36-35—71 Hideki Matsuyama 34-37—71 Matthew Fitzpatrick 35-36—71 Brandt Snedeker 33-38—71 Jimmy Walker 34-37—71 Thongchai Jaidee 35-37—72 Chris Wood 36-36—72 Zach Johnson 35-37—72 Louis Oosthuizen 35-37—72 a-B. DeChambeau 35-37—72 Kevin Na 36-36—72 Phil Mickelson 36-36—72 Henrik Stenson 35-37—72 K. Aphibarnrat 40-32—72 Bernhard Langer 37-35—72 Jason Day 31-41—72 Graeme McDowell 37-35—72 J.B. Holmes 37-35—72 Victor Dubuisson 35-38—73 Bernd Wiesberger 34-39—73 Dustin Johnson 34-39—73 Daniel Berger 33-40—73 Brooks Koepka 35-38—73 Davis Love III 37-36—73 Smylie Kaufman 37-36—73 Hunter Mahan 36-37—73 Angel Cabrera 36-37—73 Vaughn Taylor 37-37—74 Tom Watson 36-38—74 Harris English 37-37—74 Marc Leishman 37-37—74 Jamie Donaldson 37-37—74

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Ian Poulter leaps to check his lie on the first fairway during Thursday’s opening round of the Masters at Augusta National in Augusta, Ga..

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within 15 feet — and stayed away from bogey with some impressive saves, most notably at the par-3 fourth, where he pulled off a delicate up-anddown from a treacherous side of the green.

After the putt rolled in, Spieth pumped his fist.

“That keeps momentum there,” he said.

Even though the course was softened overnight by strong thunderstorms, the wind whipping across Augusta National made it tough to go low.

It didn’t seem to bother Spieth, who is trying to become only the fourth player to win backto-back titles.

Tiger Woods was the last to do it in 2001 and 2002. The others: Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo.

Among the early finishers, England’s Paul Casey and Justin Rose were Spieth’s closest challengers, each shooting a 69. Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, who is only missing the Masters from his career Grand Slam, teed off in the final group of the day.

One big name shot himself out of the tournament on the very first hole.

Ernie Els seven-putted — yep, SEVEN — on the way to a

sextuple-bogey 10, the highest score ever on the 445-yard hole known as “Tea Olive.” No one had ever posted higher than an 8.

What made the scene even more surreal, Els’ first putt was a mere 2-footer for par, and his longest attempt was just 4 feet, the ball rolling back and forth past the cup in a scene that would’ve made even a weekend duffer cringe.

Then, with his frustration boiling over, the Big Easy carelessly missed from less than a foot with a sloppy one-handed swat.

Rickie Fowler, perhaps the best player without a major title, ruined his hopes as well on Day One. His opening drive went sailed into the trees, leading to a double-bogey, and he found both the trees and the creek on No. 13, taking a triple-bogey on the par-5 hole that often gives up plenty of birdies and eagles. At the 16th, Fowler dunked another ball in the water, leading to his second double-bogey of the round.

He finished with an 80, his worst score ever at the Masters.

On the 30th anniversary of his sixth and last Masters title, Nicklaus joined Gary Player to hit the ceremonial opening tee

shots shortly after sunrise. Arnold Palmer could only watch, having decided not to swing the club this year because of health issues.

The 86-year-old Palmer did ride a cart out to the first tee, offering that familiar wink and thumbs-up. He also posed for a picture with his two longtime rivals and friends, who combined to win seven straight Masters in the 1960s and collectively won 34 major championships.

Player, the 80-year-old South African who said he prepared by doing 1,300 sit-ups and crunches, belted his drive down the middle. The 76-yearold Nicklaus hit it higher and shorter.

“Gary won his tournament this year,” Nicklaus said with a grin. “I hit a pop-up.”

“I wouldn’t be too concerned about me outdriving you too much,” Player replied, “because you did it to me for 50 damn years.”

But this moment was all about Palmer.

“It was gratifying and sad, because everything shall pass,” Player said. “But it was nice to have him on the tee. I dedicated my first tee shot to him in respect. It’s a very special moment.”

After the original “Big Three” stepped aside, the 80th Masters began for real.

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Venus loses, Kerber advances in Charleston CHARLESTON — Venus Williams is out of the Volvo Car Open, losing to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakstan 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4.

Williams, seeded third and ranked 14th, had a chance to gain a place in the top 10 had she won this match. Instead, Putintseva won five of the final six games Thursday to advance.

Kerber is the defending champion after winning the title in last year’s Family Circle Cup.

Alumni game Saturday Lakewood High School will host a Lakewood/Furman/

OBITUARIES WILLIAM T. NOONAN SR. William Thomas “Bill” Noonan Sr., 75, beloved husband of 50 years to Sandra Andrews Noonan, died on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at his residence.

Born on June 24, 1940, on Long Island, New York, he was the second son of five children NOONAN born to the late Edward and Mary Noonan.

Bill attended St. John’s High School in Washington, D.C., where he excelled in both football and baseball. He accepted a football scholarship offer to attend Furman University in Greenville, where he played for three years. He received his bachelor of arts in 1963 and a master’s degree from Appalachian State in 1970.

He began a rewarding career of teaching and coaching at Wade Hampton High School in Greenville. Two years later, he accepted a similar position at Edmunds High School and moved to Sumter in July of 1965. He served as a teacher and head football coach at Sumter High School.

It was during this time that Bill met and married Sandy Andrews.

Bill was selected to the position of county administrator in August of 1990 and held that position for the next 21 years. Those years also provided an opportunity for increased involvement in community organizations such as the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce; the Sumter / Lee Development Board; the United Way of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties; the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club board; Leadership Sumter; Leadership South Carolina; the Governor’s Initiative for Work Force Excellence; the Sumter County Career Center board; and Sumter School District 17 board of trustees.

Bill served as secretary of

Mayewood alumni baseball game on Saturday at the Lakewood baseball field beginning at noon. Money raised from the event will go into the Lakewood baseball program.

The cost is $10 for each participant. Admission is $5 for spectators.

Chicken Bog will be served to participants and spectators and concessions will be available. There will also be a bake sale.

There will be a Home Run Derby and baserunning competition for participants.

For more information, call Bill DeLavan at (803) 968-3866.

the board for the South Carolina Association of Counties for 12 years and a trustee of the South Carolina Association of Counties Workers Compensation and Liability Trust Fund before leaving office in 2011.

Prior to closing out his career, Bill was awarded South Carolina Association of Counties, President Cup, Recognition of Outstanding Leadership and Contribution to County Government in South Carolina. The Presidents Cup is the highest honor presented by the association.

Bill was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church; Wesley Fellowship member and teacher; St. Johns Military High School Sports Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C.; a Little League Football Coach at the YMCA; a member of the Sumter County Museum; Brohun Lake Club; Jimmie Snyder Sailing Club; Sumter County Sports Hall of Fame; Freddie Solomon Foundation; and St. Anne Catholic Church.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Dr. William Thomas Noonan Jr. and his wife, Kathleen, of Sumter and their children, Riley, Will, Charlie and Kate, and James Edward Noonan and his wife, Anne, of Charleston and their children, Mairin, Ashlin, Kellan and Ryann; two daughters, Lisa Noonan Howard and her husband, Norman, of Florence and their children, Grayce, Caroline, Emily and Sarah, and Laurie Noonan Merchant and her husband, David, of Sumter and their children, Hannah, Pate, Sam and Connor; three brothers, Edward G. Noonan and his wife, Roseanne, of North Fort Myers, Florida, Albert F. Noonan and his wife, Pauline, of Richland, Washington, and Francis X. Noonan and his wife, Barbara, of Annapolis, Maryland; one sister, Elaine N. Ellwood and her husband, Dr. Leslie C. Ellwood, of Fairfax, Virginia; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Aldersgate United Methodist

Reds 10

Marlins 6

Phillies 6 CINCINNATI — Jay Bruce homered twice and matched a career high with five RBIs, and Cincinnati made a winner of top pitching prospect Robert Stephenson in his major league debut by beating Philadelphia 10-6 to complete a season-opening sweep.

Nationals 4 WASHINGTON — Miami reliever David Phelps entered after a rain delay and shut out Washington for four innings while delivering his first career RBI at the plate, and the Marlins won 6-4 Thursday to spoil the Nationals’ sloppy home opener.

Giants 12

White Sox 6

Dodgers 6

Athletics 1

SAN FRANCISCO — Hunter Pence hit a grand slam in the eighth, Joe Panik drove in three runs and keyed San Francisco’s comeback over Los Angeles 12-6.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Mat Latos gave up one hit over six innings for his first win since last July as Chicago beat Oakland 6-1 on Thursday to give manager Robin Ventura his

Church with the Rev. Dr. Webb Belangia officiating.

Pallbearers will be Charles Herman Andrews IV, Daniel Jenkins Andrews, James Kellan Noonan, William Thomas Noonan III, Michael Scott Segars, Leverett Adams Owens, Monty Seth Warner, Tanner Andrews Parker and Patrick Francis Noonan.

Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Herlong, Don Herlong, Joe B. Davis, Hugh B. Betchman, William N. Sharpe, Randy Brown, John Duffie, Gary Mixon, Eddie Brown, Jonathan Bryan, Wesley Fellowship Class and Mt. Vernon Coffee Club.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be to Aldersgate Unit-

ed Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150; St. Anne Catholic Church, 216 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150; Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 107 Westpark Blvd No. 150, Columbia, SC 29210; or Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, 26 Council St., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

300th career win.

Yankees 8 Astros 5

NEW YORK — Mark Teixeira sliced a tiebreaking, threerun homer in the seventh and Starlin Castro connected again, sending New York past Houston 8-5 Thursday.

Orioles 4 Twins 2

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BALTIMORE — Ubaldo Jimenez pitched seven sharp innings and Baltimore rallied to beat Minnesota 4-2 Thursday for a three-game sweep.

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

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RUFUS M. MCCRAY Funeral service for Rufus Malik McCray will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Crestwood High School, Sumter.

Burial will be in Mt. Zion Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Olanta, directed by Bacote-Eaddy Funeral Home.

He died on SunMCCRAY day, April 3, 2016.

He was born on March 22, 2000, a son of Luke and Linda Thomas McCray. He was a sophomore at Crestwood High School. He had a passion for bikes and motorcycles. He was a proud fan of the Carolina Panthers. He also enjoyed music and dancing.

Survivors include his parents, Luke and Linda McCray; a sister, Desiree Goodman; three brothers, Jeblonski (Angela) Green, Luke (Brittany) McCray and Chavis (Stephanie) McCray; grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. Robert (Carrie) Mosley; seven aunts, Sandra (Jerry) Jones , Sharon (Remmer) Vereen, Linda (Levern) Gamble, Pearl Epps, Georganna Johnson, Tarah Cousar Johnson and Monica Foster; six uncles, Willie McCray, Monroe (Mary Ann) McCray, Benjamin (Elizabeth) McCray, J.A. (Mary) Walker, Gerald Cousar and Robbie (Alisha) Mosley; and a host of other loving relatives and dear friends.

The family is receiving friends at 5035 Narrow Paved Road, Olanta.

DAVID J. FULTON NEW ZION — David James Fulton died on Saturday, April 2, 2016.

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

Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday at Hayes F. & FULTON LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning, with the Rev. Ernest W. Frierson officiating, the Rev. Debra Bradley presiding, and Pastor Brad Griese, the Rev. Shirley McKnight and Minister Lavern Epps assisting. Burial will follow in Ladabar AME Church Cemetery.

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

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

ROSA MAE BELLE BISHOPVILLE — Rosa Mae Belle entered eternal rest on April 2, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Lee Central High School, Bishopville, with Minister Kevin Belle presiding and Elder Ricky Harriott, eulogist. Interment will follow in St. Paul Wisacky Cemetery, Lynchburg.

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

BETTY JEAN GARDNER Betty Jean Gardner, 70, departed this life on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at NHC Heathcare.

She was born on Aug. 29, 1945, in Sumter, a daughter of Matthew DuRant and the late Josephine Wilson DuRant.

The family will be receiving friends at the home of her sister, Stephanie DuRantBrooks, 108 Pinewood Road.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

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

Born on Oct. 28, 1938, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Richard Woodson McKinney Sr. and Mary Louise Hinson Atkinson. He was later raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kershaw Hinson.

Woody retired from Korn Industries. He began working early as a delivery boy for a

local grocery store, then worked at Lawson’s Pharmacy and was part owner of Swan Lake Pharmacy. His other workplaces included Southern Coatings, Brick Street Coffee Break and la bella vita.

A devoted member of the Church of The Holy Comforter, Woody served in many ways, including as an acolyte in his early youth; working on many committees; being a member of the Monday Afternoon Book Group; serving on the Vestry; and being a Lay Reader. He was especially honored to become a Diocesan Lay Reader and, in that capacity, served not only his church but also other area churches and missions for more than 50 years. In the summer of 2015, Woody and several other members were honored at a reception for their many years of dedicated service to the church.

A lifelong resident of Sumter, Woody loved his hometown, its people, and his church. He was devoted to his family and a steadfast friend to many. For years he was a familiar figure as he walked his daily five-mile route, cane in hand, waving to people as they passed. His warm, friendly personality and positive approach to life made him a pleasure to be around. Kind, thoughtful and polite to all ages, Woody had a gift for making people feel comfortable and for showing genuine interest in them and their lives. His stories about the older days of Sumter never ceased to entertain and instruct; newcomers to the Heart of Sumter Neighborhood certainly benefited from his knowledge of their homes.

Woody’s presence will be missed by many.

Surviving are two brothers, Danny Ray Atkinson (Nancy) of Fripp Island and Michael Ernest Atkinson (Julie) of Sarasota, Florida; two sisters, Mary Ann Brockman (Gene) of Ladson and Patricia A. Foster (Larry) of Isle of Palms; one stepbrother, Jerry Atkinson of Sumter; one stepsister, Joyce Atkinson of Sumter; one sister-in-law, Teri Atkinson; and numerous nieces and nephews whom he adored.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Nathan Marshall Atkinson.

Memorial services will be held at noon on Monday at the Church of the Holy Comforter. Burial will be in the Church of the Holy Comforter Memorial Garden.

The family will receive friends in the church parish hall following the service.

Memorials may be made to the Church of the Holy Comforter, P.O. Box 338, Sumter, SC 29151 or to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210.

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

departed this life on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

He was the third of four children. Sammie was educated in Sumter County public schools and became a skilled carpenter under the guidance of Daniel McGhaney.

Throughout his life, he had numerous jobs but always returned to his beloved carpentry. Although Sammie never married, he was the loving father of three daughters. He was a helpful friend, a funloving and doting uncle, a loving and caring grandfather and a loving and helpful brother and son. Sammie was known for his friendliness, easy-going personality and smiling face. He was also known for his willingness to pull up a chair at any table for a good meal. In his later years, he came to know Christ as his personal savior and studied God’s word in order to change his life.

He leaves to cherish his memory: three beautiful daughters, Latoya Shawndra’ Gadson, Angela Monique Ricks and Rosalynd Niesha Witherspoon; a loving mother, Ellen G. Coleman; a brother, Harold (Shirley) Coleman; two sisters, Minnie Marie Coleman and Mary Ellen King; a special sister/cousin, Linda Houck-Leneau; a special uncle/cousin, James Louis Glisson; seven grandchildren, Jonathan W.S. Gadson, Dai’ja A.N. Ricks, Jordan L. Gadson, Jaylon C.J. Gadson, Jayvon R. Gadson, Bailey W. DeWey and Da’vieon A.N. Ricks; two uncles, James Houck and John Glisson; four aunts, Ruth Clyburn, Ruth Jackson, Emma Garrison and Della (Johnnie) Davis; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Harold Coleman; a brother-in-law, Frankie King; six uncles, John Coleman, Israel Houck, Clarence Gilbert, Alfred Mackey, Willie Hargrove and Chinia Jackson; six aunts, Betty Glisson, LouEthel Harris, Mattie Lee, Ruth Houck, Katie Mackey, Elzona Gilbert and Annie Mae Hargrove; and a grand nephew, Tywione Coleman.

Sammie will be missed by all who knew him.

Public viewing will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

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

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Canty Memorial Church of God In Christ, 873 Woodcrest St., Sumter, with Elder Eugene Canty officiating. Interment will follow in Smith Cemetery.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 665 Duffie Drive, Wedgefield.

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

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

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WALTER M. BREWER Walter Murray Brewer, 81, died on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at his home.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Richard and Rachel Wells Brewer. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a retired heavy equipment operator.

Survivors include three children, Melissa Kelly of Elgin, Sandra Stevens of Lexington and Wellington M. Brewer of Sumter; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Pearl Geddings of Sumter; and a brother, William Brewer of Florence.

He was preceded in death by eight siblings.

Services will be private.

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

SAMMIE COLEMAN Sammie Coleman was born on Nov. 11, 1951, in Sumter County, to Ellen Coleman and the late Harold Coleman. He

Lizzie Johnson entered eternal rest on April 7, 2016, at her residence, 4312 Elliott Highway, Lynchburg.

The family is receiving friends at the residence.

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

AMELIA C. WILEY Amelia Choice Wiley was born on Aug. 28, 1946, in Sumter, to the late John Henry and Sallie Gathers Choice.

She slipped peacefully into eternal rest on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in the comfort of her home.

Amelia was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Ebenezer High School. She retired from Sumter School District 2 after 28 years of faithful service. She was a member of High Hills AME Church, where she sang in numerous choirs and was an active member of the Edward Robinson Floral Club and Emma Louise Robinson Womens Missionary Society. Amelia was also a proud member of the Golden Girls of Sumter.

Amelia leaves her warm and precious memories to: one son, Bryant (Amanda)

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016 Wiley of Wedgefield; two devoted daughters, Jawanda (Frederick) Stukes of Rembert and Shalanda Wiley of Sumter; two sisters, Louise Hunter of Vineland, New Jersey, and Albertha Hales of Sumter; one aunt, Elnora Gathers of Sumter; two granddaughters, Angelica and Taryn; her spouse, George Wiley of Sumter; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mrs. Wiley will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at High Hills AME Church with Pastor Stanley Rivers officiating. Interment will follow in High Hills AME Church Cemetery.

The family will be receiving friends at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, 850 Carmiler Lane, Wedgefield.

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

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

LULA CLINE Lula Gray Harris Cline, 92, beloved wife of the late William Everette Cline Sr., died on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

LILLIAN S. DAVIS Lillian Skinner Davis, 93, widow of Frank Davis, transitioned from the earthly realm to the heavenly realm on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Born on April 1, 1923, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late David and Elenora Taylor Skinner. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior and joined Mount Bethel Baptist Church, where she served with the senior choir until her health would not allow her to continue.

She is survived by seven children, William (Elouise) of Rembert, Rosa (Lee) of District Heights, Maryland, Henry (Judy) of Landover, Maryland, Emma of the home, Nancy (Sam) of Rembert, Robert of Washington, D.C., and Larry of the home; 25 grandchildren; 40 greatgrandchildren; 10 great-greatgrandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; two caregivers, Frances Blyther and Barbara Rivers; and a host of other relatives and friends.

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held at noon on Saturday at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, 9250 Camden Highway, Rembert, with the Rev. Freddie Thomas, pastor, eulogist, assisted by Pastor Robert Faulk.

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

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

Flower bearers will be granddaughter and nieces.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.

Burial will be in Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.

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

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

CHARLES E. JOHNSON Charles Edward Johnson, 62, widower of Gloria Johnson, was called to eternal rest on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia.

Born on Nov. 3, 1953, in Lee County, he was a son of Carola Lewis Johnson and the late Willie “AB” Johnson. He received his education from the Lee County public cchools. He worked with Sloan Construction Co. for many years and briefly with Palmetto Construction until retirement. At an early age, he attended Mt. Calvary Holiness Church.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his mother, Carola Lewis Johnson of Sumter; his children, Richard (Onesha) Washington of Sumter, Charles (Coco) Johnson Jr. of Charlotte, North Carolina, Stephany (Erica) Soto of Wedgefield, Tamara (Tyrell) Stavis of Sumter and Le’Toya (Donte) Johnson of Fayetteville, North Carolina; a stepson, Sherod Wells of Phoenix, Arizona; two sisters, Diann and Margaret Johnson of Sumter; one brother, Willie Sammie Johnson of Sumter; one uncle; five aunts; and a host of nieces, nephews, inlaws, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Calvary Holiness Church, 771 Central School Road, Rembert, with Evangelist Maggie Williams officiating, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 40 Starview Court, Dalzell.

The funeral procession will leave at 1:20 p.m. from the home, 40 Starview Court, Dalzell.

Floral bearers will be nieces and friends.

Pallbearers will be nephews and friends.

These services have been entrusted to the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

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

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Inventory sale 673 W Liberty St. Next Generation Thrift Fri 10-3 Sat 7-12

Roofing

3000 Old York Rd. Williamsburg S/D off Stamey Livestock Rd. Sat. 8 am - 12 pm. Too much to list!

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

210 Wilson St. Sat. 9th 7:30-1, cleaning out shed, tools, drills, saws, tables, pictures, treadmill, portable A /C and other items.

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

Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

Septic Tank Cleaning

We will be happy to change your ad if an error is made; however we are not responsible for errors after the first run day. We shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the printing or omission of an advertisement. We reserve the right to edit, refuse or cancel any ad at any time.

Help Wanted Full-Time

Giant Yard Sale Fundraiser SHS Drama Dept. Sat April 9 8am-12pm Westside Baptist Church 554 Pinewood Rd Something for everyone!

MOVING Sat. 9th 8-12. Housewares and desk. 2365 Autumn Terrace Dalzell.

Multi-family 1122 Pinewood Rd. Sat 7am - until. Something for everyone.

For Sale or Trade Sequal Eclispe 3 portable oxygen concentrator, 3 liter with extra rechargeable battery. Asking $1700 OBO. Call 803-778-2800 leave message.

Computer desk, has 3 shelves on side, excellent condition $15. Call 803-773-1078 Aluminum cargo carrier never been used $100 Call 803-494-2361 Hospital bed 803-481-8878

rails,

$25

Engine stand, $25 803-494-4825 for details.

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time 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 I would like to locate a lady to live in a nice home in Sumter, and occasionally check on a male patient. If interested mail name, address, & phone number to P-438 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151

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 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

Help Wanted Part-Time PT floral designer. Includes Saturdays. Must have floral shop exp.

Excepting applications at The Daisy Shop 343 Pinewood Rd. No phone calls please.

Retired handyman to do odd jobs & maintain yard. For an on call basis.

Call 803-494-5447

Work Wanted Willing to work your garden for 1/2 of the yield or $10 per hour. I am 65, lives with niece, Monique, in downtown Manning 803-410-8478. I do not drive. References Tommy Dabbs 803-983-2200

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DVD television seasons (played once) Charlies Angels (1,2,4) and Third Rock From The Sun (1-4). $20 Call 803-934-0910 Rabbits, two female, cage & all supplies $25. Call 803-840-5115 leave msg.

NOW HIRING

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311.

Open 7 Days a week 9am-8pm

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

Sirius XM Satellite Radio Stratus 7 Yehi $75/OBO. Call 803-774-2322 One small trailer big enough for one lawn mower $100. Call 803-481-2995

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

Like New: nice lounge chair $175, black office chair $150 & exercise bike $250. Call 481-3754.

Tag Sale 2800 Lillington Dr Sat 7am Lawn equip., hshld, linens, freezer, bikes, furn.,sm truck tool box, brass bed, christmas items & more. No Early Sales

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

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.

Church Yard Sale Sat. April 9th Wise Drive Baptist Church 2751 South Wise Drive 7am-11am.

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

Carolina Helping Paws Rescue, Benefit Yard Sale/Bake Sale, Northwoods Senior Living Center, 1267 N. Main St., Sat. 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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

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

Help Wanted Full-Time

1772 Anburn Dr Sat 8-12 Proceeds going to Relay for Life!

Tree Service

1742 Clover St. Sat 8-? Comforter sets, baby items, toys, animal toys, fans & cages, Lots of misc items!

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

Yard Sale! April 9th 7-12, look for the red balloon. 1018 Decatur St.

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

4920 John Franklin (Off Eagle Rd) Sat 7-1. table/4chairs,twin beds/desk, dresser,

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net

3315 Tamarah Way, Sat. 9th 7am-12pm. Multi. family yard sale.

Multi Family 406 Major Dr (Manning) Sat 7-?

Lots of good stuff!

World Veterinary Day 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

$

10

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

DEADLINE: TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2016 • PUBLISH: APRIL 30, 2016

P Pursuant to §6-1-80 §6 1 80 off the h SC Code C d off Laws, L public bli notice i is i hereby given that Clarendon County Council will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 PM on Monday, May 9, 2016 at the Administration Complex, Council Chambers, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, S.C., to consider Ordinance #2016-02 to Adopt the County Budget for FY 2016-17.

General Fund FY2015/16 (current) Revenues: General Fund FY2015/16 (current) Expenses:

$ 22,574,872.00 $22,574,872.00

General Fund FY2016/17 (budget) Revenue: General Fund FY2016/17 (budget) Expenses:

$ 20,957,227.00 $ 21,518,172.00

Change in Operating Budget:

[4.68%]

FY2015/16 (current) millage for General Fund:

148.5

Millage (in dollars) for FY2016/17 Budget:

$ 14,330,602.00

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

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803-774-1263 mary@theitem.com

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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

RENTALS Mobile Home Rentals 16x80 2BR/2BA, No kids/pets, $450/m Call 1pm-8pm 803-464-6780

Manufactured Housing 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).

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015 Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350

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

REAL ESTATE

LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice Destruction of Special Education Records (300.573) Sumter School District will be destroying special education records for students exiting during or prior to the 2010-2011 school year. Records being destroyed include all special education referral records, evaluation reports, testing protocols, notifications of meetings, Individual Education Plans (IEP), reviews of existing data summaries, and all other personally identifiable information therein. Under state and federal law, special education records must be maintained for a period of five years after special education services have ended.

Former students over the age of 18, or parents of students over the age of 18, who have retained parental rights through the court's determination, may obtain special education records by contacting and making an appointment with Mrs. Lillarweise Seymore at (803) 774-5500 (ext. 210).

Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application

Homes for Sale 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

GOODWIN AUTOMALL

IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR FULL-TIME LUBE, OIL TECHNICIAN Health Insurance Available • 401K Plan Paid Vacation and Holidays

Contact Chris Weber at 803-469-2595 or apply in person at GOODWIN AUTOMALL 2700 Broad Street • Sumter, SC 29150

Notice is hereby given that Jay Shriram Group, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at 800 Miller Road, Suite #8, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 17, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same

Beer & Wine License

Beer & Wine License

county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Country Cajun, LLC DBA KayDeAeis intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine and Liquor at 2390 Broad Street, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 24, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Notice Of Application

Notice is hereby given that Busy Bee LLC of Sumter The intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at 660 West Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 10, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific

GOODWIN COLLISION CENTER IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR AN EXPERIENCED PAINTER Health Insurance Available • 401K Plan Paid Vacation and Holidays

Contact Job Greenall at 803-469-2777 or apply in person at GOODWIN COLLISION CENTER 2600 Broad Street • Sumter, SC 29150

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!

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Here's My Card DAD’S SMALL ENGINES LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT • SALES & SERVICE Don & Faye 1000 Myrtle Beach Highway Sumter, SC 29153

(803) 495-4411

Parts & Service Center

Senior Citizen & Military Discount

M-F 8:00-5:00 | Sat 8:00-12:00

Piano Tuning Repairs & Refinishing

Jimmy Jordan Plumbing Service

WALKER PIANO

Repairs and New Installation

Cincinnati Conservatory Certified Since 1947

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For Expert Service

CALL ALGIE WALKER

803-506-2111

803-485-8705 19 S. Cantey Street

Over 20 years experience Cell: 803-397-6278

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Timothy L. Griffith

“Do It Yourself and Save $”

Attorney at Law

Centipede Sod

803.607.9087

Locally grown and cut fresh to your order

100 sq.ft. for $25 (minimum order)

250 sq.ft. for $55 or 500 sq. ft. for $100

LENOIR SOD 499-4717 or 499-4023 • Horatio, SC

Your Local Authorized Xerox Sales Agency

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PAULETTE

Ernie Baker

McLean Marechal Insurance Associate Agent 712 Bultman Drive | Sumter, SC 29150 Sumter: 803-774-0118 | Florence: 843-669-5858 Cell: 803-491-4417 | bakee1@nationwide.com

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LEAF GUARD INSTALLATION GUTTER AND SPOUT CLEANING OR REPAIRS

RODUCTIONS

SEAMLESS ALUMINUM RAIN GUTTERS

Written Projects Workshops for Schools & Churches Mini Grants • Scripts for Videos & Radio Research Papers • Resumes • Tutoring

Call 803-468-4917 Email: patientpaul@yahoo.com

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Reasonable Rates

LAWN CARE William Bode 803-847-3324

Yard Work of all Types Dethatching/Aeration Shrub/Tree Work Fall & Spring Clean Up Straw/Mulch Pressure Washing

Tidwell Septic Tanks & Pumping SALES • INSTALLATION • PUMPING REPAIRS • DRAIN LINES TANK INSPECTION Serving Sumter & the Surrounding Areas Over 30 Years Experience • Family Owned & Operated

For all your septic tank needs!

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(Across from Hardee Cove)

905-3473

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64 Wilder Street Sumter, SC 29150 803-236-4008 or 803-773-3934

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Owner

*Free Estimates *Moving (Home & Office)

SALES & SERVICE ON ALL BRANDS

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RANDY BONNER Store Manager

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Circles & Dots

LLC

Market Plaece on Bultman 721 Bultman Drive, # A Sumter, SC 29150

where children love to shop

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