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Chicken killing suspect nabbed Bond granted for Sumter man charged in death of 300K chickens in 2 counties BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com MANNING—A $30,000 cash bond or $60,000 surety bond was granted Wednesday evening for the suspect who the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office thinks is responsible in the vandalism of 16 chicken houses and the deaths of more than 300,000 chickens in Clarendon and Sumter Counties. LOWERY The sheriff’s office estimated $1.28 million total in damages from the incidents that occurred in February. James Laverne Lowery, 44, of Gable, Sumter County, was arrested at his home about 11 p.m. Tuesday. Lowery was granted bond by Clarendon County Magistrate Judge Robin C. Locklear on the condition that he would have a GPS monitor on him for the next 90 days. Lowery is facing a bond hearing this morning in Sumter County for vandalism of a chicken farm that he allegedly was involved with in February. All of the chicken farms targeted, except the one in Sumter County, were in Clarendon County. Lowery was a chicken farmer in Sumter County

who had a contract with Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. His contract was terminated a brief time before the first chicken farms were hit in mid-February, said Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett at a press conference held Wednesday morning. Lowery faces eight counts of second-degree burglary and four counts of malicious damage to property, according to the sheriff. Additional charges may be brought later on by federal authorities and could include a statute of tampering with the food chain, Garrett said. The sheriff said that the suspect has prior pending charges in both Clarendon and Sumter counties. At the bond hearing, Sumter Attorney Marvin E. “Chip” McMillan, Jr. said that Lowery’s case is “based entirely on suspicion.” “I sympathize with these growers, they have lost a lot,” McMillan said. “But I don’t believe you have the right guy.” Chicken houses were targeted sporadically from the northern to the southern ends of Clarendon County, including Manning, Gable and Summerton areas. All of the farms targeted were contracted with Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, according to Garrett. Garrett said that he was surprised that Pilgrim’s

Pride did not provide more cooperation with the investigation. “I could have used a whole lot more cooperation than I got from them,” he said. “I think that Pilgrim’s Pride could have done a better job in assisting us in law enforcement. I’m not saying that they didn’t, but they were slow with it.” The sheriff told The Sumter Item in February that whoever was responsible for the crimes was familiar with the alarm systems the chicken houses had. The alarms control the heat, air conditioning and ventilation units inside the houses. “Whoever is doing this knows exactly how these alarms operate,” Garrett said in February. “And it is not an easy combination, but a system of switches that you have to turn on and off; you have to be familiar with chicken farms.” Garrett said that the Sheriff’s Office received no tips as a result of the $50,000 reward that Pilgrim’s Pride posted and $5,000 reward that PETA put up. “This was a result of the efforts of our dedicated investigators and law enforcement departments,” he said. Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Florence County Sheriff’s Office and SLED were involved in the investigation.

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Bond was granted Wednesday evening for James Laverne Lowery, 44, of Sumter County, the alleged suspect in the killing of 300,000 chickens in Clarendon and Sumter Counties.

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Anthony Scott holds a photo of himself, center, and his brothers Walter Scott, left, and Rodney Scott, right, as he talks about his brother at his home near North Charleston on Wednesday. Walter Scott was killed by a North Charleston police officer after a traffic stop on Saturday. The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been charged with murder.

Fatal Charleston police shooting video may have major impact a white policeman so vivid that a murder NEW YORK (AP) — Graphic videos have charge came swiftly. surfaced previously that kindled “I have watched the video and I outrage over police use of force — When can police was sickened by what I saw,” Eddie the Rodney King beating in Los Anuse lethal force? A5 Driggers, the North Charleston pogeles, last year’s chokehold death lice chief, said on Wednesday. in New York City. The new video from South Carolina is perhaps the most striking yet — its depiction of a fleeing, SEE SHOOTING, PAGE A8 unarmed black man being shot in the back by

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BOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all charges Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a jury that will now decide whether the 21-year-old should be executed or shown mercy for what his lawyer says was a crime masterminded by his big brother. The former college student folded his arms, fidgeted and looked down at the defense table in federal court as he listened to the word “guilty” recited on all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy and deadly use of a weapon of mass destruction. Seventeen of those counts are punishable by death. The verdict, reached after a day and a half of deliberations, was practically a foregone conclusion, given his lawyer’s startling admission at the trial’s outset that Tsarnaev carried out the terror attack with his nowdead older brother, Tamerlan. The defense strategy is to try to save Tsarnaev’s

life in the upcoming penalty phase by arguing he fell under the evil influence TSARNAEV of his brother. The two shrapnelpacked pressure-cooker bombs that exploded near the finish line on April 15, 2013, killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 other people, turning the traditionally celebratory home stretch of the world-famous race into a scene of carnage and putting the city on edge for days. Tsarnaev was found responsible not only for those deaths but for the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who was gunned down days later. “It’s not a happy occasion, but it’s something,” said Karen Brassard, who suffered shrapnel wounds on her legs. “One more step behind us.”

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Organizations participate in Midlands Gives campaign BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The YMCA of Sumter, Lee County First Steps and the Sumter County Museum are among more than 250 nonprofit organizations preparing for one of the largest local charitable events of the year, Midlands Gives, presented by Central Carolina Community Foundation on May 5. Midlands Gives is a 24-hour, local online giving campaign coordinated by the Central Carolina Community Foundation in Columbia. The campaign covers 11 counties in the Midlands region of South Carolina. According to the foundation, last year’s inaugural Midlands Gives campaign generated more than $700,000 for participating charities. The Sumter County Museum was one of the organizations participating in 2014, said the museum’s Executive Director Annie Rivers. “It went really well,” she said. “We made over $2,000.” The YMCA of Sumter is taking part in the campaign for the first time this year, said Membership and Program Administrator Emily Sorrell. “It is a way for Central Carolina Community Foundation to bring organizations in the Midlands together to do a massive, one-day online giving campaign,” Sorrell said. “They are providing us with all the media we need, and they have provided connections through online giving sites in order to do this in one single location.” It also allows local entities to network, she said. “It is a great opportunity for a number of foundations and nonprofits in the Midlands to get connected with each other,” she said. “If someone makes a donation to the YMCA and they see another organization within Midlands Gives they have a soft spot for, it gives them an opportunity to give to that organization as well.” Rivers said money raised by the museum would be used for renovation and maintenance of the museum’s back country exhibit. “They play a big role in our educational programs,” she said. Sorrell said the YMCA is still developing ideas to support the campaign. “Very soon we will start a campaign through Facebook and we will have links on our website (www.ymcasumter.org),” she said. “We have a number of opportunities, we just have to come up with things we think Sumter will respond to.” According to the Central Carolina Community Foundation, 252 organizations have registered for this year’s Midlands Gives, almost twice the number of organizations that participated in 2014. IT-oLogy, located on Gervais Street in Columbia, will serve as the 24-hour headquarters for the event. Giving stations, celebratory events and live television coverage will take place throughout the day. Anyone interested in making a donation on May 5, may visit www.midlandsgives.org and select the nonprofits they would like to support. A minimum contribution of $20 is requested.

Board OKs FTC tower at Sunset BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com The Sumter City and County Board of Zoning Appeals held a brief meeting during which it approved the placement of an Farmers Telephone Cooperative tower on land owned by the Sunset Country Club and approved a request allowing a property owner to convert a single-family residence into a duplex during its meeting Wednesday. Senior planner Helen Roodman said the tower will be placed more than 1,000 feet from surround-

ing residences and would hardly be visible from nearby neighborhoods. She also said the tower would not impact the recreational uses provided by the country club. Jonathan Tesseniar, a representative from FTC, said a request to place the tower at the Sunset is to accommodate the growing amount of mobile device users. He said mobile devices are replacing land lines, and the communication company would like to place the tower to meet the growing capacity of users. It is anticipated that the tower will serve customers

within a four-mile radius of its location. Moving from communication improvements to residential development, the board approved a request for multiple variances from the development standards for a duplex in order to convert the twostory structure into a multi-family unit. Donna McCullum, planning coordinator and zoning administrator, said the property does not meet exterior development standards required for the property to become a duplex, but the exterior dimensions of the building

do not pose a problem for the conversion. A previous request from the applicant to convert an adjacent single-family dwelling into a duplex was approved in 2012. The applicant, Marion Newton, said he wanted to convert the residential property because many families today are not large enough for the two-story house. No exterior alterations will be made to the structure but, now that the board has approved the conversion, the inside of the residence will be altered to fit multi-family dwelling requirements.

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the purpose of the meeting was for council to gain information and no action would be taken. Carter submitted a traffic study, Environmental Protection Agency emissions report and site plan to the Sumter Planning Department and planning director George McGregor presented that information to council Tuesday evening. McGregor said the applicant cannot provide an FAA height approval for the plant until the land has been rezoned by council. The planning director said according to the results of the traffic study provided by the applicant, it is estimated that distribution vehicles would make 160 trips, to and from the plant, every day. The study is based on the assumption that the plant would generate as many as eight “truck loads” of asphalt every hour. The impact of that amount of travel on the roads and the type of vehicle to be used was not provided in the applicant’s study. According to the traffic study, 55 percent of the trips will be taken on Frierson Road but McGregor said the applicant would need to find another route because that road would take the trucks to one of Shaw’s gates.

Sumter County Council continued its consideration to rezone 172.85 acres of privately owned property off of Frierson Road near Shaw Air Force Base during its special meeting Tuesday. Council called the meeting to receive the traffic study, environmental study, proof of Federal Aviation Administration height approval and site plan that council requested of the applicant, Bill Carter, during its regular meeting on Feb. 10 after a public hearing regarding the request. Many people from neighborhoods near Carter’s property spoke against the rezoning request because the applicant said he intends to build a hot mix asphalt plant on the land if it is rezoned. Those who spoke during the public hearing expressed concern about potential noise, odor and environmental and health impacts produced by the plant. Carter said the plan is to relocate the C.R. Jackson Inc. hot mix asphalt plant on Eagle Road to his property. At the start of the special meeting, Chairwoman Naomi Sanders said

McGregor said the site plan shows that the plant would be 1,700 feet from the nearest residential property line. Addressing environmental and health concerns, McGregor said the amount of emissions from a hot mix asphalt plant under normal working conditions is acceptable according to EPA and S.C. DHEC regulations. McGregor said according to the EPA report on emissions from hot mix asphalt plants, pollutants such as carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide will be released into the air. He said as far as he understands, a smell will emanate from the plant. After McGregor’s presentation, many of council’s questions were left unanswered by the applicant’s information. Councilman James McCain suggested that council speak with people in neighborhoods near the existing asphalt plant to find out how they are affected. Sanders said council will also make plans to take a group trip to the asphalt plant and the surrounding area. The next time Carter’s rezoning request will be reviewed is during council’s regular meeting near the end of April, and a second public hearing will be held.

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Columbia’s Dorn VA Medical Center struggles to deliver timely care COLUMBIA (AP) — Many veterans at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Columbia waited longer than a month to see a doctor, even after Congress gave the VA system an additional $16.3 billion to reduce long waits for care. Nearly 9,700 medical appointments completed at the Williams Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center between Sept. 1 and Feb. 28 failed to meet the VA’s timeliness standard, which calls for patients to be seen within 30 days, according to government data reviewed by The Associated Press. About a quarter of those appointments involved a wait of more than 61 days. Those statistics place the hospital among the VA facilities that have struggled to delivery care promptly. The Associated Press analyzed six months of appointment data at 940 VA hospitals and clinics to see whether anything has improved since a scandal over long wait times and attempts to cover them up led the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and prompted Congress to pass reform legislation in August. The review found that, nationally, the number of veterans waiting more than a month for care hasn’t declined, and the number of appointments that take more than 90 days to schedule has nearly doubled. It also found that many of the facilities struggling the most with long waits were clustered in the Southeast U.S., while delays in other parts of the country were relatively rare. VA officials in South Carolina say they’ve been hiring doctors and expanding services in order to keep pace with a steady rise in the number of vets using the VA

health care system. Officials at the two major veterans’ medical centers in the state — the Williams Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia and the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston — say they think they are making progress, more work needs to be done. Patients at the Charleston VA hospital are already far less likely to encounter a long wait for treatment. Only 1.2 percent of the appointments there failed to meet the VA’s timeliness standard, compared to 4.8 percent in Columbia. The national average is 2.8 percent. The two sites have associated VA clinics in Spartanburg, Florence, Greenville, Sumter, Orangeburg, Myrtle Beach, Anderson, Rock Hill, Goose Creek, Aiken and Beaufort. In total across the state, there were 14,613 appointments where care was delayed at least 31 days. In 736 cases, appointments were delayed more than 90 days, according to the figures. Dorn’s Director, Timothy McMurry, said his operation set up weekend and specialty clinics to attack areas with the most wait times, which included dental, rehabilitation, mental health and optometry. McMurry said Dorn has hired 39 physicians, 88 registered nurses and 40 medical clerks since last May. “We have improved it. We’ve come a long way, and we still have a long way to go,” McMurry said. In Charleston, Johnson spokeswoman Tonya Lobbestael said their system starts looking for more physicians once doctors get near 80 percent of their case load limit. Charleston’s charming setting and being near the Medical

University of South Carolina makes recruiting physicians easier, Lobbestael added. And even though the numbers of veteran patients has been growing from 5 to 7 percent every year, the center is adapting to the greater load, she said. “We want them to come. We want veterans to get the health care they deserve,” Lobbestael said. Retired Army veteran Calvin Cole, 49, said he’s been impressed with the counseling system at Dorn, which calls to remind him if he forgets an appointment. “I would say it has gotten a little easier. If I miss an appointment they call and get after me,” the 21-year Army vet-turned-realtor said. “Dorn has been really great in that area.”

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A poster depicting Uncle Sam greets clients in a pharmacy waiting room at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. According to government data reviewed by The Associated Press in March 2015, the number of patients facing long waits for treatment at VA clinics and hospitals has not dropped, even after the agency got a $16.3 billion budget boost and instituted major reforms.

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And, despite its clinical insignificance, the 30-day standard is a useful barometer for identifying VA sites that have a problem providing timely care. Ideally, any analysis of patient waits at the VA would include a look back of at least a year, if not much longer, but here that was not possible. The VA has made some adjustments in the way it calculates its statistics on delays, including doing away with a system of measuring delays from the time an appointment is entered into the VA’s scheduling software, rather than from the date when the patient actually wanted or needed to receive care. Those changes, made in late summer, had the effect of roughly halving the number of appointments that failed to meet the VA’s 30day timeliness standard and radically changing the average wait times reported by facilities. For that reason, the data the VA releases now cannot be compared directly to numbers it generated in the spring.

Everyone agrees on the problem: Many patients at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics are waiting too long to see the doctor. But what’s the best way to measure that problem? In setting out to evaluate the performance of 940 hospitals and clinics in the VA system, The Associated Press chose to focus on the number of appointments that failed to meet the VA’s own timeliness goal, which calls for patients to receive non-emergency care within 30 days. In some ways, that number — 30 days — is arbitrary. A one-month wait for a routine annual physical is hardly a burden. For someone in physical or mental pain, 30 days could be an eternity. The standard, though, is a significant one in the VA bureaucracy. Under a law passed in August, VA patients who have to wait longer than 30 days for an appointment are supposed to be offered a chance to switch to a privatesector doctor, at the VA’s expense.

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wouldn’t want to support, even implicitly, something that opposes the tenets of the faith. On closer examination, Scripture tells us that we are to be loving and ministerto those who do Faith Matters ing not regard the truth JAMIE H. of faith. What’s a cake WILSON enthusiast and believer to do? I haven’t written on the topic of same-sex couples, not because I’m shy about my beliefs, but because even the most innocent of opining can lead to gross misinterpretation of intent. People hear what they want to hear. No matter what I say, some will always hear hate. I think that businesses shouldn’t discriminate against a person, regardless of their gender, race or sexual orientation, much in the same way I believe believers shouldn’t withhold loving the

akes made by those with spiritual convictions are, in all truth, undeniably delicious, so it’s no surprise to me that the confectionery treat is the subject of recent debate. Of course, as in the case of recent events, it’s not about the cake itself, but rather what it represents. Cakes are the centerpieces to the most celebrated occasions: birthdays, retirements, anniversaries and weddings. Sometimes, I go to an event solely on the notion there will be cake. Throughout history, many seemingly innocuous things have polarized a nation: a woman, oil, New Coke. A cake is merely a confection of flour, butter, eggs and sugar, certainly nothing inherently controversial. So why can’t Christians bake wedding cakes for same-sex weddings? It’s the question I have been asking myself lately. The knee-jerk response for most believers would be because Scripture speaks against homosexuality, and one

Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Sunday — Men and women in black and white, sponsored by the Mother’s Board Ministry, at 4 p.m. Gwen China will speak. Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Saturday, April 25 — Family and friends fundraiser day 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Entertainment and refreshments provided. Bethel AME Church, 219 E. Calhoun St., announces: * Sunday — Blanch Burgess Women’s Missionary Society and YWI annual day celebration at 10:30 a.m. Minister Juanita Brown will speak. Bible Fellowship Church, 227 Broad St., announces: * Friday — Five Wishes program at 10 a.m. to discuss care decisions and end-oflife issues. Nursery provided. Briggs Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 7135 Wash Davis Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Gospel Explosion at 3 p.m. Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday, April 19 — The 96th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Sunday, April 19 — Pastoral anniversary celebration of the Rev. James L. and Ann Clark at 4 p.m. The Rev. Frank Williams Jr. will speak. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, 25 Community St., announces: * Sunday, April 26 — Pre-revival worship at 10:30 a.m.

* Wednesday-Friday, April 29-May 1 — Revival at 7 nightly. Moderator Sammie D. Simmons will speak. Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday — Relay for Life yard sale from 7 a.m. until everything is gone. Barbecue fundraiser will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost is $7 per plate and includes barbecue pork, hash, rice, slaw, green beans, bread and pound cake. * Sunday-Friday, June 21-26 — Vacation Bible School will be held from 6 to 8 nightly. Free dinner will be served each evening at 5:30. This year’s program is “EVEREST — Conquering Challenges with God’s Mighty Power.” For 4K through 6th grade. Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Sunday — Pastoral anniversary program of Aurelia G. Hill at 3:30 p.m. High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, April 19 — Women’s Day observance during 10:15 a.m. worship. Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Today-Saturday — Festival on the Avenue events as follows: 7 p.m. Thursday, the living museum at Mt. Zion; 8 a.m. Friday, golf tournament at Crystal Lakes Golf Course; 6 p.m. Friday, live music at the South Sumter Farmer’s Market; and 10 a.m. Saturday, parade at the corner

of South Main and Bartlette streets, followed by food and music at 11 a.m. * Sunday — Gospel singing during 7:45 a.m. worship featuring the Singing Sensations Youth Choir of Baltimore, Maryland. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Café 10 a.m.-noon. Sheila Solomon, Golda Gordon and B. Patel will share their testimonies. www.knittingheartsministry.org Mount Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5918 S.C. 260, Manning, announces: * Saturday, April 18 — Pastor’s banquet at 6 p.m. at F.E. DuBose Center, 3351 Sumter Highway. The Rev. Bennie Colclough of Providence Christian Church. * Sunday, April 19 — Pastor’s anniversary program at 3 p.m. The Rev. Gary D. Miller will speak. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday, April 19 — Woman’s Day / women’s ministry anniversary worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. Audrey P. Neal will speak. Mount Zion United Methodist Church, 130 Loring Mill Road, announces: * Sunday — United Methodist Women, family and friends day at 4 p.m. Dr. Arlecia Simmons will speak. Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry

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them based on their sexual orientation, which is absolutely correct. I have no right to judge them, but I do have the right to practice my faith in a reasonable fashion. These and similar questions will surface, which means believers who favor traditional marriage or other controversial subjects must be prepared to defend their beliefs, not based on popular opinion, but on what Scripture says. Then, in complete love and kindness, we should stand by those convictions. If I may insert something deeply personal, my heart breaks for homosexuals and those that support their cause who feel that we religious types harbor hate toward them. That is the most morally objectionable thing of all. Perhaps it’s best to keep in the habit of developing meaningful relationships with others regardless of their lifestyle. Maybe over a piece of cake. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

tian” program at 4 p.m. * Sunday, April 19 — St. Mark window rally during 10 a.m. service.

Church Road, announces: * Sunday, April 26 — Women’s day service at 10:45 a.m. Audrey Potts Neal will speak.

Three Pillars Missionary Baptist Church, 1205 N. Main St., announces: * Sunday-Friday, April 12-17 — Revival services at 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 nightly Monday-Friday. Speakers vary. Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Saturday — The Singing Sensations Youth Choir of Baltimore, Maryland, will provide music at 5 p.m. * Saturday, April 18 — Health and wellness fair 8 a.m.-noon

New Covenant Presbyterian Church, 907 Legare St., announces: * Sunday, April 19 — Church anniversary program at 9 a.m. The Rev. Cornell Hampton will speak. Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday, April 26 — Lynda Randle (www.lyndarandle. com) will perform in concert at 6:30 p.m. A love offering will be received and refreshments will follow. Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Monday, April 20 — Widow’s luncheon at 11 a.m. * Tuesday, April 21 — Wylma DuBose Group WMU meeting at 10 a.m. at Joyce Hodge’s home. South Jordan River Union announces: * Saturday, April 18 — Youth conference. Workshops and Bible study beginning at 10 a.m. Oratorical speaker, choir singing and praise dancing at 2 p.m. Workshops will include parenting, fire safety and bullying. St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday — Adult Choir’s “Taking It Back” old time gospel program at 4 p.m. * Saturday, April 18 — Adult Choir’s “Worst Dress Chris-

Unity Universal Baptist Church, 409 Boulevard Road, announces: * Sunday, April 26 — Church anniversary program at noon Apostle Frankie L. Perry will speak. Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Sunday, April 19 — CWC Women’s Day program at 4 p.m. Minister Cherry Harvin will speak. Wayman Chapel AME Church, 160 N. Kings Highway, announces: * Saturday — Car wash and fish fry beginning at 8 a.m. Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 2225 Conyers Road, Paxville community, Manning, announces: * Sunday — 14th pastoral anniversary celebration of the Rev. Clifford Gaymon at 11 a.m. The Rev. George P. Windley Jr. will speak.

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When can police use lethal force against a fleeing suspect BY ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The law gives police officers latitude to use deadly force when they feel physically endangered, but there’s far less legal flexibility when it comes to opening fire at fleeing individuals. Here’s a look at legal issues raised by Saturday’s police shooting in South Carolina in which video recorded by a bystander shows a black man being shot in the back and killed as he runs away.

IS THERE A FEDERAL LEGAL STANDARD TO JUDGE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF POLICE USE OF FORCE? Yes. The Supreme Court held in a 1989 case, Graham v. Connor, that the appropriateness of use of force by officers “must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene,” rather than evaluated through 20/20 hindsight. That standard is designed to take into account that police officers are frequently asked to make split-second decisions during fast-evolving confrontations, and should not be subject to overly harsh second guessing. The Justice Depart-

ment cited that legal threshold last month when it declined to prosecute former Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death last summer of an unarmed black 18-yearold.

CAN POLICE OFFICERS SHOOT AT FLEEING INDIVIDUALS? Only in very narrow circumstances. A seminal 1985 Supreme Court case, Tennessee vs. Garner, held that the police may not shoot at a fleeing person unless the officer reasonably believes that the individual poses a significant physical danger to the officer or others in the community. That means officers are expected to take other, lessdeadly action during a foot or car pursuit unless the person being chased is seen as an immediate safety risk. In other words, a police officer who fires at a fleeing man who a moment earlier murdered a convenience store clerk may have reasonable grounds to argue that the shooting was justified. But if that same robber never fired his own weapon, the officer would likely have a much harder argument. “You don’t shoot fleeing fel-

ons. You apprehend them unless there are exigent circumstances — emergencies — that require urgent police action to safeguard the community as a whole,” said Greg Gilbertson, a police practices expert and criminal justice professor at Centralia College in Washington state. Gilbertson said he thought the video of the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, was “insane” given what he said was the apparent lack of justification. Though the legal standard has been established, courts continue to hear cases involving use of force against fleeing felons under a variety of circumstances. Just last year, the Supreme Court sided with Arkansas police officers who were sued over a high-speed, two-state chase that ended with the deaths of the fleeing driver and his passenger.

IN CASES WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST A FLEEING PERSON, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

poses a balancing test for an officer, said Chuck Drago, a police practices expert and former Oviedo, Florida, police chief. “Am I creating more of a danger by chasing this person than if I let this person stay at large?” Drago said. “Especially in a vehicle pursuit, is it worth risking everyone on the road to catch this guy?” In a pursuit on foot, the more reasonable option might be to call for backup, including perhaps with a police dog, so that other officers can set up a perimeter and trap the suspect, Drago said. In the South Carolina case, the former lawyer for the North Charleston officer, Michael Thomas Slager, said Monday that Slager felt threatened and had fired because Scott was trying to grab his stun gun — an older model that would have had to have been manually reloaded. But if in fact the stun gun was on the ground at the time Scott fled, Drago said, then “there is no longer a threat. The threat is gone.” There’s also no indication on the video that the officer

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n a crude and cruel cross amid jeers and tears, God’s only Son, Jesus, died a terrible and painful death. On the third day, Jesus escaped the grave, the stone unmoved. Easter is not about defeat; Easter is about victory! It was God’s plan for our salvation; He watched His own Son die a slow and agonizing death to atone for our sins. God loved us that much; He loves us that much today. If we allow that one thought to dwell in our heart we will have the courage to conquer any fear and accept the gift of peace that comes with accepting His will for us. Worship this Easter and welcome God’s love into your heart.

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Baptist - Southern Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

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shouted any instructions after the physical encounter between the men. Slager, a five-year veteran of the police force, has been fired.

IS THERE A ROLE FOR FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE INVESTIGATION? The FBI and the department’s Civil Rights Division are working together to examine the case. Though the officer faces a state murder charge in South Carolina, the federal government will be looking at the shooting for potential civil rights violations. That means federal agents and prosecutors will look to establish that the officer willfully deprived Scott of his civil rights and used more force than the law allowed. The Justice Department often investigates police use of force, though not all investigations result in prosecution. In some cases, such as in the 1991 beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, federal prosecutors have moved forward either with their own investigation or prosecution after the conclusion of a state case.

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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.S.S.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am

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Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

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Sumter Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm

St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm

Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

Presbyterian USA First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Ray Fancher Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 a.m. Hospitality/Fellowship 10:10 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Night Church Schedule: 4:45 p.m. Children & Youth 5:00 p.m. Adults 6:30 p.m. Supper (all ages)

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A dark Crystal and Josh Gad lead ‘The Comedians’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Even Billy Crystal knows that a little Billy Crystal goes a long way. That’s why he’s smart enough to keep his part in the new comedy “The Comedians” (10 p.m., FX, TV14) to a certain minimum. Sometimes you find yourself wanting more. Crystal, who made his notable sitcom debut in “Soap” in 1977, teams up with Josh Gad, a talent at the endearing heart of the shock-value musical comedy “The Book of Mormon” and a voice at the center of “Frozen,” the latest generation-defining animated musical to come from the Disney fantasy factory. “The Comedians” offers what looks like a loosely scripted glance at the backstage shenanigans of a latenight sketch comedy starring Crystal and Gad as themselves. Many of the quieter scenes involve Stephnie Weir as Kristen Laybourne, the put-upon producer charged with corralling the egos and insecurities of two professionally immature performers. Matt Oberg is Mitch Reed, the head comedy writer with the demeanor of an undertaker. Megan Ferguson flits in and out of the picture as a fetching young assistant, who makes the most of Mitch’s obvious crush. As backstage comedies go, “The Comedians” is closer to Showtime’s “Episodes” than “The Larry Sanders Show,” the real gold standard for this genre. But it certainly deserves mention in the same sentence with those two gems. And that’s no faint praise. An irrepressible throwback, Crystal and his show trade in ancient humor about Jewish guilt, food issues and pastrami. There’s a recurring crucifixion sight gag that’s so old-school its shock value may have come back in to style. And we’re continually reminded of Crystal’s lessthan-successful movies as well as Gad’s turn in the quickly yanked NBC comedy “1600 Penn.” Who knows if “The Comedians” will thrive? At the

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Billy Crystal and Josh Gad star in the pilot episode of FX’s “The Comedians” which airs tonight at 10 p.m. very least, it will be remembered as the show that introduced America to Stephnie Weir. • “Louie” (10:30 p.m., FX, TVMA) enters its fifth season with its star’s miserable selfesteem very much intact. When he finds himself putting even his therapist to sleep with his litany of woes, he realizes he is not merely a jerk, but a boring jerk. Somehow this insight spurs him to re-volunteer to provide a dish for a PTA potluck dinner. In typical “Louie” fashion, he arrives at the wrong function, a potluck right out of the coven scene in “Rosemary’s Baby.” But his agony really begins when he arrives at the right gathering, a place where others’ perceptions of him are a private hell of Louie’s own making.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A brush with fame, then

death, on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14). • A little more than half baked on “Bones” (8 p.m. Fox, TV-14). • On two episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, TV-14), a glance back at the pilot (8 p.m.), revenge served slabcold (9 p.m.). • An atomic scientist’s murder sparks revenge on “The Blacklist” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV14). • A surrogate surrenders her life on “Backstrom” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • Winter preparations continue on “Life Below Zero” (9 p.m., National Geographic). • Dogs befriend curious critters from other species in the new series “My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Discovery Family). • Violence in the hacker world on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Barb alerts the media on “American Crime” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• The siege of Paris continues on “Vikings” (10 p.m., History, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE • A stranger (Troy Donahue) beguiles a spoiled heiress (Joey Heatherton) with tales of past loves and reincarnation in the 1965 drama “My Blood Runs Cold” (8 p.m., TCM). Donahue also teamed up with his soon-to-be-wife Suzanne Pleshette in the 1962 romance “Rome Adventure” (10 p.m.).

SERIES NOTES On two episodes of “Big Bang Theory” (CBS, TV-14), fortified (8 p.m.), dark matter (9:30 p.m., r) * On two episodes of “The Flash” (CW, r, TV-14), keeping strange company (8 p.m.), imitation games (9 p.m.) * Playing doctor on “The Odd Couple” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14). Bonnie protects a secret on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, TV14) * “Dateline” (10 p.m.,

NBC, TV-14).

LATE NIGHT Sen. Elizabeth Warren is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Amy Schumer, Kenny Smith and Joe Zimmerman appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Courtney Love, Chris Elliott and Rhiannon Giddens appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS, r) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Madonna and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Liam Neeson, Octavia Spencer and Awolnation appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC, r). Taraji P. Henson, Carice Van Houten and Keith Alberstadt visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS) is a repeat. Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate

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Can phone companies do more to block robocalls? WASHINGTON (AP) — Tired of those annoying, sometimes costly, robocalls favored by scammers? The Federal Communications Commission is being asked to consider whether more can be done to block the automated phone calls, but the options appear to be limited. The convergence of Internet and phone lines has made it easier to blast out hundreds of thousands of calls in a matter of minutes to see who takes the bait. The question of whether these calls can be blocked has never been more pressing than around tax season, when many pretend to come from the IRS. The phone companies say they worry that automatic call-blocking might run afoul of laws requiring them to connect phone calls and have asked the FCC to clarify that it doesn’t. Many carriers offer call-blocking services to consumers, sometimes for a fee. But they also don’t want regulators to create any hard-and-fast rules, which they say could be difficult to implement. Consumer groups counter that the phone companies are dragging their feet for no good reason and that, once given the green light from the FCC, could block most robocalls if they wanted. “It is time for AT&T to provide free, effective solutions to this problem immediately, so that unwanted robocalls are stopped before they reach us,” wrote Tim Marvin with Consumers Union in a recent

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Eleanor Blum, 88, solves crossword puzzles with her wireless phone next to her in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. Jeri Vargas put her elderly mother on the “Do Not Call?” list years ago. So why is the 88-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease still getting several recorded phone calls a day pitching her everything from vacation cruises to medical alert devices and fire extinguishers? letter to AT&T. The group, which has organized an online petition at EndRobocalls. com, sent similar letters to Verizon and Century Link. AT&T says it’s not as easy as it sounds. Robocallers can easily “spoof” their identity and location by pretending to be from a legitimate source or by altering the caller ID. So blocking robocalls is “a bit like a game of Whac-AMole: just as numbers are identified for blocking, the robocaller spoofs another number,” the company said

in an FCC filing. The U.S. passed the widely popular “Do Not Call” legislation in 2003. Commercial telemarketers are not allowed to call you if you’ve put your number in the registry unless they have “an established business relationship” with you. But unsolicited phone calls remain a top consumer complaint. The Federal Trade Commission, which goes after businesses for deceptive business practices, say it receives on average of 150,000 complaints a

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chel from Cardholder Services.” The automated voice recording encourages listeners to press a number, which connects them with someone who promised to lower their interest rates in exchange for an up-front fee. The FTC was able to trace the calls back to multiple people inside the U.S. and demand refund checks, but copycat scams continue. Jeri Vargas says she put her mother on the “Do Not Call” list several years ago, but the 88-year-old woman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease still gets several recorded phone calls a day pitching her on everything from vacation cruises to medical alert devices and fire extinguishers. Aggressive telemarketing calls tipped Vargas off to her mother’s failing health, she says. Yachting equipment arrived at the house one day, followed by magazines, books and light bulbs her mom didn’t need. Vargas hid her mom’s credit cards, only to find out later that a man claiming to sell fire extinguishers had her mom search through old statements to provide him a credit card number. Vargas says she thinks that robocalls were an easy way of identifying her mother as a vulnerable target. Now the phone rings all day long, but Vargas is reluctant to get rid of the line in case of an emergency. “I don’t mind if someone calls me because I can say, ‘No thank you,’” said Vargas. “But it’s hard for someone like my mom.”

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SHOOTING, FROM PAGE A1 The officer who fired the eight shots, Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager, has been fired and charged with killing 50-year-old Walter Lamer Scott after a routine traffic stop. Key questions remained about the 3-minute video, taken by a person whose identity has not been made public. Are there gaps in its portrayal of Saturday’s incident? What was the chain of custody as the video made its way to the media and then to local authorities? Yet what was depicted on the video — and subsequently viewed by untold millions worldwide — may have a profound impact. “In the African-American community, we’ve known of episodes like this for decades, but until there’s graphic video like this, our stories have not been believed,” said Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor who is now a professor of criminal law at Georgetown. “Now people are seeing what we’re talking about ... how police literally treat black people like non-human animals,” Butler said.

BOMBING, FROM PAGE A1 She said Tsarnaev appeared “arrogant” and uninterested during the trial, and she wasn’t surprised when she saw no remorse on his face as the verdicts were read. She refused to say whether she believes he deserves the death penalty, but she rejected the defense argument. “He was in college. He was a grown man who knew what the consequences would be,” Brassard said. “I believe he was ‘all in’ with the brother.” Tsarnaev’s lawyers left the courthouse without commenting. In the penalty phase, which could begin as early as Monday, the jury will hear evidence on whether he should get the death penalty or spend the rest of his life in prison. During the first stage of the trial, defense attorney Judy Clarke argued that Tsarnaev was led astray by his radicalized brother, telling the jury: “If not for Tamerlan, it would not have happened.” She repeatedly referred to Dzhokhar — then 19 — as a “kid” and a “teenager.” Prosecutors, however, por-

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The video, provided to the dead man’s family and lawyer by the person who shot the footage, shows Slager dropping his stun gun, pulling out his handgun and firing at Scott as he runs away. Scott falls after the eighth shot, fired after a brief pause. Scott’s father, Walter Scott Sr., said the policeman “looked like he was trying to kill a deer running through the woods.” The family’s lawyer, Chris Stewart, commended the person who shot the video. “He came forward to the family because what he witnessed he just knew was wrong,” Stewart said. Shot over a chain link fence and through some trees, the video begins after Scott has left his car. Slager follows him, reaching at the man with an object that appears to be a Taser stun gun. As Scott pulls away, the object falls to the ground, and Slager pulls out his handgun as Scott runs away. There is no indication that Scott was ordered to halt or surrender. The final shot sends Scott falling face-down. Slager walks toward him and orders Scott to put his hands behind his back, but the man doesn’t move. Slager pulls Scott’s

arms back and cuffs his hands, walks back to where he fired the shots, picks up the object that fell to the ground and returns to Scott’s body, dropping the object near Scott’s feet as another officer enters the scene. Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon suggested that investigators would have ascertained Slager’s culpability without the video, but the images made their job easier. “Like the family attorney said, once that video came out, things moved quickly,” Cannon said. The swift and forceful response contrasted sharply with how events unfolded after the Rodney King beating and the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York City last July King’s 1991 beating by clubwielding Los Angeles police officers was depicted in a videotape made by a man who witnessed the incident from his balcony. After four officers were acquitted in a state trial, the Justice Department filed federal civil rights charges and won convictions against two of them in 1993. In the Garner case, a grand jury decided not to indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was involved in the fatal

confrontation with the 350pound black man. A video shot by a bystander showed Pantaleo trying to arrest Garner on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes, then wrapping his arm around Garner’s neck and — along with other officers — pulling him to the ground. Garner can be heard repeatedly saying, “I can’t breathe,” before he goes limp. A medical examiner later ruled that a chokehold, along with Garner’s poor health, resulted in his death. In another explosive case last year — the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri — there was no video of the fatal shots. As in the Garner case, a grand jury declined to indict the officer. The North Charleston case intensified the ongoing national discussion about use of body cameras by police officers. State Sen. Marlon Kimpson, whose district includes North Charleston, said Wednesday he hopes the shooting helps to advance a bill he is co-sponsoring that would require all South Carolina police officers to wear body cameras. In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Ear-

nest described the new video as “awfully hard to watch” and suggested that greater use of body cameras could help improve community/police relations. “Even the investigators themselves have acknowledged that when this video evidence was presented, that it changed the way that they were looking at this case,” Earnest said. “I do think that is an example of how body cameras worn by police officers could have a positive impact in terms of building trust between law enforcement officers and the communities that they serve.” In New York City, which was shaken both by the Garner case and the recent killing of two police officers, Mayor Bill DeBlasio described the South Carolina video as “so disturbing and so painful.” He said it fueled his interest in expanding the use of police body cameras in New York. “We’re seeing things in a different light now that we have so much more video,” he said. “Things in the past that may have been mischaracterized, we’re now seeing very starkly, very honestly. And I believe that will lead to progress.”

trayed the brothers — ethnic Chechens who moved to the United States from Russia more than a decade ago — as full partners in a brutal and cold-blooded plan to punish the U.S. for its wars in Muslim countries. Jihadist writings, lectures and videos were found on both their computers, though the defense argued that Tamerlan downloaded the material and sent it to his brother. Tamerlan, 26, died when he was shot by police and run over by his brother during a chaotic getaway attempt days after the bombing. The government called 92 witnesses over 15 days, painting a hellish scene of torn-off limbs, blood-spattered pavement, ghastly screams and the smell of sulfur and burned hair.

Survivors gave heartbreaking testimony about losing legs in the blasts or watching people die. The father of 8-year-old Martin Richard described making the agonizing decision to leave his mortally wounded son so he could get help for their 6-year-old daughter, whose leg had been blown off. In the courtroom Wednesday, Denise Richard, the boy’s mother, wiped tears from her face after the verdict. The boy’s father, Bill Richard, embraced one of the prosecutors. In Russia, Tsarnaev’s father, Anzor Tsarnaev, told The Associated Press in recent days that he would have no comment. The others killed in the bombing were Lingzi Lu, a 23-year-old Chinese graduate student at Boston University,

and Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager. MIT Officer Sean Collier was shot to death at close range days later. In a statement, Collier’s family welcomed the verdict and added: “The strength and bond that everyone has shown during these last two years proves that if these terrorists thought that they would somehow strike fear in the hearts

of people, they monumentally failed.” Some of the most damning evidence at the trial included video showing Tsarnaev planting a backpack containing one of the bombs near where the 8-year-old boy was standing, and incriminating statements scrawled inside the dry-docked boat where a wounded and bleeding Tsarnaev was captured days after the tragedy.

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Clyburn: Keep on trying U.S. Representative encourages students at St. Paul Elementary School BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com SUMMERTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, representative for South Carolina’s 6th congressional district and the assistant Democratic leader, spoke on the importance of pursuing your dreams and never giving up during his visit to St. Paul Elementary School in Summerton on Monday. Clyburn, a Sumter native, spoke with the children about the challenges he endured on his road to becoming a congressman. He ran for U.S. Congress three times and lost in 1970, 1978 and 1986. But he never gave up. “A friend of mine asked me what I was going to do next,” he said. “‘Three strikes, and you’re out,’ he told me. To which I replied, ‘that’s a baseball rule, and no one should live their life by a baseball rule.’” Clyburn told the students that at times they may find themselves at a low point, but the key is to get up and keep going. “Just like the famous phrase states, if at first you don’t succeed, you must

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Congressman Jim Clyburn reads to students at Tracey Gadson Johnson’s class at St. Paul Elementary School on Monday. try and try again,” he said. “That starts with your education here at St. Paul. Remember, if you’re struggling to learn something, don’t give up, but keep on trying.” Clyburn read a Dr. Seuss book, “The Places You Will Go,” to the class and spoke about some of the things in his new book, “Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black,” that shares the lessons learned on his way from growing up in rural South Carolina to a top spot on Capitol Hill. The congressman agreed to come to St. Paul after receiving a letter from students from Tracey Gadson Johnson’s class. “We wrote letters to President Obama and Congressman Clyburn,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, President Obama was unable to visit the class, but we did receive a personal let-

ter from him.” Johnson said that she was grateful to Clyburn for sharing his inspirational message with her students. There is a connection between Johnson’s father and Clyburn. Clyburn and the late Rev. Charles Gadson grew up next door to each other in Sumter. Johnson’s grandmother, the late Emily Gadson, and Clyburn’s mother, the late Almeta Clyburn, were close friends. “(The) Rev. Gadson was my best friend,” he said. “There was no question that I would come speak to Mrs. Johnson’s class; it was just a matter of when we could arrange a time to do it.” St. Paul Principal Rosa Dingle said that she was excited for Clyburn agreeing to come to speak to the children. “This was one of those rare opportunities for the students to meet the con-

gressman who represents them, and I am very grateful for Congressman Clyburn setting aside time to come visit us,” she said. The children also were excited about his visit, asking Clyburn various questions in the Q & A, including: “Have you ever met the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and the late civil rights advocate Rosa Parks?,” “Do you know President Obama well?,” “What was your favorite subject in school?,” “What is your favorite book?” and others. One of the students asked if Clyburn ever thought that he would get to the place he was today in his career. “I’m one of those people who today is doing exactly what I was dreaming of doing when I was 8- or 9-years-old,” he said. “I’m truly blessed.”

Manning student meets president KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Manning High School Sophomore Quadri Bell never thought that an email that he sent to the White House would result in him meeting President Obama a year later. Bell and his mother, Stacy Bell, a business education teacher at Manning High, were among the 60 people that had the opportunity to meet and take photos with the president backstage during his visit to Benedict College in Columbia last month. “There were no words at that moment to describe the feeling of excitement I had in meeting the president,” he said. “I know that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I am thankful to have ex-

perienced it.” Bell said that he emailed the White House to show his support for the president and his policies. He was hoping that someone would reply. That wish came true in March when the project manager from the White House Correspondence Department called Bell on his cell phone. He said that he was at school at that time and did not answer his cell phone. The project manager then called the school and asked to speak to him directly. “They basically told me that I was invited to the event at Benedict College and that there was a possibility that I would meet the president,” he said. Bell and his mother had the opportunity to sit in a special section near the stage during

Obama’s speech, among national, state and local politicians. Bell said that he’s always been interested in politics. He started following it closely during the 2008 election, when he was 9 years old. “I was amazed to see the first black male from a major party to be elected president,” he said. Since then, Bell has become an avid fan of C-SPAN and all of the major national news channels. He knows the names and positions of most of the national and South Carolina leaders. Bell also is interested in a career in politics himself. He currently serves as the 20152016 state president of the S.C. Future Business Leaders of America, an organization that has about 3,500 members

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Manning High School Sophomore Quadri Bell and his mother, Stacy, had the opportunity to meet President Obama during his visit to Benedict College in Columbia in March. across the state. “I would like to serve in a public service capacity where I’m helping people, whether that is on a local, state or na-

tional level,” he said. Quadri is the son of Stacy and Thomas Bell, principal at Summerton Early Childhood Center.

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The 8th annual renewal of a Turbeville tradition, the 8th Annual Puddin Swamp Festival, will be here next week. Most of this year’s events will be held from Thursday, April 16 through Saturday, April 18. The fun begins this Saturday, however, with the Miss Puddin Swamp Pageant to be held at East Clarendon Middle/High School Gym. The babies to 6-year-old contestants will participate at 5 p.m. and 7 years old and older will start at 7 p.m. Participant applications are available online at www.puddinswamp.com. The Taste of Puddin Swamp, providing local cuisine, will take place on Thursday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pine Grove United Methodist Church Gym. Entertainment will be provided by The Plaids. Tickets are $20. Amusement rides will run from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. at the town square. Food vendors and amusement rides will commence at

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town square on Friday, April 17, from 5 to 10 p.m. The Threshold Band will provide musical entertainment starting at 8 p.m. New for this year will be a trolley shuttle service which will run from the East Clarendon Medical Center parking lot to town square. Saturday, April 18 will be a busy day with many fun events. Amusement rides and vendors will run all day. The Puddin Swamp 5K (3.1 mile) Run/Walk will start at 9 a.m. All proceeds from the 5K will go towards the East Clarendon Middle/High School academics program. Runners and walkers may register online at www.strictlyrunning.

com. The awards ceremony will be held at town square at 10:45 a.m. The Main Street Stage events will take place all day Saturday. Shows will feature the Scape Ore Bluegrass Company and local dance company performances. The Kritter Kontest, a beauty show for pets, will be held at 2 p.m. There will be a cornhole tournament at 3 p.m. with a top cash prize of $500 going to the winning team. Crystal River, a bluegrass gospel group, will provide the entertainment from 3 to 5 p.m. DJ music will be played from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. A fireworks extravaganza, provided by Palmetto Pyrotechnics, will be held on town square at 9:30 p.m. with the festival officially closing at 10 p.m. “We are really looking forward to another successful festival which will bring our community and county together,” said Stephen Dukes, 2015 festival chairman. For more information visit www.puddinswamp.com.

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Instead of just iceberg lettuce, carrots and tomatoes in your tossed salad, add broccoli, purple cabbage, red bell peppers and cauliflower for more color, texture, taste, fiber and nutrients. Try a new salad green along with iceberg lettuce. Add fruit to muffins. Add blueberries, raisins, shredded apple or chopped dates for more nutrients and flavor with your favorite muffin recipe. We eat with our eyes. Have you ever noticed that even a simple food tastes really good when it looks pretty on the plate? Cut your chicken salad sandwich into two triangles and a center hexagon, rather than into two halves. Now there’s a math problem for your children. Garnish the plate with a few cherry tomato halves and a fanned-out gherkin on the side. Not only does it look pretty and consequently taste better, but you get a few extra vitamins and phytochemicals from the tomatoes. Enjoy the month of April by fooling your taste buds with some healthy benefits for your body. Nancy S. Harrison is a retired food and nutrition educator with Clemson University Extension Service.

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Students climb out of disciplinary problems KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com SUMMERTON — Successfully returning to their home schools with a better understanding of the connection between a student’s behavior and its consequences is the primary goal of Clemson University’s Outdoor Youth Development Program at Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton. The program works with students from Clarendon School District 2 as an alternative to expulsion. OYDP targets students in grades six through 11, offering those who have committed serious or repetitive disciplinary offenses in school a unique learning opportunity and a second chance. The day program lasts from 45 to 90 days or more based on individual student need. “We have had a great working relationship with the staff at Clemson’s University’s Camp Bob Cooper for more than 20 years,” said Clarendon 2 Superintendent John Tindal. “The work they do with our students is a major undertaking and we appreciate the collaboration that we’ve had over the years.” The program focuses on continuing to provide academic instruction in core subject areas while the students are at the camp. It also includes counseling in an organized camp setting designed to strengthen the students’ skills in communication, social interaction, studying, critical thinking, problem solving and adventure activities. Nickolas Brookins, director of OYDP, said that the program focuses on behavior modification through positive reinforcement. “We aim to help students develop the skills that they need to be able to perform well in a school setting,” he said.

Students arrive by school bus in the morning and leave in the afternoon. During a typical day at the camp’s school, they have breakfast together and are then separated into middle school and high school groups. The students connect with teachers through a video program, and have lessons in the four core areas of math, science, English and history. Teachers at Clarendon 2 schools volunteer their planning periods to do the video lessons. High school students also keep up with their coursework through an online program. After their core coursework, the students typically work on a writing assignment in their journal, such as making up a story using certain words written on a chalkboard. They also complete a current events project. In the afternoons, students participate in the many teamwork building exercises that the camp offers. These include activities such as the vertical playground, a much more challenging activity than the climbing wall, in which students have to climb by grabbing hold of different ropes and swings. The exercise is done in pairs of two, and often when one student is struggling, the other one helps him out. They participate in various other physical activities such as Frisbee golf, volleyball and basketball. “Some of the students who come out here lack social skills,” said Brookins. “The team activities out here help develop those skills.” On some occasions, the students stay at the campground overnight in cabins under the supervision of the camp’s administration. “When you take the student out of their home setting in which they are

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A Clarendon School District 2 student assists another student at the vertical playground. Team-building exercises such as the vertical playground help to build positive character traits at Clemson University’s Youth Learning Institute’s Outdoor Youth Development Program at Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton. comfortable, you will see a change in him or her,” said Jake McClure, the camp’s program director. “Staying at the facility overnight helps the students develop skills such as responsibility.” McClure said that the students also take field trips to other camp sites that are operated by Clemson University, allowing them to be exposed to different environments. Field trips, Mc-

Clure said, are a privilege, however. “Some of these students have never been outside of this area, and they are very thankful for the opportunity to take a field trip to another location,” he said. Camp Bob Cooper is located at 8001 M.W. Rickenbaker Road in Summerton. For more information, call (803) 478-2105.

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Library offers amnesty for late returns The Harvin Clarendon County Library, in conjunction with the celebration of National Library Week, will feature an Amnesty Week for all library patrons with overdue materials. Patrons returning overdue materials April 12-18 will have those late fines deleted from their records. For more information, call the library at (803) 435-8633.

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draiser for Relay For Life on Friday, April 24, at Shannon Greens Golf Course, Manning. The Captain’s Choice tourney with 4-man teams will begin at 11 a.m. with a picnic lunch. The shotgun start is set for 11:45 a.m. A reception will follow the tournament. The fee is $50 each player with hole sponsorships at $300. Contact Johnnie Gilley at (803) 478-2323 or (803) 460-6724.

Pet Pageant The pet pageant will begin at noon on Saturday, May 2, at the Gazebo on Keitt Street in Manning. Registration is $10 per pet and begins at 11 a.m. Call Shirley Black-Oliver at (803) 4102690 or Annett at (803) 460-6679.

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Liberty Hill AME Church, Liberty Hill Church Road in Summerton, will host a gospel program in memory of Dominique Lashawn Dingle. The 6 p.m. Saturday program will feature many choirs and praise dancers, and an offering will be accepted. All proceeds will benefit Relay For Life. Contact Debra Brailsford at (803) 682-5559.

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The theme this year is Superheroes for the Friday, May 8, Relay For Life at the Manning High football fields. Cancer survivors who are not yet registered may do so at 6 p.m. The welcome prayer and survivor lap start at 7 p.m. The quiet time for reading the names of loved one begins at 9 p.m. No unattended children under 18 will be permitted.

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ner honoring all Clarendon County cancer survivors will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, April 27, at Manning First Baptist Church on Boyce Street.

SENATOR’S THOUGHTS ON N. CHARLESTON SHOOTING Today I join the many other people from across our country in the shock, disappointment and dismay of the tragic incident that happened recently in North Charleston between the police officer (Slager) and the person who was killed by him (Scott). Prior to the beginning of this legislative session in January, I signed on as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 0047, a bill sponsored by Senator Gerald Malloy of Darlington County and Senator Marlon Kimpson of Charleston County. Among other things, and perhaps most important, this bill requires that every law enforcement officer be equipped with a body camera. While body cameras won’t necessarily prevent incidents such as this, the use of them will show exactly what happened. This is good for the law enforcement officer as well as for the ‘subject’. All of us should be very thankful to the person who recorded this episode. Because of this and the fact that they gave the

Home dedication will be held for family Habitat for Humanity will hold a home dedication for Angela Kennerly and her son, TJ, at 11 a.m. Saturday at 910 Branchview Drive, Manning.

Zion Hill will celebrate 14 years with pastor Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 2225 Conyers Road, Paxville, will celebrate the 14th anniversary of its pastor, the Rev. Clifford Gaymon, at 11 a.m. Sunday. The speaker will be the Rev. George P. Windley Jr., pastor of First Baptist Missionary Church.

Youth Revival Explosion The St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church Youth Ministry will have a One-Night Youth Revival Explosion at 7650 Summerton Highway in the Silver Community of Pinewood at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. The event is free and open to the public. Please bring your youth choirs to take part in this revival explosion. All youth preachers and pastors are invited.

video to the victim’s family, there is no question as to the facts of this case. Without this video evidence, the only version of what happened would have been that of the cop. This video also hopefully prevents a lot of senseless violent protests, riots and looting, similar to what we have seen in other places. Finally, I feel that the mayor and police chief of North Charleston as well as SLED and the FBI should be highly commended in the way that this matter was handled. Let’s also be reminded that the vast majority of our law enforcement officers are good people who put their lives on the line for us every day in an attempt to protect us and our property. The bad that the few does cannot overshadow the good the most of them do. It is my hope that when we return to Columbia next week, Senate Bill 0047 can begin to be debated and hopefully passed. SEN. KEVIN L. JOHNSON Manning

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Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that PAS Enterprises, Inc. intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine and Liquor at 2742 Paxville Hwy Manning, SC 29102. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 25, 2015. 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, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

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Revenge of the help WASHINGTON — The new tell-all, “The Residence,” featuring intimate anecdotes collected from past and current White House staff members, is absolutely delicious -- and utterly lacking in nutritious content. Just as desserts should be. Washington political writers, meanwhile, have been tearing through lists of revealed secrets thinking to themselves: OMG, this is disgusting trash! Why didn’t I write it? Or was that just me? Written by political journalist Kate Andersen Brower, “The Kathleen Residence” Parker (HarperCollins) was a No. 1 best-seller in search of a typist. Now we all get to peek behind the curtain and spy on the world’s most powerful couples — and their children. Let’s just say, the help have spoken. Although the book is based on interviews with real people, this one has the distinct feel of gossip, mostly because it is. Gossip. We know it when we hear it, listen intently because it would be rude not to; and then grudgingly, we cough it up to someone else with lowered voice and the faux-pained caveat: “But please don’t tell anyone.” Sure. Brower’s book suggests people were happy to talk. From this we may infer that the taint of gossip has diminished, as previously private lives have become public through the social media-driven interplay of exhibitionism and voyeurism. The notion that protecting the president’s privacy is an honor and a privilege ran away with our qualms. Palace intrigue -- or the American equivalent, such as it is — has ever been nectar to the masses. See, the queen has warts! And the king doesn’t bathe except on Sundays! About 100 interviews were conducted with current and former White House staffers who spoke mostly on the record — how else to get credit? — and surrendered what was theirs to protect. Cheap tricks for the circus crowd? Maybe. Then again, former first ladies Laura Bush, Barbara Bush and Rosalynn Carter, and several former first children also gave interviews. Who dished on whom, one wonders? Highlights from the book are easy to find online, so I’ll mention only a few: John F. Kennedy skinny-dipped with secretaries when Jackie was away. It would seem the Earth’s tectonic plates are safe with any fresh dirt on JFK. Another: Hillary Clinton threw a lamp (they think) at Bill after the Monica Lewinsky

scandal broke. Ya reckon? Also, there was cursing. You g----n b-----d! Hillary was overheard yelling at her husband. Which, all things considered, seems rather restrained. White House staff claimed that the Clinton-Lewinsky liaisons were no surprise to them as the two had been cavorting for years before the world learned of their Oval Office encounters. Except, of course, Lewinsky didn’t work in the White House for “years” but rather just about nine months, before being “transferred” to the Pentagon — a goodly hike from the mansion. But then, memories play tricks and details are often hard to recall. Sometimes what you remember is an impression of things. Or you remember the episode — a shouting match, a thrown lamp, without the context of the human-ness of the beings involved, their frailties, sorrows, and personal challenges. All is not scurrilous. We also learn that the Obamas danced their first night in the residence to Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love.” The staffer apparently felt it obligatory to say he was taken by surprise when he walked in on them, but what was he expecting? Clogging? That the first African-American president and his wife decided to boogey down was, as Cole Porter might say, just one of those things. We learned, too, that George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush appeared to be the favorites. On the less attractive hand, we hear that Nancy Reagan pitched a fit when some of her items were broken -- among other less-than-flattering characterizations. A former Reagan staffer with whom I spoke about the book seethed with bitterness and pointed out that Nancy had her own difficulties, including breast cancer and the assassination attempt on her husband. “I understand that to those much is given, much is expected. But for the love of God! Are there no limits?” Yes, there are no limits. More’s the pity. The president and his family have had only one haven in Washington where they can escape the constant surveillance of the capital’s pathologically curious population. Now the culture of discretion that kept previous staff members from talking out of school can be pronounced officially dead. Sold for a tuppence, which is considerably less than what I forked over to Amazon for overnight delivery. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR CELEBRATE SERVICE WITH SUMTER VOLUNTEERS “Celebrate Service” is the theme for National Volunteer Week, April 12-18, 2015. This special week provides an opportunity annually 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 has since signed a proclamation promoting the week. 2015 marks the 40th observance here in Sumter and the 42nd for the nation. Through the years, volunteers from all

segments of the community have been celebrated in a variety of ways. For the last several years, the city has partnered with us to host a picnic/awards ceremony at Heath Pavilion. Because of a scheduling conflict with hosts, this 40th celebration will take place the following Wednesday, April 22. Volunteers, you are cherished as a great community asset, giving the best gift of all — self. We thank you for every kind deed and every minute of your service. It’s your week. Enjoy. JO ANNE MORRIS Director, Sumter Volunteers

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE TUOMEY PARTNERSHIP AWAITS COURT DECISION In Wednesday’s Sumter Item, reporter Jim Hilley writes that “nothing can be finalized until the appeal of a lawsuit against Tuomey in the U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth District is decided.” Read it online at www.theitem.com: “There have been a lot of preliminary discussions and employee forums,” said Tuomey public relations director Brenda Chase. Palmetto Health leadership has been working to address concerns from employees in both organizations, Chase said. “There have been a lot of questions from our employees and their employees, and that is why we have had employee forums,” she said. Chase said Palmetto Health has been conducting due diligence investigations as well. “There have been a lot of meetings between company executives,” she said. “Basically there is a lot going on underneath the surface.” The Tuomey Healthcare System board of directors voted in early February to take steps to negotiate a partnership agreement with Columbia-based Palmetto Health. Tuomey reportedly had been considering offers from a small number of suitors and voted to select Palmetto. •••

ing developments in a press conference on Tuesday, during which they called for calm as the investigation into Mr. Scott’s death goes forward. It is a wise response to an appalling event that quickly became an international news story. The chilling account it provided serves as a compelling argument for the mandatory use of body video cameras by policemen. It is important to draw clear distinctions between the way North Charleston has handled this shooting and a similar event that caused such anguish in Ferguson, Missouri. North Charleston leaders could not have responded more firmly after the release of the video. North Charleston NAACP president Ed Bryant and other community leaders have urged calm since the shooting, citing the ongoing investigation and the wishes of Mr. Scott’s family. While civil rights groups prepared a community response to the developments Tuesday, Pastor Thomas Dixon wisely urged that protests not descend into violence. “The smart reaction is to just gather and peacefully let your voice be heard.” Heeding that advice is the best way to allow a grieving community to begin to deal with this tragic event. •••

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On the Charleston Post and Courier editorial page, the newspaper urges calm in “Next step for grieving community.” Read it online a www.postandcourier.com: The shooting death of Walter Lamer Scott on Saturday in North Charleston was a tragedy for Mr. Scott’s family and for the community in which he lived. North Charleston has responded in an open, forthright and decisive manner in its aftermath. That response should persuade a heartbroken community that another tragedy need not follow in its wake. City officials and leaders of the black community dealt with the latest chill-

Writing in The New York Times, David Brooks notes, “I have two presidential election traditions.” Read it online at www.nytimes. com: I begin covering each campaign by reading a book about Abraham Lincoln, and I end each election night, usually after midnight, at the statue of the Lincoln Memorial. I begin by reading a book about Lincoln not because it’s fair to hold any of the candidates to the Lincoln standard, but because he gets you thinking about what sorts of things we should be looking for in a presidential candidate. Any candidate worthy of support should at least have in

rudiments what Lincoln had in fullness: a fundamental vision, a golden temperament and a shrewd strategy for how to cope with the political realities of the moment. Lincoln developed his fundamental vision in a way that seems to refute our contemporary educational practices. Today we pile on years of education. We assign hundreds of books over the years. We cluster our students on campuses with people with similar grades and test scores. Lincoln had very little formal education. He was not cloistered on a campus but spent his formative years in daily contact with an astounding array of characters. If his social experience was wide, his literary experience was narrow. He read fewer books over his entire formative life than many contemporary students do in a single year. In literary terms, he preferred depth to breadth; grasp to reach. He intensely read Shakespeare, the King James Bible, “The Pilgrim’s Progress” and Parson Weems’s “The Life of Washington.” This education gave him a moral vision that emerged from life, not from reading. This year, Lincoln’s strategic restraint is the most necessary of his traits. We live in a partisan time, with movements who treat trimmers, compromisers and incrementalists harshly. But, to pass legislation, the next president will have to perpetually disappoint the fervent and devise a legislative strategy that can consistently get a House majority and 60 Senate votes. We will not get a Lincoln. A person with his face could not survive the TV age. A person with his capacity for introspection could not survive the 24/7 self-branding campaign environment. But we do need someone with a portion of his gifts — someone who is philosophically grounded, emotionally mature and tactically cunning. Well, at least we can find the closest possible approximation. Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Reach him at graham@ theitem.com.

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AROUND TOWN presented by Karen Hyatt, The Sumter Combat Veterans assistant Public Works direcGroup will meet at 10 a.m. Combat Veterans Group, Stroke Support tor for Sumter County. today at the South HOPE Group Center, 1125to S. meet Lafayette The Sumter Chapter of the NaDrive. tional Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on TuesThe Sumter Stroke Support day, April 14, at Shiloh-RanGroup (Overcomers) will meet dolph Manor. Janae Stowe, at 6 p.m. today in the Alice Santee-Lynches ADRC, I&R/A Drive Baptist Library. Don’t Manager, will speak. Transforget your useful gadget. portation provided with the Clarendon County Guardian ad Litem will hold its second annual mileage radius. Contact Candlelight Awareness Ceremo- Debra Canty, chapter president, at DebraCanC2@fronny in honor of child abuse prevention at 7 p.m. today at tier.com or at (803) 775-5792. Lincoln High School Class of the Clarendon County Gaze1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on bo, family court parking lot, Thursday, April 16, at Ameri102 S. Mill St., Manning. The AARP Foundation Volunteer can Legion Post 202, 310 PalTax-Aide Program will offer free metto St. Classes from 1960 through 1969 are encouraged income tax assistance for lowto send a representative to income or elderly taxpayers. help plan the reunion celeYou will need: all tax forms brating the Modern Civil and information; governRights Movement. Call Ferdiment-issued ID; Social Security card; all W-2’s, 1099s and nand Burns at (803) 968-4464. The Pinedale Neighborhood As1098s; and supporting docusociation will meet at 4 p.m. ments if you plan to itemize. Assistance will be available 9 on Thursday, April 16, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. a.m.-2 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays through April 13 Lafayette Drive. Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 968-4464. at The Spectrum senior center, 1989 Durant Lane. Call A benefit gala for the Boys and (803) 316-0772. Girls Club of Lee County will be held 6-8 p.m. on Friday, April Free income tax filing services 17, at the Opera House, 109 and FAFSA application assisMain St., Bishopville. This is a tance will be provided fundraiser benefit to initiate through April 15 as follows: a Boys and Girls Club in Lee 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. WednesCounty through the Salvation days, SC Works — Santee Army. Individual tickets are Lynches, 31 E. Calhoun St., $30 or reserve a table of (803) 774-1300; 9:30 a.m.-4 eight for $300. Table seating p.m. Fridays, 3-8 p.m. Saturwill guarantee group seating days, appointments only on Sundays, Goodwill — Job Link together. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m., followed by Center, 1028 Broad St., (803) 774-5006; and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. entertainment provided by local youth. Dinner will be Thursdays and 9:30 a.m.-2 provided by youth volunteers p.m. Saturdays, Lee County in the Lee Central culinary Adult Education, 123 E. Colarts program. Tickets availlege St., Bishopville, (803) 484-4040. Call Ms. Samuels at able at the Lee County Chamber of Commerce or (803) 240-8355. Lee County First Steps office. The Rembert Area Community Call Ruby Gibbs at (803) 468Coalition’s third annual spring 8340 or Brenda Golden at parade will be held 10 a.m.noon on Saturday, April 11, at (803) 651-1893. Lee County EMS Community 7530 Pisgah Road, Rembert. Outreach will host a health fair Activities will follow the pa10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, rade. Camden Mayor Tony April 18, at Concord United Scully will serve as grand marshal. For information, call Methodist Church in the Lucknow community. Dr. Juanita Britton at (803) 420-1255, Charlie Dennis at The VFW Post 11078, Summer(803) 316-8206, Lottie Spencer ton, will met at 6 p.m. on at (803) 464-3296, Sadie JenTuesday, April 21, at its headkins at (803) 424-1523 or quarters on Canty Street. All Harry McLeod at (803) 549members and potential new 2282. members are invited. Sumter County League of The Sumter County Educator’s Women Voters will meet at 6 Association-Retired will meet p.m. on Monday, April 13, at at noon on Wednesday, April the Sumter County Adminis22, at the North HOPE Center, tration Building, 13 E. Canal 904 N. Main St. New memSt., third floor. Topic of disbers are encouraged to atcussion will be roads and tend and join. Call Brenda bridges in Sumter County, Bethune at (803) 469-6588.

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TONIGHT

A couple of Considerable clouds afternoon t-storms and warm

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Gaﬀney 84/65 Spartanburg 85/66

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Sumter 90/65

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 88/65

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Charleston 86/64

Today: Showers around. High 80 to 84. Friday: Clouds and sun; humid. High 78 to 82.

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PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Today, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

WITH WI T EQU EQUAL Q AL PAYMENTS S develop new skills. Love is in the stars.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get involved EUGENIA LAST in the events, activities and networking functions that will allow you to use your skills and make new contacts. Don’t be discouraged by negative or critical individuals when you should be putting your thoughts and energy into exceling.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your ability to see all sides of an issue will help bring order to a chaotic situation. Your talent will not go unnoticed, and greater personal and professional assistance will be offered. A positive change regarding an important relationship is apparent.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll be tempted to overspend on items you don’t need. Think before you commit to any deal that requires monthly contributions or payments. Unexpected bills are likely to leave you short of cash. Pace yourself in all aspects of your life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Draw from past experience in order to avoid being taken for granted. Keep life simple and refrain from unnecessary spending. Concentrate on home, developing innovative ideas and mastering what you enjoy doing the most. Make romance a priority.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emotional deception will be present when dealing with business partnerships. Focus on what’s in front of you instead of wallowing in past regrets or failures. There is much to gain if you approach life in a vibrant and engaging manner.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put honesty and integrity first. Don’t evade issues that need to be addressed. The purpose of clearing the air is to allow you the right to move forward without guilt. Do what needs to be done and don’t look back.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Make career choices that will lead to professional advancement and more money. Educational pursuits will lead to contacts that will play a part in helping you reach your goals. Love and romance will have an impact on your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Size up whatever situation you face without getting into a dispute with someone who is disagreeable. Work alone in order to avoid interference. Put more into home, family and self-improvement, and you will make gains and avoid disruptions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your energetic mood will attract attention and bring about an opportunity to get ahead. Attend conferences, seminars or networking events that will allow you to meet potential clients. Don’t let an emotional situation ruin your chances to advance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Surround yourself with people who are aiming to get the same results as you. Focus on work, partnerships and getting ahead. Don’t get into senseless arguments over petty matters. Do your own thing and try to make monetary gains.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Interacting with people who have knowledge or expertise regarding something that interests you will lead to an unusual opportunity. Explore your options and consider a partnership that can help you

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Keep a low profile. Now is not the time to confront a situation. Instead, put your time and effort into your dreams and ideas. Once you have an ironclad plan in place, you can make your move with confidence.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Joanne Fetzer took this picture of two painted buntings sharing a meal at one of her backyard feeders.

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Davis stuns Bouchard in Charleston B4

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PRO GOLF

MASTERS NOTEBOOK

Major learning curve

Tiger returns, but Eisenhower Tree still gone BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

corded his first runner-up finish. He had four green jackets before he turned 30. More players have taken the Crenshaw route. Tom Watson. Nick Price. Phil Mickelson. Adam Scott. The group even includes Jack Nicklaus, who was a 20-year-old amateur when

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods felt right at home at Augusta National, a golf course he has been playing since 1995. He said he is fascinated that the course keeps making subtle changes, and yet it looks as though it hasn’t been touched. There was one obvious change. He was just a year late in noticing because he didn’t play last year. The Eisenhower Tree is INSIDE no longer at No. 17, felled by an Breakdown of ice storm last Masters holes year. Woods had and tee times. back surgery a week before the Page B3 Masters and had not been back since he played a pair of practice rounds last week. “I didn’t realize 17 was straight ahead,’’ Woods said. “I always thought it was a little bit of a dogleg left. It’s eye-opening to see it’s just dead straight. That was very, very shocking to me to see it like that.’’ The loblolly pine was about 210 yards off the left of the 17th fairway, meaning players either had to hit it over the 65-foot tree or hit a right-to-left tee shot to shape the ball around it. That’s what made it feel like a dogleg left to Woods. “I loved it the way it was,’’ Woods said. “That tree, I’ve hit it too many times, trust me. I’ve had my issues on that hole with that tree. But I thought it was a fantastic hole. It’s iconic, that tree, and I don’t think you can ever, ever replace it.’’ One of those bad memories was in 2011 in the third round when he had to squat to play a shot from under the Eisenhower Tree. His left foot got caught in the pine straw as the momentum of the swing carried him backward. Woods suffered

SEE CURVE, PAGE B3

SEE NOTEBOOK, PAGE B3

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The learning curve at the Masters can be steep, and unlike Tiger Woods, left, who won a major his first time out in 1997, most players follow the path of Ben Crenshaw, right, who was runner-up four times before capturing the 1984 Masters.

Winning premier PGA event usually requires years of near-misses from golfers BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods was the exception. Ben Crenshaw was closer to the rule. Woods joined up with Crenshaw to play the back nine Wednesday on the final day of practice for a Masters that is shaping up as a

mystery in many ways. They are Masters champions with multiple green jackets. What separates them is how soon they got them. Crenshaw had to suffer a little before he could celebrate his first major. He was a runner-up four times in the majors, including a playoff loss to David Gra-

ham at the PGA Championship, before he broke through in 1984 at Augusta National. He won another one in 1995. Woods wasted no time. He won the first major he played as a pro by setting 20 records in his 1997 Masters victory, and that was only the start. He already had eight majors before he re-

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Diamond on a diamond: Citadel’s Sherrill proposes BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

PHOTO PROVIDED

The Citadel baseball player Zach Sherrill proposes to his girlfriend, Anna Kate Shuler, prior to the Bulldogs’ game against Mercer on Saturday at Joe Riley Park in Charleston. Sherrill and Shuler are both Wilson Hall graduates and will be married in June of 2016.

With baseball having been such a big part of his life, Zach Sherrill always liked the idea of having a monumental moment of his life take place on the baseball diamond — a marriage proposal. “Since baseball has meant so much to me, I

always thought this is how I would want to propose,” said Sherrill, who is from Sumter and is a senior pitcher at The Citadel in Charleston. On Saturday prior to the Bulldogs’ game against Mercer at Joe Riley Park, Sherrill did just that, proposing to Anna Kate Shuler,

whom he started dating at the end of their senior years at Wilson Hall. And while it’s up for debate the exact words that were uttered, the proposal was met with a positive response and the couple will get married in June of 2016.

SEE SHERRILL, PAGE B4

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

After 10th title and 3rd straight crown, UConn favored to win again in ’16 BY DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies will be the leading contenders to make another championship run next season. It would be an unprecedented 11th title that would eclipse John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins and their 10 championships. If they can pull it off, Breanna Stewart would accomplish her goal of winning four championships at UConn. “I think it’s really surreal and I haven’t had a chance to even think about that,’’ Stewart said after the Huskies beat Notre Dame 63-53 on Tuesday

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

With players like Breanna Stewart, left, and others coming back, the Connecticut women’s basketball team, who defeated Notre Dame 63-53 for its 10th national title on Tuesday in Tampa, Fla., are likely going to be favored to win another championship next season. night in the title game. “I’ve won three national championships, but said I wanted to win

four, you can’t win four without winning three first.’’ Stewart, the two-time AP

Player of the Year, is one of four starters returning and they will be joined by another

stellar incoming recruiting class. She earned most outstanding player of the Final Four for the third time, making her the first woman to achieve that. Kareem AbdulJabbar was the only men’s player to do it when he played for the Wizard of Westwood. “There just hasn’t been a player like Stewie in the women’s game in a long, long time,’’ Auriemma said. “She might be two inches taller than Cheryl Miller and Cheryl Miller was one of best players I saw. ... Stewie’s the kind of player that women’s basketball probably hasn’t seen.’’ Stewart had only eight

SEE UCONN, PAGE B4

SPORTS

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015

AREA ROUNDUP

Sears’ GW single lifts Barons to 1-0 win in Mingo Bay tourney MYRTLE BEACH — McLendon Sears’ 1-out single drove in Brent Carraway in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Wilson Hall’s varsity baseball team to a 1-0 victory over Metrolina Christian of Indian Trail, N.C., on Wednesday in the Mingo Bay Spring Break Tournament at the Myrtle Beach High School field. Carraway drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second and third on passed balls before scoring on Sears’ hit. That made a winner out of Chase Belk, who struck out 13 batters and allowed just two hits in going the distance. Dawson Price had a hit and a walk for the Barons, who improved to 12-6 on the season. On Tuesday at the Conway High field, Wilson Hall defeated Greater Beckley Christian Academy of Beckley, W.Va., 13-3 in six innings. Sam Watford led the Barons offense, going 3-for-3 with a double and three runs. Price had a double, two RBI and a run, while Robert James had a double, a run and an RBI. John Ballard had two hits, two runs and two RBI, Carraway scored twice and Drew Talley had a hit, a run and an RBI. Talley was the winning pitcher, striking out eight and allowing two hits in going the distance. Wilson Hall faces Trinity Christian today at the Aynor High field. LAURENCE MANNING 3 HEATHWOOD HALL 2

COLUMBIA — Adam Lowder had two hits and three stolen bases to lead Laurence Manning Academy to a 3-2 victory over Heathwood Hall on Wednesday at the Highlanders field. Matthew Miles was the winning pitcher and Taylor Finley earned a save for LMA. Offensively Tripp Mason also had two hits. On Tuesday in Manning, the Swampcats defeated Calhoun Academy 8-7 in eight innings wat Tucker Belangia Diamond. Davis Martin had two hits and scored three runs for the Swampcats. Josh Martin had two hits and

Todd Larrimer drove in two runs. Taylor Finley was the winning pitcher. SOUTH FLORENCE 11 CRESTWOOD 0

FLORENCE — South Florence defeated Crestwood 11-0 in six innings on Wednesday in the West Florence Wood Bat Spring Break Invitational at the WF field. Cole Benenhaley took the loss for the Knights tossing five innings. He also led the offense with two hits including a double. Lance Ragan and Matthew Rogers also each had a hit in the loss. The Knights fell to 2-14 overall. They will host Hartsville on Monday and Tuesday then face Manning on Wednesday and travel to Marlboro County on Friday.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL LAURENCE MANNING 9 HEATHWOOD HALL 0 COLUMBIA — Laurence Manning Academy’s Taylor Lee and Brayden Osteen combined to throw a no-hitter in a 9-0 victory over Heathwood Hall on Wednesday at the Highlanders field. Lee threw five innings allowing one walk while striking out nine batters. Osteen pitched two innings and struck out five. Offensively Cole Hair led the JV Swampcats with four hits and three runs scored. Dawson Hatfield led the team with four runs batted in. Lee had three hits and Trent Frye added two hits in the victory. GIRLS

VARSITY SOFTBALL LAURENCE MANNING 18 ORANGEBURG PREP 0

ORANGEBURG — Laurence Manning Academy defeated Orangeburg Prep 18-0 in four innings on Tuesday at the OP field. Sara Herbert hit a 2-run home run for the Lady Swampcats. Hannah Hodge and Madison Cantley both went 2-for-4.

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO

N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY

TODAY’S GAMES

1 p.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: Family Circle Cup Round-of-16 Matches from Charleston (ESPN2). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Washington or Minnesota at Detroit (MLB NETWORK). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters First Round from Augusta, Ga. (ESPN). 5 p.m. – College Hockey: NCAA Tournament Frozen Four Semifinal Match from Boston – Providence vs. Nebraska (Omaha) (ESPN2). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at San Diego or Boston at Philadelphia (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Philadelphia (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Missouri at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Mississippi at Vanderbilt (ESPNU). 8 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters First Round from Augusta, Ga. (ESPN). 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Chicago at St. Louis (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago at Miami (TNT). 8:30 p.m. – College Hockey: NCAA Tournament Frozen Four Semifinal Match from Boston – Boston University vs. North Dakota (ESPN2). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Portland at Golden State (TNT). 11 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East Chevrolet 150 from Greenville (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11:35 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Masters FirstRound Highlights from Augusta, Ga. (WLTX 19). 2 a.m. – NHL Hockey: Minnesota at Nashville (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 2 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Chinese Grand Prix Practice from Shanghai (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Police: Pacers’ Copeland stabbed outside New York City nightclub NEW YORK — Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland, his girlfriend and another woman were stabbed early Wednesday following an argument on the street near a Manhattan nightclub that also led to the arrest of two Atlanta Hawks players, authorities said. COPELAND The violence erupted just before 4 a.m. outside 1Oak Club, a trendy Chelsea spot. The couple was arguing on the street as the attacker eavesdropped and started to interfere, according to police. The dispute escalated until the 22-year-old suspect pulled out a knife and started slashing, police said. Copeland’s driver grabbed the suspect and held him until officers arrived. The suspect, Shezoy Bleary, was in custody, authorities said. Police said charges were pending, and it wasn’t clear whether Bleary had an attorney who could comment on them. RAPTORS 92 HORNETS 74

CHARLOTTE — DeMar DeRozan scored 18 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Charlotte Hornets for the first time in seven games, 92-74. MAGIC 105 BULLS 103

ORLANDO, Fla. — Victor Oladipo had 23 points and scored on a layup with 1.5 seconds left to give the Orlando Magic a 105-103 victory over Chicago o, spoiling Derrick Rose’s return to the Bulls. CELTICS 113 PISTONS 103

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Isaiah Thomas had a season-high 34 points as the Boston Celtics picked up a key victory and eliminated Detroit from playoff contention, beating the Pistons 113-103. WIZARDS 119 76ERS 90

PHILADELPHIA —Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Washington Wizards shot 65.3 percent from the field in their 119-90 victory over

the Philadelphia 76ers. COLLEGE BASEBALL

TODAY

FRIDAY

Varsity Baseball Timmonsville at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 7 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 6:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Baseball Sumter, Crestwood, Lakewood, Manning in Sumter JV Classic, TBA Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m. B Team Baseball Dillon Christian at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m. Varsity Softball Scott’s Branch at Manning (DH), 4 p.m. Timmonsville at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m. B Team Softball Dillon Christian at Robert E. lee, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 4 CLEMSON 3 CLEMSON — Nate Blanchard’s sacrifice fly in the 10th inning lifted Charleston Southern to a 4-3 win over Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday. The Buccaneers improved to 13-18 while the Tigers fell to 16-17. Reed Rohlman gave Clemson a 2-0 lead in the first inning on his 2--run single. After Charleston Southern tied the score in the top of the seventh inning, Tyler Krieger responded with a 2-out double in the bottom of the seventh inning that scored Adam Renwick for the go-ahead run prior to the Bucs tying it in the ninth before Blanchard’s sac fly. Alex Bostic (0-2) suffered the loss. MLB BRAVES 2 MARLINS 0 MIAMI — A.J. Pierzynski hit a 2-run homer and five pitchers combined on a six-hitter Wednesday to help the Atlanta Braves complete a 3-game sweep by beating the Miami Marlins 2-0. Shelby Miller made his first start with the Braves and allowed four hits in five innings. On Tuesday, the Braves scored seven runs in the first inning off Mat Latos and beat the Marlins 12-2. CUBS 2 CARDINALS 0

CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta allowed three hits over seven innings and Starlin Castro had a go-ahead RBI single in a two-run seventh inning, leading the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 for their first win this season. TIGERS 11 TWINS 0

DETROIT — Anibal Sanchez helped Detroit blank Minnesota for the second straight game, Jose Iglesias had four hits and Alex Avila scored four runs as the Tigers routed the Twins 11-0. From wire reports

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GB – 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 5 Texas 3, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 2, Seattle 0

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Detroit 11, Minnesota 0 Boston at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 0-0) at Detroit (Greene 0-0), 1:08 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0) at Kansas City (Volquez 0-0), 2:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 0-0) at Houston (Wojciechowski 0-0), 2:10 p.m. Texas (N.Martinez 0-0) at Oakland (Graveman 0-0), 3:35 p.m. Boston (Masterson 0-0) at Philadelphia (Buchanan 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Da.Norris 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m. Houston at Texas, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Colorado Arizona Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

z-Atlanta x-Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando Central Division x-Cleveland x-Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit

W 45 36 35 18 15

L 32 41 42 60 62

Pct .584 .468 .455 .231 .195

GB – 9 10 27 1/2 30

W 58 44 35 33 24

L 19 33 43 44 53

Pct .753 .571 .449 .429 .312

GB – 14 23 1/2 25 34

W 50 46 38 34 30

L 27 31 39 43 47

Pct .649 .597 .494 .442 .390

GB – 4 12 16 20

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

W 53 52 52 46 42

L 24 25 26 31 35

Pct .688 .675 .667 .597 .545

GB – 1 1 1/2 7 11

W 50 42 35 28 16

L 27 36 42 49 61

Pct .649 .538 .455 .364 .208

GB – 8 1/2 15 22 34

L 15 26 39 50 57

Pct .808 .671 .500 .351 .260

GB – 10 1/2 24 35 1/2 42 1/2

W z-Golden State 63 x-L.A. Clippers 53 Phoenix 39 Sacramento 27 L.A. Lakers 20 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta 96, Phoenix 69 Miami 105, Charlotte 100 New Orleans 103, Golden State 100 San Antonio 113, Oklahoma City 88 Sacramento 116, Minnesota 111 L.A. Clippers 105, L.A. Lakers 100

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m. Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP x-Montreal 80 x-Tampa Bay 80 Detroit 80 Boston 79 Ottawa 80 Florida 80 Toronto 80 Buffalo 80 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP z-N.Y. Rangers 80 x-Washington 80 N.Y. Islanders 80 Pittsburgh 80 Philadelphia 80 Columbus 79 New Jersey 80 Carolina 80

W 48 48 42 41 41 36 30 23

L OT Pts GF GA 22 10 106 213 183 24 8 104 255 206 25 13 97 230 217 25 13 95 209 201 26 13 95 232 214 29 15 87 199 219 43 7 67 208 253 49 8 54 159 268

W 52 44 46 42 33 39 32 29

L OT Pts GF GA 21 7 111 248 187 25 11 99 237 199 28 6 98 245 224 26 12 96 218 207 29 18 84 213 228 35 5 83 222 244 35 13 77 176 209 40 11 69 185 223

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

GP 80 80 80 80 80 80 80

W 49 47 48 45 42 39 37

L OT Pts GF GA 24 7 105 242 198 23 10 104 229 200 26 6 102 226 184 27 8 98 225 195 26 12 96 225 208 31 10 88 253 259 31 12 86 215 225

GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Anaheim 80 50 23 7 107 234 221 x-Vancouver 80 46 29 5 97 231 217 Calgary 80 44 29 7 95 237 210 Los Angeles 80 39 26 15 93 215 201 San Jose 80 39 32 9 87 224 227 Edmonton 80 24 43 13 61 192 274 Arizona 80 24 48 8 56 169 265 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

TUESDAY’S GAMES

EAST DIVISION

Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee WEST DIVISION

y-Toronto Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York SOUTHEAST DIVISION

WESTERN CONFERENCE

TODAY’S GAMES

Atlanta New York Philadelphia Washington Miami CENTRAL DIVISION

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

FRIDAY’S GAMES

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press

Chicago at Miami, 8 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press

Detroit Kansas City Chicago Cleveland Minnesota WEST DIVISION

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

SOUTHWEST DIVISION

Varsity Baseball East Clarendon at Dillon, 6 p.m. Junior Varsity Baseball Crestwood at Sumter (in Sumter JV Classic), 7:30 p.m. Manning vs. Lakewood (in Sumter JV Classic), 5 p.m. B Team Baseball Robert E. Lee at Dillon Christian, 5 p.m. Varsity Boys Golf Calhoun Academy, Pee Dee at Robert E. Lee (at Bishopville Country Club), 3:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer Porter-Gaud at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m. Varsity Softball Laurence Manning at Northwood, 5:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Softball Laurence Manning at Northwood, 4 p.m. B Team Softball Robert E. Lee at Dillon Christian, 5 p.m. Varsity Track and Field Lake City at Manning, 5 p.m. Junior Varsity Track and Field Robert E. Lee at Orangeburg Prep, 4:30 p.m.

Baltimore Boston Toronto New York Tampa Bay CENTRAL DIVISION

FRIDAY’S GAMES

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PREP SCHEDULE

Varsity Track and Field Sumter, Crestwood in Gamecock Invitational (at Sumter Memorial Stadium), 10 a.m.

SPORTS ITEMS

Pittsburgh (Burnett 0-0) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-0), 12:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Harvey 0-0) at Washington (Strasburg 0-0), 1:05 p.m. San Francisco (T.Hudson 0-0) at San Diego (Kennedy 0-0), 6:40 p.m. Boston (Masterson 0-0) at Philadelphia (Buchanan 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

W 2 1 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 2

Pct 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000

GB – 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 2

W 1 1 1 0 0

L 0 1 1 1 2

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .000

GB – 1/2 1/2 1 1 1/2

W 2 1 1 1 1

L 0 1 1 1 1

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .500

GB – 1 1 1 1

N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 2 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders 4 Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Detroit 3, Carolina 2 Winnipeg 1, St. Louis 0 Minnesota 2, Chicago 1 Colorado 3, Nashville 2 Calgary 3, Arizona 2 Edmonton 4, Los Angeles 2

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Toronto at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Washington, 8 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta 12, Miami 2 St. Louis at Chicago, ppd., rain Colorado 5, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 7, San Francisco 6 San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 3

Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m. San Jose at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis 0 Boston at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

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

MASTERS

THE SUMTER ITEM

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015

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Heir to Tigerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throne? Even with Tiger Woods playing in the Masters, this could mark the end of an era. Rory McIlroy is the overwhelming favorite to win a green jacket. 1 He not only has a 9 chance to become the 8 sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam, a victory 2 would allow him to join Woods and Ben Hogan as the only players to win three straight majors dating 4 to the creation of the Masters in 1934. Woods has played only 47 holes this year before stepping away in February to sort out his game. Bubba Watson is the defending champion and will try to win a third green jacket.

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Par Pa arr 5 Y Yard s 510 Yards

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Par 3 Yards 155

Parr 4 Y 49 95 Yards 495

Parr 4 Y d 450 4 0 Yards

Parr 4 Yards Yards 455 Ya

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Pa P Par a 4 Yards 440 Ya Y arrds 44 40 0 (Chinese Fir) Only hole on the course without a bunker. Even if the drive avoids trees on both sides of the fairway, the green has severe contours that feed the ball to the right.

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NOTEBOOK FROM PAGE B1 a slight injury to his left Achillesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tendon and left knee and missed his next start. He returned at The Players Championship, withdrew after nine holes and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play again for more than two months.

BEARING DOWN Jack Nicklaus thrilled the crowd Wednesday at the annual Masters par-3 contest, making a hole-in-one on the fourth hole. The six-time Masters champion, playing in the exhibition at age 75, spun an iron shot back into the hole for the ace. After his ball bounced twice then took a third hop before spinning back into the hole, Nicklaus was congratulated by Ben Crenshaw and Gary Player. Nicklaus acknowledged the ovation from the crowd, raising his arms in the air with a double fist-pump. Kevin Streelman beat Cami-

CURVE FROM PAGE B1 he finished second behind Arnold Palmer in the 1960 U.S. Open. Nicklaus played that day with Ben Hogan, who also had a chance to win until he hit into the water on the 17th hole at Cherry Hills. Hogan said after the round, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel sorry for me. I played with a kid today who could have won this Open by 10 shots if he had known now.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nicklaus figured it out. Also on that list is Rory McIlroy, who returns to the scene of his greatest lesson in a major. He was a 21-year-old with a four-shot lead at the Masters in 2011, ready to be crowned the next big thing in golf, when he shot 80 in the final round. He handled the collapse with remarkable poise,

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Jack Nicklaus, right, is congratulated during Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s par 3 contest at the Masters in Augusta, Ga. The 6-time champion made a holein-one on the fourth hole. lo Villegas on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the contest. Bubba Watson plans a repeat â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if not as the Masters champion, then at least what he serves at the Champions Dinner on Tuesday night. Watson has been keeping it a secret ever since he won last year for the second time, but

he finally gave and it was somewhat of a letdown. He said he would be serving the same meal he did as defending champion in 2013. That would be Caesar salad, chicken breasts, green beans, mashed potatoes, corn and macaroni and cheese. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same meal because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from my mom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; homecooked meal,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I do it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

said he would learn from his mistakes. And then he posted scoring records at Congressional two months later in the U.S. Open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of that win has to do with what happened at Augusta,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; McIlroy said. The Masters is even more meaningful now. It the only major keeping him from the career Grand Slam, and McIlroy will be the clear favorite when the Masters begins today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done, all the work Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done gearing up for this week has been good,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; McIlroy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just ready for the gun to go off on Thursday.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The expectations are higher than ever for McIlroy, and lower than ever for Woods, who is competing for the first time since Feb. 5. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when he walked off the course at Torrey Pines to work on a

game that had become so bad that hardly anyone recognized it. Woods has shown much improvement in three days of practice, including the nine holes he played with Crenshaw and Jordan Spieth. McIlroy and Woods, even at different ends of the spectrum, have dominated the talk so much this week that a large group of contenders have largely been ignored. Bubba Watson is the defending champion and going for his third green jacket in four years. Adam Scott is back to the long putter he used to win in 2013. Spieth and Jimmy Walker might be the hottest players on the PGA Tour â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Walker is the only player with two wins this season, Spieth has won, finished second and lost in a playoff his last three starts.

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Henrik Stenson has played in the Masters nine times without much success. He has three rounds in the 80s. He has only one round in the 60s (just barely â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a 69). And he has yet to record a finish higher than a tie for 14th. He attributed that to not being in great form, not hitting his irons to the right spot on the greens, poor putting, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;combination of those things.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;And any other thoughts, greatly appreciated,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said with his dry delivery. Stenson didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have much luck as a spectator. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 2 player first came to the Masters as a fan. His wife, Emma, was playing at South Carolina and ar-

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Davis tops Bouchard at Family Circle Cup BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CHARLESTON — Eugenie Bouchard knew she was pointed to bigger things at the Family Circle Cup last spring. After the top-seeded Bouchard fell to unseeded American Lauren Davis in her opening match this time around, the Canadian star isn’t sure where she’s heading. Bouchard, ranked seventh in the world, lost 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday, a thorough beating that left her bothered and dissecting every aspect of her game. “As soon as it was over, definitely a bit of anger, but also kind of this confusion, slash, like quest to find what’s wrong, like this kind of searching feeling that, okay, like I know something’s off,’’ Bouchard said. “I know something’s not right. So I want to find it.’’ A year ago, everything was going right for Bouchard. She reached the semifinals here, starting a run where she advanced to the French Open semifinals and Wimbledon final. Bouchard has not played like that this year, losing her opening tournament match for a second straight event after falling to Tatjana Maria at the Miami Open. Davis, a 21-year-old American, was the aggressor throughout, something Bouchard didn’t fully under-

UCONN FROM PAGE B1 points in Tuesday night’s win, but she got a big lift from her teammates. Moriah Jefferson scored 15 points and played stellar defense on Notre Dame’s Jewell Loyd. “She should have been the M.O.P,’’ said Stewart of her classmate Jefferson. The Huskies do lose Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Kiah Stokes to graduation. Mosqueda-Lewis also had 15 points and came up with big plays when the Huskies needed her most. “I’m glad the two buckets that `K’ made down the stretch were kind of the difference in the game,’’ Au-

AREA SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL GIRLS BASKETBALL SHOWCASE

A basketball showcase for all 2015 senior girls basketball players will be held on Saturday at the Lee Central High School gymnasium in Bishopville beginning at 10 a.m. The cost is $10 per player. Coaches from Coker College, Allen University, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College, Guilford Technical College and Motlow State Community College are to be in attendance. For more information, contact LCHS athletic director Baron Turner at (803) 428-4010. TEAM PERSEVERANCE REGISTRATION

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Lauren Davis returns to Eugenie Bouchard during her 6-3, 6-1 upset on Wednesday at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. stand. “I was definitely a little bit slow today, overpowered,’’ Bouchard said. “Usually, I’m the one dominating. So it was definitely, just, I don’t know, just not good.’’ Davis had lost the only career meeting with Bouchard, but was in control much of the way against the world’s seventh-ranked player. Davis won nine of the final 11 games of the match and broke Bouchard’s serve twice in the final set to pull off the upset. Bouchard was a semifinalist last year and, along with

Makarova, one of only two top-10 players in the field. She wore a black wrap around her right ankle. Her loss came a short time after No. 2 seed Ekaterina Makarova won her opening match over Zhang Shuai 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, yet withdrew later because of a gastrointestinal illness. Makarova felt stomach pain during her match with Zhang and saw trainers after the match. . Her departure means 13thseeded Irina-Camelia Begu, the 26-year-old Russian’s next opponent, will advance to Friday’s quarterfinals.

riemma said. “That’s the way she’s supposed to go out.’’ Auriemma, 10 for 10 in national championship games, has won his titles over a 20year span. Wooden won his 10 over 12 years. “Obviously it’s a very significant number because that’s the number that’s been out there and people want to talk about it. I’ll be the first to say I’m not John Wooden and I got a bunch of friends who’d tell you I’m right, I’m not,’’ Auriemma said. “As I said the other day I just think what we’ve done here in the last 20 years is pretty remarkable in its own right. “I’ll let the people who write the history decide where I fit in.’’ If Auriemma does win No.

11 next year, Stewart will play a huge role. Auriemma took Stewart out with about 30 seconds to play and gave her a big hug. The 6-foot-4 star is the latest in a long line of outstanding UConn players that Auriemma has coached, including Rebecca Lobo, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Maya Moore. “I just know that in our sport, from 1995 to today, what we’ve done against our peers is as good, if not better, than anybody else has done in their sport against their peers,’’ Auriemma said. “I don’t care whether it’s harder in that sport.’’ Auriemma won his title one night after fellow USA Basketball Olympic coach Mike Krzyzewski won his fifth men’s championship at Duke.

SHERRILL FROM PAGE B1 “I started getting nervous when the people in the press box told Anna Kate to come down on the field,” Sherrill said. “I wasn’t so nervous (about the response) because we had talked about it. I guess I got nervous over exactly what I was going to say to her.” Sherrill said he doesn’t really remember the words that came out of his mouth. Shul-

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er, who attends College of Charleston, said she doesn’t remember a lot of it either except for the last couple of lines. “I remember him saying, ‘I’ll love you for the rest of my life, and Anna Kate, will you marry me,’ “ Shuler said. Now, like an old, married couple, the two disagree on exactly how Shuler responded.

Team Perseverance Basketball is now registering boys and girls ages 8-18 for its offseason travel program. For more information, contact coach Junko Allen at (803) 795-5513, or by email at coachj_perseverance@ yahoo.com. SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

Sumter Christian School will host four separate basketball clinics over two months beginning on June 8 at the school’s gymnasium. The clinics, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day, will be run by SCS coaches Bobby Baker and Tom Cope at a cost of $45 per student. The clinic for grades 1-3 will be held from June 8-12 with grades 3-6 on June 2226, grades 6-9 on July 6-10 and grades 9-12 on July 2731. For more information, contact the school at (803) 773-1902.

GOLF ADVOCACY PREGNANCY TOURNAMENT

The First Advocacy Pregnancy & Parenting Resource Center Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, April 27, at Beech Creek Golf Club. The entry fee is $50 per individual and $180 per foursome. The ticket price includes an Outback Restaurant lunch. There are sponsorships available at $150, $250 and $500. Proceeds go to the advocacy center. For more information, contact the advocacy center at (803) 774-5600.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER GOLF CLASSIC

The St. Francis Xavier High School 20th Annual Golf Classic will be held on Friday, May 8, at Sunset Country Club. The format will be a 4-person Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $70 per team. For more information, call Chan Floyd at (803) 7748555, Rick Lavergne at (803) 481-3048 or the St. Francis office at (803) 773-0210. FRIEND OF YOUTH TOURNAMENT

The Friend Of Youth Golf Tournament sponsored by the Evening Optimist Club of Sumter will be held on May 9 at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format will be 4-man Captain’s Choice at a cost of $40 per player. The minimum team handicap is 50 with only one player allowed to have a handicap or eight or less. Seniors and women are encouraged to sign up for the tournament. There are sponsorship opportunities available at the costs of $100, $200 and $300. The money that is raised will go Optimist Club charities. For more information, call Les Perkins at (803) 4681619.

ROAD RACING RECOVERY ROAD RACE

The fifth annual Recovery Road Race 5K/10K Run/ Walk will be held on Saturday, April 18, at Heath Pavilion at Swan Lake Iris Gardens. Race day registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. with the race starting at 9. Registration forms are available at the Sumter Family YMCA. Registrations are accepted at the YMCA through www.Strictlyrunning.com. The entry fee for the 10K run/walk is $25 before April 11 and $30 after April 11, including race day. The 5K run/walk fee is $20 before April 11 and $25 after April 11. Those who register before April 11 will receive a T-shirt.

SWIMMING SWIM TEAM REGISTRATION

The City of Sumter Aquatics Center is currently taking registration for its swim team. Practice for the team begins on Monday, April 27, at 5:30 p.m. Boys and girls ages 5-18 are eligible for the team. Fore more information, call the aquatics center at (803) 774-3998.

“I saw a couple of tears in her eyes and her nodding her head up and down,” Sherrill said. “Zach says I didn’t say anything,” Shuler said. “I know I said yes.” Sherrill said he has known for a while that Anna Kate would be the one to whom he would eventually propose, and she knew it was coming soon. Sherrill had gotten her great grandmother’s ring to have it prepared for Shuler so he could use it for a proposal.

“I thought he would do it sometime in May close to his graduation,” Shuler said. Shuler admits she had no idea Sherrill was going to propose on Saturday. However, when she got to Joe Riley Park on Saturday there were some tell-tale signs that gave it away. “My sister (Carin Shuler) had flown in from Utah,” Shuler said. “When I saw her I started picking up on it.” Five of his teammates are from Sumter, freshmen John

Patrick Sears and William Kinney, with whom Sherrill played with at Wilson Hall, sophomore Paul Joseph Krouse and freshmen Phillip Watcher and Jacob Watcher, with whom he played with the Sumter P-15’s. According to the couple, Sherrill’s teammates say what happened on Saturday was just another step to make official what is already obvious. “His teammates have been saying we’re already like a married couple,” Shuler said.

Baptist Church with the Rev. Harley Case officiating. The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

Home in Sumter. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late David Brown and Mattie Eaddy Brown. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

died Monday, April 6, 2015 on James Davidson Harriott Road, Dalzell. Born Dec. 16, 1969 in Lee County, he was the son of Roosevelt McMillion, Sr. and Anna Jenkins McMillion. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 2225 Rembert Church Road, Dalzell. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Williams Funeral Home Inc.

OBITUARIES RANDY L. MCKENZIE SR. Randy Lavern “Bobo” McKenzie Sr., 58, beloved husband of Betty Ann Lee McKenzie, died on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at his residence. Born in Sumter, he was the son of the late McIver McKenzie and Clara Flowers McKenize. He successfully owned and operated his own dry wall company. “Bobo” loved to make people laugh, he loved being at the lake fishing but his true joy in life was spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He will be remembered as a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. Surviving in addition to his wife are: two sons, Randy L. McKenzie Jr. and his wife, Crystal, of Georgia and Jona-

than McKenzie and his wife, Michelle of Sumter; three brothers, Christopher McKenzie, Royce McKenzie and his wife Becky and McIver “Buzzy” McKenzie and his wife Deborah; five sisters, Maedell Richburg and her husband, Keith, Diane Allen and her husband, Howard, Faye McFarland, Jeannette McLeod and her husband, Jeff, and Effie Mims and her husband, Johnny, all of Sumter; three grandchildren, Austen, Clara and Sidney McKenzie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Neil “Possum” McKenzie and one sister, Francis McKenzie. A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 3 p.m. at the Open Bible

JANE B. GARDNER Jane B. Gardner, 94, wife of the late Elijah Gardner, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at The Family Residential Care

DAVID A. BURCH A memorial service for David Allen Burch, 45, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015, at First United Pentecostal Church, 14 Plowden Mill Road, Sumter. Courtesy announcement by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

ROOSEVELT MCMILLION JR. Roosevelt McMillion Jr., 45,

RICHARD M. MCCORMICK Richard Mallard McCormick, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at his home. Services will be announced by the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter. (803) 775-9386.

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Uncle reveals himself with a shocking sent message DEAR ABBY — I am heartbroken. I have an uncle “Tony” I’m close to, who is like my best friend. I Dear Abby was sending him pictures ABIGAIL of a football VAN BUREN game and he sent me back a very inappropriate picture of himself. He says it was a “mistake,” that it was supposed to go to his wife, but the text message he sent with it showed different. I don’t want to be around him. I’m disgusted and hurt over this. I need advice. What do I do? Hearbroken in Georgia

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DEAR HEARTBROKEN — Share the photo and texts with your parents and ask what they think about them. Then ask if they think you should forward the picture and text message to your aunt with a note explaining Uncle Tony said they were meant for her, and you didn’t want her to miss them. Because he makes you uncomfortable, listen to your intuition and keep your distance because what he did was appalling. DEAR ABBY — We are planning to give a joint baby shower next month for two sisters-inlaw who are expecting their babies three weeks apart. The joint shower is a necessity because some of the relatives will need to travel quite

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a distance to attend. Most of the guests know both girls, but some will know only one of them. Is there a way we can word the invitation so these guests won’t feel obligated to “gift” both babies? Any suggestions will be gratefully appreciated because we are stumped. Stumped in Ohio DEAR STUMPED — Put nothing on the invitations themselves mentioning gifts. However, it is acceptable to include an INSERT along with the invitation that states gifts for both babies are not expected. If the shower is going to be a large one, you could email the guests to relay the information. However, if it will be relatively small, pick up the phone and call.

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Wrecker driver needed. good driving record. class A license, dependable and willing to work. Call Sumter Wrecker 803-773-4955, 8a-5p, Mon-Fri. $$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

Land & Lots for Sale For Sale by Owner 4 Acres. 12 miles to Sumter. Owner financing. 803-427-3888 or harryives@hotmail.com.

TRANSPORTATION

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Turn your Tax Refund into your dream home! Low credit score? Been turned down for bad credit? Come try us, we do our own financing.We have 2-3-4 bedroom homes. For more information, call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book page (M & M Mobile Homes).

2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Trailers for rent, Cherryvale & Dogwood Area $250 & up. (803) 651-9926

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales

MERCHANDISE

Manufactured Housing

(803) 773-3600

Clinical Counselor for outpatient treatment facility. Required Master's Degree in one of the behavioral/social sciences and prefered certification through SCAADAC. Salary commensurate with experience. Send resume to P.O. Box 430, Manning, S.C. 29102 by April 20. EEO Employer.

H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel paint roofs gutters drywall blown ceilings ect. 773-9904

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11:30 a.m. the day before for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday edition. 9:30 a.m. Friday for Saturday’s edition 11:30 a.m. Friday for Sunday’s edition.

Septic Tank Cleaning

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

Look how big our little man has grown.

THURSDAY, APRIL 09, 2015

STATEBURG COURTYARD

Vans / Trucks / Buses

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

2006 Ford Ranger Super Cab, 2 door, V6, cold AC, AT, CC, AM/FM, new front tires & brakes. 173,525 miles. Well maintained. Runs & drives great! $3,500. Call 774-1263.

Autos For Sale Spring Van Sale $1500 & Up Price is Right Auto Sales 3210 Broad St 803-494-4275

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

2001 Buick Le Sabre Excellent Condition, low miles $3200 OBO Call 803-447-5453

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

Homes for Sale Unfurnished Apartments Downtown apartments 1bd/1 bath $850, 2bd/2 bath $975, rent incl.water & elect.. 803-775-1204 Mon. - Fri. 8 am - 5 pm.

Water front house & lot. 4bd/ 2 bath, front deck, boat house w/ track, c/h/a, most furniture can go w/ house .26 acres 1050 sq/ft. 1159 Lakeview Dr Manning SC, White Oak Creek in Wyboo Call 843-659-4332

Collectable dolls, display cabinets included. Low price 803-968-0615 10 Abbey Hall Ct. off W. Oakland. Sat. 8-? Women's clothes up to size 20, Men clothes up to size 40, furn., hshld ,etc.. Sat 8-12pm. Best Sale in town. Jewelry to New Industrial mop heads and everything in between. Inside Palmetto Towers, behind Kmart.

For Sale or Trade Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364 Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves. Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311

SPRING...ON THE ROAD 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

$399 per month*

$288 per month*

*72 months at 3% with $4,500 cash or trade, WAC

CREW CAB - 2WD

REG. CAB - 2WD

The total estimated amounts requested for the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, are: Total Amount Rural $60,000 (Purchase of Service) $10,397 (Operations) Minimum Local Match Rural $12,000 (20%) Purchase of Service $5,198 (50%) Operations Total Amount Small Urban $102,954 (Vehicle Purchase) $89,200 (Operations) Minimum Local Match Small Urban $20,590 (20%) Vehicle Purchase $44,599 (50%) Operations Grand Total $262,551 (Total Federal Request) $82,387 (Total Local Share) The applications may be inspected at SCDSNB from April 22, 2015, to April 30, 2015, from Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM 4:30 PM. Written comments should be directed to Robin Hickman, Director of Finance, at 750 Electric Drive, Sumter, SC 29153, on or before May 1, 2015.

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