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Appeal dismissed in Halloween shooting

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com A judge has dismissed a 27-year-old man’s appeal of a 2009 guilty plea to federal weapons charges related to the

killing of a 12-year-old boy on Halloween night a year earlier.

Quentin Patrick, formerly of 215 S. Wise Drive, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and am-

munition, a charge he received after authorities said he opened fire on Tony “T.J.” Darrisaw, his brother and stepfather on Oct. 31, 2008. T.J. was shot at least a dozen times, according to the

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Quentin Patrick, 27, is currently serving a 16-and-a-halfyear prison sentence after being convicted on federal weapons charges in 2008. A federal judge dismissed his appeal of that conviction Tuesday.

Sumter Police Department, and died at Tuomey Regional Medical Center less than a halfhour later. His stepfather and brother also were

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Teachers urged to ‘rebuild walls’

Rain not expected to cause flooding

Religious leaders, educators gather for annual lunch

Official: Some areas could see standing water

BY JAMIE H. WILSON Special to The Item

BY ROBERT J. BAKER AND BRISTOW MARCHANT bbaker@theitem.com bmarchant@theitem.com

Sumter School District and private school teachers and staff broke bread with local religious leaders this week at the 15th annual Sumter County Teacher’s Luncheon held at the Marion Newton Family Life Center.

Sponsored by a joint alliance of the Sumter County Ministerial Association, the Sumter County Concerned Clergy, the Tuomey Foundation, Tuomey Chaplaincy Services and area churches, Thursday’s luncheon catered to hundreds of local clergy, teachers and district staff.

The purpose of the luncheon is “to provide moral, spiritual and emotional support to all teachers, administration and support staff as they embark on a new school year,” said Aurelia Hill, pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

Dr. Frank Baker, interim superintendent for the school district, referenced Exodus 12 in his address to the gathered, stressing the importance of a new start not only for the district, but also for the thousands of students who will soon walk the halls.

“We have the opportunity to start a new beginning with every one of our children,” he said.

The theme of the event was Trusting God to Build Better Futures, which Kenneth Smith, chaplaincy manager for Tuomey Healthcare

ABOVE: First Baptist Missionary Church Pastor George Windley addresses a crowd of local ministers and Sumter School District staff at the 15th annual Sumter County Teacher’s Luncheon held at the Marion Newton Family Life Center.

LEFT: Members of the audience stand and applaud Windley’s comments about rebuilding the proverbial broken walls in the local education community.

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Local officials do not expect flash floods from heavy rains that are expected to continue throughout the weekend, but they do warn folks in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties to be cautious of their surroundings.

“We have no immediate concerns (about flash flooding in the area),” said state Department of Natural Resources Capt. Robert McCullough. “(A concern is) drivers being cautious when they come to standing water in the roadway, because they don’t know how deep it might get.”

Forecasters told The Item on Thursday that there is a potential of flash flooding from heavy rains from a stalled air front that is separating a summer air mass from an almost autumn-like mass.

“Along that front, you can expect showers and thunderstorms every day through Sunday,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Tom Kines.

Sumter County Emergency Management Director Erik Hayes said such heavy rains may add to already saturated ground soil, along with the elevated water levels of ponds, streams and rivers.

“With the outlook showing possible rain, rain and more rain ... and with the

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Missing boater found dead

RIGHT: Nichole Hamilton introduces Item archivist and historian Sammy Way to several residents of Sterling House, as he prepares to present a program on Poinsett State Park at the senior living residence. Hamilton is the new resident programs coordinator at Sterling House of Sumter.

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com

BELOW: Hamilton sits with resident Alberta Williams and her dog Abby.

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Nichole Hamilton, Sterling House resident programs coordinator Nichole Hamilton, 35, feels right at home in her new position as Sterling House of Sumter’s resident programs coordinator.

“When we came back from England in ’09, my neighbor across the street was Alberta Williams, and we immediately bonded,” Hamilton said. “She’s living here now. She’s like a mother to me. I call her ‘Mama Two.’ We’re like a family here.”

Married to Jesse Hamilton and with two daughters, 17-year-old Brittany and 7-year-old Savannah, Nichole has been back in the States for only five years, the family having been in England for a while. She also “grew up a military brat,” she said.

“I kind of fell into this job,” Hamilton said. “I have a medical billing and specialist coding diploma and was looking for a job in that field when someone offered me this job — that was at Morningside (of Sumter), where I worked before coming here.”

After just less than two months on the job at Sterling House, Hamilton said she’s really enjoying working with the Sterling House residents and staff.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR JOB?

“Never a dull moment — it’s busy and eventful. Every day is a new day.

I like the variety — being able to sit down, to run around, I like being able to move, talk about and do different things. You don’t get in a rut.”

WHAT DOES YOUR JOB ENTAIL?

“It has to do with the spiritual, physical, the emotional, the social and the intellectual well-being of each person. So my activities revolve around all those

gram so our residents could talk to and see their families and friends all around the U.S. I’ve overheard some of them saying, ‘I haven’t seen my grandchildren in three years.’ I know they’d love to see how much they’ve grown and catch up, and I get excited seeing them excited.”

DO YOU HAVE DUTIES OUTSIDE OF YOUR JOB TITLE?

facets, from church to word games and brain trivia and group games socials, like getting to know your neighbor, things like that. Exercises, so we keep walking and moving and feeling good. You can change it every day, with different forms of exercise. We go on rides, we get ice cream. I’ll pull in the drive-through and say ‘Can I get 15 sundaes?’ and pass them out, and I’ll pop in a CD and play music from the ’50s. We have a great time. And, of course, we have bingo every day. That’s their very favorite thing.

“I would like to take them to the opera house in Manning, to the Nutcracker, concerts, plays, the lights at Christmas at Swan Lake. Also to the planetarium, the aquarium in Charleston, the zoo ... . Getting to know each other, we also know what each individual’s preferences and interests are.

We’re like a family.”

WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS DO YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT?

“I would love to start a Skype pro-

“I wear several hats. We work as a team here; that is one of our cornerstones. I assist in the dining room at mealtime, I drive residents to doctors’ appointments, communicate with family members. I have one resident whose daughter lives in Washington, and I actually take pictures and text them to her daughter. If they need something from the store, I’ll go and get it. I wrap presents and mail them on my way home. Also, I just finished putting together our National Assisted Living Week program. It’s Sept. 8th through the 17th. Whatever needs to be done, I like to do.”

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR OFF TIME?

“We just moved, so I’m busy unpacking and getting the house in order right now. But I love to spend time with my family, and I like all sorts of crafts and reading.”

WHAT KIND OF WORK WOULD YOU BE DOING IF YOU WEREN’T HERE?

“I would not be happy sitting at a desk. I like to keep moving. I have a lot of energy, and I love talking to people. I need that variety to keep myself satisfied. I get bored easily, and I have to have something to constantly challenge me. I hope to stay here for a long time.”

— Ivy Moore

Man charged with criminal sexual conduct with teen

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com A 28-year-old man was arrested Thursday after a 16-year-old girl accused him of sexually assaulting her at a home on Timmerman Street.

George Houck Bradley of 535 Timmerman St. is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in the case.

The victim told investigators she left home Thursday and got a ride to a Broad Street supermarket. There, she reportedly met a man,

who she said she had never met before, and struck up a conversation with him, during which she reBRADLEY portedly told him she was 16 and a high school student.

The man reportedly hitched a ride for the two of them by telling drivers in the parking lot that they were boyfriend and girlfriend and that she was pregnant.

After they got a ride to a home on Timmerman

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Street, the victim said she fell asleep and woke up to the man attempting to have sex with her. The girl told investigators she was scared to say no, since she didn’t know where she was.

Afterward, the man reportedly took the battery out of the girl’s cellphone and had her wash the clothes and sheets she had been sleeping in. The girl told investigators she took a shower at the home, after which she and the man reportedly had sex again.

The girl eventually left the home on foot and

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called law enforcement from a neighbor’s house. A sheriff’s deputy who responded reportedly saw a man standing in the roadway nearby, and the girl identified him as the suspect.

Bradley was picked up and taken to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office for an interview and later booked into Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

The victim was transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center to have a sexual assault kit performed, then was returned home.

The body of a man who fell off a boat in Lake Marion on Wednesday has been recovered.

Todd Bryan Hamm, 45, of Creek Road in Timmonsville, disappeared about noon while on a fishing trip with his son.

His body was found by the Department of Natural Resources about 7:30 a.m. Friday.

Deputy Clarendon County Coroner Bucky Mock confirmed the remains pulled from the lake were Hamm’s, ending a 43-hour search by DNR. Several department boats were deployed in the search around the Potato Creek area, including a dive team that scoured the bottom for any sign of the missing boater.

Hamm and his 18-yearold son reportedly set out on a fishing trip Wednesday from the Potato Creek landing in a War Eagle john boat. But at some point, both Hamm and his son were apparently thrown from the boat, for reasons that have yet to be determined.

“That’s a part of the investigation,” said DNR spokesman Capt. Robert McCullough. “That kind of boat has tiller-steering on the engine, and they have a tendency to tip when taking sharp turns.”

The younger man was able to get a life jacket out of the boat and was rescued, but his father reportedly disappeared beneath the water.

McCullough called the search a “recovery operation” early Thursday morning, meaning investigators had little hope of finding Hamm alive.

Rescuers were reportedly called to the area where Hamm was last seen about 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, shortly after the incident in which the boater went missing.

Searching continued until Wednesday evening and recovery operations continued all day Thursday, expanding the search further from the area of the landing, without success.

Hamm was reportedly found on the surface of the water when the search resumed Friday morning.

Mock said Friday that Hamm’s body had been sent to Charleston for an autopsy to determine the cause of death, scheduled to be performed at the Medical University of South Carolina on Friday afternoon. The tentative cause of death is thought to be drowning.

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From left, Jennica Greco, Savahhan Daniels, Jenny Thigpen and Wren Bunch are the Kit Kat Klub Singers who perform at the Kit Kat Klub, a cabaret in Berlin during the early 1930s.

The musical “Cabaret” can be seen at Sumter Little Theatre tonight and Sunday, as well as Thursday through Sunday next week.

There is how much sugar in kids’ lunches?

BY DANIELA BACHMEIER Special to The Item

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f you were to open up a kid’s lunchbox, what would you find? Perhaps it would be a sandwich, cookies, string cheese and a juice box. Or maybe it would be a Lunchable, chocolate milk and some applesauce. These options seem healthy, don’t they?

Let’s break the two meals down in terms of sugar: two slices of multigrain bread contain 5 grams of sugar, one serving of Oreos (4 cookies) contains 14 grams of sugar, string cheese has 0 grams, and a 6.75ounce box of apple juice contains 22 grams of sugar. This meal contains 41 grams of BACHMEIER sugar. The second meal: A Lunchable (Turkey and American Cracker Stackers with a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup and Caprisun Pacific Cooler) is 27 grams of sugar, a 16-ounce Nesquik chocolate milk is 58 grams of sugar, and one cup of Mott’s original applesauce is 22 grams of sugar.

The second meal includes a whopping 107 grams of sugar.

According to the American Heart Association, the recommended daily amount of added sugar for children is 3 to 4 teaspoons.

This is the equivalent of 14 to 16 grams. The average intake of sugar by children ages 4 to 8 is 21 teaspoons. That is up to 7 times more than the recommended amount.

Many foods are thought of as “healthy” because they are low-fat or they contain fruit.

When shopping for your kids’ lunches, make sure to look at the nutrition labels. Focus on the grams of sugar and salt as well as the amount of fat in each food. For example: canned fruit packed in 100 percent fruit juice contains 33 to 50 percent less sugar than fruit packed in heavy syrup.

Names for added sugars on labels include: brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, fruit juice concentrates, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, invert sugar, malt sugar, molasses, raw sugar, sugar, sugar molecules ending in “ose” (dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose) and syrup.

Here are some common terms and their meanings as defined by the Food And Drug Administration: Sugar-free — less than 0.5 grams of sugar per serving; Reduced sugar or less sugar — at least 25 percent less sugar per serving compared to a standard serving size of the traditional variety; and No added sugars or without added sugar — no sugar or sugar-containing ingredient such as juice or dry fruit is added during processing.

Some ways to cut down on sugars are to use extracts and spices instead of sugar. Add some cinnamon or vanilla extract for a different flavor. You can also use a third or a half the amount of sugar when baking and replace it with unsweetened applesauce. Another way to cut down the amount is to add fresh fruit to food instead of adding sugar.

Daniela Bachmeier is a Health Promotion Intern at the Sumter Family YMCA.

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‘Cabaret’ timely, poignant, effective theater

BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Item

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“Unfortunately” is not a good word to use in starting a review.

However, unfortunately, the content of “Cabaret,” the Sumter Little Theatre opener, is just as timely today as was the 1966 premiere of the musical set in 1930s Germany. Fortunately, the script is filled with excellent content and insightful observations about human behavior and survival. The SLT version offers a strong production of “Cabaret.”

The musical score resonates with a variety of genres and attitudes — from the naughty “Don’t Tell Mama” to the agonized “What Would You Do?” On opening night the SLT orchestra, under the direction of Joni Brown, was flawless.

The excellent choreography, by Libby Singleton and Jennifer Reimer, combined bawdy reality with a keen eye to audience acceptance and comfort level. The Kit Kat Dancers executed each number with dedication to the character of the Kit Kat girls and the difficult stage maneuverings. Each number was a visual commentary of the nature of the times inside the club and the suggested ugliness developing within Germany.

Michael Duffy, who plays the emcee with physical prowess and grotesqueness, infuses

his character with varying levels of movement. At times, he is restricted and symbolic, much like the swastika and the Star of David embedded almost imperceptibly in the painted-stage setting. As the action progresses in Act II, his gestures and posturing become more outgoing, especially the ironically, humorously dramatic “If You Could See Her.” He is particularly convincing in his final song — face and body responding to the trauma and tension of the times.

Kendall Van Sickle (Sally Bowles) and Matt Wilt (Cliff Bradshaw) do an excellent job in their roles as the young foreigners enmeshed in the growing changes in Nazi Germany. Although vocally their voices do not always hold pitch or blend well together, they bring clear characterizations to the play and are both dynamic in the anger scenes in Act II. Both David Brown (Herr Ludwig) and Jenny Thigpen (Fraulein Kost) add strength to the scenes, especially in “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.” Although every play is an ensemble event, Ann Wilson, the wid-

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Their onstage chemistry is riveting; their vocals are rich and powerful. The duet “Married” is delicate and moving. Wilson’s “What Would You Do?” touches the cornerstone of her quandary — survival in light of the horrific changes within Germany.

Director Carmela P. Bryan has a clear vision of the building tension so integral to the play,

utilizing lighting, placement of singers and dancers and an extremely effective transition at the end of Act I. “Unfortunately,” if you miss seeing the play, you will miss an evening of effective theater — great music and dancing, a play with an important caution about human life and acceptance and moments of humor.

“Cabaret” runs tonight and Sunday and Aug. 22-25. Sunday matinees start at 3 p.m.; all other performances start at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $17 for students, seniors and military. Contact Sumter Little Theatre, 14 Mood Ave., in the Sumter Country Cultural Center, at (803)775-2150 for reservations and/or season memberships.

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A giving back to the community, barbecue, customer appreciation and back-to-school bash will be held 2-7 p.m. today at VWF Sumter Post 10813, 610 Manning Ave. Sponsored

by Heartz2Soulz and Soul Vybe Cafe’, event will feature free school supplies, coupons for shampoo and style for girls, free haircuts for boys, free food, games and more.

The Lincoln High School Alumni Association will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Trinity Lincoln Center, Council Street. All former students, faculty, staff and supporters of the school are invited to attend.

Call (803) 506-2832.

The Carolina Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the Parks & Recreation Department, 155 Haynsworth St. The club meets on the third Tuesday each month.

Visitors welcome.

Call (803) 775-8840.

The Dalzell COP’s (Community Oriented Police) will meet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Ebenezer Community Center, 4580 Queen Chapel Road and the corner of Ebenezer Road, Dalzell. A fire department representative will be the featured speaker. We are striving to improve the communities and schools in our area.

Hospice Care of Tri-County will hold its annual memorial service at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 25, at Wise Drive Baptist Church, corner of Wise Drive and Wilson Hall Road. Reception will follow service. This event is intended for anyone who has experienced a loss. Many attendees bring a photo or memento of their loved one to place on the memorial table. Call (803) 9057720.

The Sumter Branch NAACP will meet at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike Road.

Sumter County Citizens for Life will hold an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at Logan’s Roadhouse. This meeting is open to all who support the right to life and are interested in making a difference for unborn children whose lives are threatened by abortion as well as medically vulnerable members of society whose lives are threated by euthanasia and doctor-prescribed suicide. Contact Brandi Hall at (803) 464-1918 or brandihall1977@ yahoo.com. Like us on Facebook at Sumter County Citizens for Life.

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Alley stars in gritty, realistic ‘Baby Sellers’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Kirstie Alley (“Cheers,” “Veronica’s Closet”) returns to prime time in the 2013 drama “Baby Sellers” (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime). She plays Carla Huxley, the head of a prestigious adoption agency that has helped many would-be parents realize their dream of starting a family. But beneath her empathetic veneer lies the heart of a human trafficker. Jennifer Finnigan stars as Nicole Morrison, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Huxley’s trail.

Don’t go looking for the usual Lifetime movie atmosphere here. “Baby” has a gritty and realistic feel, shot on location in impoverished neighborhoods in India, Brazil and Canada, where the “American” scenes take place. It’s produced by Robert Halmi Sr., who also helped make the film “Human Trafficking,” seen on Lifetime in 2005.

• Ratings tell us that fewer Americans are watching television on Saturday nights. And those watching are watching critters. Look for a new episode of “Too Cute” on Animal Planet, featuring “Mischievous Puppies” (9 p.m., TVPG). “America’s Cutest” also airs “Dogs: Fluff-aThon” (8 p.m., Animal Planet, TV-PG).

Folks looking for a more hands-on approach to their animals may enjoy “The Incredible Dr. Pol” (9 p.m. Saturday, Nat Geo Wild, TV-PG), showcasing a fourth season of veterinary medicine and animal husbandry in rural Michigan, where Pol caters to a clientele of horses, pigs, cows, sheep, alpacas, cats and dogs.

• While on a movie

shoot in a small town, a famous actress (Diane Neal) befriends a videostore owner who happens to be called Clark Gable (Travis Schuldt) in the 2013 romantic comedy “This Magic Moment” (9 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark).

• “Masterpiece Mystery!” (9 p.m. Sunday, PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) returns to an old favorite with “The Lady Vanishes.” Tuppence Middleton (“Inspector Lewis”) stars as socialite train passenger Iris Carr, who befriends an older Englishwoman who calls herself Miss Froy (Selina Cadell). After a nap, Iris awakens to find Miss Froy missing and is confounded when her fellow passengers deny ever seeing Miss Froy or anyone matching her description.

The mystery unfolds against the background of Balkan intrigue and talk of war. “Vanishes” is based on the 1936 novel “The Wheel Spins” by Ethel Lina White, which was adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1938. This is the second “Mystery!” re-adaptation of a classic originally made by Hitchcock.

The series presented a new version of “The 39 Steps” in 2010.

• Hunger vanishes on “The Great Food Truck Race” (9 p.m. Sunday, Food Network), entering its fourth season in Los Angeles. Host Tyler Florence challenges eight teams to sell a high-end signature dish to a Beverly Hills clientele, and then sends them up the Pacific Coast to San Francisco, where they must devise an entirely different entree at a much lower price point. Next week: Portland, Ore. • Naturalist Casey Anderson returns for a

fourth season of “America the Wild” (10 p.m.

Sunday, Nat Geo Wild, TV-G). The “America” in the title extends to all of North America, as Anderson kicks off the season in Canada, where he examines various wolf breeds in an effort to find a “pure” wolf. Then it’s off to the Southwest in search of a mountain lion that has become a threat to the survival of local bighorn sheep.

Cult Choice Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill and Robert Carradine star in the 1980 war drama “The Big Red One” (8 p.m. Saturday, Military), written and directed by Sam Fuller.

Saturday’s Highlights • Historians discuss first ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, on the five-hour special “First Ladies as Influence Makers” (7 p.m., C-SPAN).

• The local library falls short of funds on “Cedar Cove” (8 p.m., Hallmark, TV-PG).

• Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Christine Baranski star in the 2008 adaptation of the stage production “Mamma Mia!” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG), a search from here to paternity, set to the music of ABBA. Help yourself.

• A divorce lawyer’s murder leaves a trail of motives on “Bones” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• Cullen and Elam scour the prairie for their purloined provisions on “Hell on Wheels” (9 p.m., AMC).

• Nobody’s in charge on “Do No Harm” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• With Warwick against her, Elizabeth

finds her crown unsteady on “The White Queen” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

Sunday’s Highlights • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., r, CBS): the story behind a drone strike; extreme diving; the Robin Hood Foundation.

• The New York Giants host the Indianapolis Colts in preseason NFL action (7 p.m., Fox).

• Carrie searches for strangers who share her gift on “Unforgettable” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Walt schemes as Jesse becomes consumed by guilt on “Breaking Bad” (9 p.m., AMC, TV14).

• Sookie mulls her future on the season finale of “True Blood” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). Like vampires, this series threatens to endure forever.

• Dexter reaches out to Hannah on “Dexter” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Frank finds vital evidence on “Low Winter Sun” (10 p.m., AMC, TV14).

• Bridget looms large in her brothers’ lives on “Ray Donovan” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Corcoran solidifies his base on “Copper” (10 p.m., BBC America, TVMA).

• Will appears on a

morning talk show on “The Newsroom” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• “On the Case With Paula Zahn” (10 p.m., ID, TV-14) commemorates its 100th episode.

Saturday Series Jane ponders Lorelai’s links to Red John on “The Mentalist” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Two helpings of “Cops” (8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Fox, r, TV-PG) * Frankie’s first day goes badly on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

Sunday Series “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) * Another city by the bay on “Secret Millionaire” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * On two helpings of “Crossing Lines” (NBC, TV-14): new clues (9 p.m.), hanging by a thread (10 p.m.) * “Whodunnit?” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Death visits a Wild West tourist trap on “The Mentalist” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Kidnappers target a tycoon’s daughter on “Castle” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TVPG).

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Back-to-school bash honors vets, students, customers

BY SHAMIRA McCRAY Special to The Item Soul Vybe Café and the Heartz 2 Soulz organization will host their third-annual barbecue, customer appreciation and back-to-school bash today at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10813.

This year the barbecue will be held from 2 to 7 p.m., and the entire Sumter community is invited, event coordinator Cheryl McKnight said.

“When I first started, it was just for the children, but each year it grows,” said McKnight.

Those people who choose to attend the event will have the opportunity to enjoy live entertainment from local praise dancers and DJs, food, games and more. Free school supplies will be given to children, and boys can receive free haircuts. There will be coupons given to girls to receive free shampoos and styles.

“We have a lot of games and face painting for the children,” she said. “We just feel a need to always give back to the community.

Times are hard, and some people can’t even afford to get things for their children.”

McKnight said in the past they have reached out to students, members of the school district, law enforcement, firemen and more; however, this is the first year they have included active and retired members of the military and

their families.

“It’s a community project,” she said. “I like to focus on every area around. Who knows what will be added next year?”

Heartz 2 Soulz and the Soul Vybe Café are still collecting donations of school supplies. Anyone interested in donating may leave the supplies at the following locations: the South Sumter Resource Center, IGA on Pinewood Road, the VFW Post 10813 or at Al’s Music

Hut on Manning Avenue.

Anyone wanting to leave donations at the VFW may do so on the day of the event from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

“We want to have a lot to give to the children,” McKnight said. “We give back to the students to give relief to the parents.”

Post 10813 is located at 610 Manning Ave. in Sumter.

For more information on the barbecue and back-toschool bash, contact Cheryl McKnight at (803) 565-0637.

Man reportedly shot during fight at nightclub

ROTARY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com

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Sumter Rotary Club scholarship recipients were recognized Monday. From left are Jamie Campbell, Rotary president; Bryce Gulledge, USC; Kaitlyn Aycock, Trevecca Nazarene University; Lance Foxworth, College of Charleston; Stan Johnson, Central Carolina Technical College; and Johnny Hilton, Rotary Scholarship Committee chairman.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Phil Knight, 56, of 202 E. Liberty St., No. 27, was arrested Thursday and charged with third-degree assault and battery. During an argument with a neighbor at 4 p.m., Knight reportedly threw a “large concrete ashtray,” striking a 21-year-old woman in the foot, then began choking her. Knight told police he was defending himself. EMS responded to treat the woman’s injuries.

BURGLARY:

A home in the 6600 block of Black River Road was reportedly broken into at 12:01 p.m. Wednesday. Witnesses describe seeing two men in their 20s fleeing out the back door into the woods. A 32-inch flat-screen TV valued at $150 was reportedly stolen from the scene.

VANDALISM:

At 7:14 a.m.

Wednesday, a man in the 3000 block of Kari Drive came outside to find his home and car

had been egged and toilet papered. No damage to either was estimated.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

A light blue 2009 Ford Escape was reportedly stolen from the 2500 block of Broad Street between 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2, and 7:54 a.m. Thursday. The car is valued at $16,900.

A pink 2000 Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was reported stolen from the 200 block of West Williams Street at 5:40 a.m. Tuesday. The bike is valued at $3,800.

A 48-inch TV was reportedly stolen from the 3300 block of Bart Davis Road at 2:01 p.m. Wednesday. The TV is valued at $1,200.

A DVD player, a laptop computer, two smartphones, two digital cameras and a flatscreen TV were reportedly stolen from the first block of Somerset Drive at 6:46 p.m.

Wednesday. The items are valued at $1,170.

Four nail guns were reportedly stolen from

| the 400 block of North Salem Avenue between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday. The items are valued at $950.

RECOVERED PROPERTY:

A white Ford F-150 was found sitting in the 4900 block of Silo Road at 3:38 p.m.

Tuesday. The car was reported stolen from Lee County. It is valued at $8,500.

A .380-caliber handgun with a clip in it was reportedly found in a “rusty oil-looking barrel” in the backyard of a home in the 200 block of East Newberry Avenue at 12:51 p.m. Monday.

A man was reportedly seen by a police officer crouching be-

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tween two homes on Dingle Street near Salem Avenue. The man then ran away when he saw the police car. A black Taurus 9 mm handgun was recovered from the scene. It had not been reported stolen.

EMS CALLS:

On Thursday, Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 39 calls.

Twenty-nine were medical calls, two were motor vehicle wrecks, and eight were listed as “other trauma.”

A Sumter man was rushed to the hospital early Friday morning after reportedly being shot during a fight in a nightclub.

The 29-year-old man was taken through the emergency entrance to Tuomey Regional Medical Center in the early morning hours with what police reports call a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the left arm.

Earlier in the evening, gunshots reportedly rang out during an argument inside the Bobby’s Place nightclub in the 300 block of Manning Avenue.

About 1:15 a.m., an argument broke out between an unknown number of individuals inside the nightclub. At some point, a handgun was reportedly fired, causing all the other patrons to run from the establishment.

Sumter police responded to the scene, spoke with the business owner and began processing the club.

Meanwhile, the injured man arrived via private transport to the emergency room. His is the only reported injury from the shooting. Detectives interviewed the victim at the hospital, but he said he could not identify the person who shot him.

A 26-year-old man thought to have arrived at the hospital with the shooting victim was also reportedly questioned in the Tuomey parking lot. He reportedly was uncooperative, was unsteady on his feet and began shouting profanity in a public area and was arrested for disorderly conduct.

No other information about the shooting was made available Friday. Sumter police are continuing to investigate the incident.

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Scientists discover new shark species off S.C. coast COLUMBIA (AP) — Scientists have discovered a new species of shark in the ocean off South Carolina and have named it for the region where it was found.

The “Carolina hammerhead,� thought to reach 11 feet long and weigh about 400 pounds, has been identified cruising the waters at Bull’s Bay north of Charleston, St. Helena Sound near Beaufort and in the Charleston harbor.

But biologists suspect these hammerheads occur worldwide, since evidence of them has been found in the past from Brazil to the

A new species of hammerhead shark, the Carolina hammerhead, also seen below on X-ray, is thought to reach 11 feet long and weigh about 400 pounds. It has been identified at Bull’s Bay north of Charleston, St. Helena Sound near Beaufort and in the Charleston harbor.

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Indian Ocean. The number of Carolina hammerheads is thought to be small. “It is a distinct species,� said William “Trey� Driggers, a marine scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-

tion’s fisheries division.

Driggers, a 45-year-old Sumter native and Clemson University graduate, was among a team of scientists with NOAA, the University of South Carolina, the University of New Orleans and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources who made the discovery after more than a decade of research.

Much of the work was done in the laboratory of USC professor Joseph Quattro, he said. Veterinarians in Columbia also collaborated on the discovery.

Driggers said it’s almost impossible to tell the differ-

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Evidence of a hammerhead with fewer vertebrae dates to a single reference in a 1967 research paper, but only in the past decade have scientists obtained more detailed information. Recently, they concluded that the Carolina hammerhead is separate from the scalloped hammerhead.

Some 56 sharks used to identify the Carolina hammerhead were all collected off the South Carolina coast.

Carolina and scalloped hammerheads are the second-largest hammerhead sharks found in Palmetto State waters, behind the great hammerhead. The animals are distinguished by their wide, anvil-like heads.

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Egypt street battles leave at least 64 dead CAIRO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital descended into chaos Friday as vigilantes at neighborhood checkpoints battled Muslim Brotherhood-led protesters denouncing the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and a deadly crackdown. The fiercest street clashes the city has seen in more than two years of turmoil left more than 60 people dead, including several policemen.

The sight of residents firing at one another marked a dark turn in the conflict, as civilians armed with pistols and assault rifles clashed with protesters taking part in what the Muslim Brotherhood called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day of Rage,â&#x20AC;? ignited by anger at security forces for clearing two sit-in demonstrations Wednesday in clashes that killed more than 600 people.

Military helicopters circled overhead as residents furious with the Brotherhood protests pelted them with rocks and glass bottles. The two sides also fired on one another, sparking running street battles throughout the capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residential neighborhoods.

There was little hope that an evening curfew would curb the violence as the Muslim Brotherhood called on supporters of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ousted Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, to stage daily protests.

Unlike in past clashes between protesters and police, residents and possibly police in civilian clothing battled those participating in the Brotherhood-led marches.

There were few police in uniform to be seen as neighborhood watchdogs and proMorsi protesters fired at one another for hours on a bridge that crosses over Cairoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Zamalek district, an upscale island neighborhood where many foreigners and ambassadors reside.

Across the country, at least 56 civilians were killed, along with eight police officers, security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

The violence erupted shortly after midday weekly prayers when tens of thousands of Brotherhood supporters answered the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call to protest across Egypt in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency following the bloodshed earlier this week.

Armed civilians manned impromptu checkpoints throughout the capital, banning Brotherhood marches from approaching and frisking anyone wanting to pass through. At one checkpoint, residents barred ambulances and cars carrying wounded from Cairoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main battleground, Ramses Square, from reaching a hospital.

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Patrick was sentenced in federal court to 200 months (less than 17 years), which he is currently serving in a Florida penitentiary. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Margaret B. Seymour dismissed Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal of that sentence on Tuesday, almost a year to the day after Patrick filed it questioning the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prose- T.J. cution of him as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;career criminalâ&#x20AC;? and asking for a reduced sentence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am glad the judge dismissed it with prejudice,â&#x20AC;?

Daphne Grinnell, T.J.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, said through email Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to try and reduce his sentence again. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand why he thinks he should get a reduced sentence. How much more could a person do to my family? He should be in there for life. His whole life.â&#x20AC;?

Patrick, a convicted drug dealer who had been shot himself in 2007, reportedly told Sumter police after his arrest that he answered T.J.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knock at his door that Halloween night with a spray of bullets from an automatic weapon because he thought a rival drug dealer was back to shoot him again.

Instead, T.J., brother Ahmadre, 9, and stepfather

Freddie Grinnell were blasted with at least 30 rounds on a short stint of trick-or-treating that followed that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halloween on Main in downtown Sumter.

Grinnell, who relocated to Clinton, Tenn., with her surviving three children after the shooting, said nearly five years later it remains a daily struggle to hold her family together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been very rough,â&#x20AC;?

Grinnell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably roughest for my oldest son (14 at the time). His perspective on life has changed. He gets angry when he hears about things involved with the case. He wants answers like I do.â&#x20AC;?

Grinnell is hopeful some answers will come when Patrick finally stands trial in Sumter general sessions court. Patrick is charged with murder, two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill and one count each of assault with intent to kill and manufacturing crack cocaine.

Efforts to reach 3rd Circuit Solicitor Ernest A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chipâ&#x20AC;? Finney III were unsuccessful Friday. He said in October 2012 that the case would be tried in the first quarter of 2013. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incarceration in Florida, he said, has been the largest impediment to trying him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His lawyer (Sumter attorney John Clark) has limited opportunity to visit/

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talk with him,â&#x20AC;? Finney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect we will transfer Patrick back here two weeks before the trial begins to prepare with his lawyer.â&#x20AC;?

Grinnell said she was copied on an email between Finney and former Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson on Friday that leads her to think Patrick will face a jury this fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Finneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to Patterson) was that he was preparing to take the case to trial in October, but this is the same thing we have heard for years now,â&#x20AC;? Grinnell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(A trial) will help release the stress and anxiety of not knowing the outcome and all the cross-communication of plea bargains and thoughts that he could get off on a reduced sentence,â&#x20AC;? Grinnell said.

Grinnell is also opposed to any plea agreements.

Finney told The Item last year that Patrick had been offered such an agreement near the time of his federal plea. He would have received a 30-year sentence but turned the offer down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would be very disappointed if a plea bargain was offered for the second time,â&#x20AC;? Grinnell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That would be a slap in my face (and) total disrespect. I want (Patrick) to get life. It would be a weight off my shoulders knowing that it would be my last time being in the same room with him.â&#x20AC;?

Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211.

OBITUARIES SEDA REINHARDT GABLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seda Harrison Reardon Reinhardt, 90, widow of Ernest Reardon and wife of Roy Reinhardt, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at her residence, 12519 U.S. 301, Gable.

REINHARDT She was born Oct. 19, 1922, in Turbeville, a daughter of the late Hobe Harrison and Elizabeth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lizzieâ&#x20AC;?

Player Harrison Oliver.

She received her formal education at Hickory Grove Church Parochial School, Turbeville. She was employed at Walker Gamble Elememtary School, New Zion, as a food service assistant manager. At an early age, she joined Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Turbeville. Later, she joined St. John AME Church, Workman community, Kingstree. She was president of the senior choir and missionary society; a member of the willing workers and trustee board; church secretary; and a class leader.

Survivors are her husband of the home; two sons, Ernest Reardon Jr. of New Zion and McArthur (Mona) Reardon of Ossining, N.Y.; six daughters, Emma McLean of Lake Carmel, N.Y., Betty (Gene) PerryWalker of Pineville, N.C., Vivian Reardon of Stratford, Conn., Norma Reardon and Karen (Terry) Dickey, both of New Zion, and Wanda McFadden of Columbus, Ga.; three nieces reared as her own, Jerlen Kennedy and Gracie (the Rev. Horance) Herring of Newton, N.C., and Jettie M. Reardon of Bronx, N.Y.; two grandchildren reared as her own, Lance Reardon of Columbia and Stacey

| Reardon of Atlanta; seven stepdaughters, Mae Nelson of Manning, Laura Reihhardt and Ruby (Nero) Bells of Long Island, N.Y., Ruby Hudson of Roxburg, Mass., Addie (Ed) Jordan of Primbrook, Mass., Lila Butler and Willie Frierson, both of Boston, Mass., George (Laura) Frierson of Gable and James (Lucy) Pringle of Boston; three aunts, Meida Willliams of Jamacia, N.Y., Pearl Harrison of Turbeville and Pear Player of Lake City; two uncles, Wilie James Harrison of Turbeville and George (Lillie) Harrison of Turbeville; 20 great-grandchildren; and two greatgreat-grandchildren.

Celebratory services for Mrs. Reinhardt will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Walker Gamble Elementary School, Walker Gamble Road, New Zion, with the Rev. Frederick Johnson, pastor, eulogist, the Rev. Jerome McCray, presiding, the Rev. Alford Smalls, Evangelist Gracie Herrin and Minister Arkus Frierson assisting. Burial will follow in Old McFadden Cemetery, Turbeville.

Mrs. Reinhardt will lie in repose one hour before funeral time.

The family is receiving friends at the Reardon homestead, 1439 Turtle Lane, New Zion.

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

DOROTHY C. JOHNSON Dorothy C. Johnson, age 93, beloved wife of the late Boyd L. Johnson, died on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at Sumter Health and Rehab.

Mrs. Johnson was born and raised in Chesterfield and had lived in Sumter for 50 years. She was a daugh-

ter of the late Percy and Mary Ann Roscoe Crowley. Mrs. Johnson was the owner and operator of Dotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beauty Shop for more than 30 years. She and her late husband were some of the founding members of First Southern Methodist Church. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Mrs. Johnson is survived by a daughter, Sandra Campbell of Sumter; two grandchildren, Bambi Shelley and Sumer Jarvis; and three great-grandchildren, Luke, Lance and Mollie Shelley.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ellison Evans officiating. Interment will follow at Sumter Cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Beacon Hospice, 2635A Hardee Court, Sumter, SC 29150 or to First Southern Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1345, Sumter, SC 29151.

You may sign the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

DOROTHY CROWMER Dorothy Crowmer, 77, wife of John â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackâ&#x20AC;?

Crowmer, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

H. BURGESS BOYKIN III DALZELL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hamilton Burgess Boykin III, 67, widower of Betty Sue Disher Boykin, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Hamilton Burgess Jr. and Azalee Edens Boykin.

Mr. Boykin was a member of First Church of God and was the owner of Boykin Construction.

He trained and showed Tennessee Walking Horses for many years and was an avid outdoorsman.

Survivors include a son, Hamilton Burgess Boykin IV of Dalzell; two daughters, Lorie Boykin Wallace of California and Rebecca â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beckyâ&#x20AC;? B. Lewis (Greg) of Sumter; five grandchildren, Amber Nicole Boykin, Travis Hamilton Boykin, Brianna M. Lewis, Haleigh M. Lewis and Brayden Cade Lewis; a great-grandchild, Diesel Chase Boykin; a sister, Barbara B. Goodwin of Sumter; brothers-in-law, J.M. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Geneâ&#x20AC;? Disher (Jennifer) of Sumter, Jimmy Disher of Charleston, Terry Disher (Cindy) of Camden and Ronnie R. Disher (Katherine) of Charleston; and a sisterin-law, Joeann Disher Rabon (James) of Camden.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at First Church of God with the Rev. Ron Bower officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home, 3550 Black River Road, Dalzell.

Memorials may be made to First Church of God, 1835 U.S. 521 North, Sumter, SC 29153.

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

MARY B. POWELL Mary Eleanor Bagnal Powell, 90, widow of John William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jayâ&#x20AC;? Powell, died Sunday, Aug, 11, 2013, at the home of her daughter in Florence.

Born in Augusta, Ga., she was a daughter of the late J. Harrell Bagnal and Gertrude Weathersbee Bagnal. Mrs. Powell was a member of Harmony Church. She retired from Sumter School District 17.

Survivors include four children, Teri P. At-

kinson (Ken) of Surfside Beach, Mike Powell (Beth) of Sumter, Molly P. Shorter (Jim) of Florence and Bonnie P. Keels (Shonn) of Myrtle Beach; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jeanine B. Watt of Sumter.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Joe H. Bagnal and Frank B. Bagnal; a sister, Alice B. Docherty; and a great-grandson, Trey Watry.

The family would like to thank Agape Hospice for their loving care that they extended during this time.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m.

Monday at Harmony Church with the Rev. Drew Choate officiating.

Memorials may be made to Harmony Church, P.O. Box 1878, Sumter, SC 29151.

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

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RAIN from Page A1 possible tropic system (in the Atlantic Ocean) bringing more rain to the area, (there is) the possibility for some areas to see standing water,” Hayes said. “We have seen that in several areas already.”

McCullough said the rains push groundwater to the surface, drowning low-lying areas and roadways.

“It really depends on how much rain we see,” he said.

Kines said anywhere from 2 to 4 inches can be expected through Sunday.

“The question is how much and where,” he said. “I don’t know how widespread the heavy rain is going to be. Usually, the heavy rain will fall in pockets and not over hundreds of miles.”

Hayes said drivers particularly should be vigilant this weekend.

He said the No. 1 thing they should keep in mind is that “it doesn’t take much water to move a vehicle.”

“If (you’re driving) and approach an area where you cannot see the road, we urge you to stop carefully, and turn around, and find an alternate route,” Hayes said. “If you cannot see the road beneath the water, you cannot be certain the road has not washed away, or your vehicle could stall in the water and cause you to be stranded, which creates another traffic hazard.”

“Slow down your driving, of course, in the rain and, if the weather becomes very bad, find a safe place to wait out the weather,”

Hayes continued. “If you do not have to be out, then please wait until the weather clears.”

Aside from property damage, such flooding can be dangerous and life-threatening. Despite this summer’s higher-than-average rain totals, McCullough said DNR has only recorded one death in the state this year attributed to flash flooding. That death was near Lake Hartwell in the Upstate.

Hayes said he doesn’t expect general flooding to be a problem for most Sumter County residents.

“We do not have a large population on the river areas in Sumter, therefore if river flooding were to occur, I do not think we would be overwhelmed,” he said.

“The localized ‘flooding’ we had a few weeks ago was due to the large amount of rain in such a short period of time. It just overwhelms the drainage systems — sewers and ditches — and causes minor issues for a short period of time.”

He urges residents to take precautions, pay attention to weather alerts and notify local authorities of any localized flooding.

“Please call and report them so that it may be checked by either county or city Public Works or the state Department of Transportation,” Hayes said.

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walls of Jerusalem.

Windley likened the construction of the Jerusalem wall to the rebuilding of Sumter’s education system.

“Do we see any broken walls here in Sumter?” he asked the crowd.

Windley listed several areas that he said need improvement: family structure, trust, relationships, morale and committed involvement in local schools.

“When young men and young women do not value education, our walls are broken,” he said.

His speech drew standing ovations from several in the audience at various points. Almost all the teachers stood in applause as Windley capped his speech.

“If we trust in God, we, too, can rebuild the walls around our schools,” he said.

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MONDAY 87°

85° 77°

TUESDAY 88°

70° Heavy thunderstorms; mostly cloudy

WEDNESDAY 88°

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Clouds and sun with a shower or t-storm

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Clouds and sun with a t-storm in spots

Winds: ENE 4-8 mph

Winds: W 3-6 mph

Winds: WSW 4-8 mph

Winds: ENE 4-8 mph

Winds: ESE 3-6 mph

Winds: WNW 3-6 mph

Chance of rain: 75%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 25%

Chance of rain: 40%

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Temperature High ............................................... 66° Low ................................................ 65° Normal high ................................... 89° Normal low ..................................... 69° Record high ..................... 102° in 1954 Record low ......................... 57° in 1983

Greenville 72/64

Gaffney 69/65 Spartanburg 72/65

Bishopville 77/67

24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. ........... 0.90" Month to date ............................... 2.16" Normal month to date ................. 2.89" Year to date ................................ 37.03" Normal year to date ................... 31.23"

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Charleston 83/70 The following tide table lists times for Myrtle Beach.

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Moonrise today ....................... 5:14 p.m.

Moonset today ........................ 2:50 a.m.

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LUNCHEON from Page A1 System and pastor at Three Pillars Missionary Baptist Church, said is crucial to the success of the upcoming school year.

“We win when we trust in God,” he said.

Various local religious leaders took turns publicly praying for administrators, teachers, support staff, students, families and a positive school year.

Angela Halter Marshall, youth minister at Trinity United Methodist Church, prayed that students would take their studies seriously.

“Help students understand that hard work honors the one who created them,” she prayed.

Keynote speaker George Windley Jr., First Baptist Missionary Church pastor who was educated in Sumter County schools, spoke on a passage in Nehemiah that told the story of the rebuilding of the

Independent Studies show that homes lose 20% to 40% of their heating and cooling through leaky air ducts.

Ray Tiffault took this photo of a black skimmer at Edisto Beach recently. Tiffault comments, “The bird was skimming, feeding only a foot or two from the water line.”

SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

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Phillies fire Manuel

BY ROB MAADDI

BY The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — With Charlie Manuel seated to his left, Ruben Amaro Jr. broke down in tears after announcing he fired his manager.

It was that emotional for the general manager and many associated with the Philadelphia Phillies.

SANDBERG Manuel was let go Friday after a disastrous second half, ending the most successful run in club history. Hall of Famer and former

Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg, the Phillies’ third-base coach, replaced Manuel for the start of a 10game homestand.

“You people may not know the relationship I’ve had with Charlie. He’s a special person. This is difficult for me. I hope he stays in our organization,” said Amaro, who took over as GM after Manuel led the Phillies to the World Series title in 2008.

The 69-year-old Manuel, the winningest manager in club history, was in the final year of his contract and wanted to manage another two or

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Philadelphia starting pitcher Cole Hamels (35) is greeted by former manager Charlie Manuel, right, during a recent game. The Phillies fired Manuel on Friday and have proSEE MANUEL, PAGE B2 moted Ryne Sandberg to coach the team.

Sumter TD Club set for fall

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com The 24th edition of the Sumter Touchdown Club is set to begin on Friday, Aug. 30, and the guest speaker list will include an assistant coach from both Clemson and South Carolina, a former player who is now part of the radio broadcast team for each school as well as three head coaches from Football Championship Subdivision schools in the state.

Also, along with supporting high school football in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties through its weekly breakfast meetings, the club will also become a scholarship organization this year, according to Lee Glaze, a member of the club’s Board of Directors.

“We’re taking nominations from coaches,” said Glaze, who said the club will give out either four or five scholarships. “They don’t have to be going to college to play football, but they obviously need to be attending college. We want to honor the kids from the local high school teams who are doing good things.”

The breakfast meetings will be held at The Quality Inn located at 2390 Broad Street. The meetings are scheduled to begin at 7:15 a.m. and last no later than 8:30.

The first meeting will feature local high school coaches participating in a roundtable discussion about prospects for the upcoming season.

“With all of the new

BY NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press

sideline reporter Patrick Sapp will appear on Sept. 27.

Penn Wagers, a longtime college football referee and the director of officials for the Southeastern Conference, will speak on Oct. 4, followed by Presbyterian College head coach Harold Nichols on Oct. 11 and The Citadel head coach Kevin Higgins on Oct. 18.

A speaker has yet to be confirmed for Oct. 25, but Wofford College head coach Mike Ayers will speak on Nov. 1, former Vanderbilt head coach and current

BROOKLYN, Mich. — No matter what kind of car he’s in next year, Juan Pablo Montoya is eager to start winning again.

That was the message the 37-year-old driver repeated throughout a brief session with reporters Friday at Michigan International Speedway. Montoya won’t be back with longtime team owner Chip Ganassi for an eighth MONTOYA NASCAR season, and the Colombian driver’s future is very much up in the air.

Montoya wasn’t tipping his hand Friday.

“I’ve talked to a lot of people — put it that way,” he said. “I don’t want to be specific about anybody. I know some people are interested.”

Montoya’s goal is pretty simple.

“The only thing I said already is, I want to be in a winning car,” he said.

“Don’t know what I’m going to do, but I want to make sure I’m in a winning car.”

Montoya is one of the world’s most decorated

SEE CLUB, PAGE B5

SEE MONTOYA, PAGE B5

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Clemson offensive line coach Robbie Caldwell, left, will be one of many guest speakers at the Sumter Touchdown Club, which begins meeting on Aug. 30. Caldwell will speak on Nov. 8.

SUMTER TD CLUB SPEAKERS Aug. 30 — High School Coaches Roundtable Sept. 6 — Pending Sept. 13 — USC play-by-play announcer Todd Ellis Sept. 20 — USC running backs coach Everette Sands Sept. 27 — Clemson sideline reporter Patrick Sapp Oct. 4 — SEC Director of Officials Penn Wagers

coaches in the area, this should be pretty interesting,” Glaze said. Coaches who are at new schools are Reggie Kennedy at Sumter, Tony Felder at Manning, Robbie Briggs at Laurence Manning Academy, David Rankin at Robert E. Lee Academy and Jesse Johnson at Scott’s Branch.

Oct. 11 — Presbyterian head coach Harold Nichols Oct. 18 — Citadel head coach Kevin Higgins Oct. 25 — Pending Nov. 1 — Wofford head coach Mike Ayers Nov. 8 — Clemson offensive line coach Robbie Caldwell Nov. 15 — Radio sports talk show host Phil Kornblut

A speaker is still be lined up for Sept. 6, but former USC quarterback and current play-by-play announcer Todd Ellis will speak on Sept.

13. On Sept. 20, Carolina running backs coach Everette Sands will be the speaker, and former Clemson and National Football League linebacker and current Tigers

More arrests made in Clemson vandalism

USC’s Byrd hopes for big year

BY NEIL WHITE The State

BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier CLEMSON — The arrest count in the Howard’s Rock vandalism case is up to three.

North Carolina residents Michael J. Rogers, 46, of Pisgah Forest, and Alden James Gainey, 17, of Brevard, have each been arrested, charged with felony counts of conspiracy and obstructing justice.

Michael J. Rogers and Gainey each appeared in Pickens County court Friday.

Each was released on personal recognizance bond of $7,500.

Montoya weighing future options

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Two more arrests have been made in the Howard’s Rock vandalism case, which took place between June 2 and 3 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson.

Rogers is listed as the president and CEO on the web site of a masonry company in Pisgah Forest, named Michael J. Rogers Masonry, Inc. An employee who answered the phone at the business confirmed Michael is the father of 18-yearold Micah Rogers, who was first arrested in the investigation June 28.

The employee said Michael J. Rogers was not in the office or

available for comment.

Micah Rogers was arraigned and released on $5,470 bail June 28 after police located his vehicle, with the assistance of tips and leads stemming from surveillance photos and videos released on June 20.

Rogers was charged with one felony — malicious injury to personal property valued at more than $2,000, SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B3

On the third play from scrimmage in the 2013 Outback Bowl, South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw dropped back at his own 44-yard line and looked downfield. Streaking down the left side on a post route was none other than the Gamecocks’ fastest player.

Damiere Byrd made the catch in stride over the hands of the Michigan defender at the BYRD 6-yard line, and his momentum carried him into the end zone for the first score of the game.

“That was a big play in that game, and I hope to continue to make those types of plays the entire season,” Byrd said.

That play in USC’s 33-28 win showed how the promise of the speedy 5-foot-9, 166 pound receiver could be put into action. The Sicklerville, N.J., native knows that is what USC’s coaches and fans hope to see more of in his junior season.

With Ace Sanders gone to the NFL, Byrd hopes to get on the field more often. He’s currently battling for a full-time starting role.

“It’s an opportunity to establish myself with a bigger role in this offense, make bigger plays in bigger situations, and be more consistent,” he said.

Byrd, who also competes for the indoor track team in the sprint events, played in all 13 of USC’s games last season, starting two of them, and caught 14 passes for 366 yards — a 26.1-yard average — and three scores. He also was on the receiving end of a 94-yard touchdown pass from Dylan Thompson against UAB, his first career scoring catch and the fourth-longest pass play in school history.

But Byrd, who says he has run a 4.26 in the 40-yard dash on the gridiron, wants to be known for more than his ability to stretch the field.

“Obviously, I have speed so that’s the first thing that’s going to stand out to anybody,” Byrd said. “Even though I’ve always been the downthe-field guy, and that’s all people automatically assume is what I am. I feel like I am a complete receiver. I can run all the routes, I can catch and I can do what all the other receivers do. It’s time for me to actually show that.”

SEE BYRD, PAGE B3

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Red-hot Dodgers beat Sandberg, Phillies 4-0 PHILADELPHIA — Zack Greinke pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and Hanley Ramirez homered to lead the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-0 victory over new manager Ryne Sandberg and the slumping Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.

The defeat capped a tumultuous and emotional GREINKE day for Philadelphia. Charlie Manuel, the winningest manager in club history, was fired earlier in the day by general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., who broke down when delivering the news.

Sandberg, the Hall of Famer and former Cubs second baseman, was promoted from third base coach to interim manager.

But the Phillies, who have lost 20 of 24, didn’t play any differently for Sandberg.

The Dodgers didn’t play any

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CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta threw seven shutout innings and Nate Schierholtz drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

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PITTSBURGH — Jose Tabata hit a two-run homer, rookie Gerrit Cole pitched six solid innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Friday night.

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tend Baltimore’s losing streak to four games.

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BALTIMORE — Colorado hit four home runs, including a tiebreaking, two-run shot by Wilin Rosario in the seventh inning, and the Rockies beat the Orioles 6-3 Friday night to ex-

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DETROIT — James Shields allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings and was part of a combined four-hit shutout in Kansas City’s 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night to give the Royals a sweep of a day-night doubleheader.

Kansas City won the first game 2-1 as Danny Duffy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and pitched a combined two-hitter.

Royals pitching held the Tigers to a run and six hits for the two games.

Eric Hosmer homered in each game.

Shields (8-8) won his fourth game in his past five starts. He walked four and struck out one.

From wire reports

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Holman throws no-hitter for Chula Vista SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Grant Holman threw a no-hitter to lead Chula Vista, Calif., past Grosse Pointe, Mich., 3-0 on Friday in the Little League World Series.

The 6-foot-4, 216pound Holman struck out 13 in seven innings.

Patrick Archer had a two-run single in the top of the seventh for the California team.

Grosse Pointe’s Chad Lorkowski, 6-3 and 219 pounds, threw one-hit ball through six innings and also had 13 strikeouts, but exhausted his 85-pitch allotment.

Chula Vista broke through against Grosse Pointe reliever Antonio Moceri in the seventh, with Micah PietilaWiggs driving in the third run with the fourth hit of the inning.

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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Chou Shih-

Che, Lan Huai-Chien and Yeh Tung-Jua homered to help Taiwan rout Canada 10-2 on Friday in the Little League World Series.

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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Kazuki Ishida hit a two-run homer and Kyousuke Kobayashi drove in a pair of runs with a double to lead Tokyo into the second round of the Little League World Series with a 7-3 win over Brno, Czech Republic, on Friday.

Shou Miyao singled home a run in the first and Kobayashi added his double later in the inning. The Japanese champions made it 6-0 in the second on Ishida’s homer and an RBI double by Shunpei Takagi.

Six pitchers combined on a two-hitter for Japan in the first LLWS game for a team from

MANUEL from Page B1 three seasons.

“I never quit nothing and I didn’t resign,” Manuel said, making it clear he was pushed out the door.

Manuel had been a folksy presence in the Phillies’ dugout since the beginning of the 2005 season. He wasn’t a popular choice in Philadelphia when former GM Ed Wade hired him to replace Larry Bowa, but he became a beloved figure in a tough city.

“I think we’re all a little upset, a little sad,” Chase Utley said. “It’s not easy to see the guy you play for, for nine years, not behind the batting cage right now watching batting practice. It’s difficult.

“Charlie brought out the most in his players.

He was a man you could walk up to and he was the same every day. He was always going to give that positive energy and a lot of times that translated to the field.”

Sandberg managed the Phillies’ Triple-A team at Lehigh Valley the previous two seasons. He was part of one the most lopsided trades in sports history when the Phillies traded him and Bowa to the Cubs for shortstop Ivan DeJesus in 1982.

“I must say that, for me, I recognize this day as Charlie Manuel Day,” Sandberg said at his first news conference. “What he’s meant to the Philadelphia Phillies’ organization, what he’s meant to the fans, the championships, the World Series, he’s tops in the organization for what he did here.

I really enjoyed my nearly three years with him in spring training and being here in Septembers, and this year especially being with him on a daily basis. I wish Charlie the best with whatever he intends to do, and he left a big footprint here in Philadelphia.”

Amaro said Sandberg takes over on an interim

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Chula Vista, California’s Grant Holman threw a no-hitter against Grosse Pointe, Mich., on Friday at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.

the Czech Republic.

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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Joseph Davis allowed one hit in 4 2-3 innings and Newark, Del., scored five times in the first inning to beat Urbandale, Iowa, 6-3 in the Little League World Series on Friday night.

The Mid-Atlantic champions had six hits in the first, including for straight by Nathan Hardcastle, Davis, Eric Ludman and Jack Hardcastle. Jared Owens added a tworun single and Ryan Miller followed with a run-scoring triple.

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basis and would be evaluated after the season.

Sandberg inherits a team that’s 5-19 since the AllStar break and is 20½ games out of first place.

“These guys are professional players, they’re getting paid well,” Sandberg said. “Sometimes players have to dig deeper, play with pride, play with heart and for the name on the front of the uniform.”

Manuel won his 1,000th game as manager on Monday in Atlanta. Two days later, he sat in the dugout knowing it would be his last game after Amaro informed him of the decision not to extend his contract.

“I think sometimes people forget how much I love to win,” Manuel said. “I think that goes unnoticed. I think sometimes I don’t talk about it, because I push it to my team and how important it is. Every day, I say our No. 1 priority is to win the game. When we get away from that, we get into trouble. I love everything about managing, and I think for us, the last couple years to fall back, I get upset very much so. I want us to stay where we were at, I want to compete for a World Series every year.”

Manuel led Philadelphia to the franchise’s second World Series title in ‘08 and brought the team back to the series in 2009, when they lost to the Yankees in six games.

Manuel was 780-636 with the Phillies and won five straight NL East titles from 2007-2011. He also spent three years as manager with the Cleveland Indians, winning the AL Central in 2001.

Even with an aging roster, the Phillies were expected to contend in the NL East this season, but the team has fallen apart.

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay has missed most of the season with an injury.

Slugger Ryan Howard also has been out with an injury. High-priced reliever Jonathan Papelbon has struggled to close, and apart from Utley and Dominic Brown, the Phillies haven’t hit much.

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 7:40 a.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match from Stoke-on-Trent, England -- Stoke vs. Liverpool (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:30 a.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series Children’s Hospital 200 Pole Qualifying from Lexington, Ohio (ESPN2).

9:30 a.m. -- Women’s International Golf: Solheim Cup Second-Round Matches from Parker, Colo. (GOLF).

9:55 a.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match from London -- Aston Villa vs. Arsenal (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon -- International Track and Field: World Championships from Moscow -- Men’s 200Meter Dash Final (WIS 10).

Noon -- Youth Baseball: Little League World Series International Pool Play Elimination Game from South Williamsport, Pa. -- Perth Australia, vs. San Lorenzo Puerto Rico (ESPN).

12:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match from Swansea, England -- Swansea vs. Manchester United (WIS 10).

1 p.m. -- Arena League Football: ArenaBowl XXVI from Orlando, Fla. -- Philadelphia vs.

Arizona (WLTX 19).

1 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: Western & Southern Open Men’s Semifinal Matches from Cincinnati (ESPN2).

1 p.m. -- NFL Preseason Football: San Francisco at Kansas City (NFL NETWORK).

2 p.m. -- Youth Baseball: Senior League World Series Championship Game from Bangor, Maine (ESPNU).

2:30 p.m. -- International Track and Field: World Championships from Moscow (WIS 10).

2:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series Children’s Hospital 200 from Lexington, Ohio (ESPN, WEGX-FM 92.9).

3 p.m. -- Youth Baseball: Little League World Series U.S. Pool Play Elimination Game from South Williamsport, Pa. -- Corpus Christi, Texas, vs. Nashville, Tenn. (WOLO 25).

3:30 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Wyndham Championship Third Round from Greensboro, N.C. (WLTX 19).

3:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Boston (WACH 57).

4 p.m. -- Amateur Golf: U.S. Amateur Semifinal Matches from Brookline, Mass. (WIS 10).

4:30 p.m. -- NFL Preseason Football: Dallas at Arizona (NFL NETWORK).

5 p.m. -- Youth Softball: Junior League World Series Championship Game from Kirkland,Wash. (ESPN2).

5 p.m. -- Horse Racing: Sword Dancer Invitational and Alabama Stakes from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. -- Youth Baseball: Little League World Series International Pool Play Elimination Game from South Williamsport, Pa. (ESPN).

7 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: Western & Southern Open Women’s Semifinal Matches from Cincinnati (ESPN2).

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

7 p.m. -- Major League Basball: Los Angeles Dodges at Philadelphia or Kansas City at Detroit (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (WGN).

7:30 p.m. -- NFL Preseason Football: Jacksonvville at New York Jets (NFL NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- International Gymnastics: U.S. Championships from Hartford, Conn. -Women’s Competition (WIS 10).

8 p.m. -- Youth Baseball: Little League World Series U.S. Pool Play Elimination Game from South Williamsport, Pa. (ESPN).

8 p.m. -- NWSL Soccer: Boston at New York (FOX SOCCER).

8 p.m. -- Major League Soccer: Philadelphia at New York (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Dick’s Sporting Goods Open Second Round from Endicott, N.Y. (GOLF).

9:45 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Daniel Geale vs. Darren Barker for the IBF Middleweight Title and Jonathan Romero vs. Kiko Martinez for the IBF Junior Featherweight Title from Atlantic City, N.J., and Nathan Cleverly vs. Sergey Kovalev for the WBO Light Heavyweight Title from Cardiff, Wales (HBO).

10:30 p.m. -- NFL Preseason Football: Denver at Seattle (NFL NETWORK).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 72 51 .585 – Tampa Bay 68 51 .571 2 Baltimore 65 55 .542 51/2 New York 62 58 .517 81/2 Toronto 56 65 .463 15 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 71 50 .587 – Cleveland 65 56 .537 6 Kansas City 63 57 .525 71/2 Minnesota 54 65 .454 16 Chicago 46 74 .383 241/2 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 70 51 .579 – Oakland 68 52 .567 11/2 Seattle 55 65 .458 141/2 Los Angeles 54 66 .450 151/2 Houston 39 81 .325 301/2 Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels 8, N.Y. Yankees 4 Oakland 5, Houston 0 Toronto 2, Boston 1 Detroit 4, Kansas City 1 Tampa Bay 7, Seattle 1 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Friday’s Games Kansas City 2, Detroit 1, 1st game Colorado 6, Baltimore 3 Kansas City 3, Detroit 0, 2nd game Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees at Boston late Seattle at Texas, late Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, late Cleveland at Oakland, late Houston at L.A. Angels, late Today’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-7) at Boston (Lackey 7-10), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 0-1) at Baltimore (B.Norris 8-10), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (W.Davis 6-9) at Detroit (Fister 10-6), 7:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 8-11) at Minnesota (A.Albers 2-0), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 6-12), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-5) at Texas (M. Perez 5-3), 8:05 p.m.

Cleveland (U.Jimenez 8-7) at Oakland (Straily 6-6), 9:05 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 5-7) at L.A. Angels (Richards 3-5), 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Kansas City at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Colorado at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

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

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

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

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Boston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

National League

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| W L Pct GB 74 47 .612 – 59 61 .492 141/2 55 64 .462 18 53 67 .442 201/2 46 73 .387 27 Central Division W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 71 49 .592 – St. Louis 69 51 .575 2 Cincinnati 69 52 .570 21/2 Chicago 52 68 .433 19 Milwaukee 52 69 .430 191/2 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 70 50 .583 – Arizona 62 57 .521 71/2 Colorado 57 65 .467 14 San Diego 54 67 .446 161/2 San Francisco 53 67 .442 17 Thursday’s Games St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5, 12 innings San Francisco 4, Washington 3 Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 1 N.Y. Mets 4, San Diego 1 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 0 Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 2 Colorado 6, Baltimore 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 0 San Francisco at Miami, late Washington at Atlanta, late Cincinnati at Milwaukee, late N.Y. Mets at San Diego, late Today’s Games Arizona (Cahill 3-10) at Pittsburgh (Locke 9-3), 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Kelly 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (T. Wood 7-9), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 0-1) at Baltimore (B.Norris 8-10), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-7) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 10-9), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Latos 12-3) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-9), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 7-8) at Miami (H.Alvarez 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 6-9) at Atlanta (Minor 12-5), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Mejia 1-2) at San Diego (Volquez 8-10), 8:40 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Francisco at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Colorado at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Boston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami

NFL PRESEASON

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 44 New England 1 0 0 1.000 31 Miami 1 1 0 .500 47 N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 17 South W L T Pct PF Houston 1 0 0 1.000 27 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 20 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 3 Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 21 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 71 Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 51 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 34 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 13 West W L T Pct PF Denver 1 0 0 1.000 10 Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 19 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 13 San Diego 0 2 0 .000 38 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 18 Washington 1 0 0 1.000 22 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 41 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 36 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 17 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 33 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 16 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 33 North W L T Pct PF Chicago 1 1 0 .500 50 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 32 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 0 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 13 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 17 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 31 San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 6 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 19 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 24, Detroit 6 Baltimore 27, Atlanta 23 Philadelphia 14, Carolina 9 Chicago 33, San Diego 28 Friday’s Games Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Oakland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New England, 8 p.m.

Today’s Games Dallas at Arizona, 4:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.

Green Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 8 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Game Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Game Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 22 New England at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 23 Seattle at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Oakland, 10 p.m.

PA 20 22 27 26 PA 13 44 27 22 PA 39 25 10 18 PA 6 17 17 64 PA 13 21 39 40 PA 13 31 44 61 PA 52 41 17 27 PA 0 10 10 27

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Chicago 16 8 .667 – Atlanta 11 9 .550 3 Indiana 11 12 .478 41/2 Washington 11 13 .458 5 New York 10 13 .435 51/2 Connecticut 7 15 .318 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 17 5 .773 – Los Angeles 17 7 .708 1 Phoenix 13 11 .542 5 Seattle 10 13 .435 71/2 San Antonio 8 15 .348 91/2 Tulsa 7 17 .292 11 Thursday’s Games Chicago 79, Seattle 66 Friday’s Games Connecticut at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

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

Tulsa at Minnesota, late Indiana at Los Angeles, late Today’s Games Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Atlanta, 3 p.m.

Connecticut at Chicago, 6 p.m.

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Texas A&M’s Manziel followed by trouble

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN The Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas — An uncanny ability to escape trouble helped make Johnny Manziel a Heisman Trophy winner.

Whether it was an arrest that could have gotten him booted from Texas A&M before he even played a game or a swarming SEC defense trying to bury him in the backfield, Johnny Football was tough to take down.

Now another off-thefield problem is a much bigger threat to the quarterback’s future. After a whirlwind season where he came from obscurity to become the biggest star in college football and the first freshman to win the Heisman, the question is: Will there be a follow-up?

Allegations that he received payment for autographs could threaten his eligibility along with A&M’s championship hopes, and have some in College Station fed up with his antics.

Most in this town built around the university and its football program

are nervously waiting for the results of an NCAA investigation that ESPN has reported is about whether Manziel was paid for signing hundreds of autographs for memorabilia brokers during the offseason.

Coach Kevin Sumlin tried not to make too much out of what could be a season-altering situation. He pointed out that last year most expected the Aggies to struggle in their first year in the Southeastern Conference.

“We had a cloud over our heads last season, no one thought we could win any games,” he said.

“Every year you’ve got a challenge.”

Regardless of the outcome of the investigation, it has already distracted from what was expected to be a big year for the Aggies. They’re coming off an 11-2 record, highlighted by Manziel leading Texas A&M to an upset win at No. 1 Alabama.

The rematch in College Station is Sept. 14.

Manziel’s lawyer has said he believes Manziel will play in Texas A&M’s season opener against Rice on Aug. 31 — even if

the investigation is ongoing. Ultimately, though, it could be up to Texas A&M to decide whether they want to play a player who could later be ruled ineligible.

Sumlin wouldn’t speculate on whether Manziel will play in the opener and said that a lot of people would be involved in that decision.

That question is certainly the hottest topic in College Station and perhaps in all of college football. The web site TexAgs. com, a site that caters to die-hard Aggie fans, has a poll on its home page asking whether Manziel will play in Week 1. Sixtyeight percent of the 4,000 people who voted think he will, but there are also plenty of Aggie fans who believe he shouldn’t.

They believe that A&M should keep him out to avoid facing possible sanctions for the program down the road.

“Holding this program and the school’s reputation hostage to the immaturity and incredibly bad judgment of young Johnny is just stupid,” a fan posted on a TexAgs. com forum about the issue. “Whether he took

Beamer reflective as 27th season at VT approaches

BY HANK KURZ JR. The Assocaited Press BLACKSBURG, Va.— Frank Beamer is in full grind mode, preparing for the season. He’s got practices to plan, coaches meetings, and lots of film to watch.

The Hokies open the season against two-time defending national champion Alabama on Aug. 31, and time is precious.

The 66-year-old Beamer is entering his 27th season as coach at his alma mater, and his 33rd as a head coach overall. The Hokies are coming off a 7-6 season, their worst in 20 years, but with a career record of 258-127-4, Beamer is the winningest active coach in the Bowl Subdivision, and he’s not slowing down at all.

Looking out the windows of his expansive corner office at Lane Stadium, which the Hokies and their fans have turned into one of the best game-day environments in the nation, the coach is humbled, and reflective.

“Things have always worked out for me,” he said as his gestures show off the diamondcrusted 2009 Sugar Bowl ring on his hand. “I

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Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer and the Hokies open the season against 2-time defending national champion Alabama on Aug. 31. Beamer, 66, is entering his 27th season coaching at his alma mater and his 33rd as a head coach overall.

could go through different stories like when I was an assistant coach and hoped to get a head coaching job and someone else got it and I was hurting like heck, and when I look back, it was the best thing that ever happened. My whole life has kind of been that way.”

In 1986, after Beamer’s sixth season at Murray State, the Bill Dooley era at Virginia Tech ended amid a scandal that would lead to NCAA sanctions. Dutch Baughman was the Hokies’ athletic director, a stint that lasted just six months, but long enough for him to make the hire.

“We didn’t know

each other,” Beamer said in a recent interview with The Associated Press, “but I think when we met, we just kind of hit it off, and if it had been anyone else other than Dutch Baughman, I’m not sure I’d have been hired as the coach here.”

Baughman, like Beamer a graduate of Virginia Tech, recalls the meeting fondly.

“It became almost like an instant friendship. We felt like we had a lot in common,” he said. “It was very clear that he was interested in our football head coaching position not because it was open, but because it was Virginia Tech.”

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Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel takes a break during football practice in College Station, Texas, recently. The NCAA is investigating whether Manziel received payment for signing hundreds of autographs on photos and sports memorabilia in January.

money or not, he put A&M in a really bad situation when it had the world by the tail.”

Sumlin has been cagey during camp concerning the quarterback situation.

But he did say that the Aggies “have to have a contingency plan for what happens at quarterback.”

He also said he alternates giving different quarterbacks more snaps each day at practice.

Manziel hasn’t spoken to the reporters since SEC media days, but he has addressed his past mistakes, including his arrest last year, previously. Manziel was arrested last summer after a bar fight near campus and charged with disorderly conduct, possession of the fake ID and failure to identify himself to police.

It was an incident that put him in danger of

BYRD from Page B1 Byrd caught one pass in nine games as a freshman and had some issues with hanging onto the football, but he made strides in that area a year ago. He would love to develop into the kind of receiver that Sanders, who led the teams with 45 receptions and nine touchdown catches a year ago, became during his three seasons.

“I have improved,” Byrd said.

“Every offseason, I work harder and harder to catch balls each day.”

He’s taking the first step of following in Sanders’ path by inheriting the No. 1 worn by Sanders last season. Byrd wasn’t going to pass it up when offered.

“I wore this in high school previously, and when Ace left, I didn’t really think about it,” he said. “I was going to keep (No.) 3. Coach (Steve Spurrier) Junior and coach Mangus texted me and asked me if I wanted

it and I said, ‘I’ll take it.’”

Spurrier Jr., the receivers coach, believes Byrd has the ability to put together a break-through campaign for a receiving corps that has no seniors.

“Damiere Byrd’s a capable player, and he needs to have a big year,” Spurrier Jr. said.

Byrd, a sport and entertainment management major who interned in the athletics marketing department over the summer, believes the depth and ability is there.

“Without having any seniors, our receiving corps is really deep,” Byrd said. “We have a lot of people who can play. We need to have those people step up and make big plays.”

With both Shaw and Thompson back to put the ball on the money, Byrd enters the season more confident than ever.

“All I have to do is get in the right spot knowing the ball will be there,” he said.

Just like in the Outback Bowl.

CLEMSON from Page B1 but less than $10,000 — and one misdemeanor for trespassing and unlawful entry into enclosed places. The felony is punishable by up to five years in prison at the court’s discretion, while the misdemeanor means a $200 fine or 30 days in jail if convicted.

A court date has not been announced for Micah Rogers, whose truck and home were adorned with Clemson paraphernalia — shaking the original perception the vandalism was

being suspended from school and left him having to earn the starting job in fall camp.

Manziel admitted this June that he failed to identify himself to police following the altercation.

As part of a plea deal, other charges against the 20-year-old, including disorderly conduct, were dismissed, and it looked like Manziel’s trouble was behind him.

committed by a fan of a rival school.

Howard’s Rock was damaged June 2, according to Clemson police.

In a Post and Courier online reader survey in June, 57 percent of voters believed a fine and/or community service was sufficient punishment for the younger Rogers; 35 percent thought jail time was necessary; 8 percent had no strong opinion.

At the announcement of Rogers’ arrest, police

said they were searching for at least two other suspects. Six weeks later, they appear to have found their men.

Howard’s Rock has stood on its pedestal inside Memorial Stadium for 47 years. One of the most famed traditions in college football, Clemson coaches and players rub the rock before descending The Hill as a pregame ritual.

The university previously stated the tradition would continue with the remaining rock this season, starting Aug. 31 against Georgia.

Can someone, anyone, please take down the SEC?

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — Can somebody — anybody! — please stand up to that bully down South.

The college football season hasn’t even started yet, but we already feel like we know the outcome.

The SEC is up here.

Everyone else is down here.

Frankly, it’s getting a little boring.

Sport requires drama, suspense, some degree of uncertainty to truly capture our attention.

In this sport, though, we’ve got the closest thing to a sure bet. Come January, we all know there’s likely to be another Southeastern Conference team standing in the middle of that confetti at the Rose Bowl, collecting the league’s eighth straight national title.

Once again, the SEC has an

embarrassment of riches: the best offensive player (Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel), the best defensive player (South Carolina end Jadeveon Clowney), the best coach (Alabama’s Nick Saban), and — oh, yeah — the best team (Saban’s mighty Crimson Tide, winner of three crowns in the last four years and heavily favored to claim another).

Yawn.

For the good of college football, somebody needs to end this reign of terror.

Sure, dynasties are a whole lot of fun for those on the right side of history, but they’re not the best way to keep the rest of us engaged. It is surely no coincidence that average attendance this past season was down 1.3 percent from 2005, the last time a team not from the SEC finished No. 1, and a more trou-

bling 3.3 percent from its record high in 2008.

In fact, last year’s turnout of 45,440 per game was the lowest for the NCAA’s top division since 2001. Even the folks in SEC country seem to have become a bit bored with all this winning, judging by a slight drop in average attendance each of the last two seasons and a more glaring number of no-shows at some big-time stadiums.

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Europe’s Azahara Munoz, left, celebrates a birdie on the ninth hole with teammate Karine Icher during Friday’s foursome match at the Solheim Cup in Parker, Colo. Munoz and Icher had birdie putts that gave Europe a 3-1 advantage over the U.S. after the first round of play.

Europe takes early 3-1 lead at Solheim Cup

BY EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press PARKER, Colo. — Three straight long putts stunned America’s No. 1 power pairing Friday and helped the Europeans get off to a surprising early lead at the Solheim Cup. Azahara Munoz and Karine Icher made consecutive birdies from 15, 25 and 20 feet on holes 8 through 10 to open a big lead over Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer en route to a 2-and-1 victory that gave Europe a 3-1 lead after the opening alternate-shot matches.

“We had an amazing stretch on 8, 9 and 10,” Munoz said. “And after that, we just kept plugging along and we just did our job.”

America’s only point came from Morgan Pressel and rookie Jessica Korda in a 3-and-2 victory over Catriona Matthew and Jodi Ewart-Shadoff.

Before Munoz and Icher were through, Europe already had two points on the board. The all-Swedish pairing of Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall beat Brit-

ish Open champion Stacy Lewis and Lizette Salas 4 and 2, and Suzann Pettersen’s partner, rookie Beatriz Recari, made a 20-foot eagle putt on 16 to close out a 2-and-1 win over Brittany Lang and Angela Stanford.

“It’s early. It’s Friday morning. We’re going to be ready for this afternoon,” Stanford said.

For the afternoon best-ball matches, U.S. captain Meg Mallon put Michelle Wie in the lineup, pairing her with Kerr against Matthew and 17-year-old Charley Hull, the youngest Solheim Cup player ever.

Other matches: Lang and Brittany Lincicome against Nordqvist and Giulia Sergas; Stanford and Gerina Piller against Hedwall and Caroline Masson; Lewis and Lexi Thompson against Pettersen and Carlota Ciganda.

The United States is trying to recapture the cup after losing it to the Europeans in Ireland two years ago. The Americans were considered favorites coming in, having never lost the Solheim Cup at home.

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Rookie Reed has 1-stroke advantage at Wyndham

BY JOEDY MCCREARY The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Patrick Reed listens to wife Justine. And with good reason: She’s carrying his clubs.

With his wife serving as his caddie, the PGA Tour rookie shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship.

He had an 11-under 129 total.

“I don’t mind her having all the attention,” Reed said. “Less attention for me, which means I can just focus more on my game.”

Reed had six birdies in a bogey-free round that was a stroke shy of matching his best of the year.

John Huh had the best round of the day — a 62 — to move to 10 under. John Deere winner Jordan Spieth was 9 under after a 66. Spieth also is a PGA Tour rookie, and Huh is in his second year.

Bishopville native Tommy Gainey shot 1-under par and is tied for 35th after Friday’s round. He is 3-under par for the tournament and made the cut, which was set at 1-under.

Charlie Wi, Bob Estes, Rory Sabbatini, Brian Harman, Jim Herman and first-round co-leader Ross Fisher were 7 under.

Wi had a 65, Estes, Harman, Herman and Sabbatini shot 66, and Fisher had a 69.

Organizers moved up the third-round tee times Saturday to try to dodge a threat of rain, with players going off in threesomes at the first and 10th tees.

Reed, the 23-year-old former college player at Georgia and Augusta State, had top-10 finishes in his last two tournaments. He could have built an even bigger lead in this one, but missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 seventh.

He closed his round with birdies on the eighth and ninth holes, sinking a 10-foot putt to applause from the gallery and walking off the green with his arm around Justine’s shoulder.

She began caddying for him last summer before a Monday qualifying tournament in Houston. During a humid, 100-degree day in Texas, she had no trouble lugging around a bag full of rain gear, he said.

“I told her to read putts for me that day, and she just has a knack for reading greens extremely well,” Reed said. “It’s basically like my coach being out there with me. She knows just as much about the golf swing. She knows why I hit it left or right or anything like that, so I mean, if ever I get out of whack, she can fix me immediately.”

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Patrick Reed, left, embraces his wife and caddie, Justine, after making a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship on Friday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Bishopville native Tommy Gainey shot a 1-under par to make the cut at 3-under.

WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Associated Press Friday At Sedgefield Country Club Course Greensboro, N.C. Purse: $5.3 million Yardage: 7,127; Par: 70 Second Round Patrick Reed 65-64—129 -11 John Huh 68-62—130 -10 Jordan Spieth 65-66—131 -9 Charlie Wi 68-65—133 -7 Ross Fisher 64-69—133 -7 Bob Estes 67-66—133 -7 Rory Sabbatini 67-66—133 -7 Brian Harman 67-66—133 -7 Jim Herman 67-66—133 -7 Morgan Hoffmann 65-69—134 -6 Charles Howell III 66-68—134 -6 Matt Every 67-67—134 -6 Robert Garrigus 65-69—134 -6 Andrew Svoboda 65-69—134 -6 Hideki Matsuyama 70-65—135 -5 Bryce Molder 66-69—135 -5 Bill Haas 69-66—135 -5 Zach Johnson 67-68—135 -5

Sergio Garcia 65-70—135 -5 Will Claxton 68-67—135 -5 Henrik Norlander 67-68—135 -5 Robert Karlsson 70-66—136 -4 Charlie Beljan 69-67—136 -4 Trevor Immelman 65-71—136 -4 Stuart Appleby 66-70—136 -4 Cameron Percy 68-68—136 -4 Brendon Todd 68-68—136 -4 Jin Park 67-69—136 -4 Colt Knost 69-67—136 -4 Matt Jones 65-71—136 -4 Boo Weekley 69-67—136 -4 Chris Stroud 64-72—136 -4 John Senden 66-70—136 -4 Andres Gonzales 69-67—136 -4 Shawn Stefani 67-70—137 -3 Camilo Villegas 69-68—137 -3 George McNeill 69-68—137 -3 Chris Kirk 66-71—137 -3 K.J. Choi 69-68—137 -3 Geoff Ogilvy 67-70—137 -3

Greg Owen 68-69—137 -3 Jeff Maggert 69-68—137 -3 Paul Haley II 69-68—137 -3 Tommy Gainey 68-69—137 -3 Steven Bowditch 71-66—137 -3 Tom Gillis 69-68—137 -3 Greg Chalmers 69-69—138 -2 Robert Streb 68-70—138 -2 Kevin Chappell 69-69—138 -2 Martin Kaymer 70-68—138 -2 Webb Simpson 71-67—138 -2 David Toms 72-66—138 -2 Chris DiMarco 70-68—138 -2 Steve LeBrun 68-70—138 -2 Ricky Barnes 69-69—138 -2 Brendan Steele 71-67—138 -2 J.J. Henry 68-70—138 -2 Sang-Moon Bae 68-70—138 -2 William McGirt 70-68—138 -2 Brendon de Jonge 70-68—138 -2 Alistair Presnell 67-71—138 -2 Justin Leonard 69-70—139 -1

Newton to tackle adversity head on

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has a plan to become a better leader: He intends to keep his frustrations in check because in the past they have been a distraction to his teammates.

Newton took mistakes hard, his competitive drive leading to him getting down on himself — during and after games.

He told The Associated Press, “Oh man, I had it bad. I still do have it to some degree.”

But Newton says with the help of his coaches he’s getting better.

He’s changing his approach, and his new motto is: “Next play.”

The third-year pro’s has put up record-setting numbers, but said he’s learned the public sulking that has plagued him — and drawn much criticism — “can be a turnoff” and isn’t helping the team.

The Panthers are 13-19 in his two seasons, and just 2-12 in games decided by seven points or less.

However, the 6-foot-5, 243pound signal-caller and his teammates believe late last season he improved dramatically when it came to controlling his emotions and the Panthers won five or their last six games.

“There are times when I am worried about the play where I overthrew (Steve Smith) — and now it is three plays later,” Newton said. “If I let that affect me the next ball is not going to be complete or it might be in-

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Carolina quarterback Cam Newton, left, tries to slip away from Philadelphia defensive tackle Fletcher Cox during Thursday’s preseason game in Philadelphia. Newton said he hopes to keep his emotions and attitude in check this season in order to become a better leader for the Panthers.

tercepted. It’s like a snowball effect. For me it’s about moving on and understanding that mistakes are going to happen.

But you have to bounce back and make the most of each and every play.”

Too often Newton said he didn’t do that — or at least didn’t do it quick enough.

“I’ve learned that it needs to be, ‘Hey Cam, let’s put all of that aside and let’s go make plays and win us a football game,’” Newton said. “But my turnover has to be quicker so I get by it mentally and say, ‘Hey I messed up, but now is not the time, nor the place to let it get me down.’”

Newton said offensive coordinator Mike Shula and quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey have helped him work through that.

“They’ve been doing an unbelievable job with being that gnat in my ear, saying, ‘Cam, forget about it. Go to the next

play,’” Newton said. “And that’s a good thing.”

Center Ryan Kalil agrees, adding that Newton’s attitude has been a distraction at times.

“In the past he’s worn it on his sleeve, which is fine,” Kalil said. “I think the criticism for him though is you have to clear it and go. You can’t wear it very long.

“It concerns guys that it brings him down a little bit.

Emotionally it’s a tough game because you would like to win every game. There are ups and downs and you have to be able to reset and move on. ... You have to be able to restart the engine and get the energy back and get excited about what’s ahead.”

Newton called Shula a “perfect fit” for him as his offensive coordinator and called him a father figure. Shula has a calm demeanor that seems to mesh with Newton’s highly competitive, intense nature.

Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick has shown improvement in the preseason after having up-and-down years with the Eagles the last few seasons.

Rejuvenated Vick looks better than ever so far

BY ROB MAADDI The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick has his swagger back.

When last season ended, Vick was beat up physically and worn down mentally. He was uncertain of his future with the Philadelphia Eagles and his confidence was shaky.

Then Chip Kelly showed up, Vick stuck around, and the rejuvenated quarterback has never looked better than he has in the first two preseason games.

“I’m having fun playing football and I fell in love with the game again and I am thankful for that,” Vick said after going 9 for 10 for 105 yards in a 14-9 win over

Carolina on Thursday night.

“You’ve got to play this game with intense passion and purpose and I thank Coach Kelly for what he has done for me and that’s just giving me that confidence that I felt like I was losing at some point in my career.

You just have to keep working hard and when you do that, you get the results that you want.

But I can’t be satisfied with this performance.

It’s a long season and we have a lot of work to do and I understand that and I can’t lose sight of that.”

Vick restructured his contract, took a pay cut and had no assurances he’d even make the roster when he returned to the Eagles.

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AREA SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL SUMTER SERTOMA JAMBOREE

The Sumter Sertoma Football Jamboree will be held on Friday, Aug. 23, at Sumter Memorial Stadium beginning at 6 p.m.

Six teams, including Sumter, Crestwood, Lakewood and Lee Central, will compete in the jamboree. Each scrimmage will consist of two 12-minute quarters and the action will be live, including the kicking game.

Lee Central and Crestwood will kick off the festivities at 6. The second scrimmage will have Lakewood facing Timmonsville, and the finale will showcase the Gamecocks against Lake City.

Designated home teams will be Timmonsville, Lee Central and Sumter. They will be on the press box side of the stadium.

Admission is $6 for both adults and students.

POP WARNER REGISTRATION

The Sumter Pop Warner Football & Cheer Association and Youth Athletics of Sumter is still taking registration for the upcoming season.

The football and cheer teams are open to children ages 5-13 years old.

The fee is $80 for both football and cheerleading.

Registration will run through July 31.

The fee for football will cover insurance, ID Badge, use of shoulder pads, use of helmet, use of practice clothes and a mouthpiece. Parents will be responsible for buying game jersey, game pants, cleats, cup, and socks.

The fee for cheer will cover insurance, ID badge, use of uniform, use of pom-poms, socks and undergarment. Parents will be responsible for buying shoes.

The practice season will run from Aug. 1-30 with the season starting on Aug. 31.

For more Information, call (803) 464-8453, (803) 201-4531 (803) 720-6242 or (813) 786-9265 or send an email to youthathleticsofsumteryas@yahoo.com.

SUMTER TOUCHDOWN CLUB

The Sumter Touchdown Club is organizing for the upcoming high school football season.

The club will meet every Friday at the Quality Inn on Broad Street beginning at 7:15 a.m. There will be a catered breakfast, players of the week, guest speakers, a devotional and a coaches corner. The meeting will conclude by 8:30 a.m.

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ties are available. For more information, contact Lee Glaze at (803) 968-0773 or send an email to sumtertdclub@gmail. com.

BASKETBALL FREE SPIRIT FALL REGISTRATION

The Free Spirit Church League is accepting registration for its fall basketball league through Aug. 30.

The league is open to both boys and girls ages 5-12. The registration fee is $10 per player. The season begins on Sept. 7.

Space is still available for churches to sponsor teams. The entry fee for teams is $100 and the deadline is Aug. 24.

To register a player or enter a team, contact David Glover at (803) 9831309.

GOLF CHARLIE KUBALA MEMORIAL

Registration is now open for the Charlie Kubala Memorial Golf Tournament, which is set for Oct. 14 at Beech Creek Golf Club.

For more information or to register, go to www. sumtersheriff.org where online registration and payments are available or call Lt. Lee Monahan (803) 436-2161.

CHURCHES CHALLENGE

The Churches Challenge will be held on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Sunset Country Club. The morning flight will have sign-in beginning at 7 a.m. and with tee time at 8. The afternoon flight will have an 11:30 a.m. sign-in with a tee time of 1 p.m.

The format will be 4-man Captain’s Choice and teams must have a minimum handicap of 50.

Only one player per team may have a handicap of 8 or less.

The registration deadline is today and the entry fee is $45 per player.

The winning team will receive the Christian Golfers’ Association Traveling Trophy to display in its church for the upcoming year. The second- and third-place teams will receive prizes as well as the player closest to the pin and the one with the longest drive.

There will also be a $10,000 prize for a holein-one. The player’s church will receive $10,000 and the player who makes the hole-inone will receive $1,000.

Tax-deductible sponsorships will be available as well. The level of sponsorships are Presenting Sponsor, $1,500; Friday Evening Dinner Sponsor, $700; Hole-In-One Spon-

sor, $500; Eagle Sponsor, $400; Birdie Sponsor $300; and Tee Box Sponsor, $100.

For more information, call the CGA office at (803) 773-2171.

PAR 4 PETS

The 2nd Annual Par 4 Pets Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept.

21, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

The format is 4-man Captain’s Choice with an entry fee of $160 per team or $40 per player. Entry is limited to the first 20 teams.

Registration is at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:30.

There will be $5 per mulligan available at registration with a maximum of two per player.

The event is a fundraiser for KAT’s Special Kneads small animal shelter.

For more information, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-3906, Julie Wilkins at (803) 968-5176, Melissa Brunson at (803) 9830038, Gail McLeod at (803) 840-4519 or Crystal Lakes manager Mike Ardis at (803) 775-1902.

SOFTBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its fall soccer league through Aug. 21.

The league is open to girls ages 7-13 as of Dec. 31, 2013. The fee to register is $45. No late registration will be taken.

A coaches meeting for anyone interested in coaching will be held on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth St. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www.sumtercountysc. org.

BASEBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its fall baseball league through Aug. 21.

The league is open to boys ages 7-14 as of April 30, 2014. The fee to register is $45. No late registration will be taken.

A coaches meeting for anyone interested in coaching will be held on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth St. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

MONTOYA from Page B1 drivers, with an Indianapolis 500 victory and wins in Formula One, NASCAR and the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. But his results in NASCAR have been underwhelming. He has two wins in 239 career starts and his best season finish was eighth in 2009.

Montoya’s latest stint with Ganassi began in 2006, when he left Formula One for NASCAR. They also teamed up to win the 1999 CART championship and 2000 Indianapolis 500 before Montoya moved to F1.

When asked if he could work with Ganassi in IndyCar or Grand-Am, Montoya left that door open.

“It could be with Chip, could be with somebody else,” he said. “With Chip, something we said is, No. 1, make sure we keep our friendship.

We are really good friends, we have a good relationship.”

However, Montoya acknowledged that a change could help both parties.

“We’ve been together for seven years. We had our ups, we had our

downs. I think if we kept going and the results don’t come, we end up hating each other,” he said. “We’re really good friends. We respect each other as boss and driver and as friends as well.”

Montoya is the only non-white Sprint Cup driver, and he helped expand NASCAR’s popularity outside the United States, but it’s not clear if he’ll be involved at all in NASCAR in the immediate future. He said he’s talked with other NASCAR owners this year, but he wanted to make sure he had the option of staying at Ganassi if possible.

There aren’t many good open seats available on the Cup circuit, and Montoya could be forced to look at sports car racing, a return to open wheel, or maybe even a European series.

He was perhaps most vague when asked about possibly going to the IndyCar series.

“I was committed to NASCAR. When you’re committed to NASCAR,

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Report: A-Rod camp leaked documents on Braun, others NEW YORK — Members of Alex Rodriguez’s inner circle obtained and leaked documents that implicated Ryan Braun and other players in using performance-enhancing drugs, “60 Minutes” reported Friday.

Citing unidentified sources, the CBS news show said the leak occurred in February, days after the Miami RODRIGUEZ New Times published documents implicating the Yankees star in the Biogenesis investigation.

In the Miami New Times documents, the names of Braun and one of Rodriguez’s teammates, catcher Francisco Cervelli, are redacted. “60 Minutes” reports that members of Rodriguez’s camp obtained unredacted versions and leaked them to Yahoo! Sports.

Rodriguez’s lawyer, David Cornwell, denied the allegations to”60 Minutes.”

ISINBAYEVA CLARIFIES REMARKS

MOSCOW — A day after her condemnation of homosexuality, Russian pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva said her comments in English may have been “misunderstood.”

The two-time Olympic gold medalist supported Russia’s new anti-gay law Thursday and criticized two Swedish competitors for their rainbow-colored fingernails in support of gay rights.

On Thursday, Isinbayeva said: “If

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we allow to promote and do all this stuff on the street, we are very afraid about our nation because we consider ourselves like normal, standard people. We just live with boys with woman, woman with boys.”

PERRY SHOOTS 7 UNDER, TAKES 1-SHOT LEAD

ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Kenny Perry shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.

Perry sank a birdie putt at No. 18 to move ahead of brothers Brad and Bart Bryant and Joel Edwards.

Esteban Toledo, Jeff Freeman, Rick Fehr, and Russ Cochran were tied at 67 as just over half the field broke par under ideal scoring conditions at EnJoie Golf Club.

BRAVES LOSE PASTORNICKY FOR SEASON

ATLANTA — Only days after being told he would be the Braves’ starting second baseman for at least two weeks, Tyler Pastornicky’s season has ended.

The Braves announced Friday Pastornicky will have surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Pastornicky injured the knee in a collision with right fielder Jason Heyward on Wednesday night, one day after Atlanta placed second baseman Dan Uggla on the 15-day disabled list so he can have corrective eye surgery.

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Logano sets track record in qualifying at Michigan

BY NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich.— On another record-setting day at Michigan International Speedway, Joey Logano raced to one of the fastest qualifying speeds in LOGANO NASCAR history.

Logano won the pole at 203.949 mph Friday in his No. 22 Ford, breaking the track record set by Marcos Ambrose last year. Ambrose’s mark of 203.241 came on the first Sprint Cup weekend on a newly paved surface at MIS. His record lasted 14 months.

Logano’s speed was the ninth-highest by a NASCAR pole winner — and the fastest since Bill Elliott set the record of 212.809 at Talladega on April 30, 1987.

PURE MICHIGAN 400 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Mich.

Lap length: 2 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 203.949 mph.

2. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 203.695.

3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 203.47.

4. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 203.218.

5. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 203.114.

6. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 202.988.

7. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 202.817.

8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 202.8.

9. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 202.726.

10. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 202.384.

11. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 202.304.

12. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 202.23.

13. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 202.117.

14. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 201.799.

15. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 201.641.

16. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 201.59.

17. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 201.59.

18. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 201.337.

19. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 201.033.

20. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 200.736.

21. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200.613.

22. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford,

200.613.

23. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 200.518.

24. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 200.261.

25. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, 200.178.

26. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 199.994.

27. (14) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 199.983.

28. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 199.689.

29. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 199.518.

30. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 198.829.

31. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 197.906.

32. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 197.704.

33. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 197.672.

34. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, 197.028.

35. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 197.012.

36. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 196.98.

37. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, owner points.

38. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, owner points.

39. (51) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, owner points.

40. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, owner points.

41. (98) Johnny Sauter, Ford, owner points.

42. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, owner points.

43. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, owner points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (19) Scott Riggs, Toyota, 193.372.

“I don’t know how fast it is, but it feels freaking fast,” Logano said.

Kurt Busch qualified second, and points leader Jimmie Johnson was third.

Logano is 16th in the Cup standings, and this is his first pole of

the year. He could use a good showing this weekend as he tries to make a final push to reach the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Logano is 27 points behind 10th-place Martin Truex Jr., and he hasn’t won a race this season.

you want to make sure your head is in NASCAR,” Montoya said. “My heart has always been in open wheel, I had a lot of fun in NASCAR. We’ll see.”

It’s not clear who will replace Montoya in the No. 42 Chevrolet next season. Kurt Busch, who drives for single-car team Furniture Row Racing, could be a candidate.

“I know Chip real well and the whole gang,” Busch said. “They came up with that decision not based off any of the talks that I’ve had with them, but it is a potential opportunity, that’s for sure.”

Montoya’s departure from Ganassi’s NASCAR team surprised some drivers.

“Juan has been with Ganassi for so long that it did catch me off guard,” Jimmie Johnson said. “I’m used to seeing Ganassi winning races and running up front through the open wheel world, and I would imagine there would be a shake-up at Ganassi through the offseason. ... So yes, shocked. But the more I think about it I feel like there was some change coming there.”

CLUB from Page B1 Clemson offensive line coach Robbie Caldwell will speak on Nov. 8 and radio talk show host and recruiting guru Phil Kornblut will speak on Nov. 15.

The program will include a catered breakfast, a “pick’em” contest, a devotional from a local minister and recognition of The Item Players of the Week.

Membership in the TD Club is $100. Non-member guests can attend a maximum of two times per season at a cost of $10 for adults and $7 for students for each visit.

The board is soliciting sponsorships for $200 each, which will provide recognition in the Players of the Week, in all programs on the day of the sponsorship and in all promotional materials.

For more information, contact Glaze at (803) 968-0773, send an email to sumtertdclub@gmail.com or send a letter to Sumter Touchdown Club, P.O. Box 2871, Sumter, 29151.

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BUSINESS SERVICES Home Improvements

125 Phifer St. Fri, Sat, Sun. 8AM. Too items to mention.

LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $1 & Up FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every wkend. 905-4242

3180 Caitlynn Dr. HUGE SALE! Saturday, 7 am - ?

Furniture, clothes, pictures, misc.

30 Sunhurst Ct. Sat. 8 - 11 am.

Baby furniture, toys, clothes & boy clothes to size 7, small hshld items, books, handbags, lots of other misc items 33 Briarwood Dr. Sat. 7-11:30.

Women clothes, some furn, hshld, and lots misc items.

Sumter County Flea Mkt Hwy 378 E. 803-495-2281 500 tables. Sat. $8 free return Sun.

H.L. Boone, Contractor additions, painting, roofing, gutters, sheetrock, blown ceilings, decks. 773-9904

Electric Bed with Alt mat. Cases of adlt Diapers and pads, wheelchairs, walkers and more. Call 803 340-0305

Medical Supplies

For Sale or Trade

Hodge Roofing Solutions, LLC, Lic.& Bonded. Free Estimates.

Also do Vinyl Siding & Seamless Gutters. 803-840-4542

JW PROFESSIONAL LAWN Seasonal lawn maintenance, leaf removal, roof/gutter cleaning, pressure washing, hedging, pine straw, and mulch, haul off junk and much more. 20 yrs experience. 803-406-1818

Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

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PETS & ANIMALS Cats Kittens purrfect pets. $20. Call 803-795-5582 .

Salon Owner is seeking License Stylists or Barbers. 803-316-8031, 803-883-4639.

Manning Sod is seeking individual to fill full-time year round Crew Leader position. Experience in agriculture (i.e. Farming, Landscaping, Turf grass,Industry) preferred but not required. Duties will include participation in all aspects of daily harvest operations, land prep and planting, operating center pivot irrigation, fertilizer & chemical applications and performing light mechanical repair. Applicant must have good communication skills and the ability to work some weekends.

Benefits include medical insurance, dental, paid vacation and holidays. A valid drivers' license, drug test and background check required. Apply in person at 6756 Paxville Hwy Manning SC or Email resume to blowder@buysod.com Experienced person needed to work in Property Management/Real Estate Office. Applicant must be proficient in Microsoft Words computer applications. Experience with Property Management Software a plus. Outstanding organizational & multi-tasking skills are required. Send resume & referenced to Russell & Jeffcoat Realtors, Inc., 1229 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 Attn: Joyce Shorter (No Phone Calls Please!)

Experienced Pet Groomer needed. Must have own tools. Call Tim at (803)473-0549 or (803)435-0199 for appointment.

Tree Service

For Sale: wood buffet $125, armoire $75, sofa and loveseat $300, misc. chairs $10-$20, variety of furniture, downsizing, all items excellent shape, call (803)435-8075 pics avail 3 Wheel E-Z Go Golf Cart. With charger. Good tires and batteries.

Runs & drives great. $850. Call 803-236-6361

Junk Cars = CASH Junk Batteries $8 & up!

Call Gene 934-6734 Quilt Book Set/KayeWood-Strip quilting and rulers $40. Call 803-469-4119 Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves. Also new Gas stoves.

Guaranteed. 803-464-5439 Like new ATV Kawasaki 4x4 Prairie 650, (2) Sets of new tires, (2) Storage boxes, 2000lb Wench $3000.

Call after 6pm.

803-495-4904 for appt.

SHOP ONLINE Over 400 Fragrances cjsplus.net Home and Body Oil Scents Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

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Small Construction Company seeks office manager, Must be experienced in AR/AP, Payroll.

Excellent computer skills a must.

Benefits package. Send resume to Box 332 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 Local Dealership is seeking a Car Washer/Lot clean-up person. Must at least 18 years of age & Valid Driver's license.

Please send all responses to P-Box 327 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151

Unfurnished Apartments

Campers / RV's/ Motorhomes

Sumter: Houses for rent $550/$575 Call 239-293-5124 2BR 2.5BA Townhouse with bonus room, garage washer/dryer hook up, kit appliances incl. on Dartmouth Dr $850 Mo/Dep. Call 803 934-0434

Unfurnished Homes Carolina Ave: 2 Br, C/H/A. 2 houses on Burgess Ct. C/H/A. First month rent free! 774-8512 or 983-5691 54 Burkett 3BR/1.5BA. fenced yard, storage, total electric.

803-565-9126.

PAXVILLE 3BR, Stove, Refrig.

Housing Authority and Sec 8 welcome. Call 803-452-6998

Mobile Home Rentals American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water/sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd.

RV parking avail. Call 494-8350

2011 Ultra-lite 32' camper. Elec slideout, AC, heat, sleeps 8. Exc cond. $17,900. 803-481-8301

5855 DUBOSE SIDING ROAD 4 BR, 3 ½ BA FORMAL LR, DR 3 FIREPLACES LARGE FAMILY ROOM HUGE SUN PORCH LARGE FINISHED BASEMENT POOL, TERRACED YARD ALL ON 19 ACRES!

2003 Yamaha V Star 1100 8500 miles looks & runs new.

Black/chrome. $3500 Call (803)478-3939

ONLINE ONLY BIDDING AUGUST 21-28, 2013

Autos For Sale

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2006 Chevy Impala, $3,850. 1996 Chevy Shortbed Pick-up, $3,500.

Call 803-428-7466 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 2DR. Runs good, needs minor repairs.

Good condition. $900 OBRO. Call 803-847-9589

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3bd/2bth, C/H/A, No Pets! $425 Mo + $300 Dep. Nazarene Ch. Rd. 4 Person Max. Call 481-8134.

For Sale, 4Bed/2Bath, Land, $325/mo.

803-494-5090 For Rent 2 & 3 bed, $400-$650.

Manning area call (803)225-0389 Clean 3br/2ba w/ garden tub, appli., walk in pantry. 40 Spider Ct. near Red Bay Rd. $400/mo + dep. No pets. 803-743-3706 lv msg.

SW, 2BR/1BA, $350/mo + dep.

Incl water, sewage, garbage. No pets & No Sec 8. Behind Shaw.

236-3780 2 & 3 BR units avail. Water, sewer, stove/frig., C/H/A, Rent Starts $475/mo. 803-773-2588 No Sec. 8 & No pets

REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale 10 Heather Court, 4BR/2BA, 1894 sq ft. $139,900. Walking distance to Memorial Stadium & Sunset Country Club. Updated kitchen, Stainless steel appliances (All appliances stay). Many more upgrades. Must see to appreciate.

Call Dana @ 803-983-1174. Also listed on forsalebyowner.com

Beach Forest 1785 Titanic Ct. Custom Built Quality Home.

Property overlooks pond & community clubhouse/pool.

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4 Bedroom starting at $39,900.

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Land & Lots for Sale Manning, FSBO 3BR, 2 1/5BA, 2900+ sq ft, In town. Updated kitchen. Open floor plan. Lg Bedrooms $210,000 Call (803)460-7161

2005 PT Cruiser Convert $6995 2006 Chevy Malibu $ 5995 2003 Honda Element $7900 2008 Mazda 6 $8900 2006 Toyota Camry $8900 2005 Chrysler 300 $11,900 2007 Nissan Murano $12,900

Abandoned Doublewide Call 803-796-5356

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Boats / Motors Like New 2 Man Sneak Boat & Trailer with Fish Finder and Boat Cover. $2,700. Call 803-495-4904 after 6PM.

EMPLOYMENT

Flat bed driver needed to make sod deliveries. 1 yr driving exp & clean driving record. Drug test and background check required.

Applicant must have good communication and customer service skills. Benefits include medical insurance, dental, paid vacation, and holidays. Apply in person at 6756 Paxville Hwy, Manning, SC or email resume to bhornsby@buysod.com.

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The SC Army National Guard wants High School Juniors, Seniors, Grads and GED holders, and Prior Service! Ask about college tuition. Receive paid technical training and more while serving your Country and Community on a part-time basis. Call now for this great opportunity!

SFC Jeffrey Hudson 803-427-3104 SSG Lorraine Lordy 803-360-1979

Moving Sale: 3455 Drayton Dr (Dalzell), Sat 7:30. Baby girl/misses clothing, toys, & lots of misc.

The Tree Doctor Any size tree removal & stump grinding. Trimming & clearing. No job too big or small. Call 775-8560 or 468-1946. We accept credit cards and offer senior discounts

CT Scan Tech needed Part/Full time. Fax resume to 803 403-8483.

3110 Springdale Way in Timberline Meadows S/D, Sat. 7 am - 12.

Blue Ox tow bar, rugs to saw horses.

Professional Remodelers Home maintenance,ceramic tile, roofing, siding & windows doors, etc. Lic. & Ins. (Office) 803-692-4084 or (Cell) 803-459-4773

TNT Painting & Carpentry for all your household needs. Call 803-460-7629.

70's Vintage Pepsi Machine $400.00, Antique 1860's Steiff square grand piano $500.00. Call 840-1974.

Help Wanted Full-Time

Multi-Family Yard Sale, 1840 Mellette St., Sat 8/17 7AM-Until.

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Lost around Dalzell Post Office area: female boxer, brown with black mask, floppy ears & wearing a pink collar. Answers to Candy & very friendly. If found, call 499-4417 or 486-4163. Wife is heart broken.

Medical Help Wanted

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales

Indoor Multi Family-1830 N Saint Paul Church RD Sat 8-2 Rain or Shine

Missing from Goat Island: Yellow Lab, male. Owner offering $200.00 reward for safe return.

803-478-3434.

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