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City approves $52.6 million bond Proceeds will build new water plant, improve meters and pay off old debt

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com During Sumter City Council’s meeting Tuesday, City Attorney Eric Shytle announced that the municipality had a successful bond pricing that afternoon which will allow the city to

save about $108,000 per year on existing debt during the next 18 years.

About $25.3 million of the $52.6 million bond will be used for the construction of the city’s sixth water treatment plant and to upgrade existing water meters.

Shytle said the city was able to re-

ceive a true interest rate of 3.64 percent for the bond. He said the city was able to receive a low interest rate because the municipality recently received an upgraded credit score.

The other portion of the bond will be used to pay off old debt, more specifically, one of the city’s previous bonds

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of $31 million, which was sold in 2007.

The 2007 bond was the largest bond deal the city has ever done, Mayor Joe McElveen said. He said the 2007 bond was used to make improvements to the waste water sewer system.

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Bernie Sanders will hold town hall Candidate drawing big crowds, making gains in early polls

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent running as a Democrat, will hold a town hall meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Sumter County Civic Center on West Liberty Street.

Sumter County Democratic Party Chairman Allen Bailey said Sanders’ talking points “will be mainly economic. He’s specifically going to talk about income inequality, SANDERS the role of money in politics, the impact of the 1 percent having ‘all’ the money and affordable, high quality education and health care.

“He is appearing in order to introduce himself to the local community, so we can know what he stands for and what

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Shoppers leaving the Food Lion on Guignard Drive are caught in a downpour on Tuesday afternoon. More rain is predicted for today.

Sumter native seeks S.C. Supreme Court seat FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter native Aphrodite Karvelas Konduros, 56, has filed to seek a seat on S.C. Supreme Court that will be vacated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal retires at the end KONDUROS of this year, and Justice Costa Pleicones replaces her. Pleicones will serve until his mandatory retirement at the end of 2016. Mandatory retirement age is 72 for S.C.

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Konduros, the daughter of the late James Karvelas and Christina Stathopoulos Karvelas, has been a judge on the S.C. Court of Appeals since February 2008.

According to her official biography, Konduros graduated from University of South Carolina cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in English and won a Canterbury Scholar Award to study in England her senior year. She was the first female Student Bar president of the USC. School of Law, from which she also graduated. She was admit-

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Konduros is a member of the S.C. Bar and the Greenville Bar and was vice president of the Columbia Young Lawyers. She has served on the Safe Harbor Shelter Board, Prevent Child Abuse Carolina Board, First Steps Board and the Greenville Ballet Board.

She is on the Chief Justice’s Commission on the Profession and the S.C. Senate Judiciary Sentencing Reform Commission.

She was elected to the Family Court in February

The City of Sumter closed portions of Main Street on Tuesday because of thunderstorns, which were a cause for concern as the city continues its newest streetscape project, according to a news release from the city.

Contractors notified the city about the predicted rain late Monday, prompting precautions to maintain the stability of the roadway, specifically along the blocks between Hampton and Liberty streets and Liberty and Dugan streets where asphalt had already been removed, leaving patches

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After law school, Konduros served as law clerk to the Hon. David F. McInnis of Sumter, retired Judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Appeals. She then entered private practice and was deputy general counsel for S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, a county S.C. Department of Social Services attorney and assistant general counsel for S.C. DSS. Before her election to the bench, she was the Greenville County DSS director.

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21-year-old dead after Tuesday shooting Sumter Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old male Tuesday afternoon.

Officers were called to Tuomey Regional Medical Center at 1:37 p.m. Tuesday in reference to a patient brought to the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the upper body, said Tonyia McGirt, spokeswoman for the department.

Westly Jacquan Davis, of 526 Dingle St., later died of the injury. An autopsy is scheduled for today, said McGirt.

Circumstances surrounding the shooting are unclear at this time and detectives are continuing to investigate, she said.

McGirt said police think this is an isolated incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700.

Tips can be made anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC.

More foster homes needed in S.C.

BY JAMIE SELF The State COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s shortage of foster homes means more children are placed in group homes than is ideal, forcing some to sleep overnight in hotels and county offices, including in Richland County, the state’s child-welfare director said Monday.

The state has 1,224 regular foster homes and 1,079 for special-needs children.

But the state needs 1,580 more foster homes, including 119 for children with special needs, state Social Services director Susan Alford told a panel of state

senators Monday.

Chaired by state Sen. Tom Young, R-Aiken, the panel is tasked with providing oversight of Social Services as Alford, its new director, makes changes she says will improve the agency’s childwelfare services.

The agency fell under heavy scrutiny last year after reports of children dying while in the agency’s care.

Lawmakers wanted to know Monday why children were staying overnight in hotels or county offices. Alford said six counties — Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Anderson, Beaufort and Greenwood — have had

to house children temporarily in hotels or at the local Social Services office.

The lack of foster homes is the “biggest driver to that process,” she said.

“Usually it’s only one night, until they can find a placement the next day,” she said. “But any situation in which that happens is something of great concern to us. ... Placing children in hotels, placing children in county offices is never something that we want to do, but we do have circumstances in which that happens.”

Alford said the shortage of foster homes also is why nearly a quarter of the children under age 13 who en-

Learning about leadership Senators Kevin Johnson, D-Manning, and Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, visit Sumter County Adult Education on Aug. 11 and discussed leadership with students. These students were chosen based on academic performance, attendance and attitude to participate in a pilot leadership program.

Along with meeting both senators, they have also attended city and county council meetings, toured the statehouse and have attended leadership classes twice a week for six weeks. The individuals in the photo are as follows: Back row from left: Ashten Gaylord, McElveen, Johnson, Edward Boone, Virginia McClam, Patty Wilson and Sharon Teigue, director. Front row from left: Karen Zito, Carrie Woodberry, Fredericka Newkirk and Jennifer Willimas. Christian Pearson is seen kneeling in front.

Man goes to jail for false police report A Sumter man was charged with filing a false report after he claimed an armed robber stole his cash and vehicle in the parking lot of a local grocery store.

Jason Anthony Brown, 34, of 2438 Pipkin Road, was booked at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center and later released on bond.

Officers were called at 2:45 p.m. Friday to the parking lot in the 300 block of Pinewood Road, where Brown said he had been robbed. Brown told officers he cashed a check at the grocery store and was then approached in the parking lot by a man who had a gun and told him to empty his pockets.

Brown said the man took his money and then left in his 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Police, including the K-9 Unit, searched an area near the store and found a parked vehicle matching the description of the one reported stolen.

When taken to the law enforcement center for questioning, Brown continued to give conflicting, uncorroborated accounts of the robbery.

He then admitted to making up the stories in order to hide from his family his reason for being in the parking lot.

“A valuable amount of manpower and time was lost because of one man’s desire to deceive police for selfish reasons,” Chief Russell F. Roark III said. “A worst-case scenario could have led to our resources being severely strained because of this one incident.”

Under state law, filing a false report of a felony crime is considered a felony. If convicted, Brown could serve as long as five years in prison and pay as much as a $1,000 fine.

tered the state’s child-welfare system in 2013 were placed in group homes or other institutions, as reported recently by The Post and Courier of Charleston. That percentage is far higher than the 4 percent national average, the paper noted.

Alford said recruiting more foster parents is a priority for the agency.

In her six months at the agency, Alford said she has worked to shorten the process of recruiting foster families. What once took nine months now takes about 120 days, she said.

About 200-300 families, she added, are “in the queue” to become foster homes.

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‘He was a gentelman architect’ James Eugene “Gene” Matthews, 80, a local architect, who had designed numerous churches, schools, a courthouse and many other buildings throughout the state, died on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, at Lexington Medical Center.

Matthews was the husband of Annette Hill Matthews, and had two sons, Dan and Eugene Matthews, and five grandchildren.

Gen. (Ret.) Hugh McLaurin, his best friend, described him as an “architect’s architect.”

“He had an eye for perfection and was a brother I never had,” said McLaurin.

“He was a true Southern gentleman. He was straight as an arrow.”

McLaurin and Matthews met as college students at Clemson University and became life-long friends.

McLaurin said some of the things he really enjoyed were fly fishing and visiting museums.

Matthews was born and raised in Sanford, North Carolina. He received a MATTHEWS bachelor of science and a bachelor of arts in architecture from Clemson University in 1957 and 1958, respectively.

Matthews worked at the firm of James, Durant, Matthews and Shelley Inc. in Sumter.

Danny Shelley was a partner of his at the firm for more than 36 years.

“Gene lived and breathed architecture,” said Shelley.

“He was a gentleman architect, talented designer and very detail oriented and thorough in his drawings and everything he did.”

Shelley said Matthews had the respect of the contractors he worked with and had many faithful clients.

Locally, his work also in-

cluded the Sumter County Courthouse renovations, Sumter Fire Department, Sumter County Mental Health Center, Sumter’s Patriot Hall auditorium, the Sumter Gallery of Art and the USC Sumter Administration Building.

He also designed health care facilities, including Covenant Place in Sumter, and more than 80 homes.

“He was a delightful friend, who had a God-given talent which he put to good use,” said Charles McCreight, a local architect who had known him for more than 30 years.

Glenn Ayers was also one of Matthews’s close friends.

“Gene was a very open, kind, generous, helpful and creative person, not only in architecture but in many things,” he said. “He was very conscientious and meant a lot to the community.”

Ayers said Matthews served on many advisory

groups to improve the quality of life in the area.

Matthews also served on the South Carolina Board of Architectural Examiners, and was a former chairman. He was an officer with the South Carolina National Guard, and a Rotarian for more than 32 years.

Memorial services will be held today at 4 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Steve Holler and the Rev. Angela Marshall officiating and Donald Edwin Huss playing the organ.

The family will receive friends after the service and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150; Sumter Gallery of Art, 200 Hasel St., Sumter, SC 29150; or Clemson University School of Architecture, AIA Student Chapter, Lee Hall, Clemson, SC 29634.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Brittany Boyd, 27, of 336-K Woodville Circle, was arrested Aug. 13 and charged with pointing and presenting firearms at a person after a warrant alleges she unlawfully and not in self-defense pointed a firearm at an individual while in the 300 block of Woodville Circle on Aug. 4.

Terry Perkins Jr., 22, of 2275 Swallow Drive, was arrested Aug. 14 and charged with domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature after a warrant alleges he threatened to kill his girlfriend with a knife between Aug. 8 and Aug. 9.

Robert J. McLeod, 31, of 550 W. Foxworth St., was arrested about 2:30 p.m. Aug. 13 and charged with simple possession of marijuana after approximately 3.25 grams of the drug were found on his person while officers responded to a complaint about gambling at an apartment building in the 100 block of Hampton Avenue. McLeod was also issued a trespass warning from apartment management.

John Johnson, 68, of 3855 Claremont Road in Horatio, was arrested Aug. 14 and

charged with receiving stolen goods after a warrant alleges that he knowingly had a stolen pistol and rifle in his possession while in the 5400 block of Broad Street Extension on Monday.

STOLEN PROPERTY A white Frigidaire refrigerator valued at $300 and a white electric stove valued at $200 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 200 block of Poulas Street between 4 p.m. on Aug. 7 and 8 a.m. on Aug. 10. Approximately $50 in damages were caused when a side window was broken during the alleged burglary.

A five-week-old gray-andwhite pit bull puppy valued at $350 was reportedly stolen from a residence in the 100 block of Bonview Drive on Aug. 13 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. An estimated $300 in damage was caused to the front door and front door frame of the residence during the alleged break-in.

Approximately $135 of damage was caused to a house on the 400 block on Dingle Street during an alleged burglary when more than $2,000 worth of items were stolen on Aug. 12. The stolen items include a wood stock Remington pump action 12 gauge shotgun; two boxes of 12-gauge ammunition; a 32-inch flat screen TV; and $400 in coins.

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Imperfect test fuels alternative Lyme treatments

BY MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON — Lyme disease conjures memories of checking for ticks at camp and fretting over bug bites after hikes in the woods. But far from a summertime nuisance, Lyme is a potentially debilitating disease — and the subject of a vigorous debate in modern medicine.

Doctors not only debate how to treat the disease, which starts with fever and rash but can develop into long-term problems such as fatigue, arthritis and concentration problems. After decades, they still argue over the standard blood test for Lyme, which is subject to severe limitations. The conflict has given rise to a cottage industry of alternative Lyme physicians, laboratories, medical guidelines, patient groups and even research centers at universities.

Here’s a look at the debate surrounding Lyme disease, which infects an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. annually.

Q: HOW DOES THE BLOOD TEST WORK? Lyme disease is caused by a strain of bacteria carried by certain ticks, primarily found in Northeast and Midwestern U.S. and parts of Europe. But the only U.S.-recommended Lyme test doesn’t detect the bacteria. Instead, it measures the immune system’s response to Lyme in the form of antibodies, proteins that help fight infections. While it’s the best approach available, experts acknowledge it is

diagnose the disease based on symptoms and patients’ recollections of possible exposure.

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A deer tick is seen under a microscope in the entomology lab at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Far from a summertime nuisance, Lyme Disease is a potentially debilitating disease that has been subject to vigorous medical debate for more than two decades. fraught with problems of accuracy and interpretation: The test usually comes back negative even several weeks after infection. Yet the test also can show a positive result years after infection, even after successful antibiotic treatment.

“We don’t have a way of telling, once we put you on therapy, how successful that has been,” says Dr. John Branda, of Harvard Medical School.

The test’s inability to detect early-stage Lyme isn’t a problem for patients who display the signature bull’s eye rash caused by disease-carrying ticks — guidelines instruct doctors to skip the test and treat those patients with antibiotics. But as many as 30 percent of those infected never get the rash, leaving doctors to

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A host of independent laboratories, such as Advanced Laboratory Services in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, sell alternative tests claiming to be able to detect the bacteria directly.

But scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been unable to reproduce their results.

And a CDC paper published last year suggested the company’s findings may have been marred by laboratory contamination.

Mainstream experts say inaccurate alternative Lyme tests lead to over-diagnosis and costs hundreds of dollars, since insurance doesn’t pay for them. Yet patients request them.

“Patients are so convinced they have Lyme disease that there’s a demand for tests that will prove they have it,” says Dr. Paul Lantos, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University Medical Center.

Laboratories that develop alternative tests for Lyme are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, unlike traditional test manufacturers. But last year the FDA said the growing number of so-called “home brew” tests — estimated at 11,000 for all sorts of diseases — demanded closer attention.

“We have concerns that people can be misled and act on information that may or

may not have validity,” says Katherine Serrano, an FDA deputy division director.

Under a 2014 proposal, FDA would require labs to begin demonstrating the accuracy of their tests, including those for Lyme disease. The proposal has not yet been finalized. Serrano says the FDA would take a risk-based approach to reviewing tests, meaning tests for diseases like cancer would likely come before conditions like Lyme.

She estimates it could be more than five years before FDA begins reviewing alternative Lyme tests.

Q. BUT AT LEAST DOCTORS AGREE ON HOW TO TREAT LYME, RIGHT? Mainstream medical authorities say bacteria that cause Lyme can be eliminated with two to four weeks of antibiotics.

But self-described “Lyme literate” physicians recommend a variety of other treatments; a paper published by Lantos and his colleagues in May identifies more than 30 advertised online, including lasers, magnets and dietary supplements.

The most popular alternative involves long-term intravenous antibiotics for patients with lingering symptoms — sometimes multiple drugs for years.

At the core of that approach is a controversial concept called chronic Lyme disease.

Doctors who diagnose the condition believe patients who have extended symptoms like arthritis and fatigue are still, in fact, infected with Lyme bacteria.

Five studies from the U.S. and Europe failed to show lasting benefits from extended antibiotic therapy. And researchers point to serious potential complications, including allergic reactions, infections and life-threatening diarrhea.

Still, doctors who diagnose chronic Lyme say some patients respond to extended antibiotics. They argue that Lyme cases vary and care must be customized to each patient.

“We’re interpreting the literature in a different way that we feel is responsible and helping others,” says Dr. Samuel Shor, president elect of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, the leading group for alternative Lyme practitioners.

Q: MANY PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC LYME HAVE NEVER HAD ANY CONFIRMABLE SIGNS OF THE DISEASE — RASH OR A POSITIVE BLOOD TEST. IF THEIR SYMPTOMS AREN’T BECAUSE OF LYME, WHAT CAUSES THEM? Experts do not yet have an answer. They point out that symptoms like arthritis and cognitive problems overlap with other little-understood conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

“I think there are people who are just desperate for help,” said Dr. Paul Auwaerter of Johns Hopkins University. “And doctors who may be well-meaning try and help these people, but they’re helping them with a paradigm that is false.”

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Children receive new limbs, new hope Global Medical Relief Fund helps those targeted, harmed for albinism NEW YORK (AP) — Like other little boys, Baraka Cosmas Lusambo loves to play soccer. When he hears music, his feet tap and his face breaks out into a wide smile. During summer pool time recently, he used his left hand to toss a ball through a basketball hoop while red arm floaties keep him above water.

The joy vanished, though, when he was reminded of the night men armed with torches and knives burst into his family’s home in western Tanzania, knocked his mother unconscious and sliced off his other hand.

“We were simply sleeping when someone just arrived,” Baraka said.

“They came to me with machetes.”

Baraka has albinism, a condition that leaves the afflicted with little or no pigment in their skin or eyes. In some traditional communities of Tanzania and other countries in Africa, albinos, as they’re often called, are thought to have magical properties, and their body parts can fetch thousands of dollars on the black market as ingredients in witch doctors’ potions said to give the user wealth and good luck.

Baraka and four other children with his condition have escaped the threat, at least temporarily, brought to the United States by the Global Medical Relief Fund, a charity started by Elissa Montanti in 1997 that helps children from crisis zones get custom prostheses.

Montanti, moved by an article she read about Baraka, reached out to Under the Same Sun, a Canada-based group that advocates for and protects people with albinism in Tanzania and had been sheltering Baraka since his attack in March.

When Montanti asked if she could

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Baraka Lusambo, above, 5, plays with a new soccer ball in New York on July 1. He and four other children with albinism are in the U.S. to receive free surgery and prostheses. Pendo Noni, left, 15, of Tanzania is fitted for prosthetic limb at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on July 23. Noni was attacked and dismembered in Tanzania because of a belief that her body parts will bring wealth. getting something that is going help them lead a productive life and be part of society and not be looked upon as a freak or that they are less than whole.”

Albinism affects about one out of every 15,000 people in Tanzania, according to the U.N. Anyone with the condition is at risk, and people attacked once can be attacked again The government there outlawed witch doctors last year in hopes of curtailing the attacks, but the new

help him, the group asked whether she would also help four other victims get prosthetics as well.

She agreed and brought all five to live for the summer at her charity’s home in New York’s Staten Island while they underwent the process of getting fitted for and learning to use prostheses about two hours away at Philadelphia Shriners Hospital for Children.

“They’re not getting their arm back,” Montanti said. “But they are

law hasn’t stopped the butchering.

There has been a sharp increase in attacks in Tanzania and neighboring Malawi, according to the U.N. Tanzania recorded at least eight attacks in the past year.

The children have been in the U.S. since June. A few months after they receive their new limbs, they will return home to safe houses in Tanzania run by Under the Same Sun. Montanti’s fund will bring them back to the U.S. to get new prostheses as they grow.

On a recent visit to the hospital, Baraka was fitted for a prosthetic right hand. He poked at the flesh-colored plastic hand as it lay beside him on the examination table.

His atrophied right arm was barely able to lift the prototype prosthesis, but that was to be expected; it would grow stronger once the prosthetic hand was in place.

One of the other victims, 17-yearold Kabula Nkarango Masanja, said that her attackers asked her family for money, and that her mother offered the family’s bicycle because they had none. The attackers refused, held the girl down and in three hacks cut off her right arm to the armpit.

Before leaving with her arm in a plastic bag, her attackers told her mother other men would be back to take her daughter’s organs — but they didn’t return.

The girl thinks constantly about her missing limb.

“I feel bad because I still don’t know what they did with my arm, where it is, what benefits they derived from it — or if they simply dumped it,” said Kabula, a tall girl with a sweet voice who once sang “In the Sweet By and By” for the nonprofit group.

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RAIN FROM PAGE A1 of dirt exposed to the rain.

“The weather doesn’t always cooperate, specifically with outdoor construction projects, so the city decided that the best course of action to protect drivers and the city from additional liability was to temporarily fix Main Street,” Downtown Development Manager Howie Owens said in the news release. “If left uncovered in the rain, these dirt spots would wash out and that could create larger sink holes.”

SANDERS he hopes to do” should he be elected.

National polls have Sanders trailing former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by a substantial margin but gaining support and attracting large crowds.

Bailey said plans for the program are not yet complete, but said Sanders will share the stage with several local speakers, some of whom will be elected officials who will introduce the senator.

Bailey emphasized that “Senator Sanders is here because we (the Sumter Democratic Party) invited him, but this is not an endorsement, and we are in negotiations with other

COURT FROM PAGE A1 2002 to fill the unexpired term of the Hon. Amy C. Sutherland, retired, and four years later was elected to the S.C. Court of Appeals to finish the unexpired term of the Hon. Donald W. Beatty after he was elected to the S.C. Supreme Court. She was re-elected in 2015.

S.C. Supreme Court Justices are screened by the S.C. Judicial Merit Selection Commission, which submits three candidates’ names to the General Assembly. The

BOND FROM PAGE A1 Not many cities the size of Sumter are able to receive a high credit score, which speaks well for the city’s management personnel, McElveen said.

Shytle said the remaining life of the existing bond is until 2033, but the city plans to pay it off before then.

City Manager Deron McCormick said the bond will help the city provide more water utility services to resi-

candidates to come to Sumter.”

Sanders served in the U.S. House of Representatives for

16 years before being elected to the Senate in 2006. He serves on five Senate committees: Budget; Veterans; Energy; Environment; and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. A special focus for the senator, according to a recent news release, is “the shrinking middle class and widening income gap in America that is greater than at any time since the Great Depression.” He has also said he will work for “fair trade policies, supporting veterans and preserving family farms.”

Bailey said Sanders will speak and answer questions from the audience for one hour. Then he will travel to Charleston for another appearance.

“We will have microphones in the audience so people can

assembly votes on the three, choosing one or rejecting them all. Justices serve a 10year term, after which they undergo the same election process.

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Crews worked through the lunch hour to protect the roadways, and Main Street reopened about 2 p.m. Tuesday, the release states. Heavy rains hit the area about the same time.

The City started the Main Street Revitalization Project — which will include updated utility lines, improved sidewalk accessibility and irrigation, additional parking and crosswalks along with other upgrades — on Aug. 1. The city anticipates that the project will be completed by the end of November.

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dential areas as well as prepare for incoming industries in the area.

The newest water treatment plant will be constructed on Pocotaligo Drive not far from Continental Tire the Americas on U.S. 521.

After receiving information about the bonds, council approved an amendment to the bond ordinance to change the amount from “not exceeding $55 million” to $52.6 million, before approving final reading of the ordinance.

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Academic Fascism II L

ast week’s column highlighted college campus absurdities and the ongoing attack on free speech and plain common sense.

As parents gear up to fork over $20,000 to $60,000 for college tuition, they might benefit from knowing what greets their youngsters. Deceitful college officials, Walter who visit Williams high schools to recruit students and talk to parents, conceal the worst of their campus practices. Let’s expose some of it.

Christina Hoff Sommers is an avowed feminist and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She’s spent a lifetime visiting college campuses. Recently, upon her arrival at Oberlin College, Georgetown University and other campuses, trigger warnings were issued asserting, in her words, that her “very presence on campus” was “a form of violence” and that she was threatening students’ mental health. At Oberlin, 30 students and the campus therapy dog retired to a “safe room” with soft music, crayons and coloring books to escape any uncomfortable facts raised by Sommers.

The problem for students and some professors is that Sommers challenges the narrative, with credible statistical facts, that women are living in a violent, paternalistic rape culture. As a result, she has been “excommunicated from the church of campus feminism” in order to protect women from her uncomfortable facts.

This prompted Sommers to say, “There’s a move to get young women in combat, and yet on our campuses, they are so fragile they can’t handle a speaker with dissenting views.” I wonder whether there will be demands for the military to have therapy dogs and safe rooms in combat situations.

The University of New Hampshire published a “Bias-Free Language Guide,” which “is meant to invite inclusive excellence in (the) campus community.” Terms such as “American,” ‘’homosexual,” ‘’illegal alien,” ‘’Caucasian,” ‘’mothering,” ‘’fathering” and “foreigners” are deemed “problematic.”

Other problematic terms include “elders,” ‘’senior citizen,” ‘’overweight,” ‘’speech impediment,” ‘’dumb,” ‘’sexual preference,” ‘’manpower,” ‘’freshmen,” ‘’mailman” and “chairman.”

For now, these terms are seen as problematic. If the political correctness police were permitted to get away with it, later they would bring disciplinary action against a student or faculty member who used the terms.

The offender would be required to attend diversity training, the leftist equivalent of communist re-education camps. In a rare instance of administrative guts, UNH President Mark Huddleston said he is offended by many things in

Say that you’re a Muslim student and offended by homosexuality. Can you demand termination of campus activities that support homosexual activities?’ ‘

the guide and declared that it is not university policy.

Florida State University has an “Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Statement,” which says, “Behavior that may be considered offensive, demeaning, or degrading to persons or groups will not be tolerated.”

That’s both broad and troublesome. Say that you’re a Muslim student and offended by homosexuality.

Can you demand termination of campus activities that support homosexual activities?

A 2014 report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (http://tinyurl. com/mjvn4kl) found that 59 percent of the 427 higher-education institutions it analyzed have policies that infringe on First Amendment rights. FIRE found that the University of Connecticut prohibits “actions that intimidate, humiliate, or demean persons or groups, or that undermine their security or self-esteem.” University of South Carolina prohibits “teasing,” ‘’ridiculing” and “insulting.”

In 2012, FIRE listed the “12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech” (http://tinyurl.com/ o94rour). In no particular order, they are the University of Cincinnati, Syracuse University, Widener University, Harvard University, Yale University, Saint Augustine’s College, Michigan State University, Colorado College, Johns Hopkins University, Tufts University, Bucknell University and Brandeis University.

University presidents, other academic administrators and faculty members all too often find the well-worn path of least resistance most attractive. They give support to claims of oppression and victimhood.

These close-minded people are simply the “grown-up” leftist hippie generation of the 1960s and ‘70s.

You might ask: What’s Walter Williams’ solution to these problems?

For starters, benefactors should stop giving money to universities that endorse anti-free speech and racist diversity policy. Simply go to a university’s website.

If you find an office of diversity, close your pocketbook. There’s nothing like the sound of pocketbooks snapping shut to open the closed minds of administrators.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2015, creators.com

COMMENTARY

Hospitality lives on and on

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his past week, I delivered not one, but two 7-Up Cakes to friends who were suffering from one kind of affliction or the other. Now, in and of themselves, 7-Up Cakes have no proven healing qualities nor have they ever Leslie Anne claimed to Harrison cure a single thing, but we all know that like the salt water of the Gulf, the gift of food from a friend is good for what ails you.

The first cake went to Cousin Rosie Belle in Robertsdale who had a serious hitch in her get-along resulting from an accident involving her treadmill.

It seems that while she was trotting along, she propped up her iPad and was watching an old Youtube video of Andrae’ Crouch’s funeral service, when the Spirit took hold of her and she lifted her hands in praise and/or worship, lost her balance, and nearly slung herself through the wall.

Rosie Belle thought she was a goner as she laid there on the floor of the spare bedroom because just before she lost consciousness, she heard, “Hallelujah, hallelujah, we’re going to see the King!”

The next cake went to a friend, who during last week’s big storm, was injured in a lightening strike.

She wasn’t actually struck by lightening, but when a pine tree in her own backyard was suddenly zapped, it scared the beejibbers out of her and she dropped a large can of pineapple on her bare foot.

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Although 7-Up Cake hasn’t been proven to have healing powers, we all know the gift of food from a friend is good for what ails you. plained, “but you know what everybody’s sayin’ about putting the real thing in your shopping cart at Publix these days. I can’t risk someone thinking I’m that kind of woman, so I’ve been buying the canned Dole.”

Well, the canned fruit nearly took her toe clear off, but at least she’s not being “discussed.”

Taking food to friends is a soothing form of kindness and love.

Years ago when I was both ill with The Virus and down with The Sadness, my friend Shirley showed up at my house with a little tin of homemade cheese straws.

First of all, the warmhearted gesture alone was enough to lift my spirits, but having Shirley remember I specifically loved her cheese straws more than any cake, cookie or pie, made it even better.

Her sweet efforts and savory snack healed my broken spirits in no time flat.

My lovely friend Shirley, who stretched my name into six slow syllables, passed away a few weeks ago, and now I’ll never have her amazingly perfect cheese straws again.

But what I do have from Shirley is the example of how to get out and share the gift of hospitality with others.

Shirley not only brought me a delicious cheesy snack, but she also delivered the excellent lesson of what it means to be a thoughtful friend.

As I packed the 7-Up Cakes in boxes to take to my cousin who was all stove-up and my friend with her foot banged to pieces (but her virtue still intact), I thought of Shirley and how she would be so happy to know that her example of caring for others will live on and continue in all those who knew her.

And she’d be totally baffled by the pineapple reference, which would make me love her even more.

Leslie Anne Harrison is a contributing writer for The Sumter Item and Gulf Coast Newspapers — www. gulfcoastnewstoday.com.

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AROUND TOWN home of Sallie RobinsonThe Pinedale Neighborhood Cabbagestalk. You may Association will meet at 4 call (206) 600-0595 at any p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, Pinedale Neighborhood Association time to listentoto the voiceat the South HOPE Center, mail information.

1125 meet S. Lafayette Drive.

Call Ferdinand Burns at The Sumter Branch NAACP (803) 968-4464. will meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, at Cedar Clarendon School District Grove Missionary Baptist One will conduct free vision, hearing, speech and develop- Church, 1275 Oswego mental screenings as part of Road. a child find effort to idenSouth Carolina Legal Services tify students with special will hold an expungement needs. Screenings will be workshop at 10 a.m. on held from 9 a.m. to noon at Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the the Summerton Early Clarendon School District Childhood Center, 8 South One Community Resource St., Summerton, on the fol- Center, 1154 Fourth St., lowing Thursdays: Sept.

Summerton. Call Kathleen 10; Oct. 8; Nov. 12; Dec. 10; L. Gibson at (803) 485-2043 Jan. 14, 2016; Feb. 11, 2016; or (803) 225-0832 for deMarch 10, 2016; April 14, tails.

2016; and May 12, 2016.

The Sumter County EducaCall Sadie Williams at tor’s Association — Retired (803) 485-2325, extension will hold their new year 116. meeting and luncheon at 1 The General George L. Mabry p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. Jr. Chapter 817, Military 26, at Willie Sue’s, 3355 PaOrder of the Purple Heart, triot Parkway. All members will meet at 6 p.m. on are encouraged to attend.

Thursday, Aug. 20, at the For details, call Brenda Elks Lodge, 1100 W. Liberty Bethune at (803) 469-6588.

St. All Purple Heart recipiThe Clarendon County Demoents are invited to attend. cratic Party will meet at 7 For information, call (803) p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 506-3120. at Bassard’s Pond House, The Sumter Combat Veterans 4162 Rev JW Carter Road, Group will meet at 10 a.m.

Summerton. on Friday, Aug. 21, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Lafayette Drive. All area Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on veterans are invited.

Tuesday, Sept. 8, at ShilohThe Lincoln High School Pres- Randolph Manor. Glenn ervation Alumni Association Givens will speak on “Wills will hold a dinner fundraiser and Dying Without a Will.” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Transportation provided Friday, Aug. 21, at the Linwithin the allotted mileage coln High School cafeteria, area. Contact Debra Canty, 22 Council St. Cost is $8 chapter president, at Debper dinner and menu will raCanC2@frontier.com or consist of turkey wing, (803) 775-5792. Add the rice, butter beans, roll, group to your contacts for dessert and a drink. Dine updated information on in or take out. Call James the recorded message line L. Green at (803) 968-4173. at (206) 376-5992.

Lincoln High School Class of The newly formed “Great 1965 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Goodness the Grief” Support on Friday, Aug. 21, at the Group will hold its first Lincoln High School cafemeeting from 6 to 8 p.m. teria, 22 Council St., to on Thursday, Sept. 17, at plan for the class reunion.

“AYS” Home Care, 1250 Call Betty Miller at (803) Wilson Hall Road. This 775-1616. support group is for those who are caring for loved Lincoln High School Class of ones or have lost loved 1966 will hold a 50-year ones with chronic, longclass reunion planning meeting at 4 p.m. on Satur- term diseases. Call Cheryl Fluharty, RN at (803) 905day, Aug. 22, at South 7720 for details.

Sumter Resource Center.

The reunion is being The Post 10813 25th anniverplanned for the first week- sary banquet will be held at end of June 2016.

6 p.m. on Oct. 24 at VeterThe Sumter High School Class ans Hall, 610 Manning Ave. For further information, of 1973 will meet at 6 p.m. call (803) 773-5604, (803) on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 968-5219 or (803) 406-0748.

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Love passionately.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Manage your time effectively and use your intellect to reach your goals.

Stirring up trouble with someone who doesn’t think the same way as you will be a waste of time. Learn from past mistakes.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make an effort to finish what you start or expect to face complaints. Physical activities will give you a sense of accomplishment and reinforce how capable you really are. Love and romance are in the stars. Home improvements will pay off.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Protect your interests. Don’t let emotions cloud your vision. Refuse to get involved in a moneymaking scheme even if someone pressures you. Concentrate on family and communication. Search for the answers you need to make good decisions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make the changes at home that will make your surroundings more inviting, comfy and entertaining. Make plans with someone you love so that you are sure to have plenty of time to build fond memories together.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An unexpected home or family expense will surface. Use your savvy business sense to take care of legal, health or money matters and you will avoid falling short.

Don’t feel you have to share personal information. Only answer what’s necessary.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Changing your mind frequently about an emotional situation will only put more pressure on your relationship.

Decide what you want before it’s too late. Don’t let an older or more demanding individual influence your decision.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let anyone take advantage of you.

Look for opportunities that will allow you to display your skills and outshine the competition. Jealousy is apparent and can lead to complaints or false information.

Proceed with caution. Stick to facts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look for deals, but don’t make decisions based on a fast-talking sales person looking to use your cash to further his or her interests.

Look at what you have to offer and be willing to back up your talent and ambitions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll be privy to inside information that will help you make a calculated decision. A good choice will influence your life financially, legally or emotionally. Don’t settle for anything less than what you want. Impulsive moves will lead to regret.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t sit still when there is so much you can do. Use your energy to help you stand out in meetings, interviews or on your resume. You will attract the attention of someone who will offer you an unexpected option. Plan to celebrate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put more time and effort into something you really believe in or enjoy doing. Money will come to you from an unexpected source. An emotional reaction you get from someone will add to your confidence. Romance is in the stars.

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POWERBALL SATURDAY

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7-9-11-22-30 PowerUp: 4

3-13-17-42-52 Powerball: 24; Powerplay: 4

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4-2-6 and 8-3-6

6-3-1-6 and 2-0-4-7

22-23-25-30-37; Lucky Ball: 14

SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PET OF THE WEEK Jacklyn, a young female mixed breed, is available for adoption at Sumter Animal Control. She might be a Jack Russell mix. She is sweet, gentle and has a calm demeanor. She adores belly rubs and loves everyone she meets. Jacklyn is a well-mannered, polite little girl, who would be great for a family or a single person. She is the perfect small size at about 22 pounds. Jacklyn is waiting for her forever home at Sumter Animal Control in kennel 20. She can’t wait to meet her new best friend.

Call (803) 436-2066 to ask about adoping Jacklyn.

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Ward in last group to tee off Thursday

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The wait for Dalton Ward to play in his first PGA Tour event will be dragged out as long as it possibly can, not by his doing, but by the tee times.

Ward will be in one of the last two 3-man groups to go off on the final tee time of 2 p.m. in the first round of the Wyndham Championship on

Thursday in Greensboro, N.C. “I have too many feelings about it honestly,” Ward said via text about having to wait seven WARD hours to play after the first two groups tee off at 7 a.m. “I just wanna go out and have fun.”

Ward, the former Sumter High

School standout, earned one of four spots offered in a qualifying tournament on Monday in Bermuda Run, N.C. He will tee off on the 10th hole with PGA Tour regulars Andrew Loupe and Tyrone Van Aswegen. Another group will also tee off at 2 on the first hole.

While Loupe and Van Aswegen are far from household names, Ward said he is fully aware of who they both are.

Since he is teeing off late on Thursday, Ward will tee off at 9 a.m. on Friday in the second round.

The 24-year-old Ward shot a 7-under par 64 to finish second in the qualifying event, grabbing one of the four qualifying spots. He had to earn his way into the qualifying event, shooting a 71 in a pre-qualifying event last week to earn one of the 40 spots.

CAROLINA FOOTBALL

Sawyer making immediate impact at USC

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News

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Jordan Spieth hits a drive on the 14th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship last week. Spieth nearly completed golf’s Grand Slam and is just one of many young golfers who are taking the sport by storm.

Young phenoms taking over Golf in good hands, except there are too many hands to count

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The last two majors should emphasize how remarkable it was that Jordan Spieth won the first two.

Consider the numbers.

Spieth was only the fourth player since 1960 who went to the British Open with a chance to win the third leg of the Grand Slam. He was 14-under par at St. Andrews, a number topped only five previous times at golf’s oldest championship.

This year, it didn’t even get him into

a playoff.

Then, he went to the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits with a chance to join Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods as the only players to win three majors in one year. Spieth lived up to the occasion by posting 17-under par. In the 57 years of stroke play at the PGA Championship, only two players were more shots under par. Woods beat Bob May in a playoff after they finished 18 under (they were five shots clear of everyone else), and Woods was 18 under when he won at Medinah in 2006.

Spieth wound up three shots behind Jason Day.

Don’t feel sorry for Spieth without considering the plight of Justin Rose.

He was 14 under at the Masters. He was 14 under at the PGA Championship. And he finished a combined 10 shots out of the lead.

“I thought 14-under par would be great,” Rose said Sunday at Whistling Straits. “Actually, it’s ironic that’s what I finished on, but I thought that would be a winning score.”

It was only good for fourth place.

The theme coming out of the 2015 majors is that golf is in a good spot in

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COLUMBIA— Dante Sawyer has made an immediate impact on the South Carolina football team.

Playing the defensive tackle position, known as the three technique, the Suwanee, Georgia native is set to help give the Gamecocks provide something they were sorely lacking last season – a pass rush.

SAWYER “Oh yeah, we’re going to get at the quarterback,” Sawyer said confidently after the Gamecocks Monday practice.

“I promise you that. We’re going to really get after the quarterback.”

Sawyer hoped to be a part of the Gamecocks program a year ago. Considered one of the top high school defensive ends in the country, his entrance at USC was delayed due to academic deficiencies.

That forced the 6-3, 282-pounder to take a detour to East Mississippi Community College where he opted to take an accelerated academic route in his haste to enroll at USC. “(USC) coach (Steve) Spurrier brought it to my attention,” Sawyer said. “He told me ‘look, this is an option we have for you. We feel like this is more beneficial than if you wait until you graduate high school and do two years so you can get back to us in one year.’”

Instead of waiting for graduation, Sawyer earned his GED, then enrolled at East Mississippi CC in February.

“When I first got there I was struggling,” said Sawyer. “I was trying to get my feet under me. It was different. I did 24-plus hours when I first got there.”

Sawyer managed to get the work done, while also having a strong season on the field. He helped lead the Lions to a 12-0 record and the NJCAA championship. He finished with 10.5

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Coastal Carolina basketball visits Cuba, makes history

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CONWAY— Cliff Ellis’ resume includes 770 victories and 10 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, and the veteran coach says watching the flag go up at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba for the first time since 1961 is one of his most memorable experiences.

Ellis and Coastal Carolina were the first American college team to tour the island nation since the United States eased relations with Cuba this AP FILE PHOTO summer. The team got a chance to Coastal Carolina men’s basketball head coach Cliff Ellis is accustomed to making history view history on their final day of the in college basketball. However, he and his Coastal Carolina team got to see history made tour last Friday, first content to watch outside the gates before being invited last week during their preseason trip to Cuba as they saw the United States flag raised inside. over the American embassy in Havana for the first time in more than 50 years.

Ellis said tears welling up in his eyes “became a trickle down my face,” with three Marines who lowered the American flag in 1961 on hand to watch it rise up again last week.

“This was a life changer,” Ellis said Tuesday. “I told the team, this is bigger than anything you’ll do in basketball.”

Ellis was approached by a sports travel group in the winter about the possibility of touring Cuba. He was immediately interested in the idea, although he understood the anger of many Cuban Americans toward normalizing relations with the Castro regime that has ruled the island since

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Chapin/Newberry wins Legion World Series SHELBY, N.C. – Chapin/ Newberry Post 193/24 is the American Legion World Series champion.

University of South Carolina Sumter standout shortstop Justin Hawkins hit a 2-run home run in the top of the first inning and Chapin never looked back in a 9-2 victory over New Orleans Post 4 on Tuesday at Keeter Stadium.

Chapin became the first team from South Carolina to win the ALWS since 1936.

C/N finished its season with a 32-1 record, the only loss coming at the hands of New Orleans, which finished with a 35-8 record, in its second game in the tournament.

Hawkins hit his third home run of the ALWS off of Post 4 starter Brandon Briuglio.

The score was 2-1 entering the sixth when Chapin put up three runs to go up 5-1. It put the game away with a 4-run eighth.

Left-hander Ryne Huggins pitched the final 4 2/3 innings to get the victory.

JETS GM SAYS QB SMITH UNLIKELY TO GO ON SHORT-TERM IR

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Geno Smith might be able to avoid the short-term injured reserve list.

The New York Jets quarterback had his jaw broken by a punch from then-teammate Ikemefuna Enemkpali last Tuesday, and had surgery two days later to have metal plates and screws inserted. Smith is expected to miss six to 10 weeks, leaving his availability uncertain for the regular season.

Short-term IR is one option for the Jets, but Smith wouldn’t be able to play until

he was on the list for at least eight weeks.

Maccagnan said Smith is likely to miss the first four games of the regular season, putting a potential return around Week 6 — after the Jets’ bye week.

With Ryan Fitzpatrick the starter and rookies Bryce Petty and Jake Heaps behind him, the Jets are exploring veteran options.

BRADY, GOODELL MEET BUT ‘DEFLATEGATE’ UNRESOLVED

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Two people familiar with the “Deflategate” legal case tell The Associated Press that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell participated in unsuccessful settlement talks in New York on Tuesday.

The failure to strike a deal after about four hours of talks means a Wednesday hearing will proceed as scheduled.

The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case, say the talks occurred away from the Manhattan federal court handling the case. The location was not disclosed.

Lawyers are scheduled to argue today whether it was fair for the NFL to suspend Brady for four games this season after Goodell concluded he conspired to deflate footballs before a playoff game. No ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard Berman is expected.

NFL SUSPENDS 49ERS WR SIMPSON FOR 6 GAMES

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The NFL has suspended San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerome Simpson without pay

for the first six games of the season for violations of the league’s substance-abuse policy.

The 49ers were aware of a likely suspension for Simpson for previous issues. San Francisco has made it clear he must continue to demonstrate positive behavior to remain in good standing with the team.

Simpson can return to the active roster on Oct. 19, a day after the team’s home game against the Baltimore Ravens. He can still participate in all preseason practices and games.

PATRICK STAYS WITH SHR; NEW SPONSOR NATURE’S BAKERY

Danica Patrick’s fit and healthy lifestyle has landed her a new sponsor that allows her to stay with StewartHaas Racing.

SHR announced a deal Tuesday that makes Nature’s Bakery the primary sponsor of Patrick’s No. 10 Chevrolet beginning next season. The Nevada-based food brand replaces Patrick’s longtime sponsor, GoDaddy. Nature’s Bakery will place its signature tagline, “Energy for Life’s Great Journeys,” on Patrick’s car for 28 of the 38 Sprint Cup events.

MISSOURI BOARD OKS $15M IN TAX CREDITS FOR STADIUM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri board approved $15 million in tax credits Tuesday for a new riverfront football stadium in downtown St. Louis, the first piece of an effort by state leaders aimed at either preventing the Rams from moving west or luring another team to the city in its place.

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11 a.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 Practice from Bristol, Tenn. (FOX SPORTS 1).

11 a.m. -- International Soccer: U-15 Match -- Chicago vs. Pachuca (UNIVISION).

1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Minnesota at New York Yankees or Detroit at Seattle (MLB NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match -- Monaco vs. Valencia (FOX SPORTS 2).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match -- Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Rapid Vienna (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. -- Amateur Golf: U.S. Men’s Amateur First-Round Matches from Olympia Fields, Ill. (GOLF).

3:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at San Diego (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

4:45 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 Pole Qualifying from Bristol, Tenn. (FOX SPORTS 1).

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

6:55 p.m. -- International Soccer: United States vs. Costa Rica from Chattanooga, Tenn. (ESPN2).

7 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: Western & Southern Open First-Round Matches from Cincinnati (ESPNEWS).

8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Detroit at Chicago Cubs (ESPN).

8 p.m. -- WNBA Basketball: New York at San Antonio (NBA TV).

8 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Match -- DC United vs. Arabe Unido (UNIVISION).

8:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 from Bristol, Tenn. (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. -- Youth Softball: Little League World Series Championship Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPN2).

10 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Match -Olimpia vs. Seattle (FOX SPORTS 2).

10 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Match -Walter Ferretti vs. America (UNIVISION).

PREP FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE

Crestwood Today vs. Buford, 6 p.m.

Manning Today vs. Lake Marion, 6 p.m.

Thomas Sumter Friday at Pee Dee, TBA East Clarendon Friday At Hemingway Sportsarama Vs. Carvers Bay, 7 p.m.

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago Cleveland WEST DIVISION Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

PHENOMS FROM PAGE B1 the post-Tiger era. Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Day are Nos. 1-2-3 in the world, and they have combined to win five of the last six majors. Day is the old man in the group. He’s 27.

Woods had a revolving door of rivals for more than a decade. He was No. 1 even when the math said otherwise. Now there is a chance for a lasting rivalry, or rivalries. There already is talk of a modern “Big Three,” though it’s still too early for that.

“We live in such a world that everything is so reactionary, and everything happens so quickly,” McIlroy said at the start of the PGA. “A year ago after I won this tournament, it was the Rory era. And then Jordan wins the Masters and it’s the Jordan era. Eras last about six months these days instead of 20 years.”

And that leads to another number worth considering.

With a bunker shot that only Spieth could make look easy, he birdied the 16th hole at Whistling Straits and closed with two pars to break by one shot the record Woods set in 2000. Spieth ended the year at 54 under in the four majors.

Some context is in order.

Spieth matched the 72-hole record at Augusta National (18 under) on a much stronger course than when Woods set the mark in 1997. Woods, however, won three majors that year, and he won the U.S. Open and British Open by a combined 23 shots. Anyone who stood near the 18th green at Pebble Beach and gazed at that large leaderboard, with Woods at 12 under and no one else better than 3 over, will appreciate it as the greatest performance in major championship history.

Spieth’s major season still doesn’t touch what Woods did in 2000, or Hogan in 1953 when he won all three majors he played.

The low scores Spieth posted were required to even have a chance at the majors, except for his four-shot win at Augusta.

Spieth knows that. Sure, he was one shot out of a playoff at St. Andrews. He also was a 12-foot eagle putt by Dustin Johnson from having to settle for only a green jacket this year.

Louis Oosthuizen, with a sweet swing and a fragile back, was one shot behind at the U.S. Open and lost in a playoff at St. Andrews. Day missed out on the St. Andrews playoff by one shot and smashed his way to his first major at Whistling Straits. A year ago, the challenge for McIlroy came from Rickie Fowler, the only player to finish among the top five in all the majors without winning. He won the so-called fifth major this year at The Play-

Pct .556 .546 .521 .500 .441

GB – 1 4 61/2 131/2

W 71 59 56 55 55

L 46 59 61 61 62

Pct .607 .500 .479 .474 .470

GB – 121/2 15 151/2 16

W 64 61 60 55 51

L 55 57 57 64 69

Pct .538 .517 .513 .462 .425

GB – 21/2 3 9 131/2

N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 7, 10 innings Baltimore 4, Oakland 2 Cleveland 8, Boston 2 Texas 4, Seattle 3 Tampa Bay 9, Houston 2 L.A. Angels 2, Chicago White Sox 1

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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

L.A. Dodgers at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Minnesota (E.Santana 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 12-2), 1:05 p.m.

Seattle (Montgomery 4-5) at Texas (D.Holland 0-1), 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at Oakland (Chavez 6-12), 3:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 7-6) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 13-5) at Philadelphia (Morgan 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 8-12) at Boston (J. Kelly 5-6), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 8-7) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Da.Norris 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-8), 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Karns 7-5) at Houston (Keuchel 14-6), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-8) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-9), 10:05 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Texas at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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

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ers Championship with an eagle-birdiebirdie finish.

The depth is greater than ever. Anyone paying attention to golf the last two years could see that, and this year in the majors it was undeniable.

McIlroy won three straight tournaments last year — two majors and a World Golf Championship — and he finished the year as the winner or runner-up in eight of his last 12 events. The only question was finding a suitable rival for the best player in the world.

Nine months later, he was No. 2.

Spieth already has been installed as the favorite at the Masters next year, though only slightly over McIlroy. It’s a shame we have to wait 233 days for the next major.

But think big picture.

“That’s what I’m looking forward to is the sheer competition of being able to fight against these guys each week and have that competition and fight against them,” Day said. “It’s going to be a lot of fun over the next five to 10 years.”

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 63 58 53 48 46

L 55 59 65 70 72

Pct .534 .496 .449 .407 .390

GB – 41/2 10 15 17

W 76 69 67 51 51

L 42 47 49 65 69

Pct .644 .595 .578 .440 .425

GB – 6 8 24 26

W Los Angeles 67 San Francisco 64 Arizona 58 San Diego 57 Colorado 48

L 51 54 59 62 68

Pct .568 .542 .496 .479 .414

GB – 3 81/2 101/2 18

New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee WEST DIVISION

Houston Jacksonville Indianapolis Tennessee NORTH Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh WEST Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

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PF 23 23 10 24

PA 10 21 36 31

W 1 1 0 0

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PF 30 23 17 24

PA 27 10 20 37

W 1 1 1 1

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PF 22 34 18 17

PA 20 19 3 7

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Philadelphia Washington Dallas N.Y. Giants SOUTH

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L 0 0 1 1

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .000 .000

PF 36 20 7 10

PA 10 17 17 23

W 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 1 1

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Pct 1.000 1.000 .000 .000

PF 31 25 27 16

PA 24 24 30 26

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PF 40 27 23 22

PA 19 10 3 11

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PF 19 10 20 3

PA 34 23 22 18

Baltimore 30, New Orleans 27 Green Bay 22, New England 11 Detroit 23, N.Y. Jets 3 Chicago 27, Miami 10 Washington 20, Cleveland 17 San Diego 17, Dallas 7

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Carolina 25, Buffalo 24 Atlanta 31, Tennessee 24 Jacksonville 23, Pittsburgh 21 Cincinnati 23, N.Y. Giants 10 Denver 22, Seattle 20 Oakland 18, St. Louis 3

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota 26, Tampa Bay 16 Houston 23, San Francisco 10 Kansas City 34, Arizona 19 Sunday’s Game Philadelphia 36, Indianapolis 10

THURSDAY

Detroit at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY

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

Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS The Associated Press BASEBALL

American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed 3B Chris Johnson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Reinstated 2B Jason Kipnis from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Designated 3B Conor Gillaspie for assignment.

Selected the contract of 3B Kaleb Cowart from Salt Lake (PCL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed RHP Bryan Mitchell on the 7-day DL. Optioned RHP Caleb Cotham to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Chris Capuano from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Recalled RHP Nick Rumbelow from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Assigned LHP Brad Mills outright to Nashville (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned 3B Richie Shaffer to Durham (IL). Recalled LHP Enny Romero from Durham.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected the contract of OF Ezequiel Carrera from Buffalo (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Derek Blacksher on a minor league contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent 3B Phil Gosselin to Visalia (Cal) and RHP Archie Bradley to the AZL Diamondbacks for rehab assignments.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed 3B Maikel Franco on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 12. Recalled OF Aaron Altherr from Lehigh Valley (IL).

Agreed to terms with LHP Tyler Frankoff on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS — Placed RHP Bobby Parnell on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Logan Verrett from Las Vegas (PCL).

Sent OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis to Las Vegas (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned RHP Dale Thayer outright to El Paso (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent 2B Dan Uggla and OF Denard Span to Hagerstown (SAL) for rehab assignments.

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE

MONDAY’S GAMES

Arizona 4, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1 Miami 6, Milwaukee 2 San Diego 5, Atlanta 3

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

Miami at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets SOUTH

THURSDAY’S GAMES

MONDAY’S GAMES

Rory McIlroy is one of the top golfers on the PGA Tour along with the likes of Jordan Spieth and Jason Day.

AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST

Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

AMERICAN LEAGUE L 52 54 56 59 66

NFL PRESEASON

By The Associated Press

Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay WEST

EAST DIVISION W 65 65 61 59 52

THURSDAY’S GAMES

San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

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

Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Atlanta Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay NORTH

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press New York Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston CENTRAL DIVISION

L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at Oakland (Chavez 6-12), 3:35 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 8-6) at San Diego (T.Ross 8-9), 3:40 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 3-8) at Pittsburgh (Happ 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 7-6) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 13-5) at Philadelphia (Morgan 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 8-7) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 2-3) at St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 5-4), 7:15 p.m.

Detroit (Da.Norris 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-8), 8:05 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 6-6) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-5), 8:40 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 8-10) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 3-7), 2:10 p.m.

New York Indiana Washington Chicago Connecticut Atlanta

W 16 14 14 15 12 9

L 7 9 9 11 12 15

Pct .696 .609 .609 .577 .500 .375

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct x-Minnesota 18 7 .720 Phoenix 15 9 .625 Tulsa 11 14 .440 Los Angeles 8 16 .333 San Antonio 7 18 .280 Seattle 7 19 .269 x-clinched playoff spot

GB – 2 2 21/2 41/2 71/2 GB – 21/2 7 91/2 11 111/2

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Phoenix at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

New York at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

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Dr Leon Hunt putts onto the green as Billy Simon and Don Smith look on during the 16th Annual Churches Challenge golf tournament on Saturday at Sunset Country Club. There were 160 golfers who participated in the event with a team from Calvary Church of the Nazarene winning the event. Grant Hill Baptist Church was second and Crosspoint Baptist Church was third.

AUTO RACING

Kyle Busch soldiers to 11th-place finish, gains valuable points NASCAR WIRE SERVICE BROOKLYN, Mich.—The driver who used to be disgusted with a second-place finish was reasonably happy with his 11th-place run on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.

Needing to tighten his hold on a position in the top 30 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, Kyle Busch did exactly that in Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 at the two-mile track in the Irish KYLE BUSCH Hills—and he accomplished the feat after starting from the rear of the field in a backup car.

Busch moved up one position to 29th in points, but he bought himself some breathing room—18 points over 30th-place Justin Allgaier and 23 over 31st-place Cole Whitt. If Busch can maintain a top-30 position after the next three races, he’ll be in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, despite missing the first 11 events of the season because of injuries sustained in a Feb. 21 wreck at Daytona.

Team Matt Kenseth won Sunday’s race from the pole, but given Busch’s previous four finishes at MIS (31st, 41st, 39th and 43rd), Sunday’s 11th-place run was the next best thing to a victory.

“It was a success,” Busch acknowledged after the race, but he still had mixed feelings. “(But) it wasn’t what we wanted. We had a really, really fast car (on Saturday), but I screwed up and wrecked that car (in practice). It was a winning car, maybe not the winning car, but congratulations to our teammate Matt Kenseth and the 20 bunch.

“Our Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry was good today, a lot better car than I

expected to have. Real proud of all my guys and can’t thank them enough for all the long hours they put in last night and this morning to get me prepared and ready with a good piece to go out there and do our best.

“If all things would have worked out a little better we might have finished fourth or fifth, but where we ended up there just outside the top 10 doesn’t matter. We just have to continue on with our points gathering and go on to next week.”

CAREER-BEST RUN FOR AUSTIN DILLON

With the help of astute pit strategy that got him to the front of the field, Austin Dillon got a taste of what it’s like to be a frontrunner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

The driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet enjoyed the experience—and he learned from it.

Dillon started from the rear of the field after a broken valve spring in practice forced an engine change. But crew chief Slugger Labbe kept Dillon on the track during a competition caution called on Lap 21, and Dillon proceeded to lead Laps 23-40.

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“I had fun racing Matt up front,” Dillon said. “I just couldn’t lead very well when we got out front. It was a little bit of a learning experience, I think, for me. You know Matt’s been up there a lot in his career. For me, it was my first time. So, I will learn from it and get better next time.”

NASCAR TAKES SPLITTERS FROM TEAM PENSKE CARS

Before Sunday’s race NASCAR required the Team Penske teams of Joey Logano

and Brad Keselowski to change the front splitters on their two Fords, because those parts were dangerously close to the tolerances allowed in pre-race inspection.

With the thickness of the splitters at issue, NASCAR asked the teams to err on the side of caution and replace them. NASCAR took the splitters removed from the No. 2 (Keselowski) and No. 22 (Logano) cars to its research-and-development center in Concord, N.C., for further evaluation.

NASCAR will determine at its competition meeting early in the week whether further action is warranted.

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Hester trying to show Falcons his skills at WR

BY GEORGE HENRY The Associated Press FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Devin Hester didn’t sound exactly thrilled when he arrived for the start of his second training camp with the Atlanta Falcons.

The four-time Pro Bowl return specialist said he didn’t fully understand what his role would be as a receiver in new coordinator Kyle Shanahan’s offense.

Now that the Falcons are past the first preseason game, Hester says everything has been better defined.

“This is my third position at receiver,” Hester told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “I’ve never played the X (spot on the outside of the formation). This year I’m playing the X. Three different positions in my course in the league. This is a new position now, playing the X, so I’m getting used to it.”

Hester has always been eager to show he’s more than an ace return specialist. It’s been an ongoing theme in his 10-year NFL career.

Hester said he understands his primary role with Atlanta is the same as it was in Chicago, to give the offense better field position as a punt and kickoff returner.

But regarding his chance to be featured at receiver, Hester often felt ignored in his first eight seasons with the Bears and particularly during ?five difficult years playing alongside quarterback Jay Cutler.

That’s not the case with Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan.

“Yeah, it is definitely more positive feedback,” Hester said.

“He’s more open (to sugges-

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Atlanta wide receiver Devin Hester isn’t exactly pleased with his role in the Falcons’ passing game. Hester is one of the top return specialists in the history of the NFL, but has been used sparingly as a wide receiver throughout his 10-year career. tions), and he’s more talkative.

Matt is 24-7 rallying his troops.

It’s fun. He’s the type of quar-

terback who goes through his progressions and whatever coverages he gets, that’s the receiv-

er he’s going to.”

From 2007-2012 with the Bears, Hester averaged 36.2

catches and 12.9 yards and had 14 touchdowns catches.

He had no receptions and wasn’t targeted in 2013, so Hester was pleased when Atlanta signed him to a threeyear deal last year guaranteeing $9 million and promised a role in the offense.

Used primarily in the slot last year as the fourth option behind Julio Jones, Roddy White and Harry Douglas, Hester caught 38 passes for 504 yards and two TDs. Hester had hoped to move up the depth chart when Douglas was released, but the Falcons signed Leonard Hankerson as a free agent and drafted Justin Hardy in the fourth round.

As the NFL career leader with 20 touchdown returns, Hester is still dynamic at his main job, getting named to his fourth Pro Bowl squad last season.

He’s currently listed as the No. 5 receiver, but he takes pride as a playmaker in both roles.

“I put it out here of the field and at the end of the day, I know the role I have is for special teams on kickoff and punt returns,” he said. “I know that’s in the back of their minds, to keep me fresh.

So it definitely does affect my contribution on offense.”

Receivers coach Terry Robiskie said he understands Hester’s passion, but believes he won’t let ego get in the way.

“His role is to win a game,” Robiskie said last week. “Tell him I said so. I don’t care what he is. He can be the quarterback if he wants — as long as he can go out there and win the game. Wherever we send him, go win the game. That’s his role.”

Rivera wants to avoid fights Lawson looks forward to new with Dolphins in scrimmage role as Tigers’ defensive leader CLEMSON FOOTBALL

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press

BY SCOTT KEEPFER Greenville News

SPARTANBURG — Panthers coach Ron Rivera said the goal of this week’s scrimmages against the Miami Dolphins is for both teams to get better, not start fights.

The Dolphins and Panthers will scrimmage today and Thursday at Wofford College in advance of their Saturday night preseason game in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Rivera wants to avoid the scenario that happened last week between the Redskins and Texans where coaches had to call off the final scrimmage because of a sidelineclearing brawl.

“The idea is they’ll manage the whistle and if things start we’ll nip it in the bud,” Rivera said. “If we have to take guys off the field, we’ll do it.

“The idea is to work. It’s not to come in and have a big brawl. We want to actually get quality practice.”

Rivera said he’s talked with Dolphins coach Joe Philbin and they’ve taken measures to prevent fighting.

Rivera will be on one field and Philbin will be on the other with the coaches in charge of both teams.

“I told Ron (if) he sees one of our guys out of line, I’m going to tell the team coach Rivera is in charge of that field and he said the same thing to me; if I see someone out of line on the field I’m on,” Philbin said. “We’re up there to get some work done and compete against a really

CLEMSON— After spending the last two seasons under the tutelage of Vic Beasley, perhaps it’s time for Shaq Lawson to dole out the lessons.

The junior defensive end confirmed as much Monday afternoon; he’s not LAWSON only trying to make himself play better, he’s also hoping to teach freshman offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt a thing or two along the way.

“I told him on Day One at camp that we’re trying to make each other better,” Lawson said. “I told him, ‘It’s my job to get you better, get you right,’ because he probably isn’t going to face anybody as good as me on another team.”

Did we mention that Lawson isn’t lacking for confidence in his own abilities?

“It’s my time now,” Lawson says. “I’ve been waiting two years for this, so I’m going to make the most of it.”

Lawson has been having so much fun in fall camp, in fact, that Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables says that Lawson is “giggling and laughing his way to the quarterback.”

“He hasn’t always liked to do the little things right all the time, but he is now, and that comes with maturity,” Venables said. “He does like to compete and have a good time while he works hard. I think that’s an inherited gene that he has. A lot

of them will work hard, but not a lot of them will like it – and Shaq does.”

Some of that is bound to rub off on Hyatt, the highly touted freshman offensive tackle who must work against Lawson on a daily basis, and that’s a good thing.

Hyatt is the leading candidate to start at left tackle, and Lawson is learning why.

“He’s not like a freshman, he’s a grown man,” Lawson said. “He’s matured a lot since spring and gotten a lot stronger.

He’s fast, too.

“He’s going to be one great player at Clemson. I’d like to see that. You knows there’s a toughness about the young boy.”

Lawson – the “old man” – apparently learned his lessons well while playing behind Beasley. He made the most of his limited playing time last season, amassing 44 tackles (seven more than Beasley), including 11 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.

He capped his sophomore season in a big way, too, making four tackles, causing a fumble and blocking a PAT in the Tigers’ romp over Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

Now he heads into a junior campaign as a preseason firstteam All-Atlantic Coast Conference pick, which isn’t bad for a player with one career start.

“Last year I was more of a role player, but now I’m ready to step up,” Lawson said. “I’m more of a leader now.”

And he expects Clemson’s defense to challenge the standard set by last year’s unit, which led the nation in 11 categories.

yer. “This summer I’ve been studying what I’m doing inside so I didn’t mind knowing I would have to play it some when I came in.”

About 15-20 pounds heavier than when in high school, Sawyer has the strength and build to handle the position.

“The number one position you want to recruit in this scheme that Jon has is a three

technique because that guy has to be dominant,” Ward said. “He is going to be in a lot of one-on-one situations. And it works well for us to have a guy like Dante that was recruited as an end, but weighs 275-280 pounds and can move.”

The key to the Gamecocks at the position, according to both Ward and Sawyer, is the depth the team is developing.

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Carolina running back Fozzy Whittaker (43) looks for yardage against Buffalo outside linebacker Nigel Bradham (53) during the Panthers’ 25-24 preseason victory in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Friday.

Panthers head coach Ron Rivera is asking his team to avoid fights as it prepares to scrimmage the Miami Dolphins today and Thursday before playing them in a preseason game on Saturday. good team.”

Both coaches acknowledged there will probably be some heated moments, but players have to control themselves and not let their emotions get out of hand.

Panthers defensive end Frank Alexander said he’s looking forward to the competition and expects the in-

tensity to pick up.

“It does because you’re not hitting the same guys,” Alexander. You expect the level of play and intensity to pick up because it’s another team.”

Said Panthers rookie Shaq Thompson: “It all comes down to being disciplined.”

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Sawyer believes his hectic schedule, both on and off the field, has been beneficial.

“It put my head back on where I need it to be because I was kind of not doing my school work coming out of high school,” said Sawyer. “It

put my perspective back to where I need it to be in life.”

The Gamecocks are happy to have Sawyer, who appears to have caught on quickly to the squad’s defensive system.

“We would like to see 95 (Sawyer) inside — Sawyer break down some guys one-onone,” said USC co-defensive co-

ordinator Lorenzo Ward. “He can even play on the outside when a back is not chipping away.”

The three technique tackle is one of the most important positions in the scheme orchestrated by co-defensive coordinator Jon Hoke.

“I had an idea I would be playing inside since I came from junior college,” said Saw-

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Serena Williams is one title shy of a Grand Slam and will play in this week’s Western & Southern Open before attempting to win the U.S. Open. The last calendar Grand Slam was by Steffi Graf in 1988.

The Sumter Touchdown club presented by FTC is accepting members as it prepares for the start of its weekly breakfast meetings on Sept. 4.

The club will meet for 12 weeks through Friday, Nov. 29. Each meeting will feature a buffet breakfast, the recognition of The Sumter Item Players of the Week, a weekly devotional, a Pick ‘Em Contest, the Coaches Corner and a guest speaker.

Membership is $100 and sponsorship levels start at $200.

Meetings will be held each Friday from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at The Quality Inn on Broad Street.

For more information, go to www.sumtertdclub.com or call Lee Glaze at (803) 968-0773 or Talmadge Tobias at (803) 491-4573 for more information.

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Serene Serena not feeling Grand Slam pressure

BY MARK SCHMETZER The Associated Press MASON, Ohio — One major title stands between Serena Williams and a Grand Slam, and she’s enjoying this “awesome” and “crazy” ride.

“There’s still a lot I want to win, but I just want to keep growing,” she said Tuesday. “I just enjoy going out there every time I’m out there. I have a different outlook. I’m intense when I’m out there, but I also realize that life is super short and tomorrow isn’t promised.”

Williams is seeded first and the defending champion at the Western & Southern Open, a warmup for the U.S. Open. She is coming off a loss to Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

The top-ranked player in women’s tennis already has the “Serena Slam” — reigning champion of every Grand Slam tournament.

The run started at last year’s U.S. Open. The last calendar Grand Slam was by Steffi Graf in 1988.

“I think the ‘Serena Slam’ is really unbelievable,” she said. “I didn’t think I would ever do it again. I mean, I thought I would, but when it didn’t happen after a while. . It’s captivating. It’s awesome. It’s crazy.”

At 33 years old and with so many championships to her name, Williams can almost take it or leave it.

“That makes it fun,” she said. “I don’t have to win. I want to win, but I really just look forward to playing.”

She says the process has become almost as important as the outcome. That’s one reason she hopes to play well in Cincinnati.

“I would like to do well here, especially after a disappointing week last week,” she said. “Even if I don’t win, I would like to play technically better.”

As the same time, she realizes time is running out on her career though her results suggest otherwise — she is 47-2 this year and has won four championships. She agrees with the suggestion that her career is like a marathon and she’s in her sprint the finish.

“I think that’s a good analogy,” she said.

“I’m not a spring chicken. I don’t think I have that much longer to play, but hopefully, it will be a while.”

Her new outlook has her ready for the pressure of the calendar Grand Slam in New York.

“I think it’s great,” she said. “It’s cool, even though there’s a lot of pressure. I would like to win the Open more than anybody else.”

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“They’re our neighbors and they need us,” Ellis said. “I don’t agree with everything that transpired, but that’s the past. This is the future.”

Still Ellis, who was 16 at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, was nervous about what he might find in Cuba after decades of growing up with Cuba as an American enemy.

Ellis and the Chanticleers said they discovered a warm, welcoming group of people eager to show their support for their American neighbors.

Ellis said he had tears in his eyes when the anthems were played before the opening game against the Cuban na-

tional team and gifts were exchanged; Coastal giving the Cubans polo shirts and hats with the school logo, plus 40 basketballs, and the Chanticleers receiving Cuban flag lapel pins.

After the games with the national team, Coastal Carolina coaches taught the game to Havana coaches and the Chants players held basketball clinics for children.

“Teaching Cuban kids the game of basketball made me feel great and hopefully they felt the same way,” freshman center Josh Coleman said. “It puts a smile on my face to give to the less fortunate people, who I found to be very nice and chill, an opportunity that

they will never forget.”

The group even had time for salsa lessons, with Ellis’ wife, Caroline, earning honors as the top female participant.

Cliff Ellis said the people of Cuba quickly erased any doubt he had about the trip.

About 90 percent of the people he met cheered and smiled at the team and players, Ellis said.

Ellis said that became clear following the emotional flagraising at the embassy. While the team left the grounds for its bus to the airport, Ellis said the Cubans who attended the ceremony celebrated as if they were lifelong Americans. Ellis high-fived Cuban people laughing, shouting and smiling. “It was like a parade,” he said.

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its adult softball leagues.

Registration will run through Tuesday, Aug. 25.

There will be leagues for men’s corporate, men’s open, women’s open, men’s church, women’s church and co-ed.

The cost is $250 per team.

There will be a maximum of six regular-season games and a double-elimination tournament.

A coaches meeting will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street.

For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www.sumtercountysc. org.

FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its fall girls softball leagues.

Registration will run through Friday. The league is open to girls ages 7-12 as of Dec. 31, 2015.

Registration fee is $45. No late registration will be taken.

For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www.sumtercountysc. org.

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The race will begin at the Sumter County Library at 111 North Harvin Street.

Proceeds from the race will go support the Sumter County Library.

Race day registration will begin at 7 a.m. with the race starting at 8.

The registration cost prior to the race is $20 while race day registration is $25.

Runners can visit strictlyrunning.com, the Sumter Family YMCA or any Sumter County Library location to register.

For more information, call (803) 773-7273 or visit www.sumtercountylibrary. com.

BASEBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its fall baseball leagues.

Registration comes to an end today. The league is open to children ages 7-14 as of April 30, 2016.

Registration fee is $45. No late registration will be taken.

For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www.sumtercountysc. org.

ETC. KICKBALL LEAGUE REGISTRATION The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its kickball league.

Registration will run through Tuesday, Aug. 25.

The cost is $250 per team.

There will be a maximum of six regular-season games and a double-elimination tournament.

A coaches meeting will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street.

For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www.sumtercountysc. org.

GOLF 9-HOLE SCRAMBLE

The 9-hole Scramble event hosted by The Links at Lakewood will be held every Thursday beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The cost is $25 per player and includes prizes and dinner. The cost is $12 for those attending just the dinner.

To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 5 p.m. the day of the event.

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OBITUARIES REV. CINDA A. KAMMERMANN The Rev. Cinda Ann Kammermann, 49, died on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at her home.

Born in Rome, New York, she was a daughter of retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Charles Kammermann and the Rev. Cheryl Janes Kammermann.

The Rev. Cinda KAMMERMAN Kammermann was a member of Sumter First Church of the Nazarene, where she was serving as pastor of outreach and counseling. Rev. Kammermann received her undergraduate degree from Northwest Nazarene University and master degrees from Columbia Inter-

national University. She became a licensed professional counselor and intern and opened her private practice in May 2014. She served as a missionary from 1996 to 2006 on the CIS Field in Kazakhstan, Creative Access Country No. 2, and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Her ministry assignments were many and varied as she traveled throughout the CIS Field.

Survivors include her parents of Sumter; a brother, Christian Kammermann (Cheri) of Poquoson, Virginia; two nieces, Caley and Colby Kammermann; and an uncle, Robert Janes (Linda) of Florence, Kentucky.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sarah Ann Earhart; a sister, Christa Ann Kearney; and a brother-in-law,

Brian Kearney.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Sumter First Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Gregg Pressley and the Rev. Dr. Kathy Mowrey. A private burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. on Thursday at Sumter First Church of the Nazarene and other times at the home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cancer Research Institute, One Exchange Plaza, 55 Broadway, Suite 1802, New York, NY 10006.

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JAMES E. MATTHEWS James Eugene Matthews, 80, husband of Annette Hill Matthews, died on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, at the Lexington Medical Center in Lexington.

Born in Sanford, North Carolina, he was a son of the late James Daniel and Harriett Virginia Durant Matthews. Following his being awarded a bachelor of science MATTHEWS in architecture in 1957, he received a bachelor of arts in architecture from Clemson College in 1958. Gene was licensed to practice in North Carolina and South Carolina, and he was associated with the Sumter firm of James, Durant, Matthews, and Shelley Inc. His many years of service with the South Carolina Board of Architectural Examiners culminated with his chairmanship in 2004.

The City of Sumter was the beneficiary of his selfless service as chairman of the Planning Commission. He served with the South Carolina Health System Agency, Pee Dee Regional Health Agency, and South Carolina Health Coordinating Council. His devotion to health care culminated with his chairmanship of the Council of Aging.

He was a loyal churchman, having served as trustee chairman of Trinity United Methodist Church. Gene was a graduate of the Palmetto Military Academy and was an officer with the South Carolina National Guard.

His Rotary membership spanned more than 32 years.

Gene’s skill as an architect can be seen in many churches to include Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Alice Drive Baptist Church, Grace Baptist Church, First Baptist Church of Georgetown, Mayesville Presbyterian Church, and his own house of worship, Trinity United Methodist Church of Sumter. His work with the Sumter County Courthouse renovations, Sumter Fire Department, Sumter County Mental Health Center, Sumter’s Patriot Hall auditorium, the Sumter Gallery of Art, and the USC Sumter Administration Building will long stand as memories of his love for Sumter. Gene’s work can be seen in the current Sumter High School, Alice Drive Elementary, Willow Drive Elementary, Bates Middle School, and two career schools in Sumter County. Hampton County counts six schools of his design while Union High School and Woodruff Elementary were constructed pursuant to his designs. His expertise in the design of health care facilities can be seen at Covenant Place in Sumter, Bethea Baptist Home, Pee Dee Manor of South Carolina, and three campuses of Presbyterian Homes in Summerville, Columbia and Clinton.

Many South Carolinians have enjoyed more than 80 homes of his design.

Surviving are his wife, Annette; two sons, Dan (Lynn) of Camden and Eugene (Beth) of Columbia; five grandchildren, Roland, Elizabeth Anne, Hamilton, Madison and Meg Matthews; one sister, Susan of Kingsport, Tennessee; one brother-in-

law, Henry P. Moore of Pawleys Island; and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Wyatt Matthews Moore; and a brother-in-law, David Pond.

Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Trinity United Methodist Church with Dr. Steve Holler and the Rev. Angela Marshall officiating and Donald Edwin Huss, organist.

The family will receive friends following the service and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150; Sumter Gallery of Art, 200 Hasel St., Sumter, SC 29150; or Clemson University School of Architecture, AIA Student Chapter, Lee Hall, Clemson, SC 29634.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements.

OBITUARIES the church at noon today for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., with Elder Robert L. Garrett officiating and Elder Frank L. Garrett, eulogist. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 6765 Arthur Gayle Road, Wedgefield.

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

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

RAFAEL R. DURANT Rafael Ramirez Durant, 32, departed this life on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, in Sumter.

He was born on Sept. 15, 1982, in Sumter, a son of Darrel Johnson and Doris Durant Shaw.

The family will be receiving friends at 42 3rd Ave., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

JOHNNY L. PRICE SARAH LOU T. HILL Sarah Lou Thompson Hill, affectionately known as “Baby Lou,” widow of Sammie Lee Hill Sr., departed this earthly life on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at her home in Wedgefield.

She was born on March 4, 1943, to the late David Rainey Thompson and Bessie Green Thompson. Sarah was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. She was a faithful member of Orangehill RUME Church in Wedgefield. She was united in holy matrimony to Sammie Lee Hill Sr. in 1961 and to this union they were blessed with three sons. She then joined Enon Baptist Church in Sumter, where she was a dedicated and devoted worker. After her husband’s passing, she moved her membership to Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Sumter.

Sarah was employed by the State Forestry Commission — Tillman Tree Nursery until its closure. She later was employed by the City of Sumter at Swan Lake as a gardener, until her retirement in 2009 after more than 15 years of service.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories: her sons, Kermith (Genova James) Hill Sr. of Sumter and Dwain T. Hill of the home; a devoted and special niece, Loretta B. Thompson of the home; one sister, Frances T. “PI” Neal of Connecticut; two grandsons, Kermith Hill Jr. and Kendrell Westbury; two great-granddaughters; sisters-in-law, Minnie “a very special friend” (Ben) Conyers of Sumter, Edna Pringle of Orlando, Florida, and Dr. Patricia (Albert) Kirkland of Sumter; brothers-in-law, Henry Hill, Ronnie Hill and George Hill, all of Sumter, and Leroy (Beverly) Hill of Atlanta; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by one son, Sammie Lee Hill Jr.; and a sister, Dorothy Mae Thompson.

Mrs. Hill will be placed in

BISHOPVILLE — Johnny L. Price, husband of Sytricia Price, entered eternal rest on Aug. 15, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 151 Elliott Highway, Bishopville.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today at New Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Wisacky community of Lee County with the pastor, the Rev. Archie S. Temoney Sr., officiating. Interment will follow in New Zion Memorial Garden.

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

NIGEL J. CORBETT BISHOPVILLE — Nigel J. Corbett entered eternal rest on Aug. 17, 2015, in Bishopville.

The family is receiving friends at 136 S. Calhoun St., Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home of Bishopville.

GARDENIA CONYERS Gardenia Conyers, 72, departed this life on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

She was born on May 28, 1943, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Roosevelt and Alfair Amos Conyers.

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

JOSEPH C. MURRAY Joseph Clarence Murray, 75, husband of Susie Mae Houston Murray, died on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He was born on July 19, 1940, in the Foreston section of Clarendon County, a son of Ill Hilton Murray and the late Joseph Murray.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Caroline Murray, 1639 Jackson Road, Home Branch section of Manning.

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

SAMMIE LEE FRIERSON Sammie Lee Frierson, loving known as “Uncle Sam,” was born on July 8, 1953, in Sumter, to Jessie Jr. and Mary Maple Frierson. He departed this life on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

He received his education in the public schools of Sumter and was a graduate of Sumter High School. In 1970, Sammie was baptized into Christ at Plaza Church of Christ. Sam worked at many jobs over the course of his life. He worked with Campbell Soup, City of Sumter, Carolina Furniture, Alston Cab, Yellow Cab, David Landscape and Kershaw Builders Construction.

He leaves to cherish his precious memories: his parents, Jessie (Mary M.) Frierson; siblings, Jesse Frierson III, Reva Frierson and Patricia Brown; his children, Timothy (Vertina) Dinkins, Michelle Dinkins, Katrice (Rick) Frierson, Sammie (Doris) Frierson, Vinetta (Shawn) Alston, Michelle (Harry) Thomas, James (Terry) Frierson and Ben (Ivory) Frierson; 44 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; three nieces; five nephews; a host of aunts, uncles and cousins.

Sam was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Joseph (Sallie) Maple; paternal grandparents, Jessie Sr. (Mary Florence Alston) Frierson; his daughter, Jeanette Dinkins-Washington; granddaughter, Santanna Dinkins; uncles, Joseph Maple Jr., James Maple Sr., Fredrick Maple and Roy Kelly; and one aunt, Martha Kelly.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mr. Frierson will be placed in the church at noon on Thursday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Kingsbury Church of Christ, 215 Kingsburg Road, Sumter, with Brother Melvin Sapp, assisted by Brother Matthew Pugh, eulogist.

Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 906 Jensen Road, Sumter.

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

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

SONNY LEE ARCHIE Sonny Lee Archie, 69, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Orangeburg.

He was born on March 18, 1946, in Sumter, to the late Sonny and Lottie Moore Archie.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the

home of his son, Calvert Lee Archie, 4400 Broad St., Lot 90, Sumter.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

ESTHER K. JAXTHEIMER Esther Theresa Kaczmarek Jaxtheimer, age 90, beloved wife of Robert Jaxtheimer, died on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

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

ROBERT M. WALKER JR. Robert Murdoch Walker Jr., 72, widower of Lou Ann P. Walker, died on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at his home.

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

JERMAIN L. WATKINS Jermain Lovell Watkins, 39, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Lexington.

He was born on March 15, 1976, in Tampa, Florida, to Jimmie Lee and Magdalene Montgomery Watkins.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 11 Alma Drive, Sumter.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

GUS THOMAS GIBSON SR. On Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, Gus Thomas Gibson Sr. departed this life at the Northwoods Senior Living and Memory Care Center, Sumter.

Born on April 7, 1941, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late James Henry Sr. and Chinese Witherspoon Gibson.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

ASHLEY MOORE LAURINBURG, North Carolina — Ashley Moore, 57, died on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery, Sumter.

McDougald Funeral Home & Crematorium is serving the family.

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HIGHWAY 15 SOUTH CORRIDOR Sumter, South Carolina Separate, sealed bids will be received by Sumter County for the construction of SPOT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT LAFAYETTE DRIVE AND MANNING AVENUE. Bids will be received in the Sumter County Council Chambers at Sumter County, 13 E Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150 until 3:00 PM, September 24, 2015 local prevailing time, at which time and place the BIDS will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after this time will not be accepted.

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It is the intent of Sumter County to award this contract to the Bidder competent to perform and complete the Work in a satisfactory manner.

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The Bidding Documents and Project Manual may be examined at the following location: Sumter County - 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, SC or www.sumtercountysc.org The Plans and Specifications may be examined at the following location: www.kimley-horn.com/projects /Sumter_Gateway Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained on or after August 17, 2015 from Sumter County, 13 E Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150 upon payment in the amount of $50.00 (non-refundable) for each set of documents thus obtained. Shipping via Federal Express may be requested for an extra cost of $25.00. Checks shall be made payable to Sumter County.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid in the form and subject to the conditions provided in the Instruction to Bidders.

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here are many reasons for joining the Sumter Community Concert Band, and trumpet player Rick Mitchum is happy to list some of them.

The foremost reason is simply for the enjoyment of making music with a talented group, he said.

“We get to play a wide variety of music with the concert band, too,” he said.

Mitchum has been in the band for many years and also directs the band’s jazz ensemble, which for the past three years has presented an annual big band dance at the Sumter Elks Club.

Jessica Bettinger, who teaches at Wilder Elementary School, has been playing trombone with the SCCB for just a few years, but it’s a valuable opportunity for her, she said.

“It’s all about the fellowship and making time to do what you love,” Bettinger said. “Since I teach general elementary music and choir, there isn’t much opportunity to incorporate my trombone, but I don’t want to stop playing. Through SCCB I’ve also been able to play for The Singing Christmas Tree and join a brass ensemble with other SCCB members.”

She also plays with the SCCB Jazz Band, under Mitchum’s direction.

“At the SCCB Jazz Band’s big band dance it’s so much fun to see the audience get up and dance,” Bettinger said. “In fact, if you watch me, I’m usually dancing right along with them as I play.

“At our concerts, I love watching the audience smile and bob their heads along with the beat.”

Both Bettinger and Mitchum recommend joining the band for those who play an instrument. Mitchum said many of the members played in high school or college, but didn’t have the opportunity to play with an organized group on a regular basis until they joined the band.

“Once they join,” Mitchum said, “they usually become longtime members.”

Bettinger said that could be because the band “has several different generations at various levels of performance, but we’re all connected through our love of mak-

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The Sumter Community Concert Band plays an afternoon concert at Memorial Park a few years ago. Most concerts are held at Patriot Hall, where the band rehearses on Thursday nights, but members enjoy playing outdoors occasionally when the weather is nice. This concert was well attended, with the audience in lawn chairs and on blankets, some enjoying picnics. ing great music. The band members are very friendly and welcoming. Rehearsals can be hard work, but the emotional pay off of a great concert is so rewarding for both the audience and band members.”

Mitchum pointed out that the band’s director, James H. “Jimmy” Mills, has raised the performance level of the band a great deal since he took over.

“We’re sounding really good and continue to get better every season,” he said.

“Jimmy always selects an in-

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Jessica Bettinger, trombonist in the SCCB, said band members are “all connected through our love of making great music.” She teaches music and choir at Wilder Elementary School.

teresting program for our concerts, too.”

Mills drives from his home in Irmo weekly to rehearse with the group of around 40.

Mitchum noted that Mills has an impressive resume.

He was band director at Chapin Middle and Chapin High schools for 25 years.

There, his marching bands regularly received Superior ratings, finished among the top five in the state 22 times and twice as state champions, among their many achievements.

According to his biography on the S.C. Band Directors Hall of Fame website, he started studying the baritone horn during the summer before fifth grade, attended McLaurin Junior High School and Edmunds (Sumter) High School, where he was a band student of Ed Litaker, James D. Pritchard and Robert Simmons.

Following high school, Mills attended the University of South Carolina, from which he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education and completed additional course work at USC, East Carolina University and the University of Miami.

He is a member of Music Educators National Conference, the S.C. Band Directors Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the S.C. Music Educators Association and is a past president of the S.C. chapter of Phi Beta Mu National Bandmasters’ Fraternity. He is listed in Who’s Who Among

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James H. “Jimmy” Mills, a member of the S.C. Band Directors Hall of Fame and a Sumter High School graduate, directs the Sumter Community Concert Band during a rehearsal in the Patriot Hall band American Educators and Who’s Who in America.

Other professional honors include the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence and the Sertoma Service to Mankind award.

Mitchum said the SCCB is always looking for new members, no matter what instruments they play.

“We really need clarinets and percussion,” he said, “but we also need others. We have some of the larger instruments we can loan to members.”

The first band rehearsal will be on Thursday, Aug. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Pat Veltre Rehearsal Hall (band room) at Patriot Hall.

Mitchum invited anyone interested in joining the band to come to that rehearsal or on any Thursday night at the same time. Once renovations begin on the band room, rehearsals will be held in the Bates Middle School band room. Call Mitchum at (803) 775-9265 for more information.

Bergman’s life and career recalled in her 100th year

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he term “classic Hollywood beauty” could have been created to describe Ingrid Bergman, born 100 years ago this month. Bergman, whose birth and death (1982) fell on the same day (Aug. 29), collected numerous awards throughout her career including four Golden Globes, three Oscars, two Emmys and a Tony.

Several events are planned to celebrate Bergman’s life.

“The Museum of Modern Art is hosting a film retrospective in New York, beginning on Aug. 29t,” said Bergman’s daughter, Pia Lindström, a respected television journalist, theater critic and current radio host on Sirius XM Satellite Radio (see www.pialindstrom. com). “I will introduce three of her films: ‘Casablanca,’ ‘Notorious’ and ‘Autumn Sonata,’ and my sisters will also introduce films, Lindström said. “An Ingrid Bergman stamp will be released in both Sweden and the U.S, and I will go to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9 for the

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Ingrid Bergnam is shown in a scene from the 1943 film “Casablanca” with co-star Humphrey Bogart. Her 100th birthday would have been on Aug. 29. stamp ceremony.”

Named after a princess from her native Sweden, Bergman was the darling of Hollywood for much of her early career, until suffering the wrath of the American public and press after “abandoning” her adopted country and returning to Europe with director Roberto Rossellini. The couple pro-

duced three children, Isabella, Ingrid and Roberto Jr., giving half-siblings to Pia – Bergman’s daughter from the earlier marriage to Petter Lindström.

Bergman’s family will also be traveling to Sweden to celebrate their mother’s life.

“We are all going to Stockholm where the Royal Dramatic Theatre is having a celebra-

tion of my mother’s 100th birth date,” said Lindström. “They will show a new documentary about her, and Liv Ullman will host the evening.”

Lindström was 2 years old when her parents left Sweden for America, settling in Rochester, New York, with her father while her mother worked in Hollywood. The family eventually reunited in California as Bergman’s celebrity status grew. Unfortunately, Pia’s father didn’t easily accept his wife’s fame.

“I don’t think he was prepared for what would happen to her in Hollywood – to see us constantly photographed and his family privacy invaded,” said Lindström.

Pia was 10 when Bergman headed to Italy in 1949 with Rossellini. She only saw her mother twice in the following eight years, and the public of the early 1950s didn’t take kindly to Bergman’s abandonment of her family.

“Mama played the ‘good girl’ in many of her films and was perceived as a vulnerable, natural, country beauty, without pretense, not as a seductive vamp

who would betray her husband,” said Lindström.

Her departure to Europe to make films in Italy also irritated the U.S. film studios since, according to Lindström, they viewed it “as professionally snubbing Hollywood.”

But Bergman had no career misgivings. “She was very happy that she was doing what she loved. She fell in love and always said she had no regrets.”

Eventually, Hollywood embraced Bergman again, presenting her with a second Oscar for “Anastasia” in 1956 (and a third in 1974 for “Murder on the Orient Express.”)

Today, she is regarded as one of the most celebrated actresses from Hollywood’s Golden Era, revered for her natural beauty and talent.

Lindström believes that her mother’s death at the age of 67 on the same day she was born was more than just coincidence.

“I believe she chose that date to die,” she said. “There is a kind of symmetry to it, the sort of thing she would have liked.”

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Feed a crowd with Flank Steak Frito Pie

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FLANK STEAK FRITO PIE

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Start to finish: 1 hour (20 minutes active) Servings: 6 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce 2 1/2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil, divided 1 tablespoon rice vinegar or cider vinegar 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 pounds flank steak 1 large yellow onion, cut into 3 thick rounds 9.75-ounce bag Fritos corn chips 1 avocado, pitted, peeled and chopped 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 1 jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced (optional) 1 lime, halved Salsa and sour cream, to serve (optional) In a large zip-close plastic bag, mix together the soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of the oil, the vinegar, garlic powder and pepper. Add the steak, seal the bag, then gently turn to coat evenly. Set aside at room temperature

his is one of those recipes that feels a little trashy, but it’s so good you won’t care.

In case you haven’t heard of it, Frito pie is a thing. It happens to be particularly popular in the South and Southwest, but there’s no reason the rest of the country can’t dig in. The most basic versions of this utter comfort food heap hot chili and cheese on top of a mound of Fritos corn chips. Sometimes salsa, beans and chilies are added. And if you want to get all fancy about it, you can ladle the chili right into single-serving bags of the chips.

But I decided to turn this dish into a treat for a crowd by heaping a whole mess of it onto a platter and inviting everyone to dig in. I also decided to lose the chili in favor of a flavorfully marinated flank steak. But if you’re a purist, there’s no reason you couldn’t substitute your favorite chili for the steak. Or be crazy and do both. And if you’re so inclined, don’t hesitate to add salsa and sour cream to this.

for 30 minutes. Alternatively, the steak can be refrigerated for up to 4 hours, but should sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before grilling.

When ready to cook, heat a grill to medium-high.

Brush the onion rounds on both sides with the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of oil, then set them on the grill. Remove the steak from the marinade and place on the grill. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes per side for mediumrare. When the steak is done, transfer it and the onions to a platter and set aside to rest for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, spread the Fritos evenly over a serving platter. When the steak has rested, slice it thinly across the grain, then mound the slices over the corn chips.

Roughly chop the grilled onion rounds, then scatter those over the steak. Top everything with the avocado, cilantro and jalapeno (if using), then squeeze the lime halves over everything. Dollop with salsa and sour cream, if using. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 620 calories; 340 calories from fat (55 percent of total calories); 38 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 100 mg cholesterol; 560 mg sodium; 32 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 4

Pump up the flavor of grilled chicken with Korean Gochujang

BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor For many years, I was hooked on Thai red curry paste, a thick, unctuous seasoning that packs a little heat and a lot of savory deliciousness. It’s great whisked into vinaigrettes and marinades, smeared straight up onto steaks and chicken, blended into meatloaf and burgers, even pureed into hummus.

Prior to that, I was smitten with miso, a Japanese seasoning paste made from ferment-

ed soybeans. It is crazy salty and savory and just a little sweet, and it can do so much more than just make the soup we all slurp at sushi restaurants. Vinaigrettes and marinades? Check. Corn and seafood chowders? Definitely!

Meat rubs? Absolutely.

But lately I’ve fallen for yet another Asian seasoning paste — gochujang, a Korean condiment made from chilies, rice, fermented soybeans and a host of other ingredients. It tastes like a blend of sweet white miso and Sriracha. It’s got

GRILLED GOCHUJANG CHICKEN THIGHS WITH FETA AND FRESH MINT Gochujang is increasingly popular in the U.S., and that’s making it easier to find. Check the international aisle at most larger grocers. It’s also widely available online and at Asian grocers.

Start to finish: 20 minutes, plus marinating Servings: 6 3 tablespoons gochujang 3 tablespoons rice vinegar or cider vinegar 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce 12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint 1/2 lemon Ground black pepper Flatbread (optional) In a large zip-close plastic bag, combine the goTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

kick, but it doesn’t overwhelm.

It’s salty and savory, but sports just a touch of sweetness.

And it is awesome on so many things. In this recipe, I turn it into a quick marinade for chicken thighs. You could stop there, just grilling the chicken, then slapping the thighs on buns with a dollop of mayo and a slab of tomato. But I like to arrange the thighs on a platter and dress them up a bit with feta cheese and fresh mint. You then could eat them as is, or with hunks of flatbread.

chujang, vinegar and soy sauce. Mix and mash until well combined, then add the chicken. Seal the bag, then overturn several times, or until all of the chicken is well coated with the marinade. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 4 hours.

When ready to cook, heat the grill to mediumhigh. Just before cooking, use an oil-soaked paper towel held with tongs to coat the grates.

Remove the chicken from the marinade and grill for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until the chicken reaches 165 F at the thickest part. Transfer the chicken to a platter. Top the chicken with the tomatoes, then sprinkle the feta and mint over them. Squeeze the juice of the lemon over everything, then season with pepper. Serve with flatbread, if desired.

Nutrition information per serving: 240 calories; 80 calories from fat (33 percent of total calories); 9 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 140 mg cholesterol; 610 mg sodium; 8 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 30 g protein.

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You had no idea pasta this easy could pack this much flavor MELISSA D’ARABIAN Associated Press If you’ve been out to eat at any trendy restaurant during the past five years or have watched any food competition show, you probably have heard of umami. Umami is the pleasant savory flavor resulting from the interaction of certain amino acids with receptors on the human tongue. (It’s a wonder we don’t get into this level of detail on TV, no?)

Translation: Dishes higher in these specific amino acids taste better to us, balanced and complex, even in low-salt dishes, which is good to know if you are watching sodium.

Foods with umami have a meatiness or pleasant earthiness that can feel rich and satisfying. Anchovies, soy sauce, mushrooms, aged cheeses, yeasts and fermented foods all are rich in umami.

This week’s mushroom-miso pasta is a tad indulgent, but tastes far richer, creamier and more sinful than it actually is.

Using nutty browned butter underscores the earthy mushroom’s umami flavors. Miso paste, or fermented soybean paste, is the real hero here, though, adding surprising depth to this easy weeknight dish, as well as a buttery, almost creamy taste to the sauce that brings all the flavors together.

Miso paste, available in various strengths in most grocery stores — mild white, medium yellow and stronger red and brown — is a staple in my kitchen, as it brings flavor and richness to dishes without adding fat and calories (but note that it does have salt).

Adding even more umami to this dish is the nutritional yeast. It’s an optional ingredient, but I think well-worth seeking out if you aren’t familiar with it. It adds a wonderful aged-cheese-like flavor that turns this simple mushroommiso pasta dish into a veritable “umami bomb,” which is a good thing in the food world.

deglaze, then simmer for 1 minute to cook off the alcohol.

Whisk in the miso and chicken stock and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

Add the nutritional yeast and mustard, if using, then stir until the sauce is uniform. Season with pepper, then taste and adjust with salt as needed. Remove the skillet from the heat and toss with the hot pasta.

Nutrition information per serving: 340 calories; 100 calories from fat (29 percent of total calories); 11 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 290 mg sodium; 49 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 12 g protein.

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MUSHROOM-MISO PASTA Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4 8 ounces whole-grain penne pasta 3 tablespoons butter 8 ounces chopped mixed mushrooms (such as portobello, cremini, button, etc.)

2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup dry white wine 1 tablespoon white miso paste 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast (or more, to taste) 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (optional) Kosher salt and ground black pepper Bring a large saucepan of wellsalted water to a boil over high heat.

Add the pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium, heat the butter, allowing it to bubble and cook until it turns nutty brown, about 5 minutes. Keep a close eye on it, as butter burns easily. Add the mushrooms and garlic, then cook until the mushrooms are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the wine and stir and scrape the pan to

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“Mystery” uses the scientists’ own words, diaries and journals to demonstrate the actions, setbacks and motivations that contributed to their discoveries and breakthroughs. Each set is designed with working replicas of their original lab equipment, a touch that demonstrates just how much they accomplished with relatively primitive tools and how far science has traveled on the pathways they pioneered.

“Mystery of Matter” is hosted by Michael Emerson, star of “Person of Interest,” best known to fans of “Lost” as Ben Linus.

• Speaking of vintage reproductions, the new competition series “Steampunk’d” (10 p.m., GSN) debuts. For the uninitiated, steampunk culture emphasizes a retro look inspired by 19th-century technology. The goal is to differentiate an ordinary functional object and make it look like something from a Jules Verne fantasy or an item Sherlock Holmes may have had lying around his Baker Street office. If outfitting a laptop to look like an ancient Underwood typewriter is your cup of tea, then you might be steampunk after all.

Jennie Mai hosts this latest quirky variation on “Project Runway.” Over the course of this eight-episode series, 10 designers, or rather, “makers,” will compete in a series of nail-biting challenges and eliminations.

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Sebastian Roche and Juliet Rylance star as Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in “The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements” premiering at 8 p.m. today on PBS.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Audrey plays matchmaker on “Kevin From Work” (8 p.m., ABC Family, TV-14).

• On two episodes of “Mr. Robinson” (NBC, TV-PG), rumors of job cuts (9 p.m.), Craig considers a dream job as a Shining Star (9:30 p.m.). The second episode is the season finale.

• Gabi returns from the Alps on “Young and Hungry” (8:30 p.m., ABC Family, TV-14).

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• Both sides now on “Extant” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• John Luke and Mary Kate plan their wedding on the season finale of “Duck Dynasty” (9 p.m., A&E, TV-PG).

• Elliot has an unexpected visitor on “Mr. Robot” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

• “Manhunt: Kill or Capture” (10 p.m. American Heroes) profiles the fugitive drug lord El Chapo, who recently tunneled his way out of a Mexican prison.

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way on “America’s Next Top Model” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Lost at the Vet on “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TVPG) * A student loan burden inspires a cute couple to contemplate doing dreadful things to friends and relatives on “A Wicked Offer” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * French toast on “Black-ish” (9:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14) * A Virginia killer feels remorse on “Criminal Minds” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV14).

LATE NIGHT Jeff Goldblum, Tig Notaro and Langhorne Slim on

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CULT CHOICE Iconic rock bands perform for a crowd much larger than anticipated in the four-hour 1970 documentary epic “Woodstock” (9 p.m., VH1 Classic).

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A rich burger is paired with refreshing melon

BY EDWARD LEE The Associated Press

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This burger is an umami bomb.

The ssamjang adds a

layer of salty, savory and nutty flavors that make the burger rich and decadent.

The watermelon is a fresh relief that cuts through all the richness.

You can easily make a butter with Korean gochujang and use it on everything from steak to popcorn.

Learn to love gochujang with this versatile butter

BY EDWARD LEE The Associated Press This butter spiked with gochujang is a great gate-

way recipe to get acquainted with this Korean pantry item.

It’s perfect on this steak, but I use it on everything

from baked potatoes to vegetable stir-fry, even popcorn. The recipe for the butter is easily doubled if you want extra for other uses.

RIB-EYE STEAK WITH GOCHUJANG BUTTER AND NORI Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 2 For the gochujang butter: 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature 1 tablespoon gochujang 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon honey 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Pinch of ground black pepper For the steaks: Two 8-ounce rib-eye steaks Kosher salt and ground black pepper Oil, for the skillet 1 lemon, halved Nori powder or furikake Flaked sea salt To make the gochujang butter, in a small bowl mix together the butter, gochujang, garlic, sesame oil, lemon juice, honey, salt and pepper. Mix until combined and smooth. Taste and adjust salt and pepper.

Heat a large cast-iron skillet until very hot. Season the steaks generously on both sides with salt and pepper. Add a little oil to the skillet.

Add the steaks to the skillet and sear on high for about 2 minutes to get a nice brown on them. Flip and add a dollop of the gochujang butter to the top of each steak. Reduce the heat to medium. As the butter melts, use a brush to baste the tops of the steaks with the melted gochujang butter. Keep flipping and brushing until nicely glazed. Cook the steaks to your liking, about another 3 to 4 minutes for medium-rare.

Transfer the steaks to a cutting board and let rest 5 to 10 minutes. Slice out the rib-eye steaks and transfer to a platter. Add a small amount of gochujang butter to each slice of steak. Squeeze a little lemon juice over the steak slices. Top with nori powder and flaked sea salt. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 1,060 calories; 840 calories from fat (79 percent of total calories); 94 g fat (42 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 220 mg cholesterol; 890 mg sodium; 10 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 41 g protein.

This ssamjang burger has salty, savory and nutty flavors from the ssamjang with watermelon for a bit of relief.

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SSAMJANG BURGER WITH WATERMELON AND KIMCHEE Start to finish: 45 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 3 For the burgers: 1 pound 80 percent lean ground beef 3 tablespoons ssamjang Kosher salt and ground black pepper For the condiment: 3 ounces grated white cheddar cheese 1 1/2 tablespoons ssamjang 1 tablespoon mayonnaise 1 teaspoon lemon juice To serve: 3 slices fresh watermelon, slightly smaller than the burger bun 3 tablespoons chopped kimchee 3 burger buns, preferably potato buns To make the burgers, in a medium bowl combine the beef, ssamjang and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Divide into 3 patties, then refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the condiment. In a small bowl, combine the cheddar, ssamjang, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Refrigerate until needed.

When ready to cook the burgers, heat a cast-iron skillet over medium. Add the burgers and cook until browned on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Flip the burgers and cook for another 2 minutes.

Divide the cheese mixture evenly, spreading it over each patty. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and cook about 2 minutes, or until the cheese melts. Transfer each burger to a bun bottom, them top the burgers with a watermelon slice and 1 tablespoon of kimchee. Finish with the bun tops, then serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 880 calories; 420 calories from fat (48 percent of total calories); 47 g fat (18 g saturated; 2 g trans fats); 140 mg cholesterol; 1,250 mg sodium; 74 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 31 g sugar; 42 g protein.

Fueled by heat-seeking Americans, Korean cuisine is now hot

BY MICHELE KAYAL The Associated Press When chef Hooni Kim opened his Korean-inspired restaurant Danji in New York City nearly five years ago, he made sure to couch the cuisine’s bold, funky flavors in familiar items: sliders filled with the marinated beef called “bulgogi,” for example, and chicken wings glazed with garlic, honey and sesa-

me seeds.

“I wanted to deliver the flavors in a non-exotic way,” says Kim, who was born in Korea and moved to the U.S. when he was 10. “This was the way to get the non-Korean eaters in to try these flavors. That was my one and only chance to win them over.”

But Kim’s not sure he’d have to use such artifice today. Characterized by tangy

fermented vegetables and rich blends of sweet, salt and spice, Korean food was anointed as the new “it” cuisine by industry experts as early as 2012. Since then, a growing fascination with fermentation, the perennial quest for spice and expert adaptation by trained chefs has nudged Korean food closer to the American mainstream.

Major chain restaurants such as Bennigan’s and TGI Fri-

day’s have offered items such as Korean barbecue burgers and Korean tacos, a mash-up of Asian flavors in Mexican format.

Despite that, if numbers and attitudes are anything to go on, Korean food isn’t the new Chinese — yet.

“You’ve got your entry point, that’s the barbecue experience and tacos,” says Matt Rodbard, co-author of the upcoming book “Kore-

atown: A Cookbook.” “Those are the gateway drugs of Korean food. But there’s so much more going on.”

Mentions of the word “Korean” on chain restaurant menus have blipped up 2 percent in the last year, according to Chicago-based food industry consulting firm Technomic. Mentions of kimchee, the spicy pickled cabbage dish, have done slightly better, rising 7.5 percent.