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Crosswell Drive changes policy after 5-year-old found by deputy

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com School officials are making changes to after-school dismissal procedures at Crosswell Drive Elementary School after a 5-yearold kindergarten student who was supposed to be bused to day care was found by law enforcement wandering the streets nearly a mile from the GALLOWAY school.

The child, found near the corner of Church and Broad streets, was unharmed but was approached by a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputy Monday afternoon because the child appeared lost. According to a police report, the child told the officer she had been instructed to walk home at the end of the first day of school by a teacher.

Shelly Galloway, spokeswoman for Sumter School District, said the child had accidentally gotten into the line with other children who walk home after school, and having removed her badge that indicated she needed to get on a bus to day care instead, was al-

lowed to leave the campus.

Law enforcement contacted the child’s mother and then the child’s day care center.

Shortly afterward, an official with the center arrived at the Church Street location and transported the child to her after-school center, at the mother’s request.

Galloway said that both Anne McFadden, the newly installed McFADDEN principal at Crosswell Drive, and Superintendent Dr. Frank Baker had spoken with the student’s mother. In addition, both the teacher involved and the rest of the school staff have discussed the matter.

“Crosswell Drive Elementary takes the safety of their children very seriously, and the principal addressed this issue with the child’s teacher in addition to the rest of the staff,” Galloway said.

Because of the incident, teachers from each grade level at Crosswell Drive are now tasked with specifically monitoring students from the grades they teach as SEE CROSSWELL, PAGE A6

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City council considers rate hike

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Sumter Mayor Joe McElveen and council members discuss the ramifications of a possible water and sewer rate increase during Monday’s Sumter City Council meeting at the City Centre on Main Street.

Water, sewer increase would affect industrial, commercial users most

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Sumter is considering a longterm increase in rates on city water and sewer customers, with much of the revenue-raising

measure falling on larger industrial and commercial users rather than residents.

City council approved a proposal Tuesday to increase rates over a four-year period. If the measure receives second-reading approval in two weeks, users’ monthly charges could begin rising in October and continue going up annually through the middle of 2017.

City Manager Deron McCor-

mick told council members an increase is needed to ensure the city’s water operations, which serve 26,500 customers in and outside Sumter’s city limits, continue to run smoothly.

“We have to look at a lot in terms of rates,” he said. “We’ve found it’s more positive to make these kinds of changes over time instead of all at once.”

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Rains will decrease crop yields Loans possible if state declared agricultural disaster area

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item Clemson University Extension Service Agent David Dewitt welcomes the efforts of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and other state officials in securing federal assistance for farmers in the tri-county area.

Many local farmers were not able to get into the fields to harvest wheat, and a lot of soybeans were not planted because of the saturated fields, he said.

“Every farmer I know in our area has been impacted by all this rain,” Dewitt said.

“Every farmer has had

some of his fields drowned out, causing a delay in harvesting some crops and preventing other crops from being planted.

Our biggest concern right now is the yields are going to be down for about everybody.”

Haley has written to U.S. Agriculture Secre-

tary Tom Vilsack requesting the state be declared an agricultural disaster area. If approved, qualified farmers would be able to secure low-interest loans.

“Now, it would be better if it was a gift to farmers,” said Dewitt, SEE CROPS, PAGE A8

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bout a year ago, I made my husband stop the car when I spotted a truck in the back of a small business off Guignard Drive.

“GRACE” was written across its side in big, bold letters.

Later, I showed the picture of the “GRACE” truck to my friends.

“I’m glad it comes in truck-

loads,” I captioned the picture aloud.

Those big words emblazoned on the side of the truck almost made it seem like it was delivering a fresh shipment of grace, which is an incredibly comforting thing to most. Who couldn’t use a little more grace in his or her life?

Grace is a wonder of the

human condition because we all have this insatiable need for it, yet we can do nothing to earn it. By its very nature, it

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is a gift given to those who have done nothing to deserve it or those who have tried everything to get it. The Bible, as well as the span of human history, is chock full of stories of grace that bear witness to this fact. Even now, I’m sure you, dear reader, can pinpoint a time in your life when you received undeserved

favor when you expected recompense.

For those in the faith community, divine grace is our ever-present comfort. God’s grace is our assurance that we don’t have to pay the ultimate price for our mistakes. It’s hard to wrap one’s head SEE FAITH MATTERS, PAGE A6

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Public security focus of Manning City Council

BY KEN BELL Special to The Item MANNING — Clarendon County law enforcement agencies are prepared and ready and want others to be the same if a shooting in a public building should happen locally.

Manning City Council watched a presentation Monday on school security by Sgt. Eric Rosdail of the Manning Police Department and Capt.

Shaw Briley of the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office.

Titled “Active Shooters in Today’s World,” the presentation gave council members a look at law enforcement’s advance plans in case of a shooting.

“This is a partnership between the Manning Police Department, the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Department and SLED,” Rosdail said. “Actually, SLED has partnered with every county in the state. We’re way ahead of other states on this.

“We want teachers, administrators, and anyone who works in a public building to be prepared,” he said. “We want everyone to be of the mindset that it can happen here. It can.

We’re going to pray it never happens, but we’re going to be prepared in case it does.”

Bailey said the initiative reflects a change in procedure in handling shootings in any public building such as a school.

“If you are injured, we are going to run past you to get to the shooter,” Bailey said. “Officers are being trained to go toward the sounds of gunfire.

We’re going to secure the shooter and hopefully cure the problem first.”

Bailey said the United States

is No. 1 in the world in shootings in public buildings such as schools.

“Do you know who is second? Canada. And they only had eight.”

The officers said the presentation is being made to schools all across the state in an effort to be better prepared in the event of a shooting. Council also heard from Paul Truesdale of Agape Hospice.

“Hospice, after 1998, is no longer only for people with cancer and two weeks to live,” he said. “Today, we serve patients and their families of people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, AIDS, diabetes, dementia and many other diseases.

“Clarendon County is underutilizing our services,” he said.

“There is no cost for our services. I want to be a resource for your town.”

Manning Mayor Julia Nelson said she would contact several churches and other groups to allow Truesdale to make his presentation to them.

Kendra Mallet of the Benefit Bank of S.C. also offered its services to Manning residents.

“We are here to help people find resources,” she said. Mallet said a young man recently told her he was not planning to go to college because he couldn’t afford it. “He had never heard of a Pell Grant. He had no idea there is money out there to pay for college.”

Nelson also presented a plaque to Larry Williamson in recognition of his long service on the city’s zoning board of appeals.

“It reads, ‘To James L. Williamson for approximately 17 years of service on the Zoning

New administrator named

BY KEN BELL Special to The Item MANNING — Manning City Council selected a new administrator at its meeting Monday night. A. Scott Tanner, 40, who has been the city administrator in Johnsonville for the past seven years, will assume his duties on Sept. 30.

Tanner was selected out of almost 50 initial applicants. Council received about 25 applications in the first round, but disqualified all of them. So council again advertised the position, received an almost identical num- TANNER ber of applicants and asked the S.C. Municipal Association to help with the selection.

The three finalists for the position were Tanner; James Absher, the present finance director for the city of Lancaster; and Rose N. Dobson-Elliott, who until recently served as the county administrator in Bamberg.

Manning Mayor Julia Nelson said she is elated that Tanner accepted the position.

“He was highly recommended by the Municipal Association,” Nelson said. “His demeanor stood out. I think he’s an excellent fit for our city.”

Councilwoman Sherry Welle agreed.

“He is very personable, down to earth,” she said. “He’s definitely qualified.”

Nelson said Tanner’s initial annual salary Board of Appeals,’” Nelson said.

“We are fortunate that you are still available as a consultant.”

Williamson received a standing ovation from those in attendance.

In other business, council: • Gave permission for Carrie Trebil, director of tourism and community development, to explore a plan for revitalizing the Peeble’s warehouse, known

locally as the big red barn, into a local farmer’s market. Council gave permission for Trebil to explore grant opportunities and to contact architects via a request for proposals. Trebil will report her findings back to council, which will then either give her permission to continue the process or will vote the idea down.

• Manning City Council gave

Markers warn to watch out for pedestrians

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Drivers making their way through downtown Sumter this week have a new reminder to watch out for pedestrians crossing the street.

The city of Sumter installed roadway crosswalk markers Monday morning at two locations outside city offices. Thin yellow signs in the median now sit on either side of brick-lined walkways in front of the Opera House at 21 N. Main St. and the Liberty Center at 112 W. Liberty St. “We have created an environment to bring more people to our downtown, and we want to make it as safe as possible,” said Mayor Joe McElveen. “The signs increase crosswalk visibility and demonstrate our intention to make Sumter a more pedestrianfriendly city.”

The new signs are designed to be clearly visible day and night and face both directions, informing oncoming drivers to yield to anyone crossing the street.

According to South Carolina law, once a pedestrian is within a crosswalk, drivers must slow down or stop, if needed, to allow pedes-

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Sumter city workers installed two crosswalk signs on Liberty Street on Monday, one of two sets reminding drivers to watch out for pedestrians on the brick-lined walkways downtown.

trians to safely cross.

Once a driver is stopped at a crosswalk, it is also illegal for any other vehicle approaching from the rear to overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.

“Normally, we would want pedestrians to cross at an intersection, but since we have two mid-block crosswalks at these locations, we

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will be $72,000, and he will be considered for a salary increase to $75,000 after six months.

Tanner, who holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina, said he and his family are excited to be moving to Manning.

“I think it is the next progression for me professionally,” he said. “It’s a little bit bigger than Johnsonville.”

Tanner said he was even more impressed with the city after his initial interview.

“My wife and I had looked at the area before I ever applied,” he said. “We were extremely impressed by the city council members and the questions they asked.”

Tanner said he is not coming to town with any pre-conceived ideas of projects he wants to pursue.

“I don’t have any pet projects,” he said. “It will be up to council to identify the projects, and we’ll go down whatever road council wants.”

Tanner said he and his family are excited about the position.

“My wife and I are looking forward to becoming a part of the Manning community,” he said. “The people are all friendly and down to earth.”

Nelson also said the community will have an opportunity to meet Tanner after he begins the position.

“Once we coordinate calendars we will have a meet and greet for the community,” Nelson said.

day morning. Sumter had to get an encroachment permit to put up the signs outside the Liberty Center, since Liberty Street is maintained by the state Department of Transportation. The signs also match the state-provided “yield” signs already facing traffic on the sidewalks.

The total cost of the signs is $1,176 and was paid for out of funds for the downtown development office, according to planner Allen Yu. Each sign is held to the roadway by a heavily-weighted metal base screwed into the pavement, but the signs themselves are flexible and designed to survive any contact with passing traffic.

“The sign is on a spring, so if you push it down, it will bounce back up,” Yu said.

Officials hope the new signs will increase awareness among both pedestrians and motorists about crosswalk safety, and McElveen said similar signs could be installed at other crosswalks around the city.

“I hope similar efforts will be made so that every crosswalk in the city is as visible,” he said.

initial approval to an ordinance that would issue and sell Waterworks and Sewer System Improvement Bonds not to exceed $295,500 at its meeting Monday night. The money will be used for the Alcolu water and sewer project, upgrading water and sewer in that area.

Manning City Council meets on the third Monday of each month in council chambers.

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Wreck causes another on U.S. 378 One wreck on a Sumter County highway Tuesday quickly led to another.

According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, the trouble began shortly after 11 a.m. when a passenger vehicle traveling on U.S. 76/378 toward the Wateree River bridge left the roadway and crashed near S.C. 261. The driver was reportedly transported from the scene by EMS with minor injuries.

Moments later, Highway Patrol had to deal with another wreck apparently caused by traffic backing up from the first wreck. A tractor-trailer came to a stop behind the initial wreck, and a wrecker truck with one vehicle on the truck bed and towing a trailer with two other cars on it apparently lost control and left the roadway before it came back onto the highway and struck the truck.

No injuries were reported from that wreck.

Combined, the two wrecks slowed traffic heading toward Richland County for at least an hour, according to Highway Patrol Trooper Billy Elder.

Hydrant flow tests today, Thursday The City of Sumter will perform fire hydrant flow tests between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. today and Thursday on Loring Mill Road, Muscovy Trail, Mallard Drive, Idlelake Court, Wedgefield Road, Derek Drive, Trailwood Drive, Elkhorn Trail, Walden Circle, Arborwood Drive, Edenwood Drive, Trillium Lane and Nettles Road.

Water customers in these areas may experience temporary discolored water.

Direct any questions or concerns to the City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.

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Haley calls on S.C. agencies to assess info security

BY MEG KINNARD Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday called on state agencies to take a good look at how they’re handling information security — and, if necessary, to replace staffers in key areas.

“There is not one person in your agency that is exempt from knowing about security,” Haley told members of her Cabinet. “If you don’t have top-of-the-line key IT and security people, get rid of them. ... Really start to look at that, and see if you have the right people in the right places.”

Tuesday’s meeting was primarily an update from Department of Revenue director Bill Blume on what his agency has done to improve its security during the past 10 months.

About 6.4 million taxpayers’ and businesses’ Social

‘If you don’t have top-of-the-line key IT and security people, get rid of them. ... Really start to look at that, and see if you have the right people in the right places.’

Gov. Nikki Haley Security and bank account numbers were stolen in the hacking of computers at South Carolina’s Department of Revenue last year, the nation’s largest of a state agency. So far, no money loss has been attributed to the hacking, Haley said Tuesday.

Since then, Blume said, his agency has created a “culture of security” that is rooted not just in IT or security personnel but in each of the department’s

800 employees.

“We’re using everything we have,” Blume said. “We don’t stop at our IT portion of our organization.”

Revenue, like many other agencies, relies on some outside companies to get its work done. But the director stressed that it’s the agencies — and their chiefs, like him — who are responsible for making sure those vendors’ work is secure.

“I own it,” Blume said, of

the liability borne by his agency. “I can’t get rid of it.”

In the aftermath of what Haley referred to as the “DOR debacle,” agencies have been undergoing security assessments to ensure such a breach doesn’t occur again. Jimmy Earley, director of the state’s Division of State Information Technology, said Tuesday that his department will be talking with the different Cabinet agencies about how to secure their data by classifying it into different categories.

“We will provide each agency with a standard approach,” Earley said. “Each agency will better understand what data they have, where it resides, where it is housed.”

Haley also said each of her Cabinet agencies would be receiving a set of directives on how to keep its in-

formation safer, including instructions as simple as selecting email addresses individually and not allowing them to automatically populate from address books. That process might take more time, but no amount of convenience is worth risking security, the governor said.

“We can’t say that we’re a state that cares about security, and at the first sign of inconvenience, we stop that,” Haley said. “We are now not going to compromise security for convenience.”

Haley’s directives apply only to the departments within her Cabinet, but the Republican urged state lawmakers to look at what she’s doing and consider legislation that could apply the security measures more broadly.

“Other agencies need to be doing this,” Haley said.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Keyana Lorraine Prince, 20, of 334 S. Guignard Drive, was charged with public disorderly conduct for a reported fight in the 300 block of Harmony Court between 5:59 and 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Kadejhua Denise Kennedy, 17, of 350 Court, Apt. 34, was charged with public disorderly conduct for a reported fight in the 300 block of Harmony Court between 5:59 and 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Sean Lionel Nathaniel, 43, of 446 Robney Drive was charged with public disorderly conduct for a reported fight in the 300 block of Harmony Court between 5:59 to 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Ryan Omar Brock, 33, of 952 Barwick Road, was charged with improper turn; driving under suspension, second offense; and drug possession following an incident that reportedly occurred about 9:44 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Green Swamp Road and Love Street. Officers manning a license safety check point saw a 2010 Chevrolet Impala make an improper left turn without using a turn signal and then saw the driver toss a red and black sports bag outside a business, which was later recovered and found to contain a clear bag of 12 grams of mar-

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ijuana, a black digital scale, a silver digital scale and several clear bags containing marijuana residue. The driver claimed ownership of the bag and its contents, according to the report, and Brock was also found to be wanted by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office for one count of sex offender registry violation, nine counts of forgery violations and three counts of family court bench warrants.

CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

A 19-year-old woman reportedly told law enforcement that a 19-year-old man threatened to kill her and their child, threw her down and choked her about 7:50 a.m. Saturday in the fourth block of Bear Street. She had minor redness on her throat and a cut on her right hand. She told deputies that the cut on her right hand was from punching a window, according to the report. The 19-year-old man had a small cut on his face that he said was from the 19-yearold woman “trying to hit him,” and that he held her down in selfdefense. Both declined medical treatment and were advised to seek warrants.

A 31-year-old woman reportedly told law enforcement that a 30-year-old man broke her phones; broke a

door; pushed her into a wall; and head-butted her in the forehead, knocking loose an earring and breaking a necklace, between 11 and 11:27 p.m. Saturday. The suspect allegedly fled the scene after the woman’s 10-yearold son called 911, and the 30-year-old snatched the woman’s keys off her wrist. She had no visible injuries and declined EMS. A 47-year-old man reportedly told law enforcement that a 40-year-old woman stabbed him with a butter knife and sliced his right bicep about 1:35 a.m. Saturday at a home in the 3000 block of Camden Highway, Dalzell.

A 38-year-old woman reportedly told law enforcement that a 35-year-old man hit her in the face and head at a home in the 5000 block of Longview Road about 4:36 a.m. Sunday.

She had swelling to the left side of her face but refused medical attention.

ASSAULT:

A 19-year-old pregnant woman reportedly told officers that a 17-year-old woman kicked her in the stomach twice in the fourth block of F.C. James Court between 1:50 and 2:15 a.m. Sunday. The 19-year-old was taken to Tuomey Regional Medical Center for

monitoring.

A 34-year-old man told law enforcement that a 16-year-old male threw a set of steel steps at him, striking him in the head, about 2:16 a.m. Saturday in the 5000 block of Camden Highway, Dalzell.

PROPERTY DAMAGE:

A pool reportedly sustained about $5,995 in damage in the 100 block of Sherry Lane about 9:38 p.m. Saturday.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

A 2003 silver and pearl Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 motorcycle with flames on the tank and side panels, two black saddle bags and cobra exhaust pipes — valued at $3,000 — was reportedly taken from a home in the 400 block of Vining Street, Sumter, between 9 p.m. Friday and 7:15 a.m. Saturday.

The following items were reportedly taken from a home in the 3000 block of Mitchum Street between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesday: an oval-shaped diamond and white gold engagement ring valued at $1,000; a deco band wedding ring with small diamonds and white gold valued at $500; and several gold bracelets and anklets valued at $200.

A 6-by-12 enclosed white utility trailer valued at $2,400 was reportedly taken from a

business in the 100 block of Broad Street between 6 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday.

A white 2012 Avalanche valued at $35,000 was reportedly taken from a home in the sixth block of Paisley Park between 8:30 p.m.

Thursday and 7:31 a.m.

Friday. In it was a black Glock 23 .40-caliber valued at $500, a silver .38-caliber Smith & Wesson Air Weight valued at $500, a Gamin St. Pilot C333 valued at $150, a second Garmin GPS valued at $350 and work tools valued at $1,000.

A black Meridan .32caliber top break revolver valued at $150 was reportedly taken from a home in the 7000 block of Three Mile Branch Road, Lynchburg, about 11:26 a.m. Friday.

A Tom/Tom GPS unit valued at $200 and a black Springfield XD-40 semi-automatic pistol valued at $550 were re-

EMS:

Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 37 calls Saturday. Of those, 33 were medical calls, one was a wreck, and three were other trauma.

Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 40 calls Sunday. Of those, 37 were medical, one was a wreck, and two were other trauma.

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Sumter woman starts stationery business

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com One Sumter woman’s favors for her family has become a burgeoning business. “Whenever anybody in my family is having something, they call me to do their programs and favors,� Cassandra Goodman GOODMAN said. “When I started, I didn’t know it would take off the way it has.�

The 32-year-old Sumter High School grad started Cassandra’s Unique Creations in April 2012. The company offers custom stationery, custom cakes for all occasions and event planning. “I kind of had a vision for a stationery company,� Goodman said. “I debated a lot of names. I wanted something that stands out and had my name in it.�

It wasn’t long before she expanded her offerings again drawing on family. “I know in the first year, you don’t make that much. But this year, I thought I needed to incorporate something else,�

Goodman said. “I thought, ‘everybody loves to eat.’ My mom, Mary Myers, has made wedding and birthday cakes for almost 20 years. I thought, ‘I’ll just take the course.’�

So the administrative coordinator for a local business took cake-decorating classes to further her repertoire.

Word soon spread across social media.

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“I first learned about her on Linked In,� Tonia Stuckey said. “I went on her page and checked it out a little bit. At the time, I was looking for some cakes for some different events I was hosting, and a couple of hers caught my eye.�

She made the call and has used Goodman’s services several times since.

“She offered prompt service and went out of her way to give me exactly what I needed,�

Stuckey said. “The desserts were delicious. For the service she provides and the good quality work, her pricing is very fair. I have recommended her to others, and I plan on ordering more items from her for upcoming events.�

Cakes start at $35 and go up depending on size and design. “For cakes, I look at a couple of designs,� Goodman said. “Then I combine ideas from this cake and this cake with some of my own. I don’t want to have the same product as someone else. I like to stand out.�

Goodman plans to add sta-

tionery for church events before the year is out. “Stationery pricing depends on quantity and what you go with,� she said. “There is no minimum order, but most people get 50.�

To see and learn more, visit cassandrasuniquecreations.com or visit her Facebook page with the same name.

Clyburn’s memoir to tell a personal, historic story

BY JOHN MONK The State U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., a major state and national civil rights figure, will publish his autobiography next spring.

It likely will contain some little-heard anecdotes about what makes Clyburn, a Sumter native, tick and personal glimpses of how he intersected with history and, in some cases, may have altered history.

The University of South Carolina Press is the publishing house. Although he had some help at first from the late Phil Grose, a former journalist, Democratic insider and S.C. gubernatorial biographer, Clyburn wrote most of the book himself, he said. Clyburn received no monetary advance for the book.

Its title is “Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black,’’ according to the USC Press. The title is derived from one of his father’s favorite Christian hymns, “Blessed Assurance,’’ which con-

tains the lines, “This is my story, this is my song,’’ Clyburn said Monday at a Columbia Rotary Club lunch.

So, despite the urging of his mother, who wanted him to go North to college, Clyburn, who grew up in Sumter, went to S.C. State in Orangeburg.

In 1960, while a senior at S.C. State, Clyburn said he travelled to Atlanta with other activists to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been urging people to practice peaceful civil disobedience and go to jail to make a statement. “Up until October 1960, Dr. King had never been to jail. So a few of us challenged him, stayed up until 4 a.m. the next morning ... we really had a testy meeting.’’ The next weekend, Clyburn said, King finally allowed himself to be arrested and went to jail for the first time. While he was in jail, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy called King’s wife to express sympathy. Kennedy’s opponent, Richard Nixon, did not.

“Up until that phone call was made — and this shocks a lot of people — the vast majority of the black vote in the United States was going to Richard Nixon — and that’s a fact,’’ Clyburn said.

But because Kennedy reached out to King’s wife, most blacks switched their vote to Kennedy, who went on to win the presidency by a narrow margin, Clyburn said.

Clyburn, who has served in Congress 21 years, represents South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, a sprawling collection of counties from Columbia to the southern Georgia-S.C. border to Charleston.

He is the No. 3-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House and is close to President Obama.

His career spans the civil rights era, and as a young person he was a civil rights organizer and jailed numerous times in local S.C. jails because of his participation in protests seeking equal rights for blacks.

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Egypt questions Brotherhood’s top leader in prison CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military-backed authorities arrested the supreme leader of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, dealing a serious blow to the Islamist group at a time when it is struggling to keep up street protests against the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in the face of a harsh government crackdown.

The Brotherhood’s spiritual guide, Mohammed Badie, was arrested in an apartment in the Cairo district of Nasr City, close to the site of a sit-in encampment that was forcibly cleared by security forces last week, triggering violence that killed hundreds of people.

Badie’s arrest is the latest move in an escalating crackdown by authorities on the Brotherhood, which has seen hundreds of its members taken into custody.

The group’s near-daily protests since Morsi’s ouster have diminished in recent days, with scattered demonstrations in Cairo and elsewhere attracting mere hundreds, or even dozens, of protesters. On Tuesday, several hundred Morsi supporters staged protests in Helwan, an industrial suburb north of Cairo, and in Ein Shams, a residential district on the opposite end of the city, shortly before the nighttime curfew went into effect at 7 p.m.

Morsi has been detained in an undisclosed location since the July 3 coup that ousted him, following protests by millions of Egyptians against

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An Egyptian holds Al-Ahram newspaper in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday fronted by a picture of Mohammed Badie, the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, left, and pictures of flag-draped coffins containing the bodies of slain off-duty policemen in North Sinai.

his rule. He is facing accusations of conspiring with the militant Palestinian Hamas group to escape from prison during the 2011 uprising and complicity in the killing and torture of protesters outside his Cairo palace in December.

Badie’s last public appearance was at the Nasr City protest encampment last month, where he delivered a fiery speech from a makeshift stage in which he denounced the military’s removal of Morsi. His arrest followed the killing of his son Ammar, who was shot dead during violent clashes between security forces and Morsi supporters in Cairo on Friday.

Badie and his powerful deputy, Khairat el-Shater, are to stand trial later this month on charges of complicity in the killing in June of eight protesters

outside the Brotherhood’s national headquarters in Cairo.

Badie was taken to Torah prison in a suburb south of Cairo, where a team of prosecutors was questioning him, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Torah is the same sprawling complex where ex-president Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 popular uprising, is being held, along with his two sons. Several Mubarak-era figures are also imprisoned there, as are several Brotherhood leaders and other Islamists.

After his arrest, the private ONTV network showed footage of a somber-looking Badie sitting motionless on a black sofa as a man in civilian

clothes and carrying an assault rifle stood nearby.

Meanwhile, the Brotherhood released the text of Badie’s weekly message to the group’s followers. Quoting heavily from the Quran, he warned that anyone who supports the current “oppression, suppression and bloodshed� — including Arab and foreign governments — will soon regret their stand.

He also called on the international community to “take a strong stand on the side of righteousness, freedom for all peoples of the world, since the age of military coups has gone and you have stood against them everywhere in honor of the values of freedom, justice and human rights.�

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Monday’s attack took place near the border town of Rafah in northern Sinai. A few hours later, militants shot to death a senior police officer as he stood guard outside a bank in el-Arish, another city in the largely lawless area, security officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for either attack.

Meanwhile, a littleknown law professor, Sayed Ateeq, filed a case against Mohamed ElBaradei, accusing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate of committing “high treason� and damaging the country’s world image by quitting his job as interim vice president last week. Egyptian law allows citizens to file cases like that, although many are swiftly thrown out by judges.

ElBaradei quit to protest the use of force by security forces in clearing the Morsi supporters’ sit-in camps, warning the violence will only breed more violence and play into the hands of extremists. He has since been the target of a media and political campaign accusing him of abandoning the country at a time when his services were most needed. Some questioned his credentials as a politician who could withstand the pressures of politics.

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Brotherhood spokesman Ahmed Aref sought to downplay the significance of Badie’s arrest, writing on his Facebook page Tuesday: “Mohammed Badie is one member of the Brotherhood.�

Badie’s arrest came after suspected Islamic militants ambushed two minibuses carrying offduty policemen in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula early Monday, forcing the men to lie on the sand and shooting 25 of them dead.

The daylight attack raised fears that the strategic desert region bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip could be plunged into a fullfledged insurgency.

The Sinai Peninsula has long been wracked by violence by al-Qaidalinked fighters, some of whom consider Morsi’s Brotherhood to be too moderate, and tribesmen who have used the area for smuggling and other criminal activity. Attacks, especially those targeting security forces, have been

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FAITH MATTERS from Page A1 around that kind of unconditional love. We rely on the fact that our Heavenly Father loves us and, despite our consistent failings, finds the strength to grant us daily grace.

Within the past couple months, I drove by the same small business again, looking for the “GRACE� truck.

It was still there but looked a little older and a little more worn as if it had sat out for a while. It seemed the grace never made it to its location. I was reminded of how many times I had squandered the gift of grace or not extended it to someone who truly needed it.

Grace is only powerful when it is used. That’s why the song is called “Amazing Grace,� not “Abandoned Grace.� Grace, untapped, is useless.

We can refuse grace from our Heavenly Father for a past failure. Living in that type of regret gives no testimony to the power of God’s grace within us.

We can refuse grace from others by indulging our personal pride, which will certainly drive a wedge into that relationship.

I would wager that the majority of people have no qualms in the receiving of grace. It’s the distribution of grace that can be problematic. It’s like we become grace hoarders, enjoying the comforts of divine grace, then refusing to pay it forward. This is true of every believer that I’ve known, especially myself. It’s shameful that I claim to know the power of God’s grace yet so often refuse to be gracious to those around me.

I think it’s easiest to extend grace in the more extreme situations. It is easy for me to be gracious to someone I just met. I don’t have the slightest hesitation being gracious to those I pity. Perhaps those I’m closest to or deal with every day are the ones who bear the brunt of my disfavor. It’s the everyday opportunities for grace that I miss. Maybe you have the same weakness.

How about the waiter who keeps forgetting to bring the steak sauce you asked for? What about to your kid

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who seems bent on leaving wet towels on the floor after a shower? How about grace to the sister who, for the 20th time, stole money from your wallet to feed her addiction? In those moments — those tiny annoyances that seem to occur 1,000 times a day — what surfaces: indignation or grace?

Imagine having an unlimited supply of money. With financial security a given, I imagine that most of us would gladly give money away to every worthy cause that came across our path. Right now, at your disposal, is an unlimited supply of grace and an unlimited amount of people who need it.

Living in grace takes practice and dedication. Employing grace in your daily life will not only help you adhere closely to your faith, but it will also change the way you view others.

Your personal pride must diminish.

Your feelings of entitlement must fade away. You are no longer living life according to your preferences but by the rhythm of grace, a cadence orchestrated by God. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

they depart from school, rather than being assigned to the various departure points. “The grade-level teachers are more familiar with their students, and that is one extra measure they will take to ensure the students arrive at their correct destinations,�

Galloway said.

Each school establishes its own after-school procedures, Galloway said, so the changes were only necessary at Crosswell Drive, rather than district wide. She added each school, however, will continue to monitor its dismissal procedures to see if any changes need to be made to help ensure student safety.

Reach Braden Bunch at (803) 774-1201.

Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87

BY MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press Writer DETROIT — He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime.

Every novel Elmore Leonard wrote from the mid-1980s on was a best-seller, and every fan of crime stories knew his name. George Clooney was an admirer. So were Quentin Tarantino, Saul Bellow and Stephen King and millions of ordinary readers.

Leonard, who died Tuesday at age 87, helped achieve for crime writing what King did for horror and Ray Bradbury for science fiction. He made it hip, and he made it respectable.

When the public flocked to

watch John Travolta in the movie version of “Get Shorty� in 1995, its author became the darling of Hollywood’s hottest young directors. Book critics and literary stars, prone to dismissing crime novels as light entertainment, competed for adjectives to praise him. Last fall, he became the first crime writer to receive an honorary National Book Award, a prize given in the past to Philip Roth, Norman Mailer and Arthur Miller.

Few writers so memorably traveled the low road. His more than 40 novels were peopled by pathetic schemers, clever conmen and casual killers. Each was characterized by moral ambivalence about crime, black humor and wickedly acute depic-

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Author Elmore Leonard, a former adman who later in life became one of America’s foremost crime writers, died Tuesday at age 87.

tions of human nature: the greedy dreams of Armand Degas in “Killshot,� the wisecracking cool of Chili Palmer in “Get Shorty,� Jack Belmont’s lust for notoriety in “The Hot Kid.�

Leonard’s novels and short stories were turned into dozens of feature films, TV movies and series, including the current FX show “Justified,� which stars Timothy Olyphant as one of Leonard’s signature characters, the coolunder-pressure U.S. marshal Raylan Givens.

Critics loved Leonard’s flawlessly unadorned, colloquial style, as well as how real his characters sounded when they spoke. “People always say, ‘Where do you get (your characters’) words?’ And I say, ‘Can’t you remember people talking or think up people talking in your head?’ That’s all it is. I don’t know why that seems such a wonder to people,� he told The

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Others were set in Miami near his North Palm Beach, Fla., vacation home.

He died at his home in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Township, where he did much of his writing, from complications of a stroke he suffered a few weeks ago, according to his researcher, Gregg Sutter.

Crime novelist James Lee Burke said Leonard was a “gentleman of the old school� whose stylistic techniques and “experimentation with point of view and narrative voice had an enormous influence on hundreds of publishing writers.�

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ASHINGTON —In one of the early episodes of “Portlandia,” the satirical show that makes fun of all things Portland, Ore., a couple dining out interviews the waitress about their potential chicken dinner.

Specifically, they want to know details of the chicken’s diet (sheep’s milk, soy and hazelnuts), his free-roaming privileges and roaming area (four Kathleen acres), PARKER whether he had friends and was a happy chicken, and so on. Their server answers patiently, even producing Colin’s papers. Colin, that is, the chicken.

So goes the joke on people who get a tad carried away about the quality of life of the animals whose slaughter they ultimately condone and whose flesh they consume. It was, if you’ll pardon the expression, delicious.

But the reality side of the factory farm story isn’t so tasty. Humane treatment of animals, whether being bred as pets or for display in grocery stores, is a work in progress, the relatively few successes of which are meager testament to our own humanity.

Inasmuch as the way people treat animals reveals their character, the way we mass produce animals for human consumption reveals much about our nation’s character. That character is being tested even now on Capitol Hill.

While most eyes this summer have been riveted by human bloodshed from Syria to Egypt, a handful of animal rights advocates has been glued to the farm bill, which, you’ll recall, became controversial when House Republicans severed a food stamp provision that customarily was attached.

What may have escaped much notice, however, is an amendment by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, that would pre-empt state and local laws governing food production and other animal-related industries, including puppy mills, confinement of farm animals, animal fighting, shark finning, and the sale of meat from horses, dogs and cats.

Despite strong opposition from animal rights groups as well as more than 200 fellow House and Senate members, King has invoked the Commerce Clause to defend his amendment. He avers that having so many different laws in different places violates the federal government’s authority to regulate interstate commerce. One of the problems, as he sees it, is that states such as California that have strong laws about how chickens must be raised (enough room in a

cage to stand and spread their wings) can impose their standards on other states that sell their egg products in California.

“The impact of their large market would compel producers in every other state to invest billions to meet the California standard of ‘means of production.’”

King, whose legislative history regarding animal welfare is poster material for cruelty (and dunder-headedness) — he thinks dogfighting is fine and children ought to be able to watch — also promises that his amendment will put an end to “radical organizations” such as the Humane Society of the United States and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

I probably should confess that I love anything with a heartbeat, and there is no humane treatment I could imagine opposing. Do I think we should play classical music for cows as they amble to the slaughter? Oh, why not, if it makes them less anxious?

More to the point, is making a hen’s cage a little larger really so cost-prohibitive that we can’t manage to make a miserable life a tiny bit less miserable? Is someone’s taste for foie gras so worthy of protection that we condone force-feeding cruelly confined ducks until their livers bloat and become diseased?

The list of humans’ cruelty to animals is too long and too horrible for this space.

The fact that some states aim to protect animals seems to me cause for celebration rather than federal opposition. Here’s a thought: Instead of trying to undo what some have done in the spirit of a more humane society, why not encourage other states to become part of the movement?

King, perhaps, represents a certain contingent that holds to a biblical view that animals don’t deserve the same consideration as humans. As King said in his defense of dogfighting, there’s something wrong when we outlaw dogfights but allow people to fight. The obvious difference is that people who step into the ring have a choice in the matter — and state-sanctioned torture of animals would seem to undermine the notion that humans are of greater value to the Divine.

The fate of King’s amendment will be determined when Congress reconvenes in September. For now, dozens of animal rights organizations, as well as the head of the National Conference of State Legislators, are lobbying hard to kill it.

Humanely, of course.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2013, Washington Post Writers Group

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: Aug. 18 The State, Columbia, S.C., on the city’s mayor: The majority of Columbia City Council members who imposed their own will in denying voters an opportunity to decide whether the mayor should be the city’s full-time chief executive failed to address the most important question: What is the people’s will?

That’s too important a question to leave unanswered. Fortunately, there are leaders in this community who understand that and intend to gather enough voters’ signatures to force the council to place the matter on the ballot. It is not only appropriate but necessary to finally give voters an opportunity to decide.

We had hoped that council members would put aside their personal feelings about a strong mayor and allow voters to express their preference.

And we commend Mayor Steve Benjamin and councilmen Cameron Runyan and Brian Newman for voting to place a referendum on the ballot Nov. 5. But they were outvoted 4-3 last week by council members Tameika Isaac Devine, Leona Plaugh, Sam Davis and Moe Baddourah, whose argument that there’s no groundswell of support for a referendum is at the very best dubious.

A December 2009 poll of Columbia residents conducted for The State by Metromark Market Research found that 58 percent of respondents want a full-time mayor. ...

Lee Bussell, chairman of the chamber’s executive committee, said no definite decision has been made on trying to get the matter on the Nov. 5 ballot.

That might not be realistic, since by law the process would have to be completed by early October.

Whether the referendum is held Nov. 5 or later isn’t the most important thing. The most important thing is to determine — once and for all — whether voters want an unelected, unaccountable manager to continue hiring and firing and overseeing daily affairs or whether they prefer an elected, empowered mayor to assume those duties. Let the voters’ will be heard. And done.

Online: http://www.thestate. com Aug. 18 The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C., on FOI laws and Santee Cooper: Openness is fundamental to

the system of government in which Americans take pride — and take for granted. While public officials as the elected representatives of the people should be the ultimate champions of openness in government, it just doesn’t seem to work that way. And citizens don’t really seem to hold their elected officials accountable for openness until there is some issue that stirs the public interest and about which people find they have been illegally left in the dark.

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of the press, but it is not a mandate that government provide information to the people. On both the federal and state levels, laws outline the responsibilities of government and public officials, agencies and employees in doing the public’s business in the open and ensuring that the public has access to information deemed public record. ...

The SCFOIA states, in part, “All public bodies shall notify persons or organizations, local news media, or such other news media as may request notification of the times, dates, places, and agenda of all public meetings, whether scheduled, rescheduled, or called, and the efforts made to comply with this requirement must be noted in the minutes of the meetings.”

In the case of the Santee Cooper board meeting at which a decision was made on the bonds, no notice was given to The Post and Courier of Charleston, which has a standing request for such.

That prompted the newspaper to report on the violation and threaten action that could put the board’s meeting and approval of the bond sale at risk. Considering notification to all local media, not just those requesting, is required, the utility’s contention that it posted a notice of the meeting on its bulletin board at corporate headquarters and on its corporate website is not sufficient to meet the requirement.

Santee Cooper officials have since pledged that notification will be provided as required and the utility’s board has scheduled a new meeting to hold another vote on authorizing the borrowing. Santee Cooper spokeswoman Mollie Gore said another vote will be held this week in what she calls “a precautionary measure.” ...

Santee Cooper’s high-profile case should serve as an example for all public bodies and officials of the importance of obeying the laws designed to keep the public informed

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about its business and give people the opportunity to have their say.

Online: http://thetandd.com Aug. 18 Herald Journal, Spartanburg, S.C., on judges’ decision on nuclear waste storage: A federal court delivered a long overdue rebuke to President Barack Obama last week, reminding him that he does not have the authority to pick and choose which federal laws he will obey.

This has become a particular problem with this president.

For instance, he and Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that they will no longer abide by the minimum sentences provided in federal law for drug crimes.

What they plan to do is to stop charging criminals with offenses that include the mandatory minimums. Instead, they will choose other offenses that have penalties they think are more appropriate, and not use evidence that might trigger longer sentences.

They are probably right in thinking that we are incarcerating people for too long for nonviolent drug offenses. But the solution to that is to change the law and change the penalties for those offenses, not to ignore the law, charge criminals with other offenses and choose what evidence is admitted into court.

That’s just one example. ...

Why is the president willing to violate this federal law? Why is he willing to endanger the health and safety of all the people living near nuclear power plants by storing the spent fuel there? Why is he willing to sacrifice the health and safety of South Carolinians as well as the Lowcountry environment?

Because that’s the way Harry Reid wants it. The Senate Majority Leader doesn’t want the Yucca Mountain facility used.

And Obama wants Reid’s help in pushing through his priorities.

Of course, Obama doesn’t have an alternative for Yucca Mountain. He has no plan for how to handle spent nuclear fuel or surplus plutonium. He is only committed to not using the one appropriate facility we have. It is a truly unconscionable policy.

But federal law requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to follow the licensing process for Yucca Mountain, and Obama does not have the authority to ignore that law, or any other. The president needs to pay attention to this rebuke.

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INCREASE from Page A1 The city uses a professional Florida-based service called the Utility Advisors Network to study its utility services and advise officials on how rates can best be set to match the services provided. “(City) staff’s recommendations are often not as strict as what they advise us, because we live here too,” McCormick said. “We’re very sensitive to the rate structure.”

If the measure gets final approval at council’s Sept. 3 meeting, the new rates would come into effect Oct. 1, with different factors affecting the size of the increase in both a user’s water and sewer rates.

Inside the city, the minimum monthly charge as of Oct. 1 is $9.50 for a water user with a 5/8-by-3/4-inch meter, which includes most residential users.

For users outside the city limits, the equivalent charge is $19. That rate stays the same until it reaches a three-inch meter, when it rises to $15.20 inside the city and doubles outside it. The rate gets higher until a user with a 16-inch meter pays a minimum monthly charge of $308.75 inside the city and $617.50 outside of it.

On July 1, 2014, users with two-inch meters will pay $15.20, and higher meter sizes would see their charge double.

By 2017, users with the smallest meter will stay at $9.50, but the larger 16-inch users would pay a monthly charge of $1,543.75 inside the city and $3,087.50 outside.

Council’s proposal

would also raise the “volumetric rate” per 1,000 gallons of those who use more than 1 million gallons, which would rise from $1.02 to $1.07 over four years inside the city ($2.04 to $2.14 outside).

Users of more than 50 million gallons will ultimately rise from 89 cents to 95 ($1.78 to $1.90 for outside users).

The monthly sewage charge would climb at a similar rate with the smallest meter user rising from $14.25 to $15.80. The largest, eight-inch sewer meter would rise from a $114 monthly charge to $632.

Likewise, the volumetric rate for sewer users would rise from $2.29 to $2.53 inside the city and from $4.58 to $5.06 outside the city.

(For city sewer customers in Mayesville, the rise would go from $3.59 to $5.06.)

Sewer users paying an “industrial surcharge” in the range of 32 cents to $1.86 per month would also see an increase to between 36 cents and $2.06.

Officials expect the increase to put the city’s utility system on a sounder financial footing, which could affect how future bond rates are set for the city. It would also pay for regular upgrades to the system and a possible expansion of a water-treatment facility.

McCormick said Daryll Parker with the Utility Advisors Network will speak in more detail about the proposal at the next council meeting.

Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272.

CROPS from Page A1 “but a low-interest loan is really going to help those farmers who are going to have trouble paying back debt because of the reduced yields. I think you’ll see a good number of farmers in our area take advantage of this if these low-interest loan rates are available.”

As of Monday, 43.2 inches of rain has fallen in Columbia, some 13 inches above normal.

Since June 1, Columbia has had almost 25 inches of rain, also more than 13 inches above normal.

In the meantime, Mother Nature continues to send rain our way, he said. Most farms in the Sumter area received 3 to 4 inches of rain this past weekend.

“All of the fields in the low-lying areas had already drowned out, and the remaining fields are in higher ground,” he said. “So there wasn’t a lot of new damage to the crops. It’s just piling on. The biggest concern right now is being able to harvest the corn. And all this moisture is adding to the potential of disease for soybeans and other crops. ” The milder, wet growing season also has cotton farmers concerned, Dewitt said.

“Cotton really needs hot, dry weather,” he said. “And we’ve not had much of that this year.”

Rain will not damage the cotton itself until the bolls come out later in September.

“That’s when rain could really hurt the cotton,” he said.

Dewitt said the news, however, is not all bad for local farmers.

“We’ve got some good-looking crops especially in some areas,” he said. “Some areas have received a lot more rain than others. There’s a strip of land from Elliott in Lee County to Mayesville in Sumter County that has had a lot more rain. And we’ve got some areas such as Cedar Creek and Browntown in Lee County that hasn’t had as much. We’ve got some good-looking crops in those areas.”

Still, farmers desperately need some dry weather. Forecasters suggest the outlook is not good.

National Weather Service Office meteorologist Dan Miller said the forecast for the next two weeks calls for abovenormal rainfall to continue.

“We’re going to have a good chance of rain through about Friday,” he said. “Then there’s a front coming through probably early Saturday morning. And that promises to draw in some drier air into our area for Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Rain chances will go down to about 20 percent.”

But the pattern is expected to return to higher rain chances next week, he said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St.

Dennis Selvig comments on his photo submission, “If you think you would like to be a cameraman at a sporting event, see if you can lift one of these giant cameras and carry it around for a couple hours. Taken at baseball game for an Atlanta Braves farm team.”

SPORTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013

THE ITEM To contact the Sports Department, call (803) 774-1241 or e-mail sports@theitem.com

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Familiar faces, experience abound as Tigers solidify O-line

BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier CLEMSON — In the history of its football program, Clemson has won 75 percent of its football games in years when at least four of the previous year’s starting offensive linemen return.

That’s a good thing,

considering the Tigers’ all-time winning clip is 59 percent.

So it only makes sense Clemson rolls those same four out again in 2013, which appears to be the case as announced Tuesday by offensive coordinator Chad Morris.

It’s not much of a sur-

prise, but at least it’s a solidified decision: left tackle Brandon Thomas, left guard David Beasley, right guard Tyler MORRIS Shatley and right tackle Gifford Timothy retain their starting

spots from last season, while center Ryan Norton has come through on his hand-picked selection.

“They’ve had the most consistency through camp,” Morris said. “By all means just because those guys are the five today doesn’t mean it’ll be the five we

put out on the field on Aug. 31.”

Could there be a change? Sure. Morris doesn’t have to fill in the mythical lineup card for another 10 days. But it’s not like he’s crossing his fingers for controversy.

“You have to get that five kind of in a mix,”

Morris said. “Doesn’t mean the other guys aren’t going to play behind him, but those five have got to be confident and they’ve got to be able to feed off each other.”

Jokingly, Morris did assure reporters Tajh SEE TIGERS, PAGE B3

Gamecocks choose Davis as starting RB

BY ANDREW MILLER Post and Courier

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Tyshawn Epps, left, and the Laurence Manning Academy Swampcats will kick off the new high school football season on Friday as one of four area teams competing in Week Zero.

Ready for Week Zero

COLUMBIA — The Mike Davis era has officially begun at South Carolina.

Davis, a sophomore, will start at running back in the Gamecocks’ season opener against North Carolina on Aug. 29.

While Davis was widely considered to be the heir apparent to the departed Marcus Lattimore, USC running back coach Everette Sands made it official Tuesday morning after practice.

Davis had been in a heated battled with redshirt sophomore Brandon Wilds and Shon Carson since the start of camp. But a strong performance in the Gamecocks’ scrimmage Saturday was enough to convince Sands.

“Mike is going to be the starter,” Sands said. “Mike just made a few more plays in scrimmage situations than Brandon and Shon.

His pass protection was

good and he’s had a very good camp.”

Davis understands that replacing a legend like Lattimore won’t be easy. In less than three seasons, Lattimore rushed for more than 2,600 yards and scored a school-record 41 touchdowns. But Lattimore also was injury-prone and missed 10 games over his final two seasons.

“One player is not going to replace a guy like Marcus,” Davis said earlier in preseason camp. “I came here to be the starter, that’s my goal. It’s what I’ve been working for since the first day I got here. I just want to the best Mike Davis I can be, and hopefully that’s good enough.”

So far, it’s been just fine.

A year ago as a true freshman, Davis played in 12 games, rushing for 275 yards and scoring two touchdowns.

“Mike’s a good running back,” said USC head coach SEE USC, PAGE B3

4 area teams set to kick off 2013 football season on Friday

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com It may be called Week Zero, but the first week of the high school football season kicks off for four local high school teams on Friday.

And each of the schools that open this week will be debuting with a new head coach. Well, sort of.

Laurence Manning Academy will play host to Florence Christian in its first game under Robbie Briggs, the former longtime head coach at Manning High; the Monarchs will open the Tony Felder era on the road against Timberland; and David Rankin will begin his second stint as

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Swimming Brookland-Cayce at Sumter (at Sumter Aquatics Center), 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Laurence Manning at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Thomas Sumter at Pee Dee, 4 p.m.

Varsity Girls Volleyball Laurence Manning at Williamsburg, 5 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball Laurence Manning at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY Varsity Girls Tennis Holly Hill at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Carolina at Thomas Sumter (at PTC), 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball

head coach at Robert E. Lee Academy when the Cavaliers play host to Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy of Mooresboro, N.C.

Pinewood Prep at Wilson Hall, 5:45 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Dorchester, 5:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Volleyball Pinewood Prep at Wilson Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Dorchester, 4:30 p.m.

B Team Volleyball Robert E. Lee at Hammond, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Varsity Football Manning at Timberland, 7:30 p.m.

Allendale-Fairfax at Scott’s Branch, 7:30 p.m.

Florence Christian at Laurence Manning, 8 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson (N.C.) at Robert E. Lee, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY Varsity Swimming Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter in Newberry Invitational (at Newberry YMCA), TBA B Team Volleyball Robert E. Lee in Hammond Tournament, 8 a.m.

The only real coaching newcomer to this area is Jesse Johnson, the new head SEE WEEK ZERO, PAGE B2

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South Carolina running backs coach Everette Sands announced on Tuesday that sophomore Mike Davis (28) will be the starter in next Thursday’s season opener against North Carolina.

Kurt Busch making strong bid for Chase spot

BY NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Less than a decade removed from a championship in NASCAR’s top series, Kurt Busch is an underdog now.

It’s a role he seems plenty comfortable with.

There are three races remaining in the regular season, and Busch is ninth in the points standings, meaning he has a decent shot at a surprising berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. That’s quite a step for the 35-year-old driver — whose career looked anything but stable as recently as last year.

“Furniture Row team is acting like a big-time player right now,’’ Busch said after finishing third at Michigan on Sunday. “We have a little bit of weaknesses here and there, but overall we keep posting good results, and it’s very satisfying.’’

Chadwell looks to turn CSU around

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

After several up-and-down seasons and a future still up in the air, Kurt Busch has turned things around with a solid year and sits at ninth in the Chase standings.

He’ll have to make his run at making the Chase while apparently contemplating his future.

Busch has reportedly been offered a deal to drive a fourth car

next season for Stewart-Haas Racing, and is mulling that offer and others. The deal, first reported late SEE BUSCH, PAGE B2

NORTH CHARLESTON — New Charleston Southern coach Jamey Chadwell can’t imagine having a bad first season with the Buccaneers.

Chadwell was hired from North Greenville CHADWELL in January to take over for Jay Mills, who retired after 10 seasons. The Bucs haven’t finished above .500 since 2009 and return 18 starters from a group that went 5-6 last fall.

Still, Chadwell is ex-

cited about his first head coaching job in the Football Championship Subdivision.

“We feel like a kid on Christmas Eve,” Chadwell said.

“There’s lots of excitement and eagerness to see what you get.”

Chadwell will have some experience to draw on. Quarterback Malcolm Dixon started the past two seasons SEE CSU, PAGE B3

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CH volleyball opens with win SUMMERTON — The Clarendon Hall varsity volleyball team opened its season on Tuesday with a 3-0 victory over Carolina Academy at the Clarend Hall gymnasium.

The Lady Saints won by the scores of 2519, 25-19, 25-21.

The Saints were led by Shannon Corbett with 19 service points and two aces. Bailey Connors added 16 points and Aubrey Johnson chipped in with 11 points.

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SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall opened its season with a 2-0 victory (25-22 & 25-21) over Carolina Academy on Tuesday.

MacKenzie Norman led CH with 14 points and two aces. Ava English added 12 points and three aces and Madison Kidd had 11 points.

A-Rod plunk costs Dempster 5 games

BY JOSH DUBOW The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Boston’s Ryan Dempster accepted his punishment without admitting any misdeed.

Dempster was suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for intentionally hitting DEMPSTER New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez with a pitch last weekend.

While Dempster still maintains he was only trying to establish the inside part of the plate and wasn’t trying to hit Rodriguez on purpose, he will not contest the punishment and began serving it Tuesday.

“I thought about appeal-

ing,’’ Dempster said before Boston played the Giants.

“At the end of the day, I think Major League Baseball does a really good job of thinking through punishments before they hand them out. I thought it was in the best interest of us as a team to go ahead and serve my suspension.’’

MLB senior vice president Joe Garagiola RODRIGUEZ Jr. announced the penalty two days after Dempster hit A-Rod in the second inning at Fenway Park. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was fined for arguing with plate umpire Brian O’Nora.

Dempster’s fine was $2,500 and Girardi’s was $5,000, people familiar with the discipline told The As-

sociated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the amounts were not announced.

Earlier Tuesday, Girardi insisted it would be “open season’’ on Rodriguez if MLB failed to suspend Dempster. Girardi had hoped for a suspension long enough to make Dempster miss a turn.

“I think I made my feelings pretty clear then,’’ Girardi said after the suspension was announced.

Dempster threw one pitch behind A-Rod’s knees and two more inside during the second inning. Then his 3-0 pitch struck Rodriguez’s left elbow pad and ricocheted off his back.

“You don’t throw at a guy four times,’’ Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia said. “He violated every code in every way.’’

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Wheeler beats Braves for 3rd time NEW YORK — Rookie Zack Wheeler beat NL East-leading Atlanta for the third time, pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning and sending the New York Mets past the Braves 5-3 Tuesday night.

Wheeler improved to 3-0 this year against the team with the best record in the majors.

Helped by his midseason proWHEELER motion from Triple-A, the Mets hold an 8-7 edge over the Braves.

Marlon Byrd and Ike Davis homered and speedy Eric Young Jr. sparked the Mets, stealing two bases, scoring twice and making a diving catch in left field.

DODGERS MARLINS

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MIAMI — Yasiel Puig came off the bench to hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Miami 6-4.

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homer in the seventh inning and a gameending single in the ninth, lifting the New York Yankees to their second comeback victory over Toronto, 3-2 in the nightcap for a doubleheader sweep.

In the opener, Robinson Cano and Chris Stewart each hit 3-run homers to rally the Yankees from four runs down to beat the Blue Jays 8-4. Toronto lost slugger Jose Bautista to a sore hip early in the game.

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BALTIMORE — Alex Cobb took a 2-hitter into the seventh inning, Matt Joyce drove in three runs and Tampa Bay beat Baltimore 7-4 for its sixth win in seven games.

Wil Myers had two hits and two RBI for the Rays, who lead the AL wild-card race and trail the first-place Red Sox by a halfgame in the AL East, pending Boston’s late game in San Francisco.

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CINCINNATI — Paul Goldschmidt set a Diamondbacks record with his third grand slam of the season and became the first NL player to drive in 100 runs, powering Arizona to a 5-2 victory over Cincinnati.

Jorge De La Rosa (13-6) pitched into the seventh to win his third straight start.

DETROIT — Justin Morneau had a season high four hits, including a 2-run homer and a 2-run double, and Glen Perkins struck out Miguel Cabrera with two on for the final out to help Minnesota hold off Detroit 6-3.

ROCKIES PHILLIES

WHITE SOX ROYALS

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PHILADELPHIA — Troy Tulowitzki and Wilin Rosario each homered to lead Colorado past Philadelphia 5-3.

AMERICAN LEAGUE YANKEES BLUE JAYS

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Danks shut down Kansas City’s scuffling offense for eight innings, and the Chicago White Sox did just enough damage against Ervin Santana to squeak out a 2-0 victory.

NEW YORK — Jayson Nix hit a tying

WEEK ZERO from Page B1 coach at Scott’s Branch. His first game will have the Eagles playing host to Allendale-Fairfax.

Briggs decided to come to LMA as head football coach and athletic director after 18 years as a coach at Manning, the last 12 as head coach.

Briggs had a 103-45 record at Manning. He takes over a team that went 5-7 last season.

Felder is back as a head coach after serving as an assistant on Briggs’ staff at Manning the past five years. Felder owns a career record of 83-46 in 11 years as a head coach and won a 3A state title at Fairfield Central in 1997.

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Manning went 7-4 last season.

After spending eight years as head coach at Williamsburg Academy, Rankin returns to REL, which he left after the 2004-05 year to go to Williamsburg. Rankin guided Williamsburg to the SCISA 1A state championship game last season. When he was at REL, he led the Cavaliers to the 2003 2A state title game.

REL is in the midst of a 20game losing streak. Thomas Jefferson, a 1A school in North Carolina, was 6-5 last season.

While he is has been a head coach in other sports at the high school level, Johnson will be in his first year as a head football coach. He takes over a program that is on a 12-game losing streak.

Allendale-Fairfax went 9-1 last year, losing in the first round of the playoffs.

From wire reports

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 10 a.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 Practice from Bristol, Tenn. (FOX SPORTS 1).

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

1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at New York Mets (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Gelsenkirchen, Germany -- PAOK vs. Schalke (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Istanbul -- Arsenal vs. Fenerbache (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Zagreb, Croatia -- Austria Vienna vs. Dinamo Zagreb (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

2:55 p.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match from Birmingham, Ala. -- Chelsea vs.

Aston Villa (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Boston at San Francisco or Seattle at Oakland (MLB NETWORK).

4 p.m. -- Youth Baseball: Little League World Series International Pool Play Game from South Williamsport, Pa. -- Tijuana, Mexico, vs. Tokyo (ESPN).

4:55 p.m. -- International Soccer: Spanish Primera Division Supercopa First Leg Match from Madrid, Spain -- Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid (ESPN2).

6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9 WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Tampa Bay at Baltimore (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- Youth Baseball: Little League World Series U.S. Pool Play Game from South Williamsport, Pa. -Westport, Conn., vs. Chula Vista, Calif. (ESPN).

8 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 from Bristol, Tenn. (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9).

8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Washington at Chicago Cubs (WGN).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 74 53 .583 – Tampa Bay 71 52 .577 1 Baltimore 67 57 .540 51/2 New York 65 59 .524 71/2 Toronto 57 68 .456 16 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 73 51 .589 – Cleveland 67 58 .536 61/2 Kansas City 64 59 .520 81/2 Minnesota 54 69 .439 181/2 Chicago 49 74 .398 231/2 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 72 53 .576 – Oakland 71 53 .573 1/2 Seattle 57 67 .460 141/2 Los Angeles 55 69 .444 161/2 Houston 41 83 .331 301/2 Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 6, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3 Texas 16, Houston 5 Cleveland 5, L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 2, Seattle 1 Boston 7, San Francisco 0 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 4, 1st game Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game Minnesota at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

Today’s Games Seattle (Iwakuma 11-6) at Oakland (Griffin 10-8), 3:35 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 8-6) at San Francisco (Gaudin 5-2), 3:45 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 13-9) at L.A. Angels (Williams 5-9), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-6) at Baltimore (W.Chen 6-6), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 9-11) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 8-9), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 8-9) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 117), 7:08 p.m.

Houston (Bedard 3-9) at Texas (D.Holland 9-6), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 12-9), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 76 48 .613 – Washington 60 64 .484 16 New York 57 66 .463 181/2 Philadelphia 55 69 .444 21 Miami 48 75 .390 271/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 73 51 .589 – St. Louis 72 52 .581 1 Cincinnati 71 54 .568 21/2 Chicago 54 70 .435 19 Milwaukee 54 71 .432 191/2 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 72 52 .581 – Arizona 64 59 .520 71/2 Colorado 58 68 .460 15 San Diego 56 69 .448 161/2 San Francisco 55 69 .444 17 Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 6, Minnesota 1 Philadelphia 5, Colorado 4 Cincinnati 5, Arizona 3 Miami 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Chicago Cubs 11, Washington 1 St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 1 Boston 7, San Francisco 0

BUSCH from Page B1 Sunday night by FoxSports. com, has not been specifically addressed by either the driver or Stewart-Haas Racing.

“Stewart-Haas Racing constantly strives to improve itself, and expansion is something that is often discussed,’’ team spokesman Mike Arning said in a statement. “If the right opportunity presents itself, it’s something the team will certainly consider.’’

Team co-owner Tony Stewart said last month the organization was not ready to expand to four cars in releasing Ryan Newman.

Furniture Row Racing is Busch’s third team in three seasons, a single-car operation based in Denver that is

hardly a NASCAR superpower. His trouble-filled stint with Phoenix Racing in 2012 was a far cry from the days when he drove for the likes of Jack Roush and Roger Penske.

Busch landed with Phoenix Racing in December 2011 after parting ways from Penske Racing because of a series of incidents mainly related to Busch’s temper. He hoped to rebuild his image in 2012, but he was put on probation from an incident at Darlington in May — he was also fined $50,000 for reckless driving on pit road — and he was later suspended a week for verbally abusing a media member.

Busch eventually joined

| Tuesday’s Games Colorado at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Today’s Games Atlanta (A.Wood 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-6), 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Westbrook 7-8) at Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 3-4), 2:10 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 8-6) at San Francisco (Gaudin 5-2), 3:45 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 6-5) at San Diego (Kennedy 4-9), 6:40 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 7-6) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 10-6), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (McCarthy 2-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 10-5), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-3) at Miami (Eovaldi 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Ohlendorf 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 1-0), 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Arizona at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 12:40 p.m.

Washington at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

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

NFL PRESEASON

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 New England 2 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 Miami 1 2 0 .333 South W L T Pct Houston 2 0 0 1.000 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 Tennessee 0 2 0 .000 North W L T Pct Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 West W L T Pct Denver 1 1 0 .500 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 San Diego 0 2 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Washington 2 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 Dallas 1 2 0 .333 South W L T Pct New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 North W L T Pct Chicago 1 1 0 .500 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 West W L T Pct Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 St. Louis 0 2 0 .000 Sunday’s Game Indianapolis 20, N.Y. Giants 12 Monday’s Game Washington 24, Pittsburgh 13 Thursday’s Games New England at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games Seattle at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Oakland, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Buffalo at Washington, 4:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Denver, 8 p.m.

Cincinnati at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 25 New Orleans at Houston, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

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WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Chicago 17 8 .680 – Atlanta 13 9 .591 21/2 Washington 12 14 .462 51/2 Indiana 11 14 .440 6 New York 10 15 .400 7 Connecticut 7 17 .292 91/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 18 6 .750 – Los Angeles 18 7 .720 1/2 Phoenix 13 12 .520 51/2 Seattle 11 13 .458 7 San Antonio 9 15 .375 9 Tulsa 8 17 .320 101/2 Tuesday’s Games Minnesota at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Today’s Game San Antonio at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Game Minnesota at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Furniture Row to drive the No. 78 Chevrolet, and now the 2004 Cup champion has been quietly re-positioning himself among NASCAR’s elite. His race at Michigan on Sunday was his sixth top-five finish of the season, and he accomplished it without much drama or fanfare.

His performance so far this year speaks for itself, and Busch is trying to stay even keeled.

“Well, it’s being focused.

I’m excited that we’re running well. We’re able to seal the deal, when that had been some of our struggles through the midpoint of the season,’’ he said. “Now I’m just in that Chase mode where we have to get in.

You can’t celebrate with a third-place finish.’’

FOOTBALL

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013

THE ITEM

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Injured Texans turn to Swearinger Broncos’ LB Miller hit

with 6-game suspension

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN The Associated Press HOUSTON — Already without Ed Reed while he recovers from offseason hip surgery, injuries sustained this weekend have left the Houston Texans thin at safety entering Sunday’s third preseason game against New Orleans.

Safeties Shiloh Keo, Eddie Pleasant and rookie Orhian Johnson were all injured on Saturday against the Dolphins, leaving coach Gary Kubiak concerned about the group.

Things looked better on Monday when Kubiak said Johnson was fine and Keo was doing better and participated in some portions of practice. Pleasant remained out with a sprained knee.

Kubiak was worried on Sunday that the team might have to pick up another safety, but Monday’s developments made him feel much better.

“We’re not quite in as bad of shape as we were during the game with those guys being out,’’ Kubiak said. “If Keo makes it back and Johnson is fine this week, I think we can hold up.’’

The Texans are closely watching the recovery of Reed, a 9-time Pro Bowler who signed with Houston in the offseason.

Kubiak has said he hopes to have him back for Houston’s season opener, but there is no guarantee he’ll be ready by then.

They have been encouraged by the work he’s done in his rehabilitation, which has included spending time in Atlanta to work with the people who helped him come back from his last hip surgery.

“We think he’s ahead and has responded very well,’’ Kubiak said. “We were going (send him to Atlanta) again this week for a few days.

“So we’re just exhausting everything we possibly can do to get him ready to go and push toward the beginning of the season. There has been a lot of progress — lot of good progress.’’

Kubiak said they plan to have Reed be examined by the doctor

BY EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

With injuries to several defensive backs, the Houston Texans have had extra time to look at former South Carolina standout D.J. Swearinger (36) and have liked what they’ve seen so far.

who performed the surgery to repair his partly torn labrum by the end of this week, and they hope to know more about his status following that visit.

With Reed out, the Texans have had a chance to give rookie second-round pick D.J. Swearinger extra work, and have been impressed with his development. He said he feels more confident every day.

“I’ve improved tremendously since when I first got here until now,’’ he said. “There are a whole lot of things — just understanding the defense; my eyes, me being disciplined in certain coverage’s and I’ve gotten way better.’’

Swearinger was drafted by the Texans after starting for four seasons at South Carolina where he developed a reputation as one of the hardest hitting defensive backs in the Southeastern Conference.

That style of play has already placed him at the center of con-

USC from Page B1 Steve Spurrier. “He can run between the tackles, and he’s got good enough speed to get a long one.”

With the injuries to Lattimore in the past two seasons, Sands is acutely aware that he’ll need all three running backs this season. All are expected to play against the Tar Heels.

“I’ve got confidence in all three of them,” Sands said. “In this league, as physical as the SEC is, it’s going to take more than one running back to get through an entire season.”

Wilds, who missed the entire 2012 season with a high ankle sprain, began his career as the Gamecocks’ fifth-string running back in 2011. Wilds quickly moved up the depth chart, and when Lattimore suffered a season-ending knee injury against Mississippi State, the former Blythewood High School star started against Tennessee. He rushed for 486 yards as a true freshman and recorded 100-

TIGERS from Page B1 Boyd was the starting quarterback.

Fifth-year senior and former Sumter High standout Roderick McDowell figures to get the first snap at running back, Sammy Watkins and Charone Peake are likely to be listed as the starting receivers, and either deep threat Martavis Bryant or fullback/tight end Darrell Smith would become the 11th offensive starter.

“It just depends on how we are (on the field),” Morris said. “Darrell has really improved in a lot of areas. Definitely a hard-nosed guy and a very physical player. You look for his leadership to start this thing out.”

Wait ‘til next year: McDowell, true sophomore Zac Brooks, redshirt junior D.J. Howard and walkon C.J. Davidson may have done their part to do the somewhat unthinkable: sit down highly-touted freshmen Tyshon Dye and Wayne

troversy, after Miami tight end Dustin Keller sustained a season-ending knee injury when Swearinger hit him on the knee with his helmet in Saturday’s game.

“I’m sorry it happened like that,’’ he said, adding that he was taught to hit low to avoid fines. “I was just playing football and didn’t mean anything by it, but I’m hoping he has a speedy recovery and gets back.’’

Swearinger felt bad that Keller was injured on the play, but doesn’t plan to change his aggressive style because of the incident.

“I’ve seen the play and it was just a freak accident,’’ he said. “I was just going out and making a tackle and his leg just sort of got stuck ... hitting hard has gotten me this far and that’s something that I take pride in. I don’t take pride on hurting anybody, but I take pride on hitting hard and that’s what I’m just going to continue to do.’’

yard games against the Volunteers (137), Florida (120) and The Citadel (109).

“Brandon is going to get his carries,” Sands said.

“He’s proven he can play an effective running back in this league.”

Carson, a redshirt sophomore, has suffered through two season-ending injuries already during his career. He tore his ACL as a freshman and last year missed all but the Gamecocks’ bowl game because of a wrist injury.

“Shon has done a lot of good things during camp,” Sands said. “I’ve got confidence in all three guys that they can get the job done.”

Sands isn’t sure how he’ll divide playing time between the backs.

“The rotation won’t be set in stone,” Sands said.

“It’s going to be more of a fluid situation. You’re definitely going to see all three early in the game. It’s not going to be one of those situations where we get these guys in during the fourth quarter. You’ll see them all early.”

Gallman for 2013.

“You’d like to,” Morris said.

“That’s kind of our intent right now.”

Dye has battled a back injury, and Gallman has produced a stellar camp yet struggled at the second intrasquad scrimmage. With only so many carries to go around in this offense and plenty of candidates to take them, a running back committee is forming into place.

“I need help. I can’t do it by myself,” McDowell said. “I’m not going to sit there and be like, oh, I don’t want the ball, because I’d be lying. But I’m going to need all my running backs.”

Film rats: As fall camp comes to a close, full attention begins to be shifted toward Georgia, and the Tigers’ coaching staff has long since been preparing for their fourth SEC opponent in the past 365 days.

“We do season study on all of our opponents, but obviously there’s a lot of emphasis on your opener, since the spring,” head coach Dabo Swinney said. “We’ve seen everything you can see on

Georgia, they’ve seen everything that they can see on Clemson.”

Because the Bulldogs must replace over half their defense, it’s not easy to discern what types of looks they’ll throw at Boyd and the offense.

“You don’t ever have this amount of time to prepare for one game,” Swinney said. “But there’s a lot of changes for them, from a personnel standpoint, so it’s hard to piece it all together, and there’s changes for us too. It’s always a challenging game, the opener — it doesn’t matter who you play, because there’s a lot of unknowns.”

Up to the challenge: Rightfully so, a prevailing storyline going into the Georgia-Clemson showdown compares the two experienced quarterbacks, Boyd and Aaron Murray.

But the Bulldogs’ talented duo of Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall can’t be overlooked. Both players rushed for more than 6 yards per carry and rated in the top 40 nationally in that category as freshmen in 2012.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.

— Broncos linebacker Von Miller will serve a 6-game suspension under the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, a violation the linebacker said did not result from a positive test.

The league wanted a longer penalty for the third-year linebacker, but the sides agreed to less than half the season, a person familiar with the negotiations between the linebacker and the NFL told The Associated Press.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because details about the negotiations were not public.

According to the NFL, Miller is eligible to play and practice through the last two preseason games. His suspension, without pay, will begin Aug. 31.

He can return to the

team Oct. 14, the day after Denver’s home game against Jacksonville, and will be eligible for an Oct. 20 contest at the Indianapolis Colts.

After being notified of the decision, Miller released a statement saying “although my suspension doesn’t result from a positive test, there is no excuse for my violations of the rules.’’

“I made mistakes and my suspension has hurt my team, Broncos fans, and myself,’’ he said. “I am especially sorry for the effect of my bad decisions on others.

I will not make the same mistakes about adhering to the policy in the future. During my time off the field, I will work tirelessly and focus exclusively on remaining in peak shape.

I look forward to contributing immediately upon my return to the field and bringing a championship back to the people of Denver.’’

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Denver outside linebacker Von Miller (58) was suspended by the NFL for six games on Tuesday for violating the league’s drug abuse policy.

CSU from Page B1 and threw for 1,096 yards and nine touchdowns last fall. He also added 462 yards and seven TDs rushing. On defense, the Bucs will lean on defensive end Will Hunt, who had three sacks a season ago.

Five things to watch in Chadwell’s first season at Charleston Southern: 1. THE NEW BOSS

Jamey Chadwell was 25-21 in four seasons as coach at Division II schools North Greenville and Delta State. Before that, he spent five seasons on the Charleston Southern staff when the program shared the 2005 Big South title.

2. MORE IMPROVEMENT

Charleston Southern went from 0-11 in 2011 — and had a 16-game losing streak, worst in the nation — to winning five games last year. That tied for the biggest single-season improvement in the FCS. 3. SECONDARY DEPTH

The Buccaneers lost one of the best defensive backs in program history in Charles James, signed by the New York Giants. Yet, that position looks like one of Charleston Southern’s strengths with the return of seniors Elijah Lee and Damian Dixon, both who missed spring practice.

4. OFFENSIVE HELP

Malcolm Dixon will have some help on offense with the return of tailback Teddy Allen, who rushed for 576 yards and nine touchdowns last season. Allen was a preseason all-Big South Conference pick.

5. FAMILIAR FACE

One of Jamey Chadwell’s assistant coaches, Willy Korn, is well known to Palmetto State football fans. Korn led powerhouse Byrnes High to two state championships and signed to play quarterback at Clemson. However, injuries and the dismissal of Tigers coach Tommy Bowden sent Korn to Marshall and eventually Chadwell’s North Greenville team.

Korn led the Crusaders to an 11-3 mark and the Division II playoffs in 2011.

Predicted finish: 4th in six-team Big South Conference

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OBITUARIES

THE ITEM

JOYE N. OWENS Joye Annette Newman Owens, age 77, beloved wife of 56 years to John H. Owens, died on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

WILLIAM T. ENGLISH Jr. Bishop William T. English Jr., 74, husband of Mildred L. Streater English, departed this life on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013.

Born July 23, 1939, in Sumter, he was a son of Annie Muldrow English and the late William T. English Sr. The family is receiving friends at the home, 405 S. Harvin St., Sumter.

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

Sumter.

JOHN R. PEEPLES John Randolph “Randy” Peeples, 93, of Sumter, widower of Ruth Elizabeth Pate Peeples, to whom he was married for 60 years, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born June 21, 1920, in Estill, he was a son of the late Robert Rhodes Peeples and Margaret Anne Folk Peeples. Mr. Peeples was an Estill High School graduate and received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Georgia Technical College, where he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and Omega Tau Eta engineering fraternity. He was a World War II veteran, obtaining the rank of captain in the U.S. Army and serving in campaigns in both North Africa and Italy.

He was a devoted husband and father. He was a longtime member of Trinity United Meth-

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odist Church, the Trinity Fellowship Class, Sumter Lions Club, American Legion Post 15, and the Sumter Voiture 1254 Forty and Eight. He also served as a scout leader for the Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Peeples was president of the B&R Lumber and Supply Co. Inc. of Bishopville. His early career included management and sales in building materials with Sumter Millwork and Palmetto Forest Products Co. He was also a former City of Sumter building official.

He is survived by two sons and two daughters, David D. Peeples, Derbiana P. Bowers and husband, Grover F. Bowers III, Margaret “Marce” P. Warner and husband, Robert E. Warner Jr., and Robert F. Peeples and wife, Shannon Ward Peeples; grandchildren, Grover F. Bowers IV, Hunter T. Bowers, Margaret E. Bowers, Jacob P. Warner, Lawton P. Warner, Hamilton C. Warner,

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Ryan W. Kilgo and wife, Leigh T. Kilgo, and Robert L. Kilgo III; and a great-grandchild, Henry M. Kilgo. He is also survived by his brother, the Rev. Dr. Robert E.H. Peeples and his wife, Cora McKenzie Peeples.

He was preceded in death by a son, John R. Peeples Jr.; and a sister, Ruth Peeples McNair.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery, Sumter, with the Rev. Dr. Reginald Thackston officiating.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the family home.

Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013

of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

DORIS D. RAMIREZ Doris D. Ramirez, age 79, beloved wife of the late Ennis Ramirez, died on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

JEROME PEARSON TURBEVILLE — Jerome “Tomie” Pearson, 53, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born Nov. 7, 1959, in Turbeville, a son of Virginia Witherspoon Pearson and the late William “Bill” Albert Pearson.

Panama players celebrate with Radameth De Leon, second from right, after he was forced home to score the game-winning run during the sixth inning of Tuesday’s elimination game against Taiwan at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. Panama won 8-7.

Panama rallies past Taiwan 8-7 SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Jose Gonzalez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to cap a 4-run rally in the final at-bat, lifting Aguadulce, Panama, to an 8-7 win over Taoyuan, Taiwan, in a Little League World Series elimination game Tuesday.

Jordan Agrazal had three RBI, including a 2-run single with two outs in the bottom of the sixth for Panama.

Reliever Yu Teng-Yao struck Gonzalez in the foot, allowing Edgardo Rosales to score the decisive run. Rosales reached base on a two-out error by third baseman Yeh Tung-Jua. Panama (3-1) squandered a 4-0 first-inning lead. The Latin America champion advanced to face one of the two other remaining International Division teams — Tijuana, Mexico, or Tokyo — on Thursday.

Chou Shih-Che drove in two runs on three hits for Taiwan, which had the youngest lineup in the tournament.

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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Lukas Hlouch hit a 2-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning for Brno, Czech Republic, in a come-from-behind 5-3 win over Grosse Pointe, Mich., in a Little League World Series consolation game on Tuesday.

Marek Krejcirik had two hits and drove in a run for Brno (12). Hlouch sealed the victory in relief by striking out Thomas

Maxey with a runner on second.

The Czechs overcame a 3-0 deficit in a game between two teams that had been eliminated from contention.

Maxey and Antonio Moceri hit solo home runs in the second inning. Chad Lorkowski had two hits, including an RBIsingle in the third for the Great Lakes champion, which closed the tournament 0-3.

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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Jacob Dahlstrom drove in two runs on four singles and Sammamish, Wash., hung on for a 6-5 win over Urbandale, Iowa, in a Little League World Series elimination game Monday night.

Dylan Matsuoka’s two-run single in the third inning extended Sammamish’s lead to 4-1. The Northwest champions added two more in the sixth to build a 6-2 lead before avoiding a late scare to stay in contention in the U.S. division loser’s bracket.

Urbandale made it close in its final at-bat. Brook Heinen had a two-out, two-run double and scored on a wild pitch. Reliever Will Armbruester then ended the game by striking out Grant Garwood.

Brady Roberts had two singles and scored once for Urbandale (1-2), which was eliminated.

From wire reports

CORA J. PACK MANNING — Cora Johnson Pack, 95, widow of Edward “Coot” Pack, died Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

She was born Sept.

17, 1917, in the Home Branch section of Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Julia Johnson.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Mt. Zero Missionary Baptist Church, Paxville Highway, Manning, with the Rev. Lucious Dixon, pastor, eulogist.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 309 Dyson St., Manning.

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

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother, 2943 Horsebranch Road, Turbeville.

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

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

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

The first meeting will be held on Aug. 30 and will feature local high school coaches participating in a roundtable discussion about prospects for the upcoming season.

Lide Huggins, a former University of South Carolina football player and the former Director of Football Operations for the Denver Broncos, will speak on Sept. 6 and former USC quarterback and current Carolina play-by-play announcer Todd Ellis will speak on Sept. 13.

The rest of the lineup includes Carolina running backs coach Everette Sands on Sept. 20, former Clemson and National Football League linebacker and current Tigers sideline reporter Patrick Sapp on Sept. 27, longtime college football referee and the director of officials for the Southeastern Conference Penn Wagers on Oct. 4, Presbyterian College head coach Harold Nichols on Oct. 11, The Citadel head coach Kevin Higgins on Oct. 18, a speaker to be confirmed for Oct. 25, Wofford College head coach Mike Ayers on Nov. 1, Clemson offensive line coach Robbie Caldwell on Nov. 8 and radio talk show host and recruiting guru Phil Kornblut on Nov. 15.

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

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

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

SUMTER SERTOMA JAMBOREE

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

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

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

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

Admission is $6 for both adults and students.

POP WARNER REGISTRATION

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

The football and cheer teams are open

| to children ages 5-13 years old. The fee is $80 for both football and cheerleading.

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

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

For more Information, call (803) 4648453, (803) 201-4531 (803) 720-6242 or (813) 786-9265 or send an email to youthathleticsofsumteryas@yahoo.com.

BASKETBALL FREE SPIRIT FALL REGISTRATION

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

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

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

To register a player or enter a team, contact David Glover at (803) 983-1309.

GOLF CHARLIE KUBALA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

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

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

PAR 4 PETS

The 2nd Annual Par 4 Pets Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

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

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

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

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

For more information, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-3906, Julie Wilkins at (803) 968-5176, Melissa Brunson at (803) 983-0038, Gail McLeod at (803) 840-4519 or Crystal Lakes manager Mike Ardis at (803) 775-1902.

SOFTBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department will conclude registration for its fall soccer league today.

The league is open to girls ages 7-13 as of Dec. 31, 2013. The fee to register is $45.

No late registration will be taken.

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

BASEBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department will conclude registration for its fall baseball league today.

The league is open to boys ages 7-14 as of April 30, 2014. The fee to register is $45.

No late registration will be taken.

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

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013

LEGAL BUSINESS NOTICES ANNOUNCEMENTS SERVICES Summons & Notice

Home Improvements

In Memory

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

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2013-CP-43-1389

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for AFC Trust Series 1999-2 Plaintiff(s), vs.

Roger A. Weatherly, The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Roger A. Weatherly YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office, 1501 Richland Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

In Loving Memory Of My Husband Thereyarn Pressley Sr. Sunrise 3/14/32 - Sunset 8/21/08

It's been five years since your sunrised and you went to be with the Lord and Will always love and miss you.

Your Wife Mrs. Willie Ruth Pressley

Columbia, South Carolina August 19, 2013

Vinyl Siding & Home Improvement by David Brown. Vinyl replacement windows & seamless gutters. 803-236-9296

Lawn Service We Do It For Less Commercial & Residential Lawn Care. Call Anytime 803-305-2645 JT's Lawn Care: All your lawn needs, Debris removal, Senior dis, 10% off pressure washing.

803-840-0322

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on 8/1/2013.

WESTON ADAMS LAW FIRM 1501 Richland Street P. O. Box 291 Columbia, SC 29201

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

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

Missing my daddy on today!

Thereyarn Pressley, Sr. It's been five years since you departed your earthly address. But your memory will forever reside in my heart.

Love Debra Canty

The Tree Doctor Any size tree removal & stump grinding. Trimming & clearing. No job too big or small. Call 775-8560 or 468-1946. We accept credit cards and offer senior discounts STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721

ANNOUNCEMENTS Card of Thanks

MERCHANDISE Want to Buy

Mr. Thereyarn Pressley, Sr. We miss our granddaddy and especially today.. We miss your good ole banana pudding. With love from your grand children, Cedric, Niccole, Corey, Trey, Joycelynn, Jasmyn, and Casey and your new great-grand son Camron Layton Gibbons.

Paying Top $$$$$ for junk cars.

From $300-$900 Cash. Batteries $9.00 & UP! Also buying scrap metal & Catalytic convertors. Will Pick up. John 803-840-1061

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $1 & Up FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every wkend. 905-4242

Multi-Family Yard Sale- 515 E. Emerald Dr. Sat Aug 24th 7am -11am.

The family of Livingston "Liv" Andrew Scott would like to thank everyone for their prayers and kind thoughts during this time of need.

The immeasurable acts of kindness have helped us all get through this time.

Thank You and God Bless!

Sumter County Flea Mkt Hwy 378 E. 803-495-2281 500 tables. Sat. $8 free return Sun. BACK TO SCHOOL SIDEWALK SALE Tuesday -Saturday 10-5 Jenni's Exchange 340 Pinewood Rd In Savannah Plaza

Lost & Found LOST Alice Drive area: 1 yr. old male Golden Retriever & 3 yr old Female Yellow Lab. Need medical attention. Call 491-7945.

FOUND Male marble tabby, very sweet. Been missing awhile.

378/Myrtle Beach Hwy area in Sumter. Owner must identify.

Contact: Colette - 795-3978

In Memory

REQUEST FOR PROSPECTIVE BIDDER’S LIST Description: The Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments/Area Agency on Aging is seeking reliable vendors of nutritional supplements, bed accessories, incontinent supplies, ambulatory aids etc. Vendors must have the ability to deliver same or next day in Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties except on special order items.

Note: Once list is developed prospective vendors will be sent further instructions related to the procurement of the aforementioned supplies.

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Auctions

Help Wanted Full-Time

Unfurnished Apartments

Real Estate Auction Business Opportunity Saturday Sept. 14, 2013 10Am Open for preview and inspection 8am or by appointment only. Money Saver/gas station 10295 Lynches River Rd Lynchburg SC 29080. Established convenient store off of I-95 S on .78 acre lot with above ground fuel tanks, approx.

3400 Sq. Ft , Business currently operating. Auction conducted by Gwen C Bryant, Bryant Auction and Real Estate LLC SCAL 859 Terms and conditions 10 % down day of auction, closing in 30 days, subject to sellers confirmation, 10% buyers premium will apply. For info call Gwen Bryant 843-617-8449

Exp. Shingle Nailers Must have own transportation. Only experienced need to apply. Call 481-0603 or 968-2459.

2BR 2.5BA Townhouse with bonus room, garage washer/dryer hook up, kit appliances incl. on Dartmouth Dr $850 Mo/Dep. Call 803 934-0434

Lawn / Garden / Nursery CENTIPEDE SOD 80sqft - $20 250 sqft - $50 500 sqft- $95 Call 499-4023 or 499-4717

For Sale or Trade 3 Wheel E-Z Go Golf Cart. With charger. Good tires and batteries.

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

Junk Cars = CASH Junk Batteries $8 & up!

Call Gene 934-6734 Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves. Also new Gas stoves.

Guaranteed. 803-464-5439 SHOP ONLINE Over 400 Fragrances cjsplus.net Home and Body Oil Scents Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364 New Gospel Singing Cassettes. $5.00 each. Call 803-481-8878

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

SFC Jeffrey Hudson 803-427-3104 SSG Lorraine Lordy 803-360-1979 Excavator Operator needed on farm. otis29150@yahoo.com Experienced person needed to work in Property Management/Real Estate Office. Applicant must be proficient in Microsoft Words computer applications. Experience with Property Management Software a plus. Outstanding organizational & multi-tasking skills are required. Send resume & referenced to Russell & Jeffcoat Realtors, Inc., 1229 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 Attn: Joyce Shorter (No Phone Calls Please!)

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

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

Excellent computer skills a must.

Benefits package. Send resume to Box 332 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 Fun Job Travel the US. Call today, start work today. 18 yrs & over. Will train. No exp. Company pays transportation. Earn $400 wkly, commission based. Call Ms.Berry 678-768-7470 Established Heating & Air Condition Co. in Sumter looking for a service technician. Must have experience, a valid driver license, valid EPA card, people skills and personal tools. If interested and meet the criteria, please call 803 481-3017 to schedule an interview.

Help Wanted Part-Time $$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

Trucking Opportunities Driver Trainees Needed Now! Learn to drive for US Xpress! Earn $800+ per week!

No experience needed! CDL -Trained and Job-Ready in 15 days! 1-888-263-7364 PT Drivers. Must have 2 yrs exp. & CDL. Night shift. Hauling poultry.

Call Danny at 803-236-0682 MonFri. 1pm-5pm.

Medical Help Wanted Full Time front desk receptionist needed for private optometric office in Sumter area. Looking for a person with outgoing personality yet must be very focused and can multitask. Must be interested in cross-training to do other optical tasks as needed in the office.

Send resume to Office Manager, 127 Broad St, Sumter SC 29150 or email to : holtonsusan@sc.rr.com.

Schools / Instructional For the Extraordinary Learning experience. Choose Pathway Medical Training Services, 1150 Broad St. Suite 9, Sumter, 803-316-2656. Ask about our 2 for 1 special. Day, Evening & Weekend Classes.

Telephone: (803) 775-7381 or 1-800-948-1042

Thereyarn Pressley, Sr. 08/21/04 - 08/21/13 Still missing you and forever loving you. Your Baby Girl, Judy & Jerry

Submit Request for prospective bidder’s list by: Request to be placed on the prospective bidder’s list can be accepted in person, in writing, by fax or by phone. Please submit request no later than Thursday, September 5, 2013, before 5:00 pm.

Unfurnished Apartments Whitaker Trust Fall Special at Dillon Trace Apts. with 12 month lease. 1st month rent free. Call 607-7222 or 469-6063.

STATEBURG COURTYARD

Store Hours 0RQ 6DW 9:30 - 5:00 Closed Sunday

Sumter: Houses for rent $550/$575 Call 239-293-5124

Unfurnished Homes For rent or sale by owner: Beautiful 3BR/1BA, hdwd floors, shady huge backyard, perfect condition. No Pets! $700/mo. Option to buy. Call 803-469-6638

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

803-565-9126.

PAXVILLE 3BR, Stove, Refrig.

Housing Authority and Sec 8 welcome. Call 803-452-6998 Maysville: 3bd/1bth C/H/A, Stove & Refrig. Lg. Lot, $525 per mon. + Dep. 803-469-8328 or 983-9711 Safe & Nicely Updated 2/3BR homes. Water, dumpster, security lights included.

Conveinent to Shaw. No H/A or PETS! (2br) $475/mo, (3br) $500/mo + $350/dep.

803-968-5329

Mobile Home Rentals Scenic Lake 2BR 2Bth. No pets.

Call between 9am - 5pm ONLY! (803) 499-1500.

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

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

Manning area call (803)225-0389 2bd 1ba Furnished MH off 15 S. No Pets $275/mo + $275dep.

Background check Call 481-2836 bfr 6pm .

2 & 3 BR units avail. Water, sewer, stove/frig., C/H/A, Rent Starts $475/mo. 803-773-2588 No Sec. 8 & No pets American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

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

RV parking avail. Call 494-8350

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

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

Spacious 2 & 3 Bedroom Units Paved Streets & Parking Well Landscaped Lawns Central Heat & Air Patrolled by Private Security Quiet Family Living

Private lot, Near Shaw, 1 block from Peach Orchard Plaza

PREVIEWS AUGUST 18, 22, 25 4-7PM ONLINE ONLY BIDDING AUGUST 21-28, 2013 WWW.JRDIXONAUCTIONS.COM RAFE DIXON, SCAL 4059 (803) 774-6967

For More Info Call: 803-494-4015

FOR GREAT $1Each SUMMER SAVINGS 29 Progress St. - Sumter SHOWER CURTAIN LINERS 775-8366 Ext. 37 COME SHOP Lightweight: $2 Each Heavyweight: $3 Each WITH US! SHOWER CURTAIN HOOKS

1 Br, 3 Room Apartment 7B Maney St, No appliances $300 mo. & dep Call 775-0776

RENTALS

Purchasing Agency: SLRCOG/AAA, 36 West Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29151 Direct Inquiries/Proposal Request To: Shawn Keith, Aging Director or skeith@slcog.org

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KITCHEN CURTAIN SETS $12 Per Set FINGER TIP TOWELS 3 For $1 SELECTED HAND TOWELS 2 For $1 LIGHTWEIGHT BATH TOWELS $2 Each

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013

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LOW CREDIT SCORE? Been turned down for bad credit? Come try us, we do our own financing.

We have 2-3-4-5 bedroom homes on our lot. Layaway program available. For more information, call 843-389-4215.

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

Beach Forest 1785 Titanic Ct. Custom Built Quality Home.

Property overlooks pond & community clubhouse/pool.

4BR w/maple hardwood floors, 3 full BA w/ceramic tile. Solid maple 42" kitchen cabinetry w/Charleston Style concrete countertops. Oversize 2 car garage. Reduced $212,900.

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Investment Properties 1250 Coffey St. 3 br, 1 ba brick home. $45,900. 131 A-B Highland Ave. Duplex, $40,000.

202-206 Montreat St. Brick Triplex, $40,000. 206-208 Dixie Duplex, $35,000. With tenants.

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3BR/1BA C/H/A, All Appl. $2,800 2BR/1BA $2,300 (Dalzell).803 464-6896 Lv Msg

Mobile Home Lots MH Lot For rent $165 o.

Includes water & Sewage off Camden Rd. 803-983-3121

Hunting / Hunting Land for Lease, for deer stands in Clarendon County. Call (803) 473-8896 or (803) 473-3301

Campers / RV's/ Motorhomes Camper Spots Available at Randolph's Landing on Beautiful Lake Marion. Boat Ramp, Boat Docking, Fishing pier, Restaurant and Tackle Shop. All season weekly rates for motel. Call for rates: 803-478-2152.

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PANORAMA Tams bring smooth sounds to town WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013

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he original Tams will play the Downtown Friday Nights Fourth Friday event on Sumter’s Main Street this week. Started by the late Joe Pope, the Tams have been playing concert dates and recording hits since 1952 and have drawn big crowds during previous appearances here.

Eight years into the original group’s career, The Tams recorded their first single, “Untie Me,” on Swan records and had a huge hit. The quartet then comprised Joe Pope, his brother Charles Pope, Robert Lee Smith and Horace Kay. Floyd Ashton joined a few years later. The Atlantabased group were dubbed the Tams because they wore tam o’shanter hats on stage. Their music was perfect for the Shag, making the group one of the most popular on the Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand. They were featured in the film “Shag” as well, and recorded “There Ain’t Nothing Like Shaggin’,” a popular hit in Great Britain. In the 1990s, they recorded and toured with Jimmy Buffett, and in 2000 debuted a new CD, “Steppin’ Out in the Light” with guest artist G.C. Cameron of The Spinners.

While both Charles and Joe Pope have since passed on — Charles just a few months ago — Charles’ son Little Redd con-

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The popular beach music and rhythm-and-blues band The Tams will play for Downtown Friday Nights from 6:30 to 9 p.m. this Friday at Rotary Centennial Plaza on the corner of Liberty and Main streets. Admission is free.

tinues as lead singer of the group. Known as “the fastest feet in the South,” he’s been performing with the Tams since he was 7 years old.

Other current members include Robert Arnold, Reginald Preston, Elton Richardson and Greg Gallashaw.

They are backed by the 14 Karat Gold Band.

Known for such hits as “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy,” “What Kind of Fool,” “I’ve Been Hurt” and many other hits, the Tams have had two Gold Records and one Platinum Single. “What Kind of Fool” hit No. 9 on the Billboard charts, and No. 6 on the R&B charts. “Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me” hit No. 1 in the UK in 1971.

While “Be Young, Be Foolish” only hit No. 26 on the Top 40, the single sold over 1 million copies, sending it to Plati-

num status. In 1986, “Ain’t Nothin Like Shaggin’” hit No. 6 in UK Billboard charts, before being banned due to the UK’s definition of “shag.”

Though their style of music has historically been referred to as Beach Music, it can be also classified as a mixture of Smooth Soul and R&B. The Tams have recorded 13 albums, have been featured in “Tops of the Pops” and have toured the world.

They have also been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of

Fame, the Beach Music Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Hall of Fame and were voted Outstanding Black Musical Group and ‘80s Beach Band of the Decade. In 1992 the Tams were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

See the Tams from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday on Main Street between Liberty Street and Hampton Avenue. Admission is free. Bring your own seating. Refreshments will be available for purchase, and no coolers will be permitted.

ETV showcases Citadel’s most decorated WWII vet FROM STAFF REPORTS COLUMBIA – South Carolina World War II veteran Ted Bell’s brutal three-day battle on Ishimi Ridge is the subject of a new ETV documentary, “Man and Moment: Ted Bell and the Ridge,” which airs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 on ETV. This third installment of the “Man and Moment series” tells the story of Col. Ted Bell, the most decorated WWII veteran from The Citadel. During the war, Bell was assigned to lead his men in a nearsuicidal attack on Ishimi Ridge. Of his 200 men, only 22 survived.

In April 2013, Bell returned to Japan for the

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Col. Ted Bell, a Citadel graduate, is seen in the Pacific during World War II. ETV has produced a documentary about his time there.

first time since the war, this time with a film crew to record his journey

back to the battle site.

Bell, filmmaker Wade Sellers and journalist and producer Jeff Wilkinson will also be guests on Walter Edgar’s Journal, at noon Friday on ETV Radio to discuss their documentary.

“Man and Moment” is a production of the ETV Endowment, The State newspaper and ETV, and is an extension of the documentary series “South Carolinians in World War II.” South Carolina ETV is the state’s public educational broadcasting network with 11 television transmitters, eight radio frequencies and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and govern-

Bell returned to Japan in April to revisit Ishimi Ridge, where only 22 of his 200 men survived a near-suicidal mission. The documentary about the battle will be shown Aug. 29 on ETV.

ment agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV’s mission is to enrich lives by educating children, inform-

ing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.

ETV can be seen on channel 11, Time Warner Cable channel 27 and TWC digital channel 1171.

Vacation’s over, arts seasons getting underway

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he end of sumlove seeing the buses mer vacation is a full of kids eager to get good time, for to their desks, minds several reasons. The wide open for learning. only bad side I can I’ve even gotten to the think of is too point that I no out & about longer simmer to petty to worry about: a slow boil when I School’s in, see them saunterand for those of ing to the bus us who work stop, cellphones downtown, it’s to their ears, from a guide to time to recalcua long block away arts & leisure late our mornas cars line up beIvy MOORE ing schedules hind the bus. I and our routes just say to myself, to our jobs, lest “I sure hope their we get delayed by the minds work faster than numerous school bus their feet,” and keep my stops. foot on the brake until Don’t get me wrong. I the little bus sign swings

in. Perhaps they’ll walk faster when it’s 30 degrees outside.

But to happier things.

The arts season has already started. “Cabaret” resumes at the Sumter Little Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday, and the Kit Kat Klub will be open all week, ending with Sunday’s 3 p.m. matinee. Don’t miss this play. It’s well worth your time. Call SLT at (803) 775-2150 for reservations to see Sally Bowles, the emcee, the singers and dancers and all the Berliners whose lives are con-

nected to the cabaret.

There’s still time to see the Sumter Artists Guild Show at the Sumter County Gallery of Art, like SLT, in the Sumter County Cultural Center. And admission is free. The Guild show closes Aug. 29, and it’s got a lot of really good, thought-provoking work on display. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday from 1:30 to 5 p.m.

For more information call (803) 775-0543.

The Sumter-Shaw Community Concert As-

sociation should be releasing its new season lineup soon, and both the Sumter Community Concert Band and the Sumter Civic Chorale start rehearsing around Labor Day. In fact, the band invites musicians who’d like to join them to come to rehearsal at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, in the bandroom at Patriot Hall. Bring your instrument, and enter on the Mood Avenue side of Patriot Hall. If you play clarinet, they’ll be especially glad to see you, but they welcome folks who play other in-

struments, as well.

Don’t forget to reserve your tickets for the Goodwill Educational and Historical Society Gala on Friday, Aug. 30, at the Sumter County Museum. The night of jazz will benefit the restoration fund for the Goodwill Parochial School that produced so many outstanding citizens over the years. On Saturday, Sept. 1, alumni and friends will meet at 10 a.m. at the school just north of Dabbs Crossroads. Call Ruby Boyd at (803) 495-3513 for more information.

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From left are three types of chicken dishes: Sticky Orange-Cilantro Smothered Chicken, Spiced-Rubbed Chicken Breasts and Miso-Lime Marinated Chicken Strips.

3 fresh takes on boneless chicken breast ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are literally THE white meat of the meat world. They are a great lean protein, quick and easy to prepare, freeze well, and take to just about any flavor or cuisine you care for. But they also can be rather dull. So we’ve come up with three ways to jazz up this weeknight staple.

First, we created a spice rub. It’s as simple as it sounds — you stir together a few spices, rub it into the meat, then slap it on the grill or into a pan on the stove. It’s a great option to use on a sandwich since the breasts are pounded out flat before cooking.

Our second choice was a marinade. In the morning, toss all the ingredients in a zip-close bag and pop the whole thing into the refrigerator. When you get home from work, you’ll have a flavorful and moist dinner ready to cook. Consider throwing these tenders over a bed of rice or on top of a salad.

Our last option is smothered. Sometimes you want a gooey, sticky sauce to moisten things up. These breasts work especially well alongside roasted potato wedges and corn on the cob. Of

course, if chicken breasts aren’t on your menu tonight, any of these options would work equally as well on chicken thighs, pork, even salmon or steak.

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SPICE-RUBBED CHICKEN BREASTS

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice Set the chicken breasts on a cutting board and slice horizontally across the piece to create 2 thinner halves. One at a time, cover each half with plastic wrap, then use a meat mallet to pound to an even thickness. Drizzle the pounded halves with the olive oil and rub all over.

In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, thyme, salt, pepper and

allspice. Rub the mixture over both sides of each of the 4 pieces of meat.

If cooking on the grill, heat to medium heat. Cook for 2 minutes per side. If cooking on the stovetop, in a large skillet heat 1 tablespoon of canola oil over medium-high.

Cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 160 F. Let rest for 5 minutes.

Nutrition information per serving: 170 calories; 45 calories from fat (26 percent of total calories); 5 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 65 mg cholesterol; 5 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 26 g protein; 320 mg sodium.

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MISO-LIME MARINATED CHICKEN STRIPS

These marinated chicken strips are incredibly versatile. Prep them in the morning, then just cook off when you get home from work. They can be cooked on the grill, in a grill pan on the stove, or even on a rack in the oven.

Start to finish: 6 to 8 hours (30 minutes active) Servings: 4 2 tablespoons white miso 2 tablespoons lime juice Zest of 1 lime 1 teaspoon ground black

pepper 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon chili-garlic paste 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound), cut into strips In a zip-close plastic bag, combine the miso, lime juice, lime zest, black pepper, honey and chili-garlic paste. Squish around in the bag until well combined.

Place the chicken strips into the bag and squeeze out any air. Refrigerate for 6 to 8 hours.

When ready to cook, heat the oven to 450 F or heat the grill to medium-high. If using the oven, place a wire rack over a baking sheet and mist with cooking spray.

Drain the chicken, discarding the marinade. Arrange the chicken strips over the rack-baking sheet or on the grates of the heated grill.

Grill for 2 minutes or roast for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 160 F. Let rest for 5 minutes.

Nutrition information per serving: 160 calories; 15 calories from fat (9 percent of total calories); 2 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 65 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 28 g protein; 340 mg sodium.

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STICKY ORANGE-CILANTRO SMOTHERED CHICKEN

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound), cut into 2-inch chunks 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth 1/2 cup orange marmalade 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro Heat the oven to 400 F. In a large, oven-safe skillet, mix together the chicken broth, marmalade, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, salt, black pepper and cilantro.

Bring to a boil and cook until reduced by half. Add the chicken, turning to coat, then place the skillet in the oven and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the chicken reaches 160 F. Nutrition information per serving: 250 calories; 15 calories from fat (6 percent of total calories); 2 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 65 mg cholesterol; 34 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 31 g sugar; 27 g protein; 350 mg sodium.

Asian technique produces creamy, cool side salad J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor Have you noticed how big and bold and robust salads have become? It’s as though salads no longer can be content to be on the side and complement the rest of the meal.

Most recipes these days seem to insist the salad be the meal.

Which can be nice, particularly in the heat of summer. But sometimes a salad needs to play another role.

Sometimes it just needs to help us appreciate the other foods. This is what I was thinking as I considered what to pair with a recent dinner of

pulled pork bathed in a vinegary-peppery sauce.

I didn’t want a big, bold salad that would compete with the pork.

I wanted a cool and refreshing salad that would serve as a counterpoint to the barbecue.

I’d recently seen a salad of cucumber and cold cooked chicken bathed in sour cream. It seemed nice — and a perfect contrast to the pork. But again, I didn’t need more protein.

So I decided to deconstruct it back to side salad status, mostly by removing the chicken.

But I also decided it needed a better texture.

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up tends to be watery.

And water does nasty things to thick and creamy dressings. I needed to get rid of the water.

To do this, I borrowed a trick from Japanese slaws that involves salting thinly sliced vegetables, then gently pressing them to remove water. Once dressed, these pressed salads have a more satisfying texture and won’t dilute the other flavors. It worked perfectly for this cucumber salad, leaving the sour cream dressing rich and creamy.

PRESSED CUCUMBER SALAD WITH SOUR CREAM

The trick to this

salad is slicing everything as thinly as possible. A mandoline is best, but a food processor fitted with the slicing blade will work, too.

Start to finish: 15 minutes Servings: 6 2 large English cucumbers 1 small red onion 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sour cream 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper Slice both cucumbers and the onion as thinly as possible, then

mix them together in a large bowl. Sprinkle the salt over the vegetables.

Using your hands, gently knead and press the vegetables. Don’t crush or mash them, just gently work the vegetables in the bowl.

After 2 to 4 minutes of kneading, there should be a large amount of water in the bowl. Pour off and discard the water.

Stir in the sour cream, dill, lemon zest and juice, garlic powder and black pepper.

The salad can be made up to 4 hours in advance. If so, prepare the dressing separately and refrigerate in a separate container

from the cucumbers.

Just before serving, drain the cucumbers again, then mix in the dressing.

Nutrition information per serving: 60 calories; 30 calories from fat (50 percent of total calories); 3.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 4 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 1 g protein; 330 mg sodium.

J.M. Hirsch is the food editor for The Associated Press. He blogs at http://www.

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Take a BLT from sandwich to pizza via the grill ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press BLT sandwiches are synonymous with summer. And the only thing better than a BLT sandwich is a grilled BLT pizza!

Once you’ve had grilled pizza, you’ll never want to eat pizza any other way. Grilling solves the age-old problem of a soggy pizza crust. This is because the toppings go on after the crust is already grilled, so every slice will always be crispy, crunchy and slightly smoky.

In summer, I love to create lighter pizzas that highlight my favorite produce, and tomatoes top the list. In my BLT pizza, I like to use an assortment of red and yellow cherry tomatoes for the “sauce.� You cut the garden-ripe tomatoes and mix them with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic and basil for a classic “crudo,� or uncooked tomato sauce.

This keeps the brightness of the tomatoes intact and brings out the best of the season.

Because I quick grill the lettuce before cutting it into confetti like ribbons, the lettuce has a lot more flavor than the stuff than lands on an average BLT, and will be able to stand up to a combination of cheeses.

I like to use both a stronger blue cheese or a ripe brie, as well as a mild grated mozzarella to complement the fresh tomatoes, smoky bacon and grilled lettuce.

There are a few tricks that will help you perfect pizza on the grill. It is not essential that you make your own dough; you can buy it from the grocer or from your favorite pizzeria. But it is essential that you take the dough out of the refrigerator an hour before you want to use it.

This will warm the dough and allow it to relax, making it much easier to work with.

And don’t worry about rolling the dough into a perfect circle. In fact, I prefer a more organic and odd shape. It goes with the rustic nature of grilled pizza.

When rolling out the dough, dust your surface with grits or polenta (not cornmeal) to keep things from sticking. And keep the crust thin, about 1/4 inch. It will puff up plenty as it rises and puffs on the grill.

Finally, the key to grilled pizza is using a combination of direct and indirect heat. You start by grilling the crust on one side over medium direct heat. Then you flip the dough, add the toppings to the grilled side, then continue cooking everything over indirect heat. This prevents the bottom from burning while the cheese melts.

GRILLED BLT PIZZA

When grilling pizza, it is important to have all of your toppings prepped and nearby before grilling the crust.

Once the crust is on the grill, the pizza comes together very quickly.

You’ll need a rimless baking sheet to help

transfer the pizza during cooking. Don’t have one? Use a rimmed sheet turned upside down.

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 1 heart of romaine lettuce Olive oil Kosher salt 1/4 cup uncooked grits or polenta, for rolling the dough 1 ball prepared pizza dough, at room temperature 1 cup summer tomato-basil sauce (see recipe below) 8 strips center-cut bacon, cooked and crumbled 3 ounces blue cheese or brie, sliced or cubed 4 ounces grated mozzarella cheese Ground black pepper Heat a grill to high.

Once the grill is hot, reduce it to medium. If desired, place a ceramic or cast-iron grill pan on

the grates and let it heat before making pizza.

You also can grill the pizza directly on the grates.

Cut the romaine heart in half lengthwise, keeping the core intact.

Using 1 tablespoon of oil, brush both halves with oil on all sides, then sprinkle with salt.

Grill over direct heat until the outer leaves are charred but the inside is still crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.

Transfer to a cutting board and let cool. Trim off and discard the tough end/core of each half, then slice crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide ribbons. Set aside.

Dust a work surface lightly with grits or polenta, then roll out the dough over it. Aim for the dough to be about 1/4 inch thick. Brush the dough liberally on both sides with olive oil, using about 2 tablespoons.

Place the dough on the grill grates or grill pan and immediately close the lid. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust is marked and golden brown. Use tongs to transfer the dough to a rimless baking sheet, flipping it grilled side up as you do so. Turn off one side of the grill or bank the charcoals to one side to prepare for cooking with indirect heat.

Drizzle olive oil over the grilled side of the dough. Spoon the sauce over the surface of the pizza, then sprinkle with bacon and both cheeses. Using tongs to guide it, slide the pizza off the baking sheet and onto the cooler side of the grill. Cover and cook for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the tomatoes are warmed through.

Use tongs to return the pizza to the baking

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Elizabeth Karmel is a grilling and Southern foods expert and executive chef at Hill Country Barbecue Market restaurants in New York and Washington, as well as Hill Country Chicken in New York. She is the author of three cookbooks, including “Soaked, Slathered and Seasoned.�

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During its first month of life, a lobster is part of the plankton (clouds of tiny plant particles and sea creatures floating in the water near the surface).

Most lobsters are eaten by fish and other animals at this stage of life.

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3 large fresh basil leaves In a medium nonreactive metal or glass bowl, mix together all ingredients except the basil. If serving within 1 to 2 hours, let stand at room temperature so the tomatoes release their juices. Otherwise, cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. When ready to use, mix, then drain through a mesh strainer to remove excess liquid. Just before using, chop and mix in the basil.

200 years ago, lobsters were so plentiful that they could easily be picked up from New England beaches. Back then, lobsters were served to prisoners!

Strong claws and a hard outer shell make the American lobster one tough crustacean. It is aggressive and territorial. Whenever it can, it steals bait from traps and food from the homes of other lobsters. This has earned lobsters a nickname.

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sheet. Top the pizza with the romaine, then season with salt and pepper. Slice and serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 450 calories; 290 calories from fat (64 percent of total calories); 33 g fat (12 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 20 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 21 g protein; 1,120 mg sodium.

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It doesn’t take x-ray vision to see a lobster’s skeleton. The lobster wears its bones on the outside. That crusty outer shell of bones is what gives lobsters, crabs and shrimp the name crustaceans.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Following simple directions.

Lobsters are a favorite food of the octopus!

All crustaceans belong to a bigger group of animals called Arthropoda, which include spiders, insects, scorpions and horseshoe crabs!

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Americans eat over 10,000 tons of lobster every year.

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The American lobster has two strong claws: a big-toothed crusher claw for pulverizing shells and a finer-edged ripper claw for tearing soft flesh.

Lobsters also use their claws to fight with each other. If one fighter gets another into a claw-lock, the loser can “throw� (or release) its claw and walk away.

Lobsters are cannibals; the winner will eat the dropped claw. The loser will grow a new claw the next time it molts (sheds its shell and grows a new one).

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Following simple directions.

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Look through the newspaper for five different contractions—two words that are clipped and made into one word. Then look through the newspaper for the two whole words that made up each contraction you selected.

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Women’s Bowling League is looking for new members. Out of practice or just never learned? No problem.

This is a handicap league so anyone can compete. The league will meet at 9:15 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 22, at Gamecock Lanes. Call Cathy Powers at (803) 316-6710.

The Sumter Tea Party will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Sumter Elks Lodge, 1100 W. Liberty St. Lee Bright, who plans to run against Lindsey Graham in the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate, will speak.

Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 817 will meet at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at VFW Post 3034, 1925 Gion St. All Purple Heart recipients and those interested in associate membership are invited. Call (803) 506-3120.

Hospice Care of Tri-County will hold its annual memorial service at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at Wise Drive Baptist Church, corner of Wise Drive and Wilson Hall Road.

This event is for anyone who has experienced a loss. Many attendees bring a photo or memento of their loved one to place on the memorial table.

Call (803) 905-7720.

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

Sumter County Citizens for Life will hold an informational meeting at 7 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 26, at Logan’s Roadhouse.

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

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) invites new members to join them for activities and social events.

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A&E’s ‘Modern Dads’ comes across as contrived

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH It seems like only last week that we discussed the similarity between “Duck Dynasty” (10 p.m., A&E, TV-PG) and certain sitcoms. Now A&E introduces a new show, “Modern Dads” (10:30 p.m., TV-PG), which sounds exactly like the recent failed NBC sitcom “Guys With Kids.” With “Duck” as a lead-in, “Modern” may attract more viewers than “Guys.” But that won’t make it any better.

“Dads” follows four stay-at-home fathers who have assumed child, toddler and infant care as their significant others climb the corporate ladder. The other dad is single, and blissfully so, providing his pals with vicarious tales of swinging conquests.

This comedy concept is hardly new. These “Dads” were themselves probably in diapers around the time Michael Keaton starred in “Mr. Mom.” The four fathers possess varying levels of testosterone.

Rick’s four kids range from 1 to 10. He puts on a macho facade and acts like he’s seen it all, but is overwhelmed by his toddler twins. Firsttime father Nathan plays the sensitive male role, exulting in his baby’s every move as if he were the first father ever. Sean is a “fun”

stepdad to his ambitious girlfriend’s two daughters, whose biological dad decamped for Belgium some time back. Stone, the single dad, is the “player.”

One has to wonder who will watch this show. The notion of sensitive guys who do diapers may be catnip to women raised on “Sleepless in Seattle,” but in most romances of that ilk, the love interest is alone and available until the third act. These guys are devoted to their mates and quite eager to admit that they’ve married up and have no problems relinquishing the alpha-breadwinner role.

Are these guys “Mr. Mom,” or just overgrown baby-sitters?

And as such, are they attractive to female viewers? Or considered just another potential deductible on their 1040s? Will men tune in to this? I think the short answer to that question is, “No.” In contrast, the guys on “Duck Dynasty” often behave like boys who have never grown up. They spend their days bickering, hunting, fishing and hiding from their wives. For all of their sitcom contrivances, the men on “Duck Dynasty” appear genuinely mischievous. For all of the apparent realism of the “Modern Dads,” this series comes

across as terribly contrived. It doesn’t help that the characters talk as if they’re still auditioning for a reality show.

Cult Choice Aging cowboys (William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan) besiege a border town in director Sam Peckinpah’s violent Western “The Wild Bunch” (1 a.m., TCM).

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Results on “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m. r, and 9 p.m., NBC, TVPG).

• On two servings of “MasterChef” (Fox, TV14): mysteries (8 p.m, r), makeovers (9 p.m.).

• Harper needs saving on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14).

• The Little League World Series (8 p.m., ESPN), live from Williamsport, Pa. • A field of dreams on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

• Molly vanishes on “Royal Pains” (9 p.m., USA, TV-PG).

• The local diner serves up a mass murder on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• Mack offers to host a wedding on “Camp” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A prime suspect emerges on “The Bridge” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

• The V3 scandal boils over on the season finale of “Necessary Roughness” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

• Joel McHale glances back at 500 snarky episodes of “The Soup” (10 p.m., E!).

Series Notes “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Anniversary misgivings on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Bill’s young rival on “Last Man Standing” (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Rapid City rituals on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Castiel steals away on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Marty overcompensates on “The Neighbors” (9:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * “ABC’s The Lookout” (10 p.m.).

Rajskub and the Black Angels appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, r) * John Caparulo, Jen Kirkman and James Davis are booked on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Tina Fey and Valerie June appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jay Leno welcomes Kristen Bell, Jake Johnson and Phillip Phillips on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC, r) * Harrison Ford, Keri Russell and Joan Jett appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC, r) * Bruce Willis, “Mama” June Shannon and Mayer Hawthorne visit “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * Craig Ferguson hosts Jonah Hill and Tony Kanaan on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).

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Wasabi-Spiced Salmon Cakes are flavor gems

BY SARA MOULTON Associated Press Like most Americans of a certain age, I ate canned tuna all the time when I was growing up. But when someone first suggested that I try canned salmon? Well, I was horrified.

Why would I even bother with canned salmon when fresh salmon is readily available? But Pacific wild salmon, the most sustainable choice, turns out to be very seasonal. And then very pricey when it is available.

So, I decided to give canned salmon a whirl, rationalizing that most canned salmon is of the wild variety anyway.

Well, it turns out that canned salmon is delicious, and perfectly suited to swap in for canned tuna in any of the recipes I love. The only downside is that it can be dry. So for this recipe for fish cakes I had to dream up the ingredients required to make the cakes moist — and still healthy.

I started with sauteed onion, letting it get a little caramelized to add extra flavor. Then I added low-fat mayonnaise, a good moisturizer and

not bad tasting, especially if you cut its sweetness with a little vinegar. To bind the cakes I used crushed sesame rice crackers. These little gems are low in calories; 20 of them weigh in at 110 calories. I often reach for them during that late afternoon hour when I’m otherwise ready to eat my hand.

Heat-wise, I went with wasabi, which glorifies fish. At the supermarket, you’ll find two main varieties of wasabi: the powdered kind, which is shelf-stable (you just add water) and wasabi in a tube, which must be refrigerated after being opened. Either will work nicely in this recipe. And if you can’t find wasabi in your store, add some bottled horseradish instead.

These salmon cakes are topped off with cucumber pickles flavored with rice vinegar and fresh ginger. The pickle liquid also helps to bind the cakes, while the crunch of the cucumber slices provides a pleasing contrast to the cakes’ tender texture.

These little pickles are so quick and easy to make — you’re done in 10 minutes — I don’t know why I don’t make them more often.

WASABI-SPIKED SALMON CAKES WITH PICKLED CUCUMBER Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 6 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced seedless cucumber 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 4 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil, divided 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion Two 6-ounce cans boneless, skinless salmon 1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise 2 to 3 teaspoons prepared wasabi 1 cup crushed sesame flavored thin rice crackers (about 32) In a small bowl, toss together the cucumber, ginger, vinegar, salt and sugar. Let stand for 10 minutes while you prepare the remaining ingredients.

In a large nonstick skillet over medium, heat 1 tablespoon of the

oil. Add the onion and cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Reserve the skillet.

Add the salmon to the onion along with the mayonnaise, wasabi, crushed crackers and 1/4 cup of the liquid from the marinated cucumbers. Form the mixture into 6 burgers.

Return the skillet to medium-high heat. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of the remaining oil. Add the salmon burgers to the skillet. Cook until golden, about 3 minutes. Add the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil, turn the cakes over and cook until golden on the second side, about another 3 minutes.

Transfer to 6 plates and top each salmon cake with a mound of the pickled cucumber.

Nutrition information per serving: 230 calories; 120 calories from fat (52 percent of total calories); 13 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cholesterol; 15 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 16 g protein; 500 mg sodium.

Aloha Chicken Sliders are sweet summer meal FAMILY FEATURES The most experienced grill chefs know selecting the right bun is just as important as what goes inside. Once you have a great bun, there are endless ways to fill them. Try a light, fluffy and sweet bread to complement savory grilled burgers.

King’s Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Dinner Rolls are great for grilled mini burgers or for something more exotic, such as this recipe for Hawaiianstyle Aloha Chicken Sliders. For an added touch, quickly toast the hamburger buns and rolls on the grill for just a few seconds to create an irresistible combination of crispiness and sweetness.

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Yield: 12 servings, 1 slider per serving 1 can crushed pineapple 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 clove garlic, minced 1 inch piece ginger, peeled and minced 1 teaspoon sesame oil 3 chicken breasts 2 tablespoon crushed pineapple 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar 3 slices provolone cheese, cut into 4 pieces 12 tomato slices Lettuce King’s Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Dinner Rolls

Open pineapple can and reserve two tablespoons for mayo.

Place pineapple, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and sesame oil in zip-top bag and mix well.

For sliders, slice each breast into four pieces and place into bag. Remove air from bag, seal and place in fridge for 6-8 hours. In small bowl, stir together two tablespoons pineapple, mayonnaise and vinegar.

Heat grill to high. Grill sliders for four minutes on each side. Top with cheese.

Cut rolls in half. Spread bottom of roll with pineapple mayonnaise; add tomato slice, lettuce, chicken and the top of roll.

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