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Lee gets new air terminal

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item

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Lee County Council Chairman Travis Windham, right, presents Butters Field Airport Manager Ray Butters and airport commission member Linda Butters with the plaque recognizing the individuals and organizations responsible for the new terminal at a special dedication ceremony held Friday.

Local firefighters assist with blaze at Florence plant

BISHOPVILLE — Seven years after unveiling Lee County’s renovated airport with an inaugural landing on the paved runway, county officials gathered recently for the grand opening of the airport’s new terminal.

Among those returning for the festivities Friday was retired state Sen. Phil Leventis, the

pilot of the June 2006 inaugural landing. He reprised the ceremonial flight for the terminal opening.

“This is a great day for Lee County,” he said. “I’m really happy to once again land at Butters Field.”

More than 50 people packed the 2,000-square-foot facility to take a look at the modern facility, which features a lobby, conference room, break room and restroom facilities.

At Friday’s ceremony, officials gave credit to the individuals and organizations responsible for the airport’s continued growth.

In October 2011, SAFE Federal Credit Union donated a modular unit, formerly the site of the Bishopville branch, to Lee County. County Recreation Director Thaddeus Dickey, who was then serving as the county’s SEE TERMINAL, PAGE A8

USC SUMTER CONVOCATION

FLORENCE (AP) — Every fire department in Florence County is fighting a fire at a plastics plant now used as a warehouse near the Great Pee Dee River, and it’s still not enough.

A call for assistance went out Monday morning, and Sumter County Fire Department responded with six men and plans to send in two four-man crews Monday night.

A security guard noticed the blaze at the old DuPont plant about 11 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters were able to contain the fire Monday morning, but the plant was still burning, authorities said.

“We’re going to be here a while,” Windy Hill Fire Chief John Delung said.

No injuries have been reported. The Department of Health and Environmental Control is monitoring air quality but hasn’t reported any problems.

DuPont closed the plant several years ago and sold it to a Wisconsin plastic recycling firm in 2011 to use as a warehouse.

Firefighters are struggling to get water to the blaze because the sprinkler system in the building has been turned off and the nearest hydrants are at least a halfmile away.

Delung said firefighters have no idea

‘(This is) the only fire I can remember where we had every department in the county on a scene.’

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ABOVE: USC Sumter professors cover their hearts as the national anthem is performed during the school’s opening convocation on Monday.

John Delung Windy Hill fire chief

BELOW: Jared Buniel, Student Government Association president, rings a bell to signify the start of the academic year during the ceremony.

ABOVE: Bronwyn McElveen, assistant solicitor for Sumter County, delivers the convocation address to start USC Sumter’s school year.

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Literacy program partners health care providers, families

BY THE NUMBERS 2 — number of books provided to children per year

4 — number of certified medical clinics in Sumter County that feature the Reach Out and Read program

15 — number of languages books are available in, with some including bilingual translations

550 — average number served annually at Shaw Air Force Base

670 to 700 — average number served annually at Sumter Family Health Center

2,200 — average number served annually at Sumter County Health Department

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com For about 15 years, a medically based early literacy program has been helping Sumter County children prepare for school.

Reach Out and Read partners with health care providers to distribute free, developmentally and culturally appropriate books to children ages 6 months to 5 years old.

“It’s built on the premise that doctors and nurses have unparalleled access to chil-

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dren in the first five years of life, and this is really the most important time for brain development,” said Callee Boulware, executive director of Reach Out and Read Carolinas. “On average, 96 percent of children go to the doctor every year, and this program maximizes the well-visit schedule (as well as) the consistent and trusting relationship those families have with doctors to integrate literacy into the visit.”

The program touches more than 7,000 children annually through

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four medical practices — Sumter County Health Department, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter Family Health Center and Sumter Pediatrics, she said.

But it is more than just a program to hand out books. Health care providers are trained to use the books to assess the child’s development as well as how the child is socially and emotionally bonding with the parent.

“They are looking at motor skills,” Boulware said. “Is the child chewing on the book at the

appropriate time? Can the child identify colors?

Or letters in the name?

Can the child talk to me about what is happening in the story?”

In turn, the guardian learns what to expect from his or her child in terms of interacting with books at various ages.

“It shows them, ‘here is how you can help right now to get your child ready for school starting at 6 months old,’” Boulware said.

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Man charged in hit and run out of jail

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com A 25-year-old man charged in a fatal hit and run on Broad Street during the weekend was released from jail late Monday afternoon.

Lt. Don Florence of the Sumter Police Department said Tyrone Willie Dennis, of 2895 Bend K Drive, faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in bodily injury. Singleton Bonding Co. helped Dennis put up 10 percent of the $50,000 surety bond granted to the suspect Monday by Magistrate George R. Gibson.

Dennis was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with leaving the

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Police, fire departments to hold recruitment fair The Sumter Police Department and the Sumter Fire Department will hold a recruitment fair from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Officers will be available to answer questions about law enforcement and firefighting career fields, and recruitment officers will have employment applications available.

For more information, call the police department’s recruitment office at (803) 436-2701 or call the fire department at (803) 436-2600.

Lawyer says adoptive parents can’t see girl OKLAHOMA CITY — A lawyer appointed to look out for the best interests of a 3-year-old Cherokee girl at the center of an adoption dispute has asked a judge to suspend visitation rights for her adoptive parents, according to a court docket.

Angel Smith filed a motion in Cherokee County District Court in Oklahoma on Friday asking Judge Holli Wells to suspend Matt and Melanie Capobianco’s rights to see 3-yearold Veronica pending a hearing, the Tulsa World reported.

The Capobiancos responded by filing a motion objecting to the stay.

The Capobiancos also objected to a motion to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent Veronica, according to the Tulsa World.

scene of an accident resulting in death after turning himself in to the Sumter Police Department.

According to reports, 54-year-old Sumter resident Isabelle Shannon was struck by a vehicle at about 9:20 p.m. Friday as the woman stood next to her disabled van on Broad Street between the intersections of Milton Road and Carolina AveDENNIS nue. The vehicle crashed into Shannon’s van, police said Saturday, and also hit another car that had stopped to assist her.

The driver allegedly continued west along Broad Street for about two blocks before parking the car in the

road and running from the scene.

The three-block stretch of Broad Street between Highland Avenue and Milton Road near downtown was blocked off for several hours, preventing any traffic along that portion of the city’s major thoroughfare while emergency responders worked the crime scene.

Shannon was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Sumter Coroner Harvin Bullock. He said a “regulatory autopsy” would be performed this week, but said the cause of death is “clear blunt-force trauma.”

“This was one of the worst I’ve ever seen,” Bullock said.

Dennis also faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in

injuries, according to Lt. Don Florence, who said Monday that another person was injured during the incident.

“Those were non-life threatening injuries, and the person was treated at Tuomey (Regional Medical Center),” Florence said.

Gibson granted Dennis a $262.50 personal recognizance bond on that charge, which the suspect also posted Monday.

Florence said further charges are possible.

“That will depend on the investigation, which is ongoing at this time,” he said.

Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 7741211.

Bodybuilder inspires others to get fit

BY JAMIE H. WILSON Special to The Item The first thing you notice about 51-year-old Joan Morte is her warm smile.

The second thing is her ripped arms, which look like they were made for the pullup bar at the gym.

She is not your typical mother of three.

Self-appointed fitness goals keep her pressing on to aim higher even though most middle age adults find themselves becoming more complacent.

At age 49, Morte ran her first triathlon. By that point, she said, she had completed her second marathon and was looking for other fitness goals to reach by her 50th birthday.

“I said that I wanted to be the fittest I’ve ever been at 50,” she said.

That’s when she changed her diet and began a bodybuilding program.

She enlisted the help of YMCA Director of Healthy Living Director Missy Corrigan.

“She already worked so hard incorporating strength training and cardio into her daily exercise routine but just couldn’t seem to shrink those stubborn areas,” she said.

Morte also joined a group of women called the Fitgirl in Training program, a group of women who train for fitness competitions.

For 12 weeks, Corrigan worked with Morte helping her shrink from a size 10 to a size 2, meanwhile getting her in shape for a competition, something she said she never intended to do.

In May 2012, then 50-yearold Morte stood in front of

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Joan Morte strikes a pose during the May 2012 Palmetto Cup Bodybuilding Contest held in Columbia in May of 2012. Morte competed with other women, some of who were half her age. She placed fourth in her category.

the judges at the Palmetto Cup body-building competition, posing off against other women, some of whom were half her age.

“I was out of my element,” Morte said, laughing. “I didn’t realize how inspiring it could be.”

Though she placed fourth in her category, Morte said she suddenly had people telling her how much her dedication to fitness spurred them toward fitness goals of their own.

“It warms my heart,” she said. “It’s not about the vanity of it; it’s about doing what’s

good for your body.”

As a child, Morte said her family has a history of diabetes and practiced a mostly sedentary lifestyle. That part of her life was motivation for Morte to choose a healthier path.

“I didn’t want to be in those same shoes,” she said.

“I’ve always tried to work out.”

Her career in nursing only stoked her desire for a healthier life for her and her family.

“I saw how being unhealthy truly destroyed lives,” she said.

Morte said a weight-lifting class and running in college helped her discover a world of physical fitness she hadn’t had before. From that point, she was hooked, she said.

“I hadn’t really thought of myself as an athlete until recently,” she said.

While Morte didn’t reserve the designation for herself, the vast majority probably would have. Just 10 months after her second child was born, Morte participated in a marathon while her husband was stationed in Hawaii. Her fitness routine, she said, was woven around her children’s schedules.

“I am self-motivated,” she said. “Before my kids got up, I would work out.”

Her passion has even taken root in her sons, all of whom practice some sort of fitness and take cues from Morte’s dedication to a healthy diet.

“Until I changed my diet, I wasn’t seeing the results I wanted,” she said. “Now by boys ask me, ‘OK, what do I need to eat today, Mom?’” It’s brought her family closer. Morte said her boys like to train with her in the CrossFit workout, a program that combines cardiovascular and strength training.

“I can beat them sometimes,” she said with a sly smile. “It’s another thing I can have in common with my boys.”

Corrigan said Morte is “living proof that anyone can achieve their goals, no matter their age.”

“Joan continues to inspire others within the community by sharing her story and encouraging others to learn the truth about nutrition and exercise,” Corrigan said.

Woman succumbs to injuries from motorcycle wreck

BY ROB COTTINGHAM rcottingham@theitem.com A woman who suffered severe injuries in a motorcycle wreck in Sumter County has died.

Anisha Phillips, 30, of Fayetteville, N.C., died at 10:50 a.m. Sunday, succumbing to the injuries inflicted on

Saturday when she reportedly lost control of her motorcycle as she attempted to exit the southbound lane on Interstate 95 onto U.S. 378. When the motorcycle, a 2002 Suzuki, left the roadway, it rolled down an embankment and crashed in a wooded area, where the bike ulti-

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Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock said that while family members held on to hopes the woman wouldn’t pass, the injuries were too much to overcome.

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not much that can be done,” he said. “She was wearing a helmet, but it wasn’t enough.”

Highway Patrol officers and EMS personnel responded to the incident and transported Phillips to a nearby field, where she was then airlifted to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

Phillips, listed as an active-duty chief warrant officer in the U.S. Army, was reportedly on her way to Sumter to visit her family when the wreck occurred.

Bullock said certain details about Phillips’ injuries were unavailable, but he thinks the cause of death will be injuries suffered from

massive blunt-force trauma.

“When a fatal wreck involves active-duty personnel, things are handled a little differently,” he said. “We should know more once the Army has finished their investigation.”

Reach Rob Cottingham at (803) 774-1225.

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Bike ride benefits 4-year-old, retired health care worker

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item BISHOPVILLE — Lt. Patrick Hickmon typically works second shift at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. His job is to enforce the law and to keep us all safe. When he is not at work, he loves to ride his motorbike. Yet, even when off duty, he’s still serving the community.

As the president and founder of the Dogg Pound Bike and Car Club, Hickmon and his friends are always planning and carrying out a charity ride to help someone in need.

Established by Hickmon in 2004, the club has carried out numerous rides and fundraisers for the needy in the community.

“The last one we did was back on July 7 when we

raised almost $1,100 for the Tony Brown family,” Hickmon said. Brown, a Lee sheriff’s deputy, lost everything when his house was destroyed by fire.

Hickmon and his bikers also have an annual charity ride in March for the Lee County Council on Aging’s Meals on Wheels proBROOKLYN gram. Hickmon gave the agency $1,000 this past March, he said.

The next charity ride is scheduled for noon Sept. 14 at County Boys Grocery on S.C. 441 in Woodrow.

This time, the benefactors will be 4-year-old Brooklyn Carter and retired health care worker Bertha Demary.

Brooklyn was diagnosed with leukemia in June, ac-

cording to her mother, Cherri Carter. Doctors said Brooklyn has a very good chance of beating the disease but will have to receive chemotherapy for the next 2½ years. In the meantime, medical bills and transportation costs are adding up.

“Everybody has been so great,” Carter said. “I was so happy and shocked when Patrick (Hickmon) called to tell me they wanted to help us.

And we’ve had others to help us. We appreciate everybody.”

Demary is on the list for a liver and kidney transplant at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, according to son Shante Demary. Demary, who has worked as a receptionist in various doctors’ offices in Bishopville, was first diagnosed with cancer more than five years ago. She continued

WANT TO GO? WHAT: Charity bike ride benefiting 4-year-old Brooklyn Carter and retired health care worker Bertha Demary WHEN: Noon on Sept. 14 WHERE: Country Boy’s Grocery Store, S.C. 441, Woodrow PHONE: (803) 856-1713

to work for a couple of years at CareSouth in Bishopville while receiving treatment.

Shante Demary said his mother is strong, and her faith remains strong.

“We appreciate the support we’re getting from the community,” Shante Demary said. “And as I told Patrick, the money is great, but prayers are even better.”

Shante Demary said he plans for his mother and several family members to be in attendance during the bike run.

“If we don’t get a call from

Charleston for the transplant, then we should be there,” he said. “Right now, we’re just waiting for her to be called to receive the transplant.”

The bike ride is also supported by the Blue Line Riders.

“We also want to thank Spring Hill United Methodist Church for donating the first $200 toward the charity ride,” he said. “We would like to raise at least $3,000 so we can donate $1,500 to each one.”

Money raised from the Sept. 14 charity ride will be awarded to both families, Hickmon said.

Bike riders and others are invited to participate in the ride. Following the ride, everyone will meet at Club Elite to meet Brooklyn and Demary.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Johnique Dora Denise Carter, 25, of 418 Red And White St., was charged with speeding and driving under suspension, third offense, about 10:56 a.m. Sunday. According to the report, the suspect was clocked at doing 76 in a 60 zone in the Thomas Sumter Highway and Four Bridges Road area of Dalzell, and running the suspect’s driving record revealed she had two previous driving under suspension convictions within the last five years.

Bobie Lorenzo Scarborough, 61, of 645 Duffie Drive, Wedgefield, was charged with public disorderly conduct following an incident that reportedly occurred about 5:06 p.m. Saturday in the 5000 block of Patriot Parkway and Broad Street. According to the report, the suspect was walking in the median, and when deputies tried to question him and pat

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him down for weapons, he used profanity and beat on the hood of the car. He was Tased.

Melody Lexcine Portee, 42, of 5035 Dais Road, Rembert, was charged with shoplifting about 9:30 a.m. Friday following an incident that reportedly took place in the 1000 block of U.S. 15. A store contacted law enforcement about the suspect stealing clothes, and when deputies approached the suspect, she reportedly admitted to taking the clothes.

Tony Terrill Mickens, 27, of 2480 Lisbon Drive, was charged with public disorderly conduct following an incident that reportedly took place about 11:45 p.m. Friday at the corner of Babette Road and Whitney Drive. Law Enforcement received a call about a man using profane language and urinating on the side of the road in the area. When deputies approached the suspect,

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Perry Benjamin McLeod, 46, of 9 Betsy Lane, was charged with public disorderly conduct following an incident that reportedly occurred about 4:38 a.m.

Sunday in the 2000 block of Tindal Road. The suspect was found on the porch of a home he did not live at and where he was not welcome. He also had slurred speech.

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY:

Wire harnesses under a 2007 Chevrolet 1500 parked in the 5000 block of Narrow Paved Road,

Lynchburg, were reportedly destroyed, causing an estimated $3,000 in damage about 7:02 a.m.

Friday.

A 2002 Chevrolet pickup reportedly sustained about $1,000 in damage to the driver’s side door window and the steering column and the console was ripped out about 11:10 a.m.

Sunday in the 300 block of Neeley Street.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

A S.C. driver’s license, a Visa credit card and $800 in cash were reportedly stolen from a home in the 5000 block of Cotton Acres Road, Dalzell,

about 8:04 p.m. Friday.

A 46-inch flat-screen Panasonic TV valued at $800 and a 32-inch flatscreen TV valued at $400 were reportedly stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Utah Circle about 11:55 p.m.

Friday.

An air-conditioning unit valued at $2,500 was reportedly stolen from a property in the 6000 block of Fish Road, Dalzell, about 7:51 a.m.

Sunday.

SHOTS FIRED:

Witnesses called in three gun shots in the 1000 block of Boulevard Road, about 9:11 p.m.

Friday.

ASSAULT:

A 43-year-old man reportedly told law enforcement that a 33-year-old woman tried to go into his house in the 2000 block of Poole Road, Pinewood, about 12:27 a.m. Monday.

When he told her to leave his property and tried to block her, she pushed him in the chest and tried to hit him. He then grabbed her from behind and carried her to her car. The woman reportedly told deputies that she came by to get someone’s clothes, that they started arguing and he hit her. She then hit him back and he choked her from behind.

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Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Christopher M. Gainous, Air Force Airman Alicia R. Sims, Airman Devin C. Rushing, Airman Malcom D. McGruder and Airman Clifton R. Watkins have graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

The airmen completed an intensive, eightweek program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Gainous, a 2009 graduate of Lakewood High School, is a son of Michael and Christine Gainous of Sumter. He earned an associate degree in 2011 from the University of South Carolina, Sumter.

Sims earned distinction as an honor graduate. A daughter of Phyllis Wright of Sumter, Sims is a 2006 graduate of Sumter High School and also received a bachelor’s degree in 2010 from the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Rushing, a 2012 graduate of Sumter High School, is a son of Wendy Rushing of Sumter.

McGruder, a 2008 graduate of Crestwood High School, is a son of Mae McGruder and Sam McGruder, both of Dalzell.

Watkins, a 2009 graduate of Battlefield High School, Hay Market, Va.,

is a son of Timika Watkins of Dalzell and Zina Watkins of Bristow, Va. He is a 2009 graduate of Battlefield High School, Hay Market, Va. Army National Guard Pfc. Shaneka Vaughn, Army Spec. Justin H. Boykin, Pvt. Qua Tara K. Robinson and Pfc. Sharice M. Lee have graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldiers studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, the military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises.

Vaughn, a 2000 graduate of Sumter High School, is a daughter of Louise Vaughn and Willie Vaughn, both of Sumter.

Boykin, a 2004 graudate of Sumter High School, is a son of Marvin and Linda Boykin of Sumter. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2009 from South Carolina State University.

Robinson, a 2010 graduate of Lakewood High School, is a daughter of Larry Holland of Wedgefield.

Lee, a 2009 graduate of Manley Career Academy in Chicago, is a daughter of Lizzie Lee of Chicago and sister of Deborah Nelson of Sumter.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Jared L. Bryant and Navy Seaman Chantel P. McDowell both recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. During the eightweek program, the recruits completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.

The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations.� This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. Battle Stations is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.

Its distinctly “Navy’’ flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor.

Bryant, a 2011 graduate of Sumter High School, is a son of Gwendolyn V. Croft of Sumter and Robert L. Bryant of Manning.

McDowell, a 2010 graduate of George Washington Carver High School in Memphis, Tenn., is a daughter of Patricia M. James of Memphis and Leroy McDowell of Lynchburg.

Intelligence Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va. Charpentier, a 2012 graduate of Sumter High School, is a daughter of Terry J. Kolb of Sumter.

She joined the Navy Reserve in February 2013.

Shaw Air Force Base.

Roberts, a 2008 graduate of Thomas Sumter Academy, is a son of Lester and Vanessa Roberts of Sumter. He received a bachelor of arts degree in 2012 from Clemson University.

Civilian Byron A. Thames recently enlisted in the United States Navy under the Delayed Entry Program at Navy Recruiting District in Raleigh, N.C. The program allows recruits to enter the Navy and take up to one year to complete prior commitments such as high school. Using recruiters as mentors, this program helps recruits ease into the transition from civilian to military life.

Thames will report for active duty to undergo basic training at the Navy’s Recruit Training Center in Great Lakes, Ill. A 2008 graduate of Manning High School, Thames is a son of Queen and Esaw Thames of Manning.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Darren T. Maple recently participated in a change of command onborad the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Maple and other sailors recently completed its basic phase training, composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, and 201213 deployment to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. Farragut returned from its 10month deployment in April of this year. Farragut was also awarded the Battle “E� for displaying excellence in the areas of maritime warfare; engineering and survivability; and command, control, communication and information warfare (C4).

Farragut is entering a summer-long maintenance period at Naval Station Mayport.

Maple, a 2007 graduate of Sumter High School, is a son of Rachel Maple of Sumter.

He joined the Navy in September 2007.

Air Force 2nd Lt. Pierce C. Roberts has been named top Reserve Officers’ Training Corps graduate from Clemson University’s ROTC program.

Selection was based on the individual’s exemplary duty performance, job knowledge, leadership qualities, teamwork, significant self-improvement, personal achievements, notable accomplishments and community service and support.

Roberts is an Air Force officer of special investigation assigned to

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Johnson, a 2011 graduate of Manning High School, is a son of Loretta Bosier of Manning and Earl Johnson of Pinewood.

Tristan L. Gavia has been promoted to the rank of senior airman in the U.S. Air Force.

Gavia is assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base. The new senior airman has served in the military for two years.

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Obama awards Medal of Honor to Afghan war veteran

BY TOM RAUM The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Obama bestowed the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the essence of true heroism,� one still engaged in a battle against the lingering emotional fallout of war.

Carter risked his life to save an injured soldier, resupply ammunition to his comrades and render first aid during intense fighting in a remote mountain outpost four years ago. “As these soldiers and families will tell you, they’re a family forged in battle, and loss, and love,� Obama said as Carter stood at his side and members of his unit watched in the White House East Room.

Then as an Army specialist, Carter sprinted from his barracks into a ferocious firefight, a daylong battle on Oct. 3, 2009, that killed eight of his fellow soldiers as they tried to defend their outpost — at the bottom of a valley and surrounded by high mountains

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President Obama looks at U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter and applauds after awarding him the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry Monday during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Carter received the medal for his courageous actions while serving as a cavalry scout with Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during combat operations in Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009. Carter is the fifth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.

— from the onslaught of a much larger force of Taliban and local fighters.

Still suffering from posttraumatic stress syndrome, Carter stood nearly emotion-

less during the ceremony, although a faint smile crossed his face near the end that turned into a broad grin as Obama hung the metal and its blue ribbon around his

neck and the audience — which included 40 members of the recipient’s family — answered with a rousing standing ovation.

Later, Carter told reporters

outside the White House that getting the medal had been “one of the greatest experiences� for his family and that he would “strive to live up to the responsibility.�

He also said he wanted to help the American public to better understand the “invisible wounds� still inflicting him and thousands of others. “Only those closest to me can see the scars,� Carter said, reading his statement.

He said Americans should realize that those suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome “are not damaged, they are just burdened by living when others are not.�

Obama praised Carter for talking openly about the disorder for some time. Obama said that Carter, like many veterans, “at first resisted seeking help,� but later accepted counseling. “The pain of that day ... may never go away,� Obama said, including flash-backs and nightmares. But he praised Carter for seeking help and pushing back, and for acknowledging his struggle publicly and helping other troops with their recovery.

Kerry says chemical arms use in Syria an ‘obscenity’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday outlined the clearest justification yet for U.S. military action in Syria, saying there was “undeniable� evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack, with intelligence strongly signaling that Bashar

Assad’s regime was responsible.

Kerry, speaking to reporters at the State Department, said last week’s attack “should shock the conscience� of the world. “The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and inno-

cent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. By any standard, it is inexcusable and — despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured — it is undeniable,� said Kerry, the highest-ranking U.S. official to confirm the attack in the Damascus

suburbs that activists said killed hundreds of people. “This international norm cannot be violated without consequences,� he added.

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public a more formal determination of chemical weapons use on Tuesday, with an announcement of Obama’s response likely to follow quickly. The officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the internal deliberations.

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Florenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little monsters helping rescued animals FLORENCE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A few weeks ago, 10-year-old Seaby McPherson decided she wanted to make her cousins a stuffed animal cat toy.

She got some material together and went to work.

But her finished product wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly what sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My cat was weird-looking. It was kind of more like some kind of cute little monster or something,â&#x20AC;?

Seaby, a student at Briggs Elementary School said, laughing.

Still, her cousins liked their monster and Seaby decided to make more.

Then, she got an idea.

Why not combine her love of animals and her new creations and use them to raise money for the Florence Area Humane Society? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always loved animals. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more of a dog person, but I love cats, too,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I go to the Humane Society all the time, and I always try to think of ways to help them.â&#x20AC;?

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Seaby, with a little help from her mom, purchased an array of fabric, buttons, glitter, scissors and a $3 glue gun and went to work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been like this,â&#x20AC;? McPherson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She asked me about doing it and before I knew it, we had an assembly line set out. We really had no idea it was going to be this big.

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But they were made perfect for you, just like the animals at the Humane Society. Thank you for supporting a great cause.â&#x20AC;?

Atlanta-based soul and R&B group The Tams performed Friday night to a crowd on North Main Street for the Fourth Fridays on Main concert. The free summer concert series in downtown Sumter will finish the season on Sept. 27 when the Mystic Vibrations perform at 6 p.m.

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Judge says Episcopal issues belong in state court

BY BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press CHARLESTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck has ruled for the second time in recent months that legal issues arising from the Episcopal schism in eastern South Carolina belong in state court, not federal court.

Houck dismissed a federal lawsuit late Friday brought by Bishop Charles vonRosenberg, the bishop of parishes remaining with the national Episcopal Church.

The bishop had asked Houck to block Bishop Mark Lawrence, the spiritual head of churches that left the national church, from using the name and symbols of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.

But Houck ruled the issues â&#x20AC;&#x153;are more appropriately before, and will more comprehensively

be resolved, in South Carolina state court.â&#x20AC;?

Lawrence and churches in the conservative diocese separated from the more liberal national church last year. Those parishes later sued in state court to protect their use of the diocesan name and symbols and title to a half billion dollars in church property.

In a consent order agreed to by both sides and signed by a state

judge earlier this year, Lawrence and those parishes were given the right to use the name and symbols.

Parishes remaining with the national church later tried to move that case to federal court, but Houck ruled in June that

doing so would disrupt the balance between state and federal courts.

Earlier this month, he heard arguments on

vonRosenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suit alleging Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use of the name and symbols violates federal trademark law.

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Thursday, Aug. 29, at First Baptist Church, 107 E. Liberty St. Dues are $55 for the year or $35 per semester and include national membership and child care during meetings.

Scholarships available.

Call (803) 464-7027.

Give the gift of life by joining the 2nd Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive Competition. Donor week will be held 11 a.m.-7 p.m. MondayWednesday, Sept. 2-4, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Sumter Donation Center, 1155 N. Guignard Drive. Call (803) 775-2364 to schedule an appointment. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive will be held at the Sumter County Library, 111 N. Harvin St. Call Joey Duggan at (803) 436-2721 to schedule a donation time. Appointments/ donation times can also be made at redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code “BattleBadgesSumter.”

Lincoln High School Class of 1964 will hold a class reunion meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call (803) 773-3804, (803) 775-9088 or (803) 7759660.

Jordan Crossroads Ministry Center — Haven of Rest will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.

4, in the fellowship hall of New Covenant Presbyterian Church. Call Ann Driggers at (803) 309-8085.

Sumter Family Health Center will hold a grand re-opening of the Pinewood Office, 25 E. Clark St., at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. The community is invited to celebrate the facility’s complete renovation.

The Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold About Boating Safety (ABS) classes as follows: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Family Development Center, Santee; and 9 a.m.5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Sumter Department of Transportation. Cost: $20 per person or $25 for a family of four. Contact Ellen Newman at Innewman@embarqmail. com or (803) 492-3387.

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PBS film recalls ‘The March’ 50 years later

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH A half century after the fact, “The March” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings, TV-PG) recalls the civil rights march on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. This gathering of hundreds of thousands before the Lincoln Memorial would culminate in Dr. Martin Luther King’s powerful “I Have a Dream” speech.

“The March” pulls together documentary footage and interviews with veterans of the march, some of whom were teenagers at the time. As it makes clear, the idea for a massive demonstration was the product of a number of overlapping groups with different agendas and personalities. The effort had received a rather hesitant blessing from President John F. Kennedy.

Part of Kennedy’s reticence to embrace King’s coalition stemmed from reports from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover that some in the entourage were former Communists or Communist sympathizers, a broad brush meant to silence many on the political

left, the union movement or civil rights organizers.

The film never examines the political realities facing Kennedy in 1963, just a year short of seeking reelection. “The March” is at its strongest when discussing the major players of the movement, including King, young John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin. It’s at its weakest when dwelling on the celebrities who performed there, or allowing Oprah Winfrey time to expand on her feelings about the event that took place when she was 9.

Journalist Roger Mudd discusses his experience as a CBS correspondent on the scene. It would be fascinating to glance back at television’s role in shaping the perception of the civil rights movement and the 1963 march in particular.

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• The “Nine for IX” sports documentary series concludes with “Branded” (8 p.m., ESPN, TV-PG), a look at sexism in sports marketing and the packaging of female athletes.

Tonight’s Other Highlights • A vanishing act on “Pretty Little Liars” (8 p.m., ABC Family, TV14).

• A deadly drag race on “Rizzoli & Isles” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-PG).

• Annie has an intriguing new partner on “Covert Affairs” (9 p.m., USA, TV-14).

• Lacey’s choice on “Twisted” (9 p.m., ABC Family, TV-14).

• “Storage Wars: Texas” (9 p.m., A&E, TVPG) returns.

• A mentally ill teen dies under doctor’s care

on “Body of Proof” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

• Moretti crosses a line on “Perception” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-PG).

• Harvey and Stephen bicker on “Suits” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

Series Notes An Israeli is slain in Virginia on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * “Whose Line is it Anyway?” (8 p.m., CW, TVPG) * Sam’s wife resumes her cover on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * “Capture” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

Late Night “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” are pre-empted * Vin Diesel, Steve Schirripa and the Mowgli’s are on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, r) * Jeff Daniels, Greg Fitzsimmons, Natasha Leggero and Brody Stevens are booked on

“Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Josh Duhamel, J.B. Smoove and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Sharon Stone, Dane Cook and Jamie N Commons appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Dan Aykroyd, Paula Patton, Brad Paisley and Booker T. Jones visit “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * Emily Mortimer and Barry Rothbart are on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).

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TERMINAL from Page A1 procurement director, approached SAFE officials before the credit union moved into its new building.

Lee County Council Chairman Travis Windham said Dickey deserves a lot of credit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Thaddeus didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the foresight to go to SAFE and ask about the building, then we would not be here today in this facility,â&#x20AC;? he said.

County Administrator Alan Watkins said the county has spent more than $30,000 to move the building and to renovate it for use by the Lee County Airport Commission.

Much of the renovation work was completed by County Maintenance Director Brian Bradt, Watkins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We used hospitality funds. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money that has to be spent on parks and tourism,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel like spending that money on this airport is a great use of that money. None of it came out of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general funds.â&#x20AC;?

Volunteer airport manager George Roberts, who is also chairman of the airport commission, said a perfect storm is responsible for the development of Butters Field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somebody on council in 1930 had a vision to build an airport in Lee County,â&#x20AC;? Roberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For years, the

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Former state Sen. Phil Leventis, left, was on hand for Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication of the new terminal at Butters Field. Leventis was the pilot for the inaugural flight at the renovated Butters Field in June 2006. Seven years later, Leventis once again landed at Butters Field for the unveiling of the new terminal.

said Linda Butters, who is a member of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s airport commission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But he just wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up. He would say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I still have a few friends still around at the FAA.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Linda Butters donated several personal items to adorn the walls of the brand new terminal.

Among the items donated are the South Carolina Aviation Association plaque given to her husband for being inducted into the South Carolina Aviation Hall of Fame in 2006.

Buttersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 75 years in aviation included 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and as air carrier inspector for the FAA. He served as a combat pilot in World War II, Korea and with the

county enjoyed a grass strip with two runways.

And in the late 1990s, Ray Butters and his wife, Linda, decided to move to Bishopville.

And Ray came in like a tornado.â&#x20AC;?

Roberts said the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s airport would still be nothing but grass runways if it were not for Butters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any doubt that we would not have this modern airport without Ray Butters,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Butters, who died in January 2008, secured the federal funding necessary to build the paved runways and provide for the subsequent upgrades of the facilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ray encountered obstacle after obstacle and he became really frustrated after awhile,â&#x20AC;?

French in Vietnam.

Butters received the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Good Conduct Medal and five Air Medals among his many awards.

Linda Butters also donated a photo of her

husband standing by the Concorde after he flew the much celebrated aircraft on a historic flight to the North Pole.

Watkins said the photo is his favorite piece of Butters memorabilia.

County officials also

singled out Roberts for his commitment to continuing the development of the airport after Buttersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Ray knew he was dying, he would take George along with him to various meetings and introduce him to people,â&#x20AC;? Butters said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would always say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;George is going to make sure the airport continues to grow.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; George laughs and says that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any choice.â&#x20AC;?

Roberts said the terminal will be open for business especially on the weekends, when the airport is at its busiest. He also provided a sneak peak at some of the plans for the airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By 2016, we hope to have a new hangar with the capacity of holding 10 airplanes,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By 2017, we expect to have permanent fencing around the airport.â&#x20AC;?

Windham said county council thinks the airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development is essential to the economic development of the county.

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Tax dollars not be spent on dog park Dear taxpayers of Sumter, Are you happy with our city and county council members who are thinking about building a dog park? I, for one, can see a lot of other things that need to be done rather than a dog park.

If you build a dog park, I want a cat park for my cat. Cats can’t use the dog park because dogs and cats don’t get along together. A cat park would be better because cats are neater than dogs. When a cat uses the bathroom they dig a hole and then cover it up. I’ll bet your dog won’t do that, so someone has to clean up behind him.

We don’t need any more parks. The city just built one over a mud hole on Alice Drive for the geese to use because people won’t be able to use it after the geese get in there.

Our tax dollars should be spent on potholes and sidewalks and things that are already built. Some sidewalks look as if nothing has been done to them in 30 years, such as ones on Pinewood and McCrays Mill roads. Also, there is a pile of cement in the street at the corner of Liberty and Purdy that has been there for 15 years and nobody has seen it yet.

Those running for political office should consider what former Czech president Vaclav Havel said: “Genuine politics — even politics worthy of the name — the only politics I am willing to devote myself to — is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.”

Let me correct one thing — I don’t have a cat. Tom died when he was about 15 years old.

But, that doesn’t change anything about the other things I said.

HERBERT BOAN Sumter

Questions will hopefully start honest discussion with Baten This is in response to Mr. Baten’s letters from July 24 and Aug. 22. I have already responded in a letter on July 31 to his letter from July 24 as I have accepted his “desire to have an open and honest discussion on race relations in America.” I know that you have read my letters as you have accused me of “labeling you a racist.”

I really don’t want to discuss your “service as a Sumter County Councilman.”

There is no doubt in my mind that you think you are doing your “job to make decisions that are best for the majority of your constituents and the citizens of Sumter County.”

Perhaps I can get the discussion going. I have several questions that perhaps you can answer honestly.

1. How do you define “racist” and “racism”?

2. Please define “social justice.” I have asked so many people what that means that I have lost track of the number, and no one knows. I have looked for it in dictionaries. I found it on Google, but I don’t really understand how it applies in today’s society. It seems to have something to do with blacks seeming to think that they aren’t being given equal justice.

3. Is it OK that I use “black” instead of “African-American” or is that showing some kind of disrespect? If it is disrespectful then I would like to be called “GermanEnglish-French American.” I just want to know the rules so we don’t get bogged down in terms that one of us doesn’t like.

4. In Sumter County, do you think that “blacks” and “poor” children are not receiving the same education as other children? If so, then how can they receive a different education if they are sitting in the same classes as “whites” and “non-poor” children, whatever that means?

5. What is your opinion on why there are so many crimes being committed by “blacks” in Sumter County? (My proof is reading the first and second pages of The Item.)

This is meant to start a conversation.

Do you want to try? Who knows what will come out of it?

JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

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vidence of the astonishing incompetence of the Obama administration continues to roll in.

It started with the stimulus package. Onethird of the money went to public employee union members — a political payoff not very stimulating to anyone else. Billions went to green energy loans, like the $500 million that the government lost in backing the obviously hapless Solyndra.

Infrastructure projects, which the president continues to tout, never seem to get built. He’s been talking about dredging the port of Charleston, for example, to accommodate the big container ships coming in when the Panama Canal is widened.

The canal widening is proceeding on schedule to be completed in 2014.

The target date for dredging the port of Charleston: 2024.

Then there’s Obamacare. Barack Obama has already said the administration will not enforce the employer mandate, will not verify eligibility for insurance subsidies and will not require employer-provided policies to cap employees’ out-ofpocket costs.

The Constitution’s requirement that the president take care to faithfully execute the laws apparently does not apply.

Obamacare administrators continue to miss deadlines set by the health care law — 41 of 82 of them, according to Forbes’ Avik Roy’s reading of Congressional Research Service report.

Then there’s the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law. According to the law firm Davis Polk, the administration as of July had missed 62 percent of the deadlines in that law.

All of which indicates incompetence in drafting or in implementing the legislation — likely both. We have a president Michael who deBARONE lights in delivering partisan speeches to adoring audiences but doesn’t seem interested in whether his administration gets results.

But I blame someone else, someone who has been dead these last 68 years. I blame Franklin D. Roosevelt. I blame Roosevelt for making big government look easy — and politically rewarding.

He set an example that most of his successors — Obama is just the latest — have a hard time duplicating.

Roosevelt certainly had his defects. As his best and generally admiring biographer Conrad Black notes, he was devious, largely ignorant of economics, cruel to subordinates, vacillating on many issues.

But he had a great gift for picking the right person for the right job — if he thought the job was important. For the unimportant jobs — well, anyone politically useful would do and, if the job suddenly became important, the appointee

N.G. OSTEEN 1843-1936 The Watchman and Southron

H.G. OSTEEN 1870-1955 Founder, The Item

Roosevelt picked some good regulators, too — stock speculator Joseph Kennedy to set up the Securities and Exchange Commission, Utah banker Marriner Eccles to run the Federal Reserve.

FDR’s knack for choosing the right person for important jobs resulted from some unknowable combination of knowledge and intuition. It also showed an overriding concern for getting results.

It’s not clear that Barack Obama shares that determination. In his defense, he has made some high-quality appointments, and Roosevelt’s administrators did not face today’s tangle of legalistic requirements and environmental restrictions.

But New Deal legislation tended to run dozens of pages rather than thousands. And some unworkable laws were overturned by the Supreme Court.

Roosevelt’s example shines through history.

But Obama’s continuing stumbles show that it’s a hard — and politically damaging — example to follow. Big government these days is harder than FDR made it look.

Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. © 2013 The Washington Examiner distributed by creators.com

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would be sent off on some diversionary errand.

Roosevelt’s knack for picking the right man (or right woman: Frances Perkins was a fine secretary of labor) is the central theme of Eric Larrabee’s wonderful 1987 book, “Commander in Chief.”

Larrabee shows how FDR selected the unflappable George Marshall to organize a vastly expanded Army, the splenetic Ernest King to lead an aggressive Navy, the grandioloquent Douglas MacArthur to dramatize the side conflict in the South Pacific and the emollient Dwight Eisenhower to hold together fractious Allied coalition forces. No other president has made such excellent military appointments right off the bat.

Roosevelt’s knack is apparent in domestic appointments, as well. He picked social worker Harry Hopkins to run a winter work relief program in late 1933. In two weeks Hopkins had 4 million on the payroll.

When spring came, Roosevelt ordered the program shut down. In two weeks, the payroll was down to zero.

After that, Roosevelt trusted Hopkins to deal with political bosses — and with top-level negotiations with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin during World War II. Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, Hopkins’s bureaucratic rival, was a stickler for detail and scourge of graft. But he spent billions bringing in big projects under budget and on time.

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fundraiser with those potential presidential candidates in the ultraconservative Upstate.

Haley’s kick-off sets up a long-expected rematch between the incumbent and Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen of Camden. In 2010, Haley beat Sheheen by a margin of 51 percent to 47 percent of the ballot.

“Wait until you see what we do next,” Haley said in the closing the rally at the BI-LO Center, a Greenville arena. “We’re going to continue to go forward until South Carolina is the best, strongest, most successful state in the country.”

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GREENVILLE (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley boasted of her jobs record and for pushing back against the Obama administration as she opened her re-election bid Monday at a rally attended by three fellow Republican governors and hundreds of others.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker all blasted the federal government, saying South Carolina needs Haley to continue the fight against the Democratic administration of President Barack Obama. The rally was followed by a private, high-dollar

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Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, left, rolls out after being pressured by offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Chad Morris during practice earlier this season in Clemson. The duo has seemed to click for the Tigers since first working together two years ago.

Clicking from the start Chemistry between Boyd, Morris has Tigers offense on championship path

BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier CLEMSON — There’s some friendly dispute over the exact moment Tajh Boyd and Chad Morris became the dynamic duo envied and admired by football offenses across the country.

“I think it was pretty obvious that first fall, that stretch when it seemed like Championship Road there,” said Clemson wide receivers coach Jeff Scott, referring to the 8-0 start in 2011, Boyd’s first year as starting quarterback and Morris’ first year as offensive coordinator. “They just kind of clicked. Once they started

having success, all the players believed in it.”

“Maybe Auburn (to open) last year,” said tight ends coach Danny Pearman. “I think about games where they clicked in a positive way and say, ‘Hey, this kid’s got a good feel for what he can do and what’s Chad’s calling.’ ” Morris thinks it took even longer than that: the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl.

“I just think that LSU game really demonstrated: (Boyd) said, ‘OK, I got this. I got this figured out. I can do this,’ Morris said. “(Boyd) knew he could do it, but it all just came into shape where, it’s on me now.

And you saw it.”

When it’s suggested to Boyd he didn’t truly shine as Morris’ prime pupil until his 27th college start, Boyd respectfully begs to differ.

“I’ve been pretty confident in myself for a while now,” Boyd said, smiling.

On some level, Boyd always knew this connection with Morris — which powered the 2012 Tigers’ offense to 101 school records — was destined to click.

He made himself believe in Morris before Morris ever put on a Clemson visor. And now the pair looks to thrill Clemson fans for a SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B3

Spurrier: Tar Heels can beat Gamecocks

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News COLUMBIA — As South Carolina prepares for Thursday’s game against the North Carolina, Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier had a message Sunday for those following his team, which is ranked seventh in the USA TODAY coaches poll entering the 2013 season: The Gamecocks can be beaten by the Tar Heels.

“They can beat us, yeah, we know they can beat us,” Spurrier said of UNC. “Vanderbilt can beat us.

Shoot, almost every team we play can come in here and beat us. They play very well, we don’t take

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South Carolina running back Mike Davis (28) and the seventhranked Gamecocks look to avoid an upset on Thursday when they host North Carolina.

care of the ball. Somehow or another, they don’t have to throw too much, a lot of

stuff can happen in football. We know we have to be ready.”

South Carolina has won 13 consecutive seasonopening games dating back to the 2000 season, and Spurrier is 22-1 alltime in openers.

That will mean nothing Thursday at 6 p.m., however, as UNC will enter Williams-Brice Stadium confident that its fast-pace offense can put the Gamecock defense on its heels.

Quarterback Bryn Renner enters not having thrown an interception in his last 91 attempts and owns the school record for most touchdown passes in a season (28).

But the Tar Heels, who went 8-4 last season, will

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Matt Kenseth had old tires, a sputtering gas tank and Kasey Kahne in his rearview mirror in the closing laps of a race for the third time this season.

The result was the same as it was in Las Vegas, same as it was in Kansas.

Kenseth won again.

He held off Kahne on Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway — the third time this season

the two have gone 1-2 — to reclaim some of the momentum that had escaped Kenseth of late. A strong start to the season had given Kenseth three wins in his first 11 races with Joe Gibbs Racing, and win number four came six weeks later. But he’d been in a slump of sorts heading into Bristol, with four finishes in the last six weeks of 15th or worse.

The strong start followed by a mini-slump has made the year feel SEE KENSETH, PAGE B4

SEE LMA, PAGE B4

PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE THURSDAY Lakewood at Keenan (at Bolden Stadium in Columbia), 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Sumter at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Marion at Lee Central, 7:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Latta, 7:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Augusta Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Cardinal Newman at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 7:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Dorchester, 7:30 p.m.

St. John’s Christian at Clarendon Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Pough turns to past to improve Bulldogs’ future

Kenseth soaring into Chase after Bristol win

BY JENNA FRYER The Asscociated Press

SEE USC, PAGE B3

First-year Laurence Manning Academy head football coach Robbie Briggs admits the toughest challenge he’s had since taking over the Swampcats program is that everything is new to him.

The opponents, the school, the faculty, etc., but the players? Not so much.

He said when all is said and done, football is football, and his team proved that in its 41-0 victory over Florence Christian on Friday.

“We just take it play by play,” Briggs said of his debut with LMA after spending the previous 12 seasons as head coach at Manning High School. “We go, work hard and do what we do, then hopefully we’ll be able to come out on top.”

The next challenge for LMA is at home on BRIGGS Friday against Cardinal Newman, the Swampcats’ 3A conference opener. Cardinal Newman was a 12-6 overtime winner versus North Central on Friday in the season opener for both teams.

“They’ve got a tremendous football team,” Briggs said of the Cardinals. “They beat North Central in a very close game on Friday night in overtime, and I’m sure they’ve got a lot of confidence from that. They’re well-coached, they’re physical, they’ve got good size to them and it’s going to be a big challenge for us.”

As LMA prepares for CN, the focus is simple — get better.

“We need to worry about ourselves and get better, and that’s what we’re trying to do each and every week,” the LMA coach said.

Briggs said Florence Christian has a quality football team and the game was close, 13-0, at halftime.

The Swampcats got a few breaks and their lead snowballed in the second half.

“I’m just real proud of the kids and the way they responded,” he said of his first victory as the Swampcats head coach. “We’ve only been together for about 15 practices and one scrimmage, so with that

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

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Matt Kenseth stands with the trophy after winning the Irwin Tools Night Race on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.

ORANGEBURG — After the worst season of his coaching career, South Carolina State coach Buddy Pough looked to his team’s recent past to improve its future.

POUGH The Bulldogs had gone 29-8 and won three Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles from 2008 to 2010. The team’s fallen off the past

two seasons, the Bulldogs finishing 5-6 last fall for the first losing season in Pough’s 11 seasons in charge.

“There is some change from last year and that’s generally what you see when you go through a year like we did,” Pough said.

Pough acknowledged the offense struggled to move the ball the past two seasons, in large part due to a lack of consistency running the ball. Top rusher Jalen SEE S.C. STATE, PAGE B3

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REL volleyball rallies for win HARTSVILLE — Robert E. Lee Academy’s varsity volleybeall team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat Emmanuel Christian 3-2 on Monday at the Emmanuel gymnasium.

The Lady Cavaliers, who improved to 3-0 on the season, won the first game 25-14. Emmanuel won the next two games 25-21 and 25-18. REL won the final two games 25-22 and 15-11.

On Wednesday in St. Matthews, REL defeated Calhoun Academy 3-1, winning by the scores of 25-19, 22-25, 25-14, 25-15. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, in Manning, REL defeated Laurence Manning Academy 3-0. The Lady Cavailers won by the scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-8.

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SCOREBOARD TODAY 1 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Early-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match -- Ludogoretz Razgrad vs. Basel (FOX SOCCER).

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

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

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

7 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Early-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

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

8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Cincinnati at St. Louis or San Francisco at Colorado (MLB NETWORK).

10 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers (WGN).

10:30 p.m. -- WNBA Basketball: Connecticut at Los Angeles (NBA TV).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 77 55 .583 – Tampa Bay 74 55 .574 11/2 Baltimore 70 59 .543 51/2 New York 69 61 .531 7 Toronto 58 73 .443 181/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 77 53 .592 – Cleveland 71 59 .546 6 Kansas City 66 64 .508 11 Minnesota 57 72 .442 191/2 Chicago 54 75 .419 221/2 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 75 55 .577 – Oakland 72 57 .558 21/2 Seattle 59 70 .457 151/2 Los Angeles 58 71 .450 161/2 Houston 43 86 .333 311/2 Sunday’s Games Cleveland 3, Minnesota 1 Detroit 11, N.Y. Mets 3 Baltimore 10, Oakland 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2, 11 innings Chicago White Sox 5, Texas 2 Toronto 2, Houston 1 Kansas City 6, Washington 4 L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 1 Boston 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 Monday’s Games Kansas City 11, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-9) at Toronto (Happ 3-3), 7:07 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 9-9) at Detroit (Verlander 12-9), 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 7-6) at Boston (Doubront 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 1-1) at Atlanta (A.Wood 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 13-6) at Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 6-13), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Clemens 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-4), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 8-8) at Minnesota (Correia 8-10), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 9-6) at Seattle (Iwakuma 12-6), 10:10 p.m.

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By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 78 52 .600 – Washington 65 65 .500 13 Philadelphia 59 71 .454 19 New York 58 70 .453 19 Miami 49 80 .380 281/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 76 54 .585 – St. Louis 76 54 .585 – Cincinnati 74 57 .565 21/2 Milwaukee 57 73 .438 19 Chicago 55 75 .423 21 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 76 54 .585 – Arizona 66 63 .512 91/2 Colorado 61 71 .462 16 San Diego 59 71 .454 17 San Francisco 58 72 .446 18 Sunday’s Games Colorado 4, Miami 3 Detroit 11, N.Y. Mets 3 Milwaukee 3, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 9, Arizona 5 Kansas City 6, Washington 4 Atlanta 5, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 4, Pittsburgh 0 San Diego 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 15 innings Boston 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 Monday’s Games Cincinnati at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m.

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

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Miami (Eovaldi 2-4) at Washington (Ohlendorf 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 9-8) at Pittsburgh (Locke 9-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 1-1) at Atlanta (A.Wood 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 10-10) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-6), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Latos 13-4) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 5-3), 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Petit 0-0) at Colorado (Bettis 0-2), 8:40 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 5-9) at Arizona (Undecided), 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-10) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 13-7), 10:10 p.m.

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New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey has a torn ligament in his elbow and will miss the remainder of the season, it was announced on Monday.

Mets’ Harvey has torn ligament in elbow NEW YORK — Matt Harvey has a partially torn ligament in his right elbow, a potentially devastating injury for the pitcher that had given the foundering New York Mets reason to be hopeful about their future.

For now, the 24-yearold Harvey and the Mets hope that he will be able to avoid reconstruction surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament. A full prognosis will not be made until swelling in the elbow goes down in about two weeks.

“It was tough. Obviously it was the last thing I was expecting when I went this morning,’’ Harvey said Monday. “I am going to do everything I can to avoid surgery.’’

The National League’s All-Star game starter on his home field this July, Harvey has been experiencing forearm tenderness for a month or two but could not pinpoint exactly when it began. The discomfort increased during his start Saturday against the Detroit Tigers, when he allowed a career-high 13 hits.

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TORONTO — R.A. Dickey pitched into the seventh inning, Jose Reyes sparked Toronto’s offense and the Blue

Jays snapped a 10-game losing streak against the New York Yankees with a 5-2 victory.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 650th home run, a leadoff drive in the fifth, but the Yankees lost for the ninth time in 13 road games this month. Rodriguez is 10 homers away from tying Willie Mays for fourth on the career list, which would secure a $6 million bonus for the third baseman.

Derek Jeter went hitless in his return to New York’s lineup. Jeter, who started at shortstop and batted second, finished 0-for-3 with a walk, grounding into a double play in the third.

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DETROIT — Coco Crisp and Daric Barton each drove in two runs, and Oakland beat Miguel Cabrera and Detroit 8-6.

Cabrera hit his 43rd homer, bolstering his pursuit of another Triple Crown, but Barton had a tiebreaking RBI single in Oakland’s 2-run sixth inning.

ROYALS RAYS

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie held down Wil Myers and Tampa Bay over five innings and Kansas City rolled to an 11-1 victory.

Guthrie (13-10) allowed six hits and three

walks but twice delivered timely strikeouts.

He fanned Kelly Johnson with two aboard to end the third inning, and then struck out David DeJesus on a called third strike to leave the bases loaded in the fourth.

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ST. LOUIS — Allen Craig hit his first career grand slam with two out in the seventh inning, helping St. Louis rally for an 8-6 win over Cincinnati.

Matt Holliday also had a long 3-run homer as St. Louis moved into sole possession of first place in the NL Central for the first time since July 29.

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NFL PRESEASON

NEW YORK — Philadelphia’s Cliff Lee outpitched Zack Wheeler, Cody Asche had a 2-run triple, and the Phillies beat the New York Mets 2-1.

Lee (11-3) gave a bullpen taxed by an 18-inning loss Saturday a much-needed rest.

He allowed a run and five hits in eight innings to win for the first time in seven starts since July 5.

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REL won by the scores of 22-25, 2514, 25-22.

On Wednesday in St. Matthews, REL defeated Calhoun Academy, winning by the scores of 25-14, 25-14. On Tuesday, Aug. 20 in Manning, REL beat Laurence Manning Academy 2-1. It won by the scores of 25-22, 24-26, 25-8.

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By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Chicago 20 8 .714 Atlanta 14 11 .560 Washington 13 15 .464 Indiana 12 15 .444 New York 11 16 .407 Connecticut 7 19 .269 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Minnesota 20 7 .741 x-Los Angeles 19 8 .704 Phoenix 14 13 .519 Seattle 13 14 .481 San Antonio 10 17 .370 Tulsa 9 19 .321 x-clinched playoff spot Sunday’s Games San Antonio 70, Seattle 64 New York 74, Connecticut 66 Los Angeles 90, Tulsa 88, OT Today’s Games Minnesota at New York, 7 p.m.

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CLEMSON from Page B1 third straight year, when it looked all along it might have only been two.

‘GIVE THIS GUY A CHANCE’

Shortly after New Year’s Day 2011, offensive coordinator Billy Napier, one of Boyd’s prime recruiters along with Pearman, was ousted. Boyd was slated to lead the offense as a redshirt sophomore the upcoming fall.

“He was concerned with who was going to be his next coach at Clemson, seeing some of the names that came across the screen,” said Tajh’s mom, Carla Boyd.

Yet Boyd was asked to be part of the interview committee, when head coach Dabo Swinney introduced Boyd to an offensive coordinator from Tulsa who trailed Boyd 2-1 in years of experience in college football.

Morris had overseen an offense scoring 41.4 points per game in 2010, eighth in the country, to help Tulsa double its win total to 10. For the 16 years before that, he won 82 percent of his games as a high school coach in his native Texas.

“It seemed like he was willing to groom Tajh,” Carla Boyd said.

“Tajh had a good rapport with (then-Oregon coach) Chip Kelly during recruiting, and Tajh said, ‘Boy, he reminds me so much of Chip Kelly.’ So Tajh instantly liked him.”

Swinney had Boyd call Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert, a fellow Elite 11 alum who played for Morris at Lake Travis High School.

Gilbert’s message was, simply, “Give this guy a chance.” Sound, relevant advice.

“I didn’t know anything about him, honestly,” Boyd said. “There were a lot of question marks with him coming from Conference USA to the ACC — like, that stuff won’t work here.

But it’s all about buying into the system.”

That system was predicated on moving as fast as humanly possible. The same week Auburn won a national championship with Cam Newton and hurry-up-no-huddle offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, Morris was hired to usher in a new age at Clemson.

“Tajh was like a sponge — he was so hungry to learn when I got here,” Morris said.

“He had just experienced a portion of that 6-7 season. He was wanting a breath of fresh air of something.”

Captaining an offense cranked into fifth gear, Boyd came just three snaps away from logging 1,000 plays during Clemson’s 2011 ACC championship run, featuring Boyd’s first-team all-ACC selection thanks to a school-record 38 total touchdowns.

But the good vibes fell apart in the Orange Bowl, dismantled 70-33

by West Virginia. Even though it was a time for transition on defense, Morris and Boyd assumed responsibility and went back to work.

“The best thing about him: he challenges me.

He doesn’t let me get complacent,” Boyd said.

“He’ll coach me harder than anybody I know.

You can’t ask for any-

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Thursday State (6) South Carolina vs. North Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Presbyterian at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m.

SEC Mississippi at Vanderbilt, 9:15 p.m.

(ESPN) Top 25 (11) Southern Cal at Hawaii, 11 p.m.

Friday ACC Florida Atlantic at Miami, 8 p.m.

(ESPNU) Saturday State (5) Georgia at (8) Clemson, 8 p.m.

(WOLO 25) Charleston Southern at Citadel, 6 p.m.

Furman at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Wofford at Baylor, 7:30 p.m. (SPORTSOUTH) Coastal Carolina at South Carolina State, 6 p.m.

ACC Elon at Georgia Tech, noon Villanova at Boston College, noon (ESPNEWS) Florida International at Maryland, 12:30 p.m. (FOX SPORTSOUTH) Louisiana Tech at North Carolina State, 12:30 p.m. (WACH 57) Brigham Young at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

(ESPNU) Penn State vs. Syracuse, 3:30 p.m.

North Carolina Central at Duke, 4 p.m.

SEC (1) Alabama vs. Virginia Tech, 5:30 p.m.

(ESPN) (7) Texas A&M vs. Rice, 1 p.m. (ESPN) (10) Florida vs. Toledo, 12:21 p.m.

(WOLO 25) (12) LSU vs. (20) TCU at Arlington, Texas, 9 p.m. (ESPN) (13) Oklahoma St. vs. Mississippi State, 3:30 p.m.

Louisiana Lafayette at Arkansas, 4 p.m.

(SPORTSOUTH) Austin Peay at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Washington State at Auburn, 7 p.m.

(ESPNU) Western Kentucky at Kentucky, 7 p.m.

(ESPNEWS) Murray State at Missouri, 7 p.m.

Top 25 (2) Ohio St. vs. Buffalo, noon (ESPN2) (3) Oregon vs. Nicholls St., 4 p.m.

(14) Notre Dame vs. Temple, 3:30 p.m.

(WIS 10) (15) Texas vs. New Mexico St., 8 p.m.

(16) Oklahoma vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 7 p.m.

(17) Michigan vs. Central Michigan, 3:30 p.m.

(18) Nebraska vs. Wyoming, 8 p.m.

(19) Boise St. at Washington, 10 p.m.

(FOX SPORTS 1) (21) UCLA vs. Nevada, 10 p.m.

(22) Northwestern at California, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (23) Wisconsin vs. Massachusetts, noon (25) Oregon St. vs. Eastern Washington, 6 p.m.

Sunday Top 25 (9) Louisville vs. Ohio, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday ACC (11) Florida State at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

thing more than that.”

One time entering his junior year during the spring of 2012, Boyd wasn’t playing his best in practice, and Morris benched him for two series.

“It hurt my pride, man. I was so mad. I almost had tears coming out,” Boyd said. “But at the same time, it made me a better player.

“This was coming off a 3,800-yard passing season. But that stuff doesn’t really matter, because if you’re not coachable, you can’t work within the system.”

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Boyd upped his touchdown tally by eight scores and total offense by nearly 400 yards in 2012, becoming the first Clemson quarterback to win ACC player of the year honors since Steve Fuller went back-toback in 1977-78.

Certainly, NFL riches beckoned. His draft grade hovered around the third round, which could be bolstered with a great senior year, but also flattened with a dropoff — a risk-reward proposition.

Meanwhile, Morris found himself one of the hottest head coaching candidates in the country … merely three years after leaving the high school ranks.

Reports flew around — Texas Tech, Auburn, South Florida and North Carolina State were rumored to have interest in Morris. One person close to Boyd believes the quarterback was in “if he goes, I go” mode.

The hot stove cooled down, and Morris was still bouncing around the Clemson complex. Boyd announced his return Jan. 9, nearly two years to the day after meeting an unknown brilliant mind from Tulsa.

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Venus looks like old self at U.S. Open

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press NEW YORK — For years and years, a first-round victory by Venus Williams at a major tournament would hardly merit a mention.

She is, after all, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion.

She’s been the runner-up another seven times.

She was ranked No. 1, owns Olympic gold medals, and is second to her younger sister Serena among active women in several key categories, including Grand Slam match wins, with 215.

And yet nowadays, at age 33, two years removed from being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that saps energy, hampered much of this season by a bad lower back, and her ranking down to 60th, Williams entered Day 1 at the 2013 U.S. Open having won a total of three matches over the past five Grand Slam tournaments. Plus, she was facing 12th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens, who was a semifinalist at Wimbledon last month and beat Williams on a hard court this month.

U.S. OPEN RESULTS

By The Associated Press Monday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New YorkPurse: $34.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Men First Round Dmitry Tursunov (32), Russia, def. Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Feliciano Lopez (23), Spain, def. Florent Serra, France, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

Richard Gasquet (8), France, def. Michael Russell, United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Janko Tipsarevic (18), Serbia, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, retired.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Fernando Verdasco (27), Spain, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3.

Women First Round Carla Suarez Navarro (18), Spain, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-0, 6-0.

Li Na (5), China, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-2, 6-2.

Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.

Laura Robson (30), Britain, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 7-5, 6-0.

Venus Williams, United States, def. Kirsten Flipkens (12), Belgium, 6-1, 6-2.

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, def. Magdalena Rybarikova (29), Slovakia, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Kaia Kanepi (25), Estonia, def. Vania King, United States, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Jamie Hampton (23), United States, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 6-4, 6-2.

Sabine Lisicki (16), Germany, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (32), Russia, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 7-5, 6-0.

Sorana Cirstea (19), Romania, def. Sharon Fichman, Canada, 7-5, 5-7, 6-1.

Sloane Stephens (15), United States, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Ekaterina Makarova (24), Russia, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-4.

Looking very much like the player she used to be, Williams smacked serves at up to 120

USC from Page B1 be replacing three graduated starters on the offensive line this year. With USC sporting potentially the top defensive line in the country, led by Heisman Trophy candidate Jadeveon Clowney, that could be a problem.

The Rock Hill native apparently has continued to wreak havoc at Gamecock practices as, when asked how his offensive line was blocking, Spurrier had a quick answer.

“It’s been very good when Clowney is not in there,” Spurrier said. “We messed up and called a few passes when he was in there. He messed up our protection a little bit, but that is also going to be interesting, to see how every team handles Jadeveon over there.”

While several key performers have missed sig-

S.C. STATE from Page B1 Simmons had just 512 yards and four touchdowns. So Pough rehired his offensive coordinator from that successful stretch in Joe Blackwell, who left in 2009 after the second of South Carolina State’s three conference titles and NCAA playoff appearances.

Blackwell says he’ll get the Bulldogs back to the business of strong running, although, who’ll get the call is still up for grabs. Simmons is out with an injury with no timetable for his return, meaning South Carolina State will have to lean heavily on fifth-year senior quarterback Richard Cue. Five things to watch as the Bulldogs try to rebound: 1. WHO’S CARRYING THE BALL

Blackwell says South Carolina State hasn’t had a 1,000-

nificant practice time, the Gamecocks appear to be healing. Wide receiver Bruce Ellington has returned to practice and has been listed second team at one of the wide receiver positions.

While junior Rory Anderson is listed as the starter at tight end, he has not fully participated in practice in 10 days. Sophomore Jerell Adams, listed as second team tight end, has also struggled with an ankle injury but is expected to play on Thursday.

“Bruce ran around yesterday. We’ll see how he does as we go through the week here,” said Spurrier. “I wish we were throwing better. I wish our quarterbacks and receivers were hitting and catching better. We’ll keep working on it up to game time, and see if we can’t pitch it around a little bit better than we have the last few days.

Other than that, everything’s about according to schedule.”

yard rusher since FCS AllAmerican Will Ford left the program as the school’s alltime leading ground-gainer in 2009. Right now, junior Julius Pendegrass is the leading candidate to take over, although the coaches have high hopes that Kentucky transfer Justin Taylor can give the Bulldogs the lift it needs in the backfield.

2: YOUTH MOVEMENT

South Carolina State has 10 projected starters who are sophomores or freshmen. The youngest group may be the offensive line where center Tristan Bellamy is the only upperclassman on the team’s twodeep lineup along the offensive front. The secondary also has youth issues with a freshman and a sophomore listed as starters.

3. NEW COACHES

Blackwell, who’ll coach the offensive line along with running the offense, wasn’t the only new hire for Pough and

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mph, returned superbly, covered the court well enough to hit a handful of swinging volley winners, and beat Flipkens 6-1, 6-2 Monday to reach the second round at Flushing Meadows.

Flipkens, for one, was not surprised in the least to see Williams play that way. To Flipkens, this was not an upset — no matter what the rankings indicate.

“If Venus is there — if she’s fit, if she’s focused — she’s a top-10 player,’’ Flipkens said.

“Everybody who knows a little bit of the game of tennis can see that. Today, she was like a top-10 player.’’

Williams, who topped the WTA rankings in 2002, hasn’t cracked the top 10 since she was No. 9 in March 2011. She hasn’t been past the third round at a Grand Slam tournament since a fourth-round exit at Wimbledon later that year.

Indeed, Williams lost in the first round in two of her previous four appearances at majors, including at the French Open in May; she sat out Wimbledon for the only time in her career in June.

South Carolina State. Steve Bird takes over the receivers and the special teams. John Williams was hired as strength and conditioning coach.

4. DEFENSIVE LEADER

Linebacker Joe Thomas was the Bulldogs best defender a year ago when an injury cost him the team’s last six games. The senior is back and healthy and says he’s ready to cause more havoc in the middle.

5. EASY TRAVEL

A year ago, the Bulldogs travelled to FBS powers Arizona and Texas A&M where they were beaten up and lost by a combined 126-14 score. This season’s nonconference games are either at home (Coastal Carolina, Alabama A&M) or within the state (Clemson, Division II Benedict in Columbia), a much less grueling road for South Carolina State.

Predicted finish: Second in the 11-team Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

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Mistake-free Scott wins Barclays JERSEY CITY, N.J. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Masters champion Adam Scott won The Barclays on Sunday after everyone around him did their best to lose it.

Scott played bogey-free at Liberty National in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener, making only two birdies on the back nine for a 5-under 66 that put him in the mix of a crowded leaderboard at the top.

Turns out he was the only one who stayed there.

Justin Rose had a 25SCOTT foot birdie putt for the lead, ran it 5 feet by the cup and three-putted for a bogey for a 68.

Kevin Chappell had a two-shot lead through 10 holes, only to play the next seven holes in 7-over par to close with a 76.

Tiger Woods suffered a back spasm on the par-5 13th hole and hooked a fairway metal so far left that it landed in a swamp on the other side of the 15th fairway, leading to bogey. He dropped another shot on the 15th, and then gamely birdied the 16th and 17th holes to pull within one shot of Scott. Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; putt from the back of the 18th green was one turn short of falling to force a playoff.

KO REPEATS AS CANADIAN WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OPEN CHAMP

EDMONTON, Alberta â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Teen star Lydia Ko ran away with the Canadian Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; again.

The 16-year-old New Zealand amateur successfully defend her title, closing with a 6-under 64 on Sunday at Royal Mayfair for a 5-stroke victory and her fourth win in professional events.

Last year the South Korean-born Ko became the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history at 15 years, 4 months, 2 days.

Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karine Icher was second after a 67.

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Riegger won the Boeing Classic in his fifth Champions Tour start, holding off John Cook and Fred Couples at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

The 50-year-old Riegger birdied three of the final four holes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; holing a 20-footer for birdie on the par-5 18th â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Cook. Riegger finished at 15-under 201.

Cook closed with a 65. Couples was third at 11 under after a 66.

JAPAN BEATS CALIFORNIA 6-4 FOR LLWS TITLE

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ryusei Hirooka lined a decisive tworun double in the bottom of the fifth inning, Shunpei Takagi hit two solo home runs, and Tokyo beat Chula Vista, Calif., 6-4 on Sunday to win the Little League World Series.

It was the 14th championship game for Japan, which was making its fourth straight appearance in the title game, and ninth championship. California, making its 23rd championship-game appearance, has won seven World Series titles.

Giancarlo Cortez had a two-run single and Grant Holman an RBI single for Chula Vista.

MCGRADY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM NBA

Tracy McGrady says he is retiring from the NBA. The seven-time All-Star announced his decision on ESPN and Twitter on Monday morning. McGrady spent 16 seasons in the NBA playing for the Raptors, Magic, Rockets, Knicks, Pistons and Hawks.

He finished his career last season by signing with the San Antonio Spurs late in the year.

After being drafted by Toronto out of high school in 1997, McGrady averaged 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in a career that was curtailed by injuries.

RIEGGER HOLDS OFF COOK, COUPLES AT BOEING

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A 4-yard touchdown run by Tyshawn Epps in the first quarter and a quarterback sneak from J.T. Eppley in the second gave LMA the 13-0 lead at halftime.

Florence Christian dominated time of possession in the third quarter, but the Swampcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense tightened in the clutch, stopping the Eagles twice on fourth down â&#x20AC;&#x201C; turning the ball over on downs -- stuffing the run and then forcing an incomplete pass on fourth-and-goal from the LMA 7-yard line.

LMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rashae Bey scored on an 86-yard touchdown run with 1:15 left in the third

TUESDAY Junior Varsity Football Laurence Manning at Cardinal Newman, 7 p.m.

B Team Football Laurence Manning at Cardinal Newman, 5 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Carolina at Wilson Hall (at Palmetto Tennis Center), 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Pee Dee at Wilson Hall (at Palmetto Tennis Center), 4 p.m.

Williamsburg at Thomas Sumter (at Palmetto Tennis Center), 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall, 5:45 p.m.

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

Sumter Christian at Maranatha Christian, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Volleyball Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall, 4:30 p.m.

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

Sumter Christian at Maranatha Christian, 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Varsity Cross Country Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter at Hammond, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Football Keenan at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Pinewood Prep, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Golf Pinewood Prep at Wilson Hall (at Sunset Country Club), 4 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis

quarter to put the Catsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; up 20-0, then three scores in the fourth quarter put FC away for good. Drake Hutson had a 10-yard TD run, Ep-

Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 5:45 p.m.

Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

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

Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY Junior Varsity Football Crestwood at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Pee Dee, 6 p.m.

Williamsburg at Thomas Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon hall, 6 p.m.

B Team Football Sumter at Irmo, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Golf Sumter, Airport at Blythewood (at Charwood Country Club), TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Thomas Sumter at Trinity-Byrnes, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 6 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 5:30 p.m.

Conway Christian at Sumter Christian, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Volleyball Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Conway Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

pley threw a 22-yard TD pass to Todd Larrimer and Brandon Hudson had a 40-yard interception return for a score to make it a 41-0 final.

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IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE RESULTS

KENSETH from Page B1 very choppy for Kenseth, who now has a Sprint Cup Series best five victories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think if you look at the beginning of the season, I think it was better than I ever could have dreamed of,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kenseth said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were qualifying up front every week, we were leading tons of laps in position to win races. Sitting here in August, it feels like the year has been two years long with all the different things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had happen to our race team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last month and a half, two months has been, I hate to say reality check because I hope this is reality all the time, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve struggled just a little bit more, havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite had the speed. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a little bit more of a struggle.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem like a struggle Saturday night as Kenseth led a racehigh 149 laps then held off Kahne over a white-knuckled push to the checkered flag.

Kahne first chased down Juan Pablo Montoya for second place, passing him with 17 laps to go before setting his sights on Kenseth.

Although Kahne, winner of the spring race at Bristol, has two wins on the season, his place in the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a lock and a win Saturday night would have cemented his berth.

So he stalked Kenseth, who inadvertently wrecked him at Wat-

By The Associated Press Saturday At Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn.

Lap length: .533 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (5) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500 laps, 132.4 rating, 48 points.

2. (7) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500, 108.2, 42.

3. (16) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 500, 108.1, 41.

4. (4) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 500, 92, 0.

5. (6) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 97.9, 39.

6. (21) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 500, 92.8, 39.

7. (32) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 111.3, 37.

8. (14) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 500, 78.7, 36.

9. (29) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 77.2, 35.

10. (19) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 112.4, 35.

11. (43) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 80.1, 33.

12. (17) David Ragan, Ford, 500, 67.1, 32.

13. (41) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 500, 74.9, 31.

14. (24) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 88.7, 31.

15. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 499, 85.3, 29.

16. (39) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 499, 53.1, 28.

17. (38) David Stremme, Toyota, 498, 52.6, 27.

18. (27) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 497, 71.5, 26.

19. (20) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 497, 69.2, 25.

20. (11) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 497, 58.9, 24.

21. (8) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 497, 84.4, 23.

22. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 497, 48.5, 22.

23. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 497, 42.9, 0.

24. (34) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 496, 46.2, 20.

25. (25) David Gilliland, Ford, 495, 49.6, 19.

26. (22) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 493, 46.2, 18.

27. (35) Ken Schrader, Ford, 491, 37, 17.

28. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 487, 82.9, 17.

29. (31) David Reutimann, Toyota, 483, 55.9, 15.

30. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 478, 66.7, 14.

31. (2) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 476, 77.8, 14.

32. (40) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 475, 29.9, 0.

33. (30) Casey Mears, Ford, 467, 48.7, 11.

34. (15) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 449, 81.6, 11.

35. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, accident, 446, 93.2, 10.

36. (13) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 440, 50.2, 8.

37. (28) Josh Wise, Ford, 418, 43.8, 0.

38. (23) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 394, 69, 6.

39. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford, engine, 387, 108.1, 6.

40. (42) Scott Speed, Ford, brakes, 223, 27.5, 4.

41. (26) Michael McDowell, Ford, engine, 175, 37.1, 3.

42. (18) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, accident, 39, 29.4, 0.

43. (37) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, engine, 1, 26.3, 0.

kins Glen earlier this month to send Kahne over the edge. It was the fourth time this season a JGR driver had wrecked Kahne â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kyle Busch was the villain three previous times â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Kahne posted on Twitter he was headed to JGR headquarters to speak to whomever would come outside.

Keeping Sumter Beautiful Jolie Brown $MFNTPO &YUFOTJPO r $BSPMJOB $MFBS Sumter County Picture this; you are driving down the road, listening to your favorite radio station, heading home from work. You see beautiful trees, pink and purple flowering crape myr tles, and the daylilies are blooming bright yellows and orange and then you notice it, litter. Litter not only ruins your view, but it is harmful to the environment. Litter, like water, eventually ends up in our storm drains. Debris is moved by the rain to the storm drains, it is then carried by storm drains into local waterways.

This contamination can have serious environmental consequences. It can have harmful effects on fish and marine animals. The animals may be poisoned or could get entangled in litter which could suffocate them while they are searching for food.

Wildlife are contracting diseases from eating or being exposed to rotting substances. Litter in the waterways can also reduce oxygen levels for aquatic plants and animals. The reduction in oxygen can lead to fish kills.

governments, schools, and other organizations are taking care of the rest. Tourism is South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number one industr y. If you were going somewhere on vacation, would you want to stop in the town with litter beside the roads and filling up the ditches?

What can be done, what is the solution to our litter problem? First and foremost, I think education is the key to stopping the epidemic of littering. We must educate each other and be an example to one another.

Imagine if everyone committed to a zero tolerance policy on littering. Put litter in its place, not on the side of the road.

Next time you are driving home from work, I hope you will focus on the beauty of this county and our state. Litter prevention begins with the individual. If you are interested in joining a litter pick up, Sumter Stormwater Solutions, will be hosting a cleanup September 21st on Berry Street in Sumter to participate in the If you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a wildlife lover, I will Beach Sweep River Sweep. Beach appeal to your bottom line. Keep Sweep River Sweep is South America Beautiful is the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest one-day volunteer leading anti-litter organization. They cleanup event of its kind. For more conducted a sur vey in 2009 that details, please call the Sumter County showed litter costs the U.S. more Clemson Extension office at 803than 11.5 billion dollars each year. 773-5561 or visit the Midlands Businesses pick up a 9.1 billion dollar Stormwater Consortiums Facebook t a b , w h i l e l o c a l a n d s t a t e page.

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420, Rockville, MD 20850-5168 (or online at http://www.fisherhouse.org/donate/donate-online/).

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

WARREN E. JONES Warren Eugene Jones, 64, husband of Deborah Emerson Jones, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Dec. 31, 1948, in Sumter, he was a son of Ima Lee Osborne Jones and the late Eugene Jones.

Mr. Jones retired as the owner of Jones JONES Carpet. He was an avid golfer with many, many friends both on and off the golf course. He was a member of Shannon Green Golf Course. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and was an active volunteer in “Salute Our Troops.”

He is survived by his wife of Sumter; a daughter, Monica Gardner (Chris), and grandsons, Brett and Joshua, all of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a son, Marc Thomas (Frauke), and granddaughter, Mya, all of New York; brothers, Ronald L. Jones (Kate) and Gary A. Jones (Becky), both of Sumter, and Glenn M. Jones (Sandra) of Hartsville; seven aunts; one special uncle, Calvin M. Jones (Doris) of Sumter; and a number of cousins.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Robert L. and Leah Jones, and Charlie and Margaret M. and Macy Osborne; and a nephew, U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony G. Jones.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Jerry Watson and Allen Jones officiating.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to the Cancer Care Foundation, 275 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001 or Fisher House Foundation With Kangaroo For Warren Jones, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite

HELEN K. DETWILER SUMMERTON — Helen “Booga” Kennedy Detwiler, 93, widow of Harold Walker Detwiler Sr., died Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at Lake Marion Nursing Facility.

Born Dec. 27, 1919, in Summerton, she was a daughter of the late George Dargan and Annie Ada Chewning Kennedy.

After graduating from Columbia College in 1940, she enlisted in DETWILER the Navy WAVES, where she met and married Harold “Det” Detwiler, a union lasting 64 years.

While raising a family, she taught school for 35 years and was an active member of American Legion Post 35. A lifelong member of Summerton United Methodist Church, she attended and taught the Willie Dingle Sunday School Class and was a member of the United Methodist Women’s Organization.

Survivors include a brother, Edward Peter Kennedy of Bluffton; a daughter, Helen Ré Todd of Charleston; two sons, Dr. James K. Detwiler (Annette) of Redmond, Ore., and Harold W. Detwiler Jr. (Sharron) of Summerton; six grandchildren, Trey Detwiler (Kristina), Kevin Detwiler (Carrie), Stephanie Mangione (Louis), Todd Detwiler (Charity), Cheyne Detwiler (Meghan) and Jamie Detwiler (Megan); a brother-in-law, Charles R. Detwiler; six great-grandchildren; and many loved nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at noon Thursday at Summerton United Methodist Church with the Rev.

Randy Bowers officiating. Burial will follow in Summerton Evergreen Cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Summerton United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 35, Summerton, SC 29148.

The family would like to thank Hospice of Charleston, TriCounty Hospice and Lake Marion Nursing Facility for their compassionate care, as well as caregivers, Della Lee, Wanda Epps, Flora Mauva, Esther Kisavi, Katherine Oliver and Pat Pore.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

JAMES C. STEVENS James C. Stevens, age 72, beloved husband of Wendy Stevens, died on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

ISABELLA SHANNON Isabella Shannon, wife of Vanish Shannon, entered eternal rest on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in Sumter.

Born Sept. 23, 1958, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Ella Rose McCoy Heyward and the late Samuel Heyward.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 10 N. Milton St., Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

SUSIE MAE LAWSON Susie Mae Lawson, wife of James Lawson Sr., entered eternal rest on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at Palmetto Health Baptist, Columbia.

Born Dec. 27, 1934, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Horace and Mary Robinson Brailsford.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1377 Orange Drive, Pinewood.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

DOROTHY CROWMER Dorothy “Dot” Crowmer, 77, wife of John “Jack” Crowmer, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Florence, she was a daughter of Florrie Browder Williams and the late William “Paul” Williams.

Mrs. Crowmer served as a retired nanny for Dr. Cain.

Surviving are her husband of Sumter; a son, John “Jackie” Crowmer of Sumter; a daughter, Donna O’Brien of New York; three sisters, Carolyn Powell and Linda Hinson, both of Sumter, and Patsy Smith of Georgetown; a brother, Gene Williams of Georgetown; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Terri Lynn Miller.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. David Smith officiating.

Memorials may be made to the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, 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 of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

MAGNOLIA R. WILLIAMS Magnolia Robinson Williams, 86, departed this earthly life on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, at

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Born Sept. 8, 1927, in Rembert, to the union of the late Deacon David Robinson and Sarah Dow Robinsson. Mrs. Williams accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful servant of God throughout her life.

She grew up in the Rafting Creek Baptist Church, Rembert, where she was president of the gospel choir for more than 40 years; a member of the minister’s and deacons wives board; president and one of the founding members of the “Gospelettes;” chairperson of the Outreach Alliance; member of the Missionary Society; member of Rembert Community Choir Union; member of Wateree Baptist Association Choir-Lower Division; member of Willing Workers of Rembert; and the Inter-Denominational Minister’s Wives Alliance.

Mrs. Williams received her early academic education at Rafting Creek Elementary School in Rembert. When Rafting Creek School was destroyed by fire, she completed her primary education at High Hills Elementary School, also in Rembert. Mrs. Williams’ secondary education was completed at Baldwin Haven-Mather Academy, Camden. In 1948, when she completed her studies at Mather, she moved to Sumter to attend Morris College. At that time, Tribe Union Funeral Home, which was established on Oct. 14, 1947, rented rooms to students attending Morris. This is where she met and married Frank Edward Williams Sr. in 1949.

This union was indeed a sacred union, which lasted 56 years.

The family and friends she loved and left behind will miss her. Those left to cherish her memories are four children, Minister Georgia Donnell (Deacon John) Miller of Suitland, Md., the Rev. Frank E. (Thoma L.) Williams Jr., the Rev. James E. Williams, and

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Magnolia always had a sense of family. She loved her family and believed in helping to take care of that family.

She nursed, comforted, rescued, defended, supported, advised and taught all of her children how to believe in themselves and trust.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.

Wednesday at the Neal Jones Auditorium, Morris College Campus, 100 College St., Sumter, with the Rev. Melvin Mack officiating, the Rev. Dr. James H. Hall, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Davis, the Rev. Sammie Simmons, the Rev. Darren P. Dixon and Dr. Luns C. Richardson.

The family will receive friends and relatives at 114 Mitchell St., Sumter.

A wake service will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. today at John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the auditorium at noon.

The funeral procession will leave from the home at 12:30 p.m.

Floral bearers will be Rafting Creek Baptist Church Missionary Society, Rafting Creek Baptist Church ministers and deacon’s wives.

Honorary flower bearers will be the North Main Community Club and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Park, Sumter.

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The Department is proposing a modification to the permit for regulation of hazardous waste activities for the Shaw Air Force Base (Base) located at 428 Chapin Street, Shaw AFB, South Carolina, having the facility identification number SC7 570 024 466. As part of this proposal, the Department has prepared a draft permit modification under the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulations and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA).

This draft permit modification, prepared in accordance with the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, recommends the following: • The addition of eight new sites: Area of Concern (AOC) O, AOC P, AOC Q, AOC R, AOC S, AOC T, AOC U, and AOC V • A proposed revision to the remedial alternative for six sites: Solid Waste Management Unit (SWMU) 2, SWMU 50, SWMU 59, AOC D, AOC K, and AOC M • The selection of a proposed remedial alternative for two sites: AOC N and AOC O Copies of the modified portion of the permit and other data submitted by the Base are available for review during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays at the following locations: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Ctrl.

Bureau of Land and Waste Management 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Phone: (803) 898-2000 The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Sumter EQC Office 105 Magnolia Street Sumter, South Carolina 29151 Phone: 803-778-6548 Attention: Keith Lane Shaw Air Force Base Environmental Restoration

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Help Wanted Full-Time 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 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.

Travel Consultant Established Sumter Travel Agency seeks experienced consultant for long term position. Available immediately. Knowledge of Worldspan system preferred. Email Resume pat@eagletvl.net or fax to (803 778 2686.

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!

SSG Michael Wright 803-667-0985 SSG Lorraine Lordy 803-360-1979 Assistant Manager & Customer Service Rep needed by Bishopville branch of World Acceptance Corporation. Valid drivers license and auto required. A career opportunity that offers excellent salary and a complete fringe benefit package. Promotion to manager possible within 15 months. No experience necessary. Apply in person at: World Finance, 135 N. Main St. EOE, M. Ask for Kelly Corbett or Call 803-484-6261

Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves. Also new Gas stoves.

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Receptionist Position Avail.

Sat/Sun. 8am to 4:30pm. Only serious applicants need apply.

Come in to 1761 Pinewood Rd. or email resume to stephanie.briggs@adcareheath.com

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time Mechanic needed at busy car lot.

Salary based on Exp. Apply in person, at 1282 N. Lafayette Dr. NO PHONE CALLS!!! Valid Driver's License Required. Must have own tools.

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

For Rent: 1bd, liv. rm, kit, bath, fully furnished. $475 per month, incl. TV, garbage, water and sewer. Quite Country Setting. No Smoking, drinking or drugs!

803-481-0015

Unfurnished Apartments Nice single person apartment, Furnished , includes utilities. Call 803-464-5439

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.

Quick sale! 316-8105.

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2BR/1.5BA, duplex Ceiling fans, carpet/tile flrs, wht kit, stove/fridge, laundry rm, carport, shed, big yard, $600/mo + dep. No Pets.

803-481-8286 lv msg.

Carolina Ave: 2 Br, C/H/A $395/mo. 2 houses on Burgess Ct. C/H/A $495/mo. First month rent free! 774-8512 or 983-5691 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 2Br/2Ba split level MH, near Shaw. Appl., C/H/A, large yard. $425/mo + dep. 468-0342.

3BR/2BA DW Private Lot, Water/Sewer, Trash, lawn care incl. $550/mo. 494-8350

Help Wanted Part-Time

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

RV parking avail. Call 494-8350

$$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

STATEBURG COURTYARD

Scenic Lake 2BR 2Bth. No pets.

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

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

803-494-5090

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4 Bedroom starting at $39,900.

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Land & Lots for Sale Minutes from Walmart/Shaw, 1 acre, utilities, $5,500.

888-774-5720.

5855 DUBOSE SIDING ROAD Boats / Motors 14 ft Jon Boat with 9.5 Evinrude Motor and Trailer. $2, 00.

803-236-9521

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Loans available for no credit, bad credit, 1st Time Buyers & Bankruptcy buyers. No co-signers needed. Call Mr. Ashley Brown at 803-926-3235

Big Back To School Specials 100 cars $3000 or less $$$ CASH $$$ Price is Right Auto Sales 3210 Broad St 803-494-4275 2007 Chevy HHR, Loaded Auto, CD-Radio.

Clean. $6,000.

803-481-8305

OPEN Ernest Baker Auto Sales & Equip: 3349 N. Main St. SUMMER SPECIALS: '03 Buick Park Avenue $5495 '94 Ford Ranger 4SP/AC $2000 '99 Cherokee AT/AC 4DR $3995 '01 Cadillac Deville $4995 '01 GMC Sonoma Ext Cab $4995 Call 803-469-9294

2 jet skis: 99 Kawaski ZXI900, 99 Polaris 750 SLT with dble trailer.

Both run great! $5,000 OBO. Call 803-983-8974.

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2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

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

RECREATION

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!

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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.

6.05 Acres with well & septic tank.

Live Oak Rd. & Peach Orchard Rd. in Dalzell. Interested, call 803-708-6491 or 803-509-1369.

Unfurnished Homes

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

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

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Homes for Sale

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

Exp. Shingle Nailers Must have own transportation. Only experienced need to apply. Call 481-0603 or 968-2459. No Call after 5!!!

Utility Buildings Steel Buildings Big or Small Save up to 50% For best deal with contract construction to complete Source#18X 803-335-2030

Furnished Apartments

Excavator Operator needed on farm. otis29150@yahoo.com

Call Gene 934-6734

Golf cart, 2008 Club Car DS with charger, exc. cond., good batteries, rear seat. $2800 OBO. Call 795-5367 or 481-4972.

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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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Manufactured Housing 1986 24 X 40 3BR/2BA in Windsor City, all Appl. can stay or move. Needs some work, $5000. or OBO. 469-6973 or 469-6978 Abandoned Doublewide Call 803-796-5356

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