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Expanding options for minorities Locals to participate in statewide minority entrepreneurship initiative in Columbia BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Two individuals will represent Sumter and surrounding areas when they join several others in Columbia on Tuesday to help develop a statewide action plan to encourage inclusive entrepreneurship in the state in conjunction with the White House’s national

initiative with the same purpose. On Tuesday, President Obama will host the first-ever White House Demo Day, a day celebrating minority entrepreneurs across the nation and encouraging aspiring entrepreneurs to make their vision become a reality. Anyone who is interested in the White House event can watch the event online at WH.gov/demo-day. A start time

for the event has not yet been listed. Rick Jones, chair of Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce’s Minority Business Outreach Council, said many of the minority-owned business that are registered with the Chamber are owned by women. According to information from about three months ago, of the 1,075 businesses registered with the cham-

ber, 43 are owned by minorities and 61 are owned by women, he said. “Women are kind of ruling in the minority category,” said Jones, who will be attending Tuesday’s meeting. Women and minority-owned business make up nearly 10 percent of the Chamber’s members, he said.

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Kids and Cops event builds relationships Games, treats help officers connect BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Every now and again it can be beneficial to let your inner child out: Eat some popcorn, play on the playground and enjoy a scavenger hunt or a few competitive games. Maybe top it off with a cool, sugary snow cone. That’s what some Sumter Police Department officers got to do Friday morning as they hosted Kids and Cops at the Swan Lake-Iris Gardens playground. The event was one of the department’s community outreach programs and involved officers interacting with children from local day cares. More than 40 children from Aunt Susan’s Play School and Bethesda Learning Center flocked to the playground to participate in the scavenger hunt and games officers had set up. After an hour of running around, the children were able to cool off with juice, popcorn and a snow cone of their choice before scampering off

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Staff Sgt. Tony Rivers with Sumter Police Department hands a child a snow cone Friday at the Sumter Police Department’s Kids and Cops outSEE OUTREACH, PAGE A11 ing. Rivers said getting to watch the children eat the frozen treat was his favorite part of the day.

Want to be a firefighter? Sumter Fire Department to host recruit school BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Fire Department will hold an orientation for its Firefighter Recruit School on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Sumter Fire Department Training Facility, 470 McCrays Mill Road. Joey Duggan, battalion chief of training, said the department tries to hold two school sessions a year. The course will feature online reading materials and hands-on learning sessions at no charge. Duggan said the department covers payment for the online materials and any gear needed during training. “The only thing it will cost them is their time,” he said. A small portion of the hands-on training sessions will consist of ladder

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skills, search and rescue skills, selfcontained breathing apparatus skills and rope and knots skills. During the course participants will have to show what they have learned during a “live burn” where they will have to use those skills and put out a real fire, Duggan said. He said the same program is taught at the Sumter Career and Technology Center for high school juniors and seniors. He said students will be able to go straight into the workforce with a certification right after graduating. Once the course has been completed and all requirements have been met, participants will receive a National Fire Protection Association certification and can become volunteer

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Participants in Sumter Fire Department’s Firefighter Recruit School respond to a staged SEE SCHOOL, PAGE A11 emergency during a training session. The department will host an orientation Tuesday.

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Sumter City Council to look at several projects Sumter City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider: • Final reading of an ordinance annexing one parcel of land located at 2530 Broad St.; • Final reading of an ordinance authorizing the city to transfer parcels of land at 908 N. Main Street and 711 Brown St. to Sumter County; • Final reading of an ordinance authorizing the recodification of the City Code of Ordinances; • A resolution authorizing a contract for the construction of a water plant at Pocotaligo Industrial Park; • A resolution authorizing a contract for an elevated water tank maintenance project; • A resolution authorizing a contract for the Miller Road Landscaping and Irrigation Project which will extend from Alice Drive to Guignard Drive; and • A resolution authorizing a contract for engineering design services for the upgrade and expansion of Water Treatment Plant No. 5.

Clarendon School District 1 to meet Clarendon School District 1 Board of Trustees will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the district office, 12 S. Church St., in Summerton. Items on the agenda include: • Resolution for sale of bonds; • Update on alternative school; and • Monthly finance report.

Pastor of Emanuel AME earn’s state’s top honor GEORGETOWN — The interim pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston has been awarded South Carolina’s highest civilian honor for his work in helping the community heal following the massacre there in June. Multiple media outlets report that Gov. Nikki Haley surprised the Rev. Norvel Goff when she awarded him the Order of the Palmetto during an appreciation dinner Friday in his hometown of Georgetown. Haley praised Goff’s leadership following the June 17 shootings at the historic black church. The nine victims included its pastor, Sen. Clementa Pinckney. A 21-year-old white man is charged with their murder. At the dinner, Goff was also presented a painting of each of the nine victims for him to take to the church known as Mother Emanuel.

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sumter native and former firstgrade teacher at Oakland Primary School Bridgett Henderson recently published her first children’s book. She was named Teacher of the Year for the 1999-2000 school year at Oakland and has also taught at Rafting Creek Elementary School in Rembert. Because of her husband’s service in the Army, she has moved across the country in the last 10 years, but Sumter will always be home, she said. The idea for Henderson’s first children’s book, “The Little Green Frog,” came one night after her daughter asked her to make up a bedtime story. The next morning she was writing and editing something she made up on the spot. “The Little Green Frog” brings the message of acceptance, with a dog who befriends a frog. The book was printed earlier this month, with about 200 copies, and has sold well on amazon.com and chain bookstore websites, Henderson said. She will be moving to New Orleans in about two weeks but not before hosting a book signing on Tuesday starting at 11 a.m. at Chuck E. Cheese, 1121 Broad St. Henderson said she has always had a passion for writing. Growing up, she won school essay contests and wrote poetry and plays for enjoyment. Being in elementary education for most of her life, Henderson said she knows the importance of reading.

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Bridgett Henderson, a former Sumter school teacher, looks at a copy of her first book “The Little Green Frog” recently at the Sumter County Library. “A good picture book is so vital to the education of children in early childhood,” she said. “I wanted my books to make reading fun and educational at the same time.” Henderson is working on publishing three other children’s books, each with its own lesson and theme. She is working on her doctorate degree in educational administration and leadership and said she plans on continuing her career in education. “Writing is something I really enjoy, but my primary focus is working with children,” she said. Henderson said she would like to

find a way to work with early childhood literacy programs. Henderson has four children. She is a graduate of the former Mayewood High School (now Mayewood Middle School) in Sumter and has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Winthrop University and a master’s degree in education from Columbia College. “The Little Green Frog” is available for purchase for $9.99 online and $8 at her book signing on Tuesday. For more information on Henderson, visit her website at http://hendersonbridgett.wix.com/bridgett-henderson.

Man damages city vehicle with rock through winshield BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com A City of Sumter vehicle was damaged when a man vandalized it early Thursday afternoon. According to a Sumter Police Department report, two men were sitting in a city vehicle, a Ford F-450 pickup truck, in the 600 block of S. Sumter Street when a man threw a brick

at the windshield, cracking it. Damage done to the windshield is estimated at $500. The passenger in the car was able to get out in time to detain the man who threw the brick until officers arrived on the scene. The man is identified as David Gass, 36, of 727 Maney St., Sumter. Gass was detained by police officers, and while offi-

cers were conducting a warrant search he allegedly became “loud and boisterous,” according to the report. The report says Gass was allegedly yelling profanity and did not listen when police asked several times to calm down. When Gass did not relax, officers placed him under arrest. He was taken to Sumter-

Lee Regional Detention Center and charged with malicious injury to property and public disorderly conduct. Gass has since posted bond, paying the $2,392.50 set at the hearing Friday. The damaged truck is in line for repairs and, according to Assistant City Manager Al Harris, the vehicle should be on the road again sometime next week.

Graham says he can win early-primary states MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham says he’s confident he can win the Republican presidential primaries in New Hampshire and his home state of South Carolina, two of the first voting states in the nomination contest. “I wouldn’t be running in New Hampshire if I thought I couldn’t win in New Hampshire,” he said. “It will be good for the party to have my voice.” Sen. John McCain, Graham’s friend and colleague and a two-time New Hampshire primary winner, agrees. He joined Graham on Saturday for a full day of events, including a town hall meeting in Manchester. An underdog in the 1999 Republican primary, McCain upset then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush after hosting more than 100 town hall events

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), center, campaigning with Sen. John McCain, R- Arizona, left, takes questions from the media after a town hall meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire on Saturday. across New Hampshire. On Saturday, McCain spoke highly of New Hampshire voters’ ability to choose candi-

dates and urged them to consider Graham. “No one had given me any chance to succeed,” McCain said. “If you’ve been impressed today, which I hope you have been with this candidate, tell your friends, ‘Go see Lindsey Graham.’” Graham is seen as a longshot for the Republican presidential nomination and likely won’t be on the stage Thursday when Fox News hosts the first primary debate. Only 10 of the 17 candidates will be allowed on stage, based on average performance in recent national polls. Graham said Saturday that national polling reflects name ID and celebrity, not who is the best choice for president. That’s a decision best left to New Hampshire voters, he said.

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Did CDC’s top modeler blow it? Overblown predictions about Ebola put expert in hot seat ATLANTA (AP) — Last fall, when Martin Meltzer calculated that 1.4 million people might contract Ebola in West Africa, the world paid attention. This was, he said, a worst-case scenario. But Meltzer is the most famous disease modeler for the nation’s preeminent public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His estimate was promoted at high-level international meetings. It rallied nations to step up their efforts to fight the disease. But the estimate proved to be off. Way, way off. Like, 65 times worse than what ended up happening. Some were not surprised. Meltzer has a lot of critics who say he and his CDC colleagues have a habit of willfully ignoring the complexities of disease outbreaks, resulting in estimates that over dramatize how bad an outbreak could get — estimates that may be skewed by politics. They say Meltzer and company also overestimate how much vaccine is needed and how beneficial it has been. Overblown estimates can result in

unnecessary government spending, they say, and may further erode trust in an agency that recently has seen its sterling reputation decline. “Once we cry wolf, and our dire predictions turn out not to be the case, people lose confidence in public health,” said Aaron King, a University of Michigan researcher who in a recent journal article took Meltzer and others to task for making what he called avoidable mistakes. Meltzer, 56, is unbowed. “I am not sorry,” he said. He dismisses his peers’ more complicated calculations as out of touch with political necessities, telling a story about President Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s. Johnson was listening to an economist talk about the uncertainty in his forecast and the reason a range of estimates made more sense than one specific figure. Johnson was unconvinced. “Ranges are for cattle,” Johnson said, according to legend. “Give me a number.” What Meltzer does is not particularly glamorous. He and others use math-

ematical calculations to try to provide a more precise picture of a certain situation or to predict how the situation will change. They write equations on chalkboards, have small meetings to debate which data to use and sit at computers. Meltzer spends a lot of time with Excel spreadsheets. But modelers have become critical in the world of infectious diseases. Top CDC officials came to Meltzer last summer, when the epidemic was spiraling out of control and international health officials were quickly trying to build a response. Meltzer was asked to project how bad things could get if nothing was done, as well as to estimate how stepped-up aid could bend the curve of the epidemic. Meltzer and his colleagues created a spreadsheet tool that projected uninterrupted exponential growth in two countries, Liberia and Sierra Leone. His prediction — published last September — warned that West Africa could be on track to see 500,000 to 1.4 million Ebola cases within a few months if the world sat on its hands and let the epidemic blaze.

About 21,000 cases materialized by mid-January — a terrible toll, to be sure, but also just a tiny fraction of the caseload Meltzer and his CDC colleagues warned about. Did Meltzer blow it? Many say no. He and his colleagues clearly stated they were providing a worst-case scenario of how bad things could get. They also predicted a far lower number of cases if more help was sent — which already was happening when the model estimates were released. But the worst-case figures got the most attention. The media focused on them in headlines. Health officials highlighted them in their push to get more money and manpower devoted to the epidemic. And interestingly, those are the numbers health officials describe as the most successful part of Meltzer’s prediction paper. “I think it galvanized countries — and people — to put in more effort” into fighting the epidemic, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, formerly a colleague of Meltzer’s at CDC who is now assistant director-general of the World Health Organization.

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Thousands of youngest exiles perish during war Children bear brunt of Syrian conflict woes MAFRAQ, Jordan (AP) — Gathered on the desert floor, the Askar family chants prayers for their 1-year-old daughter Jawahir, who died of malnutrition and is buried beneath the sands of their informal refugee camp far from their Syrian hometown. “She was born in a camp and buried near the camp,” her father, Mohammed Askar, recounts, still in anguish after her Feb. 24 death. “I wish the circumstances were different and I could have saved my daughter, but we are poor and powerless, and we have only God with us.” Of the 4 million refugees who fled Syria’s grinding civil war, it is the conflict’s youngest exiles, like Jawahir, who often bear the brunt of its woes. More than 10,000 children have died in the four-year conflict, while more than 2.8 million in and out of the country don’t go to school, according to the U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF. Many suffer emotional problems from their experiences, while others get pressed into working to support their families, who struggle to have enough to eat. Aid agencies have asked for $4.5 billion for 2015 to help refugees but have been forced to slash support programs because of large funding gaps, which had a devastating effect on the amount of food aid coming. “Today, parents have to make decisions that no parent around the globe should be making,” said Joelle Eid, spokeswoman for the U.N.’s World Food Program in Jordan’s capital, Amman. “They are forced to skip meals. They are accumulating a lot of debt. They are moving their children from school and even sending their children to work.” The WFP said it needs $139 million to continue helping Syrian refugees in the Mideast through September. But

Syrian refugee Kutana al-Hamadi, 24, tends to her son Almunzir, 7 months, covered with a mosquito net on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, on July 21. She said he is suffering from malnutrition.

Syrian refugee child 4-month-old Marwa alHassan, her face covered with flies, sleeps on the ground July 19 outside her family’s tent on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan.

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Syrian refugee Hannan Mohammed, 12, holds a picture July 22 of herself and her sisters Warda, 5, and Jawahir, 1, who died in February after suffering from chronic malnutrition at a tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan. even with the aid now available, some don’t receive it as they haven’t registered with the U.N. or live in informal refugee camps, like those in Mafraq along Jordan’s northern border with Syria. Most of those in Mafraq choose to live here to be able to work at nearby farms, chaffing at the restrictions put on them in formal, U.N.-administered refugee camps. But even those salaries are not enough to support them. “My son is too weak; my body doesn’t produce milk (and) ... we can’t afford buying milk,” said Kutana alHamadi, whose 7-month-old son, Almunzir, suffers from malnutrition. “Our lives are miserable with no food;

we only have this not-clean water to fill our stomachs with.” “We survived the barrel bombs in Syria, but I’m afraid we won’t survive the lack of health and food,” she added. Another mother, Ruqayya Ahmad, said she can’t afford to take her 8-dayold daughter Hikmiyya to the doctor to have a rash she suffers from treated. Meanwhile, mother Naela Mohammed also worried about being able to nurse her child while she herself doesn’t have enough to eat. “It’s a sure thing my 4-month daughter will be paying the price,” Mohammed said. “She’s so tiny and weak.”

A Syrian refugee girl looks through the hole of a makeshift school at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, on July 22.

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Former preemies praise doctor years later Children were part of Coney Island sideshow in early 1900s fairs LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — At age 95, Lucille Horn often reflects on her long, full life, with a husband and five children, and how it might not have happened if not for the renegade doctor who put her in a Coney Island sideshow when she was just days old. Horn is among thousands of former premature babies whose lives were saved in the early 20th century by Dr. Martin Couney, a pioneer in the use of incubators who sought acceptance for the technology by showing it off on carnival midways alongside freak shows and fan dancers. “Life Begins at the Baby Incubator,” read one of the signs at his displays — essentially a ward with babies in the glass cribs — that drew huge crowds at world’s fairs on the Atlantic City boardwalk and Coney Island’s Luna Park. Couney invited desperate parents to bring him their preemies, and he paid for their care with the 25 cents he

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Photographs of Beth Allen taken by her father show her at Dr. Martin Couney’s Coney Island incubator sideshow, where she was on display with others after she was born premature in 1941. She and thousands of other former premature babies drew large crowds at world’s fairs in the early 1900s. charged for admission. Couney died in 1950, shortly after incubators finally came into wider use. Horn and others who owe their lives to him want their stories told so the doctor’s curious tale — one

that would cause outrage by today’s standards — doesn’t die with them. Horn was a twin born prematurely in 1920 in Brooklyn. Her sister had died, and doctors told her father to hold off

on a funeral because Lucille would not survive the day. “He said: ‘Well that’s impossible; she’s alive now. We have to do something for her,’” Horn said. “My father wrapped me in a towel and

took me in a cab to the incubator; I went to Dr. Couney. I stayed with him quite a few days. Almost five months.” Couney was well known in the early 1900s for his work in keeping premature babies alive. The German-trained doctor studied in Paris with Dr. Pierre Budin, who had pioneered the theory of enclosed incubators, designed to keep babies warm and protect them from germs. The incubator was first seen in 1896 at the Berlin Exposition and for the first time in the U.S. at expositions in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898 and Buffalo, New York, in 1901. Couney opened his first exhibit with “live babies” at Coney Island’s Luna Park in 1903. By the 1920s, the incubators were kept in a Hanseland-Gretel-like cottage decorated with the image of a stork overlooking a nest of cherubs. And in the 1930s, he took his incubator babies to the world’s fairs in New York and Chicago, where the display was on the midway next to the show of burlesque fan dancer Sally Rand. Couney ended the sideshows in 1943.

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Chief insists officer fatally shot teen in self-defense SENECA (AP) — A South Carolina police chief says he will not release the name of an officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old man in a Hardee’s parking lot, insisting the officer acted in selfdefense. While the attorney for the teen’s parents disputed the officer’s account, Seneca Chief John Covington reiterated Friday the department considers the officer a victim of attempted murder. “We feel that releasing his name may possibly subject the officer and family to harassment, intimidation or abuse,” Covington said in a written statement released to the media. Zachary Hammond was shot twice about 8:20 p.m. on July 26. According to a police report, he had driven a 23-year-old woman to the parking lot after an undercover officer arranged to buy marijuana from her. The woman was not injured. She was charged with simple possession of marijuana and released. A phone listing for her was out of service Saturday. Covington has said the undercover officer pulled up beside Hammond’s car to buy the drugs, and the officer in uniform was coming up to help with any arrests when Hammond drove his car toward the lawman. But the attorney for Hammond’s parents, Eric Bland, contends that explanation is false. He says a private autopsy, conducted Thursday, showed Hammond was shot from behind and that his car was not moving. He said Hammond was unarmed and at Hardee’s on a date. Bland is calling for the attorney general’s office to put the case before a statewide grand jury to investigate. Noting that both Hammond and the officer are white, Bland said Hammond’s death should be investigated with the same tenacity as cases that involve different races. A preliminary autopsy, released Tuesday, showed the fatal shot hit Hammond in the upper torso. But Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis has not specified from which direction the shots came. Earlier this week, Covington said Hammond’s car came at an angle, so the shots were fired into the open, driver’s side window. On Friday, he said he won’t address the attorney’s “ongoing and unsupported statements” or say any more about the case until the State Law Enforcement Division completes its investigation. The officer is on administrative leave. “As attorneys are now involved for both the Hammonds and our department, we have released all of the information that we are able to at this time on the incident,” the chief said in his statement.

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Firefighter died after being trapped in wind-fueled blaze SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A firefighter killed by a wildfire in Northern California became trapped by the erratic, wind-stoked blaze while he was scouting an area to decide how best to attack the flames, a U.S. Forest Service official said Saturday. Forest Service firefighter David Ruhl, 38, was driving down a road in the Modoc National Forest on Thursday when the fire grew suddenly and trapped him, Forest Service spokesman Ken Sandusky said. “He was trying to develop a plan of attack,” Sandusky said. Officials said they couldn’t immediately say whether Ruhl had time to let others know by radio that he was in trouble, or whether the flames overtook him too fast for him to call for help. Crews fighting the blaze lost communication with Ruhl on Thursday evening, and his body was recovered Friday. An investigation has begun to determine exactly what happened and whether there are any lessons to be learned from Ruhl’s death, Forest Service spokeswoman Heather Noel said. “We owe that not only to the family and to the friends and to the employees that worked with Dave, but we

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U.S. court: Drug-sniffing police dog fails smell test CHICAGO (AP) — Lex the police dog from central Illinois is far from top dog in drugsniffing skills. That’s the core finding of a potentially influential new ruling from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which considered the question of how much police should rely on their K-9 partners to justify searches when a dog’s own competence, as in Lex’s case, is itself suspect. The opinion stems from an appeal by Larry Bentley Jr, a St. Louis man serving 20 years in prison for drug possession. He argued the 20 kilograms of cocaine Bloomington police found in his car during a 2010 traffic stop derived from an illegal search triggered by Lex. While the court upheld the conviction, it disparaged Lex and suggested it might have considered tossing Bentley’s conviction if police had relied solely on Lex’s nose. “Lex is lucky the Canine Training Institute doesn’t calculate class rank,” a 15-page opinion said. “If it did, Lex would have been at the bottom of his class.” Lex’s trainer at the Bloom-

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trolled tests required for certification have been more than 90 percent, he said. He conceded Lex did fail one controlled test during the evidence-gathering stage of Bentley’s case, calling it an anomaly. As a result, Lex was pulled from service for a two-week refresher course. The court said it upheld Bentley’s conviction in part because other indications at the traffic stop, including his contradictory statements, may have separately justified a search. It added that Lex’s overall performance likely rose just above minimally acceptable levels according to criteria laid out by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the judges make clear their concern that dogs that almost always signal for drugs could potentially provide police with a “pretext” to search anyone’s car. They also highlighted the practice of Lex’s police handlers giving him a reward — a toy hose stuffed with a sock — each time he alerts, whether he’s right or wrong about drugs, saying that “seems like a terrible way to promote accurate detection.”

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ROCK HILL (AP) — Thirty-nine years, later Ray Hargis still treasures the photo. The fading Polaroid shows a then-19-year-old Hargis standing next to an orange fiberglass car front shaped to resemble a 1957 Ford. Johnny Campbell apologized for not having photos. He was sure he had some too, but apparently they been lost or destroyed. More vivid than any photograph, though, are the memories of Hargis, 59, and Campbell, 68. These Rock Hill residents were among the first to ride Carowinds’ Thunder Road roller coaster before it even opened to the public on April 3, 1976. More importantly, they were among those who helped build and then maintain the Fort Mill-area coaster. Thunder Road is a masterpiece in every sense of the word as it was handcrafted on-site, they said. Nothing came pre-made. Each piece of lumber was measured, cut, drilled, then manhandled into place for nailing and bolting. The coaster cars were adapted to the Thunder Road theme and painted on-site. It was, they said, the best job they ever had. But after 39 years, and what park officials say is diminishing ridership, Carowinds closed Thunder Road. The final rides were in July. Campbell was among

those who answered an ad looking for carpenters. He had about six years of largely self-taught experience and a work ethic instilled at the Rock Hill’s Industrial Cotton Mill where he did whatever was asked of him. He was no stranger to a long day’s work for an honest day’s pay— and the Thunder Road pay wasn’t bad for mid-1970s standards at $10 an hour. The coaster construction hours would prove long. There were stretches when they worked 10 to 12 hours a day, every day of the week, he said. Most important, though, Campbell wasn’t afraid of heights. More than 539,000 feet of lumber went into Thunder Road. It took 3,500 pounds of nails and 30,000 bolts, nuts and washers to connect everything. Campbell can attest to the large number of bolts, nuts and washers. He spent one rainy day taking inventory to make sure they wouldn’t run out of supplies at critical times. With many of the bolts 18to 24-inches long, you couldn’t run to the local hardware store for help if you ran out. When all the framing was complete, then came the laying of track, and that’s when Campbell and a newly hired Hargis were among Thunder Road’s first riders, crisscrossing the state line between North Carolina and South Carolina.

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Environmentalists, unions protest Pacific trade pact

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Pacific trade ministers fail to reach deal in Hawaii talks LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Trade ministers from a dozen Pacific Rim nations failed to reach a deal on a new trade agreement that would cover nearly 40 percent of the global economy, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Friday. Froman, reading from a statement on behalf of all of the ministers, said the parties made significant progress and agreed to continue their discussions. The countries haven’t yet set a date for future talks. Froman said some issues were bilateral in nature, and some will involve groups. “I feel very gratified about the progress that’s been made, and I am confident that through our continued intensive engagement that we’ll be able to tackle the remaining issues successfully,” Froman said in response to a reporter’s question about whether he was disappointed about the lack of a deal. Japan’s economic and fiscal policy minister, Akira Amari, said he thought a deal would be reached with one more meeting. The Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are aimed at erasing most tariffs and other barriers to trade and investment among participants. It would also clarify and standardize trade rules, making it easier for companies to sell goods and services in the Pacific Rim. The wide-ranging discussions have addressed tariffs on autos, rice and dairy products, as well as intellectual property protections for pharmaceuticals. The talks have also covered establishing environmental

protections for participant nations, which range from developing countries such as Vietnam to industrial powers such as Japan. President Obama’s administration has said a pact would boost U.S. economic growth and help keep high-quality jobs in the country by increasing exports. The proposed deal is a central element of Obama’s efforts to boost U.S. influence in Asia and to serve as an economic counterweight to China. Critics have complained that the deal is being negotiated in secret and that it favors multinational corporations over workers and consumers. New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said to reach a complicated trade agreement, parties must slowly resolve issues one by one until only one or two of the most difficult questions remain. He said dairy — of which New Zealand is a major exporter — is one of these difficult issues. Groser didn’t provide details, in an effort to avoid causing problems for his negotiating partners, but said the countries have agreed to what he called “commercially meaningful access.” The definition of what that means is being negotiated, he said. “I’m extremely confident that we will find that sweet spot and advance the interests of efficient dairy exporters around the world, not just mine, and yet find a way of dealing with the political complexities for those of our friends around the table who are less competitive,” Groser said. Asked how the countries could address falling expectations for a deal, Amari said

they should quickly reach an agreement. He argued a pact by the 12 nations would become the standard for the Asia-Pacific region. “There are countries already waiting to join. Their numbers will grow. With the World Trade Organization stuck, TPP may become the standard for the world,”Amari said. The ministers held their latest round of negotiations at a hotel on Maui’s Kaanapali Beach for four days this week. The U.S. came to Maui strengthened by the Obama administration’s successful legislative fight winning fasttrack negotiating authority. This allows Congress to approve or reject trade agreements but not change or delay them. The agreement was proposed by Chile, New Zealand and Singapore in 2002, but Washington has taken the lead in promoting it since joining the talks in 2008. Participants include the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. China, the world’s second largest economy after the U.S., is not part of the talks. But there’s potential it could join the pact later. Beijing has been negotiating a separate agreement with many of the same nations that’s called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. This pact would cover 16 countries, including the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — About 400 protesters blew conch shells on a Hawaii beach on Wednesday to demonstrate against a trade agreement being negotiated by ministers from 12 Pacific Rim nations. The demonstrators blew into their shells in unison on the sand in front of the Westin Maui resort on Kaanapali Beach, where ministers were meeting this week to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. Protest organizers say the trade agreement would benefit a few major corporations while sacrificing protections for public health, the environment, local jobs and indigenous rights. “It’s pilau, pilau, pilau,” said veteran Hawaii activist Walter Ritte, using the Hawaiian word for rotten. A former agriculture minister from Japan, Ma-

sahiko Yamada, shared how he had been fighting the agreement back home for the past five years. He led the crowd in chants of “Stop TPP” and “gambaro” or “Let’s do it” in Japanese. The agreement would lower tariffs and other trade barriers while setting labor and environmental standards for its participants. The Obama administration said the pact would boost U.S. economic growth and help keep high-quality jobs in the country by increasing exports. The protesters blew conch shells because Native Hawaiians have used the shell’s sound to let people know something important was to occur, said event organizer Trinette Furtado. “Today is a call to attention, to join together against this attempt to put profits over people,” Furtado said in a statement.

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Hillary riding Bill’s coattails to nomination

illary Clinton this week released her most recent eight years of tax returns to show that she and hubby Bill had come a long way since she claimed (falsely) that the power couple was “dead broke” when they left the White House. Following that howler and in the opportunist style of accumulation of wealth Bill pioneered in after he left office, Hillary has been raking it in from book deals, paid speeches and business ventures initiated by her husband. Here’s the most recent tally: She

EDITORIAL and Bill jointly have collected $139 million; she alone earned nearly $10 million in speaking fees in 2013, the year she left the State Department, where she accomplished…….exactly zero. In fact, her entire record of public service has been one big fat zero. And yet she appears to have the Democratic Party nomination for president well in hand. This in spite of polls that show that a majority of most potential voters don’t regard her as “honest and trustworthy.”

Why should they? Her whole career has been built on the coattails of her husband, which has enabled her to command speaking fees at $225,000 each. Payoffs such as that will surely inspire her to better understand the needs of working-class Americans, who continue to be left out in the cold as their wages plummet in an economy that is growing no more than 2 percent a year since the Obama regime inflicted big government, tax and spend, over-regulate policies on the country, stymieing any substantive economic growth.

Since she’s become a presidential contender, she has made it known she wants to become Obama Lite and swing as far left as she possibly can while proclaiming she can better understand the needs of the “little people” and lead them into the promised land of government dependency. As for the loyal opposition party, the Republicans, they had better get their act together before next year or they will see a nanny residing in the White House and continuing America’s decline that began with the current commander in chief.

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Conception deception

ASHINGTON -- It took three videos showing Planned Parenthood doctors and executives discussing the culling and retailing of aborted baby parts, but Hillary Clinton finally managed to say that she found the videos “disturbing.” For a professional politician like Clinton, whose every word is vetted by the vast right lobe of her brain, “disturbing” in the vernacular of less-scripted folk would be something like “horrifying” or “vile.” But Clinton, whose base includes supporters of Kathleen Planned ParParker enthood (PP), as well as the mega-fundraising, pro-choice Emily’s List, tiptoed out on a limb. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it brave, but I also wouldn’t underestimate its significance. Even a passionately pro-choice presidential candidate has to pause at this juncture. A tipping point may have already been reached, however, as people recoil from that which cannot be denied. Where once many could avert our eyes from the details of abortion, the details are now all we see and, thanks to the videos, hear. In this excerpt from a fourth video, released Thursday, Dr. Savita Ginde, medical director and vice president of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains; Jess, a PP medical assistant; and two actors posing as fetal tissue buyers discuss a product of termination: Jess: Head, arms, I don’t see any legs. Did you see the legs? Ginde: I didn’t really look, but — A buyer: Yea, there it goes. Yup, you got all of them right there. Jess: Another boy. Should I just put it ... Ginde: Yea, just put it over here, I’ll wash it out. Yea, so you guys staying the night or are you leaving? Buyer: Leaving ... Ginde: Do you have a car? Just another day in the baby parts biz. Just another boy. The videos, made clandestinely over a three-year period by an anti-abortion group, are being released incrementally for sustained effect. It’s working. Planned Parenthood, faced with a renewed push for federal defunding (to the tune of a half a billion dollars), has begun a public relations campaign of its own. As of Friday, two ads had been released, each featuring a breast-cancer survivor who says she wouldn’t have survived without the health care she received at PP. But is this true? Negligibly.

Planned Parenthood offers only a manual breast exam that any woman can do herself — and performs no mammograms. Rather, they refer women to other clinics. Thus, the ads are at least exaggerated if not purposely deceptive. Also deceptive is the claim that defunding Planned Parenthood would strip women of health care. In fact, a Senate bill to defund Planned Parenthood, co-authored by Rand Paul and Joni Ernst, specifically stipulates that all of its public funding be reallocated to federally qualified community health centers, which provide all women’s health care services except abortion, without regard to a person’s ability to pay. In other words, Planned Parenthood would still be able to provide abortions, since no federal funding can legally be used for abortion, anyway. And abortion opponents would no longer have to worry that their tax money was going to an abortion provider, even though the funds can’t legally be used for abortion. The Senate bill is expected to come up for a vote Monday evening — the final moment of the session before August recess and the only time Senate Democrats would allow the vote. Meanwhile, as of Friday afternoon, pro-life Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine were trying to cobble together an alternative to the defunding bill. Collins has expressed concern that defunding would deprive women in her state of healthcare. But would it, really? Maine has four Planned Parenthood installations and 135 community health centers that could accommodate women’s basic health needs. Throughout the country, community centers vastly outnumber PP, totaling 9,059 to 669. It would appear that women could still get the healthcare they need. In final ironies in this theatre of the grotesque, PP doctors performing abortions often use sonograms so they can ensure that the imminently deceased baby’s organs aren’t damaged. Yet, Planned Parenthood has persistently fought “informed consent” laws requiring that women be shown their sonograms pre-abortion, arguing that abortion is hard enough without showing women what they’re about to destroy. Some might even call it disturbing. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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his is for everyone who loves the beaches of South Carolina, who has grown up swimming and boating in our oceans and creeks, and has watched the tides change from Hilton Head to North Myrtle Beach. You owe it to yourself, your children, their children and anyone else down the generational line to become extremely familiar with the offshore drilling freight train that is rolling toward South Carolina. I met a woman named Peg Howell on Tuesday at the Georgetown Rotary Club, and you should meet her too. She’s a remarkable person who spent her college summers working on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. She later became Chevron USA’s first female “company man” as a rig supervisor in the Gulf. That’s right. A female rig supervisor. She’s a scientist with a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering who has worked as a Petroleum Engineer, Production Engineer and Drilling Engineer on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea. To top it off, she earned a Harvard MBA and became an Assistant Dean at Harvard Business School. She’s an active outdoor enthusiast who now lives in North Litchfield Beach with her husband, John Thomas, a Georgetown County Councilman. He’s a former Naval Intelligence Officer who retired as a Commander. These are smart people who care about South Carolina and now call it home. Peg is exactly the sort of person oil companies and the politicians who take their endless supply of money don’t want you to hear from because she’s telling the unfiltered, ugly truth about the long-term implications of the bad decisions we’re headed toward making. I’ve read about her recently in the Coastal Observer

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and The Georgetown Times, but it was hearing her speak in person about the realities of offshore drilling that got my at-

tention. To learn more, start with the website – “Stop Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic” – www.sodapopsc.com. One of the most important pages to read on the site is “A Brief History,” found here: http:// bit.ly/1INgyEC. Take special note of this paragraph: “Our elected officials have been misled by the American Petroleum Institute, the lobbying arm for the oil and gas industry, who says the oil business will bring tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in revenue to S.C. However, the revenues belong to the U.S. Treasury, not the states, and the jobs will be filled by expert and experienced oil field workers from the Gulf coast, not from S.C. If you follow the money, it doesn’t take much to see how the $10s of thousands of campaign money supplied to our elected officials by oil companies must be clouding their judgment.” This is exactly the type of secretive, fast-track political influence and corruption that makes my blood boil. More than 35 years ago we began writing in these same pages about how the SCA Services/GSX/Safety Kleen/ Laidlaw/Kestrel Horizons toxic waste landfill on the shores of Lake Marion got started under the guise of a kitty litter mining operation, and how most state politicians and the Department of Health and Environmental leadership turned their heads and allowed it to grow into the mess it is today. South Carolina has been left holding a toxic time bomb,

and the dumpers are long gone with their profits. When people in power aren’t held accountable early on, bad things happen in the long term. When people don’t speak out forcefully, we get what we deserve. Newspapers can’t do it alone, and this offshore drilling mess is a perfect example. I don’t want future generations to watch oil wash up on the beaches of Litchfield and Pawleys, or witness the devastation of the Murrells Inlet ecosystem because of something that happened here when I was an adult who could speak out against it. You shouldn’t either. Try out www.govtrack.us for contacting the national politicians, and www.sc.gov for the state politicians, starting with Gov. Nikki Haley, who opened the door to it all along with some other Southern governors. Tell them “No to offshore drilling in the Atlantic.” More on this topic in coming weeks, including the false claims oil company advocates are making about potential job creation in S.C.; the twisted logic of endangering S.C.’s constantly growing and thriving tourism industry for oil exploration efforts; the likelihood of another BP Deepwater Horizon-style accident; hurricane aftermath in the oil towns of Louisiana, and the oil companies’ real long-term plans for those Atlantic rigs they want to put off our coast. Graham Osteen is Editor-AtLarge of The Sumter Item. He can be reached at graham@theitem.com. Follow him on Twitter @GrahamOsteen, or visit www.grahamosteen.com.

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OUTREACH FROM PAGE A1 to the playground for a second round. Mixed into the organized chaos, children were able to talk with officers and have fun with them. Among the games was a tennis ball version of Kerplunk where players pull out sticks from a bin full of tennis balls trying to keep the balls from falling out. The other game was a teamwork game where two children tried to walk together on two different planks as fast as they could. The goal of the event, said Staff Sgt. Tony Rivers with Sumter police’s community services department, is to make children feel comfortable around police officers. “It’s about building relationships with the kids,” Rivers said. “The most effective time to build a relationship with a person is when they’re younger because they’re more open to that kind of thing. We want to build those relationships before they get older and hopefully try and steer them in the right direction as much as possible.”

The children were able to talk to officers while they were getting the food ready and get to see the officers outside of a typical setting. “We wanted the children to interact with the cops because some of them are afraid of them,” said Cynthia Peeples with Aunt Susan’s Play School. “We need to let them know the cops are their friends. They were very excited about coming.” When the children arrived, the shouts of excitement could be heard long before the children appeared. Peeples said she hopes the 28 children Aunt Susan’s Play School brought to the playground learn police officers are helpers. Bethesda Learning Center brought 13 kids to the event, and Amanda Mathis with the day care said she brought the kids so they could see police officers aren’t bad people. She said with all of the recent negative news about police officers, it’s important to see them as trustworthy people. “They are people you can trust; people you know who can come to your house

ENTREPRENEURS FROM PAGE A1 He said there are a lot of “closet entrepreneurs” in Sumter who have great ideas but do not have access to a platform to help make that idea a reality, . Jones said there are three things that anyone who plans to start a business should have — capital, access and training. “The combination of the three will help you to have a great start,” he said. Jones said one-on-one mentoring and partnerships with other businesses is very important when taking those first steps. Brenda Golden, South Carolina Department of Commerce Regional Workforce Advisor for Sumter, Clarendon, Kershaw and Lee counties, said the results of Tuesday’s meeting will help the state move forward in opening more doors for minority entrepreneurs. Golden, who works with Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments and will also be at the gathering, is excited with the amount of growth that Sumter has recently experienced and thinks that growth will increase in the state after Demo Day. She said Santee-Lynches Ecosystem for Enterprise Development, SEED, is one of the ways Sumter is opening more doors for local entrepreneurs. SEED offers a venue for aspiring entrepre-

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and help you,” she said. “If something’s wrong, these are the people you can call, and you can trust them no matter what.” The Kids and Cops event was the second in a long line of upcoming community outreach events for the police department. The first was earlier this summer. Its National Night Out, an event during which officers go to community events and interact with different neighborhood watch teams and neighborhoods, takes place Tuesday. Police department spokeswoman Tonyia McGirt said the department will also have a back-to-school event coming up as well as more in the fall when the temperature cools down. Their goal, according to Rivers, is to connect with people in the community to try to make the place they all live a better place. “At the end of the day, we are all a part of the community as well, and we want to try and promote the best quality of life we can for everybody,” he said. “It’s our community, too, and we want to make it as good as it can be for us and for everybody.”

neurs to network with experienced business owners and others who are starting out during the “Beanstalk” event that is held at 9 a.m. every second and fourth Tuesday at Serendipity Café and Catering, 118 S. Main St. While Demo Day was created by the White House, the gathering in Columbia was created after Clemson University President Jim Clements, who is also co-chair of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, posed a question to the university, “How do we increase inclusive entrepreneurship in the state?” Sean Williams, professor and faculty fellow of Clemson’s Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership, said that question was originally asked of NACIE by the White House, and he suggested that the question be answered at the state level. The statewide meeting is sponsored by Clemson and supported through a partnership with the S.C. Department of Commerce, University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia College and other organizations. Successful minority entrepreneurs will attend the meeting and share their experiences and expertise which will serve as inspiration for a statewide action plan. By the end of the meeting, the group will have created an action plan with 30-, 60- and 90-day objectives, Williams said.

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SCHOOL FROM PAGEA1 firefighters with the department. “We’re always looking for volunteers,” he said. “We use the term firefighter, not fireman, so the classes are open to all, and we welcome both men and women,” Duggan said. Once someone becomes a volunteer firefighter with the department he or she will be assigned to a fire station near his or her home and will receive a pager that will alert them to any nearby fires. Duggan said those who are interested must be 18 or older. For more information about the recruit school, call Sumter Fire Department Training Center at (803) 4362600.

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Members of Heart of Christ Family Fellowship, located at 770 E. Liberty St., give out free clothing to those in need during the church’s annual Heart Fest at South Sumter Park on Saturday. For more information about the church, call (843) 230-3212 or go to www.hocff.com.

OBITUARIES RACHEL D. GAINES Rachel Doughty Montgomery Gaines, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015. She was born Dec. 2, 1916, in Jordan section of Manning, a daughter of the late Hartswell Doughty and Katie Johnson. Funeral serGAINES vice will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, Manning, the Rev. Al Smiling officiating. The family is receiving friends at the home of her niece, Joyce Ann Briggs, 411 Holden St., Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC Manning.

CAROLYN D. PARROTT Carolyn Durant Parrott, on Tuesday evening, July 28, 2015, while a patient at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Carolyn Durant Parrott exchanged mortality for immortality. Born in Sumter on March 17, 1963, she was the youngest daughter of the late Essex Sr. and Dora Rhames Durant. Carolyn grew up in a loving and Christian home with devoted parents and six older siblings. She was an affectionate and kind-hearted young woman who had many friends and was loved by many. She had a great love for all who knew her; however, her greatest joy was being a mother to her daughter, Kenyatta, whom she loved dearly. She was that mother who took pride in nurturing and attending to every need of her darling daughter. That love continued to grow stronger and greater with the birth of her granddaughter, De’Niya and her newly birthed grandson, Kayden. Carolyn was educated in the public schools of Sumter County District 17 and was a 1982 graduate of Sumter High. Upon graduating from high school, she continued her education at Sumter Beauty College. She was employed by Georgia Pacific and Korn Inc. Industry. At an early age, Carolyn re-

ceived Christ as her Lord and Savior while becoming a member of the Faith Deliverance Temple under the leadership of Bishop Jeffery Johnson. Later in life, she attended The Living Church in the Lord Jesus Christ under the tenure of Dr. B.L. James. There was never a task that she was asked to do that she did not do. Saying “no” was never an option she knew, but, “I will try my best to do what is asked of me”. Carolyn had a contagious laughter that could sometimes be heard all over the place, and that laughter could win a smile from the saddest face nearby. She could make your “bad” day into a “good and fun” day within a few minutes. A smile we shall always love and surely miss. She leaves to cherish her precious memories: a loving and caring daughter, Kenyatta Durant; a darling granddaughter, De’Niya Ragin; a precious grandson, Kayden Budden; loving and devoted siblings, brother Roger (Alice) Durant of Olanta, two sisters, Betty Durant and Sardora (Franklin) Simmons of Sumter; sister-in-law, Bertha Durant; brother-in-law, Jerome Harris; two very special friends, Teresa McGee and Valerie Evans; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Essex Durant Jr. and Donald Durant; two sisters, Feola Durant and Beverly D. Harris; niece, Stephanie Durant; nephew, Timothy Martin; and sister-in-law, Jean Durant. Public viewing will be held from noon to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mrs. Parrott will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Monday until the hour of service. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter, with Bishop B.C. James officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary-Zion Hill Cemetery, Pinewood. Family will be receiving

friends at the home, 307 Mooneyham Road, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at: jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at: www.jobsmortuary. net.

ANNETTE A. THOMPSON Annette Anderson Thompson, 61, wife of Joe Thompson Jr., departed this life on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter. Born Aug. 28, 1953, in Sumter County, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Katie Carroway Anderson. She attended the public schools of Sumter County. Annette worked at Gold Kist and was the manager at Etceteria Tailor Shop for many years. She was a faithful member of the Victory Full Gospel Church. She leaves to cherish her memories: her husband, Joe Thompson Jr.; one daughter, Denise Latrell Benjamin; four grandchildren, Micheal and Santana Burgess and E’Setua and Malaykia Benjamin; two great grandchildren; three sisters, Louise Davis, Betty Harvin (Anthony), Jannette (Keith) Johnson of Newark, New Jersey; five sisters-in-law; two brothers-in-law; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Monday in the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with Pastor Joann Murrill officiating, eulogist, assisted by Minister Sandra

McCutcheon and Pastor David Pugh. The family is receiving family and friends at the home of her daughter, 2200 West Brewington Road, Sumter. The procession will leave from the home of her daughter at 10:20 a.m. Floral bearer and pall bearers will be family and friends. Burial will be in the Bradford Cemetery, Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web — www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 North Main St., Sumter.

SUSIE M. PEARSON Susie Mae Hodge Pearson,

67, wife of JC Pearson, died Friday, July 31, 2015, at her residence 3095 Old Manning Road, Sumter. She was born June 6, 1948, in Sumter County, a daughter of Mrs. Carrie Lee Burgess Hodge and the late John Hodge Jr. The family is receiving friends at her residence. The services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC Manning.

EVERLINE ANDREWS Mrs. Everline Andrews entered eternal rest on Aug. 1, 2015, at the McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. The family is receiving friends at 778 Wells Church Road, Lynchburg. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

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MEETING Tuesday, 6 p.m., banquet hall, University of South Carolina Sumter, 200 Miller Road BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 4 p.m., town hall

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Greenville 93/69

Columbia 96/73

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Sumter 95/71

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Mix business EUGENIA LAST with pleasure. Checking out new trends or discussing future projects will bring you that much closer to your goals. Leave room for a romantic celebration and you will secure a place in the heart of someone special. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Too much of everything will be your problem. Tone it down a bit when it comes to spending, partying and discussing matters that have the potential for you to overreact. Practicing moderation will keep you out of trouble. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take a break to do the things at home that will make your life better. Whether it’s a residential move you want to make, or just kicking back with someone special, be deliberate about doing the things you want to do. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Delve into something different. A new hobby or making friends with someone from a different cultural background will give you plenty to think about. Use your creative skills and put some of your ideas into play. A day trip is encouraged. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Financial matters are looking up. Using alternative methods to reduce your overhead and help you save will work to your advantage. You can make a difference to your future if you are willing to be a little less generous with others. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Discuss your plans with someone you want to spend more time with. Having someone to share your goals with will encourage you to work harder and to bring about the sort of lifestyle that leads to less stress and

greater contentment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will impress everyone with your insight, talent, knowledge and charm. Your reputation will take a positive turn, bringing you plenty of unexpected offers. Focus on productive goals and everything else will fall into place. Romance is highlighted.

Today: Partly sunny. Winds east-southeast 4-8 mph. Partly cloudy. Monday: Partly sunny. Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.

Aiken 93/69

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An unusual change at home will make you think. Take time to seek out the destinations that you feel drawn to. It’s important to explore your emotional desires and to be honest about the way you feel. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You can learn a lot if you observe how others respond. Keep your personal plans a secret from anyone you suspect might use the information to hurt you. Focus on personal improvements, financial gains and legal concerns. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The past must not be forgotten. Consider emotional mistakes you have made so that you don’t fall into a similar trap. Don’t be afraid to do things differently. It’s important not to limit what you can do because of what someone else wants. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Concentrate on partnerships and building a strong union that will help you accomplish your financial and personal goals. Working as a team player is encouraged and will help you determine the most efficient route to take.

ACROSS 1 Firm understanding 6 Press conference, for short 11 Home of twigs 15 Sean Connery, by birth 19 Shakespearean swain 20 Coalition 21 Telltale sign 22 Fantine creator 23 “The waiting room is empty” 25 “Haste makes waste” 27 Can’t stand 28 Alternative to “sir” 30 Spanish conquistador 31 Overly extended 32 Rain holder 34 Work at a keyboard 35 Incubator occupant 38 Yonder

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71 “We call our convertible Christine” 73 Itinerary word 74 Heart charts: Abbr. 75 Male turkeys 76 Young socialites 77 Hanger-on 78 Sushi fish 79 “Give a treat to Fido and Fluffy” 83 Actress Olivia 84 Ask too much 85 Small pranksters 86 Atlas dot 87 Put trust in 88 Tablet downloads 89 Passageways for Santa 90 Korean autos 91 Buffalo Bill wore one 94 Ending meaning “attendee” 95 Wane 99 “I write jingles” 101 “The wordplay is a little off” 104 Luau souvenirs

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deered 82 Brewpub product 83 Grew tired 87 High in calories 88 Engage in __ of wills 89 Anteroom 90 . . . Cuckoo’s Nest author 91 Fund-raising party 92 Shelley selections 93 Competitor of Alamo 94 Substance on stamps 95 Soup flavoring 96 Taj Mahal locale 97 Willowy 98 Looks at closely 100 Afore 102 Close Encounters craft 103 Nothing at all

Anne Hathaway received an Academy Award for her portrayal of Fantine (22 Across) in the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables. Author James

M. CAIN (48 Across) also wrote The Postman Always Rings Twice. The origins of LINDT (70 Across) go back to the 1845 opening of a Zurich confectionary shop.

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105 Undeniable 106 Pay the IRS online 107 Spine-tingling 108 Deputy, for short 109 Oracle 110 Mover’s device 111 Perfume measures DOWN 1 Graph paper pattern 2 Pantheon’s city 3 Sound boosters 4 Alaskan mail carrier 5 Witch’s brews 6 Captain of the Caine 7 Raggedy dolls 8 Petty peeve 9 Buck, for short 10 Ever again 11 Wanderer 12 Wax-coated cheese 13 Letters on a Chicago cap 14 Tot’s wheels 15 Piece of the action 16 Religious sect 17 Stare at 18 Trifles (with) 24 Fails to be 26 Prone to sulking 29 The Mammoth Hunters author 32 The good dishes 33 Was a guide 34 Scrumptious 35 Bits of gossip 36 Still in dreamland 37 “I’m donating these” 38 Gave it a go 39 Song of David 40 “Look at all the dryer lint” 41 Baloney 42 Veteran sailors 44 Installs a driveway 45 “Pomp and Circumstance” composer 48 Ma’s instrument 50 Vote in

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t embellish the truth. You will not see what’s going on around you clearly. It’s important to take a step back and reflect rather than jump into something you’ll regret. Work alone to protect against personal, financial or emotional loss.

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Charleston 89/74

Today: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 86 to 90. Monday: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 86 to 90.

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Myrtle Beach 89/75

Manning 94/71

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Florence 96/71

Bishopville 95/70

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SENIOR GAMES

Baker finally collects coveted hoops medal Sumter Christian basketball coach earns bronze in National Senior Games with Darlington Generals BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Bobby Baker had an item on his bucket list that most people probably have never heard of before. For the past 20 or so years, Baker, the head boys basketball coach at Sumter Christian School, has participated in the National Senior Games – a multisport event similar to the Olympics, but for those

ages 50 and up. As a member of the Darlington Generals basketball team, Baker has competed in cities across the country from Pittsburgh to San Francisco. But in all that time, neither he nor the Generals ever won a medal of any kind. Until last month, that is. Playing in the 75+ age range and Division II, Baker along with five teammates captured the bronze medal at

this year’s senior games held July 3-16 in St. Paul, Minnesota. “It’s a nationwide event, so we’re really proud of placing third out of 21 teams I think it was,” Baker said. “It’s just a great experience to be playing with men that age. They’re all good sports and they play to have fun, but they also play to win.

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Sumter’s Bobby Baker, second from right, stands with his Darlington Generals teammates after earning a bronze medal at the National SeSEE BAKER, PAGE B2 nior Games in the 75-and-up age group.

DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL

CAROLINA FOOTBALL

Extra-inning motivation

Hoke aims to reignite success with USC BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News

the pace of play to an excruciatingly slow crawl. Sumter finally prevailed though, winning 11-10 in 11 innings. Sumter advances in the winners bracket and will

COLUMBIA— When talking about Jon Hoke, Steve Spurrier always relies on the same joke. Both left Florida to coach in the NFL, Spurrier says. Then he points out he lasted two seasons, while Hoke remained for 13. This year, Spurrier has put his confidence in Hoke to transform a University of South Carolina defense that ranked among the nation’s worst in 2014. Hoke, who orchestrated two of HOKE Florida’s most successful defenses during Spurrier’s tenure, has been summoned to do the same in Columbia. That’s fine with Hoke. “I don’t feel any pressure from that standpoint,” Hoke said. “All we are going to do is go out there and try to build a championship defense. It is going to be a day-by-day process. We’re going to be very detailed in what we do.” “It is always going to be technique over tactics. It will be a step-by-step process, but we’re going to try to improve every day. No more than that.” The defense did little well last season. The line failed to provide pressure. The inexperienced secondary made the kind of mistakes you’d expect. Until late in the season, the linebackers were consistently out of position. That made discipline the No.1 job on Hoke’s agenda. “I always go back to fundamentals,” Hoke said. “You’ve just got to be fundamentally sound. You’ve got to tackle

SEE SUMTER, PAGE B2

SEE HOKE, PAGE B5

MILLEGE AUSTIN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Sumter head coach Scott Spittle, left, sends Sebastian DuCom home to score during Sumter’s 11-10, 11-inning victory over Hattiesburg, Miss., on Saturday in the Junior Boys Dixie World Series at Citizen’s Park in Aiken.

Sumter Junior Dixie Boys win WS opener 11-10 in 11 innings BY MILLEGE AUSTIN Special to The Sumter Item AIKEN – There are two sayings in sports that truly encapsulated Saturday’s game for the Sumter Junior Dixie Boys all-star baseball team.

“It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” That and “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” It was supposed to be just like any other game for the boys representing the state of South Carolina in the 13year old division of the Dixie

World Series held at Citizen’s Park in Aiken, as ordinary as a World Series opener can be. However, the game proved to be anything but that as it went on for almost 4 1/2 hours, mostly in part due to their opponent, Hattiesburg, Miss. It slowed

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Offseason troubles, story lines haven’t slowed down for players or NFL BY ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press Shattered cellphones. Fireworks accidents. Failed drug tests. The NFL’s endless aggravation raged through an offseason marked by more crime and punishment, rules violations by owners, and the never-ending “Deflategate” saga. The latest black eye came

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from Pro Bowl defensive end Sheldon Richardson, who addressed his recent drug suspension by telling his teammates and coaches as they re-

ported to training camp that “they don’t have to worry about my name being in the news again.” A short time later, reports surfaced of Richardson being charged with resisting arrest and multiple traffic violations in an incident in Missouri this month. Police clocked him going 143 mph and found a loaded gun in his Bentley and a 12-year-old boy among his

passengers. The anguish won’t end when the Eagles and Colts become the last teams to report to camp over the weekend. Tom Brady’s lawsuit seeking to overturn his four-game suspension will hang over the league until a resolution is reached. Still, it’s time to turn the nation’s sporting attention back to the field.

“I think there’s a lot of positivity going on in the league,” Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said. “It’s just that 10 percent that’s negative, that’s the news. That’s what people want to see and want to read. Unfortunately, that’s not what you want as a league. “So, right now it’s good to

SEE TROUBLES, PAGE B4

SPORTS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2015

SCOREBOARD

So Yeon Ryu Amy Boulden Nicole Broch Larsen

TV, RADIO TODAY

5:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play Semifinal Matches from Aberdeen, Scotland (GOLF). 9 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play Final Match from Aberdeen, Scotland (GOLF). 10 a.m. – Youth Baseball: U-12 National Youth Championship Semifinal Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – LPGA Golf: Women’s British Open Final Round from Turnberry, Scotland (ESPN2). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: FA Community Shield Match from London – Arsenal vs. Chelsea (FOX SPORTS 1). 12:50 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – UNAM vs. Toluca (UNIVISION). 1 p.m. – Youth Baseball: U-12 National Youth Championship Semifinal Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 1 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio from Lexington, Ohio (CNBC). 1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: World TeamTennis Final Match from Springfield, Mass. – Washington vs. Springfield (ESPN2). 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Quicken Loans National Final Round from Gainesville, Va. (GOLF). 1:30 p.m. – International Swimming: FINA World Championships (WIS 10). 1:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Philadelphia (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 1:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Windows 10 400 Series from Long Pond, Pa. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, WEGX-FM 92.9). 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox (TBS). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Quicken Loans National Final Round from Gainesville, Va. (WLTX 19). 3 p.m. – Amateur Basketball: The Basketball Tournament Championship Game from Bronx, N.Y. (ESPN). 3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: BB&T Atlanta Open Final Match from Atlanta (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Match from Florence, Italy – Barcelona vs. Fiorentina (FOX SPORTS 1). 3 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour 3M Championship Final Round from Blaine, Minn. (GOLF). 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Seattle at New York (NBA TV). 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Phoenix at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH). 5 p.m. – Horse Racing: Haskell Invitational from Oceanport, N.J. (WIS 10). 5 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Women’s British Open Final Round from Turnberry, Scotland (WOLO 25). 5 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Portland at San Jose (ESPN2). 5:50 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Cruz Azul vs. Guadalajara (UNIVISION). 6 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Utah Championship Final Round from Lehi, Utah (GOLF). 7 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Dallas at Chicago (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at New York Mets (ESPN). 10:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Benfica vs. Monterrey (UNIVISION).

MONDAY

10 a.m. – Youth Baseball: U-11 National Youth Championship Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Minnesota at Toronto (MLB NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – NFP Softball: Dallas at Florida USSA Pride (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major league Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh (ESPN). 7 p.m. – CFL Football: Toronto at Hamilton (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – High School Basketball: Adidas Nations Third-Place Game from Long Beach, Calif. (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 9 p.m. – High School Basketball: Adidas Nations Championship Game from Long Beach, Calif. (ESPNU).

GOLF By The Associated Press QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL PAR SCORES

-4 -3 -3 -2 -2 -1 E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W New York 58 Baltimore 52 Toronto 53 Tampa Bay 51 Boston 46 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 61 Minnesota 53 Detroit 50 Chicago 49 Cleveland 48 WEST DIVISION W Houston 58 Los Angeles 55 Texas 50 Seattle 47 Oakland 45

L 44 50 51 53 58

Pct .569 .510 .510 .490 .442

GB – 6 6 8 13

L 41 49 53 52 54

Pct .598 .520 .485 .485 .471

GB – 8 111/2 111/2 13

L 46 47 52 57 59

Pct .558 .539 .490 .452 .433

GB – 2 7 11 13

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore 8, Detroit 7 Toronto 7, Kansas City 6, 11 innings Boston 7, Tampa Bay 5 Texas 6, San Francisco 3 Arizona 6, Houston 4, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 13, Chicago White Sox 6 Seattle 6, Minnesota 1 Cleveland 2, Oakland 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 3

RICOH WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN PAR SCORES

TODAY’S GAMES

Kansas City (Volquez 10-5) at Toronto (Dickey 5-10), 1:07 p.m. Detroit (Da.Norris 1-1) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 8-6), 1:35 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6) at Boston (Miley 8-9), 1:35 p.m. Arizona (Ray 3-5) at Houston (McHugh 12-5), 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-5), 2:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 2-2) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-7), 2:10 p.m. San Francisco (Undecided) at Texas (M.Perez 0-2), 3:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 8-8) at Oakland (Gray 11-4), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Undecided) at L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-7), 4:10 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee WEST DIVISION Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

W 54 53 46 42 40

L 47 50 57 61 64

Pct .535 .515 .447 .408 .385

GB – 2 9 13 151/2

W 66 60 55 46 44

L 37 42 47 55 60

Pct .641 .588 .539 .455 .423

GB – 51/2 101/2 19 221/2

W 58 56 50 50 43

L 45 46 51 53 58

Pct .563 .549 .495 .485 .426

GB – 11/2 7 8 14

Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 4 San Diego 8, Miami 3, 11 innings N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 1, 12 innings Texas 6, San Francisco 3 Arizona 6, Houston 4, 10 innings Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 1 St. Louis 7, Colorado 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 3

SATURDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at Houston, 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. San Francisco at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh (Morton 6-4) at Cincinnati (Sampson 0-0), 1:10 p.m. San Diego (Shields 8-4) at Miami (Fernandez 4-0), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 6-6) at Philadelphia (Morgan 2-2), 1:35 p.m. Arizona (Ray 3-5) at Houston (McHugh 12-5), 2:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Undecided) at Milwaukee (Lohse 5-12), 2:10 p.m. Colorado (Flande 1-1) at St. Louis (Jai. Garcia 3-4), 2:15 p.m. San Francisco (Undecided) at Texas (M.Perez 0-2), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Undecided) at L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-7), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 5-5), 8:08 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Arizona at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

WNBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Washington Chicago Indiana Connecticut Atlanta

W 12 11 11 10 9 7

L 6 6 8 8 8 12

Pct .667 .647 .579 .556 .529 .368

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Phoenix Tulsa San Antonio Seattle Los Angeles

W 14 11 10 6 5 4

L 4 7 9 13 15 14

Pct .778 .611 .526 .316 .250 .222

GB – 1/2 11/2 2 21/2 51/2 GB – 3 41/2 81/2 10 10

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Connecticut 67, Seattle 66 Washington 88, San Antonio 53 Minnesota 86, Atlanta 70 Los Angeles 88, Chicago 77 -8 -8 -7 -6 -5 -5 -5 -4

PHOTO PROVIDED

The Darlington Generals won a bronze medal in the National Senior Games in St. Paul, Minn., in July. Members of the team are, left to right, Melvin Howard, 75, of Wetumpka, Ala., Bobby Baker, 77, of Sumter, 76-year-old, Jesse Weathers of Gray, Ga., and Pete DeMao, 78, of Cornelius, N.C. Not shown is Charles Tanner, 76, of Hemingway and James White, 78, of Gray, Ga.

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SATURDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at Houston, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Saturday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Club Gainesville, Va. Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,385; Par: 71 Third Round Troy Merritt 70-68-61—199 -14 Kevin Chappell 64-68-67—199 -14 Rickie Fowler 67-65-68—200 -13 Jason Bohn 67-67-67—201 -12 Whee Kim 68-66-67—201 -12 Charles Howell III 67-67-67—201 -12 David Lingmerth 68-65-68—201 -12 Carl Pettersson 70-68-64—202 -11 Bill Haas 67-71-64—202 -11 Justin Rose 66-71-65—202 -11 Ryo Ishikawa 63-68-71—202 -11 Steven Bowditch 68-68-67—203 -10 Danny Lee 67-67-69—203 -10 Ollie Schniederjans 66-69-68—203 -10 Vaughn Taylor 70-70-64—204 -9 Brendan Steele 70-68-66—204 -9 Cameron Tringale 68-69-67—204 -9 Andres Romero 69-69-67—205 -8 Justin Thomas 66-71-68—205 -8 John Peterson 67-70-68—205 -8 Brian Davis 70-70-66—206 -7 Jason Kokrak 71-68-67—206 -7 Colt Knost 71-67-68—206 -7 Steve Wheatcroft 65-73-68—206 -7 Shawn Stefani 71-67-68—206 -7 Ernie Els 64-74-68—206 -7 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano66-71-69—206 -7 Adam Hadwin 67-70-69—206 -7 Ricky Barnes 69-68-69—206 -7 Justin Leonard 64-72-70—206 -7 Brice Garnett 69-65-72—206 -7 Pat Perez 67-67-72—206 -7 Hudson Swafford 68-72-67—207 -6 J.J. Henry 70-69-68—207 -6 Tony Finau 71-67-69—207 -6 Chad Campbell 68-70-69—207 -6 Jonathan Randolph 69-68-70—207 -6 Retief Goosen 63-73-71—207 -6 Russell Knox 69-67-71—207 -6 Jimmy Walker 71-63-73—207 -6 Greg Owen 66-68-73—207 -6 George McNeill 71-68-69—208 -5 James Hahn 71-67-70—208 -5 Kyle Reifers 71-67-70—208 -5 K.J. Choi 69-68-71—208 -5 Mark Wilson 68-69-71—208 -5 John Huh 70-67-71—208 -5 Tiger Woods 68-66-74—208 -5 John Merrick 72-68-69—209 -4 Jonas Blixt 66-74-69—209 -4 Tom Hoge 69-70-70—209 -4 Vijay Singh 69-70-70—209 -4 Will Wilcox 68-71-70—209 -4 Harris English 70-67-72—209 -4 Aaron Baddeley 69-68-72—209 -4 Nick Taylor 68-69-72—209 -4 Ken Duke 73-67-70—210 -3 Mark Hubbard 65-74-71—210 -3 Jim Herman 68-71-71—210 -3 Bryce Molder 69-69-72—210 -3 Erik Compton 70-69-72—211 -2 Patrick Rodgers 66-72-73—211 -2

Saturday At Turnberry Resort (Ailsa Course) Turnberry, Scotland Purse: $3 million Yardage: 6,410; Par: 72 Third Round a-amateur Jin Young Ko 68-71-69–208 Teresa Lu 68-71-69–208 Suzann Pettersen 68-69-72–209 Mika Miyazato 68-72-70–210 Inbee Park 69-73-69–211 Minjee Lee 69-72-70–211 Lydia Ko 66-73-72–211 Melissa Reid 73-70-69–212

Maria McBride Anna Nordqvist Julieta Granada Lexi Thompson Yani Tseng Alison Walshe Cristie Kerr Hyo Joo Kim Candie Kung Hannah Burke Stacy Lewis a-Luna Sobron Jane Park

67-72-73–212 71-74-68–213 69-74-70–213 79-66-69–214 69-72-73–214 70-74-71–215 71-75-70–216 72-72-72–216 70-74-72–216 66-77-73–216 65-78-73–216 72-75-70–217 74-72-71–217 70-75-72–217 70-77-71–218 72-74-72–218

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SATURDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Phoenix at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Seattle at New York, 3 p.m. Los Angeles at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m. Connecticut at Indiana, 6 p.m.

“I think it would amaze people to see the athletic ability of these guys.” The Generals actually would have had a good shot at winning a silver medal, Baker said, but that would have required the group missing their plane ride home to play in more games. “It just wasn’t worth in money-wise,” he said. “It’s disappointing, yeah, but heck it took us 20 years to win one medal, so we can’t complain too much.” The Generals actually began the tournament going 0-4 in pool play, but came on strong in the main draw. They edged Shoe Box, Wis., 29-26 and then beat the Virginia Creepers 49-34. Darlington lost its final two games to the eventual champion West Virginia Generals 58-26 and the Gray Beards from host Minnesota 44-43. “Every game we averaged between 40 and 50 points,” Baker said. “It’s 3-on-3 halfcourt, so not a whole lot of strategy is involved. But I think the difference in this year’s team was consistency. We had about four guys who averaged 10 points or more a game. Every basket was important.” The SCS coach began his association with the National Senior Games Association and the Darlington Generals when for-

mer Darlington recreation department head Harmon Baldwin gave him a call about two decades back. “I was playing pickup games around (Sumter) at the time and he called and asked if I’d like to join,” Baker said. He’s continued that tradition even though he is the only member left of the original group. This year’s Generals were the third such group and featured just one other player from S.C. in Charles Tanner, 76, who is from Hemingway. The rest of the squad was made up of Jesse Weathers, 76, and James White, 78, who are each from Gray, Ga. Melvin Howard, 75, hails from Wetumpka, Ala., while Pete DeMao, 78, is from Cornelius, N.C. “That’s not really unusual,” Baker said of the multi-state roster. “We all play against each other (at the National Games) and you get to know each other. That’s kind of how you meet. They need somebody to be on a team with and you need somebody.” This will be the last year for Baker in the 75+ division. At the 2017 games in Birmingham, Ala., he’ll be in the 80+ group. “Hopefully I can be at that one and maybe we’ll place even higher at the one,” he said. “I enjoy it. I try to stay healthy and stay in shape as best I can and this is a really rewarding way to do it.”

SUMTER FROM PAGE B1 face Spring Hill, Fla., at 7 p.m. today. “It is very frustrating when the game gets slowed down like that. It just threw us off our rhythm,” said Sumter head coach Scott Spittle. “But we just kept telling the boys to keep their heads in the ball game. We knew if we could hit the ball, we could win.” Sumter was able to establish a 7-4 lead heading into the sixth inning, seemingly cruising to the win. However, Hattiesburg tied the game with three runs. Part of the blame for that was the fact that Sumter relief pitcher Cody Windham could never get into a groove due to several long breaks in play as Hattiesburg attempted to make substitutions and requested clarification on several calls. As the game progressed into extra innings, Sumter time after time put runners in scoring position, causing Mississippi to have to dig deep into its lineup for able-bodied pitchers. Time and time again though, Mississippi found a way to work out of the jam, until the bottom of the 11th. With Hattiesburg on top 10-8, Sumter dug down deep

MILLEGE AUSTIN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Sumter’s JT Stanley delivers a pitch during its 11-10, 11-inning victory over Hattiesburg, Miss., on Saturday in the Junior Dixie Boys World Series at Citizen’s Park in Aiken. and mounted a rally. Seth Posey started things off by reaching on an error and then advanced to second on a passed ball, bringing the tying run to the plate in the form of Sebastian DuCom. DuCom walked followed by Aaron Carlton, who was plucked by an errant pitch, loading the bases for Josh Burns. Burns did not waste the opportunity as he

slapped a single through the right side, breaking his bat in the process, scoring both Posey and DuCom to knot things back up at 1010, and still with no outs. Mississippi intentionally loaded the bases a few batters later with one out, and that was all Ethan Brown needed, laying down a beautiful bunt that allowed Carlton to score. MILLEGE AUSTIN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Sumter first baseman Joshua Burns waits for a pickoff throw during Sumter’s 11-10 victory in 11 innings over Hattiesburg, Miss., in the Junior Dixie Boys World Series on Saturday at Citizen’s Park in Aiken.

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MLB ROUNDUP

Kershaw extends scoreless streak

Dodgers ace tosses 8 innings of 2-hit ball in win

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw extended his scoreless streak to 37 innings with eight innings of two-hit ball and batterymate Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Angels on Saturday. Kershaw (9-6) struck out seven, walked one and retired his last 15 batters while working on eight days’ rest. His previous start was a three-hit shutout on July 23 at New York in which he took a perfect game into the seventh inning. The three-time Cy Young Award winner hasn’t given up a run since Wilmer Flores’ RBI single for the Mets on July 3 at Dodger Stadium. Kenley Jansen, battling a virus for the past four days, pitched a shaky ninth for his 20th save in 21 attempts. He ended it by retiring Erick Aybar on a popup with runners at the corners after giving up an RBI single by Albert Pujols. Kershaw had a 41-inning shutout streak last season, when he became the first pitcher since 1968 to be named NL MVP and won his unprecedented fourth consecutive major league ERA title. Pujols’ leadoff single in the second and Johnny Giavotella’s leadoff single in the fourth were the only hits off Kershaw, who lowered his ERA this season to 2.37 and raised his major league-leading strikeout total to 192. Andrew Heaney (5-1) was charged with two runs and four hits in 5 1-3 innings.

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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw extended his scoreless innings streak to 37 with eight shutout innings during the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday in Los Angeles. RED SOX 11 RAYS 7 BOSTON— Travis Shaw hit his first two major league homers and went 4 for 4 with five runs and four RBIs in Boston beat Tampa Bay. Xander Bogaerts had four hits and three RBIs, and Rusney Castillo three hits and three RBIs to help the Red Sox win their third straight after losing 12 of 14. Logan Forsythe hit a solo homer and two-run single for the Rays. They have lost five of seven. Joe Kelly (3-6), demoted to the minors in late June for nearly a month, gave up five

runs on nine hits in five-plus innings for his first victory since June 6. Jean Machi earned a save in his Red Sox debut, getting the final four outs. The Red Sox built a 6-0 edge after three innings against starter Matt Moore (1-3). ROYALS 7 BLUE JAYS 6

TORONTO — Ben Zobrist hit two home runs, Eric Hosmer singled home the goahead run in the eighth inning and Kansas City beat Toronto to snap a three-game losing streak. Zobrist, who went 3 for 4

and scores three runs, also homered in the first and doubled and scored in the sixth. Yordano Ventura (6-7) gave up five runs and six hits in seven innings to win back-toback starts for the first time since April. Wade Davis worked the eighth and Greg Holland pitched around a walk and a single for his 23rd save. Facing new Blue Jays reliever Mark Lowe (0-2), Zobrist tied it at 5 with a drive to right. Lorenzo Cain doubled and scored on Hosmer’s base hit, Kendrys Morales singled Hosmer to third and Salvador Perez hit a sacrifice

fly. Jose Bautista hit two solo homers and Josh Donaldson added a two-run drive for Toronto. FRIDAY PHILLIES 9 BRAVES 3 PHILADELPHIA — No ace, no closer, no problem. Domonic Brown hit a tworun homer and Ryan Howard drove in four runs, helping David Buchanan and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 Friday night.

From wire reports

Take me out to the rooftop: Wrigley changes bring new looks BY ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press CHICAGO — Top of the first, one out. It’s a Friday in July, the start of a holiday weekend, and the Chicago Cubs are hosting the Miami Marlins. Christian Yelich drives a 2-2 pitch from Jason Hammel to the second or third row in center field, prompting a groan from the fans inside Wrigley Field. At the Wrigley Rooftops’ building down the right-field line, just beyond the famed ballpark’s ivy-covered walls and across Sheffield Avenue, none of the fans seem to realize the ball is gone until Yelich breaks into his homerun trot. That’s because most of the outfield is obscured by a large video board towering over right field. Even so, Kevin Biederwolf of suburban Schaumburg, Illinois, says: “It’s a blast up here.” Big changes are happening on Chicago’s North Side. The long-suffering Cubs, those “Lovable Losers” who last won a World Series championship in 1908 and haven’t been to the series since 1945, are contending for a playoff spot after a top-to-bottom overhaul. Their beloved ballpark and parts of the surrounding Wrigleyville neighborhood are getting a makeover, too. A $575 million transformation started in the offseason after years of meetings, hearings and legal battles with the surrounding rooftop owners who sell unique views into the stadium under an unusual revenue-sharing deal with the team that lasts until Dec. 31, 2023. There are 16 rooftops in all and the owners’ anger with the stadium renovations has been a flashpoint for several years. The video board in right is a big change, although it’s hard-

ly the biggest to date. The one in left field dwarfs it at nearly 4,000 square feet. New, expanded bleacher sections in left and right opened in May and June, and that’s just the start. To some fans, the overhaul is overdue. “It still feels like Wrigley Field,” said Steven Baker of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who took in a game in early July. To others, the changes are about as welcome as a billy goat. Back across Sheffield on the rooftop, it’s the bottom of the first, two out. All-Star rookie Kris Bryant doubles and scores on a single by Miguel Montero. A few fans watching TV by the rooftop bar exchange high-fives, while others make their way to the stadium-style seats on the deck above. It’s not a bad way to start the weekend. The $104.83 single ticket admission buys plenty of food and drink. Watching the game? The right-field line and infield remain unobstructed, but look

toward the outfield and it’s not quite the vast expanse of green Aaron Danison of Valparaiso, Indiana, recalls seeing from this spot last year. “It’s still a good time,” he said. “As far as the view, the game experience goes, it’s different.” It’s worse elsewhere. Some rooftops are completely blocked. Others might have better views. Prices vary by rooftop, and by game. Under the Tribune Co.’s ownership, the Cubs struck a 20-year deal in 2004 in which the rooftop owners agreed to share 17 percent of their revenue. The days of lugging lawn chairs onto the roof are long gone, replaced by sleek bleachers and even skyboxes. The team promised not to block their views. But the relationship took a contentious turn after the Ricketts family purchased the Cubs in 2009 and decided they needed to update the stadium and the roster. That meant finding new revenue streams, including selling advertising on the video boards.

AP FILE PHOTO

The view for fans at a Wrigley Rooftops’ building down the right-field line outside has been obscured by a new scoreboard, but fans still love watching the game from the roof.

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Healthy Palmer says arm strong as ever Veteran QB says arm, shoulder might be better than ever BY BOB BAUM The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Lost in all the talk about Carson Palmer’s season-ending torn ACL is the shoulder injury that sidelined him for three games early last season. He came back to make five starts, and his Arizona Cardinals won them all, but his arm strength was noticeably weakened. So Palmer rehabbed his shoulder, as well as his knee. Meeting with the media before the Cardinals’ first training camp workout on Saturday, he said says his arm is “as strong as ever, maybe stronger.” The shoulder injury occurred in Arizona’s seasonopening victory at home over San Diego when Palmer, among the least mobile of NFL quarterbacks, was trying to run for a first down. He was hit and came down hard on the right shoulder. Palmer came back in the game, but missed the next three contests. When he returned, he and coach Bruce Arians had to adjust a bit to Palmer’s loss of strength. “We lost some balls down the field that didn’t quite get there and then a couple were overthrown,” Arians said. “There’s some timing that was lost. As a play-caller, you don’t risk it as often. But when he came against Philly (a 75-yarder to John Brown with 1:21 left), that was a hell of a throw to win the game.” Palmer worked in the offseason with noted local physical therapist Brett Fischer. “I’ve spent so much time rehabbing my knee and also rehabbing my shoulder,” Palmer said. “I did basically

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Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer (3), who suffered a season-ending torn ACL last year, said his arm feels better than ever and possibly stronger heading into the 2015 season. a shoulder surgery rehab protocol that a lot of guys do coming off different injuries. I was doing a ton of that with Fisch, just getting it stronger.” Palmer said it’s not so much that he can throw the ball farther. “I think just more velocity,” he said. “You know if you can throw it 50 yards and your arm gets stronger, maybe you throw it 54. If you can throw it 65, maybe you can throw it 68. That at the end of the day isn’t a big difference. I think it’s the velocity that you try to get out of those exercises.” “He’s worked so hard,” Arians said. “In the spring it was noticeably better than it was before in the season. I’m anxious to see it out there live

because he’s done so much more work on it.” Keeping the 35-year-old quarterback healthy is crucial to the Cardinals’ lofty aspirations, but there are no special limitations on him as camp begins. Because Palmer came back from a torn ACL early in his career, he knows not to get startled from early aches and pains. “My past experience coming back from this surgery is going to help me a lot,” he said, “just knowing how to feel, how I might feel after a couple of days in a row, the typical soreness that comes along with the recovery from this surgery and all that. Having that history I have a pretty good feeling about not worrying about it,

not thinking about it, just going out there and practicing like it was any other year.” As usual, Palmer had a few teammates come to his Orange County, California, home in the offseason for some workouts. Among those who went are wide receivers Michael Floyd and Brown. His teammates know how important he is. Arizona is 16-6 with Palmer as quarterback. Over the last 15 game he has started, the Cardinals are 13-2. They were 6-0 in his starts last season before he tore his ACL slipping on the turf at home against St. Louis on Nov. 9. The Cardinals had an assortment of other physical

woes, including a season-ending knee injury to backup quarterback Drew Stanton, and limped to a 2-5 finish after a 9-1 start, the season capped by a Wild Card loss at Carolina in the playoffs. Arizona made a few offseason moves and Palmer loves what he sees around him. “We’re as talented as anybody in this league,” he said. “I think if you’re to put our roster up against anybody’s roster and just kind of look at all the intangibles of each guy and the backups, I would put our roster up against everybody.” But, Palmer said, that “doesn’t’ mean much. Rarely does the flat-out talent win. It’s the best teams and that’s what we’re trying to do and trying to become.”

Panthers’ secondary eager to break out of front 7’s shadow BY STEVE REED The Associated Press SPARTANBURG — The Carolina Panthers’ secondary is eager to finally break out from the shadows of the perennially strong front seven this season. They may finally have the personnel to do that. The Panthers have finished in the top 10 in defense the last three seasons largely because of a strong — and deep — front seven that can get to the quarterback without having to overload on blitzes. This offseason the front office looked to upgrade the back end. Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman added three experienced veteran defensive backs to go along with three returning starters, bringing more talent and leadership to a group that is often viewed as AP FILE PHOTO an afterthought. Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly, left, talks with defensive coordinaSafety Roman Harper said tor Sean McDermott during a practice. While the Panthers’ defense it’s time to change the percephas finished in the top 10 the last three seasons, its weak link has tion the Panthers are winning been in the secondary, something it hopes to change this year. “despite” the play of the sec-

TROUBLES FROM PAGE B1 start football. That’s what fans want to see: guys on the field making plays. So, it’s a good thing that football is back.” He’ll find no arguments from the league office. Just a month after Commissioner Roger Goodell handed him the Super Bowl MVP trophy, Brady refused to hand over his cellphone when the NFL delved into allegations the Patriots surreptitiously used underinflated footballs in the AFC championship game.

Brady sued the league after Goodell upheld his four-game suspension this week, with the commissioner ruling the NFL’s biggest name destroyed his cellphone to obstruct the inquiry by investigator Ted Wells. Judge Richard Berman, who has been assigned to the case, told all sides to “tone down their rhetoric,” and wrote, “The earth is already sufficiently scorched, in the Court’s view.” Brady’s suspension is the enduring footprint of an off-

season in which the shield was sullied on a seemingly daily basis. This after a 2014 season marked by domestic abuse cases that placed the names Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy in the spotlight for their off-field misbehavior. Goodell declared at his annual state-of-the-league address that the NFL had made “enormous progress” on social issues after the incessant barrage of disturbing developments in 2014. Yet, this offseason featured a steady stream of player arrests, drug

ondary. “So often this team is caught up in the front seven, front seven, front seven,” safety Roman Harper said. “I don’t see why this back four to five can’t be really good.” Harper, entering his 10th season, was by far the most experienced member of the Carolina secondary last season. Now he has plenty of elder statesmen around him. The Panthers added free agent cornerbacks Charles Tillman and Chris Houston and safety Kurt Coleman to the mix this offseason. Tillman, who is expected to start opposite Josh Norman, is a 12-year NFL veteran who has started 152 games and been to two Pro Bowls. Houston and Coleman have a combined 12 years of NFL experience with 123 starts between them. “I thought we added very well to the secondary,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. Combine those newcomers with Josh Norman, who the

Panthers view as a shutdown corner, talented young nickel back Bene Benwikere and returning starters Harper and Tre Boston, and Rivera feels like they have the right pieces in place. Rivera said Tillman, who is looking to put two injuryplagued seasons behind him, has already had a huge impact on the team’s younger cornerbacks, working as an on-field mentor. Harper couldn’t agree more. “He’s got so much energy, so much juice, and I understand why he’s been so successful and such a great player for so long,” Harper said. “He’s probably one of the smartest corners I’ve ever played. He understands every bit of the defense. He’s very, very detailed oriented. Just having him around here gives me confidence.’” He also has a measure of confidence. And that borderline cockiness seems to have become catchy this offseason.

suspensions and owners getting penalized for violating various rules. Also in the headlines: —Former Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. —Hall of Famer Warren Sapp was fired from his TV gig after allegedly assaulting two women. —John Bowlen, the son of Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, a marketing employee with the team and a potential successor to his father, was arrested after allegedly pushing his girlfriend against a bathroom

wall. The draft was marked by prospects Shane Ray and Randy Gregory watching their stock slip over marijuana issues. La’el Collins, another potential first-rounder, fell out of the draft entirely because of a police probe that turned up no involvement by the former LSU offensive lineman in the shooting death of a woman he knew. He eventually signed with Dallas. Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, with a hefty list of his own difficulties, went No. 1 to Tampa Bay.

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Poised for more racing history? Triple Crown winner American Pharoah to run race today at Haskell BY RICHARD ROSENBLATT The Associated Press From a beauty salon in Beverly Hills to an intersection in Zurich people are talking about American Pharoah. Derek Jeter. Carrie Underwood. Drew Brees. Even Cheech and Chong. All have chatted up either the owner, trainer or jockey of American Pharoah in the weeks after the horse became the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years with a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. “He’s captured the imagination of the nation,” says Ahmed Zayat, the effusive Egyptian owner who travels the world on business and resides in Teaneck, New Jersey. “More than just a nation, if I dare say.” On Sunday, American Pharoah returns to the races in the $1.75 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, the Jersey Shore track a few furlongs from the home of rocker Bruce Springsteen, whose classic “Born to Run” has become the Haskell pre-race anthem. On this day, though, Pharoah will be The Boss. “We have a legend here with American Pharoah,” says Dennis Drazen, a management consultant to the track. “People are going to be talking about being there the day American Pharoah ran at Monmouth Park in the Haskell.” Thrilled to have American Pharoah, track officials this week boosted the total purse of the race by $750,000 to a re-

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Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, left, chases Top Clearance through a turn at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., on Saturday in preparation for today’s Haskell Invitational. cord $1.75 million. The winner’s share is $1.1 million. A record crowd approaching 60,000 is expected. A three-day “Pharoah Phan Phestival” began Friday, with giveaways, contests, and a chance for fans to watch American Pharoah on his morning gallops. About 5,000 showed up Friday. The Triple Crown winner is the overwhelming 1-5 favorite in an eight-horse field going 1 1/8 miles. “He has so many fans,” says trainer Bob Baffert, who said his wife, Jill, told him that a little TV was tuned in to the Belmont at the beauty salon

she goes to in Beverly Hills, California. “There’s people in front of his barn in the mornings, and people watching him gallop and cheering for him every time. It’s fun to really share him with the fans.” From the moment American Pharoah won the Belmont, Zayat hasn’t wavered in his desire to keep racing his prized horse — even though he’s sold the breeding rights for what could be as much as $30 million, with a stud fee that could be in the $100,000 range. “You wait a lifetime for a horse like this,” says Zayat,

who has spent tens of millions of dollars building Zayat Stables. “We want to enjoy this. There is nothing for us to prove other than continue to help the game and for people to enjoy this.” After the Belmont, Zayat flew off to Europe on business. He said as he was crossing a street in Zurich one day, a driver rolled down his window and called out, “Go Pharoah, go!” In London, he said he was recognized by a salesperson in Harrod’s who told him, “I know you from the TV. You ... you won the three things. American Pharoah,

right?” At the ESPY’s, where Victor Espinoza won for best jockey, the Pharoah contingent was approached by retired Yankees’ star Jeter, who wanted to pose for a picture. Same with Yankees’ slugger Alex Rodriguez. “They are asking for a picture with us?” says Zayat. “Really?” With social media and a 24/7 news cycle these days, American Pharoah may actually be more popular than Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown winner many consider the greatest racehorse of all.

AUTO RACING

Gordon to wave goodbye to winless races in final season BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Jeff Gordon’s request for a low-key farewell tour has mostly been respected, though the four-time NASCAR champion has been feted with a parade, bourbon, an 18-liter bottle of wine, even a track named in his honor. In the final seaGORDON son of his trailblazing career, there was another tribute this weekend for the retiring great: Pocono Raceway painted “GORDON” in white at the start/finish line in honor of the winningest driver in track history. Pocono Raceway CEO Brandon Igdalsky presented Gordon with a $24,000 check — to match his car number — for the Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation. But the biggest goodbye of the season is the one Gordon would love to wave to the zero in the win column that would force him to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship on points. Gordon is 11th in the stand-

HOKE FROM PAGE B1 better. Block protection has got to be better. We’ve got to be more sound, techniquewise.” When fall practice begins Tuesday, the priority will be to find out how much Hoke’s players have retained from the spring and then making sure to put the right players on the field. After working for two of the best defensive minds in the NFL in Lovie Smith with the Chicago Bears and Dom Capers with the Houston Texans, Hoke said he is ready for the task. “There are four things that are going to drive the defense every day,” Hoke said. “Whether it is a zone blitz or

WINDOWS 10 400 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 178.416 mph. 2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 178.168. 3. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 177.837. 4. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 177.658. 5. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 177.63. 6. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 177.613. 7. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 177.546. 8. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 177.34. 9. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 177.291. 10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 177.211. 11. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 177.05. 12. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 176.651. 13. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 176.446. 14. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 176.367. 15. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 176.339. 16. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 176.263. 17. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 176.26. 18. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 175.943. 19. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 175.774.

ings and a near lock to make the 16-driver field, though the results haven’t been enough to satisfy a driver with 92 career wins. He was mixed up in an early race wreck last weekend in the Brickyard 400 and took a car patched with duct tape to a

whether it is just base coverage, it is always going to be about assignment, alignment, technique and keys. “If we can do those four things well, we’ve got a chance to improve. I’ve learned it through the years of coaching. It has just been part of what we did with Coach Smith in Chicago and Coach Capers.” “Houston was very detailoriented that way.” While the 4-3 alignment has been identified as the Gamecocks’ base alignment, there is just part of Hoke’s plan. “We’re a four-down group, so you’ll see that,” said Hoke, referring to the line. “We’ll play 4-3 when we go versus teams with two backs, two wideouts, those type of things.

20. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 175.569. 21. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 175.131. 22. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 175.067. 23. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 174.744. 24. (55) David Ragan, Toyota, 174.676. 25. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 174.723. 26. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 174.371. 27. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 174.348. 28. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 174.004. 29. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 173.842. 30. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 173.735. 31. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 173.427. 32. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 173.33. 33. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, 173.247. 34. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 173.174. 35. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 172.662. 36. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 172.622. 37. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, owner points. 38. (26) Jeb Burton, Toyota, owner points. 39. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, owner points. 40. (32) Travis Kvapil, Ford, owner points. 41. (98) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, owner points. 42. (33) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, owner points. 43. (62) Timmy Hill, Ford, owner points.

42nd-place finish. The Indianapolis fans didn’t care, chanting “Jeff ! Jeff ! Jeff !” as he left the Brickyard for the final time. The cheers have touched Gordon, and the appreciation has made a driver with steel-

eyed focus take note of his impact on the sport. “There have been moments that have been really special to me, and that have stood out that I’m very appreciative of,” Gordon said. “It started with some of the things the tracks were doing and some of the things the fans were doing during the races on Lap 24 and things like that, which are very, very cool. And to see billboards for a brief moment and go, ‘Oh man, that’s awesome that they did that. Thanks.’” Gordon has only two top-five finishes this season and 11 top 10s in the No. 24 Chevrolet, a drop off from last season when he was a contender for a fifth championship. Gordon failed to crack the top 15 in the first three races of the season for the first time in his illustrious career. He turned back the clock to his glory days when he it seemed like he could win every week. Gordon won at Kansas, at Michigan, he won the Brickyard 20 years after he won the track’s inaugural race and he won a Chase race at Dover. Gordon remained in the championship hunt all the way to the penultimate race when he was eliminated after a sec-

ond-place finish at Phoenix. He decided to call it quits after this season, trying to deliver one more title to team owner Rick Hendrick. Gordon, who moves into the Fox broadcast booth in 2016, reiterated that he has no plans to race beyond this season’s finale at Homestead, though he wouldn’t rule out the occasional race, if he finds a team. “That’s a total disruption to the organization to go do a oneoff race,” Gordon said. “It’s not that it can’t be done. But, as somebody who is an equity owner in the organization, I recognize the challenges that would come along with that and what it would do to our four teams competing for the wins and championships. So, I probably wouldn’t ask them to do that.” Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne are both winless. Jimmie Johnson has four victories and Dale Earnhardt Jr. two, though the entire garage has played catch up of late to Joe Gibbs Racing. Kyle Busch has won three straight races, and four of five, and JGR had poles for each of the last three races. Busch won the pole for Sunday’s race and Gordon starts 10th.

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Merritt, Chappell share Quicken Loans lead GAINESVILLE, Va. — Troy Merritt couldn’t miss Saturday in the Quicken Loans National. Tiger Woods couldn’t make anything. Merritt shot a tournamentrecord 10-under 61 to top the leaderboard even before the leading contenders teed off. It held up, too, as several players made runs at joining him at 14 under, but only Kevin Chappell, another veteran seeking a breakthrough victory, didn’t fade in the searing heat at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Chappell had a 67. Rickie Fowler (68) was a stroke back, and Jason Bohn (67), Whee Kim (67), Charles Howell III (67) and David Lingmerth (68) followed at 12 under. Woods, who seemed to signal a return to contending golf Friday with a 66 that moved him within three strokes of the lead, was errant off the tee early and had several birdie putts slide by the hole.

FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its fall soccer leagues. Registration will run through Aug. 13. There will be leagues for children ages 3-17 as of Sept. 1, 2015. Registration fee is $30 for ages 3-4, $35 for ages 5-6 and $45 for ages 7-17. No late registration will be taken. There will be a coaches meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

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TURNBERRY, Scotland — There’s a Ko atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the Women’s British Open. Just not the one many were expecting. Jin-Young Ko, a 20-year-old South Korean with no links experience and playing in her first major championship, shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday to share the lead with Taiwan’s Teresa Lu heading into the final round at Turnberry. They have an 8-under total of 208.

Kevin Chappell, top, watches his tee shot on the 18th tee during the third round of the Quicken Loans National on Saturday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va. Troy Merritt, above, lines up a putt on the 14th green while shooting a tournament record 10 under par 61 and is tied with Chappell at 14 under heading into today’s final round.

PERRY SHOOTS 61 TO TAKE LEAD IN 3M CHAMPIONSHIP

FAVRE INDUCTED INTO MISSISSIPPI SPORTS HALL OF FAME

BLAINE, Minn. — Defending champion Kenny Perry had a hole-in-one and matched the 3M Championship record with an 11-under 61 on Saturday to take a fourstroke lead in the Champions Tour’s event. Perry played the first eight holes in 7 under, making the ace on the 188-yard fourth hole, and had two birdies on the back nine and closed with an 18-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th.

JACKSON, Miss. — For a guy who played football into his 40s and nearly had to be dragged off the field, Brett Favre certainly seems to be enjoying his post-NFL life. The 45-year-old former quarterback spends most of his time around Hattiesburg, hanging out with old friends or watching his daughter’s high school volleyball team. He has a big house on a sizable chunk of property to enjoy the outdoors. The three-time Most Valuable Player was in Jackson on Saturday for his induction to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. The six-person class also included former NBA player Clarence Weatherspoon and fellow NFL star Fred McAfee.

LONG POND, Pa.— Kyle Busch’s return to the Truck Series was a triumphant one, pulling away on the final laps Saturday to win at Pocono Raceway. Busch’s season debut mirrored his recent finishes in the Sprint Cup series, where

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There will be a meeting for any Sumter School District female or male student interested in running cross country at Sumter High School on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the SHS picnic shelter. Students are asked to bring their physical and concussion forms. For more information, contact Jimmy Watson at (803) 481-4480.

he’s won three straight races and four of five. He’s on the pole for today’s race. Busch, the second-winningest driver in series history, earned career victory No. 43. He won eight times in 2010 and seven times each in 2009 and 2014.

PANTHERS WR HILL WILL HAVE MRI AFTER INJURING RIGHT LEG

SPARTANBURG — Panthers wide receiver Stephen Hill will have an MRI on his right leg after being carted off the field Saturday. The team said it expects to know more about the extent of the injury Sunday. Hill attempted to make a catch across the middle during an afternoon practice in intense heat, but came down wrong on his leg and fell to the ground screaming in pain. Trainers taped Hill’s knee before helping him on to a cart. Hill left the field with a towel draped over his head. Panthers assistant coach Steve Wilks said after practice he wasn’t given any word on the extent of the injury. The former New York Jets’ second-round pick was battling for a roster spot in Carolina. He spent last season on the Panthers’ practice squad. It’s been a rough week for Hill. He was cited Tuesday by police in Concord, North Carolina for knowingly possessing drug paraphernalia with intent to use. Coach Ron Rivera said the arrest wouldn’t affect Hill’s chances of making the team.

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its flag football league. Registration will run through Aug. 13. The league is open to children ages 5-8 as of Sept. 1, 2015. Registration fee is $50. No late registration will be taken. There will be a coaches meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org. TACKLE REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its tackle football league. Registration will run through Aug. 13. The league is open to children ages 9-12 as of Sept. 1, 2015. Registration fee is $60. No late registration will be taken. There will be a coaches meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

CHEERLEADING FALL REGISTRATION

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ation Department is taking registration for its cheerleading program. Registration will run through Aug. 13. The program is open to children ages 5-12 as of Sept. 1, 2015. Registration fee is $50. No late registration will be taken. There will be a coaches meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

SOFTBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its fall girls softball leagues. Registration will run through Aug. 21. The league is open to girls ages 7-12 as of Dec. 31, 2015. Registration fee is $45. No late registration will be taken. There will be a coaches meting on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

BASEBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its fall baseball leagues. Registration will run through Aug. 19. The league is open to children ages 7-14 as of April 30, 2016. Registration fee is $45. No late registration will be taken. There will be a coaches meeting on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

GOLF CHURCHES CHALLENGE

There are still some slots available for the 16th Annual Christian Golfers’ Association Churches Challenge Golf Tournament and Praise Rally which will be held on Aug. 14-15. On Saturday, Aug. 15, at Sunset Country Club, sign-in for the morning flight begins at 7 a.m. Tee off will begin at approximately 8 a.m. The afternoon flight will have signin at 11 a.m. for its 1 p.m. tee times. The cost is $45 per golfer and includes the praise dinner on Friday as well as lunch and beverages on Saturday. Players can also purchase up to two mulligans for $5 that can be used anywhere on the course. Members of the public are invited to attend the event and cheer for their team.

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relations. “I know better connections exist among the races than what we’ve seen in recent events,” Lawson told The Free Times newspaper in July. Together with poet and Columbia resident Al Black, Lawson and Reese are holding town hall meetings in the Carolinas. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, The Poets Respond to Race Tour comes to Sumter, where for two hours, the poets, panelists and the public will be able to discuss race in a non-threatening environment. The 7 to 9 p.m. meeting will be held at Serendipity restaurant on Main Street. Lawson is an award-winning poet who teaches English at Morris College and hosts Sumter’s monthly open mic poetry nights called How Sweet the Sound. He said, “Poets Respond to Race began in late 2014 as a partnership between (myself and) Columbia poet, USC Columbia administrator and open mic host Al Black to hold poetry readings and open forums about race after the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner became mainstream. The Walter Scott case, the Charleston shooting and the Confederate flag controversy amplified the tour’s purpose.” Reese, a poet and English professor at USC Sumter, said she has been writing “... against prejudice, racism and hate since I was a child.” She met Lawson through The Watering Hole, which she described as “a community of writers of color. He asked me to participate (in the poets tour), and I was happy to accept. Partly because since 2011, the focus of my writing and teaching has been on African-American history.” For Lawson and Reese, the tour strikes personal chords. “Regrettably, I was not surprised by the murder of Walter Scott (by a policeman in Mt. Pleasant),” Reese said. “I had a friend die 24 years ago in much the same way as Freddie Gray. I lived in Los Angeles during the Rodney King trials and riots (in

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Michele Reese reads her poem, “Decoration Day,” in tribute to the Charleston 9 during the June 17 open mic poetry series at Starbucks. The theme for the evening was a tribute to the murdered members of Emanuel AME Church. Reese is a part of The Poets Respond to Race Tour that will sponsor a town hall meeting here on Aug. 12.

Len Lawson, coordinator of the How Sweet It Is open mic poetry series, reads S.C. Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth’s poem “Holy City,” dedicated to the nine people killed at Emanuel AME Church on June 17. Several participants, including Lawson, read their own poems written in tribute to the “Charleston 9,” which was the theme of the evening. The open mic series meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month at Starbucks.

make our audiences see things, especially social issues, through a unique and insightful lens. The media reports the news, on South Carolina history and the early 1990s). I have experibut poets and other artists can race that even I could not have enced the animosity between interpret the news vividly.” the police and the communities imagined. All the audience Following the poetry readthat they protect and serve. Too members bring their truths to ings, Lawson will address quesmany times it results in the loss the discussion, so it becomes tions to the panel comprising magnified by everyone’s presof life. Mayor Joseph T. McElveen, ence,” Lawson said. “I was not surprised by the Reese agreed. She is writing a Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest murders of the nine members “Chip” Finney, Sumter County new poem for the forum. of Emanuel AME. I know that Sheriff Anthony Dennis and “The tour has provided a there is hatred between races in Sumter native and historian place to converse about what this country. I know disenfranFrank Martin. The floor will has happened,” she said. “The chised youth turn to violence.” then be opened to the public for poetry has led to a dialogue beDespite this, Reese remains comments and questions. hopeful, explaining some of the tween the panelists and the au“I hope with this panel of city dience. The other stops on the sources of her optimism: “I tour have shown the audience is leaders, we can not only discuss work as a teacher, poet and the past, but can make some hungry for this.” coach to combat this, and I feel positive changes for the future,” While Lawson usually reads buoyed by the responses, on Reese said. his poetry at the meetings, he both a state and local level, to Lawson added, “The support will act as moderator for the these tragedies, which have infrom city officials has been Sumter town hall meeting. cluded not only the removal of great.” Black will read his poetry, and the Confederate flag from the He’s hoping community Statehouse grounds, but the im- Reese, he said, will read her members will also make it a work “because she brings her plementation of body cameras point to be at the meeting, as for police in Sumter County and perspective on race from the standpoint of living in the Sum- well. the Poets Respond to Race The public is invited to particter community as a poet for lonTour.” ipate in A Town Hall Meeting ger than I have.” Both Lawson and Reese have for Healing and Restoration preLawson explained the poet’s been pleased with the response sented by The Poets Respond to ability to express thoughts on to previous tours in SpartanRace Tour from 7 to 9 p.m. at social issues. burg, Augusta, Georgia and Serendipity 118 S. Main St., “Poets are citizens like anyCamden. “The previous meetings have one else,” he said, “but we have Sumter. There is no charge for admission. generated insightful discussions the ability to use words that

ABOUT THE POETS • Al Black, born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, is an administrator at the University of South Carolina. He released his first poetry collection “I Only Left for Tea” (Muddy Ford Press) last year. For the past five years, he has hosted the open mic series Mind Gravy in Columbia. • Len Lawson teaches writing at Morris College and is poet-inresidence for the Sumter County Cultural Commission. His first poetry book, “The Very Least of Me,” was an Amazon Kindle Best Seller. He is a 2015 Berfrois Poetry Prize finalist, and his poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Diverse Voices Quarterly, Control, Jasper and others. • Michele Reese teaches English at USC Sumter and studies postcolonial and diaspora literature along with 20th-century poetry. Her own poems have been published in The Paris Review, The Oklahoma Review, Poet Lore, Smartish Pace, Ithaca Lit, Congeries and Blackberry, and “Following Phia,” a collection of her work was published in 2006.

1940 crop outlook very good; Vic Jones honored by DAR 75 YEARS AGO – 1940 Dec. 23–29 The Sumter Community Chorus of 40 voices under the direction of Eva Jessye will present a Christmas carol program on the balconies of the Sumter public library and Mutual Home, 44 and 42 Council streets, Christmas Eve night at 11. The proYesteryear gram will consist of rarely in Sumter heard carols, SAMMY WAY spirituals appropriate to the occasion, and special features will be solos by James B. Gordon, bass-baritone, of Denver; William Goodwin, baritone, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Blanche Spears Davis, Otelia Taylor and Ruth Dinkins of Sumter. • Sumter citizens have responded generously to the campaign for the collection of fire arms and ammunition to be SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO given to British civilians from 1965 -- Thie historic High Hills estate near Wedgefield was destroyed American civilians. W.D. by fire yesterday morning. Built before the Civil War, the home had Boykin, receiving chairman for been restored by owners Mr. and Mrs. Alfred DeLorme. The bottom Sumter, reports 40 guns and many cash contributions alphoto shows how it looked before the fire.

ready. A number of Sumter citizens are giving expression to their desire to “do something for the British” before it is too late by responding to this appeal. • Vice chairman A.J. Hatfield and Field Supervisor Clarke W. Adickes of the South Carolina Unemployment Compensation Commission have returned from Atlanta, where they attended a conference called by the state labor commissioners on the problems incident to the migration of labor. • All the stores in Sumter were closed in a continuation of the Christmas holiday. Only the drug stores were open. Lots of people on the streets were peering into the stores, apparently having failed to note that there would be a two-day holiday this Christmas. Business will attempt to struggle back to normal tomorrow. From all reports Christmas buying this year has been the heaviest in recent history. • Engineers of the Highway Department have made surveys and placed location stakes on the Sumter-Mayesville section of Highway No. 76 preliminary to the projected improvement of the main cross-thestate highway. The contemplat-

ed improvements include relocation of some sections, elimination of dangerous curves and widening of the roadway. • Frank O. Black, statistician here for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, reported today that a final survey of the 1940 crop season confirmed earlier indications of “an unusually good year for South Carolina in point of yields per acre and volume of production.” This is the second year in succession, for 1939 was probably the best all-round crop year for more than a decade previous,” Black said. • The H.C. Bland Motor Company, distributor of Ford products, held its 23rd annual banquet at the Claremont hotel last night, with about 30 employees and a few invited guests present. A delicious turkey dinner was enjoyed by all. There were no speeches, but H.C. Bland, founder of the company, extended his wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all. The affair was closed with the presentation of gifts from the company to all employees and guests. • The Jungaleers will play for

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Star Trek’s ‘Redshirts’ didn’t live long and prosper BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks It’s a long-standing source of amusement among “Star Trek” fans: crew wearing red uniforms – the ‘redshirts’ – rarely lived long and prospered, many falling victim to a speedy on-screen demise during the original series’ three seasons. “It wasn’t something I was really conscious of when filming,” said Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov. “Someone had to bite the bullet to indicate the crew was in danger, so it was usually the red-shirted security or engineering guys.” Celeste Yarnall was one of five landing party crew dressed in red who appeared in the second season episode, “The Apple.” Four never survived to the episode’s end credits. “I didn’t realize at the time that wearing a red uniform could be so dangerous,” joked Yarnall, who played Yeoman Martha Landon. “But fans tell me they didn’t usually bump off ‘red skirts,’ just the ‘redshirts,’ so I survived!” Although she was the episode’s love interest for Koenig’s Chekov, her most vivid memories involve William Shatner. “He was hysterical,” she recalled. “Bill and Leonard (Nimoy) had a great time rhyming on what the other would say and the banter back and forth between them was really wonderful, with Leonard staying in character the whole time. When you’re a guest star you walk into what is essentially a family and you’re the new person, but Bill made me feel very comfortable.” While Yarnall’s character beat the ‘redshirt’ odds, Julie Cobb’s wasn’t so lucky. Cobb co-starred in “By Any Other Name” as Yeoman Leslie Thompson and was dispatched 15 minutes into the episode after aliens reduced her and another ‘redshirt’ to geometric blocks representing their condensed “essence.” “The alien leader, played by Warren Stevens, crumbles one of the blocks and I’m history,” laughed Cobb. “I had no clue at the time about the redshirt joke, I was too busy remembering my lines and hitting my marks.” Aside from one TV commercial, “Star Trek” was Cobb’s first acting job. “Being the baby on the show, I was absolutely terrified,” she admitted. “But the director and cast couldn’t have been nicer, especially

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Julie Cobb works in a scene with three of Star Trek’s principal characters, William Shatner as Capt. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy. Bill. He had worked with my father in ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ a decade earlier.” Cobb’s father, the highly respected actor Lee J. Cobb, was a veteran of more than 70 films including “On the Waterfront” and “12 Angry Men.” “He was very supportive when I started acting, and we worked together on one of his last TV roles, an episode of Gunsmoke,” recalled Cobb. He also passed on valuable advice for managing nerves. “He asked me a very profound question: ‘How do you know it’s not excitement?’ Well, in future I just told myself ‘I’m excited to have this role!’ and never felt nervous again.” Koenig and Cobb are confirmed guests for the Aug. 6-9 Creation Entertainment “Star Trek” convention in Las Vegas (see www.creationent. com). Yarnall, who attended her first convention in 1999, has been slowed by illness recently, but is planning to join the others. “I’ve just finished my sixth round of chemotherapy, and right now I’m feeling very optimistic,” she said. After her diagnosis of ovari-

an cancer last year, she was touched by the response of “Star Trek” fans. “I set up a gofundme account to help pay for medical expenses and the fans posted links to it, contributed and shared words of support. But isn’t that always the way – regular folk stepping forward to help others? I’m honored and humbled by that.” See www.gofundme.com/kvo9xs. Cobb, too, is looking forward to the convention but once again, is the rookie. “This will be my first ‘Star Trek’ convention,” she said. “I don’t know what to expect, but I’m excited, not nervous!” Koenig, a convention veteran, was Creation Entertainment’s first guest back in the ’70s. He has also recently resurrected his iconic character – now Admiral Chekov – in the new independent movie, “Star Trek: Renegades,” and will attend the official premier on Aug. 1, at Los Angeles’ Crest Theater. “I’ve squeezed that grape pretty thin now, there’s not much juice left in it,” said Koenig of his Chekov character. “But it was fun working on this production.” And for those anxious over

Family’s pantry has become neighbor kids’ favorite buffet DEAR ABBY — We recently moved to a new neighborhood. Soon thereafter, some kids who were at our house Dear Abby playing with ABIGAIL our kids VAN BUREN began rooting through my pantry for snacks. A few days later, kids from another family did the same thing. (I would die of embarrassment if I found out mine ever behaved that way.) I began stocking the pantry with snacks and juices I knew the kids enjoyed. Except now, the “available” snacks are in a special bin to keep everyone from rummaging around in our pantry. Yesterday, my kids told me that they are rarely offered treats when they visit these children. They even take snack breaks and eat in front of my kids without offering them anything. I spend $30 a week in extra goodies for the handful of kids in my neighborhood who don’t always wait until they are offered a snack. Sometimes they’ll lurk in the kitchen upon arrival. It’s not uncommon for

them to ask for extra snacks — even four brownies! Should I continue my generosity? Am I being taken advantage of by the local cookie monsters? I don’t want to do anything to ruin the friendships my kids have with these neighborhood children. Pantry police in Utah DEAR PANTRY POLICE — You may, indeed, be being taken advantage of. It would be interesting to know if those children are served the kind of snacks at home that they are at your house. (Are they really hungry, or could their parents be restricting their access to sweets, perhaps?) Talk to their parents and tell them what has been happening. Then inform those kids that there are “certain rules” in your house and one of them is that they must first ask permission before helping themselves to anything. DEAR ABBY — My husband is a pessimist. He has hated every job he has had during our 11year marriage. When something happens, even if it’s something minor, he’ll say something sarcastic like, “This day just keeps getting better!” He complains that we will never have anything nice

or never have a new car. When he feels bad, he refuses to go to the doctor because he says it will cost too much, even though we have insurance that will cover part of it. He has been this way for the last six or seven years. I try to have a positive attitude and look forward to things getting better. I have had about all I can stand of his down attitude, and I’m about ready to see a lawyer. By the way, it has been years since we have been intimate, and there is no affection or caring anymore — just complaints about everything. What do you think I should do? Tired of Mr. Down DEAR TIRED — I think you should tell your husband that you love him and, for the reasons you told me, you think he may be suffering from long-term depression. Explain that there is help for depression, and urge him to talk to his physician about it. And if he refuses, THEN you should talk to a lawyer. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Actress Celeste Yarnall is shown with Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Koenig, in a scene from the original Star Trek. She survived longer than many of the show’s “Redshirts.” Chekov’s fate in “Renegades,” rest assured that Walter’s uniform isn’t red. Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgom-

ery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. Follow @TinseltownTalks.

CAMPUS CORNER THE CITADEL CHARLESTON — Members of The Citadel South Carolina Corps of Cadets earned top honors in the spring 2015 semester. Dean’s list recognition is given to cadets registered for 12 or more semester hours and whose grade point average is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester’s work. The following local residents earned dean’s list recognition: • Santee — John Casey • Sumter — Bradley Hansen; Brandon Hansen; Christopher Harker; Christopher Hopkins; Paul Krouse; and William Young • Olanta — Dylan Moore • Alcolu — Lewis Warr

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE SPARTANBURG — The following area students have been named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at the University of South Carolina Upstate: • Sumter — Emma Wynn Betchman; Alison Coleman; Jared Dukes; Courtney Gainey; Robbie Gainey; Rachael Horne; Mary Hudson; Taylor Jenkins; Taylor Jones; Tiffani Newman; Taurie Rhoten; Milissa Robertson; Gregg Shapiro; Mary Smith; Brittany Starling; Kan-

dace White-Brown • Olanta — Emily Floyd • Turbeville — Devyn Youngblood To be eligible for the dean’s list, freshmen students must earn a 3.25 or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 course hours and upperclassmen must earn a 3.5 or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 course hours. The following local students from USC Upstate have been named to the spring 2015 chancellor’s list: • Sumter — Alison Coleman; Jared Dukes; Courtney Gainey; Robbie Gainey; Mary Hudson; Taylor Jones; Milissa Robertson • Turbeville — Devyn Youngblood To be eligible for the chancellor’s list, students must earn a 4.0 and be enrolled in at least 12 course hours. USC Upstate recognized 513 graduates during commencement exercises held May 5. Local graduates are: • Sumter — Gretchen Degnan-Williams; Michael Haithcock; Hayle Jerome; Shayla McLeod; Katherine Speed; and Kandace WhiteBrown • Lynchburg — Dana Edwards • Dalzell — Ashley McGranaghan

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1965 -- The ESSO station at Wesmark Plaza which was recently demolished.

The Johnson Gulf Station.

Slogans aimed at Sumter’s ‘filling station’ customers

eflections continues research concerning automo-

biles and service stations. This issue features the use of “Slogans and Advertising” utilized by the station owners to help motor-

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ists remember the names of their sta-

tions and to hopefully acquire repeat customers. The information used to prepare this article was obtained from Sumter Item archives and the online Wikipedia. Wikipedia notes that the “world’s first purpose-built gas station was constructed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1905 at 420 S. Theresa Ave.” From the beginning these establishments were referred to as filling stations and would acquire a number of monikers as time progressed. Before the construction of these stations drivers often stopped at “almost any gen-

Ribbon cuttings at Bucks ESSO.

eral or hardware store, or even blacksmith shops in order to fill their tanks.” History tells us that on its first day of operation the St. Louis station “sold 30 gallons of gasoline at 27 cents per gallon.” Sumter has enjoyed a long relationship with the “filling station.” It appears that there was one such business on almost every corner in downtown for an extended period of time. The purpose of this reflection is to recall the practical, often ingenious “Slogans and Advertisements” utilized by the numerous “filling stations” erected in the community. The first example appeared in many of the early advertisements published in The Sumter Daily Item during the 1920s and ’30s, when the use of slogans seemed prevalent. In 1920, Willard’s Service Station noted in a letter to its customers that “we will at all times be ready and willing to serve you!” In 1921 Wells & McCoy Filling Station pledged to “devote our whole time in looking after the business personally and offer the car owner the most service.” In 1921 Liberty Filling Station and Sumter Filling Station pledged they were “Not Best Because Biggest; But Biggest Because Best” and “Not Service First, But Service Always.” Garden Filling Station noted that “Service

1967 -- The American Station rewards one of its customers. (is) Our Motto,” and in 1923 Lone Star Station noted that “When you Auto Go, Use Texaco and Tank Up With Us.” In 1926, Liberty Service station claimed that it was “Sumter’s First Modern Service Station.” In 1927, The Standard Service Station advertised to its patrons that “Standard Gasoline is right the year round.” During the 1930s there appeared to be rapid expansion in the number of corporatesponsored stations that prompted the arrival of slogans that are still known to many people today. However, many of the filling stations continued to utilize slogans geared to reaching the local populace. In 1931, Crumpton’s Service Station opened for business encouraging you to “Change to Shell and Feel the Difference” while in 1932, Rainbow Service Station advertised it was “The Cleanest Station in Town.” In 1934, Sumter Alemite Station used the phrase “Lack of Lubrication Is Worse Than Mud!” to encourage customers to come and do business with them. In 1938, McCoy’s Cut Rate Service Station sold gasoline “for only” 18 cents per gallon and reminded its customers that “A Trial Will Convince You That It Is Just As Good … .” Oil companies continue to utilize jingles and slogans in

their advertisements, assuring drivers they could “Be Sure with Pure” have “Happy Motoring with Exxon” or “You Can Be Sure” with Shell, “Put a Tiger in Your Tank” with ESSO. With the advent of television, “filling station” advertisements have taken on a new, sophisticated appearance with basically

the same content in their message. The “filling station” became an integral part of the American persona and helped preserve local history while creating its own identity with its architecture and vernacular. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo. com or (803) 774-1294.

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Flowering mystery plant will ‘knock your socks off ’ BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium Botanists have plenty of heroes. One of our best known, of course, is Charles Linnaeus, the “Father of Plant Taxonomy,” who lived and worked in Sweden. His most memorable publication is probably a masterpiece called “Species Plantarum,” which was published in 1753, and which attempted to list every known plant species in the world, along with a brief description. Many plant species received their scientific names in this publication, and this week’s Mystery Plant is one of them. Linnaeus received a dried, pressed specimen of this plant sent to him from Virginia, and it is upon this specimen (now at the Linnaean Herbarium in London) that the plant’s name

is based. It is a coastal plain species, but is never very common anywhere. It occurs from eastern Virginia south to the Florida panhandle, and then west to Texas (just barely). It is most likely to be found in deep, swampy forests, usually situated on slightly higher ground therein, such as bluffs or ravines. Here in the Palmetto state, the plants are perhaps associated with limestone soils in such habitats. It often forms a tall, spreading shrub, the young twigs and lower leaf surfaces quite silky. There is a very similar species in our Southern mountains, and eight or nine additional close relatives in Japan, Korea and China. There is also a related species, with slightly smaller flowers, which grows in the Appalachian mountains, mostly in Tennes-

see. When it is flowering, our Mystery Plant will knock your socks off. Nearly all of the flowers on a single plant will open about the same time, producing quite a show. Each flower, about 3 inches across, somewhat resembles a cultivated camellia (to which it is related), with five large, ivory-white petals and 20 or more red-purple stamens. Following the blooms, silky capsules are produced containing a number of hard, shiny seeds. For all of its extravagance while blooming, the plants are almost invisible before and after the flowers. The shiny green leaves are not particularly noteworthy — the leaves are football shaped, and green, very boring actually — so the plants generally blend in with neighboring shrubs and trees. This particular species is something

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This week’s mystery plant was named by Charles Linnaeus, the “Father of Plant Taxonomy.” A coastal plain species, it can be found from Virginia to Texas. of a challenge to grow in the garden; its Asian counterparts, though, are accessible to gardeners and make fine ornamental shrubs. Now back to Linnaeus and this plant’s name. Linnaeus named its genus after John Stuart, a Scot, the third Earl of Bute, who served for a time as Britain’s’ Prime Minister, and who was an enterprising amateur botanist, even helping design the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, near London. Problem was, Linnaeus spelled Stuart’s name very wrong, and the

YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 acres of land in Palmetto Park to the Liaison Committee for its recommendation since the land is jointly owned by the city and county. • Palmetto Plaza Shopping Center, now almost two years old, is showing steady healthy growth. There are 10 businesses in the main shopping area, with three others in free-standing buildings and new buildings being planned at this time for use in the near future. Situated adjacent to Palmetto Park on the corner of Guignard Drive and Miller Road, Palmetto Plaza serves customers from all over Sumter and neighboring counties. • The president of Manning High School girls 4-H Club was 50 YEARS AGO – 1965 named 1965 Farm Bureau Queen at the annual meeting. Oct. 25–31 Sandra Kay Holladay, 16-year• Square dancing will be feaold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. tured at Palmetto Plaza tomorJames N. Holladay of Manning, row night from 8 to 11 p.m. at a was crowned by the retiring Merchant Association’s Fall queen, Judy Gamble, daughter Festival being held Wednesday through Saturday. Square dance of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gamble of Manning. Miss Marion Campclubs from Sumter and Shaw Field are holding the dance, and bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. the public is invited to come out Albert Campbell of Alcolu was first runner-up. Second runnerand watch. Approximately 50 couples will be dancing. In addi- up was Miss Gloria Hinson, daughter of Mrs. Edna Jackson tion to the square dance, an art Hinson of Manning. show, new car show, Ray and • Every member of the stuSylvia’s Trained Dogs and a dent body at Edmunds is a parvisit from WIS-TV personality, ent, but don’t get excited, moth“Mr. Knozit,” are scheduled for ers and pops: Edmunds High the festival. School supports a foster child • Mrs. E.W. Nettles received from Seoul, Korea, whose name her 50-year pin at the fall meeting of the Sumter County Home is Kim Choon Sik. Through the generosity of Sumter students, Demonstration Club meeting held at the Wedgefield Commu- he wears warm clothes during nity house. Patrolman C.I. Cole- the cold winters, instead of tatman of the State Highway spoke tered rags, and can attend on Highway Safety. Bobby Pack school daily, instead of wandering aimlessly through crowded showed finished Christmas arstreets on an empty stomach. rangements and also demonThe local chapter of the Nationstrated how to make unusual al Honor Society sponsors Kim Christmas decorations. Sylvia through the Foster Parents Fortner demonstrated a food Plan, but each person who conblender, and Col. G.P. Hilderbrand presented a table of Civil tributes to the fund for Kim’s Defense materials. The ladies of food, clothing, and education bethe Dalzell Club displayed their comes a “parent.” • Mac Summers visited the cookbooks. Wofford College campus last • To date 4,501 individuals at weekend, he and other elected Shaw Air Base have pledged boys from South Carolina High money to the Sumter County schools met as part of the honor United Appeal to help base and of being chosen 1965-66 King local welfare agencies carry on Teens. (No tellin’ what went on, their work next year. Shaw’s but he had a look that said it fund drive recently passed the was a good time!) halfway mark with a total of • Local 4-H’ers, Cindy Harris, $12,155.29 collected and Thorny Parker, Danny Lenoir $17,118.49 pledged. • The strike of workers in the and Ellen Jackson, who were state achievement winners, recabinet division of Korn Industries Inc., local furniture manu- ceived their awards at today’s annual luncheon in Columbia. facturer, went into its fourth They were accompanied by work day here this morning local representatives of the S.C. with placard-carrying pickets still marching back and forth at Bankers Assn., sponsor of the luncheon. Bank representatives the plant entrances. Union offiwere Doran A. Bramlett of the cials this morning repeated C&S National Bank and W.G. their earlier statement that the strike will continue “until there Sawyer of the S.C. National is a change in the attitude of the Bank. Cynthia Carlson, assistant home agent was also prescompany or until the governent. ment steps in and corrects the • Don R. McDaniel was reunfair labor practices.” • City Council yesterday post- elected president of the Lee County Farm Bureau at the poned action on a request to grant land in Palmetto Park for group’s annual meeting. McDaniel said last night that this a new public library but went year’s membership drive has ahead and approved a basic inreached 283. crease of five cents in local bus • Sumter area 4-H’ers made fares. The question of where a impressive showings at yesternew $400,000 Sumter County liday’s state achievement lunbrary should be built did come cheon in Columbia. Ellen Jackup. At its last meeting Council son of Horatio won the top referred a request by Ramon honor of the group; she was Schwartz, chairman of the Linamed one of the four best allbrary Board for title to two the Sumter-Clemson club dance to be held at the Armory Thursday night at 9:30. This is expected to be one the happiest social events of the season, and a large crowd of out-of-town visitors is expected. The Jungaleers are well-known throughout the nation for their unique arrangements and fine dance music and have been called by some, the best collegiate dance unit in America. They have been booked to play for 14 engagements during the Christmas holidays in North and South Carolina and in Georgia. William Leonhirth, son of Mrs. L.J. Leonhirth of 12 Loring Place of this city, has been a member of the orchestra for three years.

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1990 -- They graduated in the class of 1934. Since then these former students of Salem Centralized High School of New Zion have gone their separate ways, but they were never so far apart that they forgot each other or the school. On Saturday they got together again for their class reunion at Eugene’s Bar-B-Que. In the front row, from left, are Gertrude A. Cole, Leona D. Ham, Elanor Evans and Onie Morris. In the second row, from leftk are Flynn DuBose, Marion F. Dickerson, Curlee Gamble, Miriam Gibbons and the Rev. Roy Howell. around 4-H members in South Carolina. • Johnny Peeples, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Peeples, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 336 sponsored by Trinity Methodist Church whose scoutmaster is Wilbert Bernshouse. He was awarded his Eagle rank recently in ceremonies at the First Presbyterian Church.

25 YEARS AGO – 1990 July 27–Aug. 2 Area unemployment rates skyrocketed in June, but Porcher Rembert, the local director of the S.C. Employment Security Commission, says there’s no reason to be alarmed. According to figures released today, 5.9 percent of Sumter’s workforce is unemployed, a 1.1 percent jump since May. Unemployment in Lee County jumped a full 1 percent in June to 5.9 percent, and Clarendon’s rate soared from 4.6 percent in May to 6.8 percent last month. • Hamilton Lee started attending Camp Happy Days nine years ago – when he was 8 years old and battling leukemia. Today, the Sumter resident has been free of cancer for nearly six years, but he still goes to the camp for children with cancer. Hamilton in fact, is one of only a few campers who have been attending since it opened in 1982, and he was the only Sumter resident of 116 campers from throughout the state who attended June 30 through July 7 at Camp Pee Dee in Cheraw. “I’ll be here to the end,” said Hamilton, who will be a senior at Sumter High School this fall. “I want to be a counselor.” • When USC-Sumter’s Dr. Carolyn West was asked to participate in the University of South Carolina’s search for a new president, she didn’t hesitate in accepting, despite numerous other commitments. An associate professor of biology, West is one of six faculty members representing USC’s ninecampus system on the 16-member Presidential Candidate Search Committee. She is the only faculty member representing USC’s five university campuses, which include: USCBeaufort, USC-Lancaster, USCSalkehatchie, USC-Sumter and USC-Union. • Larry Powell won the Late Model main event for his second win of the season at Sumter Rebel Speedway. Lee Mintz started on the inside pole after posting the fastest qualifying time of 15.05 seconds, and Ed Gibbons started on the outside

at 15.46. Gibbons took the lead at the start and Mintz followed in second. Just before the halfway point, Gibbons and Mintz spun out simultaneously on the front straightaway while trying to pass a lapped car, and Bob Sharp and Powell took the first and second spots respectively. Late in the race Powell made his move to take the lead on turn four and held on for the win. • For his leadership during and after Hurricane Hugo, Sumter County Civil Defense Director Vic Jones has received a prestigious medal of honor from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Jones is only the second Sumterite ever to receive the award. The medal is presented each year to citizens who possess the highest level of leadership, trustworthiness, service and patriotism, according to the national society. • Swing your partner and dosi-do are not the style in country and western dancing. But cowboy boots, sweetheart holds, shuffle steps, chugs and the twostep very definitely are, for a group of Sumterites who take classes at the Shaw Recreation

genus name we now use is, in effect, a big botanical typo. But it’s still the name we use. Answer: “Wild camellia,” “Silky camellia,” Stewartia malacodendron John B. Nelson is the curator of the A. C. Moore Herbarium in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, 715 Sumter St., Columbia SC 29208. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herbarium.org, call (803) 777-8196, or email nelson@sc.edu.

Center. “It’s great to meet the new people and, of course, it’s good exercise,” said Madeline Brown. “I’ve lost 15 pounds since we started.” Other members of the class will tell you that when Madeline and her husband, George, first started coming to class, they were something less than accomplished dancers. “When I first got here I couldn’t dance worth a lick,” George said. Instructor Bob Griffith of Dance Time Limited said, “When George first got here he couldn’t even find the beat in a song. Now to look at them they look like some of the best in the class.” • Lancaster’s 13-14-year-old All-Stars blew open a 1-0 lead with six runs in the top of the seventh inning and held on for a 7-0 victory over Sumter in the second round of the Dixie Youth state tournament at the Artillery Drive fields. The game was a pitcher’s duel through the first six innings. Lancaster’s Greg Kilough had held Sumter hitless to that point and had that broken up by consecutive singles to lead off the seventh. On the other side, Sumter pitchers Maurice Lesane and Lee Hatfield had kept the Lancaster batters at bay, allowing just two hits and a single run. • It started out as a slugfest, ended as a pitching duel and when it was all over the Sumter P-15’s found themselves on the wrong end of an 8-5 score as Lancaster took a 2-0 lead in the American Legion state championship series at Eggleton Field. Sumter jumped on Lancaster starter Jon Barnes for four runs on four hits in the first inning and touched reliever Todd Wallace for another run on three hits in the second. The P-15’s did not scratch out another safety for the remainder of the contest, however, as Wallace and Scott Powers slammed the door. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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Pike Road supplies a surprise for back-to-school Office Church School Supply is an often-overlooked source for supplies BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com “If we can get you to come in one time, you’ll be back,” said Faith Goins, owner of Office Church School Supply Inc. From the outside, it is easy to see how one of Sumter’s most surprising stores can be overlooked. The beige, metal-sided building at 780 S. Pike West could be mistaken for a warehouse. Then again, maybe that isn’t all that misleading. “We are the largest school supply in South Carolina — 10,000 square feet,” Goins said. “We have two other 10,000 square foot buildings behind; they are warehouses.” “And a pretty high light bill to go with it,” she laughed. For the uninitiated, school supply stores aren’t just about paper and pencils. In today’s world, it takes more than Crayons and construction paper to get kids’ attention. Whatever it is, even if it’s “too cool for school,” you can probably find it at Office Church School Supply. “I hear all the time when customers come in ‘Oh my gosh! If I knew what you had in here, I would have been shopping here a long time ago,’” Goins said. In addition to school supplies and teaching aids, the store sells high-end toys by Melissa & Doug, laminating, used office furniture, cleaning supplies and more. Horace Scott, Faith’s brother, runs a division of the company which installs lockers and shelving. “Also athletic equipment, bleachers, basketball goals — in South Carolina and North Carolina,” said Kathy Scott, Horace’ wife and Faith’s sister in law. “We do choir robes and bulletins for churches.” The company was founded by Faith and Horace’s father, O.C. Scott, in downtown Sumter more than 30 years ago, Goins said. “I had just graduated from

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Janice Warren teaches fourth and fifth grades at Thomas Sumter Academy. In the 26 years she has been teaching, she said she has always shopped at Office Church and School Supply store as she was on Thursday afternoon. cosmetology school and worked a few months and he asked, ‘Why don’t we open a teacher’s store?’” she said. “He had worked at a previous business that was locker installation and church furniture for 25 years, so he said ‘Let’s give

that a try.’ We got into church furniture and supplies and office supplies also.” It is a tough time to be in the business, but Goins said it is able to go toe-to-toe with the big box stores and the Internet.

“We have competitive prices and sales on our web page all the time,’ she said. They also offer free nextday delivery in Sumter, Manning and Florence as long as the item does not need to be back ordered, Goins said.

They also cater to locals by having pre-packaged boxes with everything a student needs for his or her classes. “We doing it right now for Wilson Hall; we make up the boxes of everything on their list and they can come and pick them up,” Goins said. “They have some odd items on their list that might be hard to find, and they can come in and pick it up in just a few seconds.” She said they get a lot of business from teachers in surrounding areas and offer an educator’s discount. “Anybody can come in, bring us their list and we will be glad to fix it up for them,” Goins said. Just browsing the store has a big advantage over the Internet, Kathy Scott said. “There is so much more if people see it,” she said. “Unless you are looking for it online, you don’t know that you need it until you see it.” Goins said it is sad that many smaller school supply stores are going out of business. “People use online sales,” she said. “The one in Florence closed.” But Office Church School Supply is still open for area teachers. “I had a teacher come in from Florence yesterday and she tweeted online ‘I just found teacher’s paradise.’” It has been an “all-in-thefamily” business for all of its 30 years, Goins said. Even the next generation pitches in. “I have my son Tyler out making deliveries right now,” Goins said. “Our regular delivery guy is on an out-oftown delivery.” Horace and Kathy Scott’s daughter Holly also works at the store during the summer. Goins said her father, now 76, still comes into the store every day. “He has to make sure we are working and doing it right,” she said. Office Church School Supply Inc. is open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Aug. 29. Saturday hours will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. after Aug. 29. For more information, visit www.OCSsupply.net or call (803) 773-7226.

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Zero-percent financing turns heads but may not be best deal DETROIT (AP) — When a car dealer offers to loan you the money to buy a car at zero interest, it gets your attention. Yet that cheap money might not be the best deal you can get. Dealers can offer zeropercent financing through automakers’ finance companies because, unlike banks, they make money on the sale of the car and don’t need to rake in interest payments. Zero-percent financing offers have been common in the last four years as auto sales recovered from the recession while interest rates remained low, says Philip Reed, a senior editor of consumer advice at the car shopping site Edmunds.com. Not everyone will qualify. Zero-percent financing is generally reserved for those with the very best credit. Experian Automotive, which tracks auto loans, says 7 percent of new car loans had an interest rate of 1 percent or lower in the first quarter of this year. By comparison, 29 percent of new car loans had interest rates of 2.05 percent and below.

Before biting on the zeropercent financing, check for other deals such as cashback offers. Fiat Chrysler, for example, currently has two offers for the 2015 Jeep Cherokee SUV: zero-percent financing for 60 months or a $2,000 rebate. Edmunds recommends taking the cash to reduce your total loan amount for the base allwheel-drive model from $27,123 to $25,123. Even with a 2-percent interest rate, you’ll wind up paying $440 per month with the cash deal. That compares to $452 per month with zero-percent financing. Late summer is a particularly good time to scout for deals, and automakers will soon be trying to clear 2015 models off their lots. Ford is offering no-interest financing for up to 72 months on most of its cars and SUVs, while Toyota is offering zero-percent financing on the Camry and Prius sedans. Buyers can also get zeropercent financing on the Buick Enclave and Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs. Here’s some more advice on financing from the experts:

HOW GOOD IS YOUR CREDIT? According to Experian, new-car buyers who obtained interest rates of 1 percent or less had an average credit score of 754. For reference, that’s considered “prime” credit; “super prime” scores go all the way up to 850. The average credit score for a new car buyer in the first quarter was 713, and the average interest rate was 4.7 percent. Reed says it’s good to know your score before you go to the dealership. Even better: Get preapproved for a car loan through a bank or credit union before going to the dealership. “It puts you in a stronger position when you go into the finance room to say, ‘I’m preapproved at 2.9 percent,’” he said. “They will try to beat that. Dealership financing can almost always beat banks and credit unions.”

DO THE MATH Buyers can get zero-percent financing for 60 months on a 2015 Toyota Prius or get $2,250 in cash. The cashback offer will lower your monthly payments if you get an interest rate of 3 percent

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Zero percent financing for 72 months is advertised on a GMC Sierra pickup truck at a dealership in Center Line, Michigan, in 2010. When a car dealer offers to loan you the money to buy a car at zero interest, it gets your attention. Yet that cheap money might not be the best deal you can get. or lower, because even though you’re paying more in interest, you lowered the overall price of the car. But if the rate is higher than 3 percent, zero-percent financing will lower your payments. Down payments, regional incentive offers and the value of trade-ins can also affect the calculations. Calculators on sites like Edmunds.com and Autobytel. com let buyers crunch all the numbers. Manufacturers’ Web sites list available

incentives on every vehicle by ZIP code.

SET YOUR EXPECTATIONS Zero-percent deals are generally only available on a limited number of models in the showroom. So if you want certain options or premium models, they may not be available. KBB.com, a car shopping site, advises buyers to first negotiate the price. Once a buyer qualifies for zero-interest financing, the dealer is less inclined to haggle.

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THE SUMTER ITEM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2015

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Perseverance pays off on morning fishing trip

obody has to tell any of us how hot it has been this summer; what was it I saw on the news, 15 days over 100 degrees? While that’s a lot of hot days, it seems it was hotter, and for longer, in 1954, the summer of my birth, more than 24 days over 100 degrees. Anyway, it has put a real crimp into our outdoor activities. I was really glad to finally see a forecast that had some lower 90’s listed. Friday before last was going to get all the way up to 92 and Saturday a week ago was suppose to top out at 94. A quick look at the hourly forecast showed that if a person could get off of the water by 10:30 a.m., they could actually fish in temps below 85! Sounded like a plan to me. My special little girl, my granddaughter Katie, a.k.a. “Scooter,” was to arrive Friday night and stay through until Sunday night when we were going to take her to Vacation Bible School at our church, where her other grandparents, Gene and Beverly, were going to pick her up and take her to their house for the rest of the week so that she could come to VBS

Earle Woodward AFIELD & AFLOAT

every night. That meant that if I wanted to fish, or get the hunting club worked on, I’d have to do it before my lovely bride, Sherri, and Scooter thought about getting up for the

morning. I decided that I’d head down to the fishing club in the swamp, all by myself, and spend a few hours alone, fishing and enjoying everything that the good Lord threw my way. I arose at 6 a.m., strapped the boat to the truck and pulled out, making it to the boat landing by 7 a.m. I was all alone in the swamp. The water had fallen another six inches, which made navigation a bit difficult. I kept bumping into submerged sticks and logs, and the bottom came too close to the surface on a couple of occasions, forcing me to pull the trolling motor up and let it gurgle just under the surface. It was

tough fishing. I began, as I usually do, with the Zoom fluke. It has always produced in the swamp and it really doesn’t seem to matter what color I use, although bubble gum seems to be the most-liked. I started Saturday with a color called “Electric Chicken.” Who thinks up the names for these thing, really — “Electric Chicken?” I cast to places that I had taken fish for years — hey, I’ve been fishing this place for more than 55 years and I’ve walked almost every inch of the bottom on scheduled work days, so I’m familiar with where the fish should and should not be. I was getting a few smacks, but not hooking up with anything. I changed to the bubble gum hoping that it would make a difference. It didn’t. There were places where the early morning light came through the canopy and illuminated the water, you could see down for a foot or two and it was in a couple of those places that I got a good look at what was happening. I watched a jackfish make three swipes at my bait and he never opened his mouth, nor did he come closer than 3-4

inches from the bait, big swirls, but no action. I switched to the beetle spin and ultra light, mainly just to feel my string get pulled, but even that produced bumps but no hook ups. An hour into the day and I had not caught the first fish, and this club is a place that I can almost guarantee a fish; it’s the place I take kids because it is so productive. If nothing is going to bite, then I might just as well keep trying to catch the bigger fish. I tried a worm on the bottom. With a worm, I can catch bigger fish and the occasional molly, but evidently not on this particular day. I got one head shake from a smaller fish and that was it! I switched back to the fluke. About 9:30 a.m., I heaved the fluke to the base of a large Cypress tree that had a little bit more current flowing past it and a place where I know that the bottom has washed out an extra foot or two. Another swirl, but this time, as I let the lure sink slowly after the swirl, I saw it disappear. I set the hook and it was on! The fish never broke the surface, so it was a little difficult to tell what it was, but it

was pulling drag and giving me all I could stand. When it went past the boat for the second time I saw the markings on its side; it was a largemouth bass and a good one. I finally won the battle and put my thumb onto the lower lip of the fish and hoisted him over the side, I’m guessing close to 5 pounds worth of fish and with some vivid markings, a really pretty fish. I did something that I never do; I unhooked the fish and took a “selfie” to send to Coffee Pot, who couldn’t make it that morning. The text read “Yep, they’re biting.” Yeah, a little mean, but he’d do it to me. I turned around shortly after that and headed back to the landing, I’d had enough. The temperature on the dash thermometer read 82 degrees as the cell phone rang. It seems that the frozen, microwave pancakes just wouldn’t do for Scooter’s breakfast; she needed Granddaddy to cook her some homemade chocolate chip pancakes. I made it home in record time, cause if Scooter wants pancakes, I’m her man. I’ll fish again later, especially if the temps remain cooler.

Man who considered ministry becomes ‘bee preacher’ instead BY JASON LEE Sun News of Myrtle Beach MYRTLE BEACH — Tom Francis is a bee preacher. “I never became a minister of people,” he says, “but now I’m a minister of bee hives.” In 1983, Francis felt a calling to the ministry. At Baptist Bible College in Clark Summit, Pennsylvania, Francis learned that bee keeping was a traditional avocation of clergymen as a way to supplement their meager incomes. Francis would choose a different path away from the pulpit, pursuing a career in telecommunications. Still, Francis’ fascination with bees flowered. In 2009, he retired from Verizon and mentioned his interest to a friend whose father happened to keep bees. The next day he was given his first hive. “I believe God created those bees, and I believe I’m working together with nature to help these bees continue to live and also provide some delicious food for us that gives us energy and makes us healthy. I like working for an organization like that,” he says. Francis is one of a growing number

of beekeepers in the region. The Blackwater Beekeepers Association has grown from 20 members to 70 members since it formed in 2011, said Ben Powell, natural resources officer at the Clemson Extension in Conway. Powell said the local bee population has stabilized after problems nationally with colony collapses. A wet spring has contributed to good plant and nectar growth, he said. “In general, insect health is a measurement eco-system health,” Powell said. Francis now tends his flock one hive at a time. When the owner of Bees By The Sea grew out his backyard operation in Surfside Beach, he found his bees a sanctuary in a secluded meadow at Brookgreen Gardens. There his honey bees have thousands of acres of flowering plants to pollinate. At Brookgreen, the beekeeper carefully pulls two vibrating wooden boxes from the bed of his pick-up, and gently places them in a line beside the five existing stacked hives. The teal painted boxes, like the honeycombed frames inside, Francis made by hand. A loud droning from within the

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Beekeeper Tom Francis catches a “swarm” of honey bees that was hanging from a holly bush in the yard of Nita Snoot and Jim Wilson in Conway in May. Francis is one of a growing number of beekeepers in the region. boxes indicates that the 20,000 bees inside are agitated after the half hour journey in the truck bed. Soon after opening their box, one of the guard bees manages to sink a stinger into Francis’ unprotected hand. The bee keeper quickly darts away from the hive, scraping out the stinger on the run. “It comes with the turf,” he said. Francis is quick to point out that European honey bees are to be respected, not feared.

“People have a lot of fears about honey bees that are ill-conceived.” Francis says that the bees are generally content to go about their business of collecting nectar and building their colony unless they are threatened or their hive is invaded. “The secret when you work with bees is to be gentle and deliberate.” Just as Francis believes feeding the soul is vital, bees and their keeping is vital to our lives.

FISHING REPORTS Santee Cooper System Largemouth bass: Slow to fair. Captain Linwood Thornhill reports that fishing continues to drop off as is customary at this time of year, but a few fish can still be caught around grass and cypress trees. For shallow fish he recommends frogs and plastic worms at this time of year. Lots of fish have moved out to drops in the 10-15 foot range, and for these fish Linwood suggests fishing a Carolina rig with a worm. Lake Wateree Catfish: Good. Captain Rodger Taylor reports that catfishing remains strong when there is current flowing, although at other times the bite can be slower. In the backs of the creeks, 2-8 pound fish can be caught, but bigger fish have been absent in the backs recently. Oddly, gizzard shad have been hard to find on Lake Wateree but cut herring will work as bait. Lake Murray Crappie: Fair to good. Captain Brad Taylor reports that as would be expected for the heat of summer crappie are in a brush pattern. While the depth seems to vary from day to day he has found the best fishing in 20-25 feet of water in the mid-lake area. While the better fish are being caught on jigs, for sheer numbers of fish minnows have been hard to beat. Largemouth bass: Fair. Lake World reports that first thing in the morning anglers can fish a buzzbait around the banks or look for fish schooling off long

points and feeding on baitfish that have moved up shallower overnight. Once the sun starts to get up, however, fishing has been a grind and the best pattern has been fishing soft plastics around brush in the 30-foot range. Lake Greenwood Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that as expected on Lake Greenwood the channel catfish bite remains good, and some really nice numbers of channel catfish are being caught in a pattern that should hold up for another month and a half. Chris advises drifting in out and of feeder creeks and coves in 5-18 feet of water with cut herring and shad. At the same time, anchoring on humps and points and fishing dip bait is also just as productive now. Lake Monticello Bass: Good. Lake Monticello in the summer is a true deep water bass fishery. Tournament angler Andy Wicker says that he spends most of his time targeting textbook main lake, deep water structure such as points, humps, and drops; even when he is fishing shallower there needs to be deep water nearby. His target depth range is 20-50 feet of water. Areas with brush seem to produce about the same number of fish as structure that has not had brush planted on it. In fact, one of the main impacts of brush is that it limits his lure choice. Instead of being able to fish his usual array of lures (deep diving

crankbaits, Alabama rigs, jigs, flutter spoons, and worms) he has to spend more time fishing the worm. Lake Russell Striped bass: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that based on current catch rates they are expecting this to be their best summer ever for striped bass. Fish are scattered out across the lake and anglers are catching a variety of different sizes of fish all over the lake, from north to south. Pretty much every area of the lake is producing, but the best catches have been coming off main channel points on down-lines fished in 20-25 feet of water. Action is still picking up in the tailrace below the Hartwell dam and Lake Secession, and anglers who want to fish up there should pull free-lines. Catfish: Good. Guide Jerry Kotal reports that catfishing is pretty good on Lake Russell, and his boat is catching good numbers of channel cats in the 1-5 pound range. Fish are scattered out in the backs of coves, creek channels and off points, with 8-20 feet of water being the best depth range. His boat is also picking up occasional flatheads, and while blues can also be found in Lake Russell they aren’t getting many of those. Lake Thurmond Crappie: Fair to good. Captain William Sasser reports that he has not been spending much time targeting crappie, but the fish are still stacked up along the river channel in the same pattern that

they have been in. Fish minnows 10 feet down over brush in 15-25 feet of water. Lake Wylie Largemouth Bass: Fair to good. FLW Professional and Guide Matt Arey reports that the pattern for catching largemouth bass has been very stable over the last few weeks, and overall the bite remains in the “fair to good” range. Basically, there continue to be two main patterns for catching bass on Lake Wylie right now, although as the summer progresses anglers should be on the lookout for schooling bass. These fish will either be over deep water or on flats near deep water, as at time they will move up shallow at night to feed. Outside of schooling fish, anglers should first look for fish offshore. Even though it’s been hot for a while now Matt says the offshore fishing is still pretty strong and the schools aren’t yet getting finicky (as they will be in August). Schools of fish will be found around humps, deep main lake points, the areas where creek channels swing in front of points, and other depth changes. Lots of fish will be found in 20-30 feet of water, but some will be in 15 feet of water near shallower areas. Deep diving crankbaits, football jigs, Hopkins spoons, Ol’ Monster worms and other big baits will still catch fish at this part of the season, although later in the summer as the fish become accustomed to the pressure fish will get finickier and schools will even relocate. Lake Hartwell Crappie: Slow to fair. Captain Bill Plumley

reports that crappie fishing remains pretty slow, but the fish that are being caught are around deep brush in about 25 feet of water. They are holding very tight to the brush and will eat minnows. Lake Keowee Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Fair. The best pattern right now is fishing for fish suspended around depth changes, including deep points, humps, and drops in 30 or more feet of water. They can also be related to nothing but bait schools. At times bass can be caught with at the top of the water column, and they can also be caught on drop shot rigs, Carolina rigs and shakey head worms. Soft plastics fished around deeper docks will also catch fish. Typically at this time of year there is a pretty good topwater bite around relatively shallow points first thing in the morning, but right now this bite is not as good as usual and you have to fish a lot of points to find feeding fish. Lake Jocassee Trout: Fair to good. Lake Jocassee trout fishing remains pretty strong. The intakes are still the place to fish first thing, but fish are very well spread out throughout the main body of water. Trolling both spoons and shiners 30-70 feet deep at speeds less than two miles per hour is most productive. Night fishing at the intakes has slowed down, but anglers putting out lights and suspending cut herring, nightcrawlers and medium shiners can still catch fish.

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