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BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 Sumter United Ministries Free Clinic saw its first two patients Tuesday.

“It was great,” said Dr. Russ Trigg, a boardcertified family practice physician volunteering his time. “I saw two young men with no significant medical problems, but now they have a medical home.”

Patients are prequalified. They FAITH NEWS must: • Be between the Have you seen our ages of 19 and 64; new Thursday faith • Live in Sumter section? Turn to pages County; A6 and A7 for stories on what’s happening • Work at least 20 in the local faith hours a week; and community and how • Meet 200 percent you can be involved. of the federal poverty guidelines.

That would be about $22,000 a year for a single person and about $47,000 a year for a family of four, said Diane Garrick, the clinic’s assistant director.

“A lot of small businesses can’t afford insurance for their employees,” said Mark Champagne, executive director of United Ministries of Sumter County. “They’ve cut hours down to 30 a week just so they do not

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Suspect faces 31 charges in bust

Meals are packed up at the Feed My Starving Children event at the Sumter County Civic Center on Wednesday. Organized by Mayesville Presbyterian Church, the inaugural Sumter Feeds My Starving Children MobilePack event was held Tuesday and Wednesday at the center. Feed My Starving Children is a nonprofit, Christian organization that aims to feed children through meals specifically formulated for the malnourished. Hundreds of volunteers packed the specially formulated vitamins, veggies, soy and rice, and the charity ships them to missionaries in nearly 70 countries.

Accused dogfighter has 11 counts of animal cruelty

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Events unite Sumter against crime City council praises, supports efforts to halt recent violence

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bristow@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 The fight against crime came into focus this week as one event after another spotlights the Sumter community’s concerns and its effects on the city’s image.

Sumter City Council highlighted the issue at its Tuesday meeting, sandwiched as it was between the anti-crime National Night Out and this weekend’s anti-violence rally on Manning Avenue.

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Several council members spoke as the Night Out crime-prevention events were being held in multiple neighborhoods across the city. Others plan to speak out at another series of events Friday and Saturday called Stop the Crime and Violence Weekend, organized to highlight a string of shootings in the community during recent weeks and call on residents to respond to the flare-up of violence.

The confluence of events — and its impact on the city — overshadowed discussion among

council members.

Councilman Calvin Hastie will be leading the prayer vigil at 7 p.m. Friday at 415 Manning Ave., marking 12 shootings that have happened in the area since January. That event will be followed by a community march through the southside area at 8 a.m. Saturday.

“The people who can’t walk will ride in church vans,” Hastie said.

The Rev. Joshua Dupree also

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A man arrested Saturday, charged with multiple crimes involving stolen vehicles, drugs and dog fighting, now faces 31 total charges.

Robert Gerome McFadden, 30, of 10630 Nero Circle in Olanta, appeared before magistrate Judge Joe Davis at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center for a bond hearing on Wednesday for his charges: 11 counts of ill treatment of animals; 11 counts of animal fighting or baiting; three counts of altering or defacing a vehicle identification number; two counts of posMcFADDEN session of a stolen vehicle valued $10,000 or more; one count of unlawful transportation or selling of a vehicle; one count of receiving stolen goods valued $10,000 or more; one count of possession of meth or cocaine base, second offense; and one count of manufacture or distribution of cocaine base, second offense.

McFadden was arrested Saturday after deputies with Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrived at his residence on Nero Circle to serve a family court warrant. Once there, officers found what appeared to be a chop shop and a dog-fighting operation.

As bond proceedings for McFadden began Wednesday, Kathy Ward, general counsel for the sheriff, requested that bond be set at least $100,000 given the number of counts against

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District processing diploma petitions Most former students meeting qualifications

quarters of the petitions the district has received have been processed, with a majority of them meeting the requirements to receive a diploma.

“Of the 91 requests we have reBY RAYTEVIA EVANS ceived, 22 are currently being proray@theitem.com cessed, and 69 have been processed,” (803) 774-1214 Leach said. “After going through the records for those that have been processed, 58 of them we’ll recommend Since state legislation eliminated the superintendent present to the the requirement for high school stuschool board, and 11 didn’t meet the dents to pass the High School Assessrequirements.” ment Program exam before receiving In 2014, the district graduated 1,005 a diploma, Sumter School District has received 91 petitions as of Wednesday high school students — meaning the from former students who previously 84 percent of former students who submitted petitions and met requiredidn’t receive a diploma solely bements to receive diplomas is equivacause they didn’t pass HSAP. Cornelius Leach, assistant superin- lent to almost 6 percent of the distendent for school services, said three- trict’s recent graduating class.

Leach and records clerks are going through the process of checking past records as they receive petitions from former students. Leach previously explained that records clerks will pull former students’ files to determine if they met all other graduation requirements before the petition is presented to the board. Former students have to submit requests to their local school district by Dec. 31, 2015.

Gov. Nikki Haley signed the legislation allowing people to petition for diplomas into law in mid-April. The change, however, did not include students who were expecting to graduate in 2014. Students who failed to pass the HSAP exam and didn’t get their diplomas in 2014 will still need to attend adult education and take the

exam again to receive diplomas.

According to the bill, the school board will then “transmit diploma requests to South Carolina Department of Education in accordance with department procedures” to be officially approved by the state.

Sumter School District, like many school districts in the state, has provided the high school diploma petition on its website for former students who want to request diplomas from previous years.

Although the bill has been signed into law and negates passing HSAP as a requirement to graduate, high school students will still take the exit exam, but now there will be no minimum score requirement for students to graduate.

CCTC now targeting fall 2015 opening

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Arts grant applications must be in by Friday The Sumter County Cultural Commission reminds Sumter artists and arts organizations and programmers that applications for second-quarter grants are due by 4 p.m.

Friday. These grant funds are for activities and projects that start during the months of October, November and December 2014. Funded projects must be completed by June 30, 2015.

Grant applications can be picked up at the business office of Patriot Hall Performing Arts Center, 135 Haynsworth St. Interested artists and organizations can also request a grant application by email. Send requests to cbryan@sumtercountysc.org. An application (PDF) will be sent by return email. For more information, call (803) 436-2260.

CLARIFICATION The Manning chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America hosts its annual LZ 960 Benefit Poker Run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. An article in the Clarendon Sun on Tuesday omitted some information concerning stops on the run. The following is a correct list of stops and correct addresses: Lakevue Landing & Restaurant, 1543 Camp Shelor Road, Manning; J&J Lakeside Marina, 2058 Lakeshore Drive, Manning; The New Scarborough’s, 1326 Fowler Road, Manning; Taw Caw Campground & Marina, 1328 Joyner Drive, Summerton; Goat Island Bait and Tackle, 9645 Wash Davis Road, Summerton; and Randolph’s Landing, 1022 Randolph’s Landing Way, Manning.

For more information on the poker run, call Ron Cunningham at (803) 460-8551 or Dennis Reynolds at (803) 4784300.

$350K grant assists with equipment for training center

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 Central Carolina Technical College recently received $350,000 in federal equipment grant money for new mechatronics training equipment for the soon-to-be Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center.

According to Terry L. Booth, vice president of business affairs, the money will allow the college to expand enrollment in the mechatronics program and provide training on the type of equipment used by Continental Tire the Americas.

The federal money, along with a portion of the $1 million the school received from the state budget this year for the pilot program in partnership with Sumter School District, may also be used to purchase equipment for the new facility under renovation.

To motorists on Broad Street and those taking in their meals at nearby restaurants, the renovation at CCTC’s new training facility now allows for passers-by to see into the building during construction. Demolition to the space — which started July 21 — is moving along on schedule and is expected to be completed in about two weeks before workers move on to interior mechanical, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler rough in. Because the work has mostly been demolition, the incessant rain during the past few weeks has not slowed down the contractor’s progress.

Booth confirmed that the project is still on budget, costing $13.2 million with money provided by federal government, the college’s capital fund contribution and

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Terry L. Booth, vice president of business affairs at Central Carolina Technical College, said the school’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center should be open to students for the fall 2015 semester. money allocated by S.C. General Assembly. Although the project is expected to be completed in June 2015, Booth said the school hopes to have Continental Tire training up and running a few months earlier before officially opening the building to students for fall 2015.

With the upcoming work ahead on electrical, plumbing and other areas, the general contractor for the project, Rodgers Builders Inc., will be subcontracting with more than 20 contractors for different trades. In previous months, Rodgers has been hosting vendor outreach meetings to bring in subcontractors interested in doing work on various parts of the construction project. Booth said Rodgers is getting bids for plumbing, electrical and other upcoming work on the building and expects to have contracts in place by the end of August.

“The vendor outreach meetings were held to promote the project to subcontractors, in particular local subcontractors and small, minority and women’s businesses,” Booth explained. “The outreach sessions held in May and June were attended by almost 90 subcontractors.”

Once the building is completed, Booth said the school will take the summer of 2015 to move the programs to the new facility. Besides using the federal grant for purchasing new training equipment, the school will also take the time to relocate the majority of equipment for the new facility from the current classrooms and labs in the existing Industrial and Engineering Technology building.

Booth said readySC will also continue to be involved in the new project and start working with Continental Tire employees. “readySC has been very involved in the design of the portion of the building that will be used to train Continental Tire employees. Once the facility is complete, they will provide the training equipment for existing industry in Sumter County,” she said. “We are currently working with Caterpillar, who is interested in locating some equipment in this space to train their employees.”

The school estimates about 300 students will be taught in these three programs each year. The new facility, like the college itself, will serve students from Sumter, Kershaw, Lee and

Clarendon counties. In an effort to grow the programs and better prepare students for successful careers, the college has partnered with Sumter School District in an effort to place interested students in classes for mechatronics.

“CCTC and Sumter School District have put in place a program to prepare students starting in the 10th grade for careers in mechatronics,” added David Watson, vice president for academic affairs. “By the time students complete their high-school careers at the Sumter Career and Technology Center, they should have a solid foundation in the fundamentals of mechatronics. These students will have earned college credits and national work certification and will continue their mechatronics education at CCTC to complete the basic mechatronics certificate within one semester. Many students will continue their mechatronics education by completing an associate degree in general technology with a major in mechatronics. Several businesses in the Sumter area have begun apprenticeship programs for CCTC mechatronics students.”

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Test scores fall in all grades, in most subjects across state

BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s elementary and middle school students posted worse overall scores on statestandardized tests last spring across all grades compared to 2013.

The Education Oversight Committee says students’ scores are disappointing, but drops in math and reading were expected as teachers transitioned to new benchmarks for what students must learn in the subjects.

Passing rates on the state’s Palmetto Assessment of State Standards, known as PASS tests, range between 63.5 percent in third-grade science to 83.7 percent in fourth-grade social studies. The tests are taken by thirdthrough eighth-graders in five subjects: writing, reading, math, science and social studies.

The end-of-year, high-stakes tests help determine how well students are progressing toward state and federal education goals.

The percentage of students passing statewide fell in 22 of the 30 total tests taken. The worst drops occurred in sixth- and seventh-grade reading, to 69.3 percent and 68.1 percent passing, respectively. Both declined by 5.1 percentage points from 2013 rates.

The biggest increase came in thirdgrade writing, which jumped 7.8 percentage points to 78.1 percent passing.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Little Joe Thames, 53, of 874 S. Harvin St., was arrested at 7:47 p.m. on Tuesday and charged with larceny. According to reports, officers received calls concerning a man wearing a yellow shirt removing a meter from a residence. An officer responded to the call and observed a man matching the description walking around a house down the street from the incident location.

The officer reportedly saw the subject enter the residence then run out the back. A chase ensued during which the subject was detained and identified as Little Joe. Thames reportedly admitted to taking the meter and placing it on his own home. He was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Heather Lynn Richeson, 32, of 5615 Peachtree Road in Wedgefield, was arrested at 11:37 p.m. on Tuesday and charged with giving false information to a police officer. According to reports, an officer on patrol in the 3100 block of U.S. 15 saw the passenger of a silver Dodge throw a cigarette out of the window of the vehicle. The officer initiated a traffic stop, and when he asked for an ID, the passenger said she didn’t have one and gave the officer a fake name and a fake birthday of Jan. 1, 1974. When the officer asked her how old she was, she said 35. The officer

This is only the second year students have taken a PASS writing test.

The state Education Department has not yet commented. The agency posted the data on its website recently without informing educators or media, marking a first.

Last school year, all schools were transitioning to Common Core math and reading standards. Full implementation is occurring this school year, and students will take new tests aligned to those standards next spring.

That will likely result in big drops, as has occurred in other states that have already fully implemented the standards, Dana Yow, the spokeswoman for the Education Oversight Committee, said Wednesday. “The standards and assessments require a higher depth of understanding by the student,� the independent oversight agency said in a two-page statement on the scores. “It is important to remember that the academic skills and knowledge required of these standards and assessments are to ensure that students will be ready for college, careers and life in the 21st century.�

Clearly, too many South Carolina students are not college or career ready when they graduate, the statement said. According to the EOC, 41 percent of students who graduate from a public high school require math and reading remediation in South Carolina’s two-year colleges.

informed her of her ill-performed math and the passenger restated her birthday as July 1, 1976. Again, her information didn’t match as the officer ran a check through the SCDMV database. The driver then identified the passenger as Richeson, who then said she lied because she had a warrant out of the city of Sumter. She was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Terry Phillip Peterson, 23, of 4412 Amelia Drive, was arrested at 4:02 p.m. on Tuesday and charged with burglary, first-degree criminal domestic violence and simple possession of marijuana. According to reports, an officer on patrol responded to a residence in the 3000 block of Dalzell Street in Dalzell in reference to an on-going domestic situation in which a man allegedly kicked in the door and took an infant from the mother. When the officer arrived, he observed Peterson carrying his infant son as he was walking down the street. An officer took the child from Peterson and returned him to its mother.

Peterson was then detained, and during a patdown, officers discovered three plastic bags containing a collective 25 grams of suspected marijuana. The victim, with whom Peterson has a child in common, told law enforcement that Peterson called her earlier that day asking to pick up money to pay a cellphone bill. He was reportedly advised to not come over. A

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Debbie Tutton, owner of A Step Above Quality Learning Center in Sumter, reads to students at the center recently. Director Robin Parker helped hold a silent auction to raise money for playground equipment at the center and to help with a few ideas Tutton is working on to improve the facility.

short while later, he arrived and began knocking on her door. Despite having both locks turned, Peterson reportedly then forced his way into the home and began arguing with the victim. The fight escalated, and Peterson reportedly bit the victim on her hand, then grabbed their son, her cellphone and fled the scene. Officers observed a wound that fit the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s description. Peterson then complained of a broken hand. He was taken to Tuomey Regional Medical Center, treated for his wounds, then transported

to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

POINTING AND PRESENTING A FIREARM According to reports, a woman and several passengers were traveling in the 4200 block of U.S. 15 South when a car pulled out of a parking lot with one man pointing a handgun at the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle. The victim told officers she then drove down Geddings Road and drove through the back yard of a residence and stopped her car. The occupants then all emptied out the vehicle and reportedly

ran into a nearby field. The suspect vehicle reportedly kept driving down Geddings Road. A deputy responded to the location and escorted the victims to their respective destinations.

STOLEN PROPERTY A black 42-inch Zenith flatscreen TV, a black 26-inch Insignia flat-screen TV, a black 32-inch Samsung flat-screen TV, a silver iPad and a gray HP laptop computer were reported stolen from a home in the 900 block of Holly Drive at 9:03 p.m. on Tuesday. The items are valued at $1,450.

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WHO says Ebola death toll reaches 932 1,700 cases reported this year as virus continues to spread ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead, and five others are sick with one of the world’s most virulent diseases, authorities said Wednesday as the death toll rose to at least 932 people in four West African countries.

The growing number of cases in Lagos, a megacity of some 21 million people, comes as authorities acknowledge they did not treat Patrick Sawyer as an Ebola patient and isolate him for the first 24 hours after his arrival in Nigeria last month. Sawyer, a 40-year-old American of Liberian descent with a wife and three young daughters in Minnesota, was traveling on a business flight to Nigeria when he fell ill.

The death of the unidentified nurse marks the second Ebola death in Nigeria, and this worries health experts, as it is Africa’s most populous country and Lagos, where the deaths occurred, is one of its biggest cities.

Ben Webster, a Red Cross disaster response manager in London, said it is “critically important” that people displaying symptoms are identified quickly.

“It’s impossible to say whether this specific situation could have been avoided, but there is certainly more likelihood of travelers coming from an Ebola-affected country in the region, and authorities need to be aware, even if the infrastructure and situation is challenging.”

In Saudi Arabia, officials said a man who was being tested for the Ebola virus has died. The 40-year-old returned on Sunday from Sierra Leone, where at least 286 people have died from Ebola, and was then hospitalized in Jiddah after showing symp-

Vendors sell fresh coconuts Tuesday in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, and they reported high sales, as it is believed

by Liberians that drinking coconut milk prevents stomach flu associated with the deadly Ebola virus.

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toms of the viral hemorrhagic fever.

Spain’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said a medically equipped Airbus 310 is ready to fly to Liberia to repatriate a Spanish missionary priest who has Ebola. The ministry said Wednesday that preparations for the flight are being finalized, but it is not yet known what time the plane will take off.

The priest, Miguel Pajares, is one of three missionaries being kept in isolation at the San Jose de Monrovia Hospital in Liberia who have tested positive for the virus, Spain’s San Juan de Dios hospital order, a Catholic hu-

manitarian group that runs hospitals around the world, said Tuesday.

There have now been at least 1,711 cases of Ebola this year, which has no proven vaccine or treatment, according to new figures released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. More than 932 people have died in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria as of Aug. 4, WHO said. In announcing the new deaths, WHO noted in particular that “community resistance remains high” in Liberia. Many fearful family members are refusing to bring sick relatives to isolation centers, preferring to treat them at home

Comet chaser probe reaches target after 10-year pursuit DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — After a journey of 4 billion miles, Europe’s unmanned Rosetta probe reached its destination Wednesday, a milestone in mankind’s first attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet.

The decade-long trip was successfully completed with a seven-minute thrust that allowed Rosetta to swing alongside comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

“This is your only chance to have a rendezvous with a comet,” Jean-Jacques Dordain, director-general of the European Space Agency, told scientists and spectators at the mission control center in Darmstadt, Germany.

The goal of the mission will be to orbit 67P at a distance of 60 miles and observe the comet as it hurtles toward the sun. If all goes according to plan, Rosetta will attempt the unprecedented feat of dropping a lander onto a comet in November.

Scientists hope that the information they collect will help them learn more about the origins of comets, stars and planets, said David Southwood, who oversaw the scientific part of the mission until his recent retirement.

“Comets are the stuff of which the solar system was originally made,” he said. Some scientists have suggested that water, an essential element for the development of life, arrived on Earth from comets.

Plans to bring material extracted from the comet back to Earth were canceled when NASA pulled out of a joint mission at an early stage, but the U.S. space agency contributed three of the 21 instruments aboard Rosetta and its Philae lander.

Scientists have already made a number of exciting observations as Rosetta hurtled through space at about 34,000 mph — a speed that required three loops around Earth and one around Mars to gain pace.

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Close-up detail of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is seen in a photo taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera and downloaded Wednesday. The image shows the comet’s “head” at the left of the frame, which is casting shadow onto the “neck” and “body” to the right.

Recently released pictures taken by Rosetta show that 67P has an uneven shape that some have likened to a giant, 2.5-mile-long duck.

This could mean that the comet is made up of two formerly distinct objects or that it was heavily eroded.

The images, which have a resolution of eight feet per pixel, also show steep 490-feet cliffs as well as smooth plains and house-sized boulders.

Scientists will spend the coming months analyzing the pictures Rosetta sends home to determine the best place to drop Philae. The lander will glide down to the comet before shooting a harpoon into its porous surface to avoid drifting off again.

and pray for their survival as no proven cure or treatment exists for Ebola.

The difficulties in quarantining sick people are complicating efforts to stop Ebola’s spread.

In Nigeria, the five people now infected from Sawyer would not have been contagious to their neighbors or family members until they started showing symptoms of their own, health experts said. The delay in enforcing infection-control measures, though, is another setback in the battle to stamp out the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

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was a rising high school sophomore when my parents transferred me from a private, faith-based school to one of the largest public high schools in the state. The summer before my transition to my new school, everyone who knew of my upcoming change had made the same comment. It was usually something along the lines of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a big adjustmentâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Talk about a culture shock,â&#x20AC;? which I interpreted to mean that I was now going to be leaving the protective womb of Christian influence and entering a world where I would be ripe for spiritual persecution. Mind you, no one had said this to me directly.

By the time the first day of 10th grade rolled around, I had thoroughly steeled myself against what I knew would be a constant attack on my faith.

I saddled myself with my new backpack and an attitude that screamed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throw the stones, you godless know-italls. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready.â&#x20AC;?

Much to my surprise, and probably not to yours, my initial armor was needlessly thick. Of course, there were notable differences between the two educations: The dress code was a little more lax, the curriculum didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t employ faith-based overtones, and my public high school English teacher assigned a reading selection that had a curse word in it. To be perfectly honest, I found both experiences to hold similar attributes. There would always be mean girls and angst-riddled outcasts, but there are also shining examples of

ORLANDO, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The mayor of Orlando said the Florida city is dropping eminent domain proceedings against a church that was holding up construction of a new downtown Major League Soccer stadium.

Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the decision Monday.

The city is instead purchasing an additional parcel of land that will allow it to move the location of the new stadium one block west of the original site, leaving Faith Deliverance Temple untouched.

Pittsburgh OKs same-sex certificates PITTSBURGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh said its clergy may sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the new rule is spelled out in a letter to the diocese from Bishop Dorsey McConnell.

The Episcopal Church approved a provisional rite for same-sex couples at its General Convention last year, subject to approval by local bishops.

Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so thankful for those people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both students and teachers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who peppered my entire educational path with their faith-filled examples.

In subsequent weeks after my first day at public school, I learned a lesson that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on the prescribed academic course: I could present myself as the super-religious girl who grandstands on the tenets of her faith with the slightest provocation, or I could be Jamie, the girl who daily relied on Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grace.

The latter perspective opened me up to a Faith Matters greater sense of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JAMIE H. purpose in me. I could WILSON extend love to those who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share my convictions, of which I met plenty. Moreover, I could put into practice John 13:35, which advocated that others would know Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love through my example. Regardless of the degree of spiritual influence I experienced in my academic instruction, that lesson was always pervasive.

I shudder to think that some might interpret this personal recollection as some sort of endorsement of either faith-based or secular education. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not my intention at all. I loved the path God laid out for me. In hindsight, I realize that I was exactly where I was supposed to be for the Almighty to teach me the spiritual lessons that I needed.

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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site : 2DNODQG $YH Â&#x2021; www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.S.S.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

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Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org

Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am

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hat does Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House mean to you? Yes, you go there each week to worship, but that special place has individual meaning to each worshipper. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place for peace and reflection, a place to gain strength and patience, a place for fellowship, a place for praise and joy through music and song. Most of all, it is a place for hope. In Exodus 25.8, God said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.â&#x20AC;? Whatever your need, God is there. Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you meet Him this week?

Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass

Baptist - Independent Cherryvale Baptist Church 1502 Cherryvale Dr. * 494-8655 Edward Bowen Sr. Pastor Sun. School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Evening Service 7:00 pm

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

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Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00, 6:30 Wed. Meal-Choir-Missions: 5:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei Ferguson Washington Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am

Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 499-1838 www.longbranch_baptist.com Rev. Brian Benenhaley

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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site ( /LEHUW\ 6W Â&#x2021; Fr. Thomas Burke, C.S.S.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

Plaza Church of Christ &DPGHQ +Z\ Â&#x2021; Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm

St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am

Immanuel Lutheran Church 3RLQVHWW 'ULYH Â&#x2021; Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm

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City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com Love Covenant Church 2VZHJR +Z\ Â&#x2021; Apostle Tommy Fredrick Prophet Angela Frederick Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Thursday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

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As you prepare your child for the upcoming year, I hope your preparation includes more than school supplies and inoculation records. Every child should be given the opportunity to understand the importance of practicing his or her faith. As parents, we have the incredible privilege to equip our children in spiritual understanding. Make a conscious effort to instill a sense of spiritual priority in your child.

Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

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Bethel United Methodist Church /RGHEDU 5G Â&#x2021; Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm

Christ Community Church(CCC) 525 Oxford St, Sumter 803-934-9718 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) First Church of God &DPGHQ 5G Â&#x2021; www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am

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BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Teachers, administrators and other school staff attend the Teacher’s Luncheon last year. Put on by Sumter County Ministerial Alliance and Sumter Concerned Clergy, this year’s luncheon starts at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Sumter County Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St.

Private schools join annual teacher luncheon and bless the students,” said Al Sims, senior pastor at Bethesda Church of God and a member of the ministerial alliance. “The second aspect of it is to kind Members of Sumter’s faith communi- of be cheerleaders for them, to let them ty want educators to know they support know we appreciate the wonderful job that they do for the children.” them whether they serve in the public The location is new this year, too. or private sector.

“For awhile, we rotated among local Sumter County Ministerial Alliance and Sumter Concerned Clergy are put- churches,” said the Rev. Napoleon Bradford, director of Christian educating on the 15th annual Back-to-School tion and missions at Jehovah MissionTeacher’s Luncheon starting at 11:45 ary Baptist Church and concerned clera.m. Wednesday at the Sumter County gy. “This is the first time we’ve had a Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St. Organizers are hopeful that teachers, venue like the civic center to provide a more centralized location and a more administrators and other school staff neutral ground for people to come and from local private schools will be parfellowship.” ticipating this year, as well.

It should also accommodate the 1,000 “We had some really good feedback,” people they’re expecting, he said, and said the Rev. Diane Hodgson with the while they are all grateful for the Sumter County Ministerial Alliance. churches hosting the luncheon in the “We invited them last year, but we’ve had a response this year, which we’re re- past, Hodgson said she hopes this will lead to greater involvement in the proally excited about and really support.” gram.

This year’s theme is “Building on It features a full meal, music and a Unity,” and admission is free for all variety of speakers ranging from the workers in the public and private faith community to school personnel to schools in Sumter. local officials.

“The main purpose is to truly let the “It is a great joy and pleasure to pour teachers know the clergy is praying for into the lives of people that pour into them and wanting God to bless them

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250

the lives of our future leaders through education,” said Apostle Tommy Frederick, senior pastor at Love Covenant Church and a member of the ministerial alliance who has previously served as a speaker. “Being able to do something for them to encourage them and lift them up is important to me.”

And of course, there will be prayer.

“One of the most important tools we have is prayer,” Bradford said. “We pray for the administration, the students, the teachers, the parents, the building, the education process. The idea is for them to see the community supports them not just when things go wrong. It’s to let them know, ‘God’s people are whole heartedly behind you and praying for the success of your school.’”

Besides area churches, some local businesses have also stepped up this year.

“It always seems to be a tight budget, so the businesses (partnering) with us is an added blessing,” Sims said. “We’re grateful for what everyone does to help make this event happen.”

For more information, contact Hodgson at (803) 316-3217 or dianehodgson24@yahoo.com.

A local worship center is sponsoring a night of poetry, clean comedy and music especially for single adults. “‘A Single Connection: Revealed’ is to encourage singles in ministry to live in right relationship with God,” said Shekia Bradford, ministry leader. “Our vision: For singles in ministry, who are devoted to a life led by God, to discover their true identity and purpose.”

A.L.I.V.E. Praise and Worship Center and Ministries is hosting the event at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church, 342 Liberty St. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and individuals are welcome to sign up to perform.

Admission is free, and simple refreshments will be served.

A.L.I.V.E. stands for Active witness, Living epistle, Interceding believer, Victorious Christian and Exciting example.

“We are a fairly new and growing ministry in the Sumter area,” Bradford said. “We have done community outreaches where we give away free clothes and food throughout the year as well as helped serve in our community in any way needed.”

For more information on the event, email asingleconnection@ gmail.com or call (803) 847-4133.

CHURCH NEWS Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Friday — Revival at 7 p.m. The Rev. Larry Clark will speak. * Sunday — Homecoming at 2 p.m. The Rev. Harold Wilson will speak.

Amazing Grace Missionary Baptist Church, 7 Providence St. (United Order of Tent building), announces: * Saturday, Aug. 23 — Back-toschool bash from noon to 4 p.m.

School supplies giveaway, free food and games.

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph Lemon-Dingle Road, Jordan community, Manning, announces: * Wednesday-Friday, Aug. 13-15 — Revival at 7:30 nightly. The Rev. Dr. Shawn Johnson will speak.

Bethel AME Church, 218 E. Calhoun St., announces: * Sunday — Welcome back home service at 10:30 a.m. Homecoming service will be held at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Eric S. Manning will speak.

Bethel AME Church, 1605 S.C. 261, Wedgefield, announces: * Saturday — Lancaster area closing meeting at 10 a.m. * Sunday, Aug. 17 — Men’s choir anniversary program at 4 p.m.

Clark United Methodist Church, 2980 U.S. 401 N., Oswego Highway, announces: * Saturday — Back-to-school bash from 2 to 4 p.m. * Sunday-Friday, Aug. 17-22 — Revival at 6 p.m. on Sunday and 7 nightly Monday-Friday.

Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church, 475 Cook St., announces: * Today-Friday — Vacation Bible School at 7 nightly. Shirley Wilson will speak. * Saturday — Back-to-school cookout 10 a.m.-noon. * Saturday, Aug. 16 — Church yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon.

Community Church of Praise, 565 S. Pike Road, announces: * Sunday, Aug. 31 — Youth Sunday at 10 a.m.

Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, 25 Community St., announces: * Sunday — “Protesting the Violence” sermon at 11 a.m. * Sunday, Aug. 17 — Back-toschool youth sermon experience at 11 a.m. School supplies will be given out. * Friday, Sept. 12 — Pastor anniversary celebration, part one, will be held at 7 p.m. Pastor Larry W.

Barnes will speak. * Sunday, Sept. 14 — Pastor anniversary celebration, part two, will be held at 5 p.m. Pastor Marion H. Newton will speak.

Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday — Community-wide back-to-school bash from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food, fun and games at the final summertime fling. Call (803) 469-0160 for information.

Edwin Boyle Santee Summer Ministry, 1098 Lemmon Ave. at Boyle’s Point on Wyboo (across from Camp Bob Cooper): * Outdoor lakeside nondenominational worship at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday through Aug. 31.

Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Friday — Shoe Rally at 7 p.m. * Saturday, Aug. 16 — “Men that Cook” 1-3 p.m. * Sunday, Aug. 17 — Youth Sunday / back-to-school worship.

Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship.

Fellowship Outreach Ministries, 1891 Florence Highway, announces: * Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 14-16 — Apostle anniversary services at 7:30 nightly. * Saturday, Aug. 16 — Birthday celebrations day. Drop in 1-9 p.m.

First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Friday — Youth praise night at 7 p.m. The Rev. Ryan Warren will speak. * Wednesday-Friday, Aug. 20-22 — Revival at 7 nightly. The Rev. Dr. Jamey O. Graham will speak.

Goodwill Presbyterian Church USA, 295 N. Brick Church Road, Mayesville, announces: * Friday-Sunday — Homecoming weekend celebration as follows: 7 p.m. Friday, musical; 5 p.m. Saturday, church outing / cookout / music; and 1 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. Ernest Frierson will speak.

High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday — Pastor appreciation for the Rev. Thomas H. Habersham at 4 p.m. at Catchall Lodge No. 425, S.C. 441, Dalzell. There will be mime dancing and musical performances.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Usher’s anniversary program during 10:15 a.m. service.

* Sunday, Aug. 17 — Homecoming during 10:15 a.m. service. * Sunday, Aug. 24 — Vision of Praise anniversary program at 4 p.m. featuring various choirs, churches and groups.

Howard Chapel AME Church, 6338 Old Manning Road, New Zion, announces: * Sunday — Family and friends day at 11 a.m.

Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Applications for the 4k first steps enrollment are available until Sept. 1 at JMBC Christian and Academic School, 415 Manning Ave. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Café will meet from 10 a.m. to noon. Shelica Daniels will speak.

Knitting Hearts is a community wide, multidenominational women’s ministry. www.knittingheartsministry.org Liberty Hill AME Church, 2310 Liberty Hill Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Gospel program at 3 p.m.

Love Covenant Church, 245 Oswego Road, announces: * Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 16-17 — 20-year Celebration - Kingdom Advance 2014 and founders appreciation - Apostle Tommy L. and Prophet Angela P. Frederick.

Schedule as follows: 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, men’s breakfast; 6 p.m.

Saturday, service; and 11 a.m.

Sunday, founder’s appreciation service. Dr. Lafayette Scales will speak.

Mount Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5918 S.C. 260, Manning, announces: * Saturday, Aug. 23 — Pastor’s Aide calendar tea at 4 p.m. * Sunday, Aug. 24 — Men’s Day program during the 11:15 a.m. worship service. The Rev. Richard Dyson will speak.

Mount Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette St., announces: * Sunday, Aug. 17 — 148th church anniversary celebration at 4 p.m.

The Rev. Dr. Charles Jackson Sr. will speak.

Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Wednesday-Friday, Aug. 13-15 — Youth Revival at 7 nightly. Minister Samar Biggham will speak. * Saturday, Aug. 16 — Back-toschool bash at noon.

* Sunday, Aug. 17 — Usher’s anniversary program. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by 10:30 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Aug. 31 — Youth Day program. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by 10:30 a.m. worship.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Back-to-school worship service at 10:45 a.m. * Saturday, Aug. 23 — Afternoon tea / brunch / fashion social.

Tickets: $5 for children 12 and under; and $10 for adults. * Sunday, Aug. 24 — Usher’s ministry anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. * Sunday, Aug. 31 — Youth worship service at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Rossi Ramsay will speak.

New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday — Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m. * Wednesday-Friday, Aug. 13-15 — Revival at 7 nightly. Speakers as follows: Wednesday, Pastor Pamela Jacobs; Thursday, the Rev. Irene Anthony; and Friday, Pastor Stephen Singleton. * Saturday, Aug. 23 — The youth department will host a fun day for ages 5-12 years old from noon to 2 p.m. at the Pocalla Springs Clubhouse, 112 Putter Drive. Call Victorica Parker at (803) 847-4160 for details.

New Hope AME Church, 18808 Panola Road, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday — Missionaries Evening in White program at 3 p.m. The Rev. Courtney Colleton will speak. * Sunday, Aug. 24 — Family and friends day celebration at 3 p.m.

The Rev. Georganne Pringle will speak.

One Step Christian Ministries, 125 S. Nettles St., Bishopville, announces: * Saturday-Sunday — Back-toschool activities (bash) as follows: noon-3 p.m. Saturday, talent contest, face painting, free school supplies, games, cookout and more, the Rev. Ricky Simmons will speak; and 11:15 a.m.

Sunday, Dr. Wanda Andrews, Lee County School superintendent, will speak, and Carlton McFadden will provide music. * Saturday, Aug. 16 — “The Gathering - Men’s Conference” at 9:30 a.m. featuring praise and worship, door prizes, lunch and the spoken word. Topic: “The faith, family and future of our men.”

Speakers: the Rev. George Windley Jr.; Brother Pherneco Myers; and the Rev. Eugene Winn.

Paxville Baptist Church, 10278 Lewis Road, Manning, announces:

* Saturday, Sept. 27 — Gospel singing at 6 p.m. to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the church featuring Karen Peck and New River. Tickets are $25. Call (803) 452-9969 or visit www.paxvillebaptistchurch.org. * Sunday, Sept. 28 — Celebration of the 125th anniversary of the church at 11 a.m. Former pastor Lawrence Dennis will speak. Luncheon will follow in the fellowship hall.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Sunday — Back-to-school bash at 6:30 p.m. * Tuesday, Aug. 12 — Ladies prayer walk at 6:30 p.m. * Sunday, Aug. 17 — High attendance Sunday at 10 a.m.

Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 320 W. Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Appreciation program for Deacon Albert Washington at 5 p.m. at the Marvin Hodge Enrichment Center. On the program: the Abram Singers; Gospel Tones; and more.

Second Baptist Church, 323 Alfred Henry Drive, Manning, announces: * Sundays, Aug. 10, 17 and 14 — Practical Profits children’s activity and devotion program (ages 3-11) 5:30-7 p.m.

Sheppard Ministries, 8490 Two Mile Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Saturday, Aug. 16 — Gospel concert at 6:30 p.m. featuring Southern Heritage with Special Friends Choir and the Crusaders of Erwin, North Carolina. Doors open at 5 p.m.

St. James AME Church, 180 W. Fulton Manning Road, Pinewood, announces: * Monday-Wednesday, Aug. 11-13 — Revival at 7:30 nightly. Various speakers.

Westminster Presbyterian Church (USA), 9124 Plowden Mill Road, Alcolu, announces: * Wednesday, Sept. 3 — Homecoming service at 2 p.m. The Rev. Herbert Shackleford will speak.

World End Time Harvest Ministries announces: * Saturday — “An Evening with Bishop Carter & Friends” mission fundraiser concert at 5 p.m. at Patriot Hall, 135 N. Haynsworth St. On the program: Abrams Singers; Prayer House Mission Choir of Davis Station; Mt. Olivet Choir of Charleston; Alfonzo Udell & Company of Columbia; and many more. Silver tickets: $10, available at SEACO Music. For additional information or platinum or gold tickets, call (818) 839-2278.

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The pharmacy is not set up yet, so the clinic currently works with a program out of Columbia called Welvista to provide free medication to clients. Vouchers to local pharmaceutical partners are also available, McKellar said, but no narcotics or controlled substances will be prescribed, Garrick said.

The clinic is also partnering with local entities such as Sumter County Health Department, Sumter Family Health Center and Tuomey Healthcare System for labs and referrals.

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FROM PAGE A1 spoke about the weekend events drawing in participants from across Sumter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about south, east, north; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the whole community,â&#x20AC;? Dupree said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have people from every corner of Sumter, but we start in one area because of the recent shootings.â&#x20AC;?

Mayor Joe McElveen worries the focus on crime makes the city seem more dangerous than it really is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a murder in the city in a year and a half,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Lowcountry, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had 33 murders this year.â&#x20AC;?

Other parts of the state are now doing what Sumter citizens have already done, McElveen said.

While the clinic has received many generous donations, staff and administration still have a few requests: â&#x20AC;˘ More doctors willing to work with the clinic or be referrals; â&#x20AC;˘ A otoscope, ophthalmoscope set for checking ears and eyes, respectively; â&#x20AC;˘ Gloves; â&#x20AC;˘ Face masks; â&#x20AC;˘ Hand sanitizer; and â&#x20AC;˘ Blood pressure cuffs of different sizes.

The clinic has been about three years in the making, but Trigg first mentioned the idea to Champagne about seven years ago.

Trigg had volunteered at a clinic while he did his residency in Spartanburg in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s. Once he retired from the Air Force and settled in Sumter, he was looking to volunteer again.

Because there was not one in the area, he ended up volunteering at one in Hartsville, where he worked in an

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In 2011, he reconnected with Champagne. The two brought the idea to the nonprofitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board, and a planning committee was formed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need it in the community,â&#x20AC;? Trigg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have insurance. There are people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. Their employer doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer it, and they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford the ACA (Affordable Care Act) insurance. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have another option.â&#x20AC;?

The committee worked with Kathy Baxley Hancock, executive director of the Darlington County Free Medical Clinic. Her clinic served as a model for the Sumter one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The amazing part is the amount of community support,â&#x20AC;? Trigg said.

About 25 people came out for the dedication of the faith-based clinic, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll not turn away those who believe differently, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll not shy away from the reason we do this is to serve God,â&#x20AC;? Trigg said.

For more information or to become prequalified to visit the clinic at 36 S. Artillery Drive, call (803) 775-0757.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have private citizens take the lead in taking back the community.â&#x20AC;?

Nevertheless, Hastie noted a recent survey ranked South Carolina among the five most dangerous states in the country, and Sumter is listed as the third most dangerous city in South Carolina behind Myrtle Beach and Spartanburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would challenge that,â&#x20AC;? Hastie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be interested to know where they get their statistics.â&#x20AC;?

McElveen noted the city of Sumter is measured as a metropolitan statistical area that encompasses a much larger surrounding area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a city of 40,000 judged on a county of 108,000,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather live in Columbia or Atlanta, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mistake to judge us against them.

him and the possible sentencing they might entail.

Altogether, McFadden faces more than 100 years in prison for the charges and upward of $200,000 in fines.

Ward also mentioned McFaddenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past, which involved several drug charges as well as a murder charge in March 2012, and that despite not being allowed to own firearms, several pistols and long rifles were found at the property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We found several weapons at the home,â&#x20AC;? Ward said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel he is a danger to the community and a flight risk.â&#x20AC;?

According to McFaddenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, Jerry Leo Finney, his client plead down to accessory after the fact and served nearly two years in prison after other people claimed responsibility for the killing. McFadden was released in February of this year.

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Michael White has his blood pressure checked at the new United Ministries Free Clinic on Tuesday. The clinic started accepting patients on Tuesday night.

of animal charges. Davis refused to do so but did reduce the bond amounts for the baiting charges to $1,000 each. He was stern in his decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have patience for the mistreatment of things that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care for themselves,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Judge Davis did grant the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request for GPS monitoring and set bond for every charge at $2,500, aside from the counts of baiting. The total value of the bonds added up to $61,000, which is less than the state requested.

Finney further explained that there was no proof of involvement in the alleged operation discovered by deputies or that McFadden received any monetary gain from it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also no proof he owns the property,â&#x20AC;? Finney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was just found there.â&#x20AC;?

The state also pushed for the use of GPS monitoring for McFadden.

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‘Garfunkel and Oates’ is both intelligent, humorous

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Sardonic, cerebral and silly, “Garfunkel and Oates” (10 p.m., IFC, TV-14) debuts its eightepisode season tonight. If you can imagine the spawn of “Laverne & Shirley” blended with “Flight of the Conchords,” you’re getting close.

Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci star as pals who perform joke-folk songs as “Garfunkel and Oates,” respectively, cramming wordy, witty manifestos into hook-laden ditties about sports, casual sex and dating from a smart woman’s perspective. Sometimes they break into ancient Latin. Just because they can.

In one episode, they embark on a social experiment, dating men while saying nothing at all. The guys don’t seem to notice. In fact, they’re so willing to fill in the spaces that they sort of fall in love with the “women” they draw on these purposefully blank slates.

With its cartoonlike logic, bright decor and penchant for breaking into song, “Garfunkel” often seems like a generic tween show from Nickelodeon or Disney, but one featuring intelligent and slightly bitter 30-year-olds.

• “Extreme Guide to Parenting” (9:30 p.m., Bravo, TV-14) follows in the “Real Housewives” tradition, documenting self-absorbed, delusional and comfortably affluent people.

But this time, with curious parenting styles.

Shira, an “aura”-reading mother, refuses to seek serious treatment for her emotionally disturbed son. She thinks of him as an “indigo child,” a special person sent to Earth to “disrupt old paradigms.” He disrupts almost every waking moment and monopolizes Shira’s time and attention, clearly to the detriment of the rest of the family.

Not to mention her (fourth) marriage.

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Kate Micucci, left, and Riki Lindhome star in “Garfunkel and Oates” debuting at 10 p.m. today on IFC. The other “Extreme” example featured in this episode is the male gay parents who won’t give their toddler daughter a moment alone.

Their controlling nature is comedic at first, but like most suffocations, it tends toward the tragic.

CULT CHOICE Bickering co-workers (Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan) have no idea they are each other’s romantic pen pal in director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 comedy “The Shop Around the Corner” (midnight, TCM).

• Note: Local NFL coverage may pre-empt some programming below.

• “The Sixties” (9 p.m., CNN) explores early stirrings of environmentalism, feminism and the rise of conservative GOP politics.

• News divides the Talbots on “Rectify” (9 p.m., Sundance, TV-14).

• First impressions deceive on “Working the Engels” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

• Delicate procedures on “NY Med” (10 p.m., ABC).

• MI6 and the CIA tangle over Nessa’s past on “The Honorable Woman” (10 p.m., Sundance, TV-MA).

• Neil seeks atonement on “Satisfaction” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

• Gretchen invites Jimmy to her messy abode on “You’re the Worst” (10:30 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

LATE NIGHT Tracy Droz Tragos is booked

on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Megan Fox and Todd Glass appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Chandler Parsons, Chris Franjola, Arden Myrin and Gary Valentine are booked on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Brian Chesky is on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Jason Segel, Liv Tyler and Trampled

by Turtles are on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS, r) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Will Arnett and T.I. with The Roots on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Mickey Rourke, Jordana Brewster and Banks appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Michael Fassbender, Allison Tolman and Joshua Ferris visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Breckin Meyer and Morena Baccarin on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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ASHINGTON — At about 5:15 p.m. on June 17, 1971, in the Oval Office, the president ordered a crime: “I want it implemented on a thievery basis.

Goddamn it, get in and get those files. Blow the safe and get it.”

The burglary he demanded was not the one that would occur exactly one year later at the Democratic National Committee’s office in the Watergate complex. Richard Nixon was ordering a breakin at the Brookings Institution, a think tank, to seize material concerning U.S. diplomacy regarding North Vietnam during the closing weeks of the 1968 presidential campaign.

As they sometimes did regarding his intemperate commands, George Nixon’s aides Will disregarded the one concerning Brookings. But from a White House atmosphere that licensed illegality came enough of it to destroy him.

Forty years have passed since Aug. 9, 1974, when a helicopter whisked Nixon off the White House lawn, and questions remain concerning why he became complicit in criminality. Ken Hughes has a theory.

Working at the University of Virginia, in the Miller Center’s Presidential Recording Program, Hughes has studied the Nixon tapes for more than a decade. In his new book, “Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate,” Hughes argues that Nixon ordered a crime in 1971 hoping to prevent public knowledge of a crime he committed in 1968.

In October 1968, Nixon’s lead over his Democratic opponent, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, was dwindling, partly because Humphrey had proposed a halt to U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Five days before the election, President Lyndon Johnson announced the halt, hoping to convene peace talks. One impediment, however, was South Vietnam’s reluctance to participate. Its recalcitrance reflected its hope that it would be better supported by a Nixon administration.

On July 3, 1968, a Nixon campaign aide, Dick Allen, sent a memo proposing a meeting with Nixon and Anna Chennault, a ChineseAmerican active in Republican politics. She would bring to the meeting South Vietnam’s ambassador to Washington. The memo said the meeting must be “top secret.” Nixon wrote on the memo: “Should be but I don’t see how — with the S.S. (Secret Service).” On July 12, however, she and the ambassador did meet secretly in New York with Nixon who, she later said, designated her his “sole representative” to the Saigon government.

The National Security Agency (NSA) was reading diplomatic cables sent from South Vietnam’s Washington

‘Forty years later, the IRS has punished conservative groups, and evidence that might prove its criminality has been destroyed.’ embassy to Saigon, where the CIA had a listening device in the office of South Vietnam’s president. The FBI was wiretapping South Vietnam’s embassy and monitoring Chennault’s movements in Washington, including her visit to that embassy on Oct. 30.

On Nov. 2 at 8:34 p.m., a teleprinter at Johnson’s ranch delivered an FBI report on the embassy wiretap: Chennault had told South Vietnam’s ambassador “she had received a message from her boss (not further identified). ... She said the message was that the ambassador is to ‘hold on, we are gonna win.’” The Logan Act of 1799 makes it a crime for a private U.S. citizen, which Nixon then was, to interfere with U.S. government diplomatic negotiations.

On June 26, 1973, during the Senate Watergate hearings, Walt Rostow, who had been Johnson’s national security adviser, gave the head of the LBJ library a sealed envelope to be opened in 50 years, saying: “The file concerns the activities of Mrs. Chennault and others before and immediately after the election of 1968.” Rostow died in 2003.

Based on examination of the available evidence, Hughes concludes that Chennault was following Nixon’s directives (which Nixon denied in his 1977 interviews with David Frost). Hughes’ theory is: June 17, 1971, was four days after The New York Times began publishing the leaked “Pentagon Papers,” the classified Defense Department history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Nixon worried that further leaks, including documents supposedly in a Brookings safe, would reveal his role in sabotaging negotiations that might have shortened the war. This fear caused Nixon to create the Special Investigations Unit — aka “the plumbers” — and to direct an aide to devise other proposals such as the one concerning Brookings. This aide suggested using the IRS against political adversaries, but added: “The truth is we don’t have any reliable political friends at IRS. ... We won’t be ... in a position of effective leverage until such time as we have complete and total control of the top three slots at IRS.” Forty years later, the IRS has punished conservative groups, and evidence that might prove its criminality has been destroyed. Happy anniversary.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers:

The Post and Courier of Charleston Aug. 4

S.C. IS BOEING STRONG Boeing is, to South Carolina, the gift that keeps giving.

The final-assembly plant for Dreamliners, which it opened in North Charleston in 2011, was the beginning.

In 2012 it added a factory to produce interiors here, and it has begun site work for a new paint facility where all 787s will be painted with customers’ logos.

And last week, Boeing announced that it will assemble the newest and longest Dreamliner here beginning in 2017. All of them.

The North Charleston plant has shared work on the Dreamliner 787-8 with Boeing’s facility in Everett, Washington. And work on the 787-9, to begin here in the fall, is also being done at both places.

We believe it’s a sign of the company’s confidence in South Carolina that Boeing plans to produce the 787-10 here exclusively.

Indeed, Larry Loftis, vice president and general manager of the 787 program for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, called the action “the most efficient and effective solution.”

And we feel sure that South Carolina being a right-to-work state doesn’t hurt.

Either way, the announcement puts pressure on South Carolina to provide skilled workers. With each additional task being assigned to North Charleston’s plant, the likelihood of suppliers moving to South Carolina increases.

This is one more reason for the state to give full support to its technical colleges.

It makes good business sense to provide public support for the program expansion.

The Herald of Rock Hill July 31

DEFENDING BAN IS WASTE OF MONEY Defending South Carolina’s ban on samesex marriages in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling is pointless — unless, of course, the only point is to pander to opponents of gay marriage.

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Virginia’s ban on gay marriages is unconstitutional. Both South Carolina and North Carolina also are in the 4th District, so in all likelihood, Monday’s ruling also would apply to those states.

After the ruling, N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat, announced that he would stop defending challenges to his state’s gay-marriage ban. But his South Carolina counterpart was not so sensible.

S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Republican, announced Tuesday that he would continue to defend the state’s ban, which was approved as an amendment to the state’s constitution in 2006. Republican Gov. Nikki Haley also has pledged to fight on for the ban, saying she “will continue to uphold the will of the people.”

Gay marriage opponents apparently are pinning their hopes on the possibility that a judge might take into account that South Carolina’s ban is different from Virginia’s.

South Carolina allows same-sex couples the right to draw up contracts to share assets, such as cars and homes. But chances that South Carolina’s ban ultimately will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court are slim.

The high court’s historic decision to strike down part of the federal Defense of

Marriage Act last year was a turning point for the campaign to legalize gay marriage.

Since that decision, proponents of gay marriage have prevailed in more than 20 legal decisions around the nation.

Legal experts say it is just a matter of time before the Supreme Court declares that all state bans are unconstitutional. But just as important as the legal victories, the tide of public opinion also has turned in favor of recognizing the right of same-sex couples to marry, as a number of recent polls clearly show.

Wilson and Haley are swimming against that tide. While their no-surrender stance might resonate with a segment of voters, it is an unnecessary and expensive gesture.

The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg Aug. 3

INCOMPETENCE RESULTS IN POOR ROADS AAA of the Carolinas recently released its latest report on the state of bridges in South Carolina. Twenty-one percent of the state’s 9,200 bridges are not structurally fit to handle the amount of traffic they are currently bearing.

Some of those bridges are in Spartanburg County. Six of the worst are on I-26.

And bridges are only part of the problem.

The Palmetto State’s roads and highways are in need of $30 billion of work over the next 20 years to restore them to good condition, according to the state Department of Transportation.

There seems to be little hope the work will be done.

On the federal level, Congress does not have the intestinal fortitude to finance the Federal Highway Trust Fund. The fund is fueled by federal gasoline taxes and parceled out to states for major transportation projects and maintenance.

The fund would have started operating at a deficit this past Friday, but Congress passed a stopgap measure that will keep it going for a few more months, using accounting tricks to put another $11 billion into the fund. So far, Congress has refused to come up with a long-term plan to finance the fund.

The obvious answer is to increase the federal gasoline tax, which hasn’t been raised in 20 years, failing to keep up with inflation.

Congress is unwilling to do so in an election year.

That same unwillingness to face facts can be seen in Columbia.

South Carolina’s gasoline tax is one of the lowest in the nation. By raising it, South Carolina could get much of the money from out-of-state travelers who use our interstate highways. But no one in Columbia seems ready to take that obvious step.

Instead, one candidate for governor has introduced a plan that would take money from the state’s general budget, and the governor insists she will reveal a road plan next year.

And, even if the money were raised for transportation projects in the state, we don’t have any assurance the money would be spent wisely.

It would still be handled by a state Transportation Commission that has wasted millions of taxpayers’ dollars in the past, a commission that has ignored state needs and priorities to fund a collection of pet projects.

This is because, despite the waste and the bad judgment, the General Assembly has refused to reform the Department of Transportation. It hasn’t put the department under the governor, who could be held accountable for its performance. It insists on maintaining a transportation commission that has repeatedly failed the public’s trust.

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AROUND TOWN donate back-to-school supWomen’s Bowling League is plies, contact Robert Rogers looking for new members! This Are you a woman who lovesat to(803) bowl?

226-8666 or Larry fun handicap league welSanders at (803) 464-0507. comes all skill levels. Basic instruction is available for A back-to-school / stay-inbeginners. Come alone or school bash, sponsored by the bring your own team of three Sumter Branch NAACP and women. The league will meet Mt. Pisgah AME Church, will to form teams and review be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on the rules at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Mt. Thursday, Aug. 14, at GamePisgah AME Church Family cock Lanes, and bowling will Life Center, 35 Council St. begin the following ThursSchool supplies will be given day, Aug. 21. Call Cathy Pow- out to students. ers at (803) 316-6710.

The Sumter Chapter of the NaClarendon School District One tional Federation of the Blind will conduct free vision, hearwill meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesing, speech and developmental day, Aug. 12, at Shiloh-Ranscreenings as part of a child dolph Manor, 125 W. find effort to identify students Bartlette St. The associate with special needs. Screenings members and guest speakwill be held from 9 a.m. to ers on marital tips will begin noon at the Summerton Early with Jerry and Judy L. Simon.

Childhood Center on the folTransportation provided lowing Thursdays: Aug. 14; within the coverage area.

Sept. 11; Oct. 9; Nov. 13; Dec. Contact Debra Canty at Deb11; Jan. 8, 2015; Feb. 12, 2015; raCanC2@frontier.com or March 12, 2015; April 9, 2015; (803) 775-5792. For informaand May 14, 2015. For more tion about the upcoming information, call Sadie Wilgala, call the 24/7 recorded liams or Audrey Walters at message line at (206) 376(803) 485-2325, extension 221. 5992.

The Lee County Branch of the The Stroke Survivors Support NAACP will hold a back-toGroup will hold its first meetschool bash giveaway at 6 p.m. ing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, today at Dennis DevelopAug. 14, at the Alice Drive ment Community Center, 410 Baptist Church library, 1305 Cedar Lane, Bishopville. ReLoring Mill Road and Wise freshments will be served. If Drive, far left front entrance. you would like to donate The group will continue to funds or school supplies for meet on the second Thursthis event, call Willie Blyther day of each month. Call at (803) 484-6594, Walter Wayne Hunter at (803) 464Boone at (803) 428-3387, Han- 3003 or Joyce at (803) 464nah Hickmon at (803) 4287865.

6303 or Windi King at (803) A back-to-school bash, spon484-5068. sored by Helping Youth PurThe Clarendon County Demosue Excellence, a Sumter afcratic Party will meet today at terschool program, the Centhe Manning Restaurant, 476 tral Carolina Community N. Brooks St., Manning. DinFoundation and Dawn Stalner will be served at 6:30 ey’s Innersole charity, will be p.m. and the meeting will held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, at the M.H. Newton Family Life CenThe National Council of Negro ter, 415 Manning Ave. Sixty Women will hold a back-tochildren have been selected school bash at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, at the Clarendon to receive free, new shoes, County Council on Aging, 206 and school supplies will be given away. Call (803) 934S. Church St., Manning.

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The VVA Annual LZ 960 Benefit Lincoln High School Class of Poker Run, sponsored by the 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on Vietnam Veterans of AmeriSaturday, Aug. 16, at America, Chapter 960, Manning, will be held Saturday, Aug. 9, can Legion Post 202, 310 Palmetto St. Plans will be made with 11 a.m. start time and 4 for the 2015 class reunion, p.m. end time at Lakevue which will be celebrated as Landing. Entry fee is $10. the 1960s class reunion of There will be six stops: J&J the Civil Rights era. Call FerMarina; the new Scarbordinand Burns at (803) 968ough’s; Taw Caw Camp4464. ground & Marina; Goat Island Bait & Tackle; RanA giving back to the community dolphs Landing; and ending barbecue and back-to-school at Lakevue Landing. Entry bash, sponsored by Heartz 2 forms can be picked up in Soulz and CJ’s Café & Cateradvance at any of the six ing, will be held from 2 to 6 stops or call (803) 460-8551 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, at or (803) 478-4300. Entry CJ’s Café & Catering, 226 N. forms may also be obtained Washington St. (inside the after 9 a.m. on the day of the Econo Lodge). Children must event at Lakevue Landing. be accompanied by an adult Must have entry forms with and bring their own towels all six stamps to be eligible to enjoy the pool. School for cash prizes. supplies will be given out as well as coupons for free hairThe Thunderguards of Sumter cuts, shampoo and style. will hold its annual back-toThere will be games, food school bash from noon to 4 and live entertainment. Dop.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, at nations for this event are 104 E. Bee St. The event will being accepted at CJ’s Café feature entertainment, food & Catering. Call (803) 406and school supplies for the 2446 or (803) 774-2233. children. If you would like to

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Working in EUGENIA LAST unison with someone creative will bring out the best in you. Your extensive, comprehensive vision and expressive way of articulating what you want to do or see happen will help you gain momentum and the support required to excel.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Family matters must be handled quickly and conservatively before they have a chance to spin out of control. A miscalculation or underestimating the extent of a situation you face will lead to frustration, limitation or complaints. A conservative, diplomatic approach will win out in the end.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Give whatever challenge you pursue your best shot. Staying on top won’t be difficult, but getting there will. Stick to the route that offers a straightforward approach and less uncertainty regarding the results you are trying to achieve.

DAILY PLANNER

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Sunny to partly cloudy

Partly cloudy

A thunderstorm in the afternoon

A couple of afternoon t-storms

A couple of thunderstorms

Some sun with a t-storm possible

94°

71°

92° / 71°

87° / 73°

88° / 71°

88° / 72°

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 65%

Chance of rain: 60%

Chance of rain: 30%

Winds: N 4-8 mph

Winds: NE 3-6 mph

Winds: E 4-8 mph

Winds: ESE 4-8 mph

Winds: SSW 4-8 mph

Winds: SW 4-8 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 90/68 Spartanburg 92/68

Greenville 90/69

Columbia 96/75

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 94/71

Aiken 95/69

ON THE COAST

Charleston 95/76

Today: Clouds and sun; a shower or thunderstorm. High 88 to 95.

Friday: Periods of sun; a thunderstorm.

High 86 to 93.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 95/73/t 81/64/c 97/78/s 82/60/s 92/75/t 80/65/pc 91/76/t 82/65/s 93/74/t 84/64/s 106/81/s 73/59/pc 87/69/s

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

358.08 75.63 75.28 97.16

24-hr chg -0.04 +0.06 +0.02 -0.17

Sunrise 6:38 a.m.

Moonrise 5:28 p.m.

RIVER STAGES River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

trace 0.78" 1.18" 24.41" 35.35" 29.52"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

92° 71° 90° 69° 102° in 1980 58° in 1948

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Fri. Hi/Lo/W 91/74/t 78/64/pc 99/78/pc 80/60/s 94/75/pc 81/64/pc 89/76/pc 83/68/s 92/75/t 84/66/s 103/83/pc 72/59/pc 86/69/pc

Myrtle Beach 88/74

Manning 95/70

Today: A thunderstorm around. Winds north-northeast 3-6 mph.

Friday: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm. Winds south 4-8 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 92/71

Bishopville 94/70

Sunset Moonset

8:17 p.m.

3:07 a.m.

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Aug. 17

Aug. 25

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Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 3.33 +0.02 19 5.34 +0.50 14 3.16 +0.27 14 2.17 -0.15 80 79.25 -0.36 24 6.29 -2.23

AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Fri.

High 6:00 a.m.

6:56 p.m.

7:03 a.m.

7:55 p.m.

Ht. 2.9 3.5 3.0 3.7

Low Ht. 1:00 a.m. 0.4 1:02 p.m. -0.2 1:59 a.m. 0.1 2:03 p.m. -0.4

REGIONAL CITIES City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Today Hi/Lo/W 84/64/t 97/70/t 96/70/s 95/76/s 84/71/t 95/76/t 88/68/t 94/73/t 96/75/s 91/70/t 84/64/t 89/69/t 88/69/t

Fri. Hi/Lo/W 80/67/t 92/71/t 93/71/t 92/76/t 84/72/pc 90/76/t 86/69/t 88/73/t 93/75/t 90/71/pc 82/66/pc 88/69/pc 89/69/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 92/71/t Gainesville 93/73/t Gastonia 87/68/t Goldsboro 86/67/t Goose Creek 95/75/t Greensboro 86/67/pc Greenville 90/69/t Hickory 86/67/t Hilton Head 92/78/s Jacksonville, FL 95/74/t La Grange 99/73/t Macon 96/71/s Marietta 94/71/t

Fri. Hi/Lo/W 91/71/pc 92/72/t 85/69/t 85/66/pc 91/76/t 83/67/t 86/70/t 81/68/t 89/78/t 95/73/t 96/74/t 93/71/t 92/72/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 88/65/t Mt. Pleasant 94/74/t Myrtle Beach 88/74/t Orangeburg 95/72/s Port Royal 95/75/s Raleigh 86/66/pc Rock Hill 88/68/t Rockingham 91/67/t Savannah 97/76/s Spartanburg 92/68/t Summerville 92/78/s Wilmington 87/70/t Winston-Salem 86/67/pc

Fri. Hi/Lo/W 83/69/t 93/76/t 86/74/pc 92/73/t 93/76/t 85/67/pc 87/69/t 91/69/pc 95/76/t 89/71/t 89/77/t 86/70/pc 82/67/t

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

events will give you a better idea of what’s available to you and what compensations will be required.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emotional matters will be difficult to control.

Don’t make impulsive decisions or rely on unpredictable individuals making unrealistic promises. Take care of important issues. Don’t let anyone interfere with taking care of your responsibilities.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An offer you receive isn’t likely to be realistic or to your advantage. Go over details carefully and back away from anything or anyone that appears to be unstable. Take over and you will be able to control the outcome.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Explore the possibilities. Learn what you can from those in key positions and make changes that will help you move into a winning situation. Altering the way or where you live is favored, but don’t overspend or make unrealistic promises.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 WEDNESDAY

3-6-22-24-29 PowerUp: 2

PICK 3 WEDNESDAY

8-8-1 and 1-2-2

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

12-26-44-46-47 Powerball: 29 Powerplay: 2

MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY

25-28-36-45-53 Megaball: 6 Megaplier: 5

PICK 4 WEDNESDAY

7-6-2-2 and 4-5-3-8

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look at the facts and make decisions based on your findings. Impulse CANCER (June 21-July 22): Strive to will be your downfall. Take the do something unique that will slow, cautious route that ensures draw positive attention to who you you end up in the right place and are and what you can do. Personal with the knowledge and skills to improvements can be made as carry on successfully. long as they are reasonable. Travel AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take plans must not be allowed to go care of pressing matters quickly. over budget.

Take any opportunity that comes LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Jump at the chance to show off. Any competitive event or activity will add to a fun-filled day. A change in location or a mini trip will spark your imagination and help bring about a positive personal change.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Let your intuition guide you in the right direction regarding personal matters. Taking part in neighborhood or community

along to have fun. The break will do you good and give you a chance to consider the direction you want to pursue.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be careful how you handle money, peers and responsibilities at work.

Don’t leave any room for error and you will avoid complaints.

Romance is in the stars, and nurturing and being attentive will improve your personal life.

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Canada’s Jennifer Abel warms up on the 3m springboard prior to the women’s diving 3m springboard final at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

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PRO FOOTBALL

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bills’ Spiller out to prove he’s more than one-year wonder

Buffalo running back and former Clemson standout C.J. Spiller (28) is aware of what the critics wrote about him last year.

Saying he’s healthy, Spiller is out to prove he’s more than a “one-year wonder.”

BY JOHN WAWROW The Associated Press PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Don’t think for an instant C.J. Spiller failed to notice several critics last season who began referring to him as a “oneyear wonder.’’

The Buffalo Bills’ running back took names, and says he’s ready to produce the stats in a bid to prove his doubters wrong, once and for all.

“Oh yeah, it’s definitely a fire burning. I haven’t

forgotten what was written out there,’’ Spiller told The Associated Press following a recent practice in training camp.

“I’ve got my axe ready to chip away some wood.’’

Spiller’s defiance is a reflection of the motivation he has entering his fifth season in what’s been an up-and-down career in Buffalo since being drafted with the ninth pick out of Clemson.

After having difficulty establishing a niche dur-

ing his first two seasons in Buffalo, Spiller enjoyed a breakout year in 2012.

That’s when he earned his first and only Pro Bowl selection after becoming only the NFL’s seventh player to average 6-plus yards a carry by finishing with 1,244 yards on 207 attempts.

Spiller’s average was a fraction of an inch behind league leader, Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson.

SEE SPILLER, PAGE B4

PRO GOLF

Better late than never

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Tiger Woods hits out of the bunker on the seventh hole during a practice round for the PGA Championship on Wednesday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. Despite pulling out of last week’s Bridgestone Invitational with a back injury, Woods appears healthy enough to play in the year’s last major which begins today.

Woods gets in only nine practice holes at Valhalla, but says he’s healthy enough to play in today’s PGA Championship despite a recent back injury

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Barely able to tie his shoes three days ago, Tiger Woods is ready to tee it up in the PGA Championship.

Woods caused the biggest sensation of the week Wednesday afternoon simply by driving his silver SUV into

the parking lot at Valhalla. He has never arrived so late for a major championship and had so little time to prepare — just nine holes at Valhalla, which he had not seen since winning the PGA Championship in 2000.

But at least he’s playing.

That much was in doubt Sunday when he withdrew from the final round of the

Bridgestone Invitational because of back pain that made it a chore to switch out of his golf shoes. Woods said he suffered a pinched nerve, but that it was not at all related to back surgery he had March 31 that kept him out of golf for three months.

He said his trainer adjusted the area above the sacrum.

“Once he put it back in, the

spasms went away,’’ he said.

“And from there, I started getting some range of motion.’’

The latest injury occurred when Woods tried to play a shot from just above a deep bunker on the second hole at Firestone, and his momentum caused him to land hard in the sand. He kept playing, and hit some horrific shots before deciding to withdraw after a

tee shot on the ninth hole.

That was only his third tournament since his return from surgery, leading to concern that he might be done for the year.

“It was a different pain than what I had been experiencing,’’ Woods said. “So I knew it wasn’t the site of the surgery. It

SEE WOODS, PAGE B3

USC FOOTBALL

LOCAL RACING

‘Oklahoma drill’ highlights Spurrier’s emphasis on toughness in practice

Rain washes out weekend events

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier has been adamant during the spring and summer that his football team would become tougher this season.

He backed that up during the Gamecocks’ first practice in pads Tuesday. After warmups, South Carolina did something that hasn’t happened in a while at practice.

The Gamecocks participated in the “Oklahoma” drill, which is a tough one-on-one

battle pitting an offensive lineman against a defensive lineman in a small area.

The offensive player’s job is to SPURRIER block the defender backward enough so a running can squeeze by untackled.

The defender’s job is the opposite. He must tackle or knock the runner backward before he runs through.

It’s a departure for Spurrier, who normally likes to keep

practice contact to a minimum.

“We want to be physical all the time,” said USC defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward.

“We normally don’t do the Oklahoma drill in fall camp.

Coach (Spurrier) wanted us to get a little tougher, so we did today and it was a good drill.”

The players appeared to love getting up close and personal with each other early in the practice.

“The defensive line really

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BY CODY TRUETT Special to The Sumter Item Sumter Speedway drivers and fans were ready for a big night of racing action last Saturday, but as race time got closer, so did the lurking rain clouds.

Speedway officials waited it out, and had the track prepped for racing, but slowly the rain began to come down and it progressed until there was no other choice but to cancel the program.

With the cancellation, that means there are only three points races left in the season. As a result,

there should be some intense action in the month of August as drivers vie for the championship trophy in their respective divisions.

Several drivers are on cruise control in the points battles, yet others are involved in battles that could go either way.

Racing will continue on Saturday with action in all divisions. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at

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SPORTS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014

THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOREBOARD

MLB ROUNDUP

TV, RADIO TODAY

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Atlanta’s Tommy La Stella is tagged out at home during the third inning of Seattle’s 7-3 victory over the Braves on Wednesday in Seattle.

Braves’ losing skid hits 8 SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners handed Atlanta its eighth straight loss, with Dustin Ackley and Logan Morrison hitting home runs in the third inning to beat the Braves 7-3 Wednesday.

Ackley led off the third with a home run and Morrison added a 3-run shot off Julio Teheran (10-8) for a 5-3 lead. Robinson Cano doubled twice and scored two runs for Seattle.

The Braves scored all three runs in the third, with Freddie Freeman driving in two with a bases-loaded double.

NATIONALS 6 METS 1

WASHINGTON — Doug Fister took a 5-hit shutout into the eighth inning, Adam LaRoche homered twice and Danny Espinosa also connected as Washington beat the New York Mets 6-1.

PIRATES 7

RANGERS 3

MARLINS 3

WHITE SOX 1

PITTSBURGH — Josh Harrison had three hits to extend his hot streak and Jeff Locke overcame a shaky start to pitch seven innings as Pittsburgh beat Miami 7-3.

CHICAGO — Adam Rosales homered twice and Nick Tepesch pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning, leading Texas over Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox 3-1.

RAYS 7

REDS 8

ATHLETICS 3

INDIANS 3

OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Kiermaier hit a 2-run homer to help Jeremy Hellickson end a 6-start winless stretch and Tampa Bay beat Oakland 7-3 to avoid a sweep.

CINCINNATI — Mat Latos pitched seven shutout innings and chipped in with a hit as Cincinnati earned an 8-3 win over Cleveland.

EAST DIVISION

PADRES 5

BLUE JAYS 5 ORIOLES 1

Baltimore Toronto New York Tampa Bay Boston CENTRAL DIVISION

TWINS 4

MINNEAPOLIS — Alexi Amarista made a game-saving catch in the bottom of the ninth inning and Seth Smith followed with a solo homer in the 10th to lift San Diego to a 5-4 victory over Minnesota.

TORONTO — Drew Hutchison came within one out of his second career complete game, Jose Bautista homered and drove in three runs and Toronto beat Baltimore 5-1.

From wire reports

SPORTS ITEMS

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH — The Turbeville Dixie Angels Traditional squad stayed alive in the World Series with a 12-5 victory over Florida on Wednesday.

Trailing 2-0, Turbeville scored five runs in both the third and fifth innings and two in the fourth to pull away.

The Angels will now face Virginia at 9 a.m. today in an elimination game with the winner advancing to Friday morning’s title game against the Georgia - Louisiana winner.

Jaimee Epps was the winning pitcher after tossing five innings allowing five hits with nine strikeouts.

Offensively, Ansley Brown led the team with two hits. Harley Welch, Rachel Yarborough, Hannah Hickman, Kirbi Floyd, Maddie Newsome, Kinzlee Mims and Savanna Wingard each had a hit.

SHS CROSS COUNTY PRACTICE SET The Sumter High School boys and girls cross country teams will begin practice on Monday at 7 p.m. at the picnic shelter behind the school.

All runners need to have a physical.

For more information, contact head coach Jimmy Watson at Jimmy.Watson@ sumterschools.net.

SHARKS, KINGS TO PLAY AT LEVIS STADIUM SAN FRANCISCO — The San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings are going to take their rivalry outdoors next season.

The NHL announced Wednesday that the Pacific Division foes will meet at the 49ers’ new home in Santa Clara on Feb.

came off the ball and showed that we can win our gap, beat the man in front of us,” Ward said.

“We feel like we have good football players and we’re going to be sure we practice toughness. Sometimes you have to change things up to do that.”

It was an interesting way for sophomore defensive tackle Abu Lamin to return to practice after missing two days because of an injury.

The transfer from Fort Scott (Kansas) Community College who was considered one of the top junior college prospects in the country, enjoyed his first

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21. The $1.2 billion Levi’s Stadium beat out the San Francisco Giants’ cozier confines at AT&T Park for the game, which is part of the NHL’s growing Stadium Series.

This will be the second straight year the NHL has staged an outdoor game in California. The Anaheim Ducks beat the Kings 3-0 at Dodger Stadium in front of an announced crowd of 54,099 on Jan. 25.

Sharks Chief Operating Officer John Tortora expects the game at Levi’s Stadium to attract a capacity crowd of 68,500 for a scintillating spectacle of ice in Silicon Valley.

WOZNIACKI, SERENA ADVANCE IN MONTREAL MONTREAL — If the fans had their wish, Caroline Wozniacki would be facing local favorite and Palmetto Pro Open Eugenie Bouchard today in the third round of the Rogers Cup. Instead, the former world No. 1 from Denmark will play Shelby Rogers, the American qualifier who put a quick end to Bouchard’s homecoming tournament in the second round.

Wozniacki breezed through a second match in a row with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Klara Koukalova on Wednesday. She has lost only five games in two matches in the hard-court event.

In the night feature, top-ranked Serena Williams dispatched Samantha Stosur 6-0, 6-2 in a match interrupted 28 minutes by a sprinkle of rain.

From staff, wire reports

day back.

“There was a lot of intensity, a lot of hard popping,” Lamin said. “It was a good drill. I enjoyed it. Every year a Carolina team has been a tough team, but it is more about the opportunity we have this year. We just want to be tough in every aspect.”

The defensive line has depth, but it must prove it can replace three outstanding starters in Jadeveon Clowney, Kelcy Quarles and Chaz Sutton.

Ward plans to insert the 3-4 defense this season, and it was used a lot in the in USC’s first practice in pads.

The coaching staff was pleased with its implemen-

tation, and the players believe opening with the Oklahoma drill helped set the tempo.

“The Oklahoma drill popped up on us,” sophomore defensive tackle Kelsey Griffin said. “The defensive line, I think we’re used to it. We’re getting better and better every day.

(Spurrier) wants us to stay physical, and that’s what we’re best at -- staying physical.”

Spurrier “wanted to start it out, do some Oklahoma and get the tempo going,” said defensive line coach Deke Adams. “I think it was great. We haven’t done it since I’ve been here, but he’s done it in the past.

“It was good for us.”

Tampa Bay at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

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

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

St. Louis at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

NASCAR

By The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through Aug. 3 Points 1, Jeff Gordon, 757. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 740. 3, Brad Keselowski, 687. 4, Matt Kenseth, 668. 5, Ryan Newman, 642. 6, Jimmie Johnson, 633. 7, Joey Logano, 633. 8, Carl Edwards, 618. 9, Clint Bowyer, 617. 10, Kyle Busch, 611. 11, Kevin Harvick, 608. 12, Kyle Larson, 595. 13, Greg Biffle, 590. 14, Kasey Kahne, 589.

15, Austin Dillon, 588. 16, Paul Menard, 562. 17, Marcos Ambrose, 541. 18, Brian Vickers, 539. 19, Tony Stewart, 537. 20, Jamie McMurray, 536.

Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $4,774,247. 2, Jeff Gordon, $4,537,170. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,463,649. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $4,384,000. 5, Jamie McMurray, $4,172,813. 6, Kevin Harvick, $4,088,052.

7, Matt Kenseth, $4,062,004. 8, Kyle Busch, $4,040,797. 9, Joey Logano, $4,013,780.

10, Denny Hamlin, $3,885,911. 11, Greg Biffle, $3,453,774.

12, Austin Dillon, $3,377,221. 13, Clint Bowyer, $3,317,192. 14, Paul Menard, $3,255,934. 15, Aric Almirola, $3,251,201.

16, Brian Vickers, $3,250,083. 17, Carl Edwards, $3,242,597. 18, Tony Stewart, $3,178,572. 19, Kyle Larson, $3,132,810.

20, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $3,075,815.

NFL PRESEASON SCHEDULE TODAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota WEST DIVISION

FRIDAY’S GAMES

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

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

San Francisco at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Denver, 9 p.m.

Dallas at San Diego, 10 p.m.

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press W 64 60 58 55 49

L 48 54 54 59 63

Pct .571 .526 .518 .482 .438

GB – 5 6 10 15

W 62 58 57 55 51

L 48 53 56 60 61

Pct .564 .523 .504 .478 .455

GB – 4 1/2 6 1/2 9 1/2 12

W 69 67 59 47 45

L 44 45 54 66 69

Pct .611 .598 .522 .416 .395

GB – 1 1/2 10 22 24 1/2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Turbeville Dixie Angels rout Florida, advance to final four in World Series

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1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Rogers Cup Round-of-16 Match from Toronto (ESPN2).

1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at New York Yankees or San Francisco at Milwaukee (MLB NETWORK).

1 p.m. – PGA Golf: PGA Championship First Round from Louisville, Ky. (TNT).

2 p.m. – Youth Baseball: Little League World Series Great Lakes Regional Semifinal Game from Indianapolis (ESPN).

3 p.m. – Women’s Amateur Golf: U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship Second- and Third-Round Matches from Glen Cove, N.Y. (GOLF).

3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Colorado (WGN).

5 p.m. – Youth Baseball: Little League World Series Northwest Regional Semifinal Game from San Bernardino, Calif. (ESPN).

5 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Meijer LPGA Classic First Round from Grand Rapids, Mich.

(GOLF).

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

7 p.m. – Youth Baseball: Little League World Series Great Lakes Regional Semifinal Game from Indianapolis (ESPN).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Boston at St. Louis or Baltimore at Toronto (MLB NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: San Francisco at Baltimore (NFL NETWORK).

8 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Chicago at Minnesota (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – Minor League Baseball: Huntsville at Birmingham (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – Youth Baseball: Little League World Series Northwest Regional Semifinal Game from San Bernardino, Calif. (ESPN).

10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Jerry Belmontes vs. Abner Cotto in a Junior Lightweight Bout, Oscar Cantu vs. Joseph Rios in a Bantamweight Bout and KeAndrae Gibson vs. Jose Hernandez in a Junior Lightweight Bout from Corpus Christi, Texas (FOX SPORTS 1).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Seattle (WGN).

10:30 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Dallas at San Diego (Joined In Progress) (NFL NETWORK).

12:37 a.m. – PGA Golf: PGA Championship First-Round Highlights from Louisville, Ky. (WLTX 19).

1 a.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Seattle at Denver (NFL NETWORK).

kee (W.Peralta 13-6), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-1) at Colorado (Flande 0-3), 3:10 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 4-9) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 6-8), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Cosart 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 8-7), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (House 1-2) at Cincinnati (Bailey 8-5), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (Workman 1-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright 13-6), 7:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 7-9) at Arizona (Nuno 0-2), 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 12-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-7), 10:05 p.m.

FRIDAY

Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Oakland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY

Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

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Jacksonville at Chicago, 8 p.m.

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Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

San Diego at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 10 p.m.

Cincinnati 9, Cleveland 2 Detroit 4, N.Y. Yankees 3, 12 innings Philadelphia 2, Houston 1, 15 innings Baltimore 9, Toronto 3 Minnesota 3, San Diego 1 Texas 16, Chicago White Sox 0 St. Louis 3, Boston 2 Kansas City 12, Arizona 2 Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 0 Seattle 4, Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 4

Green Bay at St. Louis, 4 p.m.

Baltimore at Dallas, 7 p.m.

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

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

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Houston, 8 p.m.

Arizona at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Denver at San Francisco, 4 p.m.

Kansas City at Carolina, 8 p.m.

San Diego 5, Minnesota 4, 10 innings Texas 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Tampa Bay 7, Oakland 3 Seattle 7, Atlanta 3 Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Houston at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

Kansas City at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Detroit (Porcello 13-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Greene 2-1), 1:05 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 4-9) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 6-8), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 5-6) at Toronto (Happ 8-5), 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland (House 1-2) at Cincinnati (Bailey 8-5), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (Workman 1-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright 13-6), 7:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 7-9) at Arizona (Nuno 0-2), 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 12-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-7), 10:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pino 1-3) at Oakland (Lester 11-7), 10:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Carroll 4-6) at Seattle (Elias 8-9), 10:10 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

W 60 58 55 54 50

L 51 56 57 59 63

Pct .541 .509 .491 .478 .442

GB – 3 1/2 5 1/2 7 11

W 62 60 59 57 48

L 51 51 53 56 63

Pct .549 .541 .527 .504 .432

GB – 1 2 1/2 5 13

W Los Angeles 64 San Francisco 61 San Diego 52 Arizona 49 Colorado 44

L 50 52 61 64 68

Pct .561 .540 .460 .434 .393

GB – 2 1/2 11 1/2 14 1/2 19

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

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati 9, Cleveland 2 Philadelphia 2, Houston 1, 15 innings Miami 6, Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 1 Minnesota 3, San Diego 1 Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 3 St. Louis 3, Boston 2 Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 5, 12 innings Kansas City 12, Arizona 2 Seattle 4, Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 4

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

San Diego 5, Minnesota 4, 10 innings Seattle 7, Atlanta 3 Houston at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

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

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 6-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 7-5), 12:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 0-2) at Milwau-

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Cleveland at Washington, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL

Major League Baseball MLB _ Announced the suspension of San Francisco minor league RHP Jacob Dunnington (Augusta-SAL) for 50 games after a second positive test for a drug of abuse and Cincinnati minor league SS Cesar Mejia (Reds-DSL) for 72 games after testing positive for a metabolite of Boldenone.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS _ Reinstated INF Cliff Pennington from the 15day DL. Optioned RHP Bo Schultz to Reno (PCL).

CHICAGO CUBS _ Activated RHP Kyuji Fujikawa from the 60-day DL. Designated OF Nate Schierholtz for assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES _ Activated RHP Jordan Lyles from the 60-day DL. Placed LHP Brett Anderson on the 15day DL. Recalled LHP Brooks Brown from Colorado Springs (PCL). Designated OF Jason Pridie for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES _ Announced the resignation of vice president/assistant general manager of player personnel Chad MacDonald.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS _ Activated LHP Matt Thornton. Optioned RHP Blake Treinen to Syracuse (IL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS _ Announced the retirement of TE Jake Ballard.

MIAMI DOLPHINS _ Activated RB Knowshon Moreno from the PUP list.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS _ Waived TE A.C. Leonard.

OAKLAND RAIDERS _ Signed LB Spencer Hadley, TENNESSEE TITANS _ Waived QB Tyler Wilson. Agreed to terms with TE Chase Coffman and DT Lanier Coleman.

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Atlanta Washington Chicago Indiana New York Connecticut

W 17 14 13 13 12 11

L 11 15 16 16 16 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L x-Phoenix 24 4 x-Minnesota 23 6 Los Angeles 13 16 San Antonio 13 16 Tulsa 11 19 Seattle 10 20 x-clinched playoff spot

Pct .607 .483 .448 .448 .429 .367

GB – 3 1/2 4 1/2 4 1/2 5 7

Pct .857 .793 .448 .448 .367 .333

GB – 1 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 14 15

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Chicago 82, Connecticut 66 Minnesota 66, Indiana 64 Washington 79, New York 46 Phoenix 75, Atlanta 67 Tulsa 96, Los Angeles 90

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES No games scheduled

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Seattle, 10 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.

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

San Antonio at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

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

SPORTS

THE SUMTER ITEM

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014

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Sergio Garcia is ranked No. 3 in the world -- his highest ranking in five years. He enters today’s PGA Championship coming off a second-place finish at the Bridgestone Invitational.

Garcia back in mix for majors

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The only thing worse than being mentioned as the best player without a major is not being mentioned at all.

Sergio Garcia is back in the conversation.

The 34-year-old Spaniard is No. 3 in the world, his highest ranking in five years. He arrived at Valhalla for the PGA Championship coming off a pair of runnerup finishes. He briefly challenged Rory McIlroy at the British Open and then lost a three-shot lead to McIlroy at Firestone.

Fifteen years after his first close call at a major, Garcia looks as poised as ever.

“It’s been a good year,’’ Garcia said. “Obviously, a lot of high finishes, some re-

ally good chances of winning tournaments. Unfortunately, it’s only happened once this year in Qatar, but I’m excited about it.

“It’s another big week here in Valhalla. We’re going to try to do more of the same and keep playing well and see if we can be there again on Sunday and have another good chance.’’

Just his luck, there always seems to be one guy doing a little bit better.

For years, that was Tiger Woods. Garcia was 19 when he nearly chased Woods down in the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah. He played with him in the final group of the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black and in the final group of the 2006 British Open at Royal Liverpool.

Woods hasn’t won a major in six years. And now Garcia

has to contend with McIlroy.

“I wouldn’t say bad timing,’’ said Garcia, with a smile. “I think playing well, it’s always great. And if somebody else is playing better than you, there’s nothing you can do. ...The only thing I can do is try to play the best I can. If I manage to do that, I know that I’ve shown that I can play really, really well. But if somebody else plays better, the only thing I can do is congratulate him and move on.’’

That’s what he did at Hoylake two weeks ago. He played in the group ahead of McIlroy at The Open, and ran up to hug him in the scoring trailer when McIlroy completed his two-shot victory.

It wasn’t always that way.

Garcia struggled to lose as graciously as he won, such as the British Open at Car-

noustie in 2007 when he lost in playoff to Padraig Harrington and blamed it on bad breaks, suggesting he was playing against “more than the field.’’

He looks as happy as ever, in part because of the group around him and girlfriend Katharina Boehm, a German who played college golf in the United States. So which comes first? Does happiness lead to good golf or does good golf make him happy?

“A bit of both,’’ Garcia said. “Obviously, I feel like things around me are right where I want them to be, and that obviously puts me in a nicer situation when I go on to the golf course. And then ... don’t get me wrong — it’s not just good playing because of happiness. It’s work and confidence and all those things.”

was different and obviously it just the sacrum.’’

His arrival put some life into what had been an ordinary week. Dozens of cameras captured Woods putting on his shoes with ease at his car. He got a big cheer just walking onto the practice range and the crowd was six-deep down the first hole, about like it was for the Ryder Cup at Valhalla six years ago.

In the nine holes he played with Steve Stricker, Davis Love III and Harris English, Woods looked the same as he did last week.

He drilled his driver down the first fairway. He badly pulled his tee shot on the third hole. It was a mixture of good and bad, about what can be expected from someone who has played only nine rounds in the last five months.

“Nothing great,’’ Woods said. “It’s only Wednesday.’’

Woods tees off Thursday alongside Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington. He simply said, “Yes,’’ when asked if he expected to win, which seemed to be a tall order considering his return from surgery. Woods missed the cut by four shots at the Quicken Loans National, had his worst 72-hole finish in a major at the British Open and was in the middle of the pack at Firestone when he withdrew.

Barring a victory, this likely will be his last tournament for at least six weeks.

Woods is not eligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs, and he hasn’t given U.S. captain Tom Watson much reason to pick him for the Ryder Cup. Woods said he would have to “play well’’ to give reason for Watson to take him.

“That’s the only thing I can control,’’ Woods said. “Try to go out there and win this event.

That’s all I’m focused on.’’

Watson has said he wanted Woods on the team if he was healthy and playing well.

About the time Woods arrived at the course, Watson was successfully dodging questions about his chances of making the team.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TEE TIMES

By The Associated Press At Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, Ky. Today-Friday Hole 1-Hole 10 7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. — Brian Norman, United States; Russell Knox, Scotland; Roberto Castro, United States.

7:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. — Charles Howell III, United States; Aaron Krueger, United States, Joost Luiten, Netherlands.

7:50 a.m.-1 p.m. — Billy Horschel, United States; Jamie Broce, United States; George Coetzee, South Africa.

8 a.m.-1:10 p.m. — Brian Stuard, United States, Brendon Todd, United States; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain.

8:10 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — Freddie Jacobson, Sweden; Nick Watney, United States; Brendon de Jonge, Zimbabwe.

8:20 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Matt Every, United States; Ross Fisher, England; Kevin Chappell, United States.

8:30 a.m.-1:40 p.m. — John Daly, United States; Mark Brooks, United States; Rich Beem, United States.

8:40 a.m.-1:50 p.m. — K.J. Choi, South Korea; Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Brian Harman, United States.

8:50 a.m.-2 p.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Denmark; Kevin Stadler, United States; Harris English, United States.

9 a.m.-2:10 p.m. — Jamie Donaldson, Wales; Kim Hyung-Sung, South

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7. Grandstand passes are $10 for adults and pits passes are $20 for adults. Active duty military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge.

The closest points battle of all comes in the always exciting Street Stock division.

Grant Hill has been on top of the division standings for nearly the entire season, but some recent bad luck has allowed Matthew Hodge to narrow the gap to just a mere four points. Hodge has strung together enough consistent finishes throughout the year to stay on Hill’s heels as the season has progressed.

Hill had taken home two feature wins and opened up a decent lead over Hodge. Hill has had some issues the last few weeks and allowed Hodge the opportunity to be in prime position to take over the top spot.

The Stock-4 division has seen several feature winners throughout the season, including points leader Bubba Kolb. Kolb holds a narrow 61point lead over second- place Allen Ridgeway, who is looking for his first points champi-

Korea; Stewart Cink, United States.

9:10 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — Stephen Gallacher, Scotland; Jason Kokrak, United States; Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain.

9:20 a.m.-2:30 p.m. — Kevin Streelman, United States; Ryan Helminen, United States; Edoardo Molinari, Italy.

9:30 a.m.-2:40 p.m. — Brendan Steele, United States; Rob Corcoran, United States; Pat Perez, United States.

12:45 p.m.-7:35 a.m. — Ryo Ishikawa, Japan; Matt Pesta, United States; Rory Sabbatini, South Africa.

12:55 p.m.-7:45 a.m. — Scott Stallings, United States; Eric Williamson, United States; Matteo Manassero, Italy.

1:05 p.m.-7:55 a.m. — Jonas Blixt, Sweden; Webb Simpson, United States; Erik Compton, United States.

1:15 p.m.-8:05 a.m. — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Graham DeLaet, Canada; Gary Woodland, United States.

1:25 p.m.-8:15 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Spain; Steve Stricker, United States; Tom Watson, United States.

1:35 p.m.-8:25 a.m. — Kenny Perry, United States; Ryan Moore, United States; Henrik Stenson, Sweden.

1:45 p.m.-8:35 a.m. — Bubba Watson, United States; Martin Kaymer, Germany; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland.

1:55 p.m.-8:45 a.m. — Jason Dufner, United States; Y.E. Yang, South Ko-

rean; Keegan Bradley, United States.

2:05 p.m.-8:55 a.m. — Luke Donald, England; J.B. Holmes, United States; Francesco Molinari, Italy.

2:15 p.m.-9:05 a.m. — Zach Johnson, United States; Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Richard Sterne, South Africa.

2:25 p.m.-9:15 a.m. — Tim Clark, South Africa; Paul Casey, England; Kevin Na, United States.

2:35 p.m.-9:25 a.m. — Steven Bowditch, Australia; Rod Perry, United States; Ben Crane, United States.

2:45 p.m.-9:35 a.m. — David Hronek, United States; Chris Stroud, United States; Jason Bohn, United States.

Tee No. 10-Tee No. 1 7:35 a.m.-12:45 p.m. — Robert Karlsson, Sweden; Frank Esposito, United States; Koumei Oda, Japan.

7:45 a.m.-12:55 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Patrick Reed, United States.

7:55 a.m.-1:05 p.m. — Shaun Micheel, United States; Colin Montgomerie, Scotland; Michael Block, United States.

8:05 a.m.-1:15 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, United States; Victor Dubuisson, France; Ernie Els, South Africa.

8:15 a.m.-1:25 p.m. — Jordan Spieth, United States; Adam Scott, Australia; Lee Westwood, England.

onship.

Ronnie Brown, currently in third and fresh off an impressive Monster Mini victory at Sumter Speedway, is just 106 points behind Kolb. Austin Mintz is also in the hunt, trialing Kolb by 111 points.

In the Extreme-4 division, 5-time winner Bucky DeBerry has a 113-point lead over John Ledwell for the division championship. DeBerry has an easy path ahead to pick up the championship unless he runs into some major setbacks.

Ledwell, who has yet to win this season, would have to finish strong and have some help as well to overtake DeBerry.

Eugene Kinard, last year’s runner-up in the Crate Late Modell points championship, has a solid 120-point lead over Hunter Bledsoe. Bledsoe, in his first year in the division, has had a great season, picking up three wins. Kinard, though, has strung together the most consistent finishes, landing him in the driver’s seat of the points battle.

Matt Lawson and Mark McLeod have the closest battle in the division as they fight for the third-place spot. Lawson has a 20-point lead over McLeod, who is currently in

fourth.

Triston Kelly has opened up a huge lead over the field in the Rookie division. Kelly, who picked up his first win of the season last week, opened his lead to 215 points over runner-up Chelsea L’Huillier.

Russell Thomas, who has won six features this season, finds himself alone in third place, 475 points out of the lead.

Marty Horne has all but sewed up the championship in the Stock V8 division. Horne has a 655-point lead over Jerry Knight. Basically, all Horne has to do is start the last three features to wrap up the championship.

Joey Ayers is looking to add another championship to his career achievement list as he continues to lead the Super Street points battle. Ayers, a 1-time winner this season, has opened up a 103-point lead over Robbie Disher. Disher has just three races to close the gap and will have his work cut out for him if he intends to hoist the trophy at season’s end.

Ken Appleton is in third, but way off of Ayers’ pace.

Appleton is 155 points ahead of fourth-place Justin Timmons.

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THOMAS MOSES ROSWELL, Georgia — Thomas Moses, 52, of Roswell, passed away on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer.

Tom was a son of the late Douglas Jr. and Lois Moses of Sumter. He was raised in Sumter, where he attended Wilson Hall and was an Eagle Scout. He graduated from the United States MOSES Air Force Academy in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Air Force for eight years, including a tour in Desert Storm, leaving the service as a captain. He met his wife, Merilyn, in Zweibruecken, Germany, and they were married for nearly 27 years. After leaving the military, he worked as a pilot for Delta Airlines for 23 years, where he was a captain at the time of his diagnosis. He was very involved in his Catholic spiritual life, attending daily masses, Bible study groups, and becoming a Knight of Columbus. He was also an avid tennis player, winning multiple championship tournaments at the Country Club of Roswell. He enjoyed biking, finishing the Bike Ride Across Georgia and Georgia Century Rides; collecting music; and fantasy football.

In addition to his wife, Tom is survived by his two daughters, Kathryn Anderson (Brett Anderson) and Jean Moses; and one grandchild, Aubrie Anderson. He is also survived by his mother and three siblings, Douglas Moses III, Nancy Ketchum and Timothy Moses; and many loving nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday at St. Brigid Catholic Church, 3400 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at St. Brigid Catholic Church with a rosary prayer immediately following.

In lieu of flowers, please send memorial gifts to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network or Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Georgia (svdpatl.org) in Mr. Moses’ memory.

Roswell Funeral Home, Roswell, is in charge of arrangements, www.roswellfuneralhome.com.

OSCAR BRIGGS SR. MANNING — Oscar Briggs Sr., 96, widower of Juanita Butler Briggs and Carrie Lee Lemon Briggs, died on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He was born on Jan. 30, 1918, in the Sammie Swamp section of Clarendon County, a son of the late Ben and Irene Hanna Briggs. He re-

ceived his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, where he was father of the church. He was self-employed as a skilled carpenter and a farmer.

Survivors are three sons, Walter (Sue) Briggs of Wilmington, North Carolina, Thomas (Joyce) Briggs of Manning and Marcus BRIGGS (Gloria) Briggs of Atlanta, Georgia; a foster son, Wilbert Lee Carter of Hollywood, Florida; one daughter, Pastor Renelle Conyers of Manning; a granddaughter reared as a daughter, Mary Lawson of Manning; three stepchildren, Lester, Jim and Sadie; two sisters, Rosa Carroway and Carrie (John) Carroway, both of Hartsville; three additional daughters-in-law; one additional son-in-law; 49 grandchildren; 145 great-grandchildren; and 56 great-greatgrandchildren.

Eight children preceded him in death.

The celebratory services for Mr. Briggs will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Fellowship Baptist Church, Manning, with the Rev. Jonathan Anderson, pastor, officiating, the Rev. Ethel Lemon, the Rev. E.L. Sanders and the Rev. Lillian Wright assisting. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

Mr. Briggs will lie in repose one hour prior to service.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his daughter, Pastor Renelle B. Conyers, 1502 Coventry Trail, Manning.

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

ROBERT R. COKLEY Robert Richard Cokley, 72, husband of Willie Mae Cokley, entered eternal rest on Aug. 3, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Aug. 25, 1941, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late James McBride Jr. and Lucille Kennedy. He received his education in the public schools in Clarendon County. He attended New Bethel Church at an early age and later fellowshipped at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church. He was employed by Korn Industries, until his retirement.

Survivors are his wife of 52 years, Willie Mae Cokley of the home; three sons, Reggie (Sonia) Cokley, Robert Cokley Jr. and Ernest Cokley; two daughters, Sharon Cokley and Vanessa (Kelvin) Cokley; 12 grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; eight sisters, Lucille Walters, Luther Mae (Clifton) Collin of Texas, Elzetta (Cephas) Greg, Emma (Scotty) Mangum of Philadel-

phia, Pennsylvania, Itleen (Ronnie) Brunson, of Jacksonville, Florida, Betty Kennedy of Boston, Massachusetts, Evelyn (Harold) Goodman of Arizona and Rosa Lee Samuels of Philadelphia; two brothers, Luther (Diane) Kennedy and Major Kennedy, both of Sumter; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Larry Barnes, Pastor J.W. Brunson, Lei-Ferguson-Washington, Pastor D.L. Grant and Minister Angela Edwards. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter.

The family is receiving visitors at the home, 512 Red and White St., Sumter.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

ELIZABETH L. ADGER Elizabeth Ludd Adger, 85, widow of Sylvester Adger Sr., departed this life on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at her residence.

She was born on April 19, 1929, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Fony and Frances Dukes Ludd.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 1994 Connor Road, Manning, SC 29102.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

NAOMI REID Naomi Reid, 62, departed this life on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

She was born on July 10, 1952, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Inez Reid and adopted daughter of Joseph and Sally Maple.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 60 Tumbleweed Court, Sumter, SC 29150.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

QUAMANE D. HALLEY Quamane Deonte Halley passed away on July 31, 2014, in Columbia.

Funeral services will be held at noon on Friday at Mt. Calvary Holiness Church, 771 Central School Road, Rembert. Internment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at 151 Lila D. Lane.

Services have been entrusted to New Life Funeral Service LLC of Bishopville.

SUE ESTER EVANS Sue Ester Evans, widow of Henry Evans, died on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at McLeod

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Coaches laud Tigers’ stockpile of talented players on roster

BY SCOTT KEEPFER Greenville News CLEMSON — Senior Tony Steward, a former first-team high school AllAmerican linebacker, is hopeful he can finally crack Clemson’s starting lineup.

Carlos Watkins, the No. 7-ranked defensive line prospect in the nation three years ago, hopes he can earn at least a share of some snaps along Clemson’s defensive front.

Football coaches are known for giving annual lip service to the “quality depth” on their football teams, but it’s hard to argue with head coach Dabo Swinney’s similar assertion this year.

When he declares that the Tigers have walk-on players who could play at other schools, he’s not telling tales out of school, and that talent stockpile could prove to be integral to Clemson’s success in 2014.

“One of the keys to us this year will be doing a great job of managing our person-

nel because we do have a lot of talent and depth,” Swinney said. “We have guys that deserve to play, SWINNEY so we’ve got to do a good job of managing that, because that’s your morale.

“Guys that deserve to play should play. It’s not always 50-50 — it might be 70-30, it might be 80-20 — but the guys that deserve to play — and we’re going to have a bunch of those guys — should play.”

Swinney finds himself blessed with an almost embarrassing wealth of talent, his inventory fed by a steady diet of Top 20 recruiting classes during the past decade.

Even defensive coordinator Brent Venables, who’s generally not given to effusive praise, concedes that the Tigers’ cupboard appears well-stocked.

“We have the most complete depth since I’ve been

here at all three levels,” Venables said.

A coach hopes that the boundaries of his team’s depth aren’t tested by injury, but a coach also knows that injuries of varying degrees are bound to happen during a season, which brings depth into play.

Even if major injuries are avoided, and regardless of how talented a starter is, very few are capable of playing every snap of a game, particularly given the Tigers’ up-tempo offensive approach that leads to more snaps on both sides of the ball.

Depth becomes an all-important factor.

For Clemson, there is substantial depth along the defensive tackle, defensive end, running back and at tight end.

At nickelback, junior Travis Blanks — a freshman All-American two years ago – is attempting to stave off challenges from a trio of players — T.J. Burrell, Korrin Wiggins, and Dorian O’Daniel.

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Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Sumter Funeral Service Inc.

HERCULES SMITH SR. Deacon Hercules Smith Sr. was born on Sept. 4, 1940, to the late John Henry and Allie Dukes Smith. He departed this earthly life at 11:47 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at Kingsbrook Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.

Prior to moving to New York, Deacon Smith was married to Rosa Pack-Smith of Sumter. Deacon Smith was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. He retired from Stanpact Industries in Port Washington, New York, after 21 years of faithful service. Deacon Smith was a dedicated Christian, who gave his life to Christ at an early age.

He was a member of Enon Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter prior to relocating to New York. After relocating to Brooklyn, New York, he joined the ministry of the United Missionary Baptist Church, where he served faithfully as the church custodian, president of the gospel choir, and trustee. While at United Missionary Baptist Church, God elevated him to the office of deacon. After more than 30 years, Deacon Smith then joined his current ministry, Charity Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, where he served faithfully as the vice president of the deacon ministry, until his health declined. Deacon Smith loved his pastor, first lady, and his Charity Baptist Church family dearly. He will be remembered not only for his beautiful voice and no nonsense attitude about the “the things of God” but also for his love in preparing delicious breakfast for Easter Sunrise Services and for one of his signature dishes, “Catfish Stew.” He was an excellent soloist and sang with many gospel groups. His favorite song was “May the Work I’ve Done Speak for Me.” He was a loving father who loved his family, traveling to South Carolina, and fishing.

Deacon Smith leaves to cherish his memories: his wife, Rose Debose Smith of Brooklyn; four daughters, Dianna Smith (Johnnie) Grinnell, Anita Smith and Dr. Vanessa Smith (Ivory) Canty, all of Sumter, and Gail (Brian) Debose of Laurelton, New York; two sons, Hercules Smith Jr. of Sumter and Tyrone of Brooklyn; 11 grandchildren, Sgt. 1st Class Tajuana Grinnell, Johnny Grinnell, Brittany Smith, Ivory Canty Jr., Jarian Debose, Nathaalie (Samuel) Carey, Brandon and Shareena Conyers, Shawn Moses, and Jermaine and Silas Smith; 13 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Sally

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And it led Spiller to raise his expectations by suggesting a 2,000-yard season was not out of reach last season.

Unfortunately, the chances of that happening were derailed from the start.

Spiller was dealing with offfield issues last August, when his step-grandfather shot and killed two people before killing himself in Florida. Then he was undone by injuries by first straining his right quadriceps, before being hobbled by a high ankle sprain that never had time to heal.

He finished with 933 yards rushing and was limited to 10 starts in 15 games.

“Obviously, I wish I wouldn’t have gotten hurt. But that’s one of the things that just happen,’’ Spiller said, assessing the year. “But to be able to do what I was able to do with me just having one healthy leg, I thought it was very impressive.’’

Fully healed, Spiller is eager to show he’s regained his powerful stride.

“I feel 100 percent,’’ he said.

The Bills are counting on that, because Spiller remains an integral part of their offense’s strength: the run game.

Despite injuries to Spiller and co-starter Fred Jackson,

Sumpter and Bernice Brunson of Sumter and Jessie Mae Evans of Brooklyn; three brothers, John Henry (Bessie) Smith and Kizer Dukes of Brooklyn and Leroy (Margurite) Smith of Sumter; and two loving godchildren, Javon and Sheba of Brooklyn.

He was preceded in death by two children and two grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. today at Charity Baptist Church of Christ, 142 Watkins St., Brooklyn, NY 11207.

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

YOLYNDRA S. GREEN Yolyndra Shavon Green, 35, died on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at Carolina Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Born on March 8, 1979, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Ashby and Algee Jennings Green.

The family will receive friends and relatives at the home, 123 N. Pike West, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

DOROTHY LEVY Dorothy Levy, 77, wife of James Levy, died on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Aug. 28, 1936, in Monroe, North Carolina, she was a daughter of Johnnie Meadows.

The family will receive friends and relatives at her home, 1700 New Levy Drive, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

LOUISE A. WARD Louise Avin Ward died on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at her home.

Services will be announced

by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 7759386.

EARTHA LEE MARTIN Eartha Lee Martin, wife of Harry Martin, entered eternal rest on Aug. 6, 2014, at her residence, 103 Lightwood Knot Road, Dalzell.

The family is receiving friends at the residence.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

the Bills still finished second in the NFL with 2,307 yards rushing — Buffalo’s highest total since 1992.

The Bills also spent the offseason adding depth to their backfield by acquiring Bryce Brown in a trade with Philadelphia, and signing Anthony Dixon in free agency.

The additions were made to provide insurance against injuries. What they’ve also done is led to some speculation about Spiller being expendable because he’s entering the final year of his contract.

Spiller dismissed the questions.

“One thing I’ve learned is that you can’t believe everything out there, and I don’t,’’ he said. “I’m a Buffalo Bill through and through. I love this place. This organization loves me. I’m here until further notice.’’

Offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett foresees Spiller playing a big role in Buffalo this season.

“When you have a player like C.J., you want to get him out there a whole bunch,’’ Hackett said. “He’s a great player, and we have to feature him just like we have to feature a lot of guys.’’

The Bills are being careful in keeping Spiller fresh for the regular season. Spiller had just one carry for 2 yards in a 17-13 preseason-opening loss to the New York Giants on Sunday.

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2 Single Beds with bedding, mattress in pristine cdnt $30 Each, Beautiful 9 drw dresser $150, 6 Drw dresser with mirror and matching end table $100 OBO Call 469-9275

Roofing Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Years Experience. 18 colors & 45 year warranty. Financing available. Long list of satisfied customers. Call 803-837-1549.

Septic Tank Cleaning

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time Experienced Floral Designers needed. Full and part time. Please call Laura at The Daisy Shop 803-773-5114 STC Now Hiring Diesel Mechanic Qualified candidates must have:

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: Ray Tobias & Company Septic tank pumping and services. (803) 340-1155 Senior and Military discounts available. 1st time customers receive 10% off when you mention this ad!

â&#x20AC;˘Valid driver license â&#x20AC;˘High School Diploma or GED â&#x20AC;˘Three years or more of diesel mechanical experience â&#x20AC;˘Must provide tools / picture at interview STC offers competitive salary and benefits EOE and Drug Free Workplace Contact - Pat Joyner 803-775-1002 x107

Farms & Acreage

Land & Lots for Sale

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $2

FSBO: 10 +/- acres plus custom built D/W MH $85,000. For a list of amenities & info, send email to: papatom@ftc-i.net.

5.1 acres (Lee Cty)for lease (cheap) for farming or ranching on long term basis. Mth or yrly.

561-502-8598 Owner lives in Fla.

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

RENTALS In Loving Memory Thomas Dukes Sr. 08/07/30-05/23/14 Happy Birthday! We love and Miss you! Your Loving Wife, Children, Grands & Sisters

FSBO: Manning, Country Club Acres, 1173 Deberry Dr. 3BR/2.5BA, brick ranch. C/H/A, large den, many upgrades. 2,155 sq ft. 0.56 acre lot. Deck & fenced yard. $159,900. Call 803-435-0447

Manufactured Housing

MERCHANDISE

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on June 17, 2014.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 07, 2014

Unfurnished Apartments

REDUCED: 6 Middle St. 3BR & 4th optional/2BA. C/H/A. New construction. Fin Avail.

775-4391, 464-5960

Commercial Industrial

2BR 1BA, Conv. to Sumter Mall. $530/mo + dep. 803-775-1281.

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO Alice Dr School Area 4 BR 2 BA carport, fenced yard, $1200 Mo. + Dep Call 704-345-8547 Shannon Dr. behind Jehovah Church & Layfette. 3BR 1BA, completely remodeled, like new!

Fenced yard, den, dining room, C/H/A. $600 sec. dep + $600 mo.

Section 8 welcome! Call Mon - Fri between 9 am - 6 pm 803-316-7958 or 803-773-1838.

PRICE TO SELL Nice lot. Good neighborhood. Corner of Winn St.& Willow Dr. Financing also available. 803-775-4391, 464-5960

Lease or Sale- Owner financing avail, 5200 sq ft Building.

Large fenced lot, 4 offices, kitchen, reception office, shop area. 822 S Guignard Call 803 968-5762 For Sale by Owner 111 Alice Dr $120,000. 108 ft corner lot, masonry veneer, new roof, 3BR 2BA w/ceramic tile/floor, Lrg LR with buck stove insert in F/P, dining room, family room, kitchen with handmade pine cabinets, dw, hardwoods. Ceiling fan in every room except LR. C/H/A, Patio 2 Car garage, brick fence in back yard with white rod iron gate. Contact # 1-617-276-3306

TRANSPORTATION A Guaranteed Credit Approval AUTO LOANS We will arrange financing even if you have been turned down before.

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

3 homes for rent. 1300 - 2100 sq ft., $850 - $1200 mo. 3 br, 2 ba, (near Shaw AFB). 646-460-4424.

2 & 3 Br brick and mobile homes located in Sumter and Manning starting at $350. AC & heat pump.

No Section 8. Call 803-225-0389.

2BR/1.5BA, duplex Ceiling fans, carpet/tile flrs, wht kit, stove/fridge, laundry rm, carport, shed, $600 /mo + dep.

No Pets.

803-481-8286 lv msg.

3600 Dallas: Dalzell, 3BR, 2BA. Big Lot. Big storage & workshop. 1/2 ac lot. Financing Available. 775-4391, 464-5960

Recently renovated: 3BR, 1BA home, den w/fireplace. No Pets, $675/mo + sec. dep. 983-8463 after 10am.

2/3BR MH. All appliances, C//H//A, Section 8 OK 469-6978 499-1500 Nice 3BR/2BA SW on 1 acre. 5 min. to Shaw, all appl's, $650/ mo+dep. 803-983-0371 16x80 MH, 3BR/2BA, $450/mo + $350/dep. Ref required. No section 8. Call 803-775-0492 leave name & number

(Scenic Lake) 3BR 2BA 16x80.

No pets Call 803-499-1500. From 9am- 5pm 3 Bay Garage with 2 lifts. Call Bobby Sisson 803-773-4381

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Craig Industries, Inc. of Sumter (Dalzell- located at the back gate of Shaw Air Force Base) has immediate openings for experienced industrial single needle sewing machine operators. (Sergers and Zipper Setting) Applications taken daily (Monday - Friday) at the plant from 8:00AM - 3:00PM. Dalzell location - 803-499-9406 2615 Peach Orchard Drive (Back gate of Shaw Air Force Base) An equal opportunity employer.

REDUCED for quick sale 411 N. Magnolia, Hrwd floors, C/H/A. Garage, workshop & shed. Comm. lot on Lafayette also available. Fin Avail.

775-4391/ 464-5960

Reconditioned batteries $35. Also have lawn mower, truck, 4 wheeler, golf cart & marine batteries, starters & alternators. Car dealers/garages ask about special prices. Auto Electric Co. 803-773-4381

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