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Carolina on the wing USC, Boeing forge aerospace research partnership BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER The Associated Press

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COLUMBIA — Boeing and University of South Carolina have announced a long-term research agreement that its leaders said will produce new and innovative technologies for the aerospace industry as well as the engineers to foster them. University President Harris Pastides and Boeing Chief Technology Officer John Tracy made the announcement Thursday at the school’s McNair Center for

aerospace research in Columbia. Boeing is expected to invest up to $5 million during the life of the agreement. The money should pay for up to two dozen research projects that are expected to improve Boeing’s products, officials said. The projects will focus on such things as new ways to use carbon fiber composite materials, finding improved techniques for fusing aircraft parts and improving the efficiency of structures through automated manufacturing. Boeing is the world’s largest

aerospace firm. Its workers assemble the company’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft at its 740-acre facility in North Charleston. About 6,000 people are employed at the complex. It also opened a research center in North Charleston that focuses on composite fuselage and propulsion production. The McNair Center is named in honor of the late space shuttle Challenger astronaut Ronald McNair, a South Carolina native killed in the 1986 explosion of the

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Volunteers for Feed My Starving Children work on filling bags of food for distribution in Haiti at Sumter County Civic Center on Wednesday. More than 500 volunteers worked for two days to fill 100,000 bags of food.

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Demo Day focuses on resources available to minority entrepreneurs BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com According to two representatives of the Sumter area, the statewide meeting that was held in Columbia on Tuesday regarding inclusive entrepreneurship could lead to increased opportunities for minority entrepreneurs in South Carolina. The meeting was held in conjunction with the first-ever White House Demo Day, during which entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to the president and venture capital-

ists. Demo Day focused on celebrating minority entrepreneurs. In South Carolina, entrepreneurs and representatives of entrepreneur support organizations met to discuss ways to amplify opportunities for minority entrepreneurs throughout the state. Brenda Golden, South Carolina Department of Commerce Regional Workforce adviser for Sumter, Clarendon, Kershaw and Lee counties, said there were about 30 people, including herself, representing a variety of organizations during

the meeting earlier this week. It was encouraging to see how our state pulled together to build this segment of our economy, Golden said, referring to minorityowned businesses. She said many perspectives were represented, and a lot of information was shared regarding economic markets in different areas in the state. Golden hopes to localize the best practices that were shared in

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Remembering Hiroshima, Nagasaki Japan marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombings HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday with Mayor Kazumi Matsui renewing calls for U.S. President Obama and other world leaders to step up efforts toward making a nuclear-weapons-free world. Tens of thousands of people stood for a minute of silence THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at 8:15 a.m. at a ceremony in Members of a rightist group offer silent prayers for the victims of the Hiroshima’s peace park near atomic bombing with anti-U.S. banners near the U.S. Embassy in the epicenter of the 1945 atTokyo on Thursday. Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic tack, marking the moment of bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday. A banner, left, reads “Is U.S. righ- the blast. Then dozens of doves were released as a symteous? Human rights? Don’t make a fool of victims!”

bol of peace. The U.S. bomb, “Little Boy,” the first nuclear weapon used in war, killed 140,000 people. A second bomb, “Fat Man,” dropped over Nagasaki three days later, killed another 70,000, prompting Japan’s surrender in World War II. The U.S. dropped the bombs to avoid what would have been a bloody ground assault on the Japanese mainland after the fierce battle for Japan’s southernmost Okinawan islands, which took 12,520 American lives and an estimated 200,000 Japanese, about half civilians. Matsui called nuclear weapons “the absolute evil and ultimate inhumanity” that must be abolished and criticized nuclear powers for

keeping them as threats to achieve their national interests. He said the world still bristles with more than 15,000 nuclear weapons. He renewed an invitation to world leaders to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see the scars themselves during the G-7 summit in Japan next year. “President Obama and other policy makers, please come to the A-bombed cities, hear the hibakusha (surviving victims) with your own ears and encounter the reality of the atomic bombings,” he said. “Surely, you will be impelled to start discussing a legal framework, including a nuclear weapons convention.”

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College gets $1.1M for TRiO Program BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Central Carolina Technical College has received a $1.1 million U.S. Department of Education grant to continue its TRiO Student Support Services program for five years. The program will serve 160 students from Clarendon, Lee, Kershaw and Sumter counties. TRiO is a federally funded postsecondary education program designed to provide academic assistance and support to CCTC students who meet the eligibility requirements. To participate in TRiO programs, the student must meet at least one of the eligibility requirements, according to CCTC’s website: meet federal income guidelines; be an enrolled first-generation college student; have a documented physical, psychological or learning disability; or have a need for academic assistance. About $231,103 per year will be used for the program, said Becky Rickenbaker, CCTC director of public relations. Rickenbaker said this is the third time CCTC has been approved to receive funding for the program. Only 57 percent of the 1,700 programs that applied were funded. “Watching students who come into the program grow and blossom and realize his or her full educational potential is very rewarding,” said Gwen Parker, director of the program. “The impact seen on Central Carolina students is a higher persistence rate from one year to the next, a higher graduation rate and a higher transfer rate to a four-year college or university.” TRiO gives students access to oneon-one tutoring, allows them to develop networking skills, helps with transfer assistance, provides opportunities to attend cultural events and offers counseling. The program also offers workshops on topics such as time management, financial literacy, test anxiety and more. There are between six to eight workshops offered every month, and students are required to attend at least two workshops a semester, Parker said. New initiatives through 2020 include peer and alumni mentoring, additional college visits, an increase in financial literacy and non-cognitive skills training and enhanced career planning. “We focus on the whole student when providing services,” Parker said. “TRiO provides these students with an opportunity to gain assistance in obtaining an equitable education that will provide a good foundation for better employment.” Students in the program range in age and work experience, but all are pursuing their first associate’s degree, Parker said. The program also offers about five scholarships a year, valued at about $582, to qualifying students.

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Erik Daunheimur and Gavrielle Kirkman work on last-minute adjustments to the capture arm on their robot during the Introduction to Manufacturing Summer Camp’s robot contest at Sumter Career and Technology Center on Thursday.

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wenty-one Sumter School District eighth- and ninthgrade students learned all about using robotics at the Introduction to Manufacturing Summer Camp held during the past two weeks at Sumter Career and Technology Center. The program, sponsored through a $7,500 grant from Sandvik Coromant and a $2,000 grant from the S.C. Department of Commerce, is one of two in the state being held for the first time this year, according to Brenda Golden, regional workforce adviser at S.C. Department of Commerce. Wendy Jacobs, the camp’s director and mechatronics instructor at the career center, said, “The goal of the program is to inspire students to pursue manufacturing and engineering careers as well as learn to be independent problem solvers.” The program uses different sets of robots for activities and games. The students put the robots together and program them to do various functions. One set of robots comes from VEX Robotics and involves a game played on a square field with a robot placed on each side of the field, using soccer balls and footballs. The object of the game is to use

Jaylin Burnson looks on as driver Joseph Clayborne uses his team’s robot to scoop up a ball as the opposing team’s robot dumps a ball over the wall during the camp. The campers built robots to compete in a contest to get the most balls over the opponent’s wall.

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the robots to get as many balls onto an opponent’s side of the field as possible during a two-minute match. The other game is LEGO’s Space Challenge Activity Pack, which involves various missions. “The students actually get a feel for robotics and programming by doing these activities,” said Baylee McLeod, an assistant instructor at the camp and a pre-med student at Charleston Southern University. Deja Lint, a ninth-grade student, said she was able to use material

learned in math and science hands on at the camp. “This camp was challenging both mentally and physically, and we had to work together to accomplish and solve various problems,” Lint said. Cedric Kirkman said that his daughter, Gabby Kirkman, has become interested in robotics and wants to be an engineer after attending the camp. “I’m excited for her, not just in the educational component but experiencing robotics hands on,” he said.

Sumter City Council approved final reading of: • An ordinance annexing one parcel of land at 2530 Broad St. into city limits so that the future establishment will be eligible to receive city services; • An ordinance authorizing the city to transfer parcels of land at

908 N. Main St. and 711 Brown St. to Sumter County in connection with a 2008 Capital Penny Sales Tax project to improve Lafayette Drive; and • An ordinance authorizing the city to recodify and update the City Code of Ordinances.

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Central Carolina Technical College’s Health Sciences Division pinned 18 new medical assistants, 12 new massage therapists and 12 surgical technologists at three pinning ceremonies Tuesday in the Iris Room of Central Carolina’s Health Sciences Center. Medical Assistants, such as those left, are broadly defined as individuals who assist other health care professionals in offices and other medical settings, performing delegated administrative and clinical duties in accordance with respective state laws governing such actions and activities. Members of this year’s Medical Assisting graduating class are, in alphabetical order: Sharon Anderson, Frieda Betrand, Laci Cothran, Ashley Davis, Seritta Davis, Kararae Deloach, Nikia Evans, Faith McGee, Ashley Moore, Charita Nelson, Jacqueline Nesbitt, Adrina Parker, Amanda Purvis, Kayla Ratliff, Alan Roberts, Trell Sanders, Ashleigh Tallent and Ashley Thomas. Adjunct faculty includes: Mary Hayes and Karen Taylor. Program manager is Mickey Wheeler.

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transported by EMS to Tuomey Regional Medical Center for treatment; he has since been transported to the detention center. Carlos Greene, 34, of 92-A Somerset Drive, was arrested Friday and charged with improper signaling and unlawful possession of a weapon after he reportedly made a turn without using a turn signal into a parking lot on Miller Road while approaching a checkpoint and allegedly placed a silver-andblack handgun on the ground before being detained by law enforcement. Greene has two previous convictions of burglary, according to police reports. STOLEN PROPERTY An outdoor air-conditioning unit valued at $3,000 was reportedly stolen from a residence in the 400 block of Edward Street on Friday.

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Puerto Ricans face punishing drought BY DANICA COTO The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans are learning to live without water on an island that already was suffering an economic crisis. A severe drought is forcing businesses to temporarily close, public schools to cancel breakfast service and people to find creative ways to stay clean amid sweltering temperatures. Rationing rules that had meant water coming through the pipes only

one day out of three will increase the cutoff to one day out of four starting next week, government officials say. “I’ve grown fearful of the weather report,” said Cornelio Vegazo, owner of a roof-repair company. “There’s no light at the end of the tunnel.” The drought is one of the worst in the U.S. territory’s history. July was the fourth-driest month in the capital of San Juan since 1898, the year Puerto Rico became a possession of the United States. Only 1.6 inches of rain fell last month, and forecasters predict several more weeks and possibly

months of dry conditions. More than 20 percent of Puerto Rico is in extreme drought, and an additional 45 percent is in a severe one, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, which says 2.8 million people are affected. The situation has grown so dire that Puerto Rico’s water and sewer company announced Wednesday that it would spend about $200,000 during three months on a pilot project to use “cloud seeding” in hopes of creating rain clouds over three of the island’s main reservoirs.

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Warming temps push walrus farther north, endanger food supply

Two walrus cows are seen on ice off the west coast of Alaska in 2004. Hunters and scientists say a warming climate is causing walrus migration patterns to veer from historical hunting grounds as the ocean ice used by the animals to dive and rest recedes farther north.

Village elders also tell biologists the wind is blowing in new directions. In 2013, a lateseason icepack clustered around St. Lawrence Island, blocking hunters from the sea. “I think one of the biggest issues is that things have gotten so variable. It’s hard to really predict what’s going to happen,” said Jim MacCracken, Alaska walrus program supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Iver Campbell and other Yup’ik Eskimo hunters from two St. Lawrence Island communities harvested more than 1,100 walrus in 2003. But a decade later, hunters managed to take only 555 — a fraction of the ideal of one walrus per resident, per year. Things still aren’t looking any better for the 1,430 residents of the villages of Gambell and Savoonga. The recent spring take was 233 walrus, according to preliminary Fish and Wildlife figures. The shore ice once served to block the wind for hunters, but that’s no longer the case, said Campbell, who’s lived all 64 years in Gambell, population 713. “The ice goes out real fast, melts real fast,” he said. “We don’t have anything to counter the wind and the rough water.” Science backs that observation. According to the Office of Naval Research, the past eight years have had the eight

basic white bread. People rely on the region’s resources for up to 80 percent of their diets. Their hunting practices are closely monitored by federal authorities to ensure the animals that are killed are not going to waste. Generally, such hunts don’t cause a public outcry in Alaska. In these communities, a subsistence lifestyle is a necessity. In fact, the low harvest this year recently prompted a donation of 10,000 pounds of frozen halibut to four affected villages.

Alaskans see decline in numbers harvested ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anna Oxereok grew up eating walrus in the western Alaska village of Wales. Today it’s such a rare treat she can’t bring herself to part with the plastic gallon bag of meat in her freezer. “I have to save it for something special,” she says. Her brother caught two animals this spring and shared the meat and fat, but it didn’t go very far in the village of 150. She’s thankful for what she got, though. It’s become increasingly difficult to land a walrus. Other remote communities at the edge of the Bering Sea also are seeing a steep decline in walrus harvested the past several years. Walrus, described by some as having a taste between veal and beef, is highly prized by Alaska Natives as a subsistence food to store for winter, with the adult male animals averaging 2,700 pounds. The sale of carved ivory from the tusks, legal only for Alaska Natives, also brings in supplemental income to communities with high unemployment rates. Hunters and scientists say walrus migration patterns are veering from historical hunting grounds as temperatures warm and the ocean ice used by the animals to dive and rest recedes farther north.

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Newly freed, man fights appeal in ’89 fire death BY MICHAEL RUBINKAM The Associated Press NEW YORK — He lost his daughter in a fire. Then he lost his freedom. Han Tak Lee spent 24 years in prison before a judge threw out his arson-murder conviction, ruling the highly technical case against him was based on “superstition,” not science. “I lost all my dreams,” Lee says now, a year after his release from a PennsylLEE vania prison. His 1990 conviction was one of dozens to be called into question around the U.S. amid revolutionary changes in investigators’ understanding of arson. Lee, who emigrated from South Korea with his wife and daughters and earned U.S. citizenship, insists he’s not bitter toward his adopted country — even as he awaits an appeals court ruling that could put him back behind bars. Prosecutors are urging the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate Lee’s conviction and life sentence, insisting he set the fire that killed his mentally ill daughter at a cabin in the Pocono Mountains, about 80 miles west of New York.

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lished a guidebook for fire investigations, called NFPA 921, that addressed misconceptions about arson and provided a roadmap for determining a fire’s origin and cause. It is still considered the gold standard for arson probes. “It’s definitely improved the skills of arson investigators, leading to better arson investigations,” said the NFPA’s Ken Willette. But NFPA 921 came too late for Lee, who had already been convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Brother-in-law John Yun said no one in the family blamed Lee for the death of 20-year-old Ji Yun Lee. “Never, never,” he said. “This is a 100 percent innocent person.” Prison was a lonely place for Lee, whose English is limited. About the only time he got to hear his native tongue was during quarterly visits

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‘Resource’: A landfill of opportunity for millenial humor BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “Human Resources” (10 p.m., Pivot, TV-PG) returns for a second season. For the uninitiated, “Resources” is a documentary-style comedy that follows the many employees of an actual cutting-edge waste-management firm in Trenton, New Jersey. TerraCycle is out to create specific boxes for every conceivable form of waste. It has developed a container for your coffee pods, your ear buds and even your hair. With a lab on the premises of its headquarters, a funky, graffiti-decorated warehouse in an industrial park, TerraCycle comes up with ways to melt down and repurpose all kinds of plastics, synthetics, metals and more organic elements. “Resources” divides its attention between the ongoing science and technology of TerraCycle and the very lowkey shenanigans of its staff. The company also seems to have found a way to recycle anybody over 35 years old, keeping the series very much in Pivot’s desired demographic. Not unlike “The Office,” the conversations here are just about everything but getting work done. But because TerraCycle is a real company and this is really its staff, it’s an “Office” where the goals of Dunder Mifflin actually matter. A sales associate arrives from Canada and spends a lot of time auditioning for the company’s trivia team and grooming his beard. The lack of generational diversity robs the series of opportunities for misunderstandings and tension between more buttoneddown older types and these strenuously mellow employees. There’s no Bill Lumbergh, the Gary Cole character from the 1999 movie “Office Space,” to play the passive-aggressive heel. The sheer size of the staff keeps the focus off any one particular melodrama, and the characterizations lack the vicious parody of “Portlandia.” Goofy and genial, “Resources” could be watched as a slightly offbeat industrial film — a bit of corporate propaganda for a new approach to recycling. Humor, it seems, is

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Just who is helping Iran’s hard-liners?

he latest Quinnipiac poll shows that the American public rejects the president’s Iran deal by more than 2-to-1. This is astonishing. The public generally gives the president deference on major treaties. Just a few weeks ago, a majority supported the deal. What happened? People learned what’s in it. And don’t be fooled by polls that present, as fact, the administration’s position in the very question. The Washington Post/ABC poll assures the respondent that, for example, “international inspectors would monitor Iran’s facilities, and if Iran is caught breaking the agreement economic sanctions would be imposed again. Do you support or oppose this agreement?” Well, if you put it that way, sure. But it is precisely because these claims are so tendentious and misleading that public — and congressional — opinion is turning. Inspections? Everyone now knows that “anytime, anywhere” — indispensable for a clandestine program in a country twice the size of Texas with a long history of hiding and cheating — has been changed to “You’ve got 24 days and then we’re coming in for a surprise visit.” New York restaurants, observed Jackie Mason, get more intrusive inspections than the Iranian nuclear program. Snapback sanctions? Everyone

COMMENTARY knows that once the international sanctions are lifted, they are never coming back. Moreover, consider the illogic of President Obama’s argument. The theme of his American University speech Wednesday was that the only alternative to what he brought back from Vienna is war because sanctions — even the more severe sanctions that Congress has been demanding — will never deter the Iranians. But if sanctions don’t work, how can Charles you argue that the Krauthammer Iranians will now be deterred from cheating by the threat of ... sanctions? Snapback sanctions, mind you, that will inevitably be weaker and more loophole-ridden than the existing ones. And then came news of the secret side agreements between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency. These concern past nuclear activity and inspections of the Parchin military facility where Iran is suspected of having tested nuclear detonation devices. We don’t know what’s in these side deals. And we will never know, says the administration. It’s “standard practice,” you see, for such IAEA agreements to remain se-

cret. Well, this treaty is not standard practice. It’s the most important treaty of our time. Yet, Congress is asked to ratify this “historic diplomatic breakthrough” (Obama) while being denied access to the heart of the inspection regime. Congress doesn’t know what’s in these side agreements, but Iran does. And just this past Monday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to the supreme leader, declared that “entry into our military sites is absolutely forbidden.” One secret side deal could even allow Iran to provide its own soil samples from Parchin. And now satellite imagery shows Iran bulldozing and sanitizing Parchin as we speak. The verification regime has turned comic. This tragicomedy is now in the hands of Congress or, more accurately, of congressional Democrats. It is only because so many Democrats are defecting that Obama gave the AU speech in the first place. And why he tried so mightily to turn the argument into a partisan issue — those warmongering Republicans attacking a president offering peace in our time. Obama stooped low, accusing the Republican caucus of making “common cause” with the Iranian “hard-liners” who shout “Death to America.” Forget the gutter ad hominem. This is delusional. Does Obama really believe the Death-to-America hard-liners are some kind of KKK fringe? They

are the government, for God’s sake — the entire state apparatus of the Islamic Republic from the Revolutionary Guards to the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei who for decades have propagated, encouraged and applauded those very same “Death to America” chants. Common cause with the Iranian hard-liners? Who more than Obama? For years, they conduct a rogue nuclear weapons program in defiance of multiple Security Council declarations of its illegality backed by sanctions and embargoes. Obama rewards them with a treaty that legitimates their entire nuclear program, lifts the embargo on conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, and revives an economy — described by Iran’s president as headed back to “the Stone Age” under sanctions — with an injection of up to $150 billion in unfrozen assets, permission for the unlimited selling of oil, and full access to the international financial system. With this agreement, this repressive, intolerant, aggressive, supremely antiAmerican regime — the chief exporter of terror in the world — is stronger and more entrenched than it has ever been. Common cause, indeed. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com. © 2015, The Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR HOW WILL HISTORY LOOK ON THIS GENERATION? What will they say about us? Future generations, sifting through the remains of our libraries and museums, will wonder and be astounded by the scattered evidence of our nation’s preoccupation with the darker forces of nature. Will they be astounded by our rapid decline and horrified by the infanticide that accelerated during our final years of existence? How will the correlate our early history based on principles of light, hope, and freedom to the final degradation of self-mutilation and destruction? We may even disappear completely like the lost tribes of our planet where indige-

nous populations were wiped out by invaders or fled to unknown locations for safety. Will we have resort to a new trail of tears, where God fearing, freedom loving people will be forced to escape to unknown regions of the planet? Our Founders envisioned a nation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not economic oppression instituted by global tyranny. The signs are abundant everywhere. The final trumpet has blasted the last warning. Either return to the light of our Lord and present our children to the holy grace of baptism or be cast into the fires of desolation and darkness. JOSEPH C. VALCOURT Sumter

Too many candidates to fit on a stage: Democrats then, Republicans now

hy did Fox News decide to schedule two Republican presidential debates rather than one? Simple arithmetic: 90 minutes divided by 17 candidates equals 5 minutes and 29 seconds apiece. That’s scarcely enough time for the oral equivalent of a few tweets. There won’t be a similar problem for the Democratic debates, with only five declared candidates, three of whom languish at 1 or 2 percent in the polls. Why do Republicans have so many candidates and Democrats so few? That’s directly contrary to the conventional wisdom that Republicans nominate the next guy in line, while Democrats tend to have multi-candidate brawls. Is this new state of affairs just an accident, or the result of something fundamental in the character of the parties? Once upon a time the conventional wisdom was right: Republicans tended to have binary contests — just two serious candidates — while Democrats had multi-candidate races. In 1972, the dawn of the primarydominated nominating system, Democrats had 16 declared candidates — the largest field until this cycle’s Republicans —while Richard Nixon quickly fended off challenges from congressmen to his left and right.

COMMENTARY The next two Republican races quickly became two-president contests: incumbent Gerald Ford and challenger Ronald Reagan in 1976 and, after experienced officeholders Howard Baker and John Connally faded, future incumbents Reagan and George Bush in 1980. In contrast, Democrats in the 1970s and 1980s had furious contests with a wide variety of candidates — George McGovern and George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey and Gary Hart, Henry “Scoop” Jackson and Jerry Brown, Edmund Muskie and Michael Dukakis, Al Gore and Jesse JackMichael son, Morris Udall and Barone Dick Gephardt. The only binary race was in 1980, when Edward Kennedy challenged incumbent Jimmy Carter. Starting in the 1990s, things were different. Democrats had one multicandidate race, in 1992, but Bill Clinton stood out clearly above all the rest. In 2000 Clinton cleared the field for Gore, and his one opponent, Bill Bradley, dropped out after New Hampshire. The field was a bit more clouded in 2004, when Howard Dean kept running after an initial collapse, but oth-

erwise it was John Kerry versus (have you forgotten?) John Edwards. And of course 2008 was Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama, as binary as any cycle in our time. It is Republicans who have had more varied fields over the past few decades: George Bush and Bob Dole, but also religious conservative Pat Robertson and free-marketer Jack Kemp in 1988; war veteran Bob Dole and isolationist Pat Buchanan plus Lamar Alexander and Steve Forbes in 1996. The 2000 race turned binary fairly quickly, between George W. Bush and John McCain. But primaries in 2008 and 2012 didn’t, with McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee slugging it out in 2008 and Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum doing so in 2012. What accounts for the number and variety of Republican candidates? A look at the 2016 field suggests the answer. These candidates have won elections in Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin — 12 states with 206 electoral votes. They include presidential campaign target states with 90 electoral votes as well as safe Republican states with 69 and safe Democratic states with 47. Republicans, with their voters spread relatively evenly over most of

the country and with the negative reaction to policies of the Obama Democrats, have been generating a large critical mass of officeholders and plausible presidential candidates. The 2016 Democratic field, in contrast, comes from the base, winning elections in Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia. These states have just 59 electoral votes (if Joe Biden runs, add Delaware’s 3) and, except for target-state Virginia, are heavily Democratic (62 to 67 percent Obama in 2012). This reflects the fact that in the Obama years Democrats have had trouble winning elections beyond their geographically clustered bases in central cities, sympathetic suburbs and university towns. Politicians elected in such constituencies, vulnerable only to primary challenges, tend to compile records too far left to make them viable national candidates. A long generation ago, Democrats were carrying many different areas and generating plenty — maybe more than plenty — presidential candidates. Now it’s Republicans who are generating more contenders than can fit on one stage. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner. © 2015 creators.com

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SUPPORT GROUPS AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA — Monday-Friday, noon and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852. AA Women’s Meeting — Wednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852. AA Spanish Speaking — Sunday, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852. AA “How it Works” Group — Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494-5180. 441 AA Support Group — Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441. AA Summerton Group — Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall. Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 4358085. C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call Elizabeth Owens at (803) 607-4543.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 3166763. Find us on Facebook at Sumter Vitiligo Support.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869. Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First and third Tuesday, 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call Betty at (803) 469-2616 or Carol at (803) 469-9426. Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Every Tuesday, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits. Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital cafeteria, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746. Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Open to all families or friends who have lost a loved one to murder in a violent way. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital community meeting room, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Amputee Support Group — Fourth Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital cafeteria, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746. EFMP Parent Exchange Group — Last Tuesday each month, 11 a.m.-noon, Airman and Family Readiness Center. Support to service members who have a dependent with a disability or illness. Call Dorcus Haney at (803) 895-1252/1253 or Sue Zimmerman at (803) 847-2377.

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha Willis at (803) 774-6181.

DAILY PLANNER

WEATHER TODAY

TONIGHT

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

A shower and t-storm around

Mostly cloudy

Partly sunny

Sunshine

Mostly sunny with a t-storm

Thunderstorms possible

89°

71°

92° / 72°

93° / 73°

92° / 72°

Chance of rain: 65%

Chance of rain: 20%

Chance of rain: 0%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 35%

WSW 8-16 mph

NNE 6-12 mph

N 6-12 mph

E 6-12 mph

ESE 6-12 mph

SW 7-14 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 84/68 Spartanburg 86/69

Greenville 88/70

Columbia 90/73

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS Today: Clouds and sun with a thunderstorm. Winds north 4-8 mph. Saturday: Partly sunny. Winds light and variable.

Sumter 89/71

Aiken 89/70

ON THE COAST

LOCAL ALMANAC

Charleston 88/73

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

SUN AND MOON

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

93° 75° 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

7 a.m. yest. 356.91 73.79 73.65 96.36

24-hr chg -0.04 -0.02 -0.05 -0.09

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

0.68" 0.68" 1.18" 24.83" 24.41" 29.52"

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 86/69/pc Chicago 81/66/t Dallas 103/81/s Detroit 82/63/pc Houston 100/78/pc Los Angeles 81/64/pc New Orleans 96/79/pc New York 84/69/pc Orlando 91/75/pc Philadelphia 83/69/r Phoenix 107/85/t San Francisco 74/60/pc Wash., DC 83/71/r

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

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 90/73/pc 81/66/pc 102/80/s 82/64/pc 100/77/s 79/65/pc 97/79/s 85/70/pc 89/76/t 86/69/s 105/85/s 73/60/s 87/72/s

Myrtle Beach 88/71

Manning 89/72

Today: Showers and a heavier thunderstorm. High 85 to 89. Saturday: A shower or thunderstorm. High 86 to 90.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 87/71

Bishopville 88/71

THURSDAY MEETINGS:

Celebrate Recovery — Every Friday, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc. Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, 11:30 a.m. Contact Kevin Johnson at (803) 7780303.

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter

TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) 469-4789. Asthma Support Group — Every 1st Thursday, 6 p.m., Clarendon County School District 3 Parenting Center, 2358 Walker Gamble Road, New Zion. Call Mary Howard at (843) 659-2102. Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., McElveen Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 905-7720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346. Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Harmon at (803) 905-5620.

FRIDAY MEETINGS:

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Today Hi/Lo/W 80/65/t 89/70/pc 92/72/t 88/74/t 85/74/t 88/73/t 86/69/t 90/72/t 90/73/t 89/70/t 84/71/t 84/71/t 86/70/t

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 2.74 +1.00 19 2.43 -0.19 14 1.50 -0.19 14 1.57 +0.02 80 74.29 -0.04 24 6.29 -0.81

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 86/65/pc 93/72/pc 94/72/pc 90/75/t 83/74/t 89/73/t 90/68/pc 92/74/pc 93/74/pc 91/71/pc 83/68/t 87/70/t 89/69/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 87/71/t Gainesville 88/75/pc Gastonia 86/69/t Goldsboro 86/70/t Goose Creek 88/73/t Greensboro 79/67/t Greenville 88/70/t Hickory 84/68/t Hilton Head 89/75/t Jacksonville, FL 89/74/t La Grange 93/69/c Macon 92/69/c Marietta 85/68/pc

Sunrise 6:37 a.m. Moonrise 12:42 a.m.

Sunset Moonset

8:18 p.m. 2:28 p.m.

New

First

Full

Last

Aug. 14

Aug. 22

Aug. 29

Sep. 5

TIDES AT MYRTLE BEACH

High 3:22 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:22 a.m. 5:01 p.m.

Today Sat.

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 90/71/pc 90/75/t 89/69/pc 86/68/pc 89/71/t 85/67/pc 91/70/pc 87/67/pc 88/76/t 95/74/t 96/73/pc 95/72/pc 91/71/pc

Ht. 3.0 3.3 2.9 3.3

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Low Ht. 10:11 a.m. -0.3 10:59 p.m. 0.4 11:10 a.m. -0.2 -----

Today Hi/Lo/W 82/65/t 87/74/t 88/71/t 89/72/t 88/75/t 82/68/t 87/69/t 85/70/t 89/74/t 86/69/t 88/72/t 85/71/t 79/67/t

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 86/65/pc 88/73/t 89/73/t 91/72/pc 90/75/t 85/67/pc 89/68/pc 89/67/pc 92/75/t 90/69/pc 89/71/t 87/70/t 84/66/pc

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

SATURDAY MEETINGS:

For Comfort You Can Count On, Better Make It Boykin!

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday, 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call Donna Parker at (803) 481-7521.

803-795-4257 www.boykinacs.com License #M4217

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Set up EUGENIA LAST interviews or check out online job postings. You’ll make a good impression if you send out your resume or discuss what you have to offer based on your past experiences. Romance and making personal living changes are encouraged.

The last word in astrology

to a mishap. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Offer to help others. Giving your time and attention to a cause may not please the people close to you, but the satisfaction you get will be worth your while. An instant connection to someone you encounter will influence your future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t wait for others to make a move. Emotional problems could develop TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put with your colleagues or potential your efforts into making your home employers if you aren’t careful. comfortable and welcoming. Back up and take a moment to sort Entertain friends, but don’t go over out your feelings and consider how budget. Get everyone to pitch in to best move forward. and help. Your ability to make someone feel at ease will allow you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Run a checklist before you vocalize to discuss sensitive issues. your intentions. You have to keep GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Ask everything in its place or someone questions if you feel someone is will object or criticize you. Put your withholding information. Your feelings on the table and extend an ability to get others to share invitation to share your life goals. secrets will help you make decisions that will influence your future. Changes to your home or where you live are encouraged. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Let your beliefs, talents and skills speak for themselves. Show everyone what you can do, but don’t brag or exaggerate. The proof is in the results you get. Stand up and do your best. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Look at your job options. Don’t limit yourself to a geographical location. Sometimes moving to where the action is professionally is the best answer. Send out your resume and prepare to negotiate. A past partner will influence your decision. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep your distance from anyone who puts demands on you. Take care of your own business first before you take on something that has absolutely no benefits for you. Don’t let an emotional matter lead

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A proposal to get involved in a joint venture won’t be as good as you anticipate. Before you give the goahead, rethink the outcome and prepare for any possible problems that might arise. Protect your money, possessions and investments. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll meet opposition if you try to push your ideas on others. Do your best to go it alone and present what you have done only after you are finished. The setbacks you’ll encounter will not be worth the aggravation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Time spent with an old friend or visiting places you used to frequent will bring back fond memories. Consider reviving an old idea or starting a new partnership with the potential to bring in extra cash. Consider starting a small, homebased business.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 THURSDAY

MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

LUCKY FOR LIFE MONDAY

2-9-14-33-34 PowerUp: 3

2-19-44-51-57 Megaball: 14 Megaplier: 2

9-11-14-16-42

4-5-17-20-23 Lucky Ball: 12

Powerball: 19; Powerplay: 2

PICK 3 THURSDAY

PICK 4 THURSDAY

0-9-4 and 9-6-8

1-1-9-8 and 8-7-0-8

SPCA DOG OF THE WEEK Becky, a 2-year-old red brindle female miniature pinscher mix, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She is sweet and friendly. She loves hugs and cuddling. Becky is great with other dogs and would make a great family buddy. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 7739292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit the website at www.sumterscspca.com.

SECTION

27 days until kickoff for Gamecocks football

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PREP FOOTBALL

Teams prepping for Sertoma Jamboree Trio of local schools have scrimmages before next weekend’s event BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Sumter High School football team was scheduled to have its first scrimmage of fall practice on Thursday, while Crestwood has its first

USC BASKETBALL

one today and Lakewood its first on Saturday. Each of the teams will have a scrimmage next week as well leading up to the Sertoma Jamboree to be played on Friday, Aug. 21, at Sumter Memorial Stadium beginning at 6

p.m. Each of the three Sumter School District schools will participate in the jamboree. Crestwood will take on Timmonsville beginning at 6 p.m. followed by Lakewood meeting Marion at 6:45. Sumter

will play the final 1-half scrimmage of the jamboree against Lake City beginning at 7:30. The Gamecocks, under the guidance of their fourth head

SERTOMA JAMBOREE FRIDAY, AUG. 14

at Sumter Memorial Stadium Schedule Crestwood vs. Timmonsville, 6 p.m. Lakewood vs. Marion, 6:45 p.m. Sumter vs. Lake City, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 per person. Fans from Sumter, Marion and Timmonsville will be asked to sit on the home side and fans from Crestwood, Lakewood and Lake City will be asked to sit on the visitors side.

SEE JAMBOREE, PAGE B4

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Carolina’s Mitchell has foot surgery BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s two-time Southeastern Conference player of the year Tiffany Mitchell is recovering after foot surgery last week. The injury to her left foot shouldn’t keep Mitchell out of the lineup when the Gamecocks open the season in November, the school said in a statement Thursday. Mitchell, who helped the Gamecocks reach the NCAA Final Four last season, injured her ankle in an exhibition game for the U.S. team ahead of the Pan Am Games last month. She didn’t play and remained with the team, but was on crutches when she returned to campus. A stress-related injury was disMITCHELL covered in her foot by the school’s medical director, and it required surgery. Coach Dawn Staley declined comment on Mitchell’s injury through a team spokeswoman. Mitchell, a 5-foot-9 guard from Charlotte, North Carolina, has been the centerpiece of South Carolina’s rise in the SEC and nationally. She’s led the team in scoring the past two seasons, averaging 15.5 points as a sophomore in 2013-14 when the Gamecocks won their first conference crown and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Mitchell scored 14.4 points a game last season, leading South Carolina to a second straight SEC regularseason crown, its first league tournament title and the Final Four. The Gamecocks have gone 25-8, 29-5 and 34-3 in Mitchell’s

SEE MITCHELL, PAGE B3

MARK LOMOGLIO/YANKEES

Tampa Yankees pitcher Jordan Montgomery (22), a former Sumter High School and University of South Carolina standout, is looking for more consistency as he climbs the ranks of minor league baseball.

Searching for consistency Former Sumter High, South Carolina standout still learning the pitching ropes in High Single-A with Tampa Yankees BY BARBARA BOXLEITNER Special to The Item FORT MYERS, Fla — Jordan Montgomery has pitched well for two New York Yankees minor league teams this season. Now the former Sumter High School, Sumter P-15’s and University of South

Carolina standout is working on consistency. The 22-year-old had a 4-3 win-loss record with a 2.68 earned run average in nine games for low Single-A Charleston before being moved up to High Single-A Tampa. The 6-foot-4-inch lefthander owns a 3-4 record and a 3.39 ERA in 11 games, including 10 starts.

“He’s in every game,” Tampa pitching coach Tommy Phelps said of Montgomery. “Usually he starts off games that are tough with a rough couple of innings, and then he gets going pretty good. He’s done well.” Phelps said many pitchers are slower

SEE MONTGOMERY, PAGE B4

PRO FOOTBALL

Seau fondly recalled as he goes into Hall of Fame BY BERNIE WILSON The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Junior Seau was many things to many people. He was one of the most ferocious linebackers of all time, the fist-pumping, emotional leader of his hometown San Diego Chargers for 13 seasons. He was a beach rat, living the Southern California lifestyle to the fullest. He always had a big smile and called everybody "Buddy." Seau will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, three years after he took his life in his oceanfront home at age 43. "I played around a lot of AP FILE PHOTO great players but none like Junior Seau," said former safety Linebacker Junior Seau (55) will be inducted posthumously into the Rodney Harrison, who was Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio.

teammates with Seau with San Diego and New England. "It was not only his accomplishments from an individual standpoint, but how he influenced everyone else and how he impacted my career. His numbers and his play really speak for themselves, but at the same time you can't measure how many lives he's impacted."

Seau's death, three years after he retired, shocked the football world as well as his hometown. He was diagnosed posthumously with the brain decay known as CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Sadly, Seau's death hangs over the memories of the many big moments he had in his 20-year career with San Diego, Miami and New England. "I've got a picture of him in my office," said Harrison, now a studio analyst with NBC. "He was a guy that loved life so much and he wanted to make everyone happy. He always had a smile and I never heard him complain. But that was probably a sore spot. He

SEE SEAU, PAGE B5

SPORTS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015

SCOREBOARD

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

TV, RADIO

SUNDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

6 a.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Playoff Round Draw from Nyon, Switzerland (FOX SPORTS 1). 11:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355 Practice from Watkins Glen, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Zippo 200 Practice from Watkins Glen, N.Y. (ESPN2). 1:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Second Round from Akron, Ohio (GOLF). 2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Whelen Southern Modified Series Strutmasters.com 199 from Winston-Salem, N.C. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Zippo 200 Practice from Watkins Glen, N.Y. (ESPN2). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Chicago Cubs (MLB NETWORK). 4:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355 Practice from Watkins Glen, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Barracuda Championship Second Round from Reno, Nev. (GOLF). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh (ESPN). 7 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Atlanta at Indiana (SPORTSOUTH). 7:30 p.m. – CFL Football: Montreal at Ottawa (ESPN2). 7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Miami at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Jaguares vs. Veracruz (UNIVISION). 8:30 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Shaw Charity Classic First Round from Calgary, Alberta (GOLF). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Los Angeles Angels or Houston at Oakland (MLB NETWORK). 10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Ievgen Khytrov vs. Nick Brinson in a Middleweight Bout, Regis Prograis vs. Amos Cowart in a Junior Weltweight Bout and Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Elvin Ayala in a Middleweight Bout from Atlantic City, N.J. (SHOWTIME). 11 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Chicago at Portland (UNIVISION).

GOLF The Associated Press BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL PAR SCORES

Thursday At Firestone Country Club, South Course Akron, Ohio Purse: $9.25 million Yardage: 7,400; Par 70 (35-35) First Round Danny Lee 32-33—65 -5 Graeme McDowell 31-35—66 -4 Jim Furyk 32-34—66 -4 Rickie Fowler 34-33—67 -3 Justin Rose 32-35—67 -3 Victor Dubuisson 33-35—68 -2 Paul Casey 35-33—68 -2 Robert Streb 33-35—68 -2 Koumei Oda 31-37—68 -2 Lee Westwood 34-34—68 -2 Ian Poulter 34-34—68 -2 Webb Simpson 34-34—68 -2 Henrik Stenson 34-34—68 -2 Soren Kjeldsen 35-34—69 -1 Francesco Molinari 34-35—69 -1 Jason Day 35-34—69 -1 Dustin Johnson 36-33—69 -1 Keegan Bradley 33-36—69 -1 Kevin Na 34-35—69 -1 Brooks Koepka 34-35—69 -1 Hideki Matsuyama 34-35—69 -1 James Hahn 33-37—70 E Jamie Donaldson 33-37—70 E Shane Lowry 35-35—70 E Danny Willett 35-35—70 E Thomas Bjorn 35-35—70 E Charl Schwartzel 36-34—70 E Brandt Snedeker 34-36—70 E David Lingmerth 37-33—70 E Bubba Watson 35-35—70 E Marcel Siem 36-34—70 E Martin Kaymer 33-37—70 E Joost Luiten 37-33—70 E Jordan Spieth 35-35—70 E Zach Johnson 35-35—70 E Russell Henley 34-36—70 E Bernd Wiesberger 36-35—71 +1 Marc Warren 36-35—71 +1 Sergio Garcia 33-38—71 +1 Patrick Reed 36-35—71 +1 Ryan Moore 36-35—71 +1 Sangmoon Bae 35-36—71 +1 Billy Horschel 34-37—71 +1 Matt Every 38-34—72 +2 Gary Stal 34-38—72 +2 WC Liang 36-36—72 +2 David Lipsky 37-35—72 +2 Marc Leishman 35-37—72 +2 Adam Scott 37-35—72 +2 Pablo Larrazabal 34-38—72 +2 Padraig Harrington 37-35—72 +2 Louis Oosthuizen 36-36—72 +2 Matt Kuchar 35-37—72 +2 Steven Bowditch 36-37—73 +3 Thongchai Jaidee 36-37—73 +3 Kevin Kisner 37-36—73 +3 Jimmy Walker 36-37—73 +3

MLB STANDINGS The Associated Press

Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

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

W 58 55 48 43 42

L 50 51 60 65 66

Pct .537 .519 .444 .398 .389

GB — 2 10 15 16

W 68 62 58 48 46

L 39 44 48 57 63

Pct .636 .585 .547 .457 .422

GB — 5½ 9½ 19 23

W 61 59 52 52 45

L 46 48 54 56 61

Pct .570 .551 .491 .481 .425

GB — 2 8½ 9½ 15½

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Colorado 7, Seattle 5, 11 innings Arizona 11, Washington 4 Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 6 San Francisco 6, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 3, 13 innings Milwaukee 8, San Diego 5

THURSDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Arizona at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

San Francisco (Leake 9-6) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 6-8), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-4) at Washington (Zimmermann 8-7), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-6) at Pittsburgh (G.Cole 14-5), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 10-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Fernandez 4-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 7-6), 7:35 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 8-6) at Milwaukee (Lohse 5-13), 8:10 p.m. Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 2-3) at Arizona (Ray 3-6), 9:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 2-1) at San Diego (Shields 8-4), 10:10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. Colorado at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 8:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m. Colorado at Washington, 1:35 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:10 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 8:05 p.m.

NASCAR The Associated Press

L 46 52 52 55 60

Pct .566 .523 .514 .495 .444

GB — 4½ 5½ 7½ 13

W 63 54 52 51 49

L 43 53 55 55 58

Pct .594 .505 .486 .481 .458

GB — 9½ 11½ 12 14½

W 60 57 54 50 48

L 49 50 53 59 61

Pct .550 .533 .505 .459 .440

GB — 2 5 10 12

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay 5, 10 innings Colorado 7, Seattle 5, 11 innings Baltimore 7, Oakland 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 4, Cleveland 3 Boston 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 9, Minnesota 7 Detroit 2, Kansas City 1 Texas 4, Houston 3

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City at Detroit, 1:08 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Toronto (Dickey 6-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 11-2), 7:05 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 3-6) at Detroit (Da. Norris 2-1), 7:08 p.m. Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-7) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3), 7:10 p.m. N.Y Mets (deGrom 10-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6), 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-8) at Kansas City (Volquez 10-6), 8:10 p.m. Baltimore (Gausman 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-1), 10:05 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 13-5) at Oakland (S.Gray 11-4), 10:05 p.m. Texas (Hamels 0-0) at Seattle (Iwakuma 2-2), 10:10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Recovering McIlroy listed in PGA field AKRON, Ohio — Rory McIlroy posted two videos on Instagram that suggest he might be able to return for the PGA Championship. The world’s No. 1 player is in the field for the year’s final major next week at Whistling Straits, and he will be listed in the tee times released Friday. That’s common practice for the majors — players MCILROY are automatically entered — and McIlroy does not have to decide whether he plays until his tee time at the start of the championship. McIlroy has not played since he finished fourth in the U.S. Open. He ruptured ligaments in his left ankle while playing soccer with friends in Northern Ireland the first weekend in July, forcing him to miss title defenses at the British Open and this week at the Bridgestone Invitational. DANNY LEE TAKES LEAD AT BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL

AKRON, Ohio — Graeme McDowell and Jordan Spieth were in good spirits Thursday at the Bridgestone Invitational, which was good news for only one of them. McDowell has been in such a rut that he has fallen

SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through Aug. 2 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 780. 2, Joey Logano, 734. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 717. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 713. 5, Martin Truex Jr., 694. 6, Brad Keselowski, 681. 7, Matt Kenseth, 662. 8, Jamie McMurray, 631. 9, Kurt Busch, 620. 10, Jeff Gordon, 617. 11, Denny Hamlin, 614. 12, Paul Menard, 591. 13, Ryan Newman, 584. 14, Clint Bowyer, 574. 15, Kasey Kahne, 559. 16, Carl Edwards, 553. 17, Aric Almirola, 534. 18, Greg Biffle, 502. 19, Kyle Larson, 485. 20, Austin Dillon, 484. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $6,014,731. 2, Joey Logano, $5,148,388. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,752,297. 4, Denny Hamlin, $4,304,022. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,135,770. 6, Brad Keselowski, $3,866,716. 7, Matt Kenseth, $3,861,161. 8, Jeff Gordon, $3,771,181. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $3,490,306. 10, Clint Bowyer, $3,396,858. 11, Ryan Newman, $3,334,503. 12, Greg Biffle, $3,317,337. 13, Jamie McMurray, $3,237,476. 14, Aric Almirola, $3,158,646. 15, Austin Dillon, $3,081,044. 16, Trevor Bayne, $3,022,980. 17, AJ Allmendinger, $2,924,820. 18, David Ragan, $2,900,155. 19, Kyle Larson, $2,875,995. 20, Casey Mears, $2,853,825.

THURSDAY, AUG. 13

FRIDAY, AUG. 14

Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY, AUG. 16

Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

WNBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE L 6 7 8 9 9 13

Pct .684 .632 .619 .550 .526 .350

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Phoenix Tulsa Los Angeles San Antonio Seattle

W 15 13 10 6 6 5

L 5 7 11 14 16 16

Pct .750 .650 .476 .300 .273 .238

GB — 1 1 2½ 3 6½ GB — 2 5½ 9 10 10½

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Washington 66, San Antonio 63

THURSDAY’S GAMES

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington at Connecticut, 7 p.m. New York at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

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

FOOTBALL

New Orleans at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Green Bay at New England, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 10 p.m.

W 13 12 13 11 10 7

FALL REGISTRATION

FLAG REGISTRATION

Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Canton, 8 p.m.

New York Washington Chicago Indiana Connecticut Atlanta

AREA SCOREBOARD SOCCER

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out of the top 50 for the first time in five years and hasn’t finished in the top 10 in America since playing this World Golf Championship a year ago. So he happily went along at Firestone South making five birdies in 10 holes on his way to a 4-under 66. That left him one shot behind Danny Lee, who got his mistakes out of the way early and played a flawless front nine to lead the first round with a 65. MAYWEATHER JR. DEFENDS CHOICE OF HIS FINAL FOE

LOS ANGELES — Floyd Mayweather Jr. says Andre Berto is a worthy opponent for the final fight of his perfect career. Three months after Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) dominated Manny Pacquiao in the most lucrative fight in boxing history, he began the difficult business of promoting his pay-per-view bout with Berto on Thursday with a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. Mayweather acknowledged the immediate backlash from his choice of Berto (30-3, 23 KOs), a former welterweight champion who has lost three of his last six fights. NHL WATCHING INVESTIGATION INVOLVING PATRICK KANE

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL says it is “following de-

velopments” of a police investigation involving Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane. The Blackhawks said they are in the process of gathering information and declined further comment. The Buffalo News first reported the investigation Thursday. Neighbors of Kane, who lives in Hamburg, New York, in the offseason, told the Chicago Tribune that police arrived at his lakefront property Sunday night and that several plainclothes officers entered his house using flashlights. At least one wore gloves and was seen taking pictures out front. JETS’ MARSHALL DECLARES REVIS BEST CORNERBACK EVER

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Brandon Marshall has seen enough of Darrelle Revis to declare him the best cornerback in NFL history. Yep, that’s right. Move over Deion Sanders. You, too, Mike Haynes. Champ Bailey and Rod Woodson? Nope. Marshall thinks his New York Jets teammate tops them all. Marshall reiterated his comments after training camp practice later in the day, praising Revis’ approach on the field — in games and at practice. From wire reports

SUNDAY’S GAMES

PRESEASON SCHEDULE

EAST DIVISION

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago Cleveland WEST DIVISION

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

NFL PRESEASON The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston CENTRAL DIVISION

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 1:08 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 3:37 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

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Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

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

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

visit www.sumtercountysc. org. EC MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE

The East Clarendon Middle School football program will begin practice on Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the school. Players are asked to bring shorts and T-shirts. For more information, contact Coach Kenny Benjamin at (803) 773-8514 or Coach Quan Barnes (803) 460-1310.

CHEERLEADING FALL REGISTRATION

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

SOFTBALL FALL REGISTRATION

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

BASEBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its fall baseball leagues. Registration will run through Aug. 19. The league

is open to children ages 7-14 as of April 30, 2016. Registration fee is $45. No late registration will be taken. There will be a coaches meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www.sumtercountysc. org.

GOLF CHURCHES CHALLENGE

There is one slot available for the 16th Annual Christian Golfers’ Association Churches Challenge Golf Tournament and Praise Rally which will be held on Aug. 14-15. A waiting list is being taken in case a team has to pull out and there is also a waiting list for individuals as well. On Saturday, Aug. 15, at Sunset Country Club, signin for the morning flight begins at 7 a.m. Tee off will begin at approximately 8 a.m. The afternoon flight will have sign-in at 11 a.m. for its 1 p.m. tee times. The cost is $45 per golfer and includes the praise dinner on Friday, Aug. 14, as well as lunch and beverages on Saturday. Players can also purchase up to two mulligans for $5 that can be used anywhere on the course. Members of the public are invited to attend the event and cheer for their team. Spectators can walk the course and sponsors are encouraged to set up a tent to display their products. Registration forms can be mailed to CGA, 1285 Clara Louise Kellogg Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 or can be brought to the office at Dillon Park, next to Crystal Lakes Golf Course. 9-HOLE SCRAMBLE

The 9-hole Scramble event hosted by The Links at Lakewood will be held every Thursday beginning at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per player and includes prizes and dinner. The cost is $12 for those attending just the dinner. To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 5 p.m. the day of the event.

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MLB ROUNDUP

Wacha wins 13th as Cards beat Reds 3-0 CINCINNATI — Michael Wacha gave the Cardinals’ tired bullpen a respite by throwing seven innings in the rain on Thursday afternoon, and St. Louis pulled away to a 3-0 victory over WACHA the Cincinnati Reds, taking yet another series from its NL Central rival. The Cardinals improved to 30 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2013 season. They have the best record in the major leagues at 69-39. They took two of three in Cincinnati and have won 15 of their last 18 series together. The Reds were shut out for the last 18 innings. St. Louis pulled out the second game of the series on Randal Grichuk’s homer in the 13th inning for a 4-3 win on Wednesday night. Wacha (13-4) overcame a 68-minute rain delay at the start of Thursday’s game, and then gave his used-up bullpen a rest. The right-hander allowed four hits and a pair of walks, allowing only two runners to reach second base. Trevor Rosenthal gave up an infield single and a walk in the ninth while getting his 32nd save in 34 chances and completing a five-hitter. Tony Cruz snapped his 0-for-15 slump with an RBI single, and Kolten Wong singled home two more off Michael Lorenzen (3-7) as the teams played through intermittent, sometimes heavy rain. There was a long delay after the sixth inning to spread a drying compound around the infield. NATIONALS 8 DIAMONDBACKS 3

WASHINGTON — Ian Desmond broke out of a prolonged slump with a home run and Bryce Harper

Martinez hadn’t homered since July 17 and hadn’t had a multi-homer game since hitting two for Boston against Toronto on Sept. 17, 2010. The Royals tied it with a three-run seventh. Drew Butera led off with a homer, and Kendrys Morales had a two-run double. The game was delayed for several minutes when a squirrel ran around on the field. It briefly ended up in the Tigers’ dugout, then raced into left field. WEDNESDAY GIANTS 6

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Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips tries to tag out St. Louis’ Jason Heyward as he slides safely into second base during the Cardinals’ 3-0 victory on Thursday in Cincinnati. reached base five times to help the Washington Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-3 on Wednesday. Desmond’s 12th homer of the season ended a 2-for-35 skid. His double to left leading off the fourth inning gave him more extra bases hits than he had produced in his previous nine games. He advanced to third on Wilson Ramos’ single and scored on a fielder’s choice by Michael Taylor. Joe Ross (3-3) pitched strong solid innings just giving up a solo homer to Jarrod Saltamacchia in the fifth inning. The rookie pitcher gave up five hits and struck out seven. DODGERS 10 PHILLIES 8

PHILADELPHIA — Zack Greinke was 3 for 3 with a homer to offset his worst start in three years and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-8 on Thursday. Greinke (11-2) gave up five runs before recording an out and finished with six runs allowed and seven hits in six in-

MITCHELL FROM PAGE B1 first three seasons. Mitchell, Khadijah Sessions and Asia Dozier are all returning starters who will be seniors this fall. Mitchell hasn’t always been the vocal of leaders, preferring to let her actions on the court show the way.

However, Staley has said Mitchell must step forward now that Aleighsa Welch is playing professional basketball in Portugal. “I just started this summer embracing the leadership role,” Mitchell said in June. “I’m just taking it on full

nings. But he helped himself at the plate and Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to pace the NL West-leading Dodgers. The six runs equaled the total Greinke gave up in his previous nine starts combined. He had a scoreless streak of 45 2-3 innings during that span. Greinke hadn’t allowed six earned runs since Aug. 19, 2012 when he gave up six for the Angels at Tampa Bay. Greinke’s ERA rose from 1.41 to 1.71. His batting average went from .170 to .220.

eighth. Garza (6-12) walked two and struck out five in his first victory in three starts. He avoided joining teammate Kyle Lohse as the only 13-game losers in the majors. Garza gave up a single to Derek Norris in the second and then nothing more until Melvin Upton Jr. hit a home run in the fifth. Garza retired the next seven batters and left with a 7-1 lead.

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MILWAUKEE — Khris Davis hit two three-run homers, Matt Garza limited San Diego to two hits in seven innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Padres 10-1 on Thursday. Davis homered for the first time since July 18, connecting off Padres starter Odrisamer Despaigne (5-8) in the third — a shot into the San Diego bullpen that made it 4-0. Davis also homered off Kevin Quackenbush in the

ROYALS 6 DETROIT — Ian Kinsler hit a two-run homer off Ryan Madson in the ninth inning to give the Detroit Tigers an 8-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. Jose Iglesias led off with a single against Madson (1-2) before Kinsler hit a 2-0 fastball into the bullpen in left field. Alex Wilson (2-3) got the win after getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth. Victor Martinez hit a threerun homer in the third and a two-run shot in the fifth to help the Tigers take a 6-3 lead.

force. Trying to be more vocal and get us on the same page.” The Gamecocks will open the season at home against Ohio State, an NCAA Tournament team last season. They also will have home games with women’s basketball power Duke and defending national champion Connecticut.

Should Mitchell’s recovery go more slowly than anticipated, the Gamecocks have 10 players returning from the Final Four squad. That includes SEC freshman of the year A’ja Wilson and 6-4 Alaina Coates, who followed Mitchell in scoring. Wilson led the American Under-19 team to the gold

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BRAVES 1 ATLANTA — Madison Bumgarner loves how the San Francisco Giants have returned to their winning ways with a tough part of the schedule coming up. San Francisco is about to begin a month-long stretch that includes eight series against contending teams. Bumgarner likes his team’s chances. Bumgarner pitched into the eighth inning, Kelby Tomlinson drove in three runs and San Francisco beat the Atlanta Braves 6-1 on Wednesday night. Matt Duffy added a two-run double and Hunter Pence had an RBI single for the Giants, who have won 16 of 21. Bumgarner (12-6), last year’s World Series MVP and a three-time All-Star, allowed seven hits, one run and struck out nine in 7 1-3 innings. Just two baserunners made it into scoring position against the big left-hander. Williams Perez (4-2) surrendered 10 hits, two walks and six runs in six-plus innings for the Braves, who have lost 11 of 14. Bumgarner gave up a leadoff single to Nick Markakis in the first and retired 10 straight before Chris Johnson singled in the fourth.

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medal at the FIBA World Championships this summer. However, Wilson returned in a walking boot after spraining her left ankle in the competition. She said last week she’d be better in a couple of weeks. Coates was part of the American team that took silver at the Pan Am Games.

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Allen-Williams happy to be back at linebacker

O’ Daniel ready to prove he can be consistent performer

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News COLUMBIA— Sophomore Bryson Allen-Williams was forced to play out of position at defensive end for much of his freshman season. Now he’s back at linebacker, his natural position. “I’m really comfortable playing wherever they need me,” Allen-Williams said. “It was pretty tough (playing defensive end) last year, but I learned a lot. I’m better at taking on offensive tackles now. “It was a learning experience. But it’s easier to read the run because I played down last year.” Allen-Williams says he has slimmed down from about 245 pounds to 230 pounds because defensive coordinator Jon Hoke likes the group to be faster and for the linebacker positions to be interchangeable. Freshman safety Darin Smalls, who enrolled in January, did not participate in spring drills due to because of a knee injury sustained while playing at Summerville High School. Although he is expected to compete for playing time at

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South Carolina’s Bryson Allen-Willams (12) said he feels more comfortable returning to play his natural position at linebacker after playing defensive end for most of his freshman season. spur, he was wearing a yellow “non-contact” jersey during Thursday’s practice. That apparently was just a precautionary measure after Smalls dealt with cramps Wednesday. Smalls is just happy to be in school after his enrollment was delayed because of questions about his standardized test score. “During that process, there was a lot of watching and waiting,” Smalls said. “I was waiting to hear back from the athletic department and all

that stuff — getting my papers sent through.” “I jumped high on my ACT score, so it got flagged. Then I had to go through that process. I didn’t know what to think. It was like, ‘Dang, I finally get what they want me to get and I’m still being penalized.’ ” Spurrier believes North Carolina, against which USC opens on Sept. 3, will be much improved on defense this season, and he credits new coordinator Gene Chizik.

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Friday, Aug. 14 Sertoma Jamboree vs. Lake City, 7:30 p.m.

at Trinity-Byrnes, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 at Williamsburg Jamboree in Kingstree vs. Holly Hill, TBA Friday, Aug. 21 at Pee Dee, TBA

CRESTWOOD at Ridge View, 9 a.m. at Lancaster, 6 p.m.

Today

Tuesday

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Today at Buford (Eau Claire, McBee), 6 p.m. Monday at Chesterfield, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Camden Jamboree vs. Andrew Jackson High, 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 14 Sertoma Jamboree vs. Timmonsville, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 vs. Buford, 6 p.m.

LAKEWOOD

Saturday at River Bluff (A.C. Flora, Blythewood), 9 a.m. Tuesday vs. Chapin, Spring Valley, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Sertoma Jamboree vs. Marion, 6:45 p.m.

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Today vs. Wilson Hall, Florence Christian, 6 p.m. Wednesday at Pee Dee Academy, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Florence Christian Jamboree vs. Dillon Christian, 7 p.m.

MANNING

Tuesday at Summerville, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Marlboro County Jamboree vs. Cheraw, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 Vs. Lake Marion, 6 p.m.

WILSON HALL

Today at Robert E. Lee (Florence Christian), 6 p.m. Tuesday at Williamsburg, TBA Friday, Aug. 14 Orangeburg Prep Jamboree vs. Grey Collegiate, 5:30 p.m.

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Saturday

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Today at Johnsonville (Lake View), TBA Saturday, Aug. 15 Chesterfield County Jamboree vs. Pageland Central, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 At Hemingway Sportsarama Vs. Carvers Bay, 7 p.m.

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Tuesday

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Friday, Aug. 14 at Carolina Academy, 5:30 p.m.

MONTGOMERY FROM PAGE B1 to establish rhythm in the early innings. “I’ve been doing that my whole life,” said Montgomery, who trained over the winter break with St. Louis Cardinals Double-A infielder Bruce Caldwell, whom he combined with to help the P-15’s to the 2010 American Legion state title and SHS to the ‘11 4A state title. “It’s getting loose, kind of a warmup, then settle in.” He has been pitching nearly every fifth day — with one side session in between — for a Tampa rotation Phelps said has grown to at least seven. Rainouts can push a start back one or two days. “Sometimes you have to piggyback with another starter and go four or five innings,” Phelps said. “Most of the guys are around 100 pitches (per outing).” Montgomery’s longest outing for Tampa is seven innings, which he reached twice. He had a high of seven strikeouts over six innings during a July 1 loss. In a July 23 no-decision, Montgomery’s velocity topped out at 94 miles per hour and he averaged 91, according to Phelps. “His last start was the hardest he’s

CLEMSON— Beefed up and pumped up, Dorian O’Daniel is ready to prove to everyone else that he’s ready for more than special teams duty. He proved it to himself last November in Clemson’s loss at Georgia Tech. O’ DANIEL Filling in for injured starter B.J. Goodson, O’Daniel logged 41 snaps after having played a total of 20 snaps in the previous nine games. He responded by making a team-high 10 tackles while adding a sack and causing a fumble, and was named co-defensive player of the game. “The moment wasn’t too big for him,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. “He was fearless.” And that fearlessness has carried over throughout the spring and summer and into fall camp. “I gained a lot of confidence in that game, even though we lost,” O’Daniel said. “Going back into the locker room it felt good knowing I had my teammates’ respect. “For a player who hadn’t been on the field much, I don’t

think they understood what a confidence boost that was going into the offseason.” O’Daniel, a sophomore out of Olney, Maryland, may not have been on the field much prior to that game, but he certainly had made the most of his chances. He was a terror on special teams in 2014, accumulating a team-high 14 tackles. That has fueled his fire for more. He’s competing against players such as Goodson, Travis Blanks and Korrin Wiggins at the Sam linebacker, or nickel back, position this fall. “That’s what camp is all about — competition,” O’Daniel said. “And when it’s all said and done, the best man will be on the field. I’m enjoying it. I haven’t had a competition like this in a while, not with this many talented athletes in the same position.” And at 6-foot-2, 219 pounds, O’Daniel is the biggest of the bunch. “Sometimes you might want a bigger body in there for situations where you’re expecting a short gain, a short run,” O’Daniel said. “I’ve put on some weight this offseason so I could be that guy, to be in there for the run aspect of the nickel position and the pass aspect. I hope I gain an advantage by that.”

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thrown since he’s been here,” he said. Phelps watched Montgomery during spring training and noted that his delivery is the same as it was then. However, Montgomery said his mechanics weren’t as sound after the promotion, that minor leaking elevated his pitches. He since has focused on repeating his delivery. “I threw pretty well in Charleston,” he said. “I’m trying to recreate that here.” He has been relying on the fastball, changeup and curveball, all of which he had while at Charleston. He is working on a cutter, too. “I’ve been trying to mix it in games every now and then,” he said. “But it’s kind of hard to do. I’m trying to focus on not giving up runs.” He said the Charleston coaches recommended the cutter midway through his stay there. “They wanted something a little harder, flatter,” Montgomery said, noting that the cutter is harder than the slider he worked on during the spring. “It’s late movement.” In time the cutter will be another option on days when

he doesn’t have all his pitches working. “Some days he might not have the curve, or his cutter’s not there,” Phelps said. “The other day he had a good changeup, but he’s been inconsistent in where he’s able to locate it. So it wasn’t as effective. He commanded his fastball better the other day, and he really pitched in well to the right-handers.” Command of the changeup is a priority for the time being. “It’s his changeup, finding that consistent control and command of it, being able to throw it down in the zone for a strike and expand,” Phelps said. “He has a tendency to miss up in the zone too much with it. And it’s hurt him in the sense where he’s not able to control swings as much. It’s putting a lot of pressure on his fastball. But when his changeup is on, he’s really good at keeping the hitters off balance.” The times Montgomery has struggled with consistency, his composure has been steady. “He doesn’t get rattled,” Phelps said. “He’s a good competitor. He doesn’t try to do too much when things aren’t going right. He keeps himself pretty much under control. He’s trying to make quality pitches.”

coach in four years in Mark Barnes, had its scrimmage at Blythewood on Thursday postponed due to bad weather. It will travel to Columbia on Tuesday to scrimmage Ridge View, now under the guidance of former Lakewood head coach Perry Parks. Crestwood scrimmages at Ridge View today at 9 a.m. before traveling to Lancaster on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. scrimmage. Lakewood, which will be in its first year under longtime Crestwood offensive coordinator Brian Jackson, has its first scrimmage on Saturday at River Bluff in Lexington at 9 a.m. A.C. Flora and Blythewood will also participate in that scrimmage. The Gators will host Chapin and Spring Valley on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Wilson Hall and Thomas Sumter Academy have their first scrimmages today. Wilson Hall, preparing for its first season under Adam Jarecki, will travel to Bishopville to scrimmage against Robert E. Lee Academy and Florence Christian beginning at 6 p.m., while TSA will go to Darlington to scrimmage Trinity-Byrnes,

also at 6 p.m. Laurence Manning Academy has its first scrimmage on Saturday at Pelion High School at 9:30 a.m. LMA and Wilson Hall will both compete in the Orangeburg Prep Jamboree on Friday, Aug. 14. LMA will take on Whale Branch High at 7:30 p.m., while the Barons will go up against Grey Collegiate beginning at 5:30 p.m. The regular season begins on Friday, Aug. 21, and there will be six Week Zero games involving area teams. SHS will make its debut under Barnes at home against York. The other games will have Lakewood playing at McBee, Lee Central traveling to Christ Church, REL will play host to Dorchester, Scott’s Branch will play host to Lake View and Clarendon Hall will be at home against John Paul II Catholic School in Ridgeland. The rest of the teams will begin their seasons on Friday, Aug. 28. Crestwood will play host to Sumter, Wilson Hall will be at home against Orangeburg Prep, TSA will open at Robert E. Lee, LMA will travel to Augusta Christian, Manning plays host to Scott’s Branch and East Clarendon travels to Green Sea-Floyds.

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Architect of Packers revival headed to Hall BY ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — When the Green Bay Packers were searching for someone to help rekindle the glory of the Lombardi years, they turned to Ron Wolf. Wolf turned the Packers back into a powerhouse and now he’s been rewarded with election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “I’m about five feet off the ground now when I walk,” Wolf said. “It’s a startling thing, the realization that I’m going in with the pillars, if you will, of professional football.” Wolf, who had a hand in drafting fellow 2015 inductee Tim Brown, began his NFL career as a scout for the Oakland Raiders in 1963, beginning a more than 24-year run with Al Davis. The first wave of stars he took part in drafting included Art Shell, Ken Stabler, Jack Tatum and Gene Upshaw, all of whom would play for the Super Bowl championship team in 1976 after Wolf had

SEAU FROM PAGE B1 never felt like he could fully disclose that he was unhappy or going through different things. He always wore a smile on his face. Something’s wrong with that. We all get happy and sad and show emotion. Junior didn’t show that. It came to a head and ended badly. That’s so sad. He loved life so much. To give so much and take your own life is so sad.” Harrison played in two Super Bowls with Seau, with the Chargers after the 1994 season, and the Patriots after the 2007 season. Harrison, former coach Bobby Ross and former general manager Bobby Beathard agree that Seau was the biggest reason the Chargers reached their only Super

Done. Wolf also surrounded himself with superb talent evaluators. His staff in Green Bay in the 1990s might go down as the greatest collection of personnel evaluation talent in one place in NFL history. Five of his understudies went on to get GM jobs in the NFL: John Dorsey, Scot McCloughan, Reggie McKenzie, John Schneider and Ted Thompson. When Wolf got to Green Bay, the Packers owned just four winning seasons since Vince Lombardi had left town following wins in the first two Super Bowls. During his nine years as GM, the Packers’ .639 winning percentage (92-52) was second only to San Francisco. They went to the playoffs six straight years and beat New England in the Super Bowl following the 1996 season. “We did it my way and it worked,” Wolf said. The key to it all was Favre, whom the Falcons had selected with the 33rd overall pick in 1991.

gone to Tampa. Although Wolf helped build the expansion Buccaneers team that would reach the 1979 NFC championship game, he was gone by that time after the franchise’s 0-26 start. “I kind of laid a huge egg in

Tampa and I knew what I did wrong. And I vowed if I ever got the opportunity again that would never happen,” Wolf said. He worried, however, that he’d never get that second chance because of his age. A month shy of his 53rd

birthday, however, Bob Harlan hired him in Green Bay in 1991. Wolf hired coach Mike Holmgren, traded for Brett Favre and a year later lured free agent Reggie White. The trio helped make Green Bay a desirable destination for future free agents, and White’s arrival also helped eradicate the perception that Titletown was a place where blacks felt uncomfortable. The NFL’s Siberia was suddenly its utopia. “It was like the stars fell in line at the right time,” said Favre, who called Wolf simply “the best GM in all of football.” Wolf always remained approachable. When star safety LeRoy Butler’s contract was coming up, Wolf went down to practice one day and asked him, “You like it in Green Bay?” “I love it in Green Bay,” Butler replied. “Well, you come up to my office,” Wolf said. “We’ll make sure you stay here the rest of your career.”

Bowl, which ended with a nightmarish 49-26 loss to San Francisco. “Not even close,” Harrison said. “He was the guy that kept that team together, made us believe we could win. He was the catalyst, the emotional leader, the spiritual leader, the best player. He was the best defensive player in the league. His teammates respected him. He made them believe and did something a lot of people didn’t think we could do, and that was win a lot of games and beat Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh.” Seau — playing with an injured shoulder — had 16 tackles in one of his most memorable performances as San Diego stunned the Steelers in the AFC championship game. Thirteen years later, Seau and Harrison were two minutes from sharing a Super

Bowl title and a place in history with the Patriots. But then David Tyree of the New York Giants made a sensational catch over Harrison, pressing the ball to his helmet to set up the winning touchdown. “I was so bummed out,” Harrison said. “Not that I didn’t make the play, but I didn’t make the play for my good buddy Junior.” Beathard’s top memory of Seau? “Oh gosh, that he was still there when we had our pick,” said Beathard, who in his first draft as Chargers GM selected Seau fifth overall in 1990. “Of all the people we had anything to do with and all the teams I was with, he’s certainly right up there. He was an amazing guy, an amazing player. I had a lot of

fun with Junior.” Beathard loved to compete in body surfing contests in the offseason, and Seau would often swim out with him. “A lot of times he’d be walking his kids on the beach. Other times you’d go up there and he’d have that whole parade of little kids who wanted to be football players, he’d be leading them out onto the beach for a workout. There were like 25 kids following him. It reminded me of a pied piper.” Beathard said Seau’s size, athletic ability and constantly running motor made him stand out. “He didn’t have down days. At least not on the field. Guys would get mad at him in practice and go, ‘C’mon Junior, you don’t have to hit me. It’s not a game.’ His idea was

we’ve got to get ready for a game and this is what it’s like in a game. He’d knock people around in practice.” The Chargers unceremoniously dumped Seau in the spring of 2003, trading him to Miami for a fifth-round pick. Ross said Seau was as complete a player as he’d ever seen. “Junior was the type of player, literally, he could have played any position in the NFL, with the possible exception of quarterback. He was that talented of an athlete. He was a very, very special player. He loved the game,” Ross said. “Junior was rare,” Harrison added. “I’ve never seen a guy walk into a locker room and command as much respect. “There will never be another Junior Seau.”

at Bethel AME Church in Wedgefield with Pastor Larry D. Clark Sr. and the Rev. Thomas Junious. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park, Sumter. Viewing for Mrs. Ricks will be held from 2 to 7:30 p.m. today with family visitation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

is peacefully resting in the professional care of KingFields Mortuary, Summerton, (803) 485-5039.

held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Lee Central High School, Bishopville, with the Rev. Gregory Jackson Sr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Elizabeth Baptist Church

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

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Former Green Bay general manager Ron Wolf will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio.

OBITUARIES PEARL L. RICKS Pearl Lewis Ricks entered eternal rest on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at her home in Sumter. Born on Feb. 9, 1937, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Conyers Sr. and Mabel Lawson Lewis Rembert. Survivors are RICKS two sons, Wallace (Diane) Ricks and Roger Ricks; one daughter, Kieauntate Ricks; four brothers, Robert Earl (Petra), Marcus (Wren) Rembert, Charlie Conyers Jr. and Alton (Joan) Conyers; four sisters, Janet (Bobby) Rembert-Cook, Janie Lee Cook, Rose Marie (Leonard) Bosemen and Daisy (William) Whittleton; one aunt, Naomi Franklin; five grandchildren; a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday

CLARENCE WILSON SUMMERTON — Clarence Wilson, 63, died on Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Summerton. He was born on Saturday, Jan. 12, 1952, in Clarendon County, to the late Judge and Bell Wilson. The family will receive friends at the home of his sister, Catherine Jackson, 2226 Budd Ross Road, Summerton, SC 29148. Mr. Wilson’s mortal frame

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COLUMBIA — Mamie Cain Gibbs, 63, wife of Dr. James Gibbs, died on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia. She was born on Sept. 11, 1951, in the Davis Station section of Clarendon County, a daughter of Eddie and Mazell Gibson Cain. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home, Columbia, is in charge of arrangements. Courtesy announcement of Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

KATHERINE H. BUTLER Katherine H. Butler entered eternal rest on Aug. 1, 2015, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Funeral service will be

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EVERETT LEE MORRIS Everett Lee Morris, 87, of New Jersey, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2015, after a long illness. He was an extraordinary example of someone who lived the promise of the American Dream, moving from poverty to the heights of American business with MORRIS the help of Godgiven intellectual and other talents, and a fierce work ethic. He was born on May 26, 1928, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Everett Lee Morris and Goldie Jarrell. At the age of 2, he moved to Sumter, where he lived through high school. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather, none of whom ever finished the ninth grade, all worked in barrel stave mills with multigenerations following the mills from Dale, Illinois, to Poplar Bluff and then to Sumter. His mother took in laundry in addition to raising her five children. After graduating from Athens College in Athens, Alabama, in 1948, where he met and married Arvis Lauren Stewart and started a family, Morris taught school in small towns in Alabama, until a brief stint on the auto assembly lines in Michigan. In 1954, he received a commission in the U.S. Navy. While stationed in the District of Columbia area, he worked extra accounts at night and weekends, and attended George Washington University at night, receiving a master’s of business administration and a doctorate in business administration. He sat for the CPA exam in Maryland, and passed it on the first sitting with the highest grades in the state. After 10 years, he left the Navy at the rank of lieutenant commander, and went to work with the Federal Power Commission. Thereafter, he joined the New York State Public Service Commission staff in Albany, New York, until leaving to work for Public Service Electric and Gas Co. in Newark, New Jersey, where he served as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer and as president and chief operating officer of Enterprise Diversified Holdings Inc. He retired in 1993 in accordance with the policy for mandatory retirement for executives at 65. Morris then became a partner and vice president in the Wall Street money management firm of W.H. Reaves & Co., until mandatory retirement at 75. He thereafter served on various mutual fund boards until their mandatory retirement at 78. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant brother, Bobby; his younger brother, Frank Othellis Morris; his younger sister, Vera Morris Goody; daughter, Melanie Rose Morris Buchholz; and son, John Riley Morris. He is survived by his loving and supportive wife of 47 years, Carolyn Pendergast Morris; a brother, Homer Louis Morris (and wife Lorena) of Rossville, Georgia; a sister, Emma Frances Morris of Fayetteville, Tennessee; daughter, Arcadia “Katy” Lynn Morris Greenawalt (and husband Rodgers) of Sumter; son, Everett “Lee” Morris III (and wife Gilda) of Atlanta; son, David Michael “Mike”

Morris (and wife Mary) of Laurel, Maryland; and stepson, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Philip Charles “Phil” Pardue (and wife Maureen) of McLean, Virginia. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren, Lauren Greenawalt Noble (Ron), Rodgers K. Greenawalt Jr. (Daniele), Carson Emily Morris (Pablo), Everett L. Morris IV (Jaymee), Jessie Morris Leyden (Tim), Wenona Morris Galotta (Tony), Linda Sachiko Morris, Matthew Morris Buchholz (Leslie), Michael Hart Buchholz Jr. (Andrea), Mark Stewart Buchholz (Katie), Meredith Sargent Buchholz, Dillon Thomas Berner, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Evan Charles Pardue, Pennsylvania Army National Guard 1st Lt. Philip Lloyd Pardue and Giavanina Carolyn Pardue; and 16 great-grandchildren: Melanie Lynn, Amy Sue and Allison Von Noble; Peyton Mellott and Emma Kenyon Greenawalt; Elias Andres ReyesMorris; Catherine Arvis and Everett Lee (V) Morris; Roy Timothy Leyden; Riley Mott, Madison Rose and Mackenzie Katelynn Galotta; Brayden Matthew and Brooklyn Rose Buchholz; Aiden Kolt Buchholz; and Ella Rose Buchholz. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 4393 Garmon Road, NW, Atlanta, GA 30327. In lieu of flowers, contributions to a favorite charity or to the Monmouth County SPCA, P.O. Box 93, Eatontown, NJ 07724 (or MonmouthCountySPCA.org) are appreciated. This obituary is courtesy of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150.

PARALEE S. HOLMES Paralee Sanders Holmes entered into eternal rest on Monday, August 3, 2015, at her residence. She was born on March 24, 1940, in Sumter County, to the late Joseph and Maggie Sanders. She was the wife of the late Morgan Holmes. She accepted Christ HOLMES as her personal savior and was baptized. She joined Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church of Rembert. Mrs. Holmes graduated from Ebenezer High School in 1958. In the early 1960s, she relocated to Washington, D.C., and later to Bayonne, New Jersey. She was employed as a librarian for Sumter School District. She leaves to cherish her memory: five sisters, Helen Coakley of Bronx, New York, Betty Foster of Washington, D.C., Evelyn (Moses) Haynesworth of Sumter, Myrtle Dinkins of Rembert and Gladys (Willie) Grant of Sumter; one brother, Manning Sanders of Rembert; special friend and classmate, Elease Bennett; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Ms. Holmes will be placed in the church at noon on Saturday for viewing until hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Mt.

Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, with Pastor Anthony Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Pisgah Church cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 5539 Borden Road, Rembert. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

HELEN BAXTER SUMMERTON — Helen Baxter, 79, died on Friday, July 31, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning. She was born on Aug. 8, 1935, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Charlie and Victoria Shannon Baxter. She received her education in the ClarBAXTER endon County school system. At an early age, she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and joined Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Later she joined Open Door Church, which is now Open Fountain Fire Baptized Holiness Church, where she served as a deaconess, missionary, church mother, YWCA Lodge No. 24, and Christian Burial Aid Association Lodge No. 10. She was employed at Skipper Truck Stop, Charles Van Truck Stop and Sunshine restaurant. Survivors are five daughters, Vernessa Ann Baxter, Ernestine (Donald) Kelly, Patsy (Steve) White, Juanita (Kenny) Dubose and Vaxanna Baxter, all of Summerton; one son, John W. Baxter of Summerton; three sisters, Bessie Wright of Dallas, Mozella Fryer of Augusta, Georgia, and Eva. P. Perry of San Diego, California; one aunt, Bernie Montgomery of Columbia; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. The celebratory service for Ms. Baxter will be held at noon on Saturday at Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. W.T. Johnson, pastor, the Rev. Willie J. Conner officiating, the Rev. Eddie Pendergrass presiding, the Rev. Carrie Brunson McDonald, the Rev. Jeffrey Jackson and the Rev. Bobby McDonald assisting. Burial will follow in Open Fountain FBH Cemetery, Pinewood. Ms. Baxter will lie in repose one hour prior to services. The family is receiving friends at her residence, Meadowfield Apartments, Apartment 2-B, 1107 Meadowfield Drive, Summerton. Samuels Funeral Home of Manning is in charge of arrangements.

ANNIE D. HODGE PAXVILLE — Annie Dennis Hodge, 94, widow of Murray Pack, Ernest A. Harris Sr. and Clyde Hodge, died on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, at her home. Born on Sept. 17, 1920, in Lynchburg, she was a daughter of the late Perry Patrick Dennis and Cleo Stokes HODGE Dennis Rogers. She was a cosmetologist and co-owner of North Paxville Grocery. She retired from Clarendon School District Two. She was a dedicated member of Paxville

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015 Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Jean P. Garnett of Paxville and Marianne P. Mosier of Navarre, Florida; a son, Al Harris (Marguerite) of Paxville; five grandchildren, Debbie Mosier Rogers (Billy) of Ft. Myers, Florida, Stacy Garnett of Myrtle Beach, Trina Geddings (Robby) of Columbia, Erin Harris of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Angie Geddings of Taylorsville, North Carolina; and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Murrianne P. Geddings; a son, Cal Harris; grandchildren, Ronnie Mosier and Troy Geddings; sisters, Mel Cone and Elizabeth Lewis; and brothers, Roy Dennis, Gene Dennis and Carroll Dennis. The family wishes to express their love and gratitude to her faithful caregivers, Shirley Prothro, April Smith and Janie Robinson. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Paxville Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Eugene C. Mosier and the Rev. Jim Johnson officiating. Pallbearers will be the deacons of Paxville Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at the residence, 1381 McLeod Road, Paxville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Paxville Baptist Church, 10278 Lewis Road, Manning, SC 29102. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

ANNA M. KUEHL WEDGEFIELD — Anna M. Kuehl, 79, wife of John Kuehl, died on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in New York City, New York, she was a daughter of the late Nicola and Josephine Enea Vassallo. Mrs. Kuehl was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church. Surviving are her husband of Wedgefield; three daughters, Suzanne (Brian), Paula and Melissa (Steven); one son, Dan (Lauren); two brothers, her twin Dominick “Sonny” and Frank; two sisters, Carmela and Agatha; 10 grandchildren, Amanda, Donna, Keith, Morgan, Kayden, Alexander, Daniel, Melanie, Kristie and Arley; and one great-grandson, Levi. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at St. Anne Catholic Church, 216 E. Liberty St., Sumter, with the Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM officiating. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

BOB MILLER DALZELL — Robert “Bob” Leonard Miller, 89, husband of Sara Catherine Beard Miller, died on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, at his home. Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 7759386.

GEORGE E. TUCKER George Ernest Tucker, age 83, beloved husband of 56 years to Bonnie Lou Pittman Tucker, died on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at his residence. Born in Shelby, North Carolina, he was a son of the late John Bart Tucker and Grace Bishop Tucker. Mr. Tucker retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service and later retired from U.S. Textile. He was a very active member of Westside Baptist Church and the Men’s Bible Class. Surviving in addition to his wife are four daughters, Cindy Tucker of Greenville, Sherri Blackwell of Hartsville, and Jeannie Price and Pam McCall, both of Sumter; three brothers, Robert L. Tucker of Rock Hill, Douglas Tucker of WinstonSalem, North Carolina, and Joe Tucker and his wife, Mary, of Rock Hill; 11 grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren; and three special friends, Ray Price of Alcolu, Chris McCall of Sumter and John Mauk of Greenville. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Billy Tucker; a sister, Louise Johnson; and a son-in-law, Ralph Blackwell. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Aaron Reed officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons and honorary pallbearers will be the Men’s Bible Class. The family will receive friends on Saturday one hour prior to the service from 2 to p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Westside Baptist Church, Building Fund, 554 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154; Amedisys Hospice, 2555 Lin-Do Court, Sumter, SC 29150; or a charity of one’s choice. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

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Opportunities for Life Enrichment 9:45 AM Church School (Sundays) 10:45 AM Morning Worship (Sundays) 6:00 PM Evening Worship (1st Sundays) 10:00 AM Golden Age Fellowship (3rd Wed.) 5:30 PM Prayer Service (Wed.) 6:00 PM Bible Study (Wed.) 6:00 PM Youth Ministry (Wed.) After School Care - Mon. - Fri. 2:30 - 5:30 PM (K-5th Grade)

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Sumter School District Invitation For Bids IFB # 16-0003 Sumter School District invites qualified contractors to offer Sealed Bids for the Parking Lot Renovations at Kingsbury Elementary School, 825 Kingsbury Road, Sumter, South Carolina, 29154. The scope of work consists of renovations to the existing parking lot to provide additional parking spaces and the relocation of several existing light poles.

Sumter School District Invitation For Bids IFB # 16-0004 Sumter School District invites qualified contractors to offer Sealed Bids for the Parking Lot Renovations at Millwood Elementary School, 95 Pinewood Road, Sumter, South Carolina, 29154. The scope of work consists of renovations to the existing parking lot to provide additional parking spaces and the relocation of several existing light poles.

Contractors may obtain bid documents by contacting the Architect: Jackson & Sims Architects, 7-1/2 South Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, 803-773-4329. Deposit for bid documents (hard copies and/or electronic documents) will be $50.00 (nonrefundable). Electronic documents are available by request at jsarch@ftc-i.net.

Contractors may obtain bid documents by contacting the Architect: Jackson & Sims Architects, 7-1/2 South Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, 803-7734329. Deposit for bid documents (hard copies and/or electronic documents) will be $50.00 (non-refundable). Electronic documents are available by request at jsarch@ftc-i.net.

The Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the site.

The Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the site.

The Owner will receive bids on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Sumter School District Office, Conference Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC, 803469-6900.

The Owner will receive bids on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sumter School District Office, Conference Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC, 803-469-6900.

Sumter County School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive minor formalities in the bidding, and to award the contract to other than the lowest bidder if deemed to be in the best interest of the District.

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