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2 charged with ill treatment of dogs in horrific case FROM STAFF REPORTS Two people have been charged with ill treatment of animals after a malnourished dog was found eating the remains of another dog in the same area.

Monica Denise Daniels, 30, and Patrick James Simon, 22, were each charged this week and taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Daniels was taken into custody earlier this week and re-

leased, and Simon turned himself in Friday.

According to a news release from Sumter Police Department, on Jan. 25, a deputy from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office was servDANIELS ing an eviction notice at a Carolina Avenue residence when he discovered a severely malnourished dog feeding

off the remains of the other dog.

Animal Control was called to remove the boxer-pit bull mix and the remains. An animal control representative reported there was SIMON neither water nor shelter for the dogs.

Residents at the home denied responsibility for the

dogs. Police detectives were able to determine Daniels and Simon were allegedly responsible for their care.

Tonyia McGirt, spokeswoman for the police department, said investigators learned that Daniels had reportedly lived at that residence at one time.

“Sugar,” the surviving dog, is about 2 years old and is in good condition. Once her treatments are complete, the news release says she will be

available for adoption.

Anyone interested in adopting Sugar may call Animal Control at (803) 773-2833.

According to state statutes, a person found guilty of ill treatment of animals, a misdemeanor, must be fined not less than $200 nor more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both. Offenses under this section must be tried in the magistrate’s or municipal court.

Museum’s ‘Courage’ exhibit opens Plaintiff in Briggs vs. Elliott featured as opening speaker

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com “Courage” is the name of the exhibit in the Sumter County Museum’s Heritage Education Center, and courage exemplified and its legacy was the strong theme of the show’s Thursday evening opening. Speaker Beatrice Brown Rivers, one of the original plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to desegregation in the U.S., spoke eloquently of the events surrounding Clarendon County’s Briggs v Elliott case — and the people who risked everything to see it through.

A full house listened intently, its WANT TO EXPERIENCE rapt attention oc‘COURAGE’? casionally punctuSumter County Museum, ated by gasps, as 122 N. Washington St. Rivers explained (803-775-0908). how the lawsuit www.sumtercountymuseum.org began in the mid1940s when black parents asked the local board of education to furnish a bus for black students, who had to walk to school, often for miles, as white children passed them in buses. Refused a bus and, later, funds for gas for an old bus the parents bought and repaired, the parents, their children and Scott’s Branch High School students, under the leadership of the Rev. J.A. DeLaine and his friend Levi Pearson, sought legal action.

Their 1949 lawsuit, Briggs v Elliott, started a long, painful journey to the 1954 Supreme IVY MOORE / THE SUMTER ITEM Court decision in Brown v. (Topeka, Kansas)

Eliza Nelson Reid, who lived in Clarendon County during its black residents’ fight for racial equality, talks about the bravery and suffering of the people in the struggle.

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S.C. Attorney General outlines program to target food stamp fraud

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com While visiting Sumter Thursday, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said food stamp fraud is a growing problem in the state.

“This fraud wastes taxpayer’s money and diverts funds from the needy. It is extremely prevalent in South Carolina because we

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“The grant was about $318,000 in the first year, with one prosecutor and one investigator working,” he said. “We had over $337,000 in restitution ordered by the courts, so once its collected we would pay for our first year of operation.”

Wilson said his office partnered with the Depart-

ment of Social Services, which receives the grants.

“We use their investigators, not prosecutors,” he said.

Assistant Attorney General Nicole Wetherton said food stamp recipients’ efforts to abuse their SNAP cards can be very creative.

“They treat it like it’s a debit card, which you’re not supposed to do,” she said.

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SPCA holds Valentine Day dance today Sumter Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hosts its annual Valentine Dance from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday today at the Elaine D. Korn Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance at Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, or at the door tonight.

SPCA Manager Cindy Cook said the organization has been hosting the dance since about 1999 and those who come out can look forward to a night of fun with a live musical performance by Recollections.

Food and drinks will also be available. The dance is open those 21 or older, and although this is a fundraiser for the shelter animals, no pets are allowed at the dance.

All proceeds from the dance will go toward taking care of the shelter pets.

Y will host 5 free posing sessions for bodybuilding competition FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter Family YMCA will host five free bodybuilding posing practice sessions to get competitors ready for the 2016 World Natural Bodybuilding Federation Amateur South Carolina Bodybuilding Championship on Saturday, April 30, in Sumter.

Posing sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to noon today, Feb. 27, March 5, April 9 and April 23 in the Group Exer-

cise Room at the Y, 510 Miller Road.

For private consultations, contact Visit Missy Corrigan at www. ymcasumter.org mcorrigan@ymcasumter.org or Daniela Bachmeier at dbachmeier@ymcasumter.org.

Sumter residents are also encouraged to join Team F.I.T. to receive 12 weeks of training for bikini, bodybuild-

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ing, figure and fitness competitions as well as the upcoming WNBF Championship in April. A fee will be due the day of registration, $175 for members and $225 for potential members. Prospective participants can register at the front desk in the YMCA building.

For more information about the posing practice sessions or Team F.I.T. go to www.YMCASumter.org, call the Y at (803) 773-1404 or email Missy Corrigan at mcorrigan@ymcasumter.org.

Shoring up the wall Willie Pringle adds more mud to a brick to help rebuild the wall at Swan Lake on Thursday afternoon.

Goings Masonry is doing the work, and it should be completed in a few days.

Deputies arrest domestic violence suspect Friday Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested Adam Watford, 48, of 65 Browntown Road, Sumter County, on charges of domestic violence Friday after an incident at his residence on Jan. 19.

He was charged with thirddegree assault when he reportedly threw an object at a 48-year-old woman causing minor injuries.

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Florence man charged with Sumter man’s death George Jacob Shine, 33, of Florence, was arrested on charges of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime Friday stemming from a Nov. 17, 2015 case.

A news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office states that Shine and his brother, Travis Jones, went to the home of Joseph Frey, 71, at 3600 Narrow Paved Road, Lynchburg. During a visit to the residence, an argument ensued between Shone and Frey.

The release states that the suspect shot Frey in the left side with a .22 caliber rifle.

As a result of the incident, Frey died at the scene.

Shaw announces 2016 air show entries The Shaw Air Expo, “Thunder Over the Midlands” is scheduled for May 21-22, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The following aircraft and teams are expected to perform demonstrations on Shaw Air Force Base May 21-22: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds; U.S. Army SOC Black Daggers parachute demonstration team; F-16 Viper; Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18; and U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet.

More information about the headlining acts can be found at http://afthunderbirds.com/ site/ and https://www.facebook.com/blackdaggers. More information will be released as it becomes available on http:// www.shaw.af.mil/airexpo/.

Carnegie Hall brings more than music to S.C. prison BISHOPVILLE (AP) — One of South Carolina’s most dangerous prisons is also home to beautiful music, occasions when gate alarms and tower sirens are replaced by guitar riffs, beat box rhythms and the strains of Vivaldi.

Thanks to a partnership with a chamber ensemble affiliated with Carnegie Hall, several dozen inmates at Lee Correctional Institution will be putting on a concert today they’ve written themselves.

Organizers and inmates say the rehearsals and the performance encourage harmony not only in their music but also in learning to work together.

“Our mission is really to bring meaningful musicmaking experience to all people, regardless of their previous exposure or expertise with music,” said Claire Bryant, a Juilliard-trained cellist and member of Decoda, the chamber group, who grew up in Camden, a city about 25 miles from the prison.

Since 2014, Bryant has WANT TO been returnKNOW ing home MORE? with Decoda, teaching Lee Visit inmates not http:// only to create decodamusic.org music of their own but also how to work in partnership. She and a handful of other musicians mentor the men in groups of four or five for up to eight hours a day, exploring genres of music and the songwriting process.

In all, they’ll end up with more than a dozen finished pieces for their concert.

An existing music program at Lee provides select, wellbehaved inmates the opportunity to learn guitar, drums, bass and even the cellos and violin. During their week together, Decoda artists show the men others, such as the bassoon. A jazz singer is also accompanying the group for this trip.

“Everybody is on stage,

whether they’re playing a tambourine or taking guitar solos on one of the songs,” Bryant said. “They’re finding their role and their voice that they feel comfortable with.

They’re participating.”

Lee, a maximum-security prison with nearly 1,500 inmates, holds some of South Carolina’s most violent, longest-serving offenders and has been known for riots and brutality.

In the last several years, there have been two large insurrections, including one in which an inmate overpowered a guard and used his keys to free others from their cells in a six-hour standoff.

Two officers were stabbed during a fight last year.

And in 2010, an officer overseeing the prison’s anticontraband efforts was shot and wounded at his home in an attack police said was orchestrated by an inmate using a cellphone smuggled into the prison.

After their five-day workshop, inmates and Decoda

musicians perform for other inmates, prison staff and local officials. This year’s program is called “Seasons of Life,” inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s classical work “The Four Seasons.”

Earlier this week, several dozen inmates sat in Lee’s visitor room in front of a makeshift performance space. A handful of microphone stands stuck out above the closely-shorn heads of the men, clad in tan correctional uniforms, their eyes on the stage.

A few at a time strode to the front, performing original pieces of song, spoken word, even rap. They backed each other up, picking up guitars and sliding behind keyboards to perform musical accompaniment, often without any prior practice, creating a freeflowing jam session.

“It gives meaning to my life,” said one of them, a lifer named Randy.

State prison policy dictates that inmates be identified using only first names.

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First Presbyterian church students recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the school’s annual President’s Day Parade on Thursday.

Students at First Presbyterian school line up on the stairs to participate in the school’s annual President’s Day Parade on Thursday. The students dress in patriotic outfits and march for their parents.

But is she honest? Caring?

Clinton grapples with questions

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Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, talk to supporters after a Democratic presidential primary debate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Thursday.

Sanders online fundraising gives Clinton run for her money WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money, $27 at a time.

The insurgent Democratic presidential candidate’s success with low-dollar online fundraising perfectly complements his denouncement of big money in politics. He’s making big money, all right, but in little increments from average people.

When Sanders asks his supporters to chip in a few bucks, they respond with enthusiasm.

As a result, his campaign is setting ever-higher benchmarks for online fundraising: $6 million in the 24 hours after his New Hampshire victory, $3 million after his narrow loss in Iowa, $2 million on Sept. 30, the final day of the fall fundraising quarter.

That online cash pile-up helped Sanders outraise Clinton in January and set him up to do so again this month. His fattening campaign bank account ensures he has the ability to wage a long primary battle.

“We’re in uncharted territory here,” said Tad Devine, a senior adviser to Sanders. “No one has ever done what we’re doing, raising almost every dollar from small-dollar contributions. So we’re hopeful, and we’re optimistic that we’ll have a lot of resources, but we have the resources in now to compete nationally” through next month.

Many factors go into making a candidate an online fundraising rock star. The person and the message are two pieces. A savvy online team is another.

For the Sanders campaign, it’s all clicking, starting with the candidate himself — a 74-year-old Vermont senator who has always chafed at traditional fundraising.

When he asks his audiences if they know his average contribution, they shout back in unison: $27. That’s one-hundredth the legal maximum of $2,700, the more typical size of checks to presidential candidates, including Clinton.

“I’m going to hold a fundraiser right here, right now, across America,” Sanders said in his victory speech Tuesday in New Hampshire, which was carried live on many cable news networks.

He urged those listening to go to his website and donate for his campaign’s coming battles in Nevada, South Carolina and beyond.

The resulting flood of donations slowed his campaign website to a crawl and made up a surge greater than anything ActBlue, his online fundraising processor, had ever experienced. At one point, ActBlue was handling 2,689 contributions per minute, blowing away the 12-year-old nonprofit organization’s previous record of 781.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s campaign has spent months fighting the perception that she has a shaky relationship with the truth and is disconnected from the problems facing Americans. So far, the campaign’s effort hasn’t worked.

Less than half the voters in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary found Clinton to be honest and trustworthy, while about 90 percent thought those qualities fit her rival, Bernie Sanders.

Equally concerning for Clinton as she grapples with her double-digit loss to Sanders in New Hampshire: Voters who wanted a presidential candidate who cares about people like them sided overwhelmingly with the Vermont senator, an empathy gap that has proved devastating for previous presidential candidates.

The numbers echoed voter surveys last week in Iowa, where Clinton edged Sanders by the narrowest of margins.

“This is a serious, serious problem that is clearly afflicting her,” said Paul Maslin, a Democratic pollster. “It’s not just Bernie Sanders and the strength of his message or that she’s cast as the establishment.

It’s a personal judgment that people have made about her.”

Clinton advisers say they’re clear-eyed about the problems posed by the public’s perception of their candidate. But they’re less certain about how to address them.

In classic Clinton fashion, allies have floated the prospect of a staff shake-up at her Brooklyn campaign headquarters. While no one on the senior team is expected to be fired, the Clintons are said to be eyeing a role for a senior Democrat

who could serve as a singular decision-maker, an implicit indictment of an organization where decisions often seem to be made by committee.

But shifting staff roles alone won’t change how Clinton is viewed by voters, Democrats friendly to the campaign say.

Allies see a candidate still dogged by a slow, tortured response to criticism of her use of personal email and a private Internet server while at the State Department.

And they also worry she’s reinforcing the public’s negative perceptions by stumbling through explanations of why she accepted highdollar speaking fees from Wall Street banks — and refusing to release transcripts from those private appearances.

South Carolina state Rep. Todd Rutherford, a Clinton supporter, said that in an election where voters are drawn to Sanders’ passionate calls for ending Wall Street’s influence in Washington, Clinton has a “difficult needle to thread” when it comes to explaining her history of campaign contributions and speaking fees from the financial industry.

Indeed, voters have raised those concerns repeatedly in early voting states.

“Someone gives you money, you owe them,” said Francis Neddo, 64-year-old Sanders supporter from Londonderry, New Hampshire. “You don’t get money from them next time unless you pay off.”

Daniel Harty, a 21-yearold college student from Nevada, said Clinton seems dismissive of what he called “real problems,” particularly with her email use.

“It’s not something she should be laughing off,” he said.

Clinton often blames such perceptions on what she sees as well-funded Republican efforts to impugn her character — rhetoric that harkens back to her 1990s assertion that a “vast, rightwing conspiracy” was trying to take down her husband, President Bill Clinton.

“At this point it’s probably not correct to say it’s a conspiracy because it’s out in the open,” Clinton said earlier this month. “It’s real, and we’re going to beat it.”

Beyond the questions of honesty and trust, Clinton aides are concerned that voters don’t see her as empathetic to their problems.

During the 2012 general election, Republican Mitt Romney was viewed as a strong leader and well-qualified to manage the economy.

But his advisers said he lost in part because he lagged so far behind President Obama when voters were asked which candidate seemed to care more about their problems.

Clinton’s team tried to infuse her campaign with empathy during its early months, often putting the candidate in smaller settings that were supposed to convey that she was eager to learn about voters’ problems.

But even as she diligently took notes on legal pads and asked probing questions about personal finances, the conversations often felt stilted and contrived.

In recent weeks, Clinton has tried to connect by adopting some of Sanders’ vigorous anti-Wall Street message, casting herself as a fighter for the middle class who won’t be afraid to take on the big banks.

But compared to Sanders’ almost singular focus on this issue throughout his political career, Clinton has come across as late to the game.

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Despite impressive pedigree, ‘Vinyl’ disappoints

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH HBO’s ambitious new series “Vinyl” (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-MA) arrives with an impressive pedigree. It touts the creative team of Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and writerproducer Terence Winter (“The Sopranos,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”).

Impressively produced, “Vinyl” can be watched for production values alone. A lot of effort went into getting the hair, clothes, decor and ambience just right.

But not unlike an aged rocker filled with decades-old “you had to be there” anecdotes about cocaine-fueled benders, “Vinyl” is frequently dull and overwrought when not unbearable. Neither excessive enough to be exciting nor over-the-top enough to become fun, “Vinyl” disappoints.

Set in the early 1970s, but studded with flashbacks and even flashbacks within flashbacks, “Vinyl” stars Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, the founder and CEO of a record label that has lost its way.

As things begin, he’s in the midst of selling the company to soulless European corporate executives, a deal that will make Richie and his confederates very wealthy.

But where’s the drama in that? The deal is upended by Richie’s ongoing midlife crisis, a drug-fueled, more than quasicriminal escapade that takes the viewer down memory lane to the 1950s and oft-told tales of how mobbed-up music producers appropriated songs, poses and royalties from the gifted, naive black musicians who all but invented the art form.

In a weird way, “Vinyl” is like “The Winds of War” or any number of vintage historical miniseries. It places Richie at the right moment to witness the creation of virtually every musical style. It strives so hard to establish Richie’s seminal vision and cool cred that it becomes rather silly. And he’s not just a purist who’s into the good stuff; he’s got to put down the lame music that has “ruined rock and roll!” Anyone or any series that needs to denigrate England Dan and John Ford Coley to bolster its bona fides is in trouble.

Olivia Wilde gets to wear a lot of great outfits as Richie’s

• Melissa McCarthy hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), with musical guest Kanye West.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

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Bobby Cannavale stars as Richie Finestra and Olivia Wilde as Devon Finestra in the ambitious new HBO series “Vinyl,” premiering at 9 p.m. Sunday. wife, Devon, a beautiful actress-model whose trajectory has taken her from Warhol’s underground art scene to a station wagon in Connecticut.

Sure that’s ridiculous, but it allows us to watch Richie interact with “Andy.”

Ray Romano offers a scintilla of humor as Zak Yankovich, a sleazy promotions guy desperate to cash in, if only to satisfy his suburban wife’s spending habits. But he’s not enough to save “Vinyl” from its grim selfimportance.

Curiously dull from the getgo, “Vinyl” opens with Richie scoring drugs in a seedy part of town. He’s then fascinated by a crowd of kids rushing into a dilapidated building, where the sounds of the New York Dolls literally shake the walls.

He stumbles through an opulently produced and meticulously detailed scene of orgiastic excess. Then he stops, slackjawed, to gawk and listen to a re-enacted performance of “Personality Crisis.” The whole darn song.

“Goodfellas” used a rock ‘n’ roll score to propel the story. In contrast, “Vinyl” literally stops for the music. Often dead in its tracks.

• “Generation X” (10 p.m. Sunday, National Geographic, TV14) explores the generation that reached adulthood in the 1990s

and was defined to some degree by the popular culture of that era.

• CBS hosts a GOP presidential debate (9 p.m., Saturday), the first since the New Hampshire primaries. The former host of “The Celebrity Apprentice” won that contest. So for now, he’s the party’s front-runner.

These debates may have become regular TV events, but they need to be distinguished from reality television, where celebrities — even hosts of “The Celebrity Apprentice” — can simply say anything without consequence.

This is the first debate since his Tuesday night victory speech, when the former casino owner suggested that our unemployment rate was really 42 percent and not the roughly 5 percent that economists recently reported. For the record, historians place the unemployment rate during 1933, the worst year of the Great Depression, at 25 percent. So that figure is rather startling.

Where did the author of “The Art of the Deal” get this fact? Does he believe it? If not, why is he repeating it?

Facts don’t have to matter on a reality show, a genre dedicated to passing off the contrived as “real.” But this is different.

We need to remind ourselves that this is a presidential elec-

tion. Not an episode of “Ghost Hunters” or “Ancient Aliens.”

• With Oscar night just two weeks away, fans of awards shows can scout out the competition from across the pond on The EE British Academy Film Awards (8 p.m. Sunday, BBC America, TV-PG). “Adele: Live in London” (10 p.m., TV-PG) follows.

CULT CHOICE Claude Rains stars in two classics from 1942, “Casablanca” (8 p.m. Sunday, TCM) and “Now, Voyager” (10 p.m.).

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Olivia adjusts to single life on “Scandal” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

• NASCAR action at the Sprint Unlimited (8 p.m., Fox), live from Daytona Beach, Florida.

• A dating app goes awry in the 2015 shocker “Wrong Swipe” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

• Wes and the Keating 5 deal with the shooting on “How to Get Away With Murder” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

• Vikings capture the Doctor and Clara on “Doctor Who” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).

• Nassau returns to a version of normal on “Black Sails” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): CIA Director John Brennan; FIFA’s scandals; music industry photographer Danny Clinch.

• For diehards only: “The Bachelor at 20: A Celebration of Love” (8 p.m., ABC).

• A repeat “Saturday Night Live” special (8 p.m., NBC, TV14) celebrates Valentine’s Day. • Crises on two continents on “Madam Secretary” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Secret technology sparks a contentious case on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). To much chagrin, but little surprise, CBS announced that this season would be this series’ last.

• “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth” (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-14) follows the presidential campaigns.

• The best hit the hardwood at the NBA All-Star Game (8:20 p.m., TBS, TNT).

• Jimmy Fallon hosts “The Tonight Show Valentine’s Day Special” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Mrs. Hughes serves up a sly lesson for Carson on “Downton Abbey” on “Masterpiece Classic” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-MA) returns for the winter premiere of the second half of its sixth season. Got that?

• Axe takes a powder on “Billions” (10 p.m., Showtime, TVMA).

SUNDAY SERIES Professor Fink tinkers with love’s formula on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A misplaced phone on “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Peter’s phone frolics on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Bud becomes a football coach on “Bordertown” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Avery’s ex is virtually erased on “CSI: Cyber” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Second thoughts on the witness stand on “Castle” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

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SLT’s ‘Mountaintop’ realistic, impactful

BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item In The Sumter Item’s advance article “Play examines MLK’S ‘human side,’” writer Ivy Moore stresses that “neither the actors nor the director, Ben Blazer, would reveal details of what transpires between King and Camae,” a hotel employee who brings Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a cup of coffee in the Lorraine Motel during the night before his assassination.

There is good reason for that decision.

The Sumter Little Theatre production “The Mountain Top” relies heavily on the interesting relationship between the employee and King.

The play, which lasts approximately 1 ½ hours without intermission, is primarily a mental play. Although there are moments of action, both serious and humorous, the momentum lies within the verbal interchange between the two. Dialogue is well scripted, revealing the humanity and humanness of King and a fascinating picture of God (appropriately called SHE — just enjoy the humor of the concept) and her relationship with humans.

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William Paul Brown plays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Sumter Little Theatre’s “The Mountaintop,” playwright Katori Hall’s imagining of what might have happened during King’s last night on earth.

Both William Paul Brown (Dr. King) and Tiffany Holmes (Camae) deliver line after line with clarity and great understanding of their characters.

Their mannerisms seem realistic, their personal issues understandable and their capacity to understand human weaknesses believable.

There is a measure of profanity, but it is delivered as an important revelation of character — both the characters’ and God’s. The language is more humorous than offensive, and it clearly adds dimension to the characterizations.

Written by Katori Hall as a projection of what might have

happened, the play unflinchingly and compassionately examines the potential trials within King: his fear of the elements and loud noises that might suggest gunshots, the prospect of his death, the family sacrifices he has made, his concern for his causes, his commitment to his dream to

see “what is on the mountaintop” and man’s equality become reality.

The two actors are equal to the challenge but require dedication and concentration from the audience because of the profound statements and characterizations presented in the play.

The final scene with its intense special effects adds to the overall impact of the play.

It is not your typical drama but more of an intimate moment in time spent between two complex and dedicated individuals, each with a personal agenda that hinges on the relationship with the other.

Director Blazer keeps the actions realistic and casually controlled, allowing the audience to focus on content as well as activity.

“The Mountaintop” runs today and Sunday and again Feb. 18-21. Sunday matinees start at 3 p.m. and all other shows at 8 p.m. at the theater, 14 Mood Ave., Sumter County Cultural Center.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students, seniors and military. For reservations, call (803) 775-2150) or visit Sumter Little Theatre Facebook page or website, www. sumterlittletheatre.com.

Reporter covers 2 decades of tumult in Middle East

BY JERRY HARKAVY The Associated Press Regular viewers of television’s evening news are sure to have seen video of Richard Engel delivering narratives as he dodges bullets, bombs and artillery barrages while reporting on the latest conflicts in the Middle East.

During the past two decades, the boyish-looking reporter for NBC News has emerged as perhaps the most familiar face that Americans count on to update them on complex, chaotic and critical developments in a faraway region that has come to dominate international news. Like Forrest Gump, he seems to wind up wherever the action is.

Engel’s third book on the subject is both a memoir about his often dangerous assignments and a primer on the political and religious strife in the Arab

world, a story that begins after he graduates from Stanford and takes off for Cairo with dreams of becoming a foreign correspondent. Arriving with two suitcases and $2,000, he moved into a seven-story walk-up “as barren and dirty as a flophouse.”

But for a young man looking to connect a major story, his timing was perfect. No sooner than he taught himself Arabic than he came in contact with violent Islamic fundamentalists, whose attacks on foreign tourists set the stage for similar bloodshed from al-Qaeda and ISIS. After four years in Cairo, he moved on to Jerusalem and covered the second Intifada. The switch from freelancer to staffer for a French wire service was followed by his shift to television, where bigger budgets allowed him to move around more easily. Instead of scroung-

ing for money for gas, TV correspondents flew on chartered planes.

“I thought to myself, now that’s the world I’d rather be part of,” he said.

Iraq was where Engel made his mark, scoring a visa by posing as a peace activist prepared to serve as a “human shield” against U.S. attacks and then hiring a driver to smuggle him into the country through Jordan and across Iraq’s Western Desert. Soon after the bombings began, he was the last American TV reporter in Baghdad.

No one can argue that Engel, now NBC’s chief foreign correspondent, missed the boat when he decided to head to the Middle East to cover what he thought would be his generation’s biggest news venue.

“My ambition was to ride the train of history, and the train came rumbling right at me,” he said.

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SNAP FROM PAGE A1 “We have heard stories of people using their food stamps for drugs, they will use it as a form of currency,” Wetherton said.

According to a news release from Wilson’s office, 855,000 South Carolinians receive SNAP benefits, which recipients can use to buy unprepared food items, such as milk and meat, bread, beans and rice to feed their families.

Wilson noted in the release that the majority of SNAP recipients use the program as intended.

Wilson said one of the primary ways SNAP fraud occurs is in cahoots with store employees. He used an example of a card with a value of $100.

“They will give it to the cash register operator and the cash register operator

deter the fraud from occurring,” he said.

The attorney general said anyone convicted of SNAP fraud is barred for life from receiving the benefit, but their children can still get it.

Wilson said he intends to keep the program in operation even if the grant money stops.

“My hope is we can grow this entitlement fraud unit and try to prevent people from committing this type of fraud,” he said. “I intend to continue this program. I will find a way after the money is gone.

“This program is too successful to leave it lying on the table,” he said.

Anyone who suspects or knows someone who is committing food stamp fraud may call a special tip line at 1-800-616-1309, according to www.scag. gov.

will give them $75 back and keep $25,” he said.

Once they have cash, they can use it anywhere, he said.

“They will use the cash at the red dot liquor store, to buy Apple products at the Apple Store or even go to a strip club with the cash,” Wilson said.

“That’s money that doesn’t go to the needy families; it gets abused.”

He said there was a case at a grocery store in Darlington that resulted in 63 fraud charges and restitution orders of $290,000.

Another method is to lie on the application forms.

“We already investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud and people who abuse that system, so we are trying to find a way to

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Retired history professor Tom Powers and Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip” Finney III view the “Courage” exhibit after Beatrice Brown Rivers’ presentation Thursday night.

EXHIBIT, FROM PAGE A1 Board of Education that legally ended segregation in the U.S. Rivers, who left South Carolina after high school and returned in 1995, said she “never spoke of the case for more than 40 years. ... It was too painful to talk about, and I had too much emotion, but it was in my heart and mind (to speak about it) for a while.”

She enumerated some of the wrongs her parents and fellow students endured, all of which led to Briggs v Elliott: • White children in buses passing walking black children threw things at them, called them the “N-word;” • Textbooks were handme-downs, often outdated, from the white schools; • Classrooms were cold; • Toilets were outside in the open, with no partitions for privacy; and • Facilities were generally poor.

“I was 13 years old,” Rivers said. “I had no idea what would be the consequences ... .”

Even more impactful on the audience was Rivers’ litany of reprisals the black petitioners faced.

They included: • DeLaine was fired from his teaching job and his home was burned; • Numerous other petitioners were fired; • White merchants refused to sell supplies essential for farmers and others to do their work. Blacks were refused service in stores, many were “harassed and hassled;” • J. Waties Waring, the white federal judge who was the only one of three to find for the Briggs plainfiffs, was driven out of Charleston; • People were evicted from their homes, sharecroppers from their farms; • Annie Griffin and her children were evicted “by a

white, Christian landlord on Christmas Eve;” and “One man,” Rivers said, “was beaten to death on the side of a road.”

Still, she said, the people persisted, helping each other as they could.

“One man quit his job to protect his (sympathetic white) employer,” she said.

Rivers asked, “Why did these people stand up? If they did not succeed, what would happen?”

“Our heroes should not be forgotten,” she said. “America owes them a huge debt of gratitude.”

Rivers looked at the audience.

“What will be your legacy?” she asked.

The discussion continued after Rivers’ presentation.

The Rev. J.A. DeLaine’s niece, Marguirite DeLaine, recalled that her “father’s role was to take care of (Rev. DeLaine’s wife and children) if anything happened to him. My mother would sit by the window every night and watch (Rev. DeLaine’s) house. There were so many reprisals.”

She went to all of the organizational meetings, Marguirite DeLaine said, recalling that they all ended with the singing of an old hymn, whose lyrics she recited: “Together let us sweetly live, I am bound for the land of Canaan, Together let us sweetly die, I am bound for the land of Canaan.”

The traveling Levine Museum of the New South Exhibit “Courage: The Vision to End Segregation; the Guts to Fight for it” can be viewed in the Heritage Education Center of the Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday until May 7. Call (803) 775-0908 for more information.

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Dems offer iffy stats on donors, health plan Editors note: A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story.

for black men has actually gone down instead of up, according to the Sentencing Project.

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR AND JULIE BYKOWICZ The Associated Press

CLINTON: “The Affordable Care Act has helped more African-Americans than any other group to get insurance.”

THE FACTS: Actually, more Hispanics have gained coverage, according to the administration’s data, though the rate of black uninsured has dropped the most — by half.

Hispanics began with a far higher uninsured rate — 41.8 percent — and that has been reduced by 11.5 percentage points, or about 4 million people, since people started signing up in late 2013 for insurance-market coverage that began in 2014. AfricanAmericans started with 22.4 percent uninsured, and that has been brought down by 10.3 percentage points, or about 2.6 million people.

By comparison, the rate for whites, 14.3 percent uninsured in 2013, came down by 6 percentage points, adding 7.4 million under the insurance umbrella.

WASHINGTON — Eager to share Bernie Sanders’s claim to the grass roots, Hillary Clinton is having trouble owning up to the deep pockets helping her campaign. For his part, Sanders is struggling to make a convincing case that the numbers add up in his hugely expensive health plan.

A look at some of the claims in the latest Democratic presidential debate and how they compare with the facts: CLINTON: “I’m very proud of the fact that we have more than 750,000 donors, and the vast majority of them are giving small contributions. ... We both have a lot of small donors.”

THE FACTS: Clinton is trying to obscure her reliance on big-money donors by emphasizing those who give smaller amounts. The majority of Clinton’s money comes from big donors.

Clinton’s presidential run is being supported by wealthy donors in ways that Sanders’ is not. Last year’s fundraising reports show that Sanders raised fully 72 percent of his campaign money from people who gave $200 or less, while for Clinton those donors accounted for just 16 percent of her funds.

Clinton stretched when putting herself in Sanders’ league when it comes to grassroots financing. She said they are both getting small donors and that “sets us apart” from Republican candidates.

But her rate of small-dollar contributions isn’t that much different than that of some of the GOP contenders.

She also minimized the impact of the super political action committee supporting her effort, saying the group was founded to help President Barack Obama and that she has no say about its operations. But no candidate can control the super PACS that are devoted to helping their candidacies, yet they can be vital in White House efforts because they can

OBITUARIES PHILIP A. YOUNG MANNING — Philip Andrew Young, 73, husband of Cheryl Paulette Williams Young, died on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Born on March 27, 1942, in Anderson, Indiana, he was a son of the late Robert Andrew and YOUNG Velma Lucille Williams Young.

He was a retired general manager for Palmetto Gas Co. ,and he was a member of Santee Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of Manning; three sons, Troy Young of Lanesboro, Iowa, Tony Young (Christy) of Anderson, Indiana, and Tery Young (Sheila) of Lanesboro, Iowa; a daughter, Michelle Sigmon (Clint) of Auburn, Iowa; a brother, Steve Young (Cue Ling) of Manning; two aunts, Loretta Chambers and Altha Gordon (Don), both of Pendleton, Indiana; an uncle, Gordon Williams (Linda) of Tennessee; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three stepchildren, Tera Roccapriore (Tony) of Savannah, Georgia, Ronald Thompson Jr. of Douglasville, Georgia, and Joy Shore (Richard) of Kennesaw, Georgia; six stepgrandchildren; and two special pets, BooBoo and Smokey.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Dickie Joe Young; and an infant daughter, Tamara Lynn.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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

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Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Hillary Clinton argue a point during a Democratic presidential primary debate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Milwaukee. raise unlimited money and spend heavily on advertising and other help.

Although Priorities USA may have formed to help Obama, it’s now steered by her trusted advisers. In fact, Guy Cecil, a former Clinton staffer, was brought in to lead the group last year as a signal to her supporters that they could trust Priorities USA to serve her well.

SANDERS: “Our Medicare-for-all, single-payer proposal will save the average middle-class family $5,000 a year.”

CLINTON: “The numbers don’t add up.”

THE FACTS: Two early assessments suggest that his accounting comes up short, although more detail and analysis are needed on Sanders’ plan for cradle-to-grave, government-financed health care for all.

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that the tax increases in Sanders’ plan would cover only about 75 percent of what Sanders says it will cost, creating a $3 trillion hole in the federal budget over 10 years.

Emory University economist Kenneth Thorpe says the proposal also underestimates the cost of having the government provide doctors’ services, hospitalization, long-term care and vision and dental care — all without premiums, copays or deductibles.

According to Thorpe, the Sanders plan falls short by about $11 trillion over 10 years. He says the income and payroll tax increases required to pay fully for the proposal would mean 71 percent of those who now have private insurance would pay more.

Mr. Avins was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He retired from Georgia Pacific Corp. (Williams Furniture Co.) in 1990 after 40 years of service.

Survivors include one son, Larry Delbert Avins and his wife, Henrietta, of Pinewood; four daughters, Linda O’Neal and her husband, Carl, of Sumter, Debbie Geddings and her husband, Rodger, of Rock AVINS Hill, Peggy Britt of Sumter and Cindy Vaughn and her husband, Dave, of Deltona, Florida; an adopted son, Christopher Glenn Avins; 13 grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; and two greatgreat-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Samuel Avins; a sister, Ida Mae McIntosh; and a son-in-law, Larry Britt.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bennie Barwick officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be his grandsons and great-grandsons.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of his daughter, Peggy Britt, 4825 Significant Drive.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3223 Sunset Blvd. No. 100, West Columbia, SC 29169.

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

Thorpe served in the administration of Bill Clinton, handling economic estimates of the former president’s failed health care overhaul plan. He says he has no involvement with the Hillary Clinton campaign.

CLINTON: “Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years.”

THE FACTS: She is essentially right.

According to the Census Bureau, median household incomes peaked in 1999 and have been lower in every year since that time. Adjusting for inflation, median household incomes stood at $53,657 in 2014, 7.2 percent lower than the peak level of $57,843 in 1999. Even by another, less complete measure, she’s still in the ballpark.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, real wages have gone up 7.5 percent during 15 years — an annual growth rate of 0.5 percent, meaning close to stagnation.

SANDERS: “A male, African-American baby born today stands a one-infour chance of ending up in jail. That is beyond unspeakable.”

THE FACTS: Sanders exaggerated the rate of incarceration for black males, as Clinton did in an earlier debate.

A 2003 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics said, “About 1 in 3 black males, 1 in 6 Hispanic males, and 1 in 17 white males are expected to go to prison during their lifetime, if current incarceration rates remain unchanged.” But that was only a projection. The report went on to say that at the time, 16.6 percent of adult black males had actually ever gone to prison, or 1 in 6.

Since then, the incarceration rate

ed this life on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at his residence.

He was born on Nov. 12, 1956, in Mayesville, to the late Johnny Howard Sr. and Pauline Wilson.

The family will be receiving friends at the home of his brother, 2180 Ave. B, Mayesville.

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

SARAH P. RICHBURG Sarah Peoples Richburg, 92, departed this life on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on Jan. 27, 1924, in Silver, to the late Oliver Peoples and Sarah Emma Postell.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 47 Brent St. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

SAMMIE L. WILSON Sammie L. Wilson, husband of Winnie Wilson, entered eternal rest on Feb. 12, 2016, at Sumter East Health and Rehabilitation Center.

The family is receiving friends at 3168 S. Darlington Highway, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral

SANDERS on the North American Free Trade Agreement, normalized trade relations with China and other trade liberalization: “Those trade policies have enabled corporate America to shut down in this country, throw millions of people out on the street.”

THE FACTS: That’s an oversimplified reading of America’s manufacturing decline. Since NAFTA took effect in 1994, the U.S. has lost 4.5 million manufacturing jobs. But it is not easy to assign blame. In a report last year, the Congressional Research Service concluded that NAFTA’s effect on the nation’s economy “appears to have been relatively small.”

Technology probably plays a bigger role in job destruction: Robots and other machines allow companies to produce more with fewer workers. Economists generally think that trade has a bigger effect on the composition of the workforce than on the level of jobs. And on that point, economists do find that the lost manufacturing jobs generally paid higher wages than many of the service sector jobs that have replaced them.

Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

EVELYN W. DUBOSE MANNING — Evelyn White DuBose, 83, widow of Ernest Carlisle DuBose, died on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Services will be announced

by Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 435-2179. www. stephensfuneralhome.org

VERMELL EDWARDS Vermell Edwards, 80, widow of Jeremiah Edwards, died on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Oscar Moore and Susan Dargan.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

JAMES HARVIN SR. PINEWOOD — James Harvin Sr., 82, widower of Betty Lou James Harvin, entered eternal rest on Feb. 10, 2016.

Born on Sept. 25, 1933, in Pinewood, he was a son of the late Ransom and Lizzie Billie Harvin. He received his education in the public schools of Sumter County. He worked as a material handler at Rex Plastic for 25 years, Thomasville,

North Carolina. He returned to Pinewood and worked at Bosch for eight years.

Survivors are two daughters, Annie Mae (Edward) James and Sebrena Latrelle Harvin; four sons, Raymond (Roberta) Harvin, James (Jacqueline) Harvin Jr., Michael Harvin and Kenneth Wayne Harvin; six grandchildren, Javaria, Kendall, McKenzie, Eloise, Mikhai and Jaylen Ray; five sisters, Estelle Brown, Eloise Harvin, Ruthie Marshall, Marsha Green and Mary White; five sisters-in-law, Margaret Johnson, Mary Faison, Mary Thompson, Julia (Leroy) Ballard and Emily (Raymond) Dow; one brother-in-law, Richard James; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the chapel of Community Funeral Home. Burial will follow in New Hope Community Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his son, James Harvin Jr., 3562 Elliott Road, Pinewood.

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

Community Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements.

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DELBERT D. AVINS Delbert Dayton Avins, 87, widower of Louise Williams Avins, died on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at McCoy Memorial Nursing Center in Bishopville.

Born on Sept. 12, 1928, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late James “Sandy” and Hattie Atkinson Avins.

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AROUND TOWN “A Night to Remember” Valen- to 11:50 a.m. on Thursdays as follows: Feb. 18, creating tine gala will be held at 5 a living will / hospice; and p.m. today at Taw Caw Sumter SPCA Valentine Dance to- Christina March 3, is COPD. Community Outreach Cennight Blakley, registered nurse ter, 1126 Granby Lane, with Palmetto Health TuSummerton. omey, will speak.

The Sumter SPCA Valentine Dance will be held from 7 to The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m.

11 p.m. today at the Elaine on Friday, Feb. 19, at the D. Korn Memorial Center, South HOPE Center, 1125 S. 1100 S. Guignard Drive.

Lafayette Drive. All area Music will be provided by veterans and active miliThe Recollections Band. tary are invited.

Cost is $20 per person (must be 21 years or older) The Lincoln High School Presand all proceeds benefit ervation Alumni Association the SPCA. Heavy hors will hold a dinner fundraiser d’oeuvres will be served. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Call (803) 773-9292.

Friday, Feb. 19, at the LinAARP will offer free tax prepa- coln High School gymnasiration from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 um, 26 Council St. Cost is $8 per plate and dinner will p.m. on Mondays and consist of grilled barbecue Wednesdays through April 13 at the Shepherd’s Center chicken or fried fish, seasoned rice, sweet pea, roll, of Sumter, 24 Council St. dessert and a drink. Dine in Applicants are advised to or take out. Call James L. bring with them government-issued photo IDs, So- Green at (803) 968-4173. cial Security cards and / or “Piano Music with a Feminine Medicare cards for anyone Touch: Celebrating Women in the household, last Composers in History” will be year’s tax forms, W-2 and / held at noon on Friday, Feb. or 1099 forms, and power 19, at the USC Sumter Netof attorney certification tles Auditorium. Jane Luforms if they are filing for ther Smith will lecture on someone else. For more in- and perform pieces by formation, call Henry Dineight 19th and 20th century kins at (803) 499-4990 or female composers. Event is Lula King at (803) 316-0772. free and open to the public.

Refreshments will be The Annual Black History Month Parade, hosted by the served.

MLK Riders of South Caroli- The Lee County Branch na, will be held on Sunday, NAACP will hold its annual Feb. 14. The parade will Freedom Fund Banquet Dinner begin at 1:30 p.m. at Riley at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, Ball Park and will end at at the Lee Central High Barlette and Main Street.

School cafeteria. Tickets There is no registration fee are $25 at the door. but a donation of $10 is requested. Churches, groups, The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association clubs, schools, individuals are all welcome. Call Jacob will meet at 4 p.m. on SunDennis Sr. at (803) 840-4784 day, Feb. 21, at the Lincoln High School cafeteria, 22 or Harry Lesane at (803) Council St. Lincolnites, 983-5389. friends and community The Sumter Amateur Radio members are invited. Call Association (SARA) will hold James L. Green at (803) its next meeting at 7 p.m.

968-4173. on Monday, Feb. 15, at the The Sumter County Education Sumter Airport Terminal Association-Retired will meet Conference Room. All at noon on Feb. 24, 2016, at “hams” and anyone interthe North HOPE Center, 904 ested in amateur radio are N. Main St. Tickets for the invited to attend. SARA association’s first banquet members are active “hams” and participate in a scheduled for on April 29 variety of activities includ- will be disbursed. Call Brenda Bethune at (803) ing contesting, long dis469-6588. tance chit-chatting (called The Sumter Branch NAACP’s “rag-chewing”) and emerAnnual Black History Program gency communications. will be held at 5 p.m. on You can find out more and Sunday, Feb. 28, at St. Paul get contact information at AME Baptist Church, 835 http://www.sumterhamraPlowden Mill Road. The dio.org/ or on their FaceRev. Dr. James B. Blassinbook page. game will speak.

The Carolina Coin Club will Broken Wings, an eight-week meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, grief support group hosted Feb. 16, at the Parks and

by Amedisys Hospice Care, Recreation Building, 155 will be held from 10 a.m. to Haynsworth St. The club meets on the third Tuesday noon each Saturday from of each month. Visitors are March 5 through April 23. always welcome. Call (803) Meetings will be held at 775-8840 for more informa- the Amedisys Hospice office, 198 E. Wesmark Blvd., tion.

Suite 2, (803) 774-4036.

The Shepherd’s Center, 24 There is no charge and the Council St., will offer public information sessions from 11 public is invited.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consider the EUGENIA LAST consequences before you do or say something you cannot reverse. Don’t fuel a fire when it needs to be put out. Look forward to new beginnings, and put your energy into self-assertive pursuits instead of complaining.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take control and say what’s on your mind. Once you make everyone aware of what you intend to do, you will be given clear passage to follow your heart and your dreams.

Success awaits you if you are bold, precise and passionate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t share personal secrets or divulge financial information. You will accomplish a lot if you work quietly on your own, doing what needs to be done. If you want to make a move, do so swiftly before anyone finds out.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t wait for someone else to make the first move. Share your thoughts and feelings with others, and you will be delighted with the information you receive. You will make an impact on someone you love if you follow your heart.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Be cautious when dealing with joint ventures or money matters that are dependent on what someone else does. Try not to take matters into your own hands. Anger will solve nothing, but positive action will.

Size up the situation and follow through.

your feelings and plans for the future. Plan a trip.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listen carefully and determine your next move. Use your intelligence, and you will overcome any obstacles that stand in your way. Embrace your life and enjoy the people and activities that make you feel good.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A passionate and positive approach to relationships will help you get your way. Travel plans or engaging in something that motivates you to live life the way you want will ease your stress and promote greater personal success.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be careful how you present what you have to offer. Exaggeration will not bode well with your audience if you cannot deliver. Show discipline and restraint if you want to draw positive attention to your plans.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have trouble convincing someone to let you make the changes you want to your property.

Hide your emotions and try a different approach that offers personal incentives. Draw up a contract or invest in your future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get things done and dodge complaints.

Do what needs to be done without making a fuss. Draw on past experience to handle a situation that deals with children or family matters. Do your best to avoid a hurtful argument.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be gracious and show respect in your VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put more dealings, and you will get what you want. Consider your background effort into looking your best. and put your experience into play Primping and pampering will add when helping others. You will make to your confidence and attract a difference to someone or attention. Love and romance are featured. Don’t be afraid to share something you care about.

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Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

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Today: Sunny much of the time. Winds north 4-8 mph. Partly cloudy.

Sunday: Plenty of sun. Winds east-southeast 4-8 mph.

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Florence 42/19

Bishopville 42/20

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

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City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

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

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PRESIDENTS DAY SCHEDULE St. Anne Catholic School will hold a teacher BANKS — Wells Fargo will be open on Monin-service day with no student attendance. day.

The following will be open on Monday: Lee All other area Presidents banks and credit unions will Day Schedule: Feb. 13, 2016 County Public Schools; Robert E. Lee Acadebe closed on Monday. my; Wilson Hall; Laurence Manning Academy; GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed Sumter School District (inclement weather on Monday: federal government offices; U.S. makeup day); and Clarendon School District 3 Postal Service; state government offices; City (flood makeup day). of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; City UTILITIES — Black River Electric Coop. and of Manning offices; Clarendon County offices; Farmers Telephone Coop. will be open on MonLee County offices; and City of Bishopville ofday. fices.

OTHER — The following will be closed on SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Sumter County Library and Harvin Monday: Clarendon School Districts 1 and 2; Clarendon County Library.

Thomas Sumter Academy; St. Francis Xavier The Sumter Item will be open on Monday.

High School; Clarendon Hall; and Sumter Christian School.

SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Meoweth, a housebroken and spayed 8-month-old gray Meoweth is super tabby and loves white everyAmerican sweet, short hair, is available for one adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She is great with other cats, children and even dogs. Meoweth is super sweet and loves everyone. She has a very friendly personality! The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit the website at www.sumterscspca.com.

The Sumter SPCA Valentine Dance will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. today at the Elaine D. Korn Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive.

Music will be provided by The Recollections Band. Cost is $20 per person (must be 21 years or older) and all proceeds benefit the SPCA. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Call (803) 773-9292.

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Split decision Swampcats top Barons 51-45 to claim share of SCISA Region II-3A title

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‘Guard heavy’ ’Cats to test USC Willie T. Smith III wtsmith@greenvillenews.com COLUMBIA – Following South Carolina’s 11-point win over LSU, which was sitting alone in first place in the Southeastern Conference at the time, Gamecocks coach Frank Martin lamented the lack of recognition both the two teams and the remainder of the league have received.

“That’s a high level game,” said Martin. “This is the part that frustrates me is that you have two teams that are that good. They are in first and second place in the league and neither team is ranked.

“That’s the frustrating part, how either one of those two teams is not ranked nationally.

That’s makes no sense.”

The Gamecocks could make a step toward gaining that respectability Saturday when they host perennial power Kentucky.

The Wildcats (18-6, 8-3) enter the contest in a threeway tie with the Gamecocks and LSU for first place in the SEC. Kentucky has been impressive in its last two games, defeating Georgia 82-48 and Florida 80-61.

If USC finds a way to defeat the Wildcats in Colonial Life Arena at noon on Saturday, it could go a long way toward giving it that respect.

“They’re really guard heavy,” said USC junior guard Duane Notice of the Wildcats.

“They’ve got three guards who can pretty much score at any time. They have a guy like Tyler (Ulis), who can dominate the ball, and a guy like Jamal Murray who can shoot the ball.

“We’re going to have to do a good job containing the ball when it comes to our on-ball

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Laurence Manning’s Academy’s Aaron Kruger (12) puts up a shot as as Wilson Hall’s Drew Talley defends during the Swampcats’ 51-45 victory on Friday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium in Manning. With the win, LMA earned a share of the SCISA Region II-3A championship.

The Wilson Hall girls defeated LMA 53-36 to earn the No. 2 seed in the region. Due to the length of the games, further information was unavailable at press time. For a complete recap on the games, visit our website at www.theitem.com.

By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press

usc sumter tennis

Kiser pleased with USCS’ first outing

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Sam Kiser wasn’t really sure what to expect as the University of South Carolina Sumter made its first foray back into collegiate tennis competition on Friday for the first time in many years.

But what he did see on the opening day of the USC Sumter Spring Invitational at Palmetto Tennis Center was enough for the head coach to believe the program is off to a good start.

“We were playing a team (Esrkine College) that was three levels about what we normally play,” Kiser said of the USCS men. “I was looking for them to compete hard and compete well and they did

New NASCAR charter shuts out storied Wood Brothers

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USC Sumter head tennis coach Sam Kiser, left, talks with Julia Sorrells, center, and Jules Coons during their doubles match against Coker College on Friday at the USC Sumter Spring Invitational at See outing, Page B3 Palmetto Tennis Center.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s been 10 years since the Wood Brothers completed a full NASCAR season, and they stopped trying to make it to the track each week in 2009.

NASCAR’s oldest race team blaney didn’t have the funds to keep up with the competition, and a scaled-back approach was what the family-owned organization felt was best for the famed No. 21 Ford.

“It would have been an embarrassment to our family, our uncles and our dad, if we just showed up and took a check,” said team co-owner Len Wood, the son of founder Glenn Wood. “We didn’t. We tried to perform every time we showed up. It didn’t always work out that way, but that is what we tried to do.”

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Eagles’ Adams leads list of Clemson, USC players invited to NFL Combine Four former University of South Carolina football players and eight former Clemson Tigers have been invited to participate in the 2016 NFL Combine that will take place from Feb. 23-29 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Topping the list for the Gamecocks is former Scott’s Branch High School standout and USC tight end Jerell Adams. He will be joined by wide receiver Pharoh Cooper, offensive tackle Brandon Shell and running back Brandon Wilds.

The Gamecocks will hold their annual Pro Timing Day on Wednesday, March 30.

The Clemson players invited are MacKensie Alexander (CB), Kevin Dodd (DE), B.J. Goodson (LB), T.J. Green (SAF), Jayron Kearse (SAF), Shaq Lawson (DE), Charone Peake (WR) and D.J. Reader (DT).

Peake will work out on Feb. 27, while the seven Clemson defensive players will work out Feb. 28 and 29th.

The eight players invited stand as a Clemson record.

The previous high for Clemson invitations to the NFL Combine was seven set in 1999, 2007 and 2011.

Kang flirts with 59 and doesn’t even know it PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. —

Sung Kang of South Korea had to scramble for par on the last hole Friday to set the course record at Monterey Peninsula with an 11under 60. It gave him a share of the lead with Hiroshi Iwata, with Phil Mickelson in contention again at the AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm. On another gorgeous day, Mickelson and Kang each raised talk about a 59.

Mickelson was 7 under through 10 holes at Monterey Peninsula, with a pair of par 5s among the eight holes he had remaining. He made bogey on one of them, then bogeyed his last hole for a 65.

Kang thought the course was a par 72, so a 59 never crossed his mind standing on the par-3 ninth hole.

Iwata had a 66 at Pebble Beach.

The 58-year-old German star went on to win in 2013 after also opening with a 62. In the past seven years in Naples, Langer has two victories, two seconds, a tie for third and a tie for fourth. He was in contention last year before withdrawing to attend to a family matter.

Jay Haas was second. Jeff Maggert was third at 67, and Fred Couples was at 68 along with Kenny Perry Kevin Sutherland, Steve Lowery, Scott Hoch and Michael Allen.

(19) dayton 68 rhode island 66

KINGSTON, R.I. — Darrell Davis made a go-ahead 3-pointer from the corner with 20 seconds left and No. 19 Dayton beat Rhode Island 68-66 on Friday night.

Rhode Island’s Four McGLanger takes 4-stroke lynn missed a 3-pointer in lead in Chubb Classic the final seconds, and DayNAPLES, Fla. — Bernton got the rebound. hard Langer shot a 10Dyshawn Pierre led Dayunder 62 on Friday to take ton (21-3, 11-1 Atlantic-10) a four-stroke lead in the with 17 points and also had PGA Tour Champions’ nine rebounds. Scoochie Chubb Classic at TwinEaSmith added 16 points, and gles.

Davis finished with eight.

Langer made 11 birdies, McGlynn had 19 points for including five straight bird- Rhode Island (14-11, 6-6). ies from Nos. 3-7 and Nos. Hassan Martin added 15 14-18. Using a long putter, points and 10 rebounds. he made a 35-footer on No. 9 and a 40-footer on No. 17. From staff, wire reports

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The Gamecocks, who are ranked 20th in the USA Today/Coaches Poll, own a 21-3 overall record.

While Martin believes his team and the conference should receive more credit, he understands why many may be skeptical.

“I can’t complain about our publicity,” said Martin.

“We haven’t been relevant for 100 years. We have to earn that.

“You don’t get that because you win a game in February. You have to earn it and earn it over a period of time, so we have to stay in the moment.”

While Martin is upset with the national media, his team appears quick comfortable to compete below the radar.

“Our philosophy has always been the next game is the most important game on the schedule,” said Notice.

“That remains, not because The Associated Press it is Kentucky or because Sindarius Thornwell (0) and the rest of the SEC-leading South we’re playing for the numCarolina Gamecocks take on perennial conference power Kenber one spot. It is just the tucky today at noon. next important game.”

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Mets P Mejia 1st to draw lifetime drug ban

By RONALD BLUM The Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia became the first player to receive a lifetime ban under Major League Baseball’s drug agreement after testing positive for a performanceMejia enhancing substance for the third time.

The commissioner’s office said Friday that Mejia tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone, which athletes have used to increase muscle mass and once was popular for use in horse racing.

The 26-year-old righthander was the Mets’ closer in 2014, then was suspended for 80 games last April 11

following a positive test for Stanozolol, a drug popular among bodybuilders. At the time, he said, “I can honestly say I have no idea how a banned substance ended up in my system.”

Mejia returned July 12, appeared in seven games for New York, then was banned for 162 games on July 28 after a positive test for Stanozolol and Boldenone.

“I think not surprisingly there’s a tremendous amount of disappointment, I think to some extent, anger, to some extent, amazement that this could happen so soon after a previous suspension was completed,” Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said then. “This is the consequence of making bad choices.”

The Mets said Friday they “were deeply disap-

pointed.” The Major League Baseball Players Association declined comment, and a spokesman for Mejia’s agents said the pitcher had no comment.

Under pressure from Congress to toughen their drug program, major league players and teams agreed in November 2005 that a third positive test for PEDs would result in a lifetime ban. His 162-game suspension had matched the longest under the big league program, a year-long ban served by the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez in 2014 that originally was 211 games before an arbitrator reduced it.

Mejia may apply one year from now to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred for reinstatement, and Manfred at his discretion has the power to let Mejia back in baseball — but no earlier than for the 2018 season.

The SUMTER ITEM

Scoreboard TV, Radio TODAY 5:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Tshwane Open Third Round from Waterkloof, South Africa (GOLF).

7:40 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Manchester United vs. Sunderland (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:20 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hannover 96 vs. Borussia Dortmund (FOX SPORTS 2).

9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Everton vs. West Bromwich Albion (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Norwich City vs. West Ham United (USA).

10:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 Practice from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1).

11 a.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA All-Star Game Practice from Toronto (NBA TV).

Noon – College Basketball: Georgetown at Providence (WACH 57).

Noon – College Basketball: Belmont at Morehead State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – College Basketball: Kentucky at South Carolina (ESPN, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240).

Noon – College Basketball: Northern Iowa at Wichita State (ESPN2).

Noon – College Basketball: Texas Christian at West Virginia (ESPNU).

Noon – College Basketball: Wake Forest at North Carolina State (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

12:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Cologne (FOX SPORTS 2).

12:25 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Newcastle United vs. Chelsea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. – Road Racing: U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s and Women’s Marathon from Los Angeles (WIS 10).

1 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas A&M at Louisiana State (WLTX 19).

1 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas State at Oklahoma State (ESPNEWS).

1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Third Round from Pebble Beach, Calif. (GOLF).

1:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 Practice from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1).

2 p.m. – College Basketball: Memphis at Tulane (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

2 p.m. – College Basketball: Purdue at Michigan (ESPN2).

2 p.m. – College Basketball: Arkansas at Mississippi (ESPNU).

2 p.m. – College Basketball: AlabamaBirmingham at Louisiana Tech (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

2 p.m. – College Basketball: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech from Greenville (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUBFM 102.7).

2 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League All-Star Game (NBA TV).

2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Xavier at Butler (WACH 57).

2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas at Oklahoma (ESPN).

3 p.m. – College Basketball: Central Florida at Houston (ESPNEWS).

3 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Chubb Classic Second Round from Naples, Fla. (GOLF).

3 p.m. – College Basketball: James Madison at North Carolina-Wilmington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3 p.m. – College Basketball: Tennessee at Missouri (SEC NETWORK).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: Wyoming at Boise State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisville at Notre Dame (ESPN2).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: East Carolina at Cincinnati (ESPNU).

4 p.m. – Auto Racing: ARCA Series Lucas Oil 200 from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: Chattanooga at East Tennessee State (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

4:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Virginia at Duke (ESPN).

5 p.m. – College Basketball: Hofstra at Delaware (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

5:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Alabama at Florida (SEC NETWORK).

5:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Queretaro vs.

Cruz Azul (UNIVISION).

6 p.m. – College Basketball: Saint Louis at Virginia Commonwealth (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. – College Basketball: Vanderbilt at Auburn (ESPN2).

6 p.m. – College Basketball: Penn State at Nebraska (ESPNU).

6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Wisconsin at Maryland (ESPN).

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: New York Islanders at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Hockey: Maine at Notre Dame (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Tijuana vs. Tigres (UNIVISION).

8 p.m. – NASCAR: Sprint Cup Series The Sprint Unlimited from Daytona Beach, Fla. (WACH 57, WEGX-FM 92.9).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: St. John’s at Villanova (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Tulsa at Connecticut (ESPN2).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas Tech at Baylor (ESPNU).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Creighton at Marquette (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Georgia at Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA All-Star Saturday Night from Toronto – Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Contest and Skills Challenge (TNT).

8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas at Iowa State (ESPN).

9:30 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: United States vs. Mexico (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: Air Force at San Diego State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: Gonzaga at Southern Methodist (ESPN2).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: Colorado State at Nevada-Las Vegas (ESPNU).

10 p.m. – International Baseball: World Baseball Classic Qualifying Game – Teams To Be Announced (MLB NETWORK).

5 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Tshwane Open Final Round from Waterkloof, South Africa (GOLF).

NBA Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington Orlando Central Division

Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 35 17 .673 — 32 23 .582 4½ 23 32 .418 13½ 14 40 .259 22 8 45 .151 27½ W L Pct GB 31 24 .564 — 29 24 .547 1 27 26 .509 3 23 28 .451 6 23 29 .442 6½ W L Pct GB 38 14 .731 — 28 25 .528 10½ 27 25 .519 11 27 27 .500 12 22 32 .407 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans

W L Pct GB 45 8 .849 — 31 22 .585 14 29 26 .527 17 27 28 .491 19 20 33 .377 25

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota Pacific Division

Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers

W L Pct GB 40 14 .741 — 27 27 .500 13 26 26 .500 13 22 32 .407 18 17 37 .315 23 W L Pct GB 48 4 .923 — 35 18 .660 13½ 22 31 .415 26½ 14 40 .259 35 11 44 .200 38½

Thursday’s Games

Milwaukee 99, Washington 92 Oklahoma City 121, New Orleans 95

Friday’s Games

No games scheduled

NHL Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 54 32 16 6 70 155 123 Detroit 54 28 18 8 64 137 135 Boston 54 29 19 6 64 163 149 Tampa Bay 53 29 20 4 62 142 130 Montreal 55 27 24 4 58 151 146 Ottawa 56 25 25 6 56 161 177 Buffalo 55 21 28 6 48 126 155 Toronto 53 19 25 9 47 127 154 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 53 40 9 4 84 178 121 N.Y. Rangers 54 31 18 5 67 156 137 N.Y. Islanders 53 29 18 6 64 154 134 Pittsburgh 53 27 19 7 61 139 138 New Jersey 55 27 21 7 61 124 129 Philadelphia 53 24 20 9 57 129 143 Carolina 54 24 21 9 57 130 144 Columbus 56 22 28 6 50 144 176

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 58 36 18 4 76 161 134 Dallas 55 35 15 5 75 180 149 St. Louis 56 30 17 9 69 136 134 Colorado 57 28 25 4 60 154 158 Nashville 54 25 21 8 58 141 145 Minnesota 54 23 21 10 56 133 136 Winnipeg 54 24 27 3 51 140 159 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 53 32 18 3 67 148 126 San Jose 53 28 20 5 61 156 145 Anaheim 53 26 19 8 60 122 128 Vancouver 54 22 20 12 56 129 147 Arizona 53 24 23 6 54 140 164 Calgary 53 25 25 3 53 145 158 Edmonton 56 22 29 5 49 142 169 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games

Columbus 4, Anaheim 3, SO Calgary 6, San Jose 5, SO N.Y. Islanders 5, Los Angeles 2 Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 1 Colorado 4, Ottawa 3 Washington 4, Minnesota 3 Boston 6, Winnipeg 2 Dallas 4, Chicago 2 Edmonton 5, Toronto 2

Friday’s Games

Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Arizona, 9 p.m.

thursDAy’s Men’s College Scores

By The Associated Press

EAST

Binghamton 68, Hartford 54 Delaware 69, Drexel 60 Dominican (NY) 69, Goldey Beacom 63 Fairleigh Dickinson 91, Bryant 77 Farmingdale 69, St. Joseph’s (LI) 51 LIU Brooklyn 82, Wagner 69 Manhattan 84, Quinnipiac 77 Mass.-Lowell 108, Maine 95, OT Mount St. Mary’s 66, Sacred Heart 61 NJIT 74, Stetson 70 New Hampshire 69, Albany (NY) 68 Northeastern 47, Towson 44 Siena 90, Canisius 67 St. Francis (Pa.) 68, Robert Morris 57 St. Francis Brooklyn 74, CCSU 67 Stony Brook 75, UMBC 52 Syracuse 85, Florida St. 72 Temple 63, UConn 58 UMass 69, VCU 63

SOUTH

Bellarmine 81, Missouri-St. Louis 71 Campbell 89, Gardner-Webb 85, OT Charleston So. 77, Presbyterian 63 Charlotte 102, Rice 73 ETSU 94, Samford 90, OT FAU 79, UTSA 73 Florida Gulf Coast 71, SC-Upstate 64 Furman 95, The Citadel 75 Georgia Southern 77, Troy 71 High Point 68, Coastal Carolina 67 Hofstra 86, William & Mary 80 James Madison 56, Coll. of Chas. 52 Kennesaw St. 101, North Florida 91 LSU-Alexandria 76, Jarvis Christian 66 Lee 66, West Alabama 64 Limestone 68, Erskine 44 Lipscomb 93, Jacksonville 92 Louisiana Tech 73, Middle Tenn. 63 Louisiana-Lafayette 83, Arkansas St. 73 Louisiana-Monroe 86, UALR 82 Loyola NO 64, Martin Methodist 54 McNeese St. 87, New Orleans 76 Morehead St. 61, E. Kentucky 50 Old Dominion 67, North Texas 47 Radford 60, UNC Asheville 59 Shawnee St. 63, Cumberland (Tenn.) 61 South Alabama 79, Georgia St. 78, OT UAB 80, Southern Miss. 77, 2OT UNC Wilmington 86, Elon 82 UT Martin 77, SE Missouri 64 UTEP 84, FIU 74 VMI 86, UNC Greensboro 72 W. Carolina 67, Chattanooga 61 Winthrop 88, Longwood 80 Wofford 79, Mercer 70

golf

By The Associated Press PGA-Pebble Beach Par Scores Friday p-Pebble Beach Golf Links, Yardage: 6,816; Par: 72 m-Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Course, 6,914; 71 s-Spyglass Hill Golf Club, 6,953; 72 Pebble Beach, Calif.

Purse: $7 million Second Round Sung Kang Hiroshi Iwata Phil Mickelson Freddie Jacobson Chez Reavie Justin Rose Roberto Castro Mark Hubbard Ricky Barnes Jonas Blixt

72s-60m—132 -11 66m-66p—132 -11 68s-65m—133 -10 65p-69s—134 -10 63m-70p—133 -10 66s-68m—134 -9 66p-70s—136 -8 70p-66s—136 -8 65m-70p—135 -8 67m-69p—136 -7

PGA Tour Champions-Chubb Classic Par Scores Friday At TwinEagles Golf Club (Talon Course) Naples, Fla. Purse: $1.6 million Yardage: 7,176; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Bernhard Langer Jay Haas Jeff Maggert Kevin Sutherland Steve Lowery Scott Hoch Fred Couples Michael Allen Kenny Perry Jesper Parnevik

30-32—62 32-34—66 35-32—67 34-34—68 34-34—68 35-33—68 32-36—68 35-33—68 33-35—68 35-34—69

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Golden State point guard Stephen Curry, front left, takes schoolchildren through a skills drill at a Jr. NBA Day event in Toronto on Friday.

Curry back in Toronto at the top of his game

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI The Associated Press

wins by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. Curry leads the league in scoring at 29.8 points per TORONTO — When the To- game and splashes 3-pointers ronto Raptors signed Dell like no one to have ever Curry in 1999 to provide some played before him. A second shooting on the perimeter, straight MVP award appears they also acquired two young inevitable, and the baby-faced children in the deal that assassin has designs on doing would dart around the back for Under Armour what Mihallways of the Air Canada chael Jordan did for Nike.

Center dribbling basketballs He has also made the and bouncing off the walls.

3-pointer cool again, with his Steph Curry remembers showdown with teammate those days well as a pre-teen, Klay Thompson in the horsing around with little 3-point shootout on Saturday brother Seth in front of ush- night as anticipated of an ers who still work there. He event as the dunk contest. recalls watching his first and Maybe more. only hockey game when the “I’ve never seen anybody Maple Leafs were home, and hit the shots that he hits,” even being held out of his Hall of Famer Shaquille first game as a middle school O’Neal said. “That’s the only kid because he did not do the thing you can say right now. dishes earlier that day.

He’s really that good.”

“To be back here and celeMuch of the All-Star festivbrate an All-Star game is ities this weekend are conspecial,” Curry said on Fricentrated on paying respects day. to Lakers star Kobe Bryant He returns to the place he in his final trip, and Curry called home for three years joked when he took the podifor All-Star weekend at the um after a stampede of jourheight of his powers, an NBA nalists raced across the ballchampion, the reigning MVP room floor to follow Bryant and the new face of the that, “Kobe is talking if anyleague while his Golden body wants to go.”

State Warriors blow the But there is no denying doors off of the competition. who owns the NBA right “There’s a lot more to acnow. Curry’s jersey is the complish,” Curry said. “It’s league’s best seller for the nice that I won a championsecond straight season, with ship and an MVP and all that the younger generation beand to be here for weekends coming enamored with his like this. I want to continue shooting range and slick to strive for more.” ball-handling. And even his The Warriors are an asteammates have a hard time tounding 48-4 at the break keeping their composure and have taken aim at the when he rips off one of his single-season record of 72 shake-and-bake dribbles and

launches a step-back 3 from another zip code.

“You’re definitely wowed, but you just kind of try to stay focused,” fellow Warriors All-Star Draymond Green said. “Because sometimes he can catch you. We used to do it a lot and get wild about what Steph’s doing and just give him the ball, give him the ball. I think we work better now when he’s having those moments and continuing to play. But some of the stuff he does is pretty amazing.”

For Curry, nothing is out of the question anymore.

Greatest shooter ever?

“I feel like I could go toe-totoe with pretty much anybody,” he said. “But the longevity of Ray Allen, Reggie Miller have been able to accomplish. Sixteen, 17 years of shooting at a very high level. That’s what I’m striving for. I’m on a pretty good pace, but that’s what I want to continue to do.”

Single-game record for 3s?

He hit 11 in a game at Washington on Feb. 3, just one short of tying the mark.

“I thought I had it two weeks ago,” he said.

Iconic pitchman?

With Curry serving as the face, Under Armour is quickly climbing up the ladder in sports apparel. “They had a nice template of success with Jordan’s career,” Curry said of Nike. “We’re trying to do it our way, which is very genuine and organic to what we’re trying to do. It’s been a great partnership so far.”

The SCISA Region II-3A tournaments will begin today at Edens Gymnasium in Dalzell with the junior varsity semifinal games for both boys and girls as well as the varsity play-in games for girls and boys.

Games begin at 11 a.m. with JV girls followed by varsity girls at 4 p.m. and varsity boys at 5:30 p.m.

The tournament shifts to Sumter County Civic Center on Monday with the varsity semifinals. Games begin at 3:30 p.m. with the final game slated to begin at 8 p.m.

The finals will be held on Tuesday with the JV girls schedule for 3:30 p.m. and the JV boys to tip off at 4:45 p.m. The varsity finals are scheduled for 6 p.m. for the girls and 7:30 p.m. for the boys.

Admission for Saturday, Monday and Tuesday is $7 for adults and $4 for students.

SCISA Region II-3A Tournament schedule TODAY at Edens Gymnasium, Dalzell 11 a.m. - JV Girls 3 vs. 2 12:15 p.m. - JV Boys 3 vs. 2 1:30 p.m. - JV Girls 4 vs. 1 2:45 p.m. - JV Boys 4 vs. 1 4 p.m. - Varsity Girls 5 vs. 4 5:30 p.m. - Varsity Boys 5 vs. 4 Monday at Sumter County Civic Center 3:30 p.m. - Varsity Girls 3 vs. 2 5 p.m. - Varsity Boys 3 vs. 2 6:30 p.m. - Varsity Girls 4/5 vs. 1 8 p.m. - Varsity Boys 4/5 vs. 1 Tuesday at Sumter County Civic Center 3:30 p.m. - JV Girls Finals 4:45 p.m. - JV Boys Finals JV Awards 6 p.m. - Varsity Girls Finals 7:30 p.m. - Varsity Boys Finals Varsity Awards

BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL Scott’s Branch 60 East Clarendon 45

SUMMERTON -- Scott’s Branch had three players score in double figures in a 60-45 victory over East Clarendon on Thursday at the Eagles gymnasium.

Chauncey Aiken led the way with 13 points followed

by Marquez Hunt and Maliq Green with 12 each.

Jabari White led the Wolverines with 18 points followed by Christian White with 14.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Laurence Manning 43 Wilson Hall 38

MANNING -- Brewer Brunson scored 14 points to help power LMA past Wilson Hall 43-38 on Friday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Walker Jones led the Barons with eight points as WH finished the regular season

10-10 overall and 4-4 in the region.

The Barons will play Thomas Sumter Academy today at 12:15 p.m. in Dalzell in the SCISA Region II-3A tournament semifinals at Edens Gymnasium.

GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL Lee Central 64 Johnsonville 30

JOHNSONVILLE -- Alexis McMillan had 28 points, 10 rebounds, eight steals and six assists to help Lee Central earn a 64-30 victory over Johnsonville on Friday at the Flashes gymnasium to win the Region VII-2A championship.

A’Yannah had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Stallions followed by Jiah Ervin with 10 points.

Sumter 48 Socastee 29

SOCASTEE -- Kyra Wilson and Jessica Harris each had 11 points to lead Sumter to a 48-29 victory over Socastee on Friday at the Braves gymnasium.

The Lady Gamecocks finished the regular season 21-4 overall and a perfect 10-0 in Region VI-4A play. They will host a first-round playoff game on Tuesday.

Scott’s Branch 44 East Clarendon 24

SUMMERTON -- Taia Madison had 15 points to help power the Lady Eagles past East Clarendon 44-24 on Thursday at the SBHS gymnasium.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Wilson Hall 34 Laurence Manning 27

MANNING -- Madison Elmore and Becka Noyes each had nine points to help lead Wilson Hall to a 34-27 victory over Laurence Manning Academy on Friday at the Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Waverly McIver added six points for the Lady Barons, who finished the regular season at 15-1 overall and 7-1 in the region to earn co-region championship honors alongside Thomas Sumter Academy.

Abbie Patrick finished with 13 to lead the Lady Swampcats followed by Olivia Coker with nine.

Both teams will face off again today at Edens Gymnasium in Dalzell in the SCISA Region II-3A tournament semifinals at 11 a.m.

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that.”

The Fire Ant men fell to Erskine 9-0, but Kiser was more interested in the competitiveness of the matches and how his junior college team responded to its matchup with a NCAA Division II school.

“We were in four matches, so it very easily could have been a 5-4 outcome,” Kiser said. “So that was exciting to see. The guys played hard and they did very well against a very good Conference Carolinas team.”

David Ocampo Londono and Jordan George lost their No. 1 doubles match to Alan Pearce and Fabricio Lanza, but stayed with the Erskine duo until the end before falling 8-6.

USC Sumter’s top three singles players -- Londono, George and Gibirl Kinani -all took their matches to third-set tiebreakers with each one bouncing back after dropping the first set to win the second.

“We were actually at 6-all in the No. 1 doubles match,” Kiser said. “I was also really please with our No. 1 singles.

(Londono) was way down in the first set and battled back before losing 7-5.

“But overall I was pleased

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USC Sumter No. 1 doubles players Jules Coons, left, and Julia Sorrells await the serve from Coker College’s Bailey and Ragan Palmer during their match on Friday at the USC Sumter Spring Invitational at Palmetto Tennis Center. The Palmer twins prevailed 8-3. and very excited about the future of the program.”

The USCS women’s matchup against Coker was delayed because of the men’s matches running late and the results were not available at press time, although the Lady Cobras did take the first two doubles matches 8-3 and 8-1.

“We’re playing with only five this year,” Kiser said.

“Coker is a very good team, so I’m just looking for them to play hard and compete.”

The USCS Spring Invitational continues today at PTC with the Fire Ant women taking on Benedict and the men facing NCAA Division I foe Citadel.

Both matches are at 9 a.m.

MEN

ERSKINE 9, USC SUMTER 0 DOUBLES 1 -- Alan Pearce/Fabricio Lanza (E) defeated David Ocampo Londono/ Jordan George 8-6.

2 -- Andre Andre/Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (E) defeated Gibril Kinani/Alex Skolar 8-0.

3 -- Andres Argenal/Mateo Laredo (E) defeated Garrett Comley/Clayton Williams 8-0.

SINGLES 1 -- Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (E) defeated David Ocampo Londono 7-5, 4-6.

6-4.

2 -- Fabricio Lanza (E) defeated Jordan George 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

3 -- Andres Argenal (E) defeated Gibril Kinani 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

4 -- Alan Pearce (E) defeated Alex Skolar 6-0, 6-0.

5 -- Andre Andre (E) defeated Garrett Comley 6-0, 6-0.

6 -- Mateo Laredo (E) defeated Clayton Williams 6-0, 6-0.

cause rain washed out the session.

From Page B1 Their faith in Blaney, who is on loan from Team Penske, Their approach led to one and belief that they have of the biggest moments in made major on-track imteam history: Trevor Bayne’s provements have the organi2011 upset victory in the Day- zation convinced that being tona 500. It was the sixth Day- denied a charter won’t criptona 500 victory for the team, ple them. but first since David Pearson “I think with our perforin 1976. mance this last year, qualifyThey consider Bayne’s win ing in these races shouldn’t proof that their strategy was be an issue as long as we perbest, even though it cost form like we know we can,” them one of the 36 coveted Len Wood said. “We have charters that were created talked about in the past that this week as part of NASas long as it is a performance CAR’s new franchising related issue like we can’t model. Only teams that have run fast enough, that is when attempted every race since we have a problem. It is hard 2013 were eligible for one of to overcome something like the charters, which guaranthat. If you are fast enough tee starting spots in the field every week, that shouldn’t be each week and provide finan- an issue.” cial security to owners.

Fans have taken to social The charter system leaves media to blast the Woods’ exjust four open spots in the 40- clusion from the charter syscar field each week, and the tem, but team executives unWood Brothers will have to derstand the process. The qualify before every race. tough part was explaining the The timing is bittersweet for situation to Hall of Famer the Woods: This dramatic Glenn Wood, who will travel shift in the NASCAR busito Daytona on Saturday for ness model came as the team the 70th consecutive year. prepared to return to a full “My grandpa didn’t start schedule with hotshot rookie this team in 1950 to make a Ryan Blaney. pile of money. What you Blaney ran 16 races for the don’t do is change your busiWoods last year and failed to ness model. You don’t embarqualify for three others berass yourself.”

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Teen’s heart aches for cousin in midst of melodrama DEAR ABBY — I am 18 and in my sophomore year of college. A month ago, my family went through Dear Abby some major ABIGAIL hardships. It came out VAN BUREN that “Uncle Mark” has been cheating on my aunt for years and is moving his mistress to our area. They have two children, a son in elementary school and a daughter, “Dana,” 13.

I feel bad for my aunt, but I’m absolutely devastated for Dana. My Uncle Mark has skipped all of her school events in the wake of this

mess, and I can’t begin to imagine how disappointed Dana must feel. Uncle Mark is a sociopath. He feels no empathy, manipulates others and has a sadistic streak.

Dana was not close to her dad, but since this mess began she’s even less so.

Abby, I don’t want my cousin to feel like she’s alone.

Since I’m an older teenager, she looks up to me. How can I be supportive, and not intrude in this delicate situation?

Supportive cousin in Maine

be to spend time with her when your schedule permits and allow her to vent when she needs to, because she will.

As to what kind of job a person can find without going to college, discuss this with a counselor at your school. College may not be for everyone, but I don’t think it’s likely you’ll get a wellpaying job without some advanced education -- if not in a college, then in an apprenticeship program or a trade school with a proven high job placement record.

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The kindest thing to do would

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By Mark Bickham

ACROSS 1 Candy in a strawlike container 9 "The Great Santini" Oscar nominee Michael 15 Do-it-yourself style 16 One often checking boxes 17 Partly 18 He broke Walter's NFL career rushing record 19 Was sharply critical, with "out" 20 Adopted great-nephew of Claudius 22 Everyday list ender 23 Common pledge 24 Composer/ conductor Boulanger 26 Philosophers in the news since 1985 33 Like many fliers 34 Fictional place near Atlanta 35 Internet __ 36 Put one's foot down?

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Notice is hereby given that Family Dollar Stores of South Carolina, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and off premises consumption of beer and wine at Store# 4804, 1200 Pocallo Rd., Sumter, SC 29150-7528, Store# 5299, 338 Manning Ave, Sumter, SC 29150-6455, Store # 11362, 1760 Pinewood Rd, Sumter, SC 29154-9063. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than February 29, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address

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and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL Section, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0907; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

his office located at 23 West Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the releif demanded in the Complaint.

Summons & Notice SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CIVIL CASE NO.: 2015-CP-43-2212 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Willow Homes Limited Partnership Plaintiffs, vs.

Main Street Properties, LLC Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN NAMED: you are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on Kenneth R. Young, Jr., Esquire, at

Young, Kefer & Associates, P.A. Kenneth R. Young, Jr. Attorney for Plaintiffs 23 West Calhoun Street Sumter, S.C. 29150 Telephone: (803) 773-4371

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YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

TO THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN: RASHONDA DICKEY, CEDRIC DEVON BURGESS, MICHAEL KAYNARD McDOWEL, ELASIA MERCHANT, EDDIE McCRAY, FREDERICK BROWN AND TRAVIS McCRAY: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the undersigned attorneys at their offices, 2725 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29205, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-2784 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Plaintiffs, v.

Rashonda Dickey, Cedric Devon Burgess, Michael Kaynard McDowell, Elasia Merchant, Eddie McCray, Frederick Brown and Travis McCray, Defendants.

NOTICE that the Complaint, Declaratory Judgment, Non-Jury in the above captioned matter was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on the 16th day of December, 2015.

DuBOSE-ROBINSON, PC Jonathan M. Robinson, Esquire J. Kennedy DuBose, Jr., Esquire John K. DuBose, III, Esquire H. Thomas Morgan, Jr., Esquire L. Shawn Sullivan, Esquire ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 2725 Devine Street Columbia, South Carolina 29205 Telephone (803) 254-5445

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Freedom Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

William C. Crews IV, Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be

heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on April 10, 2015.

Kristen E. Washburn, SC Bar No. 101415 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 888-726-9953 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2015-CP-43-00901

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