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Write-in candidate contests special election in Manning Anderson questions ward line changes, absentee count

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Write-in candidate Sharmane Anderson is challenging the results of the Manning City Council District 5 special election.

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“I am just trying to make it right,” Anderson said. “Not necessarily for me but for elections to come.”

In her letter, Anderson said changes to ward lines made June 23 are in violation of the South Carolina Code of Laws, which requires public notice

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BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 Election season in Sumter will continue to heat up today, as filing for candidates in three Sumter City Council races and four Sumter School District Board of Trustees races officially opens at noon.

Potential candidates looking to run in any of these seven non-partisan races have until noon Aug. 15 to file at Sumter County Election Commission offices.

On city council, wards 1, 3 and 5 — currently held by councilmen Thomas “Bubba” Lowery, Calvin Hastie and Robert Galiano, respectively — will be up for four-year terms in the November general election. Within the school board, districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 — held by Larry Addison, Karen Michalik, vice chairwoman Patty Wilson and chairman Keith Schultz — will also be up for four-year terms.

While Addison has already announced he doesn’t intend to seek re-election in November, at least one of the incumbents is expected to have at least one challenger in the bid to return to office.

Schultz is expected to be challenged by John Hilton, former principal of Millwood Elementary School. Both men have said they plan to file shortly after today and look forward to communicating with constituents before Election Day. “We’ll be focusing on the positive changes we’ve had in the district, and we’re working more toward the technology component. I don’t think my work in the district is done,” Schultz said Monday.

Hilton retired in June after serving as principal at Millwood for 25 years. He previously said his reason for running for the position is to continue to contribute to public

Changes to ward lines, discrepancies between voter lists circulated during the election and differing accounts of the number of absentee ballots are reasons given by write-in candidate Sharmane Ander-

son in a letter to the Manning Municipal Election Commission contesting the results of the Manning City Council District 5 special election held July 8.

The three-member commission has a hearing set for 10:30 a.m. today at Manning City Hall, 29 W. Boyce St., to consider Anderson’s complaints.

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Joshua Conyers loads leaves into a bag Monday. The 14-year-old is one of 20 teenagers participating in the Sumter Youth Corps this summer.

Sumter Youth Corps keeps teens busy this summer

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 Some 14- and 15-year-olds don’t have idle hands this summer.

The 20 teenagers are employed with Sumter Youth Corps, a partnership between Sumter Police Department and

City of Sumter Community Development Department, which puts the adolescents to work cleaning city parks.

“I’ve never done it before, and it’s good experience,” said Aorran Corbett, 15. “It will help later with jobs. I’ll have something to put on applications.”

Since 1994, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has pro-

vided funding for the program in the form of Community Development Block Grant money.

“Other than giving them something to do this summer, they gain supervisory skills,” said Patrolman Pete Schmid, whom the students at Alice Drive and

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Help continues for needy, even with low donations

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 Fifty-nine people stayed at United Ministries of Sumter County’s Homeless Shelter during the week of July 4.

While some may look down on these 38 men and 21 women, they have just fallen on hard times and are looking for a

hand up, not a handout, said Mark Champagne, executive director of United Ministries.

He recalled a woman who had become unemployed and was evicted from where she was staying, and her family is in another state. As part of the intake process, the shelter asked about her goals. Her response was to get a job, save money, and buy a bus ticket to

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offer, but all I need is a place to sleep until I am able to do it for myself,’” Champagne said.

The guest quickly obtained a cashier’s job for a local retailer and in 90 days saved up the required amount of money.

“This was encouraging because this guest reminded me of Philippians 4:12-13 (NIV): ‘I have learned the secret of being content in any and every

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You can be part of such success stories by donating to Summer of Caring, a partnership program in which The Sumter Item collects money

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Falling home sales could trigger construction A decline in the number of homes sold in Sumter County could be a precursor for an increase in new construction.

According to the South Carolina Realtors, home sales in the Sumter area slipped in the first half of 2014 after showing dramatic sales increases last year. In fact, the Sumter area, which includes both Clarendon and Lee

“It really did surprise me,” Hebert said.

At the same time, the homes remaining on the Sumter market continue to sit longer than in most other South Carolina markets. According to the Realtors, the average Sumter home remains on the market about six months, about 56 percent longer than the state average.

For comparison, in Greenville, one of the fastest markets for home sales, the average time on the market is less than three months.

had a glut of available housing, could be starting to dry up, which could trigger new construction.

One indication of this might be that home prices are continuing to climb slightly this year, despite the sales decline. So far, prices are up nearly four percent when compared to 2013, with the median price in Sumter sitting at about $130,000. Hebert pointed out that her statistics show the homes with the largest amount of sales growth in the area are for homes in the $150,000 to $200,000 range.

counties, is down more than seven percent in 2014 sales when compared to the previous year.

This gives the local market the second-worst sales growth rate in the state, ahead of only Greenwood, which has seen its sales decline by more than 13 percent. Statewide, home sales are up roughly 1.6 percent this year.

However, Darlene Hebert, executive director of the Sumter Board of Directors, said Monday that this could be a sign that the local market, which once

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12th business forum set for Wednesday The Shaw Air Force Base 12th Annual Business Forum will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. The event will be held in Carolina Skies Club and Conference Centers, 487 Myers St., Shaw.

The forum will provide small-business vendors with information on conducting business with the federal government. Although registration is closed, you can email Randall E. May at randall.may@ us.af.mil for more information.

No charges against officer in teen’s death CHARLESTON — A prosecutor has decided not to file charges against a police officer in the death of a 19-year-old man at a Charleston apartment, saying the evidence is clear the teen shot himself.

Solicitor Scarlett Wilson issued her findings Monday.

Hours later, Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen talked about Denzel Curnell’s death.

Mullen said the Charleston officer was off duty handling security at the apartments last month when he saw Curnell wearing a hooded sweatshirt and acting suspiciously on an 85-degree night.

The officer said Curnell refused to take his hand from his pocket, even after being wrestled to the ground, and eventually pulled out a gun and shot himself. The officer didn’t fire.

Police say gun left behind in bathroom YORK — Police in York said a loaded gun was found inside a bathroom at a local Walmart, and the owner called to say he left it there.

The Herald of Rock Hill reported police said officers were called to the store after an assistant manager reported that a customer told him a gun was in the men’s restroom near the back of the store.

A police report said officers found a gray Smith & Wesson revolver on a toilet paper dispenser last Saturday with five .38-caliber rounds inside. They determined the gun was not stolen.

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Clarendon School District 2 Superintendent John Tindal announced Monday that Judy Holmes, center, principal of Manning Primary School, will become the district’s director of gifted and talented and special projects. Otis Reed, right, who has been serving as the assistant principal, will become the interim principal of the school.

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BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 MANNING — Manning Primary School and the Clarendon School District 2 family will see some slight changes when the 2014-15 school year begins.

Superintendent John Tindal announced Monday morning that Manning Primary School principal Judy Holmes would be promoted to director of gifted and talented and special projects for the district and that Otis Reed, who has been serving as the school’s assistant principal, will become the interim principal.

Holmes said Reed went to school and graduated with one of Holmes’ children, so she is proud of the progress he has made and thinks the change in positions for the two of them will be positive for the district and the school.

“I’m excited about it, and it’s time.

I am proud of Otis, and the district

just received Race to the Top funding, so we have a lot to look forward to,” Holmes said.

While working with Holmes at Manning Primary, Reed said he has learned a lot from her as an administrator, referring to her as his “work mom.” Reed said he will continue to consult with Holmes for help and advice as he steps into the interim principal position.

“Her number will be on speed dial because she has been so supportive, and I have learned from her,” Reed said.

As interim principal, Reed said he plans to continue to work on raising student achievement because that has always been the school’s and the district’s top priority. He said some things at the school he may consider reorganizing or revamping to make sure the school continues to operate effectively every day.

Holmes has served as principal of the school since the 2005-06 school year. She has been with Clarendon School District 2 since 1984 and has

also previously served as the special education director.

Tindal said her new position is somewhat of a new one considering some of the tasks Holmes will be responsible for were previously the responsibilities of district administrators with the Division of Instruction, which he said is a little understaffed.

Promoting Holmes to a district-level position will give the district the opportunity to have someone who is experienced and is already familiar with the students, staff and administrators at that level.

Reed’s new interim position is effective immediately, and Holmes will be officially moved to the district office on Aug. 1. Tindal explained that the district hopes to only have Reed as an interim principal for no more than a year before deciding on a permanent candidate for the position.

No decisions about an assistant principal for the school have been made just yet. At this time, the district doesn’t expect more administrative changes.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGE Tiarra Boyle, 20, of 2940 Steeplechase Drive, Dalzell, was arrested Saturday and charged with first-degree burglary. A warrant issued on Thursday alleges that the suspect stole a shotgun and jewelry from the 1200 block of Warwick Drive on Wednesday. Some of the property was recovered and returned.

STOLEN PROPERTY A Kenmore washer and dryer set valued at $800 was reported stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Stephen Tindal Drive about 1:53 p.m. Saturday.

A door sustained an estimated $200 in damage.

A black 36-inch Sony Bravia flat-screen TV valued at $600, a black 55-inch LG flat-screen TV valued at $1,300 and a black Sony PlayStation 4 valued at $400 were reported stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Island Drive about 12:08 a.m.

Sunday.

An estimated $10,000 in jewelry was reported stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Morton Street about 1:03 p.m. Sunday.

A white 2012 Chevrolet Malibu valued at $15,000 was reported stolen from the third block of Wheelwright Court about 7:56 a.m. Sunday.

PROPERTY DAMAGE Vehicle tires and the tires of several lawn mowers were reported slashed and sustained $972 in damage in the 4000 block of DuBose Siding Road about 9:49 a.m. Saturday.

A 2010 Dodge Charger was reported to have sustained an estimated $2,000 in damage while parked in the 5000 block of Broad Street about 4:21 p.m.

Saturday.

A maroon Lincoln reportedly sustained an estimated $700 to the driver’s side window and from a stereo being pried out, and a white F-150 reportedly sustained about $40 to the driver’s side window and from the attempt to pull out a stereo system between 11:30 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday outside a business in the 1000 block of Cherryvale Drive. The system stolen was valued at $600.

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Ravenel presents signatures for Senate ballot COLUMBIA (AP) — Former South Carolina Treasurer, reality TV star and convicted felon Thomas Ravenel plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Lindsey Graham.

Ravenel presented about 16,500 signatures from registered voters to the state Election Commission on Monday, well over the 10,000 he needed. If the commission verifies the signatures, he will be an independent on the November ballot against Graham, Democratic state Sen. Brad Hutto and Libertarian Victor Kocher.

Ravenel, a millionaire developer with a famous family name in South Carolina, told reporters his plans to deliver the signatures in advance, and television news cameras buzzed around him. He entered the Election Commission office twice at the request of television news crews to get the best shot of him carrying in the blue boxes with his paperwork.

But he insists his candidacy is serious and South Car-

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Former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel fills out paperwork Monday at the state Election Commission headquarters in Columbia to run as a petition candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Lindsey Graham. He also presented a box of signatures to get him on the ballot as an independent. olina needs another option.

“South Carolina voters will no longer have a false choice between the warfare state and the welfare state

— between one guy who wants to take all their liberties and most of their wallet and a guy who wants to take all of his wallet and most of

his liberties,” Ravenel said.

But Ravenel, 51, brings a lot of baggage into the race.

His statement to reporters initially didn’t touch on the problems in his personal life, which include a 10month prison sentence after pleading guilty to buying cocaine for himself and his friends that led to his resignation as treasurer. He also pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in Long Island, New York, earlier this year, and his license was suspended for six months.

His reality TV show, “Southern Charm,” depicted Ravenel appearing inebriated and threatening to slap a cast mate, and the season culminated with him getting a co-star less than half his age pregnant. Ravenel has moved in with her and is helping to raise their infant daughter. He has said he won’t return to the show for a second season.

“I know I am an imperfect messenger. But my personal life is my problem,” Ravenel said. “Lindsey Graham’s public life is your problem — everyone’s problem.”

Judge orders mediation in Sanford divorce CHARLESTON (AP) — A judge has ordered U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford and his ex-wife, Jenny, to work with a mediator to resolve a dispute about money for their two youngest sons.

The two appeared in Family Court on Monday after Jenny Sanford had earlier accused the congressman of violating their 2010 divorce decree.

The issue is trust funds for the two youngest of their four boys. In their 2010 divorce decree, the two said they would “work together to attempt to equalize the trust accounts” for their youngest, who were 10 and 12 at the time.

The provision said the couple would try to make the amount comparable to

what was put in their older two boys’ accounts, which were bigger because they were closer to college age.

The two divorced after Sanford, then governor, disappeared for five days five years ago. He returned from Argentina to acknowledge an affair with a woman to whom he is now engaged.

Sanford was elected to Congress last year to the seat he held for three terms in the 1990s.

Jenny Sanford testified she and two of her attorneys have emailed Sanford a number of times in recent months about the trust account issue.

“To date he has refused to respond to any email from me or anyone else,” she said, adding her ex-husband has

not put money into the accounts.

But Mark Sanford testified he has also sent his ex-wife dozens of emails, asking to discuss not only the trust funds, but also other issues including visitation.

“There has been a pattern of taking me to court about issues that could be resolved by reasonable people,” he told the judge.

The Republican congressman said he has a stipulation in his will that the younger children will get money to equalize the accounts and that his two state retirement accounts will also go to them. He said he had not told his former wife about the provisions.

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Health officials continue Greenville investigation GREENVILLE (AP) — Federal health officials are focusing on water as the possible source of bacteria that infected 15 patients at Greenville Memorial Hospital since March.

Officials said the infection may have contributed to the deaths of three patients, The Greenville News reported.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the bacteria are found normally in soil and dust. Dr. Joe Perz said it’s also found in water supplies.

Perz said any piece of equipment in the surgical environment that could have contact with water must be carefully reviewed.

Hospital officials initially thought a piece of equipment in one operating room was the source of the infection.

That and other equipment were removed, and the operating room was closed.

The hospital switched to sterile water in surgical procedures.

Most of the patients at Greenville Memorial had undergone cardiac surgery. Two had abdominal surgery, and one had a neurological operation, officials said.

Dr. Alice Guh, another CDC epidemiologist, said the hospital seems to have used good infection-control standards, so water seems the most likely culprit.

Hospital officials said their investigation examined two pieces of medical equipment in the operating room that each use tap water, a potential source of the bacteria.

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Busy summer campers

Quindon Sanders creates his own logo on a T-shirt at the camp on Friday afternoon.

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Sarah Watring, 15, creating a bracelet Friday at the Sumter County Gallery of Art summer art camp. The camp runs through Aug. 1 and features several weeklong classes, including youth pottery, mosaics, jewelry making and more. Call the gallery at (803) 775-0543 for more information.

Emily Gray works on creating a pair of earrings Friday at the summer camp.

Mary Parish, 8, creates a pair of earrings out of buttons on Friday.

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Citigroup to pay $7B in subprime mortgages probe WASHINGTON (AP) — Citigroup has agreed to pay $7 billion to settle a federal investigation into its handling of risky subprime mortgages, admitting to a pattern of deception that Attorney General Eric Holder said “shattered lives” and contributed to the worst financial crisis in decades.

The bank, one of America’s largest, will pay a $4 billion civil penalty, provide $2.5 billion in consumer relief and settle claims from state attorneys general.

The settlement stems from the sale of securities made up of subprime mortgages, which led to both the housing boom and bust that triggered the Great Recession at the end of 2007.

Banks, including Citigroup, minimized the risks of subprime mortgages when packaging and selling them to mutual funds, investment trusts, pensions and other banks and investors. One Citigroup trader wrote in an internal email that he “would not be surprised if half of these loans went down” and said it was “amazing that some of these loans were closed at all,” and the bank itself increased its profits and share of the market, the Justice Department said.

“They did so at the expense of millions of ordinary Americans and investors of all types — including other financial institutions, universities and pension funds, cities and towns, and even hospitals and religious charities,” Holder said at a news conference announcing the settlement.

The securities, which contained so-called residential

mortgage-backed securities, plunged in value when the housing market collapsed in 2006 and 2007 and investors suffered billions of dollars in losses. Those losses triggered a financial crisis that pushed the economy into the worst recession since the 1930s.

The Justice Department, which has faced criticism for not being aggressive enough in targeting financial misconduct, has in the last year taken action against some of the country’s largest banks for their roles in the financial meltdown. JPMorgan Chase & Co., the nation’s largest bank, last year agreed to pay $13 billion after an investigation into similar toxic mortgage-backed securities. Bank of America Corp. has been sued for failing to disclose risks and misleading investors in its sale of mortgage-linked securities.

Investors shrugged off the settlement, a sign that they expect Citigroup will continue to operate without much disruption. Shares in Citi rose $1.67 — or 3.6 percent — to $48.67 because the bank beat the expectations in the market, after adjusting for the second-quarter $3.8 billion charge related to the Justice Department settlement.

In total, the settlement represents slightly more than half of Citigroup’s $13.1 billion profit last year.

Justice Department officials called the $4 billion the largest civil penalty of its kind and said it will not be tax deductible. The $2.5 billion in consumer relief will include financing for construction and affordable rental housing, as well as principal reduction and forbear-

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Attorney General Eric Holder announces at the Justice Department in Washington on Monday that Citigroup will pay $7 billion to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the Great Recession in 2007. ance for residential loans.

CEO Michael Corbat said the settlement ends all pending civil investigations related to Citigroup’s handling of mortgagebacked securities.

Citigroup said its net income dropped in the second quarter after the settlement was arranged.

On a per-share basis, net income was 3 cents, compared with $1.34 in the second quarter a year earlier. Excluding the charges and an accounting loss,

the bank’s second-quarter profit rose 1 percent to $3.93 billion, or $1.24 a share.

Revenue was $19.4 billion, excluding the accounting loss, compared with $20 billion a year earlier.

The two sides had earlier been far apart in their negotiations. The Justice Department was preparing to sue the bank last month after it offered to pay under $4 billion to resolve the matter, a sum substantially less than what the govern-

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Holder said the settlement did not erase the possibility of criminal prosecution for the bank or individual employees in the future.

Recent criminal cases against banks have included a $2.6 billion guilty plea from Swiss bank Credit Suisse for helping wealthy Americans evade taxes and an $8.9 billion deal with BNP Paribas related to its handling of transactions for clients in Sudan, Iran and Cuba.

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A private residence overlooks an inlet Friday in Southampton, New York. Studies show the gap separating the rich from the working poor has been widening in recent years, and few places provide that evidence as starkly as Long Island’s Hamptons.

Workers struggle in Hamptons, playground for rich David Hahn trims hedges June 25 on an estate in Southampton, where he has worked for nearly 20 years. Hahn is among many workers who commute up to three hours daily to work in the Hamptons, where houses can sometimes sell for tens of millions of dollars.

BY FRANK ELTMAN Associated Press Writer SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — This is a town where people are so rich that a $2 million home can be a handyman’s special. A town where the thrift shop is stocked with donations of designer dresses and handbags.

But Southampton, with its hedges, pristine beaches and some estates costing tens of millions, also is where 40 percent of children get free or reduced-price school lunches, where a food pantry serves up to 400 clients a month and where some doctors and nurses share homes owned by the local hospital because they can’t afford to buy or rent.

Studies show the wealth gap separating the rich from everyone else is widening, and few places in the country illustrate that as starkly as Long Island’s Hamptons — America’s summer playground for the haves and have-mores, where even middle-class workers struggle with the high cost of living.

“We have a tremendous amount of millionaires who live 3 miles from the food pantry, and they really have no idea that there’s a need in this community,” said Mary Ann Tupper, who retired last

month after 21 years as the executive director of Human Resources of the Hamptons, a charity that assists 6,000 people annually through its food pantry and other services for the working poor.

“In the summer, they’re working, and everything is pretty good, but come the winter, all the nannies, the gardeners, the pool people, all those people are out of work, and then there’s no money,” Tupper said. “The income disparity is tremendous.”

Kerry Lewendoski, who succeeded Tupper, adds, “The people aren’t just coming here to work in the summer.

They live here; they have established homes and kids enrolled in the schools. South-

ampton is their home, and they still have trouble getting by.”

Located on southeastern Long Island 80 miles from New York City, Southampton is one of several towns and villages stretching east along 40 miles of the Atlantic Ocean that collectively are known as the Hamptons. Census figures showed a 2010 population of 57,000 and a median income of $78,815.

But statistics in the Hamptons are an elusive notion, since many of the summertime denizens with their multimillion-dollar incomes identify themselves as residents of New York City or elsewhere. In the first quarter of 2014, the average selling price

for a home in Southampton town was $1,845,431, though some oceanfront estates go for more than $100 million.

Celebrities spotted hanging out in the Hamptons include Christie Brinkley, Rachael Ray, Kelly Ripa and Howard Stern, among other members of high society in New York and elsewhere.

Many of those who work in the Hamptons — painters, landscapers, teachers, even journalists — live west of the region in suburban Long Island and commute as many as three hours round trip daily. From early spring to late autumn, the one primary road in and out of the Hamptons is jammed most mornings with pickup trucks and vans filled with tradespeople headed east.

“There’s tons of work out here because this is where the money is,” David Hahn said while trimming 16-foot

hedges on a 10-acre Southampton estate where he has worked for two decades. His 30-mile commute sometimes takes up to three hours round trip.

Kimberly Piazza is a secretary in her husband’s sod business and lives in the North Sea community in Southampton town, several miles north of the oceanfront estates. Coming out of the local general store, she said local milk prices are as high as $5.99 a gallon, and eggs sell for up to $4 a dozen — nearly double what those staples cost elsewhere on Long Island. Gasoline prices are 50 cents to a dollar more a gallon at most stations in the Hamptons.

“The image is that we’re all pretty much rich, hoity-toity, well-to-do people,” she said.

“And while you do have some of those people, a majority of us are still working class.”

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Study: Spoonfuls can lead to medicine errors

BY LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — The song says a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, but a study says that kind of imprecise measurement can lead to potentially dangerous dosing mistakes.

The results, published online Monday in Pediatrics, underscore recommendations that droppers and syringes that measure in milliliters be used for liquid medicines — not spoons.

The study involved nearly 300 parents, mostly Hispanics, with children younger than 9 years old. The youngsters were treated for various illnesses at two New York City emergency rooms and sent home with prescriptions for liquid medicines, mostly antibiotics.

Parents were contacted afterward and asked by phone how they had measured the prescribed doses. They also brought their measuring devices to the researchers’ offices to demonstrate doses they’d given their kids.

Parents who used spoonfuls “were 50 percent more likely to give their children incorrect doses than those who measured in more precise milliliter units,” said Dr. Alan Mendelsohn, a co-author and associate professor at New York University’s medical school.

Incorrect doses included giving too much and too little, which can both be dangerous, he said. Underdosing may not adequately treat an illness and

Parents who used spoonfuls ‘were 50 percent more likely to give their children incorrect doses than those who measured in more precise milliliter units.’

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Dr. ALAN MENDELSOHN Co-author of study, associate professor at New York University’s medical school can lead to medication-resistant infections, while overdoses may cause illness or side effects that can be life-threatening. The study doesn’t include information on any ill effects from dosing mistakes.

Almost one-third of the parents gave the wrong dose, and 1 in 6 used a kitchen spoon rather than a device like an oral syringe or dropper that lists doses in milliliters.

Less than half the prescriptions specified doses in milliliters. But even when they did, the medicine bottle label often listed doses in teaspoons. Parents often assume that means any similar-sized kitchen spoon, the authors said.

A Pasadena, California, police officer blocks off a street corner after a shooting Saturday. Police say John Izeal Smith, 35, reportedly opened fire on police officers with a rifle before barricading himself inside a home in the Los Angeles suburb. Smith is suspected of killing a woman inside the home late in the afternoon, then killing two others outside.

Police praising dispatcher for getting gunman to surrender PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Police are praising a dispatcher and crisis negotiator for persuading a gunman to surrender after he allegedly shot and killed three people in a Southern California neighborhood, wounded two others and fired on officers.

John Izeal Smith, 35, is suspected of killing a woman Saturday inside a Pasadena house, then killing two men outside and firing at officers before holing up back inside the house where the violence began.

Smith surrendered after a tense, 20-minute call to the dispatcher who was assisted by a crisis negotiator, Police Chief Phillip Sanchez said in a statement Sunday.

“The suspect willfully murdered and injured innocent people without warning as

he fired more than 40 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle,” Sanchez said. “However, the courage of our dispatchers, police officers, firefighters and community members who valiantly tried to help the victims is impressive and speaks to the resolve of our community.”

The statement said the dispatcher and crisis negotiator convinced the gunman to surrender in part through their calm demeanor.

The woman killed in the house was identified as 59-year-old Maria Teresa Aguiar. The identities of the two men have not been released pending notification of family, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said.

Two others suffered minor to moderate injuries.

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Can ‘History Detectives’ solve serial murders of 1885?

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH I’ve come to think of TV schedules as very similar to shopping centers or strip malls. You have to fill them up with “something,” or else they look empty and forlorn. This often leads to curious redundancies. I live in a semi-rural area where retail choices are few. But there are nearly a dozen auto-parts supply stores. Just how many oil-filters do they expect us to buy?

I have the same feeling when I scan the TV dial. Shows about customizing cars, collecting cars, flipping cars and searching for rare cars proliferate like kudzu, or the stuff they throw out on “Hoarders.” When Discovery launched the series “American Muscle” last week, I simply assumed it was about old Dodge Chargers. It actually follows the shenanigans at a gym in Detroit. But I digress.

As a guy of a certain age who looks back at my relationship with a 1964 Ford Falcon with great fondness, I understand the appeal of these shows. But how many Rides can we “Pimp?” How many Gears can we “Top?” How “Fast N’ Loud” must we get? Heck, when CNBC gets into the act with “The Car Chasers,” you know the market is glutted with cheap imitations.

“Counting Cars” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., History, TV-14) returns with back-toback episodes, following car restorerflipper Danny “The Count” Koker as he works on vintage Mustangs, Mercurys, Camaros and Cadillacs.

• “History Detectives” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) recalls “The Texas Servant Girl Murders.”

This sensational 1885 case was the “O.J. Trial” of its time, mingling racial animosity, sex and horrific violence.

Six black servant girls and two white society women were brutally raped, and bludgeoned with an ax.

Hundreds of local black men were rounded up and arrested before the husband of one of the white women became the prime suspect. Despite voluminous coverage in the tabloids of the era, no one was ever convicted.

Focusing now on a single forensics case per episode, “History Detectives” hopes to shed new light on this 129-year-old mystery.

• Gabriel Luna stars in “Matador” (9 p.m., El Rey, TV-14). He’s a popular soccer star whose entire sports career is nothing but an elaborate cover for his work with the CIA. Set in the world of drug dealers, posh parties and double-crosses, “Matador” is hyper-stylized, ultra-violent and virtually humor-free.

“Matador” is an ambitious production for the El Rey Network, launched by director Robert Rodriguez. Help yourself.

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Detectives Tukufu Zuberi and Kaiama Glover investigate “The Texas Servant Girl Murders” on “History Detectives” airing at 9 p.m. today on PBS. • “Frontline” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) examines race relations in America on the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.

First up is “Separate and Unequal,” a look at efforts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to create new districts that would essentially re-segregate the city’s school systems.

TV ON DVD TV-themed DVDs available today include “Orphan Black, Season 2.”

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • The American and National leagues tangle in the MLB All-Star Game (7:30 p.m., Fox).

• Murder claims a wealthy woman with terminal cancer on “Rizzoli & Isles” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-PG).

• Ray’s new chef seems unusually wobbly on “Royal Pains” (9 p.m., USA, TV-PG).

• April takes a joyride on “Chasing Life” (9 p.m., ABC Family, TV-14).

• Finch and Root tangle on “Person of Interest” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• Bullets fly in the ER on “The Night Shift” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Dissenters recall a chemical attack launched by Barry’s father on

“Tyrant” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

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and Gary Valentine are booked on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Vint Cerf sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * COURTESY OF DOROTHY LARSON Jason Segel, PBS PRESSROOM Liv Tyler and Trampled By Eula Phillips was one of eight women murdered Turtles apin 1885, in Austin, Texas, pear on “Late in what has been called Show With David Letter“The Texas Servant Girl man” (11:35 Murders.” p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Cameron Diaz, Josh Gad and Bleachers on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Gary Oldman, Nathan Fielder and Bleachers appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC, r) * Anna Paquin, Marc Maron and Elizabeth Karmel visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Nicole Richie, Nat Faxon and Mark Forward on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

Michael Sheen and Joe Manganiello appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Chrissy Teigen, Josh Wolf, Loni Love

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CULT CHOICE For all of the talk of Gloria Steinem and other media darlings, some of the more strident “feminist” sentiments of the 1960s and ‘70s could be found in the lyrics of songs by country singer Loretta Lynn, celebrated in the 1980 biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (10 p.m., Ovation), starring Sissy Spacek.

SERIES NOTES Murder on a country road on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * A pageant princess packs on the pounds on “Extreme Weight Loss” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * The best of the auditions on “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Bombs explode on “Arrow” (8 p.m., r, CW, TV-PG) * Death in the biotech business on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Questions for Garth on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Jenna von Oy and Jill Zarin switch it up on “Celebrity Wife Swap” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OBAMA DOES NOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THIS COUNTRY As the mid-term elections slowly approach, I took some time this weekend and made it a point to read as much as I could about what our government is doing. (Or not doing, depending on your point of view.)

Anybody that knows me knows I vote basically conservative. I can’t say I vote strictly Republican, because I don’t. That being said, I would like to know how you “strictly Democrat” voters feel now, after 5½ years, about the Obama administration.

One area of the news grabbed my attention. The city of Chicago. The murder rate. Shootings every day.

Now since this is the supposed “hometown” of the president of the United States, you would think that he would take notice. He hasn’t. And now I’m seeing that some of the African-American residents of Chicago are angry because the president is spending most of his time worrying about the influx of immigrants being allowed into this country and ignoring the crime rate in his hometown.

Then I came across an article that someone posted on YouTube, from The National Review, which I read, and agreed with. In a nutshell, it says the Democrats are focusing their attention on another group of a potential “voter base” and no longer care about you.

While I find it amusing, I’m sitting back and watching this president do absolutely nothing when it comes to this country. And if you stop and think, he probably finds it amusing, too. He doesn’t have to do anything, because his voting base put him there, and in the meantime, he can turn his attention toward the “new voting base.” The last paragraph of this article hit the nail on the head: “Democrats have built a brand as the party willing to stand up for black Americans, but the amnesty push shows what a false promise that was.

The message to black voters is ‘yes, your ancestors endured unimaginable hardships and helped build this country, and we said we’d help you out. But now we have a new trophy wife.’”

Maybe now you will wake up and smell the coffee.

DENNIS E. VICKERS Wedgefield

call out to the King of Heaven and the Governor of the world that He would grant us His mercy and lead us into repentance that once again we and our posterity may be given showers of blessings.”

PAUL STRICKLAND Dalzell

HIV/AIDS in the black community is the majority of afflicted people and take responsibility for their sons/ daughters sexual exploits, the rate of HIV/AIDS in their community will not decrease. The health system will not be able to keep up with the incidence of the disease. I also stated, and still believe, that it is time that the black community and leaders wean IF YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU’LL SEE blacks off the government support.

SUMTER HAS NO ‘MORAL FIBER’ Taxpayers should not have to keep In response to H.L. Wescott’s letter shouldering the ever-increasing burden of irresponsible families, young on Sunday, July 6, let’s face facts: There is no “moral fiber” in Sumter. men and women, regardless of color.

I just believe that until the black comWe talk the words, but look around munity’s families and leaders teach you, and see the real Sumter. The responsibility for their sexual exCity of Sumter could learn from ploits, the funding of current welfare/ Shaw Air Force Base if it would see health care should not be increased. the obvious.

There is a limit to how much taxpayThe thing that offends me are peoers can support freeloaders and irreple such as Mr. Wescott. The “gays” are born the way they are, but you are sponsible people, no matter the color.

If our leaders feel that an increase in your own creation. Look around you. needed, the funds should be taken How many people that you know would you like sitting on a jury deter- from other citizen programs. Thus the total funding for programs would not mining your fate? In my opinion, you would not be able to judge anyone be- increase. There is a saying that is appropriate when dealing with taxpaycause of your opinions. To befriend WE NEED TO RETURN TO PRINCIPLES you a person would have your warped ers and tax takers. Absolutely there is OF CONSTITUTION, HOLY SCRIPTURES thinking. You rave about your relinothing free. The government does gion, but you have no idea what Chris- not have any money, only that money I have become increasingly conthey have taken from citizens in taxes. cerned over the state of our republic tianity is all about. You are the one So, if someone gets something for that is taking Christ out of the picand the deterioration that is rapidly nothing, then someone gets nothing occurring. Many explanations, politi- ture. There were not 10 Commandfor something. ments originally. There were 613. cal and economic, could be given as DAVID A. LePAGE There are three Ten Commandments, to the cause of the decay. The comSumter Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. If plexities seem endless at times, alChristian conservatives had been in most defying solutions. As in all charge in 1776, we would still be part problem solving in life, it behooves OUR BODIES ARE TEMPLES, us to always seek to get to the under- of the British Empire. The United ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE EVIL lying cause or causes of the dilemma. States was a progressive idea.

LEE INGLE I would like to posit two primary It seems like I have been getting atSumter tacked by some people who did not causes for the predicament that we as a people are presently facing. The like my letter about drinking, so I first is a lack of knowledge concernwould like to defend myself and reing our nation’s Constitution and the SAYING HIV/AIDS IS A BLACK spond to those people. I do not get the founder’s understanding of the prin- DISEASE IS NOT RACIST paper everyday, nor do I have access ciples of a Constitutional Republic. to the Internet everyday, so therefore In response to comments by EuAs a Christian, if I desire to underI do not know what all has been writgene Baten in the July 8 edition of stand the Christian message, I must ten about me. As far as Scripture is The Sumter Item: go to the source document — the concerned, I Corinthians 3:16-17 clearMr. Baten, please don’t put incorHoly Scriptures and the writings of ly states we are the temple of God and rect words to my letters. HIV/AIDS the Apostles. As a citizen-patriot, I we are not to defile the temple of God, appears to be a black disease and is must also go to the source document, not racist. It is the result of the facts. and if we do him shall God destroy, the Constitution, and the writings of If you would just do a little research, for the temple of God is holy, which the founders. temple we are. I also agree with Mr. you would find that by a great marThe second cause is best stated by Robert Johnson, if you are a true gin that more blacks contract HIV/ our founder’s own words: Christian you will not allow alcoholic AIDS than any other segment of our “Our Constitution was made only beverages to touch your mouth. Most society. So the fact that HIV/AIDS is for a moral and religious people. It is primarily a black disease is not racadults ought to know the water Jesus wholly inadequate to he government ist; it is a fact. Now I know you don’t turned to wine was not strong wine. I of any other.” John Adams: “Only a have some questions for people. How use facts in your racist attacks if virtuous people are capable of freemany parents did God warn not to anyone dares comment about the dom. As nations become corrupt and black community. In this instance drink strong drink because the child vicious, they have more need of mas- you are the racist, which has been the mother was carrying was a holy ters.” Benjamin Franklin: “The sum child? How many people would have proven numerous times. of all is, if we would most truly never gotten drunk if they would have Unfortunately, I was not the origienjoy the gift of Heaven, let us benever taken the first drink? How nator of this statement. It has been come a virtuous people; then shall mentioned numerous times on nation- many people have gotten injured or we both deserve and enjoy it.” al news outlets. Yes, it is also a health worse yet killed by a drunken driver?

George Washington, farewell adDoes a person want to live with that issue. However, in my opinion, until dress: “My appeal to all citizens is the rest of his or her life knowing he the black community, leaders and that we would humble ourselves and families realize that the incidence of or she was responsible for taking an

innocent life? How many women have gotten pregnant as a result of being drunk? Alcoholic beverages are indeed evil.

WILLIAM HEISE Jr. Sumter

CONGRESS NEEDS TO EXAMINE PROBLEMS AT BORDER Dear Congress, I know that you are busy this time of year planning your time off and trying to squeeze things into a schedule that seems too tight to fit. However, if you have not noticed, we do have an invited problem on the border, one that only a few invited. And I am not writing to cast blame; I am writing to suggest a few simple solutions.

Having been to the border more than once, I am very familiar with the characters that survive there on both sides. But before we can determine solutions, we must first determine the problem. This leads one to question motive, just like you would if you were a jurist sitting on a trial. Was it Mrs. Plum in the library or was it one of the other characters in the billiards room, and if so, why?

Clue No. 1: Our current leadership on its own proclaimed our borders were wide open to immigrants, especially those that fit the definition of dreamers. Then our second in command in leadership further escalated the problem by not using the powers of the purse. Now if this clue overrides your brain power of Sherlock Holmes deductions, please read The Sumter Item more often.

However, there is another clue that goes along with clue No. 1. How does the Mexican government fit into the picture, and are they accelerating this invasion onto our borders? They could do as they have for years, turn their southern cousins away or jail them – or they could just decide to quit spending their money on such foolish things and go ahead and send them our way. Thus they have opened a new 72-hour corridor of pass through freedom that allows them to ignore those fleeing into their country as a route into ours.

Here is clue No 2: Who gains and who profits from this mass infiltration into our country? Follow the money and follow the power. The drug cartels in Mexico profit greatly from this since it distracts from them and allows them to freely travel and cross the border with drugs without fear of detection.

WINFRED WILLIAMS Dalzell Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

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MANNING FROM PAGE A1 of ward lines 60 days before the date of an election.

She said in the letter she was not aware of any hearings concerning the proposed changes.

Anderson also said a registration list she was given July 1 did not match other lists which were distributed.

“The lists kept changing,” she said.

In addition, Anderson said in the letter that several voters were “turned away because it was said they were in a different district without notification to the Voter Registration Office in some precincts.”

She said some voters were told to go the Voter Registration Office and none were offered provisional ballots before 5:30 p.m., only 90 minutes before polls closed at 7 p.m.

Anderson also questioned the number of absentee ballots received in the election.

Unsubstantiated reports circulated on election night that 104 absentee ballots were still to be counted after inperson voting locations’ votes were counted; however, less than 70 absentee ballots were counted.

Anderson said Monday some absentee ballots and provisional ballots were disqualified.

“I believe it was five absentee ballots and two provisional ballots,” she said.

Anderson said it is her un-

CARING FROM PAGE A1 and gives it to United Ministries to use at the Homeless Shelter as well as in the Home Repair and Wheelchair Ramp Ministry and the Crisis Relief Ministry.

This week, donations totaled $400, the lowest to date.

Based on averages from the first of the year, costs for the shelter are: • $67 for a bed for one week; • $285 for a bed for 30 days; and • $6,545 per month for bills, paid staff, etc.

Repair costs typically average: • $100 for a portable toilet for the site; • $150 for roofing felt per house; • $550 for wheelchair ramp; • $1,000 for roof shingles per house; and • $3,500 for a total home restore costs.

During the second week of Summer Restore, Minnie Brooks received a new roof and windows in the home she has lived in with her son and daughter-in-law the last 12 years. She looked forward to morning devotions with the youth from Aldersgate United Methodist Church,

derstanding that the ballots were challenged by the Voter Registration Office.

Princess Lang, of the Clarendon County Voter Registration Office, said the number of absentee ballots cited on election night was not a number released by the office, and she did not know where the number originated.

Lang said the City of Manning runs its own elections, and the Voter Registration Office only handles absentee ballots for such elections.

Absentee ballots normally would have been available “more than two weeks” before the election, she said.

Manning City Administrator Scott Tanner said the validity of absentee ballots cast would have been determined by the Manning Election Commission, a board appointed by Manning City Council.

Official totals in the July 8 election were: Julius “Jay” Dukes, 40; Gloria Frierson, 31; Anderson, 28; and Louis Griffith, 27. A total of 126 ballots were counted in the election, with 57 voters showing up at the polls.

If the election is not invalidated by the commission, voters in District 5 will choose between Dukes and Frierson in a runoff election July 22.

For that election, city officials have consolidated all polling locations at Cypress Center, 50 Hospital St., for the runoff. The polling location will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Champagne said.

“I don’t know who all of you are, but I love you,” she said.

More than 20 adults and youth led by Rachel Johnston worked on her home.

No Crisis Relief interviews were conducted as United Ministries’ office was closed last week. The homeless shelter remains open.

Financial donations may be sent to: The Sumter Item Summer of Caring P.O. Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 Contributions may also be dropped off at The Sumter Item office, 20 N. Magnolia St. If donating in someone’s name, identify the individual clearly and with the correct spelling of his or her name.

Make sure to spell out groups and acronyms.

Donations received as of Monday included: From friend in memory of James Arthur “Jimmy Buck” EHS class of 1965 for Home Repair and Wheelchair Ministry, $25; and in memory of Richard M. White Sr. from Libba White for Crisis Relief Ministry, $75.

Combined anonymous donations totaled $300 — $50 for Homeless Shelter and $250 undesignated.

Total this week: $400 Total this year: $3,442

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Dajon Butts, left, cuts grass while his co-workers rake leaves near the Optimist Club on Monday.

This is the 15-year-old’s second year participating in Sumter Youth Corps, and he said he likes the staff as well as meeting new people.

YOUTH FROM PAGE A1 Bates middle schools call “Officer Pete.”

“There are four teams of five people each.

We just switched up roles midway through.

If something comes up, we ask them to deal with it within the team. If they can’t handle it, they come to us, but usually the supervisors do a really good job. They only come to us if it’s absolutely necessary.”

He, Sgt. Marcia Colclough and Fransetta Gadson, resource officer at Sumter High School, oversee the teens.

With three weeks to go in the seven-week program, the group has worked on more than a dozen city parks.

“We’ve cut (grass at) 13 different parks all over the city,” Schmid said. “We’ve cleaned up, raked up and picked up. It helps the city parks division out. They don’t have to cut 13 parks. What we cut a week ago, we know we have to go back and check.”

The first part of the week, they do yard

FILING FROM PAGE A1 education in Sumter County, and one of his goals would be to focus on instruction, student learning and reducing teacher-student ratios.

“I hope the folks see me in a positive light. Campaign plans are to be determined, but I will be speaking with people and hope to get their support. It’s nothing like personal contact with people,” Hilton said.

Schultz has been with the school board since it consolidated four years ago and spent two years before consolidation serv-

work. On Fridays, they take field trips to locations such as Camden Revolutionary War Park or Boeing in Charleston.

“I wanted to try to get out of the house this summer,” said Tyren Muldrow, 14. “I like coming in to a job rather than staying at home all day. I’ve done yard work before at my grandmother’s. Now I have school money for clothes and to help my family around the house if they need anything.”

While this was the first year for Aorran and Tyren, it’s Tajanee’ McGee’s second year with Sumter Youth Corps.

“It was a lot of fun,” said the 15-year-old.

“I got to learn a lot before school started back up and make new friends.”

Kieandra Bradley, another returning 15-year-old, agreed.

“It helps me be more responsible,” she said. “I like it. I like getting to meet new people.”

Students are selected by an application and interview process. Applications are sent to guidance counselors in May.

ing on the school board for Sumter School District 17. Previously, Schultz said he had spoken with Hilton, and while campaigning for the seat they “agreed we will cast no aspersions.”

In mid-June, a third possible candidate, Jim White, was considering running for the area 4 seat on the board of trustees but has since changed his mind about campaigning for the position.

The Sumter County Election Commission/Voter Registration office is located on the first floor of the Sumter County Courthouse, 141 N. Main St. Braden Bunch contributed to this report.

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AROUND TOWN A cookout to honor all veterans will be held 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today at the VA Clinic, Salem Avenue. Call (803) 506-3120.

Luncheon is co-sponsored by the General George L. Mabry Jr. Chapter 817, Military Order of the Purple Heart.

The Carolina Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. today at 155 Haynsworth St., Parks & Recreation Department Building.

The club meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Visitors welcome. Call (803) 7758840.

The General George L. Mabry Jr. Chapter 817, Military Order of the Purple Heart, will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, at the Elks Lodge, 1100 W. Liberty St. All Purple Heart recipients and those interested in associate membership are invited.

The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. All area veterans are invited.

The Goodwill Educational Historical Society Inc. will present its 7th Annual School Restoration Fundraiser Celebration from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, July 18, at Sumter Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St. The evening will feature entertainment by the Charleston Jazz Initiative Sextet with vocalist Ann Caldwell. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served. Admission is by a $50 donation, with all proceeds benefiting the restoration of the former Goodwill Parochial School on Old Brick Church Road. Call (803) 495-3513.

The Sumter Democrats will celebrate the 2014 Campaign Headquarters Grand Opening with a drop-in from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, at 577 Bultman Drive, Suite 1B. Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be served. Visitors will have the opportunity to hear from and speak to gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen, various congressional candidates and other elected officials. This event is intended for candidate supporters and / or other Democrats.

Lincoln High School Class of 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, at American Legion Post 202, 310 Pal-

metto St. Plans will be made for the 2015 class reunion, which will be celebrated as the 1960s class reunion of the Civil Rights era. Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 9684464.

Hillcrest High School Class of 1975 will hold a class reunion meeting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, at St. Paul AME Church (Shaw). All classmates are asked to attend.

The Red Hill Lodge No. 144 Annual Lodge Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, at St. Paul AME Church, Plowden Mill Road, in the multi-purpose room.

Lewis H. Nelson, most worshipful grand master for the state of South Carolina, will speak. Cost is $25 per ticket.

Call Lester Williams at (803) 983-3568 or Jarvais Wilson at (704) 608-3945.

The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association will meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, at Lincoln High School, Council Street. Call James L. Green at (803) 9684173.

S.C. Works and Clarendon School District One will sponsor a job fair from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, at the Clarendon One Community Resource Center, 1154 Fourth St., Summerton.

Job seekers should dress for success in work-appropriate attire with conservative closed-toe shoes. Bring copies of your resume as well.

The Sumter Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, at the Sumter School District office, Wilson Hall Road. Douglas Wilson will speak. Call (803) 775-0830.

A School House Bar-B-Que Inc. fundraiser, sponsored by the YWCA of the Upper Lowlands Inc., will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, July 25, at the Sumter County Recreation Department, 155 Haynsworth St. Tickets are $7.50.

Delivery may be possible for several orders. Call (803) 7737158.

The Sumter Branch NAACP monthly membership meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, at Union Station AME Church, 945 S. Main St.

PUBLIC AGENDA TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Today, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center SUMTER COUNTY DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD INC. CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS INC. INDEPENDENT LIVING INC. ABILITIES UNLIMITED INC. ADAPTIVE LIFESTYLES INC. MAGNOLIA MANOR INC. FIRST FLIGHT INC. Today, 5 p.m., 750 Electric Drive.

Call 778-1669, Ext. 119.

The last word in astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Find a EUGENIA LAST creative way to express your feelings and what you expect of the people you deal with today.

Find solutions rather than let your temper flare up. Avoid making a hasty decision regarding a personal relationship.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll have insight when it comes to finding solutions and helping others. Before making any changes at home, try to get the green light from anyone who may be affected by your plans. Your communication skills will help you get your way.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Concentrate on whatever tasks or responsibilities you have in order to avoid conflicts or complaints.

Someone will mislead you regarding a job or a change that will influence your position. Do your own fact-finding to avoid making a costly mistake.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Try doing things differently. Consider making a unique change to where or how you currently live. You can make things happen if you take the initiative. New beginnings will give you greater insight into the possibilities that await you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You need to change your routine or find a new way to motivate and inspire yourself to take charge of your life.

Don’t be too eager to follow what others do. Find your own way and invest in yourself.

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Today, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

Heavy thunderstorms

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Chance of rain: 55%

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Chance of rain: 35%

Chance of rain: 60%

Winds: SW 8-16 mph

Winds: SW 4-8 mph

Winds: NW 4-8 mph

Winds: S 3-6 mph

Winds: S 4-8 mph

Winds: WNW 4-8 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 88/65 Spartanburg 89/66

Greenville 88/65

Columbia 90/72

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

Sumter 88/70

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 92/68

ON THE COAST

Charleston 91/74

Today: A couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm. High 86 to 91.

Wednesday: Variable clouds with showers and thunderstorms. High 85 to 90.

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

357.94 75.27 75.12 97.47

24-hr chg -0.01 -0.04 -0.06 +0.08

Sunrise 6:22 a.m.

Moonrise 10:55 p.m.

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

0.00" 1.92" 2.26" 20.34" 31.35" 25.05"

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Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

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Today Wed. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 81/64/t 83/61/pc 71/55/pc 71/55/pc 91/71/pc 89/73/t 71/55/pc 72/56/pc 93/74/t 93/77/t 81/66/pc 78/63/pc 87/73/t 87/70/t 82/70/t 79/66/t 90/74/t 88/74/t 87/70/t 83/63/pc 104/88/pc 108/85/pc 77/62/pc 74/62/pc 88/70/t 83/65/pc

Myrtle Beach 86/74

Manning 92/71

Today: A couple of thunderstorms. Winds west-southwest 6-12 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny. Winds northnorthwest 3-6 mph.

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Florence 92/71

Bishopville 93/70

Sunset 8:34 p.m.

Moonset 10:03 a.m.

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High Today 12:12 p.m.

--Wed. 12:44 a.m.

1:10 p.m.

Ht. 3.3 --3.6 3.3

Low 6:45 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

7:36 a.m.

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Wed. Hi/Lo/W 82/58/pc 90/71/t 85/71/t 87/66/t 90/71/t 86/62/t 85/62/pc 88/64/t 90/70/t 86/65/pc 87/72/t 87/69/t 82/62/pc

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CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Today, 6:30 p.m., district office CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Thursday, 7 p.m., district office, Turbeville

on more than you can handle.

Someone will make you look bad if you are lazy. Make changes that will help improve your skills.

Problems with partners must not be allowed to escalate into an argument you will regret.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make positive changes at home that will add to your comfort and give you a space to develop some of your ideas. A financial or legal matter will turn in your favor, and money will come from an unexpected source.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t be fooled by what others tell you. Someone will use emotional manipulation to persuade you to get involved in something that isn’t right for you. Focus inward and make personal improvements that don’t involve others.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 MONDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

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2-3-7-23-51 Powerball: 26 Powerplay: 2

9-13-30-35-69 Megaball: 10 Megaplier: 5

PICK 3 MONDAY

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4-3-8 and 7-5-1

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Accidents, minor mishaps and unexpected last-minute changes will disrupt your day. Plan to take it easy and avoid letting anyone goad you into an argument or situation that is dubious or unsafe.

Focus on love and romance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make changes that will help you advance. Experiment with ideas and develop skills that will help you raise your profile and your earning potential. Socialize with people who have something to offer, and you will find out valuable information.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take care of personal business, settlements, legalities and financial or medical matters that need your attention. Network, and you will find a window of opportunity that is worth exploring. Your creative imagination will be on target.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t take Follow through with your plans.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Look for ways to help out in your community or to contribute to a cause or concern. A chance to partner with someone unique will open your mind to all sorts of ideas that you can put into motion.

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A perigee moon, known as a supermoon, appears above the Bulgarian-Romanian border in Giurgiu, Romania, on July 12. The phenomenon, which scientists call a “perigee moon,” occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons.

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LEGION BASEBALL

Hartsville heart attack McFaddin no-hitter spoiled as P-15’s hold on for victory

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com A ninth inning that started with Taylor McFaddin trying to finish his second no-hitter of the season, ended with the Sumter P-15’s holding on for dear life against Hartsville in the opening game of their second-round American Legion baseball state playoffs series.

Holding a 7-0 JOHNSON when the inning began, Sumter ended the game by tagging out Post 53’s Marcus Spears at home plate trying to score from second on a wild pitch on a third strike to preserve a 7-6 victory on Monday at Riley Park.

“A win is a win; you take it any way you can get it,” said a flustered, but relieved, Curtis Johnson, the P-15’s head coach.

The best-of-5 series moves to Jimmy White Park in Kelleytown today for a 7 p.m. contest.

There was excitement in the park going to the ninth on whether McFaddin could match a no-hitter like the one he had in a 5-0 victory over Dalzell-Shaw on June 23. The right-handed McFaddin ZOEY MILLER /SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM walked Denton Lee on four Sumter starting pitcher Taylor McFaddin took a no-hitter into the ninth in the P-15’s opening game pitches to begin the ninth and against Hartsville in the second-round state playoffs series on Monday at Riley Park. Post 53 broke up the gave up a clean single to left no-hitter and scored six runs, but Sumter still won 7-6. field to Matt Lynch on the

SEC Network tops agenda for Slive

BY RYAN WOOD Post and Courier

SEE SEC MEETINGS, PAGE B3

SEE SURVIVE, PAGE B2

Florence uses speed to top Manning-Santee

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

HOOVER, Ala. – One month from kickoff of the SEC Network, commissioner Mike Slive assured “there are ongoing, significant conversations” with major cable providers who have yet to jump on board.

Slive didn’t try to hide what was at the heart of his annual State of the SEC address.

“This is a commercial,” he told reporters packed in the second-floor ballroom of the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover.

Indeed, Slive spent much of his 21-minute SLIVE speech reiterating old news about the conference’s new television network, which will launch Aug. 14 - one month from Monday.

Live events will be the heart of the Network’s content, Slive said. By the fourth week of the season, the SEC Network will have originated a game from every stadium in the conference. It begins Aug. 28 when South Carolina hosts Texas A&M. There will also be original programming. SEC stories, a documentary series, will produce a film about South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier. The show will air within the Network’s first month on television.

Availability of the SEC Network remains a disconcerting question. Current cable providers offering the SEC Network include AT&T U-verse

first pitch. That ended McFaddin’s night at 120 pitches, with nine strikeouts and four walks.

Then it was time for another kind of excitement.

River Soles relieved McFaddin and a passed ball moved the runners up a base. Soles fell behind in the count to Cody Kelly before getting him to hit a grounder to third baseman Javon Martin, who threw home to get Lee for the first out.

Soles got Harrison Hawkins to hit a ball in the hole to shortstop Phillip Watcher, who had a hard time getting the ball out of his glove. He threw the ball away, allowing Lynch to score and leaving runners on second and third.

Wade Hawkins followed by ripping a 2-run double to the gap in right-center to make it 7-3.

“We didn’t throw strikes and we didn’t make a couple of plays in the last inning,” said Johnson, whose team improved to 23-8 on the season despite walking four batters in the final inning. “When you don’t do that, you make it tough on yourself to finish out a game.”

A walk to Chandler Melton and going 2-0 on Austin Morris ended Soles’ time on the mound as Johnson brought in Chris Crawford. Morris ended up hitting a slow

BY LOU BEZJAK Florence Morning News FLORENCE — With its offense struggling early against, Manning-Santee, Florence Post 1 turned to its speed for a spark.

Post 1 swiped six bases and finished the game by scoring eight runs over the final four innings to defeat Post 68 10-2

BY LOU BEZJAK / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM on Monday in the first game Manning-Santee’s Mark Pipkin takes a swing during Post 68’s of the best-of-five American 10-2 loss to Florence on Monday in the opening game of their Legion baseball second-round second-round American Legion baseball state playoffs series at playoff series.

Game 2 is set for the ManLegion Field in Florence.

ning High School field today at 7:30 p.m.

“We had to be a little more aggressive tonight because we weren’t swinging the bats real well,” Florence head coach Derick Urquhart said.

Florence has scored at least 10 runs in each of its four playoff games and is averaging 16 runs a game in the postseason. Post 1, however, managed just two runs in the first four innings against Manning-Santee sidearm

SEE MANNING, PAGE B2

PRO BASEBALL

Pitchers dominate both All-Star rosters NL’s Wainwright to start vs. AL’s Hernandez

BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Matheny had quite the choice for the National League’s AllStar starter.

There was his own Adam Wainwright, the St. Louis Cardinals ace with a 12-4 record and a 1.83 ERA. And there was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw, 11-2 with a 1.78 ERA and fresh off a 41-inning scoreless streak that ended last week.

He chose Wainwright, who will start Tuesday night at Target Field against the Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez.

“It’s going to be great catching them,” said Milwaukee’s Jonathan Lucroy, the NL starter behind the plate.

“A lot more fun than facing them.”

When baseball’s elite met at Citi Field last year, NL batters managed just three hits in a 3-0 loss. A year earlier in

SEE MLB, PAGE B3

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National League starting pitcher Adam Wainwright of St. Louis is just one of many stellar pitchers on both squads who will be available for today’s MLB All-Star Game in Minneapolis.

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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014

SCOREBOARD

EAST DIVISION

TV, RADIO TODAY

10 a.m. – College Football: SEC Football Media Day from Hoover, Ala. (ESPNU).

4 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game -- Portland vs. Atlanta (NBA TV).

6 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game -- Los Angeles Clippers vs. Houston (NBA TV).

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

6:30 p.m. - American Legion Baseball: State Playoffs Second-Round Series Game Two – Sumter at Hartsville (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-FM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290).

7 p.m. – NPF Softball: Florida at Akron (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Lacrosse: World Championship from Commerce City, Colo. – United States vs. Iroquois (ESPNU).

7:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: MLB All-Star Game from Minneapolis (WACH 57).

8 p.m. -- WNBA Basketball: Los Angeles at Indiana (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game -- Philadelphia vs.

Phoenix (NBA TV).

8 p.m. -- International Cycling: Tour de France Rest Day from La Planche des Belles Filles, France (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 p.m. -- WNBA Basketball: Washington at Phoenix (ESPN2).

GOLF The Associated Press JOHN DEERE CLASSIC PAR SCORES

Sunday At TPC Deere Run Silvis, Ill. Purse: $4.7 million Yardage: 7,268; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Brian Harman (500), $846,000 63-68-65-66—262 -22 Zach Johnson (300), $507,600 63-67-69-64—263 -21 Jerry Kelly (163), $272,600 66-68-65-66—265 -19 Jhonattan Vegas (163), $272,600 69-68-63-65—265 -19 Scott Brown (105), $178,600 67-70-61-68—266 -18 Tim Clark (105), $178,600 72-63-64-67—266 -18 Ryan Moore (83), $141,588 66-67-67-68—268 -16 Jordan Spieth (83), $141,588 71-64-67-66—268 -16 Bo Van Pelt (83), $141,588 67-69-67-65—268 -16 Johnson Wagner (83), $141,588 66-65-69-68—268 -16 Steven Bowditch (68), $112,800 64-67-70-68—269 -15 Steve Stricker (68), $112,800 68-65-64-72—269 -15 Chad Campbell (55), $80,571 69-71-62-68—270 -14 Bryce Molder (55), $80,571 73-65-67-65—270 -14 Kevin Na (55), $80,571 68-66-71-65—270 -14 Shawn Stefani (55), $80,571 73-67-64-66—270 -14 Daniel Summerhays (55), $80,571 69-68-65-68—270 -14 David Toms (55), $80,571 65-70-67-68—270 -14 Brad Fritsch (55), $80,571 70-68-63-69—270 -14 Kevin Kisner (50), $56,713 68-72-68-64—272 -12 D.H. Lee (50), $56,713 72-66-66-68—272 -12 Troy Merritt (50), $56,713 68-70-66-68—272 -12 Charlie Beljan (47), $43,240 71-68-66-68—273 -11 Charles Howell III (47), $43,240 66-68-67-72—273 -11 William McGirt (47), $43,240 64-66-69-74—273 -11 John Rollins (47), $43,240 72-68-66-67—273 -11 OTHER: Tommy Gainey (40), $30,628 70-68-67-69—274

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WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN PAR SCORES

Sunday At Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport, England Purse: $3 million Yardage: 6,458; Par: 72 Final Mo Martin, $474,575 69-69-77-72—287 Shanshan Feng, $235,204 73-71-69-75—288 Suzann Pettersen, $235,204 72-73-68-75—288 Inbee Park, $151,532 72-72-68-77—289 Jessica Korda, $104,425 72-72-73-74—291 Angela Stanford, $104,425 74-72-70-75—291 Eun-Hee Ji, $104,425 74-70-71-76—291 Julieta Granada, $104,425 72-70-72-77—291

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W 51 52 45 44 42

L 42 43 50 50 53

Pct .548 .547 .474 .468 .442

GB – – 7 71/2 10

W 53 52 51 49 40

L 43 44 44 46 54

Pct .552 .542 .537 .516 .426

GB – 1 11/2 31/2 12

W 54 52 41 40 40

L 43 43 54 55 56

Pct .557 .547 .432 .421 .417

GB – 1 12 13 131/2

SUNDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets 9, Miami 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 10, Philadelphia 3 Milwaukee 11, St. Louis 2 Atlanta 10, Chicago Cubs 7 San Francisco 8, Arizona 4 Minnesota 13, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAME

All-Star Game at Minneapolis, MN, 8 p.m.

NASCAR The Associated Press

Camping World RV Sales 301 Results Sunday At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.058 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 305 laps, 145.7 rating, 48 points, $306,998.

2. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 305, 123.5, 43, $239,066.

3. (13) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 305, 99.1, 42, $166,270.

4. (15) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 305, 112.3, 41, $166,086.

5. (24) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 305, 88.9, 39, $119,750.

6. (8) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 305, 109.7, 39, $139,431.

7. (4) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 305, 91.9, 37, $138,473.

8. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 305, 115, 37, $109,565.

9. (22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 305, 82.1, 35, $129,290.

10. (28) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 305, 97, 34, $101,715.

11. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 305, 95.1, 33, $107,415.

12. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 305, 86, 32, $118,873.

13. (14) Carl Edwards, Ford, 305, 77.6, 31, $105,465.

14. (23) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 305, 72.5, 30, $133,476.

15. (27) Greg Biffle, Ford, 305, 68, 29, $130,115.

16. (5) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 305, 96, 28, $120,629.

17. (18) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 305, 73.9, 28, $86,940.

18. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 305, 68.7, 26, $104,798.

19. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 305, 79.3, 25, $113,554.

20. (30) Jeff Burton, Toyota, 305, 63.1, 24, $95,240.

21. (17) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 305, 78.2, 23, $117,765.

22. (29) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 305, 60.9, 22, $93,340.

23. (19) Aric Almirola, Ford, 305, 63.1, 21, $121,951.

24. (33) David Gilliland, Ford, 305, 49.6, 20, $108,873.

25. (26) David Ragan, Ford, 305, 54.6, 19, $107,173.

26. (11) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 305, 79.5, 19, $128,151.

27. (21) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 304, 63.1, 17, $110,335.

28. (35) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 304, 45.2, 16, $83,290.

29. (32) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 304, 47.4, 15, $80,515.

30. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 304, 88.7, 14, $122,798.

31. (36) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 303, 41.7, 13, $91,723.

32. (39) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 303, 38.2, 12, $89,337.

33. (37) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 302, 42.8, 11, $79,565.

34. (34) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 301, 37.5, 0, $79,365.

35. (40) Eddie MacDonald, Ford, 300, 32.6, 9, $79,165.

36. (38) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 300, 34.1, 8, $78,935.

37. (25) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, accident, 296, 49.7, 7, $86,717.

38. (31) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 292, 45, 6, $81,655.

39. (43) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 278, 26.4, 0, $69,655.

40. (6) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 211, 92.9, 5, $105,646.

41. (42) Timmy Hill, Toyota, electrical, 76, 26.8, 3, $61,655.

42. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 11, 35.4, 2, $114,091.

43. (41) Mike Bliss, Toyota, electrical, 6, 27.9, 0, $54,155.

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U.S. SENIOR OPEN PAR SCORES

Sunday At Oak Tree National Edmond, Okla.

Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,219; Par: 71 Final (x-won three hole aggregate) a-amateur x-Colin Montgomerie (1,260), $630,000 65-71-74-69-279 -5 Gene Sauers (756), $378,000 69-69-68-73—279 -5 Woody Austin (402), $200,762 72-70-71-70—283 -1 David Frost (402), $200,762 71-71-71-70—283 -1 Marco Dawson (246), $122,988 66-76-69-73—284 E Vijay Singh (246), $122,988 69-71-71-73—284 E Jeff Sluman (246), $122,988 70-69-72-73—284 E

WNBA STANDINGS

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

W 15 10 9 9 8 7

L 5 11 12 13 13 13

Pct .750 .476 .429 .409 .381 .350

WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix Minnesota San Antonio Los Angeles Seattle Tulsa

W 16 16 11 9 9 7

L 3 6 11 11 14 14

Pct .842 .727 .500 .450 .391 .333

GB – 51/2 61/2 7 71/2 8 GB – 11/2 61/2 71/2 9 10

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Los Angeles 90, Connecticut 64 Minnesota 77, Seattle 60 Phoenix 90, San Antonio 61 Atlanta 81, Chicago 79, OT

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

MLB STANDINGS

TODAY’S GAMES

By The Associated Press

Connecticut at Seattle, 3 p.m.

Los Angeles at Indiana, 8 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Baltimore 52 Toronto 49 New York 47 Tampa Bay 44 Boston 43 CENTRAL DIVISION W Detroit 53 Kansas City 48 Cleveland 47 Chicago 45 Minnesota 44 WEST DIVISION W Oakland 59 Los Angeles 57 Seattle 51 Houston 40 Texas 38

L 42 47 47 53 52

Pct .553 .510 .500 .454 .453

GB – 4 5 91/2 91/2

L 38 46 47 51 50

Pct .582 .511 .500 .469 .468

GB – 61/2 71/2 101/2 101/2

L 36 37 44 56 57

Pct .621 .606 .537 .417 .400

GB – 11/2 8 191/2 21

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0 Boston 11, Houston 0 Kansas City 5, Detroit 2 L.A. Angels 10, Texas 7 Minnesota 13, Colorado 5 Oakland 4, Seattle 1 Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 1, 5 innings

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAME

All-Star Game at Minneapolis, MN, 8 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

THE SUMTER ITEM

SPORTS ITEMS

Sumter Dixie Angels to play Aynor in state tournament BLUFFTON -- The Sumter Dixie Angels 9-10 yearold all-star softball team lost to Aynor 7-5 on Monday in the state tournament at Oscar Frasier Park.

Sumter will play Aynor again today at 5:30 p.m.

Kylie Holloway led Sumter offensively, going 1-for-2 with two runs batted in.

Camryn Bateman and Taylor Williams both had a hit and an RBI, while Kailee Poston had an RBI. Cakhi Fowler led Sumter in the circle, pitching three innings.

SUMTER 8 HARTSVILLE 7

HARTSVILLE – The Sumter 11-12 year-old O’Zone all-star baseball team defeated Hartsville 8-7 on Saturday in its opening game in the state tournament at Byerly Park.

Aaron Carlton led the Sumter offense, going 2-for2 with a 2-run home run.

JT Stanley picked up the win in relief, pitching three shutout innings while striking out seven.

KESELOWSKI DOMINATES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE VICTORY

LOUDON, N.H. — Brad Keselowski completed a flawless weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and won Sunday under a green-white checkered finish. Keselowski followed up Saturday’s Nationwide Series victory with his first Sprint Cup win at New Hampshire, dominating in the No. 2 Ford for his third victory of the season.

The 2012 Sprint Cup champion is now tied with Jimmie Johnson for the series lead in wins.

HARMAN EDGES JOHNSON TO WIN JOHN DEERE CLASSIC

SILVIS, Ill. — Brian Harman had a 5-under 66 in the final round for a 22-under262 total to earn $846,000 and win the John Deere Classic, the last exemption for next week’s British Open. Dustin Johnson had the best round of the day at 7-under 64.

Bishopville native Tommy Gainey finished 27th in the John Deere Classic on Sunday and won $30,000.

GERMANY WINS WORLD CUP 1-0

RIO DE JANEIRO —

MANNING FROM PAGE B1 starter Russell Thompson and were tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the fifth.

Post 1 took the lead in the fifth on McLean Hartz’s RBI single to score Clay Martin and make it 3-2. Hartz had three hits and reached base four times and stole three of the team’s six bases.

“We had our running game going today and usually when you face sidearm pitchers you can steal off of them because they are a little slower to the plate,” Urquhart said.

“It makes it easier on our hitters when we get the running game going because we don’t have to bunt as much,” Hartz said.

Florence added two more in both the sixth and seventh innings and Logan McRae hit his team-best sixth home run of the season, a 3-run shot, to give Florence a

SURVIVE FROM PAGE B1 grounder behind second that Phillip Watcher fielded. He had no play at first or second, but still had a shot to get Wade Hawkins, who had to hold and make sure the ball wasn’t caught, at third. Soles, who was at third, couldn’t hold the throw and the bases were loaded.

Crawford walked Spears, Hartsville’s leadoff hitter, to force in another run and make it 7-4. He had a long battle with Casey Kelly before catching him looking on a 3-2 curveball for the second out. He went 3-2 on Lee, who homered in each of Hartsville’s games in its 3-game sweep of Murrells Inlet in last week’s first-round series, before walking him to make it 7-5.

Crawford got Lynch to swing at a pitch that short-hopped the plate for a third strike, but went to the backstop. Morris came into score to make it 7-6. Spears never slowed coming around third, but catcher Ian McCaffrey retrieved the ball and threw to Crawford, who applied the game-ending tag on Spears.

“Spears always has the green light for us,” said Hartsville head coach Brad Boob, whose team fell to 13-7. “I’ve always taught my guys to be aggressive, so I’m not going to fault him for doing that. Should he have held? Yeah, but he thought could make it.”

McFaddin didn’t think he was as dominant in this game as he was against Dalzell.

United they stand, right at the top of the football world.

And right on South American soil.

Germany won its fourth World Cup title on Sunday, but its first since a country torn apart by political divisions at the end of World War II was finally glued back together.

The Germany victory at the iconic Maracana Stadium was special for another reason, too. The Germans became the first European team to win a World Cup in the Americas, coming after they humiliated host Brazil 7-1 in the semifinals and then got the best of Argentina and Lionel Messi 1-0 in the final.

Along the way, Klose set the record for World Cup goals, scoring his 16th in the rout over Brazil to push himself ahead of Brazil striker Ronaldo.

Klose didn’t score on Sunday at the Maracana, however. Instead, it was the man who replaced him in the 88th minute, Mario Goetze, that did.

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10-2 lead in the eighth.

Latta’s JK Love picked up the win for Florence. The College of Charleston commitment gave up two runs on four hits, all coming in the fourth inning, in the victory.

The right-hander struck out nine in improving to 7-0 on the season.

Martin had two hits and an RBI while Jackson Williams had an RBI double. Zach Herndon scored twice and also had a stolen base in Florence’s 30th victory of the season.

It’s the fourth time Florence has won at least 30 games in a season with the others coming in 1999, 2009 and 2012.

Thompson took the loss for Manning, which advanced to the second round after Beaufort forfeited their first-round series.

Mark Pipkin led Manning-Santee with two hits, and Ryan Knowlton had a two-run single in the fourth inning to tie the game at 2-2.

“I had a hard time throwing my curve for strikes early on,” McFaddin said. “Against Dalzell, I knew I had everything working from the beginning.”

McFaddin wiggled out of a big jam in the second. After retiring the leadoff batter, McFaddin walked Cody Kelly, who went all the way to third when Alex Miller reached on an error. A walk to Wade Hawkins loaded the bases.

McFaddin caught Maliki Mack looking and got Jalen Durant to ground back to him for the final out. That started a run of 16 straight batters McFaddin retired before walking a batter with two outs in the seventh.

“Taylor was great tonight,” Johnson said.

“We were going to stay with him until he gave up a hit. He pitched really well.”

Sumter broke out on top with a run in the bottom of the first against Hartsville starting pitcher Andrew Coker. Phillip Watcher led off with a single, stole second base and went to third when catcher Wade Hawkins’ throw went into center field. Watcher scored on a River Soles groundout.

Coker, who gave up one run and four hits in six innings in a no-decision in Hartsville’s 2-1 victory, got touched for four runs in the fourth. McFaddin’s suicide squeeze bunt drove in Jacob Watcher, who led off the inning with a single. Tee Dubose had an RBI single and Javon Martin had a 2-run single to make it 5-0.

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MLB FROM PAGE B1 Kansas City, the AL had just six hits in an 8-0 defeat.

Never before had consecutive All-Star games ended in shutouts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guys are throwing harder. Guys have more pitches,â&#x20AC;? said Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley, making his sixth All-Star appearance and first since 2010.

The big league batting average is at a 42-year low.

Strikeouts are at an all-time high.

Wainwright and Kershaw are on track to become the first pair of qualifying pitchers in one league with a sub2.00 ERA since the Metsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dwight Gooden and the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; John Tudor in 1985 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the last time Minnesota hosted the All-Stars. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aside from having the ability to win two World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, I think this has to be one of the highlights of my baseball career to this point,â&#x20AC;? Wainwright said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the coolest things I can say I did is to start a big league All-Star game.â&#x20AC;?

Kershaw understood Mathenyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m him, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m probably going to pick Adam, too. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his guy and he had the best half,â&#x20AC;? Kershaw said.

Hernandez, the first Venezuela pitcher to start for the All-Stars, also has sterling credentials: an 11-2 record with a 2.12 ERA. He described his task pretty simply: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just throw zeros out there and get my team to win. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all I got to do,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Back in the great pitching era of the 1960s, the game was different. Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson and Juan Marichal expected to finish what they started.

Now, flame-throwers come out of the bullpen in the middle of games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not getting three, four at-bats off of the starter unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in trouble and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re losing the game,â&#x20AC;? said Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matt Weiters, elected as a starting catcher but sidelined following elbow surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think for a while it was trying to get the starter out of the game so you can get to that fifth, sixth, seventh-inning guy. And now those fifth, sixth, seventh-inning guys are throwing upper 90s with a good breaking ball.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to pitchers, the spotlight will be on New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter. The shortstop, who turned 40 last month, is playing his final season and was selected for his 14th All-Star game.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera got an emotional sendoff last year, the AllStars giving him a solo bow.

When Rivera entered in the eighth inning all other players left him the field to himself.

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FROM PAGE B1 and DISH Network. The conference added Cox Communications last week, and the Network will also be distributed through Google Fiber.

That leaves several prominent cable providers without SEC Network. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I strongly encourage anyone interested in the SEC Network to visit getSECNetwork.com,â&#x20AC;? Slive said.

SLIVE KEEPS CALLING FOR NCAA TO CHANGE

Amidst the national attention sparked by the Ed Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bannon trial, Slive continued to call for the NCAA to change Monday.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing new. Slive has been calling for changes the past three years, starting with the 2011 SEC Media Days. He called the current state of college athletics â&#x20AC;&#x153;a historic time,â&#x20AC;? saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to seize the moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not deaf to the din of discontent across collegiate athletics that has dominated the news,â&#x20AC;? Slive said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the words of former president Dwight David Eisenhower, I quote, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Neither a wise man, nor a brave man, lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Slive said the goal should be to â&#x20AC;&#x153;restructure the NCAA in accordance to our vision for the 21st century with the student-athlete at its core.â&#x20AC;?

AUBURN QB WILL â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DEAL WITH CONSEQUENCESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

American League starting pitcher Felix Hernandez of Seattle is hoping to help the AL win back-to-back MLB All-Star games today beginning at 8 p.m. at Target Field in Minneapolis. The last two all-star games have ended in shutouts, the only time that has happened.

Cal Ripken Jr. was given a tribute at the start of the 2001 game at Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Safeco Field when Alex Rodriguez told Ripken just before the first pitch to switch positions and move from third base to shortstop, where the Baltimore star spent most of his career. The 40-year-old Ripken then homered in the third inning.

And two years ago, Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chipper Jones was feted with a standing ovation at Kauffman Stadium when he pinch hit in the sixth inning and singled.

What will Jeterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-Star finale be like? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go into things with expectations,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to playing the game. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve pretty much stopped it right there.â&#x20AC;?

The game is being played in Minneapolis for the third

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The Minnesota Twins will host baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Midsummer Classic for the first time in nearly 30 years, and the first time ever at Target Field, which opened in 2010.

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time, following the NLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6-5 win at Metropolitan Stadium in 1965 and a dull 6-1 NL victory indoors at the Metrodome in 1985.

Oakland, a big league-best 59-36 at the break, has seven All-Stars for the first time since 1975. The Athletics have some incentive for an AL victory; since 2003, the All-Star winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s league gets to start the Word Series at home, and 23 of the last 28 titles were won by teams scheduled to host four of a possible seven games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think you can ever underestimate the home-field advantage in a postseason,â&#x20AC;? said AL manager John Farrell, who led Boston to a sixgame win over St. Louis last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To have that final game potentially in your home ballpark, that goes a long way to affecting the outcome.â&#x20AC;?

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn put an interesting spin on quarterback Nick Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence from SEC Media Days.

Marshall, considered a Heisman Trophy contender entering the season, was cited for marijuana possession last week. Late Sunday night, Malzahn replaced Marshall with senior tight end C.J. Uzomah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a privilege and a reward to represent Auburn here at the SEC Media Days,â&#x20AC;? Malzahn explained Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last Friday, Nick lost that privilege. We have high expectations for our players, but specifically our quarterback, being the face of our program.â&#x20AC;?

A â&#x20AC;&#x153;privilegeâ&#x20AC;? is one way to look at it, though Mal-

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn, speaking during SEC media days on Monday in Hoover, Ala., said quarterback Nick Marshall will have to deal with the consequences after being arrested for possession of marijuana. zahn has often approached media duties as more of an obligation. Some might consider Malzahn merely protecting a star player from facing the media following a controversial event. As a leader for a team hoping to return to the national championship game, Marshall would have faced tough questions Monday.

Instead, those tough questions will have to wait.

Malzahn said Marshall will have to â&#x20AC;&#x153;deal with the consequencesâ&#x20AC;? of his citation. When asked, he would not say what kind of punishment awaited.

MASON SEARCHING FOR â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;VANDERBILT MANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Former Vanderbilt coach James Franklin put the Commodores on the map because he could sell his program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a historically dormant team â&#x20AC;&#x201C; better than anyone.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenge predecessor Derek Mason must embrace. In Masonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s introduction to the conference Monday, the first-year head coach offered his pitch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vanderbilt has its own brand,â&#x20AC;? Mason said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It sits in the SEC, which is the best conference in college football. For us, when we talk about who we are, what we look like, the idea of using the brand, the brand of academics and athletics, as well as recruiting a certain type of young man, that young man is called a Vanderbilt man.â&#x20AC;?

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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014

JAMES D. BLUE Retired Col. James D. “Gus” Blue, United States Air Force fighter pilot, age 86, beloved husband of the late Nancy Carolyn Blue, died on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Col. Blue was a son of the late BLUE John and Hazel Blue of Troy, Ohio. He graduated from Troy High School in 1946. He attended Ohio State University for two years before entering the Air Force in 1948.

He was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation from Officers Candidate School in 1950. He graduated from pilot training in 1952 and was assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing in Korea, where he flew 100 combat missions. From 1953 to 1965 he held various positions in fighter units in both overseas and stateside. In 1965, he was selected to become an adviser to the Turkish Air Force to assist in the acceptance of the F-104s. In 1967,

he was assigned to the Headquarters U.S. Air Force in the Pentagon. In 1969, he volunteered for duty in Vietnam, where he was assigned as assistant director of operations of the 36th Fighter Wing. He flew 130 combat missions in the F-100. In 1970, he was promoted to colonel and assigned to 9th Air Force Headquarters. In 1972, he was assigned to Tactical Air Force Headquarters as director of command and control. In 1971, he returned to 9th Air Force Headquarters, where he retired in 1975.

During his 27-year career, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, Bronze Star, 8 Air Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, 2 Meritorious Service Medals, and various service awards, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

Col. Blue was a member of the Air Force Association, Military Officers Association of America, and American Legion. He served as vice chairman of the Sumter County Republican Party

and was a member of the Church of the Holy Cross, where he served as senior warden for many years.

During the 1990s he taught algebra and computer science at Thomas Sumter Academy and later at Wilson Hall School.

Surviving are one son, Mark Douglas Blue and his wife, Cynthia, of Wilmington, North Carolina; and two grandchildren, James Douglas Blue and Caitlin Elizabeth Blue.

He was predeceased by his wife of 59 years, Nancy Carolyn Blue; his parents, John and Hazel Blue; his sister, Betty Streeter; and his brother, John Blue Jr. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Church of the Holy Cross with the Rev. Joel Osborne officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with full military honors.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Church of the Holy Cross “Preservation Fund,” 335 N.

PRO GOLF

Mickelson confident — at least about links golf

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press HOYLAKE, England — Phil Mickelson rolled long putts across the practice green in front of the Royal Liverpool clubhouse, some of them going in, most of them the right distance. He chirped to the caddie of Brandt Snedeker about their money game, a Mickelson tradition at the majors.

Lefty was in good spirits Monday at the British Open, except for having to return the claret jug.

Even that allowed him to reflect on a year of keeping golf’s oldest trophy, and the confidence he finally has when he plays links golf.

“It’s a different feeling for

me coming over here now having won this tournament,” Mickelson said. “The way I felt was, ‘Am I ever going to break through and play well on links golf and win an Open Championship?’ Now I know that I can. I know that I’ve done it, and it takes a lot of pressure off me.”

Confidence in links golf ?

Yes. In his game? That takes a little more work.

Not even Mickelson would have imagined when he left Muirfield last summer with the claret jug that he would not have another tournament anywhere in the world. This is the longest he has gone without winning in five years.

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You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

Goodman of Florence and Clarence Goodman of Oakland, California; and three sisters-in-law.

The celebratory services for Mrs. Goodman will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning.

Burial follow in Goodman Cemetery, Lynchburg.

Samuels Funeral Home of Manning is in charge of arrangements.

MARY M. GOODMAN

ANTOINE D. OSBORNE

HARTSVILLE — Mary Magalene Goodman, 82, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at Murrell Nursing Home, Hartsville.

She was born on April 16, 1932, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late James and Wilma GOODMAN Greene Goodman.

Survivors are two sisters, Kay Frances Goodman of Turbeville and Mary Ann (Monroe) McCray of Florence; two brothers, Elijah

Antoine Delvine Osborne, age 25, son of Terry Whiting and the late Vivian Osborne, passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister, Santana Osborne, 4100 Broad St., Lot 89, Crescent Mobile Home Park, Sumter, SC 29154.

Services will be announced later by Whites Mortuary LLC of Sumter, (803) 7748200.

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Son who idolizes dad must eventually be told DEAR ABBY — I am a mother of four.

My oldest son, “Jeff,” is from a previous marriage.

My ex was Dear Abby convicted of child molesABIGAIL tation, inVAN BUREN volving his daughter from a previous relationship.

Jeff is now 11. He has had very few unsupervised visitations with his dad over the last few years and is always talking about how great a guy he is. I have tried to explain that his father has done “inappropriate things” that got him in trouble with the law, which is why he

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can’t have contact with his sister.

Instead of trusting my judgment for having moved several states away, Jeff always tells me about how he wants to go live with his dad when he’s 18. Being “Big Bad Mama” is no fun. The oncea-year gifts from his father trump any nice things my husband or I provide for Jeff.

How can I explain to my son that I am only looking out for his best interests, and that he will never live with his dad?

Big bad Mama in Georgia DEAR MAMA — I don’t know how mature your son is, but most 11-year-old boys idolize their fathers. Jeff has his father on a pedestal because he sees him only rarely, and has

no concept of what the reality of living with him would be.

At some point your son will need to know EXACTLY what his father did that got him into trouble -- without your glossing over it using the vague description of “inappropriate behavior.” When that conversation happens, he should already understand the concept of boundaries and what taking advantage of a child really means.

If I were in your position, I would consult a licensed psychotherapist or social worker for input before trying to explain this to Jeff, because the news is going to be shocking.

However, if your son still wants to live with his birth father when he’s 18, I don’t think there is anything you can do to prevent it.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Unwanted email 5 “Star Trek” genre 10 Con job 14 Actress Jessica 15 Falcon’s weapon 16 It’s filled and folded 17 Store where Yogi shops?

19 Mediterranean volcano 20 Resin used in varnish 21 Visual aids 22 It’s folded and filled 24 Some Alaska natives 26 Funny Cheri 27 Hangout for Mickey?

29 Bygone airline letters 32 Small piece of gossip 35 Abbr. on a business card 36 Big name 37 French love 38 Degree for many a prof 39 At the ready 40 See 26-Down 41 Poor grade 42 Braininess 43 Sound booster 44 Language that Porky studies?

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48 Bureaucratic tangle 52 Trying to avoid detection 54 Works on the road 55 Afternoon party 56 Track figures 57 Corn for Bugs?

60 __ Decor: home fashion mag 61 Be useful to 62 Party wheel 63 Understands 64 Choreographer Cunningham 65 Something to settle up DOWN 1 Luxurious fur 2 Answers in court 3 Startling way to be taken 4 Scuff or scratch 5 Sign on a moping teen’s door 6 Loving touch 7 Varieties 8 One opposed 9 All together 10 Take the wheel 11 Trash in Sylvester’s room?

12 Complexion woe 13 Castle security

18 Personal record 23 __ school 25 Suffuse, as with color 26 With 40-Across, place to see views 28 Lucy’s sidekick 30 Target of Dr. Scholl’s Freeze Away 31 Partner of letters 32 Spanish hors d’oeuvre 33 Muslim leader 34 Ping-Pong tool for Goofy?

36 Lean one way or another 38 Places to hang hats

39 Surrounded by 41 How-to book feature 42 More than just clean 44 Farm enclosure 45 Middle East language 47 Goes up 49 Video game pioneer 50 Problem for Pauline 51 Prop for a painter 52 Goes after weeds 53 Like some chatter 54 Lift up the slope 58 “__ Maria” 59 Outward flow

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LARRY S. FLORENCE Larry Samuel Florence, age 81, beloved husband of the late Elisabeth R. Florence, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Florence was born on Jan. 19, 1933, in Marion County, a son of the late Samuel Peyton Florence FLORENCE and Ruth Perritt Florence. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the German occupation. He was the former owner of Larry’s Grocery; a former school bus driver; he worked for Williams Furniture Co. for a number of years; and was later the caretaker of Calvary Church of the Nazarene.

He loved to read and was great at fixing just about anything.

He was a member of Calvary Church of the Nazarene, where he was a member of the men’s Sunday school class. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend.

He is survived by three sons, Larry E. Florence and his wife, Nancy, David E. Florence and his wife, Beverly, and Don A. Florence and his wife, Dawn, all of Sumter; two daughters, Kathy F. Milam and her husband, Charles, of Paxville and Linda F. Smith and her husband, Mark, of Sumter; two sisters, Betty Alsbrooks of Sumter and Margaret Saunders and her husband, Rodney, of Charleston; nine grandchildren, Erica Charles and her husband, James, David Milam and his wife, Elizabeth, Anthony Geddings and his wife, Jessica, Shay Skey and her husband, Josh, Erick Florence and his wife, Beth, Kaitlin Florence, D.J. Florence, Brandon Florence and Samantha Geddings and her husband, Jason; and nine great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at noon on Wednesday at Calvary Church of the Nazarene with the Revs. Arthur Sharp, Sammy Geddings, Dale Turner and Gregg Alsbrooks officiating. Interment will follow in the Calvary Church of the Nazarene cemetery with military honors.

Pallbearers will be Brice Charles, James Charles, Payton Charles, Chris Crawford, Brandon Florence, Erick Florence, D.J. Florence, Andy Geddings, David Milam and Josh Skey.

Honorary pallbearers will be Tommy Barron, Don Faltersack, Tod Sims and the men’s Sunday school class of Calvary Church of the Nazarene.

The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday at Calvary Church of the Nazarene.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Church of the Nazarene, 4235 Nazarene Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

University. He retired after 35 years of federal service with the U.S. Navy Department.

After his federal service, he worked for Charles E. Smith Management Co. and later volunteered with the Stafford County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Department. Mr. Nelson was a member and elder emeritus of New Hope Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Fairfax, Virginia.

He is survived by four sons, David (Donna) Nelson of Eatonton, Georgia, William (Jennifer) Nelson of Murrells Inlet, Stephen (Gaynor) Nelson of Sumter and Carl (Roxana) Nelson of Alexandria; four grandchildren, Kristen Nelson Ray, Daniel (Jean) Nelson, Paul Nelson and Alec Nelson; and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Carolyn.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel at Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home in Sumter with the Rev. Dr. Gordon Reed presiding.

Burial will be at Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle, Virginia.

Memorials may be made to The Building Fund, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 230 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 7759386.

Einar Lennart Nelson, of Covenant Place, Sumter, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014.

He was born on Oct. 5, 1923, in Superior, Wisconsin, the only child of August and Signe Johnson Nelson.

He was baptized and confirmed at Covenant Evangelical Church in Superior. Einar NELSON married Carolyn Patricia Lloyd on Aug. 22, 1945, in Long Beach, California, at the end of his service in the Army Air Forces. Mr. Nelson served honorably during World War II with the 8th Army Air Forces, 457th Bombardment Group, 750th Squadron, as a navigator on B-17Gs stationed at Glatton, England.

Lt. Nelson flew 35 combat missions and was awarded the Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters.

Mr. Nelson, a longtime resident of Alexandria, Virginia, was a graduate of American

Mildred Martin, age 77, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at McLeod Regional Hospital in Florence, after an illness.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Floyd Funeral Home of Olanta.

WILLIE OWENS Jr. Willie “Will” Ansel Owens Jr., 47, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of Shirley Atkinson Owens Hunt and the late Willie Ansel Owens Sr. Surviving are his mother of Sumter; a son, Ansel Owens of Sumter; a sister, Celeste Owens Shelley and husband, Don, of Eutawville; a stepsister, Robin Hunt Schmidt of Charleston; and a stepbrother, Neal Hunt of Sumter.

He was preceded in death by his stepfather, J.D. Hunt.

Services will be held at a later date.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 7759386.

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JAMES GARNER Jr. BENNETTSVILLE — Funeral services for James “Junior” Garner Jr., who died on July 11, 2014, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Berea Convention Center in Bennettsville. Interment will follow in Ideal Cemetery, Bennettsville.

The family is receiving family and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Community Funeral Home in Sumter.

A.A. Dicks Funeral Home, Columbia, is in charge of these arrangements.

Mr. Garner was born on July 31, 1946, in Bennettsville, to the late James Sr. and Malvenia Moore Garner. “Junior” retired from both the Unites States Air Force and the Postal Service after several years of service.

Left to cherish fond memories are his loving wife, Everee McDonald Garner; four sons, James III, Fredrick (Sheila), Dwaine and Marlon Garner; daughter, Cheresse Garner; three brothers, William (Mary), Charles and Edmond (Imo Jene) Garner; four sisters, Rosa Washington, Gertrude Thomas, Willie Mae (Larry) Cannady and Juanita (Jimmy) Prince; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visit us on the web at www. aadicksfuneralhome.com.

ROBERT G. THOMPSON

EINAR L. NELSON

MILDRED MARTIN

GREENVILLE, North Carolina — Robert Gerald Thompson, fondly known as Bob to his many friends and family, passed away on June 28, 2014, after a long period of declining health.

He was born on Feb. 28, 1948, to Archie and Ileen Thompson in Sumter.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Donald Thompson.

Surviving are his sister, Doris T. Collins and husband, Lonnie, of Gilbert; a brother, William A. “Billy” Thompson and wife, Caroline, of Sumter; as well as seven nieces and nephews; and several great- nieces and great-nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Olive Grove Church in Turbeville, followed by reflections and fellowship. Everyone is invited.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Bob’s honor to Disability Advocates and Resource Center, 702A Johns Hopkins Drive, Greenville, NC 27834, where he served for several years.

Carlisle Scarborough, 77, husband of Maxine Wilson Scarborough, departed this life on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born on July 12, 1936, in Lee County, a son of the late Lucius Scarborough and Maggie Scarborough Scarborough.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 599 Dick St., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

THE SUMTER ITEM greeted everyone with a smile and was widely known for his personalized, handmade greeting cards.

For the last 30-plus years, Tony and “The Corral” lifted the spirits of many in Summerton. His talent as a stylist and his generosity as a person are beyond description. Stepping into “The Corral” meant listening to some wonderful music and getting Tony’s big smile. As an avid reader, Tony established a lending library for customers and friends with hundreds of books from which to choose. Tony will be missed by many.

He is survived by two sisters, Pat Polutta (M.J.) of James Island and Liz Roberts (Chuck) of Fayetteville, Georgia; two brothers, Boyd Berry of North Charleston and Oliver Berry (Erika) of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; a sisterin-law, Debbie B. Berry of Conway; a brother-in-law, Dr. R. Bruce Ford (Alice) of Anderson; seven nieces; 11 nephews; a number of great-nieces and great-nephews; and many friends.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Archie Berry and Joe R. Berry; a sister, Daphne Ford; his dear friend, Billy Hilton; and his beloved dog, Flash.

Family and friends are welcome to attend a celebration of life memorial service at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Ebener and the Rev. Garland Hart officiating.

Memorials may be made to Boys Farm, P.O. Box 713, Newberry, SC 29108 or to Epworth Children’s Home, P.O. Box 50466, Columbia, SC 29250.

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

KIMBERLY H. HULSEY Kimberly H. Hulsey died on Monday, July 14, 2014, at her residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

MELVYN EMERY Melvyn Emery, 81, husband of Rosemell Maple Emery, departed this life on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born on May 17, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, a son of the late Evans Lily and Dorothy Jones.

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

TONY L. BERRY SUMMERTON — Tony Leslie Berry, 75, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2014, at his home.

Born on March 21, 1939, in Saluda, he was a son of the late Mark Boyd Berry and Martha Bradley Berry Dawkins. He was raised by his mother and stepfather, the late Boyce Dawkins of Stoney Hill.

He was a 1958 graduate of Prosperity High School; a U.S. Air Force veteran; the owner and operator of Tony’s Beauty Salon in Mount Pleasant; and later Tony’s Hair Corral in Summerton. Tony was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Elloree and often attended St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Prosperity. He

ROBERT M. BLACKMON MANNING — Robert Mark Blackmon, 57, husband of Nancy Brewer Blackmon, died on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at the Medical University of South Carolina at Charleston.

Services will be announced

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

SAMMIE LEE WILSON BISHOPVILLE — Sammie Lee Wilson entered eternal rest on July 13, 2014, at his residence.

The family is receiving friends at 235 Manville-Wisacky Road, Bishopville, and at 411 Rouse Road, Bishopville.

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

HORACE D. JUDY Horace Delbert Judy, 67, husband of Annie Hodge Judy,

died on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at his home.

Born in Charleston, he was a son of the late Ferdinand and Jewell Blewer Judy. He was a member of Providence Baptist Church and was a retired captain with the City of Charleston Fire Department.

Survivors include his wife; five children, Horace Delbert Judy Jr., Henry David Judy, Russell Samuel “Rusty” Johnson (Shawna), Hayden Jeremiah Hinojosa and Angela J. Hinojosa, all of Sumter; eight grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and two sisters, Libby Knapp of Cottageville and Patsy Waters of Charleston.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold Judy and Charles Judy.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. Graham Bochman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Johnson, 5710 Alcott Drive, Wedgefield.

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

ROSA E. SMITH BISHOPVILLE — Rosa Ellen Smith entered eternal rest on July 11, 2014, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Bishopville, with the pastor, the Rev. Lawrence Ford, officiating. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

JAMES E. WALKER MANNING — James Elbert Walker departed this life on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Dec. 8, 1956, in Manning, he was a son of Pauline Dingle Walker and the late Elvin Walker.

James is survived by his mother, Pauline D. Walker; sons, James Terrell Walker (Niccolette) and Deryl Jerome Walker; daughter, Lakesha C. Richardson; brothers, Richard Walker (Patti) and Terry Walker; sister, Sylvia Walker Cobia (Wendell); the mother of his children, Dorsena C. Walker; four grandchildren; and special friend, Betty Mathis.

One daughter, Angel Sharee Walker, preceded him in death in 1993.

Service of Remembrance will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Bloomville community, with the pastor, the Rev. David Pugh, officiating. Burial will follow in Carolina Johnson Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the residence of his sons, Deryl and James Walker, 1039 Acorn Lane, Manning.

Fleming-DeLaine Funeral Home and Chapel is in charge of services.

Online condolences may be sent to flemingdelaine@aol. com.

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Come try us, we do our own financing. We have 3-4-5 bedroom homes. Layaway program available. For more information, call 843-389-4215.

Ocean Lakes 2BR/2BA C/H/A Sleeps 8, near ocean. Call 803-773-2438

Vacation Rentals Waterfront @ Lake Marion 3BR 2BA DW $750/Mo. + Dep 2BR 1BA SW $525/Mo. + Dep. Call 803 983-9035 or 773-6655

Office Rentals

Summer Blow Out Sale: New & Used Mobile Home.

Call 803-469-3222

KEN-CO HOMES

Retail, Office & Executive Suite rental space available. Busiest corner-intersection in Santee SC. Call today 803-515-3938

Business Rentals Create your own business approx. 35,000 sq ft. $2500/mo. indoor racing go cart track for rent. 7 racing go carts for sale $1,000 ea Bobby Sisson 464-2730

REAL ESTATE

Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Baker's Sweets intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale ON premises consumption of Beer & Wine at 1089 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than July 24, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address 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, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Bid Notices INVITATION FOR BIDS New Taxilane and Apron Expansion Sumter Airport Sumter, South Carolina

4BR/2BA 32x80 DW w//land for sale. Fin. available, Payments approx. $450/mo. 803-236-5953

Sealed proposals will be received by Sumter County at Sumter Airport, located at 2945 Airport Road Sumter, SC 29153 until 2:00 PM on August 12, 2014, and immediately thereafter publicly opened and read for the furnishing of labor, material and equipment for the Taxilane and Apron Expansion Project. Bids received after the stated time will not be accepted.

Land & Lots for Sale Min. Walmart/Shaw +/- 1 Acre.

Septic, cleared, $2,900 Dn. $216 mo. 60 mos. 888-774-5720

PRICE TO SELL Nice lot. Good neighborhood.

Corner of Winn St.& Willow Dr. Financing also available.

803-775-4391, 464-5960 45.7 acres $1,313 per acre. Great track only min. from Sumter.

Priced to sell at $60k. Call 803-920-0724

Help Wanted Part-Time

Beer & Wine License

SCOTBILT D.W. $49,900 843-394-2613, myken-co.net

Dalzell 16.57 acre paved. $2425 dn. $580 mo. 120 mos. $2500 Ac. 888-774-5720.

Homes for Sale

Reconditioned batteries $35. Also have lawn mower, truck, 4 wheeler, golf cart & marine batteries, starters & alternators.

Car dealers/garages ask about special prices. Auto Electric Co. 803-773-4381

LEGAL NOTICES REDUCED for quick sale: 6 Middle St. 3BR & 4th optional/2BA. C/H/A. New construction.

Financing Available.

775-4391, 464-5960

The Project will include a new taxilane and apron that will serve future hangar buildings. Significant undercut and backfill operations are anticipated to bring the site to a suitable sub-base elevation for paving operations.

It is anticipated that the contract award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder if an award is made.

Proposals must be submitted in sealed envelopes with the Bidder's name, full mailing address, and General Contractor License Number shown as the return address. Sealed envelopes shall be addressed to: Sumter Airport

5775 Cane Savannah Rd. (Wedgefield).over 1 acre on main hwy. City water avail. Perfect for a new home or future investment.

Close to Shaw AFB. $8,900 803-983-2261

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

RENTALS

Lake Property

Unfurnished Apartments Large 2BR Duplex Dogwood Dr $400 Dep/Rent -Water included, Call 468-1900

2425 Trinity Rd. (Lynchburg).

2,200 sq ft DW 5BR/2BA on 5 ac lot. Must sell. Financing available.

803-775-4391, 464-5960

REVERSIBLE COMFORTER

Twin............. $12 Each Full/Queen.....$16 Each 29 Progress St. - Sumter King............. $20 Each 775-8366 Ext. 37

SELECTED WASHCLOTHS 3 for $1.00

FSBO: Lake House: 1931 Clubhouse Lane on Lizzie's Creek.

1,605 sq ft, 4BR/2BA, Kitchen /Dining Room, Den, Shower house, Boat house, Pier, Carport.

803-469-3807

SHOP WITH US FOR GREAT BUYS AND SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!

Galloway,

Proposals submitted without the prescribed information may be rejected.

All Bidders should be aware that the date, time, and location for Proposal Submittal and Opening may be modified by Addendum.

Documents are available for purchase by going to Plan Room and registering at www.wkdickson.com.

Please note that only registered plan holders may bid as a General Contractor.

All prospective bidders, including prospective subcontractors are hereby notified that they must have proper contracting licenses under state law for their trades at the time bids are received.

General Contractors are notified that applicable statutes of South Carolina will be observed in receiving and awarding general contracts. The General Contractor must have his license number clearly printed or typed on the sealed bid envelope.

The Owner will not accept or consider proposals from any contractor whose name, at the time of opening of bids or award, appears on the then-current list of ineligible contractors published by the Comptroller General of the United States under Section 5.6 (b) of the Regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29) CFR nor a proposal from any firm, corporation, partnership, or proprietorship in which an ineligible contractor who, at the time of the opening of bids or the award, is removed from the Department of Transportation's list of prequalified contractors.

Miscellaneous

Large Brick Home 4BR 2BA $1400 Mo + $1400 Dep Call Live Oak Realty 803- 469-8147

Bid Notices 2945 Airport Road Sumter, South Carolina 29153

TRANSPORTATION

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

1 Bdrm Mobile Homes- All appliances, heat pump, water, sewer and trash pick up included.

Rent $310+Sec dep Call 803-464-3437 Btwn 12-8pm

EMPLOYMENT

Store Hours 0RQ 6DW 9:30 - 5:00 Closed Sunday

We will be happy to change your ad if an error is made; however we are not responsible for errors after the first run day. We shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the printing or omission of an advertisement.

We reserve the right to edit, refuse or cancel any ad at any time.

2004 War Eagle 648. Dual batteries with charger. 46lb trolling motor. Rod/Gun box. Galvanized trailer. Asking $8,000 OBO. Call 803-491-4071

Experienced Floral Designers needed. Full and part time. Please call Laura at The Daisy Shop 803-773-5114

Maltese puppy. Adorable AKC male $500 OBO Health Guarantee in writing. Comes with his goody bag. 803 499-1360

CLASSIFIED DEADLINES

11:30 a.m. the day before for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday edition.

9:30 a.m. Friday for Saturday’s edition 11:30 a.m. Friday for Sunday’s edition.

Mobile Home Rentals

LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $2

BUSINESS SERVICES

Unfurnished Apartments

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Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid guaranty consisting of a cash deposit, or a certified check drawn on a bank or trust company insured by the FDIC, or a bid bond executed by a surety company licensed under the laws of South Carolina to execute such bonds. Such Bid guaranty shall be in an amount not less than 5% of the total amount of the bid and will be retained by the Owner as liquidated damages should the successful bidder fail to properly execute the Contract within ten (10) days after the award and to give satisfactory surety as required by law.

By submitting a bid the Contractor certifies that he has under his direct control, or at his disposal, the men, equipment, and materials required to execute this work as specified.

Lack of such control or availability of men, equipment, or materials shall constitute failure to properly execute the Contract. Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required for 100% of the Contract price, with a surety or sureties legally authorized to do business in South Carolina.

A bid may be withdrawn only as provided by the applicable statutes of South Carolina. If a bid is withdrawn within 90 calendar days of the bid opening, the Bid Guaranty shall be forfeited. If the request to withdraw is made later than 72 hours after the opening of bids, and if the withdrawal is allowed by state and local law, the owner may return the bid guaranty at his option.

The project is conditioned upon the receipt of federal funding under provisions of the Airport and Airways Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 and most recently Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 21st Century (AIR-21). Certain mandatory federal requirements apply to this solicitation and will be made part of any contract awarded.

1. Buy American Preference (Title 49 United States Code, Chap 501); 2. Foreign Trade Restriction (49 CFR Part 30); 3.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (49 CFR Part 26); 4. Davis-Bacon Act (29 CFR Part 5); 5. Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246 and 41 CFR Part 60); 6. Goals for Minority and Female Participation (41 CFR Part 60-4.2); 7. Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities (41 CFR Part 60-1.8); 8.

Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion (49 CFR Part 29).

NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE: The requirements of 49 CFR Part 26, Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, apply to this contract. It is the policy of the City of S u m t e r t o p r a c t i c e nondiscrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin in the award or performance of this contract. All firms qualifying under this solicitation are encouraged to submit bids/proposals. Award of this contract will be considered upon satisfying the requirements of this bid specification.

These requirements apply to all bidders/offerors, including those who qualify as DBE. A DBE contract goal of 20.0% has been established for this contract. The bidder/offeror shall make good faith efforts, as defined in Appendix A, 49 CFR Part 26 (Attachment 1), to meet the contract goal by utilizing DBEs in the performance of this contract.

The apparent successful bidder will be required to submit in the "Proposal" section of his bid the information concerning the DBE that will participate in this contract. This information will include: 1) the names, addresses and telephone numbers of South Carolina licensed DBE firms that will participate in the contract; 2) a description of the work that each DBE firm will perform; 3) the dollar amount of the participation of each DBE firm participating; 4) written documentation of the bidder/offeror's commitment to use a DBE subcontractor whose participation it submits to meet the contract goal; and 5) written

JERSEY KNIT SHEETS Twin $12 per set Full $12 per set Queen $16 per set King $20 per set

SELECTED HAND TOWELS 2 for $1.00

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Bid Notices

Bid Notices

confirmation from the DBE that it is participating in the contract as provided in the commitment made under 4).

If the bidder fails to achieve the contract goal stated herein, he will be required to provide documentation demonstrating that he made a good faith effort. The bidder's documentation shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions outlined in the Proposal.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities and minor irregularities.

INVITATION FOR BIDS G.A. Apron Rehabilitation Sumter Airport Sumter County, South Carolina Sealed proposals will be received by Sumter County at Sumter Airport, located at 2945 Airport Road, Sumter, SC 29153 until 2:00 PM on August 12, 2014, and immediately thereafter publicly opened and read for the furnishing of labor, material and equipment for the G.A. Apron Rehabilitation Project.

Bids received after the stated time will not be accepted.

The Project will include replacement of the existing asphalt G.A. Apron with concrete. The contractor should be aware of the construction phasing requirements necessary to maintain aircraft operations throughout construction as shown in the plans. Asphalt millings of the existing apron will be re-used on site by the contractor to create multiple service roads.

It is anticipated that the contract award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder if an award is made.

Proposals must be submitted in sealed envelopes with the Bidder's name, full mailing address, and General Contractor License Number shown as the return address. Sealed envelopes shall be addressed to: Sumter Airport 2945 Airport Road Sumter, SC 29153 Attention: Mr. Bobby Purchasing Director

(49 CFR Part 29).

NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE: The requirements of 49 CFR Part 26, Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, apply to this contract. It is the policy of the City of S u m t e r t o p r a c t i c e nondiscrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin in the award or performance of this contract. All firms qualifying under this solicitation are encouraged to submit bids/proposals. Award of this contract will be considered upon satisfying the requirements of this bid specification.

These requirements apply to all bidders/offerors, including those who qualify as DBE. A DBE contract goal of 20% has been established for this contract. The bidder/offeror shall make good faith efforts, as defined in Appendix A, 49 CFR Part 26 (Attachment 1), to meet the contract goal by utilizing DBEs in the performance of this contract.

If the bidder fails to achieve the contract goal stated herein, he will be required to provide documentation demonstrating that he made a good faith effort. The bidder's documentation shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions outlined in the Proposal.

Galloway,

All Bidders should be aware that the date, time, and location for Proposal Submittal and Opening may be modified by Addendum.

Documents are available for purchase by going to Plan Room and registering at www.wkdickson.com.

Please note that only registered plan holders may bid as a General Contractor.

All prospective bidders, including prospective subcontractors are hereby notified that they must have proper contracting licenses under state law for their trades at the time bids are received.

General Contractors are notified that applicable statutes of South Carolina will be observed in receiving and awarding general contracts. The General Contractor must have his license number clearly printed or typed on the sealed bid envelope.

The Owner will not accept or consider proposals from any contractor whose name, at the time of opening of bids or award, appears on the then-current list of ineligible contractors published by the Comptroller General of the United States under Section 5.6 (b) of the Regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29) CFR nor a proposal from any firm, corporation, partnership, or proprietorship in which an ineligible contractor who, at the time of the opening of bids or the award, is removed from the Department of Transportation's list of prequalified contractors.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid guaranty consisting of a cash deposit, or a certified check drawn on a bank or trust company insured by the FDIC, or a bid bond executed by a surety company licensed under the laws of South Carolina to execute such bonds. Such Bid guaranty shall be in an amount not less than 5% of the total amount of the bid and will be retained by the Owner as liquidated damages should the successful bidder fail to properly execute the Contract within ten (10) days after the award and to give satisfactory surety as required by law.

By submitting a bid the Contractor certifies that he has under his direct control, or at his disposal, the men, equipment, and materials required to execute this work as specified.

Lack of such control or availability of men, equipment, or materials shall constitute failure to properly execute the Contract. Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required for 100% of the Contract price, with a surety or sureties legally authorized to do business in South Carolina.

A bid may be withdrawn only as provided by the applicable statutes of South Carolina. If a bid is withdrawn within 90 calendar days of the bid opening, the Bid Guaranty shall be forfeited. If the request to withdraw is made later than 72 hours after the opening of bids, and if the withdrawal is allowed by state and local law, the owner may return the bid guaranty at his option.

The project is conditioned upon the receipt of federal funding under provisions of the Airport and Airways Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 and most recently Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 21st Century (AIR-21). Certain mandatory federal requirements apply to this solicitation and will be made part of any contract awarded.

1. Buy American Preference (Title 49 United States Code, Chap 501); 2. Foreign Trade Restriction (49 CFR Part 30); 3.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (49 CFR Part 26); 4. Davis-Bacon Act (29 CFR Part 5); 5. Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246 and 41 CFR Part 60); 6. Goals for Minority and Female Participation (41 CFR Part 60-4.2); 7. Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities (41 CFR Part 60-1.8); 8.

Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion

Summons & Notice

unknown minors and persons under disability who have or may claim an interest in the subject-property.

Curtis & Croft, LLC William A. W. Buxton Post Office Box 3220 Sumter, South Carolina 29151 803-778-7404 Attorney for the Plaintiff

SUMMONS IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO.: 2013-DR-43-896 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Susie and James Way, Plaintiffs, v.

Jamie Leigh Way and David Allen,

Summons & Notice

SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Civil Action No. 2014-CP-43-1278 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Carl J. Croft, Plaintiff, vs.

THE HEIRS OF BENJAMIN GAILLARD a/k/a BENJAMIN GINYARD, ELSEY GAILLARD a/k/a ELSEY GINYARD, HEIRS OF ELSEY GAILLARD, a/k/a ELSEY GINYARD, THOMAS JAMES, HEIRS OF THOMAS JAMES, HEIRS OF SUSAN GINYARD WAITERS, JACOB EVANS, JAMES ALBERT, HEIRS OF JAMES ALBERT, MARTHA ATKINS, HEIRS OF MARTHA ATKINS, SUSIE STEWART MULLIGAN, BERTHA SINGLETON, PARALEE SMALLS, MYCERDIA SCARBOROUGH, IRISH NELL GAY, AYANNA RIVERA, JERMAINE THOMAS, JANE DOE, AND JOHN DOE, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AND ANY UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL CLAIMING AN INTEREST OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED: 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 said Complaint on the subscribed, Curtis & Croft, LLC, at 325 West Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150 with thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the date 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 relief demanded in the Complaint.

LIS PENDENS Notice is hereby given that an action has commenced in the Court of Common Pleas by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant above named to Quiet Title to real estate owned by the Plaintiff and Defendant.

The following is a description of the premises subject of said deed: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and located in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 8.0 acres, more or less, being bounded as follows: On the North by lands, now or formerly, of Sharper Singleton; Eat by lands, now or formerly, of Aaron Montgomery; South by lands, now or formerly, of Thomas James; Southwest and West by lands, now or formerly, of Julia Redding. Said parcel of land being more particularly represented by a plat thereof made and certified by James D. McElwain, Deputy Surveyor, recorded October 6, 1874 and being recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Volume V at Page 256.

This lot being designated as Sumter County Parcel Number 206 12 03 010.

NOTICE OF FILING YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on June 20, 2014. Patrick M. Killen, Esquire, whose address is 28 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, has been named Guardian ad Litem Nisi to represent any

TO: DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED

Jury Trial Requested TO THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN NAMED:

Defendants.

The apparent successful bidder will be required to submit in the "Proposal" section of his bid the information concerning the DBE that will participate in this contract. This information will include: 1) the names, addresses and telephone numbers of South Carolina licensed DBE firms that will participate in the contract; 2) a description of the work that each DBE firm will perform; 3) the dollar amount of the participation of each DBE firm participating; 4) written documentation of the bidder/offeror's commitment to use a DBE subcontractor whose participation it submits to meet the contract goal; and 5) written confirmation from the DBE that it is participating in the contract as provided in the commitment made under 4).

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities and minor irregularities.

Proposals submitted without the prescribed information may be rejected.

Summons & Notice

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014

You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices at 17 East Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days 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 relief demanded in the Complaint.

BRYAN LAW FIRM OF SC, L.L.P. J.Thomas McElveen, III Attorney for the Plaintiff 17 East Calhoun Street P. O. Box 2038 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 775-1263

WAY

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Amended Complaint on the Plaintiffs, or the attorneys, McDougall & Self, at their offices, 21 E. Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service, and if you fail to answer the Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.

McDOUGALL & SELF, L.L.P. RYAN A. MCLEOD Attorneys for the Plaintiffs 21 E. Calhoun Street Post Office Box 2197 Sumter, S.C. 29151-2197 (803) 778-5062

SUMMONS IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Docket No.: 2011-DR-43-1576 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER James Lyles and Tina Lyles, Plaintiffs, vs.

Katisha Dixon, and Katressa Anderson as Natural GAL for Katisha Dixon, a minor under the Age of Eighteen (18) years, and John Doe. Defendants TO: KATISHA DIXON AND KATRESSA ANDERSON, NATURAL GAL FOR KATISHA DIXON, AND JOHN DOE, THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to served a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or Charles T. Brooks, III, Esquire, at this office located at 309 Broad Street, Sumter, South Carolina, 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, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated at Sumter, South Carolina, on the 24th day of October, 2011.

HEARING NOTICE Hinkson, Angela Plaintiff vs.

Roberts, Julio J.

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR SUMTER COUNTY PKG 5524

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

Petitioner, v.

Geneva Jackson and Mitchell Jackson, and for any persons unknown who are or might claim to be heirs of the decedent, including any unknown persons in the armed Forces of the United States of America, any minors, persons non compos mentis and persons under a disability of any kind or nature Respondents.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO: THE RESPONDENTS ABOVE NAMED: And to the natural, general, testamentary or other guardians thereof, and to the person with whom they reside or by whom they may reside or by whom they may be employed, if any there be, and to all other Respondents whose whereabouts cannot be ascertained.

YOU ARE EHREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that the Petition, Summons, order Appointing Guardia ad Litem, Order of Publication and Notice to Respondents were filed in the Office of the Probate Court for Clarendon County, South Carolina, The purpose of this action is to determine the heirs-at-law of Isaac Jackson as is more fully stated in the Petition.

That by Order of the Probate Court, Calvin K. Hastie, Esquire, whose address is 7 East Hampton, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi with his/her appointment to become absolute thirty (30) days after the services of this Summons and Notice.

TO: THE RESPONDENTS HEREIN, names and addresses unknown including thereof any who may be minors or under other legal disabilities, if any, and to the natural, general or testamentary guardian or conservator or otherwise unto the persons with him they may reside, if any thereby; YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by order entered June 13, 2014, Calvin K, Hastie, Esquire was named Guardian ad Litem Nisi to represent your interest in this action, and appointment to become absolute unless you apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent your interest in the above entitled action within thirty (30) days from the date of the said order.

NOTICE OF FILING PETITION

You are hereby notified to be present in the chambers of the Family Court of the THIRD Judicial Circuit, located at 215 North Harvin Street at the aforesaid time.

J. David Weeks Weeks Law Office, LLC P. O. Box 370 Sumter, SC 29151 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

Carl Andrew Jensen #2014ES4300304

Personal Representative Kristin Geddings C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney At Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Ophelia Hinnant #2014ES4300397

Personal Representative

Stacey Hinnant C/O Garryl L. Deas Attorney At Law PO Box 1211 Sumter, SC 29151

Alma Harrison,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Petition in the above action, together with Summons, was filed in the Office of the Probate Judge for Sumter County on February 25, 2014.

TYPE: FINAL ADOPTION TIME ALLOTTED: 15 MINUTES

Estate Notice Sumter County

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

To: Charles T. Brooks, III Esq. A hearing has been set in the above matter for the 2nd day of September, 2014 at 10:30 o'clock A.M.

Defendant

Estate Notice Sumter County

Estate:

Clara Ellen S. Fowler #2014ES4300401

Personal Representative Synovus Trust Company C/O Jack W, Erter, Jr. Attorney At Law 126 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Fredericka Roddey #2014ES4300326

Personal Representative S. Lathan Roddey, III 540 West Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Peggy Ann Singleton #2014ES4300388

Sumter County Family Court 215 North Harvin Street Sumter, SC 29150-4900 Charles T. Broooks, III Attorney for the Plaintiffs 309 Broad Street PO Box 3512 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 418-5708

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION NO: 2014-CP-43-624 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Charles W. Brown, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Lorene Renee Amos and John Doe, a fictitious name representing an unidentified driver, DEFENDANTS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Complaint was filed in the above entitled action in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on March 31, 2014, for the purpose of instituting an action against the Defendants as a result of a motor vehicle collision which occurred on April 1, 2011.

SUMMONS

Personal Representative Irene E. Richardson C/O Calvin Hastie Attorney At Law 7 East Hampton St Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Roosevelt Pearson #2014ES4300393

Personal Representative Jennifer Pearson 5230 Cotton Acres Road Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Dorothy Mae Gadson #2014ES4300377

Personal Representative Lincoln Gadson 248 Knight Valley Circle Columbia, SC 29209

Estate:

Bernice Brunson #2014ES4300378

Personal Representative

Tracey Isaac 1421 Frank Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Simeon Pinckney Wright #2014ES4300398

Personal Representative

Simeon P. Wright, Jr. And Claudia W. Thomas And James D. Wright 2535 Merganser Point Sumter, SC 29150

Estate: Mary Elizabeth Strange Booth #2014ES4300390

Estate: Sarah Imogene Osborne #2014ES4300352

Personal Representative

Personal Representative

Ricky Wolfe 1036 Glendalyn Circle Spartanburg, SC 29302

James Craig Booth 1508 Sharolyn Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Bridget J. Schaffer #2014ES4300373

Personal Representative

Patricia Hill 768 March Street Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Esther Dinkins James #2014ES4300383

Estate:

Sylvester Dawson #2014ES4300402

Personal Representative Lou Ella Dawson 2535 hwy 261 North Dalzell, SC 29040

Estate:

Illie Beck Vaughn #2014ES4300368

Personal Representative Arthur W. James, Jr. 2625 Camden Highway Sumter, SC 29153

Personal Representative Zenovia Vaughn 7136 Stonehaven Drive Columbia, SC 29209

Estate:

Estate:

Emma J. Abrams Deschamps-Moore #2014ES4300369

Personal Representative

LaToya C. Deschamps 4045 4th Street Mayesville, SC 29104 Estate:

Julia R. Grant Pearson #2014ES4300405

Personal Representative Julia E. Reed 7537 Newberry Lane Lanham, Maryland 20706

Estate:

James Lee Rogers #2014ES4300408

Personal Representative James Lee Rogers, Jr. 1430 Wilma Court Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Neil S. Scoggins #2014ES4300395

Personal Representative Michelle S. Duvall C/O Marvin E. McMillan, Jr. Attorney At Law PO Box 3690 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Henriette A. Thomas #2014ES4300382

Personal Representative

Mildred E. Thomas C/O Richard L. Booth Attorney At Law PO Box 2756 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

*This case will be heard by: Judge Michelle Hurley

*Be advised that while a case is set before a certain judge, such designation is subject to change without notice.

Wallace H. Richardson Sr. #2014ES4300407

Personal Representative Cynthia Gutknect 304 Cardinal Pines Court Lexington, SC 29073

Monty Lee Kuhn #2014ES4300399

Personal Representative

IT IS ORDERED that the attorney requesting the hearing shall notify the opposing counsel or party of the date of the hearing as the Clerk's office will send notices of hearing only to the requesting attorney.

Estate:

Julia A. Kuhn C/O Michael Jordan Attorney At Law 10 Law Range Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Ray Belton Simmons #2014ES4300404

Personal Representative Ingrid Simmons 70 Chatwick Ct. Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Charlotte Rink #2014ES4300361

Personal Representative

Robert E. Rink, Jr. C/O Kenneth Hamilton Attorney At Law PO Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152

Donald Hodge #2014ES4300406

Personal Representative Angela Hodge 550 Old Manning Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Butch Gallishaw #2014ES4300391

Personal Representative Randosha Monique Keith Legette C/O Ryan Andrews Attorney At Law 2557 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418

Estate:

Dorothy Jean Holliday #2014ES4300375

Personal Representative Bobby Ray Holliday 2545 Kevin Road Sumter, SC 29153

Recruitment: Summerton job fair accepting employer registrations

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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014 Online: www.theitem.com/clarendon_sun | Call: (803) 435-4716 | E-mail: jim@theitem.com

Farm Bureau equips Clarendon educators to teach agriculture FLORENCE – Clarendon County teachers Kirstin McCoon, who teaches at Clarendon Hall School, and Faith Gibbons were among 50 educators from across the state who recently learned how to incorporate agricultural lesson plans into their daily teaching schedules. The South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation (SCFB) hosted its annual Ag in the Classroom 501(c)(3) Summer Teacher Institute in Florence, where teachers of grades pre-K through 8 in public or private schools learned how to teach the importance of family farmers and domestically produced food, fiber, forestry products and fuel to their students.

Ag in the Classroom Institute participants earned a set of grade-specific lesson plans aligned to the State curriculum standards to use in the classroom this fall. They also left with baskets full of resources they can use to teach students about agriculture and the benefits farmers add to the economy, the environment and the community.

Participants also received three hours of graduate credit (good toward their teacher recertification) from Winthrop University, courtesy of SCFB’s Ag in the Classroom Fund. Along with a modest registration fee, which many County Farm Bureau chapters reimburse to partici-

pants, sponsorships raised through the SCFB’s Ag in the Classroom Fund cover the cost of tuition, room and board, resource speakers and tours, and materials for the week-long institute.

SCFB President David Winkles said, “If agriculture is to maintain its status as South Carolina’s largest business sector – providing more than 200,000 jobs and more than a $34 billion impact on South Carolina’s economy – we’ve got to help people understand the link between their food, fiber, and shelter and the farm. Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program is a tool to

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Clarendon County teachers Faith Gibbons and Kirstin McCoon were among 50 educators from across the state who recently learned how to incorporate agricultural lesson plans into their daily teaching schedules.

Fireworks light up the scene at Brooks and Boyce streets during the Red, White and Blue Celebration Saturday, July 5.

Manning deserves kudos for Red White and Blue Celebration

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udos to the City of Manning for putting on their Red White and Blue Celebration at the Red Barn on Saturday, July 5.

Some recent events in Manning have not been as well attended as in the past, but the concerns of city officials that “no one would Jim show Hilley up,” proved to be totally unfounded.

As dusk approached, a sizable crowd filled the space along Church and Boyce streets, and they showed up well prepared. Literally hundreds of folding chairs filled the lot east of the Red Barn and north of the Manning Farmer’s Market forming an impromptu semi-circle facing the stage and the

fireworks.

The music of Black & Mild seemed to be an excellent choice for entertainment, and many attendees took the opportunity to hit the dance floor and “bust some moves.”

Back where I am from —Las Cruces, New Mexico — the city has an annual Electric Light Parade with floats, bicycles, motorcycles, cars and trucks decorated with electric lights each Fourth of July. Something similar could be a great addition to Manning’s event.

Several vendors were present at the Manning event, and with the success of this year’s celebration more could be expected to set up next time. Though I moved to a different location before it got dark, I only saw a few of the glow-inthe-dark necklaces, bracelets, ropes, bangles,

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A small alligator poses among some lily pads next to the boardwalk at Woods Bay State Park. The first portion of the boardwalk offers an excellent opportunity to see wildlife .

Find wildlife

at Woods Bay State Park

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com (803) 774-1211 Woods Bay State Park, along the Clarendon and Sumter county lines east of Interstate 95, offers a glimpse at the unique flora and fauna found in one of the many Carolina bays found in the Carolinas and parts of Georgia. The park offers hiking on a threequarter mile trail that circles an old mill pond and a 1,500-foot boardwalk over a stretch of swamp and shrub bog.

To get an even closer look, visitors can reserve kayaks to venture into the heart of the park on a mile-long kayak trail. Kayaks

for public use are available by contacting the park ahead of time.

Unfortunately, a thick growth of brush along the boardwalk limits what can be seen by visitors, and the facility is badly in need of an extension into more open areas. While Woods Bay State Park could certainly see some upgrades, the South Carolina woods are always an excellent place to enjoy a stroll. The park has a visitor’s center, restrooms and a large picnic shelter.

Admission to the park is free, though it is only available for day use. The park is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pets are allowed on

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Much of the path on the boardwalk is surrounded by thick overgrowth that severely hampers the chance to see much wildlife.

Runoff election set July 22, write-in protests redistricting lines

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com (803) 774-1211 A protest by write-in candidate Sharmane Anderson has thrown an added degree of uncertainty into the Manning City Council District 5 runoff election scheduled for July 22.

Anderson is “contesting the election chair on the grounds of the redistricting of Ward line on June 23,” said a City of

Manning memo emailed to media yesterday. The memo said the Municipal Election Commission will hold a hearing on the matter at 10:30 a.m. today in the City Hall Council Chambers, 29 W. Boyce ANDERSON St. Pending the outcome of the hearing, voters in Manning are scheduled

to choose between Julius “Jay” Dukes and Gloria Frierson for the Manning City Council District 5 seat in a runoff election Tuesday, July 22. The winner of the runoff will fill the unexpired term of the DUKES late Gregory Witherspoon.

Four candidates were on the ballot in a July 8 special elec-

tion, but none were able to garner more than 50 percent of the votes cast.

Dukes is the owner of Dukes’ Shoe Repair and co-owner of J&J Catering with his wife Josephine.

He has said he FRIERSON considers jobs the most important issue in the election.

“I see too many people in

Manning who are unable to find work,” he said.

Frierson is a native of Clarendon County, a graduate of Clarendon High School and attended Florence-Darlington Technical College.

“I plan to ensure that the positive decisions I make as your city councilwoman will not only just have a short term effect but a long term

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BRIEF ENCOUNTERS LET’S MOVE MANNING KICKOFF The Let’s Move Manning Kickoff Event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 9, at Gibbons Street Park, 240 Gibbons St. in Manning. Intended to promote healthy eating, fitness and obesity awareness, the event includes workshops, free health screenings and sessions on healthy cooking, how to work out at home, juicing and Zumba. All are invited.

For more information, call the City of Manning at (803) 435-8477.

HIT THE PAVEMENT WALK End the Silence on Domestic Violence with a 3-mile walk, “Somebody’s Listening,” hosted by Jordan Crossroads Ministry Center - Haven of Rest Domestic Violence Crisis Women Center. The event on Saturday, Oct. 4, begins and ends at the gazebo across from John Land Courtyard on Keitt Street in Manning.

Pre-registration will be held at Walmart from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 2 and Sept. 6. Fee is $20, which includes a T-shirt.

For more information call: Deborah Delong, (803) 410-7724, or Ann Driggers (803) 460-5572.

YOU SCREAM, I SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! Cool off this summer at your local city park. The socials will begin at 6:30 p.m. and last for an hour; ice cream available while supplies last.

Memorial Street Park – Thursday, July 17 Bellwood Park — Tuesday, July 22 Gibbons Street Park — Thursday, July 24 Rex Josey Park— Tuesday, July 29

RECREATION DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION SOCCER: The Clarendon County Recreation Department is holding registration for its youth soccer program until Aug. 8. Ages being offered are 5 to 18 years. The playing age is the child’s age as of Nov. 30, 2014.The cost to register is $45.

CHEERLEADING: The Clarendon County Recreation Department is holding registration for its cheerleading program until Aug. 8. Ages being offered are 8 to 12 years. The playing age is the child’s age as of Sept. 1, 2014. The cost to register is $30.

FOOTBALL CAMP: The Clarendon County Recreation Department will be hosting its 2nd annual “BIG COUNTRY” youth football camp July 28 through Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to noon at J. C. Britton Park in Manning.

The camp will be for youth ages 7 - 12. The head instructor is Bryan Thames (Big Country). Bryan is a former Manning High School standout and now plays at Lane College in Tennessee. The cost to register is $25 and the deadline to register is July 24.

BRITISH SOCCER CAMP: The Clarendon County Recreation Department will be hosting its annual Challenger Sports British Soccer camp July 28

through Aug. 1. There are five different sessions being offered at different cost per session.

Ages offered are 3 to 16 years.

To register, persons can go to challengersports.com.

Registrations for all these programs are being accepted at the Recreation office at J. C. Britton Park in Manning. For more information, contact the Recreation Department at (803) 473-3543.

PETS OF THE WEEK

MARTHA

SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM Clarendon School District 2 will offer free lunches for children ages 2 to 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Manning Elementary School, 311 W. Boyce St., and Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Highway, Mondays through Thursdays through July 31. A morning snack will be offered at Manning Elementary from 8 to 9 a.m. each day that lunches are offered.

For more information, contact the district food service office at (803) 435-4082.

JOB FAIR Clarendon School District 1 will host a job fair co-sponsored by S.C. Works from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23 at the district’s community resource center, 1154 Fourth St., Summerton.

GOLF PROGRAM 2014 SUMMER SCHEDULE • Little Tees (4 to 6 years old) – Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 to 10 a.m. $25 for 1 day, $50 for 2 days • Junior Golf (7 to 14) Tuesday through Thursday, 3 to 5 p.m. $50 for 2 days, $75 for 3 days • New Beginners ( 7 to 14) Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 to 11 a.m. $25 for 1 day, $50 for 2 days • Adults – Mondays 1:30 to 3 p.m., $25 Registrations and payments are being accepted at the recreation office at J.C. Britton Park in Manning. For more information call (803) 473-3543.

All classes will be held at Shannon Greens Golf Club.

WALKER-GAMBLE REUNION The Walker Gamble High School Alumni Association Inc. reunion committee will hold a reunion weekend Sept. 26-28 at Walker Gamble Elementary School, New Zion. For further details, write to WGHS Alumni Assoc. Inc., P.O. Box 335, New Zion, SC 29111.

MENTORING PROGRAM Rural Leadership InstituteClarendon is beginning a mentoring program, called Operation Generation, for at-risk youths in Clarendon County School District 1. Initially, the program will focus on students at Summerton Early Childhood Center and St. Paul Elementary.

The board members of Rural Leadership Institute Clarendon are asking adult members of the Clarendon community to volunteer to become mentors.

For more information, call Bea Rivers at (803) 485-8164, Lesley Dykes at (803) 707-4901 or email rliclarendoncounty@ gmail.com.

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MR. BIGGS

Martha is a sweet 6-year-old female hound mix who is good with other animals and children. She loves to play with balls, is current on her shots and has already been spayed.

Mr. Biggs is a bulldog mix who is almost 2 1/2 yrs old. He gets along with other dogs and really enjoys the company of others.

Meet Martha, Mr. Biggs and their friends at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301), which has numerous pets available for adoption.

Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To drop off an animal, call (803) 473-7075 for an appointment.

If you’ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol.webs.com and www.ASecondChanceAnimalShelter.com.

Summerton job fair accepting employer registrations

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com (803) 774-1211 Companies looking for employees in the next 90 days can still register for the SC Works and Clarendon County School District 1 first annual job fair, said Dawn Griffith with the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce. The job fair will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 23, at the Clarendon One Community Resource Center, 1154 Fourth St. in Summerton.

“We are looking for com-

PARK, FROM PAGE C1 leashes only, and disruptive pets and their owners may be asked to leave.

To reach the park, take U.S.

panies with actual job openings,” she said, “We are not looking for companies just to show up and participate.”

Companies wishing to take part in the job fair may contact Karenanne Graves at SC Works at kgraves@ slcog.org or Griffith at dawn@clarendoncounty.org to obtain a registration form. The completed forms may be emailed to Graves or faxed to (803) 774-2144.

Organizers have produced a flyer containing tips for job seekers who plan on attending the event. Job seekers should bring their re-

sumes, and “dress for success,” the flyer says.

Dressing for success tips include: • Check for proper fit.

Avoid clothing that is too short, tight or too loose.

• Wear closed-toe shoes with a conservative style.

• Avoid jewelry that could be distracting.

• Choose conservative colors and patterns.

• Avoid bright and distracting colors that make you stand out.

• Practice good hygiene and avoid heavy layers of perfume.

Highway 378 East toward Turbeville, drive about 15 miles, turn east onto SC Highway 53 (also known as Narrow Paved Road), then right onto Highway 58. Follow the signs toward Shiloh and turn

left onto Woods Bay Road.

The park entrance will be on the right after 4.5 miles.

For more information, call the park at (843) 659-4445 or visit www.southcarolinaparks.com.

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TEACHERS, FROM PAGE C1 help us accomplish that goal through our state’s teachers, and in turn to our state’s children.”

In addition to instruction about their learning and teaching styles, Institute participants also heard from agriculture and education experts from Clemson University’s College Relations/Ag Careers Department and Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, SC Department of Agriculture, USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service, the SC Soybean Board, the SC Peanut Board, 4-H and one of the Southeast’s largest vegetable producers, W.P. Rawl and Sons Farm. Participants also experienced two days touring Pee Dee area farms.

Vonne Knight, who heads SCFB’s Ag in the Classroom program, said, “I never cease to be amazed at the positive impact agriculture makes in the lives of teachers from across the state during this one week. Teachers leave with a greater understanding of and appreciation for agriculture. I have never been part of a more rewarding higher education experience.”

The annual institute moves among various geographic regions of the state each year and continues to grow in popularity. Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Division Director Reggie Hall said,

“We’ve seen an increase in the number of institute applications in recent years, in part because the no-cost materials we provide are aligned to the state curriculum standards, which means the materials are more likely to be used in routine classroom instruction.”

The 2014 SCFB Ag in the Classroom Summer Teacher Institute was funded through donations from the SC Ag in the Classroom Fund, SC Farm Bureau Federation, SC Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., the SC Soybean Board, AgSouth Farm Credit, SC Advocates for Agriculture, the SC Peanut Board, Newberry Electric Cooperative, W.P. Rawl & Sons Farm, the SC Greenhouse Growers Association, the SC Beef Council, the SC Pork Board, Florence County Farm Bureau and Darlington County Farm Bureau.

SCFB’s Ag in the Classroom program also offers yearround no-cost in-service workshops to South Carolina prekindergarten through middle school teachers, schools and school districts. To make a tax deductible contribution to the 501(c)(3) Ag in the Classroom program, for more information, or to schedule an in-service workshop, contact SCFB Ag Literacy Program Director Vonne Knight at (803) 936-4409 or vknight@scfb.org.

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tacular from over by the courthouse where I was taking photos.

Manning can be proud of the way the event turned out.

Well done!

light sabers, etc. that are very much in evident at the Las Cruces event. I would hope that next year there will be more of those brightening up the night. Seeing the kids — of all ages — festooned and fascinated with all those luminescent baubles is really a highlight of the evening.

Selling such items could be a great way for local churches and nonprofits to raise some funds next time around.

Though I didn’t stay at the Red Barn to watch the fireworks, they were quite spec-

RUNOFF, FROM PAGE C1 one that will benefit generations to come,” she said in an email.

Unofficial totals in the July 8 election were: Dukes, 40; Frierson, 31; write in candidate Sharmane Anderson, 28; and Louis Griffith, 26. A total of 123 voters cast ballots in the election, with 57 voters bravely going against the tide and showing up at the polls, rather than voting absentee ballots.

Should the election proceed as planned, officials have consolidated all three of the polling locations at the Cypress Center, 50 Hospital St. for Tuesday’s runoff. The polling place will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Try some nutritional superstars

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hile shopping, here are several nutritional foods to add to your shopping list that deserve a permanent place on your grocery list — remember, variety is the key!

BROCCOLI – Broccoli is rich in the antioxidant beta carotene that your body converts into vitamin A. Just one stalk provides more than twice the daily requirement of vitamin Nancy C, and is Harrison also high CLEMSON in fiber, EXTENSION calcium, potassium and magnesium. Broccoli also contains powerful cancer fighting compounds.

ORANGES – An orange provides all the vitamin C you need in a day, along with potassium, folate and a healthful dose of soluble fiber. Oranges have other benefits, too – they contain cancer fighting flavonoids and terpenes.

GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES – These nutritional powerhouses have a lot to offer – vitamin C, vitamin K, beta carotene, folate, fiber, potassium and magnesium. Some green leafies, such as kale, bok choy, collard, turnip and mustard greens, are good sources of calcium.

TOMATO SAUCE — Studies have found an association between eating cooked tomato products (tomato sauce, tomato paste, spa-

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ghetti sauce, pizza) and a reduced risk for some cancers, especially prostate, lung and stomach cancer.

The phytochemical lycopene which is more readily absorbed after cooking, is believed to be the reason.

Tomato sauce also helps aid iron absorption. Choose nosalt-added varieties.

DRIED BEANS – Legumes (dried beans, peas and lentils) are one of the best buys at the store. High in fiber and low in fats, beans are rich in minerals and B vitamins (including folate ) and are an inexpensive source of protein. The soluble fiber content of beans helps keep blood glucose levels steady and also helps lower cholesterol levels. Everyone can benefit from eating legumes, but diabetics have especially good reasons to enjoy beans on a regular basis. Choose canned or dried. Add to soups, salads, pasta, chili or casseroles.

SOY – Soy is a great source of high quality pro-

tein; soy has so much to offer that researchers are examining soy foods for a wide array of possible health benefits. Tofu and soy milk are two of the more popular forms of soy.

SALMON, SARDINES AND TUNA – Just one or two servings a week of these cold water fish help protect the heart and reduce the risk of sudden death from an acute heart attack. Omega-3 fatty acids found in these fish may provide other benefits as well. Sardines and salmon canned with edible small bones are also good sources of calcium. Choose waterpacked varieties that are low in sodium.

SKIM MILK – Skim milk is an excellent source of calcium and high quality protein without saturated fat.

NUTS – Nuts are loaded with nutrients — trace minerals, beneficial phytochemicals, fiber, protein, folate and vitamin E. Just don’t overdo it; an ounce a day is plenty, and some studies indicate that even one serving a week can be beneficial.

OATMEAL – Oatmeal is a good source of soluble fiber, which helps lower cholesterol and control blood glucose levels. Select the economical large containers of old fashioned or quick oats, and add your own fruits. Flavored oatmeals are often high in sugar and salt.

Nancy S. Harrison is a retired food safety and nutrition educator with Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service.