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Local County gets jump on projects approves business Council notes for next round of consultant capital improvements awarded

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter Area Small Business Development Center Manager Jim Giffin received the Individual Achievement Award from the South Carolina Small Business Development Center for assisting nearly 1,200 local small businesses that have cumulatively generated more than $22.5 million since 2009.

Giffin said his goal is to help his clients understand what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. He said starting a business is more than GIFFIN having a dream or a vision; a person also has to understand the area and the demand for his or her product.

He said the most important aspects of a successful business plan include identifying starting costs for the business, calculating monthly expenses, determining the amount of demand for the product or service and knowing your area and identifying a target audience.

Through personal experience, Giffin said he learned that you cannot expect to make large profits immediately after opening, and he shares this information with his clients.

He said it is rewarding to see some of his clients successfully open their businesses and to see other clients save their money by not investing in a business that does not have a high success rate.

“It’s not the first time he’s received the award,” said Michele Abraham, state director of the S.C. center. She said Giffin received the same award a few years ago.

Abraham said Giffin has a tremendous wealth of experience which allows him to be an ideal consultant for the state center.

In order to receive the award consultants are evaluated on

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Sumter County Council set in motion the county’s plan to get a head start on the 2016 Capital Projects Sales Tax list by approving first reading of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of bond

anticipation notes not to exceed $40 million, collectively, during Tuesday’s meeting On Wednesday, Sumter County Administrator Gary Mixon said the county’s first priority would be upgrading the countywide Enhanced 911 emergency services facility from the current analog system to a digital radio system. The E 911 system is the first item on the new project list which Sumterites voted for in November 2014.

Collection for the new set of penny projects will begin May 1, 2016, but the

bond anticipation notes will allow the county to start on the projects before next year.

Mixon said the new radio equipment would need to be taken to a new location, most likely Sumter Police Department, which means the county would also focus on the second project on the list, the construction of a new police department headquarters.

The E 911 upgrades are expected to cost $10 million, and the new police de-

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New Horizons makes closest approach to distant world ‘Something wonderful’: Peaks on Pluto, canyons on Charon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Mankind’s first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint Wednesday: The pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as the Rockies and canyons on its big moon Charon that appear deeper than those on Earth.

Especially astounding to scientists was the absence of craters in a zoom-in shot of Pluto, the dwarf planet that hosted its first visitor from Earth on Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

They said that suggests to their surprise that Pluto is geologically active even now and is being sculpted not by outside forces but by internal heat.

The long-awaited images were unveiled Wednesday in Maryland, home to mission operations for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

“I don’t think any one of us could have imagined that it was this good of a toy store,” principal scientist Alan Stern said at a news conference. He marveled: “The Pluto system IS something wonderful.”

Added Lowell Observatory’s Will Grundy: “This is what we came for.”

“This exceeds what we came for,” corrected deputy project scientist Cathy Olkin.

The zoom-in of Pluto, showing an approximately 150-mile swath of the planet, reveals a mountain range about

11,000 feet high and tens of miles wide. John Spencer, a planetary scientist at Southwestern Research Institute, said the mountains appeared to be formed from Pluto’s icy bedrock.

The canyons on Charon look to be 3 miles to 6 miles deep.

The images were collected as New Horizons swept within 7,700 miles of Pluto on Tuesday, becoming Pluto’s first visitor in its 4.5 billion-year existence.

Scientists didn’t know until Tuesday night — when the spacecraft phoned home — that the encounter was a success.

New Horizons already is 1 million miles beyond the dwarf planet, and 3 billion miles from Earth.

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Pluto is seen from the New Horizons spacecraft as it made its closest approach to the distant world on Tuesday night. The United States is now the only nation to visit every single planet in the solar system. Pluto was No. 9 in the lineup when New Horizons departed Cape Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2006. See story on page A7 or online at www.theitem.com.

Events put Haley in 2016 spotlight

BY BILL BARROW AND MEG KINNARD The Associated Press COLUMBIA — From her public statements of grief to removing the Confederate battle flag from outside her Statehouse office, Gov. Nikki Haley has drawn wide praise since the massacre of nine black churchgoers from a historic Charleston congregation.

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Just how prominent she remains in 2016, though, depends on factors well beyond this latest chapter in Haley’s intense, complicated rise from state representative to her tenure as South Carolina’s first female and minority governor, a five-year stretch that has rankled many of her fellow Republicans.

“There are sometimes events in an elected official’s life that transcend politics, and this certainly was one for Gov. Haley,” said Ted Newton, who helped lead the research team that vetted vice presidential prospects for Mitt Romney in 2012.

Newton praised Haley’s “skill

and grace” in recent weeks. Yet, he said, “The fact that she’s in the headlines briefly doesn’t guarantee anything. If she stays on a short-list (for vice president), it will be because she survives more intense scrutiny.”

Besides, he said, more often than not, the deciding factor for a nominee picking a running mate is quite simple: personal and political compatibility.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was campaigning Wednesday in South Carolina for the first time since formally launching his bid, the first out-of-state Republican candidate to

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Sumter woman allegedly starts porch fire

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com A Sumter woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly intentionally starting a fire at a home on Blanche Road.

According to a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office report, Shanell Williams, 20, allegedly “willfully and maliciously caused a fire, burning and/or explosion which resulted in damage to the mobile home belonging to the victim.”

Sheriff’s office deputies responded to a mobile home at 4627 Blanche Road in Sumter Monday in reference to a civil disturbance, according to a sheriff’s office report.

When deputies arrived at the home a little after noon, they were told Williams allegedly set fire to both the interior and exterior of the home.

Sheriff’s reports say WILLIAMS Williams allegedly set fire to the drapes on the inside of the house and the outside front porch.

Williams, who lives at the home, was upset with the victim over a recovered Social Security card, according to a sheriff’s office report.

Williams was upset about finding someone’s Social Security card in a car where she thought it didn’t belong,

said Braden Bunch, public information officer for Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

Bunch said Williams’ relationship with the victim, who owns the home, is unknown.

When deputies asked Williams if she started the fire, she said she did, according to the incident report.

Williams was searched, and deputies found a pink lighter in her pocket.

Williams reportedly told deputies she used the lighter to light the drapes and porch on fire, according to the report.

Williams is charged with third-degree arson, which is characterized as arson damaging property but not kill-

ing or seriously harming anyone.

According to another sheriff’s office incident report, $1,000 worth of property was burned during the blaze.

A report was not filed with the Sumter Fire Department, but the department was notified of the fire.

If she is convicted, the felony charge carries a maximum prison sentence term of 15 years.

Williams was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, and her bond is set at $5,000. According to Bunch, she has not posted bond as of Wednesday morning.

According to the jail’s inmate inquiry, Williams’ next scheduled court date is September 4.

Local cook out honors veterans and volunteers

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic on Salem Avenue hosted its annual cook-out Wednesday to show appreciation to veterans as well as volunteers.

A steady stream of veterans and their families visited the clinic to enjoy burgers and hot dogs and to chat with clinic staff and volunteers during the well-attended event.

For about 10 years, the driving force behind the event has been volunteer Bessie Williamson, said VA public affairs officer Bob Hall Sr. “Bessie is the one who puts this on,” he said “It is all put on by volunteers, but she is the one who started it all.”

Williamson said she is not the only one making the event happen.

“The staff here donated the chips and the volunteers baked the cookies,” she said. “Chris Prescott has done the cooking

every year for five years or so.”

“I like people, and vets are very close to my heart,” said Williamson, who volunteers for several local organizations.

She said she was surprised at how the event has become a “big deal,” with people in attendance such as WJB Dorn Veteran Affairs Medical Center Director Timothy McMurray and several other dignitaries from the medical center in Columbia as well as Sumter.

Williamson said she doesn’t want to put the spotlight on herself. She said she gets help from several local companies and organizations, such as Piggly Wiggly, Golden Corral, Harvin Packing Co., Sumter Packaging and Disabled American Veterans.

“I’ll be sending my thank you cards out,” she said.

Hall said the event fits in well with a push by Veterans Affairs to promote volunteerism.

“The Secretary of Veteran Affairs Robert McDonald kicked off the ‘Summer of Ser-

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Volunteer Cecile Schultz loads a hamburger on a plate for veteran Bob Wicker, a security guard from Manning, Wednesday at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at the clinic’s annual veteran and volunteer appreciation cook out. vice’ this year,” Hall said. “It is an initiative to bolster the number of volunteers.”

The Sumter outpatient clinic handles about 4,300 patients, Nursing Director Christina Fennell said, but even though

the clinic is very busy, veterans can still sign up for the clinic’s services.

“They can come in and we’ll give them a packet to be sent to Columbia to get them registered,” she said. “There is no

Sumter man charged with multiple crimes asks for preliminary hearing

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com A man with seven charges hanging over his head has requested preliminary hearings for almost all of them.

Donique Capers, 11 Baker St. in Sumter, was arrested in late June after an undercover investigation by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

The 36-year-old was charged then with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine.

Then on June 30 he was charged by the sheriff’s office in connection with a May home invasion that put two men in the hospital.

Due to his alleged involvement in the home invasion case, he is charged with one count of armed robbery, one count of first-degree burglary, one count of possession of a weapon during a violent crime and two counts of attempted murder.

Capers’ bond was denied for all seven charges.

Now, two weeks before his scheduled trial date, he is requesting preliminary hearings for six of the seven charges.

The only charge he is not requesting a hearing for is the possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

According to state law, the preliminary hearings must hapCAPERS pen before his next scheduled trial date on July 31.

The only way the hearings won’t happen is if Capers’ representatives waive the request for a hearing.

Preliminary hearings are requested by the defendant to question the probable cause for his arrest.

South Carolina Third Judicial Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip” Finney III said these are hearings to examine the evidence in a case to determine whether there is enough evidence to arrest and charge the defendant as well as move forward with the trial.

Capers’ defense attorney, a public defender issued by the state, said he could not comment on the reason for the hearing requests.

Finney said if the judge rules there is enough evidence, then the case will be passed on to the Solicitor’s Office where it will prepare for a grand jury and indictment.

waiting list.”

She said the facility offers lab services, mental health care, primary care and homebased primary care for those who can’t come into the clinic.

The outpatient clinic also offers tele-mental health, she said, which allows patients to receive services from practitioners in real time by computer.

There are about 30 employees at the outpatient clinic, Fennell said, including four physicians.

One of those physicians is Dr. Jennifer McFadden, who said all the doctors at the clinic have about 1,200 patients they treat.

“We have a very active patient population,” she said.

McFadden said she is very appreciative of what the volunteers do.

“We have the best and biggest number of volunteers in the Dorn VAMC service area,” she said. “Whether it’s serving refreshments or making coffee, we appreciate their help.

They’re just fabulous.”

LOCAL BRIEFS FROM STAFF REPORTS

Town of Lynchburg seeks water operator The Lynchburg Town Council will have a workshop at 6 p.m. tonight at 81 Magnolia St. to consider applications for the town’s water system operator, said Mayor Nancy Galloway.

Filling the position was on the agenda when the council met Tuesday evening, but council decided to wait until it had considered all the applications before making a decision. The position became open when the former operator quit on Friday, according to reports.

In other action, the council elected Andre Laws as mayor pro-tem.

Clarendon teen charged with assault James E. King III, 18, of Manning, was charged with manufacturing marijuana on Tuesday, after law enforce-

ment officials allegedly caught him on video surveillance growing seven plants in the woods beKING hind 7245 Sumter Highway.

King was arrested on Monday and charged with assault, according to Capt.

Ricky Richards of the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office. The additional manufacturing charges were served on Tuesday, Richards said.

Deputies received the information about the marijuana plants through an anonymous tip via text message, and cameras were placed on the property on July 6, Richards said.

The suspect was allegedly caught on camera numerous times tending to the plants, according to Clarendon Sheriff Randy Garrett.

King is being held at the Clarendon County Detention Center. A bond hearing for both charges was scheduled for King on Tuesday evening.

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4 shot to death in Orangeburg county

BY BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press HOLLY HILL — South Carolina authorities were searching Wednesday for the person who shot and killed four people and wounded a young boy at a rural home.

Orangeburg County Coroner Samuetta Marshall said two adults and two teenagers were each shot at least once.

An 8-year-old boy was taken by helicopter to Medical University of South Carolina for treatment. Authorities did not release his name and were not sure of his condition.

“We believe that this incident is an isolated incident, and we don’t believe we have anyone out in this area who is actively committing crimes,” Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said at an afternoon news conference.

He said authorities drew that conclusion “from information we have gathered” but would not go into detail or discuss a possible motive.

Shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday, deputies received a call from a male telling them about the shootings at a home just west of Holly Hill, a community about 60 miles northwest of Charleston.

Marshall said three victims were found in bedrooms in the brown, single-story house nestled behind a stand of tall pines.

They have been identified as Tamara Perry, 14; Shamekia Sanders, 17; and Krystal Hutto, 28.

The coroner said a man was found dead in the front yard. His identity was not immediately released.

The sheriff said three of the victims were black and Hutto was white; he did not know the relationship between them. The coroner said autopsies would be performed Thursday.

Across from the house is a cornfield,

and the nearest neighbor is about a quarter-mile away.

Ravenell said a car that had been seen at the house was found burned about midday in the community of Vance, about 15 miles from the shooting scene. Authorities had been seeking the car but didn’t know how it was connected to the house.

“We are actively following some leads. Anyone who might be connected or have any information on this heinous crime that could possibly be charged with accessory before or after the fact, you need to come forward,” he said.

Accused church gunman expected in court, judge issues gag order

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NYPD Staten Island Borough Commander Edward Delatorre, left, stands during a vigil with Esaw Snipes, right, wife of Eric Garner, and second from right, Gwen Carr, mother of Garner, during a memorial service for Eric Garner at the Mount Sinai United Christian Church in the Staten Island borough of New York on Tuesday A $5.9 million settlement in Garner’s death, a black man who died after being placed in a white police officer’s chokehold, was reached this week.

Mayor: Garner’s death not in vain

BY COLLEEN LONG AND JONATHAN LEMIRE The Associated Press NEW YORK — The death of an unarmed black man who was held in a police chokehold wasn’t in vain, and could help change the relationship between police officers and the communities they patrol, Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a church service in honor of Eric Garner.

De Blasio spoke Tuesday night, the day after the city reached a $5.9 million settlement with Garner’s family over his July 2014 death. His family said they would continue pressing for federal civil rights charges.

“This is a new chapter in our relationship between the police and our communities,” de Blasio said. “That will make us a better people. That will make us a more just city. That will make us a safer city.”

De Blasio, who is white and is married to a black woman, spoke at the church the night of the grand jury decision not to indict the police officer. At that time, he connected personally to Garner’s death, speaking of how he talked to his biracial son about being careful in his dealings with police.

Those comments sparked outrage from police unions, who accused de Blasio of fostering an anti-police sentiment. When two officers were killed by a gunman in December, some officers turned their backs on the mayor at the funerals.

De Blasio made sure to be inclusive in his remarks on Tuesday.

“All lives matter,” he said, before explicitly saying that

while it should be self-evident, it must be still said that “Black lives matter” and, after he praised the police, “Blue lives matter.”

The settlement came nearly a year after the 43-year-old Garner died, having repeatedly pleaded “I can’t breathe!” as Officer Daniel Pantaleo took him to the ground with an arm around his neck. Garner lost consciousness and was pronounced dead later at a hospital.

He had refused to be handcuffed after being stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes on a Staten Island street.

The encounter, caught on an onlooker’s video, triggered protests. Coupled with police killings of unarmed black men elsewhere in recent months, Garner’s death became a flashpoint in a national debate about relations between police and minority communities. “’I can’t breathe’ spurred the national movement,” and it won’t end “until we change how policing goes,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said at a news conference Tuesday with Garner’s relatives.

“The victory will come when we get justice,” Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, said Tuesday.

“Justice,” added one of Garner’s children, Emerald Snipes, “is when somebody is held accountable for what they do.”

The city medical examiner found the police chokehold contributed to Garner’s death.

But Pantaleo’s lawyer said the officer had used a permissible takedown maneuver known as a seatbelt — not a chokehold, banned under New York Police Department policy.

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Dylann Roof, who allegedly shot and killed nine black people in a racially driven attack in a Charleston church last month, is expected to be in court Thursday.

Among the matters to be addressed are “service of indictments,” 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said in a tweet on Tuesday.

Roof, of the Columbia area, was indicted last week by a Charleston County jury on murder charges in connection with the nine people he is alleged to have shot and killed during a June 17 prayer meeting.

The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. at the Charleston County courthouse before Judge J.C. Nicholson.

At that hearing, lawyers for several news organizations are expected to argue that the judge should make public the criminal records in Roof’s case that are routinely released by law agencies in criminal cases.

Late last week, Nicholson issued a sweeping gag order

in which he told “all potential trial participants” in the Roof criminal proceedings they could not divulge “any prejudicial matter” or make “any extrajudicial statement that has a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing” any court proceeding.

Such sweeping gag orders in criminal cases are rare in South Carolina.

In his order, Nicholson said he took the action on his own initiative after making a finding that because of “substantial pretrial publicity, the defendant’s (Roof’s) right to a fair and impartial trial could be in jeopardy.’’

On Tuesday, several news media organizations filed a motion challenging the gag order, calling the case “of great public interest’” and asking for a hearing to argue to the judge that they should be able to have access to certain materials.

The motion did not specify the documents sought, but in newsworthy criminal cases, journalists usually ask for and get documents such as incident reports, 911 audio, uncensored arrest warrants, search warrants and documents on what was

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The news organizations cited U.S. Supreme Court and other court rulings that have held that the best way to ensure a fair trial is not by censorship and gag orders but by questioning of prospective jurors to ensure an impartial jury panel.

On Tuesday, state Judge Robert Hood notified The State newspaper he will not turn over search warrant returns from searches law enforcement made at places in the Columbia area where Roof had been staying before June 17.

The State newspaper had filed a Freedom of Information request with Hood to see those documents, which apparently contain descriptions of computer records and other material seized by law enforcement in the days following Roof’s arrest in North Carolina on June 18.

In denying The State’s request, Hood cited Nicholson’s July 10 gag order.

“Based upon this order, I am unable to provide you with the search warrants and returns you have requested,” Hood said in an email to The State.

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Former Auschwitz sergeant convicted

Report says guard, now 92, indicted BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Germany have indicted a 92-yearold former Auschwitz guard on charges of accessory to murder.

German news agency dpa reported Wednesday the man has been indicted before a juvenile court in Hanau, near Frankfurt, because he was between 19 and 20 years old at the time of the alleged crimes.

The suspect, who wasn’t identified, is alleged to have played a part in the deportation of prisoners from Nazi transit camps in Berlin, Drancy in occupied France and Westerbork in the occupied Netherlands. According to dpa, prosecutors say at least 1,075 of those prisoners were gassed to death shortly after arriving in Auschwitz.

The move comes on the same day a German court convicted former SS sergeant Oskar Groening of accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews in Auschwitz.

Court rules 94-year-old was accessory to murder LUENEBURG, Germany (AP) — Oskar Groening confessed during his trial to feeling “moral guilt” for serving as an SS sergeant at Auschwitz.

On Wednesday, a court ruled that he was guilty of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews and sentenced him to four years in prison.

The 94-year-old, who testified that he oversaw the collection of prisoners’ belongings and ensured valuables and cash were separated to be sent to Berlin, listened expressionlessly to the verdict after a 2½-month trial that could set a legal landmark.

The verdict, and presiding Judge Franz Kompisch’s thorough and impassioned detailing of the Lueneburg state court’s ruling, renewed hope of more 11th-hour prosecutions of former members of the SS who served at death camps — no matter their age.

“This verdict was critical because this is the first case brought where the prosecution charged a person who wasn’t involved in the physical side of mass murder,” said the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s head Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff, in a telephone interview from Belgrade.

“This paves the way for additional trials of individuals who did not liter-

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Ninety-four-year-old former SS sergeant Oskar Groening looks up as he listens to the verdict of his trial Wednesday at a court in Lueneburg, northern Germany. Groening, who served at the Auschwitz death camp, was convicted on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder and given a four-year sentence. ally pull the trigger but who were part of the implementation of the Final Solution.”

Kompisch acknowledged that Groening was born in a different time, growing up after World War I in Germany in a right-wing nationalist family, in a society where Jews were portrayed as a danger to the country.

However, he said Groening joined the SS of his own volition when he had

many other options.

“You didn’t want to stand on the sidelines,” Kompisch told Groening, who listened attentively for more than an hour and a half as the judge detailed the ruling, occasionally sipping from a bottle of water. “You wanted to be there.”

In his job at the death camp, for which he has been dubbed the “accountant of Auschwitz,” Kompisch

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Worries continue for Arabs after deal DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The nuclear deal with Iran was met with a profound wariness in the Arab world, where concerns are widespread that the easing of its international isolation could tip the already bloody contest for power in the region toward Shiite-led Tehran.

Arab countries have deep fears of Iran gaining a nuclear weapon, and some have been skeptical that a deal will prevent that from happening. But equally high for key Sunnidominated Gulf allies of the United States is the worry that a deal gives Iran the means — through an economic windfall — and an implicit green light to push influence in the region.

The Arab world has been polarized for years in a worsening proxy conflict between Iran and Gulf powers, particularly Saudi Arabia, fueling Sunni-Shiite tensions and stoking wars. In Syria, Iran’s support has ensured the survival of President Bashar Assad against Sunni rebels backed by Gulf nations in a devastating civil war, now in its fifth year.

Yemen has been torn apart this year as Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition air campaign,

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An Iranian woman holds up an Iranian flag as people celebrate a landmark nuclear deal in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday. has tried to help fend off Shiite rebels supported by Tehran. In Iraq, Saudi Arabia has opposed the growing power of Iran even since the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein and the rise of a government led by Shiite politicians close to Iran.

“Deal or no deal, tension in the region is not going to go away,” said Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at United Arab Emirates University. “If Iran is bent on acting as a hege-

mon, as a regional power, I think we are in for some difficult times.”

Saudi Arabia issued a pointed warning, saying Iran must use any economic gains from the lifting of sanctions to improve the lives of Iranians, “rather than using them to cause turmoil in the region, a matter that will meet a decisive reaction from the nations of the region,” in a statement carried on the state news agency late Tuesday.

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BAGHDAD — Nearly 500 artifacts recovered by U.S. Special Forces during a raid in Syria targeting the Islamic State group were put on display Wednesday at Baghdad National Museum.

Many of the relics, including ancient coins and royal seals used by kings in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, disappeared at different times dating back to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

How they ended up with the Islamic State group, which now holds a third of both Iraq and Syria, remains unclear. Delta Force commandos seized them in May after killing Abu Sayyaf, a man identified by the U.S. as the head of

the Islamic State group’s oil operations.

“The list of Daesh atrocities and crimes is long, and it includes the theft and smuggling of your heritage and culture,” U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones said, using the Arabic acronym for the extremist group. “Daesh is stealing your antiquities, and we are giving them back to you.”

Officials did not offer a value for the recovered artifacts. Nor did the Delta Force mission that recovered them get discussed in detail.

Islamic State extremists have looted and destroyed several ancient sites in Iraq and Syria as part of its campaign to cleanse the territory it controls of items the extremists deem as non-Islamic.

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“If people are talking about that, then I’m not working hard enough to talk about the (Emanuel) families,” Haley said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I don’t want to think about it or talk about it or even acknowledge it at this point.”

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Church must reach ‘dechurched’ God moments defy explanation

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omen are more likely to attend church, say more than a dozen recent studies on the subject. While women represent the gender more likely to attend services, a new study shows the gap between the sexes is closing as more people choose to forgo weekly worship.

According to Barna.org, 45 percent of American people are unchurched — a statistic up 15 percent since the early 1990s — although more than half the population identify as Christian to some extent. Women have always been more spiritually-minded in similar studies; they place more importance on religious activities. However, it seems that church as a top priority is losing its footing in the lives of women.

The Barna Group, the organization behind this study, revealed the overwhelming majority of women who didn’t go to church were “dechurched,” a term they used to describe those who had left a congregation or synagogue.

Whenever these type of studies come out, we church people like to point the finger at popular culture. It’s the erosion of spiritual morality, we say from our stained-glass spires, there is nothing we can do against those who knowingly reject religious teachings. That’s not the case in this study. Only 11 percent of women in the study identify as atheists or agnostic. That leaves us with a majority percent of women who are interested in faith but don’t make corporate religious activity a priority.

In part it’s due to competing priorities. A whopping 68 percent of women identified family relationships as their top priority. Religious activities or church came in a distant second at 11 percent. While that number might not sit well with you, it’s an understandable statistic. Life can be chaotic, and it’s easy to get swept up in the flow of busyness. They don’t know how being an active part in a group of fellow believers can be an edifying and encour-

aging experience.

Of these dechurched women, most simply find church irrelevant or nonessential to their spiritual lives. Some perceive faith and attendance as Faith Matters church being mutually excluJAMIE H. sive. Perhaps they’ve WILSON come to that conclusion because the church has ignored essential needs for their spiritual lives.

Studies show women are getting married later and having children later. This provides a significant gap in what is the common practice of many churches, which tend to focus their efforts on traditional ministries: children’s, youth, married adults and senior citizens. If you don’t fit in, chances are you won’t invest in a church, which is critical.

Dear church goer or pastor, I’m not saying it’s all your fault. There will always be people that, if given a relevant Bible study group, childcare and a free supper, will not attend because they are lazy or want to do something else.

Understand also that this is not an excuse to remove yourself from the obligation of reaching people where they are. Think of the needs of the single mother or the unmarried 29-year-old professional. Think of the overworked mom, balancing her career and family.

Our responsibility is to find new ways to reach out to those women who don’t fit the mold of our ministries.

In what should be a glimmer of hope and a source of motivation, the study revealed that many of the women interviewed wanted to improve their involvement with church. They just need someone to show them how church can be a haven of rest and encouragement, not just another stop on their to-do list.

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

Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Friday-Saturday — Reclaiming Hearts Ministries and WayFM present VBS for Women by Reclaiming Hearts 7-9 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday. No registration required.

No childcare available. Love offering will be received. Visit www.reclaiminghearts.com.

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 4319 Rowe Drive, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Aug. 2 — The Rev. David Lawson’s 18th pastoral anniversary will be celebrated at 3 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Willie T. Lawson, pastor of Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., will speak.

Dinner will be served.

Calvary Baptist Church, 495 Calvary Church Road, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday, Aug. 1 — Mid-Carolina singing at 6 p.m. featuring Staffman of Whiteville, North Carolina, and Cedar Creek Quartet.

Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 Douglas Ave., announces: * Sunday — The 20th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. Bishop Jeffrey Johnson will speak.

Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Friday — Youth Vacation Bible School “Glow Night ... Shine for Jesus!” from 7 to 10 p.m. for grades 6 through 12.

Edwin Boyle Santee Summer Ministry, 1098 Lemon Ave., Manning, (across from Camp Bob Cooper), announces: * Outdoor interdenominational worship service at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday through Sept. 6 for those who spend their summer weekends at Lake Marion.

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Fellowship Outreach Ministries, 1891 Florence Highway, announces: * Monday-Friday, July 20-24 — Vacation Bible School 6:30-8:30 nightly. * Monday-Friday, Aug. 17-21, and Sunday, Aug. 23 — A 38year anniversary celebration and birthday party at 7:30 nightly Monday-Friday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. Speakers include Elder Bobby Coard; Pastor Frances Washington; Elder Andre Baxter; and more.

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od moments are those moments when situations occur that cannot be explained by or blamed on anyone but God. God moments are so amazing because with our natural eyes, they make no sense. They can’t be calculated, can’t be quantified, can’t be articulated, can’t be reasoned; but the evidence that they exist is that they occur. To be perfectly honest, God moments would not be believed unless there were eye witnesses present.

In the last few months, I have been the witness of a major God moment.

It began with the May 23 beach disappearance of former Sumter High School standout athlete Erick White.

While he was not the first young death this year, there was something different about his death. One thing that was different was the unrest that occurred as family and friends waited to see if by chance he would show up. The second thing that was different is that a generation of his peers, teammates and friends rechanneled their grief and anger toward mobilizing and organizing benefit basketball games, car washes, chicken dinner sales and a GoFundMe account.

What ended up happening was they not only raised the money for the funeral, but they transformed the perception of a generation.

The most amazing thing that happened occurred on June 3. That day was the homegoing celebration of Erick, and at that celebration, 85 youth gave their lives to Christ, and another 50 rededicated their lives to Christ. In one setting, 135 young people made a public declaration that they were going to change the direction of their lives, and God spoke to me and said “This is MY Movement!”

Immediately after that celebration,

God began moving in the launching of the Miracle City Movement. The first part was a partnership with the YMCA, basketball parents and community members to host “THE TAKEOVER (Matt 11:12) LOCK-IN.” At this lock-in, 90 young people attended classes and workshops, and five more young people confessed Christ!

This was a God movement, for pieces began falling in place. God had initiated a plan to transform the lives of 500 young adults, and train them to be the change agent to help rename and re-label the city of Sumter from the negative, “Merk City” to the positive, “Miracle City.” God said “What would it look like to have 500 new and rededicated Christians in August returning to public school classrooms, college campuses and jobs?”

As we stand on the precipice of THE TAKEOVER PT. 2, we are preparing to engage 300 young people, focus on their salvation, encourage their evangelism of others and their leadership development.

God is moving and has given us this moment!

Mahatma Ghandi said, “We must be the change we want to see in the world.”

Well in Sumter, God has ordained the MIRACLE CITY MOVEMENT to be that change agent. It is not a church, not denominational, not racial and not limited by any boundaries, for it is a kingdom movement.

So on July 24, we move forward with God’s mission for us, “Changing a city, by introducing Christ to the city and commissioning Christians to be Christlike in the city.”

Will you join the Movement? Email miraclecitymovement@gmail.com for more information.

Napoleon A. Bradford is Pastor of Christian Education and Missions at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church and Visionary for Miracle City Movement.

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CHURCH NEWS Bethel AME Church, 219 E. Calhoun St., announces: * Sunday — Pastor’s appreciation service at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Marie Harvin, pastor of Laurel Hill AME Church, Summerton, will speak.

BY NAPOLEON A. BRADFORD, M.DIV. Special to The Sumter Item

219 S. Washington St., announces: * Saturday-Sunday — Family and friends weekend as follows: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, celebration at Birnie HOPE Center; 11 a.m. Sunday, worship services; and 7 p.m. Sunday, Gospel Jazz on the Yard.

Good Shepherd Outreach Ministries, 118 Commerce St., announces: * Friday-Saturday — “The Total Woman” spirit and body seminar at 7 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday. Registration required. Call (803) 775-0171 or email info@gsomsumtersc.org.

Howard Chapel AME Church, 6338 Old Manning Road, New Zion, announces: * Saturday, July 25 — A gospel program, sponsored by Clarendon County Hall of Fame Foundation Inc., will be held at 6 p.m. On the program: Sons of Faith of Manning; New Boys; Gospel Jubilees; and more.

Immanuel Lutheran Church, colocated with St. John United Methodist Church, 140 Poinsett Drive, announces: * Saturday — Vacation Bible School “Moses and the Great Escape” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children ages 3 years to fifth grade. Lunch will be served to the children. Children should bring a towel and wear a bathing suit. Call (803) 883-1049.

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Pastor’s Aide anniversary program during morning worship. * Sunday-Friday, July 25-31 — Revival services. The Rev. Wayne A. Montgomery, pastor of Barnettsville Baptist Church, Bishopville, will speak at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The Rev. George P. Windley Jr., pastor of First Baptist Missionary Church, will speak at 7 nightly Monday-Friday.

Kingdom Life International Ministries, 404 Broad St., announces: * Friday, July 24 — Birthday celebration for Pastor Desheka James at 7:30 p.m. at Greater Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 609 Miller Road. Bishop Marvin Hodge will speak.

Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church, 207 Reardon St., Manning, announces: * Sunday, July 26 — Church anniversary celebration at 3 p.m.

The Rev. Dr. Curtis Cantey, pastor of Aimwell Baptist Church, Pamplico, will speak.

Mount Glory Baptist Church, 841 N. Main St., announces: * Saturday, Aug. 1 — Bus trip to Concord Mills Mall, Concord Mills, North Carolina. Bus will leave from the church at 7 a.m. and will return at 7 p.m. Cost is $35. Call the Rev. Mary L. Harvin at (803) 481-5196 or Marcia China at (803) 773-3003. * Sunday-Tuesday, Aug. 9-11 — Revival at 4 p.m. on Sunday and 7 nightly Monday-Tuesday.

Speakers: the Rev. Blue; the Rev. Irene Anthony; and the Rev. Jerome Sumter.

Mount Sinai AME Church, 5895 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Sunday, July 26 — Male chorus anniversary program at 10 a.m. * Saturday, Aug. 8 — Homecoming celebration / family and friends day 11 a.m.-until featuring dinners, fun and games. * Sunday, Aug. 9 — Homecoming / family and friends day worship at 10 a.m.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday-Thursday, July 26-30 — Revival. Pastor Andre McBride, of Church of God By Faith, Lynchburg, will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. Pastor Willie Tiller Jr., of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, will speak at 7 nightly Monday-Thursday. * Saturday, Aug. 1 — Prayer breakfast at 8 a.m. at Mount Zion Enrichment Center. Cost: $10 per person. * Sunday, Aug. 2 —Evangelist Savitrus McFadden will speak at 6 p.m. * Saturday, Aug. 15 — Pastor’s Support Ministry’s afternoon tea brunch / fashion social at Mount Zion Enrichment Center. Tickets: $10 for adults; $5 for children 10 and under. Call (803) 983-3851 for tickets. The Sumter Baptist Association youth department back-toschool bash will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at the enrichment center.

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Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Sunday-Wednesday, July 22 — Revival. The Rev. James Blassingame, pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, will speak at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Rev. George P. Windley Jr., pastor of First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church, will speak at 7 nightly MondayWednesday. * Sunday, July 26 — A salute to the church seniors at 10:45 a.m.

Nehemiah Kingdom Builder’s Assembly, 845 Webb St., announces: * Wednesday-Sunday, July 22-26 — 2015 Holy Convocation as follows: 7 p.m. Wednesday; 7:30 nightly Thursday-Friday; 10 a.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m.

Sunday. Speakers: Pastor Ruth Robinson; Pastor Kenneth Wilder; Bishop Sylvester Francis.

New Testament Lighthouse Church, 1114 Boulevard Road, announces: * Monday-Friday, July 20-24 — Vacation Bible School for children and adults 6-8:30 nightly.

The Rev. Kirk Baker will speak.

Orangehill Independent Methodist Church, 3005 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday, July 26 — Family and friends day at 10 a.m. The Rev. Isaiah Sierson will speak.

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Saturday — Clothes giveaway from 7 a.m. to noon. Those in need are asked to come.

New Calvary Baptist Church, 38 Center St., announces: * Sunday-Thursday, July 23 — Vacation Bible School from

New Hope AME Church, 18808 Panola Road, Pinewood, announces: * Monday-Tuesday, July 27-28 — Revival at 7:30 nightly. The Rev. Adam L. China, pastor of Adams NEAME Church, Columbia, will speak.

St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church, 1126 St. Matthew Lane, Manning, announces: * Sunday — The first pastoral anniversary of Pastor Rodney R. Conyers will be celebrated at 3 p.m. The Rev. Dr. W.T. Johnson will speak.

The Rock Church of Sumter, 365 N. St. Paul Church Road, announces: * Sunday — Empowerment Service at 4 p.m. Prophet Anterral Taylor will speak.

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PROJECTS FROM PAGE A1 department headquarters is expected to cost $5 million.

Mixon said the county may not spend the entire $40 million. He said there is a lot of flexibility when the time comes for county council to choose which projects will be funded using the bonds. He said council will have to consider the impact of planning and engineering, among other things, while deciding on which projects should be chosen for the bond.

The bond anticipation notes require two more readings from council before any action can be taken. Mixon said he anticipates that council will start discussing which projects to prioritize sometime in August.

GIFFIN FROM PAGE A1 how many businesses were started under their guidance, how much their client’s sales have increased and how many jobs clients

During the council meeting, Vice Chairwoman Vivian Fleming-McGhaney announced that Sumter County Fiscal, Tax and Property Committee made two motions to allocate money from the county reserve fund: $10,000 to repair the Sumter County Administration Building elevator and $24,000 to update the Sumter County Detention Center Policy Manual.

County council approved both motions.

Council’s meeting on Tuesday was held in the County Summary Court building because the administration building elevator was out of order.

Mixon said this is the second occurrence in a month’s time, and it is time for the elevator to be updated.

Mixon said the detention center policy manual will be updated to comply with

new federal regulations.

He said the allocated funds would be used to hire an outside consultant to assist the county in updating the manual and to train detention center personnel on the new policies.

In other news, council recognized several other worthy individuals.

Andrew Wrenn, Meg McFarland, Aileen Twohig and Hannah Adams were recognized for their acts of bravery that saved the life of their friend, Michal Hoge, who sustained critical neck injuries during a swimming pool incident in May. And Ben DeSollar, president of Sumter Packaging Co., accepted a certificate on behalf of the company from county council commending the company for receiving the Technologist of the Year Award from the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry earlier this year.

were able to create and maintain, along with other criteria.

According to a news release from the state center, 69 of Giffin’s clients have gone on to start their own businesses.

“He has strong relation-

ships with lenders and partners in Sumter, which results in a steady flow of client referrals producing outstanding results,” Abraham said in the news release. “Jim sets the bar for our network.”

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

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Jeremiah 6:16 says, “…ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” Discover the “good way” in God’s house.

Find the peace and respite to rejuvenate your life!

African Methodist Episcopal Wayman Chapel AME Church 160 N. Kings Hwy. • 803-494-3686 Reverened Laddie N. Howard Church School 9:00 am Worship 10:15 am Wed. Bible Study 12:00 pm & 6:30 pm www.waymanchapelame.com

Anglican Church of the Holy Comforter 213 N. Main Street • 803-773-3823 The Rev. Marcus Adam Kaiser Sunday Services 8:30 am (Rite 1) & 11:00 am (Rite ll) in the Sanctuary Sunday School for All Ages at 10 am Nursery Available 10 am to 12:30 pm www.holycomforter.net Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass

Assembly of God First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterfirstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

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Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach P h Orchard O h d Rd. Rd Dalzell D l ll 803-499-1838 Pastor Jonathan Bradshaw Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Sun Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

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BY MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Mankind’s first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint Wednesday: The pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as the Rockies and canyons on its big moon Charon that appear deeper than those on Earth.

Especially astounding to scientists was the absence of craters in a zoom-in shot of Pluto, the dwarf planet that hosted its first visitor from Earth on Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

They said that suggests to their surprise that Pluto is geologically active even now and is being sculpted not by outside forces but by internal heat.

The long-awaited images were unveiled Wednesday in Maryland, home to mission operations for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

“I don’t think any one of us could have imagined that it was this good of a toy store,” principal scientist Alan Stern said at

Spiritual Life Christian Cent Center 4672 Broad B d St St. EExtt • 968 968-5771 5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

The largest of Pluto’s four moons, Charon, is seen in this photo taken during the New Horizons spacecraft’s closest approach to the system on Tuesday night. a news conference. He marveled: “The Pluto system IS something wonderful.”

Added Lowell Observatory’s Will Grundy: “This is what we came for.”

“This exceeds what we came for,” corrected deputy project scientist Cathy Olkin.

The zoom-in of Pluto, showing an approximately 150-mile swath of the planet, reveals a mountain range about 11,000 feet high and tens of miles wide. John Spencer, a planetary scientist at Southwestern Research Institute, said the mountains appeared to be formed from Pluto’s icy bedrock.

The canyons on Charon look to be three to six miles deep.

The images were collected as New Horizons swept within 7,700 miles of Pluto on Tuesday, becoming Pluto’s first visitor in its 4.5 billion-year existence.

St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. Larry Brown Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Sunday School 9:15 am Worship Service 10:30 am trinityumcsumter.org

Catholic - Roman Lutheran - ELCA Non-Denominational The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.S.S.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

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Teacher, heroin addict share ‘crazy chemistry’ DEAR ABBY — I’m a 24-yearold teacher and graduate student. I have started dating a new man, “Winston,” who makes me feel incredible. We have crazy chemistry like I’ve never had before, and our personalities work perfectly together.

Dear Abby Here’s the problem. Winston is a recovering heroin ABIGAIL addict with horrible credit VAN BUREN and two felony charges related to having stolen money from his parents when he was desperate for drugs.

I know what you’re thinking -- I’d be an idiot for dating someone like this, right? But Winston and I have had heartfelt talks and he revealed a troubled upbringing that helped me understand where his addiction came from. He’s in a rehab program to try to get his life together.

I’ve dated a lot of guys. All I’ve ever want-

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ed is someone who will give me “butterflies” for the rest of my life, and Winston may be the guy. He’s attentive, affectionate and loving. He treats me like a princess. I understand his past will cause financial strain.

Isn’t it more important to have a man who treats me right than one with a lot of earning potential? Please give me some advice.

Dream come true in New Jersey DEAR DREAM — You have been seeing Winston for HOW long? Has he completed his rehab and been able to maintain his sober lifestyle for a long enough time that the chances are it will continue?

Few things are as exciting as infatuation — every one of our senses is heightened. You say you feel “butterflies,” but what if you wind up with only a moth-eaten carpet? This is not to say that Winston isn’t a wonderful person — many former addicts can be. However, I think it’s premature for you to consider a future with him until you are sure about his stability.

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

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TV-PG) * Julie Chen hosts “Big Brother” (9 p.m., CBS) * Chairman witnesses a shooting on “Aquarius” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Oona Chaplin and Gemma Chan star on “Dates” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., CW, TV14).

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That gets old.

• Syfy introduces “Reactor” (11:30 p.m., TV-14), a humorous take on the week’s popular culture from a sci-fi fan’s perspective. David Huntsberger hosts “Reactor” before a live audience, introducing trailers, clips, mash-up videos, comedy sketches and celebrity guest stars promoting their latest projects.

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• Quarterback Russell Wilson hosts Kids’ Choice Sports 2015 (8 p.m., Nickelodeon, TVG).

• Ethan investigates secrets on “Wayward Pines” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Hope Davis gueststars.

• Karen has a rough time on “Mistresses” (9 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

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• Surgeons perform a life-altering procedure on “Conjoined Twins: Miracle Separation” (9 p.m., Discovery Life, TV-PG).

• Linked words are the key to “Chain Reaction” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., GSN, TV-G).

• Big Jim and Julia learn new secrets on “Under the Dome” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

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• Nick learns more about his past on “Rookie Blue” (10 p.m., ABC).

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It’s never good to combine two very stale ideas in the hopes of something fresh. The new comedy “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA) stars Denis Leary as Johnny Rock, a very overripe rock ‘n’ roll hasbeen. Or, rather, a never-was.

Johnny and his band, The Heathens, appeared to be on the verge of something big back in the early 1990s, when they broke up acrimoniously — due in large part to his penchant for sleeping with his bandmates’ wives, fiancées and girlfriends.

Fiftyish and unrepentant in his substance abuse and swagger, Johnny is broke and on the verge of joining a cover band when a fetching young woman enters his life. Mistaking Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) for a would-be groupie, he soon learns that she’s his daughter from a long-forgotten fling. If you can’t see this pivotal father-and-child reunion coming from a mile away, you could be as addled as Johnny.

In a twist, Gigi has scads of money and needs nothing from her biological father, except a few new songs for her self-financed recording session. It’s hard to tell what is more contrived, Johnny’s ability to reunite The Heathens after decades of bitterness, or the fact that they play perfectly and in tune in their first session. While I guess Gigi is supposed to play Liv Tyler to Leary’s Steven, their recording sessions have all the edge of Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis “rocking out” in 2003’s “Freaky Friday.”

We are so far removed from the heyday of rock ‘n’ roll that parodies of aging rock stars have legacies of their own.

“This Is Spinal Tap” (1984) was nearly 10 years old when the faux Heathens called it quits. “Spinal Tap” and the British comedy series “Absolutely Fabulous” (1992) remain classics because their characters — fossils forged in the excess of rock ‘n’ roll culture — remain over-the-top and ridiculous.

Like Denis Leary’s characters on ABC’s “The Job” and FX’s “Rescue Me,” Johnny is intense and self-destructive, but too shot through with rage and self-pity to capsize

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BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com A rededication memorial ceremony was held Saturday in Alcolu for the youngest person to be executed in the United States in the 20th century.

George Stinney Jr. was exonerated by a judge in December 2014, nearly 70 years after the 14-year-old boy was tried for the murder of two young girls in Alcolu. It took a jury of 12 white men just 10 minutes to convict him. He was executed two months later, on July 16, 1944. There was no physical evidence to connect him to the crime.

A memorial headstone was created last July in his honor on a property on Sumter Highway.

“George’s soul is at peace at last; that’s what this memorial means to me and my family,” said Irene Lawson-Hill, Stinney’s second cousin. “We are free, we are happy that this case went to court and that he was exonerated.

“However, we would like for our governor, Nikki Haley, to come forth and acknowledge that South Carolina made a mistake in executing my second cousin wrongfully. I want her to acknowledge that. I know the courts have done their jobs.”

Lawson-Hill said she wanted to thank her family and the members of A New Day organization, one of the groups that spearheaded the effort to bring Stinney’s case back to court.

A dozen of Stinney’s second cousins were in attendance at the rededication ceremony.

In December, 14th Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullen issued a 30page order, ruling there was a “fundamental, Constitutional violation of due process” in the prosecution of Stinney.

At a hearing in January 2014, Mullen heard the testimony of three of Stinney’s surviving siblings and several expert witnesses, all of whom refuted the state’s 1944 assertion the 14-year-old boy committed the double homicide. Within hours of finding the bodies, in March 1944, investigators took Stinney into custody, and his trial began just 31 days after his arrest.

One of the main leaders in the effort to get Stinney exonerated was George Frierson, a local historian.

Frierson said he would like to thank everyone who donated to build the memorial for Stinney and for the family who agreed to have the memorial

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A relative of George Stinney Jr., above, prays during the rededication ceremony for Stinney’s memorial stone in Alcolu on Saturday.

George Stinney Jr.’s memorial headstone, below, is seen on a property on Sumter Highway. placed on their property.

“I thank God for the purpose that it was given,” he said.

Frierson said there is another task left to accomplish for those involved with the Stinney case.

“We are challenging the officials of South Carolina to step up to the plate and give a formal apology to the Stinney family and the citizens of South Carolina for this wrongful act that was committed in the name of the citizens of South Carolina,” Frierson said.

The legal effort to exonerate Stinney was taken on by a Manning law firm, Coffey, Chandler and McKenzie, which was instrumental in bringing the case back to court.

After the case caught national media attention, students from Ridge View High School in Richland School District 2 also decided to do something to bring awareness to the issue.

Ridge View’s Humanities Magnet Program Scholars Academy students

in Nicole Walker’s and Steve Nuzum’s classes developed a presentation explaining the legal system of the time and the issue of racial profiling.

The students presented at several schools and spread their message through social media.

“After reading about George Stinney’s case in the media, our students decided to do something to help spread the word about the injustice that was committed against him,” said Walker. “We also wanted to put pressure on the judge to get a ruling and

correct the wrong.”

The Rev. Gregory Greer, of Chicago, founder of The Guilty in Innocence Project, was involved with the case as well and served as guest speaker at the rededication ceremony.

“For me being called to come here and speak is an honor I couldn’t have passed up,” said Greer. “This community was determined to effect change, and that end result was the exoneration of a historical wrong and we accomplished that. We are standing in the cradle of history, we are standing in the cradle of greatness, we are standing in the cradle of everything that America is built upon and should be, and it starts here.”

Greer said a lot can be accomplished if people come together.

“We’ve begun a death penalty exoneration campaign across the country, my organization has three major cases that we are working on, as a result of the work we’ve done here with George Stinney Jr.,” he said.

Summer program combines arts and sciences to engage minds

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Students in Clarendon School District 1 are learning in a different way this summer through a hands-on program that engages their creativity and develops their critical thinking skills.

Children in grades three through eight are taking classes in dance, theater, music, visual arts, basket weaving, photojournalism and physical education at St. Paul Elementary School for three weeks, July 6 through 24.

The Summer STEAM Institute at Clarendon 1 is a pilot of Engaging Creative Minds, a nonprofit Charleston organization which started two years ago with programs in eight schools in Charleston County.

“The concept is about integrating the arts into STEM subject areas; it’s about teaching students various subjects in a whole different way,” said Robin Berlinsky, executive director of the organization.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

The pilot program at Clarendon 1 is funded by a $90,000 grant through the South Carolina Arts Commission, according to Ken May, executive director of the commission.

Berlinsky said the Clarendon 1 pilot could be used as a model in other rural areas.

Engaging Creative Minds hires local artists and professionals in the visual, dance, music and theater arts, and gives them an opportunity to teach their skills to students.

The program also hires local high school students as counselors to give them experience.

About 70 students have enrolled in the program.

“What we found in Clarendon 1 is we have local artists in this area who were willing to work with the students,” Berlinsky said. “They don’t necessarily have to be career artists, but have certain skills they could pass on to the children.”

Berlinsky said this means that artists from other areas don’t have to be brought in, saving money on traveling and housing costs.

JoAnn Coaxum, a teacher at East Clarendon High School in Turbeville, has been basket weaving all of her life.

“I started basket weaving when I was 5 watching my mother and grandmother,” said Coaxum. “Being a part of this program allows me to keep the heritage alive and pass on that appreciation and skills to students.”

Cemiya Gibson, a fourthgrade student at St. Paul, said

she was excited to have learned the skill.

“I’ve learned that you have to be patient to make a basket,” Gibson said.

Each week of the program includes a different theme, such as force and motion, superheroes, etc.

Alycen Clayton, who’s been a dance instructor at Caroline Mack Center for the Arts in Sumter for several years, said she enjoyed teaching students about force, motion, speed and other scientific laws in dance.

“It’s been an eye-opening experience, not just for the students, but for me as well,” she said. “I never thought you could combine subjects such as dance and science together.”

Students in arts and crafts created projects such as designing T-shirts with superhero logos and made model

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Students in the Engaging Creative Minds, the summer STEAM Institute, SEE STEAM, PAGE A11 at St. Paul Elementary School in Summerton perform a dance activity.

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BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Clarendon County’s fiscal year 2015 general fund revenue is expected to be greater than was anticipated and budgeted for last year, said CFO Lynden Anthony at the council meeting on Monday.

The general fund budget for 2015 was $19 million, and how much exactly was left over from that amount has not yet been determined, according to

Anthony. The fiscal year ended June 30.

“This is a result of our actual collections of ad valorem taxes, which were about 1 percent greater than we had anticipated a year ago,” he said. “The same is true in inverse as far as our expenses in the general fund. We will have spent less than county council had appropriated for fiscal year 2015.”

Anthony said the monies that are left over every year are available for use if needed the following year.

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Local artist Terrance Tindal worked with them on those projects.

“Many young people don’t have the opportunity to have hands-on learning in their schools; this program allows them to do that in a fun and creative way,” said Terry Peterson, senior fellow at the College of Charleston and the Riley Institute, and one of the founders of the program.

“There are so many jobs out there where science and creativity come together. This program develops young people’s multiple skill sets not only in school but later in life.”

Anthony said the water and sewer enterprise fund also had a revenue increase for 2015. According to draft financial information, the water and sewer department ended the 2015 fiscal year with an operating revenue of almost $715,000 versus $686,000 budgeted for that department.

In June, county council approved the general fund budget for the 2016 fiscal year, totaling about $19.9 million.

In other news, Clarendon County Administrator David

Peterson said when designing the program, the other issue the organization wanted to address was how to tackle the learning loss that occurs during the summer months. He said that according to various studies the two-month loss that occurs for students every summer adds up to about one or two years by the time they graduate from high school.

The mission of Engaging Creative Minds is to inspire students to become imaginative, adaptable and productive adults, resulting in stronger communities and a more capable South Carolina workforce.

The organization partners with different corporations, such as Boeing.

“We’re excited for the students of Clarendon County to have access to Engaging

Creative Minds hands-on learning experiences this summer and hope this inspires them to pursue STEAM curricula and careers,” said Jessica Jackson, Boeing South Carolina Global Corporate Citizenship manager.

Clarendon 1 Superintendent Rose Wilder said she was thankful for the partnership with ECM. “We are blessed to have this partnership, which allows for a fantastic summer program at no cost to our students,” said Wilder.

July 20 through 24 will be the last week of the program. Those interested in having their children sign up for the program, should call St. Paul Elementary School at (803) 478-2286.

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Epperson said the county courthouse’s $6 million renovation is expected to be completed by the first week in August.

Epperson said he hopes to begin moving departments back into the renovated building by the end of August. A reopening event will be held on a day to be determined in the fall, he said.

The county is also anticipating receiving $3.3 million from the state to pave state roads.

Epperson said he had met with town officials throughout the

county to determine which roads are most in need of paving.

“We’re trying to utilize it in high traffic areas,” he said. “We have recommendations from town officials, and we will bring forth the recommendations to the Clarendon County Transportation Committee in August or September.”

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America vs. Marilyn Covington; The South Carolina Department of Revenue; , C/A No. 14-CP-14-0169, The following property will be sold on August 3, 2015, at 11:00 AM at the Clarendon County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that piece, parcel or lot of land, lying, being and situate in the Town of Manning, County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, containing 0.53 acres, according to the plat hereinafter referred to and bounding and measuring as follows: On the Northeast by the right of way of Thames Street and measuring thereon 177.28 feet; on the Southeast by the right of way of Brooks Street and measuring thereon 132.38 feet; on the Southwest by lands of Stephens Funder Home, Inc. and measuring thereon 174.84 feet; and on the Northwest by lands of Fred L. Kennedy and measuring thereon 129.44 feet.

For a more particular description of said lot, reference may be had to a plat made by R.G. Mathis Land Surveying, dated March 4, 1997, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County in Plat Book S-48 at Page 517.

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435 N Brooks St, Manning, SC 29102 186-04-01-007-00 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CLARENDON AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. Personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded or reserved, the sale will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §15-39-720 (1976). The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Clarendon County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-14-0169.

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NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

William C. Coffey, Jr. Master in Equity for Clarendon County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 016477-00936 FN

NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 14-CP-14-00034 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Plaintiff, -vsHenry Frazier and 1st Franklin Financial, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. vs. Henry Frazier and 1st Franklin Financial, I, William C. Coffey, Jr., as Master in Equity for Clarendon County, will sell on August 3, 2015, at 11:00 am, at the Clarendon County Administration Building, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, SC 29102, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, lot or tract of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being located in School District 1, in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, known and designated as LOT 5B, measuring and containing 5.00 acres, more or less, and being more particularly shown and delineated on a plat prepared for Terry N. Mills by Robert G. Mathis Land Surveying, dated July 31, 2008 and recorded September 4, 2008 in the Office of the RMC for Clarendon County in Plat Cabinet E, Slide 1079, PIat 9; said lot having such metes and bounds as reference to said plat will show, all measurements being a little more or less.

This being the identical property conveyed to Henry Frazier by deed of Wachovia Bank, N.A., Custodian for the Terry Mills Traditional Individual Retirement Trust Account dated August 27, 2008 and recorded September 17, 2008 in Book A0713 at Page 00165.

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The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.75% per annum.

William C. Coffey, Jr., Master in Equity for Clarendon County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins, Esquire Jonathan Riddle, Esquire Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2015-CP-14-169 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee on behalf of Mid-State Trust VII against Kelly Ceasear and Tracy Ceasear, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Clarendon County, will sell on Monday, August 3, 2015, at 11:00 A.M., at the Clarendon County Courthouse, 3 W. Keitt Street, Manning, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, located, lying, and being in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, the same being shown and delineated as Lot 6 containing (0.72) of an acre, more or less, upon that certain plat of Nine (9) Lots prepared for E.G. Gibbson by Robert G. Mathis, RLS, recorded January 28, 1998 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Clarendon County in Plat Book S-49 at page 116, which plat is incorporated herein by reference; and having the following boundaries

and measurements: North by Lot 5, whereon it measures (338.34') feet; East by property N/F Lee McCray, whereon it measures (93.00') feet; South by Lot 7, whereon it measures (338.34') feet; West by SC Hwy. S-14-384, whereon it measures (93.00') feet; all measurements being a little more or less. Being the same property conveyed to Kelly Ceasear and Tracy Ceasear by deed from Walter Mortgage Company dated August 24, 2010 and recorded September 22, 2010 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Clarendon County in Book 775 at page 172.

TMS No. 215-00-03-017-00.

Current address of property is 2769 Mallett Road, Manning, SC 29102.

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CLARENDON COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (5%) of the bid in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder.) No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity's deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.000% per annum.

William C. Coffey, Jr. As Master in Equity for Clarendon County Plaintiff's Attorney: J. Kershaw Spong Post Office Box 944 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 803/779-8900

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ASHINGTON — In South Carolina these days, no one speaks his

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The 21-year-old man-boy, who allegedly murdered nine people and incited unity instead of the race war he hoped for, has been condemned to an eternal slog not toward fame but to ignominy.

He is no one.

“We don’t say his name,” Gov. Nikki Haley told me during an interview Monday. “He is something that South Carolina wants to forget.”

The names that won’t be forgotten are those of the victims, whose faces and stories are now etched in hearts across the state and nation. Haley, Kathleen emotionally Parker exhausted by the nine funerals she has attended, readily recited them, saying she wishes she had known all of them in life rather than in death.

She is haunted by that one hour. The hour the gunman sat with those eight parishioners and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney and prayed with them. Did he revel in their unwitting innocence? Was he picking his first victim even as they read the Bible?

“They thought they were moving him,” Haley said.

They thought they were showing him God’s love. ... They wanted him to feel like he belonged.” Her voice tripped.

How does one process such brutality, inhumanity and hate?

Often the best anyone can do is put one foot in front of the other. With time, the stride lengthens; the pace quickens; and life, intrepid to a fault, goes on.

Action helps.

Thus, Haley moved quickly in urging the General Assembly to take down the Confederate battle flag from its perch on the State House grounds.

But she didn’t stop at the flag; she wanted the pole to come down, too. “It was important to me that we take care of this once and for all.”

To this end, she decided to share a story from her own life with the state’s Republican caucus. Haley is the daughter of Sikh immigrants from the Indian state of Punjab. In the tiny, rural town of Bamberg, South Carolina, where Haley grew up, her father wore a turban and her mother a sari. She said she knows what racial pain is like.

“People didn’t know who we were,” she told me. “They didn’t know what we were.”

The story, as recounted to me, went like this.

My father loved to visit farmers markets. One day I went with my Dad and he stopped at a roadside stand. He started picking up fruits and vegetables, and I saw panic in the faces at the check-out counter.

Then the police came. My father’s a very graceful man. He shook their hands and said hello and we got in the car. He didn’t say anything because he hoped I hadn’t noticed. I didn’t say anything because I knew what had happened.

Hard to know what the folks were worried about, but then places like Bamberg, population 2,500 at the time, didn’t

‘The state’s grief and the healing process notwithstanding, political ramifications attach to such events.

Haley, obviously, has been catapulted onto the national stage and into the Republican imagination. Though long on a short list of possible vicepresidential running mates, she demurred on this line of questioning, saying without a hint of obvious humor, ‘I have a lot of friends who happen to be running for president.”’ much cotton to strangers, especially foreigners, back then.

“Every time I passed that stand, that pain was very real,” she told me. “No child should have to experience that.”

The pain Haley felt, she said, is the same kind of pain many people in the state have felt every time they passed the Confederate battle flag. Pushback was inevitable. One needn’t look long to find online comments that are hideous and cruel. And though any civilized person wants to rail at such lowlife incivility, Haley says she understands that they feel betrayed.

The state’s grief and the healing process notwithstanding, political ramifications attach to such events. Haley, obviously, has been catapulted onto the national stage and into the Republican imagination. Though long on a short list of possible vice-presidential running mates, she demurred on this line of questioning, saying without a hint of obvious humor, “I have a lot of friends who happen to be running for president.”

Those who have contacted her in recent weeks to express support include Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.

For now, Haley says her focus is on helping her state heal. She plans to begin “Emanuel Nine” tours in schools to talk about the love, faith and forgiveness of the nine people at Emanuel AME Church whose lives and martyrdom conveyed compassion and grace to millions across the state and beyond.

“In the history books of South Carolina,” says Haley, “they’ll talk about the Emanuel Nine.”

Not him, whose name no one wants to say.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY CHOOSE TO REMAIN DIVIDED Marie Brooks, your recent letter highlights what I think is the root of the problem in America. There is no unity in this country because people choose to look for ways to remain divided. For some reason people think that a magic law will make everything better, be it a civil rights law or a law removing a flag. If you truly believe that, you are naive.

Everyday, people in this country are murdered or assaulted for every imaginable reason. It is not the fault of a law, the weapon, or even an object; it is because of the personal beliefs of the attacker. Laws cannot stop these people; they can only punish them after the fact.

Luke 6:42 of the Bible sums up my feelings on the problem of race in America; when we look for problems in someone else we will find them, but how often are we honest and look at ourselves from the opposing viewpoint.

Susan Smith did blame a black man for her crime. Where is she? In jail, just as she deserved to be. Her decision to be a bigot was her own personal choice. Kenny

Miles said a white man shot him during an attempted robbery, and that was his own personal decision to be a bigot. I would not begin to attribute either of their actions to all members of their respective race.

I am not trying to be combative when I ask which police shooting you are referring to. I want to know if it is one still pending or one where the evidence was reviewed at local and federal levels and still ignored by those trying to make it a political issue.

This last week an illegal alien shot and killed a pregnant woman in California on a pier. Does that many all illegals are murders? No, the guy that pulled the trigger is the killer; it was his decision to commit that vile act. If a police officer commits an illegal act it is his to answer to, not that of the entire police community.

JOHN GAYDOS Wedgefield 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 Sumter Item’s website, www. theitem.com.

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP A recent editorial from a South Carolina newspaper:

The Post and Courier July 14

GAG ORDER OUT OF ORDER If ever there was a case that illustrates why freedom of information is important, it’s that of the Emanuel Nine.

Throughout the country, observers have followed the story of the nine people murdered at Emanuel AME Church as they studied the Bible. They have read about each victim, his career, family and faith.

But on Friday, Ninth Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson put a temporary gag order on any information related to the prosecution of their alleged killer, Dylann Roof. That includes recordings of 911 calls, reports of the medical examiner and coroner, investigative reports, statements of witnesses and the suspect’s medical and mental health records.

The Post and Courier, along with the S.C. Press Association and Channel 4, has appealed his order, saying it is inconsistent with the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Of course it is.

Jay Bender, press freedom lawyer for The Post and Courier and the press association, said Judge Nicholson does not have the authority to tell the city and county law enforcement agencies what information to release.

Judge Nicholson wrote that his order was “to preserve the Defendant’s ability to receive a fair trial.” He specifically mentioned information that might impede jury selection.

But the FOIA was written with an understanding of the checks and balances woven into the judicial system. Potential jurors must submit to questioning to weed out any who are so prejudiced and unable to serve fairly. That questioning can be as extensive as necessary.

Both Charleston County and city law enforcement agencies are complying with the judge’s order. A hearing on it is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m.

Meanwhile, Judge Nicholson should remember another time he tried to prevent public access to information. It was in a high-profile murder case in 2003 in Greenville County. The state Supreme Court ruled he should not have done so.

The circumstances of the Emanuel Nine trial are significantly different, but the principle is the same: The public has a right to such information unless there is “a substantial probability of prejudice from publicity that closure would prevent and there’s no reasonable alternatives.”

The Supreme Court concluded in 2006 that Judge Nicholson’s order did not pass that test. Nor should the order with regard to the Roof case.

The awful shooting has opened people’s eyes and fostered racial unity. The case is a matter of compelling public interest. The more information, the better.

Besides, it’s the law.

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AROUND TOWN 1616.

Lincoln High School Class of 1963 will meet at 2 p.m.

The Lincoln High School Presertoday at South Sumter Revation Alumni Association will you 337 a member of Lincoln High School sourceAre Center, Manning hold a dinner fundraiser from of 1963?will serve Ave. Class This meeting 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, to close the business of the July 17, at the Lincoln High 52nd class reunion and School gymnasium, Council begin planning for the 54th Street. Cost is $8 per dinner reunion. Call Ferdinand and menu will consist of Burns at (803) 968-4464. grilled chicken, seasoned The General George L. Mabry Jr. rice, green beans, sweet peas, roll, dessert and a Chapter 817, Military Order of the Purple Heart will meet at 6 drink. Dine in or take out.

Call James L. Green at (803) p.m. today at Elks Lodge, 1100 W. Liberty St. All Purple 968-4173.

Heart recipients are invited The Lincoln High School Preserto attend. Call (803) 506-3120. vation Alumni Association will The Devine Sistas of Pretty Girls hold a meeting / shoe rally and wine sip at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Rock will accept donations for its back-to-school clothing drive July 19, in the cafeteria on Council Street. There will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on the folrefreshments, music and enlowing Mondays: July 20; tertainment. Men and July 27; and Aug. 3. Items women are needed to model needed are: T-shirts; sneakshoes. Call Dorothy Richards ers; shoes; socks; pants; at (803) 773-6700 or James uniforms; any other new or Green at (803) 968-4173. gently used clothing items; and monetary donations.

The Sumter Branch NAACP will Drop off your donations at meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, High Rollers Club House, July 26, at Rafting Creek Bap3209 Broad St. Ext. Call (803) tist Church, 3860 S.C. 261 406-5917 or (803) 406-9621.

North, Rembert.

The Mayesville Summer Enrich- South Carolina Legal Services ment Camp Program will be will offer a free expungement held 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monworkshop at 10 a.m. on day-Friday through Aug. 7 at Wednesday, July 29, at Clarthe Mayesville Institute endon School District One School. Sponsored by the Community Resource CenMayesville Educational and ter, 1154 Fourth St., SummerIndustrial Institute, the proton. Call Kathleen L. Gibson gram will involve academic at (803) 485-2043 or (803) enrichment as well as a host 225-0832. of physical activities for parThe YWCA of the Upper Lowticipating youth ages 4-17. lands Inc. will hold a fish fry Weekly fees are $10, $7 and $5 for first, second and third fundraiser 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, July 31, at 246 Church child respectively. Fee includes daily breakfast, lunch St. There will be whiting fish sandwiches for $4 or whiting and a snack. For applicafish dinners for $8. Dinners tions or additional informawill include fish, red rice, tion, call Dr. Deborah L. slaw, hush puppies and Wheeler at (803) 983-7221 or cake. Call (803) 773-7158 by Margie Jefferson at (803) July 27 to place order.

453-5441.

Cassandra’s Unique Creations Clarendon School District One will present a “Taking Our Chilwill conduct free vision, heardren Back” back-to-school bash ing, speech and developmental from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on screenings as part of a child Saturday, Aug. 8, at Crossfind effort to identify stuwell Park. Event will feature, dents with special needs.

Screenings will be held from food, raffles, cook-off, fun and more. Vendor opportuni9 a.m. to noon at the Summerton Early Childhood Cen- ties available. Contact Cassandra Goodman at (803) ter, 8 South St., Summerton, 968-2084. Event is free and on the following Thursdays: Sept. 10; Oct. 8; Nov. 12; Dec. open to the public.

The Vietnam Veterans of Ameri10; Jan. 14, 2016; Feb. 11, ca, Chapter 960, benefit poker 2016; March 10, 2016; April run will be held on Saturday, 14, 2016; and May 12, 2016.

Aug. 8, beginning and ending Call Sadie Williams at (803) at Lakevue Landing, Man485-2325, extension 116. ning. Start time is 11 a.m.

Lincoln High School Class of and end time is 4 p.m. All 1965 will meet at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 17, at the Lincoln motorcycles, automobiles and boats welcome. Entry High School gymnasium, fee is $10 and entry forms Council Street, to plan for the 50-year class reunion. All may be obtained by calling (803) 460-8551 or (803) 478classmates invited. Call 4300.

Betty Miller at (803) 775-

DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

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Gaffney 89/71 Spartanburg 90/72

Greenville 90/72

Columbia 94/75

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 94/74

Aiken 93/71

ON THE COAST

Charleston 91/75

Today: A thunderstorm. High 88 to 92.

Friday: Partly sunny. High 86 to 91.

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

PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Today, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let EUGENIA LAST trivial matters escalate into a dilemma that occupies you mentally, physically and emotionally. Step away from personal problems and do your best to excel professionally in order to boost your confidence and put your personal life in perspective.

The last word in astrology

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listen carefully and keep your distance from anyone who shows unpredictable or argumentative tendencies. Check out products, items or philosophies that will lead to self-improvement or a change in important relationships. Romance is encouraged and will improve your life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Say what’s on your mind and you will clear up any misunderstandings.

Take control of your situation at home and at work. No one will recognize what you have to offer if you don’t speak up.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Check out destinations, courses or people you find interesting. You can make some interesting changes to the way you live that will benefit you mentally and financially. Don’t cut corners when it comes to factfinding or doing research.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Start a new project or volunteer for something you believe in. Don’t limit what you can do because someone puts demands on your time. Think matters through and find new ways to take care of your responsibilities and do the things you enjoy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s time to update your surroundings. When it comes to expenses, whether it’s a new entertainment center or a home renovation, be diligent about sticking to a budget. Romance is highlighted and will boost your love life.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put your energy into creative endeavors and finding out what you can about your roots or cultural background. The more you discover, the easier it will be to understand what you are searching for spiritually, philosophically and emotionally.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t feel compelled to make a decision prematurely. Time is on your side, and taking the safe route will ensure that you are not taken advantage of by a fast-talker.

Change can be good, but only if it’s on your terms.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t share your financial history with anyone.

It’s important not to put yourself in a vulnerable position. An offer made will tempt you, but before you decide to take a chance, check the fine print. Not everyone will be honest.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can make a difference. Take matters into your own hands and be progressive when dealing with matters that concern you personally or professionally. Speak up and offer solutions and you will be heard.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Changes regarding your relationships with others will be questionable. Don’t be too quick to agree to something you haven’t given enough thought to. It’s okay to want to please someone, but not if it’s going to cost you emotionally or financially.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Expand and express your ideas. You have great plans and ideas to share, and with the right audience you will receive support to help you make your dreams come true. Do your best to seal a deal in ink.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC With a little help from his mom, Patrece Rhodes, Chance Rhodes gets dressed up for the Black Cowboy Festival held earlier this year. Photo taken and submitted by Chance’s grandmother, Patricia Baxter.

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LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

P-15’s sweep Horry Sumter heading back to state

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com After two difficult steps to get on the cusp of earning a berth in the American Legion baseball state tournament, the final step was an easy one for the Sumter P-15’s.

Sumter scored six runs in the fourth inning and Dawson Price tossed a 6-hit shutout and hit a 3-run home run to lead the P-15’s to an 11-0, 7-inning victory over Horry Post 111 on Wednesday at Riley Park to complete a 3-game sweep in the second-round playoff series.

Sumter will carry a 23-5 record into the state tournament, which will run from July 25-29 at Riley Park. Horry finished its season with a 13-13 record.

Sumter won the opening game 2-0 at home on Monday before winning on the road 10-3 on Tuesday. However, the P-15’s needed six runs in the ninth to break the game open.

The 6-run fourth on Wednesday turned a 2-0 lead into an 8-0 advantage and set Sumter up to win by the 10-run mercy rule.

“I think we just kind of got our feet

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Sumter starting pitcher Dawson Price threw a 6-hit shutout and hit a 3-run home run to lead the P-15’s to an 11-0, 7-inning victory over Horry Post 111 on Wednesday at Riley Park. The P-15’s advanced to the state tournament with the 3-game sweep of the second-round state playoffs series.

BRITISH OPEN

Spieth trying to look at major as another event

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — With a chance to match history at the home of golf, Jordan Spieth is trying to make the British Open feel like just another event.

And that might be as tough as any challenge at St. Andrews.

The press room was at capacity and spilled out the door when he spoke to the media Wednesday for the first time THE ASSOCIATED PRESS this week, creating an atmoJordan Spieth plays from the rough on the 16th hole during a practice round for the British Open on sphere normally reserved for Wednesday at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. Spieth has won the first two majors of the year, so Tiger Woods or Rory McIlroy. he is trying to approach this week’s major as just another event.

Fans gathered around a board

that listed the practice round schedule, scanning up and down until they found Spieth.

“Please hold the cameras until after the shot,” caddie Michael Greller told the gallery. The sound of shutters began at the top of his swing, and Spieth could only laugh when he launched his tee shot. “It’s like this on every hole,” he said.

The 21-year-old Texan does not have the aura of Woods.

He does not have the accomplishments of McIlroy.

He still is the main attraction at this British Open, and

SEE SPIETH, PAGE B4

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

LOCAL COMMENTARY

Tiger’s Venables keeping same approach on defense

Arthur Ashe was man of courage

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press SUNSET, S.C. — Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables won’t change his approach — or intensity — no matter who’s now paying attention.

Venables joined the Tigers three years ago. He’s gradually rebuilt a defense embarrassed by its 70-33 Orange Bowl debacle against West Virginia after the 2011 season into the No. 1 unit in college football last fall with 260 yards allowed per game.

He was rewarded in the offseason with a $1.35 million contract that clearly marked the fiery Venables as a potential future head VENABLES coach. Venables’ latest contract frees him from any buyout obligations should he take over his own program. Still, the longtime defensive coordinator said he will not let outside distractions sneak into his head

SEE VENABLES, PAGE B5

W

hen ESPN came up with the idea of presenting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at its yearly ESPY Awards, it couldn’t have come up with a much better sports figure to attach his name to an award about courage.

Ashe was a man who had to carry the burden of two hot button issues in his short life that ended on Feb. 6, 1993, just a few months short of his 50th birthday. First, he was a young African American man in the 1960s trying to break into the practically lily white world of tennis. That was by choice. Second, he became one of the first high profile victims of the HIV Aids virus. That was fate.

In both situations, Ashe handled

himself in such a dignified manner.

And let there be no doubt about it, neither situation afforded him an easy road. Yet he carried himself in such a way that you Dennis couldn’t help but adBrunson mire the man.

While there is no doubt there are still racists in this world and there will always be racism, the United States has come a long way in that regard in the last 60 years. Ashe was born in 1943 in Richmond, Va., which was the capital of

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SPORTS

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

4 a.m. – PGA Golf: British Open First Round from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN).

6 a.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Stage 12 from Plateau de Beille, France (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 a.m. – PGA Golf: British Open First Round from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN).

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

11 a.m. – College Football: SEC Football Media Days from Hoover, Ala. (ESPN).

1 p.m. – College Football: College Football Media Days (ESPNU).

2 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Marathon Classic First Round from Sylvania, Ohio (GOLF).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: British Open FirstRound Highlights from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN).

4 p.m. – PGA Golf: Barbasol Championship First Round Opelika, Ala. (GOLF).

4:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Second-Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV).

6 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series West NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 150 from Post Falls, Idaho (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

6:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Second-Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV).

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

7 p.m. – PGA Golf: British Open FirstRound Highlights from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN).

7:30 p.m. – MLL Lacrosse: Boston at Chesapeake (SPORTSOUTH).

8 p.m. – Minor League Baseball: Memphis at Iowa (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Second-Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV).

9 p.m. – International Athletics: Pan American Games from Toronto – Women’s Basketball, Swimming, Wrestling, Cycling, Women’s Volleyball and Beach Volleyball (ESPN2).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Second-Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV).

4 a.m. – PGA Golf: British Open Second Round from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN).

GOLF The Associated Press BRITISH OPEN TEE TIMES

At St. Andrews (Old Course) St. Andrews, Scotland Purse: $9.28 million Yardage: 7,297 yards; Par: 72 (a-amateur) Today-Friday 1:32 a.m.-6:33 a.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Denmark; Greg Owen, England; Rod Pampling, Australia.

1:43 a.m.-6:44 a.m. — Todd Hamilton, United States; a-Paul Dunne, Ireland; James Hahn, United States.

1:54 a.m.-6:55 a.m. — Graham DeLaet, Canada; Brian Harman, United States; Russell Knox, Scotland.

2:05 a.m.-7:06 a.m. — Matt Every, United States; Alexander Levy, France; David Lingmerth, Sweden.

2:16 a.m.-7:17 a.m. — Joost Luiten, Netherlands; Matt Jones, Australia; Robert Streb, United States.

2:27 a.m.-7:28 a.m. — Anthony Wall, England; Byeong-Hun An, South Korea; a-Jordan Niebrugge, United States.

2:38 a.m.-7:39 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Scotland; Charley Hoffman, United States; Kevin Na, United States.

2:49 a.m.-7:50 a.m. — Retief Goosen, South Africa; Shane Lowry, Ireland; Kevin Streelman, United States.

3 a.m.-8:01 a.m. — Carl Pettersson, Sweden; Luke Donald, England; Hunter Mahan, United States.

3:11 a.m.-8:12 a.m. — Ross Fisher, England; Victor Dubuisson, France; Billy Horschel, United States.

3:22 a.m.-8:23 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Webb Simpson, United States; a-Oliver Schniederjans, United States.

3:33 a.m.-8:34 a.m. — Ernie Els, South Africa; Tom Watson, United States; Brandt Snedeker, United States.

3:44 a.m.-8:45 a.m. — J.B. Holmes, United States; Brendon Todd, United States; Shinji Tomimura, Japan.

4 a.m.-9:01 a.m. — Ian Poulter, England; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Bubba Watson, United States.

4:11 a.m.-9:12 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Spain; Lee Westwood, England; Patrick Reed, United States.

4:22 a.m.-9:23 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Matteo Manassero, Italy; a-Romain Langasque, France.

4:33 a.m.-9:34 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, United States; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Jordan Spieth, United States.

4:44 a.m.-9:45 a.m. — Paul Lawrie, Scotland; Ryan Palmer, United States; Kevin Kisner, United States.

4:55 a.m.-9:56 a.m. — Tiger Woods, United States; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Jason Day, Australia.

5:06 a.m.-10:07 a.m. — John Senden, Australia; Tadahiro Takayama, Japan; Brooks Koepka, United States.

5:17 a.m.-10:18 a.m. — David Duval, United States; Stewart Cink, United States; Ben Curtis, United States.

5:28 a.m.-10:29 a.m. — Mikko Ilonen, Finland; David Howell, England; Greg Chalmers, Australia.

5:39 a.m.-10:40 a.m. — Raphael Jacquelin, France; David Hearn, Canada; Eddie Pepperell, England.

5:50 a.m.-10:51 a.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, England; Scott Arnold, Australia; aPaul Kinnear, England.

6:01 a.m.-11:02 a.m. — Adam Bland, Australia; Gary Boyd, England; Daniel Brooks, England.

6:12 a.m.-11:13 a.m. — Scott Hend, Australia; Jonathan Moore, United States; Ryan Fox, New Zealand.

6:23 a.m.-1:32 a.m. — Mark Calcavecchia, United States; Marcel Siem, Germany; Jaco Van Zyl, South Africa.

6:44 a.m.-1:43 a.m. — Thomas Aiken, South Africa; David Lipsky, United States; Jonas Blixt, Sweden.

6:55 a.m.-1:54 a.m. — Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark; Morgan Hoffmann, United States; Danny Lee, New Zealand.

7:06 a.m.-2:05 a.m. — Richie Ramsay, Scotland; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain; Cameron Tringale, United States.

7:17 a.m.-2:16 a.m. — Steven Bowditch, Australia; Hiroshi Iwata, Japan; Ben Martin, United States.

7:28 a.m.-2:27 a.m. — George Coetzee, South Africa; Anirban Lahiri, India; Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Spain.

7:39 a.m.-2:38 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Liang Wen-chong, China; Marc Warren, Scotland.

7:50 a.m.-2:49 a.m.— John Daly, United States; Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Jason Dufner, United States.

8:01 a.m.-3 a.m. — Zach Johnson, United States; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria; Tommy Fleetwood, England.

8:12 a.m.-3:11 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Danny Willett, England; Gary Woodland, United States.

8:23 a.m.-3:22 a.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; Francesco Molinari, Italy; Bill Haas, United States.

8:34 a.m.-3:33 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, United States; Russell Henley, United States; a-Gunn Yang.

8:45 a.m.-3:44 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Germany; Tom Lehman, United States; Justin Leonard, United States.

9:01 a.m.-4 a.m. — Stephen Gallacher, Scotlnad; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan; Ryan Moore, United States.

9:12 a.m.-4:11 a.m. — Adam Scott, Australia; Martin Kaymer, Germany;

Jimmy Walker, United States.

9:23 a.m.-4:22 a.m. — Jamie Donaldson, Wales; Yuta Ikeda, Japan; Keegan Bradley, United States.

9:34 a.m.-4:33 a.m. — Matt Kuchar, United States; Phil Mickelson, United States; Henrik Stenson, Sweden.

9:45 a.m.-4:44 a.m. — Nick Faldo, England; Justin Rose, England; Rickie Fowler, United States.

9:56 a.m.-4:55 a.m. — Jim Furyk, United States; Paul Casey, England; Branden Grace, South Africa.

10:07 a.m.-5:06 a.m. — Harris English, United States; a-Ashley Chesters, England; Andy Sullivan, England.

10:18 a.m.-5:17 a.m. — Koumei Oda, Japan; Marc Leishman, Australia; Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand.

10:29 a.m.-5:28 a.m. — Edoardo Molinari, Italy; James Morrison, England; Romain Wattel, France.

10:40 a.m.-5:39 a.m. — Pelle Edberg, Sweden; Daniel Berger, United States; Mark Young, England.

10:51 a.m.-5:50 a.m. — Brett Rumford, Australia; Tom Gillis, United States; a-Ben Taylor, England.

11:02 a.m.-6:01 a.m. — Marcus Fraser, Australia; Scott Strange, Australia; a-Alister Balcombe, England.

11:13 a.m.-6:12 a.m. — Taichi Teshima, Japan; Robert Dinwiddie, England, Rikard Karlbert, Sweden.

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MLB ALL-STAR GAME

MLB STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE

By The Associated Press EAST DIVISION W L New York 48 40 Tampa Bay 46 45 Baltimore 44 44 Toronto 45 46 Boston 42 47 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Kansas City 52 34 Minnesota 49 40 Detroit 44 44 Cleveland 42 46 Chicago 41 45 WEST DIVISION W L Los Angeles 48 40 Houston 49 42 Texas 42 46 Seattle 41 48 Oakland 41 50

Pct .545 .505 .500 .495 .472

GB – 31/2 4 41/2 61/2

Pct .605 .551 .500 .477 .477

GB – 41/2 9 11 11

Pct .545 .538 .477 .461 .451

GB – 1/2 6 71/2 81/2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

AL All-Stars 6, NL All-Stars 3

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Los Angeles Angel Mike Trout hits a leadoff home run for the American League during the AL’s 6-3 victory in the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday in Cincinnati. Trout was named the most valuable player, becoming the first player in the game’s history to win MVP honors two years in a row. The 23-year-old has now hit for the cycle in his four All-Star appearances.

Trout wins 2nd straight MVP as AL tops NL 6-3

BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m., 1st game Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game Texas at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

W 48 47 42 38 29

L 39 42 47 51 62

Pct .552 .528 .472 .427 .319

GB – 2 7 11 21

W 56 53 47 39 38

L 33 35 40 47 52

Pct .629 .602 .540 .453 .422

GB – 21/2 8 151/2 181/2

W 51 46 42 41 39

L 39 43 45 49 49

Pct .567 .517 .483 .456 .443

GB – 41/2 71/2 10 11

TUESDAY’S GAMES

AL All-Stars 6, NL All-Stars 3

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

FRIDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

NASCAR

By The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through July 12 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 692. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 624. 3, Joey Logano, 624. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 616. 5, Martin Truex Jr., 596. 6, Brad Keselowski, 559. 7, Jamie McMurray, 556. 8, Kurt Busch, 542. 9, Matt Kenseth, 540. 10, Jeff Gordon, 537. 11, Denny Hamlin, 522. 12, Kasey Kahne, 513. 13, Paul Menard, 509. 14, Ryan Newman, 497. 15, Clint Bowyer, 490. 16, Aric Almirola, 473. 17, Carl Edwards, 449. 18, Greg Biffle, 420. 19, Kyle Larson, 404. 20, Casey Mears, 399.

Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $5,357,301. 2, Joey Logano, $4,490,869. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,267,644. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,857,887. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,694,355. 6, Jeff Gordon, $3,279,608.

7, Matt Kenseth, $3,247,208. 8, Brad Keselowski, $3,213,278. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $2,983,636. 10, Clint Bowyer, $2,919,939. 11, Ryan Newman, $2,888,203. 12, Greg Biffle, $2,869,658.

13, Jamie McMurray, $2,817,048. 14, Aric Almirola, $2,740,053. 15, Austin Dillon, $2,631,131. 16, Trevor Bayne, $2,618,160.

17, Kasey Kahne, $2,504,744. 18, AJ Allmendinger, $2,490,076.

19, David Ragan, $2,488,653.

20, Casey Mears, $2,463,437.

WNBA STANDINGS

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

W 9 8 7 7 6 6

L 5 5 5 6 6 8

Pct .643 .615 .583 .538 .500 .429

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Tulsa Phoenix San Antonio Seattle Los Angeles

W 10 10 9 3 3 2

L 3 4 5 11 12 10

Pct .769 .714 .643 .214 .200 .167

GB – 1/2 1 11/2 2 3 GB – 1/2 11/2 71/2 8 71/2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota 85, Connecticut 79 Phoenix 80, Atlanta 71

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

New York 84, San Antonio 68 Chicago 85, Washington 57 Los Angeles at Seattle, 3 p.m.

Tulsa at Indiana, 7 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m.

Connecticut at New York, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.

Tulsa at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

CINCINNATI — Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball’s new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats walked off the field.

Trout became the first player in 38 years to homer leading off an All-Star Game, then became the first player to take home the Midsummer Classic’s MVP award two years in row.

A new-look All-Star Game finished with the same old result. The AL beat the NL 6-3 Tuesday night and will open the World Series at home for the 10th time in 13 years.

“It’s obviously a humbling honor with the MVPs,” Trout said in his usual understated, aw-shucks manner.

After Trout completed a career All-Star cycle in just his fifth big league season, Prince Fielder delivered. He drove in two runs, sending Trout blazing home ahead of Joc Pederson’s throw with the run off Clayton Kershaw that put the AL ahead for good.

In an age of dominant pitching, Felix Hernandez, winner David Price, Zach Britton, Dellin Betances and Wade Davis took scoreless turns in the AL’s third win a row.

Playing on the AL Westleading Los Angeles Angels,

Trout could add an even bigger honor this fall — his first World Series ring.

“He can do anything that anybody can do on a baseball field,” AL manager Ned Yost said. “He can hit with power. He can run. He can drive the gap. He’s a great defender. He’s just special.

When you look at Mike, you don’t look at a 23-year-old.

You look at a guy that is one of the best baseball players on this planet.”

A season after the retirement of Derek Jeter dropped the curtain on the turn-of-century greats, Trout was among six starting position players under 25 — the most since 1965. At last year’s game in Minneapolis, he hit a tiebreaking triple and later a go-ahead double.

This time Trout sent Zack Greinke’s fourth pitch, a 94 mph fastball on the outer half of the plate, over the wall in right next to the visiting bullpen for an opposite-field homer.

Winner of his first season AL MVP award in 2014, the center fielder joined Willie Mays, Steve Garvey, Gary Carter and Cal Ripken, Jr. as the only two-time AllStar MVPs. Stars old and young gathered in one of baseball’s most traditional towns. The Reds became baseball’s first professional team in 1869, and players wore caps with horizontal stripes in an attempt at a 19th century feel.

Pete Rose, Cincinnati’s hometown hero and baseball’s banned career hits leader, was given an 80-second ovation when he walked onto the field before the game to join Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Barry Larkin, elected by fans as the Reds’ greatest players.

Wearing a red jacket and tie and walking stiffly, the now 74-year-old Charlie Hustle was applauded as soon as his image appeared on the video boards, even before he emerged from the AL dugout.

And in the first All-Star Game at Great American Ballpark, which opened in 2003, fans got to see some great ballplayers.

Bench, changed into a blue jacket, returned with Hank Aaron, Mays and Sandy Koufax, voted baseball’s great living players by fans as part of the promotion. In a sentimental yet stunning reminder of generational change, Aaron, 81, and Morgan, 71, needed canes to reach the infield, and Mays, 84, was aided on and off the field by an assistant.

“Growing up, I didn’t get to see them play that much,” Trout said. “But looking up, seeing highlights of all the Hall of Famers, it’s something I really look forward to looking at and I’m learning more about them, just how great they played in every respect of the game.”

Fielder is back at top of his game

BY HOWIE RUMBERG The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Prince Fielder takes the same approach to just about everything he does: keep things nice and easy.

Coming back from major neck surgery. No problem.

Facing NL MVP and Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw when it’s tied at Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. Hey, it’s FIELDER cool.

You’ll get no complaints from this laidback, tattooed Texas slugger.

“It’s just fun to play baseball, especially against that kind of talent,” Fielder said.

Fielder is that kind of talent.

He ripped a single the opposite way to left field to give the American League a lead in the fifth, then had a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning of a 6-3 victory over the National League.

The lefty-swinging AllStar DH used the same approach against Kershaw as he does against everyone

else, even though he’s 3 for 15 in the regular season when facing the Dodgers’ ace.

“I’m not cerebral when I hit, I just try to react,” Fielder said. “I’m just ready for the fastball and then I got to play aggressive pepper.”

Well, does a hit off your nemesis feel better than other hits?

“I don’t care if my kids are pitching,” he said.

The 31-year-old Fielder has been hitting a ton this year, batting .339 with a league-leading 114 hits, 14 homers and 54 RBIs — helping the Rangers remain competitive in the AL West despite all the injuries. His fun-loving nature keeps teammates laughing, too.

For example, he had everyone in the Texas dugout cracking up when he took a face-first flop around third base and couldn’t conceal his smile afterward.

His efforts this year earned him his sixth AllStar trip and a chance to win his third Home Run Derby — he lost to eventual champion Todd Frazier in the first round.

And that’s after missing

most of last season, his first with Texas, because he had cervical fusion of two disks in his neck. Before that, he had played 547 consecutive games since 2010, then the longest active streak in the majors.

He’s got the contract that exceeds $200 million. He’s hit 50 homers in a season and driven in more than 140 runs in a year, too. But those aren’t the accomplishments he’s focused on. It’s the satisfaction of returning from a major injury and having the success he’s had this year.

“Definitely feels good to be healthy and be able to come back and contribute,” he said.

He didn’t win the MVP trophy — he has one of those already (2011) — that went to AL teammate Mike Trout. But he did share an achievement with the young star: Both players completed their All-Star career cycles, becoming only the ninth and 10th players in 86 Midsummer Classics to reach the mark.

“It’s definitely an honor to play in the game with all these great players,” he said. “So it feels good.”

SPORTS

THE SUMTER ITEM

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STATE PLAYOFFS Second-Round Series Best-of-5

LOWER STATE

Horry vs. Sumter Monday Sumter 2, Horry 0 Tuesday Sumter 10, Horry 3 Wednesday Sumter 11, Horry 0, Sumter wins series 3-0 Orangeburg vs. Florence Monday Orangeburg at Florence, ppd., rain Tuesday Florence 11, Orangeburg 4, Florence leads series 1-0 Wednesday Florence at Orangeburg Today Orangeburg at Florence Friday Florence at Orangeburg (if necessary) Saturday Orangeburg at Florence (if necessary) Murrells Inlet vs. Camden Monday Camden 8, Murrells Inlet 4 Tuesday

Murrells Inlet, 14, Camden 13, series tied 1-1 Wednesday Murrells inlet at Camden Today Camden at Murrells Inlet Friday Murrells Inlet at Camden (if necessary)

UPPER STATE

Gaffney vs. Fort Mill Tuesday Fort Mill 9, Gaffney 2, Fort Mill leads series 1-0 Wednesday Fort Mill at Gaffney Today Gaffney at Fort Mill Friday Fort Mill at Gaffney (if necessary) Saturday Gaffney at Fort Mill (if necessary) Rock Hill vs. Greenwood Monday Greenwood 10, Rock Hill 8 Tuesday Greenwood 14, Rock Hill 8, Greenwood leads series 2-0 Wednesday

SUMTER FROM PAGE B1 back under us tonight,” Price said. “Everyone knows we didn’t play last week (winning the first-round series by forfeit). We got our bats going again tonight.”

Price struck out six and worked out of a pair of bases-loaded jams in the second and third innings.

“He didn’t get rattled,” said Sumter head coach Steve Campbell. “He made the pitches when he needed to, got the groundballs when he needed to get out of trouble.

In the second, Horry’s Caleb Nobles reached on an infield single and Mason Maybery walked before Chris Timmons reached on a wild pitch after striking out.

However, Price got Thel Gunter to ground out for the final out.

Matthew McGhee reached on an error with one out in the third. Patrick Orlando followed with a single and Colby Ard drew a walk to load the bases. Price retired Nobles on a humpback liner

to Philip Watcher at second and got Maybery on a comebacker to the mound to get out of the inning.

Sumter finished the game with 13 hits and got a hit, run or run batted in from every spot in the batting order.

“It was nice to have that big inning early tonight,” Campbell said. “We had a much better approach at the plate tonight. We were letting the ball get deeper in the zone and doing a better job of hitting it where it was pitched.

The P-15’s got a run off of Post 111 starting pitcher Bret Hucks in the first inning.

Philip Watcher hit a high chopper to Ard at first base and beat Hucks to the bag for an infield single. He stole second and went to third when brother Jacob Watcher legged out a bunt for an infield single. Philip Watcher scored on River Soles’ sacrifice fly.

Sumter picked up another run in the third. Philip

Rock Hill at Greenwood Today Greenwood at Rock Hill (if necessary) Friday Rock Hill at Greenwood (if necessary) Lancaster vs. Inman Monday Inman 6, Lancaster 0 Tuesday Lancaster 10, Inman 9, series tied 1-1 Wednesday Lancaster at Inman Today Inman at Lancaster Friday Lancaster at Inman (if necessary) Greenville vs. Union Tuesday Union 12, Greenville 3 Greenville 11, Union 4, series tied 1-1 Wednesday Union at Greenville Today Union at Greenville Friday Greenville at Union (if necessary)

Watcher singled with one out, stole second and went to third when new catcher Trystan Causey threw the ball into the outfield. Jacob Watcher delivered a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.

The P-15’s took control in the fourth. Kemper Patton led off with a single and Todd Larrimer sent him to third with a double Ryan Touchberry followed with a 2-run single through a drawn-in infield to make it 4-0.

A Courtland Howard single and Price reaching on a fielder’s choice sacrifice bunt loaded the bases. Javon Martin drew a walk to make it 5-0. A Philip Watcher sacrifice scored Howard and Price came in when the throw from the outfield got away. Jacob Watcher’s sacrifice fly made it 8-0.

Price made it 11-0 in the fifth with his 3-run blast over the left field well off of reliever Robert Burns.

“I was really looking to hit something backside to right,” Price said. “But he threw me inside and I just turned on it and hit it out.

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015

Bryant, most franchise tagged players reach long-term deals ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Kansas City Chiefs ended up with a big bargain the last time they signed Justin Houston. This time, it’s the star linebacker who’s cashing in.

Houston became the highest-paid lineBRYANT backer in NFL history Wednesday when he agreed to a six-year, $101 million contract, over half of which is guaranteed, hours before the Wednesday deadline for players who had franchise tags to sign long-term deals.

Star receivers Dez Bryant and the Dallas Cowboys and Demaryius Thomas of the Denver Broncos both agreed to a five-year, $70 million contracts just before the deadline.

Patriots kicker Stephen Gostowksi’s agent also was working on a last-minute deal that would replace his $4.56 million franchise tag.

The New York Giants, however, did not pursue a long-term deal with Jason Pierre-Paul after the star defensive end injured his right hand in a July 4 fireworks accident. A person close to the situation told The Associated Press, however, that the Giants have not rescinded their $14.8 million franchise tag offer to Pierre-Paul.

SUNSET, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said injured quarterback Deshaun Watson was fully cleared by the school’s medical staff to take part in football activities.

Watson played with a torn ligament in the Tigers’ 35-17 victory over South Carolina in November and had surgery on his right knee in December. Swinney has said Watson has had above average rehabilitation and has looked strong the past several weeks.

Swinney said Wednesday his sophomore passer was given the green light to go full out once Clemson opens practice next month.

Sumter first baseman Javon Martin (2) stretches to get a throw from pitcher Dawson Price to put out Horry Post 111’s Trystan Causey in the P-15’s 11-0 victory on Wednesday at Riley Park to sweep the state playoffs second-round series.

BRUNSON FROM PAGE B1 the Confederacy. He learned to play tennis at a blacks only public park in Richmond.

Ashe was trying to make his way onto tennis’ international stage at a time when America was trying to make the changes needed in regard to African Americans, and it is well-documented the sickening resistance so many displayed during that time. There’s no doubt that Ashe heard himself referred to by several disgusting terms and names. The fact that he was of a slender build and wore horned-rimmed glasses early in his adult life no doubt added fuel to the verbal abuse he received.

Yet through all of it, he carried himself in such a gracious way. He never responded in an attacking way to any of the venom that came his way.

That, however, doesn’t mean Ashe wasn’t a civil rights activist. He most certainly was.

Perhaps the best response Ashe could provide was the fact that he was one of the top tennis players in the world for over a decade, going deep into several Grand Slam events. He played in seven Grand Slam fi-

nals, winning three of them.

In 1988, about a decade after he retired, Ashe found he had contracted the AIDS virus from blood transfusions during a second heart surgery. He chose to keep it private to protect his daughter, but four years he announced it to the world when USA Today told him it would do a story on him having the disease.

While he didn’t want to tell the world, he said he was relieved that he did. He wasn’t a shrinking violet with this issue either, becoming an advocate for a disease that was still very taboo at the time he contracted it and ultimately died from it.

All of this is written just to

point out the courage that Ashe had to carry throughout his life. ESPN should be ashamed of itself for having presented the award named after Ashe to Bruce Jenner on Wednesday because he has chosen to live his life as a woman.

Jenner has a perfect right to do what he wants with his life, but placing him on the same pedestal with Ashe in terms of courage is just wrong. After all, he is being paid $5 million by E! for one year of his reality show, and ESPN presented him the award just for ratings.

Ashe affected great change in this country on two fronts.

Jenner has only changed himself.

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AUBURN TO PAY MUSCHAMP $5.1 MILLION OVER 3 YEARS

AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn defensive coordinator Will

Muschamp will make at least $5.1 million over three years.

The university released the contract Wednesday.

The former Florida head coach will make $1.6 million in the 2015 season and receive $100,000 raises in each of the next two years plus unspecified bonuses.

LAWSUIT: DIRECTV’S ‘NFL SUNDAY TICKET’ IS ILLEGAL MONOPOLY

SAN FRANCISCO — DirecTV’s exclusive right to broadcast certain NFL games is an illegal monopoly that raises costs for bars and restaurants, a San Francisco bar says in a lawsuit against the league and the satellite TV provider.

The lawsuit filed this week in federal court in California challenges DirecTV’s deal with the league for “NFL Sunday Ticket,” which gives subscribers nationwide live broadcasts of many Sunday games played in other cities. Those games are available to the subscribers only through DirecTV. SOUTH CAROLINA’S FRYE HEADED TO 2016 OLYMPICS

COLUMBIA — South Carolina track coach Curtis Frye has been named an assistant to the USA men’s team at the Olympic Games in Brazil next year.

Frye will oversee the sprint and hurdle events for the American men in Rio. He served as sprint and hurdles coach for the United States at the 2013 IAAF World Championships where his group won a medal in every event, including three golds.

Frye was an assistant to the USA women’s track and field team in the Olympics in Athens, Greece in 2004.

Frye begins his 20th season as South Carolina track and field coach this fall.

SKY PROTECTS FROOME’S TOUR LEAD AS MAJKA WINS STAGE 11

CAUTERETS, France — Rafal Majka led a solo breakaway to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France under a scorching sun on Wednesday, leaving behind a small group of rivals on the hardest climb of Day 2 in the Pyrenees mountains as Chris Froome easily retained the yellow jersey.

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SPIETH FROM PAGE B1 would be even if McIlroy — the defending champion and No. 1 in the world — were not out with an ankle injury.

Folks know their history at St. Andrews.

Ben Hogan in 1953 is the only other player to capture the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year.

Only three players since then — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Woods — have ever come to Scotland with hopes of a Grand Slam.

Spieth knows history, too, as much as he’d rather not think about it until he has no choice.

“I like to study the history of golf, and it’s extremely special what this year has brought to our team,” he said.

“And to have a chance to do what only one other person in the history of golf has done ...

I’m sure embracing that opportunity.

“But by the time I start on Thursday, it won’t be in my head. It’ll be about how can I bring this Open Championship down to just another event, get out there and try and get myself into contention.”

He set out for his final practice round on a cool morning with an overcast sky, occasional rain, and not much wind. There is plenty of talk about how ready Spieth will be for his shot at history. He played two full rounds and 10 holes leading up to the start Thursday. He played the Old Course four years ago on his way to the Walker Cup. Then again, St. Andrews has rarely been this green, this slow, because of recent rain. That takes some of the roll out of the fairway, and with it the unpredictable nature of links golf.

Spieth is the betting favorite, and it didn’t hurt that he won the John Deere Classic on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour title of the year. Whatever he lost in study by not coming over early, he might have gained in confidence that not much has changed since the U.S. Open.

“Coming over earlier certainly could have helped,” he said. “I just liked the fact that I could go somewhere I could play hard, and possibly win a PGA Tour event in preparation. But certainly, more time on this golf course couldn’t ever hurt anybody.”

The jet lag hasn’t been a problem. Besides, Spieth won the Australian Open in late November, flew straight to Dallas, went to Florida the

next day for the Hero World Challenge, and beat an 18-man field of top 50 players by 10 shots.

But this is a full field, and the oldest championship in golf on the links where it all began.

“Maybe a slightly bigger stage,” Spieth said.

The only concern is the weather. It has been reasonable all week, though the forecast is for wind to increase up to 35 mph (55 kph) with shifting directions.

“It seems a little easier than I think it’ll play,” Spieth said.

“So I would have liked to see tougher conditions in practice rounds to get used to prevailing winds and wind switches.

That’s part of the fun and the adjustment.”

Everything seems fun to Spieth at the moment.

Just two years ago, he didn’t even have a full PGA Tour card when he won the John Deere Classic by holing a bunker shot on the 18th and winning a playoff. The next day he was in Muirfield, and the 19-year-old was three shots off the lead going into the weekend. He faded badly.

“I remember almost thinking like that was too big for me at the time in a way,” Spieth said. “I felt like I wanted to compete, I loved the pressure, and I felt like I could do it, but it was a position I’d never been in, and it was an odd feeling being in contention in a major on a weekend. It was brief. I didn’t finish well that round.”

It’s different now.

He dominated at Augusta National and tied Woods’ record score of 270 in a wire-towire victory. In the final hour of the U.S. Open, he kept reminding himself that he had won a major and others in contention had not.

Now, the trick is to forget about the green jacket and the U.S. Open trophy.

“When I step on the tee Thursday, I don’t look at this as trying to win three in a row,” Spieth said. “I look at this as trying to win The Open Championship at a very special place. That’s the hardest thing for me, is trying to forget about where you are because being here at St. Andrews and looking at the past champions and who wins Open Championships here, that’s elite company.

“And that’s something I’m just going to have to forget about more than the other two majors.”

THE SUMTER ITEM

Watson: ‘Only regret I have is that it’s the end’

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tom Watson is filled with all sorts of conflicting emotions.

He’s melancholy that such a big part of his life is winding down, yet there’s an immense sense of pride in what he’s accomplished.

He’s realistic that it’s the right time to step away, but he can still flash that ol’ competitive streak when anyone suggests this is nothing more than a nostalgic farewell at the home of golf.

“This is not a ceremony at all,” Watson said Wednesday, his eyes steely and firm. “I’m trying to compete against these players out here.”

Some of them, such as Jordan Spieth, are young enough to be his grandchildren.

Which is why, in all likelihood, the 65-year-old Watson will be playing the British Open for the final time, a five-time champion making one last crossing of the Swilcan Bridge.

“There are some tools missing now, especially distance,” he moaned. “I need everything to compete against these kids,” pausing for emphasis. “Everything.”

Watson could earn the right to play another five years if he finishes in the top 10 this week, an exception that was hastily added to the Open’s 60-year-old age limit after he nearly became golf’s oldest major champion at Turnberry in 2009.

Watson went to the 72nd hole with a one-stroke lead, only to make bogey and lose to Stewart Cink in a playoff.

That one still stings a bit, but Watson doesn’t spent too much time dwelling in the past.

When he does, the mind inevitably drifts to all the good times he had during the past four decades on the links courses of Scotland and England, a brand of golf he initially despised for the inexplicable bounces and the persnickety weather, for a capriciousness that was very much at odds with his desire to be precise in everything he did.

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Tom Watson drives a ball from the 18th tee during the Champion Golfers’ Challenge on Wednesday in St. Andrews, Scotland. The 65-year-old Watson will begin play in what is likely his final British Open today.

“I fought it. I didn’t particularly like it,” Watson recalled.

“In fact, I didn’t like it at all when I first played here at St. Andrews in ‘78. I didn’t like the uncertainty of it, didn’t like the luck of the bounce, just didn’t like links golf.”

That would change, of course, as a victory at Carnoustie in his very first British Open in 1975 would lead to another two years later at Turnberry in the famous “Duel in the Sun” with Jack Nicklaus. Another title followed at Muirfield in 1980, then back-to-back wins at Troon and Birkdale in 1982 and ‘83. The claret jug would come to define his career, the Open providing five of his eight major titles and transforming this stoic man of the American Midwest into a beloved figure on this side of the Atlantic.

In recent days, Watson reflected on many of the people who passed through his life because of this tournament, going all the way

back to his first Open as he prepared to face Jack Newton in an 18-hole playoff.

“I was leaving the house, and it’s raining, it’s cold, and here comes a little Scottish girl, comes up to the front door and says, ‘Mr. Watson, please take this for good luck,’” Watson said, his lips curling into a slight grin. “I could barely understand her, but I finally figured it out. She gave me a little thing of tinfoil, and in it was some white heather. I kept that in my bag for many years for luck, and it brought me good luck. But I remember that little girl.”

Watson also remembers an immigration worker at Prestwick Airport near Glasgow, a frequent entry point into the country early in the golfer’s career. The man spoke with a thick Scottish accent that Watson never quite deciphered, but it didn’t matter. They were able to connect on a different level.

BRITISH OPEN NOTEBOOK

Team Palmer wins Champion Challenge at St. Andrews

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — On a day for reminiscing at the home of golf, a team led

by Arnold Palmer captured the Champion Golfers’ Challenge.

The four-hole exhibition on the eve of the British Open pitted squads comprised of past winners, with the best individual score on each hole going toward that team’s total.

The 85-year-old Palmer, who spawned an American invasion with his Open victories in 1961 and ‘62, hit the opening tee shot for his team Wednesday. He then turned things over to Paul Lawrie, who eagled the second hole and rolled in a long birdie putt on the 18th to give his team — which also included Darren Clarke and Bill Rogers — a 3-under total.

The squads captained by Tony Jacklin, Tom Weiskopf and Peter Thomson also were 3 under. But Palmer’s team won the top prize of £100,000 ($156,452), which will be donated to a charity of their choice, by having the highest average age.

Team Jacklin (which also included John Daly, Nick Faldo and Tom Lehman), Team Weiskopf (Mark O’Meara and Tiger Woods) and Team Thomson (Ben Curtis, Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson) all posted three birdies in four holes.

Tom Watson’s team (Ian Baker-Finch, Todd Hamilton

plished most of his goals during his 16-year tenure.

“We don’t do cult of personality at the R&A,” he said.

“It’s a team effort. I think a lot of things have moved on, and perhaps the thing I’m most proud of is the way the team of people at the R&A has developed as we’ve gone.

It’s a much bigger, more professional — if that’s the right word — organization than it was 16 years ago. And that’s not a criticism of what it was like then. Will I be emotional?

I’m not sure yet. A bit too busy to be so at the moment.”

STENSON’S CLOSE CALLS

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Golfing great Arnold Palmer, front, is flanked by teammates, from left to right, Paul Lawrie, Darren Clarke and Bill Rogers during the Champion Golfers’ Challenge on Wednesday in St. Andrews, Scotland. Palmer was the captain of the team that won the event. and Louis Oosthuizen) finished at 2 under. Team Charles (Bob Charles, David Duval, Justin Leonard and Sandy Lyle) and Team Player (Gary Player, Stewart Cink, Mark Calcavecchia and Padraig Harrington) only managed to birdie the first hole.

No one seemed too concerned about the scores, however.

There were plenty of laughs and everyone paused for group pictures on the Swilcan Bridge at the 18th hole.

GRANDPA SPIETH

Despite his busy schedule, Jordan Spieth tries to hang

out with his sister as much as possible.

He’s even filled in as a grandparent.

The 21-year-old Spieth has made no secret of the inspiration provided by his sibling, Ellie, who was born with a neurological disorder.

“Any time I’m home, I’m spending time with Ellie,” the Texan said Wednesday. “I take her to school, pick her up, spend time at my parents’ house or she’ll come over (to his nearby home) and hang out.”

When Ellie’s school held “Grandparents Day” this year, her grandparents

weren’t able to make it.

“One lives in North Carolina and the other is in Pennsylvania, so I just went in there to support her and hang out,” Spieth said. “I was picking her up, so I went in early and they had a little party and I got to meet some of her friends in her new class. It was fun.”

DAWSON’S FINALE

Peter Dawson downplayed his final British Open as chief executive of the R&A. During his annual news conference on the eve of the tournament, Dawson was asked whether he had accom-

Henrik Stenson has flirted with his first major championship on several occasions, including three top-three finishes in the British Open.

The Swedish golfer was asked Wednesday what it would mean to his career if he failed to capture one of the biggest titles.

After joking that he would be “devastated,” Stenson noted how far he’s come.

“If I look at the big picture, how much I’ve managed to achieve coming from a little junior in Sweden, standing there practicing, dreaming about playing golf worldwide and competing in the big events, I think I’ve come a very long way,” he said. A major title “would be icing on the cake, no question, but I would still go to sleep fairly happy even if it didn’t happen.

It’s a bonus, and I’m trying hard to make it happen.”

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Saban: Draft evaluations affected chemistry

BY JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press HOOVER, Ala.—Alabama coach Nick Saban thinks something happened to his team’s chemistry between the Southeastern Conference championship game and the national semifinals against Ohio State.

Saban said Wednesday at SEC media days one factor was that six juniors received their evaluations for the NFL draft during that period. He wants that date pushed back until after the final game to prevent such potential distractions.

“We had six guys in this situation this past year and 11 the year before,” Saban said.

“So we’re trying to get ready for a game, and all of a sudden a guy finds out he’s a first-round draft pick or a guy that thought he was a first-round draft pick finds out he’s not a first-round draft pick, and we’re trying to get ready to play a playoff game.”

Whatever the reason, a defense that shut down Missouri was manhandled by Ohio State in the College Football Playoff. The potent offense made some costly mistakes— including three turnovers— and for the second straight year the Crimson Tide fell short of a national title.

Receiver Amari Cooper was

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Alabama head coach Nick Saban speaks to the media on Wednesday at the Southeastern Conference Media Days in Hoover, Ala. Saban said NFL draft evaluations had an effect on his team’s chemistry last season.

Alabama’s only first-round pick last season, though tailback T.J. Yeldon and safety Landon Collins were early second-rounders. All three were underclassmen.

It is more of an issue with Alabama than most programs, with an annual early exodus of star players to the

NFL. “I’d say guys got distracted by people in their ear,” said linebacker Reggie Ragland, who opted to return for his senior season. “With me, the people that were in my ear, I wouldn’t answer the phone. I was just worried about playing football.

VENABLES FROM PAGE B1 as he preps to keep the Tigers on top.

“You all don’t make me better or worse,” Venables said Wednesday.

“I’ve got a good grasp of that. I’m faceless from that standpoint.”

Venables said he heaps plenty of pressure on himself with his efforts get Clemson playing to a high standard whether it has an experienced group as it did last year or one with several questions like this one.

“I’m invested in what we’re doing,” he said. “And our job is to stop people.”

No one did that any better than the Tigers in 2014. Clemson finished No. 1 in 11 NCAA defensive categories, including fewest first downs allowed (14.2) and most tackles for loss (10) per game. But that showing was led by several seniors up front, particu-

larly two NFL first-round draft picks in defensive end Vic Beasley and linebacker Stephone Anthony.

The Tigers held opponents to 17 or fewer points in seven of their final nine games, capped by a satisfying 40-6 victory in the Russell Athletic Bowl over Oklahoma, the program Venables left to come to Clemson.

Venables said his players rose to the challenge of reaching No. 1, something the coach dangled out there as the goal when he arrived.

“That was a personal vendetta to that group of guys, and you love standing back and watching that happen,” Venables said.

Clemson’s defensive boss now must get players who were accustomed to reserve roles ready to step to the front.

“A lot of guys got sidetracked by that, but I think this year coming up we’ve got a lot of guys that are not worried about the NFL. They’re just worried about right now.”

Ohio State beat Alabama 42-35 on its way to the national title. Ragland said the

Juniors Shaq Lawson and Kevin Dodd will get first crack at defensive end spots held by Beasley and Corey Crawford. Inside in the 4-3 alignment are Carlos Watkins and D.J. Reader looking to take over for standouts Grady Jarrett and DeShawn Williams. At linebacker, Clemson’s depth chart lists B.J. Goodson, Korrin Wiggins and Ben Boulware as starters.

Goodson had six starts, as did Wiggins, who played some safety a year ago. Boulware, a special teams terror, started two games.

“I do think we can still be one of the best defenses out there,” coach Dabo Swinney said. “But there are just a lot of questions that have to be answered. Is the talent there? Yes. Is the experience there? No.” If Clemson can lean on any part of its defense, it is the secondary, led by cornerback Mackensie Alexander

Buckeyes were “a formidable opponent” but feels the Tide could have at least shown up with a better performance.

Alabama’s defense, typically among the nation’s best, has been victimized late in back-to-back seasons. Ragland thinks teams aren’t as intimidated as they once were when facing the Tide.

“Guys aren’t scared to play us anymore,” he said. “That’s a fact. Guys are coming in very happy and excited to play us. I used to see teams break down in the first half and just give up playing.

We’ve got to get that back.”

Now, the Tide must replace nine offensive starters, including quarterback Blake Sims. Sims’ backup, Jake Coker, and David Cornwell are vying to be the starting quarterback, and Saban said he has no timetable for making that call.

But those are preseason concerns. Postseason was the main topic Wednesday.

Ultimately, Alabama is hoping to be in position to contend for titles and come through at the end this time after a stretch when the Tide won three national championships in four years.

“It’s always just finish, finish, finish,” said tailback Kenyan Drake, who is returning from a broken leg. “That’s our whole motto, and we haven’t done that the last two years.”

and safety Jayron Kearse.

“We think those guys will be pretty good,” Swinney said.

Venables has seen players such as Lawson and Dodd begin taking ownership and dragging along younger defenders eager to get better. After all, that’s what Venables expects from recruits who sign on with him.

He’s not one to ease up — remember Venables having to get shoved back onto the sideline by a Tigers staffer as the bowl game wound down? He said he will not hold these players to lesser goals than past teams. And Venables believes these Tigers will prove themselves every bit as tough and capable as his last group.

“Can you do it when you’re put in a ton of tough situations and can you answer the bell?” Venables said.

“Tough guys can. High-character guys can.”

OBITUARIES EVA R. JACK-CHANDLER Eva Rosamund Jack-Chandler, 79, wife of Terrence Chandler, died on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Carolinas Hospital in Florence.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she was the daughter of the JACKlate Desmond CHANDLER Jack and Ione Jack. Eva was considered a mother in DOXA Church ministries in Trinidad and Tobago. She attended the prestigious Naparima Girls College and Teacher’s Training College. She retired after 40 years as a elementary school teacher. As a teacher, she helped shape many a young person’s mind and devoted herself to helping children make the transition from elementary to high school. In addition, she was involved in vocational education for floral arranging with YTEP organization. She was active in dance groups in her younger years. Her main pastime and love was floral arranging. Eva migrated to the United States in June 2011, where she resided with her daughter and sonin-law. She was a member of Bethesda Church of God. Surviving are: two daughters, Rhonda Chandler of Brooklyn, New York, and Dr. Giselle Chandler-Felder and her husband, Gollie Felder, of Sumter; one son, Akil Asson and his wife, Trisha, of Bronx, New York; one brother, Esmond Jack of Baltimore, Maryland; one sister, Isma Davis and her husband, Earl, of Ft. Myers, Florida; 11 nephews, Graham Davis, Allister “Paddy” Marshall, Ronald Marshall, Keith Marshall,

David Asson, Gary English, Terrance Jack, Michael Jack, Roland Jack, Mervyn Jack, Shurland Jack; and five nieces, Charlene Oliver, Gaynore Davis, Lydia Molino, Marlene Jack and Diane Marshall.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Alfred Jack; two sisters, Joan Cardinal and Barbara Marshall; and a nephew, Randolph Jack.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Al Sims officiating.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

LETTIE J. GEORGE After a brief illness, Lettie Jane Bethea George, 91, was called home to higher ground on Saturday, July 11, 2015, at her home. Born Sept. 30, 1923, in Lee County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Bethea Sr. and Retha Lucas Bethea. She attended the public schools of Lee County. In 1943, she met and married Manning “Buster’ George who preceded her in death.

At an early age, she gave her heart to the Lord. She was a member of Sandy Grove United Methodist Church in

Lamar for many years. Upon the family’s relocation to Sumter, she joined Morris Chapel Baptist Church, where she was president of the Missionary Association, a member of the choir, active in Sunday School and a member of the Executive Board of the Sumter Baptist Women’s Association. She remained an active member for more than 50 years.

She was the matriarch of five generations and was always the life of the party at family gatherings.

Cherishing her memories and thanking God for putting her in our family are: her daughters, the Rev. Janie Bethea John of New York City, New York, Ernestine Lewis of Sumter and Corine Bethea of the home; her stepdaughter, Willie Mae George Price of Jamaica, New York; adopted son, Detective Larry Florence (Nancy) of Sumter; adopted daughters, June Hamlette Bethell (Richie) of Chase City, Virginia, and Sarah Abernathy of Sumter; nine grandchildren; 21-great grandchildren; 10 great-great grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and devoted friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brothers and their wives, Ernest Jr. (Madeline), E. B. (Eula), B. B. and James Williams (Rosa Mae); her daughter, Carolyn Joretta George Wells; and many other family members.

Funeral services will be held at noon Friday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist, 325 Fulton St., Sumter, with the Rev. James B. Blassingame, pastor; the Rev. Dr. Ronald Williams Wells, eulogist; as-

sisted by the Rev. Maggie Richardson, the Rev. Jeanette Jenkins, the Rev. Frank Williams Jr. and the Rev. Robert E. Galloway.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 505 Knight Bridge Road, Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 11 a. m.

The funeral procession will leave from the home at 11:20 a. m.

Floral bearers will be granddaughters, great granddaughters and great-great granddaughters.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, great grandsons and great-great grandsons.

Burial will be in the Hillside Memorial Park, 3001 Cains Mill Road, Sumter.

Online Memorial Messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ss.rr. com.

Visit us on the web — www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 North Main St., Sumter.

HELEN L. STARNES Helen Lorene Corbett Starnes, 96, widow of the late William A. Starnes Sr., went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. She passed away in Bishopville surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Nelson Abner Corbett and Bessie Lee Corbett. She was member of Red Hill Baptist Church. She retired from the Lee County Public Schools after many years of working in the school cafeteria.

Survivors include her son,

Kenneth R. Starnes (Susan), and daughter, Helen S. Hancock, both of the Red Hill community; her grandchildren, William Arthur Starnes III (June), Marvin “Marty” Starnes, Randall Starnes (Kim), Charles Nunnery (Susan), Alvin Nunnery (Barbara) and Teresa Hawk (Don).

She also has 11 great-grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, W. A. Starnes Sr.; son, William Arthur Starnes Jr.; her daughter, Brenda Faye Nunnery; grandson, Eric Nelson Nunnery; and son-in-law, Alvin Hancock.

Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday in the Red Hill Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends in the church after the service and other times at the home of her daughter, Helen S. Hancock, 4485 Red Hill Road.

The grandsons will service as pallbearers.

Memorials may be made to the Red Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, 4485 Red Hill Road, Camden, SC 29020.

Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

IDELLA GIBSON Idella Gibson, 76, daughter of the late Lonnie Sr. and Mary Anderson Gibson was born July 16, 1938, in Summerton. She departed this life on Friday, July 10, 2015, in Brooklyn, New York.

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

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS Happy Ads

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STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

Summons & Notice

Mobile Home Rentals

ASE cert. mechanic needed.

Must know front-end alignments, brakes, & wheel balancing. Send resume to: P-419 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151

Mobile Homes for rent.

2BR, 3BR & 4BR Section 8 OK. Call 803-773-8022.

Hiring: CMA, LPN and Insurance Biller . Must have experience.

Competitive salary and benefits. Fax resume to office manager @ 803-905-6810 Local church in need of experienced pastor. Pentecostal denomination. Full commitment required.

Please send resume to: church45972@gmail.com

Trucking Opportunities

SUMMONS (Claim and Delivery) (Non-Jury)

MERCHANDISE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No. 2015-CP-43-00665

Auctions

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Green Tree Servicing LLC Plaintiff, v.

Drayton Smith and any Unknown Occupants being a class designated as John Doe Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY required to Answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the persons whose names are subscribed below at Post Office Box 4216, Columbia, South Carolina 29240, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service hereof, 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.

Happy 96th Birthday, Josephine Lincoln Lewis Today is your birthday and your 8 children, 28 Grands, 65 Great Grands & 8 Great Great Grands wish you a blessed birthday. For all the friends we hold so dear, for peace on earth both far and near, we Thank Thee God.

Card of Thanks

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on March 10, 2015 at 3:47 p.m..

B. Lindsay Crawford, III Theodore von Keller Sara C. Hutchins Crawford & von Keller, LLC P.O. Box 4216, Columbia, SC 29240 803-790-2626 Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUMMONS IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Case No. 91-DR-43-1694 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

The family of the late Coach Gunter Sweat would like to thank each of you for your calls, visits, words of encouragement, love, acts of kindness, and most of all your prayers during his illness and passing. The outpouring of your love is greatly appreciated.

We shall forever be grateful for your love and kindness.

Ethel W. Sweat (wife), Tracy & Sedrick Sweat (sons)

Lost & Found

EX PARTE: Sara Darlene Elmore Petitioner, IN RE: Opening of Sumter County Family Court Case No.: 91-DR-43-1694.

TO DANA DARLISA MORRISE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition in this actions, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Petition on the subscriber, William W. Wheeler, III of Jennings & Jennings, P.A., at their office at No. 1 Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 106, Bishopville, South Carolina within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date os such service, and if you fail to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

NOTICE OF FILING TO DANA DARLISA MORRIS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Petition in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on March 24, 2015, the object and prayer of which is an action for the opening of Sumter County Family Court Case No. 91-DR-43-1694 and such other relief as set forth in the Petition.

Come join us for our first Auction with "Colonel Alton Meeler" Auction will be held at " Ideal Thrift Store" 673 W Liberty St Sumter SC 29150 July 18, 2015 Doors will open at 1PM auction beginning at 2pm.

Items for Auction: Furniture items (Beds, Dressers, Sofas) Dining Room Sets, Kitchen Appliances (large & small) Tools, Exercise Equipment, Assort. Knifes, Lots of vintage collectibles, and much much more!! Some Items subject to change. Something for everyone, Snack Bar will be open. Door Prizes. Auctioneer will be : "Colonel" Alton Meeler Lisc#4571 Moore's Mini Storage Auction 1 pm Thursday, July 16, 2015 1117 N. Main St. Sumter #28 Reed/Latisha Rembert #84 Reed/Latisha Rembert #77 Carrie Flowers #113 Latanya T. Gibson

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

William W. Wheeler, III Attorney for Petitioner Jennings & Jennings, P.A. Post Office Box 106 Bishopville, SC 29010

NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal, trimming & stump grinding. Lic/Ins 803-316-0128

Help Wanted Full-Time

Lost in Alice Dr Area Very small Fawn colored Chihuahua , no collar, very skittish. Reward 803-968-5079 Found Female Medium White dog with brown ear. Call to describe in detail. 803 468-1894 FOUND: yellow kitten approx. 2-3 mo. old on Wesmark Blvd. @ FTC. Call 469-9841 to identify.

Found: 2 female gray dogs in the Dalzell area. One medium & one small size. Owner call to identify 803-840-5205.

BUSINESS SERVICES Heating / Air Conditioning Used ac equipt. packaged splitsystems ductless wall mount. call Mike at 803-825-9075.

Home Improvements H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel

MJ Cleaning Service, LLC Licensed Insured & Bonded Office & home. 803-857-1331

Lawn Service Lifestyles Lawn Service! Disc. for home sellers, residential & commercial. Erik 968-8655

Legal Service Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark.

Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

Roofing All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic.

Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

RENTALS

Windsor City under new management. Call about our move in specials. 803-469-8515.

Rooms for Rent ROOM For Rent Bi-weekly or monthly. Near Morris College. Kit. privileges, all utilities incl 469-4668

Unfurnished Apartments

HUNTINGTON PLACE APARTMENTS FROM $575 PER MONTH

27 Folsom St. Thurs & Fri. 8am-3.

Indoor moving sale. BR furniture, queen mattress, comp. items, dishes, clothes & rugs.

THIRTEEN (13) MONTH LEASE REQUIRED

60 Hidden Bay Dr. Sat 6:30- 12.

Boys/ girls 6 mos-7 yrs clothes, baby gear, toys, kitchen table w/ 4 chairs & much more!

POWERS PROPERTIES

2525 Manning Rd. (Hwy 521 South) Behind the house at the white building. Sat. 7-11 Antiques, beds, tools, collectibles and much much more!

Pinewood Community Sale 17 S. Sumter St. across from Youngs Mkt. Sat. 7am-? Furn & collectibles, dune buggy, stove, & much more!

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend.

905-4242 or 494-5500 Due to high temperatures the July Sale at Jenni's Exchange will be postponed until August.

Lg desk, lg file cab., food saver w/ bags, mic ,amplifer, & more! Fri & Sat. 8-12 Palmetto Towers behind Kmart. Best offer!

For Sale or Trade Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311 Carryon 5 by 10 hwy flatbed trailer w/ gate. Asking $700. Call 803-406-3127.

Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600.

Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364 2 Working fridges s/s and regular with ice makers. Glass top stove, washer & dryer. 863-602-2198

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time Need OTR Truck Drivers. 1-1/2 yrs exp. Good driving records. Dependable & willing to work. Paid weekly.

Paid Vacations. Call 888-991-1005 Foreman, skilled laborers & laborers for underground utility installation and horizontal directional drilling operations. Driver's license required.

Please call for online application 803-773-4304 or email:floydindustrialmaintenance@yahoo.com Progressive local real estate office seeking motivated individuates to join their team & the real estate profession. Finantial aid available for non licensed agents to become licensed. Please send resumes to Box 421 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151.

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015 2 BR 1 BA SW mobile home, $425 month + $250 deposit. Call 803-458-9306

REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale 315 Rainbow Dr. 3 br 2 bat 1 car garage. Fenced yard, above ground pool. Call 803-983-0472.

Manufactured Housing

TIRED OF RENTING? We help customers with past credit problems and low credit scores achieve their dreams of home ownership? We have 2,3, & 4 bedroom homes. Call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book Page (M&M Mobile Homes)

Land & Lots for Sale Lot located at 309 Pinson St. $4000.00. Call 561-932-7599

RECREATION

1 MONTH FREE Boats / Motors

(803) 773-3600 803-773-3600

595 Ashton Mill Drive Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-5 Unfurnished Apartments Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Unfurnished Homes

1996 GTI Yellow SeaDoo; 1999 GTI Purple SeaDoo. Dual trailer included.

Call 803-236-7077.

Hunting / Fishing Iron Clay peas. Bin run. 50lb bags $25 803-473-6406.

Autos For Sale

3 & 4 Br homes & MH, in Sumter County & Manning area. No Sect. 8.

Rent + dep. req. Call 803-225-0389.

3 br, 3 ba Tudor Place. Available July 15th. $875 + deposit, credit report required. Call 494-3353, 934-0926 or 468-0060 4 BR 2.5 BA. 2 car garage. Close to Shaw & town. Call 972-3110 or 803-565-0056 $1275.

New Home 5650 Fish Rd Near Shaw 1700 sq ft 3BR 2BA $1300 Mo. Call 646-460-4424 3BR/1BA Brick, W/D hook-up, Carport, 7 mins to Manning. $500/mo. 803-473-4400 Large 2 bd 1 bath $400 mo rent / dep. Cozy 2 bd 1 bath $350 rent/ dep. call 803-468-1900.

Mobile Home Rentals Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350 14x70 2BR 1.5 BA Fncd Lot, clean, Shaw Area . $450 Mo + $450 Dep Call 840-3371 or 494-3573

Houses & Mobile Homes for rent. 2, 3 & 4 bedrooms. Section 8 OK. Call 773-8022.

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MORE THAN A ROMAN SHADE. Luxurious fabrics, soft consistent folds, and innovative operating systems that eliminate exposed cords. It’s an art! Style and function blend seamlessly In Vignette® Modern Roman Shades. Ask for details.

STATEBURG COURTYARD

Used Mobile Home. Low out sale, all offers considered, handyman specials. Call 469-3222

Want to Rent

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales

paint roofs gutters drywall blown ceilings ect. 773-9904

Janitorial Service

Nesbitt Transportation is currently hiring CDL drivers. Must be 24 yrs old w/ 2 yrs exp. Home nights & weekends. Also hiring exp. diesel mechanics on semi trucks. Great work environment and salary based on experience.

Please call 843-621-2572 or 843-621-0943 for more info.

Scenic Lake MHP 2 Br, 1 Ba, No pets. Call between 9 am - 5 pm 499-1500.

• Custom Draperies and Upholstery • Designer Fabrics

Shutters or Shades?

1089 Alice Dr Sumter SC T-S: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM other times by appointment (803) 883-4923 www.shuttersorshades.com