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City OKs zoning for new water offices Utility will relocate to corner of South Harvin, East Bartlette streets BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com During its meeting Tuesday, Sumter City Council approved final reading to rezone the majority of a downtown block to central business district in

order to construct new offices for the city water department. The 3.26 acres of the city block rezoned from general commercial and light industrial-warehouse to central business district are encompassed by East Bartlette Street, East Oakland Avenue, South Harvin Street and South Main Street. During a previous interview, Sumter Downtown Development Manager Howie Owens said the water department will move into its new building

that will be at the corner of South Harvin and East Bartlette streets between October and December of 2017. He said the project will be paid for with the city utility funding because it is a utility department project. OWENS As of late June, a cost for the project had not been determined. Owens said the former offices at

Sumter Opera House will be used by venue performers as dressing room space after the new water department building is built. He said the city also anticipates adding more developments to the block once the utility building is complete. Later, council held an executive session to discuss a construction contract regarding the City of Sumter Public Services building, a lease agreement

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$1.5 million of damage to structure, contents Sumter Casket owners may stay in business despite losses FROM STAFF REPORTS Fire investigators worked until about 3 p.m. on Tuesday putting out hot spots at Sumter Casket Co., 209 Magnolia St., where about $1.5 million worth of structure and contents were lost during a large fire Monday. On Monday, firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after 12:45 p.m. to see two of the buildings at the location in flames, one completely engulfed. According to Sumter Fire Department Division Chief Brian Christmas, a portion of one of the buildings was left standing. The undamaged part of the building is estimated at $100,000, and the estimated amount of contents saved is $50,000, he said. Christmas said the business' offices were destroyed in the flames, but part of the warehouse on site was undamaged. The portion of the building left standing is about 125 feet by 50 feet

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Seen from the Lafayette Drive bridge, Sumter Casket Co. is devastated after Monday’s fire. wide, he said. “I think they are going to try to create some office space there for the time

being and try to get the business up and going again,” he said. Estimated damage is

Local GOP delegate having a great time BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Reports of discord at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, were not accurate said Sumter County Republican Party chairwoman Shery Smith, who is attending the convention as a delegate from South Carolina Congressional District 5. “The ‘dustup’ people were talking about last night on the rules has been overblown,” she said. She said she was on the convention floor as petitions to force a roll-call vote on the rules package were circulated, apparently by anti-Trump delegates. Media reports have indicated the petitions were ignored, contrary to convention rules. “There were not enough votes,” Smith said. “There weren't enough petitions, it just wasn’t SMITH there. It was very distinct on the floor that the support was not there for it.” It was also reported that two delegations had walked out about the way the petitions were handled. “I did not see delegations walk out,” Smith said. “When it came by text that two delegations had walked out, we turned around and

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‘The Republican National Committee and our South Carolina GOP has really planned out great events for our delegation, so we have been very busy.’ SHERY SMITH Sumter County Republican Party chairwoman on her time at the GOP Convention in Cleveland looked at those delegations and they were sitting in their chairs or just standing there.” She said there was a lot of misinformation being spread around. “We were going, ‘This is ridiculous’ because we were reading these reports, and it was completely different from what we were looking around and seeing,” she said. Smith said the convention has been very well planned.

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Trump nominated CLEVELAND (AP) — United for a night, Republicans nominated Donald Trump on Tuesday as their presidential standard bearer, capping the billionaire businessman's stunning takeover of the GOP and propelling him into a November faceoff with Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump's campaign hoped the formal nomination would both end the discord surging through the Republican Party and overshadow the convention's chaotic kickoff, including a plagiarism charge involving Melania Trump's address on opening night. "United we stand, divided we fall," said Johnny McMahan, a Trump delegate from Arkansas. There were flurries of dissent on the convention floor as states that Trump did not win recorded their votes, but he far outdis-

tanced his primary rivals. Trump was put over the top by his home state of New York. Four of his children joined the state's delegation on the convention floor for the historic moment and appeared overwhelmed with emotion. "Congratulations, Dad, we love you," declared Donald Trump Jr. Some delegates emphasized the need for a televised display of party unity after the deeply divisive GOP primary. But Colorado's Kendal Unruh, a leader of the anti-Trump forces, called the convention a "sham" and warned party leaders that their efforts to silence opposition would keep some Republicans on the sidelines in the fall campaign against Clinton.

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Crosswell Home seeks donations John K. Crosswell Home for Children, 11 Crosswell Drive, is in need of items to prepare its children for school. Please consider donating any of the following: • Book bags (ages preschool to high school); • Binders — 1 inch, 1 1/2 inch, 2 inch and 3 inch (prefer hardcover binders); • Pencil sharpeners; • Three-hole zipper pencil pouches; • Loose-leaf paper; • Composition books; • Construction paper; • Graph paper; • Mechanical pencils; • Cap erasers and pink erasers; • Glue sticks; • 3- by 5-inch note cards; • Folders with prongs and pockets; • Poster board; • Pens — red/blue/black; • Washable markers and colored pencils; • Highlighters; • Protractors and compasses; • Scientific calculators; • Memory sticks and flash drives; • Tissue; • Disinfectant wipes; • Hand sanitizer and hand soap; • Plastic zip-type bags — quart and gallon size; • Uniform polo-style shirts — white, light blue, navy (for kindergarten through middle school age); • Uniform khaki or navy shorts, pants, skorts (for kindergarten through middle school age); and • Walmart or Staples gift cards. Ongoing needs include: • Duffel bags /suitcases (so no child leaves the home with his or her belongings in plastic bags); • New underwear and panties (sizes 3T and up); • Diapers, pull-ups and baby wipes; • Dress and ankle socks (boys, girls and adult sizes); • Personal hygiene supplies (hair combs, hair brushes, deodorant, body wash, body lotion, lip balm, petroleum jelly, etc.); and • Cleaning supplies (disinfecting wipes, clothing detergent, liquid dish soap, bathroom cleaners, window cleaner, multipurpose cleaner, etc.). For more information, please call (803) 778-6441 or email krowell@crosswellhome.org. Bring donations to Crosswell Home from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Because of storage and staff constraints, the home cannot accept unsolicited donations of used clothing,

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Duke rate hearing set for Oct. 31 BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Public Service Commission of South Carolina has scheduled a Duke Energy rate hearing for 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, in the Saluda Building, 101 Executive Center Drive, Columbia, in the commission’s hearing room. The commission will hear testimony and take evidence from all interested parties concerning a rate request filed by Duke Energy Progress. The hearing may continue through Nov.

4, if necessary, according to a commission news release. Duke Energy Progress is seeking to increase annual revenues by 14.5 percent or $79 million, effective on Jan. 1, 2017. The overall increase to rates by customer class, according to Duke Energy Progress’ application, is 15.4 percent for the residential class customers, 11.9 percent for the small general service class, 14.6 percent for the medium general service class, 14.5 percent for the large general service class, 5.1 percent for area lighting

and 12.7 percent for street lighting. In its request, the electric provider said that current revenues are insufficient to cover the cost of safely and reliably operating and maintaining its electric system, which in South Carolina serves customers in Cheraw, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Marlboro, Darlington, Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, Florence, Marion, Dillon, Williamsburg, Lancaster, Horry and Georgetown counties. The company notes a number of investments in cleaner gas-fueled electric

generation and solar energy installations and in purchasing the remaining shares of plants from North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency as reasons for the rate increase. The company also cites expense increases for labor, material and supplies, as well as increases in investment and ongoing operational costs. In addition, the company is asking to offset costs associated with the closure of ash basins. For more information, contact the Public Service Commission at (803) 896-5100 or visit www.psc.sc.gov.

Zumba making a splash Participants in Sumter Family YMCA’s Water Zumba class compete to see who can make the biggest splash during the fundraiser for the Y’s Annual Campaign on Friday. KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

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Bishopville church will host law enforcement forum Mt. Hermon Missionary Baptist Church, 302 Woodward St., Bishopville, will host a Law Enforcement and Community Forum at 6 p.m. today. The forum is intended to provide insight from law enforcement officers and city officials in response to recent violent incidents across the country, said Fredericka King, an organizer for the event. The public is welcome to attend. King said Bishopville Mayor Alexander Boyd, Chief of Police Calvin Collins, Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon and representatives of other law enforcement agencies in the area are expected to attend. For more information, call the church at (803) 484-4149.

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COLUMBIA — Authorities said a North Carolina woman drowned her 6-week-old baby in a pond at an outlet mall in Myrtle Beach. Horry County police charged 24-year-old Jameisha Alexander of Carrboro, North Carolina, with murder Monday. An arrest warrant said someone saw Alexander holding her son King near the pond Saturday night, but by the time security arrived, the baby was in the water. An autopsy found the baby drowned. The warrant said Alexander was arrested after crashing her car two hours later. Alexander's mother and grandmother told The Associated Press she was overwhelmed with her first baby, but that she loved her boy. Her mother, Sandra Jones, said the baby's father was abusive and didn't support Alexander. She said Alexander was being seen for depression before and after her son's birth.

CLEMSON — Clemson University scientists said genetic testing shows a hive of bees suspected to be dangerous, volatile Africanized bees were actually a less dangerous European variety of honeybees. The Clemson Department of Plant Industry said in a news release that initial genetic testing showed at least a 93 percent chance the hybrid bees that attacked a beekeeper and others in May in Charleston were the Africanized bees. But the department did more extensive testing that determined the bees were European honeybees. Department chief Brad Cavin said both African and European bees are defensive and very similar genetically, but the Africanized bees are more dangerous. Clemson had to send the bee DNA out of state to be tested but is planning to build its own lab.

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Above, children enjoy the bounce house on Saturday at Holy House of Prayer on U.S. 15 South. Its second-annual fun day event featured free food, school supplies and even haircuts to get students ready for the upcoming year. Left, brothers Kolby Moore, 2, and Caden, 7, enjoy snowcones during the event.

Do U.S. political conventions still matter? BY BILL BARROW The Associated Press American political conventions once had real drama as parties held rounds and rounds of voting before settling on a presidential nominee. Now, they are highly staged TV pep rallies as party loyalists anoint a nominee determined in state primaries and caucuses. So as Republicans convene in Cleveland this week to nominate Donald Trump, with Democrats waiting to follow with Hillary Clinton’s nomination next week in Philadelphia, it’s reasonable to wonder whether the soirees still matter — especially in a year in which Trump has upended American politics. The answer is not a simple yes or no.

bask in the spotlight, basking in the praise of their adoring supporters. But Trump has had a rough run-up to the convention. Top Republicans, including the party’s last four nominees, are boycotting the convention. Trump’s rollout of running mate Mike Pence was shaky. And the first hours of the convention were marred by tumult on the convention floor in a fight about Republican rules. So does a rocky start to the convention bode ill for Trump? Not necessarily. The first rule of the 2016 campaign is that usual rules may not apply. The political power brokers who have been abuzz about the turmoil in Trump’s campaign are some of the same ones who couldn’t imag-

ine the outlandish billionaire developer winning the Republican nomination. Many were also shocked that Clinton faced a strong challenge from Bernie Sanders, a 74-year-old senator who identifies as a democratic socialist.

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Train attacker vowed ‘revenge on the infidels’ Afghan asylum seeker goes on rampage in Germany WUERZBURG, Germany (AP) — A 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker received word that a friend had died in his home country days before he went on a rampage with an ax and knife on a German train, wounding five. He vowed in a note that he would "take revenge on these infidels," German investigators said Tuesday. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Monday night attack, but authorities say so far they have found no direct links to the group and believe the suspect, whose name was not released, self-radicalized. German officials didn't identify the victims, but Hong Kong's immigration department said that among those injured in the attack were four members of a family of five from the southern Chinese city. At least two of the five wounded were in a life-threatening condition. Investigator Lothar Koehler said the teenager's motivation appeared to be Islamic extremism based upon a passage, found among various notes in his apartment, which read: "Pray for me that I can take revenge on these infidels and pray for me that I will go to heaven." In the premeditated attack, the suspect boarded the regional train after 9 p.m. near the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg with an ax and knife concealed in a bag, according to Bamberg prosecutor Erik Ohlenschlager. He said that the suspect had learned on Saturday that a friend had died in Afghanistan but didn't immediately give more details about the possible link. On the train, the suspect initially encountered an employee from the asylum shelter where he had lived until two weeks ago when he moved in with a foster family, and when she said something to him he didn't re-

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Firetrucks and ambulances stand at a road block in Wuerzburg, southern Germany, on Monday evening after a man attacked people in a train and injured more than a dozen. spond but left for another train car, Ohlenschlager said. He then concealed himself in a bathroom and armed himself with his weapons. "Then, without warning, he attacked the passengers using great force on their bodies and their heads," Ohlenschlager said. In an emergency call from the train, the suspect could be heard in the background shouting "Allahu akbar," Arabic for "God is great," as he hacked and slashed. Witnesses said the interior of the train was covered with blood and looked "like a slaughterhouse," the German news agency dpa reported. About 30 passengers were on the train at the time. More than a dozen were treated for shock. After the train made an emergency stop, the suspect fled and a few hundred yards away encountered two women walking a dog. He attacked one from behind, saying "I'll finish

you" and yelling a vulgar term for a woman in German, as he hit her at least twice in the face with the ax. Shortly after, he encountered a police SWAT team that had been in the area on another mission but had been redirected, jumping out at them from bushes brandishing his ax. He was shot and killed. Ohlenschlager said that at least two victims were suffering from "acute life-threatening" wounds, including the woman attacked outside the train. Though the Islamic State group claimed responsibility through its Aamaq news agency and a hand-painted IS flag was found in the suspect's apartment, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspect's handwritten notes indicated he may have been self-radicalized and there was "no indication" he was directly connected to the group. Aamaq released a video that purported to show the attacker, in which a young man waves a knife toward the

Turkish purge raises tensions with West ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The purging of thousands of alleged plotters of a failed coup raised tensions Monday between Turkey and the West, with U.S. and European officials urging restraint, while Ankara insisted that Washington extradite an exile accused of orchestrating the plot. Authorities have fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others, while detaining thousands more alleged to have been involved in Friday night's attempted coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Former air force commander Akin Ozturk, alleged to be the ringleader of the uprising, was put under arrest following questioning by a magistrate along with 25 other suspects, the news agency said. Ozturk, who has denied involvement and insisted he had tried to suppress the rebellion, appeared in video from Turkish TV looking bruised with a bandage over his ear. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to rule out bringing back the death penalty, telling the U.S. cable TV sta-

tion CNN in an interview via a government translator, "There is a clear crime of treason." He added that it would be up to parliament to decide. "if they accept to discuss it then I as president will approve any decision that comes out of the parliament," he said. He said Turks have been calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty because of the increased terror attacks and demand for swift justice. Anadolu said 8,777 employees attached to the Interior Ministry were dismissed, including 30 governors, 52 civil service inspectors and 16 legal advisers. Other media reports said police, military police and members of the coast guard also were removed from duty. During the uprising by a faction of the military, warplanes fired on government buildings and tanks rolled into the streets of major cities before the rebellion was put down by forces loyal to the government and pro-Erdogan civilians who took to the streets. The top brass did not support the coup. Erdogan told CNN that he

escaped death by only a few minutes before coup plotters stormed the resort in southwest Turkey where he was vacationing last weekend when the coup unfolded. He said soldiers supporting the coup killed two of his bodyguards when they stormed the resort early Saturday. "Had I stayed 10, 15 additional minutes, I would have been killed or I would have been taken," he told CNN. Revealing new details of the night of the coup, Erdogan said the renegade soldiers were in control of the command and control towers at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport for hours before forces loyal to the president were able to regain control. He said that about 10,000 supporters were at the airport to greet him when his plane landed. He also said that power was shut off at all military bases, including the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey used by the U.S.-led coalition jets fighting the Islamic State group, because the military didn't want to risk having the conspirators use them.

camera and says "I will behead you with these knives and break your necks with these axes." In the video, the authenticity of which it wasn't immediately possible to verify, the man also says in Pashto he is a soldier "of the Islamic State and will be carrying out an attack in Germany today." Ohlenschlager said investigators were aware of a video and are currently evaluating it to determine whether it was made by the suspect. Herrmann said people close to the attacker told investigators he had seemed like a calm person, not overtly religious or an extremist. He said investigators were still looking into the evidence found in the teenager's room, saying it could be possible that the notes included a farewell letter to his father. Hong Kong's top official, Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying, condemned the attack and extended his sympathies to the victims and their families. Herrmann said it was a tragedy that a "family from Hong Kong comes here as tourists to visit Wuerzburg … and then becomes victim on a train here in Bavaria in an attack conducted by an offender who came from Afghanistan and who was originally seeking shelter here." The dpa news agency reported that the attacker wounded the 62-year-old father, the 58-year-old mother, their adult daughter and her boyfriend. The teenage son was not hurt. The father and the boyfriend had tried to defend the other family members, dpa said. The mayor of Wuerzburg condemned the attack. "I'm shocked by this horrible act of violence," Christian Schuchardt said, adding that his thoughts were with the victims and other passengers "who have suffered severe injuries on their bodies and souls by this act of craziness."

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Venezuelans liquidate savings to stockpile food BY HANNAH DREIER The Associated Press

cheering, even doling out cake. No one checked ID cards. Beyond the reception line, music played and kiosks sold products that have become treaSAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela — sures in Venezuela: rice, toothpaste, deTebie Gonzalez and Ramiro Ramirez tergent and sacks of sugar. still have their sleek apartment, a fridge Gonzalez cried behind her oversized covered with souvenir magnets from aviator glasses. vacations abroad and closets full of "I thought the crossing would be easiname-brand clothes. But they feel huner. It made me feel so humiliated, like I ger drawing close. was an animal; a refugee," she said. So when the Venezuelan government "But look how different things are on opened the long-closed border with Cothis side. It's like Disneyland," respondlombia last weekend, the couple decided ed Ramirez. Not only was the town to drain what remained of the savings filled with prized groceries, but also evthey put away before the country spun erything was much cheaper than on the into economic crisis and stock up on Venezuelan black market, now the only food. They left their two young sons alternative for people who don't have with relatives and joined more than time to spend in the hours-long lines for 100,000 other Venezuelans trudging scarce goods that have become the most across what Colombian officials are salient feature of the oil country's ecocalling a "humanitarian corridor" to nomic crisis. buy as many basic goods as possible. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS They changed their Venezuelan "This is money we had been saving for an emergency, and this is an emerRamiro Ramirez pushes a shopping cart as he shops for food with his wife, Tebie Gonza- money into Colombian currency at a mall, where Gonzalez luxuriated in the gency," Ramirez said. "It's scary to lez, in Cucuta, Colombia, on Sunday during the temporary opening of the long-closed clean, air-conditioned space as she winspend it, but we're finding less food each border with Colombia. dow-shopped for watches and handday, and we need to prepare for what's bags. coming." The variety at the mall supermarket sands of others toward a bridge barely So Sunday, the couple donned their Gonzalez, 36, earns several times the wide enough for two cars to pass. Soon, felt unreal after so many months of nicest clothes and hid fat wads of bills minimum wage with her job as a sales scrounging in near-empty stores. manager for a chain of furniture stores in their bags. Before heading to the bor- it was packed as tightly as a rush-hour The couple debated over the best baby subway train. Some people cradled der, they surveyed the stocks in their in the western mountain town of San toothpaste. Gonzalez ran her hand over newborns, and others toted dogs as renovated granite kitchen: An inch of Cristobal. But lately, her salary is no seven varieties of shampoo. She examthey headed to a new life in Colombia. match for Venezuela's 700-percent infla- vegetable oil at the bottom of a plastic ined each option in an aisle of pasta. Most carried suitcases and backpacks jug. A single package of flour. Some tion. Ramirez's auto parts shop went But while things were cheaper than to fill with groceries. leftover cooked rice. No coffee. bust after President Nicolas Maduro in shortage-hit Venezuela, they were The couple held hands to stop the Then they set off in a 2011 Jeep SUV closed the border with Colombia a year pricier than they had expected. crowd from pushing them apart. Two ago, citing uncontrolled smuggling, and onto darkened highways, the lights of They decided to skip the flour and hours passed. People sang the national hillside shantytowns glinting in the cut off the region's best avenue for imsugar, instead choosing 10 packages of anthem. Gonzalez's feet ached in blue darkness like stars. ported goods. the cheapest pasta. They went for Tommy Hilfiger wedge heels, and they At the crossing, scowling soldiers The couple stopped eating out this cloudy soy oil instead of the more exwith automatic weapons patrolled a line had barely reached the middle of the year, abandoned plans to buy a house pensive canola. Every price was bridge. People who couldn't stand the and put a "for sale" sign on their second that wrapped around more than a checked and rechecked as the couple claustrophobia and heat doubled back dozen blocks. The couple considered car. There is no more sugar for coffee, spent three hours deciding how to alloto try to swim across the river, but solturning back. But within minutes, peono more butter for bread and no more cate their emergency fund. diers stopped them. ple started shouting that immigration infant formula for their 1-year-old son. "It's more expensive than we had At last, the Colombian flags came into officials were waving everyone through, When Ramirez, 37, went to get a latehoped, but what matters is that it's view. Soon, the bridge opened out onto night snack on Friday, he found nothing and the line broke into a stampede. available at all," Ramirez said. Gonzalez and Ramirez ran with thou- a road lined with officials waving, in the refrigerator.

Mystery numbers in North Korea broadcasts carry Cold War echoes BY HYUNG-JIN KIM The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's state radio has recently broadcast strings of indecipherable numbers, Seoul officials said Tuesday, in a possible resumption of a Cold War-era method of sending coded messages to spies operating in South Korea. A female announcer at the radio station read numbers for 2 minutes on June 24 and 14 minutes on Friday, according to Seoul's Unification Ministry and National Intelligence Service. A copy of those comments provided by the ministry included phrases such as "No. 35 on Page 459" and "No. 55 on Page 913." During the Cold War, Pyongyang sent such numbers via shortwave radio to give missions to agents dispatched to South Korea, according to captured North Korean spies. It later reportedly stopped such broadcasts once it could communicate with its spies overseas via the internet and as animosities with South Korea eased following a historic inter-Korean summit

meeting in 2000. Relations have deteriorated greatly since then as North Korea has pursued the development of nuclear weapons despite international sanctions. The announcer in the North Korean broadcasts described the numbers as "review assignments in physics (under the curriculum of) the remote educational university for the geological expedition members across the country" or "practice assignments in mathematic lessons (under the curriculum) of the remote educational university for expedition members of team No. 27."

Neither the Unification Ministry nor the NIS elaborated on whether South Korea thinks the North's recent broadcasts were meant to send information to agents in the field. Some experts in Seoul view the messages as a North Korean attempt to wage psychological warfare. Yoo Dongryul, head of the Seoul-based Korea Institute of Liberal Democracy, said the North may be trying to deceive South Korean intelligence officials into thinking it's moving to increase its espionage operations. He said it's unlikely the North would rely on old-fashioned "number stations"

broadcasts, whose hard-to-reset coding patterns had already been exposed to South Korean intelligence officers. He said North Korea currently uses a more sophisticated espionage communication method known as steganography, in which secret messages are hidden within audio and video files. For decades after the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, the rival Koreas sent agents across their heavily fortified border to infiltrate to each other's territory. But in recent years, both sides are thought to be focusing on less risky intelligence-gathering activities, such as information from the

internet and satellite photos. Seoul accuses Pyongyang of sending spies disguised as ordinary refugees seeking to resettle in South Korea or nurturing pro-North figures in the South. News of the North Korean broadcast came as North Korea is angrily reacting to the planned deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea. On Tuesday, North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea, according to Seoul defense officials. Associated Press writer Kim Tong-hyung contributed to this report.

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Sumter Casket Co., was not available for comment. Also, some roadways surrounding Sumter Casket Co. were closed off during most of the day on Tuesday while officials cleared debris that was blown into the streets during the firefight. According to Christmas, pressure from the water hoses blew bricks and debris into the streets. Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office Public Information Officer Ken Bell said fire investigators stayed after 3 p.m. on Tuesday to inspect the site in search of a possible cause for the blaze. Bell is working with Sumter Fire Department to provide information to the public about local fires. Christmas said the investigation for a cause of the fire is continuing and nothing has been determined. He said the process is a slow one and there is no time

regarding South Sumter Gym, information regarding the Hyatt Place hotel on Main Street and a possible contract with Sumter County Public Defender's Office. In other news, City of Sumter Communications and Tourism Director Shelley Kile announced that Palmetto Tennis Center was named one of the top 11 American tennis facilities by U.S. publication Sports Planning Guide. She said the features of the facility as well as the tennis professionals along with other local ele-

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Charred caskets lie atop a pile of debris at the site of Sumter Casket Co. on Tuesday afternoon. Fire investigators spent the morning putting out hot spots and searching for the cause of Monday’s fire that destroyed the 120-year-old company’s South Magnolia Street facility. frame for when the investigation might be finished. Christmas said he will

PARTY FROM PAGE A1 “The Republican National Committee and our South Carolina GOP has really planned out great events for our delegation, so we have been very busy,” she said. An attempt to displace South Carolina’s First-in-the-South primary failed. The South Carolina Presidential Preference Primary is the first one held each presidential election year in a Southern state and has become an important early test for candidates. “That is something that apparently occurred in the rules committee,” she said. “It comes up every four years, but our First-inthe-South primary position was protected, and we will still have that.” Smith said all of the South Carolina dele-

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gation is bound to Donald Trump on the first ballot. “I see no reason to believe there will be more than one ballot,” she said. Smith said she has been enjoying the convention, with the opportunity to meet other people being a highlight. “I met a lot of great Republicans from around the country,” she said. She said she particularly enjoyed a Southern states tailgate luncheon event Tuesday involving delegates from South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and Florida. “I talked to other people who are like we are: the ordinary people who go out and do the day-to-day grassroots work, knock on doors and make phone calls. “That was good for me; I enjoyed that,” she said. “We are having a great time.”

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ments led to the center's placement on the list. Councilman Calvin Hastie also reminded the community that family softball is still being held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays at South Sumter Park, 630 S. Sumter St. He said Bobby Richardson, 1960 World Series Most Valuable Player, has been invited to the field and may be joining the community on a Thursday before school starts. It is free to play, and equipment is provided.

TRUMP FROM PAGE A1 the convention by insisting there was no evidence of plagiarism, while offering no explanation for how the strikingly similar passages wound up in Mrs. Trump's address. The matter consumed news coverage from Cleveland, obscuring Mrs. Trump's broader effort to show her husband's softer side. Clinton pounced on the tumult, saying the Republican gathering had so far been "surreal," comparing it to the classic fantasy film "Wizard of Oz." "When you pull back the curtain, it was just Donald Trump with nothing to offer to the American people," Clinton said during a speech in Las Vegas. Top Trump adviser Paul Manafort said the matter had been "totally blown out of proportion."

This week’s four-day convention is Trump’s highestprofile opportunity to convince voters that he’s better suited for the presidency than Clinton, who will be officially nominated at next week’s Democratic gathering. But the rocky start raises fresh questions about his oversight of his campaign, which gives voters a window into how a candidate might handle the pressures of the presidency. The plagiarism accusations center on Monday night's speech by Trump's wife. Two passages from Mrs. Trump's address — each 30 words or longer — matched a 2008 Democratic convention address by Michelle Obama nearly word for word. Trump's campaign managed only to keep the controversy alive on Day 2 of

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he prospects for a better future are nearly hopeless for roughly 20 percent of black people — those who reside in big-city, crime-infested and dysfunctional neighborhoods. There is virtually nothing that can be done about it without a major rebuilding of the black community from within. Let’s examWalter ine some of Williams the aspects of the problem and the dismal prognosis, given the status quo. The most important social unit is the family. Many talk about the “breakdown” in the black family when a far more accurate description is that the family doesn’t form in the first place. About 73 percent of black babies are born to unwed mothers. By the way,

COMMENTARY that percentage was 25 in 1963 and 11 in 1938. The absence of fathers is crucial. Even President Obama recognized this when he said that “children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime, nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison.” Female-headed households are a devastating problem, but the solution lies almost exclusively within the black community. It’s a massive job for black churches and social organizations. If there is a role for government to play, it’s to stop subsidizing such behavior with handouts. Education and skills acquisition are vital to upward mobility. But what goes on in many predominantly black schools is no less than a betrayal to those blacks and whites who sacrificed their

blood, sweat and tears during the civil rights struggle of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s in an effort to secure better educational opportunities. Nationally, an average of 1,175 teachers and staff were physically attacked each day of the 2011-12 school year. Most of this occurred at predominantly black schools. In Baltimore, each school day in 2010, an average of four teachers and staff were assaulted. Some Chicago teachers are treated for post-traumatic stress. Given this climate of fear, intimidation and disorderliness, one should not be surprised by an outcome that shows that the average black student who manages to graduate from high school has an academic achievement level of a white seventh- or eighth-grader. I do not believe that the disgraceful academic performance by black students is preordained. In other words, it just doesn’t have to be that

way. The first order of business for education to occur is the provision of an orderly, safe teaching and learning environment. The education establishment and civil authorities have ignored their responsibility — or have been thwarted in their efforts — to create such an environment. Rather than watch future generations of black people have their educational opportunities destroyed, black people who really care need to act. They can readily discover the miscreants and use whatever methods at their disposal to stop them from making education impossible for others. The bottom line is that if civil authorities will not act to ensure a safe and orderly learning environment, there is no reason for black people to accept such inability and its results. Here’s an experiment. Meet with black people such as Reps. John Conyers (age 87), Charles Rangel (86), Eddie Bernice Johnson (80), Alcee

Hastings (79) and Maxine Waters (77). Ask them whether their parents would have tolerated their assaulting and cursing teachers or any other adult. I bet you the rent money that their parents — or any other parents they knew when they were growing up — would not have accepted the grossly disrespectful behavior seen today among many black youngsters, using foul language and racial epithets. Older blacks will tell you that had they behaved that way, they would have felt serious pain in their hind parts. If blacks of past generations would not accept such self-destructive behavior, why should today’s blacks accept it? The bottom line is that only black people can solve our problems. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2016 CREATORS.COM

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Should Republicans embrace a grown-up version of Trumpism? BY RACHEL LU

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admirable attention to policy and its principled focus on the common good. Still, if I may offer a friendly critique, I would venture to ask: On what foundation will this rejuvenated national solidarity be built? Isn’t there some danger that the agenda Salam and Douthat recommend might come across as just the hollow shell of a 1950s-era social contract that’s already disintegrating? From an electoral standpoint, appeasing Trump supporters might seem critically important. The GOP needs those voters, lest it become a permanent minority party. This is a real concern, but in a dynamic political moment, appeasement may not always be the best option. Traditional political coalitions are cracking: The younger generation seems badly alienated from both of our major political parties. The political landscape is still dominated by Boomer politics, but the Boomers are aging. Is it wise at such a time to be so fixated on their political demands? Entitlements, secure low-skill jobs, low immigration and a modest foreign policy are all elements of the mid-century America that Trumpites so desperately miss. We can understand why they yearn for that era. But in the 1950s, when these securities were established, America was suffused with pride and brimming with post-war confidence. Our nation was far less ethnically diverse and enjoyed a level of moral, religious and cultural conformity that we clearly don’t have anymore. Why think, with so few of the needed ingredients, that it is possible not only to recover a robust national solidarity, but also to expand it to a “pan-ethnic conservatism”? Presumably the authors recognize

onvention week is upon us, and conservatives across the nation are looking ahead with courage and hope. What I mean, of course, is that they are looking far ahead, trying to catch a glimpse of the post-Trump world. This moment cannot last forever. In weeks like these, an active imagination is a priceless resource. In the pages of The New York Times, Reihan Salam and Ross Douthat help us set our eyes on the further horizon. Their “Cure for Trumpism” contains a few notes of “we told you so,” looking back to their co-written 2008 book, which advised Republicans to stop fixating on Wall Street and attend to neglected working-class voters. The plan, in a nutshell, is to give Trumpites what they want, to the extent that this is reasonably possible. Lower their taxes, boost their wages, protect their entitlements, curb immigration and develop a more modest foreign policy. Do whatever we can to tailor our platform to the needs of the working class. Do we want grown-up Trumpism to redefine the Republican party? Salam and Douthat acknowledge some major flaws in Trumpism (especially the racism, nativism and Caesarism). Nevertheless, they think that a national-solidarity platform, with an explicit focus on the needs of working Americans, might win back the white working class while also enabling Republicans to find a “plausible path up from white identity politics to a one-nation, panethnic conservatism.” Grand New Party was an important book. I have deep sympathies with the “reform conservative” project, with its

these concerns, because they acknowledge that “no laundry list of policy proposals can substitute for an eloquent narrative of inclusion.” In other words, the policy is just a start, and some soaring rhetoric will be needed to sell the vision properly. What’s the vision, though? Which part of that platform is likely to inspire a resurgence of healthy nationalism or a new wave of civic responsibility? Why think that this is the best among the now-available alternatives? Certainly, we do need some national solidarity. Our coins still read “E pluribus unum,” after all. Still, it does seem that a range of economic and social factors are eroding the middle-class, culturally conformist solidarity of yesteryear. If that’s true, we may need to find a fresh look for our shared national identity. Shoring up the pieces of an old one (and looking for skilled orators to add the lipstick) may just leave us with a grand archaic party. The new solidarity would still contain cultural components. America will remain the land of football, corn dogs and apple pie on the Fourth of July. Hopefully it will also be underscored by a high level of the “shared concern” that Salam and Douthat wish to see. Ideally, though, we would ease away from ill-functioning national institutions and start directing our concern toward the more local and community-oriented “little platoons” that Alexis de Tocqueville saw as characteristic of American life. What’s more problematic is viewing entitlements and transfer programs, along with inward-looking stances on immigration and geopolitics, as themselves major planks of the new solidarity. Surely we would want a revitalized Republican party to brand it-

self as the champion of the things conservatives value: order, opportunity, freedom and respect for tradition and organic community. Since the publication of Grand New Party, America has been rocked by a series of semi-coherent social movements that blend some real and compelling grievances with a great deal of confusion, cinematic victim-mongering and wildly imprudent demands. In this regard, Trumpism is most closely the cousin of Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street, but the Tea Party and the LGBT movement had at least some recognizably similar elements, and there’s no sign that our protest culture is losing steam. All of these movements have sympathetic components. Our modern social and political arrangement has been good for some and far less good for others. In each case, though, the perception of injustice is not leavened by a reasonable perspective about what has happened to our nation and what might reasonably be done. Millennials demand massive wealth redistribution and “safe spaces.” Black Lives Matter calls for a diminished police presence in high-crime neighborhoods. Trumpites want trade wars and a new Great Wall as they desperately seek a door that can take them back in time. All of these groups deserve sympathetic attention. None should get what they ostensibly want. Protest movements have their place, but even in grown-up form, they won’t provide the best blueprint for carrying America forward through the 21st century. Our Grand New Party may need a more complete makeover than that. Editor’s note: Rachel Lu is a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.

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“O” ZONE STATE TOURNAMENT

What a relief Harris tosses final 5 innings, shuts down Lake City as Sumter rallies for 6-5 victory to stay alive in state tourney

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ACC, ESPN to launch network online By JOEDY McCREARY The Associated Press

The Atlantic Coast Conference’s television network will launch in August 2019, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The person also said ESPN and the ACC also will start a digital channel next month that will be available online. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the network has not been formally announced by ESPN or the ACC. The launch of the network will be discussed this week when the ACC holds its preseason football media days beginning Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Commissioner John Swofford’s regularly scheduled news conference will be Thursday. The ACC will become the fourth major conference with its own network, joining the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference. The SEC also has ESPN as its partner.

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Sumter catcher Travis Pillsbury, left, attempts to put the tag on Lake City’s Jase McKnight (3) during a 6-5 victory for Sumter on Tuesday at Patriot Park SportsPlex in an “O” Zone state tournament elimination game.

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item

at Patriot Park SportsPlex. After working its way through the loser’s bracket the last two games, Sumter is In sports, it’s not always how a team now one of the final four teams in chamstarts but how it finishes that can be the pionship contention. Sumter is scheduled difference between victory and defeat. to play today at 5:30 p.m. on Field 3 against Such was the case on Tuesday for the loser of the Midland-Hartsville NaSumter’s 11-12-year-old “O” Zone alltional game, which took place late Tuesstar baseball team, which was trailing day. The winner between Midland and Lake City 5-2 heading to the bottom of Hartsville National will face Clinton, an the fourth inning thanks to pitching 11-6 winer over Pineview. woes that allowed the visitors to load The Sumter squad finds itself here the bases in each of the first three inthanks in large part to Harris, who nings and baserunning miscues that struck out three, walked three and held cost the host team at least one run. Lake City to just three hits in his five inAll of that changed as Sumter came to nings on the mound -- retiring the last bat in its half of the fourth and put up seven batters he faced in order. four runs for a 6-5 lead that reliever Ga“Gabriel Harris, I can’t say enough briel Harris made stand up for the win about the job he came in and did,” said in a state tournament elimination game Sumter head coach Jay Jones. “He came

in to a mess and completely shut them down the rest of the way. I think he threw 4 1/3 (innings), I think he threw about 55 pitches and, man, he was lights out.” Harris, making his first pitching appearance of the tournament, actually pitched five full innings, entering just after Christopher Barr had knocked in two with a double to right-center that gave Lake City a 3-1 lead. One more run came home, charged to starter James Wylie, on a comebacker to the mound that Harris fielded, looked Jase McKnight back at third and threw to first to retire Justyce Graham.McKnight headed home and first baseman Austin Trapp’s throw to the plate was late, making the score 4-1.

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CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Venables charged with restocking Tigers defense again By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

SUNSET — Clemson defensive ends coach Marion Hobby joked he’ll sometimes wake up in the middle of the night pining for the Tigers former AllAmerican lineman Shaq Lawson, shouting, “Shaq, get in there.” It’s like that across the board for Clemson, which lost seven starters from a team that won the Atlantic Coast Conference title and played for a national championship. “We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Tigers defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. “Got to start over again.” Clemson has faced this turnover before, just last summer the Tigers needed to replace eight starters — and all four defensive linemen — from a 2014 unit that led the nation in fewest yards The Associated Press allowed. The result was a physical, relentless It’s become a familiar scenario for Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables, right, defense powered by Lawson, who was — seeing most of a successful Tiger defense leave and needing to quickly build it back up. selected No. 19 overall by Buffalo in last spring’s NFL draft. Six of LawTennessee) back as starters, but unto coach,” secondary coach Mike Reed son’s defensive teammates were also derstands you have to be prepared for said. “Whoever is out there, I’m going drafted, four of them like Lawson givstellar players to move on. to coach them up. The reason they’re ing up their final year in college to go Clemson’s secondary was the hardhere, they’re top student athletes in pro. est hit; lockdown cornerback Macken- the country so it’s a process of where Venables said watching guys develop sie Alexander and starting safeties one man leaves and the other man has into pros is what college football is Jayron Kearse and T.J. Green all left to step up.” about. Sure, he’d love having Lawson early. see CLEMSON, Page B4 and end Kevin Dodd (drafted No. 34 by “That’s the reason why you pay me,

Mickelson chasing Nicklaus’ other mark By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press TROON, Scotland — Tiger Woods isn’t the only player chasing Jack Nicklaus in the majors. So is Phil Mickelson. Only one of them has been making progress over the last four years. That isn’t necessarily good news for Mickelson, but it should be. Mickelson did everything right in the British Open, only to watch Henrik Stenson do just a Mickelson little better. They combined to deliver the greatest closing rounds by a final pairing in major championship history — 63 for Stenson, 65 for Mickelson, on a day when the average score was 72.8. They had a better-ball score of 59. They walked off the 18th green at Royal Troon with their arms around each other’s shoulders, and given the intensity of the battle, they might have been keeping each other from collapsing. Stenson, the champion golfer of the year, received the silver claret jug. Mickelson not only received a silver platter, he took over sole possession of second place on golf ’s alltime list of runner-up finishes in the majors. He’s No. 2 at being No. 2 The runner-up finish at Royal Troon was the 11th for Mickelson, one more than Arnold Palmer and still eight to go to catch Nicklaus. No one talks much about that record because Nicklaus is identified more with his 18 majors.

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Phil Mickelson watches his shot on Sunday from the 15th fairway during the final round of the British Open at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Mickelson has steadily been gaining on Jack Nicklaus for most runner-up finishes in majors.

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From Page B1 Woods reached 14 majors in 2008 and was ahead of the pace set by Nicklaus until a fourth knee surgery, three back surgeries and one fire hydrant got in the way. Eight years later, Woods remains at 14 and hasn’t played in nearly a year. Mickelson, who won his fifth major in the British Open at Muirfield three years ago, now has recorded a runner-up finish each of the last four years. Not even Nicklaus put together a streak of four straight years with the silver. This is not meant to cheer up Mickelson. He is 46, in his 25th year as a pro. He has been around long

enough that losing stings, and it doesn’t always matter if it’s self-inflicted. Is it easier to stomach knowing he played bogey-free than if he couldn’t hit a par 3 with a pitching wedge? It was the second time that Mickelson posted the lowest score in any major, only for someone else to go lower. That was David Toms at Atlanta Athletic Club, who holed a 10foot par putt on the final hole to beat Mickelson by one. And it was Stenson at Royal Troon, making 10 birdies in a round of 63 that even Johnny Miller admired. “I’m not sure how I’m going to feel about that,” Mickelson said. “I played what I feel was well enough to win this championship by a number of strokes, and yet I got beat by three strokes. You know, it’s

not like I have decades left of opportunities to win majors, so each one means a lot to me. “I put in my best performance today. Played close to flawless golf and was beat,” he said. “So it kind of goes both ways. I’m happy with the way I played, but even more disappointed that it wasn’t enough because you look back and say, ‘What do I need to do?”’ By now he should know the answer, because it has happened a lot. Sure, Mickelson erred by trying to hit 3-iron around a tree at Winged Foot and making double bogey on the 18th hole in the 2006 U.S. Open. The soft bogeys he made on the 13th and 15th holes at Merion cost him a shot at the 2013 U.S. Open. One can find other mistakes, but with the exception

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8 a.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Stage 17 from Finhaut, Switzerland (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 12:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Cincinnati (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, MLB NETWORK, WPUB-FM 102.7). 12:30 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Connecticut at Dallas (NBA TV). 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Chicago Cubs (ESPN). 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: San Antonio at Seattle (NBA TV). 3:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Houston at Oakland (MLB NETWORK). 5 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Eldora Dirt Derby Pole Qualifying from Rossburg, Ohio (FOX SPORTS 1). 5 p.m. – LPGA Golf: International Crown Pro-Am from Owings Mills, Md. (GOLF). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Boston (ESPN). 7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Eldora Dirt Derby Heat Races from Rossburg, Ohio (FOX SPORTS 1). 8:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa Libertadores Match – Atletico Nacional vs. Independiente del Valle (FOX SPORTS 2). 9 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Eldora Dirt Derby from Rossburg, Ohio (FOX SPORTS 1). 9:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – America vs. Venados (UNIVISION). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Texas at Los Angeles Angels or San Diego at St. Louis (MLB NETWORK). 2 a.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Puebla vs. Queretaro (UNIVISION).

MLB Standings By The Associated Press

AMERICAN League East Division Baltimore Boston Toronto New York Tampa Bay Central Division Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota West Division Texas Houston Seattle Los Angeles Oakland

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L Pct GB 38 .582 — 39 .567 1½ 42 .553 2½ 46 .500 7½ 57 .380 18½

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of Royal Troon, even the winner doesn’t hit all the right shots. What’s impressive about Mickelson is that seven of his 11 runner-up finishes in the majors were by two shots or fewer. Nicklaus was a runner-up 19 times, but it’s not simple math to suggest he could have won 37 majors. In six of those, he finished three shots or more behind. The only time Mickelson was never a serious factor in the closing holes was when Jordan Spieth won by four shots at the Masters last year. Toms and Payne Stewart made par putts on him at the last hole. Mickelson made double bogey from the bunker on the 17th at Shinnecock Hills. A bogey on the 16th hole cost him at Valhalla when Rory McIlroy won by one shot, and

a bogey on the 17th hole at Bethpage Black left Mickelson one shot behind in the 2009 U.S. Open. Should he have won more majors? Anyone, Woods included, can say that. To be in this conversation, and to have more runner-up finishes in the majors except for Nicklaus, means something is going right at least most of the time. Mickelson has posted scores of 266, 267 and 269 in majors and lost them all. That might be really tough to take if not for the five majors he has won. Mickelson doesn’t see his window closing all that quickly. He wouldn’t want Nicklaus’ other record, but it sure would be nice to be in a position to try. That means he has a chance at winning, and everyone should want that.

Area Scoreboard N.Y. Yankees 2, Baltimore 1 Detroit 1, Minnesota 0 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 3 Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 4 L.A. Angels 9, Texas 5 Oakland 7, Houston 4 Seattle 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota (Santana 3-8) at Detroit (Verlander 9-6), 1:10 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 6-3) at Kansas City (Kennedy 6-7), 2:15 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 4-13) at Colorado (De La Rosa 6-6), 3:10 p.m. Houston (Fister 9-6) at Oakland (Mengden 1-4), 3:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 2-5) at Seattle (Hernandez 4-4), 3:40 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 7-4) at Arizona (Corbin 4-8), 3:40 p.m. Baltimore (Gallardo 3-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-9), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Cain 1-5) at Boston (Pomeranz 8-7), 7:10 p.m. Texas (Perez 7-6) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4), 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

National League East Division Washington Miami New York Philadelphia Atlanta Central Division Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

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L Pct GB 37 .602 — 42 .543 5½ 43 .533 6½ 51 .457 13½ 61 .344 24

W 56 48 47 39 35

L Pct GB 36 .609 — 44 .522 8 45 .511 9 51 .433 16 58 .376 21½

W 57 52 43 41 40

L Pct GB 36 .613 — 42 .553 5½ 49 .467 13½ 52 .441 16 53 .430 17

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p.m. Atlanta at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Boston, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta (Harrell 1-1) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 4-0), 12:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Colon 8-4) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 8-6), 2:20 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 4-13) at Colorado (De La Rosa 6-6), 3:10 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 7-4) at Arizona (Corbin 4-8), 3:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 0-1) at Washington (Gonzalez 5-8), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Chen 5-3) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 6-7), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 4-10) at Pittsburgh (Locke 8-5), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Cain 1-5) at Boston (Pomeranz 8-7), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 4-7) at St. Louis (Garcia 6-6), 8:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 12:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

WNBA standings By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE

New York Atlanta Chicago Indiana Washington Connecticut

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Los Angeles Minnesota Phoenix Dallas Seattle San Antonio

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L Pct GB 2 .909 — 4 .826 1½ 13 .435 10½ 14 .391 11½ 14 .364 12 17 .227 15

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

Tuesday’s Games

Los Angeles at Indiana, 8 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

New York at Washington, 11:30 a.m. Connecticut at Dallas, 12:30 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 1 p.m. San Antonio at Seattle, 3 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami 3, Philadelphia 2, 11 innings Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 2 St. Louis 10, San Diego 2 Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 4

Indiana at New York, 11 a.m.

Tuesday’s Games

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent RHP Zach McAllister to Columbus (IL) for a rehab assignment.

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 7:05

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The cost is $45 per golfer and includes the praise dinner on Friday as well as lunch and Registration for the PTC beverages on Saturday. Players Summer Tennis Camp II at Pal- can also purchase up to two metto Tennis Center is curmulligans for $5 that can be rently being taken. used anywhere on the course. The camp will run from Aug. Registration forms can be 1-5 from 9 a.m. to noon each mailed to CGA, 1285 Clara Louday. The camp is open to boys ise Kellogg Drive, Sumter, SC and girls ages 5-13, and the cost 29153 or can be brought to the is $125 per camper. office at Dillon Park, next to For more information, call Crystal Lakes Golf Course. Palmetto Tennis Center at (803) The tournament is known 774-3969 or go to www.palmetfor its prizes with none greater totenniscenter.com. than the $51,000 prize if someone sinks a hole-in-one on the Twilight Tennis in Parks 18th hole. Should someone ace The final event of Twilight the 18th hole, his or her church Tennis in the Parks, sponsored will receive a check for $50,000 by Palmetto Tennis Center, will and the player will receive be held on Saturday, July 30, at $1,000. Birnie Park from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is open to chilVOLLEYBALL dren ages 5-12 with demonstraOfficials needed tions from a PTC professional. The South Carolina IndeFor more information, call Palmetto Tennis Center at (803) pendent School Association is looking for anyone interested 774-3969. in being a volleyball official. Those who are interested GOLF must be able to work matches Churches Challenge starting around 4 p.m. There Registration is being taken will be several meetings with for the 17th annual Churches classroom and on-the-floor Challenge Praise Rally & Golf teaching. For more informaTournament, which will be tion contact Teddy Weeks, held Aug. 26-27. SCISA District Director of OfThe praise rally will be held ficials, at TWeeks51@aol.com at Alice Drive Baptist Church, or at (803) 446-3379. while the tournament will be held at Sunset Country Club. FOOTBALL On Friday, Aug. 26, the playOFFICIALS MEETINGS ers, sponsors and families will The Santee Wateree Football gather for fellowship, devotion, praise music and food at 6 p.m. Officials Association is holding training classes for prospective at Alice Drive Baptist Church officials for the coming 2016 located at 1305 Loring Mill football season. Road. The classes will be held on On Saturday, Aug. 26, at SunMondays beginning at 6:30 p.m. set, sign-in for the morning For more information, conflight begins at 7 a.m. Tee off tact Granderson James at (803) will begin at approximately 8 968-2391 or grandersj@aol.com a.m. The afternoon flight will or Richard Geddings at (803) have sign-in at 11 a.m. for its 1 468-8858. p.m. tee times.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

MLB ROUNDUP

Harrison’s walk-off scamper lifts Pirates over Brewers

BOSTON — David Ortiz hit a three-run homer and Rick Porcello remained unbeaten at home as the Boston Red Sox beat the struggling San Francisco Giants 4-0 on

Tigers 2 DETROIT — Tommy Milone held Detroit scoreless until the ninth inning, and the Minnesota Twins broke through with five runs in the seventh in a 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Brian Dozier hit a two-run homer, Eduardo Nunez had three RBIs and Milone (3-2) breezed through the Detroit lineup until the ninth, when the Tigers finally chased him from the game. Down 6-0 at the start of the inning, Detroit scored twice and actually had the tying run at the plate with one out when James McCann came up with the bases loaded against Brandon Kintzler. From wire reports

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NCAA: No. 1 overall seed to choose tourney site preference NEW YORK — The NCAA says the top overall seed in the men’s NCAA Tournament will be able to pick its location to play for the first and second round and regional sites. The Division I Men’s Basketball Committee decided the geographic preferences would be made by teams in contention for the overall No. 1 seed far in advance of Selection Sunday. There is no indication whether the preferences will be guaranteed. Teams will be able to choose from eight assigned cities for the first and second round. The eight cities hosting the first- and second-round games in 2017 are Buffalo, Milwaukee, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Greensboro, Indianapolis, Tulsa and Sacramento. The site selection adds an incentive for top teams to push for No. 1 overall beyond starting with presumably the biggest seeding in the 68-team tournament.

rules. The statement didn’t specify what Dunn is accused of doing. The 23-year-old from Canton was expected to compete for the starting running back position vacated by Ezekiel Elliott, who was taken as the fourth overall pick in the NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Dunn played in 21 games in three seasons and had 196 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

Lake City got one more run off Harris in the third, stretching its lead to 5-1, as ShoMontae Burgess laced a 1-out double to left, took third on Hilson Bailey’s infield single and came home on a wild pitch. Sumter gave Harris all the offensive support he needed in the fourth as Lake City struggled in the field. Trapp reached with one out after being hit by a Brevion Rose pitch and advanced to third as Harris hit a ball that McKnight failed to glove in left field, leaving runners at second and third. Travis Pillsbury swung at what was likely ball four, striking out for the inning’s second out, before Wylie atoned for his rough mound outing with a single to deep right-center that plated both Trapp and Harris, cutting the Lake City lead to 5-4. Cam Branham reached on an infield error, leaving runners at the corners for Britton Beasley, who connected for a double to right-center that brought both runners home and gave Sumter its first lead, and eventually the win. “We just hung in there and were patient and took what they gave us,” Jones said of the game-winning rally. “They had a couple of miscues, we hit the ball hard, and those things will happen. You put it in play, you make them make the plays and, fortunately for us, they couldn’t quite make them all.” Wylie struggled out of the gate on the mound as Nathan Bright singled with one out in the first, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Damien Wilson. Walks to Burgess and Hilson Bailey had loaded the

Game 13 – Clinton 18, Lancaster 9, Lancaster eliminated Game 14 – Pineview 14, Georgetown 5, Georgetown elimianted Game 15 – Sumter 20, Beaufort 4,Beaufort eliminated Game 16 – Midland 15, Lake City 5 Tuesday Game 17 – Clinton 11, Pineview 6 Game 18 – Sumter 6, Lake City 5 Game 19 – Midland vs. Hartsville National, late Today Game 20 – Loser Game 19 vs. Sumter, 5:30 p.m. (Field 3) Game 21 – Winner Game 19 vs. Clinton, 8 p.m. (Field 3) Thursday Game 22 – Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 20, 10 a.m. (Field 3) Game 23 – If Necessary, 2 p.m. (Field 3)

Saturday Game 1 – Sumter 16, Georgetown 4 Game 2 – Midland 12, Mt. Pleasant 0 Game 3 – Pineview 15, Seneca 5 Game 4 – Lake City 5, Clinton 0 Game 5 – Hartsville National 12, Lancaster 2 Game 6 – Beaufort 10, Greer 5 Sunday Game 7 – Lancaster 4, Greer 3, Greer eliminated Game 8 – Clinton 20, Seneca 2, Seneca eliminated Game 9 – Georgetown 6, Mt. Pleasant 3, Mt. Pleasant eliminated Game 10 – Hartsville National 7, Beaufort 3 Game 11 – Lake City 8, Pineview 4 Game 12 – Midland 11, Sumter 3 Monday

bases ahead of Wilson’s fly, with Wylie inducing a grounder to third from George Wilder to end the half inning with Sumter trailing just 1-0. Sumter tied the score in the bottom of the first after Trapp walked, took second and third on a pair of passed balls and scored as a throw from Rose to third got away for an error. Sumter could have had a second run in the frame but Tyler Jones, who had walked to open the inning, was wiped out at second attempting to steal just ahead of Trapp getting on base and the two wild pitches. The second inning did not go quite as well for Wylie and Sumter as Lake City loaded the bases with no outs and came away with three runs. Rose reached after a strikeout as the third strike got away from Pillsbury behind the plate. A walk to Markeis Hudson and a bunt hit for McKnight set up Barr’s 2-RBI double. Wylie struck out two, walked three and surrendered five hits and four runs in his 2-plus innings. Before its winning fourth-inning rally, Sumter had cut the lead

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to 5-2 with a run in the bottom of the third as Tate Sistare singled to right-center with one out, stole second, took third on a Dax Dickerson single and came home on a Denzell Sigler sac fly to center. The inning ended with Dickerson being thrown out at second on a Tyler Jones single up the middle. Once Sumter got the lead, all of its struggles seemed to disappear, which Coach Jones credited to the pitching of Harris and some stellar play in the field. “It’s never easy, but when your pitcher can get ahead and throw strikes it makes things a lot easier on the defense and on himself,” Jay Jones said. “It opens up so many things we can do, pitches we can call, and when you don’t have runners on base you can be a little more free and aggressive with your pitch calling, which is what we were. Jackson Brown came in at shortstop when Gabriel came to the mound and was lights out at shortstop. He made four or five just great plays, and when you make those plays, you can win a lot of ball games when you make the routine plays.”

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NEW YORK — Starling Castro hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, Nathan Eovaldi won for the first time since May and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Tuesday night to move back above .500. Castro homered in the second off Vance Worley (2-1) and hit a two-run double in the sixth against Odrisamer Despaigne. Chase Headley added a two-run homer off Mychal Givens in the eighth. Trying to keep management from jettisoning veterans for prospects before the Aug. 1 trade deadline, the Yankees won their third straight and ensured they would be no more than five games back for the second AL wild card. At 47-46, New York is above .500 for just the third time since mid-April.

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PITTSBURGH — Josh Harrison tripled leading off the bottom of the ninth and scored when the throw from the outfield skipped past Milwaukee third baseman Hernan Perez and out of play to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 victory Tuesday night. Perez’s RBI single off Pittsburgh All-Star closer Mark Melancon with two outs in the ninth tied the game, but the tie was shortlived. Harrison’s drive off Tyler Thornburg was just out of the reach of Milwaukee center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Harrison chugged to third then popped up and strolled home when the relay throw from second baseman Scooter Gennett went by Perez. The victory gave the Pirates a spirited start to a favorable 20-game stretch in their schedule they hope will give them some momentum as they try to stay in the NL wild-card race.

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HARTFORD, Conn. — More than 50 ex-wrestlers say in a Connecticut lawsuit that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is responsible for their long-term neurological damage and failed to care for their injuries. Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Joseph “Road Warrior Animal” Laurinaitis and Paul “Mr. Wonderful” Orndorff are among the plaintiffs who filed suit Monday in federal court Dunn kicked off team in Connecticut against Stamfor violating rules ford-based WWE. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio WWE denies the allegaState says its most experienced tions. It says that an attorney running back has been kicked for the ex-wrestlers previousoff the team for violating the ly has made false claims rules. against the company and filed Coach Urban Meyer said in lawsuits that ended up being a statement that fifth-year sedismissed. nior Bri’onte Dunn has been dismissed for violating team From wire reports

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has former Texas A&M transfer Kenny Hill and sophomore Foster Sawyer competing to DALLAS — Oklahoma State succeed dual-threat quartercoach Mike Gundy knows back Trevone Boykin. Mason Rudolph has to feel bet“It’s going to be a healthy ter physically, even without (competition). They improved talking to the junior quarterthis spring,” Horned Frogs back about how he feels. coach Gary Patterson said. Rudolph played the second “I’m kind of excited about this half of a game with a broken season.” foot late last season, then got Oklahoma State and TCU in only one series in the regufinished tied for second in the lar-season finale against Okla- conference last season behind homa before playing far from champion Oklahoma, which is fully healthy in the Sugar the overwhelming preseason Bowl. The Cowboys lost all pick this season to win its 10th The Associated Press three of those games after a Big 12 title after last season be10-0 start. coming the league’s first team Oklahoma head coach Mike Gundy speaks to reporters during the Big “When we finished spring to make the new College Foot- 12 college football media days on Tuesday in Dallas. ball, he was very close to being ball Playoff. The Horned Frogs HEAVY HEART Dallas hotel only a couple of pain free,” Gundy said Monand Cowboys are picked to finSecond-year Kansas coach blocks from where a shooter day, the first day of Big 12 foot- ish second and third, respecDavid Beaty, whose late father killed five officers on July 7, ball media days. tively, in that media poll. was a retired Dallas police offi- after police-involved shootings “I would guess that he feels The Sooners will be among cer, said he was excited to be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; like he did prior to the injury, five teams to take part Tuesand he’s had a really good day in the second day of media home, but that his heart hurts and Minnesota the previous for Dallas and other communi- two days. Then on Sunday, summer. ... He looks really days, joining Baylor, Kansas ties across the country that three Baton Rouge law engood. His strength levels are State, Texas and West Virginare suffering and in pain. forcement officers investigatthe highest they’ve ever been.” ia. The Big 12 media days are at ing a report of a man with an While the Cowboys get a Also Monday at Big 12 footthe Omni Dallas, a downtown assault rifle were killed. healthy Rudolph back, TCU ball media days:

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Childress’ son making own name at Wake Forest By JOEDY McCREAR The Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Brandon Childress is trying to make a name for himself at Wake Forest. That’s quite a challenge for the son of Randolph Childress — one of the best players in program history and a current assistant coach at the school. Brandon Childress called it “a gift and a curse being my father’s son” in an interview with The Associated Press, but is embracing the tough task that comes with living up to the family name. Randolph Childress made a school-record 329 3-pointers and scored 2,208 points — more than every other Wake Forest player in the past 60 years — from 1990-95 before becoming a firstround draft pick and beginning a 16year pro career that included stints in the NBA and in Europe. No one’s asking his son to duplicate those numbers, of course, though father and son do have some similarities in their game . Both are pure shooters, though it’ll be tough to match what Dad did in 1995. Randolph scored an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament-record 107 points over three days, hitting a memorable jumper over a fallen-down Jeff McInnis after a crossover move before hitting the go-ahead leaner in the final seconds of overtime to beat North Carolina for the title. Randolph said Brandon earned the scholarship and hasn’t been given anything because of family ties. Scout.com rated Brandon as a three-star recruit out of Wesleyan Christian in nearby High Point. “I wanted him to go through the (recruiting) process and know I’m not going to push you, and I’m not the one that’s bringing you here,” Randolph said. “You earned the right to be here.” Instead, they’re asking more of him because of his familiarity with the university, the program and the system: Randolph has been on Wake Forest’s staff since 2012, and though he was born in Detroit, Brandon lists his hometown as Winston-Salem. “The expectation for Brandon is that he comes in, he grasps the system and he’s got a head start on all of our freshmen because he’s been around the last two years,” coach Danny Manning said. “So his standard is probably a little bit higher than the other freshmen in that regard.” From the outside, it might seem like the younger Childress was always headed to Wake Forest because he saw one of the key recruiters every day. Not the case, both father and son insist. Brandon said his dad “didn’t put a finger in my recruiting at all” and didn’t even accompany him on his official visits, but did offer advice on what to expect during the recruiting process. Randolph says that was because he knew his son had to come to a decision on his own. Stanford, Clemson, East Carolina,

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“There were always going to be people questioning or saying things — ‘Oh, you just went there because of your dad’ — and I wanted him to be able to say, your recruitment went through a coaching change as well, so you earned that opportunity to come here.” Brandon Childress Charlotte and UNC Greensboro were the main other schools that showed interest, Brandon said. “A lot of people think it was simple, but it really wasn’t,” he said. “A lot of schools always wanted to say, ‘Ah, he’s going to play for his father,’ when I told several coaches that right now, I don’t want to play for my father — I just want to go on my own, and a lot of schools didn’t want to give me the opportunity.” Turns out, the one school that offered

in 2012 and has faced some distribution difficulties — for example, it is not available to DirecTV subscribers. The SEC Network, which is headquartered in Charlotte, launched in August 2014. The ACC’s digital channel will be available to authenti-

him what he wanted most — a chance to play in the ACC — was the one where Dad works. “There were always going to be people questioning or saying things — ‘Oh, you just went there because of your dad’ — and I wanted him to be able to say, your recruitment went through a coaching change (from Jeff Bzdelik to Manning) as well, so you earned that opportunity to come here,” Randolph said.

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OFF THE DIAMOND Patrick Mahomes has gone from two-sport athlete at Texas Tech to standout starting quarterback. After leading the nation with 393 total yards per game last season, the dual-threat quarterback gave up baseball to focus solely on the gridiron. Coach Kliff Kingsbury expects that to make Mahomes a more refined, athletic and polished quarterback. “It’s the first full offseason he’s ever had as a football player ... the weight room, film with his teammates, working on mechanics and working on his footwork,” Kingsbury said. “He worked on becoming a better all-around quarterback and last year made spectacular plays, really carried us at times, moving around and making things happen. This year, we’re going to work on things with him, when the ordinary play is there let’s take it. When you have to be extraordinary, you have that ability to go do it.”

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Hobby said Clemson’s planning for such departures begins two and three years earlier with recruiting, identifying players who can learn quickly and want to be ready to jump in when called. That happened last season in Clemson’s national semifinal victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Lawson got hurt early on and the Tigers brought in freshman Austin Bryant. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound sophomore played 63 snaps and made eight tackles in the 37-17 victory. Bryant, sophomore Christian Wilkins and freshman Clelin Ferrell all came out of spring as defensive line starters. Junior Marcus Edmond takes over for Alexander while senior Jadar Johnson and sophomore Van Smith head into fall camp next month as starters in the defensive backfield. Clemson also lost two starting linebackers, including team-leading tackler B.J. Goodson. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney understands all the questions about his defense. “They’re valid questions,” Swinney said Tuesday. “I just think the answers are right here.” That wasn’t always the case, Swinney has said. Clemson won the 2011 ACC championship, yet were embarrassed by West Virginia in a 70-33 Orange Bowl debacle that still stings the coaches who were there. The result led Swinney to lure Venables to Clemson after more than a decade of success leading Oklahoma’s defense. Venables has gradually pieced together a defense that’s been among college football’s best. There were questions whether the Tigers defensive line last year could match that of 2014 when end Vic Beasley was the ACC defensive player of the year and tackle Grady Jarrett stuffed the middle. But Lawson and the unknown Dodd were 1-2 in the country in tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Heck, Venables remembers how frightened he was before the 2014 season when he worried if all the team’s veterans returning — the Tigers started eight upperclassmen that year — would show the same fire after succeeding in the past. “I wondered if they’d take things for granted and not work quite as hard,” he said. “Every year is different.”

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Romo, Flacco, Suggs, Nelson all set to return from injuries By BARRY WILNER The Associated Press

Tony Romo taking snaps. Joe Flacco hurling passes. Jordy Nelson and Keenan Allen catching them. Terrell Suggs and Cam Wake harassing opposing quarterbacks. Ryan Clady trying to prevent such things. Jamaal Charles running wild. It sure would be nice to see these stars on the field and not on injured reserve, where they wound up in 2015. As NFL teams head to training camp, nearly all of them have key players they desperately need to return to health. Here’s a look at those most in need. BALTIMORE — No team had its season ruined more by injuries than the Ravens. Along with Flacco and Suggs, they lost half-dozen regulars, including playmakers Steve Smith Sr. and Justin Forsett. Flacco, the 2013 Super Bowl MVP, played in 122 straight games, fifth-longest string for a quarterback in NFL history, before tearing his left ACL and MCL in November. He believes he is on pace to start the preseason. “I wanted to be the guy who played 15, 16, 17 years and didn’t miss a snap,” Flacco said. “I had to come to grips

with it pretty quickly because it was my reality. That was the toughest part, not being able to be on the field with the guys for the last six games.” Suggs wasn’t on the field for almost the entire 2015 schedule. The six-time Pro Bowl linebacker tore his Achilles tendon in the opener at Denver. DALLAS — Around Big D, folks fully believe Romo’s return to health will ensure the Cowboys’ return to the postseason. He’ll likely need a similar recovery by receiver Dez Bryant — and a vastly improved defense that includes the return of cornerback Orlando Scandrick — for that to happen. But having Romo on hand instead of Brandon Weeden or Matt Cassel or Kellen Moore, well, need we say more? MIAMI — After spending all those millions on DT Ndamukong Suh, Miami’s defense ranked 25th overall, 28th against the run. It had 31 sacks; opponents had 45. And now, sacks leader Olivier Vernon is a Giant. That means Wake will need to, uh, wake up a unit that surrendered 44 touchdowns. He’s coming off a torn left ACL that cost him nine games. Wake has averaged 10 sacks for his seven seasons and is a four-time Pro Bowler.

“It’s another obstacle to overcome,” he said. “I’ve been doing it my whole career. I wouldn’t expect this to be any different.” NEW YORK JETS — Clady has never played a snap for the Jets, who gambled and traded for him after mainstay D’Brickashaw Ferguson retired. They hope he can fill a massive hole at left tackle, something Clady has done exceptionally well for most of the seven pro seasons he’s gotten onto the field. Last year wasn’t one of them; Clady missed Denver’s championship run with a torn left ACL sustained in May 2015. Two years before that, he managed to get into only two games before a Lisfranc foot injury sidelined him. GREEN BAY — It could be argued that no player’s recovery is more critical to his team’s title chances than Packers wideout Nelson from a torn right ACL. Even with good health for Romo, Flacco, Suggs, Wake and Clady, their teams are dealing with many other issues. Not so much in Green Bay, which has the elements to be a solid contender in the NFC. If, that is, Nelson is back to supply Aaron Rodgers with a reliable threat all over the field in the passing game. Which, incidentally, will help boost the run game.

LAS VEGAS — Carmelo Anthony wants more than a better U.S. basketball team leading into the Olympics. He wants a better U.S. Anthony wants an end to the gun violence, the killing of blacks and the targeting of police, and right now his quest for that seems bigger than his desire for would what be a record third gold medal. “It’s unfortunate, it’s sad,” Anthony said Monday. “You can’t really put into words what’s going on throughout the whole country, throughout the whole world. For us as a country, we have to stand united. We have to come together.” The New York Knicks forward has spoken out more and more lately, challenging fellow athletes to do the same. He’s taken his message to Instagram and the ESPY Awards , and if he wants a real forum, there aren’t too many bigger spotlights than the Olympics. Will he take his message all the way to the medal podium? “We always say that the timing could not have been any better for us as a country, having a chance to come together and being united,” Anthony said, “then go over there on the biggest stage you can possibly play on and have that voice and represent something that is bigger than us as players.” For now, the U.S. doesn’t plan to wait for Rio. Details are still being finalized, but Anthony, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski have hinted at plans for some kind of community forum in conjunction with the league when the Americans head to Los Angeles following camp to play an exhibition game against China. “I think it can be great. When we talk about ‘united’ that’s what we keep talking about,” U.S. forward Draymond Green said. “Obviously we saw a lot of guys speak out about guys getting in front of this thing, and coming together right now with the opportunity to possibly win a gold medal and try to lead the charge with what’s going on in the country. I think it could be really special.”

Int’l Olympic Committee explores legal options on banning all Russians from Rio By STEPHEN WILSON The Associated Press LONDON — With just over two weeks until the opening ceremony, Russia still doesn’t know whether its athletes — all or even some — will be competing in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It may all come down to the lawyers. While the IOC decided Tuesday to ban from the Rio Games all Russian Sports Ministry officials and other administrators implicated in allegations of a state-run doping program, it delayed a ruling on whether to take the unprecedented step of barring the entire Russian Olympic team. The International Olympic Committee said it “will explore the legal options with regard to a collective ban of all Russian

OBITUARIES HERBERT C. PATE Herbert Caughman Pate, 79, husband of Barbara Wood Pate, died on Monday, July 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Nov. 15, 1936, in Florence County, he was a son of the late Furman Lee Pate Sr. and AnPATE nette Caughman Pate. He was employed by Booth-Boyle John Deere for 22 years and retired from the City of Sumter after 20 years of service. He was a

athletes for the Olympic Games 2016 versus the rights to individual justice.” The IOC has also said it could let individual international sports federations decide on whether to ban Russians from their events in Rio, just as the IAAF has done by ruling track and field athletes from the games. The 28 international federations that govern the individual sports at the summer games have made clear that they do not support a blanket ban, The IOC’s legal options may become clearer after Thursday, when the highest court in sports will rule on an appeal by 68 Russian track and field athletes seeking to overturn their ban from the games. Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva

was among those arguing the Russian track and field team’s case Tuesday in Geneva at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Should the court rule Thursday in their favor, it would seemingly rule out the chance of the IOC imposing a blanket ban. If the court upholds the IAAF’s exclusion of the track athletes, however, that would keep the possibility of a total ban in play. Further appeals are also possible, meaning that the final word on the Russians may go down to the wire before Aug. 5, when the Rio games open. Still, it will take a major leap for the IOC to impose the ultimate sanction of kicking out Russia entirely. IOC President Thomas Bach has repeatedly called for a balance between “individual justice and collective punishment.”

member of Dalzell United Methodist Church and was a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors include his wife of 55 years; four sons, Herbert Douglas Pate Sr. (Monica), Clifford Bruce Pate (Genny), Daniel Eric Pate (Lorena) and Jeffery Scott Pate (Brenda), all of Sumter; 10 grandchildren, Herbert Douglas Pate Jr., Edward Aron Pate, Holly Danielle Pate, Morgan Leigh Pate, Jessica Yocum (Chris), Brittany Duncan, Heather Craig (Nick), Alexis Pate, Crystal Pate and Courtney Pate; two great-grandsons, Joshua Bruce Duncan and Ezra Allen Craig; his mother-in-

law, Earline Wood of Sumter; a sister, Alice Best of Dillon; and a brother, Frank Moses Pate (Betty) of Myrtle Beach. He was preceded in death by a brother, Furman Lee Pate Jr.; a sister-in-law, Jackie Pate; and a brother-in-law, Nelson Best. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. Mark Barnette and the Rev. Abraham Temoney officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of his son,

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989 Westfield Court. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

ANNIE LOU LANE BISHOPVILLE — Annie Lou Lane entered eternal rest on July 18, 2016, at Oakhaven Nursing Center, Darlington. The family is receiving friends at the home of Deacon and Mrs. Andrew Moses, 68 Moses Road, Bishopville. Funeral arrangements are

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

HENRY DERRICK Henry Derrick, age 78, beloved husband of Barbara Derrick, died on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Sumter Health and Rehab. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

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4th Fridays brings in country music star BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

he Downtown Sumter Development team is really looking forward to 4th Fri-

days this month. That's because country singer Darrell Harwood and his band were the only group rained out last summer, and their performance had been highly anticipated. They will play Friday. Downtown Sumter looks to have a wide variety of music each month during the summers — something for everyone, the staff says — and the 2016 4th Fridays has a line up of five bands playing different genres of music, ranging from rock, rhythm and blues to Motown, funk, soul and more. Downtown Development Manager Leigh Newman described Harwood's genre as "great country music that I think Sumter will really enjoy." Harwood and his band will take the stage in the Main Street green space from 6:30 to 9 p.m. this Friday. Main Street will be closed between Hampton Avenue and Liberty Street from 4 p.m. until about 9:30. While she hasn't heard Harwood in concert, Newman did have the opportunity to hear him and his band practice last summer. "He does some well-known hits as well as some of his own original music," she said. "He’s a very charismatic entertainer, and his sound to me is reminiscent of some of the greats like Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Tim McGraw. "(He) does a variety of music to slow dance or line dance to. Sumter is a country music-loving city. I think every country music lover who comes to this

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Downtown Sumter Development Manager Leigh Newman said 4th Friday concerts “have gone great this year. I would say probably record crowds.” A big crowd is expected this Friday, when country music artist Darrell Harwood, at right, and his band play from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the green space on Main Street. concert will be an instant Darrell Harwood fan. "He’s also just a genuinely nice guy." Harwood is a native of China Grove, North Carolina, growing up listening to his father and his Cool Water Band. When Harwood sat in as vocalist, he suddenly became highly sought after as lead singer for other bands. Later, when Harwood started his own band, he named it CWB after his father's group. Band members are experienced mu-

sicians and also good friends, and they've been playing together for years, all elements that add to their performance. You can check out some of their music at the website www.darrellharwood.com. Still to come in the 4th Fridays concert series are Black Alley Band on Aug. 26 and Gump Fiction — the Ultimate ’90s Experience — on Sept. 23 to close out the season. Admission to all 4th Fridays concerts

sponsored by Downtown Sumter is free. Refreshments are available for purchase, and no coolers are permitted. Among the foods available for purchase are sausage dogs, fries and Italian ice. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket if you want to sit. Newman said, "Concerts have gone great this year, I would say probably record crowds. It’s such a fun family atmosphere, and it’s free. What’s not to love?"

Olivia de Havilland, 100, discusses co-star Errol Flynn BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks It’s a sobering thought for fans of classic film. Olivia de Havilland, who celebrated her 100th birthday July 1, is the last surviving big-screen legend from Hollywood’s Golden Age of the 1930s. While other living actors such as Gloria DeHaven, Marsha Hunt and Norman Lloyd were indeed active in film during the '30s, Ms. de Havilland remains the only A-list star from that era whose name could be bundled with the likes of Bogart, Davis, Gable and Hepburn. Other surviving big stars such as Kirk Douglas, Doris Day and Jerry Lewis all appeared in film post-1930s. In 2009, while preparing a story on the centenary of Errol Flynn’s birth, I received a letter from France – by FedEx Express, no less – from de Havilland. In it, she shared some memories of Flynn, some of which are reproduced here in a Q&A format.

HOW MANY FILMS DID YOU AND FLYNN APPEAR IN TOGETHER? “I worked with Errol in eight movies from 1935 to 1941. We appeared quite separately, however, in a ninth film, ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars,’ in which we had no connection whatsoever. This film’s shooting dates extended from October 1942 to early January, 1943. Our first film together, 'Captain Blood,' began Aug. 5, 1935, and ended in October, 1935.”

YOUR FINAL FILM TOGETHER WAS “THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON.” DID YOU EVER SEE FLYNN AGAIN? “After ‘Boots’ was completed in September, 1941, I saw Flynn only three times during all the years that followed: 1. At Harvey’s Restaurant in Washington, D.C., in the spring or early summer of 1942 when,

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Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn are shown in a scene from “Captain Blood,” their first film together in 1935. Altogether, the duo made nine films together. perceiving John Huston and me dining there, Errol crossed the room, sat down at our table and conversed for a while. 2. Very briefly at a soirée in Los Angeles in the spring of 1943. 3. In the fall of 1957 at the Beverly Hilton’s Costumers Ball. Quite unexpectedly, while I was talking to friends during the cocktail hour, Errol left his own group and asked if he could take me to dinner. He seated me on his immediate right and, soon joined by others, took on the role of gracious host with everyone on his left – all the ladies – while I did my best to entertain the gentleman on my right.”

OVER THE YEARS, FLYNN HAS BEEN SENSATIONALIZED BY THE PRESS AND AUTHORS. HAS

HE BEEN MISCHARACTERIZED? “His roguish reputation was very well deserved, as he more than candidly revealed in his remarkable autobiography, ‘My Wicked, Wicked Ways.’ However, through this very same book we also know that he was a reflective person – sensitive, idealistic, vulnerable and questing. But I think he has been incompletely represented by the press: It vulgarized his adventures with the opposite sex and seldom, if ever, touched upon or emphasized the other facets of his life.”

young man, Errol very much wanted children. Children were, in fact, an issue between Errol and Lili (his first wife) in the early years of their marriage as Lili, influenced by a common belief in those times, was afraid that carrying a child would threaten the perfect figure with which she had been blessed. Later, when the marriage was disintegrating, Lili changed her mind and Sean Flynn, that beautiful child, was born. It may well be that the only steadfast loves of Errol’s life were his love of the sea, his love of his house and his love of his children.”

FLYNN HAD FOUR CHILDREN, A SON AND THREE DAUGHTERS. WHAT WERE HIS FEELINGS ABOUT PARENTHOOD?

FLYNN WAS NEVER RECOGNIZED FOR HIS ACTING WITH EVEN AN OSCAR NOMINATION. WAS THAT AN OVERSIGHT?

“I know that, as a very

“Unfortunately, at the time

when Errol enjoyed his greatest success, the adventure film, as a genre, was not sufficiently appreciated and therefore his appearances therein were not as highly regarded as they might have been. ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ is perhaps an exception: It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Picture in 1938. The film was based on an historical legend, and this gave it a certain prestige. As to which of Errol’s performances should have merited an Academy Award, I would have to run all of Flynn’s films to give a proper reply! “However, I do feel he played his roles with unmatchable verve, conviction and style. In doing so, he inherited the mantle of Douglas Fairbanks Sr., who was my favorite film star at the age of 9 and whose ‘The Black Pirate’ made an indelible impression on me. No one since Errol has worn that mantle; it is buried with him.”

MS. DE HAVILLAND’S LETTER CONCLUDED WITH A DELIGHTFUL P.S. INDICATING A LONG-TIME PRIVATE RITUAL WHICH, PRESUMABLY, SHE PERFORMED LAST MONTH, TOO, JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE HER OWN BIRTHDAY. “On June 20th (Flynn’s birthday), I will raise a glass of champagne to Errol, as I always do.” No doubt classic movie fans across the world are similarly toasting Errol Flynn’s most remarkable leading lady, who continues to wear her own mantle representing Hollywood’s distant Golden Age with her consummate elegance, class and charm. Nick Thomas has written features, columns and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. See www.tinseltowntalks.com.

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Summer Berry Fool dessert is made with pureed fresh berries folded into whipped cream.

Are you a berry glutton? Try a Summer Berry Fool BY KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press When berry season arrives and they become much more affordable, my family and I turn into berry gluttons. We love them year round, but it's such an indulgence to shovel in handfuls of what may be one of the most luxurious and perfect fruits of the summer. Straining the pureed berries may seem like an extra step, but the reward is one of the simplest and most plush desserts you can imagine. And if you have an electric mixer, whipping

the cream into peaks happens in short order, so this is a quick dessert to make. You also could use one type of berry instead of two, if that's what you have. Don't overbeat the whipped cream, or it will turn into butter; stop just when you reach the stage where the peaks of the cream stand up when you pull away the whisk from the bowl and barely curl over at the tips. And don't overfold the whipped cream and pureed berries; blending them just until they swirl together but remain a bit separate results in gorgeous streaks that make this a real "oooh" and "aahh"-er of a dessert.

SUMMER BERRY FOOL Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours Servings: 6 2 cups fresh blackberries 2 cups fresh raspberries 2 cups heavy or whipping cream 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice 1 tablespoon Chambord, or other berry liqueur 1 cup any kind of fresh berries for garnish Puree the berries in a food processor. Strain them through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl, using the back of a spoon to press the mixture against the mesh. Press through as much of the mixture as possible. Scrape

all of the berry puree from the bottom of the strainer, and discard the seeds. Pour the cream in a bowl, add the sugar, orange juice and Chambord, and use an electric mixer or a whisk to beat the cream until it forms stiff peaks. Fold the berry puree into the mixture until it is mostly incorporated but still streaky, which is very pretty. Spoon into six glass or custard cups, and chill for 1 hour, or up to 4. Serve cold, garnished with the remaining cup of berries. Nutrition information per serving: 341 calories; 271 calories from fat; 30 g fat (18 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 110 mg cholesterol; 31 mg sodium; 17 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 11 g sugar; 3 g protein.

Dates and almonds create energy snack BY MEERA SODHA The Associated Press

a good natural alternative and my go-to for energy. They're a twist on an ancient Indian sweet recipe called khajur pak, In the weeks leading up to often found piled high in pyrathe Olympics, I always look mids in Delhi sweetshops. forward to reading stories They're super quick to make about what Olympians eat. with no actual cooking inWhat many of the athletes volved â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and they're easy to have in common is a favorite healthy snack that gives them transport. Although they're great for energy, they're very an intense burst of energy. I don't see why things should pretty, too, so I've often given them as gifts or passed them be different for those of us around with coffee after dinwho watch the games from ner. our couches. Whether you're Overall, with so many plus working out or just running points to their name, they're around with the kids, everyan all-around champion of a one needs a healthy energy snack. I love to keep them in pick-me-up, and too often, we the refrigerator where they resort to processed foods or firm up and taste a bit like tofchocolate. These date-and-nut balls are fee.

NATURAL DATE-AND-ALMOND ENERGY BALLS Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: Makes around 20 10 ounces of dates, pitted 1 tablespoon coconut oil 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut 2 ounces chopped almonds Put pitted dates into a food processor along with the coconut oil, cinnamon and desiccated coconut. Pulse a minute or two to finely chop. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl; add the chopped almonds and knead into dough. If it's a bit sticky, rub a teaspoon of coconut oil onto your hands. Once kneaded, pinch off a piece the size of a marshmallow and roll into a ball between your palms and then roll around in the ground almonds to coat. These balls can be kept in an airtight container for a month. Nutrition information per serving: 50 calories; 10 calories from fat; 1 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 1 mg sodium; 11 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 9 g sugar; 0 g protein.

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This recipe by Meera Sodha is a twist on an ancient Indian sweet recipe called khajur pak, often found piled high in Delhi sweetshops.

Meera Sodha is an Indian foods expert and author of "Made in India: Recipes from an Indian family kitchen." She lives in London, blogs at www.meerasodha.com and tweets at @meerasodha.

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Herbed salmon over salad is light, tasty meal

This warm-weather recipe combines salmon bathed in olive oil and herbs with spring-y greens and salad. It’s the kind of lighter, brighter meal we tend to want during summer. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press

t's amazing how the weather dictates what we want to eat, isn't it?

Even if you're not consciously trying to cook with the seasons, you want braises and stews when it's cool out and food that is lighter and brighter when it's warm. This decidedly warm-weather salmon is bathed in an olive-oil-and-herb mixture and cooked at a fairly low temperature to let it cook through without browning and give it a very tender texture. Then it's perched on a pile of spring-y greens — you can use any baby lettuce mix you like, or create your own. Mix that with a pile of additional fresh herbs, toss with some fresh lemon juice and good olive oil, and the whole thing tastes like late spring has willed itself into a meal. Would I eat this in November? Sure. But I am craving it now. Sometimes I like salmon to be browned and crispy, but in this case I was going for a more delicate, poached texture so the herbs would retain their color, and the whole dish would be soft and gentle. Summer is peak season for wild Alaskan salmon, which has a more pronounced salmon flavor than farm-raised; I used Coho salmon here, with a deep, rich, reddish-orange color. Grab it when you see it. You could cook the salmon ahead of time and let it cool to room temperature. Then dress and assemble the salads just before cooking, which makes this a great recipe for a relaxed summer lunch.

HERBED SALMON OVER SALAD Start to finish: about 35 minutes Servings: 4 Salmon: 4 6-ounce salmon fillets 5 scallions, white and light green parts only, cut into 1-inch pieces 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons fresh dill sprigs 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves 1/2 teaspoon coarse or kosher salt, plus more to taste Salad: 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Kosher salt to taste 6 cups baby salad mix, or a mix of purslane, butter lettuce, Boston lettuce and mache, for example 1/2 cup whole fresh parsley leaves 1/4 cup sliced chives Preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a baking pan with nonstick spray, or lightly oil the pan. Place the salmon fillets in the pan. In a small food processor, blend together the scallions, 1/3 cup olive oil, dill, 1/4 cup parsley leaves and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Spread the mixture over the salmon, and bake for about 16 to 18 minutes, just until the salmon is barely cooked through and flakes easily. Let cool for a few minutes in the pan, until just warm. For the salad, in a large bowl, mix together the lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of olive oil, plus salt to taste. Add the lettuces, 1/2 cup parsley leaves and chives, and toss. Divide the salad between 4 plates, and place a piece of salmon atop each pile of greens, removing the skin if you wish. Serve while the salmon is warm, or at room temperature if you prefer. Nutrition information per serving: 483 calories; 292 calories from fat; 33 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 106 mg cholesterol; 384 mg sodium; 6 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 39 g protein.

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Heston announced that he was parting with the party that nominated Sen. George McGovern. Years before he ran for Congress, Sonny Bono appeared at the 1976 convention. Ray Charles sang “America the Beautiful” for the Reagans in 1984. Sports stars Dorothy Hamill and Lynn Swann appeared at the 2004 RNC. Bo Derek did too. Jon Voight made his presence known at the 2008 Republican Convention. Not all of these appearances are career boosters. Few who watched it can forget Clint Eastwood’s peculiar appearance and “Empty Chair” speech at the 2012 convention. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson appeared before the Republican Convention in 2000. His job was to introduce then-House Speaker Rep. Dennis Hastert. Why? Because Hastert had been a high school wrestling coach. We’ve since learned that Hastert sexually molested some of those young athletes. Of course, The Rock didn’t know that at the time. Perhaps Tim Tebow was right to keep his distance from a political convention.

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ummertime and the living is easy. Dinners can be casual, thrown together at the last min-

ute. But when the kids start heading back to school, it's time to switch gears; dinner usually needs to be planned and punctual. This recipe fits nicely into that back-toschool tempo. It requires five minutes in the morning whipping up a buttermilk marinade for the chops and 10 minutes to cook in the evening. The chops in question are crosscut slices of pork loin, also known as boneless pork chops. I recommend the really thin ones, no more than half an inch thick, which helps the marinade work its deep magic. This cut

of meat is very lean. That's good because the chops are low in saturated fat; that's bad because the lack of fat translates into a lack of moisture and a lack of flavor. But not to worry — this recipe's buttermilk marinade picks up the slack. I was inspired by our friends below the Mason-Dixon line, who like to soak their chicken in buttermilk before frying it. Then I added salt, which helps protein retain liquid while deeply flavoring it. Finally, I threw in smashed garlic cloves and some chipotle hot sauce. The hot sauce provides a tiny bit of the advertised heat along with some lip-smacking smokiness. (If your family is anti-spicy, leave it out.) The chops are coated in a mixture of panko breadcrumbs, which provide crunch, and seasoned breadcrumbs, which glue all the breadcrumbs together. Top with some chopped parsley, and serve with a wedge of lemon. It's important to cook the chops until they're just pink, otherwise, they'll be tough.

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CRISPY BUTTERMILK-SOAKED PORK CHOPS Start to finish: 8 hours, 15 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 4 to 6 1 1/2 cups buttermilk 2 tablespoons chipotle hot sauce (optional) 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 2 garlic cloves, smashed well 1 1/2 pounds thin (about 1/3- to 1/2-inch thick) boneless pork chops 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs 3/4 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs 5 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil 1/3 cup finely chopped parsley 4-6 lemon wedges In a pie plate or re-sealable plastic bag, combine the buttermilk, hot sauce, salt and garlic, whisking the mixture in the bowl or shaking the mixture in the bag until the salt is dissolved. Add the chops, making sure they are submerged in the liquid, and marinate them, covered or sealed, in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to 8 hours. On a sheet of parchment, combine the panko and the dry bread crumbs. Working with one chop at a time, lift it out of the marinade letting the excess marinade drip off; coat the chop well with the bread crumbs. In a large non-stick skillet, heat 1½ tablespoons of the oil over high heat until it is hot. Reduce the heat to medium, and add half the chops. Cook for 1½ minutes, add another tablespoon of the oil, and turn the chops over, cooking them on the second side for another 1 1/2 minutes or until they are barely pink inside. Transfer the chops to a plate; cover with foil to keep them warm. Repeat the procedure with the remaining oil and chops. Top each portion with some chopped parsley; serve with a wedge of lemon.

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BAKED BBQ-FLAVORED ZUCCHINI CHIPS Start to finish: 2 1/2 hours Yield: serves 4 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 1 teaspoon chipotle or ancho chili powder (or plain chili powder) 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 large zucchini 2 teaspoons olive oil Preheat oven to 200 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together the smoked paprika, chili powder, brown sugar and salt and set aside. Slice the zucchini thinly, about 1/16th of an inch, but not paper thin. You can use a mandoline, but slicing by hand is just fine. Don't worry if you can't quite get the slices super thin. Place the zucchini slices in a large bowl, and blot with a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Drizzle with olive oil, and toss the slices to coat. Sprinkle with the spice mixture, and toss to coat. Line two or three large baking sheets with baking racks, and spray briefly with nonstick spray. Spread out zucchini slices, and bake until dry and slightly crispy, about two hours. Allow to cool on rack before removing. Best eaten the same day. NOTE: Instead of a baking rack, you may instead line the baking trays with parchment paper, in which case flip the chips about one hour into cooking, and note that chips will require about 30 extra minutes of bake time. Nutrition information per serving: 54 calories; 24 calories from fat; 3g fat (0 g saturated; 0g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 513mg sodium; 7g carbohydrate; 2g fiber; 5g sugar; 2g protein.