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Deadly crash details released Report: F-16 pilot was warned of small plane before collision COLUMBIA (AP) — A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report finds the pilot of an F-16C fighter jet from Shaw Air Force Base was warned by air traffic control of the presence of a small plane only seconds before a midair collision over rural South Carolina. The July 7 collision claimed the

lives of two men on the small plane. The jet pilot parachuted to safety. The report says an air traffic controller told the fighter pilot at 18 seconds past 11 a.m. that day that a Cessna was about two miles away. The pilot responded that he was looking for the small plane. About 36 seconds later, the control-

ler lost the Cessna on radar. The fighter continued flying for about three minutes before the pilot ejected, the report said. The Cessna’s pilot, 30-year-old Joe Johnson, and his father, 68-year-old Mike Johnson, both of Pinopolis, were killed in the crash. Their bodies were recovered from the waters

of Cooper River. The collision happened in fair weather just after the single-engine Cessna, which was headed to Myrtle Beach, had taken off from the Berkeley County Airport near Moncks Corner. The jet’s pilot, Air Force Maj. Aaron

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Huckabee: America has a ‘sin’ problem Rape kit testing queries emerge

Law enforcement explains why some remain untested BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com

event by the church’s pastor, the Rev. Leon Winn, who met him at a campaign event a few months earlier. Winn ran for the District 36 state Senate seat as a Republican in the 2012 election. He also ran on the Republican ticket for U.S. Congress in 2014. “I was really impressed with a speech he gave in Columbia and decided to invite

After data was released recently about a significant amount of untested rape kits collecting dust in police evidence lockers, questions are emerging about the process of testing evidence in rape cases. According to the study, which was part of an open-records campaign covering more than 1,000 law enforcement agencies, at least 70,000 rape kits nationwide remain untested. Rape kits are collections of the rapist’s DNA that was left on the victim’s body after the attack. The kits are sent to local law enforcement after collection. That’s no different in South Carolina, as The Greenville News reported 205 untested kits at the county’s sheriff’s office and 45 untested at Greenville Police Department. Also reported were a combined 545 untested kits among the City of Columbia and Lexington and Charleston counties. In Sumter, both Sumter Police Department and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office send the rape kits they receive to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for testing. Roughly 11 percent of all rape kits collected at Sumter

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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee addresses Sunday’s congregation at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Manning. Behind Huckabee sits the church’s pastor, the Rev. Leon Winn. Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and an ordained Southern Baptist minister, was invited by Winn to attend the church’s Day of Unity event.

Presidential hopeful talks race, God with Clarendon church BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Republican presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee emphasized the U.S. does not have a “skin” problem but rather a “sin” problem during his speech at the Day of Unity event at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Manning on Sunday.

“It’s not a conversation we need about race, it’s a conversion we need to be reconciled to God,” he said. “Everything wrong in America today is because people have decided that they know more than God does.” About 350 people were in attendance, including church and community members, as well as members of Clarendon and Sumter Republican parties. Huckabee was invited to come to the

Your donations help Sumterites get back on their feet BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Last winter, the folks at Sumter United Ministries were introduced to a man who didn’t have a place to sleep and was making his bed on church steps. What they didn’t know was

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how much they could help him. As they usually do, workers at Sumter United Ministries took him to their Emergency Shelter to put a roof over his head and

give him a warm place to sleep. Stay at the shelter is temporary, but temporary is a relative term. The man stayed at the shelter until he was able to get out on his own, volunteering there from the start. He worked hard and eventu-

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ally got on his feet and now has two good jobs, a savings account and an apartment, and he joined the church where he was found sleeping. He went from sleeping on the cold concrete to having steady sources of income and a place of his own. But he doesn’t forget where

he came from. Just last week he stopped by Sumter United Ministries to visit. He still volunteers there some, when he can find time in between work, and visits people in nursing homes with his new church.

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Boy, 16, charged in death of father

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Summer is usually a time for barbecues, cookouts and cooling off with ice cream or a cold beverage. Communities get together and bond over pulled pork, hamburgers or different desserts. And bonding is something Sumter Police Department is trying to encourage in communities. The department will be participating in National Night Out on Aug. 4 in an effort to build relationships with communities in Sumter. The national event, which has been going on since 1984, is always held on the first Tuesday of August to “promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie,” according to the program’s website. The department has been participating for several years with Barron Hite, a spokeswoman for the department, saying she remembers participating in the event every year since she came to the force in 2008. “It’s an opportunity for the community and law enforcement agencies to interact together,” Sumter Police Department Public Information Officer Tonyia McGirt said, “not only for the interaction between police and community, but also neighbors and neighbors.” Shiloh-Randolph Manor usually kicks off the day, Hite said. That’s no different this year, as the assisted living home on West Bartlette Street will host a safety awareness event. The event usually includes fire prevention talks, protection while out in the city and overall safety

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Events are held all across Sumter for National Night Out, including a cookout at Garden Circle Apartments one year. Communities will host events ranging from cookouts to ice cream socials to anything else a community wants to put on. awareness for residents. Other neighborhood events continue throughout the night with different neighborhoods, watch groups and other communities hosting cookouts, ice cream socials and other events to interact with others. “The point is to get people outdoors and interacting with their neighbors,” Hite said. “What we do know is knowing your neighbors is the first and most effective step in preventing crime.” Hite said the number of events in the community has grown annually as the number of watch groups has increased, although neighborhood watches aren’t the only participants in National Night Out. In an effort to be more involved in the community, Hite and the department encourage anyone with an event to contact Sgt. James Sinkler at jsinkler@sumter-sc.com or call (803) 436-2723. Anyone who lets the department know of an event will be greeted during the event by different mem-

bers of the department. “We will visit every event going on in the city that night,” Hite said. “The chief will be out, the deputy chief, command staff will be by personally speaking with everybody.” Staff Sgt. Tony Rivers said going out to these events allows community members to see officers outside of their typical environment and lets “people be people and get to know one another.” “It’s more about building relationships in the community,” he said. “The interaction of going out and people seeing police officers not following a crime, not in a setting where they’ve been victimized, that makes a huge difference.” Police officers will be making their rounds at the beginning of August, trying to relate and connect with community members. “When you peel back these layers,” Hite said, “underneath that uniform is a guy just like you that lives in this community and cares about this community.”

A 16-year-old Turbeville boy has been charged as an adult with murder after his father died in a shooting incident in Turbeville on Saturday night, according to Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett. Jeremiah Parshley, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock. About 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 2452 Sandhill Road in Turbeville and found the shooting victim in his yard, according to Garrett. Based on the preliminary investigation, there was an ongoing domestic dispute between the victim and his wife, and the 16-year-old son apparently tried to intervene, Garrett said. The shooting occurred after the dispute had taken place and the father had gathered his belongings to leave, according to Garrett. “The father was leaving the house and was shot four times in the back and one time in the arm,” he said. Garrett said the boy’s name will be released this morning after warrants for murder have been served. He is being held at South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia. There are differences to being charged for murder as an adult and as a juvenile, one being the length of the sentence, said Kenneth Gaines, criminal law professor at University of South Carolina School of Law. There are also no jury trials in juvenile courts, Gaines said.

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Decorated lawyer remembered as public servant, friend After a tooth-and-nail fight with cancer, Martha McElveen Horne died Wednesday. A native of Sumter, the 61-year-old grew up in the community and wasted no time leaving her mark on it. She went to Edmunds High School before going on to University of South Carolina in Columbia then staying in the capital city to get her law degree. From there, she stuck with her passion, law, and became the first law clerk for Circuit Court Judge Ernest Finney Jr. She would go on to be assistant attorney general before serving as the first female deputy solicitor for the Third Judicial Circuit. Then in January 1991, she went to work as Sumter Police Department’s official attorney, where she worked with a close friend, former police chief Patty Patterson. They met in the 1980s, and

when Patterson went to work at the police department in August of 1991, she met up with her old friend. HORNE “Our friendship turned into a professional relationship where we worked together day in and day out,” Patterson said. Their bond never faltered as their relationship extended outside of work, and they became lifelong friends. “We were kindred spirits and became like sisters,” Patterson said. Horne continued working with the department until she retired this year. During her career, she was the first female president of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division and was heavily involved in other S.C. Bar programs. She was eventually recognized for her service as one

of the first recipients of USC Law’s Compleat Lawyer Award. Along with being involved with the Sumter legal system, Horne was involved in Columbia’s young lawyer program. “No lawyer in the state of South Carolina has the skill she has,” said her brother, Sumter Mayor Joseph T. “Joe” McElveen. Including Joe McElveen, Horne leaves behind in her immediate family her husband, Terry Horne, and two children, Elizabeth McElveen and Joseph Horne. Joe McElveen said he remembers sharing mutual interests such as law, politics and law enforcement. A memory Terry cherishes about her is the birth of their daughter. Their daughter wasn’t due until the end of April, which sat well for Terry because it meant he was able to sit back and watch the men’s NCAA

basketball tournament, which starts annually in March and ends in early April. He joked with his wife, saying she’d better wait to give birth until the tournament was over. The tournament came and passed without a hiccup, but a few days after he was awakened by Horne, who was in labor and said she had waited long enough. It’s those kinds of memories she will leave behind with all she affected. Solicitor for the Third Judicial Circuit Court Ernest “Chip” Finney III — who knew Horne for at least 34 years — said she was a great person. He spent time as a defense attorney while Horne was working as assistant solicitor and can remember her tenacity in the courtroom. He remembers how tough she was, her preparedness in court and her ability to adapt

to change. Outside of the courtroom, he remembers her sense of humor and swapping stories about their children. No matter how ill she was, she’d always reach out to check on her friends; she was always thinking about the well-being of other people. “She was a public servant with a servant heart, no question,” Patterson said. Joe McElveen said her faith remained strong, saying, “she never doubted where she was going to be.” Her faith and her personality were two things not affected by her sickness. “She conquered the cancer with her positive attitude and grace day in and day out,” Patterson said. Funeral services were held Monday at Bethesda Church of God. — Collyn Taylor

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STATE BRIEF Handwriting samples could point to motive

CRASH FROM PAGE A1 Johnson, no relation to the victims, was not injured. The plane, part of the 55th Fighter Squadron, had departed from Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter about 40 minutes before the crash. The jet flew to the Myrtle Beach area, where the pilot practiced two instrument approaches before heading southwest toward Charleston Air Force Base to practice another such approach, the NTSB report said. Instrument landings are used when the weather is bad and visual landings cannot be made. The report released Friday is a preliminary one on the crash, and some of its findings are subject to change. The agency is continuing its investigation and will later issue a report on what was the likely cause of the collision.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, left, prays with Manning Mayor Julia Nelson during Sunday’s service at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Manning. The Rev. Leon Winn, pastor of the church, invited Huckabee to the church’s Day of Unity event, which aims to bring people from the community together.

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COLUMBIA — A white man charged with killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston church was ordered to provide handwriting samples to investigators, and prosecutors hope to match it with notes and other writings that point to motive. After Dylann Roof’s arrest the day after the June 17 shootings, search warrants were executed on Roof’s “known residences and vehicles,” said a court motion filed by prosecutor Scarlett Wilson. “Evidence was collected containing what the state believes to be the handwritten notes, lists, etc. of the defendant” and the state thinks the notes “contain relative evidence of guilt and motive,” the motion said. It added the samples are needed to confirm whether Roof wrote the notes. Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson on Friday directed 21-year-old Roof to provide the samples. The order did not say specifically when the samples would be provided. Roof faces nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, stemming from the shootings during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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HUCKABEE FROM PAGE A1 him to come speak at our church,” Winn said. The Day of Unity is an annual event at the church, which includes a fish fry and brings people from the community together. Even though he is running for the top job in the country, Huckabee said he was not there as a presidential candidate in the 30-minute speech he gave to those in attendance. “There is plenty of time for politicking, and believe me, I’ll be in South Carolina a whole lot between now and next February,” he said. “I’ve always believed that the purpose of the pulpit is not to get up and to present oneself,” he said, “but it’s to make sure that we present the one person who can truly save this country and this world and save us as individuals, and that is the Lord, Jesus Christ.”

GROWING UP Huckabee spoke on his humble beginnings in Hope, Arkansas, population 17,264, and also the hometown of former President Bill Clinton. He said he grew up poor, with a father who worked two jobs to support his family. “If it would make you think that somehow I grew up from a well-to-do family who was well connected, you’d be wrong; my father wasn’t connected to anyone or anything,” he said. “My father never finished high school. I’m the first male in family lineage that ever graduated from high school.” Huckabee said he grew up during integration in the 1950s and 1960s. “I hear sometimes people say we’ve got racial problems in America. Folks, I’m going to be honest with you — we don’t have a skin problem in this country, we have a sin problem,” he said. He said that all sin comes back to one thing: pride. Huckabee went on to ex-

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plain the definition of sin. “It’s where we put self above others and above all other things,” he said. “And we don’t understand that God does not elevate anyone above another.”

ABORTION Huckabee touched on the subject of abortion during his speech. He said 60 million unborn children have died in their mothers’ wombs in the U.S. in the last 42 years. “This has happened because this country has lied to God, lied to themselves and believed that some children are worth more than others. There is no such thing as a disposable or an expendable child,” he said. “Every child has dignity before God, and there is no such thing as a child of God who is not loved and cared for.”

RACE Huckabee then spoke on race. “It’s been a dividing part in this country for a long time,” he said. “When some people believed that the color of their skin elevated them and they did better. Deep down, people know that’s sinful. It’s a sinful affront to a holy God, and the only way to solve it is for me to come with the grips that if I love God, I cannot hate you.”

BEING A BAPTIST MINISTER Huckabee spoke on his career as Baptist minister for 12 years in Arkansas. “I know that scares a lot of people, when they hear that and find out that I’m running for office,” he said. Huckabee talked on leading a young black man to Christ when he was a pastor at a white church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. “We had folks who left that church, and one of them told me that they’ll see to it that the offerings dry up in this church, and you’ll be out of here in a month,” he said. “The next month, in that church we had a record offering, (the biggest) that we’ve had in that

church in almost 100 years.”

NOT RACE BUT GRACE Huckabee used another rhyming slogan, saying that the U.S. does not have a race problem but a grace problem. He said that today he goes to an integrated church. “Race is not even something we think about; it never crosses our minds,” he said. Huckabee spoke on the Central High School, Little Rock, incident in which nine black students were not allowed to enter that school by the governor of Arkansas in 1957. Forty years to the day after that incident, in September 1997, Huckabee and former President Bill Clinton opened the door for those nine, now adults, who walked into the high school to a cheering crowd. “That single act of racism caused division, heartache and hurt,” he said. “Reconciliation happens when people stop elevating themselves above someone else and begin elevating God.”

CHARLESTON MASSACRE Huckabee ended his speech by talking on the Charleston shooting at Emanuel AME Church that claimed the lives of nine people in June. “After that horrible, senseless, racist tragedy in a church where people meet God, I think the world feared that Charleston would erupt in violence,” he said. “Instead, something else happened. The difference was that in Charleston the reaction was led by people who got on their knees and asked for God’s grace to give them something that was humanly impossible. “Before political solutions come, there must be a spiritual revival and renewal come to this country,” he said. “And this is where it happens. It’s not on the Capitol steps, it’s on the church steps. If we can’t love each other before a holy God, then how can we pretend that we can resolve problems, because we can’t.”

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Haley says more armed officers at facilities likely BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley said more officers will likely carry guns at National Guard facilities across South Carolina after last week’s shootings in Tennessee. Haley said Monday she fully expects a security review of South Carolina National Guard facilities to result in the arming of some guardsmen. Last Thursday, Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez opened fire at a military recruiting

office and a Navy-Marine operations center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing four Marines. A sailor wounded in the attack died Saturday. Haley said she’s authorized Adjutant General Bob Livingston to review security issues at all Guard facilities, then designate armed officers based on vulnerability determinations. Maj. Cindi King said some Guard members can already carry a gun because of their security duties. The review will determine whether that needs to be expanded.

City council will meet today with full agenda FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider: • Final reading of an ordinance revising the Beach Forest Planned Development Ordinance to increase the number of single-family lots; delete the Waterfall Townhomes section from the development plans; and include general townhouse development standards; • Final reading of an ordinance revising the Hunter’s Crossing Planned Development Ordinance to permit townhouse development on the western side of the subdivision adjacent to Stamey Livestock Road; • Final reading of an ordinance amending the City of Sumter Zoning and Development Standards Ordinance to delete the minimum 10-lot or 10-acre final platting requirement to allow subdivision developers to record at least one lot at a time; • Final reading of an ordinance annexing one parcel of land at 2990 Broad St. into city limits; • A resolution authorizing Sumter Police Department to enter into a mutual aid agree-

ment with Darlington County Sheriff’s Office; • A resolution authorizing a contract for the Anne Park Sewer Rehabilitation project; • A resolution authorizing a contract for the Milton Road and Allen Drive Sewer Rehabilitation projects; • First reading of an ordinance annexing one parcel of land at 2530 Broad St.; • First reading of an ordinance regarding the issuance of Waterworks and Sewer System Improvement and Refunding Revenue bonds not to exceed $55 million; • First reading of an ordinance to authorize the transfer of two parcels of land at 908 N. Main St. and 711 Brown St. to Sumter County in connection with a road improvement project; and • First reading of an ordinance authorizing the recodification of the City Code of Ordinances.

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Police seek info after man, 37, found dead Sumter Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying who may have shot and killed a man on Dixie Drive early Sunday. Officers responding to a shots-fired call after 1 a.m. found the body of Robert Darnell Jones, 37, lying in front of JONES a home. Jones’ last known address is 10 Dixie Drive. Sumter County Coroner’s Office has scheduled an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Jones appeared to have been shot at least once in the upper body. Police think this is an isolated incident and not a random act of violence. “Anyone who might have known the victim and his associates or might have seen or heard something leading up to the shooting could be of help to us as we try to piece together the

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circumstances of this case,” Chief Russell F. Roark III said. Anyone with information is asked to call the department at (803) 436-2700. Tips can also be given anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at (803) 4362718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC.

Sumter Historic Preservation Design Review Committee will not meet Thursday because there are no requests that require review by the committee. The historic preservation committee’s next meeting will be held Aug. 27 at 3:30 p.m. in Sumter City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. If you have any questions or need additional information, call the Planning Department at (803) 774-1660.

Motorcyclist struck, killed Sunday night A Summerton man was killed when his motorcycle was stuck by a pickup Sunday evening on Lake Marion Shores Road. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Judd Jones, investigators think a 2007 GMC pickup truck driven by Jacob Ham, 23, of Charleston, was northbound on Lake Marion Shores Road when it crossed into the southbound lane and struck a 1990 Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The motorcycle rider was identified by Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock as Richard Allen Moye, 68, of Summerton, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Moye was not wearing a helmet, Jones said. The incident remains under investigation by Highway Patrol, Mock said.

Music grads launch opera camp for kids COLUMBIA — Two University of South Carolina music graduates are using money they won in an entrepreneurial contest to start an opera camp for at-risk teens. The program began Monday and runs for two weeks at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia. USC spokeswoman Peggy Binette said Brenton O’Hara and Kate McKinney are using $20,000 in winnings they received from a “Proving Ground” competition that seeks out startup ideas at the university.

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Should segregationist’s statue tell about massacre? Some lawmakers say monument’s wording should be updated BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press COLUMBIA — As South Carolina pulled down the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds, the statue of avowed segregationist and former governor and U.S senator “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman watched. Tillman’s statue seems safe for now — Republican legislative leaders, Democrats in the General Assembly and civil rights leaders aren’t calling for it to come down. But there are calls to at least make sure the memorial to Tillman tells more than the story that is on there, which reads in part: “Loving them he was the friend and leader of the common people.” “If they just put the truth on it,” South Carolina NAACP President Lonnie Randolph said in a January speech about 20 yards from the statue. “Tell them he is a killer of people. Tell them he was part of a lynch mob. Tell them he was part of burning and shooting people even after he was dead.” But whether the Tillman statue and other monuments get any scrutiny by the Legislature next year is in question. The same law that moved the Confederate flag from atop the Capitol dome in 2000 to the pole where it was removed permanently on July 10 also has a component called the Heritage Act which requires a two-thirds vote by lawmakers to change any historical monument in the state, from the Statehouse grounds to town squares. House Speaker Jay Lucas of Hartsville said Thursday that while he runs the House, there won’t be any debate about the specifics of public monuments, memori-

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The statue honoring former South Carolina governor and U.S. senator “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman is seen on the grounds of the Statehouse on Friday in Columbia. Some civil rights leaders want the statue to also mention Tillman’s violent segregationist views and role in the Hamburg Massacre where seven black Republicans were killed in 1876. als or other items that fit under the Heritage Act. Sen. Larry Martin, who runs the Judiciary Committee where any bill to alter monuments would likely start, didn’t close the door to any discussion but said that

two-thirds hurdle is awfully high to do anything. However, the Pickens Republican thinks an open discussion on what to say on monuments such as the one honoring Tillman are important.

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Carolina by winning at the ballot box. Tillman whipped up a mob that killed black Republicans and ended up serving as a voter intimidation effort in what became known as Hamburg Massacre. He moved on to become governor and a U.S. senator and never regretted the deaths. “The purpose of our visit was to strike terror,” Tillman said in the Senate in 1900 about the Hamburg Massacre. “And the next morning when the Negroes who had fled to the swamp returned to the town the ghastly sight which met their gaze of seven dead Negroes lying stark and stiff certainly had its effect.” Some black lawmakers think excerpts of speeches like that should be on Tillman’s monument. “I don’t think we can rewrite history, but we can update it,” Rep. Joe Neal said. Monuments on the Statehouse have been changed before. When the statue to the late white U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond was dedicated in 1999 as he watched, the base mentioned his four children. Months after he died in 2003, a much older fifth child he had with a black woman came forward. With the rest of the Thurmond family’s blessing, lawmakers passed without opposition a bill in 2004 adding “Essie Mae” to the monument’s base. The spot where they changed “four” to “five” is still evident in the marble more than a decade later.

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near a funeral home and also has hosted a prom, community banquets and even breakfasts with Santa. “It’s such a beautiful building,” Molinder said. “That’s what really drew us to it.” Funeral homes aren’t just for funerals anymore. Businesses that once focused almost entirely on honoring the dead are now open to an array of events as they seek to add revenue. Cemetery and funeral home operators say they’re being squeezed as more people favor simpler, less expensive funeral services. Their businesses also are being pressured by the growing popularity of cre-

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RAPE KITS FROM PAGE A1 Police Department since 2009 have been tested, according to Lt. Angie Rabon of the police’s Investigative Services Department. One kit was untested because the case was unfounded, or it had no basis in fact. Two kits went untested because of detective discretion. Rabon said usually if detectives do not test kits it’s because the victim does not want to prosecute the alleged rapist. Two were untested because both parties were under the age of 10. According to Rabon, suspects in those cases are not prosecuted; however, officers talk to them in order to determine where they learned the behavior and if they had been victims of sexual crimes in the past. The other three were untested because of the amnesty law. When a victim of rape is examined at a hospital, a rape kit is taken regardless of whether the victim wants to report the incident. Afterward it is sent to law enforcement. According to the amnesty law, if the victim wants to remain anonymous, the rape kit is turned over to law enforcement without a name, and it is up to the victim’s discretion to go to law enforcement and claim the kit so law enforcement can proceed with the case.

CARING FROM PAGE A1 Not only is he working on bettering his life, but he’s also working on bettering the lives of others, and his road to success was fostered in part by Sumter United Ministries. “Sumter cares about our people,” Executive Director of Sumter United Ministries Mark Champagne said, “so that bumps in the road don’t become lifelong dead ends.” And Sumter United Ministries wouldn’t be able to help without help from the community. The ministry relies heavily on donations from the community to keep its operation running smoothly, which is why The Sumter Item is teaming up to help it. The second-annual “Summer of Caring” is in full swing with a goal of raising as much money as possible for the ministry. Donations started flowing in Memorial Day weekend and will be taken through Labor Day weekend. This week’s donations as of Monday include: $100 from the Euzelian class of St.

The kit won’t be processed until someone claims it. Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office has 43 still untested kits since 2011. Braden Bunch, sheriff ’s office public information officer, said he could not give an exact total number of kits collected. They had five untested kits from 2011 compared to double-digit totals each year from 2012 to 2014: 11 from 2012, 12 from 2013 and 15 from 2014. Bunch said he could not give an estimate on untested kits in 2015 because that number is not finite. Of those 43 untested kits, two are part of ongoing investigations. Bunch said there are myriad reasons why kits can go without testing, one being the suspect confesses and pleads guilty. Others include the victim not pressing charges, the state not pursuing charges and the amnesty law. Because the kits sometimes come anonymously from hospitals, deputies don’t know what cases they relate to and cannot investigate. “We don’t know who the victim is, let alone who the alleged perpetrator is,” Bunch said. “We’re not going to send it to SLED if we don’t know if there is a case.” Sometimes, according to Rabon, SLED will hold off on testing the kit until a law enforcement agency sends in a suspect kit with DNA from the person arrested for the crime.

Mark’s, $500 from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marye in memory of Henry Bynum, $500 from Ralph Lee in memory of Virginia Reynolds Hodges Lee and $175 donated anonymously. Of the money raised this week, $525 is for Crisis Relief, $25 is for the Emergency Shelter, $25 is for Home Repair and Wheelchair building and $700 is undesignated for a weekly total of $1,275.

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When the suspect kit is assembled, officers will pull the victim’s kit out of evidence to compare the DNA with that of the alleged rapist. Rabon said they come to officers containing hair combings, clothing and DNA swabs. When the kit arrives, it is either sent off or stored. At the police department, kits are kept indefinitely if the suspect is not caught. If a person is convicted, according to the Evidence Preservation Act, the kit must be kept until the convicted person is released from jail, dies while incarcerated or is executed. If the person convicted pleads no contest to the verdict, the evidence must be held for seven years, until release, death while incarcerated or executed — whichever comes first. Rabon said holding onto evidence can be a good thing, as it helps cold cases get resolved. She referenced a case of a woman being raped in Sumter and DNA from the kit went unmatched until a man was arrested for another crime and his DNA matched that in the kit. But, while many of the cases in Sumter are tested and worked on, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network reports seven out of 100 reported rapes lead to an arrest. Only two of those lead to a felony conviction and two rapists will

The total amount raised this year is now at $4,800 with about seven weeks of fundraising to go. Of the total amount raised, $1,065 is for Crisis Relief, $650 is for home repair and wheelchair building and $700 is for the emergency shelter. The remaining money is undesignated. Overall money raised for this year’s Summer of Caring:

spend a single day in jail. That means the other 98 do not spend time in jail. RAINN also reports 68 percent of all sexual assaults are not reported to law enforcement. To help cut down on those numbers, Rabon stresses rape victims get examined at a hospital and have a kit put together. Even if it is anonymous, if the victims want to pursue charges later, a kit would be a valuable tool in doing so. The police department offers tips to sexual assault victims, encouraging them to get to a safe place immediately and call 911 or the Sexual Trauma Services at 1-800-491-RAPE and/or go to a hospital. At the hospital, specially trained nurses will treat any injuries and check for pregnancy and any sexually transmitted diseases. Rabon said nurses in Sumter will also provide victims with options for moving forward. Also, police encourage not eating, drinking, changing clothes, showering, going to the bathroom, smoking or anything else that could get rid of the rapist’s DNA. Rabon said rape is not “stranger danger,” and victims usually know their attacker. She said letting law enforcement know can be beneficial to a lot of people, as DNA from one case can lead to arrests in other rape cases.

Total combined anonymous: $1,865 Total this week: $1,275 Total this year: $4,800 Total last year: $5,542 Total since 2014: $10,342 Financial donations for “Summer of Caring” can be mailed to: The Sumter Item P.O. Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151 Contributions can also be dropped off at The Sumter

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s President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is compared to Richard Nixon’s opening to China, Bibi Netanyahu must know how Chiang Kai-shek felt as he watched his old friend Nixon toasting Mao in Peking. The Iran nuclear deal is not on the same geostrategic level. Yet both moves, seen as betrayals by old U.S. allies, were born of a cold assessment in Washington of a need to shift policy to reflect new threats and new opportunities. Several events contributed to the U.S. move toward Tehran. First was the stunning victory in Pat June 2013 of Buchanan President Hassan Rouhani, who rode to power on the votes of the Green Revolution that had sought unsuccessfully to oust Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009. Rouhani then won the Ayatollah’s authorization to negotiate a cutting and curtailing of Iran’s nuclear program, in return for a U.S.U.N. lifting of sanctions. As preventing an Iranian bomb had long been a U.S. objective, the Americans could not spurn such an offer. Came then the Islamic State’s seizure of Raqqa in Syria, and Mosul and Anbar in Iraq. Viciously anti-Shiite as well as anti-American, ISIS made the U.S. and Iran de facto allies in preventing the fall of Baghdad. But as U.S. and Iranian interests converged, those of the U.S. and its old allies — Saudi Arabia, Israel and Turkey — were diverging. Turkey, as it sees Bashar Assad’s alliance with Iran as the greater threat, and fears anti-ISIS Kurds in Syria will carve out a second Kurdistan, has been abetting ISIS. Saudi Arabia sees Shiite Iran as a geostrategic rival in the Gulf, allied with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Assad in Damascus, the Shiite regime in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen. It also sees Iran as a subversive threat in Bahrain and the heavily Shiite oil fields of Saudi Arabia itself. Indeed, Riyadh, with the Sunni challenge of ISIS rising, and the Shiite challenge of Iran growing, and its border states already on fire, does indeed face an existential threat. And, so, too, do the Gulf Arabs. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown in the Middle East today. The Israelis, too, see Iran as their great enemy and indispensable pillar of Hezbollah. For Bibi, any U.S.-Iran rapprochement is a diplomatic disaster. Which brings us to a fundamental question of the Middle East. Is the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal and our de facto alliance against ISIS a tempo-

rary collaboration? Or is it the beginning of a detente between these ideological enemies of 35 years? Is an historic “reversal of alliances” in the Mideast at hand? Clearly the United States and Iran have overlapping interests. Neither wants all-out war with the other. For the Americans, such a war would set the Gulf ablaze, halt the flow of oil, and cause a recession in the West. For Iran, war with the USA could see their country smashed and splintered like Saddam’s Iraq, and the loss of an historic opportunity to achieve hegemony in the Gulf. Also, both Iran and the United States would like to see ISIS not only degraded and defeated, but annihilated. Both thus have a vested interest in preventing a collapse of either the Shiite regime in Baghdad or Assad’s regime in Syria. And, thus, Syria is probably where the next collision is going to come between the United States and its old allies. For Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel all want the Assad regime brought down to break up Iran’s Shiite Crescent and inflict a strategic defeat on Tehran. But the United States believes the fall of Assad means the rise of ISIS and al-Qaida, a massacre of Christians, and the coming to power of a Sunni terrorist state implacably hostile to us. Look for the Saudis and Israelis, their agents and lobbies, their think tanks and op-ed writers, to begin beating the drums for the United States to bring down Assad, who has been “killing his own people.” The case will be made that this is the way for America to rejoin its old allies, removing the principal obstacle to our getting together and going after ISIS. Once Assad is gone, the line is already being moved, then we can all go after ISIS. But, first, Assad. What is wrong with this scenario? A U.S. no-fly zone, for example, to stop Assad’s barrel bombs, would entail attacks on Syrian airfields and antiaircraft missiles and guns. These would be acts of war, which would put us into a de facto alliance with the al-Qaida Nusra Front and ISIS, and invite retaliations against Americans by Hezbollah in Beirut, and the Shiite militia in Baghdad. Any U.S.-Iran rapprochement would be dead, and we will have been sucked into a war to achieve the strategic goals of allies that are in conflict with the national interests of the United States. And our interests come first. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.” © creators.com

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FACTS, FIGURES DON’T SUPPORT ALLEGATIONS RE Letter to the Editor, July 15, “Black community needs sentencing reform” Wow. I have read Mr. Burns letter over and over and, in my mind, it just defies the imagination and leaves me somewhat dumbfounded as to what ever it is that he is implying about sentencing reform. I’m not the sharpest crayon in the box so please enlighten me. Mr. Burns, your facts and figures don’t seem to support your allegations except for the way you (Mr. Burns) interpret them. An old adage, “You do the crime, You do the time” seems to be in play here, like it or not. You stated, “We are losing our head of the household to the prison system” I agree. So if being there to be the head of the household is important then we should start making different choices and decisions and stop blaming our prisons for our lot in life. I include myself in that concept. In the meantime, I have some old Monopoly games that still have those “Get Out of Jail Free” cards that you can have. In this convoluted world, they might just work. Just in case, I will keep one of those cards for myself. Peace and love. LAWRENCE “LARRY” M. BONNER Sumter

TRUMP COULD HAVE VIABLE IDEAS, BUT CAN ANYONE TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY? What are we to make of the candidacy of Donald Trump? He is an excessively wealthy man, obviously with extensive

business acumen and a not inconsiderable personal drawing ability. So why should he pursue being elected to the highest office in the land as if it were the ultimate example of political silliness? Apparently he is scornful of the support of entrenched Republican organizations as though they mean nothing useful to him, nothing better than a bunch of Democrats, although his position as a business leader would generally cast him as a Republican sympathizer, at least. Not helpful either, it would seem, were his recent comments about John McCain. It is his right to castigate Sen. McCain as not being heroic, if he chooses to, although he should not be surprised at grumbling from across broad quarters of America from citizens who think otherwise. But frankly, the image of a steely-eyed Trump with his wind-blown designer hairstyle entering into his private helicopter doesn’t compare all that well with the notion of McCain jockeying a fighter plane off the deck of an aircraft carrier and spending five years imprisoned as his reward. Actually, was McCain’s bombing mission any different from Trump’s recent recommendation of measures we should apply against our adversaries in the Middle East? Perhaps Donald Trump has useful, viable ideas about how to move America forward in peace, justice and prosperity, but can he really implement them by coming across as the clown prince of American politics? LEONARD D. GARNEAU Manning

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hile watching television last week, a commercial came on advertising Sonic’s new “French” Croissant Hot Dogs. “French?” I asked myself. “There’s nothing French about putting a hot dog in a croissant. That’s about as American as obesity and diabetes.” That commercial was immediately followed by one for Taco Bell’s new “Captain Crunch Delights,” a fried ball of dough rolled around in Crunch Berry crumbs and filled with a cream cheese icing. Horrified though I was, I went the next day and purchased some of the culinary concoction, which vaguely resembled what could charitably be deCliff scribed as an angry, red McCollum version of a Rocky Mountain oyster rolled around in cereal crumbs. How far gone are we as a nation that “food” items like this are now nationally advertised as something that these companies believe we will want to go and get? Items that used to be reserved for county fairs in the Midwestern states, kin to the fabled “Fried Kool-Aid” of the Iowa State Fair, are now mainstream. KFC had its “Double Down,” an alleged sandwich that consisted of two deep fried chicken breasts filled with cheese-like product, bacon and an artery-clogging heavy duty mayonnaise based sauce. Eating one of them leaves an indelible mark on your soul that will have to be answered for when you meet the Almighty. Little Caesar’s gave us the “BaconWrapped Pizza” with several feet of bacon wrapped around as a “crust” — my arteries hardened just looking at the commercial.

Pizza Hut has its new Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza, which takes its normal pizza and creates a ring of 20-something bit sized “Pigs in a Blanket” style hot dog bites for patrons to enjoy. Who asked for this? What made them think this was OK? Did someone’s Cousin Merle, who’s so fat he’s actually fused to his couch cushions, come up with that one? And now, Hardees has entered the fray with what it calls its “Most American” Burger — one of the chain’s Thickburgers topped with all the usual condiments as well as cut up pieces of hot dog and a sprinkling of potato chips. Is this what America stands for now — calorie-laden creations that can only charitably be called “food.” America used to lead the world in innovation. We put man on the moon. We cured polio. Now, we lead in deaths due to heart disease and percentage of obese citizens. And we keep getting fatter and fatter, as items like these get thrown into our slop troughs and we just keep eating. I don’t claim to be the healthiest person in the world, and am somewhat portly myself, but even I know that eating this crap is only going to end up with me having to have a pig artery installed in my heart. I beg you, dear readers, stay away from these items and make good, healthy choices with what you and your family are eating. If we quit buying this crap, they’ll hopefully stop making it. Cliff McCollum is managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. He can be reached at cmccollum@gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

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Seacrest arrives with a ‘Knock Knock’ on Fox BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH For years, Ryan Seacrest has been considered the next Dick Clark. He’s a prolific host and producer and has lent his name and face to New Year’s Eve celebrations. With the summer filler series “Knock Knock Live” (9 p.m., Fox, TVPG) he tries his hand at becoming the next Ed McMahon as well. From the 1980s forward, McMahon was associated with a sweepstakes company that would arrive unannounced at a homeowner’s door, carrying a huge check representing a sudden windfall. On “Knock Knock,” Seacrest arrives, not with major loot, but with a chance for people to appear live on television and receive recognition for their good deeds. Prizes range from modest cash amounts in the low three figures to chances to speak on the phone with a Kardashian whom Seacrest happens to have on speed-dial. The “treasure” bestowed by this celebrity ambush series is the proximity to celebrity itself. In that way, it’s not unlike NBC’s “Hollywood Game Night” (10 p.m., TV-14), where host Jane Lynch and other boldface names rub shoulders with “ordinary” folks for a party game or two before both the famous and the “normal” return to their respective realms. Seacrest is not alone. His cohosts include Adrienne Bailon, Ross Mathews, Jordan “Shorty” Johnson and Chuey Martinez. And there’s also Kellie Pickler. She knows a little something about being plucked from obscurity. Seacrest and “American Idol” discovered her on that show’s fifth season in 2006. She finished in sixth place, but has clung to the public spotlight in some capacity ever since, working as a recording artist and winning the 16th season of “Dancing With the Stars” in 2013. An established pro at touting talent, near-talent and nontalent and at exuding excitement where it may or may not exist, Seacrest sees “Knock Knock Live” as television at its very best. The live element, he explains, gives it all of the drama of a sporting event. Somehow, going door-to-door seems more like the province of a paper boy than a professional athlete. But you can’t

say Seacrest doesn’t know how to hype a show! • “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” (9 p.m., HBO) examines the growth of bicycle use in American cities and an accompanying rise in accidents and fatalities, particularly among the two-wheeled riders. Also examined is an explosive and expensive growth in trophy-giving in youth sports. Honors and statuettes, once reserved for the winners, are now bestowed for merely showing up. Whatever impact it has had on the psyches of young athletes, it has been very, very profitable for the manufacturers of trophies.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A task force takes on the change in animal behavior on “Zoo” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Jada Pinkett Smith hosts a special CNN report, “Children for Sale: The Fight to End Human Trafficking” (9 p.m.). • A witness loses the ability

p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Santa baby on “blackish” (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

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Ryan Seacrest hosts “Knock Knock Live” premiering at 9 p.m. today on FOX. to recognize faces on “Rizzoli & Isles” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14). • Terror strikes at a charity event on “NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). • Barry makes a stand against the caliphate on “Tyrant” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). • Cutting-edge technology fails to save a programmer from the Big Sleep on “Proof” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• Nikki has news for Hank on “Royal Pains” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

SERIES NOTES Homegrown terror on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Eddie finds a familiar face boring on “Fresh Off the Boat” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Barry rings in the holidays on “The Flash” (8

Sean Penn, Sasha Alexander and Dana Gould are on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, r) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Gad and James Bay on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Adam Sandler, Margaret Cho, Modest Mouse and David Lovering visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Chris Colfer and Paula Abdul appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

CULT CHOICE A freak storm floods Los Angeles with predators in the 2013 spoof shocker “Sharknado” (9 p.m., Syfy, TV-14). The third film in the silly series airs tomorrow night. Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate

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AROUND TOWN Friday, July 31, at 246 The Carolina Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Church St. There will be Are you interested in coin collecting? Parks & Recreation Depart- whiting fish sandwiches for $4 or whiting fish dinment building, 155 Haynsworth St. The group meets ners for $8. Dinners will include fish, red rice, slaw, on the third Tuesday of hush puppies and cake. each month and visitors Call (803) 773-7158 by July 27 are always welcome. Call to place order. (803) 775-8840. The Sumter County PrevenThe Devine Sistas of Pretty tion Team will host “Parents Girls Rock will accept donaAccessing Resources 4 Kids tions for its back-to-school (PARK)” from 10 a.m. to 2 clothing drive from 6 to 8 p.m. on the following Mon- p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Sumter County Civic days: July 27; and Aug. 3. Items needed are: T-shirts; Center, 700 W. Liberty St. The purpose of this awaresneakers; shoes; socks; ness event is to provide inpants; uniforms; any other formation on available new or gently used clothcommunity resources to ing items; and monetary parents of youth ages 0-18 donations. Drop off your years old in Sumter County. donations at High Rollers Club House, 3209 Broad St. The Clarendon Section of the Ext. Call (803) 406-5917 or National Council of Negro (803) 406-9621. Women (NCNW) will meet at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, The Mayesville Summer Enat the Council of Aging, 201 richment Camp Program will S. Church St., Manning. be held 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday through The Clarendon Section NCNW Aug. 7 at the Mayesville In- annual back-to-school bash stitute School. Sponsored will be held from 4 to 5 by the Mayesville Educap.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, at tional and Industrial Instithe Council of Aging, 201 S. tute, the program will inChurch St., Manning. Backvolve academic enrichment packs, school supplies and as well as a host of physirefreshments will be given cal activities for participat- out. ing youth ages 4-17. Weekly Cassandra’s Unique Creations fees are $10, $7 and $5 for first, second and third child will present a “Taking Our Children Back” back-to-school respectively. Fee includes bash from 10 a.m. until 1 daily breakfast, lunch and a snack. Call Dr. Deborah L. p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Crosswell Park. Event will Wheeler at (803) 983-7221 or Margie Jefferson at (803) feature, food, raffles, cookoff, fun and more. Vendor 453-5441. opportunities available. The Sumter Branch NAACP Contact Cassandra Goodwill meet at 5 p.m. on Sunman at (803) 968-2084. day, July 26, at Rafting Event is free. Creek Baptist Church, 3860 The Vietnam Veterans of S.C. 261 North, Rembert. America, Chapter 960, benefit South Carolina Legal Services poker run will be held on will offer a free expungement Saturday, Aug. 8, beginning workshop at 10 a.m. on and ending at Lakevue Wednesday, July 29, at Landing, Manning. Start Clarendon School District time is 11 a.m. and end One Community Resource time is 4 p.m. All motorcyCenter, 1154 Fourth St., cles, automobiles and Summerton. Call Kathleen boats welcome. Entry fee is L. Gibson at (803) 485-2043 $10 and entry forms may or (803) 225-0832. be obtained by calling (803) 460-8551 or (803) 478The YWCA of the Upper Low4300. lands Inc. will hold a fish fry fundraiser 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on

PUBLIC AGENDA TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Today, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center

CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Today, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning

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SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St.

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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A t-storm early; partly cloudy

Clouds and sun, a t-storm; hot

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W 7-14 mph

WSW 6-12 mph

WNW 4-8 mph

NE 4-8 mph

E 6-12 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 95/71 Spartanburg 96/73

Greenville 96/73

Columbia 100/77

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 99/76

Aiken 98/71

ON THE COAST

Charleston 96/77

Today: A shower or thunderstorm in the area. High 92 to 96. Wednesday: A thunderstorm. High 91 to 95.

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 93/73/pc 79/61/s 100/80/s 79/60/s 97/79/s 82/67/pc 93/78/t 91/71/pc 91/75/t 93/72/pc 105/84/s 72/59/pc 92/72/pc

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.33 74.47 74.37 96.92

24-hr chg -0.03 -0.03 -0.04 +0.03

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0.03" 1.65" 3.37" 24.01" 20.54" 26.16"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

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97° 73° 91° 70° 104° in 1986 62° in 1987

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 89/72/t 81/65/s 100/80/s 79/59/s 97/78/s 79/65/pc 92/78/t 84/68/s 92/76/t 86/68/s 105/82/s 70/59/pc 88/70/s

Myrtle Beach 95/78

Manning 99/77

Today: Partly sunny with a thunderstorm. Winds west 4-8 mph. Wednesday: A thunderstorm. Winds west becoming west-southwest 4-8 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 99/76

Bishopville 99/75

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 1.36 -0.03 19 2.56 +0.32 14 1.46 +0.01 14 2.24 -0.03 80 75.00 +0.02 24 4.83 -1.18

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Sunset 8:31 p.m. Moonset 11:43 p.m.

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Low 7:57 a.m. 8:15 p.m. 8:34 a.m. 9:02 p.m.

Ht. 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.8

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 88/67/t 96/74/t 99/74/t 96/78/pc 88/77/pc 96/77/pc 96/72/t 95/74/t 100/77/t 98/75/t 94/75/pc 98/75/t 98/75/t

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 84/64/pc 92/72/t 96/73/t 94/77/t 86/73/pc 94/76/t 93/70/pc 91/73/t 96/75/t 95/74/pc 87/69/s 92/75/pc 93/74/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 99/76/t Gainesville 88/74/t Gastonia 96/71/t Goldsboro 98/76/t Goose Creek 97/77/pc Greensboro 94/72/t Greenville 96/73/t Hickory 93/70/t Hilton Head 93/80/pc Jacksonville, FL 91/76/t La Grange 97/74/pc Macon 98/74/t Marietta 94/73/pc

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 96/76/pc 90/75/t 92/69/pc 92/73/pc 95/76/t 89/69/pc 91/71/pc 88/69/pc 93/78/t 93/76/t 95/73/t 95/72/t 89/71/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 91/66/t Mt. Pleasant 95/78/pc Myrtle Beach 95/78/pc Orangeburg 97/76/t Port Royal 96/79/pc Raleigh 94/73/t Rock Hill 96/71/t Rockingham 98/73/t Savannah 95/77/t Spartanburg 96/73/t Summerville 97/76/pc Wilmington 95/77/pc Winston-Salem 93/71/t

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 88/66/pc 93/77/t 93/77/pc 95/74/t 94/78/t 89/70/pc 92/69/pc 93/72/c 95/77/t 92/71/pc 95/76/t 95/75/pc 88/69/pc

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put an end to EUGENIA LAST your relationships with people who don’t give back. You have to rid yourself of hangerson or those willing to let you do all the work. Greater opportunities will surface if you work alongside other enthusiastic participants.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Plan a day trip or get involved in community activities that will open up doors and give you a say in what takes place in your neighborhood or within your family. Sharing personal experiences will help you make good choices. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will face opposition in your personal life if you are indulgent or uncompromising. Don’t let your emotions take over when you need to think matters through carefully and calculate the outcome you want to accomplish. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Participate in events that will allow you to show off your skills. An original idea you have will interest someone in forming a partnership. Speak from the heart and you will get what you want and more. Love is highlighted. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be surprised what you find out if you listen and do your research on the people or companies you are dealing with. Your insights will help you make choices that are bound to result in advancement. When opportunity knocks, take action. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Call the shots rather than yield to what others tell you to do. Take hold of whatever situations you face and offer practical, sound suggestions. Your direct, clean approach will attract followers and favors.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep a clear head and a tolerant attitude. You will meet opposition if you try to push others to do things your way. Work alone if possible and you will accomplish far more. Accept that difficulties are inevitable and keep moving forward. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you go about your business and do things your way, others will take interest and join in. Book a trip or do research online until you find something that motivates you to head in an entirely new direction. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Someone will not be honest with you about their motivations and interests. Be careful not to reveal too much when discussing your plans with others. A sudden change in your personal finances is best handled cautiously. Don’t shirk your responsibilities.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

3-10-26-32-38 PowerUp: 5

6-17-30-31-41 6-37-39-45-55 9-13-19-22-45 Megaball: 15; Megaplier: 3 Powerball: 33; PowerPlay 3 Lucky Ball: 15

PICK 3 TUESDAY

PICK 4 TUESDAY

8-7-8 and 5-2-9

0-1-0-9 and 4-5-9-8

POWERBALL SATURDAY

LUCKY FOR LIFE THURSDAY

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A changing situation must be handled with care. Don’t let emotions interfere with doing what you know in your heart is best for everyone. Use discipline to guide you in the right direction and you won’t have any regrets. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A change in your earning power is apparent if you make a proposal, set up an interview or offer something unique that is trendy and can fill a need in your community. Don’t hold back when you have so much to offer. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Get involved in social circles and try your hand at something you might like to do in order to earn an income. Consider new opportunities and make arrangements to get the skills and knowledge required to move forward.

Sheryn Lavanish shares a photo she took at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, England. Lavanish comments, “Celebrating the 150th anniversary of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,’ this phenomenal exhibit won the gold with its depiction of the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.” HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail hi-resolution jpegs to sandra@theitem.com, or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please.

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BRITISH OPEN

Zach’s back — on top

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Zach Johnson poses with the Claret Jug after winning the British Open on Monday at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, in a 4-hole playoff.

Johnson victorious in 3-way playoff while Spieth’s Grand Slam bid slips away BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Zach Johnson cradled the silver Claret Jug in his arms. Jordan Spieth let it slip through his fingers. Spieth was right where he wanted to be in his spirited bid for the Grand Slam — tied for the lead with two holes to

go in the British Open, right after making a 50-foot birdie putt that made it feel as though he were destined to win at St. Andrews for his third straight major. And he was still there at the very end Monday, but only as a spectator. The slam gone, Spieth graciously returned to the steps of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse

to watch Johnson finish off a sterling performance of his own. Johnson rolled in a 30foot birdie putt on SPIETH the 18th hole that got him into a 3-man playoff, and he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman to win the British Open.

Johnson described himself as a “normal guy’’ from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when he won the Masters in 2007. And now? “I’m a normal guy from Cedar Rapids ... with a green jacket that has something that most guys don’t get to drink out of right now,’’ Johnson said, smiling as he looked at golf’s oldest trophy with his

name etched alongside most of the game’s greatest players. Spieth was close to having his name on that jug. No one ever came closer to the third leg of the Grand Slam. He fought back from taking four putts for a double bogey on No. 8 with back-to-back birdies. He rolled in that long

SEE ZACH, PAGE B3

LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT

AUTO RACING

Kyle Busch grabs 3rd win of year Matchups set; P-15’s to face Greenwood

New Hampshire victory puts driver on cusp of securing spot in Chase BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press

LOUDON, N.H. — Stuck in a hospital, Kyle Busch could only think about a comeback, not championship contention. Could Busch imagine, days after a horrific crash, he would become a title contender? “Yeah, right,’’ he said. “You’re crazy.’’ Nothing seems preposterous these days for Busch, whose dormant-to-dominant run over the last two months has not only made him a regular in victory lane, but steamrolled him toward the cusp of a Chase berth. Busch rolled on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, winning for the second straight weekend and the third time in the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup races. “This is something I’m not sure we ever would have expected,’’ Busch said. Busch isn’t where he needs to be in the standings quite yet. His three wins are certainly enough to earn a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship berth. He’s

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kyle Busch, center, holds the Loudon lobster trophy after winning the 5-Hour Energy 301 on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. still outside the top 30 in points, which is the second major qualifier to race for the title in the final 10 races of the season. Busch won at Sonoma Raceway and last week at Kentucky

Speedway and is 33rd in the standings, 58 points behind David Gilliland for 30th. Cole Whitt is 31st and Brett

SEE BUSCH, PAGE B2

The Sumter P-15’s will take on Greenwood Post 20 in their opening game in the American Legion baseball state tournament on Saturday at Riley Park beginning at 7 p.m. Sumter will actually be the visiting team as it is the No. 3 seed from the lower state while Greenwood is the upper state No. 2 seed. The other openingday games will have lower No. 2 seed Chapin/Newberry playing upper No. 3 Gaffney at 9 a.m., upper No. 1 Union taking on lower No. 4 Murrells Inlet at 12:30 p.m. and lower No. 1 Florence meeting upper No. 4 Lancaster at 4 p.m. The higher seeded

LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT July 25-29 Riley Park

SATURDAY GAME 1 — Chapin/Newberry vs. Gaffney, 9 a.m. GAME 2 — Murrells Inlet vs. Union, 12:30 p.m. GAME 3 — Florence vs. Lancaster, 4 p.m. GAME 4 — Sumter vs. Greenwood, 7 p.m.

teams will be the home teams in those games as well. Sumter will bring a 23-5 record into the contest, while Greenwood is 24-5. The P-15’s advanced to the state tournament by winning its state playoffs firstround series against Lexington by forfeit and sweeping Horry Post 111 in three games in the best-of-5 second-

SEE P-15’S, PAGE B2

SPORTS

TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015

SCOREBOARD

Boston at L.A. Angels, 5:05 p.m., 1st game Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m., 2nd game

TV, RADIO TODAY

5:55 a.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Match from Melbourne, Australia – Roma vs. Manchester City (FOX SPORTS 1). 10 a.m. – College Football: Big 12 Football Media Day (FOX SPORTS 2). 1 p.m. – College Football: College Football Media Days (ESPNU). 5:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Championship Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – International Athletics: Pan American Games from Toronto – Track and Field, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Beach Volleyball Medal Matches, Boxing, Men’s Soccer, Taekwondo, Equestrian and Men’s Volleyball (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baltimore at New York Yankees or Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Players Association Awards from Las Vegas (BET). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Atlanta at Chicago (NBA TV). 8 p.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Rest Day from Gap, France (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Match from Harrison, N.J. – Fiorentina vs. Paris Saint-Germain (FOX SPORTS 1). 11 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Phoenix at Los Angeles (ESPN2). 11 p.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Match from Pasadena, Calif. – Barcelona vs. Los Angeles (FOX SPORTS 1). 11 p.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Match – Manchester vs. San Jose (FOX SPORTS 2).

GOLF The Associated Press BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Sunday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Grand National, Lake Course Opelika, Ala. Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,302; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Scott Piercy (300), $630,000 69-66-65-65—265 -19 Will Wilcox (165), $378,000 66-70-65-67—268 -16 Ricky Barnes (83), $203,000 67-68-65-70—270 -14 Whee Kim (83), $203,000 67-66-68-69—270 -14 Robby Shelton, $0 68-69-66-67—270 -14 Austin Cook, $122,938 69-70-65-67—271 -13 Mark Hensby (53), $122,938 69-64-68-70—271 -13 Andrew Loupe (53), $122,938 68-70-68-65—271 -13 Boo Weekley (53), $122,938 67-69-68-67—271 -13 Aaron Baddeley (34), $84,000 69-72-64-67—272 -12 Blayne Barber (34), $84,000 69-67-68-68—272 -12 Emiliano Grillo, $84,000 68-66-67-71—272 -12 Andres Romero (34), $84,000 71-64-69-68—272 -12 Vaughn Taylor (34), $84,000 71-69-63-69—272 -12 Johnson Wagner (34), $84,000 69-68-66-69—272 -12 Jason Gore (30), $59,500 65-73-63-72—273 -11 Tom Hoge (30), $59,500 68-71-69-65—273 -11 Scott Langley (30), $59,500 72-67-69-65—273 -11 Jonathan Byrd (28), $47,250 68-69-69-68—274 -10 Martin Flores (28), $47,250 66-74-68-66—274 -10 Martin Piller, $47,250 69-66-70-69—274 -10 David Toms (28), $47,250 69-66-72-67—274 -10

MARATHON CLASSIC PAR SCORES

Sunday At Highland Meadows Golf Club Sylvania, Ohio Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,506; Par: 71 Final Choi won on first playoff hole Chella Choi, $225,000 73-66-65-66—270 Ha Na Jang, $139,217 66-67-69-68—270 Lydia Ko, $89,559 71-66-67-67—271 Shanshan Feng, $89,559 69-67-68-67—271 Hyo Joo Kim, $52,465 71-68-67-67—273 Brittany Lang, $52,465 68-71-66-68—273 Q Baek, $52,465 68-67-68-70—273 Azahara Munoz, $34,173 73-68-68-65—274 Angela Stanford, $34,173 68-68-69-69—274 Inbee Park, $34,173 70-67-67-70—274 Cristie Kerr, $26,753 69-72-69-65—275 Haru Nomura, $26,753 71-69-67-68—275 Austin Ernst, $26,753 70-68-66-71—275 Kim Kaufman, $21,570 71-68-71-66—276 So Yeon Ryu, $21,570 72-69-67-68—276 Stacy Lewis, $21,570 71-68-69-68—276 Sei Young Kim, $21,570 68-70-69-69—276 Lexi Thompson, $17,874 72-67-71-67—277 Jenny Shin, $17,874 68-73-66-70—277 Mi Hyang Lee, $17,874 71-68-68-70—277 Jaye Marie Green, $17,874 69-70-68-70—277 Amy Anderson, $13,804 68-74-71-65—278

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NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Washington 49 New York 48 Atlanta 43 Miami 38 Philadelphia 32 CENTRAL DIVISION W St. Louis 58 Pittsburgh 53 Chicago 49 Cincinnati 40 Milwaukee 41 WEST DIVISION W Los Angeles 53 San Francisco 49 San Diego 43 Arizona 42 Colorado 39

L 41 44 49 54 62

Pct .544 .522 .467 .413 .340

GB – 2 7 12 19

L 34 38 41 49 52

Pct .630 .582 .544 .449 .441

GB – 4 1/2 8 16 1/2 17 1/2

L 40 43 49 48 51

Pct .570 .533 .467 .467 .433

GB – 3 1/2 9 1/2 9 1/2 12 1/2

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 3, 11 innings L.A. Dodgers 5, Washington 0 Philadelphia 8, Miami 7 Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 1, 18 innings San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 Colorado at San Diego, ppd., rain Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 1

MONDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Mets at Washington, 12:35 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 3:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m., 2nd game Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

WNBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE

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W 10 10 8 8 7 7 W 12 9 10 5 4 2

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

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-8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6

L 5 6 6 7 7 9

Pct .667 .625 .571 .533 .500 .438

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Phoenix Tulsa Seattle San Antonio Los Angeles

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Sumter Dixie Junior Boys grab pair of wins at state NORTH AUGUSTA — The Sumter 13-year-old all-star baseball team opened the Dixie Junior Boys state tournament with a wins on Saturday and Sunday. Sumter opened the tournament on Saturday with a 14-11 victory over Lancaster in eight innings and followed it up with an 11-1, 5-inning victory over North Augusta on Sunday. Sumter was facing Johnsonville at 8 p.m. on Monday. In Saturday’s game, JT Stanley hit two home runs and drove in six runs to lead Sumter. Ethan Brown and Josh Burns had sacrifice flies in the eighth to help Sumter grab the lead for good in a game that had nine lead changes. Aaron Carlton had three hits and Sebastion Ducom had two hits for Sumter. Seth Posey got the win in relief for Sumter. Posey pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed two runs. On Sunday, Sumter scored seven runs in the first inning to take control of the game. Bryce Spittle had a grand slam home run in the first. He finished with five RBI. Cody Windham went the distance on the mound to get the win. He struck out seven, walked none and gave up seven hits..

ACC TO HAVE MEDICAL OBSERVERS EACH GAME

Carlton and Jackson Hoshour both had two hits. SUMTER NATIONAL 8 HARTSVILLE 0

CLEMSON — Jackson Campbell and Hayden Lyons combined to throw a no-hitter as the Sumter National 9-10 year-old allstar baseball team defeated Hartsville 8-0 in the state tournament on Sunday. Lyons and Campbell combined to strike out seven while walking eight. It was a 3-0 game before Sumter National scored five runs in the sixth. Troy Meadows had an RBI triple, Blake Van Patten had a 2-run single and Dylan Richardson added an RBI double. Sumter National took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI singleby Hayden Griffin. The other runs came in the third and fifth, respectively. Clayton Baker had two doubles for Sumter National.

PINEHURST, N.C. — Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford says the league will have team medical observers in the booth during games this fall to improve player safety. Swofford says the observer will be somebody involved with players “on an ongoing and day-to-day basis,’’ making them able to spot problems that might go unnoticed on the sideline. Swofford says that person won’t be able to stop the game, but will be able to communicate with that team’s sideline.

NCAA TWEAKS MARCH MADNESS SEEDING RULES INDIANAPOLIS — The committee that puts together the field of 68 for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will have more flexibility to set the First Four and give No. 2 seeds more favorable matchups. The NCAA announced Monday that the Division I selection committee will now be allowed to slide every team up or down the seed list, including the last four at-large teams selected. Going forward, the last four at-large teams on the overall seed list will play in the First Four. From staff, wire reports

TODAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 9-6) at Washington (Undecided), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Karns 4-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-4) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-2), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 5-5) at Atlanta (A.Wood 6-6), 7:10 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 8-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-10), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 13-3) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 5-2), 8:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 10-3) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 3-2), 8:10 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 0-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 3-10), 8:40 p.m. Miami (Latos 3-6) at Arizona (Hellickson 6-5), 9:40 p.m. San Francisco (Heston 9-5) at San Diego (Despaigne 3-6), 10:10 p.m.

New York Chicago Washington Indiana Connecticut Atlanta

L 3 6 7 12 12 12

Pct .800 .600 .588 .294 .250 .143

GB – 1/2 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 3 1/2 GB – 3 3 8 8 1/2 9 1/2

Minnesota 79, Tulsa 72 Chicago 93, San Antonio 82 Washington 89, Connecticut 82

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

Indiana at San Antonio, 12:30 p.m. Washington at Tulsa, 12:30 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. New York at Seattle, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Connecticut at Minnesota, 1 p.m. New York at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

P-15’S FROM PAGE B1 round series. Greenwood won the

BUSCH FROM PAGE B1 Moffitt 32nd, easy pickings for Busch. “I’m not sure we’ve unleashed the beast at all,’’ Busch said. Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a crash the day before the season-opening Daytona 500. He missed the first 11 races of the season, then returned in late May determined to earn a playoff spot. Busch, who last won at New Hampshire in July 2006, said Friday he still is bothered by the leg injuries. The aches hardly seemed to matter in the No. 18 Toyota. “We’ve got to keep doing our deal,’’ Busch said. “Every week it keeps getting better and better.’’ Busch has gained 70 points on the 30th spot over the last two races and is not only a threat to qualify for the Chase — but to win it all for Joe Gibbs Racing should he crack the 16-driver field. “Ever since that injury, he’s been on it,’’ Gibbs said. “I don’t know what (the deficit is) now but it’s sure helping.’’ With Busch in the field or not, JGR has three other

League VII championship for a fourth straight year and is in the state tournament for the third time in four years. Post

20 defeated Clover 3-1 in its first-round series before sweeping Rock Hill in the second-round series.

5-HOUR ENERGY 301 RESULTS By The Associated Press Sunday At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.058 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 301 laps, 137.2 rating, 47 points, $271,031. 2. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 301, 133.1, 44, $214,416. 3. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 301, 123.9, 42, $184,550. 4. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 301, 114.5, 41, $161,258. 5. (19) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 301, 104.7, 39, $127,600. 6. (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 301, 103.3, 38, $144,026. 7. (1) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 301, 108.6, 38, $107,315. 8. (24) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 301, 81, 36, $137,601. 9. (23) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 301, 96.5, 36, $137,901. 10. (6) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 301, 103.3, 34, $107,415. 11. (26) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 301, 84.5, 33, $124,590. 12. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 301, 95.5, 32, $117,485. 13. (22) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 301, 86.3, 32, $121,898. 14. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 301, 86.6, 30, $102,615. 15. (29) Aric Almirola, Ford, 301, 75.4, 29, $125,251. 16. (21) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 301, 63.3, 28, $111,548. 17. (32) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 301, 70.6, 27, $95,515. 18. (3) David Ragan, Toyota, 301, 73.2, 26, $115,309. 19. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 301, 85, 25, $100,590. 20. (25) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 301, 63.7, 24, $113,804. 21. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 301, 52, 23, $112,898. 22. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 300, 76.5, 22, $129,826. 23. (16) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 300, 77.1, 0, $81,665. 24. (20) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 300, 56.7, 20, $92,965. 25. (28) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 300, 61.1, 19, $92,665. 26. (11) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 300, 79.1, 18, $114,356. 27. (14) Greg Biffle, Ford, 299, 56.7, 17, $115,048. 28. (33) Cole Whitt, Ford, 299, 48.2, 16, $95,373. 29. (27) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 299, 43, 15, $109,685. 30. (13) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 299, 61.8, 0, $84,590. 31. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 299, 63.7, 13, $110,298. 32. (31) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 299, 44.3, 12, $124,190. 33. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 297, 45.6, 11, $80,890. 34. (18) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 297, 49.8, 10, $113,348. 35. (35) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 296, 36.3, 9, $88,537. 36. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 296, 36.7, 8, $78,760. 37. (41) Eddie MacDonald, Ford, 295, 32.3, 7, $78,542. 38. (43) Timmy Hill, Ford, 292, 28.3, 0, $73,727. 39. (42) Derek White, Chevrolet, 290, 25.2, 0, $69,655. 40. (30) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 284, 45.8, 4, $73,655. 41. (36) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 239, 30.1, 3, $61,655. 42. (40) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 230, 30.2, 2, $57,655. 43. (39) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, rear gear, 202, 27, 0, $54,155.

contenders in Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth. Kenseth finished sixth, Edwards started from the pole and was seventh, and Hamlin 14th. JGR took four of the top-five spots at

Kentucky. Busch won and Hamlin-Edwards-Kenseth went 3-4-5. “I think we’re certainly back, closer,’’ Gibbs said. “I don’t know that we’ve turned the corner.’’

Good Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

AMERICAN LEAGUE L 41 45 47 47 49

Pct .549 .505 .500 .500 .462

GB – 4 4 1/2 4 1/2 8

L 35 42 46 47 48

Pct .611 .543 .495 .484 .467

GB – 6 10 1/2 11 1/2 13

L 40 43 48 51 50

Pct .556 .543 .473 .457 .457

GB – 1 7 1/2 9 9

N.Y. Yankees 2, Seattle 1 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 9, Detroit 3 Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 3, 11 innings Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Houston 10, Texas 0 Oakland 14, Minnesota 1 Boston at Los Angeles, ppd., rain

MONDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Boston at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

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MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press W New York 50 Baltimore 46 Tampa Bay 47 Toronto 47 Boston 42 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 55 Minnesota 50 Detroit 45 Cleveland 44 Chicago 42 WEST DIVISION W Los Angeles 50 Houston 51 Texas 43 Oakland 43 Seattle 42

TODAY’S GAMES

Baltimore (W.Chen 4-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 9-2), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Karns 4-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 7-7) at Detroit (Greene 4-7), 7:08 p.m. Boston (B.Johnson 0-0) at Houston (Velasquez 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 8-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-10), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 13-3) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 5-2), 8:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 10-3) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 3-2), 8:10 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 0-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 3-10), 8:40 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-7), 10:05 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 10-5) at Oakland (Graveman 6-5), 10:05 p.m.

THE SUMTER ITEM

BRITISH OPEN

THE SUMTER ITEM

TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015

COMMENTARY

Spieth no loser despite coming up short BY TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press

PAR SCORES The Associated Press Monday At St. Andrews (Old Course) St. Andrews, Scotland Purse: $9.28 million Yardage: 7,297; Par: 72 Final (a-amateur) Four-hole Playoff: Johnson 15 (-1), Oosthuizen 16 (E), Leishman 18 (+2). Zach Johnson (600), $1,794,690 66-71-70-66—273 -15 Marc Leishman (270), $837,262 70-73-64-66—273 -15 Louis Oosthuizen (270), $837,262 67-70-67-69—273 -15 Jason Day (135), $460,377 66-71-67-70—274 -14 Jordan Spieth (135), $460,377 67-72-66-69—274 -14 Sergio Garcia (98), $305,878 70-69-68-70—277 -11 Justin Rose (98), $305,878 71-68-68-70—277 -11 Danny Willett, $305,878 66-69-72-70—277 -11 a-Jordan Niebrugge 67-73-67-70—277 -11 Brooks Koepka (80), $216,143 71-70-69-68—278 -10 Adam Scott (80), $216,143 70-67-70-71—278 -10 Luke Donald (64), $162,107 68-70-73-68—279 -9 Martin Kaymer (64), $162,107 71-70-70-68—279 -9 Brendon Todd (64), $162,107 71-73-69-66—279 -9 Anthony Wall, $162,107 70-71-68-70—279 -9 a-Ashley Chesters 71-72-67-69—279 -9 a-Ollie Schniederjans 70-72-70-67—279 -9 Hideki Matsuyama (54), $129,140 72-66-71-71—280 -8 Robert Streb (54), $129,140 66-71-70-73—280 -8 Stewart Cink (47), $95,938 70-71-68-72—281 -7 Marcus Fraser, $95,938 74-69-68-70—281 -7 Retief Goosen (47), $95,938 66-72-69-74—281 -7 Branden Grace, $95,938 69-72-73-67—281 -7 Padraig Harrington (47), $95,938 72-69-65-75—281 -7 Russell Henley (47), $95,938 74-66-72-69—281 -7 Phil Mickelson (47), $95,938 70-72-70-69—281 -7 James Morrison, $95,938 71-71-70-69—281 -7 Greg Owen (47), $95,938 68-73-71-69—281 -7 Patrick Reed (47), $95,938 72-70-67-72—281 -7 Steven Bowditch (37), $63,075 70-69-69-74—282 -6 Rickie Fowler (37), $63,075 72-71-66-73—282 -6 Jim Furyk (37), $63,075 73-71-66-72—282 -6 Billy Horschel (37), $63,075 73-71-71-67—282 -6 Matt Jones (37), $63,075 68-73-69-72—282 -6 Anirban Lahiri, $63,075 69-70-71-72—282 -6 Ryan Palmer (37), $63,075 71-71-67-73—282 -6 Andy Sullivan, $63,075 72-71-68-71—282 -6 Jimmy Walker (37), $63,075 72-68-71-71—282 -6 a-Paul Dunne 69-69-66-78—282 -6 Scott Arnold, $43,480 71-73-73-66—283 -5 Rafa Cabrera Bello, $43,480 71-73-68-71—283 -5 Paul Lawrie, $43,480 66-70-74-73—283 -5 Francesco Molinari (27), $43,480 72-71-73-67—283 -5 Geoff Ogilvy (27), $43,480 71-68-72-72—283 -5 John Senden (27), $43,480 72-72-68-71—283 -5 Webb Simpson (27), $43,480 70-70-71-72—283 -5 Henrik Stenson (27), $43,480 73-70-71-69—283 -5 Marc Warren, $43,480 68-69-72-74—283 -5 Jamie Donaldson (18), $29,227 72-71-71-70—284 -4 David Duval (18), $29,227 72-72-67-73—284 -4 Ryan Fox, $29,227 72-69-76-67—284 -4 David Howell, $29,227 68-73-73-70—284 -4 Dustin Johnson (18), $29,227 65-69-75-75—284 -4 Hunter Mahan (18), $29,227 72-72-67-73—284 -4 Graeme McDowell (18), $29,227 72-72-70-70—284 -4 Eddie Pepperell, $29,227 72-70-66-76—284 -4 Lee Westwood (18), $29,227 71-73-69-71—284 -4 Greg Chalmers (10), $24,824 70-71-69-75—285 -3 Jason Dufner (10), $24,824 73-71-67-74—285 -3 Matt Kuchar (10), $24,824 71-73-70-71—285 -3 David Lipsky, $24,824 73-69-70-73—285 -3 Kevin Na (10), $24,824 67-75-70-73—285 -3 Cameron Tringale (10), $24,824 71-71-73-70—285 -3 Gary Woodland (10), $24,824 72-70-71-72—285 -3 Ernie Els (5), $23,955 71-73-69-73—286 -2 Thongchai Jaidee, $23,955 72-71-70-73—286 -2 a-Romain Langasque 69-72-71-74—286 -2 Graham DeLaet (1), $23,331 71-73-68-75—287 -1 Harris English (1), $23,331 71-72-69-75—287 -1 Ross Fisher, $23,331 71-73-72-71—287 -1 Richie Ramsay, $23,331 72-71-70-74—287 -1 Charl Schwartzel (1), $23,331 67-72-69-79—287 -1 Bernd Wiesberger, $23,331 72-72-71-72—287 -1 Paul Casey (1), $22,551 70-71-75-72—288 E David Lingmerth (1), $22,551 69-72-70-77—288 E Ben Martin (1), $22,551 74-70-67-77—288 E Brett Rumford, $22,551 71-71-71-75—288 E

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — When it was over, Jordan Spieth stood off the 18th green and applauded the fans who had spent much of their day applauding him. They came by the thousands on a wet and chilly day, lured by cheap tickets and the chance to see history. Packed into huge grandstands and jammed 10 deep against each other on the finishing fairways, they waited in the rain, urging the young American to deliver for them once again. A 50-footer that curled from left to right before dropping gently in the hole for birdie on No. 16 set the stage. Surely there would be more magic to come and Spieth would enter the record books as the first player to win his first three majors of the year since Ben Hogan did it 62 years ago. On the 17th tee, Spieth was thinking much the same thing. A par on the brutal Road Hole and a birdie on the short 18th would give him the British Open trophy to add to those won in the Masters and U.S. Open. It would also put him on the brink of golf immortality, just one win from the Grand Slam no modern player has ever won. “Par-birdie is a perfect way to finish here,’’ Spieth said. “And that would get the job done.’’ The Road Hole was playing so long into the rain and

ZACH FROM PAGE B1 birdie putt on the 16th for a share of the lead. After missing an 8-foot par putt on the tough 17th hole, Spieth needed a birdie on the closing hole to join the playoff. “Up and down for a playoff,’’ was the last thing Spieth said to caddie Michael Greller from about 90 yards away. It was too far right and quite hard enough, and it rolled to the edge of the Valley of Sin short of the green. His birdie attempt up the slope stayed inches left of the cup, and he tapped in for a 69. “We gave it a great effort,’’ Spieth said. At least he was in elite company. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — the three biggest names in golf over the last 50 years — were the only other players to capture the Masters and U.S. Open in a bid to sweep the four professional majors in the same year. All came up short in the British Open. Spieth was the only one who had a share of the lead

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Jordan Spieth plays from the 13th hole during the final round of the British Open on Monday at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. wind that Spieth couldn’t reach the green in two. No matter, because he plopped his pitch just 8 feet from the hole. “If I stood on 17th tee box and you told me I had that putt for par on the hole,’’ Spieth said later, “I would

so deep in the final round. “I’m going to go home and reflect,’’ Spieth said. “It won’t hurt too bad. It’s not like I really lost it on the last hole, and 17 was brutally challenging. I just didn’t hit a great putt there, and I just picked the wrong wedge out of the bag on 18. I made a lot of the right decisions down the stretch and certainly closed plenty of tournaments out. And this just wasn’t one of those. It’s hard to do that every single time. “I won’t beat myself up too bad, because I do understand that.’’ It took a superlative effort from Johnson, who now has two majors among his 12 PGA Tour victories, an astounding record and a reminder that a good wedge game and a putter can still go a long way in this era of power. Johnson was in tears when he was interviewed off the green. “I’m grateful. I’m humbled. I’m honored,’’ Johnson said. “This is the birthplace of the game, and that jug means so much in sports.’’

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have certainly taken it.’’ Almost shockingly, he missed it right. The best putter in the game didn’t make the one that mattered the most. There would be no claret jug for Spieth, no Grand Slam for golf. A misplaced

drive on the 18th left him a final putt from the Valley of Sin that barely missed, ending Spieth’s chances of getting in what would have been a four-man playoff. Zach Johnson would go on to win, giving the Open a fine champion. But the sense that something bigger was lost wasn’t just felt by the fans who bought tickets for 10 pounds to sit in the rain on what was looking to be a magical day. Not since Tiger Woods’ chances evaporated in a rain-blown 81 in the third round at Muirfield in 2002 had a player had a shot at three straight majors. They’re so hard to win that British bookies would probably make the odds long that any player will have a chance again in the next 13 years. Spieth had said a day earlier that he would be playing to win, not to finish third. He understood the magnitude of the moment and instead of being overwhelmed by it, he choose to embrace it. On another day, the 3-under 69 he shot might have been enough. But this was a day where Johnson shot a 66, and Marc Leishman matched him shot for shot. Louis Oosthuizen had a 69 of his own to make it a three-way playoff that Johnson would eventually win. As it turned out, this wasn’t a tournament Spieth lost. It was one that someone else won.

Keeping Sumter Beautiful By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent When a Slow Leak Is a Good Thing

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BOBBY L. BARNES Bobby L. Barnes, 83, husband of Nina Scurry Barnes, died on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Calhoun Falls, he was a son of the late Joseph B. and Bessie Stephens Barnes. BARNES Mr. Barnes was a member of Hickory Road Baptist Church. He was a member of the Mission of Men Choir and the Hickory Road Baptist Church Men’s Quartet. He retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a Vietnam War veteran. He also retired from Civil Service at Shaw Air Force Base. Survivors include his wife; three children, Marty L. Barnes of Bishopville, Cindy D. Barnes Brown (Dan) of Charleston and Ryan K. Barnes (Sandy) of Lexington; two grandchildren, Walker and Alexis Barnes; three stepchildren, Chris O. Feutral (Chuck) of Augusta, Georgia, Keith C. “Buddy” Osborne (Regina) of Sumter and Todd S. Osborne (Lori) of Sarasota, Florida; a sister, Mildred Elizabeth Barnes Amman of Sumter; a sister-in-law, Glenda G. Barnes of Sumter; and a number of step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 49 years, Ann Ruth Barnes; and his twin brother, Billy Ray Barnes. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with Dr. Ron Taylor and the Rev. George Smith officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Mission of Men Choir. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Nina Barnes. Memorials may be made to Hickory Road Baptist Church, 1245 Cherryvale Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 or 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. www.ecsfuneralhome.com

SARAH JANE C. GARDNER Sarah Jane Chambers Gardner, 96, widow of Deacon Robert Gardner, was blessed to return to our heavenly father on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at her home. Born on July 1, 1919, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late James and Maggie Hickmon GARDNER Chambers. Mrs. Gardner was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. At an early age, she accepted Christ as her personal savior and was baptized at Rafting Creek Baptist Church. As a lifelong member of Rafting Creek, she served faithfully with the ministries of the Senior Missionary Society, Trustee Wives and the Deacon Wives. She loved her family, church family and community. She was blessed to love and nurture 11 children, Hampton Gardner (Esther), Edward Gardner, Wesley Gardner (Marilyn), Mary Dinkins, Maggie Osborne of Rembert, Bernice Whitehead of Annapolis, Maryland, and Emma Outen (Charles) of Columbia, Maryland; a daughter-in-law, Martha Gardner; two sisters, Maggie Pitts of Columbia and Mattie Davis of Boston, Massachusetts; 28 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; 22 great-great-grandchildren; three special daughters, Sarah Mickens, Nancy Sanders and Dr. Ora Spann; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by four children, Sammie, Johnny, Robert and Charlie Gardner. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church, 3860 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, pastor, the Rev. Burdell Hill, presiding, Elder Thomas Smith, eulogist, assisted by Minister Carol Sanders, the Rev. Lillian Reynolds, the Rev. Willie Dennis and

the Rev. Jennings Jackson Jr. The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 5230 McDaniel Road, Rembert. The remains will be placed in the church at noon. The funeral procession will leave at 12:30 p.m. from the home. Floral bearers will be granddaughters and greatgranddaughters. Honorary floral bearers will be Senior Missionary Society and Deacon Wives Ministries. Pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons. Burial will be in Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard cemetery. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

LOUIS E. SINGLETON Louis Edward Singleton, 78, died on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning. He was born on June 5, 1937, in the Pinewood section of Clarendon County, a son of the late William and Susan Holiday Singleton. The family is receiving friends at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Maris and Dorothy Singleton, 1161 Singleton Drive, Pinewood. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

ABRAHAM PENDERGRASS MANNING — Abraham “Big Pimppen” Pendergrass, 40, husband of Latressa Cameron Pendergrass, died on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia. He was born on July 25, 1974, in Manning, a son of Durant and Emma Barr Pendergrass. The family is receiving friends at the home of his parents, 1244 Sassafras Lane, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

DENNIS LEE ELMORE JR. Dennis Lee Elmore Jr., age 74, died on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at the home of his brother. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Dennis Lee Elmore Sr. and Annie Maybelle Thames Elmore. After a brief military career in the U.S. Army, Dennis worked his whole adult life as a commercial industrial roofer. A resident of Boca Grande, Florida, Dennis loved to fish, and he also enjoyed traveling to all parts of the country. Surviving are one son, Dennis Lee Elmore III and his wife, Darlene, of Camden; one daughter, Phyllis Camlin and her husband, Chester, of Tampa, Florida; two brothers, William “Bill” Elmore and his wife, Dee Dee, of Chapin and Wayne Elmore and his wife, Sandy, of Sumter; one sister, Cathy Gaylord and her husband, Gerald, of Sumter; two grandchildren, Chet Camlin and Dana Poole; and nine

great-grandchildren. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Tuomey Hospice, 500 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

SAMUEL GREENE Samuel Greene, 70, died on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at his home, 60 Hilliard Drive, Sumter. Born on Aug. 18, 1944, in Sumter County, he was a son of Wesley Wactor and Gertrude Greene. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Anna Lou Gallishaw, 1006 Catherine Ave., Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

ROBERT D. JONES JR. Robert Darnell Jones Jr. died on Sunday, July 19, 2015, in Sumter County. Born in Sumter County, he was a son of Robert Lewis Sr. and Nancy Ann Lewis Jones. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 10 Dixie Drive, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

CLARA MAE CEASAR Clara Mae Ceasar entered eternal rest on July 19, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. The family is receiving friends at 817 Wells Church Road, Lynchburg. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

JOHNNY ROSS WILLIAMSTON — John Quincy “Johnny” Ross, 74, of Williamston and formerly of Easley, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, July 19, 2015. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late John Quincy Ross Jr. and Dorothy Jackson Ross. Johnny was an expert technician with Marietta Quilt and Sew. He was an active member and usher at Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Easley. He was a devoted husband, who loved his family dearly. Surviving are his wife of 13 years, Diane Dover Ross; children, Jay Ross of Sumter, Gene Brock of Fair Play, Tim Brock (Kathy) of Easley and Dottie Landry of Columbia; grandchildren, Nick Landry, John Ross, Victoria Ross, Zachary Brock, Josh Landry, Sarah Brock and Haley Brock; a great-granddaughter; and brothers, Phil Ross (Judy) of Sumter, Tommy Ross of Columbia and Neil Ross (Joyce) of Sumter.

THE SUMTER ITEM In addition to his parents, Johnny was predeceased by a grandson, Timothy Ryne Brock. A service to celebrate Johnny’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Brushy Creek Baptist Church with a visitation immediately following the service. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Brushy Creek Baptist Church in memory of Johnny. The family will be at the home. Condolences may be expressed online by visiting www.robinsonfuneralhomes. com or in person at Robinson Funeral Home-Downtown, which is assisting the family.

LOUISE S. GRANT Mother Louise Singleton Grant, age 86, died on July 14, 2015. Born on March 24, 1929, in the Rafting Creek/Dinkins Mill community of Rembert, she was a daughter of the late Sammie and Elizabeth Williams Singleton. She was the paternal granddaughter of the late William Jr. and Susanna Taylor Singleton and the maternal granddaughter of the late Ben and Martha Dennis Williams. Louise was educated in the Old Rafting Creek School. After the school burned, she attended classes that were held at Rafting Creek Baptist Church. Later, she attended Adult Education at Hillcrest High School, where she graduated in 1974. Further studies were completed at the former Sumter Area Technical College (presently Central Carolina Technical College), where she received certifications and completed other courses. Early in life, she attended Rafting Creek Baptist Church, Rembert, under the leaderships of the late Rev. J.R. Reed and the late Dr. Benjamin F. Weston. Later she met and married the late Rev. Harrison Grant on March 16, 1946. In 1946, she was converted and was baptized at Hopewell Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. M.M. Beattie. She remained a member of Hopewell Baptist Church for 58 years (1946-2004), where she was instrumental in assisting in the financial drives for the new sanctuary under the leadership of the late Dr. L.W. Walker Sr. She was very active, along with her late husband, in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. Louise was employed by Exide Battery Corp. for 11 years (1966-1977); Crescent Tools Co. for 3½ years (1977-1981); and she retired as a teacher assistant and bus driver with the former Sumter School District Number 2 after 13 years of dedicated service (1981-1994). After retirement, she worked with Sumter Parks and Recreation at Ebenezer and Delaine Community Centers. First Lady Louise Grant served graciously as a pastor’s wife at Fair Haven Baptist Church, Manning (1957-1961); Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Camden (1961-1974); and Calvary Baptist Church, Pinewood (1951-1985). At Calvary, she

was instrumental in financial drives to assist in the erection of a new sanctuary in 1968 and a new fellowship hall in 1979 that was named in her husband’s honor. At Calvary, she was also active in the Senior Missionary Society and the Willing Workers Ministry. On Sept. 26, 2004, Mother Grant united with New Israel Missionary Baptist Church Inc., becoming a charter member under the leadership of Dr. D.L. Grant Sr. She was mother of the church; active in the Senior Missionary Society as treasurer emeritus; and active in the Sunday school and Bible study ministries. Mother Grant was very active in securing land on U.S. 441 (Peach Orchard Road) for the building of a new church facility. She was a former vice president of the Black River Minister Wives Auxiliary (1979-1981) of the Black River Baptist Association of Clarendon County; and active member of the South Carolina Baptist Woman’s Educational and Missionary Convention, where she served on the Morris College financial drive committee under the late Dr. Arabella Rich and Dr. Jacqueline Wright Canty. Mother Grant was active in attending the State Baptist Congress of Christian Education for many years. She was also an active participant of the National Convention of America Inc., attending her first session in Nashville, Tennessee, under the presidency of Dr. E. Edward Jones and later under Dr. Stephen J. Thurston. Mother Grant attended several sessions of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Workers of NBCA; and was a member of the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist and Educational Association of Williamsburg and Georgetown counties, where she was a member of the Jerusalem Association Minister Wives and Widows Auxiliary. She leaves to cherish her memories: six children; two sisters, Mother Bessie Singleton Lloyd of Stratford, Connecticut, and Ruthell “Ruby” Singleton Williams of Dalzell; three brothers, Soloman (Bertha) Singleton, Jessie (Debhorah) Singleton and Clarence Singleton of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; an additional sisterin-law, Mrs. Joe “Sister” Singleton of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband, the Rev. Harrison Grant Sr.; an infant son, Harrison Grant Sr.; an infant granddaughter, Destiny Elaine Grant; two sisters, Maggie Singleton and Josephine Williams Jones; and four brothers, William Singleton, Sam Singleton, Joseph Singleton and Willie Singleton. A memorial celebration honoring the late Louise Singleton Grant will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., Sumter, with Dr. James Blassingame, pastor, eulogist, and Dr. Samuel Tolbert, presiding.

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Hospital worker / wife violated HIPAA law DEAR ABBY — “Concerned in Massachusetts” (Feb. 20) used her status as a hospital employee to access her husDear Abby band’s medical records ABIGAIL and found a VAN BUREN history of STDs. I’m a registered nurse with 40 years’ experience. Every healthcare organization I know of teaches all their employees about HIPAA violations and that accessing private patient medical information is a criminal offense. It is essential that patients know they can trust us to protect their privacy. We have specific policies against using one’s employee status to access a

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relative’s medical information. “Concerned” is lucky she still has a job. At my institution, she would be terminated for violating organizational policy and federal law. She wouldn’t have to worry about how to broach the subject with her husband; she’d be explaining why she was fired. He may not be a saint, but neither is she. Her actions were unacceptable and reflect a clear lack of integrity and honesty. Safeguarding the right to privacy DEAR SAFEGUARDING — You are not the only reader who was appalled at what “Concerned” had done. Read on: DEAR ABBY — Like “Concerned’s” husband, I, too, am labeled as high risk for STDs based on a medical survey I

completed, although I have had a monogamous 30-year marriage and do not do drugs of any kind. In that survey, they asked how many partners I had in my lifetime. Those few other partners were before I met my wife. “Concerned” indicated that her husband had been treated twice for STDs “some years back.” What does that mean? Were they married then? If not, is he labeled high risk due to his previous behavior? Perhaps there is something deeper in the relationship that needs addressing -- such as why there are weeks between sexual contact with her husband. It’s ironic that she’s bent out of shape over infidelity concerns, but thinks it acceptable to betray the privacy and ethics rules governing medical professionals. Vincent in West Virginia

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

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SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2015-CP-43-01447 FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-RP1, Plaintiff, vs. Betty A. Council; Joyce T. Link; The Estate of Virgin E. Council, John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all Heirs and Devisees of Virgin E. Council, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendant(s). TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will

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LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Betty A. Council to Novastar Mortgage, Inc. dated July 20, 1998 and recorded on July 27, 1998 in Book A531 at Page 683 and rerecorded on July 30, 1998 in Book 712, Page 1861, in the Sumter County Registry (hereinafter, "Mortgage"). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger. The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain piece, parcel of lot of land with the improvements thereon, situate in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being fully shown and represented as Lot 40 on plat of Palmer and Malone, C.E.'s dated October 31, 1946, of record in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County in Plat Book ZZ-5, at Page 215, the boundaries and measurements of which have been confirmed by resurvey of H.S. Wilson, R.L.S. dated November 2, 1977, of record in the said Clerks Office in Plat Book Z-40 at Page 211. This being the same property conveyed to Betty A. Council by deed of Joyce T. Link recorded July 17, 1996, in Book 652 at Page 427, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County.

TMS No. 2291002009 Property Address: 6 Dixie Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for SUMTER County on June 15, 2015. ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS IN MILITARY SERVICE It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for known and unknown minors, and for all persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment, it is

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appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants,

addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, under other legal disability, or serving in the military, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, and for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, under a legal disability, or serving in the Military, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on the 2nd day of July, 2015.

service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Defendant(s). (013263-06580)

Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns dated January 17, 2004, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Sumter County on January 17, 2004, in Mortgage Book 1198 at Page 785. This Mortgage was subsequently assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by assignment dated June 4, 2014 and recorded June 9, 2014 in Book 1201 at Page 5936. The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Privateer Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, represented as Lot No. 25, Section II, of Woodlake Subdivision and being more particularly shown and designated as Lot No. 25 on a plat of Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated April 14, 1989 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book 89 at Page 389, reference being made to the said plat for the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the said lot. This being the property known as 3105 Longleaf Drive, Sumter, SC. TMS No. 181-00-02-044. This being the same property conveyed to Antonio J. Cowell by deed of Carolina Construction of Sumter, LLC, dated January 17, 2014 and recorded January 17, 2014 in Book 1198 at Page 781 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. Subsequently, Antonio Jerome Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell died May 7, 2014, leaving his interest in the subject property to his heirs, namely, J'Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell, J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell, and Alijah Cowell, as is more fully shown in the Probate Records for Sumter County bearing Case No. 2014-Es-43-615.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in The Item, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action. Sarah O. Leonard, SC Bar No. 080165 Jadda F. Wylie, SC Bar No. 100246 Alan M. Stewart, SC Bar No.: 015576 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 803-454-3540 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUMMONS AND NOTICES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2015-CP-43-01445 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Branch Banking and Trust Company, PLAINTIFF, VS. The Estate of James M. Gordon, Deceased, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of James M. Gordon, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANT(S). TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-2065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedures, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Russell Z. Plowden, Esq., made absolute.

ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire of Guardian Ad Litem Attorney, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all known and unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 6 Dixie Drive, Sumter, South Carolina 29150; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire of Guardian Ad Litem Attorney, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendants above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by James M. Gordon to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Branch Banking and Trust Company, dated November 17, 2011, recorded November 21, 2011, in the office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Sumter County, in Book 1162, at Page 3529; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Branch Banking and Trust Company by assignment instrument dated May 20, 2014 and recorded June 10, 2015 in Book 1212 at Page 699. The description of the premises as contained in said mortgage is as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 4 of County Club Estates Subdivision, Section No. 4, on that plat prepared by Carl J. Croft, RLS, dated January 16, 1993 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 93 at Page 69. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the identical property conveyed unto James M. Gordon by Deed of the Estate Shirley G. Scott by Everette N. Scott, Personal Representative dated November 2, 2009 and recorded November 3, 2009 in Book 1131 at Page 2299 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. Thereafter, James M. Gordon died on March 24, 2015.

TMS No. 207-05-02-032 Property address: 40 Par Court Sumter, SC 29154 SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. Ronald C. Scott, SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley, SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant, SC Bar #78334 Vance L. Brabham, III, SC Bar #71250 William S. Koehler, SC Bar #74935 J. Harrison Rushton, SC Bar #100406 Andrew M. Wilson, SC Bar #72553 Andrew A. Powell, SC Bar #100210 Andrew M. Sullivan, SC Bar #100464 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 15-CP-43-0683 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

NOTICE

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,

TO THE DEFENDANTS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on June 15, 2015. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Russell Z. Plowden, Esq., whose address is Guardian Ad Litem for Richard Roe, SCRA Attorney for John Doe, 4500 Jackson Boulevard, 1st Floor, Columbia, SC 29209, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and

FURTHER upon reading the Petition filed by Plaintiff for the appointment of an attorney to represent any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.

Plaintiff, v. J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell; J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell; Alijah Cowell; Glendell Baker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell; Any Heir-at-law or Devisees of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S): J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell, J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell, Alijah Cowell and any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 3105 Longleaf Drive, Sumter, South Carolina 29154, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 1810002044, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 220 Executive Center Drive, Suite 109, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute. Columbia, South Carolina June 22, 2015

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, v. J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell; J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell; Alijah Cowell; Glendell Baker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell; Any Heir-at-law or Devisees of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Defendant(s). (013263-06580)

LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Antonio J. Cowell to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Lenox Financial

Property Address: 3105 Longleaf Dr Sumter, SC 29154 TMS# 1810002044 Columbia, S.C. March 11, 2015 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell, J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell, Alijah Cowell and any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe. YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on March 13, 2015. Columbia, South Carolina June 22, 2015

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. Columbia, South Carolina June 22,

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 15-CP-43-0683 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, v. J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell; J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell; Alijah Cowell; Glendell Baker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell; Any Heir-at-law or Devisees of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Defendant(s). (013263-06580) ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgment Waived It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Anne Bell Fant as Guardian Ad Litem for J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell, J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell and Alijah Cowell, minors, and Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Anne Bell Fant, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem for J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell, J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell and Alijah Cowell, minors, and Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 3105 Longleaf Drive, Sumter, South Carolina 29154; that Anne Bell Fant is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) J' Kiah Cowell a/k/a Jakaiby Cowell, J'Kori Cowell a/k/a Ja'Karrie T. Cowell, Alijah Cowell and any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Antonio Jermone Cowell a/k/a Antonio J. Cowell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030) Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893) H. Guyton Murrell (SC Bar # 064134) John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635) Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236) Nikole Haltiwanger (SC Bar # 70491) Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271) Ashley M. Wheeling-Goodson (SC Bar # 101423)

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