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Man, 46, charged with firing weapon within city limits

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com (803) 774-1201 A 90-minute standoff in the Sumter historic district Thursday night between police and an allegedly armed 46-year-old man ended with the suspect being taken into custody outside his home on Harby Street.

No one was injured in the standoff between police and Scott Harvey, who was ultimately charged with firing a weapon within city limits and public disorderly conduct.

Shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday, Sumter Police Department received calls of a man firing shots outside a residence in the 30 block of Harby Street, near the corner of Harby and Calhoun streets. According to Deputy Chief Alvin Holston, at least one witness reported seeing HARVEY Harvey fire multiple shots from a rifle outside his home.

About 10 police cars responded to the scene, blocking off Harby

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Police barricade themselves behind a patrol car Thursday night outside a residence in the 30 block of Harby Street as they negotiate with a man accused of firing multiple gunshots at the home. No one was injured in the incident that ultimately led to the arrest of 46-year-old Scott Harvey.

Street to traffic and setting up a perimeter around the home. With Harvey refusing to leave his home, in which at least one other person was inside at the time, police barricaded themselves behind a patrol

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McGill wants to have quick impact S.C.’s new lieutenant governor pays surprise visit to Sumter seniors

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 The seniors enjoying a pre-Fourth of July meal at Sumter Senior Services got a surprise visit from the lieutenant governor.

Yancey McGill, only two weeks into his job as the state’s No. 2, hit the ground running with Thursday’s drop-in to about a dozen lunchtime visitors to the senior center, as South Carolina’s newest statewide official tries to familiarize himself with the needs of seniors and what his office can do for them during the brief time he holds the position.

“He wants to visit every county. Every

county’s different, and you have to know what their different needs are to know how to approach the challenges in a limited time,” said state Office on Aging director Tony Kester, who accompanied McGill on his visit. “He’s got a lot to do, so the learning curve has got to be short.”

A longtime state senator from Kingstree, McGill took over the lieutenant governor’s post from Glenn McConnell after McConnell resigned June 18 to become president of his alma mater, the College of Charleston.

McGill became the only Democrat to hold statewide office almost by default, when no Republican senator was willing to give up a

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Woman, 21, dies in boat collision

BY ROB COTTINGHAM rcottingham@theitem.com (803) 774-1225 LAKE MARION — A Sumter woman is dead after a Friday morning boating wreck on Lake Marion, marking the fifth fatality responded to by Clarendon County emergency workers on the lake since Memorial Day. Hailey Joanne Bordeaux, 21, of Sumter, was pronounced

dead at Clarendon Memorial Hospital shortly after arriving Friday morning.

According to Clarendon Deputy Coroner Charles Jackson, Bordeaux, her boyfriend and a married couple were idling in a slough on Lake Marion shortly after midnight Friday when another boater reportedly came speeding through the area. The two

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Help make Bethune museum better

Sumter Little Theatre announces auditions

Share your thoughts on how leader should be honored

Sumter Little Theatre will hold auditions at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for its opening play of the 2014-15 season, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).” The comedy will be presented Aug. 14-17 and Aug. 2124.

Director Eric Bultman said he is “looking for energetic, creative men for this fast-paced comic sendup of the Bard’s 37 plays. Be prepared to move.”

Those auditioning may use a classic monologue or memorize the beginning of Hamlet’s soliloquy: “To be, or not to be — that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them.”

The auditions will be held at SLT, 14 Mood Ave. Call (803) 775-2150 for more information.

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 As the Mary McLeod Bethune Museum Development Association moves forward, members want your input.

The board of directors is soliciting information two ways.

Contact them directly with your ideas by postal mail — Mary McLeod Bethune Museum Board of Directors, PO Box 374, Mayesville, SC 29104 — or visit the museum during free brunches and business after-hours starting today. The museum is at 1940 Mary McLeod Bethune Road, Mayesville, which is along the path the civil rights leader and educator used to travel to school, said Elizabeth B. Dixon, one of the association’s founders.

“Our main focus now is how can we get people interested in this project,” she said. “We want to see if people think she deserves to be honored in her own hometown, and we want to bring people into the area to support the area. We want others to come learn about her. Come see what we are doing.”

The daughter of former slaves, Bethune was born in 1875. She first garnered attention for starting Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in 1904. It would go on to become BethuneCookman College, and she went on to serve as an adviser to several American presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In August of 2012, the S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles voted to issue a specialty license plate in honor of Bethune. She was the first black from South Carolina to be featured on a license plate.

“She has done a lot for our country,” Dixon said. “She is known all over the world. We want to know if (people) appreciate what she has done. We want to know what people are thinking.”

The museum is only the first phase in what Dixon and her board are hoping to do. They want to establish

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Elizabeth B. Dixon, one of the Mary McLeod Bethune Museum Development Association’s founders, touches a quilt made to honor S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ernest A. Finney Jr. Like the black educator for which the museum that holds the blanket is named, he is a civil rights leader and pioneer. a trade school and eventually a bed and breakfast.

“We want to train people to use their hands, heads and heart,” Dixon said. “That’s what she (Bethune) did.

We want to motivate young people in the area. We want to give them something to do to broaden their views.

This is a very blighted area. People have nothing to do. We don’t want them hanging around on the street.

We want to give them a stipend and a trade to help upgrade and uplift

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS • Send a letter to Mary McLeod Bethune Museum Board of Directors, PO Box 374, Mayesville, SC 29104.

• Send an email to marymcleodbethunemuseum@yahoo.com.

• Visit 1940 Mary McLeod Bethune Road, Mayesville, during one of the free schedule brunches, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today and July 12.

Reservations are requested for food prep. Call (803) 453-5014. Donations will be accepted.

• Visit 1940 Mary McLeod Bethune Road, Mayesville, during one of the business afterhours, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. July 19 and July 26.

Reservations are requested for food prep. Call (803) 453-5014. Donations will be accepted.

One of Lee County’s Relay For Life teams has partnered with the Lee County Recreation Department and Royals AAU team to host a basketball tournament Aug. 1-3. The event will be held at the Old Bishopville High School Gym, 121 E. College St., Bishopville. The first game will begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 1.

The tournament fee is $65 per team. Admission at the door is $5 for ages 6 and under and $7 for all others; weekend passes are $12. Proceeds will benefit Lee County Relay for Life.

Interested persons are asked to contact Anita Duncan at (803) 464-4634 or wohuzza1@bellsouth. net.

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Morris College program leader wants to build strong community ties

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 Expect to see Elmira Monts Rutherford, the new Morris College Organizational Management Program director, out and about in the Sumter area. The Prosperity native who started in early June is still bringing in furniture for her new office in Academic Hall but has plans to make strong connections with the community and local businesses to grow the school’s program that targets adult learners.

“The program is set up for working adults, and when I say recruitment, we do some communications, but I strictly recruit for individuals in my program.

It’s set up for learners who work during the day, and the program is kind of geared around their work and their life and community activities they might be involved with,” Rutherford said.

“That’s why I’m looking to network with and build relationships with some of the colleges that offer an associate’s degree as well as with churches, community groups and, of course, with dif-

ferent businesses and agencies.”

Morris has offered the Organizational Management Program since 1996, and the program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. The 18-month program targets individuals 25 years and older having at least 60 credit hours from a formal college that are transferable into Morris College. The courses for the program focus on managerial skills, human RUTHERresource, organizational FORD behavior and structure, Rutherford explained.

Many of the students involved in the program are interested in furthering their education in hopes of an increase in pay or possible promotions in current jobs, Rutherford said. When completed, individuals in the program can receive a bachelor of science degree in business administration.

Rutherford attended Columbia College, then received a master’s degree in education, specializing in education administration for adult learners at Uni-

versity of South Carolina. Her past work experience includes recruiting program director, some sales, retail banking and human resources. Like the individuals involved in the program, Rutherford decided to go back to school in her early 30s, and she feels that experience will also give her the opportunity to relate and connect with other adult learners.

Once Rutherford gets settled in at Morris, she wants to begin rebuilding the program and increase numbers so it can compete with other institutions that offer accelerated and online degree programs for nontraditional students.

“I’m seeking to increase the numbers of students who are participating in the program,” Rutherford said. “I just want to use my talent of working with adult learners because I enjoy mentoring and coaching individuals.

Of course, the nontraditional population that we work with would allow me to do that.”

Down the road, Rutherford’s goals also include networking and creating relationships with businesses that offer

educational assistance programs and to assist in job placement for students.

With other institutions in mind that offer similar programs and opportunities, Rutherford said Morris should be at the top of the list for adult learners because it has a warm and generous faculty and staff — something she has already experienced in her short time with the college.

“Morris has a good spirit, a good, warm, caring spirit that I have received from the faculty and staff. The instructors are great; they’re dedicated, and they care,” she said. “You are coming into classrooms, and you’re with individuals who share a lot of the same lifestyles, and you come together, and it becomes more than class activities.

It’s an opportunity to build a friendship and a fellowship with someone who is encountering the same experiences. It’s like a team that you can be with for 18 months to succeed with and to go through the experience with.”

Orientation for the Organizational Management Program is scheduled for Aug. 22. For more information, call (803) 934-3248.

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Longtime banker says young people are key part of Sumter’s future

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com (803) 774-1201 During his career of more than 40 years as a banker in the Sumter community, Robert N. “Bobby” Boykin has seen multiple efforts to try to improve the area’s economy.

Some efforts have worked better than others, but recent success stories have Boykin and others feeling optimistic about the Gamecock City’s future.

Earlier this week, the BOYKIN outgoing executive vice president of National Bank of South Carolina sat down with The Sumter Item to reflect on where the local economy has been, where he feels it is headed and what can be done to improve it.

You’ve been incredibly active in economic development, and in the community, for quite some time. What have been the significant changes you’ve seen during your career that have pointed Sumter in the right direction, or are we even headed in the right direction?

BB: I have seen Sumter change from a small town to where we are becoming even more active in international things. You look at our park out here, all our industrial parks out there, and we’ve got companies from all over the world.

When we started all those years ago, we didn’t even have an industrial park. Now we have several. We’re the only town I know of that has two Caterpillar plants. So, it’s those kinds of things that have gone pretty doggone good.

I’ve watched what downtown has done. That was one of the things, when we first got the Caterpillar plants, Paul Strang was the first plant manager, and when he was being transferred out we had kind of a going away deal, and we said, “OK. Let’s do a little bit of a debriefing. Tell us what you see that are the shortcomings of this town.” His first thing was that our downtown

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Kevin John Locke, 46, of 273 Roosevelt St., Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, was arrested at 7:46 a.m. Monday and charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. According to reports, an officer near the 137-mile marker on Interstate 95 observed a white 2013 Dodge Challenger traveling at a high rate of speed. After using radar to confirm a speed of 83 mph in a 70 mph zone, the officer initiated a traffic stop.

After observing some suspicious behavior from the passenger, Locke and the driver, the officer initiated a search of the vehicle once both consented. During the search, the officer found a trail of white residue leading to a piece of foil that contained approximately 3 grams of suspected cocaine, which was confirmed with a field test.

Both men were read their Miranda rights, and neither would claim the drugs.

Locke then reportedly stated that someone may have left it in his car and that it had been a week since he’d done any. Because of the location of the drugs and Locke’s statements, the officer arrested the passenger and took him to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Michael Hameen Rogers, 37, of 966 Houck St., was arrested at 3:35 p.m. Monday and charged with criminal domestic violence, first offense. According to reports, officers responded to the incident location in reference to a domestic dispute about 3 p.m. Monday. When they arrived, officers separated the two parties and began interviewing them.

needs improvement.

And what a great job this community has done, Greg Thompson leading it, with getting things done downtown. And what we’re doing now with the Penny for Progress has helped so much. And the new Penny for Progress, if we can get it through, will help again, with more downtown improvement.

If you look at Florence, they’re now deciding that they need to do something with their downtown, and we’re ahead of them. Downtown is just a great, great step in the right direction for this community.

You look at the sports complexes now that we have, that are bringing people into the community that we didn’t have before. Sumter has taken some nice steps.

Along those lines, and you’ve kind of alluded to it, what are the steps that need to be taken from here on out to keep the ball rolling? Is there a certain area where we need to change course?

I think if we can get four-year status for the university (USC Sumter), that would certainly help. A university town helps a community to bring back people. When they graduate, they stay in the community a lot of the time.

And that’s probably one of the things that we have to do a better job of, which is bringing our young people back.

Is that the method to do so?

I think that’s a step in the right direction. That helps. As the town continues to grow, and we start bringing more amenities in — you know, Third Army brought a lot, Continental Tire brings a lot — but as we start taking that median income and driving it up a little bit every time, and we make one of these acquisitions of another industry, that’s going to make the quality of life just a little bit better.

Then, these young people — who want to go to Atlanta, who want to go to Charlotte, tier-one towns — are going to want to come and stay here. The thing is, what we see is when they get to be 30 years old and

According to the victim, she and Rogers got into an argument, during which he got “all up in her face” and “bowed up” at her as if he were going to strike her.

The victim said she was scared, as Rogers had struck her before, and she threw an ashtray at him and missed. Rogers then reportedly punched her left jaw and dragged her from the living room to the kitchen.

Officers observed the victim had a swollen left jaw and a laceration on her upper right arm, and her shirt had several tears. When officers spoke with Rogers, he said the victim started the altercation by attacking him. The details of Rogers’ story were reportedly inconsistent with his injuries. He was arrested and taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Alejandro Torres, 22, of 4901 Ave. B10, Brooklyn, New York, was arrested at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and charged

they start to have children, this is where they want to raise their children. This is a wonderful family community. We don’t want to change that. We want to continue to be a great family town.

So, for you, the key step for Sumter to get to the next level is to attract the 20- to 30-year-old set?

I think that is one of the steps, absolutely. Keep those young people here. Make them excited about it, because they’re the new leaders.

They’re the ones that will take us to the next level.

How long of a time period do you think that is going to take?

It’s not overnight. When they started downtown (revitalization), we’ve been 15 years into this project, and you can see where we are.

We’ve probably got another 15 years to go to get it on up. And I’m not sure that ever ends. That’s an ongoing thing that we have to continue.

What do you think are some of the limitations we’re facing right now, other than trying to retain young folks? What’s happening in the community that you think needs to go in another direction?

Preparing our workforce. We’re starting to see that, with the new tech building (at Central Carolina Technical College). But not everybody is going to go to college and be a white-collar worker. So what we need to do is train those people who are not going to go to college to have a good career they can support their family with. If we can educate them in that area, then that will help, too, because it takes down the unemployment rate.

It keeps people from not being out there and living on the dole. They’re now productive citizens. They’re paying taxes, and they’re raising a family. And that family then sees how it is, and they’ll go to work.

They won’t see how it is not to go to work. It’s a generational thing.

Where do you start that educational process? Do you start it at technical

with possession of other controlled substance, possession of a Schedule 1 narcotic and manufacturing of a controlled substance. Antonio Bernado Gonzaga, 22, of 625 Westminster Road, Apt. 2, Brooklyn, New York, was also arrested and charged with possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. According to reports, an officer was on patrol near the 140-mile marker on Tuesday when he observed a black 2013 Dodge Charger following his patrol car too closely. He then conducted a traffic stop, and as he neared the vehicle, he detected the strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The officer reportedly observed several blunt wraps, multiple cellphones and multiple bottles of blunt block in the front of the car. Torres, the driver, told the officer his license had been suspended, and after he couldn’t find other

college? Do you start it in high school?

Do you start it earlier?

I think what some of the thought process is, is if we can identify those students that are not going to go to college and identify them early — 8th, 9th, 10th grade — and go ahead and start them in to a program while they’re in the high school years. Then when they get out they’re much more prepared to hit that workforce than to just finish school and say, “Now what do I do?”

If we accomplish those goals, if we take care of that, and this goes back to the fact that this is a long pull, what do you say to people to try to convince them that we are headed in the right direction?

If I knew that answer, I’d patent it right quick. It’s a sales process. We as leaders need to lead. We need to show people that this is a good thing. Sumter has been good to me and my family, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. And I think that you find more and more people feel that way.

So what is the asset that Sumter can play now to attract industry, to attract business and ultimately grow our population?

Our forefathers did not fight to get us an interstate through our community, so we don’t have it. But we’re fortunate to be in a triangle of interstates with four-lane access to all of them. So I think we’ve pretty well negated that over time, which I think was a pretty big hold up for us for a number of years. But when we finally got the 521’s and the 76’s, all those that are touching all the different interstates, I think now we’re in pretty good shape.

Now, we’re not built on an ocean.

We’re not built on a big river, like a Greenville. So, those things make it a lot more difficult, and what I’ve said so many times is you almost have to beat them on personality.

We just have to do what is right to make them feel welcome to our community, and make them feel like they’re a part of it.

identification, the officer confirmed his license was suspended through a DMV check. When asked about the odor of marijuana, Torres reportedly told the officer he had less than an ounce in the glove box. A probable cause search of the vehicle revealed one clear plastic bag containing approximately 9 grams of suspected marijuana, a box of Xacto blades and one wooden box with Xacto tools in the glove box, to which Torres and Gonzaga reportedly claimed ownership. The officer also found a clear plastic bag with partially smoked marijuana cigarettes in it, several blunt wraps and cigars in a cigar box and seven bottles of Blunt Blocker air freshener. Further search yielded four cellphones in the console, a large plastic bag containing 107 grams of suspected marijuana, another plastic bag containing 51 grams of suspected

marijuana, a third bag containing about 1 gram of marijuana, a purple container holding 8 grams of methylone, a clear plastic bag containing 12 methylone pills and two pills containing heroin and pipe cleaners, all in the trunk of the vehicle. A chemist confirmed the substances, and Torres claimed ownership of the methylone and heroin and claimed partial ownership of the marijuana.

Torres also reportedly had $2,710 in cash on him. Both men were taken to SumterLee Regional Detention Center.

GUN FOUND According to reports, a man found a Walther P22 handgun while working in his backyard in the 1800 block of Florence Highway on Tuesday. A records check returned that the firearm was reported stolen out of Horry County.

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Friend has hard time finding kind words for book DEAR ABBY — My friend’s husband has been writing a novel for several years. He just self-published it, and Dear Abby it’s available on Amazon.

ABIGAIL He gave me a VAN BUREN copy, asked me to read it and enter a great review on the Amazon page. The problem is the book is filled with misused and misspelled words, and there is missing punctuation. He even switched the names of two characters. (His wife, who is a “perfectionist,” was his editor.)

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don’t want to finish the book, I know he or my friend will ask me how I liked it. I don’t want to lie because I’m afraid if someone else brings these things to their attention, they’ll know I didn’t read it or think I should have told them.

I know they will be embarrassed if I bring it to their attention.

Frankly, I think it’s too late to say anything negative because the book has already been printed. I also don’t want to cause hurt feelings because I know how long he worked on this project and he’s proud of it. How do I handle this?

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credibility will suffer if you don’t point out every flaw.

Find SOMETHING you liked about the book and mention that on the Amazon page. You could call it a “page turner” because you had to turn from Page 1 to Page 2, didn’t you?

In a case like this, less is more. And remember, you’re doing this in the capacity of being a friend, not an English teacher.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

ACROSS 1 Harassed, in a way 10 Lenox brand 15 Busy state to go into 16 Boiling 17 Made for the tube 18 Decalogue delivery site 19 They may hook you up, briefly 20 Ranks achieved by Armstrong and Lovell 22 Los __, city near San Luis Obispo 24 Greenland capital 25 Flanged bit of hardware 26 Powder holder 28 Added a little to the pot 30 Took in takeout 31 First lady after Bess 33 Kind 35 Kind of support 38 “TritschTratsch-Polka” composer 39 “The Fox and the Hound” hound

40 Stops running?

41 Beluga output 42 Arabian capital 44 “__ luego” 48 Bald eagle cousins 50 Settles 52 Start of many a prayer 53 Events after shootings 56 Crib cry 57 Gugino of “Night at the Museum” 58 Exterminator’s target 60 Hindu principle of life 61 “The Raven” feature 62 Pains 63 Pump house?

DOWN 1 Zoom 2 Yet 3 Hold on a mat 4 Start to date?

5 It’s uncomfortable to be on it 6 Sign of age 7 Large, longbilled marsh bird 8 Satan 9 Respectable 10 Round snow toy

11 “That’s __!”: “Funny!”

12 Otherworldly greeting?

13 Former bills 14 Bums’ American counterparts 21 Look that way 23 Recap 27 Stuns in an arrest 29 Sith title 32 Rumba shaker 34 Cavity opening?

35 Cork alternative 36 Elizabethan property tax to benefit the disadvantaged 37 Title words before

“Nothing to hide,” in a Journey hit 38 Collide with 40 MIT rival, despite the distance 43 Some agents 45 Site of a 1976 antiapartheid uprising 46 Broker’s customer 47 Hold tight 49 Fall sound 51 Spiders’ sensors, e.g.

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National Geographic asks ‘The ‘90s: The Last Great Decade?’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Rob Lowe narrates “The ‘90s: The Last Great Decade?” (9 p.m. Sunday, National Geographic), a six-hour special that looks back at the serious and silly from those years. It includes more than 120 interviews with everyone from Jason Alexander and Roseanne Barr to Vanilla Ice and Colin Powell. To give you an idea of the tone of these proceedings, Powell discusses dancing the Macarena.

Perhaps sparked by anniversaries related to the O.J. Simpson trial, “The ‘90s” emphasizes tabloid television, including ways in which Jerry Springer changed TV, particularly for those bored and unfortunate enough to watch Jerry Springer.

Given the National Geographic Channel’s place in the Fox cable firmament, and its shameless promotion of reactionary fear-mongering with shows like “Doomsday Preppers,” it should be interesting to see what “The ‘90s” makes of the formation of Fox News in the mid-’90s, and the rise of talk radio figures like Rush Limbaugh in shaping “conservative” opinion.

On the other hand, you can see why “The ‘90s” will spend a lot of time on Nirvana, “Seinfeld” and “Dawson’s Creek.” A ‘90s nostalgia fest is supposed to bring in younger viewers, presumably parents glancing back at the fashions of their “grunge” days. The median age of a Fox News viewer is 68.

• Parents and children facing crises turn to a talk show expert on the eight-part series “My Dysfunctional Family” (10 p.m. Saturday, CMT). Selfdescribed domestic “fixer” Dave Vitalli examines problems from each family member’s point of view, a skill he’s honed on 275 episodes of “Maury.”

Why does this sound like a parody?

Vitalli, who has a history of abuse in his own family, travels all over the Gulf Coast to deal with people whose problems range from addiction to abandonment. He’s not exactly touchy-feely, using drug-sniffing dogs and lie detectors to get to the bottom of domestic deceptions.

• Perhaps not even Dave Vitalli, the production staff of “Maury” or a team of drug-sniffing canines could get to the bottom of the dysfunction in the made-for-TV drama “Killing Daddy” (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime, TV-14).

Black sheep Cassie (Elizabeth Gillies, “Victorious”) saw her mother commit suicide when she was only 6.

Blaming her rich and distant father (William R. Moses, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) for that loss, Cassie moved out at an early age and lived on and off the streets, where she harbored her grudges.

When news reaches Cassie of her father’s debilitating stroke, she vows to return home — not to comfort him, but to slowly torture him as she exacts her revenge for a lifetime of woes, real and imagined. Just a few weeks too late for Father’s Day! • A former teen sensation whose father’s name is probably mentioned in “The ‘90s” special performs in Portugal and Spain on “Miley Cyrus: Bangerz Tour” (9 p.m. Sunday, NBC).

• “The Witches of East End” (9 p.m.

Sunday, Lifetime, TV-14) enters a second season with the Beauchamp witches confused about events after the opening of some magic portal.

They certainly aren’t the only ones who find things hard to understand.

Nearly every special “power” or enchanted event on this series seems completely contrived — as if they’re just making stuff up as they go along. Not to give too much away, but there are leaches involved.

• The appetite for this Dark Ages nonsense isn’t limited to Lifetime.

“True Blood” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO, TV-MA) plods along in its final season, balancing so many realms of fantasy that even its once-loyal fans have rebelled.

Call me old-fashioned, but I long for a day when Halloween comes but once a year. It’s one thing for children to want to watch “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” But for so many socalled grown-ups to languish in such trite make-believe strikes me as distressingly sad. Worse, it’s just plain boring.

• Along those lines, the gang uses music to ensnare Sasquatch on “Finding Bigfoot” (10 p.m. Sunday, Animal Planet, TV-PG). Not to ruin things, but they will never find Bigfoot.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Major League Baseball (7 p.m., Fox). Check local listings for regional coverage.

• A boyfriend’s torment on “My Cat From Hell” (8 p.m., Animal Planet, TVPG).

• Savi has her loved ones worried on “Mistresses” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• “The Graham Norton Show” (11 p.m., BBC America, TV-14) glances back at highlights from the past season.

• Paul Rudd hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14), featuring musical guest One Direction.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Repeat reports scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Hollywood’s war on a movie upload site; an interview with New Yorker contributor Malcolm Gladwell; unpredictable volcanoes.

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From left: Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Anna Paquin, Joe Manganiello and Chris Bauer star in a scene from “True Blood,” now in its seventh and final season. ”True Blood” airs at 9 p.m. on Sunday on HBO.

• Professional tough guys furiously overcompensate on “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge” (8 p.m., CMT, TVPG).

• Two consecutive helpings of “Aerial America” (8 p.m. and 9 p.m., Smithsonian, TV-G) showcase Alaska from a bird’s-eye view.

• The search for the Golden Fleece gets the attention of the gods on Olympus in the 1963 adventure “Jason and the Argonauts” (8 p.m., TCM), “starring” the stop-motion special effects of Ray Harryhausen.

• A custody battle turns nasty on “Reckless” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• Josh Groban hosts “Rising Star” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) • A murder with a ceremonial dagger leads to an examination of a girls’ private school with a curious history on the “Masterpiece Mystery!” presentation of “Endeavour” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• “Talking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV14) anticipates season five of shuffling zombie series “The Walking Dead.”

• Hostile forces demand that Chandler hand over Rachel and her findings on “The Last Ship” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• A boxer’s death gets Carrie’s attention on “Unforgettable” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• After a breakthrough, the celebrations prove short-lived on “Halt and Catch Fire” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• Tom leads the 2nd Mass out of the ghetto on “Falling Skies” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• Kevin enters therapy while Meg

wrestles with her past on “The Leftovers” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE Escapees from a chain gang embark on a Southern Odyssey while performing roots music in the 2000 Coen brothers’ comedy “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (9:25 p.m. Sunday, Encore).

SATURDAY SERIES On two episodes of “Bad Teacher” (CBS): procrastination (8 p.m., TVPG); support groups (8:30 p.m., TV-14) * Two hours of “Dateline NBC” (8 p.m.) * Infantile antics on “Bet on Your Baby” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Murder victims show bite marks on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * “48 Hours” (10 p.m., CBS) * Attitude adjustments on “The Blacklist” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * “Nightline Prime” (10 p.m., ABC).

SUNDAY SERIES The Miami round of “American Ninja Warrior” (7 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) * “Wipeout” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS) * On two helpings of “The Simpsons” (Fox, r, TV-PG): in search of lost time (8 p.m.); Grandpa’s entourage moves in (8:30 p.m.) * Mistaken identity on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Cloned dates on “American Dad!” (9:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV14).

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Take time to see gallery’s ‘ephemeral’ video exhibition

BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item If you still cling to the adage “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” perhaps you can accept that you can at least introduce him to new situations.

“Frame and Frequency,” the current Gallery 135 presentation, introduces the video art of 12 international artists. According to Frank McCauley, Sumter Gallery of Art curator and one of the presenters, video art “differs from other art mediums specifically by its technicality, its ephemeral and perhaps at times intangible nature, as well as its mutability and adaptability in terms of the aesthetic process within the medium.”

If all of this sounds too difficult to process, the exhibit may be viewed for the interesting and provocative pictures that encourage reflection. Imagine reading James Joyce and Nathaniel Hawthorne while watching a film

by Ingmar Bergman or Mel Brooks’ quirky “History of the World, Part I.” Each of the 12 artists turns the concept “a picture is worth a thousand words” into an essay, novella, novel or a political, social or psychological tome by layering symbolism, metaphor and allusion with the intent to produce a film concept that hopes to express a complex or thought-provoking idea. The process seems much like using time-lapse photography to explain the circumstances and influences causing the enigmatic smile on the “Mona Lisa.”

A visit to this exhibit can be as time consuming as the viewer wants to make it. Regardless, “Frame and Frequency” is worth experiencing.

McCauley’s “Camofleur” is part of a graduate project, “Casual Being,” that focuses on the characters of science fiction and their influence on fanaticism and his own personal outlook.

“Camofluer” specifically contemplates Arnold Schwarzenegger’s role as Dutch in “Predator” and the character’s fight against the aliens with the influence of science fiction in forming McCauley’s own thoughts. His artistic concept involves making a complex mirrored suit to disguise himself and moving within an environment to see the changes.

At the beginning, McCauley morphs

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In this shot from Jill Mcdonald’s video, “Valley of the Dears,” “The masked faces, the white deer, the owl present a contrast of local honesty with the underlying harshness of the final scenes. The soundtrack, recorded on location, moves back and forth, underscoring the mournful nature of events.“ It can be seen in the video exhibition “Frame and Frequency” through July 18 at Gallery 135/Patriot Hall.

FRAME AND FREQUENCY WHEN: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday through July 18 WHERE: Gallery 135/Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St. CONTACT: (803) 436-2260

through the “jungle,” responding to changes, gradually becoming almost serpentine as he moves through events. His mirror suit reacts to light and shade much like Dutch’s movements in the film’s emerging scenes.

Clips of Schwarzenegger smearing his face for battle and the final explosion trigger McCauley’s own contemplation of his admiration of and dislike of the stress put on the male image and the macho hero. McCauley’s music choice from Caretaker’s “All You Are Going to Want to Do Is to Get There” helps define the nostalgia and atmosphere McCauley feels in taking the video exploration.

Yoni Goldstein and Meredith Zielke present “The Jettisoned,” a three-part “sweeping tableaux (this exhibit features only two) of the Tableaux Vivant genre in painting and photography as it “maps representations of identity and the bodily.” These images, filmed in Mexico and Warsaw, “consider sickness and health as being part of the same process of sustained loss” as well as contemplating anachronisms, religious rituals and their heritage and the combination of visual stimulation, memory and recognition. In one aspect, there is “darkness where history is performed by living bodies, both still and silenced.” Both films in “Jettisoned” juxtapose time, zooming in and out of moments, such as the kissing forms, the body and smoking cigarettes to pose questions about the tableaux and the significance to actual events.

Even if the films seem too erudite or confusing, Jillian Mcdonald’s “Valley of the Dears” offers a chilling graphic clarity. There is great irony in the brutally haunting Scottish scenery, the

expansive countryside and emerging figures. The masked faces, the white deer, the owl present a contrast of local honesty with the underlying harshness of the final scenes. The soundtrack, recorded on location, moves back and forth, underscoring the mournful nature of events. The title’s pun initially misleads the viewer but elevates the final statement and its hidden focus and social intent.

Bill Domonkos’ statement for his presentation sums up much of the exhibit’s atmosphere: There is “collision and the recombination of ideas to renew and transform material, experiences and ideas. Cinema affords the ability to suggest the ineffable … something that cannot or should not be expressed in words … illusive, dreamlike … .”

Although “Frame and Frequency” may not be a simple experience, it is worth the effort to respond to the artistic concepts, the suggested images and the artists’ underlying desire to communicate.

Thumbs up for new Ebert documentary

Film critics Gene Siskel, left, and Roger Ebert are featured in the documentary “Life Itself,” about Ebert’s life as a critic and Pulitzer-winning reporter. Ebert died at age 70 in April 2013.

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BY JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer If Roger Ebert had never written a film review or dramatically articulated his thumb, he would have still been a man to admire.

Steve James’ new documentary on the late critic has plenty on Ebert’s Chicago rise to Pulitzer-winning reporter, his unique position as the world’s most famous film critic and his robustly populist cinephilia.

But what comes through most in “Life Itself,” a film named after Ebert’s 2011 memoir, is his great, openminded vigor. His undying movie love. His passionate embrace of the Internet late in life. His bravery in the face of cancer. His championing of overlooked filmmakers. His generous support of younger critics.

Ebert’s voice grew only stronger after he lost it. His life seemed to only swell in integrity with age. For someone who made a living in criticism, he was an unusually positive force, largely free of the cynicism that often plagues the profession.

Capturing that is the essence of “Life Itself,” which, at its best, has the glow of a wake in an old Chicago bar, the kind Ebert used to haunt with regularity and the kind some of his

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old newspaper pals speak from in the documentary.

Before giving up drinking, Ebert lived as fast as he wrote.

James has often documented Windy City tales, including “Hoop Dreams” and “The Interrupters” — films Ebert hailed. “Hoop Dreams,” Ebert wrote with typical directness, “is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us and makes us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself.”

Ebert was defined, perhaps, by that eagerness to see outside himself. In a taped speech at the start of the documentary, he calls the movies “a machine that generates empathy.”

Of course, he wasn’t a saint. Ebert could be snippy and egotistical, particularly when prodded by his “At the Movies” co-host, Gene Siskel.

Some of the most entertaining clips in “Life Itself ” are familiar videos that have long been on YouTube of the two bickering in outtakes.

Ebert’s voluminous reviews and simple, up-ordown judgments, too, were sometimes derided as “junk food,” as Time’s Richard Corliss once levied. Either way, most writers today would gladly welcome a return to the days when any

single critic held such sway, regardless of its nutritional value.

Time, in the end, has been kind to Ebert’s achievement. Corliss sounds regretful in the documentary, and director Werner Herzog’s label of Ebert — “a soldier of cinema” — has won out.

James began the documentary before Ebert’s passing at the age of 70 in April 2013. So the film is full of footage of Ebert battling his cancer of the thyroid and salivary glands, and conspiring with his longtime wife, Chaz, to sneak out of the hospital to go to the movies. He even sneaks information on his medical status to James that he shields from Chaz.

(She, it should be noted, is in many ways the hero of the film: an astoundingly steadfast companion to her husband through his pain.)

Despite surgeries that removed his lower jaw and left him unable to speak,

Ebert kept typing away up to the end. He died a day after announcing his retirement. Shortly before his death, he wrote of his life, “You can’t say it wasn’t interesting.” Thumbs up to that.

“Life Itself,” a Magnolia Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America “for brief sexual images/nudity and language.” Running time: 118 minutes. Three stars out of four.

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DOMINEE LAWSON SUMMERTON — Dominee “Lil Will” Lawson, 29, entered into eternal rest on Monday, June 30, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.

Born in Clarendon County on Sept. 30, 1984, he LAWSON was a son of Willie Way and Lou Ellen Lawson.

Dominee received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County.

He was a member of Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church in Summerton. He was employed at Gold Kist, Way Construction and Food Lion warehouse.

He leaves to cherish his memories his mother, Lou Ellen Lawson, and stepfather, David Felder, of Summerton; his father, Willie (Revetta) Way of Columbia; two sisters, Tarran “Shay” (Jeffrey) Lawson and Jenni-

fer (Jerome) Lawson, both of Summerton; two brothers, Sandy “Pipe” Lawson of Summerton and Willie King of Columbia; maternal grandparents, Gertie and Robert Riley of Summerton; and a special friend, Nakiesha Nelson, of the home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church in Summerton, with the Rev. Dr. W.T. Johnson, pastor officiating. His final resting place will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation was held Friday at Dyson’s Home for Funerals Chapel.

Mr. Lawson will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.

The family will receive friends at the home of his sister, Tarren “Shay” Lawson, 1096 Oliver James Road in Summerton.

These services have been entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton, (803) 485-4280.

VIVIAN H. ROBINSON SUMMERTON — Vivian House Robinson, 90, died Monday, June 30, 2014, at her residence. Born April 11, 1924, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late John and Elease Dingle House.

ROBINSON Mrs. Robinson is predeceased by a grandson, Charles Benbow Dukes; three sisters, Fannie Robinson, Minnie Anderson and Julia Vanmeter; and two brothers, Walter House and Jerome House.

Those left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Bernice H. Clark and Peggie (Leon) Burgess, both of Summerton; two granddaughters, Sonja D. Jackson of Atlanta and Mia (Levone) JacksonWright of Summerton; four grandchildren, Bailey Jackson, Kennedy Patrick, Nyah Wright and Joseph Alexandra Wright; and a host of nieces, nephews, other rela-

SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2014 tives and friends.

Funeral services for Mrs. Robinson will be held at 11 a.m. today at Laurel Hill AME Church. The Rev. Albert Bradly, pastor, will serve as the eulogist. Burial will follow in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The remains will be placed in the church from 10 a.m. until the hour of the service.

Viewing was held at the funeral home on Friday.

Online condolences may be sent to summertonfuneralhome@gmail.com.

The family will receive friends at the home of her daughters, Bernice H. Clark and Peggie (Leon) Burgess, 4413 Moses Dingle Road, Summerton.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton, (803) 4853755.

EDNA MAE JASPER Edna Mae Jasper entered eternal rest on July 1, 2014, at

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the Kershaw Health Medical Center in Camden.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Good Hope Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Camden with the Rev. Thurmond Williams officiating.

Burial will follow in the Good Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Rembert.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at wilsonfuneralhome@sc.rr.com.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville is in charge of arrangements.

DWAYNE HALL CHARLOTTE — Dwayne Hall entered eternal rest on Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Charlotte.

The family is receiving friends at 2494 Hubb Kelly Road in Bishopville.

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

REGION

Carolina coast survives Arthur

BY EMERY P. DALESIO The Associated Press KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — Proving far less damaging than feared, Hurricane Arthur left tens of thousands of people without power Friday in a swipe at North Carolina’s dangerously exposed Outer Banks, then brought lousy Fourth of July beach weather to the Northeast as it veered out to sea.

The weather along the narrow barrier islands — whose beaches draw scores of tourists every summer — had already cleared by Friday afternoon as Arthur scooted north and its outer bands scraped the Delaware and New Jersey shores. Forecasters did predict a second landfall this evening in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada.

While state and local officials worked to restore access to Hatteras Island and help those who had suffered storm and flooding damage, the effects of the hurricane were mostly localized to that part of the state.

Farther south, the beaches were once again packed with people soaking up the sun.

“The North Carolina beaches are open for business, and they’re open for tourists,” Gov. Pat McCrory said. “The umbrellas are going up as we speak right now.”

Arthur struck North Carolina as a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 mph late Thursday, taking about five hours to move across the far eastern part of the state.

At the height of the storm, more than 40,000 people lost power, and the rush of water from the ocean on one side and the sound on the other side buckled part of North Carolina Highway 12 in a spot on Hatteras Island that was breached in Hurricane Irene in 2011. Dozens of workers were heading to fix the highway, and the Department of Transportation said it was confident the road would reopen today as long as an underwater sonar test of a key bridge showed no problems.

No injuries or deaths were reported. After praising emergency officials and saying the state dodged a bullet, McCrory said he was heading to the beach himself for an Independence Day parade in Southport, a welcome surprise when he expected to be stuck in Raleigh monitoring the storm all day.

By 11 a.m. Friday, Arthur had weakened to a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds about 90 mph, and additional weakening is expected, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Lt. Gov. Yancey McGill tours Sumter Senior Services on Wednesday during a surprise visit. McGill is two weeks into his job as lieutenant governor after taking over the job from Glenn McConnell, who retired to become president at The College of Charleston.

McGILL FROM PAGE A1 seat to take on the largely ceremonial role for a mere six months before a new lieutenant governor is elected in November.

But the one job the lieutenant governor can do is manage the Office on Aging, and McGill set out this week to visit three senior centers in Camden, Bishopville and Sumter before spreading out across the state.

“In my time in the Senate, I opened seven senior centers in Kingstree,” McGill said. “Some rural counties don’t have centers like these, but (Sumter’s) is state of the art.”

As he walked around the center on South Sumter Street, McGill asked Kester to take note of the old computer terminals in the Internet room and the exercise equipment in the workout

STANDOFF FROM PAGE A1 car and began calling via the speakers on the car for him to surrender. Eventually, a police negotiator was able to reach Harvey via the phone and spoke with him directly for several minutes, trying to convince the suspect to come out of the house.

Tensions were raised during the

LAKE FROM PAGE A1 boats collided, critically injuring Bordeaux.

Clarendon County EMS was dispatched to the scene at 12:51 a.m. They arrived at 1:04 a.m., and when they left at 1:17 a.m., Bordeaux reportedly still had a pulse. EMS transported her to the hospital’s emergency room, where Bordeaux was pronounced dead.

Jackson said the incident is still under investigation by S.C. Department of Natural Resources. No one has yet been charged in the incident.

Friday’s fatality was the fourth separate incident in which a life was lost on the lake this summer.

area and try to find funding opportunities for new technology in the center.

“In Bishopville, I met a 99-year-old man exercising on the pump machine, and his mind was completely clear,” McGill said. “How would he be if he had not had access to a place like this?”

Regular Activity Center user Roosevelt Collins wasn’t expected to run into the lieutenant governor when he came in for lunch.

“I was surprised to see him,” Collins said, after he chatted with McGill about some of the amenities at the center. “I enjoy coming out here. They treat you so good.”

Edward Smith got into a discussion about the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid in line with the Affordable Care Act. McGill said he supported the state taking federal funds to expand access to the health care program as a senator.

“He said a lot of good things, but I want to know why they block these things, why they don’t work with the president, because I don’t know,” Smith said.

McGill hopes his tour of the state will draw more attention to senior centers like Sumter’s.

“The worst liability for seniors is loneliness. I want to encourage others — like churches and civic groups — to visit with them and let them know they are loved,” McGill said. “If you ask some of our private corporate leaders to do something, they will get involved.”

This was the second visit Sumter Senior Services has seen from two different lieutenant governors in less than a year. McConnell came to town last November to preside over the activity center’s re-opening after extensive renovations.

standoff as nearby residents sporadically shot fireworks into the sky.

Harvey, who Holston said appeared to be intoxicated, eventually came out of the house about 9:40 p.m. to surrender to police and was immediately taken into custody. Shortly afterward, Harvey was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Without knowing a motive for the alleged gunplay or the condition of the suspect, Holston said it was important

for a large number of officers to respond to the scene.

“The key to all of this is public safety,” Holston said, “and also to ensure officer safety until we determine what we have.”

This was not the first time authorities have responded to a weapons-related situation involving Harvey. According to court records, on several occasions, dating back to 1999, Harvey was been convicted of unlawful carrying of a firearm.

On May 22, 19-year-old Millicent McDonald died from injuries she sustained three days earlier in a collision between two jet skis on Lake Marion.

SCDNR officials said she and a 25-year-old man were each riding jet skis when McDonald’s craft was struck by the other, fatally injuring the woman.

On June 17, a day before Father’s Day, a ski boat hit a concrete marker near Red Bank Landing, ejecting three of the four people on the boat. The wreck claimed the life of 50-year-old Bryant Boyce of Manning, who reportedly came in contact with a boat propeller during the incident.

Robert Olin Davis, 43, of Rembert, who was operating the boat, was

charged with felony boating under the influence. The charge carries a possible punishment of a year of incarceration without parole and a $10,000 fine.

Not every fatality on the lake involved a boat so far this summer. On May 29, Timothy Leon Dixon, 21, of Sumter, and Josh Owens, 19, of Eastover, were recovered by DNR divers near the Interstate 95 bridge after drowning earlier that evening.

According to a woman who was swimming with the two men, one of them was having difficulty staying above water. When the second man went to help him, a struggle ensued, assistant Clarendon County Coroner Bucky Mock said. Both men drowned.

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FYI Sumter High School Class of 1979 will hold a 35-year class reunion Oct. 24-25. For information, contact Ramona Middleton McFadden at (803) 778-2668 or lmcfadden003@ sc.rr.com or Joan Howard Davis at (803) 773-5240 or davisjh@dot.state.sc.us.

Sumter High School Class of 1975 will hold a 40-year class reunion celebration May 2931, 2015. Send all addresses to cindyd27@juno.com.

Sumter High School Class of 1974 will hold a 40-year reunion Aug. 29-31 in Sumter.

Those interested in attending should email comments@sumterhigh74.com.

The Walker Gamble High School Alumni Association Inc. reunion committee will hold a reunion weekend Sept. 26-28 at Walker Gamble Elementary School, New Zion. For further details, write to WGHS Alumni Assoc. Inc., P.O. Box 335, New Zion, SC 29111.

The USS Long Beach CGN-9 Association Inc. 2014 Reunion will be held Sept. 8-14 at the Hilton St. Louis Airport, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri. Call (314) 426-5500 for reservations and identify yourself as a member of the USS Long Beach reunion. For further details, call Don Shade at (866) 3522469 or (716) 569-2314; email lbcgn9@aol.com; or visit www.usslongbeach-assoc. org.

The Lincoln High School Class of 1969 will hold a reunion Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 2-3, at the Lincoln High School Alumni Building, 26 Council St. For more information, contact Cynthia Mack Harvin at (803) 773-9790 or Rosalie Pringle at (803) 773-5706.

Hillcrest High School Class of 1984 is planning a class reunion for Aug. 8-10. If you are a member of this class or know someone who is, contact Dianna Adams (Miller) at (301) 471-7250, adams_dianna@yahoo.com or visit http://hhs1984wildcats.com.

The 101st Airborne Division Vietnam Veterans Organization will hold its 20th Annual Reunion Aug. 28-30 in Charleston. All who served with the 101st Division in Vietnam, their guests and supporters, are invited to this event.

Visit www.101namvet.com or call (803) 506-3120.

The University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center and Sumter County Active Lifestyles are sponsoring a free walking program. If you are interested in becoming more active, form a walking group of 4-8 members and join Sumter County On The Move! This program allows you to walk at your own convenience or with a group. Free workshops and physical activity information available. Call (803) 774-3860 or register at https://www.surveymonkey. com/s/scotm-test2.

Are you a breast cancer survivor? Maggie L. Richardson is

seeking other survivors to form a music group and give back to the community. If you are interested in joining, contact her at mlrminstry2012@gmail.com or (803) 236-9086.

Belly dancing classes are held at 6 p.m. every Monday at the Parks and Recreation Department, 155 Haynsworth St. Only $20 per month.

The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone/everyone who served in the 2nd Infantry Division. Visit the website at www.2ida.org or contact Mike Davino at MDavino@ yahoo.com or (919) 498-1910.

Zumba classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Parks and Recreation building on Haynsworth Street. Classes are $5 each and no registration is required. Contact Deanne Lewis at zumbadeanne@ gmail.com.

The Palmetto Singles Club holds a dance from 7 to 10 p.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at the VFW on Gion Street. Call Sarah Shorter at (803) 847-3288.

Sumter Area Toastmasters meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at the Sumter Mall community room, 1057 Broad St. The group helps in developing speaking and leadership skills. Call Douglas Wilson at (803) 778-0197 or Rebecca Gonzalez at (803) 565-9271.

The Sumter Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) meets at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Bultman Conference Room at USC Sumter. Administrative professionals, assistants and secretaries are encouraged to attend. Call Mary Sutton at (803) 938-3760.

Having cancer is hard. Finding help shouldn’t be. Free help for cancer patients from the American Cancer Society.

Transportation to treatment, help for appearance related side effects of treatment, nutrition help, one-on-one breast cancer support, free housing away from home during treatment, help finding clinical trials, someone to talk to — all free from your American Cancer Society.

Call (800) 227-2345.

The South Carolina Association of Community Action Partnerships Inc., a non-profit organization, announces the S.C. Weatherization Assistance Program. This program helps provide weatherization assistance to low-income South Carolinians. Services include, but are not limited to, insulating attics, walls, floors, water heaters and exposed pipes; stripping and caulking around doors and windows; and replacing broken glass panes. Call the Weatherization office of Wateree Community Action Agency Inc. at (803) 773-9716 or the state information line at (888) 7719404.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Not EUGENIA LAST everything will go according to plan. Prepare to make adjustments. Avoid getting into a senseless argument over trivial matters. Focus on what you can do, not on what you cannot. Personal or environmental change will do you good.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep your emotions under control.

Overreacting is not advisable. Bide your time and don’t reveal personal information. Focus on yourself and making changes that will boost your confidence or your skills. Look at change as a new adventure.

Love is highlighted.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Discuss your ideas and promote what you feel has the best chance of being successful. Healthy changes implemented into your lifestyle will make you feel better mentally, physically and emotionally once you get into a routine.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take initiative and set up plans to socialize with friends or do something special with your lover.

Expressing yourself openly will help clear up any misconception you might have regarding your future. Update your look or your skills.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expect to face opposition. Don’t waste time arguing or fighting a losing battle. Size up your situation and begin the process to improve your life. Solutions can be found, but an impulsive move is likely to lead to regret.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Instigate the changes you want to make. Follow your heart and do what’s best for you. A change in your everyday routine will do you good. Put love and your emotional well-being first.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be prepared and organized. It’s important to keep up the momentum if you want to reach set goals. The job you do now will make a difference to a future contract. Success can be yours as long as you don’t get flustered.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may want to do more research before you commit to undertake a new project. Go over contracts, legal or financial papers or any matter that could potentially cost you. The information and knowledge you gain will be valuable.

DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Gaffney 61/85 Spartanburg 63/86

Greenville 63/85

Columbia 70/89

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 69/86

Aiken 65/89

ON THE COAST

Charleston 73/87

Today: Partly sunny with a shower or thunderstorm in spots. High 82 to 87.

Sunday: An afternoon and evening thunderstorm. High 83 to 87.

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SUMTER YESTERDAY

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 85/68/s 81/64/s 93/74/s 79/62/s 89/71/pc 84/67/s 91/73/pc 82/65/s 90/73/t 83/63/s 102/87/t 73/55/pc 83/65/s

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trace trace 0.47" 18.42" 26.79" 23.26"

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

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

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Myrtle Beach 72/82

Manning 68/87

Today: Mostly sunny. Winds east-northeast 6-12 mph. Clear.

Sunday: A thunderstorm. Winds southsoutheast 3-6 mph.

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Florence 70/88

Bishopville 67/87

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 2.39 -0.04 19 3.94 -0.45 14 4.39 +0.14 14 3.63 -0.31 80 77.15 +0.31 24 5.87 -0.37

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

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Sat. City Hi/Lo/W Florence 88/66/pc Gainesville 90/69/t Gastonia 83/62/s Goldsboro 83/62/s Goose Creek 87/71/pc Greensboro 83/61/s Greenville 85/64/s Hickory 82/61/s Hilton Head 83/73/pc Jacksonville, FL 88/71/pc La Grange 90/70/s Macon 89/68/pc Marietta 86/66/s

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Sat. City Hi/Lo/W Marion 83/57/s Mt. Pleasant 86/72/pc Myrtle Beach 82/71/pc Orangeburg 87/68/pc Port Royal 87/72/pc Raleigh 85/60/s Rock Hill 84/62/s Rockingham 88/58/s Savannah 88/72/pc Spartanburg 86/62/s Summerville 85/73/pc Wilmington 85/67/pc Winston-Salem 82/61/s

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 86/61/t 87/71/t 83/70/t 88/69/t 87/71/t 88/65/pc 86/65/t 90/64/pc 88/70/t 88/65/t 85/72/t 85/68/pc 86/65/pc

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

LOTTERY NUMBERS Lottery numbers were not available at press time.

SPCA KITTENS OF THE WEEK

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A new challenge will do you good. A position that entails leadership and an entrepreneurial attitude will be a perfect fit for you. Partnerships will be rewarding and help you reach your goals with ease.

Romance will enhance your personal life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep an open mind, but don’t be too quick to believe what you hear.

Don’t trust anyone today. Take care of your own personal finances, health and legal concerns.

Someone may try to sabotage what you are trying to accomplish.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Nothing should be allowed to slow you down or stand in your way. Put your plans in motion and enjoy what transpires. Love is in the air and putting time aside for romance will improve your day.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Go shopping for a bargain. Spending quality time with someone special will get you thinking about the changes you should make in your personal life. A heart-to-heart talk will help you make a decision. A creative plan will lead to an interesting outcome.

Justin, Jed and Josie, 8-week-old tuxedo American shorthairs, are just three of the many kittens available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. The SPCA has a variety of kittens and cats currently available from orange and gray tabbies to black and white tuxedos to Himalayan and Persian. Drop by and check out all of the adorable felines today! The SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

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LEGION BASEBALL

2nd-round scramble Manning moves on thanks to Beaufort forfeit; Sumter, Dalzell-Shaw open postseason Monday

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com Manning-Santee Post 68’s late-season push to take fourth place in American Legion baseball League III did much more than get it a better position in the state playoffs, which begin on MonCUTTER day. It actually got Manning into the second round.

Beaufort, which was scheduled to play Post 68 in the first

P-15’S-POST 1 BASEBALL Friday’s final regular season American Legion baseball game between Sumter and Florence can be read online at www.theitem.com

round of the lower state playoffs, has forfeited the series, according to Manning head coach G.G. Cutter.

Cutter said he was told that many of the Beaufort players played travel ball, there was a conflict and the Legion team

would not have enough players.

League III champion Sumter and fifth-place DazellShaw Post 175 are also in the playoffs. The P-15’s will face League II No.5 Lake City in the best-of-5 first-round series, while the Jets will be taking on League II champion Florence.

Sumter will be at home against Lake City for Game 1 SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO on Monday, Game 3 on Javon Martin and the Sumter P-15’s will begin play in the American Wednesday and, if necessary, Legion state playoffs on Monday at Riley Park when they host Lake Game 5 on Friday. Lake City

City. Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 and Manning-Santee Post 68 also made SEE SCRAMBLE, PAGE B3 the postseason.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Making the climb up the ladder Former SHS standout Bruce Caldwell helping produce offensively for Cards’ Single-A affiliate

BY BARBARA BOXLEITNER Special to The Sumter Item FORT MYERS, Fla. — Bruce Caldwell’s ability to hit helped him advance to professional baseball.

The Palm Beach Cardinals are relying on the Sumter High School graduate’s bat to help them contend in the Florida State League. The St. Louis Cardinals high Single-A affiliate finished third in the South Division during the first half of the season and is now trying to gain ground on division leader Fort Myers in the second half.

“Of late he’s gotten a little more playing time,” Palm Beach manager Dann Bilardello said, “and I think it’s helped him. His bat’s coming around a little bit. I mean, that’s what he’s known for. We needed it. We lost one of our better players to Double-A. We needed somebody to step in, and hopefully Bruce will be able to fill that role.”

In his third year of pro baseball and first with Palm Beach, the 22-year-old has been playing regularly bePHOTOS BY BARBARA BOXLEITNER / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM cause of his teammate’s proFormer Sumter High standout Bruce Caldwell awaits a pitch in a recent game for the Palm Beach Cardimotion. The left-handed hitnals, a high Single-A affiliate for the St. Louis Cardinals. ting Caldwell started the first

PRO TENNIS

Federer, Djokovic to meet in Wimbledon men’s final

BY STEPHEN WILSON The Associated Press LONDON — Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet for the Wimbledon title after the old guard held off the new in the semifinals Friday at the All England Club.

Federer, chasing his record eighth WimbleFEDERER don championship, swept past Canada’s Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach his 25th Grand Slam final.

Federer, who owns 17 major titles, broke once in each set and won 61 DJOKOVIC of 80 points on serve to make it back to a Slam final for the first time since winning

Wimbledon in 2012.

The top-seeded Djokovic ran off six of the final seven points in the tiebreaker to beat Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7) to advance to his third Wimbledon final in four years.

It’s also Djokovic’s 14th Grand Slam final — and 10th in his last 13 majors. Djokovic won the 2011 Wimbledon title and lost in last year’s final to Andy Murray.

The 32-year-old Federer will be playing in his ninth Wimbledon final on Sunday. If he wins, he will hold the outright record for men’s titles, which he currently shares at seven with Pete Sampras and William Renshaw.

Federer would also become the oldest men’s Wimbledon champion

SEE FINAL, PAGE B4

Bruce Caldwell has been on a recent power trip, hitting four home runs in three games. game of the Fort Myers series as a designated hitter batting sixth in the order. Caldwell, who recently had been hitting third, was hitless in four atbats against two left-handers.

In the next two games against Fort Myers though, Caldwell cranked out three home runs and drove in five

SEE CALDWELL, PAGE B3

King holds court, excited by newcomers PPO alumna Bouchard to face Kvitova in women’s final

BY DENNIS PASSA The Associated Press LONDON — Billie Jean King believes Wimbledon finalists Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard are creating one of the most exciting times in women’s tennis in decades.

King ought to know.

She helped start the Women’s Tennis Association more than 40 years ago.

The 24-year-old Kvitova of the Czech RepubKVITOVA lic won the 2011 Wimbledon title. She’ll face the 20-year-old Bouchard, who will play in her — and Canada’s — first Grand Slam final on Saturday.

They’re from a generation of fitter and stronger players who have “closed the gap on power and belief” with their older contemporaries, King said at a news conference during Wimbledon.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Palmetto Pro Open alumna Eugenie Bouchard will face Petra Kvitova for the Wimbledon women’s singles title today in London.

“They have definitely caught up,” King said. “Women have more confidence overall, Serena (Williams) is

SEE BOUCHARD, PAGE B4

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SCOREBOARD

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Billy Hurley III lines up a putt on the 10th green during the second round of the Greenbrier Classic at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. on Friday. Hurley shot a season-best 63 to lead the field.

Navy Vet in charge Hurley III takes Greenbrier Classic lead at 7-under WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Billy Hurley III has been waiting for a breakthrough moment on the PGA Tour. On Independence Day, the former U.S. Navy officer might have set himself up for one this weekend in the Greenbrier Classic.

Hurley shot a season-best 7-under 63 on Friday to take the second-round lead.

Hurley’s bogey-free round included a chip-in from 29 feet on No. 4 in cool conditions before the wind picked up considerably late in his morning round.

It’s a nice storyline. Then again, having military experience wasn’t on his mind in jumping to the top of the leaderboard.

Hurley was at 9-under 131 at Old White TPC. Eleven players were within four shots of him.

Kevin Chappell (65) and Chris Stroud (66) were a stroke back. Troy Matteson HAWKS SIGN SEFOLOSHA

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks have reached an agreement with small forward Thabo Sefolosha on a deal that leaves the team sufficient salary cap room for additional offseason moves.

The Hawks and Sefolosha have agreed to a three-year, $12 million contract, a person with knowledge of the deal said Friday. The person spoke to The Associat-

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ed Press on condition of anonymity because teams can’t officially sign free agents until the NBA’s moratorium on deals is lifted on Thursday.

Ballmer for $2 billion after Donald Sterling’s racist remarks to a girlfriend were publicized and the NBA moved to oust him as an owner.

KAMAN SIGNS WITH BLAZERS

DOLPHINS’ JORDAN SUSPENDED 4 GAMES BY NFL

PORTLAND, Ore. — Free agent center Chris Kaman has agreed to a two-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers.

A person with knowledge of the negotiations confirmed the agreement, which cannot be formally announced until new contracts are finalized next Thursday. The deal, worth a reported $9.8 million, was first reported Thursday night by Yahoo! Sports.

CLIPPERS OWNER’S LAWYERS SEEK TO MAKE CASE FEDERAL

LOS ANGELES — Shortly before the start of a trial to determine whether Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s estranged wife can sell the team, his lawyers filed a motion Thursday to move the case to federal court, alleging his medical privacy has been violated.

A probate court trial is scheduled to begin Monday to determine whether Sterling is mentally incapacitated and Shelly Sterling can assume control of the family trust that owns the Clippers. She struck a deal in May to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve

DAVIE, Fla. — Dion Jordan of the Miami Dolphins has been suspended for the first four games of the season after testing positive for a stimulant prohibited under the NFL’s policy on use of performance-enhancing substances.

STADLER LEADS FRENCH OPEN

SAINT-QUENTIN-ENYVELINES, France — Kevin Stadler increased his lead at the French Open to three strokes by shooting a 3-under 68 in the second round on Friday.

The American made six birdies and dropped three shots, including a double bogey on his last hole, for a 10-under 132 total.

CHESTNUT GETS MUSTARD BELT AND FIANCEE

NEW YORK — High-ranking chowhound Joey “Jaws” Chestnut dropped to one knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend before Friday’s annual hot dog eating contest, then packed away 61 franks and buns to hold onto his coveted mustard yellow winner’s belt.

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MLB ROUNDUP

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

TV, RADIO

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EAST DIVISION

6 a.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Stage One from Leeds, England (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Open de France Third Round from Paris (GOLF).

8 a.m. – Formula One Racing: British Grand Prix Pole Qualifying from Silverstone, England (CNBC).

9 a.m. -- Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Women’s Final Match from London (ESPN).

11 a.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game – Boston vs. Miami (NBA TV).

11:30 a.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal Match from Brasilia, Brazil – Argentina vs. Belgium (WOLO 25).

Noon – Women’s International Basketball: FIBA Under-17 World Championships Game from Plezen, Czech Republic (ESPNU).

1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Greenbrier Classic Third Round from White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (GOLF).

1 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game – Philadelphia vs. Orlando (NBA TV).

2 p.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Stage One from Leeds, England (WIS 10).

2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Seattle at Chicago White Sox (WGN).

3 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Women’s Final Match from London (WOLO 25).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Greenbrier Classic Third Round from White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (WLTX 19).

3 p.m. – CFL Football: Saskatchewan at Toronto (ESPN2).

3 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Nova Scotia Open Third Round from Halifax, Nova Scotia (GOLF).

3 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game – Detroit vs. Houston (NBA TV).

3:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal Match from Salvador, Brazil – Netherlands vs.

Costa Rica (ESPN).

4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Arizona at Atlanta (FOX SPORTS 1).

5 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game – Memphis vs. Oklahoma City (NBA TV).

5 p.m. – Horse Racing: Belmont Oaks and Belmont Derby from Elmont, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. – Arena Football: Portland vs.

Cleveland (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Boston (WACH 57).

7 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Pocono 500 Pole Qualifying from Long Pond, Pa. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – MLL Lacrosse: Rochester at Charlotte (SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 from Daytona Beach, Fla. (TNT, WEGX-FM 92.9).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Toronto at Oakland or Houston at Los Angeles Angels (MLB NETWORK).

10 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Chicago at Seattle (NBA TV).

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION L 39 40 42 47 50

Pct .541 .540 .500 .447 .432

GB – – 31/2 8 91/2

L 34 40 43 46 46

Pct .585 .524 .488 .465 .452

GB – 5 8 10 11

L 33 36 38 48 51

Pct .612 .571 .553 .435 .414

GB – 31/2 5 15 17

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore 5, Texas 2 Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 4 Oakland 4, Toronto 1 L.A. Angels 5, Houston 2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore at Boston, ppd., rain N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 3:10 p.m.

Toronto at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Cubs cool off Nationals WASHINGTON — Justin Ruggiano homered for the second straight game for the Chicago Cubs, who used another solid outing from Jason Hammel to beat the Washington Nationals 7-2 on Friday.

Ruggiano connected for a solo shot against Tanner Roark (7-6) in the third inning, and then added a run-scoring single in Chicago’s three-run ninth. He has six hits and seven RBIs in his last two games.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

starter Chase Whitley faltered, and Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run single in the second to finish off Twins starter Kyle Gibson (7-7).

CC’S RETURN THIS YEAR TO YANKEES UNLIKELY

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are no longer expecting CC Sabathia to return to their rotation this year, given the persistence of inflammation in his injured right knee.

STORM POSTPONES RED SOX- ORIOLES

YANKEES 6 TWINS 5

MINNEAPOLIS — Brian Roberts hit three doubles and a triple, and the New York Yankees used their bullpen to hang on for a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday.

David Huff (2-0) struck out three in three perfect innings of relief for the victory after

BOSTON — The Fourth of July game between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles was postponed because of the impending storm.

The game will be made up today as part of a day-night doubleheader.

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Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago WEST DIVISION Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Colorado Arizona

W 47 46 41 37 37

L 38 39 44 48 48

Pct .553 .541 .482 .435 .435

GB – 1 6 10 10

W 51 46 44 43 38

L 35 40 41 41 46

Pct .593 .535 .518 .512 .452

GB – 5 61/2 7 12

W 49 47 38 36 36

L 39 38 47 50 51

Pct .557 .553 .447 .419 .414

GB – 1/2 91/2 12 121/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis 7, San Francisco 2 Philadelphia 5, Miami 4 Arizona 10, Pittsburgh 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Colorado 2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs 7, Washington 2 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Miami (Heaney 0-3) at St. Louis (S. Miller 7-7), 2:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-7) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 5-4), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 6-6), 4:05 p.m.

Arizona (Bolsinger 1-4) at Atlanta (Harang 7-6), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Haren 8-4) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 8-6), 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 5-5) at Cincinnati (Bailey 8-4), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Hudson 7-5) at San Diego (Despaigne 2-0), 7:15 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (B. Colon 8-6), 7:15 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Miami at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

TENNIS Wimbledon Results

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press W Baltimore 46 Toronto 47 New York 42 Boston 38 Tampa Bay 38 CENTRAL DIVISION W Detroit 48 Kansas City 44 Cleveland 41 Chicago 40 Minnesota 38 WEST DIVISION W Oakland 52 Los Angeles 48 Seattle 47 Texas 37 Houston 36

Atlanta Washington Miami New York Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION

Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 4-5) at Boston (Lester 9-7), 1:05 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Minnesota (Pino 0-2), 2:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 10-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-7), 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 4-5) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 5-2), 4:08 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 5-6) at Cleveland (House 0-2), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 3-8) at Boston (Lackey 9-5), 7:15 p.m., 2nd game Texas (Lewis 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (B. Colon 8-6), 7:15 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 4-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-7), 10:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 10-5) at Oakland (Kazmir 9-3), 10:05 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Toronto at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 8:05 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

The Associated Press Friday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Semifinals Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7).

Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, def.

Milos Raonic (8), Canada, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles Men Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut (12), France, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2.

Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock, United States, def. Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (5), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4.

Women Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Zheng Jie (9), China, 6-3, 6-2.

Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (14), France, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, and Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-3.

Mixed Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Chan Haoching (14), Taiwan, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and Casey Dellacqua (10), Australia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Vera Dushevina (16), Russia, def.

Neal Skupski and Naomi Broady, Britain, 6-4, 6-3.

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta Chicago Indiana Connecticut Washington New York

W 11 8 8 8 7 6

L 5 9 9 10 11 11

Pct .688 .471 .471 .444 .389 .353

WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix Minnesota San Antonio Los Angeles Tulsa Seattle

W 12 13 9 7 7 7

L 3 5 9 9 10 12

Pct .800 .722 .500 .438 .412 .368

GB – 31/2 31/2 4 5 51/2 GB – 1/2 41/2 51/2 6 7

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Tulsa 96, Connecticut 83 Minnesota 91, San Antonio 84 Los Angeles 70, Seattle 56

FRIDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

San Antonio at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Connecticut at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Seattle, 10 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at New York, 2 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

WORLD CUP ROUNDUP

Host Brazil beats Colombia 2-1 to reach semifinals FORTALEZA, Brazil — Brazil made its way into the World Cup semifinals for the first time in 12 years, with goals coming from defenders Thiago Silva and David Luiz in a 2-1 win over Colombia on Friday.

Brazil, which had been eliminated in the quarLUIZ terfinals at the last two World Cups, will next play Germany on Tuesday in Belo Horizonte.

Silva gave Brazil the lead in the seventh minute, scoring with his left knee

after a corner from Neymar passed through the Colombian defense. He celebrated the goal by pointing to the emblem on his jersey and shouting, “This is Brazil, this is Brazil.”

Luiz added the second from a free kick in the 69th, sending a swerving long-range shot off the side of his foot into the top of the net.

Colombia got one back in the 80th.

James Rodriguez scored his tournament-leading sixth goal from the penalty spot after Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar brought down substitute Carlos Bacca inside the area.

Rodriguez tried to control the pace

of the match at the Arena Castelao, but it was Brazil that created most of the scoring chances as Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina had to make a series of saves in the first half alone.

GERMANY 1 FRANCE 0

RIO DE JANEIRO — Germany reached the semifinals for a fourth straight World Cup by beating France 1-0 Friday in a cagey match settled by a first-half header from Mats Hummels.

The center back headed Toni Kroos’ free kick in off the underside

of the bar in the 13th minute in one of the few chances created in muggy conditions at Maracana Stadium.

Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer punched away Karim Benzema’s powerful drive in injury time to preserve the lead, having saved well from Mathieu Valbuena and Benzema in the first half.

France struggled to impose its attacking game in the face of a robust, experienced Germany side that seemed more comfortable on the big stage.

From wire reports

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Gilliland lands Daytona pole

BY MARK LONG The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — David Gilliland’s teammate might have summed up Daytona qualifying best.

“It’s uncontrolled chaos out there,” David Ragan said Friday after a rain-shortened and somewhat hairy session landed Gilliland on the pole for the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

Gilliland’s top speed during a hectic, cat-andGILLILAND mouse qualifying session was 199.322 mph, earning him his third Sprint Cup pole and first since landing the top spot for the 2007 Daytona 500. All three of his poles have been at restrictor-plate races, with the first one coming at Talladega in 2006.

“Front Row Motorsports, our strong point is definitely speedway racing,” said Gilliland, who finished third in the 2011 Daytona 500. “It is something that’s circled on our calendar from the start of the year. We put a lot of emphasis on it. The restrictor-plate tracks are good equalizers.

David Ragan and I both have good enough cars to win, and that is an exciting feeling. It’s something we don’t have every week.”

The top 24 drivers Friday in the first knockout stage were supposed to advance to the next round, but rain prompted NASCAR to cancel the final

two sessions.

Reed Sorenson qualified second, followed by Landon Cassill, Bobby Labonte and Jimmie Johnson. Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will attempt to become the sixth drive to sweep both annual races at NASCAR’s most famous track Saturday, was seventh.

All the talk during and after was about how the qualifying session shook out. It was the first time NASCAR’s new qualifying rules were used at Daytona, and it produced some hairy moments as groups of cars slowed to a crawl around the 2 1/2-mile superspeedway. The small packs — most of them formed by teammates — were hoping to pull behind bigger groups to produce fast laps. But no one was eager to lead the way.

“It’s a mess,” Earnhardt said. “You have to be in the very back and try to get a big tow. I ain’t ever seen anything like it. It’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Risky, too. Several cars turned down pit road to get away from the disorder. But the most common concern was the speed differences, with some packs creeping along while others ran full speed.

“It was really wild and it was pretty dangerous,” Matt Kenseth said. “There’s car doing 80 and there were cars doing 200 and nobody wanted to go. Everybody wanted to be in the back of the pack and try to catch the front to get a (fast) lap, so it was pretty chaotic.”

COKE ZERO 400 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Saturday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 199.322 mph.

2. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 199.221.

3. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 199.194.

4. (33) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 198.97.

5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 198.79.

6. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 198.776.

7. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 198.697.

8. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 198.684.

9. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 198.662.

10. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 198.575.

11. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 198.531.

12. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 198.474.

13. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 198.47.

14. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 198.373.

15. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 198.234.

16. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 198.229.

17. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 198.116.

18. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 198.103.

19. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 198.068.

20. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 198.059.

21. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 198.055.

22. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet,

198.042.

23. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 198.033.

24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 198.015.

25. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 197.994.

26. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 197.85.

27. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 197.82.

28. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 197.741.

29. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 197.724.

30. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 197.364.

31. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 197.273.

32. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 197.217.

33. (98) Josh Wise, Ford, 197.152.

34. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 196.975.

35. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 196.691.

36. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 196.661.

37. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Owner Points.

38. (32) Terry Labonte, Ford, Owner Points.

39. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Owner Points.

40. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (66) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, Owner Points.

42. (83) Ryan Truex, Toyota, Owner Points.

43. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (29) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 195.763.

PRO BASEBALL

Newcomers from Cuba, Japan make All-Star pitch

BY MIKE FITZPATRICK The Associated Press NEW YORK — All-Stars from all over the world are ticketed for the Twin Cities, where hometown favorite Joe Mauer will be conspicuously absent from the lineup.

Still new to the majors, Masahiro Tanaka, Jose Abreu and Yasiel Puig are just a few of the foreign-born players almost certain to get selected for the July 15 showcase in Minnesota. All-Star rosters will be announced Sunday night, and this year’s game at Target Field figures to have a distinctive international flavor.

“I think it tells you something about how hard they’ve worked outside of our game to get to this point,” New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

“I think it tells you the level of baseball around the world and how good it is and the competition — and how hungry they are, in a sense, to be one of the best. Not just being happy with maybe signing a big deal and saying, that’s enough. They want to continue to play and make a name for themselves. So it’s pretty special what these guys have done.”

Yu Darvish (Japan), Koji Uehara (Japan), Yoenis Cespedes (Cuba) and Julio Teheran (Colombia) also have impressive stats, putting them in position to join familiar stars such as Miguel Cabrera (Venezuela) and Robinson Cano (Dominican Republic) from more common talent pools outside the United States.

And some of these players, such as Tanaka (Japan) and Abreu (Cuba), have only been here for a matter of months.

“It’s not surprising that some of these guys are able to play at such a high level right when they come over here, because they’re just that good,” said Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist, a two-time All-Star.

“You think of a rookie generally as a young kid that is getting his first experience on a very tough stage, and these guys have already played on high international stages — even if it wasn’t the major leagues. And they’re very polished players.”

Derek Jeter is on track for one last trip in his final season; the Yankees captain led American League shortstops in fan balloting when the latest update was released this week.

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Palm Beach Cardinal Bruce Caldwell prepares to field a ground ball during a recent Florida State League game. Caldwell has spend most of his time at second base, but has seen some action at third.

Defensive dissection Caldwell continues to work on fielding

BY BARBARA BOXLEITNER Special to The Sumter Item FORT MYERS, Fla. -- While offense has been Bruce Caldwell’s strength, the Palm Beach Cardinal infielder continues to upgrade his defense.

The Sumter High School graduate entered the weekend series against the Fort Myers Miracle with a .929 fielding percentage in 85 chances for the St. Louis Cardinals high Single-A affiliate.

Though Caldwell’s main position is second base, the third-year pro began the series having played two more games at third base, according to Baseball-Reference.com.

He handled ground balls at third during practice before Saturday’s game.

“He’s just got to get his defensive work in before games, in batting practice. When that happens, he’ll make some improvements,” Palm Beach manager Dann Bilardello said. “It’s a matter of some focus and some concentration and work ethic to get it done defensively. It’s kind of like basketball. It’s real easy to play offense, and it’s hard to play defense. You’ve got to want to play defense.”

Caldwell has a strong arm to be effective at third, shortstop and second, all of which he has played the previous two seasons. He even has pitched this season, going 1-1 with no earned run average in three relief appearances.

However, the manager said, he needs to improve his positioning, use of hands and footwork to help compensate for less than desired range. “There’s some players that have really good range, and some not so much,” Bilardello said. “But those (the latter) players are really focused about what’s going on, who the hitter is and the pitcher, and placing yourself in good position. He’s going to have to be that type of player.”

“When you’re going to compare him against a big-league second baseman, and

CALDWELL FROM PAGE B1 runs. For good measure, he cranked another homer against Jupiter in the following game.

His batting average dropped is at .265. In 47 games, he had six home runs and 28 runs batted in.

Caldwell struggled at the plate to open the season, but said he is feeling more comfortable. In his last 10 games, all on consecutive days, he hit .300 with four doubles, a triple, four homers and 15 RBI. “Seeing it better, looking for different pitches in situations, knowing what the pitcher might do early in games and later in games,” said Caldwell, who trained at his alma mater, Spartanburg Methodist College, before reporting to spring training.

“Just watching more.

“Now as you move up, you see a lot more offspeed (pitches),” he said. “You see a lot more movement on the ball. So definitely I took a little hit on that moving up.”

SCRAMBLE FROM PAGE B1 will host Game 2 on Tuesday and Game 4, if necessary, on Thursday at the Carolina Academy field. Game time for each game is 7 p.m.

Dalzell will play at Legion Field in Florence on Monday, Wednesday and, if necessary, Friday with the games starting at 7:30 p.m. Post 175 will play host to games on Tuesday and, if necessary, Thursday at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field.

Game time is 7 p.m. for those games.

Manning will face the winner of the Dalzell-Florence series in the second round, while the Sumter-Lake City series winner

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Bruce Caldwell focuses on fielding a ground ball in a recent game. that’s what we’ve got to compare it to, his range is a little limited,” Bilardello said.

“But it’s something he can overcome by watching games, knowing who’s pitching and knowing the hitters’ swings.”

Caldwell is trying to boost his vision, “read the ball up and down,” Caldwell said, to get better jumps on the batted balls, thus putting him within reach of the challenging plays.

His pro history already points to defensive capability. He has the best range factor and fielding percentage when playing second base, according to Baseball-Reference. com. Last year he had a .982 overall fielding average in 110 chances, including a .990 in 100 chances at second base, for the Single-A Short Season club, the online site indicates, and a .962 in 106 chances at second for the Single-A team.

Hitting coach Roger LaFrancois said regular playing time has given Caldwell confidence. “He’s sound mechanically,” LaFrancois said. “He’s playing more. His timing is better. He’s more aggressive early. Early on he was trying to be too fine, maybe taking a lot of pitches in pitchers’ counts. The last month or so, he’s gotten really productive at the plate.”

Though Caldwell sometimes chases a pitch out of the strike zone, LaFrancois said he knows what he has to do at the plate and is looking for his pitch to hit, indications of his maturation as a hitter.

“He’s used the whole field better,” the coach said. “When he stays square to the ball, he’s certainly a better hitter, when he uses the whole field. He has the potential to juice the ball to the right side with doubles and the occasional home run.”

Caldwell has been an especially effective gap hitter. He has 11 doubles and five triples. Of his 43 hits, 22 were for extra bases.

will face the winner of the series between League II No. 2 Murrells Inlet and League III No. 3 Hartsville.

The other two lower state first-round series will have League I No. 1 Goose Creek taking on League II No. 4 Georgetown and League III No. 2 Camden facing League III No. 3 Horry. The winners of those series will meet in the second round.

The three second-round winners will advance to the state tournament which will be played at Riley Park July 26-30. The three second-round losers will play in a play-in series to determine the fourth lower state team to make the 8-team field in the doubleelimination state tournament.

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Offseason circus hasn’t gotten started yet 5 topics on where things are in NBA free agency

ed to get nice pay raises next season, regardless of where they are, and Luol Deng seems like he’d fit with a number of teams who actually have some money to spend.

‘BIG 3’ UPDATE

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MIAMI — At this time four years ago NBA free agency was a circus. LeBron James was joining Twitter and Chris Bosh was offering regular updates on his free-agent wooing.

It’s a touch different this time around.

Teams are holding their cards very close in most cases, Miami’s “Big 3” of James, Bosh and Dwyane Wade are basically silent on their plans and the overwhelming majority of free agents don’t seem to be anywhere close to finding a team for next season.

Then again, no one signs until July 10. Here’s a primer on where things stand: TOUR DE MELO

He’s in Chicago, he’s in Houston, he’s in Dallas and on Thursday, Carmelo Anthony visited Los Angeles. He was also going to meet with the Knicks while in LA, and there’s still the possibility that Anthony will end up right back where he started with New York. Whatever happens,

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Miami’s Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, left to right, are each still deciding their individual fates as the National Basketball Association free agency period continues. All three players have been silent as to their plans to either stick together or go their separate ways. the Melo Watch is the story of free agency so far. There have been some slipups along the way, most notably what the Rockets were thinking by plastering images of Anthony wearing Jeremy Lin’s number (Lin, who remains a Rocket for now, wasn’t impressed). Anthony-to-the-Lakers might be a long shot, but it would seem his wife, La La, has a name made for L.A.

The first two days of free agency came and went without really a peep from the Heat or any of their players from the last four runs to the NBA Finals. The ‘Big 3’ are all tweeting, sure — but it’s almost entirely limited to the World Cup or their kids. No hints on basketball moves, yet. And Pat Riley has remained quiet, like always.

Clearly, teams aren’t waiting around for the Heat to make moves, but there’s still a sense that when the Miami dominoes start moving, things leaguewide will start happening in a hurry. As for James, he posted a vacation photo of himself smiling and standing among family Thursday afternoon at an undisclosed location. If he’s anxious, it’s not showing.

LOWRY STAYING

WHO’S LEFT?

NAMES TO WATCH

The top free-agent point guard isn’t free anymore. Kyle Lowry agreed to a four-year, $48 million deal late Wednesday night, meaning he will be staying in Toronto and continuing to lead a young Raptors team that was a break or two away from getting to the second round of the playoffs this past season.

Besides the Miami trio of James, Bosh and Wade, there are still tons of quality players out there. Pau Gasol is getting interest from a number of teams, including Oklahoma City. Lance Stephenson is negotiating with Indiana, which probably still remains the frontrunner to retain the guard. Greg Monroe and Chandler Parsons are expect-

Jason Kidd left Brooklyn in infamous fashion but many eyes are on player movement, and with good reason. It might seem odd in some circles that names like Paul Pierce, Josh McRoberts, Spencer Hawes, Shawn Marion, Jordan Hill and NBA Finals hero Boris Diaw aren’t getting more attention. Look for that to change, quickly.

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Tour de France gears up for UK start

BY JAMEY KEATEN The Associated Press LEEDS, England — So your national team is out of the World Cup in Brazil, Wimbledon doesn’t seem the same without Serena Williams or Rafael Nadal and your baseball team is slumping.

This weekend, fans of many stripes could join die-hard cycling buffs and tune in to the start of the 101st Tour de France for that much needed sports fix.

Cycling’s big event gets going Saturday through bucolic countryside in northern England, where officials have paid for the right to host it, hoping to draw tourists, capture media attention and feed the recent cycling craze among Britons.

It could first require getting over a nagging belief that, after Lance Armstrong’s doping exposure, the sport may still be dogged by drugs cheats. Cycling chiefs and experts generally agree that the era of widespread doping is over, but few would claim to know that today’s pack is fully clean. Drugs testers will conduct hundreds of blood and urine checks during the

race.

Bookmakers’ odds foresee a victory either by defending champion Chris Froome, a 29-year-old Kenyan-born Briton who leads Team Sky, or two-time champ Alberto Contador — a 31-year-old Spaniard with Tinkoff-Saxo Bank — to take home the yellow jersey when the race finishes on Paris’ Champs-Elysees on July 26.

Few of the 198 riders on the 22 teams stand a realistic chance of winning, based on recent performances, skill sets and team priorities. Most are “domestiques” who race above all to help their team leaders win. Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, plus Spaniards Alejandro Valverde and Joaquin Rodriguez, stand an outside chance.

Conceding home-road advantage, Contador said Friday that “local hero” Froome remains the favorite. The Briton, who succeeded Sky teammate and compatriot Bradley Wiggins as Tour winner, said: “I don’t think many Tour champions get to come back as defending champions and can start in front of their home crowd.”

Five of the 21 stages end in

BOUCHARD FROM PAGE B1 not in the same place as she was, she’s a little more vulnerable.

“The men have had their ‘Top 4.’ Now we’ve got a lot of younger women who want to be here. They like the show time.”

Here are five things to know about the big show Saturday on Centre Court: WHAT A YEAR

Bouchard was the only woman to have advanced to all three Grand Slam tournament semifinals this year, and now she’s taken it another step.

She’s received support from her home country, prime ministers and mayors, along with “The Big Bang Theory” actor Jim Parsons. She finished 2013 ranked 32nd, and she’s projected to improve to No. 7 — the highest ranking for a Canadian woman — by

reaching the final. She would be the youngest Grand Slam champion since Maria Sharapova won the 2006 U.S. Open at 19.

ONLY MEETING

Kvitova and Bouchard have played just once.

They faced off on hard courts in Toronto, with Kvitova an easy winner 6-3, 6-2.

NEW GENERATION

The final Saturday is the first to feature two players born in the 1990s. Kvitova is the only player born in that decade to win a Grand Slam — her 2011 title here — while Bouchard is the fourth player born in the ‘90s to reach a Grand Slam final. The others are French Open runner-up Simona Halep (who lost to Bouchard in the semifinals) and former No. 1 Caroline Woz-

summit finishes, which usually promise drama as the cream of the climbers rises to the top first. In all, the riders will cover 3,664 kilometers (2,277 miles) of roads in England, France, Belgium and Spain.

Aside from cobblestone treachery in Stage 5, the mountains mostly matter this year. For the first time in 61 years, this Tour has only one long time trial — a raceagainst-the-clock, where racers set off one-by-one down a starter’s ramp. It comes in Stage 20. Contador and Froome are among the best in both climbing and time-trialing.

This year marks the second time that the Tour de France is starting in Britain, after a successful time in London in 2007. Local officials use municipal funds to pay for the right to host the race in their cities, hoping for short-term tourism revenues plus a longer-term return from the international media spotlight.

The Tour’s route changes every year. After three stages in England, this 101st edition enters France on Tuesday.

The riders will cover many of the same roads their fore-

niacki, the 2009 U.S. Open runner-up.

KVITOVA’S THOUGHTS

“Bouchard is playing very solid game. She’s a very good mover. She’s nearby the baseline. I think it’s very similar to my game. I beat her for the first time last year, but it’s long time ago.

This is totally different.

So, I mean, I really have to be focusing on everything and try to push her.”

BOUCHARD’S PLAN

“She has good shots which are very powerful compared perhaps to opponents I played in the tournament. I think she will try to attack, but I will try to do the same thing. I think both of us will try to put pressure on each other. I think it will be important to start the points well on serve and on return. It will be the first shots that decide the match.”

AP FILE PHOTO

The Tour de France begins today in Leeds, England, with the first three stages in England. The stages then move to France. bears covered since the race was first run in 1903. Among novelties this year: the firstever Chinese rider in the race, Cheng Ji, and 11 climbs in the eastern Vosges mountains — though long, steep ascents await in the Alps and Pyrenees too.

If turnout on English roads during the 2007 Tour de France is any precedent — when millions lined up two- to three-people deep to watch the pack zip by — expect big crowds again this year.

Saturday’s 190.5-kilometer (118-mile) rolling Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate is likely to

FINAL FROM PAGE B1 since the Open era began in 1968.

The Swiss great has slipped in the rankings the past two years and failed to get to any Grand Slam finals. This could represent his best chance for another major title.

Federer, who has lost only one set and been broken just once the whole tournament, was asked how much it would mean to lift the Wimbledon trophy once more.

“A lot,” he said. “I must say I’m unbelievably proud every time I can walk the grounds here and keep on playing this tournament. I know I don’t have 10 left, so I’ll try to enjoy it as much as I can. Clearly, the first one was unbelievably special in 2003.

“And that I was able to play so successful for so many years here at Wimbledon has been an unbelievable thrill and that I get another chance to go through these kind of emotions is great.”

Federer’s dominance against the eighth-seeded Raonic was total. Raonic, the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal, had 17 aces but also had four double faults and conceded seven break points. Federer was clinical

favor sprinters. The Tour’s green jersey goes to the best overall sprinter, one of many subplots to the overall title chase which includes pure climbers seeking the polkadot jersey to be the best man in the mountains.

Many of the Union Jackwaving spectators will want Britain’s Mark Cavendish, perhaps the best sprinter of his generation, to get his 26th career Tour stage victory in Harrogate, his mother’s hometown. If he does, he’ll wear the race leader’s yellow jersey for the first time in his career — a coveted honor.

throughout and saved the only break point he faced.

Federer holds a career 18-16 advantage against Djokovic, but this will be only their second meeting in a major final. Federer beat him for the U.S. Open title in 2007. Overall, Federer has a 6-5 edge in Grand Slam matches. They’ve faced each other only once before at Wimbledon, with Federer winning in four sets in the 2012 semifinals.

“We know each other’s games,” said Djokovic, who will move to No. 1 in the rankings with a victory, replacing Rafael Nadal.

“We played many matches on different occasions. We played so many times in semifinals and finals of Grand Slams, different surfaces, big matches over the years. They were very exciting.

“And, of course, most of the matches we play against each other went the distance. So I’m going to be, of course, physically ready and fit to go the distance this time.”

The final matchup means that one of the so-called “Big Four” in men’s tennis —Federer, Nadal, Djokovic or Andy Murray — will walk away with a Grand Slam trophy for the 36th time in 38 majors.

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Summons & Notice John R. Capers, PLAINTIFF -vsCharlotte Dubose, Sole Surviving Trustee of Brogdon Temple Holy Rock Church and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults being as a class designated as Richard Roe, and any unknown infants or persons under disability or persons in the military designated as John Doe, Mary Roe, a fictitious named representing all members of the Brogdon Temple Holy Rock Church DEFENDANTS TO THE NAMED:

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S30°31'E along the southwestern side of S.C. Highway 341 for 147.4 feet to an iron; thence turning and running S60°48'W for 191.7 feet to an iron along the northwestern side of Lot B as shown on Plat hereinafter referred to; thence turning and running N41°27'W for 99.1 feet to an iron; thence North 61°54'W for a distance of 60.0 feet to an iron; thence turning and running N60°45'E along the southeastern side of McIntosh Street for 243 feet, more or less, to point of commencement. Said lot being bounded now or formerly, on the NORTHWEST by McIntosh Street; NORTHEAST by S.C. Highway 341; SOUTHEAST by Lot "B" as shown on said plat; and on the SOUTHWEST by property of Bill McIntosh, center of ditch being the line. All measurements being a little more Or less. Said lot being

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