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Shaw pilot, Cessna crash mid-air 2 killed when F-16, small plane crash; airman safe BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER The Associated Press MONCKS CORNER — An F-16 fighter jet smashed into a small plane Tuesday over South Carolina, killing two people and raining down plane parts and debris over a wide swath of marshes and rice fields. The two people aboard the smaller Cessna were killed, and the plane was completely destroyed, National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said. The pilot of the F-16 ejected and “is apparently uninjured,” he said. A news release from Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter said the pilot, Maj. Aaron Johnson from the 55th Fighter Squadron, was taken to Joint Base Charleston’s medical clinic for observation. The fighter jet crash-landed into woods around the privately owned Lewisfield Plantation, an estate dating PHOTO PROVIDED to 1750. Wreckage of the mid-air collision between a Shaw Air Force Base F-16 fighter jet and a private Cessna passenger plane over Berkeley County “We heard the plane crash. And then we took off on Tuesday is seen. The Cessna was completely destroyed in the crash, killing both people on board, while the pilot of the F-16, Maj. Aaron from where I was at, I guess Johnson of the 55th Fighter Squadron, ejected to safety and was being evaluated at a Charleston-area medical facility. I was about a half-mile from it, when we saw a cloud of smoke,” said Leo Ramsey, who’s worked at the plantation for about 30 years. He and two other co-work- FROM THE CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER ONLINE Nov. 30, 2014 — Capt. William ers went out to the flaming Dubois of the 77th Fighter Squadron spot where the jet had Former Sumter Mayor Steve Creech, a former was killed during a non-combat crash-landed into some of A Sumter-based F-16 fighter jet on a training chairman of Sumter’s Military Affairs Commission, the wooded acreage around mission collided with a small airplane Tuesflight mission in the Middle East. The reacts to the crash. See www.theitem.com. the plantation, Ramsey said. day morning in the sky over a Berkeley Councause of the crash is still under They found burning metal, ty rice plantation, killing two people on the investigation. splintered trees and a crater private aircraft and sheering off metal parts fell near Lewisfield Plantation along the CooApril 3, 2013 — Capt. James Steel, where the empty jet per River about 25 miles north of Charleston. that scattered over an 8-mile swath near a member of the 77th Fighter crashed, he said. But crews were still looking for the victims’ Moncks Corner. Squadron, was killed when his F-16 The NTSB is investigating Air Force Maj. Aaron Johnson, a career pilot bodies on land and in the water, the county the cause. coroner said. They were not named. from Shaw Air Force Base, survived after safecrashed while he was making a Debris was scattered The Cessna left minutes earlier from the ly ejecting from the damaged F-16C Fighting descent into Bagram Air Field near across a wide swath of the Berkeley County Airport, which is about three Kabul, Afghanistan. Falcon and parachuting into a field miles to sparsely populated area miles to the northwest, the coroner said. Their the south of the collision site. about 20 miles northwest of plane had a cruising speed of 125 mph. The jet Oct. 15, 2009 — Capt. Nicholas Paramedics said he was alert and walking. Charleston, though there Both occupants of the Cessna 150C were pre- was likely traveling twice as fast, officials said. “Nick” Giglio of the 20th Fighter Wing sumed to be dead. A wallet was found amid the wreckage that SEE F-16, PAGE A6 SEE DETAILS, PAGE A3 SEE CRASHES, PAGE A6

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“It was a good day for Sumter,” said state Rep. David Weeks, D-Sumter on Tuesday after the General Assembly finished considering Gov. Nikki Haley’s line item vetoes of the 2015-16 Appropriation Act. Haley had vetoed $400,000 for the Sumter Green Space Initiative and $250,000 for the Manning Avenue/Wilder School Area Green Space initiative, but both chambers of the General Assembly voted

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In the first two installments of this series, we reported how Darrell Epps was killed on April 9, 2011, and how testimony from a prison inmate led to murder charges filed against Quinton Brown and London Kelley. You can read those two installments on The Sumter Item website, www.theitem.

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com. Today’s edition runs in the print and online versions for paid subscribers. The previous installments can be read a day after they were published. After testimony from inmate Edward Brown on New Year’s Eve 2014, Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office arrested and charged Quinton Brown (no relation to Edward Brown) and London

Kelley with the murder of Darrell Epps. Edward Brown had investigator Jennifer Thomas write a statement that he initialed stating Kelley had told him she had lured Epps to her home by meeting him at Club Miami and asking him to follow her to her mobile home to make love. Once there, she told him

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FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter Police Department seeks the public’s help in locating Norman Lee McGee, 30, of Dalzell, a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that took place at a convenience store early Tuesday morning. According to the MCGEE police department, McGee allegedly entered the convenience store on the corner of Broad Street and Stamey Livestock Road at 3:21 a.m. on Tuesday and asked the clerk for change. While the register was open, McGee allegedly held the register drawer open while the clerk tried to close it. An undisclosed amount of money was taken from the register during the robbery. McGee became a suspect after law enforcement later located his golden sedan which matched the description of the vehicle involved in the incident, according to Sumter Police Department Public Information Officer Tonyia McGirt. Anyone with information is asked to call the police department at (803) 436-2700. Information can also be given anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC.

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William B. Rogers, grand master of the Free Masons of South Carolina, puts on the finishing touches of his ceremonial hat in Sumter on Monday evening. Rogers visited the local chapter and gave out appreciation plaques to honor lecturers.

If you find outdated or unwanted electronic equipment while doing your summer cleaning, be sure to take those items to a recycling facility rather than chucking them in the dumpster. Sumter County Public Works Assistant Director Karen Hyatt said in 2010, the state banned the disposal of electronic equipment in the county landfill. The county’s electronic waste, or e-waste, collection facility accepts computers, keyboards, printers, CDs, DVDs, cellphones, cameras, various types of batteries and other items. Hyatt said recycling electronic equipment can prevent health and environmental problems that could be caused by potentially harmful chemicals contained in the devices such as mercury and lead. She said recycling electronic waste can also save precious metals contained inside such as gold, silver, copper and platinum. Hyatt said the amount of electronics that are recycled has increased during the past few years. She said the county collected about 165 tons of ewaste this past year and receives 18 to 25 pallets worth of electronic equipment during its monthly ewaste pick up. Jim Beasley, South Carolina DHEC media rela-

tions director, said unwanted electronics are one of the nation’s fastest growing waste streams. According to Beasley, more than 9,000 tons of electronics were collected in the state between July 2011 and June 2012 while more than 11,500 tons of were collected between July 2012 and June 2013. He said the majority of the electronics was collected from residential sources. Beasley said the amount of residential recycling has increased because of the convenience of recycling programs. He said most manufacturers offer take-back programs that allow purchasers to send back old and unwanted equipment. Beasley said it is recommended that people remove all sensitive or personal information from computers, cellphones or PDAs before recycling. Sumter County picks up e-waste the first Saturday of the month from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. from the public works building, 1289 N. Main St. Electronics can also be dropped off at the e-waste collection facility located at the Sumter County Landfill, 2185 E. Brewington Road, Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about the county’s electronic waste collection facility, call Sumter County Public Works at (803) 4362241.

Learn about S.C. heroes at National Council of Negro Women’s program BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com The Sumter Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women will present a special program for children on South Carolina heroes whose stories began very near Sumter. In conjunction with the Sumter County Library’s summer reading program theme, “Every Hero Has a Story,” the event called “Celebrate South Carolina Heroes” will focus on the lives of famed educator Mary McLeod Bethune and astronaut Ronald McNair. NCNW president Miranda DavisChoice said members of the local chapter will read one or two books on each of the “heroes” during the 3 p.m. July 18 meeting. Lake City native Ronald E. McNair, Ph.D., is best known for his role as an astronaut. Before his death in 1986 in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, he was a physicist working in the fields of laser and molecular spectroscopy, making many important discoveries, both on land and on previous space flights. Bethune, who lived from 1875 to 1955,

was born near Mayesville, overcame a background of poverty and was determined to get an education. She attended college on scholarship and went on to found her own college for women. It’s now known as Bethune-Cookman. In addition, she was a valued consultant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a great friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition to her work as an educator, she was a well-known and avid civil rights activist. In 1935, Bethune founded the NCNW, inviting 28 other female leaders to form what she called “a council of councils.” Now celebrating its 80th year of serving and empowering women, the council continues to carry out Bethune’s original mission of encouraging and promoting education and civil rights. Much more information on the heroes will be shared as members of the Sumter Chapter of NCNW read children’s books about them. Davis-Choice said the program will also feature books by Roy Thomas, famed writer and editor for Marvel comics, who lives in St. Matthews. Thomas had a hand in creating the

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Mayesville educator, adviser to presidents and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune, above, and Ron McNair, left, a scientist and astronaut who made many discoveries before his death in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, will be featured by the Sumter Chapter of National Council of Negro Women during a July 18 program titled “Celebrate S.C. Heroes” at the Sumter County Library’s main branch. characters Ultron, the Vision, Yellowjacket, Ms. Marvel, Doc Samson and Valkyrie. He also wrote the Avengers comics for many years. “We’ll also read ‘Can You Dig It?’ by Olivia McConnell, the young girl from New Zion who was instrumental in having the Columbian Mammoth named the South Carolina state fossil,” Davis-

Choice said. She added that gift bags will be given out to children attending the event. The Sumter Chapter of NCNW, which has more than 50 members, plans to present similar programs throughout the year, with a special concentration on the summer months when children are out of school, Davis-Choice said.

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VETOES FROM PAGE A1 to override the vetoes and restore the funding for the projects, which will require a oneto-one funding match from local sources. “These projects are important to economic development in the area,” Weeks said. Also overridden was Gov. Haley’s veto of money for a bus workshop in Lee County. “I feel pretty good that the projects we wanted to see funded survived,” said Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Manning. “Sumter County and our area came out pretty good. I think it’s good to get some funding for projects in our area if they are good projects; I don’t see any problem with that.” “Our delegation did a great

DETAILS FROM PAGE A1 Johnson, meanwhile, was on a solo mission to practice instrument-assisted approaches at Charleston Air Force Base and intended to return to Shaw that day, said Col. Stephen Jost, commander of the 20th Fighter Wing at the pilot’s home base. He was still under “positive control” of Charleston air traffic controllers, Jost said, and was likely flying at 230 to 290 mph and between 2,000 and 3,000 feet above the ground. Such midair collisions between civilian and military aircraft are rare because of the equipment and procedures in place to prevent them, Jost said. “It’s a routine type of training mission that we do at Joint Base Charleston,” Jost said. “Our pilots are welltrained to fly the approaches into and out of there. “There are 100 factors that could have been at play here.” A Washington-based investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board was expected to arrive Tuesday night in the Lowcountry to begin looking for the cause, agency spokesman Peter Knudson said. The Air Force also sent a forensics team to the site. About 150 people from 20 local and federal agencies had amassed at the crash sites. It was at least the sixth time in the past decade that a military aircraft was involved in a significant crash in South Carolina. Half of those episodes involved F-16s from Shaw. Air traffic controllers would have been telling Johnson how high and fast to fly at the time, said Jim Brauchle, a former Air Force navigator. “Even if you’re under radar control, the pilots still have the responsibility to see and avoid,” said Brauchle, an attorney at MotleyRice in Mount Pleasant. “Sometimes pilots can have a false sense of security when air traffic control tells them it has control. But they still have to be looking outside the aircraft.”

‘JET WENT THROUGH IT’ The pilot of the single-engine, two-seat Cessna announced just before 11 a.m. that the plane was leaving the Berkeley County Airport en route to Myrtle Beach, Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury said. Salisbury said the crew was still in touch by radio with the

job of working together,” said state Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter. He said he felt like this session was a lot of work but wished they had gotten more done. “I would like to see the Legislature be more proactive instead of reactive,” he said. He pointed out that the a domestic violence bill was passed only after the Charleston Post and Courier’s Pulitzer Prize winning articles and a body camera bill was passed only after the incident in Charleston when a cop apparently shot a fleeing suspect in the back. “We didn’t return to the flag issue until nine people were shot in Charleston,” he said. “On the roads issue, I hope it doesn’t take a bridge collapse to get something done.”

airport when it collided with the jet at 11:01 a.m. Several residents reported hearing what sounded like an explosion near Lewisfield Plantation, a sprawling property east of Old U.S. Highway 52 and south of Lake Moultrie. Jack Patrick, 81, saw the F-16 fly by while he was trimming his lawn on OT Wallace Boulevard. He next heard a loud boom “like (the pilot) turned on his afterburners,” which would have increased the jet’s thrust. The F-16 turned around a short time later and came back, Patrick said. Another boom resounded “like a big shotgun went off,” he said. Meanwhile, the Cessna suddenly started to climb just before the impact, Capt. Robert McCullough of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said later after talking with officials. “Witnesses have indicated the Cessna was flying along, pulled up, and the jet went through it,” he said. The F-16 struck the Cessna broadside, said Salisbury, who also leads the county’s volunteer rescue squad. Wayne Ware, who lives on McCrae Drive just south of the plantation, heard the collision as he went for a walk. “I didn’t see it; I heard it,” Ware said. “I turned around, and I saw the jet. Pieces started falling out of the sky. His engine is lying right there at the campground.”

‘PARTS ... IN OUR YARD’ The Cessna went down into a watery rice field. First-responders later found a large part of the fuselage in about 2 feet of water.

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Weeks credited Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, and Sens. McElveen and Johnson for working together to serve the interests of the people of Sumter. Weeks said the House received the Confederate flag bill from the Senate, which is considered a first reading, and the House will meet at 10 a.m. today to debate the issue. “Its passage is not certain,” he said. “The bill faces a lot of challenges in the House, and I expect a spirited debate. There are a number of amendments in the House.” That’s the big question mark is how long the House debate will go on.” McElveen said the senators were heading home and would not need to return unless the House adds amendments to the flag bill.

The crippled jet veered leftward. Debris spread out over the plantation property and for a lengthy stretch southward. Ware saw that an aircraft engine had fallen and clipped a recreational vehicle near Berkeley Yacht Club & Marina, where people live in their RVs. No injuries were reported on the ground. Kathryn Dennis, a star of Bravo TV’s “Southern Charm” reality television show whose family owns Lewisfield Plantation, was home when she “heard some crash sounds.” Sirens wailed for a while after that. “There are pieces of aircraft around the rice fields,” she said. “There are parts of the plane in our yard.” First responders reported seeing a “debris field” from the F-16 near Medway Plantation, which is nearly 10 miles to the south of the initial site. Johnson, the pilot, touched down in a field near the plantation with a parachute. “The aircraft could still be flyable for a period of time,” Jost, the Air Force official, said. “The decision to eject ... is a quick one.” A Coast Guard helicopter lowered a rescuer to tend to the fighter pilot while responders raced toward him on the ground. Johnson later managed to walk to a pickup driven by plantation employees, and he rode the truck to a waiting ambulance. A Berkeley County Emergency Medical Services crew said that Johnson was all right, but he was taken to Joint Base Charleston for evaluation. He was expected to return

S.C. House overrides most of Haley’s line-item vetoes BY MEG KINNARD The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina House members have voted to override most of the vetoes by Gov. Nikki Haley they’ve considered so far. The chamber on Monday voted to override 33 of the 46 vetoes they’ve considered. Lawmakers skipped two measures and opted to return Tuesday morning. Last month, Haley vetoed 87 items worth about $30 million from

to Shaw late Tuesday, Jost said, and he could resume flight duty as early as next week.

A ‘WORKHORSE’ FIGHTER Officials from Shaw Air Force Base released information for people looking to make legal claims as a result of damage caused by the wreckage. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the civilian crew,” Jost added during a news conference. Photos taken by onlookers of the F-16 wreckage showed “55” and a pair of dice painted amid a blue and white checkered pattern on the tail section. The 55th Fighter Squadron is part of the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw. The wing also hosts the 77th and 79th fighter squadrons and provides facilities, personnel and material for the base’s operation. Since the first flight of the F-16 in 1974, aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin has led the design and development of the Fighting Falcon by providing structural and avionics upgrades. The company calls it “the workhorse of the fighter fleet for 28 customers around the world.” But the jet has been involved in several of the most serious military aircraft crashes in the Charleston area. In 2005, two crewmembers ejected from an F-16 after its power failed entirely. The plane crashed into a marshy area of the Ashley River in Charleston and burst into flames. Two F-16s collided during a nighttime mission in 2009, killing one pilot while the other managed to safely land in Charleston. Pilot error was

the Legislature’s budget package, saying she didn’t cut more because legislators did as she asked. It was the highest number of line-item vetoes Haley has issued in her five years as governor, but the dollar amount struck from the more than $7 billion plan for state taxes is the second lowest. In its 33 overrides, the House restored all but $925,000 in state funding of the measures considered.

said to be to blame for that collision. Emergency personnel on Tuesday were told not to touch any of the jet parts, whether in the woods or on the water, according to radio communications. Responders also were told to stay upwind of the F-16 crash site because of the potential for exposure to hydrazine, a toxic fuel used by the aircraft’s emergency power unit. But Jost said the plane was not carrying munitions and should not pose a lingering threat to the public after an initial fire burned out. Much will be learned about what led to the crash once investigators review radar histories and the F-16’s flight recorder, or “black box,” said Brauchle, the former military pilot. During instrument approach training, the fighter pilot would have been using instruments as a guide during pre-landing procedures, Brauchle said. Such instruments can give the plane’s vertical and lateral orientation in relation to an airstrip, he said. The plane’s autopilot can be used in such situations, or a navigator can “hand fly” the aircraft, Brauchle said. Recorded data would help determine how Johnson was flying the plane. Investigators also will look at whether air traffic controllers had spotted the Cessna on their instruments, he said. “You have a small airplane not under radar control,” he said. “More than likely, the signal off a Cessna 150 is not very strong.” Andrew Knapp, Bo Petersen, Schuyler Kropf, Dave Munday, Brenda Rindge and Melissa Boughton contributed to this report.

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‘Britain’s Schindler’ dies at 106 LONDON (AP) — “Is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to Nicholas Winton?” asked the presenter of the popular BBC magazine program “That’s Life.” Around the elderly man, sitting with his wife in the front row of the audience, more than 30 people got to their feet. The man stood to acknowledge them, wiping tears from his eyes. It was 1988, some 50 years since young stockbroker Nicholas Winton found himself in Prague as the Nazis marched on Czechoslovakia and all around him JewWINTON ish parents desperately looked for a means of escape, if not for themselves then at least for their children. Virtually single-handedly, Winton saved more than 650 of those children from almost certain death in the Holocaust. But he didn’t talk about it for decades, until his wife discovered documents in their attic that revealed the story and for the first time allowed the rescued children to know and thank their savior. “There are all kinds of things you don’t talk about, even with your family,” Winton said later. “Everything that happened before the war actually didn’t feel important in the light of the war itself.” Winton’s death Wednesday at the age of 106 brought tributes from leaders and Jewish groups in Britain, the Czech Republic and Israel. “In a world plagued by evil and indifference, Winton dedicated himself to saving the innocent and the defenseless. His exceptional moral leadership serves as an example to all humanity,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday. “Winton knew how to correctly read the harsh reality and chose to leave his comfortable life and follow the voice of his conscience,” added Avner Shalev, chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. The story of Winton’s exploits led former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to dub him “Britain’s Schindler”, in reference to the German businessman Oskar Schindler, who famously saved Jewish lives during the war. Returning to Britain and finding there was no one working on the problem of how to get the children out, Winton borrowed the headed paper of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia and underneath typed the words “Children’s Section.” He approached the British government, and eventually got a promise that it would let the children in, provided he had a foster home arranged for each of them, and upon payment of a guarantee — the substantial sum of 50 pounds per child. He drew up lists of some 6,000 suitable children, publishing their photographs to try to encourage British fam-

ilies to agree to take them. He arranged trains from Prague to the Netherlands, ferries to take the children across the North Sea. Eight trains and one plane carried 669 children to Britain in the months before the outbreak of war. The largest evacuation was scheduled for Sept. 3, 1939, the day Britain declared war on Germany. That train never left, and almost none of the 250 children trying to flee that day survived the war. “At the time, everybody said, ‘Isn’t it wonderful what you’ve done for the Jews? You saved all these Jewish people,’” Winton said. “When it was first said to me, it came almost as a revelation because I didn’t do it particularly for that reason. I was there to save children.” The children from Prague were among some 10,000 mostly Jewish children who made it to Britain on what were known as the Kindertransports (children’s transports). Few of them would see their parents again. Though many more children were saved from Berlin and Vienna, those operations were better-organized and better-financed. Winton’s operation was unique because he worked almost alone. “Maybe a lot more could have been done, but much more time would have been needed, much more help would have been needed from other countries, much more money would have been

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A woman lights a candle at the statue of Briton Sir Nicholas Winton at the main train station in Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday. Winton, a humanitarian who almost single-handedly saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, earning himself the label “Britain’s Schindler,’ has died. needed, much more organization,” Winton later said. He also acknowledged that not all the children who made it to Britain were well-

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Jewish children with Christian families. “I wouldn’t claim that it was 100 percent successful, but I would claim that everybody who came over was alive at the end of the war,” he said, quoted in the book “Into the Arms of Strangers.” After the story came to light, Winton’s wife Grete persuaded him to talk about what had happened, and many of the children — now parents and grandparents themselves — contacted him to thank him for saving their lives. Among the well-known people saved by Winton were American scientist Ben Abeles, British film director Karel Reisz and Canadian journalist Joe Schlesinger. A film about his heroism by Slovak director Matej Minac, “Nicholas Winton — The Power of Good,” won an International Emmy Award in 2002. Minac made a second documentary, “Nicky’s Family,” in 2011. Winton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and also honored in the Czech Republic. A statue of Winton stands at Prague’s central station — candles and flowers surrounded it on Thursday — while a statue commemorating the children of the Kindertransport is a popular sight at London’s Liverpool Street Station. He continued to attend Kindertransport events in Britain and the Czech Republic well beyond his 100th birthday.

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EPPS FROM PAGE A1 that a botched robbery by her boyfriend Quinton Brown and Christopher Lovely had left Epps dead. Someone had shot Epps eight times, and a ninth shot, a final shotgun blast to his head, had likely killed him, according to a forensics investigator. While London Kelley was in jail, she shared a cell with a woman named Shanikqua Oaks who wrote a statement and testified Kelley told her about the charges against her. When Oaks was released from jail a few days later, authorities placed Kelley in the same cell with Susie OaksThomas — Shanikqua Oaks’ mother. Susie Oaks-Thomas is not related to Jennifer Thomas, the investigator. Oaks-Thomas provided an 11-page written statement outlining how Kelley confessed to assisting Quinton Brown with killing Epps by luring him to her mobile home. In her version, OaksThomas said Kelley told her that Quinton Brown knew of a physical relationship she was having with Epps and held a gun to her head saying if she helped him set up a robbery of Epps, he would let her live. Oaks-Thomas said on April 9, 2011, Kelley and Quinton Brown had become highly intoxicated and went home to sleep it off. Kelley told her she was supposed to meet Epps at Club Miami and go to the American Inn with him. When Kelley didn’t show up at the club, Epps drove to her home.

She said Kelley told her she saw a vehicle pull up and she peeped outside and told Quinton Brown that Epps was there. Quinton reportedly told her, “You know what to do.” She met Epps outside. While she was visiting with him, Quinton Brown came outside in a friendly manner and asked to share a marijuana cigarette Epps was rolling. He suggested Epps move to the passenger side and roll the “blunt” while Quinton Brown drove to a store. Epps reportedly got out of the driver’s seat, walked around the back of the vehicle and got in on the passenger side while Quinton Brown took the driver’s seat, and Kelley got into the back seat behind Epps. Oaks-Thomas’ version of the story says Quinton Brown drove Epps’ Hyundai Santa Fe to a Lake Cherryvale Drive site where it was found burned later that night. She said Quinton Brown parked the car, told Epps he knew Epps was having a relationship with Kelley, and he shot him in the head with a shotgun. Then, while they were driving back to Gem Mobile Home Park, Quinton Brown finished smoking the marijuana, leaned across Epps’ body, rolled down a window and threw the remaining portion of the “blunt” out the window. They dumped the body near Kelley’s mobile home next to an unoccupied mobile home. Kelley, disgusted with having blood all over her, threw her bloody clothes into a

trash bag and took a shower while Quinton Brown went to get rid of the vehicle. When Quinton Brown returned about three hours later, he removed his clothes and put them in the same bag as Kelley’s and cleaned up. She said Kelley told her she eventually burned the bag of clothes. In her court appearance, Oaks-Thomas testified twice that Kelley buried the clothes. She said Kelley told her the robbery netted Quinton Brown $2,100 in $100 bills and the remaining marijuana from his vehicle. At one point in that statement she quotes Kelley as saying “Hell, me and Quinton needs (sic) to put this murder on Popeye’s ass.” People who wrote statements for the case refer to Christopher Lovely as “Popeye.” Edward Brown, another prison inmate whose testimony The Sumter Item reported on Tuesday, also mentioned Lovely in his testimony written by Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office investigator Jennifer Thomas, although the details differ significantly. The grandfather of one of three of London Kelley’s children, John Johnson, a retired South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigator, hired another former SLED investigator, Benny Webb, to dig into the case to discover why London Kelley serves time for accessory after the fact of murder while charges were dropped against the person she was charged with assisting. Webb disputes Oaks-

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 Thomas’ story, saying it has many holes in it. He points out three guns were used to kill Epps, including a 9 mm Lugar, a .380-caliber automatic handgun and a shotgun. SLED linked two of those three guns to murders and shootings of other people in the Sumter area. He said he also doubts Epps would get out of his car, walk around it and get in on the passenger side if he saw the couple bringing out three guns including a shotgun that couldn’t be hidden. And, according to her testimony, Quinton Brown would have fired the shotgun from the driver’s seat. Forensic evidence says the shotgun blast came from the top of Epps’ head — a most improbable shot from the driver’s seat. Webb also points to Epps’ girlfriend and other friends saying he was carrying about $250 at the time of his death — not the $2,100 he was reported by her as taking during the robbery. Webb said investigators conducted a toxicology test on Quinton Brown the day Epps’ body was recovered. That toxicology test revealed Quinton Brown had high alcohol content that morning but no evidence of marijuana in his system. He also questioned why Quinton Brown would lean over a dead body that was, by all accounts, gruesome, and to roll down a window when electronic windows would have allowed him to roll down the window from the driver’s seat. Defense attorney Charlie J. Johnson Jr. said the discrepancies in the Oaks-

ABOUT THE SERIES Sunday: Darrell Epps’ killing, London Kelley’s conviction and dropping charges against Quinton Brown. Tuesday: How the cold case heated up with the testimony of three prison inmates. √ Today: A third inmate gives a conflicting statement with a different scenario, and the jury convicts Kelley of accessory to murder. Thursday: After Kelley’s conviction, new information surfaces including about weapons reportedly linked to killings.

Thomas and Edward Brown stories should have been enough to have the jurors question the validity of the inmates’ stories. “The stories are not consistent with the three witnesses,” Johnson Jr. said. He asked “why would she alter her stories if she was already confessing?” But Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office Public Information Officer Braden Bunch disagrees and puts it more bluntly. “When all is said and done, at the end of the day, Ms. Kelley went to trial before a jury of her peers, and she was found guilty.” In the final installment of this series Thursday, we look at a ballistics report that links the killings to similar ones, the use of prisoners as witnesses and what happens next. If you know information about this case, contact Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office at (803) 436-2000.

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F-16 FROM PAGE A1 were no reports of anyone being hurt or any homes being damaged on the ground, Berkeley County spokesman Michael Mule said. A witness reported that the military plane broadsided the Cessna, said Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury. Officials said during a news conference that most of the debris was in a marshy area, including a rice field. Wayne Ware told The Post and Courier of Charleston he was going for a walk when he heard the crash happen. He did not see the initial impact but heard it. “I turned around, and I saw the jet. Pieces started falling out of the sky,” Ware said, telling the paper the jet’s engine landed at a campground. Col. Stephen Jost, commander of the 20th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, said the F-16 pilot was flying solo, practicing instrument approaches to a military base. “He was talking to Charleston Air Traffic control receiving vectors for final approach,” Jost said. The pilot was on his cellphone as soon as he parachuted to the ground, he said. Jost said he thought it was overcast at the time of the collision. “We don’t know if weather or equipment failure may have affected the plane’s avoidance systems, and we don’t know if local air traf-

fic control was in contact with both aircraft,” Jost said. Jost said the Air Force pilot was expected back at Shaw on Tuesday evening. “Our hearts go out to the family and friends of those involved,” he said. He said Shaw will do all it can to support local and federal officials in responding to the incident. Jost said workers at the plantation picked up the pilot and took him to Berkeley County EMS workers, who took him to the Charleston base. It wasn’t clear if a flight plan had been filed, but Berkeley County officials say the civilian pilot had indicated he was traveling to Myrtle Beach. The Air Force has flown F-16s since the 1970s, though very few active-duty squadrons still fly them. F-16s from Shaw Air Force Base routinely fly training missions over eastern South Carolina and the Atlantic. The smaller plane was a Cessna 150, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, a two-seat plane that debuted in 1959 and remains one of the most common single-engine planes in the U.S. The Cessna 150’s maximum altitude is about 15,000 feet, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Most models weigh about 1,500 pounds when fully fueled. By comparison, an F-16 is about 50 feet long and weighs nearly 10 tons, not counting fuel or weapons. Sumter Item writer Jim Hilley contributed to this article.

CRASHES FROM PAGE A1 at Shaw Air Force Base was at the controls of his F-16 doing routine night-training maneuvers when he struck another F-16 in his twoship formation in the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles off Folly Beach and was killed. Capt. Lee Bryant’s F-16 sustained “severe damage,” but Bryant was able to make an emergency landing at Charleston Air Force Base and was unharmed. April 18, 2005 — An F-16 crashed in the Ashley River near Charleston, and the pilot and an observer, both with 9th Air Force, ejected safely. July 6, 2001 — Capt. Mitchell August Bulmann of the 77th Fighter Squadron was killed when his aircraft crashed 40 miles off the coast of Charleston. March 19, 2000 — Maj. Brison

THE SUMTER ITEM Phillips of the 78th Fighter Squadron was killed when his F-16 crashed while performing in an air show in Kingsville, Texas. July 22, 1998 — An F-16 went down over the Atlantic Ocean during a simulated air-to-air combat training mission just off the South Carolina coast. The pilot ejected safely. July 11, 1996 — An F-16 crashed into a Pensacola, Florida, home, killing a 4-year-old boy and severely burning a woman in the home. The jet — and 50 others from Shaw — was headed to Florida as part of an evacuation effort because of Hurricane Bertha. The pilot ejected safely. Oct. 27, 1992 — An F-16 crashed into a Sumter County cotton field about a half mile short of its runway. No one was seriously injured. Sept. 13, 1988 — An F-16 crashed into a field behind the

Cherryvale residential area after it lost engine thrust. The plane caught a house on fire, killing two men. The pilot ejected safely. April 1985 — Shaw pilot Capt. Edgar Johnson Jr. was killed when the F-16 he was flying crashed into a wooded area in Kentucky. November 1982 — Shaw’s Col. Henry M. Yochum and Maj. Wayne Scott Hagen were killed when their twin-engine O-2 Skymaster went down near the Allendale airport. April 1980 — Capt. Donald R. Cook was killed when his twinengine O-2 Skymaster crashed at Poinsett Gunnery Range near Wedgefield during a routine flight. January 1980 — An RF-4C Phantom jet from Shaw crashed in Boykin. Another RF-C Phantom from Shaw had gone down in Holly Hill just four months before the crash. Source: Sumter Item archives

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et’s list major problems affecting black Americans. Topping the list is the breakdown in the black family, where only a third of black children are raised in two-parent households. Actually, the term “breakdown” is incorrect. Families do not form in the first place. Nationally, there is a black illegitimacy rate of 72 percent. In some urban areas, the percentage is much Walter greater. Williams Blacks constitute more than 50 percent of murder victims, where roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered each year. Ninety-five percent of the time, the perpetrator is another black. If a black youngster does graduate from high school, it is highly likely that he can read, write and compute no better than a white seventhor eighth-grader. These are the major problems that face black Americans. Let’s look at some of the strategy since the beginning of the civil rights movement. The black power movement of the ‘60s and ‘70s held that black under representation in the political arena was a major problem. It was argued that the election of more black officials as congressmen, mayors and city council members would mean economic power, better neighborhoods and better schools. Forty-three years ago, there were roughly 1,500 black elected officials nationwide. According to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, by 2011 there were roughly 10,500 black elected officials, including a black president. But what were the fruits? By most any measure, the problems are worse. There is the greatest black poverty, poorest education, highest crime and greatest family instability in cities such as: Detroit; St. Louis; Oakland, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta; Baltimore; Cleveland; Philadelphia; and Buffalo, New Yor. The most common characteristic of these predominantly black cities is that, for decades, all of them have been run by Democratic and presumably liberal administrations. What’s more is that in most of these cities, blacks have been mayors, chiefs of police, school superintendents and principals and have dominated city councils. Political

power has not lived up to its billing. So what should black politicians and activists now be focused on to address some of the problems confronting black people? Let’s look at some of the fiddling by some black politicians, white liberals and some intimidated white conservatives. How about banning the Confederate flag from public places because it is alleged to be a symbol of slavery? What would that do for black problems? By the way, one could make the case for also banning the American flag. Slave ships sailed under the American flag. What about Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s proposal to “help” his black constituents? He has proposed to dig up the bodies of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife and remove them from a city park. One wonders whether he thinks marshaling resources to do that is more important than dealing with the city’s 145 murders, 320 rapes, 6,900 aggravated assault calls and 3,000 robberies. All of the Memphis black homicide victims were murdered by other blacks. What about a ban on the use of the “racist” term “thug” in reference to black criminals looting stores? How about a ban on “stop and frisk” and proactive policing as a measure to increase public safety in highcrime neighborhoods? What about more teaching, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has done, that what blacks need to fear most are white policemen? In the wake of the Charleston murders, some people promote the false narrative that it’s white racists who are the interracial murderers. That’s nonsense. FBI crime victimization surveys show that blacks commit 80 percent of all interracial violent crime. The bottom line is that even if white people were to become angels tomorrow, it would do nothing for the problems plaguing a large segment of the black community. Illegitimacy, family breakdown, crime and fraudulent education are devastating problems, but they are not civil rights problems. There is little or nothing that government or white people can do to solve these problems. The solution lies with black people. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2015, creators.com

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eaders of my blog who live in other parts of the United States have asked how I feel about the recent controversy concerning the Confederate flag and the senseless killings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. I can confidently say my friends and I, along with the majority of all Southerners, feel the same way the rest of the world does — outLeslie Anne raged, Harrison shocked and saddened. But even though most of my friends agree it’s time the Confederate flag be packed away, we’ve also discussed how our original sentiments towards the flag were born of innocence. I believe the Confederate flag is like the American flag in regards to meaning different things to different people. If you associate the flag with hatred, then that’s what it means to you. But my generation, born during or just after the civil rights movement, didn’t realize the flag had only been placed on public property just before we were born in the 1960s. We naively grew up thinking the “Rebel flag,” as we always called it, stood for our home, a place with majestic Live Oak trees, Spanish moss, grits and sweet tea — so when we saw the Confederate flag, it made us happy and never conjured thoughts of hatred. Most of us didn’t own one or even think about it much at all, so it wasn’t a big deal. A few decades ago, I heard of terrible people in the South — and actually, if truth be told, throughout the entire country — who were using the Confederate flag to represent something detestable. This hate-filled group seemed to be a small minority of what we call, “idiot rednecks” who twisted the meaning of the flag into something ugly, and since we didn’t really associate with these people, the majority of good Southerners ignored them. That was one of many mistakes. Now it seems the evil

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There was a time when the use of the Confederate flag was an innocent symbol of our Southern home. connotations of this flag have surfaced and reigned supreme. Even though there’s nothing worse to a Southerner than having an outsider tell us what to do, we now see our misinformed, but innocent, “Gone With the Wind” view of the flag was misguided, and it’s time to retire it to the halls of history. But when all evidence of the Confederate flag has been erased, when it’s stripped from car bumpers, stores and homes, don’t think things will change. You see, it’s not the flag that’s the source of hatred. It’s not guns that cause people to murder. There are plenty of horrible racists who own guns but would never think of killing anyone, so that’s not where the problem lies. In order to stop the nonsense of mass killings like the one in Charleston, we must address two things that have nothing to do with heritage, race, religion or sexual identity; two things lawmakers and the media seem to ignore. First, we must examine the overuse of psychotropic medications being given to our children. I know there are legitimate instances where these medications have helped and even saved lives, but there is an overwhelming correlation between the overuse and misuse of the drugs and massive acts of violence. Secondly, we need to refocus the intentions of our

hearts and the purpose of our days. God has commanded us to love our neighbors and care for those in need. Many families need help with their children who are being left alone to sit in front of computers and TV sets all day watching a constant stream of violence and sex being broadcast into their homes. The gaming, music and movie industries don’t care about God’s instructions for us to build-up and encourage one another, they only focus on profits, (much like many pharmaceutical companies) no matter what the cost may be to society. In the dreadful aftermath of this sad event, one point of beauty rose above the evil. The people of this historic Southern city handled themselves with profound dignity and amazing grace. There was no talk of rioting, looting or attacking others. Regardless of individual beliefs or skin color, everyone in Charleston came together to console each other with love, friendship and supportive neighborliness . . . which is the only sentiment of the South we should ever want to wave. Leslie Anne Harrison is a contributing writer for The Sumter Item and Gulf Coast Newspapers — www. gulfcoastnewstoday.com. She also has a popular website — Fairhope Supply Co. — which can be found at www.fairhopesupply. com. She can be reached at la@fairhopesupply.com.

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

THURSDAY

Partly sunny and humid

A thunderstorm in spots early

Partly sunny

FRIDAY

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take a tour around your neighborhood, and you’ll notice things you haven’t seen before. There’s plenty to discover, and with a little coaxing, you may want to participate in something that will improve your community. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your involvement in a worthy cause will lead to new friendships. Take a position of leadership and make suggestions, and you will become a valued contributor. Do your own research. Positive personal changes will improve a relationship. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t take on too much, or emotions will escalate, causing disputes or mishaps. Take time out for yourself. Do something you enjoy or that stimulates you mentally and physically. Personal changes will make you feel good. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Get motivated and make things happen. Act on your instincts and don’t look back. You’ll attract attention and plenty of interest in what you have to offer personally and professionally. Promote your interests, and you will get an offer you cannot refuse. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stand firm if someone makes demands, but don’t get into a dispute. Be prepared to walk away. You will lose if you don’t negotiate with finesse. Believe in your ability to move forward on your own if

Sunny to partly cloudy

95°

74°

96° / 74°

98° / 74°

96° / 74°

94° / 73°

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 10%

SW 7-14 mph

SSW 4-8 mph

WSW 6-12 mph

W 4-8 mph

NNW 4-8 mph

WSW 4-8 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 93/69 Spartanburg 93/69

Greenville 93/71

Columbia 95/74

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 95/74

Aiken 94/71

ON THE COAST

Charleston 92/74

Today: Partly sunny; a stray thunderstorm in northern parts. High 87 to 92. Thursday: A shower or thunderstorm in spots. High 87 to 92.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.61 74.90 74.49 97.33

24-hr chg none -0.06 -0.34 +0.01

Sunrise 6:18 a.m. Moonrise 12:39 a.m.

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

0.00" 1.05" 1.07" 23.41" 18.48" 23.86"

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

92° 73° 91° 70° 103° in 1954 55° in 1951

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

Today Thu. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 92/71/pc 92/72/pc 69/60/pc 75/61/pc 87/76/t 93/75/pc 73/60/pc 75/59/t 92/76/s 93/75/s 74/60/sh 70/58/sh 93/76/pc 91/75/s 84/70/t 79/68/t 92/73/t 93/73/t 87/74/t 86/71/t 105/79/pc 100/77/pc 69/60/pc 69/59/pc 88/74/t 92/73/t

Myrtle Beach 90/76

Manning 96/74

Today: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. Winds west 4-8 mph. Thursday: Partly sunny. Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 95/74

Bishopville 96/71

Sunset Moonset

8:36 p.m. 1:25 p.m.

Last

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July 8

July 15

July 23

July 31

TIDES

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 1.74 -0.03 19 2.51 -0.39 14 1.67 +0.05 14 2.28 -0.03 80 75.56 -0.12 24 8.04 +0.86

AT MYRTLE BEACH

High 2:40 a.m. 3:16 p.m. 3:38 a.m. 4:17 p.m.

Today Thu.

Ht. 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.2

Low Ht. 9:37 a.m. -0.5 10:10 p.m. 0.2 10:33 a.m. -0.5 11:15 p.m. 0.2

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 86/64/pc 94/70/pc 94/71/pc 92/74/t 86/77/pc 92/74/t 94/71/pc 94/72/pc 95/74/pc 95/73/pc 92/74/pc 92/73/pc 94/74/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 89/65/pc 94/71/pc 95/71/s 92/74/pc 87/77/pc 92/74/pc 99/70/pc 94/72/pc 97/74/pc 95/73/pc 93/75/pc 94/74/pc 95/74/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 95/74/pc Gainesville 89/70/t Gastonia 93/71/pc Goldsboro 94/74/pc Goose Creek 93/74/t Greensboro 89/70/pc Greenville 93/71/pc Hickory 90/69/pc Hilton Head 88/76/pc Jacksonville, FL 88/71/t La Grange 95/72/pc Macon 95/71/pc Marietta 92/70/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 97/74/pc 90/70/t 97/69/pc 95/75/pc 93/74/pc 95/73/pc 94/70/pc 94/70/pc 88/76/pc 89/70/t 95/74/pc 94/72/s 92/71/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 89/65/pc Mt. Pleasant 91/76/pc Myrtle Beach 90/76/t Orangeburg 94/72/pc Port Royal 91/76/t Raleigh 93/70/pc Rock Hill 93/71/pc Rockingham 95/71/pc Savannah 91/72/t Spartanburg 93/69/pc Summerville 93/73/t Wilmington 92/75/pc Winston-Salem 89/70/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 92/66/pc 91/76/pc 90/77/pc 95/72/t 91/75/pc 95/73/pc 97/70/pc 97/71/pc 92/73/t 95/68/pc 93/73/t 92/76/pc 94/73/pc

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

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SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Thursday, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use your EUGENIA LAST intelligence to make your way to the top. Beef up and send out your resume if you’re bored or feel you’re going nowhere fast. A physical change will boost your confidence and lift your spirits. Romance is encouraged.

SUNDAY

Sunshine and some Warm with sun and clouds some clouds

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necessary. Protect your interests. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll have trouble getting along with business partners. Compromise and keep the peace. Focus more on being helpful and taking care of personal needs that ease your stress and make you feel good about the way you look. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take a close look at any contracts, investments or paperwork you are given. Someone will try to take advantage of you if you aren’t careful. Make changes to whatever proposition you are given. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Expand your interests and your friendships. Exploring new people and places will change your attitude and improve your goals. Set your standards high, and you will rise to the occasion. Walk away from negativity or people looking for an argument. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Someone will play on your emotions by making a last-minute change. Before you jump to conclusions or believe what you hear, dig deep and look for alternatives that will help you continue along your set path. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Reconsider your direction and the partnerships you have formed. Limitations and frustrations will occur if you let someone make decisions for you. A professional change based on something you enjoy doing will bring you higher returns and greater satisfaction. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Getting along with your peers will make the difference in how successful you can be. Don’t rule out the possibility that you are being judged not only on your skills and ability, but also on your presentation and appearance. Leave nothing to chance.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY

1-10-15-25-37 PowerUp: 2

3-6-14-18-24 Powerball: 21; Powerplay: 3

numbers not available at press time

PICK 3 TUESDAY

PICK 4 TUESDAY

0-5-0 and 9-7-6

1-0-8-5 and 1-8-8-3

SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PET OF THE WEEK Bailey, a young female beagle, is available for adoption at Sumter Animal Control. She is friendly to all, and likes other dogs as well. She would love to be your new best friend. Bailey is a petite girl and has lovely manners. You can see Bailey in kennel 24 at Sumter Animal Control or call (803) 436-2066 to inquire about her.

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U.S. women celebrate World Cup title in L.A.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

Shut down & shut out

Jets 1 loss away from elimination Chapin/Newberry rolls past Dalzell-Shaw 20-2 BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

today at Legion Field in Florence. Post 68 starter Tommy King walked two in the first, but got some defensive support to avoid giving up any runs. After a leadoff walk to Melquan Depugh, Weston Rogers lined out to second baseman Dustin Way, who flipped to first baseman Zac Coker to double off Depugh.

DALZELL — Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 got off to a good start against Chapin/Newberry Post 193 in the second game of their American Legion baseball state playoff first-round series on Tuesday at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field. After getting beaten 16-0 in the opening game on Monday, the Jets found themselves DURANT in a scoreless tie after two innings. It didn’t stay like that much longer though as C/N rolled to a 20-2 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-5 series. Chapin/Newberry, which improved to 17-0 on the season, can wrap up the series with a victory today in Newberry at the Newberry College baseball field beginning at 7 p.m. Dalzell fell to 1-20. C/N pounded out 23 hits, nine of them going for extra bases. Post 193 had six doubles, two triples and a home run. Landon Allison had a big night for Chapin, going 3-for-4 with a walk, a home run and a triple. He had four runs batted in and needed a double to hit for the cycle. Danton Hyman had a huge night at the plate and on the mound. He was 3-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI. The left-hander threw five no-hit innings before being lifted. Hyman struck out seven and walked three. Dalzell got its first hit and first run on one swing. Ron York hit a homer to left field off of Post 193 reliever Josh Haney in the sixth. The Jets picked up two more hits in the seventh, one being an RBI single by Nate Hart. Dalzell starting pitcher Andrew

SEE SHUT OUT, PAGE B3

SEE JETS, PAGE B3

KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Manning-Santee first baseman Zac Coker, right, catches the ball on a pickoff attempt of Florence Post 1’s Weston Rogers during Post 68’s 10-0 loss on Tuesday in the opening round of the American Legion baseball state playoffs at Monarch Field.

Manning-Santee tallies 1 hit, 1 walk in 10-0 loss to Florence BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item MANNING — Three Florence pitchers combined to strike out 11 Manning-Santee batters, limiting Post 68 to an infield single and one walk, as Post 1 came away with a 10-0 win in seven innings in Game 2 of their American Legion baseball state playoff first-round series on Tuesday at Monarch

P-15’s ADVANCE VIA FORFEIT The Sumter P-15’s advanced to the second round of the American Legion baseball state playoffs on Tuesday without throwing a pitch after Lexington decided to forfeit the first-round series on Tuesday. Sumter is now 20-5 on the season. It doesn’t know who, or even if, it will be playing in the second round. The P-15’s could be in line for a bye into the state tournament, which will be held at Riley Park July 25-29.

Field. With the win, Florence improved to 23-4 and now stands one victory away

from clinching the best-of-5 series with Manning-Santee, which dropped to 9-13. Game 3 is scheduled for

WIMBLEDON

PRO GOLF COMMENTARY

Serena rallies past Azarenka

Along for the ride at Watson’s Open farewell BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Serena Williams returns a shot in her 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Victoria Azarenka in a Wimbledon quarterfinals match on Tuesday in London.

Williams set to face Sharapova in semis BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press LONDON — Even as Serena Williams piled up aces and groundstroke winners from all angles, even as she stormed through seven games in a row

and 10 of the last 13 in yet another comeback, her Wimbledon quarterfinal against Victoria Azarenka never felt like a runaway. That’s because Azarenka, a 2-time major champion and former No. 1 in her own right, was playing spectacular tennis, too, nearly the equal of Williams in every facet. Nearly. For when Williams finds her

best game, she becomes unbeatable. And for her past 26 Grand Slam matches she is, indeed, unbeaten. Erasing an early deficit at Centre Court, Williams got past Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday with the help of 17 aces and a remarkable ratio of 46 winners to 12 unforced errors. “It’s been up and down, up

SEE SERENA, PAGE B4

This was one time Luke Donald didn’t mind taking 45 minutes to play a 357-yard hole. He was on the 18th hole at St. Andrews, and the company he kept that Friday afternoon in 2005 could not have been better. Donald played with Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, giving him an unobstructed view for the farewell of golf’s greatest champion. Not only was it the final round for Nicklaus at St. Andrews, he closed his incomparable career with his 164th and final appearance in a major. Donald and Nicklaus had sponsorship deals with the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Donald thought he might get the pairing. “They came to me and ... not warned me, but asked if I would be interested in playing with Jack in his last Open,’’ Donald said. “I didn’t take me long to think about it. Even though it can be a distraction — and it was in certain parts — it was a totally

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tom Watson will be playing in his final British Open next week in St. Andrews, Scotland. Watson has won the claret jug five different times. different atmosphere. It was a treat to play with him and experience the admiration everyone had for Jack and what he had done for the game. “The last few holes, every window was filled with people watching a legend.’’

SEE WATSON, PAGE B4

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015

PRO BASEBALL

THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

8 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Men’s Quarterfinal Matches from London (ESPN, ESPN2). 8 a.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Stage Four from Amiens, France (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11 a.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies European Tour Ladies European Masters Final Round from Denham, England (GOLF). Noon – Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Men’s Quarterfinal Matches from London (ESPN, ESPN2). 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Milwaukee (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 3:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at San Francisco or Detroit at Seattle (MLB NETWORK). 5 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game – Los Angeles Clippers vs. Miami (NBA TV). 6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7:45 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Gold Cup Match – Costa Rica vs. Jamaica (FOX SPORTS 1, UNIVISION). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (ESPN). 9 p.m. – International Athletics: World University Summer Games from Gwangju, South Korea – United States vs. Switzerland (ESPNU). 10:15 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Gold Cup Match – El Salvador vs. Canada ( FOX SPORTS 1, UNIVISION).

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago WEST DIVISION

AP PHOTOS

Chicago Cubs rookie third baseman Kris Byrant, left, and Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder Joc Pederson were both selected to the National League team in Tuesday’s All-Star game in Cincinnati.

Rookies Pederson, Bryant earn spots on All-Star roster BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Less than three months after making his major league debut, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is an All-Star, one of two rookies selected along with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson. But there was no room on the roster for Alex Rodriguez, enjoying a renaissance in his return to the New York Yankees following a season-long drug suspension. Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal also was a first-time selection Monday for the July 14 game in Cincinnati. Grandal became the third AllStar this year who served a drug-related suspension for conduct connected to the Biogenesis of America clinic. Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz and St. Louis shortstop Jhonny Peralta were elected by fans to start. Albert Pujols of the Angels will start at first base for the AL in place of Detroit’s Miguel Ca-

brera, who injured a calf muscle Friday. Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen will start in the NL outfield instead of Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, who broke his hand on June 26. The 23-year-old Bryant made his big league debut April 17 and began Monday with a .279 average, 12 homers and 49 RBI. “Obviously, I’ve been at some All-Star Games, but I don’t think anything can compare to making the major league All-Star team,’’ he said. “It is kind of weird right now. We have a game in an hour, so I’m trying not to get too excited and whatnot, but obviously it’s pretty cool.’’ He’s open to participating in the Home Run Derby. “It’s all happened so quick. I’ve just been having so much fun with this, my baseball career,’’ Bryant said. “Right now, it’s a pretty special feeling for me.’’ Pederson, who also expects to be in the derby, had 20 homers but was hitting just .234. He was

especially pleased fellow players elected him. “They respect the way I play the game,’’ he said. A record six Royals were picked for the game, with players electing pitcher Wade Davis, and AL manager Ned Yost of Kansas City selecting reliever Kelvin Herrera. They join Royals outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador Perez and shortstop Alcides Escobar, who were elected on Sunday as starters. “The one thing that Kelvin did that a lot of these guys didn’t do was pitch in Game 7 of the World Series last year,’’ Yost said. “That was kind of the deciding factor for me.’’ Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas is among the five players on the AL fan ballot for the 34th and final roster spot. Rodriguez is not. The three-time MVP, who turns 40 on July 27, has 16 home runs and 47 RBI for the Yankees after missing last year because of a drug suspension

MLB ROUNDUP

Rizzo, Cubs take doubleheader opener against Cardinals 7-4 CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta pitched into the seventh inning and also got a career-high two hits, Anthony Rizzo launched his 16th homer, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Tuesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Rizzo’s 2-run drive highlighted a 4-run eighth after St. Louis pulled within one. Arrieta (9-5) came through on the mound and at the plate as the Cubs won for the sixth time in eight games. The right-hander gave up two runs and seven hits

in 6 2/3 innings and improved to 3-0 in his past four starts. Arrieta contributed a pair of singles and scored a run after starting the season 1 for 33. Chris Denorfia had two hits and drove in three runs as Chicago beat St. Louis for the third time in 11 games. He gave the Cubs 2-0 lead with a 2-run single in the third off Tyler Lyons (2-1). ROYALS 9 RAYS 5

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Paulo Orlando hit his first career grand slam

in the ninth inning off All-Star closer Brad Boxberger to give the Kansas City Royals a 9-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. LATE MONDAY BRAVES 5 BREWERS 3 MILWAUKEE — Kelly Johnson homered and drove in three runs as the Atlanta Braves ended the Milwaukee Brewers’ eight-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory Monday night.

From wire reports

Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

L 38 40 42 42 45

Pct .537 .518 .506 .506 .464

GB – 1 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 6

W 47 44 42 38 37

L 33 39 40 44 43

Pct .588 .530 .512 .463 .463

GB – 4 1/2 6 10 10

W 49 44 41 38 38

L 36 38 42 45 47

Pct .576 .537 .494 .458 .447

GB – 3 1/2 7 10 11

Houston 9, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay at Kansas City, ppd., rain Detroit 12, Seattle 5

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City 9, Tampa Bay 5, 1st game Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Miami at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 7-4) at Minnesota (Milone 4-1), 1:10 p.m. Detroit (An.Sanchez 7-7) at Seattle (Happ 4-5), 3:40 p.m. Oakland (Kazmir 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-8), 7:05 p.m. Houston (Straily 0-0) at Cleveland (Bauer 7-5), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 7-4) at Boston (Porcello 4-9), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 6-5) at Texas (M.Harrison 0-0), 8:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 9-5) at Kansas City (Guthrie 6-5), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Hutchison 8-2) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 4-8), 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-7) at Colorado (Rusin 3-3), 8:40 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

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

W 46 43 41 35 28

WIMBLEDON RESULTS

Tuesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Kevin Anderson (14), South Africa, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4, 7-5. Women Quarterfinals Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def. Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3. Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def. Madison Keys (21), United States, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Victoria Azarenka (23), Belarus, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

BASEBALL

W 44 43 43 43 39

MONDAY’S GAMES

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION

TENNIS By The Associated Press

TRANSACTIONS By The Associated Press

EAST DIVISION New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto Boston CENTRAL DIVISION

1, Kevin Harvick, $5,219,661, 2, Joey Logano, $4,329,751, 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,129,893, 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,732,552, 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,602,990, 6, Jeff Gordon, $3,144,432, 7, Matt Kenseth, $3,105,097, 8, Brad Keselowski, $3,072,622, 9, Martin Truex Jr., $2,872,601, 10, Clint Bowyer, $2,802,766. 11, Ryan Newman, $2,766,913, 12, Greg Biffle, $2,753,135, 13, Jamie McMurray, $2,700,892, 14, Aric Almirola, $2,616,102, 15, Austin Dillon, $2,507,255, 16, Trevor Bayne, $2,491,370, 17, Kasey Kahne, $2,407,654, 18, AJ Allmendinger, $2,378,653, 19, David Ragan, $2,377,174, 20, Casey Mears, $2,348,689.

L 37 41 42 48 57

Pct .554 .512 .494 .422 .329

GB – 3 1/2 5 11 19

W 54 48 45 37 36

L 29 34 37 44 49

Pct .651 .585 .549 .457 .424

GB – 5 1/2 8 1/2 16 19

W 47 42 40 39 35

L 37 42 42 46 47

Pct .560 .500 .488 .459 .427

GB – 5 6 8 1/2 11

MONDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati 3, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 2, San Diego 1 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 3 L.A. Dodgers 10, Philadelphia 7 N.Y. Mets 3, San Francisco 0

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 4, 1st game Cincinnati at Washington, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at Texas, 8:05 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta (Teheran 6-4) at Milwaukee (Fiers 4-7), 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-6) at San Francisco (Peavy 0-3), 3:45 p.m. Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-3) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-4), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 3-9) at Pittsburgh (Morton 6-2), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Koehler 7-4) at Boston (Porcello 4-9), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 6-5) at Texas (M.Harrison 0-0), 8:05 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 10-3) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-4), 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-7) at Colorado (Rusin 3-3), 8:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Morgan 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-6), 10:10 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

NASCAR By The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through July 5 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 656. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 593. 3, Jimmie Johnson, 589. 4, Joey Logano, 581. 5, Martin Truex Jr., 569. 6, Jamie McMurray, 526. 7, Brad Keselowski, 520. 8, Kurt Busch, 508. 9, Matt Kenseth, 501. 10, Jeff Gordon, 500. 11, Kasey Kahne, 496. 12, Denny Hamlin, 480. 13, Paul Menard, 480. 14, Ryan Newman, 472. 15, Clint Bowyer, 465. 16, Aric Almirola, 441. 17, Carl Edwards, 408. 18, Kyle Larson, 395. 19, Greg Biffle, 392. 20, Danica Patrick, 386. Money

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES _ Sent RHP Jason Garcia to Bowie (EL) for a rehab assignment. BOSTON RED SOX _ Optioned RHP Steven Wright to Pawtucket (IL). Assigned RHP Zeke Spruill outright to Pawtucket. Recalled INF Travis Shaw from Pawtucket. HOUSTON ASTROS _ Signed LHP Patrick Sandoval to a minor-league contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS _ Recalled RHP Aaron Brooks from Omaha (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS _ Optioned LHP Aaron Thompson to Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Ryan O’Rourke from Rochester. NEW YORK YANKEES _ Sent LHP Andrew Miller to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) for a rehab assignment. OAKLAND ATHLETICS _ Optioned RHP Chris Bassitt to Nashville (PCL). Recalled OF Jake Smolinski from Nashville. SEATTLE MARINERS _ Released SS Willie Bloomquist. TAMPA BAY RAYS _ Placed OF Steven Souza Jr. on the 15-day DL. Reinstated OF John Jaso from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Preston Guilmet for assignment. Recalled RHP Matt Andriese from Durham (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Jesus Ortiz on a minor league contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS _ Agreed to terms with OF Reggie Pruitt on a minor league contract. Sent RHP Aaron Sanchez to the GCL Blue Jays for a rehab assignment. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS _ Sent OF Ender Inciarte to the AZL Diamondbacks for a rehab assignment. ATLANTA BRAVES _ Designated RHP Nick Masset and LHP Dana Eveland for assignment. Recalled RHP Arodys Vizcaino from Gwinnett (IL). Selected the contract of RHP David Carpenter from Gwinnett. Signed RHPs Mike Soroka, Anthony Guardado, Josh Graham, Ryan Clark, Matt Withrow, Patrick Weigel, Taylor Lewis, Stephen Moore, Grayson Jones, Evan Phillips, Gilbert Suarez, Sean McLaughlin, Dalton Geekie and Matt Custred; LHPs A.J. Minter, Ryan Lawlor, Chase Johnson-Mullins, Trevor Belicek, Jaret Hellinger and Ben Libuda; Cs Lucas Herbert, Trey Keegan, Jonathan Morales and Collin Yelich; 3Bs Austin Riley, Jacob Lanning and Robby Nesovic; OF Bradley Keller; 2B Kurt Hoekstra and CF Justin Ellison to minor league contracts. CHICAGO CUBS _ Recalled RHP Dallas Beeler from Iowa (PCL). Sent LHP Tsuyoshi Wada to Tennessee (SL) for a rehab assignment. CINCINNATI REDS _ Recalled OF Yorman Rodriguez from Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES _ Claimed RHP Gonzalez Germen off waivers from the Chicago Cubs and optioned him to Albuquerque (PCL). Transferred 1B Justin Morneau to the 60-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS _ Optioned OF Marcell Ozuna to New Orleans (PCL). Selected the contract of OF Jordany Valdespin from New Orleans. Sent INF Martin Prado to Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment. MILWAUKEE BREWERS _ Placed RHP Matt Garza on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Recalled RHP Corey Knebel from Colorado Springs (PCL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS _ Recalled LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association NBA _ Fined Dallas owner Mark Cuban $25,000 for commenting about the team’s agreements with DeAndre Jordan and Wes Matthews during the league’s free agent moratorium. CHICAGO BULLS _ Signed F Bobby Portis. Named Randy Brown and Charlie Henry assistant coaches. Retained Mike Wilhelm as an assistant coach. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS _ Named Stephen Collins chief operating officer of GSW Arena LLC. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS _ Signed C Jahlil Okafor.

GOLF

PGA Tour _ Suspended Scott Stallings three months for violating the PGA Tour’s antidoping policy.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES _ Signed F Mikkel Boedker to a one-year contract. BOSTON BRUINS _ Signed F Jimmy Hayes to a three-year contract, F Brett Connolly to a one-year contract and F Brandon DeFazio to a one-year, two-way contract. CAROLINA HURRICANES _ Agreed to terms with F Zach Boychuk on a one-year contract. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS _ Agreed to terms with D Trevor van Riemsdyk on a two-year extension, s through the 2017-18 season. ST. LOUIS BLUES _ Signed F Vladimir Tarasenko to an eight-year contract.

COLLEGE

ALABAMA _ Announced the transfer of men’s sophomore basketball G Avery Johnson Jr. from Texas A&M. LIMESTONE _ Named Kim Keever field hockey coach. TEXAS A&M _ Named Tanna Burge director of strength and conditioning. VANDERBILT _ Named Shannon Gilroy women’s assistant lacrosse coach.

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

W 7 6 6 6 5 5

L 3 4 4 5 6 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Tulsa Phoenix Seattle Los Angeles San Antonio

W 8 8 6 3 2 2

L 2 4 5 9 8 8

Pct .700 .600 .600 .545 .455 .455

GB – 1 1 1 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2

Pct .800 .667 .545 .250 .200 .200

GB – 1 2 1/2 6 6 6

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Tulsa at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Seattle at Indiana, 12 p.m. Los Angeles at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAME

New York at Washington, 11:30 a.m.

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015

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Manning-Santee pitcher Tommy King, left, catches the ball on a force play at first base while Florence Post 1’s Cal Butler beats out the throw during Post 68’s 10-0 loss on Tuesday in the opening round of the American Legion baseball state playoffs at Monarch Field.

SHUT OUT FROM PAGE B1 Jackson Williams then grounded back to King to end the inning. King walked just one in the second, but Post 1 struck for five runs on five hits. A walk to Grayson Cottingham and two infield singles loaded the bases for Patrick Lovelace, who singled to right to plate the game’s first run. A Depugh sacrifice fly scored a second run and a Westton Rogers triple made it 4-0. Keshaun Samuel then singled up the middle to bring Rogers home before Williams was retired on a fly ball to center to end the rally. King worked around a walk and a hit to hold Florence

LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION PLAYOFF SCHEDULE First Round Monday Sumter wins by forfeit over Lexington Florence 12, Manning-Santee 1 Chapin/Newberry 16, Dalzell-Shaw 0 Tuesday Florence 10, Manning-Santee 0, Florence leads series 2-0 Chapin/Newberry 20, Dalzell-Shaw 2, Chapin/Newberry leads series 2-0 Sumter wins series over Lexington by forfeit Today

Manning-Santee at Florence, 7:30 p.m. Dalzell-Shaw at Chapin/Newberry, 7 p.m. Thursday Florence at Manning-Santee, 7:30 p.m. (if necessary) Chapin/Newberry at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m. (if necessary) Friday Manning-Santee at Florence, 7:30 p.m. (if necessary) Dalzell-Shaw at Chapin/Newberry, 7 p.m. (if necessary)

scoreless in the third before Depugh opened the fourth with a single and stolen base. A Rogers grounder to second advanced Depugh to third and a grounder to third dug up by Eric Johnson scored the run, with Johnson jumping up and firing a strike to first to nail Samuel for the second out. A walk to Williams and a single to left by Cottingham

put runners at second and third for Cal Butler, who lined one past Johnson at third to bring home both runners for an 8-0 Post 1 lead. Cody Green then grounded out to Tilton McCrae at short to close the inning. Rogers struck out the side in the top of the fourth, giving him eight Ks to that point. Manning’s only hit through

JETS FROM PAGE B1 Wrenn threw two shutout innings to open the game, but the wheels started to fall off in the third inning.

Wrenn allowed a 1-out single to Hyman and balked him to second. Hyman scored on a 2-out single by Justin Hawkins, the University of South Carolina Sumter shortstop. Ryan Stoudemire had an RBI single

four was an infield single by Johnson with two outs in the third. Johnson was stranded as Peyton Coker went down on strikes to end that inning. After retiring the first two batters of the Florence fifth, King’s night on the mound ended after back-to-back walks to Depugh and Rogers. Johnson came to the hill to induce a fly ball from Samuel that King hauled in from his new position in left. Pinch hitter Austin Atkinson drew a 2-out walk off Post 1 reliever Patrick Lovelace in the fifth for Manning’s second baserunner of the night. Atkinson was left stranded as McCrae flew out to right. Johnson set Florence down in order in the top of the sixth

before Allison launched a home run into the football bleachers in right field to make it 4-0. After C/N scored twice in the fourth to go up 6-0, it exploded in the fifth. Post 193 sent 15 batters to the plate,

on three infield grounders, then Lovelace returned the favor in the bottom of the inning. Green opened the top of the seventh with a single up the middle and took second on a Lindsey Robinson single. Both runners advanced on a balk call against Johnson, with a Lovelace grounder and a Depugh fly to center bringing the runners home for a 10-0 Post 1 lead. Rogers doubled to right-center before pinch hitter Josh Price went down on a called third strike for the final out. Cottingham came to the mound for the Manning seventh, setting Post 68 down in order on two strikeouts and a grounder to third.

scoring 11 runs on 10 hits to open its advantage to 17-0 off of Wrenn and reliever Cole Benenhaley. Andrew Livingston had a 2-run double in the inning and Allison had a 2-run triple.

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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STATE PLAYOFFS LOWER STATE

First Round Sumter vs. Lexington Sumter wins series 3-0 by forfeit Manning-Santee vs. Florence Monday Florence 12, Manning-Santee 1 Tuesday Florence 10, Manning-Santee 0, Florence leads series 2-0 Today Manning-Santee at Florence Thursday Florence at Manning-Santee (if necessary) Friday Manning-Santee at Florence (if necessary) Dalzell-Shaw vs. Chapin/Newberry Monday Chapin/Newberry 16, Dalzell-Shaw 0 Tuesday Chapin/Newberry 20, Dalzell-Shaw 2, Chapin/Newberry leads series 2-0 Today Dalzell-Shaw at Chapin/Newberry Thursday Chapin/Newberry at Dalzell-Shaw (if necessary) Friday Dalzell-Shaw at Chapin/Newberry (if necessary) Orangeburg vs. Goose Creek Monday Orangeburg 16, Goose Creek 0, Orangeburg leads series 1-0 Tuesday Orangeburg at Goose Creek Today Goose Creek at Orangeburg Thursday Orangeburg at Goose Creek (if necessary) Friday Goose Creek at Orangeburg (if necessary) Murrells Inlet vs. Hartsville Monday Hartsville 13, Murrells Inlet 6, Hartsville leads series 1-0 Tuesday Murrells Inlet at Hartsville Today Hartsville at Murrells Inlet Thursday Murrells Inlet at Hartsville (if necessary) Friday

Hartsville at Murrells Inlet (if necessary) Camden vs. West Columbia Monday Camden 10, West Columbia 0 Tuesday West Columbia 7, Camden 5, series tied 1-1 Today West Columbia at Camden Thursday Camden at West Columbia (if necessary) Friday West Columbia at Camden (if necessary) Horry vs. Lake City Monday Horry 9, Lake City 2, Horry leads series 1-0 Tuesday Horry at Lake City Today Lake City at Horry Thursday Horry at Lake City (if necessary) Friday Lake City at Horry (if necessary)

UPPER STATE

First Round Fort Mill vs. Spartanburg Monday Fort Mill 8, Spartanburg 4, Fort Mill leads series 1-0 Tuesday Fort Mill at Spartanburg Today Spartanburg at Fort Mill Thursday Fort Mill at Spartanburg (if necessary) Friday Spartanburg at Fort Mill (if necessary) Belton vs. Gaffney Monday Gaffney 5, Belton 2, Gaffney leads series 1-0 Tuesday Belton at Gaffney Today Gaffney at Belton Thursday Belton at Gaffney (if necessary) Friday Gaffney at Belton (if necessary)

Greenwood vs. Clover Monday Greenwood 10, Clover 0, Greenwood leads series 1-0 Tuesday Greenwood at Clover Today Clover at Greenwood Thursday Greenwood at Clover (if necessary) Friday Clover at Greenwood (if necessary) Rock Hill vs. Greer Monday Rock Hill 7, Greer 6, Rock Hill leads series 1-0 Tuesday Rock Hill at Greer Today Greer at Rock Hill Thursday Rock Hill at Greer (if necessary) Friday Greer at Rock Hill (if necessary) Lancaster vs. Walhalla Monday Walhalla 4, Lancaster 2 Tuesday Lancaster 6, Walhalla 1, series tied 1-1 Today Walhalla at Lancaster Thursday Lancaster at Walhalla Friday Walhalla at Lancaster (if necessary) Union vs. Williamston Monday Williamston 7, Union 6, Williamston leads series 1-0 Tuesday Union at Williamston Today Williamston at Union Thursday Union at Williamston (if necessary) Friday Williamston at Union (if necessary) Greenville vs. York Monday York 3, Greenville 1, York leads series 1-0 Tuesday Greenville at York Today York at Greenville Thursday Greenville at York (if necessary) Friday York at Greenville (if necessary)

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015

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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

U.S. celebrates with L.A. fan rally BY GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Carli Lloyd looked out over the cheering mob of U.S. women’s national team fans and raised an arm in triumph. “It feels great to wake up as a world champion, and that feeling won’t ever get old,’’ Lloyd said. The home celebrations got underway for the World Cup winners on Tuesday. The Americans were welcomed to downtown Los Angeles by an estimated crowd of 10,000 cheering fans at a rally in the first stop on a victory tour. The first stateside appearance was a raucous party in front of fans who began camping out before dawn on short notice. Abby Wambach joyously lifted the World Cup trophy while the players led the crowd in chants of “I Believe That We Just Won!’’ Lloyd’s hat trick in the final propelled the U.S. women to their record third World Cup title, routing Japan 5-2 on Sunday in Vancouver. The Americans hadn’t won soccer’s biggest prize since 1999, but Lloyd believes this team has done something comparably groundbreaking. “I know in `99 it was a huge turning point for women’s soccer, (but) I think we have just crushed history right now,’’ said Lloyd, who scored six goals in the tournament. “With the amount of coverage, with social media, with everything else that’s been going on, I think there was no greater time to win a World Cup than now. ... It’s an unbelievable moment. It’s something that’s going to last for years.’’ The Los Angeles crowd was packed with boys and girls introduced to soccer by the tournament. Hundreds wore their favorite players’ shirts, while signs in the crowd included “Party Like It’s ‘99,’’ “Long Live the Queens,’’ and “Equal Pay 4 (Female) Athletes.’’ The team spent the night downtown before the rally, but could hear fans chanting down the street when they awoke. Even after everything they accomplished in the pre-

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Abby Wambach, left, and captain Christie Rampone of the United States women’s soccer team acknowledge fans as they arrive in Los Angeles on Tuesday to celebrate the team’s World Cup championship. This was the first stop in America for the team since beating Japan 5-2 on Sunday. vious six weeks, the excitement still stunned them. “We didn’t know how many people were going to show up,’’ Megan Rapinoe said. “We didn’t have this just a few years ago. We’ve earned it, and we’re proud of it. The atmosphere was just so much fun. It was a great party, and I like to enjoy myself.’’ While defender Meghan Klingenberg filmed her team with a GoPro camera, Rapinoe took the microphone to introduce her teammates with various anecdotes, nicknames and embarrassing details. The fans roared for every player,

but gave particularly loud cheers when Hope Solo addressed them. “It is so good to be back home!’’ yelled Solo, the goalie who yielded just three goals in the entire tournament. “You guys have been the most awesome of fans throughout the entire time. I’m honored to be an American, I’m honored to play for this team and this country!’’ The players also led a singalong to Queen’s “We Are the Champions’’ before leaving the stage. Most of the women were headed home later Tuesday before reconvening in

New York on Friday for a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes and a ceremony with Mayor Bill DeBlasio. Lloyd was already thinking further ahead, telling the crowd that “we’re going to have to bring it home in four years’ time.’’ Lauren Holiday also was thinking about her future after scoring a goal in the World Cup final. The 27-year-old midfielder became emotional after the rally when she revealed she plans to retire from the U.S. national team after 10 years, seeing the World Cup as a perfect spot to leave.

SERENA

WATSON

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and down, but somehow I’m still alive. I don’t know how,’’ said Williams, who twice was two points from losing to Britain’s Heather Watson in the third round and is now 14-0 in threesetters and 37-1 overall in 2015. “So we’ll see what happens, but I’m just happy to still be here.’’ She is closing in on a fourth consecutive major title for a self-styled Serena Slam, which she already accomplished in 2002-03. Pull that off, and Williams also will have the third leg of a calendar-year Grand Slam and go to the U.S. Open with a chance to become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four major trophies in one season. “I haven’t seen her play like this, honestly,’’ said Azarenka, who has lost 17 of 20 matches against Williams and all 10 meetings at majors, including after leading by a set and a break at the French Open in May. In Thursday’s semifinals, No. 1 Williams faces No. 4 Maria Sharapova, who beat unseeded American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2. Williams is 17-2 against Sharapova, including 16 straight victories. But one of Sharapova’s wins came at Wimbledon, in the 2004 final, when at age 17 she stunned Williams for the first of her five Grand Slam titles. “Definitely no secrets

Ian Baker-Finch knows the feeling. He’s not sure why his name was chosen to play with Arnold Palmer when the King bid farewell at the home of golf in 1995. Baker-Finch won The Open in 1991 at Royal Birkdale, but his game was starting to slide. And so while it was an honor that the R&A chose him and Peter Baker of England to play alongside Palmer, there was no shortage of nerves. “I was in a funk and I was trying to figure it out,’’ Baker-Finch said Tuesday. “And I remember thinking how hard it was going to be to figure it out playing before 50,000 people who were with Arnie.’’ But what a memory. And what an artifact. Palmer gave Baker-Finch the golf ball he used over the final two holes that year, and then signed it for him. “I have the last one he played his last hole with at St. Andrews,’’ Baker-Finch said. Few images in golf are as indelible as Palmer and Nicklaus posing one last time as they cross the Swilcan Bridge. Next up is Tom Watson, who is playing in his 41st and final Open next week at St. Andrews. Watson is a 5-time champion, the only player to win the claret jug on five courses, four of them in Scotland, though not at St. Andrews. He is beloved in the old country. The task for R&A chief Peter Dawson and his staff is to find the right company for Watson — although the final crossing of the Swilcan Bridge could very well be on a Sunday. Watson was 8 feet away from winning the Open just six years ago at Turnberry. He made the cut last year at Royal Liverpool. It won’t be Tiger Woods, who has had a frosty relationship with

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Maria Sharapova returns a ball to during her 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2 victory over Coco Vandeweghe in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Tuesday in London. between each other’s games,’’ Sharapova said. Williams, whose major trophy count is at 20, said of the matchup: “I look forward to it.’’ Here was the scouting report from Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou: “If she plays like today, I don’t think anyone can compete.’’ Pick an adjective for Williams-Azarenka. Intense. Riveting. Entertaining. Sublime. For 2 hours, 4 minutes on a windy, cloudy day, that’s what this was. Both hit the ball hard. Both covered the court from corner to corner.

“We put on a great show,’’ Azarenka said. The other semifinal is No. 13 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland against No. 20 Garbine Muguruza of Spain. The men’s quarterfinals are today: Novak Djokovic vs. Marin Cilic, Roger Federer vs. Gilles Simon, Andy Murray vs. Vasek Pospisil, and Stan Wawrinka vs. Richard Gasquet. Djokovic finished his 6-7 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 fourth-round victory over Kevin Anderson on Tuesday; it was suspended because of darkness after four sets Monday.

The women share the hope that their victory will provide a lasting boost for women’s soccer stateside. NWSL teams have already seen an upsurge in ticket sales, but Rapinoe and Lloyd are cautiously confident that the boost is sustainable. “The tough thing is the World Cup is every four years,’’ Lloyd said. “It’s not like a World Series or the Stanley Cup playoffs where it’s every year, but we do have the Olympics the following year, which is great. I think people will stick around. I think people will watch.’’

his fellow Stanford alum. And it won’t be Phil Mickelson, who called out Watson for his job as Ryder Cup captain during the closing news conference at Gleneagles last September. Such matters require thought, and Dawson wasn’t tipping his hand. Yes, it can be a distraction. That’s usually outweighed by the privilege of witnessing how much one player can endear himself to so many. For his final U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, Nicklaus was joined by David Gossett and Paul Lawrie. The USGA typically puts the defending champion with the U.S. Amateur champion (Gossett) and British Open champion (Lawrie). The defending U.S. Open champion was Payne Stewart, who died in a plane crash the previous October. Nicklaus was given that honor. “If ever there’s a defending champion at Pebble Beach, it should be Nicklaus,’’ said David Fay, the USGA executive director at the time. More curious was Palmer’s swan song at Oakmont for his final U.S. Open. He played his final two rounds with Rocco Mediate and John Mahaffey. Mediate, like Palmer, grew up in western Pennsylvania. But Mahaffey? He won the PGA Championship, the major that kept Palmer from the career Grand Slam, and he won it at Oakmont of all places. “Nobody could pick up on Mahaffey,’’ Fay said. Turns out there was a club member at Oakmont named Jack Mahaffey who was on the USGA executive committee and was close friend with Palmer. Fay said the third player in Palmer’s group was chosen because of his surname. Augusta National, meanwhile, marches to its own beat. Nicklaus didn’t announce that 2005 was going to be his final Masters, which might explain why the six-time champion finished his final round on the ninth hole.

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RECRUITING

USC, Clemson lose out on 3 targeted players T

here were no Fourth of July fireworks for the Clemson and University of South Carolina football programs as three targets between them committed to other programs. Offensive lineman Parker Boudreaux of Orlando, Fla., committed to Notre Dame over the Tigers and others. And USC missed on wide receiver Brad Hawkins Jr. of Camden, N.J., who picked Michigan, and linebacker Kash Daniel of Paintsville, Ky., who chose Kentucky. Recruiting has not been on the mind of defensive lineman Nyles Pinckney of Whales Branch High School in Beaufort the last few weeks, and for good reason. His cousin, state senator Clementa Pinckney, was one of the nine people killed in the Charleston church shootings last month. “I haven’t been thinking about recruiting,” Nyles Pinckney said. “I’m just being there for my family. It’s just hard to believe.” However, life goes on for Pinckney and that means getting back into the swing of things from a recruiting standpoint. He is basically only considering Clemson and USC at this point with no favorite between them. He last talked with Clemson recruiter Tony Elliott last month and he will attend the All-In Cookout on July 17. He’s also been in touch with USC recruiter Deke Adams. Pinckney said he doesn’t have a timetable on a decision and has a simple idea for choosing a winner between the Tigers and Gamecocks. “Wherever I feel is the best for me,” he said Clemson and USC made the short list of 10 with DL Antwuan Jackson of Ellenwood, Ga., though both are well down the list. Jackson listed his 10 as Auburn and Ohio State tied at the top followed by Georgia, Southern California, Florida, Alabama, Clemson, Louisiana State, Mississippi and USC.

CLEMSON OL Tremayne Anchrum Jr. (6-feet-3-inches, 270 pounds) of Powder Springs, Ga., is down to eight schools with Clemson in that group. The seven other schools on his short list are UGA, Nebraska, Wake Forest, Missouri, Colorado, Virginia Tech and Boston College. Anchrum said he hasn’t been to any camps and doesn’t have any plans to attend camps. He did visit Nebraska, Mizzou and Colorado in June. Later this month he is considering attending either the Clemson or UGA cookouts, which are the same weekend. Anchrum has never visited Clemson, but he’s having regular contact with recruiters Elliott and Robbie Caldwell. UGA, however, is recruiting Anchrum the hardest at this point. There is no favorite. WR Diondre Overton of Greensboro, N.C., will not make Clemson’s cookout this month because he will be at Tennessee that day. It’s not like he’s avoiding Clemson though. He spent three days for camp there last month and also was there for two days the weekend of the spring game. Clemson, Tennessee, Nebraska, North Carolina State

and North Carolina make up Overton’s final five, and it’s the Tigers and Volunteers residing at the top. “Clemson and Tennessee have always kind of been at the top battling it out,” Overton said. “Both of them are coming at me strong with all they’ve got and all they have to offer.” As for what might be the deciding factor, Overton answered, “When it comes right down to it, most likely it’s going to be the wide receiver coach that I’m around. I’m going to be around the wide receiver coach 24/7. He’s going to basically help me develop my full potential. I would think the coach matters.” Overton hopes to make his decision before the season. OL Patrick Kearns (6-5, 270) of Rome, Ga., holds some impressive offers like UF, UK, VT, NCSU, GT, Illinois, Indiana and California among his 19 offers. He also feels Duke is close to offering. Clemson has been showing interest in the tackle prospect, but has yet to make an offer. Kearns had considered going to Clemson’s camp in June, but went to Duke instead. He’s also been to WF, Appalachian State, Ole Miss, UGA, LSU, NCSU, VT and UF. He is hoping to get to Clemson sometime this month. Kearns plans to make his decision by the end of summer. Defensive end Xavier Kelly of Wichita, Kan., released his top eight schools as Clemson, Alabama, Florida State, Michigan, UGA, Kansas State, Oregon and Texas Christian. He visited Clemson earlier in the spring. Quarterback Lowell Narcisse Jr., a 2017 recruit from St. James, La., plans to announce a commitment on July 27. He’s been considering Clemson, LSU, Auburn, and Alabama.

USC WR Tre Jackson of Baton Rouge, La., has strong ties to USC head coach Steve Spurrier through his father. That relationship is a major reason USC remains a major factor for Jackson, who cut his list to five last week. Jackson listed USC, UNC, KSU, Utah and Oklahoma as his top five schools. He attended USC’s Showcase camp last month, but did not work out. Jackson also is a defensive back, but Spurrier wants him first for the offensive side. Jackson said Spurrier compared him to former USC star WR Ace Sanders. Jackson also camped at TCU and wants to visit UNC and Oklahoma this summer. He’d like to make his decision at the end of the summer or around the start of his football season. Jackson’s father, Jack Jackson, was a standout WR for UF under Spurrier in the 1990s. USC emerged as the clear leader for LB Kenneth Ruff of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in early June, and he plans to be one of the prospects on commitment watch later this month when he attends the Gamecocks’ social gathering of prospects in Columbia on July 24. “They have a lot of love for me, they want me committed,” Ruff said. “I think I’m

going to wait until my visit, but I would say they still lead along with Clemson.” While he Phil Kornblut last talked with USC RECRUITING earlier this CORNER week, Ruff hasn’t heard from Clemson since his spring game. He is, however, hearing a good bit from Illinois, Rutgers, South Florida and Virginia. Still, it remains USC out front. “Seeing as how I haven’t taken a visit yet, I would say it’s a pretty good lead,” he said. “But anything could change”. Ruff said his mother plans to join him on his USC visit along with teammate DL Aaron Thompson. LB Donta Evans, the Orangeburg native and former standout at Lake Marion High in Santee now living in Lawrenceville, Ga., is seeing things starting to pick up with USC. Evans has not been offered by USC yet, but that could change this month when he visits for the Gamecocks’ social gathering on the 24. “I’ve been talking with (assistant) Coach (GA) Mangus and the new (co-)defensive coordinator (Jon Hoke) and (assistant) Coach (Kirk) Botkin,” Evans said. “They’ve been general conversations, not too much about football.” The tone, no doubt, would change with an offer. “I’ve been around South Carolina my whole life,” he said. “I’ve spent 16 years here. It’s home. I’ve been to numerous, numerous, countless amount of games. I know the facilities and I know the city of Columbia. I’d definitely give them a good look.” Right now Evans likes Auburn, UK, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Mizzou, Louisville and NCSU the most. He has visited NCSU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Mizzou, Mississippi State and Louisville and wants to see more of the schools that have offered. UNC, WF, Illinois, UVa and Cincinnati are some of the other offers. OL Brett Heggie of Mount Dora, Fla., visited USC for the spring game in April and is planning to be back in Columbia for the social gathering. Heggie has the Gamecocks in his top three with Central Florida and UF. He also likes Mississippi State and West Virginia, but has yet to visit those two. Heggie said he has no single favorite and UCF has been recruiting him the hardest. Heggie said he would like to make a decision by the end of July or in early August. OL Chandler Tuitt of Sandy Creek, Ga., has a top five of USC, Ole Miss, UGA, Tennessee and UF. He’s been talking the most with Ole Miss, UGA and UF and plans to make his decision this month. He is going to UGA for the Dawg Night function. Defensive back Devron Davis of Merced Junior College in California did not stay committed to Colorado State for very long. The commitment lasted for three days, June 1821. After receiving a flurry of

more impressive offers, such as LSU, Oregon, Texas A&M, FSU, Arizona State and Nebraska, Davis backed off the commitment to the Rams and is now looking around again. USC was one of his earlier offers and he’s remained in contact with Gamecock recruiter Lorenzo Ward. “There will be an unofficial visit there soon, sometime in July,” Davis said. “I’m still interested, but it’s not as great as before.” Davis, a native of Miami, said he’s also planning to visit Nebraska, Oregon, Arizona State and FSU. He said Oregon is now his favorite. Tight end Nick Eubanks of Plantation, Fla., had planned to release his top 10 last Saturday, but put it off until Friday. USC is one of his offers. TE Nasier Upshur of Philadelphia plans to announce on Aug. 8. USC is among his favorites, but Michigan appears to lead. All but two of USC’s ‘15 football recruiting class are accounted for now that DB Octavis Johnson revealed that he will have to attend Fork Union Prep in Virginia this semester. Johnson did not academically qualify and plans to join USC in January of ‘16 if he completes the academic requirements at Fork Union. With Johnson off to prep school, that leaves DE Devante Covington of Georgia Military College and DB Toure Boyd of Chaffey JC in California as the final two signees from the ‘15 class to be set for this season. However, if things hold for both as they are now, they both will be with the Gamecocks by early August. “He had a little bit of work to do, but they had a plan for him and he’s just got to follow through and finish up,” GMC head coach Bert Williams said of Covington. Covington has returned to his home in Rockingham, N.C., and he’s taking online classes offered by GMC to finish up his JC degree. Covington is set to finish up his class work on either July 29 or July 30. The Gamecocks already have a ‘16 commitment from GMC in DE Kalan Richie and a ‘17 pledge in OL Dennis Daley, who Williams said has already enrolled for summer school and is off to a good start. Daley gives USC two commitments for ‘17 along with TE Will Register of Chapin High. As for Boyd, he said he still has three or four more weeks of school and everything is looking good. “I just had a couple of classes I was lacking towards my AA (Associated of Arts degree) I wasn’t aware of,” Boyd said. “One of them was a course I had to take for South Carolina to meet the 40 percent towards my major, either exercise science -- I want to be a coach -- or behavioral studies. I’ve got three As and one B. I need three Bs and a C, but I’m shooting for all As.” He is scheduled to finish his classes on July 28.

OTHERS DB Brandon Tillmon of River Bluff High in Lexington drew some interest in football and baseball from major programs the likes of Clemson, USC, Auburn, GT and WF.

However, Tillmon made the decision not to wait on a decision from them and took a football offer from Liberty with the promise of baseball as well as long as he maintains his grades. What if a major offer, from say, a Clemson or USC came through though? “I would weigh the pros and cons,” Tillmon said, “but I’m 98 percent sure I’m going to Liberty. When I visited Clemson and all the other schools, they don’t compare to Liberty for me and my personal preferences.” Last football season, Tillmon rushed for 1,269 yards and 16 touchdowns and passed for 1,478 yards and eight TDs. In baseball, he had a .414 batting average with seven home runs.

BASKETBALL Travon BuTigernetnch, a 6-11 player from Racine, Wis., who committed to USC in early March, said last week he is set to join the Gamecocks this month. Bunch, who played last season at Score Academy in Chapel Hill, N.C., has not been officially announced as part of the ‘15 class by USC head coach Frank Martin. Bunch needed to get a qualifying score on the entrance exam he took in early June, and he said he achieved that. “I’m still heading to South Carolina,” Bunch said. “I’ll be attending the next summer school session.” Bunch said he would be arriving at USC the second week of July. If Bunch is actually in the fold, the Gamecocks would have 14 scholarship players at this point, one over the limit by the time schools starts in August. Martin said last week 6-4 signee Jamall Gregory is waiting on a final grade to be posted and wouldn’t make it in before August. Clemson offered ‘17 prospect 6-3 Blake Harris of Chapel Hill, N.C., during a visit last week. Some of his other offers are Miami, VT, Cincy, FSU, GT and WF. USC offered ‘16 recruit 6-4 shooting guard Jakolby Long of Mustang, Okla. The USC women offered ‘19 recruit 5-8 Danae McNeal Pough of Swansea High. She also plays for the SC76ERSCubs AAU team.

BASEBALL Per TheClemsonInsider, Clemson has released righthanded pitcher Jackson Kowar of Charlotte from his letter of intent. He was a 40th- round pick of Detroit in last month’s Major League Baseball draft Per Tigernet, Clemson is adding a catcher for this year’s class. Chris Williams (6-1, 205) played last season for Garden Grove JC in California. He batted .319 with four HRs and 32 runs batted in in his only season at the JC. Clemson picked up commitments for the ‘17 class from first baseman/outfieder Matthew Cooper (6-3, 210) of Virginia Beach, Va., infielder Elijah Henderson of Blue Ridge High in Greer and C Drew Donathan (6-1, 179) of Charlotte. The Tigers have four commitments for the class. Henderson batted .429 with two HRs and 16 RBI last season.

NBA ROUNDUP

AP source: Warriors trade Lee to Celtics for Wallace BY ANTONIO GONZALEZ The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — David Lee wanted to help turn around the Golden State Warriors when he came to the struggling franchise as a highpriced free agent LEE in 2010. Five years later, Lee is leaving with a championship — and the respect of his teammates and loyal fans. The Warriors agreed to trade the former All-Star for-

ward to the Boston Celtics for Gerald Wallace on Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the deal said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade can’t become official until the moratorium on NBA business ends Thursday. Lee injured his left hamstring in the final preseason game and his role diminished with the emergence of Draymond Green, the runner-up for defensive player of the year. The NBA champion Warriors have been looking to trade Lee this summer to limit the team’s luxury tax hit

next season. Green wrote on Twitter that this is the “part of the business that sucks!’’ He wished Lee “nothing but the best and I appreciate you showing me the way Champ!!! Much love.’’ It became a near-certainty the Warriors would move Lee after agreeing to a five-year contract worth about $82 million with Green last week. Lee is due about $15.4 million in the final year of his contract. Wallace is owed about $10 million next season. But because Wallace’s contract was signed after the most recent collective bar-

gaining agreement, the Warriors can use the stretch provision and it will only cost the team about $3.3 million over the next three seasons — a huge tax savings. The 32-year-old Lee is averaging 14.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in 10 seasons. Wallace averaged 1.1 points and 8.9 minutes in 32 games — both were career lows, as were his totals of 11 assists, 57 rebounds and 286 minutes.

GASOL CONFIRMS NEW CONTRACT WITH MEMPHIS GIRONA, Spain — NBA

center Marc Gasol has confirmed that he will sign a new 5-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. The 30-year-old free agent tells Spanish media he will stay at Memphis, as The Associated Press reported on Monday. The deal is expected to be worth more than $100 million. The 7-foot-1 Marc Gasol is coming off the best season of his seven-year NBA career. He averaged 17.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists last season for the Grizzlies.

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Lee adds 4 assistants to Clemson baseball staff CLEMSON — New Clemson baseball head coach Monte Lee added four assistants to round out the staff for his inaugural season, it was announced on Tuesday. Lee, who was named head coach on June 18, retained Bradley LeCroy as recruiting coordinator. Lee LEE also named Andrew See as pitching coach, Greg Starbuck as volunteer assistant and retained Brad Owens as director of baseball operations. LeCroy, who has served as an assistant at Clemson for eight seasons over two stints (2003-05,11-15), will work with the infielders and assist with the hitters along with his duties as recruiting coordinator. See, 36, spent the previous three seasons (2013-15) as Duke’s pitching coach. Despite his top-two starters suffering injuries in 2015, that staff had a 3.29 ERA. In 2014, the Blue Devil staff had a 3.14 ERA, the program’s best mark since 1971 and its first sub-4.00 ERA since 1993. Starbuck, 51, served as an assistant coach at Elon for 17 seasons (1999-15), including 11 years as associate head coach. Starbuck, who will work with the hitters and baserunning along with assisting with the infielders and catchers, was Elon’s recruiting coordinator and served as the primary hitting instructor. Owens has served as director of baseball operations at Clemson for eight seasons (2008-15). His duties include all team travel, camps and many other administrative duties.

EX-QB MCNABB ARRESTED AGAIN ON SUSPICION OF DUI GILBERT, Ariz. — Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb has been arrested in Arizona on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol for the second time in 18 months, according to police documents released Tuesday. Police in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert said McNabb was cited and released from a police facility after being ar-

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Former Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb has been arrested again in Arizona on suspicion of driving while under the influence. Police in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert said Tuesday that McNabb was cited and released from a police facility after being arrested on June 28 following a non-injury collision late that night. rested June 28 following a non-injury collision late that night. McNabb, 38, told officers he had just left a sports bar and was driving to his Phoenixarea home. A police report stated McNabb’s vehicle rear-ended a car driven by the wife of a Gila River tribal police officer and McNabb appeared to be impaired.

HOLIDAY PLANS TO RETIRE FROM U.S. WOMEN’S TEAM LOS ANGELES — Midfielder Lauren Holiday says she plans to retire from the U.S. national team following its World Cup victory. Holiday disclosed her plans Tuesday after a victory rally for the Americans in downtown Los Angeles. The Indianapolis native and UCLA product has scored 24 goals in 130 games with the U.S. team since making her debut in January 2007. She has won two Olympic gold medals. Holiday scored the Americans’ third goal in their 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday, wrapping up their first

World Cup title since 1999.

NASCAR TO TRY NEW AERO PACKAGES AT 3 TRACKS CHARLOTTE — NASCAR will use track-specific rules packages at three more race tracks as the sanctioning body continues to try to improve the racing. A unique rules package already had been announced for Saturday night’s race at Kentucky. NASCAR executive Steve O’Donnell said Tuesday a similar low downforce package will be used at Darlington in September. Teams will use a higher drag rules package at Indianapolis Motor Speedway later this month and Michigan International Speedway in August. The Kentucky package is expected to cut about 1,000 pounds of downforce from the cars. Goodyear was able to determine a tire for the Darlington package during a one-day test last week with Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Brad Keselowski. From staff, wire reports

THE SUMTER ITEM

AREA SCOREBOARD GOLF CHURCHES CHALLENGE

The 16th Annual Christian Golfers’ Association Churches Challenge Golf Tournament and Praise Rally will be held on Aug. 14-15. On Friday, Aug. 14, the players, sponsors and families will gather for fellowship, devotion, praise music and food at 6 p.m. at Alice Drive Baptist Church at 1305 Loring Mill Road. On Saturday, Aug. 15, at Sunset Country Club, signin for the morning flight begins at 7 a.m. Tee off will begin at approximately 8 a.m. The afternoon flight will have sign-in at 11 a.m. for its 1 p.m. tee times. The cost is $45 per golfer and includes the praise dinner on Friday as well as lunch and beverages on Saturday. Players can also purchase up to two mulligans for $5 that can be used anywhere on the course. Members of the public are invited to attend the event and cheer for their team. Spectators can walk the course and sponsors are encouraged to set up a tent to display their products. Registration forms can be mailed to CGA, 1285 Clara Louise Kellogg Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 or can be brought to the office at Dillon Park, next to Crystal Lakes Golf Course. 9-HOLE SCRAMBLE

The Links at Lakewood is hosting a 9-hole Scramble event every Saturday beginning at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per player and includes prize and dinner. The cost is $12 for those attending just the dinner. To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 2 p.m. the day of the event. For more information, send an email to kayehowe1@aol. com.

BASKETBALL EVRIK GARY SKILLS CLINIC

The Evrik Gary Skills Clinic will be held today and Thursday at Laurence Manning Academy’s Bubba Davis Gymnasium. The 2-day, 4-workout clinic is open to boys who will be rising ninth through 12th grades. The cost is $60 per player.

The camp will runs from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day. For registration forms, payment options or more information, visit MixKitBasketball@yahoo.com. SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

Sumter Christian School will host two more basketball clinics in July at the school’s gymnasium. The clinics are for grades 6-9 on July 6-10 and grades 9-12 on July 27-31. The clinics, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day, are under the direction of SCS coaches Bobby Baker and Tom Cope at a cost of $45 per student. For more information, contact the school at (803) 773-1902.

VOLLEYBALL SCISA OFFICIALS NEEDED

The South Carolina Independent School Association is looking for volleyball officials for the 2015 season. For those who are interested, contact SCISA district director of officiating at (803) 446-3379 or at tweeks51@aol.com.

FOOTBALL POP WARNER REGISTRATION

Youth Athletics of Sumter is taking registration for its Pop Warner football and cheer programs. The programs are open to children ages 5-14. The registration fee is $100 for football and $120 for cheer and flexible plans are available. The last day to register is July 31. For more information, call (803) 464-8453, (803) 7206242, (813) 786-9265 or (954) 258-6817 or email youthathleticsofsumteryas@yahoo. com. OFFICIATING CLASSES

Training classes for prospective high school football officials is currently being held at the Sumter County Recreation Department at 155 Haynsworth Street. Classes are being held every Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. To learn more about the South Carolina Football Officials Association visit its website at www.schsl.org/ scofa.htm. For more information on the classes, call Granderson James at (803) 968-2391 or email him at grandersj@aol. com or call Richard Geddings at (803) 468-8858.

OBITUARIES TAMMY R. FLEMING

ADRIAN J. EAGLIN

MANNING — Tammy Reneé Fleming, 52, died on Saturday, July 4, 2015, in North Carolina. She was born on Oct. 2, 1962, in Manning. She worked as an assembler in the manufacturing FLEMING industry. She is survived by her father and stepmother, Earl Fleming Jr. (Leatha); her mother, Faye Sylvia Osborne; a daughter, Amber Monday (Rickey); three sisters, Darle Blakley, Jamie White (Corey) and Jessica Nunnery, all of Manning; and seven grandchildren, Quinn Hipp, Stormi Monday and Colton Monday, all of Manning, Dakota Hipp, Summer Hipp, Donald Fleming Hipp Jr. and Gracie Parker, all of Cleveland, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by two sons, John “Murray” Hipp Jr. and Donald Fleming “Donny” Hipp. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. John Patrick officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service on Friday at the funeral home and at other times at the homes of Faye Osborne, Earl and Leatha Fleming, and Amber and Rickey Monday. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

Adrian Jimmell Eaglin entered eternal rest on Sunday, July 5, 2015, in Orangeburg. Born on June 1, 1995, in Sumter County, he was a son of Jimmie McDowell and Arkell Eaglin. The family is receiving visitors at the home, 4435 Wrangler Trail Road, Sumter. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

ESSIE MAE COARD MONROE, New York — Essie Mae Ridgeway Fielder Coard, 71, widow of John Fielder and Francis Coard, died on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at her residence, 12 Pavek Circle, Monroe. Born on Dec. 20, 1944, in Pinewood, Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Garlie and Rebecca Dukes Ridgeway. The family is receiving friends at 1308 Garlie Circle, Pinewood. These services are entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

BERNARD GILLIS Bernard “Bunny” Gillis was born on April 20, 1935, a son of the late Peter Paul and Emma Jane (Scott) Gillis of Washington, D.C. On July 1, 2015, at 10: 17 p.m., the loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, deacon and friend, Bernard R. Gillis, went to be with the Lord at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, comforted by his best friend and wife, Florence. Bernard leaves to cherish

his memories: his wife, Florence W. Gillis; one son, Burnie A. Gillis (Jenine); three daughters, Regina C. Zhu (Weilong), Anita Y. Potts (Demetric) and Sharon Y. Biggers (Robert); 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host of in-laws, nephews, nieces and friends. A public viewing will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Whites Mortuary LLC. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 609 Miller Road, Sumter, with Bishop Marvin Hodge, pastor. The family will have a wake service from 9 a.m. until the hour of service. Interment will take place at 1 p.m. at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at www.whitesmortuary. net. Services have been entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC, (803) 774-8200.

LEON C. MCCOY Leon Carl McCoy, 74, died on Monday, July 6, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Lamar, he was a son of the late Leon Robert McCoy and Nancy Lynch McCoy Freeman. He attended Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors include six sons; a daughter; three brothers; a sister; and a number of nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday in Green Acres Cemetery with

the Rev. Bobby Driggers officiating. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

THOMAS BOULWARE Thomas Boulware, husband of Georganna Whack Wilson Boulware, entered eternal rest on Monday, July 6, 2015. The family will receive friends at the home, 547 McCrays Mill Road. Services have been entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC of Sumter.

FRANCES B. WASHINGTON Frances Blanding Washington, 67, departed this life on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. She was born on July 4, 1948, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late Junius Sr. and Rose Lee Williams Blanding. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 1028 Decatur St., Sumter, SC 29150. Family plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

JULIA HORTON Julia Elizabeth Nunnery Horton, age 73, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Richard and Tressie Windham Nunnery. She loved the outdoors, especially walking and planting flowers. She enjoyed cooking and reading her Bible. She loved her family, especially

her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Surviving are one son, David Horton; two daughters, Jennifer Holliday and Melissa Horton; one brother, Richard Nunnery and his wife, Mary; two sisters, Ruby Lilze and Dianne Griffin and husband, Phil, all of Sumter; five grandchildren, Steven Donlon, Brittany Donlon, Mason Donlon, Sommer Holliday and Autumn Moore; and five greatgrandchildren, Callie Ard, Easton Donlon, Brienleigh Donlon, Drake Donlon and Brooklyn Stewart. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tommy McDonald officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. on Thursday at Bullock Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

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Program nurtures expectant moms CenteringPregnancy a community of ‘sisters’ BY TRACI QUINN Special to The Sumter Item Family. Community. Strength. These are words a diverse group of women repeatedly use to describe the CenteringPregnancy program at Sumter OB/GYN as a place where moms can learn important information about their bodies, their babies and their health in a relaxed environment that fosters confidence. First-time moms and women with four other children; upper-class, middle-class and economically challenged women; black, white, Hispanic and Asian; young and not so young — all agreed that Centering creates a village of nurturing. “It’s a support group that continues even after the Centering ends,” said new mom Kelley Winter. “We are now friends on Facebook. We go to each other’s baby showers, talk about things that are happening with us or our babies. We message each other at 3 a.m. because we know they’re going to be awake then, too!” “We developed friendships,” she said. “These are people I would never have met because we have different lifestyles and interests, but now we are there for each other.” Some alumnae gathered recently to mark a milestone for Centering in Sumter. They greeted each other like sisters, cooing over each other’s babies, examining toes and fingers, asking about due dates and laughing together about a lack of sleep. “Health care is changing and evolving,” said Tori Whitaker, the practice manager who was an integral part of implementing Centering. “These women all shared something very special, and we are like a family, growing together to become a stronger, better community for our future.”

THE FAMILY TREE More than 100 women have delivered babies through one of the 23 groups implemented by CenteringPregnancy since it began locally. Katey Ireland, one of the original facilitators, said, “We started with three women, and we had to beg them to come! Now we’re filling up groups of 12 easily.” And the Sumter Centering program was recently fully certified, joining a very select group of hospitals in the country. “This celebration was important because it signifies how far we’ve come and how much we are growing and learning,” Whitaker said.

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Women who participated in Sumter OB/GYN’s CenteringPregnancy program met recently to celebrate the program’s becoming fully certified. Most brought their babies and added their footprints to the “family tree.” The highlight was a Family Tree painted by Tuomey employee Megan Tomlinson. The tree has multiple branches, and the Centering moms were invited to put their fingerprints — and their baby’s prints — on the limbs. They all agreed it was an appropriate symbol, because they all feel like part of a much bigger family after completing the program. Among those present were Terri Hannibal, a Tuomey nurse who was still pregnant; Lydia (not her real name), an active-duty military mom who was about to deliver her second child; and Winter, a fulltime mother of two. “Centering makes the pregnancy process more enjoyable,” Lydia said. “You’re not alone in a cold exam room. You share stories with other women who are expecting. There are planned activities, but some things just come up naturally. You can read these things in a book, but you are living that book here in Centering. You really establish a relationship with these women, some of whom are having their second or third or fourth child.” She outlined the model for the meetings — a private consultation with a doctor, nurse or midwife. Weigh-in and blood pressure checks. Discussions with clinical staff about meth-

Women in the CenteringPregnancy program at Sumter OB/GYN say they feel like family. At their recent gathering, they added their fingerprints and/or their babies’ footprints like leaves to this “family tree.”

ods of birthing the baby, how to manage pain without drugs, lactation, massages, the epidural process, the many wonders of the hospital delivery bed. “I will be delivering this baby elsewhere (because of a military move), but this group has set me up for success,” Lydia said. “I’m so thankful for it. The stories and the bonding will last a lifetime.”

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE In CenteringPregnancy, women with similar due dates are put into small care groups led by a physician, midwife or nurse. They meet on a schedule that follows the traditional OB model: every four weeks until the 28th week; every two weeks until the 36th week; oneon-one weekly care after that. The sessions begin and end on time – every time. There’s no waiting in the lobby or in a small exam room. The women get two full hours with a practitioner and with each other. The sessions are scheduled consistently so busy women can plan around them more easily. After a private medical assessment, they socialize and participate in group-led discussions about anything that comes up: Nutrition. Odd cravings. Exercise restrictions. Hair that’s thicker or thinner. The debate over whether to save the umbilical cord blood. How much swelling of the ankles is too much? Often, because of the nature of a social group, things come up that women might have never felt comfortable enough to bring up in a typical doctor’s visit. (Anxiety about sex during pregnancy. A fear of postpartum depression. The shock of unanticipated leaking.) As they discuss their physical and emotional changes and share information about their hopes and fears, they develop a sense of community among themselves. And they build knowledge, which builds power. “When you put pregnancy behind a door, it makes it feel mysterious,” Whitaker said. “Centering normalizes pregnancy and gives these women a unique support system, a sense of camaraderie.” Nurse Midwife Barbara Jarvis agrees. “It gives them confidence. If we trust them to do their own blood pressure and weight and to write down the correct numbers, and we include them in all discussions, they feel more confident in their own knowledge.” Hannibal was awaiting the

birth of her first child, a girl, due June 20. “Being a nurse doesn’t really help you go through the pregnancy process,” she said. No matter how much you already know, “when it’s happening to you, it’s totally different!” Her favorite part of Centering was that everything was planned out. Her second favorite part was the unplanned stuff – discussions about things she said she wouldn’t have even known to ask about if she’d been sitting in a small exam room with a physician. “A lot of us have the same symptoms — say, pelvic pain or swollen legs — and you want to ask, ‘Is that normal?’ If enough people have had the same symptoms or complaints, they’ll talk about it as a group, so it helps everyone.” Guest speakers included a massage therapist, a lactation consultant and a pediatrician who talked about immunizations, rashes and questions about when to feed cereal. Kelley was a clerical technician at Sumter OB and had trained to be a facilitator for Centering when it started in 2013. “I loved being pregnant,” she said. “It was nice to share that feeling with others. I wasn’t a teacher, but I guided the group and promoted conversation among the women, asking questions about who was dealing with nausea, who had concerns about pumping. Being around them all the time, I learned so much.”

EMPOWERING MOMS = HEALTHIER BABIES According to the Birth Outcomes Initiative, CenteringPregnancy leads to a 50 percent reduction in pre-term labor, a 55 percent reduction in NICU stays, and a 50 percent reduction in low-birthweight babies. There was a 78 percemt increase in breastfeeding. All of which can lead to far lower healthcare costs for the moms, the families and the hospitals. Triz Smith, an obstetrician with Sumter OB/GYN, says that Centering benefits his patients by giving them more time with the physician. “This prepares the patient better than with traditional visits,” he said, “and studies have shown a reduction in pre-term birth with Centering. We’ve also noticed fewer emergency or Labor and Delivery visits because the women are more educated about whether something is a normal discomfort in pregnancy or really something to worry about.”

The program helps physicians as well, he said: “We get to know the patient better and what their needs are.” Despite studies that showed what the successes could mean, it took nearly two decades for CenteringPregnancy to catch on; physicians across the country were loathe to put health monitoring directly into the hands of women. “Physicians have been trained in a paternal attitude of how they render care to the patient, i.e., the doctor tells them what to do,” Dr. Smith said. “Centering empowers women to take control and play a (larger) part in their healthcare.” And the creator of the program says that’s just why it works. Sharon Schindler Rising, founder of CenteringPregnancy, was a nurse practitioner and midwife working with some of the poorest mothers in New Haven, Connecticut when she began to bring together small groups of pregnant women for regular discussions and health checks. “It was a different approach to providing prenatal care, one that focused on women and their experiences with pregnancy,” a story in the National Journal said. Prenatal care costs went down. Pre-term birth rates were lowered. Babies were born healthier. Other midwives and physicians associated with nearby Yale University began to use the same model. For years, the findings were the same with every group but, Rising says, “people … had a hard time believing that after decades of delivering prenatal care one way, teaching women to monitor their own health and bringing women together to talk about their experiences could make such a difference. It wasn’t some big, new fancy drug.” ••• In 2013, DHEC and the March of Dimes announced that five South Carolina OB practices were chosen to participate in the Patient Centering Initiative. The goal was to reduce the number of lowbirth-weight babies by promoting individual health empowerment and community-building. Sumter OB/GYN was one of those five. For more information on CenteringPregnancy, call their office at 775 -9650 or go online to www.sumterobgyn.com. Traci Quinn is a Public Relations Specialist with Tuomey Healthcare System.

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A scrumptious raspberry-rhubarb pie Dessert combines vanilla pudding with tart and sweet BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press

RASPBERRY-RHUBARB CREAM PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUST

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mer, but why let it rest at that? This summer we decided to crank it up and take this pie to a whole new level. We started by ditching the usual cooked strawberries in favor of fresh raspberries. The raspberries get arranged over a simple but deliciously tart-sweet rhubarb compote. And we didn’t stop there. We layered all of that over a vanilla pudding, giving us the best of two worlds — fruit pie and cream pie. For ease, the components can be prepared ahead of time, then assembled closer to serving. Just don’t assemble more than eight hours ahead of time, otherwise your crust will get soggy. And no matter when you assemble it, don’t hesitate to top everything with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream as you serve it.

Ditch the dogs Take links to a new level BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press Anybody can grill a hot dog, slap it on a bun and dump on the usual ketchup and mustard. So how about going a bit beyond the ordinary next time you fire up the grill. Let’s start with the meat. Rather than your basic dog, up the ante by grilling up something more robust, such as bratwurst sausages or peppery kielbasas. They are bigger, meatier and way more flavorful. For toppings, we went decidedly German, filling our buns with sauerkraut, cheese and sauteed apple. And of course it doesn’t hurt that these grinders pair up so well with beer...

Start to finish: 3 hours (1 hour active) Servings: 10 For the crust: 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted For the vanilla cream filling: 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/2 cup granulated sugar 4 eggs 2 cups milk 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste 2 tablespoons butter For the fruit topping: 2 cups chopped fresh rhubarb 1/2 cup granulated sugar Zest and juice of 1 orange Pinch of salt 2 cups fresh raspberries Heat the oven to 375 F. To make the crust, in a food processor pulse together the flour, oats, brown sugar and salt. Drizzle in the melted butter and pulse to make moistened crumbs. Transfer the mixture to a

9-inch pie pan and press the crumbs across the bottom and up the sides. Bake for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, make the cream filling. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the cornstarch and sugar. Add the eggs and whisk until frothy and no trace of egg or lumps remains. Add the milk and whisk once more to combine. Cook over medium heat, stirring and scraping the bottom and sides of the pan constantly, until the mixture comes up to a boil and thickens, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the vanilla bean paste and butter. Once the crust and filling are both cooked, pour the cream filling into the crust. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the cream and refrigerate for 2 hours, or until cold. Next, make the rhubarb filling. In a small saucepan over medium, combine the rhubarb, sugar, orange zest and juice, and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, for 20 minutes, or until the rhubarb is broken down and slightly thickened. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. When all the parts of the pie have cooled, spread the rhubarb filling over the surface of the cream filling. Arrange fresh raspberries across the surface of the pie. Serve immediately or chill for up to 8 hours. Nutrition information per serving: 350 calories; 140 calories from fat (40 percent of total calories); 16 g fat (9 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 120 mg cholesterol; 110 mg sodium; 47 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 25 g sugar; 7 g protein.

BRATWURST GRINDERS WITH APPLE, CHEDDAR AND SAUERKRAUT Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 1 tablespoon caraway seeds 1 large apple, peeled, cored and diced 1 teaspoon sugar 4 small grinder rolls Butter 4 bratwurst sausages or 6-inch kielbasas 1/2 cup shredded extra-sharp cheddar 1/2 cup sauerkraut, squeezed of excess moisture In a dry skillet over medium, toast the caraway seeds, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside. Return the skillet to medium-high and add the apple and sugar. Saute until lightly caramelized and just tender, about 5 minutes. Set aside. Heat the grill to medium. Slice open the grinder rolls and butter the insides. Place the rolls on the grill grates, spread open and set cut side down. Grill until toasted, 2 to 3 minutes. At the same time, grill the sausages or kielbasas, turning occasionally until charred, plump and cooked through, about 6 minutes. To assemble, sprinkle the insides of the rolls with the cheese before placing a sausage into each. Divide the apples between the rolls, then

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top with sauerkraut and a sprinkle of toasted caraway seeds. Nutrition information per serving: 530 calories; 300 calories from fat (57 percent of total calories); 33 g fat (11 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 80 mg cholesterol; 1,410 mg sodium; 45 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 13 g sugar; 30 g protein.

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Focus on the sangria BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor Want to be the hero of your July Fourth gathering? Leave the burgers and dogs to somebody else. Ditto for the potato and pasta salads. What you want to bring is the sangria. Because it’s hard to go wrong at an outdoor summer party when you’re the one toting the pitcher cocktail. Still, I’m not a big believer in working hard for my cocktail. So this recipe is a breeze to assemble. Just dump and

stir in the morning, then let it chill for a few hours before serving. Whatever you do, don’t add ice until it’s in the glass, and even then keep it to one or two cubes at most. Nobody wants a watered down cocktail. For this recipe, I call for cava — the sparkling wine of Spain — but feel free to substitute the bubbles of your choice. Or if you’d rather cut the alcohol a little (can’t imagine why, but whatever), ginger beer or a lemon-lime soda are fine substitutes.

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PEACH AND RASPBERRY SANGRIA WITH CAVA AND STRAWBERRY ICE Start to finish: 10 minutes active, plus 2 to 4 hours chilling Servings: 10 1 cup brandy 1 cup peach juice 1/2 cup simple syrup or agave syrup 750-milliliter bottle dry red wine (such as rioja) 6 ounces fresh raspberries 2 oranges, thinly sliced 2 limes, thinly sliced 16-ounce bag frozen strawberries 3/4 cup orange juice 1/4 cup sugar 750-milliliter bottle cava (or other sparkling wine) In a large pitcher, stir together the brandy, peach juice and syrup until the syrup is dissolved. Add the wine and stir again. Stir in the raspberries, oranges and limes, then cover and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours. Meanwhile, in a blender combine the strawberries, orange juice and sugar. Puree until very smooth. Pour into 2 ice cube trays, then freeze for 2 to 4 hours, or until solid. When ready to serve, slowly pour the cava into the pitcher. Stir once or twice gently just to mix. Pour into serving glasses, then add 1 to 2 frozen strawberry cubes to each glass.

Dress up fruit salad with your grill BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press Want an easy way to add a little punch to your otherwise humdrum fruit salad? Just add some heat. In this case, we tossed pineapple rings on the grill. The heat caramelizes the natural sugars and adds a smoky char.

GRILLED PINEAPPLE FRUIT SALAD Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 6 1 pineapple 1 quart strawberries, hulled and halved (or quartered for larger berries) 4 kiwi, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces 2 mangoes, peeled and cubed 1/2 cup torn fresh basil leaves Kosher salt Heat the grill to medium-high. Lay the pineapple on its side and slice off the top and bottom. Stand it up, then slice off the peel on the sides one strip at a time. Return the pineapple to its side and cut the pineapple into 1/2-inch slices. Grill each slice for 4 to 5 minutes per side, or until lightly charred. Set aside to cool until easily handled. Once the pineapple is cool, cut it into bite-sized pieces, trimming around and discarding the core. In a large bowl, combine the pineapple chunks, strawberries, kiwi, mangoes, basil and a pinch of salt. Stir very gently. Chill for 20 minutes to allow the juices to meld. Stir very gently before serving. Nutrition information per serving: 210 calories; 10 calories from fat (5 percent of total calories); 1 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 45 mg sodium; 51 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 40 g sugar; 3 g protein.

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Mixing silly with serious, ‘Key & Peele’ begins new season BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “Key & Peele” (10 p.m., Comedy Central, TV-14) returns tonight for a fifth 11-episode season. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have a deft talent for mixing up the silly with the serious. Their range is remarkable. They can do a pitchperfect standup of clichespouting sports announcers and then shift gears to present two valet parking attendants explaining the plot to “Game of Thrones,” and then sing and dance their way though a fake 1940s musical called “Negro Town.” They are best at their skillful skewering of racial perceptions and assumptions from both sides of the divide. Their popular, insightful and incendiary sketch about Luther, “Obama’s Anger Translator,” received its greatest accolade when Luther got to “interpret” some of the president’s remarks at the last White House Correspondent’s Dinner. This season, look for Hillary Clinton to get her own translator. In their always-surprising material, Key and Peele remain two of the smartest guys working. As they have in past seasons, they continue to spoof the fine line between humorless incomprehensibility and “profound” dialogue on HBO’s “True Detective.” These two take no prisoners. • Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig return in “The Spoils Before Dying” (9 p.m., IFC, TV-14). This three-night “event” unfolds in two half-hour dollops tonight through Friday, purporting to “adapt” the forbidden novel by Eric Jonrosh (Ferrell). Bearded, drunk and pompous, Ferrell is clearly channeling Orson Welles from his waning days as a 1970s pitchman for Paul Masson wine. Last year’s “The Spoils of Babylon” offered a sendup of 1970s miniseries, the kind based on books by Herman Wouk or Sidney Sheldon. In contrast, “The Spoils Before Dying” is a ridiculous parody of hardboiled L.A. noir thrillers. Michael Kenneth Williams (“Boardwalk Empire”) plays jazz pianist Rock Banyon, a man given to sputtering hipster gibberish. He’s hauled in by rough cops after the murder of gardenia-wearing chan-

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Keegan-Michael Key, left, and Jordan Peele return for a fifth season of “Key & Peele” premiering at 10 p.m. today on Comedy Central. teuse Fresno Foxglove (Maya Rudolph). When even the cops (given to their ludicrous tough-guy patois) can’t believe as dim a bulb as Banyon could commit murder, he’s given three days to clear his name. His encounter with femme fatale Delores DeWinter (Wiig) probably won’t help the cause. With its flimsy plot, throwaway gags and big-name cast, “Dying” actually resembles a kind of post-modern 21st-century take on the old comedy roast. As in the gatherings presided over by Dean Martin, the stars on hand seem most intent on amusing each other. If the audience also has a good time, then that’s just gravy. Look for Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, Tim Meadows, Kate McKinnon and many more to join the festivities over the next three nights.

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woman with symptoms similar to her own on “Extant” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • South Africa’s great white sharks are profiled on “Ninja Sharks” (10 p.m., Discovery). • Elliot’s efforts to go straight go nowhere on “Mr. Robot” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14). • Both sides of the wall on “Deutschland 83” (11 p.m., Sundance, TV-MA).

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thriller “North By Northwest” (10 p.m., TCM).

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Learn building blocks of DIY barbecue sauce BY ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press Barbecue sauce is a very personal thing. For some, it means a thick, sweet red sauce. For others, it is mustard-based. For those who grew up in North Carolina like I did, it’s vinegar-based. Regional differences aside, these days barbecue sauces are made from everything from blueberries to espresso to orange juice, maple syrup, tequila and beer. And I love them all! The term “barbecue sauce” has become a catch-all for a quick sauce to go on meat, poultry and fish, either as a finishing glaze or a dipping sauce, and truly anything goes! On the competitive barbecue circuit, most teams start with their favorite store-bought barbecue sauce, then doctor it with “secret” ingredients. Favorite add-ins include bourbon, brown sugar, squeeze margarine, honey, maple syrup, soy sauce, beef bouillon and a healthy dose of the spice rub that already is used on the meat. Doctoring up a purchased product is one way to get a personalized barbecue sauce. But my preference is to start from scratch. That way you don’t have to spend time covering up anything you don’t like. Instead, you can layer on the flavors you love. And you’ll be shocked by how easy it is. The most popular barbecue sauces start

out with a base of tomatoes. I like to use crushed tomatoes because they are uniform and already broken down. If I want the sauce to have a more savory flavor, I sweat some aromatics, such as onions and garlic, before adding the crushed tomatoes. If I am looking for a lighter sauce or glaze that complements the food without covering up the natural flavors, I start simply with the tomatoes. After that, the most important thing to keep in mind when you make your own barbecue sauce is to make sure the sweetness is offset by an acidic ingredient, such as vinegar, wine or citrus juice. You want to make sure there is a perfect balance of sweet, salty and tart notes. If you will be using the sauce as a glaze, you need to make sure to add enough liquid to make it easy to brush on, and you need to add enough sugar so it will caramelize as it cooks. Caramelization is key to a great barbecue sauce. But sugar cooks very quickly, so brush barbecue sauce on the food only during the final 10 minutes of the cooking time. Otherwise, the sugars will burn before the food is cooked. And if you want the familiar barbecue sauce flavor, don’t forget the Worcestershire sauce. The tamarind in the Worcestershire sauce is what we all associate with that classic flavor.

SASSY BOURBON AND BROWN SUGAR BARBECUE SAUCE This sauce (and the classic spice rub that goes with it) is great on ribs, chicken, pork and hearty fish, such as salmon and catfish. I’ve also used it on portobello mushrooms, charred onions and slabs of grilled potatoes! Start to finish: 50 minutes Makes 4 cups 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tablespoons molasses 1/2 cup bourbon 1/2 cup Ketchup 1/4 cup chili sauce (such as Heinz) 1/4 cup cider vinegar 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoons classic spice rub (recipe below) 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa In a large saucepan over medium, combine all ingredients. Stir well, then simmer for 30 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened. Let stand off the heat for 10 minutes, then transfer the sauce to a blender. Puree until very smooth. The sauce can be refrigerated in an airtight container for 2 weeks. Nutrition information per 1/4 cup: 120 calories; 0 calories from fat (0 percent of total calories); 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g

trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 400 mg sodium; 24 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 21 g sugar; 1 g protein.

CLASSIC SPICE RUB The best barbecue starts and ends with a great dry rub. This recipe is my favorite. I use it as one of the key ingredients in my barbecue sauce. But I also like to sprinkle the dry rub directly on the meat prior to cooking (and basting with the sauce). That way you get a double dose of this great rub. Start to finish: 5 minutes Makes 3/4 cup 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 tablespoon sweet paprika 1 tablespoon smoked paprika 1 tablespoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon ground white pepper 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons garlic powder 2 teaspoons onion powder 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper In a small bowl, combine all ingredients, mixing until evenly blended. Can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 6 months. Nutrition information per tablespoon: 25 calories; 0 calories from fat (0 percent of total calories); 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 720 mg sodium; 7 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 0 g protein.

Pigs get off the hook for these summer-friendly grilled ribs BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press

e tend to think of beef short ribs as a winter dish, something that

simmers long and slow in a Dutch oven until fall-apart tender. But we decided these ribs deserved a shot at some summer sun, too. After all, why should pork ribs get all the attention when the weather gets warm? We start by coating our beef short ribs with a flavorful dry rub, then letting them soak up the flavor for at least four hours (and if you have time to let them go all night, all the better). Then they hit the grill for a low and slow afternoon over indirect heat. Finally, we finish them with an orange marmalade-based barbecue sauce that caramelizes into a thick, sticky, sweetand-tangy lacquer. If orange marmalade isn’t your thing, apricot jam would be good, too. And don’t hesitate to crank up the hot sauce to your liking.

ORANGE BARBECUE BEEF SHORT RIBS Start to finish: 2 hours 15 minutes (45 minutes active), plus chilling Servings: 8 1 tablespoon chili powder 3/4 cup packed brown sugar, divided 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper Kosher salt Zest of 2 oranges 6 pounds bone-in beef short ribs (English- or flanken-style) 12-ounce bottle chili sauce 1/2 cup cider vinegar 12-ounce jar orange marmalade Hot sauce Ground black pepper In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, 1/4 cup of the brown sugar, the thyme, garlic powder, smoked paprika, cayenne, 2 teaspoons of salt and the orange zest. Rub the mixture over all sides of the short ribs. Arrange the ribs on a baking sheet and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight. Meanwhile, make the sauce. In a small saucepan over medium, combine the chili sauce, the remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar, the vinegar, marmalade and a splash of hot sauce. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low and cook for 20 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent the bottom from scorching. Season with salt, pepper and additional hot sauce, if desired. When the ribs are ready to cook, heat one side of the grill to medium. Unwrap the ribs and place on the unheated side of the grill and cook, turning occasionally, for 1 1/2 hours, or until fork tender. Baste the ribs with the barbecue sauce, then cook for an additional 10 minutes, glazing with additional sauce and turning every 2 to 3 minutes, or until the ribs are sticky and lightly charred. Serve with additional barbecue sauce. Nutrition information per serving: 480 calories; 130 calories from fat (27 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 80 mg cholesterol; 1,910 mg sodium; 62 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 55 g sugar; 27 g protein.