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School board addresses emergency construction Several large projects did not go through competitive bidding

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com During Monday’s meeting of Sumter School Board at the district offices, School Board trustee Johnny Hilton called into question the district’s procurement and competitive bidding process as it relates to several “emergency construction projects” in the district.

“It has come to my attention that there were some construction projects in the district of significant size that had not been through the competitive bid process,” Hilton said.

Hilton said he spoke with District Superintindent Dr. Frank Baker about it and that the issue was also discussed in the finance committee meeting. He said the construction projects that had not been through the competitive bid process were explained as being emergency construction projects.

“There is a clause in the procurement code that says you can waive the bid process in case of an emergency, and the superintendent has the authority to do that,” he said. “But there was still some concern regarding the definition of an emergency. I hope that we can discuss this in executive session so that we can clear up what is an emergency.”

The issue will be discussed in executive session at the next board meeting.

Baker opened Monday’s meeting by informing the school board that there were plans for a South Carolina Department of Mental Health facility to be constructed in Sumter County.

The facility would provide services for Sumter County residents, including students in the district, and in order for it to be built, the law requires that the school board and county council be informed and that the board is aware of the fact the property would be exempt from the tax base.

Baker said that the exact location of the building is undetermined at this time, and that a search for a location is ongoing.

The board went into executive session to discuss a proposed property contractual matter, personnel report, receipt of legal advice and individual student matter/appeal.

After coming out of executive session, the board voted to approve a tax anticipation note not exceeding $20 million.

The board also adopted several policy amendments and tabled the school district’s goals and objectives to their next meeting.

The board voted to amend the policy of requiring volunteers in the district to pay for background checks. The district will pick up the cost, which is $25 per volunteer.

Several trustees asked whether there is a job description for a proposed coordinator for instructional technology that the district has advertised for.

Baker said the district has used other districts’ job descriptions as models for the position.

Trustee Ralph W. Canty Sr. asked if it would be possible for the superintendent to consider hiring four technology coaches along with the technology coordinator.

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Council balances budget County approves 2nd reading of $49.3 million plan with 2 mill increase

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com After reviewing multiple budget options during its budget workshop on Tuesday, Sumter County Council approved second reading of the county’s proposed budget for 2016 with both expenditures and revenues totaling $49.3 million and a two mill increase, raising the county ordinary millage to 82.5 mills, during its regular meeting, also on Tuesday evening.

County Administrator Gary Mixon and County Finance Director Pamela Craven presented four budget options, all including expenditure increases and decreases and corresponding millage increases as per a request made by council during its previous workshop on June 4.

Mixon said all four options included three key items: a shift change and seventh ambulance for Sumter County Emergency Medical Services, a 3 percent increase in the cost of living for county employees and $112,000 in funding requests by county agencies.

According to calculations from the fiscal affairs department, at a 4 percent assessment rate, the two mill increase will cause an $8 increase for every $100,000 of assessed property value.

Mixon said after careful evaluation, county financial staff anticipate the local option sales tax may cover the millage increase, based on the state’s general revenue fund from May and June of 2014 and estimates of the state’s funds for the same months this year.

As part of the budget option, council voted to remove $86,000 in appropriated one-time funds for Central Carolina Technical College for the operations of the school’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center and $157,000 in appropriated funds for the expansion of the Sumter County Detention Center

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Workers from Advanced Exteriors install the first of 56 perforated metal panels on the exterior of Central Carolina Technical College’s new facility on Broad Street on June 2. Sumter County Council voted to remove $86,000 of one-time appropriated funds to be used this year for the operations of the training center from the county’s budget during its meeting on Tuesday because the facility is not expected be completed until next calendar year, according to County Administrator Gary Mixon. so that the funds could be transferred into the county’s reserve fund, which must contain 12 percent of the municipality’s general revenue fund.

Craven said even with those added funds the reserve fund would still be about $50,000 shy of

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‘Blues Doctor’ named National Heritage Fellow

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Bishopville’s Drink Small has been awarded a 2015 National Heritage Fellowship, the country’s highest honor for those in the folk and traditional arts. The fellowship was announced Tuesday by the National Endowment for the Arts, which awards the honor.

In addition to being named a National Heritage Fellow, Small and 10 other honorees from around the U.S. will received $25,000 each.

The national honor comes 25 years after Small received the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award, which is the highest South Carolina PHOTO COURTESY NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS awards for lifetime achieveBishopville native Drink Small was awarded the ment in the traditional arts.

NEA’s National Heritage Fellowship on Tuesday for Nine years later, he was inducted into the S.C. Music and his many contributions to the blues, to his comEntertainment Hall of Fame, munity and to the country through his music.

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In awarding Small the fellowship the NEA cited the fact that he “has preserved the heritage of his community in South Carolina and has traveled around the county and abroad to share his unique blues styling and his deep bass voice. His style is drawn from the Piedmont blues tradition but also includes gospel, rhythm and blues, boogiewoogie and Delta and Chicago style of blues.

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Two juveniles throw items, damage 2 automobiles

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Two incidents involving rocks being thrown at cars on Patriot Parkway have occurred within the past week and are being investigated by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

Both incidents occurred about 11 p.m. on Patriot Parkway near Sky Lane, and in both cases the vehicles sustained damage.

The first case happened Thursday when a man was driving and heard a loud noise.

He then noticed his windshield was damaged. According to a sheriff’s office report, the man didn’t see anyone throw anything, but it was evident from the scene something had been thrown.

The second case happened just three days later. According to a sheriff’s report, a man was driving on Patriot Parkway and saw two people throw a brick from the side of the road, hitting his windshield.

The windshield sustained approximately $600 worth of damage, according to the report.

When law enforcement got to the scene, it couldn’t find the two suspects the driver saw. A woman who lives in the area, however, said she saw two juveniles running through her yard about the time of the crime, according to the report.

An investigation is ongoing, said Braden Bunch, public information director with the sheriff’s office, and if the two suspects are caught, they could be facing malicious injury to property charges along with any other charges that come up during the investigation.

Bunch said he has seen multiple reports on social media about rocks being thrown on the parkway; however, the sheriff’s office has only gotten the two reports.

He said if people see rocks being thrown, they should report it to the sheriff’s office at (803) 436-2774. People with information can always call Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. While the suspects still haven’t been identified, Bunch stressed people should drive sensibly and be aware of everything going on around them.

Superintendent says ‘no merit to the accusation’ of bus driver hitting child

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Carletta Bull fought tears at Monday night’s Sumter School Board meeting as she told the board how her 6-year-old child was allegedly hit on the arm by a school bus driver on May 5 for misbehaving, and the district did not take any action against the driver.

There was no video recording device on that bus.

On May 6, Bull had a meeting with the bus driver, Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker and other district personnel.

After reviewing the evidence of what transpired, Baker determined there was no merit to the accusation, said Shelly Galloway, spokeswoman for the district.

Bull also filed an incident report with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office on May 6. Bull stated to the investigating deputy that her daughter “revealed to her

that her bus driver hit her on the arm and it hurt her,” according to the report.

“No charges were warranted against the bus driver,” said Braden Bunch, public information director with the sheriff’s office.

The Sumter Item received an audio recording of the meeting with district personnel by the child’s parents, Carletta Bull and Johndrick Wilson.

“When my daughter came home that day, she said the bus driver had hit her on her arm and told her to sit down,” Bull said at the meeting.

On the audio recording, taken May 6 on Wilson’s cell phone, the child was asked several times by both Bull and Baker whether the bus driver had hit her. It was unclear, however, from the audio what the child’s response was, her answer did not seem to be a direct “yes” or “no.”

Bull said that after her daughter got off the bus on

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CORRECTION Charges reported in “Criminal sexual conviction equals 18 years” article of Tuesday’s edition of The Sumter Item were incorrect. The correct charge for which Larry Noal Eaton, 73, of 3935 Cox Road, was convicted for was criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.

continue to monitor,” he said.

Baker then asked Bull if she chose to have her daughter back on the bus, where she would like for her to sit.

“So my child will be put back on the bus?” Bull asked.

“The bus driver will be driving that route, and your stop is on that route,” he said.

“And I’m supposed to be comfortable at home while my child is riding that bus?”

Bull asked. “Or drive her by car?”

“That would have to be your choice,” Baker said.

“We provide the bus service, and parents choose to use it or not to use it.”

At the end of the meeting, Bull said she would drive her child by car for the rest of the school year.

After Bull presented her statements to the school board on Monday evening, the board said that they would look into it.

No disciplinary action was taken against the bus driver, according to Galloway.

May 5, Bull went around her neighborhood to talk to other children who had ridden the bus with her child that day.

Several of them told Bull that they witnessed the bus driver hit the child.

In the audio recording of the meeting between Bull, Baker and other district personnel, Baker said that there were discrepancies in the child’s story.

“How can there be discrepancies, if she is 6 years old?” replied Wilson. “What I don’t understand is why there is no camera on this bus if there are cameras on all of the other buses.”

Baker said not all buses have cameras, and Gallowy said that is because of budgetary constraints.

“Ideally, we would love to have video recorders on all of our busses,” she said.

Baker said he couldn’t take one word instead of another regarding the incident.

“We are aware of the concern; we’ve had no other issues come up; and we will

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Sharon Cooper-Murray, the Gullah Lady, shows how rice grains were separated from dust using a fanner made from sweetgrass. During the 2013 Black History Month event at the Sumter County Library, she explained and demonstrated the three methods used to process rice using authentic handmade tools.

Sharon Cooper-Murray, also known as the Gullah Lady, will perform Saturday at the Goodwill Cultural Center. Her 6 p.m. appearance is sponsored by the Goodwill Educational and Historical Society, Inc., a nonprofit organization that has been working to restore the Goodwill School.

A native of Lake City, Cooper-Murray now resides in Charleston County. She is a graduate of Knoxville College in Tennessee. It was a visit to her uncle’s store on Wadmalaw Island that began her fascination with the Gullah culture.

As she told Mary Brent Cantarutti, a founder of the Southern Sampler Artists Company, in a recent interview, “(M)any of the local residents met and socialized (there). Although I couldn’t understand what they were saying, the sound and rhythm of their speech was distinctive and reminded me of an African language or a Jamaican/ Caribbean patois. How could this be in South Carolina? I had to find out! It was the beginning of a journey that would lead to enlightenment and the creation of the Gullah Lady. I researched historical documents to learn about the origin of the Gullah culture and was led to the Carolina rice plantations that relied on West Africans as slave labor.

Although the several years of

research were helpful I didn’t have the level of understanding I was seeking,” she said, “I wanted to know and be part of the Gullah community on Wadmalaw.”

A friendship with Muh Weez, a Gullah woman in her 80s, further opened CooperMurray to the language and culture of the descendants of West African slaves who lived along the Lowcountry coast.

Later, as an educator with the Charleston County School District, Cooper-Murray worked with the Gullah people on James, Johns, Wadmalaw, Yonges and Edisto islands, which fueled her passion for the culture.

She is a strong advocate for the Gullah people, their culture, music, foods and arts, and has written, directed and produced two theatrical productions, as well as creating Gullah Enna & E Sweet Pan & Ting, which specializes in Gullah fiber arts and crafts.

Cooper-Murray will share her experiences and knowledge of all things Gullah in her presentation at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Admission is free to the program at Goodwill Cultural Center, 221 N. Brick Church Road in the Salem Black River community.

To get to the center, take the Myrtle Beach Highway (U.S. 378 East) about 12 miles to S.C. 527 (Dabbs Crossroads), turn left and drive about 1 mile.

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A summer camp is being reestablished in the Mayesville community this year.

The Mayesville Educational and Industrial Institute is revitalizing its summer camp program this year to bring what Benjamin Bailey, the institute’s coordinating consultant, called a “meaningful, productive summer” to camp-goers.

“We want to expose them to things they may not be exposed to,” he said.

The institute resumed its annual summer camp two or three years ago, according to George Gibson, chairman of the Mayesville Educational and Industrial Institute. This year they are going into uncharted territory for the program, combining their program with another local summer program, Gibson said.

The institute runs from June 15 to Aug. 7 and is available for children 6 to 17 years old. The cost is $10 per week for the first child registered, $7 per week for the second child in the family and $5 per week for every child in the family registered after that. Children from the Mayesville and Sumter communities can enroll. The enrichment program will be held at Mayesville Elementary School.

The schedule for the institute runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Bailey said the camp will open at 7:30 a.m. so parents can drop children off and get to work on time.

After arrival, there will be academic enrichment time varying day-to-day, including reading, math, writing or some type

of physical activity. The institute also offers creative time for students in the afternoon, which could vary from different crafts to students working on an online broadcast show, Deborah Wheeler, the institute’s secretary, said.

Also, different activities such as golf clinics, swimming, movies and field trips will be interspersed throughout the summer.

“We want to see the kids have a good time,” Mayesville Mayor Randolph Anderson said. “We want to teach them all types of character and let them enjoy themselves. We also just want to let them know somebody cares.”

Anderson said the primary goal is to support the children and motivate them to succeed in school.

“A lot of times kids don’t want to fail, they just don’t have anyone to motivate them,” Anderson said. “People motivated us, so the end goal is to motivate them so that they have confidence so they can do what they need to do.”

Anderson said if anyone has questions about the institute, contact him at (803) 840-4388, and he will pass the information along. He said it’s a valuable learning experience and can really help local children succeed.

“I grew up right here in this community,” Anderson said.

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Aging doctors prompt call for competency tests CHICAGO (AP) — With one out of four U.S. doctors older than 65, the American Medical Association adopted a plan Monday to help decide when it’s time for aging senior physicians to hang up the stethoscope.

The nation’s largest organization of doctors agreed to spearhead an effort to create competency guidelines for assessing whether older physicians remain able to provide safe and effective care for patients. Doctors have no mandatory retirement age, unlike pilots, military personnel and a few other professions where mistakes can be deadly. All doctors must meet state licensing requirements, and some hospitals require age-based screening.

But there are no national mandates or guidelines on how to make sure older physicians can still do their jobs safely.

The AMA agrees it’s time to change that.

The plan it adopted is outlined in a report by one of its councils, which notes that the number of U.S. physicians aged 65 and older has quadrupled since 1975 and now numbers 240,000. In a vote without debate, the AMA agreed to convene groups to collaborate in developing preliminary assessment guidelines, as recommended in the report.

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The report says testing should include an evaluation of physical and mental health and a review of doctors’ treatment of patients. It doesn’t specify who would do the assessing nor how often it would take place.

“Unfortunate outcomes may trigger an evaluation at any age, but perhaps periodic reevaluation after a certain age such as 70, when incidence of declines is known to increase, may be appropriate,” the report says.

It’s among more than 250 reports and resolutions prepared for the meeting, where AMA delegates vote on which proposals become official AMA policy. The meeting ends today.

The AMA’s Council on Medical Education wrote the report and says “physicians should be allowed to remain in practice as long as patient safety is not endangered.” Developing guidelines and standards for monitoring and assessing both their own and their colleagues’ competency “may head off a call for mandatory retirement ages or imposition of guidelines by others,” the report says.

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Dozens of officers with arms linked pushed through woods and fields in the town of Willsboro in an apparent attempt to drive their prey toward a road in a neighboring community. The road was lined with officers with rifles.

State Police Capt. John Tibbitts Jr. would not say if authorities believed they were closing in on the inmates.

The officers descended on the town just west of Lake Champlain after residents reported seeing a couple of men walking on a road late

Monday during a driving rainstorm.

Authorities have fielded numerous tips since the weekend escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, close to the Canadian border, but appeared to have jumped hardest on this one.

David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48, cut through a steel wall, broke through bricks and crawled through a steam pipe before emerging through a manhole outside the prison grounds. They were discovered missing early Saturday after stuffing their beds with clothes to fool guards on their rounds and leaving behind a taunting note: “Have a nice day.”

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Creator of iconic photo returns to shoot again “Nick” Ut uses iPhone and an Associated Press Instagram account this time around

BY TED ANTHONY The Associated Press TRANG BANG, Vietnam — He stands in the northbound lane of Vietnam’s Highway 1, traffic swirling around him, horns honking. He is pointing. Right there, he says — that’s where it happened.

That’s where the screaming children appeared. That’s where I made the picture that the world couldn’t forget.

Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut was 21 on that day more than half a lifetime ago when he stood on the same road, pointed his camera northeast and captured one of history’s most famous images — a naked Vietnamese girl screaming and fleeing after South Vietnamese planes looking for Viet Cong insurgents attacked with napalm from the air.

On Monday, 43 years later to the day, Ut went back to document some of his Vietnam War memories with a tool from an entirely different era — a 4-ounce iPhone 5 equipped with the ability to send photos to the world in the blink of a digital eye.

“I stood here and watched the bombs come down,” Ut said of those long-ago moments just before he exposed a frame of Kodak Tri-X black-and-white film that carried the likeness of 9-year-old Kim Phuc, her body severely burned.

“I was so young then,” the

longtime Associated Press photographer said.

Ut’s June 8, 1972, image of Kim Phuc, now known as the “napalm girl,” helped crystallize the debate America had been having for more than half a decade about a far-off war that was lethal to so many. But the image began its persuasive work on newspaper pages many hours later, not in the instantaneous fashion we see today.

So when Ut returned to the village of Trang Bang on Monday, he came equipped with something more era-appropriate: He brought his iPhone with him and was given custody of AP Images’ Instagram account for the day.

That gave him the power to upload, instantaneously, images that during the war would have taken hours to get 25 miles south to AP offices in Saigon, then in and out of the film-developing process before a print could be beamed to the world.

Sitting in a van bound for Trang Bang, Ut, a digital Leica around his neck, took a few practice shots with the iPhone. As he headed north from Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, the scenery revealed the ways Highway 1 has changed since the war.

Today’s roadside attractions include a restaurant called “Sushi World” and a roadside vendor hawking a small-scale Statue of Liberty.

PHOTOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pulitzer winning photographer Nick Ut, above, gestures while talking with media at the place where he took his iconic ‘Napalm girl’ photo 43 years ago on Monday in Trang Bang, Vietnam. Ut returned Monday to the location of his iconic photo with a tool from an entirely different era, a 4-ounce iPhone 5 and the Associated Press’ Instragam account.

In this iconic 1972 AP file photo, taken by Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut, South Vietnamese forces are seen, at right, following behind terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places.

Then, as the van crossed a bridge, he announced arrival at the site of the famous image: “Right here! Right here!”

He pressed the phone against

the windshield to photograph the road, then followed up with an image of the temple where Kim Phuc and her family took refuge before the bombing.

Ut has made this journey

often — usually at least once a year in recent years, he says. It remains significant to him. He and the picture — and, by extension, the village — are forever linked.

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COUNCIL FROM PAGE A1 the 12 percent requirement.

Mixon said he and the fiscal affairs department presented the proposal to remove the committed funds for the CCTC training facility because construction of the building is not expected to be completed this calendar year, which is when the one-time funds were planned to be used.

He said there is no urgent need for the county to expand the detention center.

All council members were in favor of providing millage increases for both Central Carolina Technical College and University of South Carolina Sumter, but there were opposing opinions as to how much the county should provide.

Councilman Charles Edens said after doing his own calculations, he figured that Sumter County provides about 75 percent of the funding for CCTC, which also serves Kershaw, Clarendon and Lee counties, even though 55 percent of the students are Sumter residents.

He asked if the other counties should provide more funding.

When it came time to vote, Edens made a motion that the county provide a one mill increase but it was replaced by Councilman James McCain’s motion to provide the school with the requested 1.3 mills.

McCain, Councilman Eugene Baten, Chairwoman Naomi Sanders and Vice Chair Vivian Fleming-McGhaney voted in favor of the 1.3 mills.

Instead of a one mill increase for USC Sumter, as requested by the school, Edens made a motion that one-eighth of a mill be provided. He later withdrew the motion after Baten made a replacement motion to provide the college with a one mill increase.

Councilman Jimmy Byrd was the only member of council to vote in opposition of the one mill increase.

During council’s regular meeting, all members voted for approval of the proposed 2016 budget except Byrd, who said he did not support the increase in county millage. He said he thought the county should cut funding to local state agencies instead.

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Alberta.” Many other recordings followed that first hit. He has toured around the world and the country at many of the most prestigious venues, including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Chicago Blues Fest and more.

He is a regular at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston where he performs in jazz clubs.

And Small has never forgotten his hometown. When Bishopville threw a 78th birthday celebration for him, Small himself performed for a full house at the Bishopville Opera House. At that time, Lee County Librarian Elizabeth Snyder-Powell characterized Small as the “real deal.”

“If you like down-home blues, that’s what Drink Small does,” she said. “He wails the blues.”

Small told The Sumter Item on Tuesday, “I was very honored to receive this award.

FROM PAGE A1 sharing his knowledge with students of all ages. Small has released seven albums during the course of his career and continues to perform.”

During the years, the 82-year-old singer, songwriter and blues musician has come to be known as the “Blues Doctor.” A self-taught guitarist, he grew up in a musical family performing at parties and at church.

He played with the gospel group The Spiritualaires at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater and across the country. It was at this time that he was named the best gospel guitarist by Metronome magazine.

Small also toured with Sam Cooke and the Staples Singers.

Beginning in 1959, Small began playing the blues and recorded a single, “I Love You

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Like Sam Cooke said, ‘It’s been a long time coming, but a change is coming.’”

He said he enjoyed playing all different types of venues and both blues and gospel.

“You know the gospel singers would slip around and play the blues on Saturday night, then they’d sing spirituals at church on Sunday,” he said, laughing, adding “I love to make people laugh.”

Small spoke of his philosophy, expressed in aphorisms, which have come to be known

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as “Drinkisms.”

“I’m an old rapper,” he said in explanation. “You think you can beat me talking, you better start walking,” and perhaps the most important to him and his career, “Whatever you do, do it right.”

He said, “People don’t forget me: I’m Drink Small, just like a small drink.”

Last year, Gail Wilson-Giarratano’s biography, “Drink Small, the Life & Music of South Carolina’s Blues Doctor,” partially funded by the S.C. Arts Commission, was

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COMMENTARY

Improving black education Last summer’s Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed that while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black.

Some might Walter conclude that such a Williams statistic is evidence of hiring discrimination.

That’s a possibility, but we might ask what percentage of blacks met hiring qualifications on the civil service examination.

Are there hundreds of blacks in Ferguson and elsewhere who achieve passing scores on civil service examinations who are then refused employment? There is no evidence suggesting an affirmative answer to that question.

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, sometimes called the Nation’s Report Card, nationally, most black 12thgraders’ test scores are either basic or below basic in reading, writing, math and science.

“Below basic” is the score received when a student is unable to demonstrate even partial mastery of knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient work at his grade level.

“Basic” indicates only partial mastery. Put another way, the average black 12thgrader has the academic achievement level of the average white seventh- or eighthgrader. In some cities, there’s even a larger achievement gap.

Black students and their parents believe that their high-school diplomas are equivalent to those received by whites. Therefore, differences in employment or college admittance outcomes are likely to be seen as racial discrimination.

The fact of business is that if seventh- or eighth-graders of any race compete with 12th-graders of any race on civil service exams or the SAT, one should not be surprised by the outcome.

In terms of public policy, what to do?

It all depends on the assumptions, implicit or explicit, one makes about black mental competency.

If one assumes that blacks cannot academically compete with whites, the “solution” is to eliminate the “disparate” impact of civil service exams and college admittance requirements by dumbing them down or eliminating them in order to achieve “diversity.” I do not make that assumption, so then what to do?

Many black parents want a better education and safer schools for their children.

The way to deliver on that desire is to offer parents alternatives to poorly performing and unsafe public schools.

Expansion of charter schools is one way to provide choice. The problem is that charter school waiting lists number in the tens of thousands.

In Philadelphia, for example, there are 22,000 families on charter school waiting lists.

Charter school advocates estimate that nationally, over 1 million parents are on charter school waiting lists.

The National Education Association and its political and

‘New York City spent $20,331 per student in fiscal 2013.

Washington, D.C., spent $17,953, and Baltimore allocated $15,050.

Despite being among the nation’s highestspending school districts, their education quality is among the lowest.

Parents, given vouchers and choice, could do a far superior job in the education of their children — and at a cheaper cost.’ civil rights organization handmaidens preach that we should improve, not abandon, public schools. Such a position is callous deceit, for many of them have abandoned public schools.

Let’s look at it.

Nationwide, about 12 percent of parents have their children enrolled in private schools.

In Chicago, 44 percent of public-school teachers have their own children enrolled in private schools. In Philadelphia, it’s also 44 percent.

In Baltimore, it’s 35 percent, and in San Francisco, it’s 34 percent.

That ought to tell us something. Suppose I invite you to dine with me at a restaurant.

You find out that the restaurant’s chef doesn’t eat there and neither do the servers.

That suggests they have some inside information from which you could benefit.

Politicians who fight against school choice behave the way teachers do.

Fifty-two percent of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus who have school-age children have them enrolled in private schools. Thirty-seven percent of members of the House of Representatives and 45 percent of senators who have school-age children have them enrolled in private schools.

The education establishment says more money is needed, but more money does not produce higher quality.

New York City spent $20,331 per student in fiscal 2013.

Washington, D.C., spent $17,953, and Baltimore allocated $15,050.

Despite being among the nation’s highest-spending school districts, their education quality is among the lowest. Parents, given vouchers and choice, could do a far superior job in the education of their children — and at a cheaper cost.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2015, creators.com

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The wonderful world of reading I’m beyond pleased this weekend to have been chosen as a “Celebrity Reader” for Bay Minette’s annual Read Aloud Day, though I agree with Bay Minette City Attorney Scott Lewis Cliff that having McCollum me there is a stretch of the definition of a “celebrity.”

I’ve enjoyed reading my entire life, and encouraging children to read and love reading has always been a passion of mine, one instilled by my father.

My dad, the reigning Cliff McCollum, made a point to try to read to me every night, even when I got to the wonderfully precocious point of correcting his pronunciation of words.

He came and read to my class throughout my grade school years, earning him the status of “Cool Dad” within my peer group for years to come.

One of the many joys of working at my old newspaper, the Opelika Observer, usually happened a few times during each school year, when Editor Fred Woods would pop his head into my office and say those wonderful words: “You wanna go read at Darden with us tomorrow?”

For years now, Fred and other members of the Opelika Kiwanis Club have joined with Jean Dean Reading is Fundamental and the indomitable Cathy Gafford to read books and give out copies to the children at the Darden Head Start Program.

Gafford always warmed the kids up when we got there by telling them why all these strange looking

adults are barely fitting in the kids’ tiny chairs.

She let them come to us to pick out their book, the one we’ll put their name in and that they can then call their very own from then on.

For some, sadly, it might be the first book they own, or one of the only ones in their home.

Then, we’d split into groups and read the books with the kids, asking them to help us along as we read.

Young though these tykes may be, they have a wisdom and humor about them that is beyond their years.

Cases in point: Case I: Cliff is reading “Hattie and the Fox” one morning at Darden Head Start with three kids Cliff: What noise does a goose make?

Little girl: Mooooooooooo.

Cliff: Uh huh. And where did you meet this mooing goose?

Little girl: My grandmama got one.

(Well, that showed me, didn’t it?)

Case II: Cliff notices an interesting name inside of a kid’s book (Michael Jackson) as he’s attempting to read with him Cliff: Michael, do you know that there’s a famous singer who was named Michael Jackson?

Michael: Yeah, I’m named after him. He was the King of Thrillers!

Cliff: ... Yes. Yes, he was, son.

While events like these are supposed to be fun for the kids involved, I always found I’ve been able to get a good deal of joy out of the experience myself.

Encouraging reading in children is an investment that will pay dividends of knowledge throughout that child’s life, so why not start that account today?

‘I’ve enjoyed reading my entire life, and encouraging children to read and love reading has always been a passion of mine, one instilled by my father. My dad, the reigning Cliff McCollum, made a point to try to read to me every night, even when I got to the wonderfully precocious point of correcting his pronunciation of words.’

Cliff McCollum is an 80-year-old soul trapped in a 20-something body. He is an ordained minister and former community college professor who enjoys British literature and field herpetology.

He spends his spare time trying to show Vegans and vegetarians the error of their ways.

As managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. — he can be reached at cmccollum@ gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

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SUPPORT GROUPS AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA — Monday-Friday, noon and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

AA Women’s Meeting — Wednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

AA Spanish Speaking — Sunday, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

AA “How it Works” Group — Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 4945180.

441 AA Support Group — Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441.

AA Summerton Group — Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall.

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 4358085.

C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call Elizabeth Owens at (803) 607-4543.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763.

Find us on Facebook at Sumter Vitiligo Support.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869.

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — Every Tuesday, 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call Betty at (803) 469-2616 or Carol at (803) 469-9426.

Sumter Combat Veterans Groups — Every Tuesday, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits.

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital cafeteria, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital community meeting room, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Amputee Support Group — Fourth Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabili-

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EFMP Parent Exchange Group — Last Tuesday each month, 11 a.m.-noon, Airman and Family Readiness Center.

Support to service members who have a dependent with a disability or illness. Call Dorcus Haney at (803) 8951252/1253 or Sue Zimmerman at (803) 847-2377.

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha Willis at (803) 774-6181.

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 7753926 or Nancy at (803) 4694789.

Asthma Support Group — Every 1st Thursday, 6 p.m., Clarendon County School District 3 Parenting Center, 2358 Walker Gamble Road, New Zion. Call Mary Howard at (843) 659-2102.

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., McElveen Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 9057720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346.

Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Harmon at (803) 905-5620.

FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Every Friday, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family issues, etc.

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, 11:30 a.m. Call Kevin Johnson at (803) 778-0303.

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday, 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put emphasis EUGENIA LAST on selfimprovement, checking out new possibilities and discussing future prospects with someone you want to spend more time with. Short trips and physical activity will prompt you to alter your lifestyle.

toward better health. Consider treating yourself to a spa day or implementing a healthier diet or lifestyle. Your thirst for knowledge will encourage you to travel mentally, philosophically or physically. Change will bring you greater opportunities.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be restless and eager to bring about changes that you’ve been dreaming about for a long time. Do the legwork required to move into a position that will benefit you and help you reach long-term goals.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Talk to people who can offer insight into how to pursue something you want to do. Make an effort to contribute something unique to a charity or organization, but don’t overspend.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Indulge in something different, but not costly. Choose an activity that’s fun, creative and inspirational. Enforcing the right to freely express your feelings will bring about changes, but before you go down that path, consider the consequences.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Try to make a series of investments and improvements in order to achieve better stability and personal satisfaction. Love is in the stars.

Financial opportunities are heading your way. A romantic gesture will improve your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t make an impulsive move or decision. Not everyone will have your best interests at heart. Listen carefully and read the fine print.

Stick close to home and concentrate on self-improvements and your personal goals. Avoid a fast-talking sales pitch.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll learn a lot if you observe. Be patient and you will benefit. A partnership will allow you to use your skills to bring about positive changes.

Personal progress will be attainable if you take charge and do the work.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Size up a situation before you offer to lend a hand. Consider how much you can actually do to make things better and weigh the costs involved emotionally, financially and physically. Only proceed if the task is doable.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015

LOCAL TENNIS

Upgraded PPO set for most talented field yet Former No. 1 Juniors player top seed in $25,000 tourney

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com The Palmetto Pro Open has been upgraded from a $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit tennis tournament to a $25,000 one. With that comes an upgrade in the talent of the players field.

The PPO begins on Saturday at Palmetto Tennis Center and will run through Sunday, June 21. The tournament is free and open to the public.

“As far as the girls’ game goes, this is by far and away the strongest event that people in our city will get to see,” said PTC head profes-

sional Mark Rearden. “You can come out and watch the No. 130 player in the world and get right next to her court. You don’t have to stand way off to the side or get a cheap-seat sort of view. It’s free and you sit right there at the court and see either players on their way up or players who have been in that top area.”

The event will feature a 64-player qualifying draw that will become part of a 32-player singles main draw and there will also be a 16team doubles main draw.

Headlining the group is former No. 1 Juniors player in the world Taylor

Townsend, who is now ranked 130th in the world and is the No. 1 seed in the main draw. Townsend has participated in the last five Grand Slam events — advancing as far as the third round in the 2014 French Open.

Former No. 18 in the world and 1999 Wimbledon semifinalist Alexandra Stevenson, who also happens to be the daughter of Julius “Dr. J” Erving, is also in the main draw as is former 2014 PPO singles finalist Nadja Gilchrist and PPO doubles finalist Caitlin

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SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Brooke Austin, who won the Palmetto Pro Open in 2014, is a qualifier this year as the tournament has been upgraded from a $10,000 to $25,000 event and will have a much more talented pool of players competing at Palmetto Tennis Center beginning on Saturday.

LEGION BASEBALL

Watch & see P-15’s blank Hartsville behind 2-hit shutout from Jacob Watcher

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Jacob Watcher made his first appearance on the mound for the Sumter P-15’s a memorable one on Tuesday.

The right-hander tossed a 2-hit shutout, striking out 13 and not walking a batter as Sumter beat Hartsville Post 53 3-0 in an American Legion baseball game at Riley Park.

“I think that was the first time all season that the bench was 100 percent confident that three runs was going to win the game,” said P-15’s head coach Steve Campbell, whose team improved to 8-1 overall and 8-0 in League III. Watcher retired the first 11 batters he faced before seeing Hartsville’s Harrison Hawkins reach on an infield single with two outs in the fourth. Post 53, which dropped to 1-4 both overall and in league play, got its other hit from Hawkins as well, a 1-out single up the middle in the seventh.

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Sumter starting pitcher Jacob Watcher threw a 2-hit shutout to lead the P-15’s to a 3-0 victory over Hartsville on Tuesday at Riley Park.

Behind Wrenn’s complete-game gem, Jets top Manning for 1st win of season

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com DALZELL—Less than a week removed from playing in a fundraising game for his injured best friend, Dalzell-Shaw Post 175’s Andrew Wrenn had a 7-hit, complete-game performance to help the Jets their first victory of the season, a 2-1 win American Legion baseball victory over Manning-Santee Post 68 on Tuesday at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field.

“I couldn’t be any more proud of our guys,” said Dalzell-Shaw head coach Gene Durant, who team improved to 1-4 overall and 1-3 in League III. “They played like they are capable of playing, like I know they are capable of playing, and they didn’t make the mistakes that we’ve been making that’s been hurt-

ing us.”

Wrenn, who told assistant coach Matt Holloman he’d go nine innings prior to the game, DURANT delivered on his promise. He allowed just one run on seven hits while walking one and striking out a batter.

He allowed a run in the first inning, then pitched out of trouble with at least one runner on in every inning with the exception of the fourth.

Every time Wrenn got into trouble on the mound, he said Michal Hoge, his friend who was severely injured in a diving accident, was on his mind.

“Every time you saw me out there I’d draw a (number) 6 in the dirt and every time I was up at the plate I’d draw a 6 in the

dirt,” Wrenn said referring to Hoge’s uniform number. “The last thing I thought was Michal would be talking to me saying, ‘Come on, you got this buddy.’ I just looked up and said, ‘I love you Michal, here we go, stick with me right here.’ I just felt like he was in my heart honestly the whole time.”

Manning, which fell to 2-5, had a major threat in the top of the ninth. Tilton McRae singled with one out and went all the way to third on a 2-base throwing error by rightfielder Chad Jones. The next batter, Quinn Hipp, hit a ball to shortstop Josh Barnett and he threw McRae out at home for the second out.

The next two Manning batters reached to load the bases as Jesse Surette walked and

SEE JETS, PAGE B3

LOCAL RACING

Mintz grabs Monster Mini Stock series win

BY CODY TRUETT Special to The Sumter Item The Monster Mini Stock series came to Sumter Speedway on Saturday and Austin Mintz came away with the victory.

Mintz had the fasted qualifying time, but the top five cars were inverted, meaning Mintz started the race from the fifth position. Austin’s brother, Justin Mintz, started the feature from the pole position and led in the early stages.

Austin Mintz worked his way through the field quickly, taking over the lead within the first six laps of the 25-lap fea-

ture. After taking over the top spot, he found Banjo Duke and Travis Sharpe all over his back bumper, waiting for him to slip.

Austin Mintz held off the challenges and opened up a lead over the rest of the field as the race stayed green.

Mintz cruised on to pick up the win and the $1,500 payout.

Sharpe came home second with Justin Mintz third, Jamie Maddison fourth and Pete Brew fifth. Jason Hodge was sixth with Greg Brew seventh, Dustin Morris eighth, Taylor

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015

SPORTS ITEMS

Giants’ Heston tosses no-hitter against Mets NEW YORK — Chris Heston pitched a no-hitter in his 13th major league start, coming within three hit batters of a perfect game and leading the San Francisco Giants over the New York Mets 5-0 Tuesday night.

The 27-year-old rookie right-hander allowed just three baserunners, hitting Ruben Tejada and Lucas Duda with pitches in the fourth inning during a span of three pitches and plunking Anthony Recker leading off the ninth.

Heston (6-4) struck out 11, walked none and allowed just two balls into the outfield, flyouts by Wilmer Flores in the second inning and Michael Cuddyer in the seventh.

Brandon Crawford made a strong throw from deep at shortstop to get Eric Campbell for the final out of the eighth.

After throwing called third strikes in the ninth by pinch-hitter Danny Muno, Curtis Granderson and Tejada, Heston walked calmly off the mound toward home plate and was hugged by catcher Buster Posey.

CAVS LEAD 44-37 AT HALFTIME CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers are halfway to their first NBA Finals home victory.

Cleveland leads Golden State 44-37 at halftime of Game 3, behind LeBron James’ 13 points and nine rebounds.

The Cavaliers are again playing stellar defense, holding the Warriors to 34 percent shooting and again shutting down Stephen Curry.

The league MVP made his first shot, a 3-pointer, then missed his final five attempts. He was 5 for 23 in Game 2.

Game 3 has often been a pivotal one in the finals, with the team winning it when the series was tied 1-1 going on to win the championship 31 of 37 times.

LOUISVILLE EXTENDS PITINO’S CONTRACT TO 2025-26 SEASON LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville has extended coach Rick Pitino’s contract four years through the 2025-26 season.

The Cardinals are coming off their fifth NCAA Tournament regional final appearance in eight years, a stretch that has included the 2012 Final Four and the school’s third national championship the following year.

Pitino, 62, is 368-126 in 14 seasons at

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SCOREBOARD

Washington at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS

TV, RADIO

FINALS

TODAY

1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at New York Yankees or Miami at Toronto (MLB NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Germany vs.

United States from Cologne, Germany (FOX SPORTS 1).

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

6:30 p.m. – American Legion Baseball: Sumter at Hartsville (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHMFM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290).

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

7 p.m. – College Track and Field: NCAA Outdoor Championships from Eugene, Ore. (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Diego at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Finals Game Four – Tampa Bay at Chicago (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11:50 p.m. – International Soccer: U-20 World Cup Round-of-16 Match from Whangarei, New Zealand – Uzbekistan vs. Austria (FOX SPORTS 2).

3:20 a.m. – International Soccer: U-20 World Cup Round-of-16 Match from New Plymouth, New Zealand – Uruguay vs. Brazil (FOX SPORTS 1).

3:20 a.m. – International Soccer: U-20 World Cup Round-of-16 Match from Christchurch, New Zealand – Nigeria vs. Germany (FOX SPORTS 2).

5 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Lyoness Open First Round from Atzenbrugg, Austria (GOLF).

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

San Francisco starting pitcher Chris Heston threw a no-hitter on Tuesday during the Giants’ 5-0 victory against the New York Mets in New York.

Louisville and 722-254 in 30 seasons overall.

APPEALS PANEL OVERTURNS NASCAR PENALTY ON JOHNSON’S TEAM CONCORD, N.C. — An appeals committee has overturned the penalty levied against Jimmie Johnson’s team for receiving two consecutive written warnings.

The P1 penalty of last choice in pit selection for the next race was removed by the three-person panel that heard the Hendrick Motorsports appeal Tuesday.

The No. 48 team was warned at the All-Star Race for illegal modifications to the side skirt, and at the Coca-Cola 600 for needing too many attempts to pass prequalifying inspection.

The appeals ruled there was a “preponderance of evidence presented that the side skirt violation . did occur.’’

But it found there was “conflicting evidence’’ about the inspection violation.

From wire reports

New York Tampa Bay Toronto Boston Baltimore CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago WEST DIVISION Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

W 32 31 29 27 26

L 25 27 30 31 30

Pct .561 .534 .492 .466 .464

GB – 1 1/2 4 5 1/2 5 1/2

W 32 33 30 27 26

L 23 24 28 29 30

Pct .582 .579 .517 .482 .464

GB – – 3 1/2 5 1/2 6 1/2

W 34 30 28 25 23

L 25 27 29 32 36

Pct .576 .526 .491 .439 .390

GB – 3 5 8 11

2015 PPO PARTICIPANTS

FROM PAGE B1 Whoriskey and ‘09 PPO champion Petra Rampre.

The two most recent PPO champions are in the qualifying draw, defending champion and University of Florida player Brooke Austin and ’13 winner Jamie Loeb of University of North Carolina. Loeb is the current NCAA singles champion.

“From a $10,000 to $25,000 (tournament) that’s just the next level in terms of quality of player,” Rearden said.

“Jamie Loeb won our tournament one year, she’s a qualifier this year. Brooke Austin won

Usue Maitane Arconada (543) Alexandra Morozoa (546) Jennifer Elie (551) Carla Lucero (556) Mari Osaka (618) Jamie Loeb (646) Maria-Fernanda Alves (663) Alexa Graham (688) Petra Januskova (698) Michaela Gordon (708) Kelly Chen (711) Anne-Liz Jeukeng (781) Brooke Austin (801) Kaitlyn McCarthy (828) Dasha Ivanova (831) Brynn Boren (867) Flavia Guimaraes Bueno (882) Kylie McKenzie (908) Marie-Alexandre Leduc (989) Maria Shishkina (995) Beatrice Gumulya (1011) Sophie Chang (1141) Andie K. Daniell (1183) Jessica Golovin (1183) Mercedes Hammond (1219) Hayley Carter

Kayla Day Lauren Herring Mia Horvit Caroline Price Chloe Michele Ouellet-Pizer Marcela-Guimaraes Bueno Amy Yang Yolande Leacock Victoria Flores Julia Jones Emily J. Harman Yuliva Lysa Brooke Broda Claudia Wiktorin Ellen Perez JaCara Gilis Abigail Desiatnikov Jocelyn Ffriend Saraha Vargas Kristina Mathis Megen Cochran Salma Ewing Hadley Berg Cassie Mercer Ty Ana Williams Kennedy Wicker

it last year, she’s a qualifier this year.

“We’ve got former tournament winners in the qualifier trying to get in the main draw,” the PPO tournament director said. “They’re going to have to play through the qualifying into the main draw.”

Both the University of South Carolina and Clemson are represented in the qualifying.

Both Hadley Berg and Megen Cochran from USC will attempt to win a spot in the main draw along with Beatrice Gumulya of Clemson, a doubles All-American.

Timing proved to be everything in the tournament upgrade.

“There are different

levels of tournaments on the USTA circuit and there is $10,000, which we had last year, and then 25 (thousand) and 50 (thousand) and it just keeps jumping on up,” Rearden said. “(The USTA) likes the job we’re doing and we enjoy running the event so we had the opportunity to jump up to a $25,000 event and it also worked into our schedule in terms of when.

We had the opportunity to secure a 25K and we jumped up on it and it ended up being a good win for us and then for the USTA because they needed someone to take a spot and we eventually wanted to get a stronger tournament.”

MINTZ FROM PAGE B1 Geddings ninth and Duke 10th. Bubba Kolb was 11th, Gray Thompson 12th, Chris Cantrell 13th, Timmy Smith 14th and Nick Walker 15th.

Landon Jeffreys continued his dominance of the Extreme 4 division, picking up his fourth win of the season.

Luke Wilson was second with Mark Dean third, Bruce Den-

FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 1 Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 June 6: Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 3 Monday: Tampa Bay 3, Chicago 2 Today: Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Saturday: Chicago at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-June 15: Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-June 17: Chicago at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

WNBA STANDINGS

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

W 2 1 1 1 0 0

L 0 1 1 1 2 2

Toronto 11, Miami 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Houston 1 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 1

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

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

Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Miami (Koehler 4-3) at Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 5-4), 12:37 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 5-1), 1:05 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 4-5) at Baltimore (W.Chen 1-4), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-4) at Detroit (Greene 4-5), 7:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-5) at Tampa Bay (E. Ramirez 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 2-6) at Cleveland (Bauer 5-2), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Velasquez 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-6), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 4-4) at Minnesota (Gibson 4-3), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (Gallardo 5-6) at Oakland (Hahn 3-5), 10:05 p.m.

man fourth, John Ledwell fifth and Nick Oliva sixth.

Matt Lawson added another win in the Crate Late Model division, leading flag to flag.

Banjo Duke was second with Elliott Sanders third and TJ White fourth.

Robbie Disher and Shannon Munn put on a show for the fans in the Super Street feature. Munn initially took control of the race, but found a rear view mirror full

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

W 31 30 27 24 22

L 27 27 30 34 37

Pct .534 .526 .474 .414 .373

GB – 1/2 3 1/2 7 9 1/2

W 38 30 31 25 21

L 20 25 26 31 37

Pct .655 .545 .544 .446 .362

GB – 6 1/2 6 1/2 12 17

W 33 32 30 27 26

L 25 26 29 30 30

Pct .569 .552 .508 .474 .464

GB – 1 3 1/2 5 1/2 6

MONDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 0 Toronto 11, Miami 3 Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 4 San Diego 5, Atlanta 3, 11 innings Colorado 11, St. Louis 3 L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia (Williams 3-5) at Cincinnati (Moscot 0-1), 12:35 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 4-3) at Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 5-4), 12:37 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 5-1), 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Martinez 6-2) at Colorado (Bettis 2-0), 3:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 3-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 3-0), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-4) at Detroit (Greene 4-5), 7:08 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 3-5) at Atlanta (W.Perez 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (T.Hudson 3-5) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 6-3), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Hellickson 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 2-4), 10:10 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

San Diego at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m.

Colorado at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

of Disher as the race wound down. Disher pressured Munn lap after lap before finally taking over the top spot and the win.

Munn settled for second with Ken Appleton third, Adam Hill fourth and Justin Timmons fifth. Joey Ayers was sixth with Steven Bartlette seventh, Jackie Creech eighth, Greg Murphy ninth, Chris Sturkie 10th and Richard Burns 11th.

Minnesota Phoenix Seattle Tulsa Los Angeles San Antonio

W 2 1 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 0 1 1 1

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000

GB – 1 1 1 2 2

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .000

GB – 1/2 1/2 1 1 1/2 1 1/2

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Indiana at New York, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

THURSDAY’S GAMES

San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at New York, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL

MONDAY’S GAMES

Seattle at Cleveland, 12:10 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

(Number in parenthesis represents world ranking)

PPO

NHL PLAYOFFS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

THURSDAY’S GAMES

MAIN DRAW Taylor Townsend (130) Jennifer Brady (215) Mayo Hibi (221) Samantha Crawford (242) Lauren Embree (262) Caitlin Whoriskey (268) Chieh-Yu Hsu (280) Sanaz Marand (281) Carol Zhao (293) Petra Rampre (336) Heidi El Tabakh (357) Danielle Lao (386) Alexa Guarachi (403) Jan Abaza (409) Alexandra Stevenson (422) Nadja Gilchrist (451) Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios (487) Ashley Weinhold (489) Alexandra Mueller (498) Ellie Halbauer (499) QUALIFYING LIST Ingrid Nell (507) Jacqueline Cako (528) Rianna Valdes (533) Nicole Frenkel (538)

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 1, Cleveland 1 June 4: Golden State 108, Cleveland 100, OT June 7: Cleveland 95, Golden State 93, OT Tuesday: Golden State at Cleveland (late) Thursday: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Sunday: Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. x-June 16: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 19: Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL _ Suspended Baltimore Orioles minor league RHP Virgilio Encarnacion (Dominican Summer League) 72 games after testing positive for a metabolite of Nandrolone, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES _ Selected the contract of OF Nolan Reimold from Norfolk (IL).

Optioned LHP Cesar Cabral to Norfolk.

TAMPA BAY RAYS _ Placed RHP Jake Odorizzi on the 15-day DL. National League CHICAGO CUBS _ Agreed to terms with RHP Rafael Soriano on a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES _ Sent SS Justin Sellers to Bradenton (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS _ Sent RHP Matt Cain to Richmond (EL) for a rehab assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS _ Placed OF Matt Holliday on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Miguel Socolovich from Memphis (PCL).

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS _ Signed RHP Clay Chapman.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS _ Signed C Brandon Cummings and RHP Dylan Rucker.

JOPLIN BLASTERS _ Released INF Cie Arell.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS _ Signed RHPs Sean Keeler and Dan Child. Released RHP Zach Staniewicz and LHP Jared Gaynor.

ST. PAUL SAINTS _ Released RHP Alan Oaks.

WICHITA WINGNUTS _ Signed OF Joash Brodin. Released INFs Tyler Coughenour and Taylor Oldham.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES _ Signed LHP James Woods. Released LHP Jonathan Cornelius.

Atlantic LeagueLONG ISLAND DUCKS _ Signed INF Randy Ruiz.

Frontier League FRONTIER GREYS _ Signed C/1B Dillon Haput and RHP Nick McBride. Released INF Sam Montgomery.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES _ Signed OF Cody Livesay.

JOLIET SLAMMERS _ Signed INF Sam Klein and RHP Tyler Mpur. Released INF Adrian English.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS _ Signed C Steve Sulcoski. Released C Matt Hitt.

FOOTBALL

National Football League GREEN BAY PACKERS _ Signed OT Vince Kowalski.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS _ Signed DT Chrishon Rose.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS _ Released DB Eric Patterson.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS _ Agreed to terms with QB Tarvaris Jackson.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS _ Claimed P Spencer Lanning off waivers from Cleveland.

Waived P Andrew Wilder.

TENNESSEE TITANS _ Signed C Fernando Velasco. Placed CB Brandon Harris on injured reserve.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS _ Signed OT Bryce Quigley. Waived QB Hutson Mason.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS _ Named Jeff Blashill coach.

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR _ Announced an appeals committee overturned the penalty levied against Jimmie Johnson’s Hendrick Motorsports team for receiving two consecutive written warnings. The P1 penalty of last choice in pit selection for the next race was removed.

OLYMPIC SPORTS

AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL BOXING ASSOCIATION _ Fired executive director Ho Kim.

COLLEGE

CAMPBELL _ Named Dustin Fonder men’s soccer coach.

CANISIUS _ Named Kerrie James women’s assistant basketball coach and Kelly Kell director of women’s basketball operations.

COLUMBIA (MO.) _ Named Tracy Jex assistant track and field coach.

LOUISVILLE _ Signed men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino to a four-year contract extension through the 2025-26 season.

SAINT JOSEPH’S _ Announced the retirement of women’s track and field and cross country coach Kevin Quinn.

SHAW _ Named Joel Hopkins men’s basketball coach.

TENNESSEE _ Granted G Braxton Bonds a release from the men’s basketball team.

As the Stock V8 division continues to grow, Walter Anderson continued to be the man to beat, picking up another win in the feature.

Rusty Harrellson came home second with David Duke third, Jerry Knight fourth and Scott Upton fifth.

Grant Hill and William Disher battled it out in the Street Stock feature before car trouble sent Disher to the pits.

Hill inherited the lead and

cruised on to the win with Jody Truett second, Steven Bartlette third and Disher fourth.

Racing will continue on Saturday with racing in all divisions. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 7. Grandstand tickets are $10 for adults and pit passes are $20 for adults. Active duty military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge.

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Jets fall 15-2 to Lake City

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BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item DALZELL — As play began on Monday at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field, the American Legion baseball teams from Dalzell-Shaw and Lake City had a common goal.

Both were looking to break into the win column for the first time this season as Lake City Post 73 brought a 0-5 mark into the game while Post 175 was returning to the field after a week off following a 0-3 effort against League III rival Camden to open the season.

By the end of the night it was Post 73 putting up the “W” in the non-league contest with a 15-2 victory in seven innings.

Jets head coach Gene Durant, who had been encouraged by his team’s effort in a fundraiser game on Wednesday against a squad of Post 175 alums, said he was not concerned about ill effects associated with the early layoff. The game raised more than $8,000 to assist former Jets player Michal Hoge as Hoge continues to receive medical treatment in his recovery from injuries sustained in a diving accident last month.

“I think the layoff, if anything, should have helped us, because we worked really hard on some things that we were lacking on,” Durant said. “We had the benefit game here Wednesday night, and the guys seemed to be loose and playing with enthusiasm. I really felt good about coming out here tonight. I felt if we played a good, close, tight game with Lake City (we could build on that).”

Unfortunately, it was more of the same for Dalzell as pitching woes once again proved to be too much to overcome. Lake City’s 15 runs came with batters reaching on 12 walks, eight hits, four errors, three hit by pitches and three fielder’s choice grounders, including one that resulted in no outs and left the bases loaded in a 5-run sixth that saw Post 73 send 10 men to the plate.

“Your pitchers have got to throw strikes and get the ball across the plate,” Durant said.

“That’s all I ask them to do, to make therm put it in play. If we don’t make the plays, then we don’t make the plays. I think we gave up three earned runs total, and I was going over with our scorekeeper tonight and found that we gave up just six earned runs in our three games with Camden, which were all lopsided losses.

The rest of (the runs), we just absolutely gave it to them.

“Until our pitching can come around and somebody can step up to the plate and pitch for us, and our guys can start swinging the bat a little bit better, we’ve just got to keep working harder.

They’ve got what it takes to win. They’ve just got to get that victory.”

Dalzell-Shaw’s runs came in the bottom of the sixth as Eric Lisenby reached on an infield error and came around after a Lenny Gonzalez single and Andrew Wrenn sacrifice fly to left. Gonzalez scored as Brendan Miller reached on another infield miscue.

Lake City got the early jump as Dalzell starter Ryan Miller struggled to find the strike zone in the first inning. After leadoff batter Ken Parker was caught looking at a third strike, William Long reached on a bunt single before being retired on a Chris Smith grounder. Smith took second as Chris Godwin was hit by a Ryan Miller pitch. Walks to Drew Welch, Whit Tangway and Jacob Hill forced Smith and Godwin home for a 2-0 Post 73 lead.

Post 73 added five runs in the top of the third as Ingram surrendered three hits, walked one and saw another reach on an infield error. Parker drove home two with a single ahead of an RBI double from Long.

Post 175 had two on with one out in the fourth before Tangway pitched out of the jam unscathed.

Parker walked following a Bright single to open the Lake City fifth and came home after a sacrifice bunt, a fielder’s choice and two hit batters, pushing the lead to 8-0.

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Sumter shortstop Javon Martin makes a throw across the diamond during the P-15’s 3-0 victory over Hartsville on Tuesday at Riley Park.

LEAGUE III STANDINGS League Overall W L Pct. GB W L Sumter 8 0 1.000 8 1 Camden 3 1 .750 3 3 1 G. Creek 1 3 .250 5 1 3 Dalzell 1 3 .250 5 1 4 Manning 2 5 .286 5 1/2 2 5 Hartsville 1 4 .200 5 1/2 1 4

MONDAY’S GAMES

Sumter 15, Hartsville 3 Lake City 15, Dalzell-Shaw 2 Goose Creek 6, Camden 5

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Sumter 3, Hartsville 0 Dalzell-Shaw 2, Manning-Santee 1

TODAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee at Lake City, 7 p.m.

Goose Creek at Camden, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Dalzell-Shaw at Manning-Santee, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Lake City at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Dalzell-Shaw at Orangeburg, 7:30 p.m.

Camden at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAME

Manning-Santee at Camden, 2 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Rockdale, Ga. at Manning-Santee (DH), noon

JUNIOR LEGION SCHEDULE FRIDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Manning-Santee Manning at South Florence No. 2

TUESDAY’S GAME

JETS FROM PAGE B1 Austin Atkinson reached on an error, but Wrenn got Jared Hair to pop out to end the game.

“Andrew Wrenn just pitched a heck of a ball game tonight,” Durant said.

“He battled and never gave up. He told me he was going to give me nine innings tonight, and it’s been a long time since I’ve had a pitcher give me nine innings and stay right at 100 pitches. He just did an outstanding job, but I can’t say enough about all the guys.”

The two teams will meet again on Thursday at Monarch Field in Manning beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Jets took a 2-1 lead on Christian Buford’s 2-out 2-run single in the third.

Manning-Santee had runners thrown out trying to score the potential tying run in the sixth, seventh and ninth innings.

“I pitched off of my changeup in college (at The Citadel) and that’s the way I started tonight,” Watcher said. “I went through the order doing that and then I started challenging them with my fastball. I was spotting my fastball and I was able to keep them off balance.”

Watcher didn’t hit his strikeout groove until the final five innings. He struck out nine in that stretch, including whiffing the side around Hawkins seventh-inning single.

Watcher retired Grant Thompson, Caleb Peach and Jared Ball each three times by strikeout.

“I just felt really good out there,” said Watcher, whose last pitching performance came for The Citadel in the Southern Conference tournament at the end of May. “That’s the way it is when you’re throwing strikes with all three pitches.”

Hartsville starting pitcher Maliki Mack wasn’t able to match Watcher pitch for pitch, but he had a strong performance as well to help the game be completed in less than two hours.

Mack, a slim righty, only struck out one

“We can’t do what we did tonight,” Post 68 head coach G.G. Cutter said. “That’s just dumb base running, that’s all it is.”

Manning-Santee starter Tommy King also pitched well. He allowed two runs, none earned, on five hits.

He struck out nine while walking two and hitting a batter.

“I thought Tommy (King) pitched well and we should’ve won the game,” he said. “(Andrew Wrenn) pitched well, but they got two unearned runs and that was just it.”

Post 68 played with nine guys as five were missing due to prior commitments.

Manning opened with a 1-0 lead on a fielder’s choice but Dalzell-Shaw tied the game thanks to an error allowing Eric Lisenby to score. Lisenby and Lenny Gonzalez hit consecutive 1-out singles then Christian Buford hit a groundball to third base that

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batter, but he limited the P-15’s to six hits while walking four. He also took advantage of Post 53 rolling two double plays.

“He didn’t throw with as much velocity as some of the pitchers we’ve been facing,” Campbell said of Mack. “He had us hitting off of our front foot. We didn’t let the baseball get deep in the strike zone.”

The P-15’s got all of their runs in one inning, finally breaking through against Mack in the fifth.

Daquan Ingram led off with his first hit with the P-15’s. Drew Talley put down a bunt to advance Ingram, but ended up legging it out for a hit. Dawson Price followed by ripping a double to the gap in right-center field to score both Ingram and Talley.

Price scored on a passed ball with two outs for the third run.

Price was the only Sumter player with two hits.

“Dawson is really hitting the ball for us right now,” Campbell said of Price, who is 13-for-30 on the season.

Sumter travels to Kelleytown today to face Hartsville in the final game of the 3-game series. First pitch is at 7 p.m. at Jimmy White Park.

Manning’s Eric Johnson bobbled allowing Lisenby to tie the game.

Post 68 took an early 1-0 lead on a fielder’s choice after just two batters. Hair and Eric Johnson hit backto-back singles. Hair stole second base then was rounding third on Johnson’s single when Jets’ first baseman Buford cut off the throw from the outfield.

Hair delayed his route to the plate, eventually beat Buford’s throw home to score the game’s first run.

Dalzell-Shaw took its first lead of the season in the bottom of the third and it came on a Christian Buford 2-out RBI single giving the Jets a 2-1 lead. Rod Lee hit a leadoff double, Lenny Gonzalez reached on a 1-out walk, and after a Jones groundout to first, Buford came through with the clutch hit under the glove of Manning first baseman Atkinson.

Manning-Santee at Lake City, 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAME

Manning at Sumter, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Camden, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee at Manning (at Monarch Field), 6:30 p.m.

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TEAM PERSEVERANCE REGISTRATION

BASEBALL DIAMOND PRO CAMP

The Diamond Pro Instructional Baseball Camp will be held Monday through Thursday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

The camp will be under the direction of Frankie Ward, Joe Norris, Barry Hatfield and Robbie Mooneyham. The cost is $60. The camp is open to boys ages 7-14 and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day.

For more information, contact Ward at (803) 7204081, Norris at (803) 934-6670 or Hatfield at (803) 236-4768.

COKER COLLEGE CAMP

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Jack Nicklaus, left, is getting asked as many questions as ever about Tiger Woods, but it centers more on what is wrong with Woods’ game as opposed to whether Woods had a chance to break Nicklaus’ record for major wins.

Nicklaus talks Tiger, but questions have changed

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nicklaus gets asked more about Tiger Woods than he ever did about the golf ball.

The only difference is the nature of the question.

For the longest time, it used to be, “Do you think Tiger will break your record in the majors?’’ Now it has become, “What’s wrong with Tiger?’’

The answer is the same.

Nicklaus really doesn’t know.

Woods might not, either.

Nicklaus was in the broadcast booth at the Memorial on Saturday afternoon watching the highlights — really, the lowlights — of Woods posting a career-high 85 on a Muirfield Village course where he has won five times. There was a mixture of sympathy and surprise.

“I don’t have an answer for it, an explanation,’’ Nicklaus said. “I’m sure that he probably doesn’t, either. I think he’ll get it back, though. I still

do. I think he’s just too focused. He’s too hard a worker and he’s got such a great work ethic.’’

What did anyone expect Nicklaus to say?

It’s not much different from all those years when Nicklaus was asked if Woods was going to break his record of 18 majors. Nicklaus kept saying he thought it would happen until one day he posed his own question back to the audience. Could they imagine what kind of headlines Nicklaus would create if he ever said anything else? It was a subtle suggestion to stop asking, not that it worked.

What caused the question to go away was Woods.

Can anyone remember the last time Nicklaus was asked whether his record in the majors was safe?

Woods hasn’t won a major in seven years. He hasn’t won anything in nearly two years.

He has as many rounds in the 80s and the 60s this season. A world ranking of No. 181.

Winning a major? Some younger players, unaware of the 10-year exemption for winning a U.S. Open, have been asking how Woods was exempt to Chambers Bay next week.

Nicklaus was asked about Woods during the telecast on the weekend. He was asked about him during a radio interview. Most awkward was Sunday morning, when the best players of each college division were honored with the Jack Nicklaus Award.

They were sitting on a stage with Nicklaus when he was asked if he could ever relate to what Woods was facing, and the college kids also were asked to weigh in.

“I don’t want to relate to it,’’ Nicklaus said, “and I don’t think they do, either.’’

Comparisons between Nicklaus and Woods are inevitable because their records are similar, and so Nicklaus was asked about his own little slump when he was the same age as Woods is now.

AUTO RACING

Gratifying win for Tuex after dealing with series of setbacks

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE — It’s never come easy for Martin Truex Jr., a journeyman driver who has never found the success he hoped to have at NASCAR’s highest level.

Oh, it was fun a decade ago when a friendship with Dale Earnhardt Jr. led to a fulltime ride in NASCAR’s second-tier series. Driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc., Truex won 12 races in two years and back-to-back championships in what’s now called the Xfinity Series.

It earned him a promotion to the big leagues with DEI just about the same time the organization was heading into a downward spiral. He headed into that 2006 season with high hopes, but nothing materialized through four bumpy seasons.

Truex never publicly complained. He quietly went about his business and tried to do his job to the best of his ability.

That professionalism got him to Michael Waltrip Racing, where he faced a fair share of speedbumps but seemed to have turned a corner with a strong summer that qualified him for NAS-

Martin Truex Jr., right, has overcome a series of setbacks in recent years, including health issues for girlfriend Sherry Pollex.

CAR’s championship with a big performance in the final qualifying race.

And then it was gone.

Truex found himself the involuntary participant in a cheating scandal that rocked NASCAR on the eve of its 10race championship series.

NASCAR found that MWR used its two other cars to manipulate the finish of the race to ensure Truex earned a spot in the Chase field.

As punishment to MWR, Truex was kicked out of the Chase. His sponsor bailed

soon after, and MWR had to let Truex go in a wave of layoffs after the scandal decimated the organization. On the cusp of a turnaround one minute, out of a job the next.

That was nothing compared with what came next.

Truex and longtime girlfriend Sherry Pollex were moving toward starting a family when Pollex was diagnosed last year with ovarian cancer. Her fight for her life has made everything on the track seem trivial for Truex.

The Coker College Skills & Drills Summer Baseball Camp will be held June 15-19 at Tom J. New Field in Hartsville.

The five sessions will be held from 9:30 a.m. until noon. The camp will be devoted to pitching, hitting, bunting and base running.

The camp is open to players ages 6-17 and the cost is $75 for the week. Participants will need to provide their own bats and gloves.

All other equipment will be furnished by the camp.

Each camp participant will receive a camp t-shirt.

The camp will be conducted by Coker head coach Dave Schmotzer.

Campers can register online at www.cokercobras. com/information/camp/ index, or register on the morning of June 15.

For more information, call (843) 383-8105, or send an email to dschmotzer@ coker.edu.

Team Perseverance Basketball is now registering boys and girls ages 8-18 for its offseason travel program.

For more information, contact coach Junko Allen at (803) 795-5513, or by email at coachj_perseverance@ yahoo.com.

TENNIS PTC/WILSON HALL CAMP

The Wilson Hall/PTC Summer Tennis Camp will be held June 22-26 at Palmetto Tennis Center.

The camp is open to boys and girls ages 5-13. The cost for the camp is $125 per player.

The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day with a pizza party scheduled for June 27 at 11 a.m.

Registration forms must be turned in by noon on June 20.

For more information, call (803) 774-3969 or go to www.palmettotenniscenter. com.

FOOTBALL POP WARNER REGISTRATION

BASKETBALL

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.

EVRIK GARY SKILLS CLINIC

OFFICIATING CLASSES

The Evrik Gary Skills Clinic will be held July 8-9 at Laurence Manning Academy’s Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

The 2-day, 4-workout clinic is open to boys who will be rising to the 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.

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.

MILES ENTERTAINMENT GAME

The Miles Entertainment Basketball Game featuring Phillip “Hot Sauce” Champion will be held on Saturday at the Sumter High School gymnasium.

Pregame warm-ups and an autograph session will run from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. with the game scheduled to start at 5.

Admission is $10 per person.

SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

Sumter Christian School will host three more basketball clinics over two months at the school’s gymnasium.

The clinics are for grades 3-6 on June 22-26, 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, will be ran by SCS coaches Bobby Baker and Tom Cope at a cost of $45

GOLF VOLUNTEER TEACHERS NEEDED

The Sumter chapter of the Christian Golfers’ Association is looking for volunteers for its Junior Golf Program.

The camp runs for four weeks during June and July.

For more information, call (803) 773-2171 or (803) 983-3457.

9-HOLE CAPTAIN’S CHOICE

The Links at Lakewood golf course is hosting a 9-hole Captain’s Choice event every Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

The cost is $25 per player and includes a steak dinner, a cart and prizes.

To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 5 p.m. the day of the event.

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

France edges England 1-0 MONCTON, New Brunswick — Eugenie Le Sommer scored her first Women’s World Cup goal and France beat England 1-0 on Tuesday in rainy Moncton.

Le Sommer scored her 45th career international goal in the 29th minute.

Gaetane Thiney forced a turnover by England and Le Sommer won the loose ball, took two touches and hammered in a shot.

Le Sommer sent a shot directly at the keeper in the 46th minute and sailed a side volley over the goal in the 56th.

COLOMBIA 1 MEXICO 1 MONCTON, New Brunswick — Daniela Montoya’s booming goal from outside the penalty box in the 82nd minute helped Colombia recover for a 1-1 draw.

SPAIN 1 COSTA RICA 1

MONTREAL — Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno’s first-half goal gave Costa Rica a 1-1 draw against Spain in the Cup debut for both countries.

From wire reports

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4 Tigers, 2 Gamecocks selected on second day FROM STAFF REPORTS

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TCU’s Garrett Crain, right, scores the winning run as Texas A&M catcher Michael Barash applies the late tag during the 16th inning of the Horned Frogs’ 5-4 super regional victory on Monday in Fort Worth, Texas.

TCU back in Omaha after 16-inning marathon win

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — After 16 innings, 547 pitches and a gutsy game-ending play by a senior who has been there before, TCU is back in the College World Series for the second year in a row.

The Horned Frogs needed a marathon finish to beat Texas A&M 5-4 early Tuesday, a week after overcoming a seven-run deficit after two outs in the eighth against North Carolina State just to advance to the NCAA super regional.

“It’s amazing the resiliency that this team has,’’ said Garrett Crain, who right at 1 a.m. scored the winning run from second base when a ball trickled just beyond the edge of the infield.

Crain had a 10-pitch walk to start the 16th before advancing on a wild pitch. Aggies third baseman Ronnie Gideon then made a nice backhanded stab to keep Evan Skoug’s two-out hard chopper from going down the line. But Crain kept running, through a coach’s stop sign, when the ball fell out of his glove.

Gideon’s one-hop throw skipped by the plate before Crain slid in, sending TCU (49-13) to the College World Series for the third time in six seasons.

“I think one of the greatest college baseball games ever, had to be, considering what was on the line,’’ TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle said after 5 hours and 55 minutes to fill the eighth and final spot in Omaha.

Texas A&M coach Rob Childress described that agonizing final play as feeling like it was in slow motion.

“If you’re a baseball fan, you couldn’t ask for anything more. Game 3 of a super regional to get to Omaha goes

By The Associated Press At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination x-if necessary

SATURDAY

Game 1 -- Arkansas (40-23) vs. Virginia (37-22), 3 p.m.

Game 2 -- Florida (46-19) vs. Miami (49-15), 8 p.m.

SUNDAY

Game 3 -- TCU (51-13) vs. LSU (5310), 3 p.m.

Game 4 -- Cal State Fullerton (39-23) vs. Vanderbilt (47-19), 8 p.m.

JUNE 15

Game 5 -- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 6 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 8 p.m.

JUNE 16

Game 7 -- Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 8 -- Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m.

JUNE 17

Game 9 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 8 p.m.

JUNE 18

Game 10 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 8 p.m.

JUNE 19

Game 11 -- Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.

Game 12 -- Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m.

JUNE 20

x-Game 13 -- If Game 9 winner also wins game 11, TBD x-Game 14 -- If Game 10 winner also wins Game 12, TBD

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-3) June 22: Teams TBD, 8 p.m.

June 23: Teams TBD, 8 p.m. x-June 24: Teams TBD, 8 p.m.

16 innings,’’ Childress said.

“It just breaks my heart that it had to end the way it did.’’

With the Frogs set to play LSU on Sunday, here are a few things to know about their super regional clincher:

SUDDENLY CAN’T CLOSE Record-setting TCU closer Riley Ferrell struggled again.

With a 4-2 lead to start the ninth, he hit the first Aggies batter, walked the next, and

both eventually scored. In the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments, the hard-throwing righty has allowed nine runs (seven earned) with three blown saves while recording only six outs in five appearances.

“He’s the best that’s ever walked on this campus at that position, the guy’s had a couple of bad days,’’ Schlossnagle said. “I’m not giving up on him, not for one second.’’

Ferrell has 14 saves, one short of his school record set last season, and was picked by Houston in the third round (79th overall) of baseball’s amateur draft Tuesday.

EASY AS 1-3-2 TCU’s Skoug almost ended the game with the bases loaded in the 14th, with a liner that struck pitcher Ryan Hendrix on the arm and ribs before ricocheting toward first base. G.R. Hinsley, in his first inning in the field, grabbed the ball and threw home for the force out.

“A super heads-up play to extend the game,’’ Childress said. “You don’t see a 1-3-2 very often.’’

CLEMSON — Four current Tigers and one Clemson signee were selected on the second day of the Major League Baseball draft on Tuesday Junior lefthander Zack Erwin and junior infielder Tyler Krieger were both picked in the ERWIN fourth round, while junior outfielder Steven Duggar and junior lefty Matthew Crownover were both chosen in the sixth round.

Clemson’s four top-10round selections tied for sixth most among Division I schools.

Jalen Miller was drafted in the third round (No. 95 overall pick) by the San Francisco Giants. Miller, an infielder from Atlanta, Ga., who attended Riverwood International Charter School, joined Cornelius Randolph, who was chosen with the No. 10 overall pick by the Phillies on Monday, as Tiger signees picked in the first three rounds.

Erwin was the first current Tiger selected, as he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox with the No. 112 overall pick. He was 7-4 with a 3.04 ERA in 106 2/3 innings pitched over 17 appearances (16 starts) in 2015. Erwin also had 92 strikeouts against only 16 walks, as his 5.75 strikeoutto walk ratio (No. 2) and 1.35 walks per nine innings pitched (No. 3) were both top-three marks in school history.

Krieger was drafted by the Cleveland Indians with the No. 124 overall selection. In 2015, he batted .339 with 41 RBI and led the team in on-base percentage (.448) and steals (14) on his way to earning SecondTeam All-ACC honors for the second year in a row.

Duggar was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the No. 186 overall pick. He earned ThirdTeam All-ACC honors for the second year in a row in 2015 after hitting .304 with 56 runs, five homers, 43 RBI, a .432 on-base percentage, 54 walks and 10 steals.

Duggar has started all 184 games of his Clemson career.

Crownover rounded out the Tigers’ day-two picks when he was drafted by the Washington Nationals with the No. 194 overall selection. In 2015, he was a firstteam All-American and was named ACC Pitcher-ofthe-Year. Crownover was 10-3 with a 1.82 ERA and .183 opponents’ batting average in 109 innings pitched over 16 starts. His 1.82 ERA was the best mark by a Tiger since 1998 and the best mark by a Tiger starter since 1977, while his 108 strikeouts were the most by a Tiger since 1996.

South Carolina had two players selected on day two.Senior first baseman Kyle Martin was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round and was the No. 114 overall selection.

A second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and a first-team All-SEC honoree, Martin led the Gamecocks in all three Triple Crown categories batting .350 (71-for-203) with 14 homers and 56 RBI. He also scored 50 runs, tallied 12 doubles, tripled twice and stole 11 bases.

Martin had a .455 on-base percentage and a .635 slugging mark. Martin had 14 multi-RBI games for the season. Martin also became the 28th player in school history to reach the 200-hit total.

Junior left-handed pitcher Jack Wynkoop was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 6th round and was the No. 167th overall selection.

Wynkoop went 8-5 with a 3.27 ERA with 16 appearances and 14 starts. Wynkoop pitched a team-high 104 1/3 innings and struck out 86 batters with just 14 walks. Wynkoop became the 23rd pitcher in school history to reach the 20-win total.

Wynkoop currently ranks 17th all-time in career wins with 22 in his 3-year career.

In league games, Wynkoop was 5-3 in league play with a save and a 3.57 ERA vs. SEC teams as well as 59 strikeouts to eight walks in 70 2/3 innings.

BY THE NUMBERS 1st — career homer for TCU freshman Connor Wanhanen, a 2-run shot in the sixth that put TCU up 4-1.

8 — innings that TCU had a runner at second base with one or no outs without scoring before the 16th.

8 — seniors on TCU’s roster, five of them everyday starters.

12 — pitchers used (five Aggies, seven Frogs).

25 — strikeouts by Texas A&M, the most ever for TCU pitchers in a game (previous record was 19).

50 — Wins by Texas A&M, for the first time since 1999.

The 50th win was 2-1 in 10 innings Sunday to force the deciding third game.

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Blackhawks must draw on history, experience to climb back into series

BY JAY COHEN The Associated Press CHICAGO — Jonathan Toews remembers his first postseason series in 2009, and the emotions that went along with each game.

These days, the playoffs are a much different experience for the Chicago captain.

There was no panic for Toews and company on Tuesday, a day after a 3-2 loss to steady Tampa Bay shoved Chicago into a 2-1 deficit in the Stanley Cup Final. No outward display of frustration.

Trying for their third NHL title in six seasons, the Blackhawks expected a fight

Bay captain Steven Stamkos said. “Obviously they have the experience. But we’re going through it. Like I said a couple minutes ago, you have to go through these situations to gain that experience. We seem to rise to the occasion every round.’’

The Lightning jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second round against Montreal, and then dropped two in a row before eliminating the Canadiens with a 4-1 win in Game 6. They headed home with a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers, and then had to return to Madison Square Garden for a 2-0 victory in Game 7.

— and the skilled Lightning are delivering just that on every level.

“If you don’t want that challenge, if you don’t want that spotlight almost, then you shouldn’t be here,’’ Toews said. “I think we all work for that. We want to play those important games.’’

One of those important games is coming up on Wednesday night. The Lightning have clamped down on Toews and Patrick Kane, limiting the high-scoring duo to a single point in the series, and can grab control of the final with their fifth straight road win in Game 4.

“This is going to be a good test for this group,’’ Tampa

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Tampa Bay’s Ondrej Palat celebrates after scoring a goal during the third period of the Lightning’s 3-2 victory over Chicago on Monday in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final in Chicago. Tampa Bay took a 2-1 series lead.

Lightning’s road success becoming key to title hopes

BY GREG BEACHAM AP Hockey Writer CHICAGO — Thousands of fans crowded Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa to watch Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, braving both rain and 92-degree Florida heat while celebrating another victory for the Tampa Bay Lightning more than 1,000 miles to the north.

The way their team is playing on the road, those fans might hope the Lightning don’t come home until they’ve got the Stanley Cup. Tampa Bay has won four straight road games by a combined 13-4, the culmination of a remarkable turnaround for a subpar regular-season road team. The Lightning are 8-3 on the road in the postseason, with a chance to add a ninth win in Game 4 tonight.

Tampa Bay’s road transformation is the type of development that wins championships, even while the players doing it can’t explain why.

“I’m not sure if we know exactly the one detail,’’ forward Brendan Morrow said Tuesday. “If we did, we’d do it at home, too. It could be a combination of a lot of things. But maybe when we get on the road, there may be isn’t as much focus, because we can’t have it, on matchups. We just go out and play. We’re a team that when we have no hesitation to our game, we’re very successful. So that could be part of it. You turn off the thinker a little bit.’’

If the Lightning aren’t thinking, it’s working wonders _ particularly lately.

They took three in a row from the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in the Eastern Conference Finals last month before staring down Chicago and its raucous, anthem-cheering fans to seize Game 3 on Cedric Paquette’s

late goal.

The Lightning have already compiled the best playoff road record in franchise history, and they’re two wins shy of the Los Angeles Kings’ NHL-record 10 road victories during their 2012 Stanley Cup run.

This is the same team that went a pedestrian 18-16-7 away from Amalie Arena during the regular season. The Lightning had the fewest road wins among the 16 playoff teams — and fewer than Columbus, Dallas and San Jose, who all missed the postseason.

“The way we’ve been able to play on the road, I think, has been the thing that’s impressed us, and probably a lot of people,’’ captain Steven Stamkos said. “We didn’t have a great record during the season on the road. That was something a lot of people talked about. It’s just our willingness to play that tight checking game — knowing that if there’s limited scoring chances, we have the talent and the depth. If we get those one or two at the end, we can find a way.’’

While remarkable, the Lightning’s transformation isn’t without playoff precedent. The 2012 Kings also weren’t an impressive road team in the regular season, winning just 18 games — but when they sneaked into the playoffs as the eighth seed, they rattled off 10 consecutive road wins while rampaging to their first title.

Stamkos and defenseman Victor Hedman are the only two Tampa Bay players left from the last roster to make a significant playoff run, losing the Eastern Conference Finals in 2011. The playoffs’ progressively bigger stages can be intimidating to newcomers — or they sometimes don’t know they’re supposed to be intimidated by the Blackhawks and their wild fans.

OBITUARIES CALVIN E. BURGESS SR. PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Calvin Eugene Burgess Sr., 58, died on May 30, 2015, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur.

He was born on March 26, 1957, in Manning, a son of Edith Howard Burgess and the late Roland Lee Burgess Sr. The family will begin receiving friends on Thursday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the home of his mother, 2211 William Gibbons Road, Turbeville.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral

Home LLC of Manning.

ANTHONY G. JACKSON Anthony George Jackson, 58, died on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at his residence in Sumter.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late George Jr. and Lavern Asbury Jackson.

The family will receive friends at the Jackson residence, 106 Carver St. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

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On May 29, 2015, Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC (DCG) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in Docket No. CP15-504-000, an Abbreviated Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, for authorization to construct, install, own, operate, and maintain certain facilities located in South Carolina that comprise the Columbia to Eastover Project. DCG seeks authorization for this project by December 1, 2015. The details of this proposal are more fully set forth in the application that is on file with the FERC and open to public inspection.

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Specifically, DCG seeks FERC authorization of its “Columbia to Eastover Project,” pursuant to which DCG will provide 18,000 dekatherms per day (Dt/d) of firm natural gas transportation service.

The facilities required for this service and proposed in the application to consist of 28 miles of new 8” pipeline originating at the DAK Americas, LLC facility in Calhoun County, South Carolina and terminating at the new metering and regulating station with the IP plant in Richland County South Carolina.

The filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits (CP15-504) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676.

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Second Nature has been playing concerts, festivals, private parties and special events around the Southeast for decades. Keyboardist and manager Tommie “TJ” James, back row center, is an original member of the group started by a group of former Sumter High School classmates. One of the most popular variety/beach music bands, the eight musicians and vocalists will open the 4th Fridays on Main concert series on June 26.

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Whether it’s line dancing, the shag, the foxtrot, even the cha cha or other dance forms, this group can play them all, as they’ll demonstrate on June 26 when they open the 2015 season of 4th Fridays on Main.

Longtime Sumter fans remember when Second Nature got its start by a group of young musicians who graduated from Sumter High School in 1962. Of course, Tommie “TJ” James, Hank Martin, Buzz Arledge and Charles Stafford played together and separately in myri-

ad other bands — The Sensational Epics, The Cobras, The Marquis, The Duprees, The Nomads, The Villages, The Footnotes and others — before reuniting in 1971 as Second Nature, joined by Archie Jordan and Columbia’s Tom Graham.

James, keyboardist, vocalist and now manager, is the only one still with the band, but he’s got an impressive roster of versatile musicians and vocalists, most of whom have been with Second Nature for many years. They are Lee Kornegay, trumpet, flugel horn, keyboards; April Amick, lead vocals; Kenny Cutler, bass guitar and vocals; Larry Kelly, lead vocals; Belton Caughman, guitar, vocals; Buzzy Deas, drums; John Miranda, sax, flute and vocals.

In 2008, the group received the Leighton Grantham Award from Beach Music Association International for its continuous and significant contributions to beach music. James, who was inducted into the Carolinas Beach Music Hall of Fame in 2004, also writes music. In 1982, he collaborated with Warren Moise and General Johnson to record the first-ever Christmas song to

be written, arranged and recorded as a seasonal, “shag-danceable beach music” song. “Christmas, The Best Time of the Year” was a big hit on Surfside Records and can be heard on Second Nature’s CD called “Southern Soul Christmas, Vol. 2” from 4TH FRIDAYS ON 120 Inc. MAIN SCHEDULE Records & • June 26 — Second Nature KHP • July 24 — Root Doctors Music.

The • Aug. 28 — U-neek Flavur band’s ex• Sept. 25 — Darrell Harwood tensive • Oct. 23 — Mystic Vibrations playlist includes songs by artists from the Black-Eyed Peas, Rolling Stones, Wilson Pickett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, to the Drifters, Rod Stewart, Etta James, Glenn Miller, Eric Clapton, Patsy Cline and many more. Expect to hear several originals, too.

Second Nature has played for all of Downtown Sumter’s outdoor festivals, including the original Sumter@Six at the Brody Pavilion and Downtown Fri-

day Nights, always to big crowds.

On the fourth Friday of each month through October, downtown Sumter will present a different band, and Downtown Development Coordinator Leigh Newman said there will be more diversity in the genres of music.

“The Josh Brannon Band (a country rock group) was very popular last year,” she said, “so we’ll have a country band one month. We have also booked a reggae band.”

The Root Doctors, who perform on July 24, play a variety of music that includes pop, rock, jazz, gospel, rap and funk sounds. August’s band, U-neek Flavur, plays R&B, rock, beach, rap, top 40, jazz and old-school funk. The Darrell Harwood Band plays country music.

More details about each band will be provided shortly before each performance.

4th Fridays on Main will be presented from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on the green space across from Sumter Opera House. Admission is free to the public. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Bring your own seating for these family friendly concerts.

Wagner’s ‘more than a Bionic Woman’

BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks

co just at the Guatemalan border,” she recalled. “At first light, Anthony would jog 5 This summer, one of the hot- miles every morning and come bounding into the breakfast test actresses to emerge from area nagging and shaming all the 1970s will be appearing on these much younger actors stage in “More than a Bionic about not being out there with Woman: An Evening with him.”

Lindsay Wagner.”

But it was her Emmy award“I’ll be sharing anecdotes winning role as TV’s favorite and stories from behind the scenes in my career and show- female semi-cyborg in “The Bionic Woman” that brought her ing clips and photos from my great acclaim, although her personal collection,” Wagner said from her California home. Jaime Sommers character was only planned as a two-part “So it should be a lot of fun guest starring role when introand, hopefully, fond memoduced as a love interest for Lee ries.”

Majors in “The Six Million The show comes to Plano and Fort Worth, Texas, in July Dollar Man.” “The story ended by killing and Lake Arrowhead, CaliforJaime off, and the response nia, in August. See www.lindfrom the audience was huge,” saywagnerinternational.com Wagner said. “They were so for all dates and locations. appalled that the studio had Wagner began appearing in prime-time network TV series killed off a character that had resonated so deeply with them in the early 1970s, with her and especially their children. breakout film role coming in 1973’s “The Paper Chase” with Even a children’s hospital in Boston wrote a letter of proJohn Houseman. She went on test. So the studio had to bring to co-star with other movie me back for another two-parlegends through the years including Sylvester Stallone, Er- ter to bring Jaime back to life, then the network decided to do nest Borgnine and James Coburn, as well as 65-year-old the spin-off series.”

Anthony Quinn in “High Wagner retired her bionic Risk” in 1981. implants after three seasons “We were filming in a very and three reunion movies to tiny village in southern Mexitackle dozens of TV movies

throughout the ’80s and ’90s.

Her roles often focused on social messages such as domestic violence, adoption, mental health, terrorism and capital punishment.

“I have always felt that TV could be used not only to entertain, but also to highlight important issues and help people embrace their higher potential,” she explained.

But Lindsay almost never got to enjoy her post-“Bionic Woman” success.

In May 1979, almost exactly a year after the last episode aired, she was scheduled to fly on the ill-fated American Airlines Flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles, which crashed after takeoff. Today it remains the deadliest U.S. single aircraft aviation disaster.

“I took a flight to Portland instead to meet up with my sister and didn’t hear about the crash until after I had landed and called my secretary to tell her of my change of plans,” she said. “Everybody thought I had been on the flight, so there was a lot of relief, and of course I was shocked and saddened to hear what had happened.”

Wagner went on to become an author, acting teacher and motivational speaker, and she continues to act.

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Lindsay Wagner is seen in a scene from “The Six Million Dollar Man” with, from left, Alan Oppenheimer, Richard Anderson and Lee Majors.

“I have a film, ‘Change of Heart,’ coming out on the PixL Network, and I’m just about to start filming ‘Love Finds You in Valentine, Nebraska’ for the UP network,” she said.

She also actively promotes a holistic approach to health — a lifestyle she adopted after suffering gallbladder issues and stomach ulcers in her teens when she was able to avoid surgery after receiving counseling from a doctor and minister who shared a common philosophy to healing.

“I changed my diet, and they taught me to use visualizations to help heal my stomach,” she said. “It began my education on the potency of thought and

intention, meditation and more affective prayer.”

And while her famous TV character from the past relied on artificial physical strength to survive, Wagner continues to advocate the potential of one’s inner strength.

“We all have the ability to grow through our difficult circumstances in life rather than just survive them,” she said.

“You have much more potential than you realize.”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers.

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Gorp Hermits are an ideal dessert for your next picnic.

Picnics aren’t just sandwiches and chips

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press When it comes to packing a picnic, the savory items are easy. Sandwiches and wraps.

Potato and pasta salads.

Chips and dips.

It’s all very transportable and all very easy to eat while perched on a blanket in the grass. But dessert can prove

less obvious. Sure, you could do cookies. But what else?

The usual cakes and cupcakes and ice creams and whipped this-and-thats just won’t hold up to being hauled

into the park on a warm day.

Which is why bars are where it’s at. Think brownies and blondies and all manner of rich, dense, chewy treats.

To help you on your way, we

created these gorp hermits, a sort of granola-inspired bar that is dense, delicious and sweet without being too over the top. And, most importantly, they transport very well.

GORP HERMITS Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 24 1/2 cup golden raisins 1/2 cup dried cranberries 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted 2 cups (15 ounces) packed dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon dried ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Zest of 1 orange 3 eggs 1/2 cup molasses 2 1/4 cups (9 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup thick-cut oats 1/2 cup chopped peanuts 1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds

Stuff those avocados with quick chili

BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor There’s no real shocker here — avocado pairs delightfully with a rich and meaty chili.

But I decided to pair them in a fresh way that is just right for summer grilling season. Rather than simply whip up a pot of chili and scatter some diced avocado over it, I decided to spoon mounds of chili into pitted avocado halves, top everything with cheese, then pop the entire delicious mess on the grill until melty and bubbly.

The chili in this recipe is intentionally simple and meaty.

Of course feel free to substitute your favorite chili recipe, or add to mine as you see fit.

But I wanted to keep things simple since this ends up being a two-part recipe — first the chili is made on the stove, then the stuffed avocados are grilled.

1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (optional) Coarse sugar Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 9-by-13-inch pan with cooking spray, then line the bottom of the pan with kitchen parchment.

In a small saucepan over medium-high, bring 1 inch of water to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat and add the raisins and cranberries. Cover and set aside.

In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the melted butter, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg and orange zest. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl to ensure even mixing. Stir in the molasses, flour and baking powder, then mix until completely incorporated.

Stir in the oats, peanuts, almonds, crystallized ginger and chocolate, if using. Drain the dried fruit, discarding any excess liquid that doesn’t get absorbed, and stir into the batter.

You should have a very soft, spreadable and sticky batter. Spread the mixture into the prepared pan, sprinkle with coarse sugar, then bake for 40 minutes.

Cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then overturn onto a cutting board. Remove the kitchen parchment and cut into bars.

Nutrition information per serving: 240 calories; 80 calories from fat (33 percent of total calories); 9 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 40 mg cholesterol; 115 mg sodium; 39 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 26 g sugar; 4 g protein.

CHILI-STUFFED AVOCADOS Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 6 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large yellow onion, minced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 pound lean ground beef 1/2 pound loose sweet Italian sausage 15-ounce can tomato sauce 6 avocados, halved and pitted (leave the skins on) 2 cups shredded Monteray Jack cheese Sour cream, to serve Fresh cilantro leaves, to serve In a medium saucepan over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the onion and garlic, then saute for 4 minutes. Add the chili powTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS der, paprika, cumin and cayenne, then cook for another minute. Add the beef and sausage, then saute until browned and cooked through, about 8 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and bring to a simmer.

While the chili comes to a simmer, heat the grill to medium.

With the cut side up, gently press each avocado half against the counter to slightly flatten the bottom to allow it to sit without tilting. Alternatively, use a knife to trim off a thin slice of the rounded bottom.

Once the chili is at a simmer, spoon a heaping mound of it into the cavity of each avocado half. Arrange the filled avocados on a rimmed baking sheet for carrying to the grill. Top each with cheese, then bring to the grill. Carefully set each avocado half on the grill grates, close the grill and cook for 5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and browning.

Arrange 2 avocado halves per serving plate, then top each with a bit of sour cream and cilantro.

Nutrition information per serving: 750 calories; 560 calories from fat (75 percent of total calories); 63 g fat (19 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 95 mg cholesterol; 920 mg sodium; 25 g carbohydrate; 15 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 28 g protein.

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tarting the day with a big boost of protein is an excellent strate-

gy for fueling up. It’s no wonder that egg whites are so popular!

Egg whites are almost entirely protein (6 grams each), super lean (almost no fat) and they can be used to bulk up the protein of everything from smoothies to oat pancakes to post-workout drinks. I have friends who can eat egg whites every morning and never tire of them. I, on the other hand, like to get a little

more creative with my egg whites, lest they start to taste too, well, egg-whitey.

Given my husband’s love of egg whites for breakfast, I have developed a few tricks for sprucing them up. My ultimate challenge? Creating a dish that is truly weekendworthy. My litmus test for this? Would I serve it to brunch guests in my home? In this case, yes. I believe I have hit the egg white jackpot with this spicy breakfast in a bowl.

This recipe uses my No. 1 trick for improving the potentially rubbery texture of egg whites: I add avocado. (Truth to be told, cheese also works beautifully. But since I’m eating egg whites, I like to stick with the healthy fats and fiber

in avocado.)

The next trick: I spice it up.

It’s amazing how a little heat plays so nicely with that signature egg white flavor, which can border on sulfuric. Some fresh herbs or veggies also work wonders (in this recipe I use kale and cilantro). My final tip: Don’t overcook! If that’s great advice for regular scrambled eggs, it’s critical for egg white scrambles. Remove them from the heat completely while they are still moist.

This hash can be made in advance, or feel free to cube up summer squash or zucchini instead of the butternut (they cook faster). I do love the sweetness of butternut, but it takes longer to soften.

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Spicy Breakfast Hash with Scrambled Egg Whites.

SPICY BREAKFAST HASH WITH SCRAMBLED EGG WHITES Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 For the hash: 2 teaspoons coconut or canola oil 4 ounces turkey sausage 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced 3 cups peeled and cubed butternut squash or sweet potato (or mixed) 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced and packed kale 1 tablespoon cider vinegar For the kale guacamole: 1 large avocado, halved, pitted and peeled 1/4 cup prepared salsa Juice of 1 lime Kosher salt 1/4 cup finely chopped kale For the egg white scramble: 1 teaspoon coconut or canola oil 8 egg whites (about 1 cup), lightly beaten Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro Hot sauce (optional) To prepare the hash, in a large skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the turkey sausage and brown, breaking it up into small pieces. Transfer the sausage to a dish, then return the skillet to the heat and add the garlic and onion. Saute for 3 to 5 minutes, or until softened.

Add the squash, cumin, paprika and cayenne. Cook for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring often, or until the squash is caramelized.

When the vegetables are fork-tender, stir in the kale, vinegar and sausage. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the kale has just wilted. Remove from heat.

To make the kale guacamole, in a medium bowl lightly mash the avocado with a fork. Mix in the salsa, lime juice, a hefty pinch of salt and the kale. Set aside.

To prepare the eggs, heat a large skillet over medium-low.

Add the eggs and cook, stirring almost constantly, until cooked through but still moist, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat.

To assemble, spoon a quarter of the hash into the center of shallow serving bowls. Top with a quarter of the egg whites and a quarter of the guacamole.

Garnish with cilantro and hot sauce, if desired. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 280 calories; 150 calories from fat (54 percent of total calories); 16 g fat (4.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cholesterol; 660 mg sodium; 23 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 15 g protein.

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And yes, it would also be a good idea to discuss this with a counselor to help you communicate to your daughter, in a way that’s age-appropriate and won’t damage her self-esteem, that Daddy won’t be in

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH I wish I had invested in stemware at the beginning of the reality TV revolution.

The sheer number of wine glasses raised and champagne flutes smashed over the course of “The Real Housewives” seasons is nothing short of staggering.

Watch just five minutes of the unwatchable new series “Player Gets Played” (9:30 p.m., Oxygen) and you’ll see glasses hoisted in nearly every scene. At one moment, a goldfish-bowl-sized flower arrangement is thrown to the floor. Who sweeps up after these people?

For the curious, “Player” is one of those programs featuring two sets of participants, each believing they’ve been cast in an entirely different show. Elijah is some kind of pop singer, and he thinks the show is about boosting his career. Meanwhile, there are three women who all think that the show is about documenting their true love and exclusive relationship with Elijah.

That is, until the producers inform each of them that he’s cheating on them with the others and instruct them on how to use social media to put him under surveillance and trap him playing the cad. Eventually, they team up for a big showdown that is, of course, shattering.

Just writing about all of this contrivance is slightly exhausting. As the new Lifetime drama “UnREAL” teaches us, it takes a lot of smart people to make television this dumb.

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ty Wife Swap” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG)?

It’s because she’s already appeared on “Basketball Wives” and “The Real World: Los Angeles,” way, way back in 1993. She “swaps” with fellow celebrity Kerri WalshJennings. Just who does she think she is? All she did to get famous was win gold medals in beach volleyball at three (2004, 2008 and 2012) Olympic games!

• Formerly known as the Game Show Network, GSN has rebranded itself with competition series, most notably the body painting showcase/competition “Skin Wars” (9 p.m., TV-14), now entering its second season.

Hosted by Rebecca Romijn, “Wars” is the network’s most-watched series ever.

That’s impressive, until you consider that the competition for that title is probably an episode of “Family Feud” from 1981.

For the uninitiated, “Skin Wars” is a lot like Syfy’s makeup and special effects competition “Face Off.” Except here, the whole body is in play. And it pays to have a “canvas” like Romijn’s when you’re prancing around like a strategically pixelated painted tiger. As on “Face Off,” the focus is on fantasy and sci-fi with elements of gore.

• The Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning meet in game four of the Stanley Cup Final (8 p.m., NBC Sports Network). Game one of this hockey showdown was the most watched event among viewers 18 to 49 last Wednesday. I bet NBC wishes it didn’t have to share it with its cable cousin.

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Josey Wales” (9 p.m., Sundance, TV-14).

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Father’s Day Dagwood sandwich

Give Dad what he really wants — a seriously robust sandwich

BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press

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ther’s Day this year?

A sandwich.

No, seriously. Guys generally are not complex creatures. And they don’t tend to ask for much. The occasional electronic gizmo (which they’d rather pick out for themselves anyway, thank you very much). Maybe tickets to a sports game. Perhaps somebody else to mow the lawn for once. Heck, even just a night off to play poker with his buddies.

See what I mean?

Guys are easy. Which is why no matter what sort of dad you have, chances are very good that he would love somebody to make him a killer sandwich.

Which is to say, you can’t just make him a ham and cheese on white bread. Even basic guys like a great sandwich, emphasis on the great. So we created a sandwich inspired by one of the most famous sandwich-loving dads: Dagwood Bumstead. His version was more difficult to eat — and often twice the size of his head — but we tamed it only slightly.

Serve with a pickle spear and a pile of crisp potato chips or french fries.

FATHERS DAY DAGWOOD SANDWICH Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 1 1/4 cup cider vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar Hefty pinch kosher salt 1/4-inch thick slice red onion, separated into rings 2 slices soft deli-style rye bread 1 slice soft dark pumpernickel bread Light mayonnaise Deli mustard Thousand Island or Russian dressing 2 slices deli-sliced turkey 2 slices deli-sliced ham 2 slices provolone cheese 2 tablespoons sliced roasted red pepper, patted dry 2 large leaves romaine lettuce 2 slices pastrami 2 slices Swiss cheese 3 slices crisp-cooked bacon 2 slices tomato 2 tablespoons sliced banana peppers 2 large green olives In a medium microwave-safe bowl, combine the vinegar,

sugar and salt. Microwave on high until simmering, 30 to 45 seconds, then stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the onion rings, stir, cover and set aside for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, arrange the 2 slices of rye and 1 slice of pumpernickel on the counter. Spread 1 slice rye with light mayonnaise, spread the second slice of rye with deli mustard, then spread the slice of pumpernickel with Thousand Island or Russian dressing.

Start assembling the sandwich with a slice of rye on the bottom. Top with the turkey, ham, provolone and roasted red peppers, in that order. Top with 1 of the leaves of romaine, folding it as needed to fit the sandwich. Add the slice of pumpernickel bread, then top that with the pastrami, Swiss cheese and bacon. Top the bacon with the second leaf of romaine, again folding to fit. Top with the tomato slices and banana peppers.

Drain the onions and pat dry with paper towels. Layer the onions over the sandwich and top with the second slice of rye. Cut the whole sandwich in half, placing a large toothpick topped with an olive into each side to hold it together.

Nutrition information per serving: 980 calories; 470 calories from fat (48 percent of total calories); 52 g fat (25 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 185 mg cholesterol; 3,500 mg sodium; 57 g carbohydrate; 8 g fiber; 11 g sugar; 69 g protein.

Dad will appreciate Pork and Watermelon Kabobs

BY FAMILY FEATURES This year for Father’s Day, skip the tacky tie and give dad something he truly wants — quali-

ty time with the kids who gave him such an honorable title. Plan an intimate family gathering with all his favorite foods and a few special

PORK AND WATERMELON KABOBS Servings: 8 6 tablespoons brown sugar 6 tablespoons soy sauce 6 tablespoons diced red onion 3 garlic cloves, minced 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme Pepper to taste 1 pound boned, lean pork chop, cut into 1-inch cubes (approximately 38-40 pieces) 32 cubes watermelon (1 inch each), plus extra for garnish if desired 16-24 pineapple chunks, fresh or canned (1 inch each) 24 yellow or orange peppers chunks (1 inch each, approximately 3-4 peppers total)

touches such as Pork and Watermelon Kabobs.

For more recipes, visit www.watermelon. org.

Cooking spray Sesame seeds for garnish Combine sugar, soy sauce, onion, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, thyme and pepper in mixing bowl. Pour into resealable bag and add pork pieces. Seal bag, mix thoroughly and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, turning bag periodically.

Remove pork from bag and reserve marinade. Thread 5 pork pieces, 4 watermelon cubes, 2-3 zucchini rounds, 2 pineapple chunks and 3 peppers on each of 8 skewers, alternating the order.

Spray cooking surface on heated grill and place kebobs on grill. Grill for 12-15 minutes, or until done, turning and basting frequently with reserved marinade.

Garnish with sesame seeds and chunks of watermelon.

Source: National Watermelon Promotion Board

Pork and Watermelon Kabobs