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Run-offs for 2 Sumter races Coroner, county council district 1 too close to call

Ray Craig √ Mick Mulvaney

State House District 50 Brian Alston Crystal K. Cunningham * Tom Drayton Keith Johnson Demoine Kinney * Will Wheeler

State House District 64 Alexander Conyers Mitch Ellerby √ Robert Ridgeway III

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumterites can anticipate casting their votes a second time for Sumter County Coroner and Sumter County Council District 1 after no one candidate received at least 51 percent of the vote, as of 10: 15 p.m. Tuesday.

With district 1 councilwoman of 16 years Naomi Sanders not running for re-election, five residents of the district campaigned to take her soon-to-be-vacant seat.

As the results continued to come in throughout the evening, 24-year-old Chris Sumpter, the youngest person running for county council, held BAKER onto the lead the entire night ending with 39 percent of the vote, steadily followed

by Caleb Kershaw Jr. who received about 21 percent.

“I’m so honored and humbled to have the support of the people I do

not consider my constituents but my friends,” Sumpter said.

Kershaw said he appreciates everyone who voted for him and he is calling for more people BULLOCK to get out and vote during the run-off vote.

For most of the night Robbie Baker and Isaac Johnson, both vying for the position of county

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Locals cast their votes

√ Jamie Campbell Kevin Johnson

Sumter County Coroner * Robbie Baker * Harvin Bullock Isaac Johnson

Sumter County Council District 1 Barbara Bowman Alphonso Johnson * Caleb Kershaw Jr. Roland Robinson * Chris Sumpter

Sumter County Council District 3 James Self √ Patty Wilson

Sumter County Council District 5 √ Vivian Fleming-McGhaney Geraldine Gamble Frank Williams Jr. RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM

Clarendon County Sheriff √ Tim Baxley Randy Garrett Jr.

Clarendon County Probate Judge Peggy Knox √ Margaret Sorrell

Clarendon County Council Chairman √ Dwight Stewart Robert McFadden Sr.

Lee County Probate Judge √ Michael Davis Tawanaka Tate

Lee County Clerk of Court √ Teresa Brown Windi King

Lee County School Board District 1 √ Johnny McDuffie Cam Watson

Lee County School Board District 2 √ Dottie Baker Jessie Blevin √ denotes winner * denotes runoff between candidates

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Bessie Williamson casts her votes on Tuesday at Alice Drive Middle School. Voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast primary votes in either the Democratic or Republican party in races from the U.S. Congress to Sumter County Council.

Baxley wins Clarendon County sheriff 2,104. There were no Republican candidates for chairman.

In the elecBAXLEY tion for county probate judge, Margaret “Peggi” Jackson Sorrell won a close race against Peggy Knox.

Sorrell received 3,695 votes to Knox’s 3,236.

There were no Republican candidates for probate judge.

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com There will likely be a new sheriff in town after Tuesday’s primary elections in Clarendon County.

Tim Baxley defeated Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election.

Baxley received 4,502 votes compared to Garrett’s 2,613 votes. There are no Republican candidates for sheriff.

In the Democratic Primary race for county council chairman, incumbent Dwight Stewart defeated constituent Robert McFadden Sr. Stewart received 4,833 votes, compared to McFadden’s

BAXLEY Baxley, a retired South Carolina Department of Natural Resources captain, has been in law enforcement for 31 years.

He retired from SCDNR

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DEATHS, B5 Ernest B. Rogers Jr. Ruby K. Coker Alan John Zeich Thomas Stuckey Sr.

Mary Ann Gregoire Lomand Bradley Herman McLeod Jr. Arthur Dubose

Ridgeway on way to 3rd term in House

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com One local state representative will likely retain his seat in the South Carolina House while the open seat to replace retiring South Carolina State Rep. Grady Brown will have a runoff for the Democratic nomination following Tuesday’s primary election.

In perhaps the tricounty area’s most closely watched race, six Democrats were on the primary ballot to replace retiring Brown in Tuesday’s primary election for S.C. House District 50 in Lee, Sumter and Kershaw counties.

Listed on the Democratic ballot to fill Brown’s seat were Brian Alston, Crystal K. Cunningham, Tom Drayton, Keith Johnson, Demoine Kinney and Will Wheeler.

Unofficial vote totals in the District with all

precincts reporting in Sumter and Kershaw counties and 21 of 22 in Lee RIDGEWAY County, were Alston, 795; Cunningham, 331; Drayton, 956; Johnson, 169; Kinney, 753; and Wheeler, 1,590.

None of the six candidates was able to gather 50 percent of the vote, and a runoff election will be held June 28 to decide the nomination between Wheeler and Drayton. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with the deadline for mail ballots set June 24 and for absentee voting set June 27.

State Rep. Robert “Bobby” Ridgeway III will likely be going to Columbia for his third term representing South Carolina House District

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County Council approves $49.39M budget Also accepts proposed water rate increases for Wedgefield, Shiloh

fect residents with homes assessed at 4 percent because of the county credit factor. The credit factor, consisting of a portion of the sales tax collected in the county, was increased to offset the mill increase, he said.

Mixon said the credit factor will slightly reduce the effect of the millage for commercial and industrial properties assessed at 6 and 10.5 percent, respectively.

In other news, county council approved new base rates for the Shiloh and Wedgefield water systems to make the systems self-sustaining. Mixon said the county has been providing water to some customers for less than it costs to produce.

Base rates in Wedgefield are $29 per month for 0 to 6,000 gallons of

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Council approved final reading of the county’s 2017 fiscal year budget of $49.39 million in a 4 to 3 vote during its meeting on Tuesday. Councilmen James Byrd, Artie Baker and Charles Edens voted in opposition of the budget.

The 2017 budget, which will go into effect on July 1, has a 1.9 mill increase that Sumter County Administrator Gary Mixon said will not af-

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water, and residential customers in Shiloh are charged $17.17 per month for 0 to 2,000 gallons of water. Those who use more than 6,000 gallons in Wedgefield are charged $2.30 per 1,000 gallons more than 6,000, and customers in Shiloh are charged $2.70 per 1,000 gallons more that 2,000 gallons.

The new rates in Wedgefield will be a base fee of $38 per month for 0 to 6,000 gallons of water and $11 per every 1,000 gallons above 6,000 gallons. Projected annual revenue with the new rate with an average of 510 customers is $350,800 and projected annual expenses are $333,500 which would leave the county with approximately $17,300 in net income.

The projected annual revenue for the Shiloh water system at a $18.36

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Charges against former spokesman dismissed

SANTEE — Authorities say a 71-year-old conservationist has died after being bit by a rattlesnake near Lake Marion.

Clarendon County Coroner Hayes Samuels told The State newspaper that Wayne Grooms also had a medical condition, and he hopes an autopsy will help him determine if the snakebite or the previous medical problems caused Grooms’ death.

Samuels says Grooms was bitten on the leg Sunday afternoon at the Santee National Wildlife Refuge near Santee and died about 15 minutes later as a friend tried to help him to a car.

Grooms was a commissioner for the Lexington County Soil and Water Conservation district. Friends say he was an avid outdoorsman.

Clarendon County takes up Sunday alcohol sales

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com

Former Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Braden Bunch said Monday a driving under the influence charge that led to his resignation from the sheriff’s office has been dismissed.

A Sumter County Magistrate Court would not confirm or deny the dismissal, citing court policy, but public records available at www.sccourts.org no longer contain any information on the case, as they did less than a week ago.

In a statement, Bunch said the case was dismissed after repeated delays and cancelled court hearings.

“I would like to take this time to thank the large number of people, many of whom I barely knew, that reached out to me and offered their prayers and support.,” Bunch said.

Bunch was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence while operating a sheriff’s office vehicle on Dec. 16, 2015. Sheriff Anthony Dennis placed Bunch on unpaid leave, and Bunch later resigned as public information officer.

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base rate per month for 0 to 2,000 gallons and $4.91 per every 1,000 gallons above 2,000 gallons.

Estimated annual revenue with an average of 310 customers is $187,640.

With projected annual expenses at $179,100, the county anticipates a net income of $8,530.

“In essence, this will stop the bleeding,” Mixon said.

He said the water systems will be reviewed again next year to keep the rates relevant for the customer base.

Council Chairwoman Vivian Fleiming-McGhaney said she does not want the loyal customers to be punished, but the increase is not too harsh considering that customers in Wedgefield did not experience a rate increase since 2003, despite inflation throughout the years.

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American Legion Post 15 Sergeant-At-Arms Douglas Baty respectfully places decommissioned American flags into a fire to give them a proper retirement as 2nd Vice Commander Peter St. Onge salutes as part of the annual American Legion Flag Day ceremony.

Lee County results incomplete

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Voters in Lee County selected candidates for clerk of court, probate judge and two Lee County School Board District in yesterday’s Democratic Primary Election.

With 21 of 22 precincts reporting, Michael Davis was ahead of Tawanaka Tate for probate judge, 1,979 votes to 1,296 votes, or 60.43 percent to 39.57 percent.

In the clerk of court race, Teresa Brown tallied 1,735 votes to Windi King’s 1,622 votes, with the Cypress Precinct in eastern Lee County not reporting.

In the Lee County School Board contests, Johnny Red McDuffie received 305 votes to Cam Watson’s 266 to claim the District 1 seat.

In District 2, with the Cypress Precinct not reporting, Dorothy Baker was leading with 317 votes to incumbent Jessie Blevin’s 119 votes.

Clarendon County Council Monday passed first reading of an ordinance on the November ballot for county residents to vote on a referendum to allow sales of alcohol on Sundays.

The proposed referendum would only affect the sale of alcohol in restaurants, grocery stores and gas stations that already sell alcohol, said Pro Prothro, Clarendon County Chamber president, at the meeting on Monday.

If the referendum passes, businesses that currently have an alcohol license, will be allowed to apply for a 24-hour permit for $50, or an annual Sunday alcohol sales permit for $3,000. The referendum does not provide a provision for businesses that don’t already have an alcohol license, Prothro said.

The referendum would also not be able to override municipal ordinances regarding alcohol sales.

Prothro said monies collected would go into the general fund of the entity of where the businesses is located. For example, if a business is located in city limits, the city would benefit. If the business exists in the county, the county would benefit.

Prothro said the county has six corridors on Interstate 95, and that if the referendum passes, the ultimate goal would be to recruit more businesses to the area and to increase tourism.

“We believe this could lead to the single largest act we can put to vote to stir immediate economic growth in our community,” he said.

Prothro said in the City of Sumter, a referendum was passed in November 2014.

Sumter’s referendum affected only restaurants, and did not extend to “togo” businesses such as grocery and convenience stores and bars, according to an earlier The Sumter Item article. Each of the eateries had to meet a strict set of guidelines that included minimum seat requirements and maintaining food as a primary source of income, according to the article. About 25 restaurants in the city benefited from the referendum’s passing, The Sumter Item reported.

Sumter County has not taken up the issue.

Eighteen counties in the state have voted and approved a Sunday alcohol sales referendum for restaurants, grocery stores and gas stations that already sell alcohol. Two counties are currently in the process of the same reform.

Prothro said the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce Board has agreed to be the public relations agent in the campaign.

Clarendon County Council Chairman Dwight Stewart said council legally cannot take a stance on the issue.

Second reading and a public hearing on the proposed referendum will be held at the July meeting.

Council also: • Approved third reading of the 2017 fiscal year budget. The anticipated total general operational budget for the 2017 fiscal year is $20.7 million, compared to $22.5 for fiscal year 2016; and • The 2017 fiscal year budget included a reduction in the proposed Road User Fee, from $45 to $35.

In second reading of the issue in May, council approved raising the fee from $25 to $45.

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Police department plans to increase activity

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF

Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark III announced Tuesday the department will increase its activity throughout the summer to prevent an increase of crime within in the city as well as improve the quality of life for citizens.

Roark said the department usually anticipates an upswing of criminal activity during the summer when schools are closed because there are more people out and about, but officers noticed a 3.9 percent increase in criminal activity before the school year ended this summer, compared to the summer of 2015.

The amount of criminal activity, particularly general vandalism and larceny, has begun to increase in the Miller Road, Carolina and Highland avenues areas, he said. Roark said many of the larcenies can be attributed to people leaving out landscaping tools while working in the yard or leaving valuables or firearms inside vehicles.

To prevent a larger increase in crime this summer, the police department will increase its preventative efforts by adding more foot patrols, traffic patrols and increased activity for the narcotics and VICE division.

Today, officers will conduct foot pa-

• Be aware of the individuals inside your home; secure valuables in a locked, safe location out of view of visitors; and do not discuss valuable items; • Mark or engrave all valuables for easy identification if they are stolen, and write down and secure serial numbers in a secure location; • Prune shrubbery so the view of doors and windows is not obstructed; • If going out of town, have someone take care of the mail or have the services stopped until you return. Homeowners can also request that the police department conduct a property check while you are out of town; • Watch for suspicious vehicles. Write down the license number and description of the vehicle and its occupants; • Keep windows and doors locked at all times, including garage doors; and • Start a Neighborhood Watch group in your area.

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Sumter Police Department Patrolman Michael Salka, above left, advises resident Jeffreda Green, center, of the police patrolling the area to seek information about local crimes Tuesday while Patrolman Marvin Dicks Jr. takes notes. trols in different communities to look for environments that could make it easier for wrong-doers to commit crimes, Roark said. Officers will also

talk with homeowners to provide tips on how to protect themselves and their property, he said. Talking to community members will allow the department to

glean information that otherwise would not be available by simply walking through a neighborhood, the police chief said.

For more information and other crime prevention tips, contact Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700.

Counterfeit goods discovered in drug sting

BY ANDY WILSON AND RICK CARPENTER intern@theitem.com, rick@theitem.com You may have actually gotten a “real steal” when you bought that Michael Kors purse or those Michael Jordan shoes at a local store.

But you probably didn’t get merchandise worth the price you paid.

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office discovered an estimated $40,000 of counterfeit merchandise as part of a sting operation targeting local drug activity.

The merchandise, seized at a local unidentified store and at a Myrtle Beach Highway flea market, included knock-offs of Michael Kors purses, Michael Jordan shoes, major movie DVDs — some of which haven’t been released — and even professional sports team logo caps.

The counterfeit merchandise case is under investigation, but no one has been charged with the crime yet.

The sheriff’s office discovered the counterfeit goods as part of Operation Smackdown, an ongoing effort to shut down a local drug ring by combining forces from the sheriff’s office, Sumter Police Department, the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration.

On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office announced the arrest of a dozen more suspects as part of the operation.

Those arrested include: • Jeffrey Kelly, 39, of 175 Carrie Lane, two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and one count of possession of crack cocaine; • Karen Cotton, 53, of 2400 S.C. 261,Wedgefield, distribution of controlled substance;

in, two counts of distribution of crack cocaine; and • Jamar Roachel Clyburn, 23, 808 Club Lane, two counts of distribution of marijuana.

Operation Smackdown resulted in 36 arrests last month, and three people in connection with the operation are still at large.

In addition to the 12 suspects apprehended, the sting resulted in the seizure of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, Fentanyl and OxyContin of unspecified quantities. The sheriff’s office said some of those arrested on drug charges, including one at the business where some of the counterfeit items were seized, may later be charged in connection with the counterfeit goods.

An investigator with the

• Jamel Rashad Brown, 30, of 3725 Artesian Drive, distribution of cocaine, distribution of cocaine within ½ mile of a school; • Akeem Hickman, 26, of 736 St. Pauls Church Road, four counts of distribution of heroin; • Lakeisha Pope, 35, of 26 Fern Loop, Andrews, trafficking methamphetamine, possession of firearm during a violent crime; • William Armstrong, 32, of 287 Tiger Lily Road, manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine; • Jason Cooper, 30, of 1011 Osceola St., Myrtle Beach, trafficking methamphetamine, possession of firearm during a violent crime; • Antwaun June, 24, of 522 Lexington Ave., Cayce, possession of marijuana, second offense and violation of S.C. gun law; • Quincy Satterwhite, 24, of 5765 Wessex Drive, Wedgefield, four counts of distribution of heroin; • Marcus Haynesworth, 29, of 861 Carolina Ave., distribution of crack cocaine; • James Kelly, 42, of 13 Sanders Court, Wedgefield, two counts of distribution of hero-

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Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Allen Dailey discusses contraband seized in drug raids including knock-off replicas of Michael Kors purses, sports team hats, Michael Jordan shoes and even DVDs of movies that haven’t been released.

South Carolina Secretary of State’s Office aided local law enforcement with identifying and confiscating the items.

Sheriff’s office Maj. Allen Dai-

ley said the counterfeiting merchandise is common in the Sumter area, but he didn’t know where the lookalike items had been produced.

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Democratic Party’s computers breached

by Russian hackers WASHINGTON (AP) — Sophisticated hackers linked to Russian intelligence services broke into the Democratic National Committee’s computer networks and gained access to confidential emails, chats and opposition research on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, people familiar with the breach said Tuesday.

CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity firm, said the DNC asked it to investigate a suspected breach of its systems that began as early as last summer. CrowdStrike said it quickly found traces of two of the best adversaries in the hacking arena, both tied to the Russian government.

The newly revealed attacks join a host of high-profile digital breaches affecting current and past White House hopefuls, underscoring vulnerabilities in digital networks that increasingly hold sensitive data about political candidates, their opponents and their donors.

DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz called the incident serious and said the committee moved quickly to “kick out the intruders and secure our network.” The DNC said donor, financial and personal information did not appear to have been accessed by the hackers.

But an individual knowledgeable of the breach said at least one year’s worth of detailed chats, emails and opposition research on Trump were stolen. That kind of research, a staple of political campaigns, often contains detailed information — sometimes factual and sometimes specious — about a candidate’s personal and professional history.

The individual, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not au-

thorized to discuss the breach, said DNC officials first learned about the hack in late April when its technology staff discovered malware on its computers.

CrowdStrike reported Tuesday that one group of hackers was able to execute computer code remotely on systems running Microsoft Windows. Another was capable of recording keystrokes.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said last month that U.S. officials have seen indications of foreign hackers spying on the presidential candidates. He said the U.S. intelligence community expects more cyber threats against the campaigns.

Foreign hacking was rampant during the 2008 presidential election, and President Obama and Mitt Romney were targets of Chinese cyberattacks in the 2012 campaign. In 2008, Obama and Republican nominee Sen. John McCain were also targeted.

CrowdStrike said one of the hacking groups identified in the DNC attack, dubbed Cozy Bear, had previously infiltrated unclassified networks at the White House, the State Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Another group detected, called Fancy Bear, had targeted private and public sector networks around the world since the mid-2000s. The two groups involved in the DNC hacking had penetrated the system separately, CrowdStrike said.

Dmitri Alperovitch, CrowdStrike’s co-founder and chief technology officer, said the hackers specifically targeted the DNC’s research department and obtained opposition documents prepared about Trump. He said the firm is confident the DNC’s network has eliminated the threat.

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Russian soccer hooligans train to fight PARIS (AP) — Don’t be fooled by the wacky names such as “Music Hall,” “Happy Guys” or “Aliens,” highly-trained Russian hooligan groups are as nasty as they come and tune up for ultra-violence on a regular diet of pre-arranged fights throughout their domestic season and — whenever they can — in Europe.

Viciousness and organization are the hallmarks of these “firms,” who have put aside their domestic rivalries at the European Championship. With the exception of Polish hooligans, they are the most consistently violent around. Last weekend, Marseille’s southern seaport was turned into a battle ground, as they launched coordinated attacks against English supporters in the old port area before and after Saturday’s European Championship match.

They were “like grasshoppers that destroy everything and leave,” Bruno Trani, who represents the CRS riot police in the Marseille region for the Alliance police union, said in a phone interview with The Associated Press, estimating their numbers at up to 250.

“When you see a compact group moving together, slam into a group of English people and then move away again in a group you can tell that they are organized,” Trani added. “(They) left no chance to the English who were drunk and tired by alcohol and the sun.”

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Russian supporters attack an England fan at the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, on Saturday. whether tensions have cooled.

Russia plays Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday, and England faces Wales the next day in Lens in cities just 20 miles apart — raising the prospect of more clashes. Trains from England stop in Lille.

What also stood out during last weekend’s melees was the differing fighting styles, revealing the degree to which the Russian hooligans prepare.

While the loose-shirted or topless Brits swung loose haymakers, Russians advanced swiftly with their fists raised up, bobbing up and down in a protective style often used in Mixed Martial Arts fighting. Highly athletic and physically toned, they are a far cry from the red-faced, beer-bellied English hooligans once running the show abroad in the 1970s and 80s.

“They were there to smash the British,” Dominique Mesquida, who represents the CRS in the Marseille region

for the Unite SGP Police-FO union, told AP in a phone interview, speaking of how the Russians operated “in small, compact and very mobile groups” and had knuckledusters.

“They were equipped” Mesquida said. “(They) knew what they were going to do.”

Mesquida said the CRS were told the match was high risk but hadn’t been specifically warned to watch out for Russian thugs.

Russian football has long been awash with violence, however.

Zenit St. Petersburg’s “Music Hall” and “Vesyolye Rebyata” — the name of a a 1930s musical and Soviet music band from the 1960s that translates as Happy Guys — would normally take on Spartak Moscow’s “Aliens” or “Gladiators” in a remote Russian field.

These filmed pre-arranged fights with even numbers are then posted online. Taking a heavy beating is often preferable to running away and losing reputation.

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Democratic National Committee Chair, Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, is interviewed in New York in March. Two “sophisticated adversaries” linked to Russian intelligence services broke into the DNC’s computer networks and gained access to confidential emails, chats and opposition research on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, the party and an outside analyst said Tuesday. Wasserman Schultz called the incident “serious.” Read the full story at theitem.com.

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64. The district is mostly in Clarendon County with four precincts in southwest Sumter County.

Ridgeway, a physician, was able to hold off challenges from Alexander Conyers and Mitch Ellerby and secured enough votes in the Democratic Primary Election yesterday to avoid a runoff election. There were no Republicans running against him.

“I wanted to go back (to the House of Representatives) because I feel you have to be there at least three-to-four years before you can start making any progress,” he said.

Ridgeway said his district had a great deal of seniority during the tenure of the late Alex Harvin, and it is only now re-acquiring seniority in the General Assembly.

“I would like to thank the Lord for allowing me to represent this district, and I would like to thank the people of this district for continuing to have the confidence in me and for supporting me,” Ridgeway said.

“I promise that I will do my ultimate best for the citizens of this district.”

Unofficial vote totals in the district were: Ridgeway, 3,658; Conyers, 2,492; and Ellerby, 615.

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Stewart said. Also, the county’s water system is being expanded through grants and low-interest loans from U.S. Department of Agriculture, he said.

A $6 million renovation was completed last year on the Clarendon County Courthouse. Stewart said the administration building and the courthouse were completed with no additional taxes levied on the county’s residents.

Plans for the future include relocating the Department of Social Services and providing for an office and facilities for the county coroner.

Stewart has operated his own forestry consulting business, Dwight L. Stewart Jr. and Associates LLC, in Manning since 1985.

FROM PAGE A1 in January as captain of staff operations, managing about 50 employees.

His duties included overseeing the emergency management division, homeland security, telecommunication center, aviation section and law enforcement procurement.

Baxley came to Clarendon County in 1985 after being assigned to the area as a trooper with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

While working as a state trooper, Baxley was hired by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Narcotics Division. He was later assigned to the Governor’s Retaliation Against Illegal Drugs Team, a division of SLED Narcotics.

During his campaign, Baxley said if elected sheriff, he would like to combat drug-related and property crimes occurring within Clarendon County.

As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Baxley was unavailable forcomment.

STEWART With Tuesday’s win, Stewart will enter his fifth term after 16 years serving as Clarendon County Council chairman.

“I appreciate all of the confidence the citizens placed in me and will conSTEWART tinue working to make Clarendon County the best it can be,” Stewart said.

In an earlier The Sumter Item article, Stewart said he plans on continuing progress for the county, including attracting more industry and jobs to the county.

Under Stewart’s leadership, the county bought and re-purposed an old supermarket complex at 411 Sunset Drive in Manning into the county administration building.

Weldon Auditorium has been redone in a combined effort between the county and concerned residents,

coroner, stayed neck and neck for second place as current county coroner Harvin Bullock held onto the lead after picking up momentum halfway through the evening.

As of 10:15 p.m. Tuesday with votes from 57 of 58 precincts tallied, Bullock lead the race with 37.7 percent of the vote while Baker beat out Johnson for a spot in the run-off vote by .24 percent.

Bullock said he is pleased and thankful for all of the votes he received and hopes that support will continue into the June 28 run-off vote.

“It’s only with their vote that I can help them in the future,” he said.

“Every single vote counts,” Baker said.

Other than hoping for more voter KERSHAW turnout, Baker said he is looking forward to a spirited race against Bullock.

Sumter County Council SUMPTER Chairwoman Vivian Fleming-McGhaney, the district 5 incumbent, will likely hold onto her seat after winning 52 percent of the vote. Fiftyone percent of votes are required to continue to the November election.

Fleming-McGhaney extended a thank you to her constituents who entrust her to serve on their behalf.

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“I am extremely humbled and will be fully committed to serve everyone,” she added.

Community advocate Patty Wilson beat out James Self for the spot on the Democratic ticket for county council district 3.

Despite Tuesday’s win Wilson said she still has work to do leading up the general election in November when she will run against district 3 incumbent Republican James Byrd.

The race for county clerk of court started out close but eventually Jamie Campbell, the incumbent, paved the way to victory with 55 percent of the vote from 57 of 58 precincts as of late Tuesday evening.

Campbell could not be reached for a comment.

Mulvaney retains GOP nod

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Incumbent U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney survived a challenge from fellow York County Republican Ray Craig in Tuesday’s Republican Party Primary. Mulvaney lists his home address as Indian Land, while Craig is from Lake Wylie.

With nine of 10 counties reporting, Mulvaney lead Craig 77.87 percent to 22.13 percent, or 21,803 to 6,195. Mulvaney, who was first elected to represent the district in 2010, took the seat away from incumbent Democrat John Spratt.

Mulvaney told The Sumter Item at about 8:40 p.m. he is pleased with the support he

received in the primary.

“The message that I get is that even if people don’t agree with me all the time, they still like the representation they are getting,” he said. “Now we look forward into moving into MULVANEY the general election.”

The incumbent will face York County Democrat Fran Person from Tega Cay as well as American Party Candidate Rudy Barns of Little Mountain in the Nov. 8 General Election.

The 5th Congressional District includes Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Newberry, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union and York counties.

SORRELL Sorrell said she was pleased with the election results.

“It was a very close race, and I am very grateful,” she said. “I’m humbled and appreciate the support of all of the voters. I’m looking SORRELL forward to serving the citizens of Clarendon County.”

Sorrell, who serves as Clarendon County’s deputy probate judge, has served in various capacities in the legal field throughout her career, including assistant solicitor for the Third Circuit, first ever law clerk for retired Third Circuit Judge Tommy Cooper and has operated her own law firm in Manning.

She has also served as a municipal judge for City of Manning and a trust officer for NBSC bank in Sumter.

While working as an attorney in Manning, she was on a task force that created Clarendon County Drug Court.

In summer of 2013, she joined the Clarendon County Probate Office as a part-time clerk.

In November 2015, she was named deputy probate judge.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, speaks at Cleveland Industrial Innovation Center on Monday in Cleveland.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, speaks at Saint Anselm College on Monday in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Candidates offer different visions in Orlando response Trump says immigration of Muslims should be banned, Clinton calls for tougher gun control WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton outlined dramatically different proposals for combating terrorism and gun violence after the deadly Orlando nightclub attacks, with the presumptive Republican nominee vowing to suspend immigration from countries with a history of terrorism and the Democratic candidate warning against demonizing Muslims.

The candidates’ back-toback speeches Monday underscored the clear choice Americans face in the November election. Clinton’s vision builds on President Obama’s campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and expands on his gun control executive orders, while Trump is calling for a drastically different national security posture.

The cornerstone of Trump’s anti-terror plan was sweeping changes to the nation’s immigration rules, despite the fact that the Orlando shooter was born in the U.S. He redoubled his previous call for a temporary ban on Muslims coming to the U.S., saying that policy would stay in place until the government can “properly and perfectly” screen immigrants.

Going further, he also said he would use presidential discretion to “suspend immigration from areas of the world where there’s a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe and our allies.”

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be affected or whether the suspension would apply regardless of religion.

Clinton said such proposals would only make it more difficult for law enforcement to work with Muslim communities.

“Inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric and threatening to ban the families and friends of Muslim Americans, as well as millions of Muslim business people and tourists from entering our country, hurts the vast majority of Muslims who love freedom and hate terror,” she said.

Clinton called for increasing the U.S.-led air assault on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and pointedly blamed American partners in the Middle East — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar — for not stopping terror funding emanating from their countries. She also called for tougher gun control legislation in the U.S., including outlawing assault weapons like one used by the Orlando shooter.

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Father of Orlando gunman known for political videos KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The father of the Orlando nightclub gunman came to the U.S. from Afghanistan more than 30 years ago and has made a series of rambling political videos about his former homeland, even once describing himself as its “revolutionary president.�

Seddique Mir Mateen maintained a high profile on social media in the U.S., but is a mystery to Afghan authorities. Some government departments ran background and security checks Monday and found no trace of him, an official said.

Mateen met with reporters Monday at his home in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and called the massacre by his son, Omar Mateen, “the act of a terrorist.�

The deadly weekend attack shocked the family, the father said, and went against what he had taught his son. The elder Mateen also said that if he had known what the 29-year-old was planning, he would have arrested him himself.

In a Facebook video posted after the killings, Mateen said:

“I don’t know what caused him to shoot last night.� “On the issue of homosexuality, it can be punished only

by God, it is not the business of a person. But he (Omar) has killed those people, and I am so saddened,� he added.

The elder Mateen is a life insurance salesman who started a group in 2010 called Durand Jirga Inc., according to Qasim Tarin, a businessman from California who was a Durand Jirga board member. The name refers to the Durand Line, the long disputed border established by the British between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He apparently left Afghanistan more than 30 years ago, after the 1979 invasion by the Soviet Union touched off a decade-long war of resistance. A civil war was followed by five years of radical Islamist rule by the Taliban until the U.S. invasion of 2001.

Since then, the country has been trying to rebuild, with help from the U.S. and other countries, while the Taliban continue to fight the Kabul government.

Did slow police response give shooter more time?

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history began to unfold, an off-duty police officer working at a gay nightclub exchanged gunfire with the suspect. But three hours passed before a SWAT team stormed the building and brought the attack to an end.

The decision by law enforcement to hold off on entering the Pulse club — where more than 100 people were shot, 49 of them killed — immediately raised questions among experts in police tactics. They said the lessons learned from other mass shootings show that officers must get inside swiftly — even at great risk — to stop the threat and save lives. “We live in a different world.

And action beats inaction 100 percent of the time,� said Chris Grollnek, an expert on active-shooter tactics and a retired police officer and SWAT team member.

The gunman, Omar Mateen, first had a shootout with the off-duty officer at the club’s entrance. Then two other officers arrived and the firing continued.

The situation changed from an active-shooter scenario to a hostage situation once Mateen made it into one of the bathrooms where club-goers were hiding, authorities said.

Experts say there’s a big difference between responding to a lone gunman and a shooter who has hostages.

In active-shooter situations, police are now trained to respond immediately, even if only one or two officers are available to confront the suspect. In a hostage crisis, law enforcement generally tries to negotiate.

Orlando Police Chief John Mina said the presence of hostages required officers to “reevaluate, reassess what is happening and make sure all the pieces are in place.�

From the restroom, Mateen called 911 and made statements pledging allegiance to the Islamic State. That’s when the shooting stopped and hostage negotiators began talking with him, the chief said. “We had a team of crisis negotiators that talked to the suspect, trying to get as much information as possible, what we could do to help resolve the situation ... He wasn’t asking a whole lot, and we were doing most of the asking,� Mina said.

Mateen soon began talking about explosives and bombs, leading Mina to decide about 5 a.m. to detonate an explosive on an exterior wall to prevent potentially greater loss of life.

The explosives did not penetrate the wall completely, so an armored vehicle was used to punch a 2-foot-by-3-foot hole in the wall about 2 feet from the ground. “We knew there would be an imminent loss of life,� Mina said.

Hostages started running out, as did Mateen, who was killed in a shootout with SWAT team members. It turned out there were no explosives.

Police tactics changed after the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School, where the first officers to arrive exchanged fire with the gunmen but then stopped and waited for the SWAT team. That took 45 minutes. By then, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had killed 12 students and a teacher.

At the time, the standard police practice was to set up a perimeter, wait for SWAT officers and then go inside. Authorities began to realize that the delayed response gave suspects more time to kill. “We can’t just let him have free rein and continue to shoot,� said Ben Tisa, a former FBI agent and former SWAT team member.

Experts point to other mass shootings where a delay in confronting the shooter probably gave the gunman time to maneuver and attack. A mass shooting in 1984 at a McDonald’s in San Ysidro, California, offered one of the earliest lessons, with 21 people being killed and 19 wounded before a SWAT team killed the gunman about 45 minutes later.

Incorrect or incomplete information is typical during police emergencies. And the gravity of the decisions is not lost on SWAT teams and their commanders. Civilian lives are at risk, along with those of police officers who are often outgunned by suspects. “You have split seconds,� said Thor Eells, commander of the Colorado Springs Police Department and chairman of the board of the National Tactical Officers Association.

Almost immediately after the shooting began, the nightclub posted a note on its Facebook page telling people to get out and “keep running.�

Grollnek, a consultant who conducts active-shooter training for law enforcement, said that’s another lesson from other mass shootings: Civilians can’t expect to stay safe by heeding the old advice to hide or shelter in place. “The problem is we’re failing to evolve by learning the lesson that hiding does not work,� he said. “Running works. Everyone who escapes to tell their story says, ‘I ran away. I heard a noise on my left, and I went to my right, and I got out.’�

But Grollneck reserved his anger for the police commanders in Florida who didn’t allow SWAT team members to enter until several hours after the shooter began the attack. “How have we failed so poorly that we did not learn our lesson ... when we see SWAT teams respond and not making entry creates victims,� he said. “Period. End of story.�

In this photo made from video, Seddique Mir Mateen speaks to reporters about his son Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old man that killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub on Monday.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016

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On the FBI’s radar: Shooter had been investigated before WASHINGTON (AP) — He didn’t come out of nowhere. The Orlando shooter came under suspicion three full years ago, after boasting of mutual acquaintances with the Boston Marathon bombers and making statements to co-workers that suggested he had radical, violent intentions. But after a 10-month investigation the FBI closed the case, finding no criminal charge to pursue.

Omar Mateen was scrutinized again in 2014 as part of a separate probe into a suicide bomber who attended the same Florida mosque and was a casual acquaintance. Again, agents found no significant radical ties and shifted their focus away.

Did investigators miss something they should have seen? A look at how law enforcement makes these life-anddeath judgments:

DOES THE GOVERNMENT THINK IT SHOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? “So far, the honest answer is, I don’t think so,” FBI Director James Comey says.

But he also says the FBI will continue examining its past actions.

Mateen’s behavior and contacts were enough to prompt surveillance, the use of confidential informants and three direct interviews with him.

But his was just part of a huge volume of investigations that has only grown in an era of prolific Islamic State propaganda and its advocacy of do-it-yourself terrorism.

President Obama on Monday lamented the difficulty of tracking “lone wolves” who operate without ties to known terror groups, and Comey said the FBI opens “hundreds and hundreds” of investigations across the United States just like the one Mateen faced.

Most conclude without any basis for arrest or further monitoring, and once that happens, there’s no mechanism for keeping perpetual watch on those subjects — or preventing them from buying weapons. Mateen was added to a terror watch list when he came under investigation in 2013 but was removed once that matter was closed.

Discerning whether someone under scrutiny will commit violence, or even who should be scrutinized, is more than

cal Islam. The FBI did not find any domestic or foreign terrorism activity.

More recently, Elton Simpson, one of the two men fatally shot during an attempted attack last year on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, had previously been prosecuted in Arizona in a terrorism-related case. He was given probation for lying to a federal agent. But soon before the May 2015 violence, he reemerged onto the FBI’s radar because of postings on social media.

DOES THE FBI KEEP TRACKING PEOPLE IT ONCE INVESTIGATED?

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FBI Director James Comey, right, listens to President Obama speak to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday after receiving an update on the massacre at an Orlando nightclub. Comey says the gunman in the Orlando nightclub attack that killed 49 people had “strong indications of radicalization” and was likely inspired by foreign terrorist organizations. just finding the proverbial needle in a haystack, Comey said. “It’s which pieces of hay are likely to become a needle.”

HOW BIG IS THAT HAYSTACK? Obama said Monday it’s concerning when radical groups are promoting violence “very effectively over the internet.” In the U.S., he said, “out of 300 million, there are going to be some individuals who find for whatever reason that kind of propaganda enticing.”

WHAT’S THE PROTOCOL FOR FBI COUNTERTERROR INVESTIGATIONS? Guidelines set by the attorney general spell out different levels of investigation that permit agents to use progressively more intrusive methods depending on the circumstances.

Mateen’s 2013 examination was a preliminary investigation, a type of inquiry that requires a supervisor’s approval and can go on for six months, with an extension if warranted. This one lasted 10 months before being closed. In a preliminary investigation, agents may track phone calls and obtain Internet communications and bank records.

Investigators looking into Mateen’s statements to co-workers introduced confidential informants, followed him

and recorded his conversations, among other methods.

Mateen admitted making the statements reported by his coworkers, but explained that did it in anger because he thought they were discriminating against him and teasing him because he was Muslim, Comey said.

“The evidence developed during the investigation was consistent with his explanation that he had said these things to try to freak out his co-workers,” Comey said. Agents ultimately accepted that explanation.

More serious, longer-term terrorism investigations can employ invasive techniques such as obtaining an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to conduct electronic surveillance and physical searches.

HOW OFTEN DO PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN TO THE FBI GO ON TO COMMIT VIOLENCE? It’s certainly not unheard of.

A notable example is Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who along with his brother carried out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. The FBI interviewed Tsarnaev and relatives in 2011 after a tip from a Russian intelligence security service that he was a follower of radi-

Investigations are routinely closed when agents conclude they have insufficient cause to keep them open. The FBI maintains records in case the name surfaces again in connection with another matter. But agents can’t indefinitely maintain surveillance without new basis to suspect wrongdoing.

People who were once looked at for potential terror ties can be removed from watch lists and generally resume their lives. And, Comey said, once an investigation is closed, “there is no notification of any sort” triggered by the person later trying to buy a firearm.

“Every case has to come to an end someplace, and if you don’t have evidence that somebody commits a crime, then you’re obligated to close that case,” said David Gomez, former counterterrorism chief of the FBI’s Seattle field office.

ARE LOCAL AUTHORITIES KEPT IN THE LOOP? Comey said he was confident local law enforcement was made aware of the FBI’s findings and the fact that it was closing the investigation into Mateen.

Often times, information is shared directly with local authorities through their representatives on joint terrorism task forces.

The FBI was criticized in 2013 after the Boston Marathon attack for not sharing enough information about the Tsarnaev brothers with local law enforcement. A few months after the attack, the FBI’s deputy director sent an email to special agents in charge across the country reminding them to consistently share specific information with local task force officers.

As young man, gunman worked ordinary jobs and got married FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Like many other young American men, Omar Mateen worked a series of unremarkable jobs during and after high school — a Publix grocery store, Circuit City, ChickFil-A and Walgreens.

He graduated in 2003 and jumped through a series of jobs related to nutrition and health, working at Nutrition World, Gold’s Gym and a GNC store.

He worked for six months at a state prison. And an early marriage faltered.

But eventually he found some form of stability with a job as a security guard in South Florida, where he was still working when he stormed a gay nightclub early Sunday in Orlando, resulting in the deaths of 49 people and the wounding of 53 more. He died in a gunfight with police.

It remained unclear exactly

why Mateen targeted the club.

However, one patron told The Orlando Sentinel he saw Mateen drinking at the bar several times before the shooting. Ty Smith said he saw Mateen inside at least a MATEEN dozen times.

“Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times he would get so drunk he was loud and belligerent,” Smith said.

Mateen, 29, spent most of his childhood on Florida’s Atlantic coast and lived there as an adult, not far from his parents. Born in the New York City borough of Queens in 1986, he moved with his family to the Long Island town of Westbury two years later and

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then in 1991 to Port Saint Lucie, Florida, about 125 miles southeast of Orlando.

Imam Syed Shafeeq Rahman of the city’s Islamic Center said he knew Mateen and

his family since the shooter was a boy and never saw any signs of violence in him. The Orlando attack, he said, “was totally unexpected.”

But one colleague at the se-

curity contractor G4S, his most recent employer, remembered the son of Afghan immigrants as an angry, profane co-worker who used slurs and threatened violence.

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ccording to a New York Post article (May 22, 2016), in just two years, Hillary Clinton — former first lady, senator from New York and secretary of state — collected more than $21 million in speaking fees. These fees were paid by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity Investments, UBS, Bank of America and several hedge fund companies.

In 2015, lobbyists spent $3.22 billion lobbying Congress. In 2013 and 2014, just 10 chemical companies and allied organizations spent more than $154 million lobbying the federal government. The Center for Responsive Politics in 2013 reported that The Dow Chemical Co. “posted record lobbying expenditures” in 2012, “spending nearly $12 million,” and was “on pace to eclipse” that amount. Fourteen labor unions were among the top 25 political campaign contributors between 1989 and 2014.

Many Americans lament the fact that so much money goes to Washington. Let’s ask ourselves why corporations, labor unions and other groups spend billions upon billions of dollars on political campaigns, pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a speech and wine and dine politicians and their staffs.

Do you think that these are just civic-minded Americans who want to encourage elected officials to live up to their oath of office to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution?

Do you think that people who spend billions of dollars on politicians just love participating in the political process? If you believe that either one of those notions applies, you’re probably a candidate for a

COMMENTARY straitjacket and padded cell.

A much better explanation for the billions of dollars spent on Washington politicians lies in the awesome growth of government power over business, property, emWalter ployment and Williams most other areas of our lives. Having such life-anddeath power, Washington politicians are in the position to grant favors. The greater their power to grant favors, the greater the value of being able to influence Congress. The generic favor sought is to get Congress, under one ruse or another, to grant a privilege or right to one group of Americans that will be denied to another group of Americans.

In other words, billions of dollars are spent to get Congress to do things that would be reprehensible and criminal if done privately. Let’s look at one tiny representative example among the tens of thousands.

The Fanjuls are among the biggest sugar cane growers in the U.S. Both they and Archer Daniels Midland benefit immensely from reducing the amount of sugar imported to our shores from the Caribbean and elsewhere. As a result of the reduction, they can charge Americans higher prices for sugar, and because of these higher prices, ADM can sell more of its corn syrup sweetener. If they used guns and goons to stop foreign sugar from entering the U.S., they’d wind up in jail. Howev-

er, if they find ways to persuade congressmen to impose tariffs and quotas on foreign sugar, they get the same result without risking imprisonment. In 2014, the combined lobbying expenditures of the Fanjuls and ADM totaled $2.8 million, and they spent $754,002 in political contributions.

The two most powerful committees of Congress are the House Ways and Means and the Senate Finance committees. Congressmen fight to be on these committees, which are in charge of tax laws. As a result, committee members are besieged with campaign contributions. Why? A tweak here and a tweak there in the tax code can mean millions of dollars to individuals and corporations.

You might ask: What can be done? Campaign finance and lobbying reforms will only change the method of influence peddling. If Americans would demand that Congress do only what’s specifically enumerated in our Constitution, influence-peddling would be much smaller. That’s because our Constitution contains no authority for Congress to grant favors or special privileges or give one American the earnings of another American.

Seeing as most Americans do not want a constitutionally bound Congress, I am all too afraid that an observation attributed to Benjamin Franklin is correct: “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2016, creators.com

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MORE LAWS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION

COVERAGE OF SHOOTING ANGERS WRITER

There are constant efforts to destroy our nation. Some actions are probably not done with this intent, but that will be the result.

Abraham Lincoln said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it is because we destroyed ourselves.”

President Obama, the Clintons and other liberal leftists who want to take away our Second Amendment rights will one day have us as slaves, as the Egyptians held the Israelites, if we sit idly by and let them.

Do some people really believe that removing the guns from law-abiding citizens will correct the problem of shootings and crime in America? Will the deranged, insane and lawless people who commit such dastardly deeds voluntarily surrender their weapons? How foolish is this thinking. We have plenty of laws now that are totally ignored by the lawless. Removing the rights of law-abiding citizens to bear arms will prove detrimental to our nation.

Those who propose more gun control laws cannot really believe it will make America safer, can they? If they do believe that, then they are too ignorant to be in office. If they do not believe that, then why are they pushing gun control? Could there be a hidden agenda to control and govern all aspects of our lives?

Could there be a Satanic agenda that not even the leftists are aware that the devil has them in his palm? The recent “bathroom laws” and the edict by President Obama (whose three branches of government must be “me, myself and I”) are an example of ignoring the rights of many while putting them in a potentially dangerous setting.

Let’s pray that Abraham Lincoln’s words do not prove to be true. Let’s pray for America and take a stand against laws and edicts that jeopardize our currently free nation.

RON DAVIS Pastor, Sumter Bible Church Administrator, Sumter Christian School

As I sit here on Sunday, I am listening and watching reports from the cable channels describing the incident at an Orlando-area nightclub. MSNBC has been on the “gun control” subject since they started reporting. And at 12:55 p.m. was the first mention of a person who “had been on a watch list” three years ago. Oh, but then immediately declared this person “had been cleared,” and that was that as far as a terrorist attack. (As I write this, MSNBC just reported that they were just told by authorities that the shooter had dialed 911 and swore his allegiance to the ISIS leader.)

But still not a mention of “Islamic terrorism.”

The 1:30 p.m. press conference with the president should be interesting. After listening to the president, he didn’t let me down.

Rather than push for tightening up against terror threats, he chose to push the gun control agenda again. And I fully agree with what Donald Trump said when he said Obama should resign.

It is now Monday, and I am so mad right now listening to the mainstream media depict the shooter. Now all you Democrats listen closely. I don’t want to have to repeat this.

They are trying their darndest to classify the shooter as something other than an “Islamic jihad terrorist.” No surprise there. Even heard a few say, “We shouldn’t blame the whole religious thing on him. It was just him.”

Well now, I wonder why the left decides to blame guns. I mean, after all, it was only one guy with two weapons. No. They want to blame legal gun owners. People: If we don’t do something positive, and soon, it’s going to be so far out of hand there won’t be any return.

And the Democrats are in high gear going negative. You Democrats might look forward to being on your hands and knees, kissing a carpet, but I sure as hell don’t.

DENNIS E. VICKERS Wedgefield

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Why don’t we actually prosecute gun crimes?

BY KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON

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he Democrats say they want commonsense guncontrol measures.

People on all sides say they want pragmatic, bipartisan solutions to our national problems. So, what can conservatives support?

The Democrats’ opening bid this time around is, regardless of how Republicans receive it, a dead letter, inasmuch as their proposal — having police agencies compile secret lists of possible subversives and revoking their legal rights with nothing resembling due process — is plainly unconstitutional and wouldn’t withstand five minutes’ legal examination.

When the Democrats talk about the so-called terror gap, that’s what they’re talking about: keeping a list of people who have been identified by police agencies as possible threats but who never have been charged with, much less convicted of, any crime and rescinding their ordinary constitutional rights without so much as a court hearing.

We cannot prohibit people from buying guns with no due process for the same reason we cannot subject them to arbitrary incarceration or hunt them for sport. Other ideas are being kicked around that have been kicked around, and some of them even have been tried, such as the ban on so-called assault weapons.

Study after study after study has shown that the assault-weapon ban had zero effect on violent crime when it was in effect, and it almost certainly wouldn’t have one now, either. And, given that the archetypal “assault rifle” — which is an ordinary sporting rifle following the old Armalite design — is the most popular rifle in the United States, a ban that had any hope of having any effect would have to be accompanied by a national confiscation policy.

The Democrats keep saying that they don’t want to take away our guns, but that is, in fact, what this policy would demand. Republicans often demand that we “enforce the laws we have,” but what does that mean? There are a few avenues that we could pursue along those lines.

Several years ago, the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois — the federal prosecutor responsible for Chicago — announced that, as a matter of policy, his office would not be pursuing prosecutions in most cases involving “straw buyers,” the clean faces who use their unblemished records

to purchase firearms on behalf of convicted criminals and others prohibited from legally purchasing firearms. These cases are lots of work and generally don’t ensnare big-time criminals but rather the idiot nephews, girlfriends and grandmothers of bigtime criminals.

Putting those people in federal penitentiaries for ten years isn’t going to win anybody any friends.

But they are the people who render our current background-check laws ineffective against the criminals who have turned parts of Chicago into a free-fire zone. Putting a few dozen of them away for a few dozen years might provide a strong disincentive for other would-be straw buyers, particularly those who (as is not uncommon) engage in straw buying as a commercial endeavor.

It isn’t just the federal authorities. In most of our states, including those with the cities suffering the most from violent crime, the ratio of illegal guns seized to gun cases prosecuted demonstrates just how unseriously these crimes are treated almost everywhere, New York being the notable exception.

Let’s not hear any more about expanding background checks, which already are comprehensive so far as licensed firearms dealers are concerned, until we start punishing the people who subvert those laws.

A second issue touching background checks: Often, the FBI is not able to process a gun buyer’s application within the three days required by law. If the FBI cannot give an answer, the sale can go forward under what is known as a “default proceed,” the gun buyer’s version of “innocent until proven guilty.”

In tens of thousands of cases each year, the FBI discovers, after the fact, that the sale should not have proceeded.

In the case of Mateen, three interviews by FBI agents — agents who suspected him of being connected to international Islamist terrorism — didn’t provide enough information to hang a humble domestic-abuse charge on him, which would have been enough to keep him from legally acquiring firearms, to say nothing of his being employed as a security guard. But, somehow, the would-be technocrats among us have convinced themselves that more automated-database queries are going to do the trick.

Kevin D. Williamson is the roving correspondent for National Review.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll get what you ask for. Pay attention to details and you will exceed expectations. A professional or financial gain is possible, but don’t spend money before you’ve received what’s owed to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look for signs to guide you in one direction or another. Once you make up your mind, make your choices clear to avoid any interference. A change is overdue and will encourage and motivate you to follow your heart.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Look for a unique way to present what you have to offer. It’s OK to be different, and doing so will help you capture interest that can make your life easier. A new venture looks promising. Consider forming a partnership with someone.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Consider what you can contribute to something or someone you believe in. You can bring about change if you feel passionate about a cause, concern or belief. Taking control will lead to new opportunities. A romantic connection will flourish.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep a close watch on the way others respond. Someone will take advantage of you if you aren’t careful.

An opportunity to learn will present itself. Don’t rely on others for

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Gaffney 89/70 Spartanburg 89/71

Greenville 89/72

Columbia 94/76

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

Sumter 91/75

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 91/73

ON THE COAST

Charleston 93/78

Today: A shower or heavy thunderstorm in the area. High 88 to 92.

Thursday: A shower or thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon. High 90 to 94.

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Manning 92/75

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Donate possessions you no longer need, or have a garage sale to bring in extra cash. Use your imagination and you’ll find an innovative way to market something you enjoy. Keep your emotions hidden and personal matters a secret.

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Summer repeat

Elie knocks off Rodionova as PPO top singles seed goes down for second consecutive year

Comebacks highlight final PPO qualifying Most top singles, doubles seeds in action today

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

JUSTIN DRIGGERS / THE SUMTER ITEM

Unseeded Jennifer Elie pulled off the upset in the featured match on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center. Elie knocked off top-seeded Arina Rodionova 6-4, 6-4 on the opening day of the Palmetto Pro Open main singles draw.

BY TOM O’HARE Special to The Sumter Item

ranked 231st in the world, while Elie stood at 393. But Elie proved to be the better payer Tuesday, never trailing in Top seeds are becoming very wary of either set and never allowing Rodionothe opening round of the Palmetto Pro va to break her serve.

Open — and with good reason.

“I had seen her play in a lot of other A year after Taylor Townsend was tournaments, but this was the first time upset on the first day of the main sinwe played each other,” said Elie. “She gles draw, history repeated itself. just came in from Australia and I really Unseeded Jennifer Elie knocked off think I got her when she was a little No. 1 Arina Rodionova 6-4, 6-4 in a firsttired and a little jet-lagged.” round upset at Palmetto Tennis Center Elie is a product of Queens in New on Tuesday.

York City, where her father is a tennis Elie broke Rodionova’s serve on the pro. match’s first game, which led to a 6-4 “This was a nice win. I lost here in JUSTIN DRIGGERS / THE SUMTER ITEM the first round last year,” Elie said. “I win in the first set. She took the second Top-seeded Arina Rodionova returns the set by the same score to advance to a really had my forehand going for me ball to Jennifer Elie during her 6-4, 6-4 loss today. I wanted to make her hit a lot of second-round match Thursday against on the opening day of the Palmetto Pro the winner of a match between Ellie balls to see if I could wear her down a Open main singles draw at Palmetto Tennis bit and that seemed to work.”

Halbauer and Jaeda Daniel.

Center.

“I knew I had to come out early and “I have beaten some top 100 players in not let her get any momentum, because other tournaments, so I knew what it players like her (Rodionava), they are serve in the first game of the second takes to beat a player like Arina. You hard to beat,” said Elie. “Winning that set. She broke Rodionova’s serve in the just can’t let up,” Elie said. “I think first game was big for me, and after that fourth game to go up 3-1. She turned playing on these courts last year made I knew I had to keep fighting and never that into a 6-4 victory in the second set me comfortable out there today and let up.” to claim the match. hopefully I can keep playing like this After taking the first set 6-4, Elie held Rodionova came into the match the rest of the tournament.”

It was the final day of singles qualifying and the opening day of the main draw of the Palmetto Pro Open on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

Comebacks were the main story as four players dropped the first set only to rally back in the last two and advance.

One of those was Clemson University’s Ayan Broomfield.

She dropped the opening set of her main draw match to Chieh-Yu Hsu 2-6, but managed to hold her off 7-5 in the second set and 6-4 in the third for the victory.

All this came while dealing with a near 2-hour lightning delay that halted the afternoon matches while most were still in the first sets.

Also bouncing back to claim wins were qualifying ninth seed Caitlin Whoriskey, third seed Giuliana Olmos and Nicole Mossmer.

Whoriskey was edged by sixth-seeded Lauren Herring 5-7 in the opening set before winning the second 7-6 (4) and taking the third 6-3. Olmos fell 6-7 (3) to Ronit Yurovsky to open their match before rallying to win the final two sets 6-4 and 6-1.

Mossmer dropped her opening set to Cameron Morra 1-6, but stormed back with 6-4 and 6-2 wins to advance.

Top-seeded qualifier Valeria Solovyeva moved on with a 6-0, 6-1 win against Keri Wong.

Fifth-seeded Usue Maltane Arconada topped Amy Zhu 6-3, 6-2 while No, 7 seed Jaeda Daniel defeated Abigail Forbes 6-3, 6-1.

Luisa Stefani also won her qualifying match 6-3, 6-3 over Yuliana Lizarazo.

In the main draw, second overall seed Riko Sawayanagi was pushed to three sets against Ashley Weinhold. She took the opener 6-4, dropped the second set 3-6 before coming back in the third with a 6-3 victory.

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pro golf

local racing

Masters champ Willett takes on 2nd leg of Grand Slam

Duke takes first in SECA bonus race at speedway From staff reports

course that is demanding from teeto-green with the thickest rough of the year, deep bunkers and the reputation for the fastest greens in golf.

Willett referred to it as “great fun,” mainly because of the different options to play various holes.

“The only thing I say around this place is you’re probably not going to see a ton of birdies,” Willett said.

Sumter Speedway held its 2016 SECA Crate Late Model bonus race on Saturday and Banjo Duke stole the show.

Duke started the feature from the front row after posting a blistering pace in qualifying with a best lap of 15.354 seconds. As the feature began, Duke battled with Matt Long for the top spot. However, he wasted little time separating himself from the rest of the field. As the feature drew to an end, Duke found himself way out front and cruised on for an uncontested win.

Long came home second with Matt Lawson third, Chris Hargett fourth and Tony Ayers fifth. James Plemmons was sixth with Wesley Cadwallader seventh, Travis Pennington eighth, Josh Bishop ninth and Trent Ivey 10th.

Bruce Denman made his first appearance of the season at Sumter Speedway in the Extreme 4 division and made the best of it by picking up the win. Chelsea L’Huillier came home second with Garrett Williams third, John Ledwell fourth and Jay Kyle fifth.

See WILLETT, Page B4

See DUKE, Page B5

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press OAKMONT, Pa. — More than five decades of history is enough to remind Masters champion Danny Willett that winning the calendar Grand Slam is unlikely.

He only needs to look back one year to at least think about the possibilities.

Jordan Spieth followed up his Masters victory a year ago by winning the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, making him only the fourth player since 1960 to get halfway to the slam, which is winning all four majors in one year. His hopes ended when he missed the playoff at the British Open by one shot.

Your turn, Danny.

“I mean, what Jordan did last year was awesome,” Willett said Tuesday. “You look at the strength of the field and it would be fantastic to even be somewhere thereabouts come Sunday. We’re just going to

The Associated Press

Masters champion Danny Willett watches his putt on No. 10 during a practice round for the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club on Tuesday in Oakmont, Pa. have to play golf and see what happens. Hopefully, we can be somewhere there and get a little bit of a feeling for it.”

Spieth had a slight advantage last year being at Chambers Bay, where he tried to qualify for the U.S. Amateur and where his caddie, Michael Greller, used to work in the summers when he wasn’t teaching math.

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TV, RADIO TODAY 8:30 a.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Euro 2016 Group Match from Lille, France – Russia vs. Slovakia (ESPN).

11:30 a.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Euro 2016 Group Match from Paris – Romania vs. Switzerland (ESPN).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Euro 2016 Group Match from Marseille, France – Albania vs. France (ESPN).

3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Colorado or Milwaukee at San Francisco (MLB NETWORK).

6 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Washington (Joined In Progress) (MLB NETWORK).

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

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

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Cincinnati at Atlanta (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WPUB-FM 102.7).

MLB Standings

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN League

The Associated Press

Golden State’s Stephen Curry, center, and the rest of the Warriors are coming off a 112-97 loss to Cleveland in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, but still hold a 3-2 series lead.

Golden State confident it will repeat as champs

By JANIE McCAULEY The Associated Press

after LeBron James and the Cavs forced at least one more game in what has beOAKLAND, Calif. — Stecome quite the testy rephen Curry sat on the bench match. The Warriors lead and buried his head in his the series 3-2 and still have hand. Fellow Splash Brother the upper hand.

Klay Thompson wrapped a “We’re all disappointed. towel around his face.

We want to win,” guard This was misery for the Shaun Livingston said.

Warriors and their fired-up “With the stakes being what fans, who made for the exits they are right now, obviousearly during Monday’s 112ly it’s a gut punch. But it’s 97 NBA Finals loss to the the finals. It’s not going to be Cavaliers that sent the series easy. They’re not going to back to Cleveland for a lay down. It doesn’t matter Game 6 on Thursday night. who’s on the court. We’ve They wanted so badly to got to play.” do it for Draymond Green, Golden State will get a do it for each other, and for boost having emotional leadtheir home crowd this time. er and All-Star forward Instead, Golden State is Green back after he sat out going to Ohio again. One Game 5 serving a suspenflight the Warriors surely sion for a Game 4 swipe at would have preferred not to James’ groin. Fans chanted take at this road-weary stage “Free Dray-mond! Free of another extra-long seaDray-mond!” and large cutson, but it will be well worth outs of his face waved from it if they hoist a second all corners of Oracle Arena straight trophy when these as he watched from a baseNBA Finals finally end. ball suite next door in the Their “Strength in NumOakland Coliseum. bers” mantra was tested “You want to win here once more in a game that more than anything for your mattered so much. The War- fans. They deserve to see us riors lost at home for only win, but you just suck it up the second time this postsea- and move on,” Thompson son and fourth overall. said. “We’re still in a great Yet there’s no panic now position.” for the defending champions While Green returns for

Game 6, the Warriors might be down big man Andrew Bogut. The 7-foot center sprained his left knee early in the third quarter Monday and was scheduled for an MRI exam Tuesday before the team traveled. Bogut has been an imposing presence with his shot-blocking ability, but the Warriors have some depth at the position and often use a center-bycommittee approach with Festus Ezeli and Marreese Speights among others like Anderson Varejao getting regular opportunities to contribute.

Defensively, the Warriors must find a way to keep James and Kyrie Irving from going off the way they did Monday, with each scoring 41 points.

Not that the always-confident Warriors are overly concerned. They are a group that bounced back from every rare loss during a record-setting, 73-win regular season. Golden State is 14-1 following a defeat.

“We’re in the same place we were last year, up 3-2 heading back to Cleveland.

If you told me this before the series, I would have taken it,” coach Steve Kerr said.

“So we’re in a good spot.”

Irving, LeBron wreck Warriors in Game 5

By TOM WITHERS The Associated Press

17 of 24 shots, including 5 of 7 3-pointers and several twisting layups on which he CLEVELAND — Kyrie Irsomehow coaxed the ball ving’s now-you-see-it-nowthrough the rim. you-don’t, ankle-breaking The 24-year-old was at his crossover dribble happened best in the fourth quarter, at almost the exact spot upstaging even James by where his first NBA Finals scoring 12 points — 10 in a ended brutally last year with stretch of 1:57 — to help the his left leg buckling and Cavs send the series back to kneecap shattering.

Ohio and Quicken Loans He didn’t crumble this Arena on Thursday night. Irtime, using his left hand to ving may have to pull off keep his balance before something similar if the switching hands, stopping, Cavs intend to force a Game whirling and dropping a con7 and maybe become the first tested fadeaway shot over team to overcome a 3-1 finals The Associated Press deficit.

Golden State’s Klay ThompCleveland’s Kyrie Irving, center, son, who shook his head.

“We’re not satisfied,” Irscored 41 points against Golden ving said. “We understand In the biggest game of his State during a 112-97 victory in the magnitude of what Game life, Irving astounded.

Dropping shots all over the Game 5 of the NBA Finals on 6 means for us at home, and Monday in Oakland, Calif. floor, Irving matched teamwe know that it will be an inmate LeBron James by scorcredible level that they’re ing 41 points as the CleveWith Green barred from going to play at, and we have land Cavaliers kept their sea- Oracle Arena and forced to to play at an even better son alive with a 112-97 win in watch the game in a suite level.”

Game 5 of the NBA Finals next door at Oakland ColiseIrving reached a level in over the Warriors, who um, the Warriors lacked Game 5 that he’s only missed suspended forward their most essential defentouched in brief, brilliant Draymond Green and their sive player. Irving and James flashes. first chance to close out their took advantage and extended However, there’s also the history-making season with a series that has defied logic Irving who dribbles too a second straight title. and predictions, and could much, shoots too often, loafs Irving wouldn’t let it hapgo the distance. on defense and forgets his pen, delivering a spectacular A little splashy, Irving and teammates. effort that fulfilled his poten- James were Cleveland’s The key is striking the tial and promise.

Crash Brothers, wrecking right balance, and with “Probably one of the great- Golden State’s plans to pop Cleveland’s season on the est performances I’ve ever champagne and kiss the ropes, he found it in his sixth seen live,” said James, who Larry O’Brien Trophy. finals game. joined Irving as the only Irving, who misfired durOf course, it helps when teammates in finals history ing Games 1 and 2 at Oracle shots are going down. He’s to score 40 points in the Arena, was on target from averaged 35 points in the same game. the start in Game 5. He made past three games.

East Division

Baltimore Boston Toronto New York Tampa Bay Central Division

Cleveland Kansas City Detroit Chicago Minnesota West Division

Texas Seattle Houston Oakland Los Angeles

W L Pct GB 36 26 .581 — 36 26 .581 — 36 31 .537 2½ 31 32 .492 5½ 29 32 .475 6½ W L Pct GB 35 28 .556 — 33 30 .524 2 32 31 .508 3 32 32 .500 3½ 20 43 .317 15 W L Pct GB 39 25 .609 — 34 29 .540 4½ 30 35 .462 9½ 27 36 .429 11½ 27 37 .422 12

Monday’s Games

Philadelphia 7, Toronto 0 Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit 9, 12 innings Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1 Minnesota 9, L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 14, Texas 5

Tuesday’s Games

Toronto 11, Philadelphia 3 Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

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

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 5-3) at Colorado (Bettis 4-5), 3:10 p.m.

Toronto (Estrada 4-2) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Wilson 2-5) at Boston (Wright 7-4), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Karns 5-2) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-7), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 5-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright 5-4), 7:15 p.m.

Detroit (Pelfrey 1-6) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-2), 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 6-6) at Kansas City (Kennedy 4-5), 8:15 p.m.

Minnesota (Duffey 2-5) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 3-4), 10:05 p.m.

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

Thursday’s Games

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

National League East Division

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta Central Division

Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

W L Pct GB 40 24 .625 — 34 28 .548 5 33 31 .516 7 30 35 .462 10½ 18 45 .286 21½ W L Pct GB 43 19 .694 — 35 28 .556 8½ 32 31 .508 11½ 30 34 .469 14 25 39 .391 19 W L Pct GB 39 26 .600 — 33 32 .508 6 30 33 .476 8 29 37 .439 10½ 26 39 .400 13

Monday’s Games

Washington 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Philadelphia 7, Toronto 0 Cincinnati 9, Atlanta 8 Arizona 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Miami 13, San Diego 4 San Francisco 11, Milwaukee 5

Tuesday’s Games

Toronto 11, Philadelphia 3 Chicago Cubs at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 5-3) at Colorado (Bettis 4-5), 3:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-1) at Arizona (Corbin 3-5), 3:40 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 2-3) at San Diego (Perdomo 1-2), 3:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 5-5) at San Francisco (Cueto 9-1), 3:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-2) at Washington (Strasburg 10-0), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (Estrada 4-2) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-0) at Atlanta (Norris 2-7), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 5-4) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-2), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 5-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright 5-4), 7:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

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

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

Washington at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

NBA Playoff Schedule

By The Associated Press FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 3, Cleveland 2 June 2: Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 June 5: Golden State 110, Cleveland 77 June 8: Cleveland 120, Golden State 90 June 10: Golden State 108, Cleveland 97 June 13: Cleveland 112, Golden State 97 x-June 16: at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 19: at Golden State, 8 p.m.

WNBA standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta

W L Pct GB 7 3 .700 —

New York Chicago Indiana Washington Connecticut

5 5 4 4 2

4 .556 1½ 5 .500 2 6 .400 3 7 .364 3½ 8 .200 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Minnesota Los Angeles Phoenix Seattle Dallas San Antonio

W 10 9 4 4 3 1

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 ½ 6 .400 6 6 .400 6 6 .333 6½ 7 .125 8

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

Tuesday’s Games

Dallas at New York, 7 p.m.

Washington at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

No games scheduled

Thursday’s Games

New York at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Collegiate Baseball Poll

By The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through June 13. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:

Record Pts Prv 1. Florida 52-14 490 2 2. Miami 50-12 489 3 3. TCU 47-16 486 10 4. Texas Tech 46-18 485 7 5. Coastal Carolina 49-16 483 11 6. Oklahoma State 41-20 482 12 7. Arizona 44-21 480 13 8. UC Santa Barbara 42-18-1 477 14 9. Texas A&M 49-16 476 1 10. Mississippi State 44-18-1 473 4 11. Louisville 50-14 470 5 12. South Carolina 46-18 468 6 13. LSU 45-21 467 8 14. Florida State 41-22 465 9 15. East Carolina 38-23-1 462 15 16. Boston College 35-22 460 16 17. Virginia 38-22 457 17 18. Clemson 44-20 456 18 19. La.-Lafayette 43-21 454 19 20. N.C. State 38-22 452 20 21. Xavier 32-30 451 21 22. Washington 33-23 448 22 23. Vanderbilt 43-19 445 23 24. Dallas Baptist 44-19 442 24 25. Tulane 41-21 440 25 26. South Alabama 42-22 438 26 27. Southern Miss.

41-20 435 27 28. Cal State Fullerton 36-23 434 28 29. Arizona State 36-23 432 29 30. Rice 38-24 428 30

Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Tyler Danish to Charlotte (IL). Recalled RHP Michael Ynoa from Charlotte. Agreed to terms with OF Slade Heathcott on a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Bobby Parnell to Toledo (IL). Recalled RHP Buck Farmer from Toledo.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Claimed LHP Tyler Olson off waivers from the N.Y. Yankees and assigned him to Omaha (PCL). Transferred 3B Mike Moustakas to the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Cole Ragans, RHP Alex Speas and 3B Kole Enright on minor league contracts.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated LHP Scott Diamond for assignment.

Optioned LHP Aaron Loup to Buffalo (IL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Ryan Weber to Gwinnett (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Dario Alvarez from Gwinnett.

CHICAGO CUBS — Extended their player development contract with Eugene (NWL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Daniel Wright to Louisville (IL). Placed C Jordan Pacheco on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 3 and sent him to Louisville for a rehab assignment.

Recalled SS Jose Peraza and RHP J.J. Hoover from Louisville. Sent RHP Michael Lorenzen to Louisville (IL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with 3B Nick Senzel, 2B Colby Wright, 1B Bruce Yari, C Chris Okey, OF Taylor Trammell, LHP Andy Cox and RHPs Patrick Riehl, Aaron Quillen, Lucas Benenati, Alex Webb and Nick Hanson on minor league contracts.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned C Dustin Garneau to Albuquerque (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Released OF Carl Crawford. Sent OF Yasiel Puig to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reinstated RHP Matt Garza from the 15-day DL. Sent RHPs Zack Jones and Michael Blazek to Colorado Springs (PCL) for rehab assignments.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Luis Garcia to Lehigh Valley (IL).

Selected the contract of RHP Zach Eflin from Lehigh Valley.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP Gerrit Cole on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Recalled RHP Jameson Taillon from Indianapolis (IL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed RHP Jonathan Papelbon on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Reinstated RHP Matt Belisle from the 15-day DL. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released RHP Tanner Dahl.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed LHPs Frank Del Valle and Axel Johnson and RHP Evan Bell.

LAREDO LEMURS — Released OF Reggie Wilson.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released RHP Chris Peacock.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Claimed Texas LHP Ethan Carnes off waivers from Texas.

FOOTBALL

National Football League HOUSTON TEXANS — Claimed CB Terrance Mitchell off waivers from Dallas.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Named Randy Carlyle coach.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with G Mac Carruth on a oneyear contract.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Sent D Andrew Panzarella to Quad City to complete an earlier trade.

COLLEGE

ADRIAN — Named Ellen Barker acrobatics and tumbling coach.

CHARLOTTE — Named Tyler Simmons volunteer assistant baseball coach.

FIU — Named LaSondra Barrett women’s assistant basketball coach.

LIMESTONE — Named Larry Blackstone defensive coordinator and Fernando Bryant assistant football coach.

NOTRE DAME — Named Ryan Ayers men’s assistant basketball coach.

RUTGERS — Promoted Sarah Baumgartner to deputy director of athletics.

UNLV — Announced graduate men’s basketball F Christian Jones is transferring from St. John’s.

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Cowboys’ McFadden breaks elbow Running back was trying to save phone, now out two months

By SCHUYLER DIXON The Associated Press

IRVING, Texas — Darren McFadden fractured his right elbow trying to keep his new iPhone from hitting the ground and cracking.

The Dallas running back is likely to miss the start of training camp as a result, and fourth overall pick Ezekiel Elliott is that much closer to starting.

McFadden’s injury hapFile/The Associated Press pened at home over Memorial Dallas running back Darren Day weekend, and he missed McFadden fractured his right the next voluntary practice elbow in an accident at home and that was open to reporters. will likely be sidelined at the start But he returned to workouts of training camp. last week, eventually telling

trainers that the elbow was still bothering him.

The fracture showed up on X-rays as part of the physical before mandatory minicamp that started Tuesday, the same day of surgery for the Cowboys’ leading rusher in 2015.

Coach Jason Garrett said McFadden would miss “at least a couple of months,” and training camp in California starts in late July. The Cowboys hope to have him ready for the season opener.

“He’s real tough,” said running backs coach Gary Brown, who said McFadden fell and saved his phone while breaking his elbow.

“He didn’t want to miss any time. He understands what’s going on and how this business works and you really got to appreciate that about him because I know I do.”

McFadden finished fourth in

the NFL last season with 1,089 yards rushing despite not taking over as the lead back until the seventh game during a 4-12 season. But the Cowboys still decided to take Elliott, the former Ohio State star, with their highest draft pick in 25 years.

“It just means more reps with the first team, but you hate seeing one of your guys go down,” said Elliott, who had been splitting time on the first team with McFadden.

“You hate to see one of your warriors wounded. But he’s going to be around a lot.”

Dallas also signed free agent Alfred Morris, who went to the Pro Bowl twice in Washington.

And versatile back Lance Dunbar is expected to be fully recovered from last year’s major knee injury at some point.

“You want to be deep at all positions,” Garrett said. “It’s hard to do that in the NFL in

this day and age with the salary caps and the like, but it’s good to have quality football players at that spot with this injury.”

McFadden gave the running game stability last season after the Cowboys let 2014 NFL rushing champion DeMarco Murray get away in free agency while also thinking backup Joseph Randle could take over as the starter.

Coming off seven mostly disappointing and injury-filled seasons in Oakland after the Raiders drafted him fourth overall in 2008, McFadden rushed for 152 yards after Randle got hurt early in a game at the New York Giants. Randle was waived two weeks later.

The ninth-year player is also seen as a mentor for Elliott, in part because he faced the same expectations as a high pick in Oakland.

SPORTS ITEMS

NHL gambles on Las Vegas for expansion The NHL is ready to roll the dice on Las Vegas.

A person with direct knowledge of the NHL’s decision says the league has settled on Las Vegas as the home for its next expansion franchise, provided organizers can come up with a $500 million fee.

The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because details of the plans have not been released by the league ahead of its Board of Governors meeting on June 22 in Las Vegas. Quebec City was also strongly considered for expansion.

A second person who had been briefed on the decision said Las Vegas was a “done deal” following the recommendation of the NHL’s executive committee.

The Vegas franchise is expected to begin play in the 2017-18 season, which is the earliest the league could expand, according to a third person who has been briefed on the decision.

The franchise would be the NHL’s 31st team and the first major professional sports franchise in Las Vegas, the rapidly growing gambling center of the American West.

The NHL hasn’t expanded since 2000, when Minnesota and Columbus paid $80 million each to join the league.

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finished with five RBIs, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Philadelphia Phillies 11-3 on Tuesday.

Kevin Pillar hit a leadoff blast in the second and Ezequiel Carerra drilled a tworun shot in the third as Toronto roughed up Phillies rookie Zach Eflin (0-1).

Lexington 7 Dalzell-Shaw 6

LEXINGTON — DalzellShaw Post 175’s American Legion baseball team fell to 0-10 on the season with a 7-6 loss to Lexington on Monday at the Lexington field.

The Jets, who are off from League III play this week, were scheduled to play at Hartsville on Tuesday before hosting Hartsville today at 7 p.m. and Lexington on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Bears, Jeffery still working on deal

Quarterback Jay Cutler became reacquainted with wide receiver Alshon Jeffery when the Chicago Bears began a three-day minicamp on Tuesday.

It’s been a while.

The two have a lot of catching up to do in the Bears’ offense under new coordinator Dowell Loggains after Jeffery followed up an injury-filled season by staying away from the team’s voluntary organized Braves 1 team activity work at Halas ATLANTA — Jay Bruce Hall. had a three-run homer in “I’m not worried about the first, Brandon that at all we’re going to Finnegan pitched six catch him up,” Cutler said. strong innings and the “He’ll be ready.” surging Cincinnati Reds esJeffery, designated a caped a jam in the ninth to franchise player during beat the weak-hitting Atfree agency, has been worklanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday ing out on his own. He’s night. due $14.6 million this year, Finnegan (3-4) allowed but wants Bears GM Ryan one run and four hits with Pace to negotiate a longthree walks. term deal.

Atlanta native Blake Asked if he plans to be at Wood loaded the bases with the start of training camp no outs in the ninth on in July, Jeffery said, walks to Adonis Garcia and “That’s the goal. But that’s Jace Peterson, and a single between Mr. Pace and my

by Tyler Flowers. agent.”

Wood struck out pinchBroncos sign Marshall hitter A.J. Pierzynski beto extension fore getting Mallex Smith As the Von Miller conto hit into a game-ending tract stalemate drags on, double play for his first the Denver Broncos locked save. down another key defender, Julio Teheran (2-7) allowed three runs and three signing linebacker Brandon Marshall to a four-year, $32 hits with one walk and eight strikeouts for Atlanta. million extension.

Marshall has posted Blue Jays 11 back-to-back 100-tackle seaPhillies 3 sons for the Broncos.

TORONTO — Josh Donaldson hit a grand slam and From staff and wire reports

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University of South Carolina player Paige Cline hits a return during a Palmetto Pro Open doubles main draw match on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center. Paige and partner Hadley Berg, also of USC, defeated Alexa Bortles and Ilze Hattingh 7-5, 6-2.

QUALIFYING

Hadley Berg and Paige Cline from the University of South From Page B1 Carolina. The duo topped Alexa Bortles and Ilze HatOlivia Rogowska defeated tingh 7-5, 6-2.

Gabriela Ce 6-3, 6-3 while HayToday’s matchups will fealey Carter, the NCAA singles ture the remainder of the seedrunner-up out of North Caroli- ed players in both singles and na this past season, was oustdoubles action. Third-seeded ed by Renata Zarazua 6-0, 6-2.

Catherine Bellis takes on In doubles play, all the Whoriskey in the 9 a.m. openmatches were competitive. The ing match on Court 1. Fifthfourth-seeded pair of Jamie seeded Lao plays Nicole FrenLoeb and Carol Zhao won kel immediately following with their match against Kaitlyn Loeb, the No. 4 overall seed, McCarthy and Maria Smith taking on Stefani after that.

6-4, 6-2. Herring and Ellen Sixth-seeded Ayaka Okuno Perez combined for a 6-4, 6-3 will face Cako on Court 2 as victory over Spencer Liang will No, 8 seed Francoise and Olmos while Jacqueline Abanda take on Zhao afterCako and Danielle Lao edged wards. Both of those matches Meible Chi and Sofia Sewing will follow Daniel and Ellie 7-5, 6-4.

Halbauer facing off at 9 a.m.

Also earning a hard-fought On Court 4, Ching-Wen Hsu win was the doubles team of and Carolina Dolehide will

start things off at 9 a.m. followed by Solovyeva and seventh-seeded Lauren Albanese.

Olmos and Johnnise Renaud will wrap things up.

On Court 5, Mossmer and Francesca Di Lorenzo begin things at 9 a,m, with Tori Kinard and Arconada following.

There will also be four doubles matches including three featuring top seeds. The No. 2 pairing of Anna Rodionova and Sawayanagi will face Sandra Dynka and Lizarazo on Court 5.

On Court 1, top-seeded Ce and Ching-Wen Hsu will face Catherine Bellis and Chiara Scholl. On Court 2, No, 3 seeds Whoriskey and Weinhold face Halbauer and Rogowska while Wong and Zarazua take on Jennifer Elie and Chieh-Yu Hsu on Court 5.

PALMETTO PRO OPEN

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

Carter 6-0, 6-2.

Olivia Rogowska defeated Gabriela Ce 6-3, 6-3.

Final Round Johnnise Renaud defeated (2) Chiara Scholl 6-3, 6-3.

(9) Caitlin Whoriskey defeated (6) Lauren Herring 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

(7) Jaeda Daniel defeated Abigail Forbes 6-3, 6-1.

Nicole Mossmer defeated Cameron Morra 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.

(1) Valeria Solovyeva defeated (14) Keri Wong 6-0, 6-1.

(5) Usue Maitane Arconada defeated (12) Amy Zhu 6-3, 6-2.

(3) Giuliana Olmos defeated Ronit Yurovsky 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1.

Luisa Stefani defeated (11) Yuliana Lizarazo 6-3, 6-3.

MAIN DRAW DOUBLES

MAIN DRAW SINGLES

MAIN DRAW SINGLES

QUALIFYING SINGLES

Jennifer Elie defeated (1) Arina Rodionova 6-4, 6-4 (2) Riko Sawayanagi defeated Ashley Weinhold 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Ayan Broomfield defeated Chieh-Yu Hsu 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Renata Zarazua defeated Hayley

(4) Jamie Loeb/Carol Zhao defeated Kaitlin McCarthy/Maria Smith 6-4, 6-2.

Hadley Berg/Paige Cline defeated Alexa Bortles/Ilze Hattingh 7-5, 6-2.

Jacqueline Cako/Danielle Lao defeated Meible Chi/Sofia Sewing 7-5, 6-4.

Lauren Herring/Ellen Perez vs.

Spencer Liang/Giuliana Olmos 6-4, 6-3.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE First Matches 9 a.m. (Courts 1, 2, 4, 5) (3) Catherine Bellis vs. Caitlin Whoriskey Jaeda Daniel vs. Ellie Halbauer Ching-Wen Hsu vs. Carolina Dolehide Nicole Mossmer vs. Francesca Di

Lorenzo Second Matches (Courts 1, 2, 4, 5) (5) Danielle Lao vs. Nicole Frenkel (6) Ayaka Okuno vs. Jacqueline Cako (7) Lauren Albanese vs. Valeria Solovyeva Tori Kinard vs. Usue Maitane Arcondada Third Matches (Courts 1, 2, 4) (4) Jamie Loeb vs. Luisa Stefani (8) Fancoise Abanda vs. Carol Zhao Giuliana Olmos vs. Johnnise Renaud

MAIN DRAW DOUBLES

Third Match (Court 5) (2) Arina Rodionova/Riko Sawayanagi vs. Sandra Dynka/Yuliana Lizarazo Fourth Matches (Courts 1, 2, 5) (1) Gabriela Ce/Ching-Wen Hsu vs.

Catherine Bellis/Chiara Scholl (3) Ashley Weinhold/Caitlin Whoriskey vs. Ellie Halbauer/Olivia Rogowska Keri Wong/Renata Zarazua vs. Jennifer Elie/Chieh-Yu Hsu

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legion baseball

Manning-Santee holds off Orangeburg for ‘odd’ 6-4 victory

By EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item

The Associated Press

Danny Willett warms up on the range before a practice round for the U.S. Open on Tuesday at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa.

WILLETT

month off to adjust to his new life on and off the golf From Page B1 course and didn’t take long to get back on form. He finished “It’s going to be a lot of pars third in the BMW PGA and trying to limit your misChampionship at Wentworth takes to when you do get out in his most recent start. of position. So hopefully, we The euphoria of having a can keep it in the fairways green jacket — it’s home in and keep it on the greens and England this week — hasn’t make life as stress-free as worn off. possible.”

“I don’t think it will for a Whatever stress there is off while. It’s still a great the golf course is starting to achievement,” he said. “It subside. doesn’t mean you don’t get Willett, who played on the home and you don’t work Walker Cup team with Rory hard, you don’t practice, you McIlroy in 2007, had been don’t train. We had a few slowly rising to become one weeks celebrating and stuff. of golf’s elite players when ... But there is now another he closed with a 5-under 67 job at hand, and that’s trying and overcame a faltering Spi- to get as well prepared as we eth on the back nine at Aucan for this week.” gusta National to win his As for that calendar Grand first major.

Slam?

His first child was born 11 Willett said he was surdays earlier. He went home as prised no one has ever won a Masters champion and the Masters, the U.S. Open, more attention than he has the British Open and the ever received. He took a PGA Championship in the

same calendar year.

The modern slam dates to 1960 when Arnold Palmer raised the idea after winning the Masters and U.S. Open.

He finished one shot behind at the British Open. Jack Nicklaus got halfway home in 1972 until he finished one shot behind at the British Open. Tiger Woods dominated the Masters and U.S. Open in 2002, only to get caught in bad weather at Muirfield on his way to an 81 in the third round to lose his bid.

“You can’t look at it as a whole,” Willett said. “It is quite funny because running up to this week, you are the only guy that can do it in the same year. But, again, that’s not to say you’re not going to win the Masters again and have another chance to do it a few more times in your career. It’s just nice that we have got that chance. What comes of that? You don’t really know.”

Defending U.S. Open champ Spieth worried about too much sand in Oakmont’s bunkers

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

kers, and now it is so tough to get a clean strike on the ball.”

What really got his attenOAKMONT, Pa. — U.S. tion was the 17th hole during Open champion Jordan Spia practice round Monday. eth saw a different Oakmont Rickie Fowler pulled his tee than the course he first shot left and it didn’t carry played six weeks the bunker. When they got to ago. his ball, it was plugged in the It wasn’t the sand, and Fowler couldn’t speed of the reach the green from about greens or the 40 yards. rough that cov“I really think it’s a bit of a ered his shoes. shame they dumped all this It was the sand sand into the bunkers,” he SPIETH in the bunkers. said. “I don’t think it was “When I played necessary.” it six weeks ago, there was How much sand was added very compact sand, and that to the bunker — if any — was meant that if the ball trickled not entirely clear. into the sand, it wasn’t a bad Oakmont superintendent shot,” Spieth said. “Just bare- John Zimmers said his crew ly went into the sand, you “loosened the sand up” durcould hit the green no probing the week before the U.S. lem (if) you hit a good, solid Open to get it more uniform shot. They have dumped so for play. Plus, rain was in the much sand into these bunforecast.

“We did some maintenance.

We did a little bit of work on them,” Zimmers said. “And then yesterday, it was one of the windiest days I can remember here at Oakmont — very, very unusual for us — and actually some of the sand was even blowing out of the bunkers. So when we got out this morning, the tops of the sand was very, very dry.”

USGA executive director Mike Davis said the plan was to add some water to bunkers to make them more firm.

“We were just saying as we were going around this morning after the setup that the bunkers did need some moisture because the guys were having trouble raking it,” Davis said. “But it’s really just because we’re expecting more rain, and we really didn’t get any. So normal course of maintenance.”

gle by Jordan Rickenbaker loaded the bases before walks to Lewis and Shane Hanks MANNING — On an odd plated Post 4’s first two runs night at Monarch Field, Man- of the night. ning-Santee’s American LeOrangeburg rallied for two gion baseball team defeated more runs in the sixth as Ard Orangeburg 6-4 in a game surrendered two more runs whose 7 p.m. start was debefore Logan Smith and Morlayed until 8:34 by umpire car ris were called upon to extintrouble. guish the rally. Huddleston Post 68 raced to a 6-0 lead reached on a passed ball and then held on for dear life third strike ahead of a Gray down the stretch as relief single up the middle. A Shulpitchers Morgan Morris and er grounder, Craven single Buddy Bleasdale closed the and Holden double plated two door on late Post 4 rallies to and signaled the end of Ard’s preserve the win for starter night.

William Ard. Smith walked Rickenbaker Morris pitched out of a and went to a 2-0 count on 1-out, bases-loaded jam in the Lewis before Morris rallied eighth as Robert Lewis to strike out Lewis and inpopped out to Braydon duce a fly ball to center from Osteen at second and Shane Hanks to keep Post 4 at bay.

Hanks grounded to second.

“William pitched an outMorris then went to a 2-1 standing game,” said Jordan, count on the first batter of whose team improved to 2-4 the ninth, Hagen Mott, before overall and in League III play the sprinklers on the first while dropping Post 4 to 4-4 base side unexpectedly actioverall and 3-4 in league play. vated at 11:05, sending many “He’s had some back issues of Orangeburg’s players and and we weren’t even sure he staff scurrying for dry was going to be able to go toground. A pop-up by Mott night. He got a little frustratthat likely would have been ed in the fifth inning, but he caught for the inning’s first worked his way through it, out was waved off as Manand against a good team. Orning-Santee head coach angeburg has been able to Spencer Jordan and staff consistently put up a lot of came over to turn off the runs on everybody they have sprinkler system. played this year, Shortly after, Mott reached “Logan didn’t have his best first after a Morris pitch hit performance when he came him squarely in the back. in, but certainly Morgan Blake Huddleston then drew Morris came in and pitched a a walk to put the tying run on whale of a game. I couldn’t at first. Bleasdale came on to be more pleased with how strike out Kyle Gray and Morgan pitched and respondBrant Shuler before Josh Cra- ed, and of course Buddy ven hit a grounder that Post came in and shut the door.

68 shortstop Taylor Lee, atBoth he and Morgan have tempting to retire Mott at sec- that kind of stuff to be able ond to end the game, rushed to do that. I’m really proud of to field. The error loaded the the effort we got from our bases, but Bleasdale caught team tonight and I’m really Vance Holden swinging for proud that we did a lot of his third strikeout of the inthings right. The kids played ning and the save. well.”

Ard pitched four innings of Ard retired the side in 2-hit ball before laboring order to open the game. Post through a 37-pitch fifth in68 scratched out a run in the ning as Orangeburg plated its bottom of the first after Orfirst two runs via the base on angeburg starter Shuler isballs. After giving up a leadsued a leadoff walk to Lee. A off infield single to Gray, Ard steal and single by Hunter recorded fly ball outs of Robinson advanced Lee to Shuler and Craven, his sevthird, with a wild throw from enth and eighth outs of the catcher Hanks on a Robinson night through the air. A walk steal bringing the Manningto Holden and an infield sinSantee shortstop home.

American Legion Standings Team Sumter Camden Orangeburg Manning Dalzell

W 12 3 4 2 0

L 1 2 4 4 10

Senior Schedule

Monday’s Games Sumter 10, Camden 0 Manning-Santee 6, Orangeburg 4 Lexington 7, Dalzell-Shaw 6 Tuesday’s Games Sumter at Camden Manning-Santee at Orangeburg Dalzell-Shaw at Hartsville Today’s Games Hartsville at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Camden at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Orangeburg at Manning-Santee, 7

Pct. .923 .600 .500 .333 .000

W L 10 0 3 2 3 4 2 4 0 8

Pct. 1.000 .600 .429 .333 .000

GB — 4½ 5½ 6 9

p.m.

Lexington at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Junior Schedule

Today’s Games Marlboro at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Sumter at South Florence, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee at West Florence, 7 p.m.

Camden at Bishopville Friday’s Games Sumter at Hartsville, 6:30 p.m.

Area Scoreboard GOLF CGA OUTING CHANGED The Sumter chapter of the Christian Golfers’ Association has moved its monthly outing on Saturday from Calhoun Country Club in St. Matthews to The Links at Lakewood.

A devotion will be held at 9:30 a.m. with tee time set for 10. The cost is $27 per player.

VOLLEYBALL Officials needed The South Carolina Independent School Association is looking for anyone interested in being a volleyball official.

Those who are interested would have to be able to work matches starting around 4 p.m. There will be several meetins with classroom and on-the-floor teaching.

For more information contact Teddy Weeks, SCISA District Director of Officials, at

TWeeks51@aol.com or at (803) 446-3379.

TENNIS Twilight Tennis in the Parks Twilight Tennis in the Parks, sponsored by Palmetto Tennis Center, will be held on Saturday, June 25, at Swan Lake Park from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The event is open to children ages 5-12 with demonstrations from a PTC professional.

Events at Shaw Park on July 16 and Birnie Park on July 30 will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

For more information, call PTC at (803) 774-3969.

BASKETBALL SUMTER HIGH CAMP Sumter High School will have a basketball camp July

11-15 in its main gymnasium.

The camp will run from 8 a.m. to noon each day and is open to children ages 6-17. The cost is $35 per student.

Registration forms are available in the school’s main office or by calling SHS boys head coach Shawn Jones at (803) 467-3874.

3906, Teresa Durden at (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 775-1902.

FOOTBALL OFFICIALS MEETINGS

The Santee Wateree Football Officials Association is holding training classes for prospective officials for the 2016 football season.

GOLF The classes will be held on Pars 4 Pets Tournament Mondays beginning at 6:30 The fourth annual Par 4 Pets p.m. golf tournament will be held For more information, conon Saturday at Crystal Lakes tact Granderson James at (803) Golf Course.

968-2391 or grandersj@aol.com The format will be 4-man or Richard Geddings at (803) Captain’s Choice. The entry 468-8858. fee is $160 per team or $40 per SUMTER HIGH CAMP player. The fee includes golf Sumter High School will cart, lunch and beverages. have a football camp July 13-14 The field will be limited to from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the the first 20 teams. The money school’s practice field. raised will go K.A.T.’s Special The camp is open to chilKneads. dren who have completed For more information, call grades 2 through 7. The camp Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-

is free, but pre-registration is required by June 30.

Forms are available in the school’s main office or by calling SHS head coach Mark Barnes at (803) 481-4480.

BOWLING Gamecock Lanes Scores

Nascar: Amy Marshall 208-508; Lindsey Barwick 140-330.

Adult/Youth: Michael Starnes 254.

Industrial Mixed: Gabe Reynolds 300; Larry Clark 267-630; Lee Taylor 542; Greg Cunningham 254-606; Johnny Stover 246-633; Moses Jackson 268762; John Loney 232; Pat Gillion 216544; Thomas Price 605; Chuck Scott 646; Jay Gillion 579; Ron Rath 630; Raynard Jackson 550; Jerry Beasley 571; Elias Wells 615; Angela Wills 439.

Friday Night Mixed: Loretta Friday 200-525; George Russ 256-546; Luke Hicks 261-667; Sean Chapman 279; Ricky Grimmett 245-604; Kenny Smith 269-687; Reggie Ratcliff 225; Phillip June 255; Marc Harton 737; Leon Williams 712; Victor Baker 604; Sam Green 650; Doug Oliver 619; Rowland Yates 673; Alix Tribbey 382; Earl Fronabarger 628; Bill Riles 602; Mike Hodge 665; Michael Gregg 621; Amanda Kropog 413.

Saturday Youth Practice: Caleb Baker 93-267; Dalton Kirby 144-353; Austin Kirby 147-158-157-462; Mark Lupori 237; Keonta Bethea 209; Zayd McColgin 150-399.

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Coastal still basking in CWS glow

By Ryan Young ryoung@thesunnews.com

The other side of the bracket features Miami, UC Santa Barbara, Oklahoma State and Arizona.

Waiting in the lobby of the team’s “I had to wake up and check the hotel Monday morning before the internet just to make sure it was trip back home, Coastal Carolina real,” junior designated hitter G.K. baseball head coach Gary Gilmore Young said Monday morning. “I said he had already received more pinched myself a couple times. It’s than 400 texts from former players, just amazing.” fellow coaches and friends congratuSaid senior right fielder Connor lating him on the Chanticleers’ first Owings: “What an incredible experiCollege World Series berth. ence last night was. Just getting to While nobody has lived and died play in that atmosphere, getting to emotionally with every game, every get a huge win for this program and surge and setback these last 21 seaCoach Gilmore and now we get the sons more than Gilmore, there are so opportunity to go to the College many others who had bought into World Series. It’s crazy to think The Associated Press there’s only eight teams left in the his dream of the Chants one day LSU’s Kramer Robertson (3) reacts as being on college baseball’s marquee country, and we’re one of them. ... I Coastal Carolina celebrates Sunday’s win don’t think I went to bed until like 4 stage as they are now. to reach the College World Series.

And, as he made sure to reiterate, and I woke up at like 6 and I’m still so many who have contributed to wired right now.” making that dream a reality.

Sunday night after defeating host Gilmore, meanwhile, hadn’t even “I’m so happy for this group of Louisiana State, 4-3, on junior Mistarted to look ahead to what awaits. kids and just so many teams and chael Paez’s walk-off RBI single to “I’ll worry about that later today or coaches and people that over the 20 complete a two-game NCAA super tomorrow or something. Right now years I’ve been here have had a part regional sweep of the Tigers at Alex my head’s still spinning,” he said.

No matter what, the Chants are no in this,” Gilmore said. “This team ac- Box Stadium. complished what all of us had Nor did they really want the night doubt going to enjoy this experience, but now that they’re in this spot, worked so hard to do, and all of to end after clinching their place on well, who’s to say what is possible? those guys that feel so much pride the eight-team bracket for the Col“I don’t know, we’ll see. With this right now in what’s going on sweated lege World Series in Omaha, Neb., bunch, never say never. They find and toiled and everything trying to which starts Saturday. ways,” Gilmore said. “No betting get there themselves and they set the The Chants (49-16) will open man would have thought we’d come stage to allow these guys to be in against national No. 1 seed Florida that position. I’m just so happy for on Sunday at 8 p.m. Also part of that in this place and win two games in a all those guys.” half of the double-elimination brack- row, so we’ll see. No reason why they can’t win it all.”

The Chants didn’t get much sleep et is Texas Tech and TCU.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SCHEDULE

By The Associated Press At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. All Times EDT Double Elimination x-if necessary Saturday, June 18 Game 1 — Oklahoma State (4120) vs. UC Santa Barbara (42-181), 3 p.m.

Game 2 — Miami (50-12) vs. Arizona (44-21), 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 19

Game 3 — Texas Tech (46-18) vs.

TCU (47-16), 3 p.m.

Game 4 — Florida (52-14) vs.

Coastal Carolina (49-16), 8 p.m.

Monday, June 20 Game 5 — Game 1 loser vs.

Game 2 loser, 2 p.m.

Game 6 — Game 1 winner vs.

Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21 Game 7 — Game 3 loser vs.

Game 4 loser, 5 p.m.

Game 8 — Game 3 winner vs.

Game 4 winner, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22 Game 9 — Game 5 winner vs.

Game 6 loser, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 23 Game 10 — Game 7 winner vs.

Game 8 loser, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 24 Game 11 — Game 6 winner vs.

Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.

Game 12 — Game 8 winner vs.

Game 10 winner, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 25 x-Game 13 — Game 6 winner vs.

Game 9 winner, TBA

OBITUARIES ERNEST B. ROGERS JR. ORANGEBURG — Ernest B. Rogers Jr. died on Monday, June 13, 2016, at The Oaks retirement home in Orangeburg.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Ernest B. Rogers Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, followed by private burial in Lee County.

Memorials ROGERS may be sent in Mr. Rogers’ memory to Multiple Sclerosis Society of South Carolina, Suite 206, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Columbia, SC 29204 or to a charity of one’s choice.

Born on Dec. 20, 1924, in Sumter, Mr. Rogers attended Clemson for two years, then served in the U.S. Army Air Force for three years. He returned to Clemson, graduating in 1948 with a bachelor of science in agricultural engineering. After receiving a master of science from Texas A&M University in 1952, he joined the faculty at Clemson, where he taught engineering until retiring from the university in 1978. He served one term as president of the faculty senate and he also served as chairman of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). After retiring from Clemson, Mr. Rogers moved to Orangeburg, where he worked for Applied Engineering Co. for nine years, followed by 13 years with McCall-Thomas Engineering Co. During that time, he served as chairman of the South Carolina Board of Registration for Engineers and Land Surveyors. He was licensed to practice engineering in South Carolina and Texas and also was a licensed pilot.

In 1961, he won a top award from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for bringing about a better understanding of the American way of life with his essay titled “Responsibility and Freedom: Our Heritage and Our Hope.” Mr. Rogers was a longtime, active member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Orangeburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Bessie Luther Rogers and Ernest B. Rogers Sr.; his wife, Betty Lee Rogers; and his sister, Anne Rog-

ers Gambrell.

Survivors include his daughters, Beth Thompson of Belmont, North Carolina, and Becky Quattlebaum and her husband, Ed Quattlebaum, of Annapolis, Maryland; grandchildren, Billy Quattlebaum of Washington, D.C., and Lee Thompson of Baltimore, Maryland; and a brother, Luke Rogers of Sumter.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, 1112 Fair St., Camden, SC 29020 is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be sent to the Rogers family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com

RUBY K. COKER Ruby Clarine Kolb Coker, 92, widow of Woodrow Laverne Coker, died on Monday, June 13, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on Jan. 31, 1924, in Paxville, she was a daughter of the late Ronald Clare Kolb and Mary Lillian Geddings Kolb.

She was a member of Little Star Pentecostal Holiness Church. A true Christian COKER warrior, she taught Sunday school all of her life and was known for her teaching.

She is survived by two sons, Archie L. Coker (Gloria) of Manning and Jerry E. Coker (Donna) of Alcolu; two daughters, Carol Ann Rogers of Lexington and Frances C. Beasley (Terry) of Sumter; 11 grandchildren; 22 greatgrandchildren; and four greatgreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; two daughters, Mary S. Coker and Donna F. Coker; three sisters, Mary Davis, Dorothy Coker and Hannah Ardis; two great-grandchildren, Parish W. Coker II and Anna C. Coker; and two greatgreat-grandchildren, Eden O. Coker and Mason G. Coker.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery, Alcolu.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home and other times at the home of Jerry Coker, 2028 Tearcoat Road, Alcolu.

Memorials may be made to Little Star Pentecostal Holiness Church, P.O. Box 391,

x-Game 14 — Game 8 winner vs.

Game 10 winner, TBA If only one game is necessary, it will be played at night Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday, June 27: Pairings TBA, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 29: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m.

Manning, SC 29102.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

ALAN JOHN ZEICH Alan John Zeich, 76, of Sumter, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016.

He was born on May 25, 1939, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the late Adam and Elizabeth Zeich. Alan received a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Bucknell University in 1961 and a master’s in engineering administration from George Washington University in 1967. He married Pamela Zeich in 1964 and raised a family in Bowie, Maryland, until 1989 when they moved to the Fredericksburg, Virginia, area.

He lived in Sumter for the last several years. A relationship lasting more than 50 years, Alan met his wife Pamela in the summer of 1961, where they were both counselors at Beaverbrook Music Camp in the Poconos. Upon graduation from Bucknell, he entered the Army and spent two years as a Nike Missile Battery Officer.

After the Army, he began a four-decades long career in national defense as an engineer, manager, and vice president with Vitro Corp., working on Navy weapons systems programs. While living in King George and Fredericksburg, he was active in the community, working with the King George Volunteer Fire Department and the United Way. Alan is survived by two children, Tammy Mickey of Sumter and Todd Zeich of Huntingtown, Maryland; his brother, Richard Zeich; and two grandchildren, Cole and Suzanna Mickey.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Pamela Jean Zeich (Miller) in 2013.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the United Way. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

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From Page B1 Terrell Holloway ended Adam Hill’s winning streak at seven in the Stock V8 division. Hill led the early half of the race before a flat tire sent him to the pits. Holloway then held off a late challenge from Cody Truett to pick up the win. Truett finished second, Timmy Kimsey third. Adam Hill fourth, Marty Horne fifth, Grant Hill sixth, Joe Cook seventh, Randy Creech eighth and Jerry Knight ninth.

Drew Shealy added another win to his growing list in the Super Street division, leading flag to flag. Robbie Disher came home second with Ryan Winn third, Greg Murphy fourth, William Disher fifth and Chris Coker sixth.

Duke picked up his second win of the night, this one coming in the Stock 4 division, but without the ease he had in the SECA feature. Duke and Bubba Kolb battled it out for the top spot with Kolb leading several laps before Duke finally made his way around him and took the checkered flag. Kolb settled for a hard-fought second with Jason Hodge third, Ray Cagle Jr. fourth, Ashley McHenry fifth, Casey Bryan sixth and Kyle Lynch seventh.

Tim Roark picked up the win and survived a post-race inspection to pick up the win in the Street Stock division.

Brian Welch came home second with Ronnie Stephens Jr. third.

The speedway’s season continues on Saturday with a huge event on the schedule. Along with racing in all divisions, the Brian Prescott Memorial Super Street feature will also be held.

The Super Street feature will be paying a grand prize of $2,000 do the winner. Several local and out-of town drivers are expected to be on hand in what is sure to be the biggest race of the season.

Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 7. Grandstand tickets are $15 for adults and pit passes are $25.

Active duty and retired military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge with proper military identification.

THOMAS STUCKEY SR. Thomas Stuckey Sr. was born on March 19, 1935, in Lee County, to the late Lawrence and Annie Bell Hunter Stuckey. He was united in marriage to the late Joe Ann Gass Stuckey for 56 years and they were blessed with four children.

In addition to his parents and wife, Thomas was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Stuckey Jr.; and four siblings, Lucille McDaniel, John Lee Stuckey, Wilhemenia Shaw and Rosa Lee Burris.

Thomas departed this life on Friday, June 10, 2016, in Sumter.

Thomas leaves to cherish precious memories: two sons, Ronnie L. (Debra) Stuckey and Larry B (Martha) Stuckey; a devoted daughter, Joann Miller; daughter-in-law, Tasha Stuckey; four siblings, Lawrence (Willie Mae) Stuckey, Perthenia (Harmon) Jenkins, Janie Gass and Jeanette Mickens; two sisters-in-law; 15 grandchildren; 23 greatgrandchildren; and a host of nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at New Haven United Methodist Church, 3159 Red Hill Road, Bishopville, with the Rev. Fadetra Harrington, pastor, officiating and the Rev. Rickey Stuckey Sr., eulogist. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

A public viewing will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Messages of hope can be left at www.whitesmortuary. net The family is receiving friends at 8 Spring St., Sumter.

Services entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC of Sumter.

MARY ANN GREGOIRE Mary Ann Gregoire, 80, died on Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital.

Miss Gregoire was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church and a former member of the Sisters of Mercy in Burlington, Vermont. She was a retired teacher with 44 years of service. She retired from Sumter High School after 18 years and later taught at Hudgens Academy until her final retirement.

She was such a witty, kind person, full of love for others.

She will be sadly missed by all.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM officiating.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Convent Cemetery in Burlington.

Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

LOMAND BRADLEY Lomand Bradley, 56, entered eternal rest on Friday, June 10, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

He was born on March 31, 1960, in Sumter County.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

HERMAN MCLEOD JR. Herman McLeod Jr., 73, husband of Thomasina McLeod, entered eternal rest on Monday, June 13, 2016, at his home.

He was born on Dec. 20, 1942, a son of the late Herman McLeod Sr. and Hariett Brown.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 37 Van Buren St. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

ARTHUR DUBOSE Arthur Dubose, 81, entered eternal rest on Monday, June 13, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

He was born on Oct. 13, 1934, in Sumter County, a son of the late Gilbert and Eliza Lynch Dubose.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 7070 Squaw Road, Pinewood.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

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orking in theater is a hard life in many ways, but there’s nothing else

Sally Glaze would rather be doing.

She’s based in New York City, where she has returned after performing for four months with the national touring company of “Dirty Dancing.”

The Sumter native, daughter of Fran and Lee Glaze, has been studying and training since she was 4, starting at Miss Libby’s School of Dance and going on to get a bachelor of performing arts degree in dance performance from Oklahoma City University and continuing her studies with private instructors in New York.

Her hard work and natural talent have made Glaze a “triple threat” as a dancer, singer and actor.

While studying voice with a very “direct and honest” instructor at OCU, Glaze said she got her feelings hurt sometimes, “but I was able to open up ... to reach a point I wasn’t able to reach before. It increased my self-esteem.”

She said she enjoys the challenge of putting “all three together and knowing that there are people in the audience watching in awe.”

Still, it was dance that was her first love.

Glaze spent 14 years at Miss Libby’s School of Dance.

“Miss Libby is my rock,” she said. “I always go back to see her when I’m in Sumter.”

She also named dance teachers Kelly McMillan, Mary Simmons and Jen Reimer as influential in her career choice.

“I will always attribute my begin-

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Sumter native Sally Glaze poses in front of the sign for the national touring company of “Dirty Dancing,” in which she appeared for four months.

nings to them,” Glaze said. “They were always there for me, huge life coaches.

(Miss Libby’s) was like a second home.”

She also did some shows at the Sumter Little Theatre, including “The Music Man” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” Glaze said, as well as acting in and choreographing musicals at Sumter High School. She also participated in several “summer intensives” with prestigious companies, such as The Joffrey Ballet School-American Ballet Center Summer Intensive in New York when she was only 15.

All of them helped prepare her for her career, she said.

Glaze, now 24, wasn’t born when the Patrick Swayze-Jennifer Grey film of “Dirty Dancing” was made, but she said she saw it many times over the years.

“It’s a classic dance film,” she said.

“The musical is very similar, except we’ve got a little more political and social references. You can tell when the audience is waiting for the numbers they remember from the movie.”

The story takes place in the summer of 1963 in a Catskill Mountains resort, when a rather shy 17-year-old vacationing with her family is drawn to the resort staff’s dance party — and especially the handsome dance instructor.

“It’s a dance-heavy show,” Glaze said, an element she loves.

She was in the ensemble and also the understudy for the actresses playing the principal characters Vivian and Penny; primarily because of injuries to the actresses, she got to play both parts at times during the tour.

“You have to be very athletic,” Glaze said. “The company even has its own Glaze is seen as Penny Johnson with Benja- physical therapist.” min Rivera, her best friend from college, The ensemble dancers, who do most who is also a dancer in the national touring of the dancing, are generally the best company of the musical “Dirty Dancing.” dancers, she said, and also generally

Glaze, front row, third from right, dances in the musical “Dirty Dancing.” She finished a four-month run with the national touring company and is back in New York studying to maintain her dancing, singing and acting skills and “going to auditions.” younger than the principals, too.

While being in a touring show has its downside, as does being in theater in general, Glaze said she’s loved it.

“You have to always not be able to live without it,” she said. “It’s not all roses, there are a lot of rejections, and there are few constant jobs.”

In addition, she said, dedicated female dancers often put off starting a family because there’s not enough time to pursue the career and take time off for having children and giving them the attention they deserve.

“And a dancer’s career (on stage) is often over in her early to mid-30s,” she said.

Glaze sees mainly the up sides to her career in theater, however.

“We do eight shows a week, usually at night, so we have time to explore the

cities we’re playing during the day,” she said. “I’ve made some really good friends, and we have a lot of fun.”

Now that she’s back in New York, Glaze said she plans to readjust to what she calls “a different kind of life — it’s definitely not South Carolina.”

When you’re not in a show, she said, “You still have to make money to pay the rent, go to dance, voice and acting classes, get a side job. I go to a lot of auditions, where there are often 600 or 700 girls trying for one part. It’s definitely not for someone who needs to have solidity. You have to roll with the punches.”

On the other hand, she said, “It’s a most rewarding profession.

“You don’t meet a lot of people that get to do something for a living that doesn’t feel like work.”

Reel Cowboys present Silver Spurs to actor Herd

BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks

I received the call from the award committee,” said Herd from his home in Los Angeles.

“I came late to Hollywood and When discussing westerns, missed the great Richard Herd’s name may not TV western era immediately pop up. The of which I had al83-year-old veteran character ways wanted to actor is probably best recogbe a part, so the nized from several ’90s TV sepickings were ries such as “Seinfeld” — for very slim.” his reoccurring role of Mr. HERD Nevertheless, Wilhelm — as well as “SeaHerd’s connection to the cowquest DSV” and “Star Trek: boy community dates back to Voyager.” his childhood.

But this fall, Herd will be “I’m indebted to my grandhonored for his western connections at the 16th annual Sil- father, Thomas Lydon, who ver Spur Awards, presented by took me many times on his buck board to the Keith StaThe Reel Cowboys, a film and bles where he worked in TV appreciation organization Brighton, Massachusetts,” he that has included among its said, noting that the smell of members western icons such as Ronald Reagan, Angie Dick- horse manure and gun smoke “has long lingered in my inson and James Arness (see www.reelcowboys.org). being.”

“It was a total surprise when Like many actors, Herd’s

acting skills were first sharpened in theater, long before his move to television and film in the 1970s. In 1955, he played the sheriff in “The Rainmaker” at The Erie Playhouse in Pennsylvania.

“It was a winter stock regional theatre company with a six-month season,” he recalled. “I was a very young actor, and being there was one of the best learning acting experiences of my theatrical life.

Jerry Stiller of ‘Seinfeld’ and Vic Morrow of ‘Combat’ had been members of the company at one time or another as well.”

Much later, in 2001, Herd portrayed famed filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille on stage. “It was a one man show. DeMille produced the first full-length western ‘The Squaw Man’ (in 1914) along with many other

great westerns.”

On television, Herd appeared in the 1978 western comedy “Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid.” “It was directed by Burt Kennedy who worked with John Wayne for over 20 years,” he said. Herd also had a role in the 2007 TV western “Love’s Unfolding Dream” which reused old sets from the popular 1990s western series “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” in which Herd also appeared.

Other TV western roles included the series “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.” In addition to acting, Herd creates music, crafts jewelry, writes poetry and is an established artist (see www.richardherd.com). He has also taught acting classes at colleges across the country.

In July, he will be a guest

at the San Antonio Comic Con, and his name was recently added to the massive list of guests attending the Star Trek 50th anniversary celebration in Las Vegas in August. But this year, he’s especially looking forward to the Silver Spur Award in September.

“It will be presented to me

by Morgan Woodward,” he said. “I feel blessed that I got to do the handful of westerns that I’ve done. I look forward to the day when this more hardened and mature man gets the opportunity to saddle up, slap on my six-shooter and chase the bad guys again.”

Nick Thomas has written features, columns and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. See tinseltowntalks.com.

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Scallops take center stage in citrus kebabs

BY SARA MOULTON The Associated Press

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’ve always been a sucker for scallops. They’re sweet, meaty, cylindrical

and bite-sized. This particular recipe puts scallops at the center of a skewer’s worth of very tasty kebabs.

It requires no more than 15 minutes hands-on time and 40 minutes total from start to finish. And it’s how I spell dinner — and relief — at the end of a long day of work, when I have neither the time nor the patience to make anything more complicated.

First, buy the best scallops available. Sometimes, scallops are harvested, stored in water with preservatives, then kept at sea for days before the boat returns to shore. These are known as “wet” scallops, and I do not recommend them. Instead, look for “dry” scallops or “day boat” scallops, which are caught and brought to market right away.

Of these, you want the biggest, plumpest specimens you can

find. Those are the ones that will most easily pick up nice grill marks when you set them down across the grates.

The bright, tangy citrus marinade here is a mixture of lemon juice, orange juice and the zest of both fruits, along with a little olive oil. It’s your choice of herb — sage or basil (the home team liked them both) — after which each scallop is wrapped in a strip of prosciutto. You want to be careful to fold the prosciutto and herbs around the scallops so they’re flush with the scallops’ edge.

That will ensure the scallops cook evenly on the grill after they’ve been threaded onto skewers. How to ensure they don’t stick to the grill? Pat them dry, then brush them with a little oil right before grilling.

The grill must be well heated before you start cooking. Once you’re rolling, don’t turn over the skewers until the scallops are easily loosened from the grill, which is how you know they’ve been properly seared.

This will only take 2 to 3 minutes a side. Give each one a little poke in the belly to see if it’s almost done. You want to pull them off the grill when there’s still a little bit of give, indicating they’re slightly undercooked. The carry-over cooking time will finish the job.

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The ingredients for citrus-marinated scallop and prosciutto kebabs are seen in Riverside, Connecticut.

This dish puts scallops at the center of a skewer’s worth of very tasty kebabs. It requires no more than 15 minutes of hands-on time and 40 minutes total from start to finish.

CITRUS-MARINATED SCALLOP AND PROSCIUTTO KEBABS Start to finish: 40 minutes (15 minutes hands on) Servings: 4 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest Kosher salt 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing the scallops 16 sea scallops (about 1½ inches in diameter, 1¼ pounds), tough muscle discarded 8 thin slices prosciutto di Parma (about 4 ounces) 16 large basil or sage leaves Preheat the grill to medium.

In a medium bowl whisk together the lemon juice, lemon zest, orange juice and orange zest with a hefty pinch of salt until the salt has dissolved; whisk in the 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the scallops and toss until they are well coated. Let them marinate for 8 minutes.

Cut the prosciutto slices in half crosswise and fold them into strips about 1½ inches wide (the same width as the scallops) and 5 inches long. Arrange the strips on a work surface and place a basil leaf in the center of each strip. Top the leaf with a scallop and wrap the prosciutto around the scallop to enclose it. Thread 4 prosciutto-wrapped scallops onto each of 4 metal skewers. (If using wooden skewers, soak them for 20 minutes in water before threading the scallops.)

Pat the exposed scallop surfaces dry and brush them lightly with olive oil. Place the skewers on the grill and cook the scallops for 2 to 3 minutes per side or until almost firm to the touch, transfer to plates and let rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Nutrition information per serving: 220 calories; 96 calories from fat; 11 g fat (2g saturated fat; 0 g trans fat); 65 mg cholesterol; 1,317 mg sodium; 5 g carbohydrates; 0 g fiber; 0 g sugar; 26 g protein.

Try a guilt-free dessert with a pear and chocolate crumble

BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press My four daughters all have a sweet tooth, and I blame genetics. I can sidestep French fries, chips and salty stuff pretty easily, but chocolate makes me drool. So if you love sweets, at least know you are in good company.

But, healthy-eating friends, let’s have some straight talk about dessert: It’s full of sugar, which means we can’t have dessert every single time we want it.

In our house, we eat (real) dessert only on weekends. During the week, I serve plain fruit or unsweetened yogurt after dinner, saving the sweeter treats for family meals where we linger around the table, connecting.

Even weekend desserts, though, are not a free-for-all sugar-fest. I follow one simple guideline to keep my family’s sugar consumption in check: I make all our own desserts.

There are three major advantages to this rule. First, while sugar can wreak havoc on our health, weird chemicals — fake flavors, colors, preservatives — scare me even more. If I make the food myself, I can skip the strange ingredients I can’t pronounce, and that’s a win for our health.

Second, having to cook my own treats (usually) stops me from mindlessly eating something I brought home from the store. Permission to eat anything that is homemade is simultaneously enough freedom to indulge our cravings sometimes and enough brakes to keep us from scarfing down a random box of cookies. Lastly, if I make the desserts myself, then I have control over the recipe. Usually, I reduce sugar and simple carbohydrates and add protein and fiber, which all slow down the sugar rush.

For instance, this week’s pear and dark chocolate crumble turns almond flour and oats into a tasty topping that isn’t loaded with empty calories, and a tiny splash of almond extract brilliantly tricks the palate into thinking this dessert is sweeter than it is. Splurge on some high-quality dark chocolate chips (or just chop up a bar) — you’ll be amazed how satisfying a small bit of dark chocolate can be.

PEAR AND DARK CHOCOLATE CRUMBLE Start to finish: 1 hour Yield: 6 servings For the filling: 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon almond extract 4 pears, peeled and diced 1 granny smith apple, peeled and diced 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon corn starch For the crumble topping: 1/3 cup almond flour 1/2 cup oats 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips (recommended: 63% cacao) 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small cubes Preheat the oven to 350. In a large bowl, mix the lemon juice

and almond extract. Add the fruit and toss to coat. Sprinkle the sugar and corn starch on the pears, and stir until mixed in.

Spoon the fruit into a 1.5- or 2-quart baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. In a small food processor, place the almond flour, oats, chocolate chips, sugar, and salt. Pulse once or twice to mix.

Top with the butter and pulse 8 or 9 times until mixture looks like wet sand. (Chocolate chips may still be quite large, and that’s perfect.)

Spread the oat and almond mixture over the fruit and gently press down into the fruit. Spray the top of the crumble with a little nonstick spray. Bake until fruit is tender and bubbling and topping is golden brown, about 40-45 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.

NOTE: One granny smith apple is used to add depth of flavor and texture, but another pear can be used instead.

Nutrition information per serving: 254 calories; 113 calories from fat; 13 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 13 mg cholesterol; 107 mg sodium; 37 g carbohydrate; 6 g fiber; 23 g sugar; 4 g protein.

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Don’t stop baking; make treats healthier FROM METRO Baking can be a relaxing and rewarding pastime that parents can share with their children. Baking promotes a variety of skills, including the ability to follow instructions and make measurements. Baking also employs mathematics, making baking a rather delicious science experiment. Perhaps one of the few pitfalls of baking is indulging in too many sweet treats when taste testing and then enjoying the fruits of your labors.

But bakers concerned about their health can substitute healthy ingredients when recipes call for foods bakers would prefer to avoid.

The following ingredients can make healthy additions to baked-good recipes without sacrificing flavor.

• Whole wheat flour: Flour is at the heart of many baking recipes, including those for cakes, cookies and pies.

Refined white flour may not be the healthiest ingredient, so try whole wheat flour, which is full of nutrients and an extra dose of fiber. Fiber can help lower the risk for heart disease and diabetes.

Try slightly less than one cup of whole wheat flour for regular flour as a swap if a recipe calls for one cup of flour.

• Fruit puree: When a recipe calls for oil, margarine, butter or shortening, consider replacing such ingredients with fruit purees, which often add moisture and texture just as well but without the same amount of calories. Applesauce and prunes can be helpful in chocolate dishes.

Pumpkin or sweet potato are other purees that can add a nutritional boost as well.

• Greek yogurt: Greek yogurt is a powerhouse of protein and flavor with relatively few calories per serving. It can make a super substitution in recipes for things such as sour cream, buttermilk or even cream cheese.

• Applesauce: Believe it or not, unsweetened applesauce also can replace some or all of the sugar in a recipe.

When doing a 1:1 ratio swap, reduce the amount of liquid in the recipe by 1/4 cup.

• Marshmallow or meringue: Ever check the nutritional information for many store-bought cake frostings?

They pack a considerable amount of calories, sugar and fat. Some also are made with hydrogenated oils. Consider using a marshmallow fluff or homemade meringue to top cupcakes or decorate cookies.

• Stevia: Stevia is an herbal plant that grows primarily in South America. Stevia has a long history as a sweetener in that area and now has become a popular sugar substitute elsewhere. Stevia is an all-natural, no-calorie, nocarbohydrate sweetener. The FDA approved only the purified form of stevia, called stevioside. Remember to check each brand’s sugar-to-stevia ratio to make sure you get the right measurements for your recipe.

• Egg whites: Replace a whole egg in a recipe with

two egg whites or 1/4 cup of egg substitute.

• Chocolate nibs: Nibs are processed morsels that do not have the same amount of added sugar as many chocolate chips. Dark chocolate nibs can provide a healthy dose of antioxidants as well.

• Evaporated skim milk: Try evaporated skim milk in place of heavy cream to make whipped cream for a low-fat option.

Baking brings family together, and the treats prepared can make an enjoyable finale to a great meal. With healthy substitutions, any recipe can be altered for the better.

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Not every friend desires to be eligible for benefits DEAR ABBY — Some people believe sex with friends can turn a friendship into chaos. I don’t believe it because I Dear Abby can remain a friend and ABIGAIL still be there VAN BUREN intimately. I have a friend I feel would be a good match because we are both very sexual and filthy-minded. We continuously tease about it. I know it’s only a joke, but I believe he’s the type of person who would feel the friendship would be lost if we were intimate — or worse, if we aren’t compatible in bed.

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not want to do it? Also, I’m not the type he would ever see himself having sex with, and he says he can’t believe he feels this way.

Should we try it or leave it alone, as it will only be sex?

It’s not like we’re looking to fall in love. Men always say they would love to have a friend with benefits, but if it happens they can’t handle it.

Friends with benefits

My trainer isn’t really training me. He spends half the time trying to flirt. He says we could have a great time together when we aren’t in session. I’ve recently heard he does this with most of his female clients. I am a nice person, but it’s getting out of hand. What do I do? Should I tell his boss?

Still out of shape in Alabama

DEAR F.W.B. — In order to be friends with benefits, you have to have two people who are willing. The man you have described seems to be all hat and no cattle. Leave it alone.

DEAR STILL OUT — Do not report your trainer to his boss immediately. Talk to him first. Tell him that when he flirts it makes you uncomfortable, and you prefer to keep your relationship with him strictly professional. However, if he continues after that, you should not only report it to his boss, you should also hire another trainer.

DEAR ABBY — I’m a female in my mid-20s. I have recently hired a personal trainer at my local gym. So far, it isn’t working out as I had hoped.

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American Film Institute pays tribute to John Williams

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Steven Spielberg helps honor his most consistent collaborator on the “AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Williams” (10 p.m., TNT), which was taped last Thursday night. This event marks the first time the American Film Institute has singled out a composer.

Three of Williams’ scores landed on AFI’s 100 Years of Film Scores — a list of the 25 greatest American film scores of all time. His score to the 1977 space epic “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope” is ranked at No. 1. “Jaws” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” also made the cut.

Spielberg, who received the 23rd AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, has worked with Williams on more than 25 movie projects, from the 1975 summer shocker “Jaws” (7 p.m., AMC) to the 2002 true-life drama “Catch Me If You Can” (7 p.m., TNT) to his 2012 “Lincoln” biography and the forthcoming release “The BFG.” The Spielberg-Williams partnership is remarkable not only for its duration, but for the fact that Spielberg has insisted on making big movies the oldfashioned way, incorporating the composition of the musical score into the shooting and editing process, not unlike the way Alfred Hitchcock worked with Bernard Herrmann on films including “Psycho,” “Vertigo” and “North By Northwest.”

Their continued collaboration has occurred at a time when the “art” of producing a movie score often consists of securing the rights to pop and rock tunes to evoke background atmosphere or to propel a narrative “montage” effect. Both methods can be powerful and effective. It’s impossible to think of “American Graffiti,” “Goodfellas,” or “Reservoir Dogs” (9:15 p.m., Sho 2) without their jukebox soundtracks. But Spielberg and Williams have built a career by choosing another path.

• It’s interesting that two of the iconic stand-up comics of a generation now have series dedicated to their car lust.

Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” has put the streaming service Crackle on many viewers’ radar. And CNBC’s “Jay Leno’s Garage” (10 p.m.) returns for a second season.

Of the two shows, Seinfeld’s is more about comedy; Leno’s show focuses on the vehicles while making sporadic stabs at being funny.

In the season opener, Leno shows off the exotic design and innovative technology behind limited edition supercars — Ferraris, special edition Porsches, Lamborghinis and new “mega” vehicles from the Swedish firm Koenigsegg.

Leno clearly has affection for the feel, look and smell of these exotic machines. But at the end of the day, it’s also about conspicuous consumption. Hey, this is CNBC. According to Leno, if you have to ask the price of a supercar, you probably can’t afford it.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Sound opinions on “Undercover Boss” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TVPG).

• If required, the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins meet in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final (8 p.m., NBC). If there is no game, reruns of “American Ninja Warrior” and “The Night Shift” will be broadcast.

• Wolfgang Puck guest-judges on “MasterChef” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Simpson’s arrest sets the stage for a media circus and the “trial of the century” on part three of the documentary miniseries “O.J.: Made in America” (9 p.m., ESPN).

• Mending fences on “Wayward Pines” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Mixed messages about Dylan on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

CULT CHOICE Compared to the mass appeal of “Purple Rain,” Prince’s 1986 vehicle “Under the Cherry Moon” (6:30 VH1 Classic) is best appreciated for its French Riviera scenery and a young Kristin Scott Thomas.

SERIES NOTES Shorn locks on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Jeri Ryan guest-stars on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Hands Across America on “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TVPG) * Fatal pit stops on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV14) * A missing baby may hold the clues on “Supernatural” (9

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LATE NIGHT Roland Emmerich is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Fred Armisen, Nikki Glaser and Barns Courtney appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Expect Timothy Simons on “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Liam Hemsworth, Ana Gasteyer and Paul Mecurio are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jay Leno, Jeff Goldblum and Jeff Hornsby on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Martin Short and Fortune Feimster visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Kevin Hart appears on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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How much sodium is in your favorite foods?

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Food and Drug Administration proposed new sodium guidelines recently that encourage food companies and restaurants to lower the amount of sodium in the foods they sell. Americans now eat about 3,400 mg of sodium a day, about a third more than the 2,300 mg recommended. FDA’s two-year targets are designed to bring U.S. diets down to about 3,000 mg daily, and the 10-year targets are designed to get diets down to the suggested 2,300 mg daily.

Average sodium content per 100 grams, about 3 1/2 ounces, in some top-selling foods, and the new target averages for those foods:

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Don’t make yourself crazy trying to master a recipe with an endless ingredient list on a Wednesday night. Weeknight meals don’t have to be perfect or exotic. Even the simplest recipes can make for delicious meals.

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schedules tend to be hectic, is no small task.

But finding time together, particularly at the dinner table, can pay a host of dividends. According to the Family Dinner Project, studies have linked regular family dinners with higher grade-point averages and self-esteem in children, as well as lower rates of obesity and eating disorders in both children and adolescents.

Cook, writer, activist and mother of two Katie Workman knows full well how difficult it can be to make nightly dinners together part of a family’s routine. But Workman, whose book, “Dinner Solved!,” provides 100 family-friendly recipes and variations to ensure that everyone at the table is happy, relishes the opportunity to help others make family dinners a fun part of their nightly routines.

“Many of us put so much pressure on ourselves when it comes to family meals,” says Workman. “But when we ease up on that pressure, dinner actually seems to happen more often, and the meals are a lot more fun.”

To help even the busiest moms and dads find time for family dinners, Workman offers the following tips so parents can produce weeknight meals the whole family can enjoy.

GET A HEAD START ON PREP WORK Whenever possible, reduce the stress of weeknight meals by doing some of your meal prep long before dinnertime. Chop veggies for the week on Sunday nights or take a few minutes each morning to gather ingredients for that night’s meal.

Average sodium content in 2010: 401 mg Two-year target: 380 mg Ten-tear target: 340 mg

SALAD DRESSING Average sodium content in 2010: 1,047 mg Two-year target: 880 mg Ten-tear target: 590 mg

CANNED, CONDENSED SOUP Average sodium content in 2010: 581 mg Two-year target: 520 mg Ten-tear target: 430 mg

READY-TO-EAT CEREAL, FLAKES Average sodium content in 2010: 647 mg Two-year target: 550 mg Ten-tear target: 360 mg

WHITE BREAD Average sodium content in 2010: 523 mg Two-year target: 440 mg Ten-tear target: 300 mg

TURKEY AND CHICKEN DELI MEATS Average sodium content in 2010: 990 mg Two-year target: 900 mg Ten-tear target: 780 mg

MAKE IT A FAMILY AFFAIR Make weeknight meals more fun by involving the whole family. Parents can let the kids peel carrots or measure rice or perform other age-appropriate activities.

Nightly family dinners help families build stronger bonds, and weeknight meals need not be lavish undertakings.

MIDWEEK MEALS MADE EASY Delicious and easy to prepare, this recipe for “Maple-Barbecue Pork Meatballs” from Katie Workman’s “Dinner Solved!” makes the perfect weeknight family meal. Pile them on rice or couscous or quinoa with a few extra spoonfuls of barbecue sauce for an easy and different weeknight dinner.

MAPLE-BARBECUE PORK MEATBALLS Serves 6 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs 1/2 cup barbecue sauce, plus more for dipping if you like 1/2 cup grated peeled apple 1/3 cup minced onion 1 large egg, lightly beaten Kosher or coarse salt, to taste 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 1/2 pounds ground pork Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly oil a rimmed baking sheet.

Combine the bread crumbs, barbecue sauce, apple, onion, egg, and salt in a large bowl. Add the maple syrup and stir to blend. Add the pork and combine well using your hands, but try not to squeeze the mixture too much. Form 1-inch-round meatballs and place them on the baking sheet.

Bake the meatballs until cooked through, 16 to 20 minutes. Serve hot, with extra barbecue sauce on the side.

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Low-sodium versions of popular soups are seen. Food companies and restaurants could soon face government pressure to make their foods less salty — a long-awaited federal effort to try to prevent thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke.

The Food and Drug Administration is preparing voluntary guidelines asking the food industry to lower sodium levels.