June 18, 2014

Council frustrated with violence City councilmen urge cooperation with police to combat South Sumter crime

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com (803) 774-1201

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Recent shootings in the South Sumter area became the focal point of Sumter City Council on Tuesday, as council members expressed frustration about the recent outbreak of violence in the area.

There have been at least 10 reported shootings within the area

since January, the latest occurring early Monday morning, in which a 22-year-old woman suffered nonlife-threatening injuries when she was shot twice outside a residence in the 600 block of South Sumter Street.

District 3 council member Calvin Hastie, who represents much of South Sumter, called on the city to find a way to curb the violence.

“We really need to look closely at

what we’re doing in the city to prevent some of these activities,” Hastie said, later adding the rest of the city is not immune to the outbreak of violence.

“There are plenty of areas in Sumter that are of concern,” Hastie said. “It’s in my backyard right now, but it could be in anyone’s backyard.”

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1st peek at penny tax project ideas Walking trail, paving on list for approval

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 Months of group meetings, discussions and closed-door sessions produced their final, definite result Tuesday night, when the public received its first look at the projects they will be asked to fund during the next seven years.

THE LIST One day Find the entire after six 28-item, commisdetailed list sioners of proposed completed penny tax their projects online monthat theitem.com. long discussion on how to spend an estimated $75 million that would be raised by a renewed penny sales tax, the 28 project areas agreed on by the commission were revealed by Bob Smith, the commission’s chairman, to a specially called meeting of Sumter County Council.

Those projects — which range from road paving to new buildings to making sure future industries have their infrastructure needs met — were selected to meet the overarching goals of boosting economic development, public safety and quality of life. If approved by council, the list must pass a public referendum.

“We had a dialogue, expressed different ideas and sometimes had different opinions, but ultimately these were the projects we all agreed on,” Smith said.

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Workers prepare for the start of construction at U.S. 15 South and Red Bay Road as part of the current penny sales tax funding. Among the projects listed for a possible renewed penny sales tax is more roadwork, including paving 18 miles of dirt roads and resurfacing others.

The trail at Shot Pouch Creek, right, is seen Tuesday. If renewed, the penny tax would provide money to extend the trail to Swan Lake to the south and Dillon Park to the north.

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Suspect’s ex-girlfriend arrested in attempted murder case

BY ROB COTTINGHAM rcottingham@theitem.com (803) 774-1225 A 25-year-old Sumter woman has been charged with helping a shooting suspect elude law enforcement for several weeks earlier this month.

Tiara Monique Queen, 25, of 755 Webb St., was charged with obstruction of justice by Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office on Tuesday after investigators determined she reportedly gave false information concerning the whereabouts of her thenboyfriend Travis Santell Miller, the

suspect of a May 20 shooting.

According to Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis, Queen’s arrest should be no surprise. She’d been warned.

“I’d said before that we were pursuing anyone who was assisting (Miller) and keeping his whereabouts concealed from law enforcement,” Dennis said. “I said we would find out who they were and that we would be punishing them to the fullest extent of the law.”

The sheriff said Queen’s arrest could be the first of more to come.

“We’re not going to hesitate to bring on more charges,” Dennis

said. “We know more people were helping Miller, and we’re going to go after them as well.”

Miller was wanted in connection to a shooting QUEEN at a convenience store on Manning Road that reportedly began with a verbal altercation. The fight between Miller and the 20-year-old victim then escalated, according to witnesses, who said they then saw Miller produce a small black handgun and fire several shots at the victim, striking him in the neck.

When officers with the sheriff ’s office arrived, they found the victim bleeding profusely from the gunshot wound, but Miller was nowhere to be seen.

The suspect reportedly contacted investigators with the sheriff ’s office the following day and arranged a time to surrender. Miller didn’t show up and failed to reach out to law enforcement for several weeks.

According to a news release issued Tuesday, Queen misled detectives throughout the duration of the investigation, allegedly concealing

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LOCAL BRIEFS FROM STAFF REPORTS

Sumter native promoted to Highway Patrol captain Sumter native and resident Richard Ray was recently promoted to captain of the Highway Patrol Telecommunications Unit, which provides dispatch communication to troopers and other South Carolina Department of Public Safety law RAY enforcement.

Ray will oversee five telecommunication centers statewide. Telecommunications officers dispatch troopers to wreck scenes and other calls for service, and they provide officers with information necessary for their safety and motorists’ safety.

Authorities awaiting DNA results Skeletal remains found in woods still unidentified

BY JIM HILLEY (803) 774-1211 jim@theitem.com More information about the skeletal remains discovered June 8 in Clarendon County may be weeks away, said Maj. Kipp Coker of the Clarendon County

Sheriff ’s Office.

The remains were found by snake hunters near Tearcoat Road in Alcolu.

Investigators from the sheriff’s office, along with officers from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, recovered the remains with the aid of a canine trained to detect cadavers. SLED investigators examined the site with a metal detector, Coker said, but no jewelry or other items which could provide

clues to the identity of the bones were located.

The skeletal remains were taken to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office, and DNA samples were collected and shipped to North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, where they will be analyzed. Samples of DNA from the remains can then be compared to samples from relatives of missing persons in the hope that a DNA match will identify

the remains and bring closure to a family that has lost a loved one.

Clarendon County Coroner Hayes Samuels said last week he thought the body to be an elderly female.

“We have had a couple of calls from other agencies who have missing persons, including two from Sumter County, but we were able to rule one of them out because the missing person is male,” Coker said.

Head-on wreck sends 5 to hospital Five people were transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center on Tuesday after two vehicles collided near the intersection of Wadford Street and South Lafayette Drive. Several ambulances, a fire truck and other rescue vehicles responded to the scene. According to Battalion Chief Brian Christmas of Sumter Fire Department, none of those injured in the collision suffered critical injuries. One of the victims, however, did become entrapped during the collision, and firefighters had to use extraction tools to remove her from one of the vehicles. “We used our new Hurst eDRAULIC tools in the extraction,” Christmas said. “They were a tremendous help here. They certainly sped up the extradition process.”

You’re invited to book signing tonight The public is invited to a 6-to-7:30 p.m. reception and book signing today at the Sumter County Museum with New York Times best-selling author Mary Alice Monroe.

Monroe’s latest novel, “The Summer Wind,” was released Tuesday. It is the second volume in her Lowcountry Summer trilogy, the third of which, “The Summer’s End,” will be published in 2015.

Admission to the reception is free. Books will be available for purchase for $16 plus tax.

Call (803) 775-0908 for more information.

Now you see him ... magician performs today Zelnik the Magician will appear and make things disappear during a special performance at 10 a.m. today at the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Admission is free to the one-hour show sponsored by the Sumter County Library as part of its summer reading program, Fizz, Boom, Read! For more information about the performance or the reading program, which is also free, call the library at (803) 773-7273.

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Sumter firefighters, above, work the scene beneath a “Let ‘em Work, Let ‘em Live” sign where a head-on collision occurred Tuesday afternoon.

Family members, left, comfort each other after a head-on collision near the intersection of Wadford Street and South Lafayette Drive sent five people to the hospital on Tuesday.

Manning residents, you’ll see higher utility, tax bills soon

BY JIM HILLEY (803) 774-1211 jim@theitem.com Customers of the City of Manning’s water and sewer services will see increases in their bills beginning July 1, as the city begins paying off loans used to expand the city’s wastewater treatment plant and extend water service to Paxville and sewer service to Alcolu.

At a hearing on the city’s budget Monday at Manning City Hall, City Administrator Scott Tanner outlined the new rates customers will see on their monthly bills.

In-town water users — residential and commercial — will see a flat-rate increase of $1.50 per month, and outof-town customers will see a $2-permonth increase. In addition, use rates will increase 20 cents per

2,500-gallon block.

For sewer customers, in-town residential users will see a flat-rate increase of $2.50, while residential customers outside the city limits will see a $3 increase. Block rates will increase 20 cents for in-town customers and 25 cents for out-of-town customers.

In town, commercial users will see an increase in the flat rate of $4.50, and the block rate increase will be 45 cents. Out-of-town commercial customers will pay $8 more per month for the flat rate and will see block rate increases of 80 cents, 75 cents and 63 cents.

Tanner said the increases to sewer rates were necessary to pay back the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provided the financing for the expansion projects.

The budget also includes a millage cap increase of 1.8 percent. Tanner

said that would amount to about $12 a year on a $100,000 home.

Tanner also said city employees will be getting a 1.5 percent raise to compensate for the cost of living.

In the street budget, Tanner said the city wishes to buy a new lawn mower and two dump trailers. The city also is interested in purchasing a police car, a fire truck, computer tables for council meetings and a radio system upgrade.

Two additional items included in the budget are $25,000 for the Red Barn Project and $25,000 for the recreation department.

Tanner said Phase I of the $21 million wastewater treatment plant project is underway, which will double its capacity from 2.5 to 5 million gallons per day. He said the monthly payment at completion will be $41,161. The Paxville Water Project will cost the city $4 million, and the first payment will be

$97,000, with later payments of $13,078, Tanner said.

The Alcolu Water and Sewer Expansion is awaiting notice to proceed from the USDA, and monthly payments at closing will be $1,103, he said.

In the regular council meeting which followed the budget hearing, council approved the second reading of ordinances amending the city’s ordinance to raise revenue and levy taxes and changing the requirements for customers outside the city limits to obtain utility services. Also approved was an ordinance annexing a piece of property the city owns and a second reading of an ordinance approving a general obligation bond to pay for improvements to the fire station.

Council also voted to spend $45,200 to purchase the property behind City Hall for use as a parking lot.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Moses Sumter, 50, was arrested at 2:20 p.m. Monday and charged with third-degree assault and battery.

According to reports, officers responded to a residence in the 20 block of West Patricia Drive in reference to a man being threatened with a gun. As the first responding officer arrived, the victim pointed down Dollard Drive and stated the suspect was walking away. For his own safety, the officer drew his weapon and told Sumter to put his hands in the air.

Sumter then reportedly reached into his right pocket as another officer moved his car between officers and Sumter. Sumter was then ordered to put his hands on the car, to which he obliged. When officers attempted to cuff him, Sumter reportedly knocked the handcuffs out of the officer’s hands and began to struggle violently. One of the officers then deployed a Taser for five seconds. Sumter reportedly still refused to comply and was Tased again. Sumter was then taken into custody and transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Kenneth Burroughs, 49, of 840 Manor Road in Cheraw, was arrested at 1:36 p.m. Monday and charged with trespassing, public disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and second-degree assault and battery. According to reports, officers traveling on Lafayette Drive were flagged down by two men who said there was a man threatening to hit people with a brick in a nearby parking lot. When officers

arrived, they were told that the victims had asked the man, identified as Burroughs, to leave the premises, but he refused. As officers attempted to talk to Burroughs, he reportedly continued to be loud and belligerent, threatening to hit police with the brick.

Burroughs then attempted to flee, but officers caught up to him in a parking lot on North Magnolia Street. Burroughs reportedly refused to put the brick down, eventually throwing it at and almost hitting a female police officer. Burroughs was then seized by multiple officers but continued to resist. He was finally arrested and taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

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paving is underway this week and should be finished by Saturday.

The work also includes new curbs, gutters, sidewalks and crosswalks at the intersections that don’t have traffic lights. Myrtle Beach is the heart of the state’s $18 billion tourism industry.

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Paving of Myrtle Beach street finally winds up MYRTLE BEACH — Despite delays because of last winter’s bad weather, repaving of one of the busiest streets in Myrtle Beach is winding up.

Crews are repaving all five lanes of Kings Highway for more than 10 blocks through the center of town. Officials had hoped the work could be finished last month before the start of the busy summer tourist season.

The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported that the final

ARSON According to reports, law enforcement and firefighters responded to a residence in the 1900 block of Mason Road in Dalzell early Tuesday morning in reference to a fire. When they arrived, the complainant said he woke up to the smell of smoke. As the fire was being investigated, it was determined that the fire was started at the corner of the residence and that an unknown accelerant had been used in the process.

Investigators have concluded it was a case of arson.

STOLEN PROPERTY A white 2012 Ford F-250 truck valued at $40,000 was reportedly stolen from a residence in the 800 block of Webb Street between 9 p.m.

Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday.

An automobile trailer valued

at $8,000 was reportedly stolen from outside a business in the 400 block of Guignard Drive between 5:30 p.m. May 14 and 3 p.m. Thursday.

A set of 11 green suitcase weights, a black toolbox and a full set of metric wrenches were reported stolen from a tractor parked in the 2300 block of Oswego Highway at about 9 a.m.

Monday. The items are valued at $2,800.

A black XDS .45-caliber handgun valued at $500 was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in the 400 block of Innisbrook Court at about 9:15 a.m. Monday.

EMS CALLS Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 50 calls Thursday, including 41 medical calls, four motor-vehicle wrecks and five calls listed as other trauma.

Sumter County EMS responded to 56 calls Friday, including 46 medical calls, one motor-vehicle wreck and nine calls listed as other trauma.

Sumter County EMS responded to 59 calls Saturday, including 51 medical calls, two motor-vehicle wrecks and six calls listed as other trauma.

Sumter County EMS responded to 44 calls Sunday, including 38 medical calls, two motor-vehicle wrecks and four calls listed as other trauma.

Sumter County EMS responded to 45 calls Monday, including 39 medical calls, four motor-vehicle wrecks and two calls listed as other trauma.

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First Steps joins district annex

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 If you’re looking for the Sumter County First Steps, you may have to reprogram your GPS. Currently at 112 Broad St., the nonprofit organization is moving to Sumter School District’s annex, 220 Hasell St. “By decreasing the amount going to rent and utilities, we will have more money to serve children,” said Julia Nelson, executive director.

The move was unanimously approved at their recent board meeting and is an inkind donation from the school district.

“This is an excellent opportunity to collaborate in an effort to serve our youngest learners from prenatal JULIA NELSON through age 5,” said Libby DuBose, director Executive director, of early learning for the Sumter County First Steps district, who also serves as a board member for First Steps. “We are very pleased that First Steps will utilize office space at the annex. The close proximity will enhance our (ability) to provide screenings for children, training for early education providers and will enrich the focus on parenting, literacy and language.”

Two other motions were unanimously approved, a whistleblower policy and the re-allocation of scholarship funds to Parents As Teachers, the home visitation program.

“We didn’t use all the scholarship money, so we want to transfer it for better use,” Nelson said. “We want to be good stewards of public money. The whistleblower policy is part of our code of ethics. We want to ensure the board continues operating at the highest ethical level.”

For more information on the local First Steps, email Nelson at juliadeltalady@yahoo.com.

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$1,000 pill jolts Your food might get less salty health system Guidelines puts pressure on food industry to lower sodium levels

Hepatitis C breakthrough drug could set you back $90,000

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Your money or your life?

Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000.

Leading medical societies recommend the drug as a first-line treatment, and patients are clamoring for it.

But insurance companies and state Medicaid programs are gagging on the price. In Oregon, officials propose to limit how many low-income patients can get Sovaldi.

Yet if Sovaldi didn’t exist, insurers would still be paying in the mid-to-high five figures to treat the most common kind of hepatitis C, a new pricing survey indicates. Some of the older alternatives involve more side effects and are less likely to provide cures.

So what’s a fair price?

The cost of this breakthrough drug is highlighting cracks in the U.S. health care system at a time of heightened budget concerns. The Obama administration has a huge political stake in controlling treatment costs, but its critics may cry rationing.

“People are going to want to try to dodge this hot potato,” said economist Douglas HoltzEakin.

For insurers, there’s a frustrating twist: For each middleaged person they pay to cure with Sovaldi, any financial benefits from preventing liver failure are likely to accrue to Medicare, not to them.

More than 3 million Americans carry the hepatitis C virus, and many don’t realize it. It’s a public health concern since the disease can be transmitted by contact with infected blood, and sometimes through sexual activity. Health officials advise all baby boomers to get tested.

The illness is complex, with distinct virus types requiring different treatments. While it progresses gradually, it can ultimately destroy the liver, and transplants average $577,000.

An estimated 15,000 people died from hepatitis C in the U.S. in 2007, when it surpassed AIDS as a cause of death.

“If it’s going to get me the medicine, I’ll put my hand out there with a tin cup,” said Stuart Rose, a hepatitis C patient in New York City. His insurance would pay only $4,000 a year for medications, but Rose was able to get assistance from charitable foundations. He recently started taking Sovaldi.

Until the drug’s approval late last year, standard treatment for the most common type of the disease required daily pills and extended use of interferon, an injection that can produce debilitating flulike symptoms.

Taken once a day for 12 weeks, Sovaldi greatly reduces the length of interferon treatment, making things more tolerable for patients. Now, many more people might want to try the cure.

A similar drug, Olysio, also approved last year, is priced a bit lower.

The nation’s largest care provider for chronic hepatitis C, the federal Veterans Administration, sees promise.

With 175,000 patients, the VA has started more than 1,850 of them on Sovaldi.

“After 20 years in infectious diseases, I never thought we would be in a position to cure this disease,” said Dr. David Ross, head of the VA’s program.

By law, the VA gets drug discounts of more than 40 percent. Will the agency break even by avoiding the disease’s worst complications?

Not necessarily, said Ross.

“If it leads to cost benefits in the long run, that’s gravy.”

‘If it’s going to get me the medicine, I’ll put my hand out there with a tin cup.’

STUART ROSE Hepatitis C patient in New York City Private insurers will probably introduce Sovaldi gradually. “Not everybody is going to get this all at once,” said former Medicare administrator Mark McClellan.

Drug maker Gilead Sciences, Inc., reported Sovaldi sales of $2.3 billion worldwide in just the first three months of this year. Gilead will not disclose its pricing methods, but vice president Gregg Alton said the drug’s high cure rate makes it “a real huge value.”

In many countries, the government sets drug prices. In the U.S., insurers negotiate with drug companies. Medicare is forbidden from bargaining, a situation that critics say saddles U.S. patients with high costs while subsidizing the rest of the world.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told The Associated Press. Hamburg said in a recent interview that the sodium is “of huge interest and concern” to the agency.

“We believe we can make a big impact working with the industry to bring sodium levels down, because the current level of consumption really is higher than it should be for health,” Hamburg said.

It’s still unclear when FDA will release the guidelines, despite its 2013 goal to

have them completed this year.

Hamburg said she hoped the agency would be able to publicly discuss the issue “relatively soon.” On Tuesday, FDA spokeswoman Erica Jefferson said there is no set timeline for their release.

The food industry has already made some reductions and has prepared for government action since a 2010 Institute of Medicine report said companies had not made enough progress on making foods less salty. The IOM advised the government to establish maximum sodium levels for different foods, though the FDA said then — and maintains now — that it favors a voluntary route.

Americans eat about 1½ teaspoons of salt daily, about a third more than the government recommends for good health and enough to increase the risk of high blood pressure, strokes and other problems. Most of that sodium is hidden inside common processed foods and restaurant meals.

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VIOLENCE FROM PAGE A1 Sumter Mayor Joe McElveen said he and other council members have met with both City Manager Deron McCormick and Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark to discuss the recent shootings.

“The police are doing about all they can do,” McElveen said. “They need folks who live in the area to come forward with information, either directly to the police or through Crimestoppers. You can’t have police there 24 hours a day, and even if they are there, they might not be in the right place. You can’t have one on every block.”

Council member Ione Dwyer called on the court system to make it more difficult for those accused of the crimes to be released. “If they set bonds so high they couldn’t get out right away, that would be one deterrent,” Dwyer said.

McElveen said he thought the recent spate of violence involved a small group of people.

“I really think if you could construct a timeline, you would end up with a circle. The same people over

and over and over again, or the same group of people,” McElveen said. “I think in most places in Sumter, you can feel perfectly safe, but we do have some spots where we need to do more.”

Despite the discussion dominating a meeting with a relatively light agenda, council did finalize a number of issues in front of it, most notably the upcoming fiscal year budget.

By a unanimous vote, council finalized its $58.8 million general fund spending plan for the coming fiscal year. No changes were made to the proposal presented two weeks ago, at which city administrators presented a balanced, $58.8 million budget to the council members after receiving reports indicating the city would receive a slight increase in property tax revenue next year.

The new budget, which goes into effect July 1, does not include a millage increase.

In other action, council: • Made a series of appointments to boards and commissions, including appointing Melissa White and William Byrd to the City of Sumter Housing and Economic Development Corporation Board for three-year

CHARGED FROM PAGE A1 his location intentionally. The report also alleges that Queen maintained regular communication with Miller even after being advised of the warrants issued for his arrest, which comprised one count each of attempted

terms; Sharon Clark to the Community Development Housing Board for four years; Greg Thompson to the Sumter Development Board for a term of three years; Deloris Green to the Downtown Sumter Committee for four years; Grady Locklear and Linda Parker to the Historic Preservation Design Review Committee for four years each; Jane Player Privette and Mary Dell Griffin to the Iris Festival Commission for fouryear terms.

• Held a public hearing and voted unanimously to grant initial approval to a change to the R-9 zoning district to reduce the front setbacks for single-family dwellings to 25 feet for parcels fronting on local/collector streets.

• Held a public hearing and voted unanimously to grant final approval to make massage parlors and spas a conditional use of the central business zoning district.

Approval will allow a new therapeutic massage spa business to open downtown.

• Accepted a maintenance guarantee for Phase I of Stafford Meadows Subdivision off Deschamps Road, including Ange Way, Cormier Drive, Moseley Drive and Lakaxzus Street.

murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Investigators chased numerous leads during the weeks after the shooting. Information led them to several locations, one of which was a home in Williamsburg County. Their search yielded no results.

Officials said Queen’s false statements directly interfered with efforts

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PROJECTS FROM PAGE A1 list is a new communications network to provide digital radio service for the county’s emergency services, at a cost of $10 million. An additional $10.6 million combined is allocated to build new Sumter police and fire department headquarters in the downtown area.

A penny tax will provide $8.9 million for paving 18 miles of dirt road. Portions of 59 roads are listed in the commission’s final proposal for paving, while 19 miles of already paved county roads (spread over 66 listed streets) will be resurfaced, at a cost of $3.1 million. An additional $2.3 million will add sidewalks along nine high-trafficked roadways.

Other highlighted areas will build new public facilities or renovate existing ones; $6 million for a new gymnasium and other renovations at the recreation department; $3 million to restore the old Sumter County Courthouse; and $1 million to restore the Industrial Engineering building at Central Carolina Technical College. Five state agencies will get new “workspaces” at a cost of $2.2 million.

Among the quality-of-life issues the tax would address is a $4 million pedestrian greenway running from Dillon Park to

to locate Miller.

After the investigation of the Williamsburg County residence, Dennis elevated Miller to Sumter County’s top 10 most wanted list and issued a warning to his suspected accomplices.

Miller eventually turned himself in and was officially served the warrants against him on June 6. He was denied bond for those charges and remains in

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Swan Lake, crossing over the U.S. 378 bypass, Broad Street and Guignard Drive. Improvements to other parks are also included.

Council members expressed satisfaction with the commission’s proposal, voting unanimously to accept it in the first of three readings the project list needs to pass. A public hearing on the projects will be held at next Tuesday’s county council meeting.

“Now that the list is public, I anticipate we’ll start getting comments on the projects from the public, and I hope we’ll all get together to move the county forward,” said Chairman Larry Blanding.

Throughout the process of drawing up this list, several other potential projects fell by the wayside at one stage or another because of costs or other concerns. Blanding said some of those might eventually be addressed down the road by another penny tax.

“There are some communities that are already on their second or third penny sales tax,” Blanding said. “Some of these, if they weren’t paid for by this, would have to come from regular property taxes, like the new fire and police stations or the $10 million emergency situation. (Property taxes) place even more of a burden on the taxpayers.”

custody at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Queen was located and placed under arrest on Saturday by investigators while they were responding to an unrelated incident.

According to officials at the detention center, Queen was no longer being held at the facility and reportedly made bail. Her bond amount was not specified.

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Starbucks offers baristas chance at online degree Get college education at steep discount

BY CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer

Board. With prices rising, student loan debt has tripled since 2003 and is now the NEW YORK — Starbucks is highest form of household giving its baristas a shot at an debt after mortgages, according to the Federal Reserve online college degree, an unBoard of New York. usual benefit in an industry Michael Crow, president of where higher education is Arizona State University, said often out of reach for workcollege has moved in a direcers.

The coffee chain is partner- tion “where it’s all about exclusion” and that public uniing with Arizona State University to make an online un- versities need a new approach to making education accessidergraduate degree available ble. He shot down the notion at a steep discount to any of its 135,000 U.S. employees who that an online education is an work at least 20 hours a week. easy way out.

Starbucks Corp., based in The program underscores Seattle, said it doesn’t know the predicament of many workers who earn low wages, how many workers will apply for its program or how much don’t have much job security it will cost over time. and often hold down more One Starbucks employee than one job. It also highlights from Los Angeles, Michael the stark disparities in adBojorquez Echeverria, said he vancement opportunities beworks up to 75 hours a week, tween the rich and poor and how a traditional college edu- including at another job, and attends community college at cation remains a near imposno cost. But he plans to apply sibility for so many. for the Starbucks program beAt an event in New York City on Monday, CEO Howard cause he thinks it will offer greater financial security.

Schultz told an audience of He said what he will miss is about 340 Starbucks workers and their guests that the issue the socializing that comes with attending school in perwas personal because he was son. “But hey, if they’re going the first in his family to atto be paying my fees, I can tend college. manage,” he said.

“I could care less about Zee Lemke, a Starbucks marketing. This is not about worker and union organizer PR,” he said of the cynicism in Madison, Wisconsin, said he’s already encountered she thought the program about the program. could benefit some workers.

U.S. Education Secretary But she also noted the limitaArne Duncan also appeared on stage to tell the crowd that tions of the program, since the only option is to earn a education has become increasingly crucial to succeed, degree from a single university’s online program. given the disappearance of “Actual in-class experience blue-collar jobs that pay well. matters,” Lemke said.

Duncan urged workers to Starbucks said workers will show other companies why they should follow in Starbucks’ footsteps.

“Think of the example you can set for the rest of the nation,” Duncan said. “If you guys can do this well ... you’re going to change the trajectory of the entire country.”

Tuition and room and board has climbed through the years, reaching an average of $18,400 last year for local students at public schools, or $40,900 for private universities, according to the College

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Starbucks barista Linsey Pringle prepares a cup of coffee in Seattle in 2012. On Monday, Starbucks announced a new partnership with Arizona State University to make online degrees available at a steep discount to its 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week. have the freedom to pick from 40 educational programs. And they won’t be required to stay with the company in exchange for their education.

As with most matters involving financial aid, the terms of the Starbucks program are complicated and would vary depending on the worker’s situation. For the freshman and sophomore years, students would pay a greatly reduced tuition after factoring in a scholarship from Starbucks and ASU and financial aid, such as Pell grants.

It would work in much the same way for the junior and senior years, except that Starbucks would reimburse any money that workers pay

out of pocket.

That means employees who already have two years of college under their belts would be able to finish school at no cost.

Online tuition at ASU can vary but is about $10,000 a year. Most Starbucks workers would likely qualify for a Pell grant, which can be as high as $5,730 a year. Starbucks did not say how much money it is contributing to the scholarship it’s providing with ASU. The university’s online program, which already has an enrollment of more than 10,000, stands to benefit from the students Starbucks will send its way.

There have been other efforts at offering low-wage

workers education benefits. In 2010, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started offering partial tuition grants for workers at American Public University, a forprofit, online school.

Starbucks also already has program that reimburses workers up to $1,000 a year at City University of Seattle or at Strayer University. The company said that will be phased out by 2015 in favor of the new program.

Workers would have to meet the same admission standards as other ASU students. Only workers at Starbucks’ 8,200 company-operated stores would be eligible. An additional 4,500 Starbucks locations are operated by franchisees.

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COMMENTARY

The call for reparations just a hustle

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alls for slavery reparations have returned with the publication of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The Case for Reparations” in The Atlantic magazine (May 21, 2014). In making his argument, Coates goes through the horrors of slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow and gross racial discrimination.

First off, let me say that I agree with reparations advocates that slavery was a horrible, despicable violation of basic human rights. The gross discrimination that followed emancipation made a mockery of the guarantees of the U.S. Constitution. I also agree that slave owners and slave traders should make reparations to those whom they enslaved. The problem, of course, is that slaves, slave owners and slave traders are all dead. Thus, punishing perpetrators and compensating victims is out of the hands of the living.

Punishing perpetrators and compensating victims is not what reparations advocates want. They want government to compensate today’s blacks for the bondage suffered by our ancestors. But there’s a problem. Government has no resources of its very own. The only way for government to give one American a dollar is to first — through intimidation, threats and coercion — confiscate that dollar from some other American.

Walter Therefore, if anybody cares, a Williams moral question arises. What moral principle justifies punishing a white of today to compensate a black of today for what a white of yesterday did to a black of yesterday?

There’s another moral or fairness issue. A large percentage, if not most, of today’s Americans — be they of European, Asian, African or Latin ancestry — don’t even go back three or four generations as American citizens. Their ancestors arrived on our shores long after slavery. What standard of justice justifies their being taxed to compensate blacks for slavery?

For example, in 1956, thousands of Hungarians fled the brutality of the USSR to settle in the U.S. What do Hungarians owe blacks for slavery?

There’s another thorny issue. During slavery, some free blacks purchased other blacks as a means to free family members. But other blacks owned slaves for the same reason whites owned slaves — to work farms or plantations.

Are descendants of these slaveholding blacks eligible for and deserving of reparations?

When African slavery began, there was no way Europeans could have enslaved millions of Africans. They had no immunity from diseases that flourished in tropical Africa. Capturing Africans to sell into slavery was done by Arabs and black Africans. Would reparations advocates demand that citizens of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya and several Muslim states tax themselves to make reparation payments to progeny of people whom their ancestors helped to enslave?

Reparations advocates make the foolish unchallenged argument that the United States became rich on the backs of free black labor.

That’s nonsense that cannot be supported by fact. Slavery doesn’t have a very good record of producing wealth. Slavery was all over the South, and it was outlawed in most of the North.

Buying into the reparations argument about the riches of slavery, one would conclude that the antebellum South was rich and the slavestarved North was poor. The truth of the matter is just the opposite. In fact, the poorest states and regions of our nation were places where slavery flourished — Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia — while the richest states and regions were those where slavery was absent: Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts.

One of the most ignored facts about slavery’s tragic history — and it’s virtually a secret today — is that slavery was a worldwide institution for thousands of years. It did not become a moral issue until the 18th century. Plus, the moral crusade against slavery started in the West, most notably England.

I think the call for slavery reparations is simply another hustle. Advocates are not demanding that government send checks to individual black people. They want taxpayer money to be put into some kind of reparations fund from which black leaders decide who receives how much and for what purpose.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2014 creators.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Haley needs to address Turbeville speed trap If you travel to the beach and go through Turbeville, you may get to meet Sgt. Robert Haskill Carter, a policeman in the town of Turbeville.

Carter said he clocked me going 42 mph in a 35 mph zone.

I was speeding, going 40 mph, using my cruise control, and I have a new truck. I tried telling him it was the three cars ahead of me that were speeding, but it did no good.

I got my ticket April 25, and Carter said I could pay him or mail it in. I chose to go to court on June 12, in Turbeville.

When I got to the courthouse, there were 50 to 60 people standing outside all for the same thing — speeding.

I went there with my 10-year safe driving citation, hoping the judge would give me some slack.

She is just as bad as Sgt. Carter.

From talking to the people outside the courthouse and hearing their side, all of us got tickets for from $388 to $600. A funny thing, Carter didn’t write any tickets to locals.

I am a disabled Vietnam veteran with Agent Orange exposure.

Out of 50 to 60 people charged with speeding, at least six were from Shaw Air Force Base.

The judge did reduce my ticket by $100 to $288. I’m guessing that is about average, so if Turbeville collected 60 tickets at $288, (not counting the people who mailed their fines in), then that day, Turbeville took in $17,280.

My hope is that the leaders at Shaw will warn their troops not to speed in Turbeville or go a different way to get to the beach. We need Gov. Nikki Haley and Attorney General Wilson to step in and do something.

I will never travel through Turbeville again for any reason. Period.

JIMMY McCoy Sumter

COMMENTARY

Obama’s foreign policy of retreat “From the halls of Montezuma ‘more than 2,000 deaths’ in BengTo the shores of Tripoli ... “ hazi during the initial days of the — The Marines’ Hymn uprising, whereas Human Rights Watch (HRW) later documented ASHINGTON — Two only 233 deaths across all of Libya in that period.” Furtherhundred and nine more, when the U.S. and a few years after Marines visited those shores, other NATO nations intervened in March 2011, “Gaddafi already dispatched by President Jefferson to punish Barbary pirates for had regained control of most of attacking U.S. vessels in the Med- Libya, while the rebels were reiterranean, Marines are again in treating rapidly toward Egypt. that sea, poised to return. If they Thus, the conflict was about to end, barely six weeks after it are sent ashore, their mission started, at a toll will be to rescue U.S. citizens of about 1,000 from the consequences of U.S. dead. ... (The inpolicy. Then they might have to tervention) endo the same thing in Baghdad. abled the rebels The House Select Committee to resume their on Benghazi should not consider attack, which the attack on the U.S. compound prolonged the in Benghazi its sole or even priwar for another mary topic. Rather, it should seven months begin at the beginning, with the George and caused at U.S. military intervention in Lib- Will least 7,000 more ya’s civil war 18 months before deaths.” The inBenghazi. tervention encouraged peaceful Today, Libya is an anarchy of protesters in Syria to use viohundreds of rival militias. The lence in the hope of attracting an U.S. intervention, for which intervention. This increased the Barack Obama’s phrasemakers rate of killing there tenfold. And coined the term “leading from since Gaddafi fell, “sophisticated behind,” was justified by “R2P” — the “responsibility to protect” weapons from Gaddafi’s arsenal — including up to 15,000 manLibyans, especially in Benghazi, portable, surface-to-air missiles from the supposed threat of unaccounted for as of 2012 — genocide inflicted by Moammar leaked to radical Islamists Gaddafi. This humanitarian imthroughout the region.” perialism quickly became an exPerhaps including Iraq. The ercise in regime change. But the prolonged attempt to assassinate Benghazi committee is organizing as Iraq crumbles, its army Gaddafi from the air made no disintegrating as the enemy approvision for a replacement reproaches. In January, Fallujah gime. fell to forces of the Islamic State The Benghazi committee of Iraq and Syria, an al-Qaeda afshould hear from Alan J. Kuperfiliate. ISIS’ conquest of Mosul, man of the Lyndon B. Johnson Iraq’s second-largest city (its School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. In his policy population of 1.5 million equals that of Philadelphia), then Tal brief “Lessons from Libya: How Afar, is redundant evidence that Not to Intervene,” he says: the U.S. experience in Iraq was Gaddafi did not initiate violence against peaceful protesters. the worst episode of squandered valor in U.S. history.

Rather, protesters initiated the Some will say that it would not violence that engulfed four cities. have come to this if the Iraqi Media reports “exaggerated the death toll by a factor of 10, citing army had not been disbanded, or

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if there had been better occupation planning, or if there had been a bigger occupying force, or if an agreement had been reached to keep a significant number of U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely, or if ...

Enough. Here is a question for Republican presidential aspirants: Given the absence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, and given that we now know how little we know about “nation-building” and about the promotion of democracy in nations that need to be “built,” and given that Saddam Hussein’s horrific tyranny at least controlled Iraq’s sectarian furies, and given that Iraq under him was Iran’s adversary, and given that 10-year wars make Americans indiscriminately averse to military undertakings — given all this, if you could rewind history to March 2003, would you favor invading Iraq?

Barack Obama is conducting the foreign policy retreat he promised, that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton facilitated without apparent qualms, and that many Americans said they wanted until it began to make them queasy. The Republican challenge is to articulate a policy that fills the vast space between this retreat and the ruinous grandiosity of the “freedom agenda” of Obama’s predecessor.

Americans prefer not to think about, and rarely allow elections to turn on, foreign policy. Events, however, are not cooperating.

Trotsky probably did not really say this, but someone should: “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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

The USS Long Beach CGN-9 Association Inc. 2014 Reunion will be held Sept. 8-14, at the Hilton St. Louis Airport, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri. Call (314) 426-5500 for reservations and identify yourself as a member of the USS Long Beach reunion. For details, call Don Shade at (866) 352-2469 or (716) 569-2314; email lbcgn9@aol.com; or visit www.usslongbeach-assoc. org.

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

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

The 101st Airborne Division Vietnam Veterans Organization will hold its 20th Annual Reunion Aug. 28-30, in Charleston. All who served with the 101st Division in Vietnam, their guests and supporters, are invited. For details, visit www.101namvet.com or call (803) 506-3120.

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

Are you a breast cancer survivor? Maggie L. Richardson is seeking other survivors to form a music group and give back to the community. If you are interested in joining, contact her at mlrminstry2012@gmail.com or (803) 236-9086.

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

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

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

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

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

The Sumter Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) meets at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Bultman Conference Room at USC Sumter.

Administrative professionals, assistants and secretaries are encouraged to attend.

Call Mary Sutton at (803) 938-3760.

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

Transportation to treatment, help for appearance related side effects of treatment, nutrition help, one-on-one breast cancer support, free housing away from home during treatment, help finding clinical trials, someone to talk to — all free. Call (800) 227-2345.

Navy and Marine Corps shipmates who served on the USS Columbus CA-74/CG-12 from 1944 through 1976 and the USS Columbus (SSN-762) past and present, to share memories and camaraderie with old friends and make new ones, contact Allen R. Hope, president, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815-4505; (260) 486-2221 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; fax (260) 492-9771; or email at hope4391@verizon.net.

Hospice Care of Sumter LLC is in need of volunteers in Sumter and surrounding counties.

Opportunities available for you to use your time and talents include reading, musical talents, companionship, light housekeeping, etc. Contact Joyce Blanding at (803) 883-5606 or hospicecareofsumter@yahoo.com.

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WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Mostly sunny, hot and humid

A t-storm in spots this evening

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 93/68 Spartanburg 94/69

Greenville 93/69

Columbia 96/68

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 94/67

Aiken 94/66

ON THE COAST

Charleston 92/71

Today: Mostly sunny; humid. High 86 to 90.

Thursday: Mostly sunny; a stray thunderstorm in southern parts. High 87 to 91.

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 93/70/t 89/70/t 91/77/pc 85/68/t 92/74/pc 76/62/pc 90/73/t 90/71/t 88/70/t 94/73/t 100/76/s 72/52/pc 97/75/pc

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Manning 94/66

Today: Partly sunny and humid. Winds south-southwest 3-6 mph.

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 87/61/pc 93/67/pc 95/65/s 90/72/s 86/75/pc 92/71/s 94/67/pc 93/69/pc 96/68/s 96/68/s 95/73/pc 94/68/s 96/70/s

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 94/67/s Gainesville 89/67/pc Gastonia 94/67/pc Goldsboro 96/71/s Goose Creek 92/69/s Greensboro 94/69/pc Greenville 93/69/pc Hickory 93/68/pc Hilton Head 85/75/s Jacksonville, FL 88/69/s La Grange 93/66/t Macon 94/66/t Marietta 92/69/t

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 92/65/pc Mt. Pleasant 90/71/s Myrtle Beach 88/71/s Orangeburg 93/66/s Port Royal 88/71/s Raleigh 97/70/pc Rock Hill 95/66/pc Rockingham 96/67/s Savannah 90/70/s Spartanburg 94/69/pc Summerville 85/72/s Wilmington 92/70/s Winston-Salem 93/70/pc

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

PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Thursday, 7 p.m., district office, Turbeville

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Observation EUGENIA LAST will be your savior. Secrets will be kept, and deception is apparent. Initiate change before it is forced on you. Showing insight and fortitude will give you the upper hand. The reward for your persistence will be worth it.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Look for new projects or engage in a learning session that interests you.

The introductions you encounter will turn out to be meaningful relationships. Contact someone from your past who has been on your mind and share fond memories.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Go beyond the call of duty. Someone will be waiting for you to make a mistake. Don’t let negativity or mixed emotions cost you. Focus on your goals and putting in a topnotch effort that will bring you recognition and advancement.

prevalent.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Let your creative imagination lead the way.

What you present will be wellreceived and change your relationship with those you’re dealing with. Focus on your connection with peers and don’t let personal matters slow you down.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Follow your creative dreams. Your desire and need to do something special will bring you satisfaction and make you feel proud. Now is the time to expand and explore, not to let life pass you by. Romance will brighten your day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Watch your step. Deception and disillusionment will lead you down a dark path. Listen carefully and ask questions if you feel uncertain.

Precision, moderation and due diligence will be required to win. A change at home will turn out to be positive.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stay put.

Let people come to you. Don’t CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take the take liberties that can lead to a road less traveled. Enjoy doing precarious situation. Protect your something unique or creative that money and important stimulates your mind, body and soul. Getting involved in something relationships. Your home is your that brings you joy and makes you castle, and your family is your support system. Help is available if feel good will also enhance your you ask. life and important relationships.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Money Expect to be burdened with comes and goes. Show restraint when it comes to spending. Luxury matters concerning an older friend or relative. Your kindness will result items won’t define who you are.

You can’t buy love. Don’t leave cash in goodwill and good fortune. A change in the way you earn your or valuables out in the open. Put living is to be expected. your effort into personal change.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Reconnect with friends and pick up where you left off. The information you gather will lead to an opportunity to do something different. Someone at work may not be as helpful as you’re led to believe. Ulterior motives are

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let your mind wander. Express your ideas and you’ll receive interesting feedback. Love and romance are on the rise, and plans can be made that will improve your lifestyle.

Invest in your ideas and formulate and sign contracts.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

2-7-14-20-28 PowerUp: 2

9-33-42-45-54 Powerball: 30 Powerplay: 3

PICK 3 TUESDAY

PICK 4 TUESDAY

7-8-5 and 8-8-6

1-7-7-4 and 1-1-4-5

MEGAMILLIONS numbers were unavailable at press time.

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Janie Ard shares a picture taken by her father, Paul Floyd, from his kitchen window. Floyd comments, “You don’t see these (a dove and a squirrel) eating together too often!”

HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to sandrah@theitem.com, or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please.

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LEGION BASEBALL

P-15’s rout Cheraw again, 14-1 in 7 innings FROM STAFF REPORTS CHERAW — The Sumter P-15’s had another dominating performance against Cheraw on Tuesday, beating Post 23 14-1 in seven innings in an American Legion League III baseball game at Tom Brewer Field.

Sumter, which defeated Cheraw 12-1 on Monday at Riley

Park, improved to 7-1 in league play and 9-2 overall.

Post 23 fell to 2-7 in League III. The P-15’s pounded out 18 hits with Javon Martin and Kemper Patton both picking up three hits.

“I was happy with the way we hit the ball tonight,” said Sumter head coach Curtis Johnson. “We’ve had problems hitting the ball early,

but tonight we were able to put some hits together and score early.”

Sumter scored three runs in JOHNSON each of the first three innings to jump out to a 9-1 lead. After not scoring in the fourth, the P-15’s scored a run in the fifth

and two in both the sixth and seventh innings for the final score.

Phillip Watcher picked up the victory, working five innings and allowing just one run. Taylor Finley pitched two scoreless innings.

“Phillip pitched really well for us tonight,” Johnson said.

“We wanted to get him out there and see how he does (as

a starter). We’re not sure if Phillip or (Chris) Crawford is going to be our third starter.

We know Taylor (McFaddin) and Jacob (Watcher) are going to be two of the starters. We need to find the third.”

Sumter and Cheraw close out the series today with a 7 p.m. game at Riley Park.

Jacob Watcher is scheduled to start on the mound.

USC BASEBALL

PREP SOFTBALL

Empire State of mind

Lakewood’s Ridgeway inks to play for FDTC

Montgomery makes it official, forgoing final year at USC to sign with Yankees

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com Gamecock Baseball Stadium, Riley Park, Carolina Stadium — and Yankee Stadium?

Nothing is guaranteed of course, but Jordan Montgomery is well on his way.

The dream of standing on a big-league mound one day has always driven Montgomery, and the lure of starting the last part of that journey as early as possible was something he couldn’t ignore.

The former Sumter High School/Sumter P-15’s/University of South Carolina standout pitcher made it official on Monday, signing with the New York Yankees and forgoing his final season with USC. “I just felt it was time,” Montgomery said. “I’ve always wanted to play pro ball and now I have the opportunity to work my way up.

“I’ll never forget my three years (at USC). I feel like I accomplished a lot there. The fans treated me great. Coach (Chad) Holbrook and coach (Ray) Tanner were just outstanding.

It was a good three years, but I just felt it was time to move on.”

Montgomery was selected in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball draft on June 6, the 122nd overall selection. After spending some down time afterward in Columbia and Sumter, he headed for the Yankees spring training complex in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday and put pen to paper on Monday, he said.

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Former Sumter High, Sumter P-15’s and South Carolina standout Jordan Montgomery officially signed with the New York Yankees on Monday, forgoing his final season in Columbia to begin his quest to the big leagues.

After six years as a member of the Lakewood High School softball program, Leah Ridgeway is getting ready to take the sport to the next level.

Ridgeway has signed to play college softball with FlorenceDarlington Technical College.

FDTC is a member of NJCAA Region X just like the University of South Carolina Sumter, which she was also considering.

“It just felt like RIDGEWAY it was right for me,” Ridgeway said of FDTC. “They placed second in the region this year, and I feel like it’s a really good program.”

Ridgeway, who played shortstop for Lakewood, said she didn’t make contact with FDTC until late in the just completed season.

“I got to talk to (FDTC head) Coach (Heber) Watson on the phone,” Ridgeway said. “He came to my last game on Senior Night. After the game, he told me he could see me helping the team next year.”

Ridgeway batted .321 this past season with an on-base percentage of .402. She also stole 12 bases in 15 attempts.

Dennis Powell, Ridgeway’s head coach at Lakewood, thinks the Stingers got themselves a good player.

“I’ve coached Leah the last six years – in rec ball, travel ball, high school – and she’s one of the best players I’ve ever had. Whether I asked her to catch or whether I asked her to play shortstop, she didn’t blink an eye. She would do what she needed to do.

“As she continues to play in the future, she will be a big asset to that team.”

NASCAR

Kahne knows he’s got to step it up for Hendrick Motorsports New sponsorship deal doesn’t include driver extension

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kasey Kahne, left, and team owner Rick Hendrick, right, pose with the trophy after winning the 2012 Coca-Cola 600 in Concord, N.C. Kahne’s contract runs through 2015, about the same time Chase Elliott will be ready for a promotion from the driver development program to the big leagues, meaning at least one driver will be the odd man out.

Hendrick Motorsports likes things neat and clean and organized. NASCAR’s top team works hard to avoid drama, and its way of doing business is a huge part of the organization’s success.

It’s fairly standard for Hendrick to tie its sponsors, drivers and crew chiefs into tidy packages of concurrent contracts.

That didn’t happen, though, last week when the team announced Farmers Insurance had signed a 3-year extension of “its sponsorship of Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 5 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.’’ There was

no mention of the driver also getting a new deal tied to a sponsor that will be on the car through the 2017 season.

Kasey Kahne’s contract runs through 2015, about the same time Chase Elliott will be ready for a promotion from the driver development program to the big leagues.

Hendrick Motorsports has got to put Elliott somewhere, and there’s no guarantee Jeff Gordon is going to smile his way into retirement and hand his seat over to Elliott.

Gordon may be about to turn 43, but the 4-time NASCAR champion is currently leading the Sprint Cup

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SCOREBOARD

MLB ROUNDUP

Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston

TV, RADIO 11:30 a.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Group B Match from Porto Alegre, Brazil – Netherlands vs. Australia (ESPN).

Noon – WNBA Basketball: Washington at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

Noon – Major League Baseball: Philadelphia at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

12:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Miami or Minnesota at Boston (MLB NETWORK).

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

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Group B Match from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Spain vs. Chile (ESPN).

5:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Group A Match from Manaus, Brazil – Cameroon vs. Croatia (ESPN).

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

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

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland (ESPN2).

8 p.m. – College Baseball: College World Series Game Nine from Omaha, Neb. – Texas Tech vs. California-Irvine (ESPN).

5 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour The Irish Open First Round from Cork, Ireland (GOLF).

LEGION BASEBALL LEAGUE III STANDINGS W 7 5 5 4 3 2

Overall W L Pct. 10 2 .833 9 3 .750 7 7 .500 4 5 .444 3 9 .250 2 7 .222

ATLANTA — Ryan Howard homered, Kyle Kendrick won consecutive starts for the first time in 11 months and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Tuesday night.

The Phillies, winners of two straight and six of eight, got a solid start from Kendrick (3-6), who had gone 2-11 in his previous 20 starts since last Aug. 11.

Kendrick allowed six hits and two runs with one walk and six strikeouts in seven innings.

Not since he beat Washington last July 11 and won at the New York Mets last July 19 had Kendrick won two straight starts. The right-hander was coming off a 7-3 victory last week against San Diego.

Atlanta has lost seven of 11 and 13 of 21.

Ervin Santana (5-4) continued to struggle, giving up eight hits and four runs — three earned — with three walks in six innings. Santana, who struck out five, is 1-4 with a 6.17 ERA in his last seven starts.

YANKEES 3 BLUE JAYS 1

NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka gave up a home run to Jose Reyes on the first pitch of the game, then earned his major league-high 11th victory as the New York Yankees beat Toronto 3-1.

Tanaka (11-1) struck out 10 in six innings and left with an AL-best 1.99 ERA. RED SOX 2 TWINS 1

BOSTON — Brock Holt scored both Boston runs, Jon Lester weathered a shaky start and pitched six-plus strong innings as the Red Sox held off Minnesota 2-1.

Lester (8-7) has a winning record for the first time this season. The Red Sox have won two straight and four of six.

ANGELS 9 INDIANS 3

CLEVELAND — Mike Trout homered twice and drove in four runs, rookie Matt Shoemaker remained unbeaten as a start-

er, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated Cleveland 9-3.

Trout’s 3-run homer in the fifth broke a 3-all tie and capped a 4-run inning. He added a leadoff homer in the seventh. The 2-time All-Star was 3-for-5, extending his hitting streak to 12 games, and has reached base safely in 35 of his last 36 contests.

ROYALS 11

Sumter 14, Cheraw 1, 7 innings

TODAY

Cheraw at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Hartsville at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee at Camden, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY

No Games

FRIDAY

Sumter at Wilmington, N.C. (NC/SC Challenge in Wilmington, N.C.), 7:30 p.m.

Dalzell-Shaw at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Sumter vs. Whiteville, N.C. (NC/SC Challenge in Wilmington, N.C.), 11 a.m.

Sumter vs. Rocky Mount, N.C. (NC/SC Challenge in Wilmington, N.C.), 7:30 p.m.

Camden at Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

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

DETROIT — Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas homered as part of a 7-run second inning, and Kansas City took over first place in the AL Central with its ninth straight victory, 11-4 over Detroit.

Gordon and Moustakas hit 2-run shots off Max Scherzer, and Kansas City has won the first two games of this 4-game series emphatically.

SEATTLE — Robinson Cano hit a 2-run homer and Jesus Montero went deep too — hitting his first big league homer in more than a year to help Seattle sweep a 2-game set over San Diego with a 6-1 win.

Roenis Elias pitched seven strong innings and Jesus Montero also homered for Seattle. Elias (6-5) allowed three hits and struck out six without a walk while facing the minimum in five innings.

MASSET SUSPENDED, CARPENTER FINED

NEW YORK — Rockies pitcher Nick Masset has been suspended three games and fined for throwing a pitch at Braves catcher Evan Gattis on Thursday.

Braves reliever David Carpenter was also fined for throwing at Rockies outfielder Corey Dickerson in the same game, which featured several ejections, including Colorado manager Walt Weiss.

Masset’s suspension is set to begin Tuesday night unless the reliever appeals it. The amount of the fines was not disclosed.

Kansas City (Guthrie 3-6) at Detroit (Smyly 3-5), 1:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-4), 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 6-5) at Boston (Lackey 8-4), 1:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Hudson 7-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-1), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (Tepesch 2-2) at Oakland (Gray 6-3), 3:35 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 10-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2) at San Diego (Cashner 2-6), 10:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Boston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

W 36 35 35 31 30

L 33 33 34 39 38

Pct .522 .515 .507 .443 .441

GB – 1/2 1 5 1/2 5 1/2

W 42 38 34 33 29

L 29 32 35 35 39

Pct GB .592 – .543 3 1/2 .493 7 .485 7 1/2 .426 11 1/2

W 43 38 34 29 30

L 27 34 36 41 43

Pct GB .614 – .528 6 .486 9 .414 14 .411 14 1/2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs 5, Miami 4, 13 innings Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 1, 13 innings St. Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 9, Arizona 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 1 Seattle 5, San Diego 1

TCU 3, Texas Tech 2 Virginia 2, Mississippi 1

MONDAY

TODAY’S GAMES

JUNE 14

UC Irvine 3, Texas 1 Vanderbilt 5, Louisville 3

Texas 4, Louisville 1, Louisville eliminated Vanderbilt 6, UC Irvine 4

TUESDAY

Mississippi 2, Texas Tech 1, Texas Tech eliminated Game 8 -- TCU vs. Virginia, late

TODAY

Game 9 -- Texas (44-20) vs. UC Irvine (41-24), 8 p.m.

Game 10 -- Mississippi (47-20) vs. Game 8 loser, 8 p.m.

PADRES 1

TODAY’S GAMES

San Diego at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

THURSDAY

MARINERS 6

San Diego at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

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

Kansas City at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

JUNE 15

TIGERS 4

TUESDAY’S GAMES

EAST DIVISION

TUESDAY

Howard, Kendrick lead Phillies past Braves 5-2

Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 3 Kansas City 11, Detroit 8 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4 Boston 1, Minnesota 0 Texas 14, Oakland 8 Seattle 5, San Diego 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MONDAY

Atlanta shortstop Andrelton Simmons, top, turns a double play as Philadelphia’s Domonic Brown slides into second in the ninth inning of the Braves’ 5-2 loss on Tuesday in Atlanta.

.600 – .536 4 1/2 .514 6 .500 7 .451 10 1/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

League L Pct. GB 1 .875 1 .833 1 5 .500 3 5 .444 3 1/2 7 .300 5 7 .222 5 1/2

Sumter 12, Cheraw 2, 7 innings Dalzell-Shaw 12, Hartsville 7 Camden 12, Manning-Santee 4

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28 32 34 35 39

MONDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

Team Sumter Camden Dalzell Hartsville Manning Cheraw

42 37 36 35 32

FRIDAY

Game 11 -- Vanderbilt (48-19) vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.

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

SATURDAY

x-Game 13 -- Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m. x-Game 14 -- Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-5) at Atlanta (Harang 5-5), 12:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 2-1) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-2), 12:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Colon 6-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 7-4), 1:45 p.m.

San Francisco (Hudson 7-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-1), 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 9-3) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 4-4) at Arizona (C.Anderson 5-1), 9:40 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 6-2), 10:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2) at San Diego (Cashner 2-6), 10:10 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

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

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

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

Atlanta Indiana Connecticut Chicago Washington New York

(Best-of-3) June 23: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m.

June 24: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m. x-June 25: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Toronto New York Baltimore Boston Tampa Bay CENTRAL DIVISION Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota WEST DIVISION

From wire reports

W 41 35 35 32 28

L 30 33 34 38 43

Pct .577 .515 .507 .457 .394

GB – 4 1/2 5 8 1/2 13

W 36 37 36 33 32

L 30 32 35 37 36

Pct .545 .536 .507 .471 .471

GB – 1/2 2 1/2 5 5

W

L

Pct

GB

W 7 5 6 5 5 3

L 3 4 6 5 6 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Phoenix San Antonio Tulsa Seattle Los Angeles

W 8 7 5 4 5 3

L 3 3 6 5 8 6

Pct .700 .556 .500 .500 .455 .273

GB – 1 1/2 2 2 2 1/2 4 1/2

Pct .727 .700 .455 .444 .385 .333

GB – 1/2 3 3 4 4

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Washington at Atlanta, 12 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 12:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

SPORTS ITEMS

Gatlin’s walk-off single lifts Mississippi past Texas Tech at CWS OMAHA, Neb. — Pinch hitter John Gatlin’s single into short right field over a pulledin, 5-man infield in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Mississippi a 2-1 victory over Texas Tech in a College World Series elimination game Tuesday.

The exciting finish came after Texas Tech had tied it in the top of the ninth.

Ole Miss (47-20) plays TCU or Virginia Thursday. The Red Raiders (45-20) went 0-2 in their first CWS. Ole Miss won after Colby Bortles walked with one out.

Brantley Bell hit a comebacker to Smith, who tried to force out Bortles at second. But he threw high into center field, allowing Bortles to go to third.

Dominic Moreno came on to face Gatlin, with Texas Tech shifting an extra player to the

left side of the infield and going with only two outfielders. Gatlin punched a 1-2 pitch over second base, and the celebration was on.

SUMTER 13 JOHNSONVILLE 2

TURBEVILLE — The Sumter 7-8 year-old all-star softball team opened its district tournament with a 13-2 victory over Johnsonville on Monday at the Turbeville Recreation Department fields.

Alyssa Johnson, Hannah Kate Branham and Olivia Kirkman each had two hits for Sumter. Branham and Kirkman both had an insidethe-park home run.

The game ended with Autumn Osteen catching a line drive and throwing to first baseman Dani Harley.

CLARENDON COUNTY 16 MARLBORO COUNTY 8 FLORENCE — The Clarendon County Dixie Angel allstar softball team defeated Marlboro County 16-8 on Monday in a district tournament at Freedom Florence.

Mary Claire Lee led Clarendon County with a 2-for-2 night. Amberly Way finished with a hit while Marti Liegh Jones had a hit and three runs scored.

Miyah Jackson picked up the win, striking out three.

DALZELL 12 HARTSVILLE 7

KELLEYTOWN — Shane Bishop had two hits and drove in six runs to lead DalzellShaw Post 175 to a 12-7 victory over Hartsville Post 53 on Monday in an American Le-

gion baseball League III game at Jimmy White Park.

Matt Holloman was 3-for-4 with an RBI as Dalzell pounded out 16 hits.

The Jets evened their league record at 5-5 and are now 7-7 overall. Hartsville fell to 4-5, both overall and in league action.

The teams play today at 7 p.m. at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field.

WORLD CUP

two games in Group A, but Brazil is ahead on goal difference going into their decisive final matches.

RUSSIA 1 SOUTH KOREA 1

CUIABA, Brazil — Alexander Kerzhakov scored with one of his first touches after coming on as a substitute to earn Russia a 1-1 draw with South Korea on Tuesday.

BELGIUM 2

BRAZIL 0

ALEGERIA 1

MEXICO 0 FORTALEZA, Brazil — Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa made a series of outstanding saves to help Mexico hold Brazil to a thrilling 0-0 draw at the World Cup on Tuesday.

The result leaves both teams with four points each after

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Belgium opened its World Cup campaign with a 2-1 comeback win over Algeria on Tuesday, relying on second-half goals from two substitutes after a tense start in Group H. From staff, wire reports

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Who’s coming back for Spurs?

Duncan leads list of 6 potential free agents

BY RAUL DOMINGUEZ The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili had a simple message for his teammates during an emotional team meeting Tuesday.

Let’s do this again.

With six potential free agents headed

by Tim Duncan, the message was made clear — the Spurs would like everyone back for a run at a sixth NBA championship.

“I’m pretty sure most of the team is going to come back,’’ Ginobili said.

San Antonio met as a group for the first time since beating Miami 104-87 on Sunday night to close out the NBA Finals in five games. Head coach Gregg Popovich used the meeting to take one last playful dig at his players.

“He did show us a couple of clips that we sucked at (in Game 5),’’ guard Patty Mills said, laughing.

All the same, free agency that begins July 1 could alter close-knit roster.

“Manu spoke to us,’’ Spurs guard Danny Green said. “He had some good things to say. We had a great season.

He was really emotional, he’s proud of us. In a short amount of words, (he said) ‘Obviously I had fun, I don’t know if you guys did, but I had a good time.

You guys want to do it again?’ Try to put a little bug in their ears. Hopefully they come back.’’

Duncan has a player option, but his teammates expect him back and the 38-year-old forward did not give any indications otherwise throughout another resurgent season.

“It will come to an end, but I don’t think next year,’’ guard Tony Parker said of the team’s run under the Big Three. “I think everybody’s going to come back.’’

Parker has non-guaranteed contract, but San Antonio is highly unlikely to release its All-Star point guard.

The future for Mills, Boris Diaw, Matt Bonner and Aron Baynes is less certain. Mills, Diaw and Bonner are unrestricted free agents.

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tim Duncan (21) leads the list of six potential free agents the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs will have to address during the offseason.

“I haven’t sat down with R.C. (Buford, Spurs general manager) and talked about what we want to do, but one would think it’s logical to not make major changes with the group,’’ Popovich said.

“Usually we don’t make major changes anyway, so, I wouldn’t anticipate any.’’

The Spurs made minor changes following their previous title in 2007.

Those under contract include Ginobili, Green, Tiago Splitter, Marco Belinelli and finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, who turns 23 on June 29.

Diaw and Mills both said they have not had a chance to think about the future other than eagerly awaiting their

LOCAL RACING

Mintz Stock-4 win highlights Sumter Speedway weekend

BY CODY TRUETT Special To The Sumter Item Austin Mintz picked up his second win of the season in the Stock-4 division to highlight the racing action at Sumter Speedway on Saturday.

Mintz started the feature from the pole position and as the green flag flew, he and Ronnie Brown battled side by side for the lead into turns 1 and 2. A quick caution bunched the field back up for a restart. There was a failed restart before the race finally got under way with Mintz battling Brown and Travis Sharpe for the lead. Mintz took over the lead as Sharpe took over second and Brown fell back to third.

Sharpe kept the pressure on Mintz, but couldn’t make him slip. DJ Carraway joined the battle, making it a 4-car duel for the top spot with Mintz showing the way. A late caution would be displayed for an incident in turns 3 and 4, setting up what was expected to be an exciting green/white/ checkered flag finish. While under caution, Sharpe pulled into the pits with engine trouble, ending his night and his shot at picking up the win.

When the race resumed, Mintz held the lead. Brown gave Mintz all he could handle, but came up just short as Mintz took the checkered.

Brown was second, Carraway third, Justin Hinson fourth and Jim Onus fifth.

Bucky DeBerry picked up his third straight win in the Extreme Four division. DeBerry held off an early challenge from Bubba Johnson before finally get a huge lead on his way to the victory. John

Ledwell came home second with Johnson third and Allen Kelly fourth Russell Thomas continued his dominance of the Rookie division, picking up his fourth consecutive win. Jerry Knight came home second in his first time competing in the division with Chelsea L’Huillier third and Triston Kelly fourth.

Timmy Kimsey picked up the win in the Stock V8 division, leading flag to flag on his way to the victory. Daniel Welch was second with Marty Horne third and Jason Brazell fourth.

Robbie Disher picked up wins in both the Super Street and Street Stock divisions, leading nearly every lap of both features. Shannon Munn came home second in the Super Street with Ken Appleton third and Joey Ayers fourth. Grant Hill was second in the Street Stock with William Disher third, Clay Sims fourth and Matthew Hodge fifth.

Hunter Bledsoe picked up the win in the Crate Latemodel division. Drew Shealy and Matt Lawson put on a show for the fans, battling for the lead in the early going of the feature. Engine problems made it an early night for both Lawson and Shealy, surrendering the lead to Bledsoe, who went on to pick up the win. Mark McLeod was second and Clint Coker was third.

Racing action will continue on Saturday with gates opening at 5 p.m. and racing starting at 7. Grandstand tickets are $10 for adults and pit pass are $20 for adults. Active duty military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge.

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James says vacation 1st, then decision on his future

first victory parade, which takes place Wednesday night.

“I had a great time. It’s a great situation,’’ Diaw said.

Mills is expected to receive the most attention after going 5 for 8 on 3-pointers while scoring 17 points in 18 minutes Sunday. The 5-foot-11 guard also pestered Miami’s Dwyane Wade defensively, especially in the series-clinching victory.

Another pressing matter for the Spurs is whether to play for their respective national teams this summer. Mills and Baynes have committed to play for Australia, but Ginobili is still undecided about rejoining his Argentine teammates.

MONTGOMERY FROM PAGE B1 “I just signed at the complex after I worked out,” he said. “No big ceremony or anything.”

Though he would not say what the dollar amount of his signing bonus was, Montgomery did concede that it was “around slot value.” Slot values are determined by Major League Baseball based on what round and position at which a player is drafted, starting with the top overall pick and gradually decreasing per pick and round.

Baseball America listed the slot value of the 122nd pick at $424,000. It was $417,000 in 2013.

Montgomery has been throwing and working on getting his arm strength back, he said, after not having pitched since his final start for USC in the NCAA regional round on May 30.

While he has not been told officially, his likely destination if all workouts go accordingly will be the Yankees’ Class A short-season affiliate in Staten Island, N.Y. “That’s where they usually send the college guys, but we’ll see,” Montgomery said.

USC- and Sumter-area

fans may get to see more of him in the coming years as well. The Charleston RiverDogs are a Yankees Class A affiliate as well.

Montgomery provided more than a few memorable moments during his time at Sumter High and Carolina.

He was the unquestioned ace of the SHS pitching staff in 2011 when it captured its second 4A state championship. He went 11-0 that season with 114 strikeouts in 74 1/3 innings and a 0.38 earned run average. He did not allow a single run in the state tournament, including posting two complete-game shutouts against Byrnes in the championship series.

“For high school, that last pitch (against Byrnes) was probably the memory that stands out the most,” he said. “I’ll never forget dogpiling at Gilbert (High School) and carrying the trophy and walking around with it and holding it on the bus trip back.”

It wasn’t his last shining moment. Montgomery got to be a Gamecock a while longer after signing with USC. As a freshman, he made 15 appearances with 13 starts and went 6-1 with a

MIAMI — LeBron James is leaving.

For a family vacation, that is.

The Miami Heat star said that’s his first order of business, and during the time away from basketball he’ll start the process of moving past this season and looking JAMES toward the future.

“I just want to win. That’s all that matters to me,’’ James said Tuesday after emerging from the final team meeting, one where coach Erik Spoelstra urged his team take plenty of pride from the season, even though the end result was an NBA Finals loss to San Antonio. “I haven’t even begun to even think about what my future holds or what I have in store.

I will sit down with my team at some point, my family as well. Today definitely wasn’t the day.

“If my family is happy, then I’m happy and able to perform at a high level.’’

James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh can all become free agents, though none have made decisions on whether they’ll opt out. They came together amid much fanfare in 2010, and this summer might be similar in many ways for that trio, the Heat and the NBA as a whole — with all eyes on what they’ll do.

3.62 ERA in 74 2/3 innings.

He had 57 strikeouts and 10 walks.

The highlight of that season and a sign of things to come came during Carolina’s third straight run to the championship series at the College World Series.

Facing elimination, Montgomery got the ball against Arkansas and the 6-foot-5inch left-hander shut down the Razorbacks to the tune of three hits in eight innings with no runs across.

His sophomore season was his best as he took over the Friday starting role for the Gamecocks. In 13 starts, he went 6-1 with a 1.48 ERA in 79 innings with 60 strikeouts and 18 walks. He tossed an 8-0 complete-game shutout against North Carolina in the NCAA Super Regional round.

This past season, Montgomery posted an 8-5 record with a 3.42 ERA. He made 16 starts, working 100 innings.

He struck out 95 and walked 29 while allowing 93 hits.

“My last start against Campbell (in the NCAA regional) ended with my last standing ovation, so that was pretty memorable,” Montgomery said. “I kind of knew that it might be my last start so I just tried to soak it all in and enjoy it while I could.”

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SOCCER YMCA YOUTH CAMP

The Sumter Family YMCA will hold a soccer camp June 23-27.

The camp is open to boys and girls ages 7-12 and will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day.

The registration fee is $60 for members and $90 for non-members who sign up by Thursday.

There will be an extra $10 added for those who sign up after Thursday. Also, there is a 1-time $25 camp registration fee.

For more information, call the YMCA at (803) 773-1404 or visit www.ymcasumter.org or www.facebook.com/Sumter/YMCA. MANNING HIGH CAMPS

The Manning High School athletic department will a soccer camp over the summer at Manning Junior High School.

A camp for children in grades 4-6 will be held June 23-25. The cost is $40.

There will be a cash-only registration available on the first day of the campsfrom 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

BASKETBALL MANNING HIGH CAMP

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The casket of former Pittsburgh Hall of Fame head coach Chuck Nol is taken down the steps of St. Paul Cathedral on Tuesday after his funeral in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. Noll coached the Steelers to four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s.

Steeler greats honor legacy of coach Noll

BY WILL GRAVES The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The lessons Chuck Noll passed down to his players — maxims that often applied as much to life as to football — are tacked on the wall in Mike Mularkey’s office.

They say things like “stress is when you don’t know what you’re doing’’ and “I wasn’t hired to motivate players, I was hired to coach motivated players.’’

They ring as true now as they did when Mularkey heard them the first time playing tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Hall of Fame coach 25 years ago.

It’s why Mularkey made sure he had a chance to say goodbye, joining Steelers past and present, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and several hundred friends and family on Tuesday for a funeral mass honoring Noll, who passed away last week at age 82.

“I’ve gotten more from Chuck off the field as much as I got on the field about how to do things the right way,’’ said Mularkey, now a tight ends coach with Tennessee. “Family was important. Balance in life was important.’’

And that, as much as the record four Super Bowls Noll won while transforming the Steelers from an NFL afterthought into a dynasty during the 1970s is what will resonate for the city he championed and the team he built from scratch.

The men he molded embraced at

Saint Paul Cathedral. They clutched programs featuring a picture of a vibrant Noll wearing a polo shirt, shorts and the closest he ever came to a smile while at work. Each vowed to carry on the lessons Noll imparted from his first day of coaching to his waning days.

Steelers President Art Rooney II and Hall of Fame defensive tackle Joe Greene were among the pallbearers, a responsibility Greene wished he could have avoided but one he ultimately welcomed as a final gift from the coach who changed his life.

“It meant Chuck was thinking of me,’’ Greene said, “and that’s special.’’

Noll and Greene will be forever entwined in Steelers history. Noll was a rookie head coach in 1969 when he selected the massive but somewhat unknown Greene in the first round of the NFL draft. It was a pick met with skepticism but one that changed the course of the organization and Greene’s life.

“If he hadn’t chosen me, maybe I wouldn’t have been a Pittsburgh Steeler,’’ Greene said. “Maybe I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to be coached

by Chuck Noll. And that probably would not have fared very well for me.’’

Instead, Noll and Greene served as the core of a team that dominated the 1970s, winning four titles in a six-year span thanks to a seemingly never-ending stream of Hall of Famers guided by a man who made it his mission to ensure they learned more than just X’s and O’s.

The Manning High School athletic department will have a boys basketball camp over the summer.

The boys camp is scheduled for July 8-10.

The camp is open to children who will be entering grades 2-6. It will be held at MHS’ Thames Arena and run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost is $40.

There will be a cash-only registration available on the first day of the camp from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at the camp site.

DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL

The Hoop Basketball Individual Development Basketball School will be held July 14-17 at the Mayewood Middle School Gymnasium at 4300 East Brewington Road.

The camp will be under the direction of James Smith, Harry Fullwood and Ronnie Brown. The cost of the camp is $50 per camper and is open to boys and girls ages 10 through 16. The camp will run from 8 a.m. until noon each day.

For more information, contact Smith at (803) 968-6874 or (803) 4693188.

SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

Registration is being taken for the Sumter Christian School 2014 Basketball Clinics to be held over the summer.

There are three 5-day sessions remaining at a cost of $45 per camper. A camp for children in grades 3-6 will be held June 23-27, grades 6-9 July 7-11 and grades 9-12 July 21-25. The camps will run each day from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The camp instructors will be the SCS coaching staff of Bobby Baker, Tom Cope and Jimmy Davis.

For more information, call Baker at (803) 469-9304 or (803) 4643652.

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WORLD CUP SOCCER

U.S. coach optimistic Altidore’s hamstring injury not too severe

BY JANIE MCCAULEY The Associated Press SAO PAULO — Jurgen Klinsmann is optimistic forward Jozy Altidore will return for the U.S. during this World Cup. Altidore underwent an MRI exam on his injured left hamstring on Tuesday after the U.S. squad returned to its Sao Paulo headquarters from Monday night’s 2-1 victory against Ghana.

Results weren’t immediately available, and there is some doubt because hamstrings aren’t always quick to heal.

“With Jozy, we’ve got to see how he now reacts the next couple days with his hamstring, and we’re full of hope that he comes back still in this tournament, and that’s what we kind of work on every day,’’ Klinsmann said.

“The medical staff is doing a tremendous job (for)

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weeks, so we still have to hope that Jozy will be back. How quickly?

That is down to his heal-

ing process.’’

In the first half Monday, Altidore was running down a ball with Ghana’s John Boye when he lowered his head to attempt to control it. He immediately grabbed the back of his left leg and fell to the ground in pain. He was replaced by Aron Johannsson.

“Obviously we all hope he’ll be all right,’’ midfielder Alejandro Bedoya said. “I’m sure if he’s able to work hard we’re going to get him back. We have players that can play different roles and come in and do a job. Last night we had two subs come in and add something to the game. Aron is a good

player and I think he did well last night under the circumstances. It was hard to get him the ball.’’

The Americans’ next Group G match is Sunday at Manaus against Portugal, a 4-0 loser to Germany.

Central defender Matt Besler was replaced at halftime as a precaution with right hamstring tightness, and he also underwent tests Tuesday.

Klinsmann said his injury wasn’t serious and he would be fine for Sunday.

Captain Clint Dempsey broke his nose but is expected to play Sunday against Portugal in Manaus.

“Maybe he has the option if he wants a mask on,’’ Klinsmann said. “I don’t know how much a mask can protect him.

Whatever he feels good with. I think a broken nose, yes, it was tricky during the game. He barely could breathe.”

Youth Athletics of Sumter, a division of Pop Warner Little Scholars, is registering children ages 5-16 for football for the 2014 season.

The last day to register is July 31 and the registration fee is $80.

Payment plans are available.

The fee includes security, ID Badge, use of shoulder pads, use of helmet, use of practice clothes, insurance and a mouthpiece. Parents will be responsible for buying a game jersey, game pants, cleats, a cup, and socks.

The practice season will run from Aug. 1 through Aug. 29.

Games will begin on Aug. 30 and run through Oct. 25.

Registration is being held every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Golden Corral on Broad Street.

Volunteers are also needed. All volunteer applications must be turned in by July 5.

To request registration and volunteer forms or for more information, email youthathleticsofsumteryas@yahoo.com.

OFFICIATING CLASSES

The Santee Wateree Football Officials Association is holding classes for those interested in becoming officials.

Those who pass the course will be able to officiate middle school, junior varsity and varsity games.

Classes will be held each Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Sumter County Parks & Recreation at 155 Haynsworth Street.

The state clinic and examina-

tion will be held on July 26.

For more information, contact Granderson James at (803) 9682391 or at grandersj@aol.com or Richard Geddings at (803) 4688858.

TENNIS PTC SUMMER CAMP

The PTC Summer Tennis Camp will be held June 23-27 at Palmetto Tennis Center.

The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost is $125 per player.

Forms must be returned to PTC by noon on June 19.

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

MANNING HIGH CAMP

The Manning High School athletic department will have a tennis camp June 24-26 at MHS’ Althea Gibson Tennis Complex.

The camp is open to children who will be entering grades 2-6.

The cost is $40.

There will be a cash-only registration available on the first day of the camp.

WRESTLING SHS CAMP

The Gamecock Youth Wrestling Camp will be held July 7-10 at the Sumter High School mini gymnasium.

The cost of the camp is $30 per student. The camp will run each day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information or to register, contact SHS wrestling head coach Cody Slaughter at (803) 9683250.

There will be open registration on the first day of camp as well.

ETC. YAS FUNDRAISER

Youth Athletics of Sumter, a division of Pop Warner Little Scholars, will hold YAS Sumter Spartans GALA on June 27 at Carolina Skies on Shaw Air Force Base.

The Cost is $30 and includes food, a live band and door prizes.

All proceeds benefits YAS’ 2014 football and cheerleading seasons.

For more information, call (803) 464-8453, (803) 201-4531, (803) 7206242, (813) 786-9265 or (954) 2586817.

CHEERLEADING POP WARNER REGISTRATION

Youth Athletics of Sumter, a division of Pop Warner Little Scholars, is registering children ages 5-16 for cheerleading for the 2014 season.

The last day to register is July 31 and the registration fee is $80. Payment plans are available.

The fee includes security, ID badge, use of uniform, use of pom-poms, socks, undergarment and insurance. Parents will be responsible for buying shoes.

The practice season will run from Aug. 1 through Aug. 29.

Games will begin on Aug. 30 and run through Oct. 25.

Registration is being held every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Golden Corral on Broad Street.

Volunteers are also needed. All volunteer applications must be turned in by July 5.

To request registration and volunteer forms or for more information, email youthathleticsofsumteryas@yahoo.com.

GOLF 4-PERSON SCRAMBLE

The Links at Lakewood Golf Course will host a 4-person scramble every Thursday.

The cost is $25 per person and includes golf, prizes and food following the scramble.

Call the pro shop at (803) 4815700 before 4 p.m. on Thursday to sign up.

GOLFERS BIBLE STUDY

The Sumter chapter of the Christian Golfer’s Association holds a golfers Bible study each Tuesday at its offices at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

The study begins at 8 a.m. and is followed by a round of golf.

AUTO RACING SPEEDWAY CHAMPS SEARCH

Sumter Speedway is trying to gather information on all of its champions from 1957 to the present.

The name of the driver, the year and the division in which the title was won and the track promoter is the information hoping to be gathered.

To provide information, call James Skinner at (803) 775-5973 or e-mail Virginia Ayers at vayers@ ftc-i.net.

RECRUITING

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efensive end Quandeski Whitlow (6-feet-4-inches, 228 pounds) of Opelika, Ala., attended South Carolina’s football camp last weekend, arriving without an offer. He must have made a positive impression on recruiter and linebackers coach Kirk Botkin, however, because he offered Whitlow after the camp.

And on Monday he accepted that offer by announcing a commitment to the Gamecocks.

“He (Botkin) wanted me to come up in order for him to officially offer me a scholarship,” Whitlow said. “He doesn’t want to offer a guy a scholarship that he hasn’t coached. After camp he offered me a scholarship.”

Whitlow, the cousin of former Kentucky quarterback Jalen Whitlow, picked the Gamecocks over Kentucky and Miami. He also considered Mississippi State.

“It’s just the feeling that I felt when I was at South Carolina,” he explained. “It felt like the place for me to be. It felt like home. It felt great. It’s an SEC (Southeastern Conference) school, a school that wins at least 10 games a season. I love the campus. They’re building new facilities and dorms. It’s great for education. You can’t beat that.”

Whitlow said Botkin indicated to him that he’ll have a chance for early playing time and he feels he can contribute right away.

“I’m balanced on the field,” Whitlow said. “I can play the run or pass rush. I can stand up and play linebacker.”

Whitlow is USC’s 17th commitment for the 2015 class and the fourth DE. Whitlow’s commitment continued a surge that started last week when USC picked up three commitments.

The Gamecocks won the battle for highly coveted offensive lineman Austin Clark (6-6, 295) of Lexington, Va., on Thursday when he picked them over Virginia Tech, Tennessee and Ohio State. “(USC OL) Coach (Shawn) Elliott and (head) Coach (Steve) Spurrier were the ones who really, really sold me on the school,” Clark said. “They talked about everything and I was able to see it in person. It wasn’t one of those deals where they talk a good game, but it isn’t that way. Everything they said proved to be true.

“Overall, South Carolina was definitely who I felt comfortable with.”

Clark also visited Tennessee and VT in the days leading up to his decision to compare and contrast those programs with USC. “Just being down there at South Carolina, it gave me a great feel,” Clark said. “I really like it down there. Academics, they have the No. 1 international business school in the country.

And depth chart, coach says I have a good chance of going in there and contributing early.

“I definitely think I’ve made the right choice. I talked it over with my parents and they agreed I made the right choice.”

The Gamecocks will lose both of their starting tackles after this season and they eye Clark as a possible immediate replacement. “I have a good frame and I can carry more weight,” he said. “My footwork is good. My strength is run blocking because of the explosiveness in my hips.”

Clark is the third OL to commit to USC for the ‘15 class.

USC has had success in recent years recruiting in developing linebackers who were not household names in recruiting circles.

The Gamecocks added another of that type in Jalen Henry (6-1, 200) of Foley, Ala. Henry made an unofficial visit to USC with his parents on Thursday, met with Botkin and other members of the defensive staff and also sat down with Spurrier in his office. Before leaving, he made his pledge to join the Gamecocks.

“As soon as I walked in they were greeting me and I felt like I was at home,” Henry said.

“The players I met in the locker room greeted me and I fit in very well. It felt like my own school actually.”

Henry has 14 offers with USC his first from an SEC school.

He has not been a much-talkedabout recruit this spring because he missed most of his ju-

nior season with a broken foot.

Botkin first saw Henry in ’12, but Henry didn’t hear back from the Gamecock recruiter until earlier this spring when he came by his school and offered him the chance to play for a top 10 team in the SEC. One observer compared Henry to former USC LB Shaq Wilson as far as his playing skills. He has excellent speed and makes plays all over the field. He recorded 159 tackles as a sophomore. “I get out on pass drops really well and get out on the perimeter and tackle well and make plays,” he said.

Henry also plays baseball and was named to the Coastal Alabama All-Region first team as a third baseman, but his focus will be on football. He is considering enrolling early, but has not made a final decision on that. Henry is the second LB for the ‘15 class.

Defensive back Antoine Wilder (5-11, 175) of Atlanta committed to the Gamecocks on Friday after being offered at the school’s first summer camp session. Wilder is a teammate of USC DE commitment Arden Key and went into the camp hoping for an offer so that he could join his friend.

“It’s SEC football,” Wilder said. “They only lost two games last year. They are championship bound, and the way the recruiting class is going this year is great.”

Wilder plays both safety and cornerback in high school, but expects to be a CB with the Gamecocks. And he believes he’ll have no trouble fitting into USC’s base 4-2-5 scheme.

“They run the same defense we run in high school,” he said.

“I wouldn’t have to change up any scheme. They are aggressive and play a lot of man and that’s what I love. I don’t like to play conservative. I don’t like to back off. I want to go after it.”

Last season, Wilder had 122 tackles and two interceptions.

DB Damon Arnette (6-2, 185) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., spent Friday at USC attending the camp. Arnette flew in, worked out in the morning session, hung out around the stadium for the second session then flew back to Florida.

He got plenty done on the field, but not enough off of it so he will return on Friday with his parents for a weekend visit.

The chance of a commitment to the Gamecocks hangs over the visit.

“It went great, it went great,” Arnette said. “I wasn’t there as long as I wanted to be because of my flight, so that’s why I’m going back up there next week.

I called them (his parents) when I got there and told them I liked it.”

Arnette said because of the camp he didn’t get a chance to talk one on one with Spurrier, but that’s something he plans to do on this visit. He didn’t rule out the possibility of a commitment, something some observers thought would happen on his first visit. He is also considering Kentucky and Ohio State. He has visited Lexington, Ky., and plans to get to Columbus on July 26.

“I wouldn’t say I have any leaders yet,” Arnette said. “I’d like to take a trip to all the schools before I made a top three. If one stands out the most and I feel like that’s where I want to go, I wouldn’t have a leader. I would just commit right away.

“Kentucky, I’ve seen more of the school because I was there longer. That’s why I need to give South Carolina another chance. That’s why I’m going back up there to see more of the school because I was at Kentucky longer than I was at South Carolina.”

Some of Arnette’s other offers include Florida State, Indiana, Mississippi, Duke, Louisville, Cincinnati and Wisconsin.

He visited FSU for its spring game.

CLEMSON Rising junior tight end JC Chalk (6-4, 225) of Argyle, Texas, spent several days last week camping at Clemson. Before leaving he became the Tigers’ first commitment for the ‘16 class. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney already had ties to Chalk through his grandfather, Gene Stallings, who was Swinney’s head coach at Alabama. That aside, Chalk saw plenty more things at Clemson

that led him to the quick decision.

“It definitely showed me more,” Chalk said. “I’ve been talking to Clemson Phil Kornblut for a little bit.

This was RECRUITING more of seeCORNER ing how they coach and showing that they aren’t just saying things and that this is actually how they live.

“I just thought it was really important to see all of that. I love their coaching style and how they’re not just going to worry about me being a better football player, but they want me to grow and be a better man. They are always going to want me back here even after I graduate. They’ll always be supporting me and I’m grateful for that.”

Chalk also has early offers from Duke, Arizona State, Colorado State and Texas A&M. “I truly feel like that I’ve committed to the right place and I can eliminate the distraction of other schools,” Chalk said. “Now I can slow the process down and completely shut down other schools and completely focus on Clemson.”

OL Matthew Burrell of Fredericksburg, Va., and defensive lineman Tim Settle of Manassas, Va., were two more top prospects at Clemson’s camp the end of last week. They are friends with Clemson commitment LB Chad Smith, who also is from Virginia, and they are giving Clemson strong consideration.

“I can’t wait to come back to tiger country with my family!!

Another great visit,” Burrell tweeted on Sunday. Settle recently tweeted that Clemson was No. 1 on his list.

Another heavily recruited prospect at Clemson’s camp was LB Austin Bryant of Thomasville, Ga. He has the Tigers among his favorites.

Clemson offered DB Antonio Howard of Miami, who currently is committed to Cincinnati, last week He camped at Florida over the weekend.

CLEMSON AND USC Summerville High School OL Zack Bailey wrapped up a busy week by stopping by USC on Friday with his grandparents after camping at Clemson earlier in the week. The USC visit coincided with the Gamecocks’ first day of summer camp, but Bailey was not there to work out, but rather to show his grandparents the campus and academic side of USC. Bailey’s grandparents live in Florida and were also in Columbia for the Special Forces convention at the downtown Marriott.

“They gave us a tour of pretty much everything,” Bailey said.

“My grandparents are big into academics. It was important for them to see the campus. They saw the academic center and talked to the academic people, saw the stadium, and talked to Coach Elliott and got to meet (assistant) Coach (Everette) Sands.

They had fun.”

Bailey is not finished with visits by any means. He will go to UGA and North Carolina for sure in July. He is also considering visits to Auburn and Florida, and he’s still thinking about flying out to Southern California for a visit.

Those schools he has or will visit are the ones Bailey is fo-

cusing on, and he admits Clemson and USC, as a tandem, are ahead of the out-of-state programs.

“A lot of that is because I’ve only been to Clemson and USC,” he said. “That’s why this year I’m going to see campuses. I haven’t seen Georgia’s campus. I haven’t seen Florida’s. I haven’t seen North Carolina’s. So getting out there and seeing their campuses will help out a lot.”

It does appear though those out-of-state programs trail the Tigers and Gamecocks in this competition.

“It’s definitely a battle between those two,” Bailey said, adding that he goes back and forth with his leanings as he visits each school. “I like the campuses real well. I like Columbia and I like Clemson. They both have good coaches and are doing great. They are both in great conferences (Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference) and things like that.”

One of the key factors in Bailey’s decision will be his comfort level with the OL coach. He has seen Clemson’s Robbie Caldwell and USC’s Elliott at work, and like most everything else in the comparison of the two programs, the two are very similar in his eyes.

“I saw Coach Caldwell the first time Monday and Tuesday, how he coaches, and I enjoyed it,” Bailey said. “He definitely gets after it. He’s a simpler guy. As long as you do stuff right he leaves you alone, but he still teaches you.

If you do stuff wrong, he’s going to jump your butt.

“Then you’ve got Coach Elliott who reminds me of (former Summerville OL) Coach (Buddy) King. He’s straightforward and he’s going to jump your butt every single moment he can get, but at the same time it’s for the good. He’s not doing it to hurt you. He’s doing it because it’s his job and it’s going to make you a better football player. So they are both great coaches.” Bailey has been to games at both places and enjoyed himself equally at both.

So he’s made the trip west up Interstate 26 several times and knows the route well.

“Clemson is in a great place and you’re in a farmland pretty much, but you’re three hours away from home,” he said.

“While here (Columbia), it’s in the capital, but it’s an hour and a half away from home. There’s pros and cons to each of them.”

Bailey is still hoping to have a decision before the start of his season, but if he’s not 100 percent sure he will wait.

DL Albert Huggins of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High was one of the top uncommitted prospects at Clemson’s camp last week. Huggins is keeping a low profile from a recruiting standpoint and is not ready to tip his hand on favorites.

“I’m just trying to keep an open mind and listen to all of the schools,” he said. “I hope to visit Georgia in a couple of weeks and Florida later on this summer.”

Huggins also has USC on his list, but has no plans to visit there this summer. Some of Huggins’ other offers are FSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisville, North Carolina State, UNC, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, ND, Mississippi State and LSU. DB Rashard Causey of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been committed to Florida Atlantic since April, but that hasn’t stopped bigger programs from continu-

ing to recruit him. That includes USC. “My options are all the way open,” Causey said. “I’ll have a top five in a week or so. I’m still looking at South Carolina, Miami, Clemson, Notre Dame, Wisconsin and North Carolina.”

Causey has visited Miami and he will also visit FSU. He talked recently with USC recruiter Grady Brown and continues to get positive vibes from him.

“They want me really bad,” Causey said. “He’s waiting on me. It’s up to me to tell him I’m committing. He says I’m one of the top cornerbacks he wants in his class.”

Causey said there’s a 50-50 chance of him flipping his commitment with USC and Miami the top possibilities.

“I like everything (about USC),” he said. “The coaching staff, the academics. It’s one of the places I have a good chance of going to.”

OTHERS One of the state’s top prospects, DE Michael Barnett (6-5, 248) of Woodland High in Dorchester, committed FSU on Sundayu after completing a 3 day camp stay. Barnett, who once was committed to VT, also had Clemson, UGA nd NCSU on his final short list. Throughout the recruiting process though, he was leaning toward leaving the state and finding a school with his major, broadcasting. Last season, Barnett had 89 tackles with seven quarterback sacks.

Additional signees for Coastal Carolina are QB Aaron Aiken (6-5 235), a transfer from Georgetown; OL Morgan Bailey (6-5, 295), a transfer from GT; DT Jabarai Bothwell (5-11, 285), a transfer from Western Michigan; LB Kyle Fleetwood (5-11 225), a transfer from USC; DB Keon Brown (5-11, 170) from Oldsmar, Fla.; LB Devontaye Edwards (6-1, 230) of Sumter High; and DL Tarrol Stafford (6-3, 255), New Haven, Conn.

BASEBALL With Temple dropping its baseball program, the players are free to transfer to other programs without penalty.

Clemson is picking up one of the Owls’ top performers last season.

Left-handed pitcher Pat Krall (6-5) announced last week he had committed to Clemson.

Krall made 16 appearances this season, all in relief. He had a 1-0 record with two saves and an earned run average of 0.66.

He struck out 12 and walked seven in 27 1/3 innings of work.

Krall was named the coRookie of the Year for the Philadelphia Big 5. The native of Dowington, Pa., will have three years of eligibility at Clemson.

USC signee right-handed Brandon Murray, who was a 30th-round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in the recent Major League Baseball draft, announced he will join the Gamecocks’ program.

“I will officially be honoring my commitment to play baseball for the University of South Carolina,” Murray tweeted. Murray was one of two Gamecock signees to be drafted. The other, infielder Madison Stokes of A.C. Flora High in Columbia, was a 40thround pick by the New York Yankees and has already said he will enroll in school. Clemson signee RHP Austin DeCarr signed a contract with the Yankees, who picked him in the third round.

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U.S WOMEN’S OPEN

Big week for Koepka

11-year-old qualifier just wants to have fun

Top 5 finish at U.S. Open nets Masters invite, PGA Tour card

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. — Only when he realized where he was going did Brooks Koepka look back at where he had been.

A year ago this week, Koepka was in Scotland to prepare for a Challenge Tour event and his sixth straight week on the road. Now he’s going to the Masters for the first time and earned a return trip to the U.S. Open. He locked up a PGA Tour card.

“It just keeps getting better and better,’’ he said Tuesday.

KOEPKA Koepka was coming up the 18th fairway Sunday at Pinehurst No. 2 when he looked at the leaderboard and mentioned to his caddie, Ricky Elliott, that it would be cool to birdie the final hole and tie for fifth. He hit a 52-degree wedge to 6 feet and made birdie — and a late bogey by Henrik Stenson put him in a tie for fourth.

Only when he was in the locker room did he find out the top four and ties from the U.S. Open are invited to Augusta National.

“It was pretty sweet, to say the least,’’ he said. “Someone said to me, ‘How’s it feel to be in the Masters?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, that’s funny.’ It’s awesome, a dream come true.

I went there a long time ago and always told my dad that I was going to go back and play but I would never go back and watch. It’s a special place.’’

Koepka also sewed up his PGA Tour card by earning 115 FedEx Cup points. That makes him the equivalent of No. 82 in the FedEx Cup and makes him a lock to get his PGA Tour card.

He reached a point of getting unlimited exemptions in April, but exemptions are hard to find this year. Koepka figured he would have at least three more starts to nail down his card, but to achieve it at the U.S. Open was special because his family was at Pinehurst and he could share the big moment.

Not many players have earned their European Tour and PGA Tour cards in less than a year.

Koepka’s win in Scotland last year was his third on the Challenge Tour, giving him a European Tour card.

Next up is a return to Europe. His plan is to play the French Open and Scottish Open and try to get one of three spots available to the top finishers not already exempt.

As for next year?

“I’ll keep both cards,’’ he

said, “and do what the best players in the world do.’’

CADDIE SERVICES After their final rounds were over at the U.S. Open, a number of caddies carried a white slip of paper to a USGA office and came back with as much as $550 cash in their pocket.

Just call them human Shotlink machines.

The USGA offered bonus cash to caddies to kept track of shot selections for their players. It was part of the USGA’s effort to try to get Pinehurst No. 2 just right for the U.S. Women’s Open this week.

“We don’t have a lot of data on women’s golf,’’ USGA executive director Mike Davis said.

The USGA had equipment in place to measure distances throughout the course. Getting the clubs from caddies was crucial because Davis is trying — and he’s already conceded that he won’t be able to get it right — to have the women play the same kind of shot. The key will be the firmness of the greens.

“It’s like Shotlink data, only we’re taking it one step further,’’ Davis said.

STUDY UP Michelle Wie picked up a few good books to read before playing the U.S. Women’s Open — the yardage books of U.S. Open runner-up Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley, who tied for fourth, along with the books their caddies kept.

Wie knows both players from living in South Florida.

“Knowledge is key around here, just knowing where to miss it, where not to miss it,’’ she said. “It’s such a unique experience to have the information. You normally go up to a golf course site, the information would probably be from like years ago from when they replayed it or something. But this is pretty fresh information and it’s pretty similar conditions to what we’ll play it. So hopefully, I think it’s going to be very useful and I’m very thankful that they gave it to me for me to use.’’

END OF A STREAK Dan Jenkins was at his best again last week at the U.S. Open, having found a new audience in Twitter. Even in 140 characters, he can still fire off some zingers. “This might be the most lackluster final round of an Open since Jim Furyk beat a gentleman whose name I don’t recall at the moment,’’ he said, referring to 2003 and a gentleman named Stephen Leaney.

But he made no mention of a streak that even Byron Nelson could admire. Jenkins has covered 222 majors — his first was the 1941 U.S. Open — and the last 179 majors in a row through Pinehurst No. 2.

The streak will end. Jenkins, 84, is not going to the British Open next month at Hoylake at the advice of his doctor.

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. — With pigtails and plenty of giggles, Lucy Li just wants to have fun like any 11-year-old girl.

Except that she’s playing the biggest event in women’s golf.

Li, a sixth-grader from the Bay Area who doesn’t appear to be the least bit overwhelmed by the attention around her, became the youngest qualifier in U.S. Women’s Open history when she shot 68 at Half Moon Bay last month to win her sectional by seven shots.

She celebrated by having dinner at her favorite restaurant and watching “The Amazing Spiderman 2.’’

Now it’s time for the amazing Lucy Li show.

“She looks so darn cute,’’ said Michelle Wie, who didn’t make it to her first Women’s Open until she was 13. “I was like, ‘I don’t think I looked that cute when I was 11.’ But she just looks so excited, so wideeyed. ... And I’m just really so excited for her to be out.

It’s a memory that will last her a lifetime. What other 11-year-old can say that they played in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst? And she got to see the men play, too.’’

Life is moving at warp speed for little Lucy Li. She only became serious about golf four years ago when she set up shop in Miami to work with Jim McLean. Just two months ago, the precocious 11-yearold with a mouth full of braces won her age division in the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt Championship at Augusta National. And now she’s at Pinehurst No. 2, ready to take on the course where Martin Kaymer won the U.S. Open on Sunday.

“It’s awesome, right?’’ she said. “I mean, Pinehurst and Augusta National in like two months. I mean, that’s just amazing. It’s mind-blowing for me. It’s been awesome, because it’s been ... I mean, the food is great and it’s been a lot of fun. I’ve made a lot of friends.’’

There’s something about U.S. Women’s Open in the

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Amateur Lucy Li, 11, hits from the fairway on the 15th hole during a practice round at the U.S. Women’s Open on Tuesday at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C. The sixth-grader from California is the youngest qualifier in the history of the U.S. Women’s Open.

North Carolina sandhills that attracts all the kids.

Morgan Pressel qualified when she was 12 and had just turned 13 when the Women’s Open was down the street at Pine Needles in 2001. Lexi Thompson qualified and played at 12 when it returned to Pine Needles in 2007.

Too young? Both went on to win major championships.

Li is not the youngest player in Women’s Open history. Beverly Klass was 10 when she played in 1967, before there was qualifying.

The youngest player to make the cut was Marlene Hagge, who was 13 in the 1947 Open at Starmount

Forest in North Carolina.

Among the favorites this week is Lydia Ko, the youngest LPGA Tour winner in history at 15 in the Canadian Women’s Open two years ago.

Li played in the U.S. Women’s Amateur last year at 10.

She was the youngest to qualify for match play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links. The idea to try to qualify for the Women’s Open was “mine.’’

“Because I wanted to go out there and get the experience,’’ she said. “Because it’s 36 holes and I didn’t care if I qualified or not. I didn’t think about it. I just wanted to go for the experience.’’

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JEREMY R. MICKENS COLUMBIA — Jeremy Raynard Mickens, 25, died on Friday, June 13, 2014, in Columbia.

He was born on March 25, 1989, in Sumter, a son of Peter Ivan Mickens and Mary Ann Conyers Mickens. He received his formal education in MICKENS the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Will Lou Gray Opportunity School in West Columbia. He furthered his education at ITT Technical Institute, Columbia. He served in the United States Air Force.

Survivors are his parents, Peter Mickens of Columbia and Mary Ann Conyers Mickens of Sumter; one brother, Christopher Mickens (Fort Langley-Eustis) of Newport News, Virginia; grandmother, Van Jo Mickens of Columbia; four uncles, Columbus (Sarah) Conyers of Paxville, Nolton Conyers and Levi Conyers Jr., both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Elder Dwayne (Sonya) Mickens of Tampa, Florida; and seven aunts, Rosetta (Johnny) Robinson of Manning, Olivia (William) Neal of Philadelphia, Viola (Willie) Miller of Sumter, Martha (Woodrow) Sharpe of Charlotte, North Carolina, Valerie (Carl) Thompson of Tampa, Vanessa Mickens of Sumter and Tina Mickens of Columbia.

The celebratory services for Mr. Mickens will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., Sumter, with Al Sims, pastor, District Elder Dwayne A. Mickens Sr., eulogist, and Elder Russell Rogers, presiding. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park.

Mr. Mickens will lie in repose one hour prior to service.

Visitation will be held from noon until 7 p.m. today.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother, 882 Club Lane, Sumter.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

SAMUEL PACK Samuel Pack was born on Aug. 9, 1940, in Manhattan, New York, to the late Mary Carpenter Spann and Jessie Glisson. He was raised by the late Martha Pack.

On June 13, 2014, he went home to be with his Lord and Savior.

“Sammie,” as he was affectionately called, attended the public schools of Clarendon

KAHNE FROM PAGE B1 standings and has 11 top-10 finishes through 15 races.

It’s easy to read too much into Kahne being left out of the Farmers announcement, to turn a simple sponsorship extension into much ado about nothing.

But there are some obvious facts that make it hard not to wonder just how safe Kahne is with the organization: • A seat eventually has to open for the 18-year-old Elliott, who has two wins and is thick in the Nationwide Series title race.

• The team eventually must put a plan together to replace Gordon, occupant of the No. 24 since the 1992 season finale.

• There could be a crop of

County and graduated from Manchester High School in Pinewood. He received his college degree in New York City, PACK New York.

Through the years, his career included employment as a New York City bus driver for 15 years and later served, until his retirement, as a New York City police officer in Brooklyn, New York, for 21 years. While serving as an officer, he was a recipient of the “officer of the year” in 1993. “Sammie” completed numerous continuing education courses at the New York City Police Academy.

After relocating to Sumter in 1994, he became an honorable and dedicated member of the Bernie’s Elk Lodge No. 1195 of Sumter. In addition, he was also employed by Central Carolina Technical College in Sumter during his leisure time. “Sammie” had a special love and talent for gospel singing and sang with many quartet groups. He was a member of LaGree AME Church of Sumter.

His memory will be cherished by his devoted wife of 53 years, Lula Cantey Pack; three children, Melvenia (Leon) Riley, Tony (Cynthia) Pack and Jeffrey Pack; a host of family and friends.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 10242 Lewis Road, Paxville community of Manning.

Service of remembrance will be held at 2 p.m. today at LaGree AME Church, 2920 Kolb Road, Sumter, where the Rev. Jeanette Collins, pastor, will bring words of consolation. Service of committal, benediction and interment will follow in the family plot at Paxville Cemetery in Pinewood.

Fleming and DeLaine Funeral Home and Chapel of Manning is in charge of services.

Online condolences may be sent to Flemingdelaine@aol. com.

was a graduate of Sumter High School Class of 2013. Andre was a faithful member of Orangehill Independent MethLEWIS odist Church in Wedgefield and served each Sunday with his musical talents as the lead drummer. A loving and happy young man of few words and many talents, his presence will surely be missed.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Richard Bernard Lewis; and a great-aunt, Birdie Gayle Ray. Surviving are his devoted mother, Ruth Gayle Lewis of Sumter; five sisters, Marion, Denise, Jacqueline, Jeremie and Katisha; four brothers, Andrew, his twin brother, Christopher, Taylor and Julian; a host of other relatives, church family and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at Orangehill Independent Methodist Church, 3005 Kings Highway, Wedgefield, with the Rev. Constance Walker officiating and the Rev. Matthew Kelley Jr. presiding. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The public may view from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

Mr. Lewis will be placed in the church for viewing at 1:30 p.m. until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends at the home, 550 Dingle St., Sumter.

The family requests that memorials and condolences be made on their memorial tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com.

TISHA MAE ANDREWS

Andre Douglas Lewis, 21, died on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at his residence in Sumter.

Born in Bronx, New York, he was a son of Ruth Gayle Lewis of Sumter. He attended Christ the King Elementary School in Bronx and completed his education in the public schools of Sumter County.

Andre completed the masonry program at Sumter Career and Technology Center and

JAMAICA, New York — Tisha Mae Andrews, 75, wife of John Andrews, died on Monday, June 9, 2014, at her home, 115-35 144 St., Jamaica.

She was born on May 21, 1939, in Summerton, a daughter of the late Fleming McFadden and Dora Britton Robinson and stepdaughter of Elliott Robinson. She attended the public schools of Clarendon County School District 1.

She was employed as a factory worker and cashier in Rochdale Village before retiring.

She was a member of Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, Summerton.

Survivors are her husband, John Andrews Sr. of the home; her children, Eloise Conyers, Edna Cooper, Darren Andrews, Pamela Dickens and Octavia Johnson; sons-in-law, Lindsay Conyers Jr., Martin Gregg Dickens and William

free agent drivers coming available in the next few seasons, including Kyle Larson, a budding superstar. A matured Kyle Busch could be interested in returning to Hendrick and Denny Hamlin has always been interested in being Gordon’s replacement.

• Most glaring, though, is Kahne’s performance: Four wins in 87 races dating to 2012. He was a career-best fourth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in that debut season with Hendrick, but he was 12th last year. Kahne is so far winless this season and is 19th in the standings. His teammates, Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr., have combined for six victories, rank 1-2-3 in the standings and are all locked into the Chase.

Nobody at Hendrick Motorsports has given any indication Kahne is on the hot seat.

But he’s not talking about a contract extension with management just yet, either.

“Mr. Hendrick is always trying to help me as a driver; as a person and he gives us every opportunity. So, I want to be there a long time,’’ Kahne said last week at Michigan International Speedway. “We still have a year-and-ahalf before my deal is up. So I think (it’s about) performance, and sponsors that want to be part of them, and just getting our team back where it needs to be. We’ve struggled some this year for really no reason. We can’t have that. If we can get rid of some of those struggles, I would hope that I would be at Hendrick Motorsports for a long time.’’

ANDRE D. LEWIS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014 Johnson; daughters-in-law, Anzie L. Andrews and Catherine Andrews; sisters, Vera Owens and Leemell Wilson; sister-in-law, Beulah Robinson; 22 grandchildren, 31 greatgrandchildren; a special sister/cousin, Essie Mae Leary; and a best friend, Annie Dunn.

Celebratory services for Mrs. Andrews were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 14, at Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton. The Rev. Dr. W.T. Johnson, pastor, officiated.

Burial followed in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 1106 Locust Way, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

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Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Norton Funeral Home, Bishopville chapel.

Norton Funeral Home will announce plans.

CICELY P. HARDEN Cicely Patricia Harden, age 50, beloved wife of Robert E. Harden, died on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, after a valiant and courageous battle with cancer.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

ROBERT E. HOLMES Robert E. Holmes, 71, entered eternal rest on Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on June 1, 1943, he was a son of the late Eugene and Almeta Canty Holmes.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his niece, Hattie Daniel Scott, 11 Carrol Drive, Sumter.

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

LYDIA B. PATTERSON

BISHOPVILLE — Paul Pope, age 91, passed away on June 17, 2014.

GASTONIA, North Carolina — Lydia Benenhaley Patterson, 56, wife of Jeffrey S. Patterson, died on Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of Marian Oxendine Benenhaley and the late James C. Benenhaley.

She was a dedicated wife and mother, and she loved to travel.

She is survived by her husband of 34 years; her mother; two children, Melissa Dawn Benenhaley and Daniel S. Patterson, both of Gastonia; five grandchildren; three sisters, Claudia Gainey, Ammie Burdick and Wendy Benenhaley, all of Dalzell; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Joyce Carroll.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Autumn Woods Christian Church with the Rev. Steve Miller, Pastor Tim Brown and Ralph Oxendine officiating. Burial will be in the Springbank Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday at Autumn Woods Christian Church and other times at the home of her sister, 5360 Ray Lane, Dalzell.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.ecsfuneralhome.com

Kahne had a fifth-place finish Sunday at Michigan. It was only his second top-five of the season, but it came on a day that Hendrick Motorsports routed the field. Johnson won for the third time in three weeks, Gordon was sixth and Earnhardt seventh as all four HMS entries landed inside the top seven.

Asked after the race if his

finish silenced his critics, Kahne was blunt.

“Probably not all of them,’’ he said. “And they probably don’t all need to be silenced after one good run. We were way too bad the first 14 or 15 races, and hopefully this will get us going and we can get strong from here and make some points up and get in the Chase.’’

SHELTON BROWN Shelton Brown, 74, died on Monday, June 16, 2014, at his residence in Dalzell.

Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Chamber and Lully Beatty Brown.

The family will receive friends at the Brown residence, 15 Beard Drive, Dalzell.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

JACKIE DENNIS Jackie Dennis, 57, died on Monday, June 16, 2014, at her home.

Born on April 20, 1957, in Summerville, she was a daughter of the late Marion Rudd and Edna Cubbage.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at her home, 1870 Mallory Drive, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

PAUL POPE

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Loans available for no credit, bad credit, 1st Time Buyers & Bankruptcy buyers. No co-signers needed. Call Mr. Ashley Brown at 803-926-3235

FSBO: 19 Palmer Dr. 3 Br, 2 Ba, C/H/A, lg yard, garage, paved driveway. $180K. Call for appt only 803-468-1449 Looking for your DREAM HOME? LOW CREDIT SCORE? Been turned down for bad credit?

Come try us, we do our own financing. We have 3-4-5 bedroom homes. Layaway program available. For more information, call 843-389-4215.

The project includes removal and replacement of existing parking and other site items and renovation of an existing approximately 100,000 square foot single story structure into a training facility in Sumter, SC. Scheduled bid opening is August 2014 with commencement of construction soon after.

INVITATION FOR BID NOTICE SUMTER COUNTY WATER UTILITY SHILOH WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 5 NARROW PAVED RD., LYNCHES RIVER RD. & OLD ST. JOHN CHURCH RD.

Owner: Sumter County Sumter County Water Utility 13 East Canal Street Sumter, S.C. 29150 Funding By: Sumter County SC Rural Infrastructure Authority (Grant R13-1029)

Professional Office Space 1500 Sq ft, 6 Offices 2 Baths, Reception area, Kitchen $650 Mo + Sec dep. Call 803-968-0689 or 803-972-1090

REAL ESTATE

Rodgers will accept Trade Contractor prequalification applications until 5:00 pm on Thursday, July 3, 2014 for the following trades: Sitework and Paving, Landscaping and Irrigation, Hardscape, Concrete, Polished Concrete, Masonry, Steel, Casework, Roofing, Thermal & Moisture Protection, Metal Paneling/ACM, Skylights, Stucco/EIFS/Plaster, Glass and Glazing, Doors & Windows, Overhead Doors, Operable Walls, Interior Finishes (Drywall and Framing, ACT, Hard Tile, Floor Coverings, Painting, Fluid Applied Flooring, etc.), Misc. Specialties, Fire Protection, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, Communications, Electronic Safety and Security.

Prequalification applications can be o b t a i n e d a t www.rodgersbuilders.com. To verify your prequalification status contact William Satterfield at wsatterfield@rodgersbuilders.com.

Prequalification statements submitted late, incomplete or in any other format will not be reviewed.

Contact Bob Mercer (bmercer@rodgersbuilders.com) with questions concerning project scope.

Santee/Lake Marion: Sandy 200 ft beach, 3BR, dock, sleeps 6-7.

Disc. for military. 803-492-3077

Building for rent could use for Church or other. Near Manning on Silver Rd. 803-473-3301

Bid Notices

•Dodge Plan Room: Columbia, SC •Sumter County Administration Building - Sumter, SC - Internet: www.tpm-columbia.com (click on Public Jobs)

Tastefully redecorated roomy comfortable homes.

Safe neighborhood.

Appliances, heat pump, water, dumpster & sec. lights furnished. $480 mo + $350 dep. No pets. Sec. 8 okay. Good credit necessary.

Close to Shaw. 803-983-0043

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1981 Singlewide Fixer-upper for sale. $500 OBO. Call 803-469-3222

Beautiful 6BR 4BA home. 10 mi. from Contential Tire. Den, LR, DR, Lg kitchen w/Island, W/D hook-up.

Featuring hardwood tile and carpet. Over-sized BRs & BAs. Huge fenced yard. Back/front patio. Like new. $900/mo + $900/dep. Call 803-316-7958 or 773-1838 between 9am-6pm Mon-Fri.

GOING FAST 2 & 3BR 2BA Homes available immediately! Site rent as low as $180. Refer a friend & get $100. For more info please call 803-469-8515 or visit us at www.mhcomm.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014

(4) Mobile home in Windsor City.

All occupied. $1,780 per month income. $25,000 CASH or Buy any number. Call for info. 469-6978

Engineer: M. E. Weatherly, P.E. Sumter County Engineer

Reconditioned batteries $35. Also have lawn mower, truck, 4 wheeler, golf cart & marine batteries, starters & alternators.

Car dealers/garages ask about special prices. Auto Electric Co. 803-773-4381

Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Dolgencorp, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at Store 13025, 1030 Pocalla Road, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than

Separate sealed Bids for the construction of Water Distribution Line Extensions to the Sumter County Shiloh Water System, specifically the addition of approximately 26,026 LF of 8-inch PVC water line, fire hydrants, valves, services and appurtenances, will be received by the Owner, Sumter County, in County Council chambers on the 3rd floor of the Sumter County Administration Building until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2014 and then publicly opened and read aloud. The Contract documents may be examined at the following locations: •AGC Offices: Columbia, SC

Printed Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained from the Sumter County Engineer, M. E. Weatherly, P.E., at their printing service; "The Print Machine" (TPM) located at 1241 Assembly Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201, (803)252-4770 upon a non-refundable payment of $ 75 per set. Checks or payment should be made out to TPM. Mailing address and Contractor's license must be provided to ensure prompt delivery.

The documents may be viewed at www.tpm-columbia.com (click on Public Jobs), however, are not available for download. All bidders are required to obtain printed copies of the contract documents.

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, prepared on the form of Bid Bond attached to the Contract Documents or a Surety Company's Standard Bid Bond, duly executed by the Bidder as principal and having as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of South Carolina. The Bid Bond shall be in the amount of five (5) percent of the Bid. No Bid will be considered unless the Bidder is legally qualified under the provisions of the South Carolina Contractor's Licensing Law. The successful Bidder for this Contract will be required to furnish a satisfactory Performance and Payment Bond each in the amount of one hundred (100) percent of the Bid. This project is funded, in part, through the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority.

No Bidder may withdraw his Bid within sixty (60) days after the Bid opening. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive any informalities.

Summons & Notice

SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE FAMILY COURT TIDRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 05-DR-43CURTIS DALEY, JR. PLAINTIFF -vsDEBBIE LYNN DALEY, DEFENDANT TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED: DEBBIE LYNN DALEY: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscriber at Post Office Box 2020, Ridgeland, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days from the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgement by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

CATHERINE D. BADGETT Attorney for the Plaintiffs Post Office Box 2020 Ridgeland, South Carolina 29936

Public Hearing

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING for Clarendon School District Two Budget for 2014-2015 Clarendon School District Two will hold a public hearing on the 2014-2015 fiscal year operating budget at 6:30 p.m.on June 24, 2014.

There will be be a designated time on the agenda for anyone who wishes to speak concerning this item. The meeting will be held at the school district office at 15 Major Drive in Manning.

The proposed millage required to support the budget for 2014-2015 is 129.3 mills, an increased of 1.9 mills.

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PHOTOS COURTESY SUSAN MATHIS

Cathy Humphries and Mizahrr, better known as Tex, prepare to enter the ring for their first dressage test on June 1.

Ride of the Century Local horse, equestrian join elite club

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athy Humphries always wanted a horse, but it wasn’t until she was 54 years old that she finally got one. She and her Arabian Mizahrr have been together on the trail and, lately, in the dressage ring, ever since. Earlier this month, Humphries and Mizahrr, better known as Tex, earned the right to join the elite Century Club started by the Dressage Foundation for dressage riders and horses whose combined ages total at least 100. Tex is 29; Humphries will be 73 this month.

Humphries remembers when she first saw Tex. “I had just started taking lessons,” she said. “After about a year, I bought Tex. I went by myself, and of course, fell in love with the first horse I saw.

He was 10.”

Humphries and Tex “started out trail riding, and then we got into en-

Cathy Humphries and her horse Mizahrr pose after wining second place in a dressage event that gained them membership in the Century Club. Founded by the Dressage Foundation, the club recognizes horses and riders whose combined ages total 100 or more. durance riding. He really loved it. We always finished in the top 10.”

Research revealed Tex’s grandfather was “Aladdin, who had been bred for racing,” Humphries said. “He was believed to have sired more horses than any other.”

Humphries’ friend, Susan Mathis, who is also a riding partner, said Humphries became interested in the Century Club when her friend Harriet

Kiehl of Camden became a member.

Age alone does not qualify a horse and rider for the Century Club. They are also required to complete a dressage test, which Humphries and Tex did earlier this month.

“I hadn’t done much dressage,” Humphries said. As far as she knows, Tex had done none, so when Humphries found out about the club, she decided to find a dressage instructor. Luckily, a friend told her about Emily Snapp Shealy, a dressage enthusiast with stables and horses not too far from her home.

“I asked her if she’d give us a ‘crash course’ in dressage to prepare us for the test, and she agreed,” Humphries said. “We started working about four or five months ago.”

It turned out both Humphries and Ted had an affinity for dressage, a highly structured competition that requires both horse and rider to perform — and well — several predetermined maneuvers. There are no jumps in dressage; precision, posture and grace are what count.

On June 1 at Pine Tree Stables in Camden, Humphries and Ted were ready for their test.

“We had to enter the ring, then I had to slow Tex down nicely and do some patterns,” Humphries said. “We did several different walks, changed the reins over twice and show different gaits,” among the dressage test requirements.

There is also a bit of “geometry” involved.

“For instance, you have to guide your horse to make a big circle in the ring — it can’t be a ‘D,’” Humphries said.

She added the rider has to always be “in control of your horse.”

When the dust cleared and the scores were determined, the duo had finished second in their first dressage showing.

They finished third in another, and their membership in the Century Club was cinched. Perhaps more pertinent, Humphries was hooked on dressage.

“My trainer said I did great and to keep working at it,” she said. “I love doing it, and it’s a good way for Tex and me to stay active.”

Humphries and Tex are the 169th pair in the U.S. to become Century Club members, Mathis said, “and only the second in South Carolina.”

It’s a good club to be in, Humphries thinks.

There are “ ... no dues, no meetings, no agenda, except to enjoy the occasion,” according to the Dressage Foundation, Mathis pointed out.

Humphries is looking forward to many more dressage shows, and she’s got plans.

“One time I saw a girl ‘skip’ her horse across the arena,” she said. “It was amazing. That’s my next goal.”

For more information on dressage, visit www.dressagefoundationfoundation.org.

Alan Young remembers Mister Ed

BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks Special to The Item What do David Filby, Scrooge McDuck and Wilbur Post have in common? All were characters (“The Time Machine,” “DuckTales,” “Mister Ed,” respectively) played by actor Alan Young.

A resident of Studio City, Calif., for over 50 years, Angus, as he was once known, was born in Northern England. His Scottish father soon moved the family to Edinburgh, then later to Canada when he was 6.

Suffering from prolonged bouts of asthma, young Angus was bedridden for months at a time. During those depressing weeks, his spirits would be lifted by tuning to Canada Radio, and he soon began to write his own comedy routines.

Later, his talents as a writer and performer were recognized and “The Angus Young Show” hit the Canadian radio waves. After changing his name to Alan, he headed to Los Angeles.

Though little remembered today, “The Alan Young Show” was a half-hour CBS variety

program from 1950-53 and Young’s first major success in the U.S. “It won several Emmys, including Best Variety Show in 1951, and I won for Best Actor,” recalled Young, who turns 95 in November.

But it was the role on “Mister Ed,” named after his talking horse co-star, that made Young a household name. One of the most popular series of the day when broadcast from 1961-1966, it can still be seen on cable TV today.

Despite its popularity (“Mister Ed” won a Golden Globe), the show never received an Emmy. But Ed did win the Patsy Award, given for the best animal actor by the American Humane Association.

“Ed won it so many times that (the AHA) asked me if I would mind if he didn’t win one year,” said Young. “They were concerned people might think the award was ‘fixed!’ So the next year, Lassie won and Ed was second.”

Young says he still gets asked how the horse’s lips were made to move. Initially a mystery at the producers’ insistence, Young began the

rumor that peanut butter was placed under the horse’s lip, which he would try to lick off.

“Al Simon and Arthur Lubin, the producers, suggested we keep the method a secret because they thought kids would be disappointed if they found out the technical details of how it was done,” Young said. “So I made up the peanut butter story, and everyone bought it. It was initially done by putting a piece of nylon thread in his mouth. But Ed actually learned to move his lips on cue when the trainer touched his hoof. In fact, he soon learned to do it when I stopped talking during a scene! Ed was very smart.”

Curiously, the actor providing Ed’s voice, Allan Lane, didn’t embrace his role.

“He really didn’t want his friends to know he was doing the voice of a horse!” explained Young. “So in the credits, it always says Mister Ed is played by ‘himself.’”

Despite its popularity, the show was suddenly canceled halfway through the sixth season.

“It was a shock to all of us,” Young recalled. “The show had

good ratings, but CBS got a new program director who wanted to get rid of shows like ‘Petticoat Junction,’ ‘The Beverly Hillbillies,’ and ‘Mister Ed.’ Al Simon walked onto the set while we were reading scripts for the next day and said we were dropped then and there. It was awful, people were crying, but that was it.

We never shot another episode.”

Since “Mister Ed,” Young has been a voice actor in the cartoon universe, working on shows such as “The Smurfs,” “The Chipmunks,” and “Scooby-Doo,” and with Disney as Scrooge McDuck.

In recent years, he has focused on writing scripts and recounting stories from his long career in two books: “There’s no Business Like Show Business ... Was,” and “Mister Ed and Me ... and More!”

“I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and working with so many lovely people here in Hollywood,” he says. “I’ve heard so many of them tell fascinating stories, I wanted to put it all together so fans could read about working in Holly-

PHOTO PROVIDED

Connie Hines, Alan Young and Mr. Ed pose for a publicity shot during the six-year run of the comedy “Mister Ed,” about a talking horse and his owner Wilbur (Young), who was the only one Ed would talk to.

The show ran in the 1960s, and 95-year-old Young reveals some of its secrets in his latest book. wood in the ‘old days.’”

As he focuses on new projects, Young’s web site (www. mister-ed.tv) will be discontinued this summer. Signed copies of his books and photographs are available until then.

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 400 magazines and newspapers.

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Grilled Greek Salad is a new recipe to add to your summer favorites.

If you don’t know halloumi, it’s time to Grilling, briny cheese change up Greek salad

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Writer If you haven’t yet tried halloumi — often also called Greek grilling cheese — let this recipe for a romaine salad be your excuse.

Thanks to a high melting point, halloumi can handle just about any heat you care to throw at it. It resembles a block of feta cheese, but is far more dense and is easily sliced. The taste is briny and savory, and you’ll often hear a distinctive squeak as you chew it.

Slices of halloumi can be set directly on the grill or in a skillet and seared.

The cheese will get warm, slightly tender and incredibly delicious, but it won’t melt.

In this recipe, we cut it into sticks, then grill them and use them in place of the more traditional feta in a Greek salad.

GRILLED GREEK SALAD Start to finish: 30 minutes, plus marinating Servings: 4 1 medium red onion 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons minced fresh oregano Zest and juice of 1 lemon 4 cloves garlic, minced Kosher salt and ground black pepper

14-ounce can artichoke bottoms, well drained 8 ounces halloumi cheese, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices 2 bell peppers, color of your choice, cored and cut into 2-inch pieces 10 ounces cocktail tomatoes, on the stem 2 hearts of romaine lettuce, halved lengthwise 1/2 cup chopped Kalamata olives Balsamic glaze, to drizzle

Slice the onion into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Spear the slices across the grain with a small wooden skewer.

In a zip-close plastic bag, combine 1 tablespoon of olive oil, the vinegar, oregano, lemon zest and juice, and garlic. Add a pinch of salt and a hefty pinch of black pepper. Place the skewered onions, artichokes, halloumi and peppers in the bag. Allow to marinate, refrigerated, for at least 2 hours, and up to overnight.

Heat the grill to medium-high.

Using a slotted spoon, remove the vegetables and cheese from the marinade. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Arrange the romaine lettuce on the baking sheet and pour the marinade over it, being sure to coat all sides and allow the marinade to seep down into the lettuce leaves. Season with salt and pepper.

Grill the onion, artichoke, halloumi and peppers for 4 to 6 minutes per side, or until charred. Grill the romaine lettuce and tomatoes, whole and on the stem, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until charred.

To serve, place a half romaine heart on a plate. Arrange a quarter of the artichokes, halloumi, peppers and tomatoes around the romaine. Sprinkle with the chopped olives, then drizzle with additional olive oil and the balsamic glaze.

Nutrition information per serving: 450 calories; 270 calories from fat (60 percent of total calories); 30 g fat (14 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 60 mg cholesterol; 30 g carbohydrate; 8 g fiber; 11 g sugar; 19 g protein; 1450 mg sodium.

What’s better than a strawberry torte? 1 with pistachios

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Writer

the dense batter of this rich cake. You’ll find the taste and texture similar to pound cake, The sweet, slightly acidic fla- but — thanks to the pistachios vor of fresh strawberries begs — with deeper flavor. The batfor a rich, crunchy accompani- ter also comes together faster ment. And for that, we turned and more easily than a traditional pound cake. to pistachios.

We top the finished cake We start by finely chopping the nuts and mixing them into with both strawberry jam and

fresh strawberries. For an extra nutty finish, we also sprinkle additional pistachios over the top, then tie everything together with honeyspiked Greek yogurt for spooning onto individual slices of the torte. It’s the perfect way to appreciate freshly picked strawberries.

STRAWBERRY PISTACHIO TORTE Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (20 minutes active) Servings: 12 For the cake: 1/2 cup shelled pistachios, plus extra to garnish 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt Zest of 1 lemon 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 6 egg yolks 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled For the topping: 1/2 cup strawberry jam 1 quart strawberries, hulled 6 ounces plain Greek yogurt 2 tablespoons honey 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Heat the oven to 325 F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with baking spray, then line the bottom with kitchen parchment.

In a food processor, pulse together the pistachios, 1/4 cup sugar, the flour, salt, lemon zest and baking powder until the pistachios are finely chopped.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and remaining 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Gently stir in the melted butter, then the flour-nut mixture. Spread the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted at the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs.

Allow to cool in the pan.

Once the cake is cool, remove it from the pan. To do this, place a large, overturned serving platter on top of the pan. Invert the cake, then peel off the parchment. Spread the strawberry jam over the top of the cake, then arrange the strawberries, cut sides down, over the top of the torte. Sprinkle extra pistachios over the top.

In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, honey and vanilla. Serve alongside the cake.

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Strawberry Pistachio Torte is sweet and nutty.

Nutrition information per serving: 350 calories; 180 calories from fat (51 percent of total calories); 20 g fat (11 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 145 mg cholesterol; 40 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 25 g sugar; 5 g protein; 115 mg sodium.

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Fruity shrimp cocktail is suited for a summer picnic

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Writer Most of us know the secret to amazing homemade cocktail sauce — spike some ketchup with horseradish, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce and you’re good to go.

But for summer, we wanted to update this classic companion to chilled shrimp. So we looked to what was seasonal and decided to try a strawberry-based cocktail sauce. It ended up being a perfect pairing. Like the tomatoes in ketchup, strawberries offer a balance of sweet and acidic. Boost the flavor with garlic, ginger and a jalapeno and you have a whole lot of deliciousness.

Balsamic glaze tops off tenderloin

BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor When you discover foods that have a natural affinity for one another, it’s easy to find numerous excuses to enjoy them together.

One of my favorites is strawberries and balsamic vinegar.

Both sport assertively sweet, nicely acidic flavors that not only work well together, but also pair up wonderfully with so many other foods. Often, I’ll keep it simple and make a vinaigrette — 3 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, 2 tablespoons strawberry jam, pinch each of salt and pepper, sometimes some minced garlic. Dump it over a salad and top with almonds.

With grilling season well underway, I decided to come up with a way to put these ingredients to work with something meaty. The result was a fantastic grilled pork tenderloin that is slathered with a strawberrybalsamic glaze. For optimal flavor, the pork gets hit with the strawberry-balsamic blend three times — as a marinade, as a glaze during grilling, and again as a sauce when served.

STRAWBERRY-BALSAMIC GLAZED PORK TENDERLOIN Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 6 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 3 cloves garlic 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 pounds pork tenderloins In a blender, combine the strawberries, oil, vinegar, honey, garlic, salt and pepper. Puree until smooth. Pour about a third of the mixture into a small saucepan and set aside. Pour another third of the mixture into a large non-reactive (glass or stainless steel) bowl. Pour the remaining sauce into a small bowl.

Slice the pork tenderloins into 1/2inch rounds. A few at a time, place the rounds between sheets of plastic wrap, then use the a meat mallet or rolling pin to carefully pound the rounds to an even thickness of about 1/4 inch. Place the pounded rounds in the non-reactive bowl with the sauce, turning to coat evenly. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

After the pork has marinated for 20 minutes, heat a grill to medium-high.

Place the saucepan of strawberrybalsamic sauce over medium-low heat on the stovetop. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until thickened.

Cover the pan and remove from the heat.

When the pork has finished marinating, use an oil-soaked paper towel held with tongs to oil the grill grates.

Place the pork rounds on the grill.

Baste the pork with the sauce set aside in the small bowl. Grill for 3 to 4 minutes, then flip the rounds, baste again and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.

Divide the pork between 6 serving plates, then spoon a bit of the simmered sauce over them.

Nutrition information per serving: 240 calories; 70 calories from fat (29 percent of total calories); 8 g fat (1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 100 mg cholesterol; 9 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 8 g sugar; 32 g protein; 240 mg sodium.

SHRIMP WITH STRAWBERRY COCKTAIL SAUCE Start to finish: 30 minutes, plus cooling Servings: 6 1 quart strawberries, hulled and halved 2 cloves garlic, minced 1-inch chunk fresh ginger, thinly sliced 1/2 to 1 jalapeno pepper, halved (remove seeds, if desired) 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon sugar 1 pound cooked shrimp, shells

removed, chilled In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the strawberries, garlic, ginger, jalapeno (more or less, depending on your heat tolerance), salt, pepper, vinegar, lemon juice and sugar. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, for 20 minutes. Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until well chilled.

When the cocktail sauce is chilled, divide it between individual serving bowls or glasses and accompany with shrimp.

Nutrition information per serving: 120 calories; 15 calories from fat (13 percent of total calories); 1.5 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 115 mg cholesterol; 11 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 16 g protein; 270 mg sodium.

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Free family caregivers kit should be every home DEAR ABBY — Helping a parent or other adult relative handle their finances and health care can be a chalDear Abby lenging gift to give. You ABIGAIL want to VAN BUREN honor their wishes and respect their boundaries, while at the same time acting in their best interest. But it can be hard to know where to begin and whom to trust.

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loved one’s money and protect seniors from scams. And it also contains publications from the FDA’s Office of Women’s Health to keep track of medications and learn to use them safely. The kit is full of practical tips that give caregivers the confidence they need to manage a loved one’s affairs.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Part of a Genesis-inspired costume 8 Tom in an alley 15 Good-natured 16 Vivid language 17 Rolling Stones guitarist 18 Fuddy-duddies 19 “__ said it!”

20 Cross at a frat 21 Bloke’s bathroom 22 “RUR” playwright 25 Harpers Ferry raider 28 Trash emanation 29 Sponge, as a smoke 30 TNT part 31 Chain including the Matterhorn 34 Cancel, NASA-style 38 “Oh, wow!”

39 1976 horror classic ... and, read another way, group that appears at 17-, 25-, 50and 61-Across and 20-Down 41 “Huh?” 42 Weed control giant 44 George Orwell or George Eliot 46 Hoppy brew, for short

48 Road surface 49 Re-re-re-reshared link on Facebook, e.g.

50 Legendary Manhattan restaurateur 54 Fall beverage 55 Roadie’s unit 56 Dawson in the first Super Bowl 57 Soft slip-on 58 More prepared 61 “The Joy of Painting” artist 65 Suitable for tweens, usually 66 Weaken from disuse 67 Ancient provincial governors 68 Suffragist Elizabeth Cady __ DOWN 1 Not within walking distance 2 “I’d say,” in texts 3 Rickey ingredient 4 Ones doing case studies 5 Tablet download 6 Baseball’s Moises 7 Gave lunch to 8 Old Testament prophet 9 PayPal figure 10 Young chap 11 Quiche base 12 Hip-hop star Green

13 “This way” symbol 14 “The Pluto Files” author Neil deGrasse __ 20 Regular on Bob Newhart sitcoms 22 Fruity cocktail, familiarly 23 Pitching duel?

24 Writing end 25 Minty Derby cocktail 26 Product name 27 Baby-back goodie 29 “Dang it!”

32 Local stations 33 Makeup mishap 35 Didn’t lease 36 Sample, for example 37 Worker with show tigers 40 31-Across lo-

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43 Bomb opposite 45 Greek for “little O” 47 Dreaming, say 50 Canvas covers 51 Greek for “big O” 52 Mesmerizing designs 53 Steers the steers 54 Deadly snake 57 Suffragist Lucretia 59 Patriotic women’s org.

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‘The 100’ puts futuristic, sci-fi spin on teenage drama

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The ABC Family Channel has done a good job of reaching tweens and teens with emotional melodramas “Switched at Birth,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “The Fosters” and “Chasing Life.” They’ve taken over an audience that once belonged to the CW Network (“Supernatural”), and before that, the WB (“Dawson’s Creek”), which wrested the title from Fox (“Beverly Hills, 90210”). There was a time when ABC (“The Brady Bunch”) was the “kids” network.

The grim truth for programmers is that kids belong to no network and, increasingly, consider “watching television” a thing of the past. Or a quaint habit their (grand) parents cling to.

As a result, some of the ratings for youth-centric network shows have gotten a tad scary.

Last Tuesday’s repeat of “Supernatural” reached approximately 600,000 viewers in total with a 0.3 rating among 18- to 49-year-olds. When a national network’s audience falls below seven figures in total, you begin to reach the “why bother?” threshold. Last Tuesday’s airing of “I Wanna Marry ‘Harry’” failed to crack a million total viewers, leading Fox to euthanize that critically savaged series.

Summer hits the CW particularly hard because the local stations that belong to the network often opt to run baseball games instead, putting downward pressure on the already microscopic ratings for CW shows.

All that said, viewers who like teenage drama fraught with generational conflict and a sci-fi backdrop could do worse than “The 100” (9 p.m., CW, TV-PG), repeating its pilot tonight. Blending themes from “Robinson Crusoe,” “Lost,” “Lord of the Flies” and “Avatar,” a team of delinquent teens are exiled to the radioactive wasteland known as planet Earth. They’re only dimly aware that their scheming parents have offloaded them because their floating space station life raft has begun to run out of oxygen and supplies. This is after the space station sustained the only human life in the universe for the century, since a nuclear apocalypse.

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Bob Morley stars as Bellamy and Eliza Taylor stars as Clarke in “The 100,” repeating its pilot episode at 9 p.m. today on the CW. It’s an interesting concept and a good-looking series that ups the stakes in the age-old dustup between teens and their parents.

• While we’re on a cosmic theme, “Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman” (10 p.m., Science, TV-PG) meditates on the notion that the planet’s oceans might comprise a giant single super-organism, even capable of thought.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • If required, the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings meet in game seven of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Finals (8 p.m., NBC). Otherwise, look for repeats of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (8 p.m. and 9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) and “Chicago PD” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Oliver’s gun-control campaign on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14).

• Haley needs a talking to on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

• A takeover bid pits Harvey and Mike against each other on “Suits” (9 p.m., USA, TV-14).

• An inflight altercation turns deadly on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• A high school senior doesn’t make it to graduation on “Motive” (10 p.m., ABC, TV14).

• Frog hunting looms large on “Duck Dynasty” (10 p.m., A&E, TV-PG).

• Briggs reaches into his dark past on “Graceland” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

SERIES NOTES A real estate agent is entombed in his listing on “Hawaii Five-0” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV14) * The wind chimes of war on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Serial killings in Pittsburgh on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * On

two episodes of “The Goldbergs” (ABC, r, TV-PG): the welcome wagon (8:30 p.m.),

Kevin Hart is booked on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Elijah Wood, Jason Mantzoukas and the Both appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Chris Franjola, Michael Yo and Josh Wolf appear on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Katty Kay and Claire Shipman sit down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Dana Carvey and Sam Smith appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jeff Musial and fun. on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Mike Myers, Shep Gordon, Whitney Cummings and Tove Lo visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Noah Wyle and Abigail Spencer on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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TIPS FOR THE BEST ONION RINGS

Celebrate with onion rings

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ring on the layers of flavor June 22 with an all-American favorite — onion rings! Celebrate this tasty clas-

sic with a batch of homemade onion rings.

Fried or baked, battered or dredged, spicy or sweet, homemade onion rings are simple to make.

How do you prefer your onion rings? Share your favorite ring and sauce recipes with the National Onion Association on June 22 on Pinterest and Twitter using #OnionRingDay. Don’t have your own recipe? Try the following recipes and more at http://www.pinterest.com/NationalOnion/

Breaded onions should be placed on a tray in the refrigerator or freezer for at least 10-15 minutes before cooking to allow the breading to adhere to the onion. Note: the finer the bread crumbs the better they will stay on the rings.

Use oil with a high smoke point like canola, sunflower, safflower, or peanut. Do not reuse oil.

Watch the oil temperature. Aim for 375 degrees.

Too low: The water will not vaporize and will fail to create the necessary pressure to block the oil, thus resulting in greasy onion rings.

Too high: You will have dried out, overcooked or burnt onion rings.

BEST EVER ONION RINGS Makes 6 servings 3 large onions (about 9 to 11 ounces each), peeled and trimmed 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon paprika 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 cup regular or non-alcoholic beer Canola oil Cut onions crosswise into 1/2-inch thick slices; separate into rings. Refrigerate any broken pieces for other uses. Combine flour, paprika, salt and pepper in large bowl. Stir in beer with wire whisk until foam is gone.

Baked version: Toss onion rings in batter. Transfer to plate, letting excess drip off as you transfer. Place about 1 tablespoon oil in large 12-inch nonstick skillet; heat on medium-high. Add about half the onion rings to the heated skillet in a single layer. Cook about 1 1/2 minutes on each side or until lightly golden in color. Repeat with remaining onions. Arrange all onions in a single layer on ungreased shallow baking

pans or cookie sheets. Bake at 425 degrees for 6 minutes, or until crisp.

Deep-fried version: Heat at least 2 inches of oil in a deep fryer for 5 to 10 minutes or according to fryer directions. (If fryer has a temperature adjustment, set it at 375 degrees and heat until light goes out.) Drop battercoated onion rings into hot oil (about

10 to 20 at a time). Fry for 2 to 4 minutes or until crisp. Drain on paper towels before serving.

Variation: Add 2 teaspoons each of dried thyme, chili powder and ground cumin to batter. After baking or frying, sprinkle crispy rings with additional chili powder, ground cumin or bottled pepper blends, if desired.

Nutritional Information Baked version per serving: About 155 calories, 4 g protein, 30 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat, 15% calories from fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 5 mg sodium, 3 g fiber.

Deep-fried version per serving: About 242 calories, 4 g protein, 29 g carbohydrates, 13 g fat, 46% calories from fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 5 mg sodium, 3 g fiber.

Want to chop those onions without tears? Watch this video

CRISPY MICROBREW ONION RINGS 12 servings 1 large yellow onion (8 ounces), sliced 3/4-inch rounds 1 large red onion (8 ounces), sliced 3/4-inch rounds 1 large white onion (8 ounces), sliced 3/4-inch rounds Batter: 2 1/3 cups of Tempura batter mix 1 1/2 cups of microbrew ale, very cold Breading: 6 cups of Panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) 3 tablespoons of Italian parsley, minced 1 1/2 teaspoons whole celery seed 1 1/2 teaspoons dried Thyme leaves Separate onion slices into rings. For best results prior to breading, soak onion rings in cold water, and peel away membranes around each ring.

Whisk together “batter” ingredients in stainless steel bowl until smooth. Toss together “breading” ingredients.

Dip rings into batter; coat well. Let excess batter drip off, then place in breading. Gently press breading onto rings to help it stick. Let rings sit in breading until the pan is full.

Transfer breaded rings to parchment-lined sheet pans that have been lightly sprinkled with plain Panko. Refrigerate until ready to cook.

Deep fry at 375 degrees for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Drain well on absorbent towels, and serve.

Why do your eyes water when you cut onions?

And, more importantly, how do you make it stop?

We’ve all been through it: Many a recipe starts with the chopping of an onion. The next few steps are

accomplished through a haze of tears as the savory and pungent onion prickles our noses and sends our tear ducts reeling.

This video will not only show you how to cut an onion, it will answer that age-old question: Why do

your eyes water when you cut onions?

It will also give you some suggestions on how to reduce those tears. http://onions-usa.org/faqs/whydo-your-eyes-water-when-you-cutonions

ROOT BEER ONION RINGS

cayenne pepper to taste 2 cups root beer 1 cup water Heat a deep fryer or pot of oil to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Whisk in root beer and water; let sit for one hour. If needed, additional water may be added to thin batter.

Dip onion rings into batter and coat well; shake off excess.

Carefully place the rings in the hot oil. Fry until golden brown, turning to cook evenly and prevent sticking, about 3 minutes per batch. Remove from the oil and drain on paper towels.

If desired, season the fried onion rings with salt and cayenne pepper.

all “dip” ingredients in stainless bowl.

Add roasted onions and stir until well combined. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

1/4 teaspoon black pepper, fine ground Whisk together all ingredients in stainless steel bowl. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

GRAIN MUSTARD AIOLI

WILD WEST SAUCE

Yield: 2 cups 1/4 cup yellow onion, minced 1 cup mayonnaise 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup Dijon mustard 1/4 cup whole seed mustard 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 2 teaspoons garlic, minced 1 teaspoon honey

Yield: 2 cups 1/2 cup barbecue sauce 1/2 cup steak sauce 1/2 cup ketchup 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce 1/2 cup white onion, minced Whisk together all ingredients in stainless steel bowl. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

Makes 12 servings 3 large onions, sliced and separated into rings 4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup cornstarch 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder salt and pepper to taste

DIPPING SAUCES:

ROASTED ONION RANCH DIP Yield: 4 cups 2 cups white onion, diced 1 tablespoon olive oil Dip: 2 cups sour cream 1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 package ranch dressing mix 1/4 cup red bell pepper, minced 1/4 cup Italian parsley, minced 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh Place onions in small baking dish; toss with oil. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and let cool. Whisk together

Recipes and images provided by the National Onion Association.

Visit http://www.onions-usa.org for more information.