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Law firm celebrates 150 years

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com

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Jack Erter stands with the portraits of the founders of his law firm Lee, Erter, Wilson, James, Holler & Smith. The firm has been in operation in Sumter for 150 years.

The law firm of Lee, Erter, Wilson, James, Holler & Smith LLC is one of the longest continuously running law firms in South Carolina and the oldest business in Sumter, celebrating 150 years this year.

Jack Erter Jr., a senior partner, has been with the firm since 1972, being hired by one of the descendants of its founders, Marion Moise and John D. Lee Jr.

Edwin Warren Moise, originally from Columbia, who served in the Civil War and moved to Sumter in May 1865. He set up shop off Main Street, next door to where the firm now stands. Several years later, a father brought his son to Moise’s firm and asked if his son, Richard Dozier Lee, who was a student at University of South Carolina, could be of service to Moise. The firm soon after was renamed to Moise and Lee and

Erter said the secret of longevity and success of the firm has been quality lawyers and repeat clients through the years.

The practice does everything from tax and corporate law, probate, family and criminal defense to litigation and more and includes attorneys Erter; Harry C. Wilson Jr.; David C. Holler Jr.; G. Murrell Smith Jr. and Robert W. Brown, who serves “of counsel,” or assists with some cases.

The firm was founded by Gen.

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Families confront Roof Relatives of shooting victims offer forgiveness

BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press CHARLESTON — They forgave him. They advised him to repent for his sins and asked for God’s mercy on his soul. One even told Dylann Storm Roof to repent and confess, and “you’ll be OK.” Relatives of the nine people shot down during a Bible study PRAYER SERVICE session inIn an effort to show side their unity and to pray for all historic those affected by the black church shooting, Westminster confronted Presbyterian Church and the 21-yearJehovah Missionary old suspect Baptist Church invite Friday durthe public to a prayer ing his iniservice tonight at 6 p.m. tial hearing. at JMBC, 803 South They deHarvin St. scribed their pain and anger, but also spoke of love.

“I forgive you, my family forgives you,” said Anthony Thompson, whose relative Myra Thompson was killed.

“We would like you to take this opportunity to repent. ... Do that and you’ll be better off than you are right now.”

Roof was ordered held until a bond

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Lydia Blessing, 4, places a hand-written note at a memorial in front of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on Friday. Dylann Storm Roof, 21, is accused of killing nine people during a Wednesday night Bible study at the church. is set on murder charges. He appeared by video from the county jail, looking somber in a striped jumpsuit and

speaking only briefly in response to the judge’s questions.

The victims included the Rev. Clem-

enta Pinckney, a state senator who

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Developer quells opposition ‘Mrs. Naomi’ remembered to townhouse development as downtown institution NAOMI WARNER — 1920-2015

For more than 50 years, a visit to downtown Sumter was not complete without a stop at Naomi and Warner Gift & Jewelry Store. It was not so much to see the store’s range of jewelry and gifts, or even to sit at the small informal coffee shop in the back of the store, as it was to WARNER see “Mrs. Naomi,” as many called her.

“She was a beautiful woman and a Sumter institution,” said Deane Ackerman, who knew Warner for 48 years. “She spent her life in her wonderful gift shop, and she was a friend

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to anybody who came in. She continued that as long as she could physically. She was an amazing person.”

When Naomi Weisbond Warner, 95, died Thursday after a lengthy illness, she carried with her the love of many who call the city home.

Warner came to Sumter in 1956 with her husband, Warner T. Warner, from Buffalo, New York, where they managed jewelry stores, and opened the gift shop at 101 N. Main St., next door to the county courthouse. A few years later, the shop was moved to a larger location at 119

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

This past month, residents of the Hunter’s Crossing and Beach Forest subdivisions attended Sumter City Council’s meetings in opposition to proposed revisions to the planned development of both neighborhoods to include the construction of townhouses. But, after recently meeting with the developer, some residents no longer have an issue with the structures.

The planned development for Hunter’s Crossing had undergone five revisions before the newly requested changes since the plans were

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The Beach Forest planned development has been revised 12 times before the most recent proposed changes.

The recent revisions for both subdivisions received first reading from city council during its meeting on June 16. Council will consider second and final reading during its next meeting on July 21.

The proposed revisions include the development standards for townhouses as written in the city zoning and development standards ordinance, which state the structures cannot consist of more than eight

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Local median home sales prices go up

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

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The median sale price for homes like this one in Sumter has increased by 9.3 percent from a year ago.

Median sales prices for properties in Sumter have experienced an increase during May compared to May 2014, according to the most recent local market update from Sumter Board of Realtors.

The median sales price for all properties in Sumter increased from $140,000 to $148,000 as compared to sales from May 2014 to May of this year.

The median sales price for the state experienced an increase of 9.3 percent in the same period, as prices rose from $160,000 to $174,900.

“The state is finally experiencing an increase in sales,

and Sumter is no exception to that,” said board president Kim Tabor.

Tabor said she is optimistic the trend will continue.

Although Sumter properties are selling for more, the properties are spending more days on the market.

In May 2014, properties were on the market an average of 154 days, but that number increased to 174 days, or 13 percent, this year.

Darlene Hebert, executive director of Sumter Board of Realtors, said the fact that properties are spending more days on the market is a direct result of the tight lending process.

She said potential buyers are spending more time get-

ting loans, which is why properties are taking longer to sell.

Hebert said the lending process is expected to become even stricter after August when new loan standards are implemented.

The number of closed sales decreased by 19.4 percent between May 2014 and May 2015, with sales dropping from 72 to 58, while the recent number of new listings, 134, is similar to the 133 new listings of last May. Hebert said for those who are interested or searching the housing market, now is the time to buy because interest rates are low but are expected to rise in September.

Sumter Passport to Adventure now available

BY DEANNA ANDERSON Special to The Sumter Item Have you heard that there’s nothing to do in Sumter?

When you do, contact the Sumter Convention and Visitors Bureau, and get a Sumter Passport to Adventure.

Implemented this spring, the Passport to Adventure is a fun way for individuals, families or groups to explore Sumter County.

It was inspired by South Carolina State Parks’ “Ultimate Outsider” program in which participants visit all 47 state parks to get an Ultimate Outsider T-shirt (www. southcarolinaparks.com).

The Sumter Passport is a free guide outlining business information, history or vivid descriptions of each location and is available at participating venues.

The program involves visiting each location and getting its corresponding page stamped.

Each person who wants to participate needs his or her own passport.

The completed passport is then taken to the Swan Lake Visitors Center, 822 W. Liberty St., to receive a prize.

The first 1,000 complete passports receive a special reward.

The driving force behind the Passport to Adventure is to promote tourism in Sumter County and “works in conjunction with the Parks and Recreation Department,” said Shelley Kile, communications and tourism director for the City of Sumter.

It is an ideal way to get people active, to develop an

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The Broom Place, in Boykin, just off S.C. 261 North is one of 22 participating venues for the Sumter County Passport to Adventure. appreciation for Sumter County and is a boon to the local economy.

There are 22 venues, but the visitors bureau hopes more will sign on as word about the program gets out.

With the passport, participants can visit familiar places such as Sumter Opera House and Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, or they can find little-known gems such as Trolley Tours.

They can cool off at spray parks and the Aquatics Center or find outdoor adventure in Poinsett State Park, Manchester State Forest, Pack’s Landing and Woods Bay State Park.

They can also step back in time at Sumter County Museum, Military Museum, LeNoir Store and The Broom Place.

Or they can enjoy a leisurely afternoon picking strawberries at Willard Farms or the fast-paced action of the Sumter Speedway.

It doesn’t matter in what

order the Passport to Adventure is completed or how long it takes.

It just matters that families and individuals are getting to know and support the community.

So pack some snacks, the passport, a camera and money and plan an adventure.

But hurry; only the first 1,000 will receive the special prize, which seems to be a closely guarded secret.

For more information, admission fees or hours of locations and for nearby amenities such as restaurants or hotels, visit the city’s website at www.sumtersc.gov or www.trackyouradventure. com.

Deanna Anderson enjoys hiking and exploring not only Sumter County, but also all of South Carolina. She is a self-published author and freelance writer. Contact her at seakla@yahoo.com or visit her website at andersondeanna.weebly.com.

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PARTICIPATING CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SITES Swan Lake-Iris Gardens Sumter Spray Parks (4 locations) Sumter Aquatics Center Sumter Opera House Sumter County Museum Willard Farms Boykin Broom Place The Cultural Center Sumter Speedway Woods Bay State Park Packs Landing and the Palmetto Trail

Sumter Trolley Tours Milford Plantation Skate Sumter (Skate Park and 2 Skate Rinks) Dillon Park and Crystal Lake Golf Course The Military Museum Manchester State Forest Palmetto Tennis Center Riley Park Poinsett State Park LeNoir Store Thomas Sumter Memorial Park

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Across U.S., more than 220 convicts loose

BY JENNIFER PELTZ The Associated Press NEW YORK — Somewhere out there are an admitted killer who crawled through a Texas prison’s ventilation ducts, a murderer who apparently escaped from an Indiana institution in a garbage truck and a Florida convict who got other inmates to put him in a crate at the prison furniture shop and had himself delivered to freedom by truck.

They’re among more than 220 state prison escapees nationwide who are listed as on the loose, The Associated Press found in a coast-to-coast survey.

Most broke out decades ago, meaning the chances of finding them have dwindled dramatically — that is, if they’re even alive.

Still, “you don’t forget about them,” said former Oklahoma corrections chief James Saffle, who worked for 11 years tracking escaped convicts. “Sometimes, some little action they take will trigger something.”

For the past two weeks, up to 800 federal, state and local law enforcement officers have been searching the woods and swamps around a maximumsecurity state prison in far northern New York for two convicted killers who used

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A member of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision emergency response team searches a wooded area with team members for two escapees from Clinton Correctional Facility on June 8 in Dannemora, New York. Across the U.S., more than 220 inmates are listed as being on the lam, with most of them breaking out decades ago, according to an Associated Press survey. power tools to break out. The hunt is still in the early and intensive on-the-ground phase.

After sightings wane and the dragnets come up empty, some states regularly revisit escape cases, keep an eye on vanished prisoners’ associates and check fingerprint databases, death certificates or other sources for new leads.

But investigators largely have to hold out hope that they will get a tip out of the

blue or that the convict will slip up, perhaps by contacting a relative or getting arrested for another crime.

Successful escapes from secure, fenced prisons are rare.

At least 24 states say they have no such prisoners at large.

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported about 2,000 state and federal inmates escaped or went off without leave in 2013. But the figure doesn’t indicate how many were caught and does not dis-

Officials say most of the breakouts are decades old because prisons have become more secure. Some escapees are surely dead. One 1955 absconder from Illinois would now be 112. One escape on Alabama’s list happened in 1929.

Maryland’s 90 unsolved escapes date to 1937, many involving the notorious and now-closed Maryland House of Correction, which had a long history of riots and mass breakouts.

tinguish between breaking out of prison and walking away from work release or other unfenced settings.

The AP asked all states for a total of escapees from secure, locked state prisons where they were held full time. California, the most populous state, and Ohio couldn’t immediately provide an answer, and others responded only for recent decades, so the total is almost certainly higher than the 224 the AP counted.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Zerrick Rakeem Sanders, 28, and Catherine Spann, 26, were arrested and charged with one count of unlawful neglect of a child. Deputies responded to their house and found four children living in unsafe conditions.

Sanders had an outstanding warrant for distributing crack cocaine and a bench warrant for driving under suspension, second offense.

George Davis, 49, was arrested for using a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission. Davis reportedly stole his mother’s car and her Sanyo laptop

from the 200 block of Best Street about midnight Wednesday morning. In the car was his mother’s wallet with $600 in it. Davis reportedly told her he needed $1,200 to pay back drug dealers or they would hurt him.

Ernest Moses, 62, was arrested about 4:30 p.m.

Thursday at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Moses reportedly smelled of alcohol, and when he was asked to leave, he became belligerent and loud.

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World shocked by enduring racism, gun violence in U.S.

BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The Associated Press BEIJING — Often the target of U.S. human rights accusations, China wasted little time returning such charges following the shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina that left nine people dead. Elsewhere, the attack renewed perceptions that Americans have too many guns and have yet to overcome racial tensions.

Some said the attack reinforced their reservations about personal security in the U.S. — particularly as a non-white foreigner — while others said they’d still feel safe if they were to visit.

Especially in Australia and northeast Asia, where firearms are strictly controlled and gun violence almost unheard of, many were baffled by the determination among many Americans to own guns despite repeated mass shootings, such as the 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults.

“We don’t understand America’s need for guns,” said Philip Alpers, director of the University of Sydney’s GunPolicy.org project that compares gun laws across the world. “It is very puzzling for non-Americans.”

A frontier nation like the

U.S., Australia had a similar attitude toward firearms prior to a 1996 mass shooting that killed 35. Soon after, tight restrictions on gun ownership were imposed, and no such incidents have been reported since.

A similar effect has been seen elsewhere.

“The USA is completely out of step with the rest of the world. We’ve tightened our gun laws and have seen a reduction,” said Claire Taylor, the director of media and public relations at Gun Free South Africa.

Ahmad Syafi’i Maarif, a prominent Indonesian intellectual and former leader of Muhammadiyah, one of the country’s largest Muslim organizations, said the church shooting shocked many.

“People all over the world believed that racism had gone from the U.S. when Barack Obama was elected to lead the superpower, twice,” he said.

“But the Charleston shooting has reminded us that in fact, the seeds of racism still remain and were embedded in the hearts of small communities there, and can explode at any time, like a terrorist act by an individual.”

A 21-year-old white man, Dylann Storm Roof, is accused of fatally shooting nine people at a Bible study at the historically black Emanuel African

SHOOTING FROM PAGE A1 doubled as the church’s lead pastor, and eight others who played multiple roles in their families and communities: ministers and coaches, teachers and a librarian, counselors and choir singers and the elderly sexton who made sure the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was kept clean.

A police affidavit released Friday accused Roof of shooting all nine multiple times and making a “racially inflammatory statement” as he stood over an unidentified survivor.

The families are determined not to respond in kind, said Alana Simmons, who lost her grandfather, the Rev. Daniel Simmons.

“Although my grandfather and the other victims died at the hands of hate, this is proof — everyone’s plea for your soul is proof they lived in love and their legacies will live in love, so hate won’t win,” she said. “And I just want to thank the court for making sure that hate doesn’t win.”

Felecia Sanders survived the Wednesday night attack by pretending to be dead but lost her son Tywanza. She also spoke from Chief Magistrate James Gosnell’s courtroom, where Roof’s image appeared on a TV screen. It is not unusual in South Carolina for the families of victims to be given a chance to address the court during a bond hearing.

“We welcomed you Wednesday night in our Bible study with open arms. You have killed some of the most beautifulest people that I know. Every fiber in my body hurts ... and I’ll never be the same,” Sanders told Roof.

“Tywanza was my hero,” Sanders added, but then even she showed some kindness to the man accused of killing her son: “As we said in Bible study, we enjoyed you but may God have mercy on you.”

Roof bowed his head slightly. From the jail, he could hear them talking but couldn’t see them; the camera showed only the judge.

“Charleston is a very strong community. We have big hearts. We’re a very loving community,” said Gosnell, who urged people to find it in their hearts to help not only the nine victims, but “victims on the young man’s side of the family” as well.

Roof’s public defender released a statement from his family offering prayers and sympathy for the victims, and expressing “shock, grief and disbelief as to what happened that night.”

“We have all been touched by the moving words from the victims’ families offering God’s

Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

An acquaintance said Roof had complained that “blacks were taking over the world.”

Racially charged shootings in the U.S., where the constitution’s second amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms, have received widespread global attention.

“Guns are in their constitution,” said Joanna Leung, a 34-year-old Toronto resident.

“I’m pretty sure no one else has anything similar. I never understand why they think gun violence is going to solve anything.”

In Britain, the attack reinforced the view that America has too many guns and too many racists. The front-page headline of The Independent newspaper said simply, “America’s shame.”

The newspaper said in an editorial that America seems to have moved backward in racial relations since Obama’s election, and that the “obscene proliferation of guns only magnifies tragedies” like the church shooting.

The leftist Mexico City newspaper La Jornada said the U.S. has become a “structurally violent state” where force is frequently used domestically and internationally to resolve differences.

forgiveness and love in the face of such horrible suffering,” the statement said.

The comments in court seemed in keeping with a spirit evident on the streets of Charleston on Friday, where people built a memorial and thousands attended a vigil to repudiate whatever a gunman would hope to accomplish by attacking one of the nation’s most important black sanctuaries.

“A hateful person came to this community with some crazy idea he’d be able to divide, but all he did was unite us and make us love each other even more,” Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. said as he described plans for the evening vigil at a sports arena.

A steady stream of people brought flowers and notes and shared somber thoughts at a growing memorial in front of the church, which President Obama called “a sacred place in the history of Charleston and in the history of America.”

The Justice Department announced Friday that it’s investigating whether it could be a hate crime or domestic terrorism. Agency spokeswoman Emily Pierce said the slayings were “undoubtedly designed to strike fear and terror into this community.”

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said the state will “absolutely” want the death penalty.

“This was an act of racial terrorism and must be treated as such,” the Rev. Cornell William Brooks, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Friday in Charleston.

“This is a moment in which we say to them, the white nationalists movement, those purveyors of hate, we as Americans will not subscribe to that philosophy. We will not give up, we will not give in,” Brooks said.

Roof had complained while getting drunk on vodka recently that “blacks were taking over the world” and that “someone needed to do something about it for the white race,” according to Joey Meek, who tipped the FBI when he saw his friend on surveillance images.

Roof also told him he used birthday money from his parents to buy a .45 Glock pistol before the attack, Meek said. The affidavit said Roof’s father and uncle also called authorities after seeing surveillance photos, and that the father said Roof owned a .45-caliber gun.

Roof was arrested across the state line and returned in shackles to a county jail where he was being held next to the cell of Michael Slager, the white former police officer charged with fatally shooting black motorist Walter Scott in neighboring North Charleston.

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Gary and Aurelia Washington, center left and right, the son and granddaughter of Ethel Lance, who died in Wednesday’s church shooting in Charleston, leave a sidewalk memorial in front of Emanuel AME Church comforted by fellow family members Thursday in Charleston.

Some blacks feeling fatigued after string of race-related incidents

BY JESSE J. HOLLAND The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The weariness, the rage, the depressing conviction that black life is stuck in a murderous loop fueled by racism — these emotions resounded in black America after the deadly shootings at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Nine people who had gathered to pray in one of the main sanctuaries of black life — the church — were slain.

This, following a string of black men killed after coming into contact with police officers in cities across America and racist actions on campuses.

Even though blacks are long accustomed to dealing with difficulty where their race is concerned, the confluence of events appeared to be taking a toll.

“We really are a people who are suffering from racial battle fatigue,” political essayist and commentator Chauncey DeVega said Thursday.

Authorities say Dylann Storm Roof sat with members of Emanuel for an hour during Bible study Wednesday night before gunning them down. The Charleston police chief wouldn’t discuss a motive, but a friend of the 21-year-old white man told The Associated Press that Roof had complained about black people “taking over the world.”

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the first black woman to serve as the nation’s top prosecutor, opened a hate crimes investigation.

The Rev. Anthony Evans of the National Black Church Initiative said he planned to travel

to Charleston to help churches learn to defend themselves. He said the attack evoked “a point of deep moral frustration that cannot be explained.”

“At the same time, they want individuals such as myself as clergy to preach peace and coming together,” he said. “They only want us to not let the people get out of hand, and I’m not willing to stand in front of that angry crowd anymore and tell them that their anger is the wrong emotion to feel.”

President Obama, too, sounded weary.

“I’ve had to make statements like this too many times,” the nation’s first black president said Thursday. “Communities like this have had to endure tragedies like this too many times.”

The Charleston slayings followed nearly a year of heightened racial tensions that began with the death of Michael Brown, 18, who was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. It flared up in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, in Cleveland after the death of Tamir Rice, in Staten Island, New York, after the death of Eric Garner.

Threats came, too, on U.S. campuses. At Duke University, a noose was found hanging from a tree.

Spray-painted swastikas and nooses were found at dorms on the State University of New York’s Purchase campus. Just Thursday, a man pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening black students and employees at the University of Mississippi by helping place a rope around the neck of the statue of James Meredith, the school’s first black student.

NOTICE OF FILING DOCKET NO. 2015-197-T Pursuant to 10 S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-190, et. seq., and pursuant to Title 58, Chapter 23 of the South Carolina Code, specifically S.C. Code Ann. §58-231010, 58-23-20, 58-23-590, and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission, Move Buddies LLC, 2126 East Victory Drive, # 135, Savannah, Georgia 31404 has filed an Application with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (the Commission) for a Class E (Household Goods) Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to transport commodities as follows: Household Goods, as Defined in 10 S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-210(1): Between Points and Places in South Carolina A copy of the Company’s application can be found on the Commission’s website at www.psc.sc.gov under Docket No. 2015-197-T. Additionally, a copy of the application is available from Move Buddies LLC, 2126 East Victory Drive, # 135, Savannah, Georgia 31404.

Any person who wishes to participate in this matter as a party of record, should file a Petition to Intervene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure on or before July 3, 2015. For the receipt of future Commission correspondence, please include an email address in the Petition to Intervene. Any person who wishes to testify and present evidence at the hearing should notify, in writing, the Commission; the Office of Regulatory Staff at 1401 Main Street, Suite 900, Columbia, South Carolina 29201; and the Company’s representative at the above address, on or before July 3, 2015. Please refer to Docket No. 2015-197-T. For the most recent information regarding this docket, including changes in scheduled dates included in this Notice, please refer to www.psc.sc.gov and Docket No. 2015-197-T. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that any person who wishes to have his or her comments considered as part of the official record of this proceeding MUST present such comments in person to the Commission during the hearing, if scheduled.

Persons seeking information about the Commission’s procedures should contact the Commission at (803) 896-5100 or visit its website at www.psc.sc.gov.

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‘Sweet Baby James’ returns with strong new album

BY JEFF KAROUB The Associated Press In more than four decades, James Taylor has seen fire and rain, showered the people with love and steamrolled his way into millions of hearts.

That would be enough for many, but JT has more musical work to do.

Taylor’s new album, “Before This World,” arrives 13 years after his last studio album of original songs. And it does nothing to threaten his legacy.

The 67-year-old has retained his abilities to craft and deliver a song. His simple, elegant acoustic fretwork and supple tenor sound much as they did in

his 1970s hit-making heyday.

The new collection sounds familiar without being a retread.

“Montana” evokes “Sweet Baby James” in meter, mood and melody. And “SnowTime” will certainly raise comparisons to “Mexico,” though this one’s set in Toronto, and he sings about decamping to the United States’ neighbor to the north instead of the south. Was there an obscure, equal-time clause tucked into NAFTA that required Taylor to pen an ode to Canada after Mexico?

Not everything’s a grandslam: “Angels of Fenway,” a ballad for fans of his beloved Boston team, is by no means a strikeout but is un-

abashedly homer-ish and the nostalgia gets a bit thick in spots. Of course, that sentiment wouldn’t be shared

by New Englanders, who are prone to preface Yankees with “damn” or something worse.

Two songs elevate the album from good to great: “Before This World” and “Far Afghanistan.” The first is among the finest of what Taylor calls his “agnostic hymns.” This stately piece features standout support from cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Sting. The former weaves soulful lines, and the latter handles the harmonies beautifully (and at least onethird less Sting-y). The second is a well-told and played tale that doesn’t so much

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The cover image released by Concord Music Group shows “Before This World,” the latest release by James Taylor. criticize war as it questions the assumptions we make about the faraway lands we invade.

Overall, “Before This World” is a Taylor-made col-

lection from someone who has earned his keep. How sweet it is to hear such solid, smart and at times sublime songcraft from this journeyman.

Tech Tips: Stay safe by reducing reliance on passwords

BY ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK — So many online accounts, so many passwords. No wonder it’s tempting to turn to apps and services that promise to keep track of your passwords.

But these password managers are like treasure chests for hackers. If your master password is compromised, all your accounts potentially go with it.

One such service, LastPass, says it has detected “suspicious activity.” Although it says it found no evidence that individual passwords or user accounts were breached, it’s advising users to change their LastPass master password.

I advise users instead to rely less on just passwords.

Here are some tips:

ALL ACCOUNTS AREN’T EQUAL Instead of having to remember dozens of complex passwords, maybe you need to remember only a half-dozen.

Focus on accounts that are really important: • Bank accounts, of course, along with shopping services with your credit card information stored.

• Don’t forget email. Who would want your mundane chatter? Well, email accounts are important because they are gateways for resetting passwords for other services, such as your Amazon account to go on a shopping spree.

• As for social-media accounts and discussion forums, maybe there are some you value more than others. You might not care if someone posts on your behalf to a discussion board offering tech support. But if it’s a forum you value, and you’ve established a reputation under that identity, you might want to prioritize that, too.

For these highly sensitive ones, choose a unique password and remember it. Write it down by hand and keep it in a safe place. If you must store it electronically, use password-protected files kept on your device — not online. And don’t name that file “password.” Use something boring, like “chores.”

names as two-factor authentication or two-step verification.

It’s a hassle, but it keeps your accounts safer. Just assume that your password will get compromised at some point. This extra layer will keep the hacker from doing anything with it.

EVEN SAFER

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An Apple employee, right, instructs a journalist on the use of the fingerprint scanner technology built into the company’s iPhone 5S during a 2013 media event in Beijing. The latest iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones have fingerprint IDs that make it easier to unlock phones. Instead of typing in the four-digit passcode each time, you can tap your finger on the home button.

LOWER PRIORITY For the rest of your accounts, it’s not as bad to turn to a password manager, but it might not be necessary.

Web browsers from Apple and Google have built-in mechanisms for storing frequently used passwords. You even have options to sync those online if you use multiple devices.

Google’s new Smart Lock feature extends that to Android apps, too, so you’re not limited to Web browsing.

Many services also let you sign in with your Facebook or other ID instead of generating new passwords each time.

Make sure the ID service offers two-step verification, as I’ll explain later. Turn that on.

PHONES AND FINGERPRINTS If you haven’t protected your phone with a passcode, tsk tsk! Someone can easily

swipe your phone and get to your email account to unlock all sorts of other accounts.

Fortunately, the latest iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones have fingerprint IDs that make it easier to unlock phones. Instead of typing in the four-digit passcode each time, you can tap your finger on the home button.

Apple now allows other app developers to use that fingerprint ID, too. So you can unlock banking apps with just a tap of your finger. In its upcoming Android update, called M, Google is also promising to make it easier for app makers to incorporate fingerprint ID. And Microsoft plans support for biometrics — such as a fingerprint or iris scan — in the upcoming Windows 10 system.

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Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Dropbox offer a second layer of authentication, typically in the form of a numeric code sent as a text message. After you enter your regular password, you type in the code you receive on your phone to verify that it’s really you. A hacker wouldn’t have access to your phone.

You need to go into the account settings to turn on this feature, which goes by such

When given a choice, consider signing in with your mobile number rather than your email address. It’s much easier to hack into an email account to reset passwords. Of course, you’ll have to trust the service not to use your mobile number for marketing. (I don’t like to share my mobile number, so in many cases, I still use my email — knowing I have protection with twostep verification turned on.)

Also be careful when creating security questions to reset passwords. Your dog’s name?

Your first school? These are things someone might find on your social-media page or elsewhere online. I make up answers and make them as strong as my regular passwords.

I won’t repeat my tips on creating strong passwords, but you can find them here: http://bigstory.ap.org/ article/7-ways-create-betterstronger-passwords

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WARNER FROM PAGE A1 N. Main St. Naomi Warner continued to run the shop after her husband died in 1987, along with her friend and employee for more than 30 years, Minnie Green. The store was the go-to spot for gifts, wedding gift registries and jewelry for many Sumterites. In 1990, the shop was moved to 12 N. Main St. when the building ownership changed.

The Sumter Item archivist Sammy Way, a former teacher at Sumter High School, remembers taking students from the school downtown in the late 1980s and early 1990s to visit City Hall, meet city officials and explore other downtown locations.

“We always went to see Mrs. Naomi,” he said. “She was such a wonderfully receptive person, and she would stop whatever she was doing to talk to the kids. The children absolutely loved her.”

Way said many of the kids would later return to the store to buy Christmas gifts or cards, and they would remark to him that she remembered them by name.

“It was a special place for them,” he said. “She was such a wonderful ambassador for downtown.”

Howie Owens, downtown development manager for the City of Sumter, said Warner was truly an icon.

“She was a mainstay and a cornerstone for our business community downtown,” he said. “We are so grateful for all she did for downtown and our community as a whole.”

Julie Herlong, who bought the gift shop from Warner in 2012, said she has many fond memories of Warner.

“She was warm, generous, caring; even though she wasn’t from the South, she had gracious manners. She was just a gracious lady,” Herlong said.

Herlong said Warner had great work habits and tremendous dedication to her customers.

“Her customers are still so loyal to her, they still shop here today because of her,” she said.

She also remembers Warner’s dedication to downtown Sumter.

“When the ’80s hit and everybody was leaving to the mall, she wouldn’t go,” she said. “She was a diehard believer in downtown.”

Herlong said she was glad Warner was able to see downtown make a comeback.

“That was one of her passions,” she said.

She recalled Warner’s 95th birthday in May, when a special event was organized to honor her.

“She didn’t understand why people made such a fuss over her,” Herlong said. “Sen. Thomas McElveen got a resolution together in the Senate to make it ‘Naomi Warner Day,’ and she just couldn’t understand why we were doing it.”

Warner was gracious and humble down to the very end, she said.

“She is such an inspiration,” Herlong said. “We’ll truly miss her, and her passing is truly the end of an era.”

Services for Naomi Warner will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Bullock Funeral Home, 1190 Wilson Hall Road, in the chapel with burial following at Sumter Jewish Cemetery.

A family reception is today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

— Jim Hilley

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Benelli Street in the Hunter’s Crossing neighborhood is a quiet street. Some residents worry if townhomes are built they will detract from the neighborhood.

DEVELOPMENT FROM PAGE A1 continuous units with a maximum height of 35 feet.

If the revisions are approved, the developer would be able to construct townhouses in designated areas of the subdivision.

During the public hearing for the Hunter’s Crossing and Beach Forest revisions at city council’s May 19 meeting, many of the residents who spoke against the changes said they were concerned that the townhouses would lower the property values of surrounding houses.

Doc Dunlap, owner of Summit Realty, the development organization of both subdivisions, said the townhouses would be of the same quality as the nearby single-family houses.

He said the townhouses would be in a similar price range as the single-family homes. He said single-family homes range from $130,000 to $200,000 and the townhouses could range from $120,000 to $140,000.

Dunlap also said the townhouse section would be two-tenths of a mile from the nearest single-family house.

He said the most recent revisions

stemmed from years of receiving requests to construct townhouses in Sumter.

Dunlap and other representatives of Summit Realty met with residents of Hunter’s Crossing to explain the revisions during a Home Owners Association meeting last week to explain the revisions.

A resident of Hunter’s Crossing, who asked to not be identified, said her immediate concern would be the growing population of the neighborhood and the increase in traffic that could be spurred by the construction of the townhouses.

She said the neighborhood is already limited with one narrow entrance and exit into the subdivision.

The resident said she no longer opposes the townhouses after she found out they would not be visible from her home, and more entrance ways would be constructed to accommodate for the increased population.

The resident said a few families still oppose the townhouses, but she does not think they will be enough to alter the development plans.

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na litigation, Smith said.

Nash, Chappell and Wilson included Nash, John W. Chappell, Harry C. Wilson Jr. and Richard L. Booth. Booth now serves as master-in-equity in Sumter County.

“All of the attorneys who were involved with these two law firms throughout history were not only great lawyers, but were also very active in the community in various capacities,” Wilson said. “We really benefited from the lawyers who created these law firms, and those who came before us, they were a generation of really outstanding professionals.”

Isaac Calhoun Strauss, for example, who served with Lee & Moise in the early part of the 1900s, was the first bookkeeper of Lee & Moise and incorporated the local telephone company, several banks and Tuomey Hospital. He was one of the original hospital board members and served on that board for many years.

The tradition of community service among lawyers of the firm has continued to this day.

started a line of lawyers in the two families.

In 1877, Moise’s son, Marion Moise, came into the firm, and the name was changed to Moises & Lee. When Gen. Moise retired in 1894, the name was changed again to Lee & Moise and remained unchanged until the 1970s. The fifth-generation lawyer of the family, also named Marion Moise, joined the firm in 1929 and remained employed there until his death in 1982. John Dozier Lee joined the firm after serving in World War II and continued working there until his death in 1999.

“I was fortunate to have both Mr. Moise and Mr. Lee as my mentors from my employment with the firm in 1972 until their deaths,” Erter said.

In 1982, Nash, Chappell and Wilson merged with the law firm after Shepard K. Nash, a prominent attorney in Sumter, died. Nash was considered to have some of the best closing arguments in the history of South Caroli-

OBITUARIES BETTY ANN R. JONES LYNCHBURG — Funeral service for Betty Ann Rouse Jones, who passed June 11, 2015, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. today at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1770 U.S. 15 in Sumter. Burial will follow in Sanders Cemetery in Lynchburg, directed by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. of Lynchburg.

TIMOTHY R. BUTLER Timothy Ralph Butler departed his earthly journey on June 18, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born on July 6, 1957, to James Edward Butler Sr. and the late Annie Mae Tindal Butler.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Sumter Funeral Service Inc.

LESLIE DICKERSON Leslie Dickerson, 69, en-

tered eternal rest on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in the comfort of his home.

He was born on Feb. 2, 1946, in Clarendon, to the late Richard and Alethia Riley Dickerson. He received his formal education in the public school system of Sumter County. He later became employed as a furniture maker at UB Williams.

Survivors are his son, Leslie Dickerson Jr. (Doris) of Sumter; one loving sister, Barbara Dickerson Canty (Lawrence) of Pinewood; two brothers, Larry Dickerson (Thelma) of Sumter and Morris Dickerson (Bennie Mae) of High Point, North Carolina; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home with the

Rev. Joseph Ricks. Burial will follow in the New Hope Community Cemetery in Pinewood.

The family is receiving visitors at the home, 3366 Corbett Road, Sumter.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

THELMA COLE Thelma Gardenia Ford Cole, widow of Charlie Cole, entered eternal rest on Friday, June 19, 2015, at the Sumter Valley Health and Rehab Center.

She was born on March 3, 1929, in Sumter, to the late Earnest and Pauline Dwyer Ford.

The family will be receiving visitors at the home of her daughter, Carrie Bracey, 224 Murphy St., Sumter.

Funeral service plans are incomplete and will be an-

nounced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

MARIAN ANN TREXLER MANNING — Marian Ann Thames Trexler, 74, wife of Fred Monroe Trexler, died on Thursday, June 18, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Born on March 26, 1941, TREXLER in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Taft and James Marian “Jimmie” Kelly Thames. She was a member of Second Baptist Church of Manning.

She is survived by her husband of Manning; a daughter, Emily Trexler King (Gary); a granddaughter, Ashley Gene Harrington Arce (Efrain); and two great-grandsons, Gabriel Thompson and Eric Arce, all of Summerton.

A funeral service will be

held at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim Hinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Ridgill Family Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Steve Brunson, James Thames, Charles Barrett, Efrain Arce, Gary King and Charles Thames.

Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church, P.O. Box 747, Manning, SC 29102.

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

LOTTIE FIORE Lottie Carolyn Baker Fiore, 86, widow of Cosmo Fiore, died on Friday, June 19, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Services will be announced

by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

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

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

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

AA “How it Works” Group — Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494-5180.

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

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

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 435-8085.

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

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

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

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

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

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital cafeteria, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

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

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

eteria, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

EFMP Parent Exchange Group — Last Tuesday each month, 11 a.m.-noon, Airman and Family Readiness Center. Support to service members who have a dependent with a disability or illness. Call Dorcus Haney at (803) 895-1252/1253 or Sue Zimmerman at (803) 847-2377.

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

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) 469-4789.

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

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., McElveen Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 905-7720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346.

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

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

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, 11:30 a.m. Contact Kevin Johnson at (803) 7780303.

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 91/72 Spartanburg 91/72

Greenville 91/72

Columbia 98/76

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 99/76

Aiken 97/73

ON THE COAST

Charleston 97/78

Today: Partly sunny; a thunderstorm in spots. High 92 to 98.

Sunday: Partly sunny; humid in northern parts. High 93 to 99.

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358.01 75.31 75.29 97.65

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Sunrise 6:11 a.m.

Moonrise 10:06 a.m.

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Myrtle Beach 94/80

Manning 98/76

Today: Warm with a thunderstorm. Winds southwest 7-14 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny and warm. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph.

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Florence 99/77

Bishopville 98/76

Sunset 8:36 p.m.

Moonset 11:32 p.m.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is no EUGENIA LAST time to rest.

You are on an upward climb that can determine how bright your future will be. Selfimprovement and making choices that will improve your personal life will be exhilarating and bring you great satisfaction.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t let anyone interfere with your plans. Organize your schedule and you will get important matters out of the way. A partnership will take a positive turn if you do something special for the person you are working with.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stick close to home and try to make the people you care about happy. Add to your comfort, convenience and entertainment and your space will become the place where everyone gathers. Romance is featured along with personal improvements and serious commitments.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You can do no wrong. Step up and don’t be afraid to take the initiative. You can make things happen and turn your future into exactly what you want.

Travel, communication and calling in favors will help you reach your goals.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Catch up on correspondence and make minor adjustments at home that will add to your comfort or allow you to pursue a pastime or creative outlet. Don’t let anyone discourage you. Do what brings you the greatest joy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Get involved in activities or events that allow you to show off your skills. The interest you drum up will result in a partnership with someone who can change your life forever. Check out locations you may want to move to or visit.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may feel like hiding out. Work on a creative project that will bring you pleasure. Spend time at home or somewhere you can avoid crowds and loud people in order to focus on accomplishing what’s important to you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Money matters will not be as they appear. Someone will use emotional manipulation to try to get you to pay for something you don’t want. Don’t give in to anyone trying to take advantage of you.

Protect your assets and your possessions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take the initiative and you won’t be sorry with the results you get. A highenergy approach to life will bring a multitude of choices that will excite and motivate you. Romance is in the stars, and sharing your success with someone special is encouraged.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Engage in fun times with friends and family. Make suggestions to the people you know can help you turn your ideas into a reality.

Children will play a role in any decisions you make. Romance will help you build a closer relationship.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take a closer look at your current professional situation. If you are unhappy, consider what you can do to pursue a position that will bring you greater satisfaction and a better paycheck. Check out the online job market.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take care of unfinished business. Be responsible and open to learning from someone who has more experience. What you have to offer a cause will make a difference in your community.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 FRIDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

5-8-9-12-27 PowerUp: 5

20-21-22-41-54 Powerball: 7; Powerplay: 3

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PICK 3 FRIDAY

PICK 4 FRIDAY

2-0-1 and 1-8-6

4-7-8-7 and 6-1-9-0

SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Ophelia, a 2-year-old housebroken and spayed orange tabby and white American short hai, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She is affectionate, lazy, friendly and active. Ophelia is great with other cats and would make a great “couch potato.” The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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PALMETTO PRO OPEN

Zhao, trio of top seeds remain PPO semifinals, doubles finals highlight today

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Mayo Hibi faced Danielle Lao for the first time on a tennis court a couple of months ago and lost in three sets.

That loss motivated Hibi to work on certain aspects of her game and it paid off for her when she face Lao for a second time on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Palmetto Pro Open at Palmetto Tennis Center.

The third-seeded Hibi beat Lao 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the semifinals along with No. 2 seed Jennifer Brady, No. 5 Lauren Embree and unseeded Carol Zhao.

Also, the doubles final was set on Friday as the teams of Alexandra Mueller and Ashley Weinhold and Jacqueline Cako and Danielle Lao won semifinal matches.

Hibi said Lao beat her 7-6 in the third set of their first match, coming up short despite five match points.

“I worked a lot on my back(hand) and slice,” said Hibi, a 19-year-old from California. “She has a really good slice and she was much better with it than me the last time.

So I worked really hard to improve my slice.”

In the other quarterfinals, Brady beat No. 8 Sanaz Marand 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-1, Embree beat Mari Osaka 6-0, 6-2 and Zhao topped Jan Abaza 6-3, KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM 1-6, 6-3.

Carol Zhao hits a forehand shot during her 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Jan Abaza on Friday in a quarterfinal match of the Palmetto Pro Open at Palmetto Tennis Center. Zhao is the lone unseeded player among the four who will play in the semifinals today.

LEGION BASEBALL

PRO BASKETBALL

Hartsville knocks off Dalzell 14-2

Warriors believe more NBA titles coming in future

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item DALZELL — For three innings on Thursday, the Dalzell-Shaw American Legion baseball team seemed poised to make amends for an embarrassing 30-4 defeat on Wednesday against Hartsville.

Unfortunately, the wheels fell off for the Jets beginning in the top of the fourth as Post 53 recorded its third consecutive mercy-rule win over Post 175, this time by a score of 14-2 in seven innings at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field.

Hartsville, which improved to 4-5 overall and in league play, scored two in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings before sending 12 men to the plate in an 8-run seventh that put the game away.

Jets starter Chad Jones, who shut Post 53 down through

SEE JETS, PAGE B2 MANNING WINS BY FORFEIT

The Manning-Santee Post 68 American Legion baseball team won its game against Goose Creek scheduled for Friday in Manning by forfeit.

Goose Creek did not have enough players.

The victory improved Manning to 5-5 overall and 4-5 in League III. Goose Creek dropped to 1-6 both overall and in league play.

The teams are still scheduled to meet on Monday in Manning at 7:30 p.m.

SEE PPO, PAGE B4

BY ANTONIO GONZALEZ The Associated Press

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Golden State’s Stephen Curry (30) and the young core of the championship Warriors are under contract and could have the team on pace for several title runs in the future.

U.S. OPEN

Spieth sets the target at Chambers Bay

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — One major apparently isn’t enough to satisfy Masters champion Jordan Spieth.

Spieth set the target Friday at Chambers Bay by surging into the lead with birdies, overcoming a double bogey that tested his patience and closing with a birdie during a chaotic final hole. He wound up with a 3-under 67 and a one-shot lead among the early finish-

ers.

Not since Tiger Woods has anyone won the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year.

Spieth still has a long way to go, and he realizes it will only get harder on a course that already is perplexing.

At times, it was even scary.

Jason Day, playing alongside Spieth, was doing his best to keep pace until a frightening finish to his round. Day was headed down to the ninth green —

SEE CHAMBERS BAY, PAGE B3

OAKLAND, Calif. — The parade is not until Friday.

The Golden State Warriors are already looking ahead to what could be a promising future.

And with their young core under contract and MVP Stephen Curry just entering his prime, the Warriors believe their first NBA championship in 40 years could be the start of many more.

“There’s potential for us to build this long-term,”

Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Thursday.

The Warriors rolled to a franchise-record 67 wins during the regular season before dispatching New Orleans, Memphis and Houston in the Western Conference playoffs. They won their first title since 1975 on Tuesday night when they finished off LeBron James and the depleted Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

The victory capped off a

SEE WARRIORS, PAGE B2

Jordan Spieth hits out of the tall fescue grass on the 18th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash.

Spieth had a 1-shot lead among the early finishers.

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SCOREBOARD

Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago White Sox 2 San Francisco 7, Seattle 0 L.A. Dodgers 1, Texas 0

TV, RADIO

TODAY’S GAMES

TODAY

8 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Austrian Grand Prix Pole Qualifying from Spielberg, Austria (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Toronto (MLB NETWORK).

2 p.m. – PGA Golf: U.S. Open Third Round from University Place, Wash.

(WACH 57).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: College World Series Game Thirteen from Omaha, Neb. – Virginia vs. Florida (If Necessary) (ESPN).

4 p.m. – International Volleyball: FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Gold Medal Match from St. Petersburg, Fla. (WIS 10).

4 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Round of 16 Match from Ottawa, Ontario – Germany vs. Sweden (FOX SPORTS 1).

4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Washington or Milwaukee at Colorado (MLB NETWORK).

5 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Owens Corning AttiCat 300 Pole Qualifying from Joliet, Ill. (FOX SPORTS 2).

7 p.m. – Auto Racing: ARCA Series Scott 150 from Joliet, Ill. (FOX SPORTS 2).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers or Detroit at New York Yankees (MLB NETWORK).

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

7:30 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Round of 16 Match from Edmonton, Alberta – China vs. Cameroon (FOX SPORTS 1).

8 p.m. – Arena Football: Orlando at Arizona (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Baseball: College World Series Game Fourteen from Omaha, Neb. – Vanderbilt vs. Texas Christian (If Necessary) (ESPN).

8 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Chicago at San Antonio (NBA TV).

8:30 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter in a Welterweight Bout from Las Vegas (WIS 10).

9:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Owens Corning AttiCat 300 from Joliet, Ill. (FOX SPORTS 2).

9:30 p.m. – MLL Lacrosse: Rochester at Denver (SPORTSOUTH).

10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Andre Ward vs. Paul Smith in a Light Heavyweight Bout from Oakland, Calif.

(BET).

10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: David Lemieux vs. Hassan N’Dam for the IBF Middle Title, Dierry Jean vs. Jerry Belmontes in a Lightweight Bout and Luis Ortiz vs. Byron Polley in a Heavyweight Bout from Montreal (FOX SPORTS 2).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Houston at Seattle or San Diego at Arizona (MLB NETWORK).

11 p.m. – Arena Football: Philadelphia at Los Angeles (ESPN2).

11 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter in a Welterweight Bout from Las Vegas (Joined In Progress) (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL LEAGUE III STANDINGS Sumter Camden Hartsville Manning G. Creek Dalzell

SPORTS

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015

League W L Pct. 10 2 .833 7 2 .778 4 5 .444 4 5 .444 1 6 .143 1 7 .125

Overall GB W 11 1 1/2 8 4 1/2 4 4 1/2 5 6 1/2 1 7 1

L 3 2 5 5 6 9

MONDAY’S GAMES

Sumter 10, Camden 8 Hartsville 13, Dalzell-Shaw 2, 7 innings

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Camden 7, Sumter 6 Hartsville 30, Dalzell-Shaw 4

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Camden 16, Sumter 6, 8 innings Hartsville 14, Dalzell-Shaw 2, 7 innings

TODAY’S GAMES

Manning-Santee beats Goose Creek by forfeit

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

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

W 36 34 32 29 23

L 32 33 35 39 45

Pct .529 .507 .478 .426 .338

GB – 11/2 31/2 7 13

W 43 39 35 30 24

L 23 27 29 35 44

Pct .652 .591 .547 .462 .353

GB – 4 7 121/2 20

W 38 36 32 33 28

L 29 32 34 36 38

Pct .567 .529 .485 .478 .424

GB – 21/2 51/2 6 91/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia 2, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 2, St. Louis 1 Houston 8, Colorado 4 San Diego 3, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 7, Arizona 1 N.Y. Yankees 9, Miami 4 Tampa Bay 5, Washington 3 Toronto 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Boston 5, Atlanta 2 Cleveland 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Detroit at Cincinnati, ppd., rain Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago White Sox 2 San Francisco 7, Seattle 0 L.A. Dodgers 1, Texas 0

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-5) at Minnesota (May 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-5) at Washington (Scherzer 7-5), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 3-8) at Colorado (Bettis 2-2), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 5-4) at Philadelphia (Harang 4-8), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 5-4) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-4), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-4) at Atlanta (W.Perez 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (T.Hudson 4-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Frias 4-4), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 3-7) at Arizona (Ray 2-1), 10:10 p.m.

NASCAR LEADERS The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through June 14 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 576. 2, Martin Truex Jr., 561. 3, Joey Logano, 520. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 508. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 506. 6, Brad Keselowski, 480. 7, Jamie McMurray, 464. 8, Matt Kenseth, 456.

9, Kasey Kahne, 447. 10, Jeff Gordon, 434.

11, Kurt Busch, 426. 12, Paul Menard, 421. 13, Denny Hamlin, 412. 14, Carl Edwards, 401. 15, Aric Almirola, 401.

16, Ryan Newman, 400. 17, Clint Bowyer, 388. 18, Kyle Larson, 361. 19, Danica Patrick, 357. 20, Greg Biffle, 351.

Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $4,840,151. 2, Joey Logano, $4,015,820. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,718,871. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,429,537. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,171,955.

6, Matt Kenseth, $2,835,930. 7, Jeff Gordon, $2,835,180.

8, Brad Keselowski, $2,790,295. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $2,668,758. 10, Greg Biffle, $2,497,249.

11, Ryan Newman, $2,480,173. 12, Clint Bowyer, $2,461,750. 13, Jamie McMurray, $2,426,215. 14, Aric Almirola, $2,350,110. 15, Austin Dillon, $2,209,228.

16, Trevor Bayne, $2,202,665.

17, Kasey Kahne, $2,175,249.

18, David Ragan, $2,137,061. 19, AJ Allmendinger, $2,131,990.

20, Casey Mears, $2,123,433.

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION W Tampa Bay 38 New York 36 Toronto 36 Baltimore 34 Boston 29 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 38 Minnesota 36 Detroit 34 Cleveland 31 Chicago 28 WEST DIVISION W Houston 40 Texas 36 Los Angeles 34 Seattle 30 Oakland 29

Baltimore (Gausman 1-0) at Toronto (Buehrle 7-4), 1:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-5) at Minnesota (May 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (N.Martinez 5-2) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 2-1), 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-7) at Oakland (Hahn 4-5), 4:05 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 4-7) at Kansas City (Volquez 6-4), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 6-2) at Cleveland (Kluber 3-8), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Simon 7-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-2), 7:15 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 8-2) at Seattle (T.Walker 4-6), 10:10 p.m.

W 4 3 3 2 2 2

L 1 1 2 2 4 4

L 30 30 32 32 39

Pct .559 .545 .529 .515 .426

GB – 1 2 3 9

Connecticut Washington New York Chicago Atlanta Indiana

L 25 30 32 34 37

Pct .603 .545 .515 .477 .431

GB – 31/2 51/2 8 11

Minnesota Tulsa Phoenix Seattle Los Angeles San Antonio

L 28 31 33 37 40

Pct .588 .537 .507 .448 .420

GB – 31/2 51/2 91/2 111/2

No games scheduled

Pct .800 .750 .600 .500 .333 .333

WESTERN CONFERENCE

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia 2, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 2, St. Louis 1 Houston 8, Colorado 4 San Diego 3, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 7, Arizona 1 N.Y. Yankees 9, Miami 4 Tampa Bay 5, Washington 3 Toronto 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Boston 5, Atlanta 2 Cleveland 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Detroit at Cincinnati, ppd., rain

W 4 4 2 2 0 0

L 1 1 2 3 3 4

Pct .800 .800 .500 .400 .000 .000

GB – 1/2 1 11/2 21/2 21/2 GB – – 11/2 2 3 31/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES FRIDAY’S GAMES

Tulsa at Washington, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Connecticut at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Chicago at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

New York at Atlanta, 3 p.m.

Connecticut at Los Angeles, 5 p.m.

Tulsa at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Seattle, 9 p.m.

WARRIORS FROM PAGE B1 2014-15 campaign that wasn’t just a drought-breaker — it was historic.

The Warriors totaled 83 wins in all, the third-highest ever.

Only the 1995-96 and 1996-97 Chicago Bulls won more, and Kerr played on both of those teams.

“It’s ironic, but the unexpected thing is everything went exactly as we hoped.

That never happens,” Kerr said.

Along with hearing from President Barack Obama, Kerr has received congratulations from former teammates and coaches. Some even teased him for winning as a rookie coach.

“It’s that easy huh?” Kerr said former Spurs teammate

Tim Duncan texted.

General manager Bob Myers, the NBA Executive of the Year, is hoping to capitalize on the roster flexibility he has masterfully made happen and give the Warriors a chance to hang more championship banners soon.

Nearly every key contributor — Curry, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Andre Iguodala, Andrew Bogut, Shaun Livingston and Festus Ezeli — is locked up through at least next season.

Draymond Green is a rare exception. The versatile forward is set to become a restricted free agent, meaning the Warriors can match any offer he receives.

Green expects to be back

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COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

Gators force another CWS bracket final

BY ERIC OLSON The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The way Florida has been swinging the bat, the Gators’ shutout loss to Virginia looks like an aberration now.

The Gators scored four runs in the third inning and five in the sixth on their way to a 10-5 win over the Cavaliers on Friday, forcing a second Bracket 1 final at the College World Series.

Richie Martin doubled twice and reached four times as the Gators scored in double digits for the fifth time in six games. They are the first team since South Carolina in 2002 to score 10 or more runs in three CWS games.

“We have a tendency to have big innings,” Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan said.

“In order to have big innings, you have to have a consistent lineup, one through nine. We’re getting a lot of contributions up and down the lineup, and it just allows us when we get things rolling to build some big innings.”

The Gators (52-17) and Cavaliers (41-23) will play again today, with the winner going to the best-ofthree finals starting Monday against defending champion Vanderbilt or TCU. Virginia, which lost for the first time in eight NCAA Tournament games, is trying to make the finals for the second straight year.

Florida ruined the return of Virginia ace Nathan Kirby, who had been sidelined for nine weeks because of a strained back

JETS FROM PAGE B1 three innings on one hit and one walk with five strikeouts, gave Jets head coach Gene Durant five quality innings on the mound. Jones’ final tally included six Ks, three hits, five walks and a hit by pitch, with one of the fifth-inning runs coming in unearned.

On the night after a game that saw the Post 175 pitching staff walk 17 batters, hit five and have five errors committed behind them, Durant was encouraged by Jones’ mound effort.

“Chad went five full innings for me tonight, and that’s what I wanted him to do,” Durant said. “Chad’s still young, got a big career ahead of him, a lot of time ahead of him, so I wanted to keep him at a certain pitch count. He got up into the low 90s with his pitch count and I didn’t want to pull him. The game was close, and we were still in the game at 4-2.”

Dallzell-Shaw scored its two runs in the bottom of the fifth as Cole Benenhaley laced a double to center, advanced to third on an An-

and the team intends to pay whatever salary he commands, even if that means going into the league’s luxury tax, which Myers said he has been given authority to do from owner Joe Lacob.

“I always said, ‘Players that help you win and certainly win at the level we won at, you want to keep,’” Myers said.

“And we’ll do everything we can to keep him. Thankfully, the rules are in our favor.”

Green, the runner-up for defensive player of the year, got his shot this season after starter David Lee injured his left hamstring in the final preseason game. Lee, who is owed $15.4 million next season in the final year of his deal, will likely be on the way out to limit the team’s tax hit.

The Warriors will need to make a decision on reserve

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Florida’s Josh Tobias (11) is forced out at home during the Gators’ 10-5 victory over Virginia in the College World Series on Friday at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. The Gators and UVa will play again to decide who advances to the CWS championship series. muscle. The Gators also avenged a 1-0 loss to Virginia on Monday. In that game, Brandon Waddell and Josh Sborz combined on a twohitter.

This time, Florida’s offense looked more like the one that outscored Miami 25-5 in two games the past week.

“They’ve got power.

They’ve got speed. They’ve got a really, really nice club,” Virginia coach Brian O’Connor said. “I don’t ever try to forecast what’s going to happen during the game, but I knew it would take a good effort, starting with Kirby.”

Just like his miserable night in the opener of last year’s CWS finals against Vanderbilt, Kirby (5-3) couldn’t make it out of the third inning. Florida tagged him for four runs on five hits in the third and made it 9-1 with a five-run sixth against Alec Bettinger and David Rosenberger.

“I just wanted to throw strikes, especially at this stage,” Kirby said. “You see what happens when you give the other team momentum and a couple extra bases. They’re going to capitalize.”

Kirby retired five of his first six batters, and he picked off the other one. The trouble started with one out in the third. Nos. 8 and 9 batters Dalton Guthrie and Ryan Larson singled, Harrison Bader had an RBI groundout and Martin and Josh Tobias drove in runs with a double and single.

That brought on Bettinger, who retired seven of eight before the Gators’ offense rose up again.

“I just think that we’re coming together as a team at the right time,” Martin said. “We haven’t really put everything together as an offense, defense and pitching-wise, so it’s nice to get this going in the postseason when it matters.”

drew Wrenn single and scored as Carson Floyd reached on a throwing error

by Hartsville starter Cal Brunson. Wrenn came home on Josh Barnett’s sacrifice fly to left.

Both teams played smart ball in the opening innings with the game still scoreless. Brunson threw out the lead runner twice on sacrifice attempts in the second inning to keep the Jets at bay while Post 175 catcher Lenny Gonzalez wiped out Austin Morris on a steal attempt in the third to help Jones record a 1-2-3 inning.

Jones also gunned down a lead runner on a sac attempt in the fourth before Hartsville posted its first two runs that inning.

“We hit the ball good tonight and we played with a little more enthusiasm,” said Durant, whose team was 1-7 in League III play and 1-9 overall entering Friday’s non-league game against Orangeburg in Dalzell. “It’s just the same case that we’ve had all year long.

I don’t have the pitching to come in, I don’t have any relief pitchers that can come in and do the job. We’re still working on it, still working

with them, they’re still working hard, but that’s been our downfall. When we do get a good performance from a starting pitcher then we’ve got to have somebody to come in and close it out.

“But I’m proud of them, the way they came back tonight after getting beat as bad as they did over there.

They’re coming back, they’re still striving hard, they’re still working, and that’s all I can ask of them as a coach. As long as they’ll continue working hard and can continue to work to improve, we’re going to get another ‘W’ before the year is out, maybe several more.”

Dalzell-Shaw loaded the bases in the seventh in an effort to extend the game.

Wrenn drew a 1-out walk ahead of a Floyd single, with both runners advancing on a 2-out single by Ron York. Brunson, who limited Post 175 to five hits with two walks and one error, struck out Eric Lisenby for his seventh K of the night and third of the inning.

Wrenn reached base in all three of his plate appearances, with two singles and a walk.

forward Marreese Speights, who has a $3.8 million team option next season. Reserve guard Leandro Barbosa, who played for the $1.4 million veteran minimum this season, will be a free agent. And Barnes and Ezeli, part of the franchise’s acclaimed 2012 draft class with Green, are eligible for contract extensions.

Myers said it’s too early to tell what will happen this offseason but he feels good about the team’s ability to remain a contender.

“When you have the success that we had, you’d like to keep it together as much as possible,” Myers said.

A move also will need to be made on Kerr’s staff.

Kerr will need to find a new lead assistant as associate head coach and offensive guru Alvin Gentry is leaving to be-

come the head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans. Kerr could promote assistant Luke Walton or try to attract a more experienced coach such as Brian Shaw or Mike D’Antoni.

Kerr said Walton could be a head coach someday, but he has just begun to think about replacing Gentry and whether Walton is ready for that role.

First, he wants to enjoy the championship parade through downtown Oakland and bask in the storybook season.

Of course, there’s little down time for a title-winning team.

The NBA draft is next week (the Warriors have the last pick in the first round), free agency talks start July 1 and then it’s a matter of weeks before training camp when the Warriors try to do what the franchise has never done: repeat as champions.

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BY TIM BOOTH The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash.

— The number is around 60, give or take, with a rumble that is part of the soundtrack to an already unique U.S. Open.

About half the time, it comes from the north behind the 15th green and near the 16th tee where the one tree at Chambers Bay stands guard. The other half, from the south near the 18th tee. And in between, it’s unavoidable for those playing either the 16th or 17th holes.

Of all the variables that go into conducting a U.S. Open, this is one the USGA could not control. Along the shores of Puget Sound between the edge of the Chambers Bay property and the blue water, stands a rail corridor vital to moving freight and passengers north and south through the Pacific Northwest.

That rumble of clacking rails was just as much the sound during Thursday’s first round as the roars from the crowds for made putts or the moans of a shot lost in the wispy long fescue rough.

The operators of the train lines, BNSF, and the USGA had discussions on whether schedules should be altered for the four days of the tournament.

The final decision: Nope, continue with the scheduled service.

“The discussions were that

AREA SCOREBOARD BASEBALL Post 15 Michal Hoge Night Sumter American Legion Post 15 will have Michal Hoge Night on Monday when the P-15’s play host to DalzellShaw Post 175 in a baseball game at Riley Park.

Hoge is the former Dalzell player who suffered severe injuries in a diving accident last month. All money from the gate and other events on the evening will go to the Charity Fund for Michal Hoge.

Post 15 is asking season ticket holders to pay for entry for this game.

Post 15 is accepting items that can be used in a raffle.

Anyone interested in donating items can call (803) 9685115 for more information.

Those interested can donate to the Charity Fund for Michal Hoge, SAFE Federal Credit Union, PO Box 2008, 160 W. Wesmark Boulevard, Sumter S.C. 29151.

BASKETBALL EVRIK GARY SKILLS CLINIC

The Evrik Gary Skills Clinic will be held July 8-9 at Lau-

your railroad is an important element of the Northwest and they didn’t have an issue,” BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said.

On a golf course already unique for its design, development and golf features, the trains are one more quirky element.

The tracks are owned by BNSF and provide the movement of freight, along with passengers as part of Amtrak service in the Pacific Northwest.

The line runs from Vancouver,

His caddie and longtime coach, Colin Swatton, said that it was similar to an episode Day had last year at Firestone when he withdrew after only two holes in the final round with what later was diagnosed as vertigo.

Woods, meanwhile, had the highest 36-hole score of his pro career when he shot 76 to miss the cut at 16-over 156. It was the second time in his last three majors that Woods missed the cut. He has one more start, The Greenbrier Classic in two weeks, before

rence Manning Academy’s Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

The 2-day, 4-workout clinic is open to boys who will be rising to the ninth through 12th grades. The cost is $60 per player.

The camp will runs from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

For registration forms, payment options or more information, visit MixKitBasketball@yahoo.com.

SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

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

The clinics are for grades 3-6 beginning on Monday and running through Friday, grades 6-9 on July 6-10 and grades 9-12 on July 27-31.

The clinics, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day, will be ran by SCS coaches Bobby Baker and Tom Cope at a cost of $45 per student.

For more information, contact the school at (803) 7731902.

TEAM PERSEVERANCE REGISTRATION

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

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going to St. Andrews for the British Open.

“Obviously, I need to get a little better for the British Open, and I’ll keep working at it,” Woods said.

Spieth can lean on the experience as a Masters champion, but this major is nothing alike in every way.

For starters, he had a fiveshot lead going into the weekend at Augusta National. He was at 5-under 135 at Chambers Bay, tied with Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson as they were just beginning their round in the sun-baked afternoon along Puget Sound.

Branden Grace of South Africa, one of several power players who are thriving at Chambers Bay, had a 67 and was one shot behind.

It all seems to be working for Spieth, a 21-year-old Texan who made the fans sense they were watching something special this week.

But this is not a runaway like it was at the Masters. And this golf course can be as hard as the USGA wants to make it.

“It’s playing different,” Spieth said. “And I’m in a very different position. I’m not going to have a five-shot lead.”

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

For more information, call (803) 464-8453, (803) 720-6242, (813) 786-9265 or (954) 258-6817 or email youthathleticsofsumteryas@yahoo.com.

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Rory McIlroy prepares to hit from the 16th fairway as a freight train rolls past during the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. Trains have become a staple for players between the 16th and 17th holes.

CHAMBERS BAY FROM PAGE B1 a drop of some 100 feet in elevation — when he fell to the ground and lay on his back for several minutes.

Day, who had coped with vertigo recently, eventually was helped to his feet. His hands were still shaking as he went into a bunker, blasted out to 10 feet and made bogey. He still shot a 70 and was three shots behind Spieth.

He was being treated at Chambers Bay. There was no immediate information on his condition.

British Columbia all the way to Eugene, Oregon. All told, roughly 60 trains pass the course on a daily bases with half going by between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and the other half working the overnight shift.

The line between Seattle and Portland, Oregon, specifically is the busiest rail corridor in the Pacific Northwest.

At times Thursday, those passengers got an up-close look at the U.S. Open without paying for a ticket. Playing No. 17, a par 3, Jamie Donaldson hit his

first putt too hard and watched it roll into a bunker. After blasting out to 6 feet, he faced an important putt to save bogey.

As he looked over a tricky putt, a southbound Amtrak train slowed to a crawl, brakes squealing. Inside, passengers pushed their faces against the glass to get a look at the course.

Donaldson could have waited another 30 seconds for the train to pass entirely, but went ahead and dropped the putt.

Of course, Donaldson couldn’t escape the trains completely. Moments later, he had to step away from his tee shot on No. 18 as a northbound Amtrak zoomed by.

“We play with a lot of distractions week in and week out with a lot of people. ... That’s just stuff you do, and you deal with it,” Ryan Moore said.

The only element missing is the signature whistles. When the public is playing Chambers Bay, engineers regularly lay on the horn. BNSF instructed their engineers for this week to keep the whistles silent unless it’s an emergency.

“We’ll have people down there monitoring what’s going on with the train. Obviously there is a fence between spectators and the train so we’re taking all the precautions to make it safe and make sure the trains can operate under normal conditions,” USGA championship director Danny Sink said. “It’s certainly something we have thought about.”

OFFICIATING CLASSES

TENNIS PTC/WILSON HALL CAMP

The Wilson Hall/PTC Summer Tennis Camp will begin on Monday and run through Friday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

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

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

Registration forms must be turned in by noon today.

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

FOOTBALL

Training classes for prospective high school football officials is currently being held at the Sumter County Recreation Department at 155 Haynsworth Street.

Classes are being held every Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m.

To learn more about the South Carolina Football Officials Association visit its website at www.schsl.org/ scofa.htm.

For more information on the classes, call Granderson James at (803) 968-2391 or email him at grandersj@aol. com or call Richard Geddings at (803) 468-8858.

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POP WARNER REGISTRATION

9-HOLE CAPTAIN’S CHOICE

Youth Athletics of Sumter is taking registration for its Pop Warner football and cheer programs.

The programs are open to children ages 5-14. The registration fee is $100 for football and $120 for cheer and flexible plans are available. The last day to register is July 31.

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

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

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

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Yankees’ Rodriguez hits home run for 3,000th career hit NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez homered for his 3,000th career hit and smiled all the way around the bases Friday night, the highlight so far in what’s become a resurgent season for the formerly disgraced slugger.

DEMPSEY SUSPENDED 3 GAMES FOR CONDUCT

NEW YORK — Seattle forward Clint Dempsey was suspended for three games by Major League Soccer on Friday and fined for his conduct toward a match official during a U.S. Open Cup

game this week, a penalty the U.S. captain will finish serving before the Americans start the defense of their CONCACAF Gold Cup title next month.

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MANNING — The Manning-Santee Junior Legion baseball team improved to 3-5 on the season with a 5-1 victory over South Florence on Wednesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond.

Dalton Page pitched 3 1/3 inning

while giving up one run and striking out five. Braden Osteen pitched the remainder of the game, allowing no runs and striking out 6.

Offensively, Manning-Santee was led

by Matthew Fraiser and Taylor Lee with both having two hits.

On Monday in Camden, ManningSantee lost to Camden 9-4.

Dawson Hatfield took the loss. Lee, Max Smith, Morgan Morris, Buddy Bleasedale, Osteen and Page each had a hit to lead the offense.

THURSDAY RED SOX 5 BRAVES 2

ATLANTA — Hours after benching third baseman Pablo Sandoval for using his Instagram account during a loss to Atlanta the night before, the Red Sox bounced back for its second win in 10 games, 5-2 over the Braves on Thursday.

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LEFT: Lauren Embree reaches for a shot during her 6-0, 6-2 victory over Maria Osaka in a quarterfinal match of the Palmetto Pro Open on Friday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

BELOW: Jan Abaza hits a backhand return in hier quarterfinal match against Carol Zhao. Zhao won 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

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Brady had to play an extra seven games in the third set after blowing two match points that would have allowed her to close out Marand in two sets.

Brady won the first set 6-0 and rallied from a 5-4 deficit in the second set to go up 6-5.

However, she couldn’t finish off Marand, who won the second set with a 7-4 tiebreaker.

“I was putting too much pressure on myself with the points at the time,” Brady said. “I have to give her credit.

She played hard and really well the last couple of games (of the second set).”

Brady broke Marand’s serve to begin the final set and never looked back. Brady said she had to reset her mentally entering the final set.

“I was really frustrated with myself when I had a

Singles Main Draw (5) Lauren Embree defeated Mari Osaka 6-0, 6-2.

(2) Jennifer Brady defeated (8) Sanaz Marand 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-1.

Carol Zhao defeated Jan Abaza 6-3, 6-3.

(3) Mayo Hibi defeated Danielle Lao 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles Main Draw Semifinals Alexandra Mueller/Ashley Weinhold defeated Ellen Perez/Carol Zhao 5-7, 6-2, 11-9.

(3) Jacqueline Cako/Danielle Lao defeated Jennifer Brady/Taylor Townsend 7-6(4), 6-2.

TODAY’S MATCHES

Singles Main Draw Semifinals Starting at 9 a.m.

Court 1 Carol Zhao vs. (3) Mayo Hibi (5) Lauren Embree vs. (2) Jennifer Brady Doubles Main Draw Final Following Singles not before noon Alexandra Mueller/Ashley Weinhold vs. (3) Jacqueline Cako/Danielle Lao.

forehand with her at the net on match point (and hit into the net),” Brady said. “I put that behind me and restarted

my game. Where I had been sitting back and waiting for her to miss, I began to be more aggressive.”

The semifinals will be held today with Hibi, ranked No. 219 in the world, taking on No. 292 Zhao beginning at 9 a.m. on the Hodgin Stadium Court.

Brady, ranked No. 215, will meet Embree, a good friend who is No. 259, immediately following the completion of the first match.

The doubles final will be the final match of the day and won’t start before noon.

Mueller and Weinhold, the 2010 PPO doubles champion, defeated Ellen Perez and Zhao 5-7, 6-2, 11-9 while Cako and Lao, the No. 3 seed, defeated Brady and Taylor Townsend 7-6(4), 6-2.

“I think we just work really well together,” said Mueller.

“If one of us is nervous, we can really help each other and just focus on the point.”

MARK MY WORDS

Explaining the prize money for Palmetto Pro Open players

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icture this scene: I am sitting courtside in Augusta, Ga., with a group of junior players from the club where I used to work. We are at the Club at Rae’s Creek, the scene of another USTA Pro Circuit $25,000 Ladies Event, watching some of the world’s hopefuls duke it out on the clay. As is often the case, I am having a conversation with the kids about what they see that is good and what is not so good. This is where our story gets interesting.

Carl Sanders, grandson of the former governor of Georgia and one of our more outspoken kids, looks over at me and says, “Mark, I know they are girls and all, but you would think they would want the cash instead of an expensive purse.”

I am sure the look I gave him said what I thought, but I verbalized it anyway. “Carl, what in the WORLD are you TALKING about?”

“Well, the paper said this tournament had a $25,000 purse”, came his retort. All the kids burst out laughing.

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Thankfully, I was able to poise myself enough to explain to Carl what the dynamics of the $25,000 was all about. In his defense, he was only 12

at the time.

So, the purpose of that cute little intro was to share with you a bit about the prize money for the Palmetto Pro Open. First and foremost, the winner does not get $25,000, nor do they have the option to receive an expensive purse instead of prize money. Saying that our event is a 25K event means there is a total of $25,000 to be disbursed to all of the participants.

The winner gets $3,919 and the finalist gets $2,091. The team that wins the doubles splits $1,437 and the finalist team splits $719. And the monies disperse all the way down to a $228 check for a first-round loser in the singles main draw. Not quite as

much as you thought for someone who has to be that good in order to even get into this tournament, is it?

You may wonder what’s the deal with all of the college players and how they can possibly afford to play these events. Here is how it works.

They can keep their legitimate expenses – lodging, food and travel, those type things.

I cannot put too fine a point on it because I don’t know all the nuances, but you can bet they better know what the compliance officer at their school says about reimbursements if they want to keep playing college tennis. And of course, all of this must be documented.

But Mark, you may ask, some of these players are still in high school. What do they do? According to our tournament supervisor, an amateur who is not enrolled in college may accept up to $10,000 in prize money in a calendar year. Any amount over that and the rules become the same as for a collegiate player. They can only accept legitimate tournament expens-

es and must document and provide receipts.

Another question I often receive is who foots the bill for the $25,000 prize money. It varies and can be a sliding scale of sorts depending on the venue. Simply stated, the City of Sumter and USTA are primarily responsible for the prize money at our event, but the patrons and local business owners provide tremendous help as volunteers, by donating services or providing services at reduced rates.

Take a look at the banners on our stadium court when you come out for matches. If you enjoy the tennis this event brings to your city then let

the sponsors know and thank them with your patronage.

This past Tuesday evening at the feature match we had the largest attendance at the PPO in my 5-year tenure and the heat index was 107 at match time. It was electric and it was fun.

The Palmetto Tennis Center is here for you. Please let us know how we can serve you better and how we can make the Palmetto Pro Open more fan friendly. Singles semifinal matches will start today at 9 a.m. followed by the doubles final match. The singles final match on Sunday is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.

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‘True Detective’ begins disappointing new season

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Is network self-parody ever a good idea? Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig star in the 2015 drama “A Deadly Adoption” (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime). This project has been shrouded in secrecy by its stars and its network. Was it just fake solemnity befitting a put-on?

Any doubt that “Adoption” is a campy spoof should be dispelled by the fact that it was written by Andrew Steele, who scripted “The Spoils of Babylon,” the IFC miniseries send-up also starring Ferrell and Wiig. After “Adoption,” one has to wonder what genres await the former “Saturday Night Live” stars.

Lifetime has recently begun to reach beyond its “women in peril” formula, airing the knowing and silly “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever” movie and launching “UnREAL,” a dark episodic satire of reality television that was critically adored but largely ignored by viewers.

So, will the network gain new eyeballs by ridiculing its signature meal ticket, “the Lifetime movie”? Or alienate its faithful audience?

I admire Lifetime’s attempt to branch out. But it comes with risk. There’s a fine line between declaring yourself hip enough to be in on the joke and announcing to the world that you have become one.

• The second incarnation of “True Detective” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO, TV-MA) arrives, landing somewhere between a minor disappointment and a major dud.

In addition to the stellar performances by its stars, the first season was noteworthy for writer Nic Pizzolatto’s novelistic approach. But Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey are gone this season, and Pizzolatto’s magic touch seems to have vanished with them.

Look for Colin Farrell as troubled, nearly psychopathic police detective Ray Velcoro, who is joined by Ani Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams), a seemingly rational cop from a family with overlapping levels of weirdness. They join forces on a murder case apparently linked to a property development hatched by minor mobster Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn).

Like too many mysteries set

Show” (11:15 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

• Blake Shelton hosts and performs on “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, r, TV14).

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Rachel McAdams and Colin Farrell star in the second season of “True Detective” premiering at 9 p.m. on Sunday on HBO. in the shadows of Southern California’s film noir tradition, the script for “True” appears to have been hard-boiled beyond comprehensibility.

Semyon’s dialogue and random utterances have been distilled to cryptic meaninglessness. Vaughn is all but paralyzed by pretentious dialogue.

A series as ambitious as “True” contains many mysteries. But the answers to basic questions remain key to the success of any drama. After the first episode, do we have a vague idea of what’s going on?

Do we care? Do we like any of these characters? Do we wish to spend any more time with them? By the end of the first hour, my answer to these questions was an emphatic, if disappointed, “no, no, no and no” And I don’t think I’m alone.

• Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gets his own series — and makes the most of it. He stars in “Ballers” (10 p.m. Sunday, HBO, TV-MA) as Spencer, an injured former NFL starturned-financial adviser who helps young players and former athletes develop longrange goals in a world known for instant riches and very short careers.

Clearly seen as a replacement for “Entourage” — and produced by Steve Levinson and Mark Wahlberg with links

to that series — “Ballers” has more depth and traces of pathos. “Ballers” is rare for HBO in that it features a largely nonwhite cast and directs a sympathetic and humanizing eye toward young stars too often dismissed as “thugs.”

• Imagine sending up “Homeland” by way of “Veep” with a few nods to “Dr. Strangelove,” and you’re getting close to the dark satire of “The Brink” (10:30 p.m. Sunday, HBO, TV-MA). Jack Black stars as a low-level bureaucrat in the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan who stumbles onto information that might help a sexually distracted secretary of state (Tim Robbins) defuse an international crisis that has put the world on the precipice of World War III. Pablo Schreiber stars as an ace Navy fighter pilot with complications of his own: an ex-wife, a pregnant girlfriend and a drug-dealing operation running short on supply. A jaundiced take on the bombfirst-and-learn-the-local-language-later school of foreign policy, “The Brink” was written by Roberto Benabib (“Weeds”) with his brother Kim Benabib.

• “Masterpiece” (9 p.m. Sunday, PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) returns to its roots with “Poldark,” based on Winston Graham’s books. Aidan

Turner (“The Hobbit”) stars as Capt. Ross Poldark, a veteran of Britain’s failed efforts to quash America’s independence. Long thought dead, he returns to find his father’s fortune squandered and his beloved fiancee betrothed to a far less dashing man.

Filled with close-ups of its handsome star, lingering glances at the seaside and long takes of folks rushing this way and that on horseback, “Poldark” is more of an old-fashioned bodice-ripper than a serious and engaging drama.

The original BBC adaptation of “Poldark” was a hit on PBS in the 1970s and can still be streamed on the Acorn TV service. This revival reminds us of how much miniseries and TV dramas have improved and advanced since then.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • A powerful sisterhood emerges on the season finale of “Orphan Black” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-MA).

• Reality intrudes on Ghost and Angela’s getaway on “Power” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

• Jonathan’s increasing powers bring him to London on “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

• Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane and Cyndi Lauper appear on “The Graham Norton

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., r, CBS): an interview with FBI Director James Comey; the price of cancer drugs; the neglect of Italy’s architectural treasures.

• Indian intrigue on “Madam Secretary” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV14).

• Alicia and Canning become rivals on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• Caligula’s idol sparks outrage on “A.D. The Bible Continues” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• “Anne Frank’s Holocaust” (9 p.m., National Geographic, TV14) recalls the diary that put a human face on an unspeakable genocide.

• Fred Armisen hosts the 74th Annual Peabody Awards (9 p.m., Pivot).

• A photographer takes his family on a 96-day, 13,000-mile trek around the world on the debut of “Big Crazy Family Adventure” (9 p.m., Travel, TVPG).

• Jackie saves Prince’s patient on “Nurse Jackie” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Thom gets the dirt on Larry on “Happyish” (9:30 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Odelle’s relaxation doesn’t last on “American Odyssey” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Joe and Gordon reunite on “Halt and Catch Fire” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• “Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever” (midnight, Adult Swim, TV-MA) enters its final season.

CULT CHOICE Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson star in the 2008 head-scratcher “Jumper” (9 p.m. Saturday, Syfy).

SUNDAY SERIES Kids and gun safety on “Dateline” (8 p.m., NBC) * Death by rehab on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * A parallel dimension on “Castle” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

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Newly renovated Apts. 2BR All appl's, hrdwd fls, ceramic tiles, C/H/A, $600/mo, 7A Wright St. 803-773-5186 or 631-626-3460 Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Unfurnished Homes House for rent 2000 sq ft $700 Mo +$700 Dep . Available 1st week of July. 803-406-5734

Lost & Found Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755.

Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found: Tobias Rd. M shepherd gray/blk; Bush Branch (2) puppies 1 blk, 1 brn; Winkles Rd Lab mix blk; Shaw AFB brown chihuahua.

Found: 2 male beagles off Screaming Eagle Rd. Owner call to identify 803-840-5205.

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Work Wanted

Family pet missing, black female cat named Hayley, last seen near Rookies on hwy 441, 803-464-4062.

The Town of Summerton has posted the 2014 Water Quality Report for the Town of Summerton water customers. The report can be found on the town's web page at www.summertonwater.com/water-quality-report

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Phoenix Charter High School P/T Secondary Math & Science teacher. Must be certified & highly qualified w/ a valid SC teacher's license. Send resume to: Phoenix Charter High School, Elease Fulton, PO Box 170, Alcolu, SC 29001

Medical Office seeking PT/FT support. Experience with front office, scheduling, insurance, referrals. Experience with Allscripts preferred.

Offers competitive benefits including health, retirement. Submit Resume to Fax 803-469-3944.

Lost & Found

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Help Wanted Part-Time RN/LPN's- Full-Time, Part-Time,and PRN positions for 3p-11a Shifts and PRN positions for 7a-3p shifts.

CNA's- Full-Time, Part-Time and PRN positions for 3p-11p and 11p-7a shifts. Please apply in person to NHC Health Care Sumter, 1018 N. Guignard Dr., Sumter, SC 29150 (EOE)

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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015

Manufactured Housing 4BR 2.5BA Owner Financing with small down payment.

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Mobile Home with Lots For Sale 1995 14x48 2BR 1BA C/H/A with appliances. Heat pump, City water & sewer. In city limits.

Large Lot $15,000. On Cheyne St 773-5860

Land & Lots for Sale 1-5 Acre lots (or more). 15,000 per acre. Peaceful quiet country living just outside Sumter. Located on London road. From Plowden Mill, about 2 tenths down on the right from David-803-223-1164.

2900 Waverly Dr in Lakewood Subdv. 155ft wide & 150ft. Deep.

With beautiful live oak trees. Priced to sell $16,000. Call 803-983-5691

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Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350 4260 Hwy 15 S. 3br, 2 bath. $475/ mo. 5665 Wessex Dr. 2 br, 1 bath. $415/ mo. 700 Radical Rd. 3 br, 2 bath. $550/ mo. Security deposits start at $250. Section 8ok. Call 773-8022.

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Found: small grayish brown dog in area of Perry Blvd. Owner call to identify 840-5205.

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