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Percentages go up in tri-county area BY MEG KINNARD The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s unemployment rate held steady during the last month, state officials said Friday. In its monthly release, the state’s Department of Employment and Workforce said the state’s jobless rate for May was 5.3 percent. That figure is 2.6 percent lower than one year ago and is the largest year-to-year drop in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to figures released by the Employment and Workforce department, the jobless rate rose in all counties in the tri-county area: Sumter County’s jobless rate jumped from 5.7 percent to 6 percent, Clarendon County’s rate rose from 7.2 percent to 7.5 percent, and Lee County’s rate went up from 6 percent to 6.3 percent. Nationally, unemployment last month was 6.3 percent. When South Carolina’s unemployment dropped to 5.3 percent in April, officials said that figure was the state’s lowest level in 13 years. Last month, South Carolina’s labor force was more than 2.1 million, more than 1,200 higher than April. There are more than 2 million working South Carolinians, a figure that state officials said has been going up for 10 consecutive months. Over the last month, jobs in trade, transportation, utilities and manufacturing increased by 5,000. Those combined sectors are up more than 16,000 jobs compared to the same time one year ago. Unemployment went up in all but three of South Carolina’s counties, and those jobless rates remained unchanged. Lexington County had the state’s lowest unemployment, at 4.2 percent, while Marion County’s rate of 9.6 percent was the state’s highest.

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Two guns wrapped in red plastic bags labeled “biohazard” lean against a wall in a safe keeping room at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. These two weapons were recovered from suicides.

Think suicide isn’t happening here? Think again BY ROB COTTINGHAM rcottingham@theitem.com (803) 774-1225

ithin the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office campus, there’s a building

where investigators conduct forensic research for their cases. Inside, there are several rooms dedicated to the storage and cataloging of evidence from criminal investigations. Some hold drugs, some hold

seized weapons, and others host recovered stolen items. Along the broadest wall of what is called the “Safe Room” is a locker that holds very specific items used in very specific scenarios. Open it, and you’ll find a collection of handguns. Unlike weapons in other rooms that were taken during a drug raid or recovered as suspected murder weapons, the wielders of some of these items shared the same target: themselves. “Some of these are weapons confiscated from people who attempted or threatened to commit suicide,” Sgt. Michael Bean said in a recent interview.

“We hold these weapons until an authorized family member or friend can reclaim them or until the person who owned them is considered stable enough to take them back.” “We have other guns in evidence lockers that were actually used to commit suicide,” said Investigator Bobby Richardson. “They’re actual evidence, so only investigators have access to them.” Many of the weapons used in suicides end up being destroyed, as family members typically don’t want to reclaim them.

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Bus shop, Lake Ashwood vetoes overturned BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 Two Lee County sites were given a reprieve from the state budget ax after state legislators voted to overturn the governor’s budget vetoes this week. The Legislature’s actions

will ensure state funding for both sites for the next fiscal year. The shop used to repair Lee County School District’s buses will receive funding at the same level as last year; Gov. Nikki Haley wanted to scrap the portion of the education budget guaranteeing funding to the Lee County bus shop. Likewise, Department

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of Natural Resources funding for Lake Ashwood near Bishopville was saved from the governor’s veto pen. Both the House and Senate voted by a two-thirds majority to overturn most of the budget vetoes issued by Haley’s office. Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, whose district also includes much of

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Lee County, voted to restore funding to both. The day the Senate overturned the cuts, he said, “was a very good day for Sumter and Lee counties.” Haley issued 76 vetoes to the state budget on June 11, two of which targeted the Lee sites. The governor cut $250,000 from the DNR budget

for Lake Ashwood, a 75-acre public fishing lake leased by the department through its leased lands management program. Haley labeled the appropriation “good old-fashioned pork.” “We should not be earmarking funds for a lake that isn’t

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Career specialist uses skills to help rehab patients BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com (803) 774-1214

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Editor’s Note: This story is part three of a four-part series about four Sumter School District teachers who take on different jobs in their free time and during summer vacation. Sunday, the last installment in the series will cover a career specialist who also helps manage a local grocery store. Check Friday’s paper for a story on Lee Gandy, who lends a hand in his parents’ upholstery shop when he’s not inspiring young minds in Sumter.

hen her mother became ill some years ago, Gayle Jennings started taking Certified Nursing Assistant courses in an effort to help take care of her. Although she didn’t finish the courses at the time, she eventually completed them and became certified and put her skills to good use lending a hand in the community. When she’s not guiding Sumter students and helping them find the right career path as a career specialist for

Lakewood High School, Jennings is tending to patients at Sumter Health and Rehab Center as a part-time resident care specialist. “I’ve always loved taking care of people, and I’m not the type of person to sit at home all summer,” Jennings said. Like many employees of Sumter School District, Jennings takes on a different hobby or job when she’s not impacting the lives of youth in the county. At the rehab center, Jennings said she enjoys taking care of the patients and spending time with them — often talking and singing songs with them. She said people think she’s crazy for doing it, but those patients make as much of an impact on her as she does on them. “There’s one woman, I would go in, and she would say, ‘Hey, hon,’ and she would sing with me,” she recalled. “Going back and that person not being there is really hard.” Jennings, who has been with Lakewood for five consecutive years, is also a certified career specialist, who as-

Gayle Jennings, a part-time resident care specialist at Sumter Health and Rehab Center, uses the CareTracker program while at work Wednesday afternoon. Jennings is also a career specialist at Lakewood High School. She said it takes patience, understanding, teamwork and a caring spirit to do both of the jobs she enjoys so much. RAYTEVIA EVANS / THE SUMTER ITEM

sists students in figuring their next steps after graduation. In her two jobs, Jennings deals with two very different sides of the age spectrum — teenagers and the elderly. Oddly enough, she tends to use some of the

same skills in both jobs, easily transferring what she has learned from experience through the two careers. “For my students, we don’t want them going from ninth to 12th without knowing what they’re going to do next,” Jen-

nings said. “With patients, I sometimes have to feed or bathe them. I’ve had my challenges, but I love what I do. You have to have patience and understanding. Those two elements tie into both jobs. It also requires teamwork with my co-workers.” Whether she’s at Lakewood organizing for guest speakers to talk to students about future careers or caring for and comforting patients at Sumter Health and Rehab Center, Jennings’ caring spirit and skills work well for her in both worlds. “You have to have that culture of caring,” she explained. “If you don’t have that, this is not really for you.”

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Sumter man gets 15 years on drug charges A 27-year-old Sumter man arrested last year and charged with various drug-trafficking charges after a traffic stop on Interstate 95 was sentenced Friday in a federal court to 15 years in jail. Alvis Damon Williams was sentenced for dealing in crack cocaine and cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of narcotics trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Williams had multiple previous felony drug convictions before his arrest on June 26 of last year. At that time, a search of his car by Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputies during the traffic stop yielded 38 grams of crack cocaine, 3 grams of marijuana, 5 grams of cocaine, a handgun, $1,635 in cash and numerous paraphernalia.

Legislature overrides veto of First Steps COLUMBIA — The South Carolina agency tasked with boosting children’s chances for success will continue with recommended reforms after the Legislature overrode Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto. The law reauthorizing First Steps for School Readiness through 2016 better defines its mission and requires children to be tested before entering school to identify their needs and track their progress. That part aligns with a provision also in the “Read to Succeed” law that Haley signed.

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David Barwick of Roswell, New Mexico, right, works on a collage recently that represents his life story with, from left, his cousin, Mariah Richburg; his aunt, Peggy Richburg; and his mother, Nona Barwick. David, 46, who was diagnosed as autistic at age 5, recently celebrated his 10th anniversary working at McDonald’s inside the Roswell Walmart and received a gold ring from the restaurant’s corporate office for his years of service. David, who is also the son of Harold Barwick of Pinewood, the brother of Lindsey Barwick of Sumter and the grandson of Evelyn Barwick of Pinewood, was also chosen as a Shining Star by the New Mexico Department of Health Developmental Disabilities Supports Division. Shining Stars can be nominated for any combination of the following: personal achievements, employment accomplishments, job status, community integration, memberships and involvement, relationships, hobbies, talents and volunteer activities. Autism-spectrum disorders are characterized by social-interaction difficulties, communication challenges and a tendency to engage in repetitive behavior. David, however, interacts easily with people and was nominated not only for his achievements in the workforce, but also for his compassion toward other people. David said he excels in sports and has won several medals competing in Special Olympics. His favorite sports are softball and bowling, he said, adding, “I used to compete in skiing.” David, who has been living on his own since 1992, said, “I do all my own cooking and laundry.” It is hoped that by example, he and his fellow Shining Stars will inspire other people with cognitive challenges to discover the vision, courage and determination to live their lives to the fullest.

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1 in hospital after rollover A Kia SUV rolled at least twice after colliding with a Cadillac at the intersection of Lafayette and Loring drives on Friday morning, a witness said. One woman was transported to a medical facility with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries, according to a first responder on the scene. Witnesses said the Kia was traveling northbound on Lafayette, and the Cadillac was apparently executing a right turn from westbound Loring onto northbound Lafayette. JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM

Get your pink on to help beat breast cancer Tuomey team hopes to gather community for video competition BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com (803) 774-1221 Tuomey Regional Medical Center has treated many patients with viruses, and now its public relations department is doing its part to get Sumter residents in the pink — and maybe have them go viral in the process. Tuomey Public Relations Specialist Traci Quinn is spearheading her co-workers’ attempt to win the Pink Glove Dance, a competition that will benefit cancer research. “The Pink Glove Dance video competition started in 2009 when one hospital in Oregon made a video with employees and cancer survivors wearing pink medical gloves and dancing to support breast cancer patients,” Quinn said. “It went viral, so the next year, the medical supply company Medline produced a sequel with 11 hospitals, a few nursing homes and 4,000 dancers.” In 2011, the Pink Glove Dance became a competition. “The company has since donated more than a million dollars to breast cancer charities and to cover mammograms for women who can’t afford them,” Quinn said. Strongly encouraged by other Tuomey departments, the graphic design team decided 2014 is the year to create its own Pink Glove Dance video.

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Accused shooter gets 10 years COLUMBIA — A man accused of shooting and wounding a University of South Carolina student has been sentenced on a federal weapons charge. On Friday, a judge sentenced Michael Juan Smith to 10 years in federal prison. Smith pleaded guilty in February to being a felon in possession of a weapon. He is accused of shooting and wounding Martha Childress as she waited for a taxi in Columbia’s Five Points neighborhood in October. The teen was not the intended victim and is now paralyzed below the waist. Childress has been in recovery and hopes to re-enroll at the university.

South Carolina State placed on probation ORANGEBURG — South Carolina State University, which has been battling financial problems and has had to

Quinn said the team was “a little intimidated by” Lexington Medical Center’s winning “the national competition two years ago with an amazing professional video that included shots from a packed Williams-Brice Stadium, a full stage set up in front of the hospital and a cancer survivor jumping out of an airplane.” In addition to the opportunity to win a contribution of from $5,000 to $15,000 to a national cancer charity of its choice, the PR team has another motive: “(t)o showcase all of the regular human beings at Tuomey who come to work every day and quietly go about offering compassionate care to people who are in need. They’re never in the limelight and don’t usually seek it, but they are the heart and soul of this place. I figured the video process could be a great team builder and morale booster,” Quinn said. She approached co-workers Chris Reardon and Chris Moore,“to do a huge amount of creative work in a ridiculously short amount of time. They agreed.” Even though they’re just getting started, she said, they’re already winners. “I had to find the $2,000 registration fee — so I went straight to the doctors who deal with cancer on a daily basis. Surgeons Henry Moses and Mark Crabbe immediately agreed to make that happen, and others followed suit. Miss Libby’s School of Dance agreed to choreograph some fun ‘arm dance’ moves for the big group shots, and I’m also working to get Shaw AFB and other community groups in-

seek a loan from the state, has now seen its accreditation status downgraded. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Colleges said Thursday the school has been placed on probation after being warned last year. The association said the university has failed to comply with requirements related to a number of issues, mostly dealing with finances and supervision. Association president Belle Wheelan said probation lasts 12 months. To get off probation, the university will need to demonstrate that it has enough money to operate and ensure that the people who are hired are qualified.

volved. The Sumter P-15’s are helping us out as well.” Because the registration fee must go to a cancer-related charity, the graphic design team chose Tuomey’s Wig Boutique, an employee-started shop that provides “wigs, hats, scarves and moral support to folks going through chemotherapy,” Quinn said. So, how can the community help? There are two ways, she said: “If you have been impacted by cancer in any way, send us a photograph of the person in your life who had cancer, including yourself. Send it via email to chris.reardon@tuomey.com before July 1. Then come to the new green space on Main Street before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, for a group shot of a ‘human breast cancer ribbon.’ “The dream would be to have this human ribbon represent all of Sumter: Wouldn’t it be amazing

if we could get policemen and firemen there in uniform; nurses and techs in scrubs or lab coats; councilmen and legislators in suits; trainers from the YMCA in workout garb; Shaw folks in Army or Air Force uniform; employees of places like Thompson and BD and Continental in their company polos; teachers and teenagers and store clerks and dentists and waitresses and preachers and computer experts dressed as they typically do, all standing together?”

The second way to participate asks that community members dress in pink and arrive in time to be seated by 6:30 p.m. for the July 1 American Legion P-15’s baseball game at Riley Ball Park. “We’ll give you pink gloves and will teach you a few moves for the video,” Quinn said. Tuomey PR must submit its video by July 31, and the voting begins Sept. 9. The number of online views determines the winners. For more information, visit www.pinkglovedance.com and www.tuomey.com/pink.

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HERE ARE THE PENNY TAX PROJECTS Sumter County Council will hold a public hearing during its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, July 1, for county residents to express their opinions on the proposed penny sales tax referendum. If the referendum is approved by county council, voters will have the opportunity to vote on whether to impose the seven-year, one-cent sales tax, which would start May 1, 2016. Announced earlier this week, the cost for the proposed projects totals $75.6 million. The projects are:

$10,000,000

1) New E911 Emergency Services Facility New communications infrastructure will provide the updated technology to meet mandated digital-radio service, allowing countywide coverage, and will replace the obsolete analog system.

$5,000,000

2) Police Station A new City of Sumter Police Department headquarters

$5,600,000

3) Headquarters Fire Station A new downtown headquarters for the fire station to serve the City of Sumter and county fire departments

$2,000,000

4) Industrial Infrastructure Roads, water and sewer for industrial parks to attract new industry

$2,500,000

5) Manning Avenue Bridge Renovation of the Manning Avenue Bridge

$4,000,000

6) Manning Avenue Corridor Pedestrian, streetscape, intersection, traffic calming, lighting, access and landscaping improvements to the Manning Avenue corridor and connections to the Southern Gateway project

$1,000,000

7) North Main Street Corridor Pedestrian, streetscape, intersection, traffic calming, lighting, access and landscaping improvements to the Main Street corridor and connections to the Lafayette intersection projects (The proceeds of the Capital Project Sales Tax attributable to Projects 5, 6 and 7 may be used as a full or partial match for any one or more federal, state or local grants with similar purposes, and the timing and priority of these items may be adjusted to allow and maximize such matching.)

$600,000

8) Wilson Hall Road and Wise Drive Intersection Improvements to the existing right-of-way to relieve congestion at busy entrance near intersection and to improve traffic flow

during peak traffic hours

$900,000

9) Wilson Hall Road at Carter Road and Wesmark Boulevard Improvements to existing right-of-way to improve traffic flow during peak traffic hours

$2,800,000

10) Administration Building Renovations Renovations will provide a secure access point and will enhance the security and operations for the treasurer’s office and other administrative operations in the building.

$2,750,000

11) Dillon Park Renovations Renovations will include a new football complex, paved parking, an enhanced walking track and other improvements.

$200,000

12) Pinewood Sports and Wellness Complex/Recreational Park Develop a Sports and Wellness Complex/Recreational Park with multi-sports fields, playground equipment, picnic area, restrooms and parking.

$875,000

13) Mayesville Downtown Revitalization Leverage existing grants to renovate downtown buildings for public purpose. Renovations include, as a minimum, repairs or replacement of roofs, front façade, location signage, interior public bathrooms and interior floors and walls.

$4,000,000

14) Shot Pouch Greenway A pedestrian greenway will connect the city and county vertically from Dillon Park to Swan Lake, crossing over several major corridors including the U.S. 76/378 bypass, Broad Street and Guignard Drive.

$8,900,000

15) County Paving New paving road projects on 18 miles of dirt roads to ease public travel and emergency vehicle accessibility and to improve maintenance service on other Sumter County roads. Roads to be paved include: Alma Drive, Amberwood Drive, Amonn Road, Antrim Court, Bar Zee Drive, Bennett

IRS head, GOP spar on lost emails issue WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service commissioner said Friday the agency will not share with Congress additional details about its lost emails related to the ongoing tea party investigation until its own review is finished because he said Republicans are releasing inaccurate, interim information. “We’re not going to dribble out the information and have it played out in the press,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. He added that any emails recovered from inside the agency will be shared with lawmakers as they were found. Nevertheless, it was a remarkably bold statement for an executive branch official to make to the congressional committee that oversees its activities. Koskinen’s promise to allow the IRS to complete its internal investigation before sharing its findings with Congress about lost emails stored on malfunctioned computers was intended to blunt what has become a fierce, politically charged inquiry ahead of this year’s congressional elections. The IRS is accused of improperly reviewing applications of tea party and other conservative groups for tax-exempt status. Friday’s congressional hear-

ing was unusually tense, as the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, and other Republicans occasionally interrupted Koskinen and pressed him on other questions before Koskinen had an opportunity to answer. The senior Democrat on the committee, Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, chided his colleagues that, “Witnesses deserve some respect.” Republicans were contentious. “This is the most corrupt and deceitful IRS in history,” Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said. “Calling this IRS the most corrupt in history ignores a lot of history and seems to me a classic overreaction to a problem that we are dealing with seriously,” Koskinen said.

Drive, Birch Court, Bob White Drive, Brentwood Drive, Brighton Court, Caroland Drive, Cedarwood Drive, Cessna Street, Charles Miller Road, Clash Lane, Daniel Taylor Lane, Evergreen Court, Fourth Street, Gaddy Street, Goodman Road, Hagan Street, Hialeah Parkway, Inverness Court, Jennifer Court, Killdee Drive, Leeds Court, Lesane Pressley Lane, Livingston Street, Mallory Court, Mallory Drive, Mayrant Road, Old Camden Road, Paige Drive, Peacock Drive, Prairie Road, Pridgen Lane, Quail Run, Regency Court, River Birch Drive, Robert Perry Road, Rosemary Court, Ross Farm Road, S. Haven Drive, Saxton Road, Sheffield Court, Shetland Street, Slip Road, Swallow Drive, Sycamore Drive, Thatcher Court, Timber Sand Road, Timmerman Street, Vixon Loop, Whipporwill Drive, Winston Road (both ends), Woodfield Court, Woodfield Lane, Yorkridge Drive and Zachary Road.

$3,100,000

16) County Resurfacing Resurfacing road projects on 19 miles of roads to ease public travel and to improve maintenance service on the other Sumter County roads. Roads to be resurfaced include: Amherst Court, Annie Court, Annie Street, Arabian Street, Avalon Court, Avalon Drive, Bush Court, Bush Lane, Carnegie Street, Carriage Drive, Chanson Court, Chanson Lane, Cherry Hill Court, Chris Drive, Cobb Court, Contour Court, Daly Street, Danville Lane, Derek Drive, Drake Street, Edmunds Drive, Expedition Drive, Firestone Court, Green View Parkway, Indigo Court, Indigo Drive, Innisbrook Court, Killarney Lane, Kim Street, Kiwi Court, Lacosta Court, Lakewood Circle, Lakewood Court, Lakewood Drive, Lancaster Drive, Lantern Lane, Lee Altman Road, Lemacks Street, Lorentz Drive, Mana Drive, Marwood Drive, McLaughlin Road, McPhail Street, Mona Court, Morris Way Drive, Moye Street, Nicholson Drive, Oak Haven Court, Pinecrest Drive, Potts Lane, Prestwick Court, Ridge Street, Royal Colwood Court, Sandspur Drive, Sheridan Drive, Sunflower Court, Sylvan Way, Tidewater Drive, Torrey Pines Drive, Trent Street, Turnberry Court, Warwick Court, Warwick Drive, Wa-

COMING SUNDAY The Sumter Item will begin a series of stories examining the projects voters will be asked to approve in November’s election, starting with the $4 million slated for improvements on Shot Pouch Greenway, a pedestrian walkway running through the city of Sumter that would grow to connect Dillon Park to Swan Lake. terway Drive, Waverly Circle and Waverly Drive.

$1,500,000

17) Downtown Building Renovations Renovation to the City Center Offices (12 W. Liberty St.) and other downtown properties. Renovations include, as a minimum, repairs or replacement of roofs, front façade, location signage, interior public bathrooms and interior floor and walls.

$3,000,000

18) Downtown Sumter Intersections and Infrastructure Infrastructure and building improvements in the historic central business district will include as a minimum pedestrian crosswalks, utilities, streets and sidewalks, lighting, landscaping to address safety, quality of life and investment in the central business district for economic development.

$6,000,000

19) Recreation Renovations/Additions and Cultural Center/Recreation Parking Enhancements Construction of a new gymnasium and renovations to the recreation department facility including a new paved parking lot to service Patriot Hall

$1,000,000

20) Renovation of the Industrial Engineering Building at Central Carolina Technical College The renovation of the 400 building will allow expansion of current programs and provide enhanced training for workforce development.

$2,200,000

21) Property and Building Acquisition/Renovation of Building Purchase and renovate property to provide new workspaces for five state agencies providing services for the Sumter community.

$275,000

22) Millcreek Renovations Clubhouse renovations of the 1940 lodge will include energy-efficient upgrades and will make the facility ADA compliant.

$300,000

23) Renovations to Animal Control Building Renovations to the building will provide necessary upgrades and repairs to improve countywide Animal Control services.

$500,000

24) Palmetto Park Renovations New lighting system to improve safety for the youth athletes and to increase sports tourism events

$3,000,000

25) Courthouse Restoration Restoration of historic county landmark with handicap accessibility to improve functionality and to upgrade technological work space while providing an energy-efficient environment

$300,000

26) Carnegie Library Renovations Restore building to house a permanent Sumter County Military Museum

$2,300,000

27) Community Sidewalks The project expands the community sidewalk network, providing safe walking connections to neighborhoods, schools, parks and commercial areas to include: North Columbia Drive, Crestwood Drive, North Guignard Drive, Highland Avenue, North Lafayette Drive, Lewis Road, Lynam Road, West Oakland Avenue and West Red Bay Road.

$1,000,000

28) Community-Wide Demolition of Distressed Structures for Open Space Acquire and/or demolish vacant, abandoned and/or distressed properties and return land to open space, recreation, park, other natural uses or return to commercial use. Funds will be used to identify nuisances and engage in a process of removing those structures from our community.

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Community members and business owners participate in Sumter School District’s auction Thursday morning on Commerce Street. The district auctioned off items including stainless steel and aluminum pieces, pots and pans from the food services department, shop equipment, tables and chairs. Superintendent Frank Baker said the school district has the auction every other year, and there is usually a large crowd of community members and business owners. The money the district receives from the auction goes back to the departments the items came from.

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Facebook offers new app for self-destructing selfies Slingshot a little different than rival Snapchat BY BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK — Facebook is taking another stab at ephemeral mobile messaging with an app called Slingshot. The app is designed to appeal to fans of Snapchat and other messaging apps that let people send self-destructing messages to friends. Slingshot draws inevitable comparisons to Snapchat. Facebook even tried to buy Snapchat’s maker for $3 billion, according to published reports. But there are some key differences between the two.

Opening the app takes you to its camera, which has a “shoot” button for taking a snapshot and a “selfie” button for, you guessed it, a selfie. After taking a photo, you can type a message of up to 140 characters on it, or draw a picture. You can then send it to some or all of your Slingshot contacts.

UNLIKE SNAPCHAT:

On Snapchat, people can see a photo sent to them by tapping on it and holding their finger down until it disappears, always within a few seconds. On Slingshot, you can see a message only if you send one back. Until you do, you’ll AVAILABILITY: only see a pixelated preview of Facebook began making what’s in store. Facebook Slingshot available Tuesday to product designer Joey Flynn U.S. users, though the compasays this gives it a “reciprocal, ny accidentally released it last kind of community feel.” week in Apple’s app store, givUnlike with Snapchat, there ing some vigilant Facebook is no time limit on when a watchers an early glimpse bemessage disappears. Once you fore the app was removed from are done looking at it, you can the store. Slingshot works with flick it off to the side and it both Apple and Android devic- self-destructs, much the same es. A Facebook account isn’t way you’d reject a potential required. mate on Tinder’s dating app. Slingshot also allows reacHOW IT WORKS: tion shots. This splits your After downloading, you can screen in half and lets you sign up either with a Facebook snap a photo to return to the account or your mobile phone sender. In this case, the recipinumber. You add contacts ent won’t have to send back a message to view your rebased on your Facebook sponse. friends and phone contacts.

SECOND TAKE: Facebook had a previous Snapchat-like app called Poke, but it never caught on. Slingshot is the second app to come out of Facebook’s Creative Labs, an internal project designed to develop separate apps in a startup-like environment. The first app from the lab was Paper, a social news reader that came out in February. The effort comes as Facebook seeks to broaden its reach beyond its 1.28 billion users by splintering off some of its functions to separate apps — and creating stand-alone apps for entirely new features and audiences. Ten people have been working on Slingshot since January. It grew out of a December hackathon at Facebook where people were trying to figure out “new ways of sharing,” Flynn says. Flynn says he thought of his two brothers, both of whom are “non-technical.” The three

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After accidentally launching the ephemeral messaging app last week, Facebook says its app Slingshot is now ready for prime time, and owners of Android or Apple’s iOS devices can download it now.

communicate on iMessage, the iPhone’s built-in messaging system, and Flynn would often send photos and messages to his brothers to no response other than a “seen” receipt. Slingshot, he says, is intended to make sharing stuff more reciprocal.

THE PROSPECTS: Even Facebook acknowledges that its Creative Labs apps are starting small and might

not reach an audience that Facebook itself reaches. The idea is to offer something for everyone. But with a plethora of social sharing apps out there, Slingshot faces fiery competition — not just from Snapchat, but also Instagram, which Facebook owns, and WhatsApp, which Facebook is buying for $19 billion. The challenge will be to show how it’s different.

Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ is catchy but uneven BY JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer You don’t have to be middleaged, or even an adult, to know songs like “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Walk Like a Man.” Sure, they’re ’60s-era hits by The Four Seasons, but they’ve become such pop culture fixtures that even youngsters who’ve never heard the name Frankie Valli could surely croon a few bars in his signature falsetto. It’s little wonder that the stage musical “Jersey Boys” has become one of the most successful shows in Broadway history on the strength of those sublimely catchy tunes. And it’s also little wonder that the prospect of bringing the show to the screen appealed to Clint Eastwood, who at 84 is still, blessedly, up for challenges. What’s rather curious, though, is that with all the talent involved — not only Eastwood as director, but an excellent cast plucked from “Jersey Boys” stage regulars — the film is distinctly uneven, hugely appealing at times and oddly pedestrian, even cheesy, at others. One problem may be that “Jersey Boys” tries to do a few things at once. On one level, it’s a fairly faithful re-creation of the Broadway show; the same writers, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, penned the screenplay, and the excellent John Lloyd Young reprises his Tony-winning performance as Valli. But it also aims to be an edgier film exploring the band’s entanglements with the mob back in Jersey — a sort of “Goodfellas” to pop music. The goals don’t always mix. The dialogue, too, sometimes sounds overly, well, stagey. And a key convention of the show — band members breaking the fourth wall to address the audience directly — is used unevenly, abandoned for long stretches and suddenly popping up when it doesn’t feel needed. We begin as Frankie Castelluccio, a sweet-faced boy of 16 (Young, at 38, somehow pulls this off) who is trying to break through as a singer while training at a barbershop. Luckily, he’s supported by music-loving mob boss Gyp De-

From left, John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito and Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi are seen in Warner Bros. Pictures’ musical “Jersey Boys.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Carlo (Christopher Walken, in a sure-bet role here) and loyal buddy Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza), who can’t stay out of trouble himself, but through sheer grit launches the band that will become The Four Seasons. The two, plus bassist Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda), are struggling for attention when aspiring agent Joey Pesci (yes, that Joe Pesci) introduces them to songwriter Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen). Gaudio’s talent is just what they need. It takes a full hour to get to a big musical number, and boy, it’s a welcome relief to hear the boys sing “Sherry,” their first No. 1 hit. Other hits follow — and all kinds of trouble. The movie, best when it lets us simply enjoy these lovely harmonies and Young’s terrific falsetto stylings, soon veers back into band infighting. Tommy, we learn, has landed the boys in serious financial straits. Heartache ensues.

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And what about the women, you ask? Alas, they begin on the sidelines, and stay there. As Mary, Frankie’s wife, Renee Marino is sexy and smart in the beginning but turns into a total caricature of a drunken shrew by mid-movie. Speaking of caricatures, Frankie’s yelling-across-thetable Italian-American family seems a bit much, too. On a technical level, the film veers between creative and oddly mediocre, namely in a driving sequence that looks so fake, you wonder if it was intentional. There’s one striking misstep in tone, too. When Frankie sings “My Eyes Adored You” to his school-aged daughter, you have to wonder if the filmmakers thought about this prominent lyric, certainly not meant to be about a child: “Though I never laid a hand on you, my eyes adored you.” The film, though, comes through at other moments, mainly those involving the

pure joy of making music that sounds good. A closing credits sequence is like a Broadway show of its own (and who

doesn’t love to see Walken dancing?). At those moments, much is forgiven. Sure. We’ll stay, just a little bit longer.

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Top Shiite cleric calls for new Iraq government Leader says al-Maliki is to blame for crisis BY SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD — The spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiite majority called for a new, “effective” government Friday, increasing pressure on the country’s prime minister a day after U.S. President Obama challenged him to create a more inclusive leadership or risk a sectarian civil war. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s comments at Friday prayers contained thinly veiled criticism that Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in office since 2006, was to blame for the nation’s crisis over the blitz by Sunni insurgents led by an al-Qaida splinter group that seeks to create a new state spanning parts of Iraq and Syria and ruled by its strict interpretation of Islamic law. Al-Sistani’s remarks come as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to travel to Iraq soon to press its government to share more power. While al-Maliki’s State of Law bloc won the most seats in parliament in Iraq’s April 30 election, his hopes for a third term are now in doubt with rivals challenging him from within the broader Shiite alliance. In order to govern, his bloc must first form a coalition with other parties. And with Iraq asking the U.S. for airstrikes to temper the militants’ advance — especially as the insurgents were said to be preparing Friday for another assault on the country’s biggest oil refinery — al-Maliki appears increasingly vulnerable. “It is necessary for the winning political blocs to start a dialogue that yields an effective government that enjoys broad national support, avoids past mistakes and opens new horizons toward a better future for all Iraqis,”

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Iraqi men check in at a main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. The campaign by the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State militants has raised the specter of the sectarian warfare that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007, with the popular mobilization to fight the insurgents taking an increasingly sectarian slant, particularly after Iraq’s top Shiite cleric made a call to arms last week. al-Sisanti said in a message delivered by his representative Ahmed al-Safi in the Shiite holy city of Karbala. The Iranian-born al-Sistani, who is thought to be 86, lives in the Shiite holy city of Najaf south of Baghdad. A recluse, he rarely ventures out of his home and does not give interviews. Iraq’s majority Shiites deeply revere him, and a call to arms he made last

week prompted thousands of Shiites to volunteer to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which was once part of al-Qaida. Al-Sistani’s call to arms has given the fight against the Islamic State militants the feel of a religious war between Shiites and Sunnis. His office in Najaf dismissed that charge, and alSafi on Friday said, “The call for vol-

unteers targeted Iraqis from all groups and sects. ... It did not have a sectarian basis and cannot be.” Al-Maliki has been seeking to place the blame for the chaos on the Islamic State and not his perceived exclusion of the Sunnis. However, questions persist on how much support, if any, the Islamic State enjoys among the Sunni population in areas it now controls.

Long scattered, adoptees search for lost families recouping his expenses or McCAYSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — perhaps did both. They were adopted off the The adoptees giving new books decades ago, scattered DNA samples don’t care by a Georgia doctor who took much about his motives. $100 or $1,000 or something in They’re looking for links that between to send desperate could flesh out family trees, couples home with new sons fill in medical histories or and daughters. Now some of salve the burn of simple questhe adoptees have turned to tions: Where did I come from? fresh DNA testing in hopes of reconnecting with the biologi- What did my parents look like? Do I have more siblings? cal families they never knew, That last one has been on before time runs out. Bill Palmisano’s mind all “This is our shot in the dark, really,” said Melinda El- week, since he met Dawson on Monday. They grew up in kins Dawson, one of more different adoptive families in than 200 newborns relocated northeast Ohio, but records to other states from the clinic list their McCaysville birth in McCaysville in the 1950s dates a day apart, and they’ve and ’60s. heard from other adoptees As children, their true anthat the written dates were cestry was erased on birth sometimes certificates slightly off. falsely listing Palmisano adoptive coudidn’t notice ples as their much obvinatural parous resements. Genetic blance to codes are the Dawson, but only links his excited left. blue eyes So Dawson met hers worked with and sold her Ohio-based on a possiDNA Diagbility. nostics CenMaybe, just ter to armaybe, this range free guy could be cheek-swab her twin sampling brother. today at a MELINDA ELKINS DAWSON Dawson, motel in who lives Ducktown, outside CanTennessee, a ton, Ohio, is among those who few miles from where the have been down this path beclinic was located. The adopfore, in the late 1990s, when tees hope potential relatives one adoptee’s search for her from the area come forward parents revealed there might to give samples, even if they be hundreds of “Hicks baremain anonymous. bies.” Some of them gave “We’re not trying to make DNA samples for testing. anyone look bad,” she said. It turned a spotlight on Mc“We’re just trying to get some Caysville, a one-time copper answers. Every adopted child mining town near where has questions. We deserve Georgia borders Tennessee some answers.” The doctor who ran the Mc- and North Carolina, and on Hicks, a complicated figure Caysville clinic, Thomas whose background included a Hicks, died in 1972. There is unsettled debate about wheth- drug-selling conviction and an illegal abortion charge. Loer he sold babies on the black cals defended him as a good market, charitably helped doctor who cared for mothers those in need while merely

‘We’re not trying to make anyone look bad. We’re just trying to get some answers. Every adopted child has questions. We deserve some answers.’

From left, Diane Conrad, Cyndy Stapleton, Bill Palmisano and Melinda Elkins Dawson are seen Monday in North Canton, Ohio. The four, who were adopted, are trying to find their relatives after a northern Georgia doctor running off-the-books adoptions in the 1950s and ’60s placed infants with out-of-state parents who paid hundreds of dollars and were listed on records as the children’s real parents. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

who were young, unwed or in complicated situations with nowhere else to turn. It’s a subject many residents want to leave in the past. “Everyone accepted that it happened in this town, and they just rather it go on,” said Mayor Thomas Seabolt, who doubts many people will come forward today. The adoptees emphasize they aren’t trying to make waves in McCaysville, a town of roughly 1,000, tucked amid mountains in an area trying to capitalize on tourism and rafting along the Ocoee River. They say they just want information, though the specifics vary from person to person. Diane Warner of Grand Rapids, Michigan, said two earlier DNA samplings led nowhere for her, so she’d welcome any fresh lead. Mark Eckenrode of Orlando, Florida, longs to sort out his genealogy — the real one, not the one he spent a decade working on before he learned at age 36 that he’d been adopted. He takes pride in his connection to McCaysville, which he describes as hardscrabble, with hard-working people. “My identity is up there. It’s up in the hills. It’s up in the mines,” said Eckenrode, 53. Ohioans Cyndy Stapleton and Diane Conrad already connected with blood rela-

tives after the earlier DNA testing and hope to find more. Stapleton said her birth mother, whom she met, had three sons who may have been adopted. Conrad, who found a biological sister, would like to find her mother. Paul Payne, an adoptee living in Hixson, Tennessee, is more focused on his father. He says he found the woman he believes was his birth mom, based on details he learned from his former baby sitter. He talked to the woman

once, he says, when he called her at a nursing home. She said hello, and he hung up, at a loss for words. They didn’t connect again before she died. As for Palmisano, he can’t make the trip to Georgia from his home in Streetsboro, Ohio, but promises Dawson he’ll do DNA sampling. The diagnostics company will run some tests, and within weeks, they could learn how their samples compare. Maybe, just maybe, they’ll have more in common than blue eyes.

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CICELY P. HARDEN Cicely Patricia Harden, age 50, beloved wife of Robert E. Harden, died on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, after a valiant and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Barbados, Cicely was a daughter of the late Carlyle Sylvester and Shirley Yvonne Leacock. Cicely is survived by her beloved and devotHARDEN ed brother, Carlyle De Courcey Leacock; and nephew, Daniel Marlon Leacock. Cicely came to the United States in 1983. One of the proudest moments of her life was taking the oath to become an American citizen. She also considered the day she was received into the Catholic Church as one of the greatest in her life. She was a member of the Catholic community of Sumter. Cicely worked as a human resources coordinator for Midwest Stamping and Kaydon. She found this work deeply rewarding because she loved working with and helping people. An avid reader, Cicely served on the board of the Friends of the DeKalb County and Sumter County Friends of the Library. She also worked as an ESL instructor. Cicely was an outstanding cook and one of her first jobs was managing a Caribbean restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. Cicely loved music and sang in the choirs of St. Lawrence Anglican Church, Barbados; St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New York; and Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, Atlanta. She also had a great love for animals, especially her beloved Beau and Bella. Cicely counted as a great

blessing her “adoptive parents” when she came to the United States. Saul Bethay of Brooklyn was a foster father who continually supported her, calling daily to offer his love and encouragement. Mary and the late John Cusumano were her “mama” and “papa” in Sumter, and a constant source of love, strength and support. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Harden was preceded in death by her first husband, Claude St. Come. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at St. Anne Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas Burke, C.SS.R. officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Lawrence Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at Bullock Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

Survivors include her husband of 50 years; four children, William J. Russell Jr. (Jennifer) of Sumter, Cary Catherine Nelsen (Brent) of Bluffton, Harry A. Russell (Shannon) of Sumter and Jane Buckner (Ryan) of Sumter; nine grandchildren; and two sisters, Annie Grant of Florence and Estelle Reed (Roger) of Sumter. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. John Patrick officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be William Russell Jr., Harry Russell, William Russell III, Ryan Russell, Ryan Buckner and Brent Nelsen. Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons, Anthony Nelsen, Joey Buckner, Noah Buckner and Ethan Russell. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Graham Baptist Church, 4000 U.S. 521 South, Sumter, SC 29153. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

JAMES M. PERCER CARY J. RUSSELL Cary J. Russell, 72, wife of William J. Russell Sr., died on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at her home. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Julius G. and Annie Newman Jones. She was a member of Graham Baptist Church and retired from Sumter School District 2 after more than 20 years as a school bus driver.

SUICIDE FROM PAGE A1 The simple utterance of the word suicide draws a varied but torrential tempest of emotional reactions within our society. Otherwise, folks numbly shrug it off and ignore it, hoping to escape its consuming nature. Despite its prevalence, it’s still a conversational topic, often limited to whispers between friends or family. When it claims another, it tears holes into hearts that will never be mended and leaves questions that will never be answered. Some feign denial or claim ignorance when it happens, covering the truth in shame or horror. Even the so-called sensationalist media shy away from its consuming glare. And the only victims are the ones who are left behind to figure it out. Make no mistake: Suicide is real, and it’s happening right here in your hometown.

RESPONDING TO THE SCENE Aside from the families affected, only first responders and investigators typically have firsthand experience with suicides. EMS and law enforcement respond to every suicide call, regardless of whether someone is threatening to kill himself or herself or has followed through with the act. The memories are sometimes just as haunting for investigators and EMTs as they are for witnesses. “I remember when a young boy hung himself at his family’s garage a few years ago,” said Lt. Robert Burnish of Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office. “His mother or grandmother found him.” Burnish said he’s responded to nu-

VETOES FROM PAGE A1 even state property,” Haley said in her veto message. The governor also struck a proviso prescribing funding for the Lee County bus shop, calling it “micromanagement” that impaired effective services. “This action interferes with the Department’s ability to deploy its resources in the most effective manner on a statewide basis,” the veto message reads. Haley noted the employees at the shop would not lose their jobs if the proviso were cut. Lee school officials said maintaining the shop on Wisacky Highway is essential to keeping the district’s 40-vehicle fleet, many of which are almost 20 years old, operational.

James M. Percer, 86, widower of Juanita Coleman Percer, died on Friday, June 20, 2014, at his residence in Sumter. Born in Old Trap, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Alonzo and Maude Sharpe Percer. The family will receive friends at the home, 882 Kolb Road, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

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IVORY STUKES OLANTA — Ivory “IV” Thomas Steadman Stukes, 81, widow of Rhuie Stukes, died on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at Carolinas Hospital System, Florence. She was born on Sept. 6, 1932, in the Shiloh community of Sumter County, a daughter of the late John Dickey and Carrie Epps Thomas and stepdaughter of Carey Thomas. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 520 E. Hampton St., Olanta. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

RUTH G. PARROTT Ruth Gass Parrott, 85, widow of Willie Parrott, departed this life on June 18, 2014. She was born on Jan. 23, 1929, in Lee County, to the late Joe and Carrie Boone Gass. She attended the public schools of Lee County. She was a member of Mechanicsville United Methodist Church, Sumter. Survivors include six children, Willie Mae (Joe Sr.) Lisbon, John (Isabella) Parrott, Doristine (Edward, deceased) Webster, Marie (Reginald) Withers, Ruth (Robert) McCants and Carl Parrott; a sister, Carrie L. Gass; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at Mechanicville UM Church with Pastor Kenneth Carter assisted by the Rev. James R. Gee, the Rev. Wyatt Minton and the Rev. Roberta Josey. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her daughters, Willie Mae (Joe) Lisbon, 1035 Lynchburg Highway, Lynch-

their minds immediately turn to the merous scenes through the years, families. but the haunting elements of this “I can’t imagine what they were particular case make it stick out feeling that day and still feel today,” from the others. he said. “It was heartbreaking and “When I got there, crime scene interrifying for them. To say they were vestigators hadn’t gotten there yet,” he said. “He was still right where the beyond upset is still a gross understatement.” family member found him.” “It’s so terrible Sgt. Irene Culick to show up to those with Sumter Poscenes,” said Allen lice Department Wise, a supervisor has responded to with Sumter Counmany suicides ty EMS. “It’s a perthrough the years, manent solution to as well. There a temporary probwere several that lem. There’s no resonated with coming back from her. that.” “There was one For investigators, particular incithere’s a marathon dent in which a of work ahead of woman called her them that feels daughter, and ALLEN WISE endless in terms of while on the how emotionally phone, she took Sumter County EMS supervisor taxing these cases her life,” Culick are. However, they said. “She pulled have to start somethe trigger with where, so they process the scene as her daughter on the phone. It was they would a homicide, turning horrifying.” every stone to get as many details as Conversing with emergency responders, there’s no shortage of hor- possible. As for those who have called in ror stories concerning suicides. Each and threatened to commit suicide or story more chilling and heartinstances when a friend or family wrenching than the last. calls it in, Kathy Hall of Sumter “There was a man on McCrays County EMS said they treat every Mill Road a few years ago who case with the same level of concern. called in a threat,” said Maj. Allen “We take this very seriously,” she Dailey of Sumter County Sheriff ’s said. “Even if you haven’t tried, Office. “When the officer arrived, you’ve obviously thought about it if the man cut his own throat right in you’ve felt the need to call it in, so front of him. He was an Iraq war you definitely need help.” veteran.” “I’ve responded to these scenes, Editor’s Note: Read about how emerand they’re gruesome,” Richardson gency workers continue the process of said. “The ones that really get to me handling suicides and threats of suiare the ones that involve children.” cide in Sunday’s edition of The SumRegardless of how traumatic the ter Item. scenes might be for first responders,

‘It’s so terrible to show up to those scenes. It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. There’s no coming back from that.’

“It puts a lot more distance and mileage on the buses” if drivers had to take them to the next-nearest shop in Kershaw County, said Superintendent Wanda Andrews. “It’s just an additional burden.” Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville, also opposed the cut, noting a third of the district’s students live more than 35 miles from the Camdenbased shop. “I’m glad we were able to keep an abbreviated crew to take care of an aging fleet,” Brown said. Legislators overturned that veto at the same time they restored DNR’s funding for Lake Ashwood, which has long been managed by the wildlife agency as a fishing spot. “Lake Ashwood has been under a lease to DNR for about 50 years. They keep it stocked with fish,”

McElveen said, adding he was “glad my fellow senators would stand up for rural South Carolina.” Brown said the money from DNR will go toward improving recreational facilities along the lake. “Our intention is to put a replica of the Heath Pavilion at Swan Lake adjacent to (Lake Ashwood),” he said. The DNR money will help with the set-aside for that project, Brown said. After a long budget-writing process this year and overcoming the threat of the governor’s vetoes, local legislators were happy to be able to secure the funding for both sites. “This is something that all the members of the delegation worked on in collaboration,” McElveen said. “I think we do more of that than any other delegation in the state.”

burg, and Ruth (Robert) McCants, 1751 Raccoon Road, St. Charles community, Mayesville. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

KENNETH C. FOWLER TIFTON, Georgia — Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kenneth C. Fowler, 82, husband of Virginia Kirby, died on June 19, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Fourth Street Baptist Church, Tifton. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors of Tifton.

ALLEN WILLIAMS Jr. BISHOPVILLE — Funeral service for Allen “Bama” Williams Jr., who died June 13, 2014, will be held at noon today at the Mt. Hermon Missionary Baptist Church, Bishopville, with Pastor Andre Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Boone Memorial Garden, Bishopville. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

KENNETH B. BRADLEY Sr. Kenneth Benjamin Bradley Sr., 63, died on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on March 1, 1951, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he was a son of the late Hazel and Adele Dunston Bradley. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 6415 Catchell Road, Dalzell. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

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High Court: Public bodies don’t need agendas BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Public bodies in South Carolina such as city and county councils no longer have to publish agendas before their regular meetings and can add to the list of items they plan to discuss or vote on any time during those meetings, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Open government advocates said the ruling this week disrupts standard practices that have been followed by public bodies for years. They urged governments to keep printing agendas in fairness so the public will know in advance what will be discussed by their elected representatives. “This could lead to terrible abuse of items being put on the agenda at the last minute and the public not knowing about them,” said South Carolina Press Association Executive Director Bill Rogers. The Municipal Association of South Carolina filed a brief in support of Saluda County’s successful challenge of the agenda requirement. It is telling cities to keep publishing agendas because they help the public know what is happening and help council members prepare for meetings. “The best practice is in the interest of public information and transparency to not change the current practices,” said Municipal Association spokeswoman Reba Campbell. Rogers said the press association will ask lawmakers when they come back into session in January to change the law to require agendas. The decision Wednesday overturned an appeals court ruling that not publishing agendas would violate the spirit of South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014

AROUND TOWN In observance of homeownership month, a housing fair will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today at South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Find out if you qualify for a home. There will be refreshments, door prizes and fun for children. Call (803) 4362276. The Lincoln High School Class of 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. today at American Legion Post 202, 310 Palmetto St. Plans will be made for the 2015 class reunion, which will be celebrated as the 1960s class reunion of the civil rights era. Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 968-4464. The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association will meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, in the cafeteria of Lincoln High School, Council Street. This will be a special recognition meeting and all committee members as well as committee chairpersons are asked to attend. Call James L. Green at (803) 9684173 or Hayes Baker at (803) 316-7695. The Sumter Branch NAACP will meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 South. The Sumter Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, at the Sumter School District office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, with Douglas Wilson presiding. The program “Privileged Motions” will be presented by Connie Suitt and Nancy Jordan. Call (803) 775-0830. The Fuller Gardens Neighborhood Watch Association will host its second annual health and wellness fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Blvd. This event is free and open to the public. There will be blood pressure checks, blood sugar checks (no eating after midnight), door prizes, ongoing aerobics and zumba, light snacks, a raffle drawing and much more. Hillcrest High School Class of 1975 will hold a 40-year class reunion planning meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, at Golden Corral, 2385

Walmart Blvd. All interested classmates are asked to attend. Lincoln High School Class of 1964 will meet at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 30, at South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Frances Woods at (803) 773-3804, Lillie Wilson at (803) 775-9088 or Bertha Willis at (803) 7759660. The Lincoln Alumni and Friends Reunion, sponsored by the Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association and the Sumterites Association, will be held Friday-Saturday, July 4-5, at Lincoln High School, Council Street. An indoor picnic will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday and a dinner dance will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday. For ticket prices and further details, call William Richards at (803) 7736700, James L. Green at (803) 968-4173 or Frances Jones at (803) 469-8917. The Campbell Soup friends lunch group will meet at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, at Golden Corral. The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Suzie Kearney, management development officer, SAFE, Identity Theft, will speak. The spotlight will shine on Leland Brooks and the honorary members are the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William S. Randolph. Transportation will be provided within the coverage area. Contact Debra Canty, chapter president, at DebraCanC2@frontier.com or at (803) 775-5792. For pertinent information regarding the upcoming gala, call the 24/7 recorded message line at (206) 376-5992. The Red Hill Lodge No. 144 Annual Lodge Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, at St. Paul AME Church, Plowden Mill Road, in the multi-purpose room. Lewis H. Nelson, most worshipful grand master for the state of South Carolina, will speak. Cost is $25 per ticket. Call Lester Williams at (803) 983-3568 or Jarvais Wilson at (704) 608-3945.

FYI Amedisys Hospice is in need of volunteers. Volunteer opportunities include 1) special projects of baking, sewing, knitting, crafts, carpentry and yard work; 2) administrative/office duties of copying, light filing and answering phones; and 3) patient companionship — develop one-on-one relationships with hospice patients (training provided free of charge). Contact Rhoda Keefe, volunteer coordinator, at (803) 469-3047 or rhonda.keefe@ amedisys.com.

Hospice Care of Tri-County is in need of volunteers. Volunteers offer support, companionship and care to the caregiver by running errands, reading to patients, listening and just being there for patients who need companionship. All you need is a willing heart and some time to give to others. No medical background is required. Hospice Care of Tri-County will provide you with the tools you need to become a hospice volunteer. Call Carol Tindal at (803) 905-7720.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make EUGENIA LAST changes based on the information provided. Pick up items that enhance your appearance and raise your confidence. Take a positive approach to whatever you do and make it clear to anyone involved in your plans what it is you want.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Show initiative and take control when dealing with either a personal or business partnership. Stand firm when it comes to your beliefs, but be willing to offer a compromise in other areas of life. Change is inevitable.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t push your luck when dealing with authority figures. You’re better off listening to the advice being offered and doing your best to comply. Do what you can to make your home user-friendly and efficient. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Keep expenditures to a minimum. An investment offer you receive won’t be as lucrative as you’re led to believe. Put in overtime if it will help secure your position or lead to advancement. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Choose your words wisely or you may end up being stuck with responsibilities you don’t have time for. Your desire to help is honorable, but look out for your loved ones first. Focus on home, family and your lover.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Consider what you want and go after it. Taking a lead position and following through with your intentions will make others stop and take note. Your ideas are good and your drive will help you see matters through to the end. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The rewards you reap will be based on what you’re willing to contribute. Altering the way you live or what you do will turn in your favor if don’t overspend trying to reach your destination. Networking will pay off.

DAILY PLANNER

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

An afternoon thunderstorm

Cloudy and humid with a t-storm

Clouds and sun, a t-storm; humid

Thundershower

Partly sunny, t-storms possible

A thunderstorm possible

94°

72°

89° / 70°

90° / 71°

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 35%

Chance of rain: 30%

Winds: WSW 6-12 mph

Winds: NNE 4-8 mph

Winds: NNE 6-12 mph

Winds: E 4-8 mph

Winds: SSE 4-8 mph

Winds: SSW 7-14 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 90/68 Spartanburg 92/70

Greenville 92/69

Columbia 97/74

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

Sumter 94/72

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 96/71

ON THE COAST

Charleston 94/76

Today: Storms; however, a strong thunderstorm in thenorth. High 88 to 95. Sunday: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 85 to 93.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 92/71/t 83/63/t 93/75/pc 78/60/pc 91/74/pc 82/62/s 91/76/pc 77/62/pc 93/74/t 77/61/sh 108/83/s 66/53/s 74/63/r

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 358.05 75.26 75.15 97.45

24-hr chg -0.05 -0.04 +0.06 -0.05

Sunrise 6:11 a.m. Moonrise 2:11 a.m.

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

0.00" 1.93" 3.51" 17.50" 23.19" 21.13"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

94° 72° 89° 67° 102° in 2011 55° in 1961

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

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 92/72/pc 83/65/t 94/76/pc 80/61/pc 91/74/pc 79/60/pc 90/74/t 80/66/s 93/73/t 82/64/pc 106/80/s 68/53/pc 83/64/pc

Myrtle Beach 89/75

Manning 94/72

Today: A shower or thunderstorm, mainly later. Winds west 4-8 mph. Sunday: A thunderstorm in the afternoon. Winds northeast 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 94/72

Bishopville 95/72

Sunset Moonset

8:36 p.m. 3:25 p.m.

New

First

Full

Last

June 27

July 5

July 12

July 18

TIDES

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 4.07 -0.18 19 3.35 +0.31 14 2.95 -0.35 14 2.89 +0.79 80 76.30 -0.43 24 5.14 +0.29

AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Sun.

High 4:47 a.m. 5:25 p.m. 5:43 a.m. 6:20 p.m.

Ht. 2.9 3.2 2.8 3.3

Low Ht. 11:37 a.m. -0.4 ----12:23 a.m. 0.3 12:31 p.m. -0.3

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 84/62/t 95/68/t 96/69/t 95/76/t 83/74/t 94/76/t 91/69/t 93/69/t 97/74/t 95/72/t 83/69/t 92/71/t 92/70/t

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 85/61/c 93/69/c 93/69/pc 93/75/t 82/71/t 91/75/t 88/66/pc 92/70/t 92/72/t 89/69/pc 81/66/c 86/69/t 87/68/c

City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

Today Hi/Lo/W 94/72/t 93/72/t 91/68/t 90/70/t 94/74/t 88/67/t 92/69/t 89/67/t 89/79/t 94/73/t 92/67/t 96/68/t 91/69/t

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 88/69/t 91/71/t 89/67/pc 84/67/c 91/73/t 84/66/pc 90/69/t 87/66/c 89/78/t 93/73/t 93/66/pc 94/69/pc 91/69/c

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Today Hi/Lo/W 89/65/t 92/76/t 89/75/t 95/73/t 93/75/t 90/67/t 92/69/t 93/70/t 96/75/t 92/70/t 90/77/t 90/73/t 88/67/t

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 88/64/c 90/74/t 85/73/t 90/71/t 92/74/t 85/65/pc 89/67/pc 87/68/pc 95/73/t 90/69/c 90/77/t 86/70/t 84/66/pc

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

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 FRIDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

8-17-20-28-33 PowerUp: 3

6-9-29-52-59 Powerball: 7 Powerplay: 3

PICK 3 FRIDAY

PICK 4 FRIDAY

8-3-8 and 5-0-7

9-8-2-3 and 5-7-5-8

MEGAMILLIONS numbers were unavailable at press time.

SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take care of business and don’t count on getting help from others. Don’t fold under pressure or take on more than you can handle. Balance will be necessary and challenges must be dealt with wisely. Take time to rejuvenate.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Revisit what you’ve been through LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A change and done in the past and you will will do you good. Visit unfamiliar places or get involved in something avoid making the same mistake twice. A financial, legal or medical that is conducive to meeting new situation will turn in your favor if people. A mini trip will be you use discrimination and energizing and spark enthusiasm diplomacy to get your way. to follow through with something you want to pursue. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Compromise and go along with the VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An changes being initiated and you impulsive purchase will lead to will avoid being left out. Socializing stress. Think before you act. Trying will lift your spirits and bring the to impress someone with lavish behavior will backfire. Love is in the encouragement you need to reach stars, but you shouldn’t have to pay your goals. Set your sights on for it. Set a budget and stick to it. financial freedom.

Andy, a 2-year-old neutered American shorthair, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. He is playful, affectionate, gentle and lazy. He is also housebroken and good with other cats. Andy loves being scratched and would make an excellent lap buddy. Located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, the SPCA is open 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

SECTION

Defending men’s champ receives favorable draw B5

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014

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

LEGION BASEBALL

Climbing back, falling short

MATT WALSH / THE SUMTER ITEM

Manning-Santee’s Jared Hair, right, is tagged out while sliding into home plate by Camden catcher Austin Hayes on Friday during Post 68’s 7-5 loss at Monarch Field in Manning.

Late Manning-Santee rally not enough in 7-5 loss to 2nd-place Camden BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item MANNING — ManningSantee stranded five runners through six innings and had another thrown out at the plate in its American Legion League III baseball game

against Camden on Friday at the Manning High School field before mounting a late rally that would eventually fall short in a 7-5 loss. Trailing 5-0, Post 68 struck for a run in the seventh and four in the eighth before Post 17 put two on the board in the

ninth and reliever Grey Hoke made them stand up for League III’s second-place team. Manning-Santee brought the potential tying run to the plate in the ninth after Steven Cox singled to left to open the frame. Hoke rallied to retire

Tommy King on a fly ball to the deepest part of center field, strike out Mark Pipkin and get Collin Lee on a pop up to short. Manning’s first run came after Lee drew a 1-out walk in the seventh, advanced on a William Ard single to right

LOCAL TENNIS

Small College Championships coming to PTC BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com It’s known as the “Super Bowl” of small college tennis, and it will be at Sumter’s Palmetto Tennis Center in October. The USTA/ITA National Small College Championships, which brings together the best players from NCAA Division II and DIII, NAIA and the junior college ranks, will be held Oct. 9-12. “We’re really happy to get this,” said PTC director Sam Kiser. “This will bring some great tennis to Sumter. It’s been in Fort Myers, Fla., the past two

years, so I guess you can say we stole it from them.” The event brings together the winners of men’s and women’s singles and doubles at each of the four levels from eight different regional sites. Sumter will be hosting the Southeast Re-

gional, which it has done the last two years, in the last week of September. “I am delighted that the city of Sumter will be hosting this prestigious ITA event,” David A. Benjamin, the executive director of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, said in a press release. “We are all looking forward to a great championship.” Kiser expects there to be approximately 150 players to qualify for the event. “And the good thing is there’ll probably be between 80 and 90

SEE SMALL COLLEGE, PAGE B2

and Adam Lowder reaching on an infield error, then scored on a J.T. Eppley grounder. Post 68 sent 10 men to the plate in the eighth and plated four on just two hits, a leadoff

SEE MANNING, PAGE B3

P-15’s drop NC/SC Challenge opener BY CHAD LINDSKOG Wilmington Star News WILMINGTON, N.C. — While thunder and lightning loitered throughout the skies over Buck Hardee Field, Mother Nature didn’t interrupt the eighth annual NC/SC American Legion Baseball Challenge on Friday. Despite the threat of

storms, Wilmington Post 10’s lingering offense finally broke open in the fourth inning for all the run support it needed against the Sumter P-15’s. At least one Wilmington batter reached base safely in each of the first three innings, but none were about to

SEE P-15’S, PAGE B3

PRO GOLF

Tiger to make return at Congressional Back sugery, recovery has sidelined Woods since March 9 at Doral BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press Feeling rusty but ready to play again, Tiger Woods said Friday he would return to competition next week at Congressional in the Quicken Loans National. Woods last played on March 9 at Doral, where he dealt with pain in his lower back and closed with a 78 for his highest final-round score on the PGA Tour. He had back surgery March 31, forcing him to miss the Masters for the first time. He also missed the U.S. Open last week at Pinehurst No. 2. The announcement on his Facebook page delivered a jolt of good news to golf. Woods has been the game’s biggest draw since he turned pro in 1996, and with limited information about his recovery, speculation was starting to

AP FILE PHOTO

After more than three months off recovering from back surgery, Tiger Woods announced on Friday that he will return to the PGA Tour at Congressional next week. build that he might not make it to any majors this year. “After a lot of therapy, I have recovered well and will

be supporting my foundation next week at the Quicken Loans National,’’ Woods said on Facebook. “I’ve just started

to hit full shots, but it’s time to take the next step. I will be a bit rusty, but I want to play myself back into competitive

shape. Excited for the challenge ahead.’’ This is the first year for a new title sponsor at the PGA Tour event that donates its charity money to the Tiger Woods Foundation, and the tournament earlier this year secured an agreement to return to Congressional every other year through 2020. Woods on Thursday announced that he signed a new endorsement deal with MusclePharm, which will display its logo on his golf bag. “He has been the face of golf for the last 15, 20 years, and golf is a better sport and a better place with Tiger Woods in it,’’ two-time major champion Rory McIlroy said last week at the U.S. Open. “So hopefully, he has a speedy recovery and he gets back on the course soon, because any tournament where Tiger Woods is a factor, he creates a big buzz.’’ This is the second-longest break Woods has taken from

SEE TIGER, PAGE B4

SPORTS

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014

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SPORTS ITEMS

SCOREBOARD

Langley up 1 at Travelers

TV, RADIO

CROMWELL, Conn. — Scott Langley took the second-round lead in the Travelers Championship, following his opening 64 with a 65 to reach 11 under 129. Winless in two seasons on the PGA Tour, the 25-year-old Langley had eight birdies, a double bogey and a bogey in the second round at TPC LANGLEY River Highlands. Michael Putnam, Harris English and K.J. Choi were a stroke back. Putnam had a 63, matching the best round of the day. English shot 64, and Choi 65. Bishopville native Tommy Gainey shot a 4-under on Friday and its seven shots off the lead. LEHMAN GRABS ENCOMPASS LEAD

GLENVIEW, Ill. — Tom Lehman birdied four straight holes and finished with a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Champions Tour’s Encompass Championship. Doug Garwood and England’s Roger Chapman were a stroke back at 66. CAVS HIRE BLATT AS HEAD COACH

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers found their new coach overseas, bringing in David Blatt less than a week before they pick first overall in the NBA draft. Blatt spent the past 20 years coaching in Europe. While he may not be well known in the U.S., the 55-year-old has a strong international resume and is regarded as one of the game’s top offensive minds. SOUTH FLORENCE BLUE 6 SUMTER 4

The Sumter Junior P-15’s fell 6-4 to South Florence Blue on Friday at Riley Park in Junior American Legion Baseball action. Ryan Moore went 2-for-3 to led Sumter at the plate. Andrew Twitty, Rylan Williamson and Caleb Larrimore each had hits. Dustin Frye took the loss on the mound. The Junior P-15’s fell to 11-3 overall and will host Lake City on Wednesday at 7 p.m. SUMTER 24 HANNAH-PAMPLICO 3

TUREVILLE — The Sumter 7-8 year-old all-star softball team advanced to the championship round of the district tournament with a 24-3 victory over Hannah-Pamplico on Friday at the Turbeville Recreation Complex fields. Sumter plays Darlington today at 10 a.m. in the championship round. Sumter will have to win two games to win the title. Olivia Kirkman led Sumter with three hits, including two home runs. Dani Hanley had three hits with one homer, while Autumn Osteen, Hannah

Kate Branham and Jurnee Jennings had three hits. Autumn Gibbons, Aubree Ardis, Alyssa Johnson, Emily Kate Hoshour, Ava Sliwonik, Hailey Truett and Samantha Kirkhart each had two hits. On Thursday, Sumter lost to Darlington 12-4. Autumn Osteen, Dani Hanley and Hannah Branham each had two hits for Sumter, with Branham hitting a home run and Osteen a triple TEXAS 4 VANDERBILT 0

OMAHA, Neb. — Nathan Thornhill and John Curtiss pitched Texas’ second straight shutout at the College World Series, and the Longhorns forced a second bracket final against Vanderbilt with a 4-0 victory Friday. The Longhorns (46-20) and Commodores (48-20) will meet again today, with the winner advancing to the best-of-3 finals against Virginia or Mississippi. The Longhorns have held opponents scoreless 19 straight innings and have given up four runs in their four games in Omaha. THURSDAY MISSISSIPPI 6 TCU 4 OMAHA, Neb. — Will Allen drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Mississippi relievers held TCU without a hit after Kevin Cron’s homer in the fifth, and the Rebels stayed alive in the College World Series with a 6-4 victory Thursday night. Allen, who was 0-for-8 in the CWS when he came to bat in the third inning, went 3-for-5 with three RBI. WORLD CUP COSTA RICA 1 ITALY 0 RECIFE, Brazil — Costa Rica followed up its surprise win over Uruguay with another World Cup stunner, beating 4-time champion Italy 1-0 to secure a spot in the next round and eliminate England in the process. Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz gave his side the lead in the 44th minute, heading in off the underside of the crossbar following a cross from Junior Diaz. Goal-line technology was used to show that the ball bounced down and in after hitting the bar.

TODAY

7:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour The Irish Open Third Round from Cork, Ireland (GOLF). 8 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Austrian Grand Prix Pole Qualifying from Spielberg, Austria (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10:30 a.m. – American Legion Baseball: NC/ SC Challenge Game from Wilmington, N.C. – Sumter vs. Whiteville, N.C. (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-AM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290). 11:30 a.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Group F Match from Belo Horizonte, Brazil – Argentina vs. Iran (ESPN). 11:30 a.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series Gardner Denver 200 Road America Pole Qualifying from Elkhart Lake, Wis. (ESPN2). 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Travelers Championship Third Round from Cromwell, Conn. (GOLF). 1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Baltimore at New York Yankees (MLB NETWORK). 1 p.m. – American Legion Baseball: NC/SC Challenge Game from Wilmington, N.C. – Sumter vs. Rocky Mount, N.C. (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-AM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290). 1:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 Pole Qualifying from Sonoma, Calif. (FOX SPORTS 1). 2 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (WGN). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Group G Match from Fortaleza, Brazil – Germany vs. Ghana (ESPN). 2:45 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series Gardner Denver 200 Road America from Elkhart Lake, Wis. (WOLO 25, WEGXFM 92.9). 3 p.m. – LPGA Golf: U.S. Women’s Open Third Round from Pinehurst, N.C. (WIS 10). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Travelers Championship Third Round from Cromwell, Conn. (WLTX 19). 3 p.m. -- College Baseball: College World Series Game Thirteen from Omaha, Neb. (If Necessary) (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Encompass Championship Second Round from Glenview, Ill. (GOLF). 4 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Boston at Oakland or Toronto at Cincinnati (MLB NETWORK). 5:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Group F Match from Cuiaba, Brazil – Nigeria vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina (ESPN). 6 p.m. -- Arena Football: Cleveland at Philadelphia (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Washington (WACH 57, WPUB-FM 102.7). 7 p.m. -- MLL Lacrosse: Charlotte at New York (SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. -- College Baseball: College World Series Game Fourteen from Omaha, Neb. (If Necessary) (ESPN2). 8 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Anatoliy Dudchenko vs. Nadjib Mohammedi in a Light Heavyweight Bout and Karl Dargan vs. Anthony Flores in a Lightweight Bout from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 p.m. -- MLL Lacrosse: Chesapeake at Denver (SPORTSOUTH). 10 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Texas at Los Angeles Angels (MLB NETWORK). 10 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Robert Guerrero vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai in a Welterweight Bout, Devon Alexander vs. Jesus Soto Karass in a Super Welterweight Bout and Gary Russell Jr. vs. Vasyl Lomachenko for the WBO Featherweight Title from Carson, Calif. (SHOWTIME).

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

HONDURAS 1

CURITIBA, Brazil — Ecuador forward Enner Valencia scored twice in a 2-1 comeback victory over Honduras on Friday that kept his team in contention at the World Cup. Ecuador moved into second spot in Group E with a match remaining against group-leading France, which has had two dominating wins. From staff, wire reports

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

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Texas 1, UC Irvine 0, UC Irvine eliminated

THURSDAY

Mississippi 6, TCU 4, TCU eliminated

TODAY

Game 11 — Vanderbilt vs. Texas Game 12 — Virginia vs. Mississippi (late)

SATURDAY

x-Game 13 — Vanderbilt vs. Texas, 3 p.m. x-Game 14 — Virginia vs. Mississippi, 8 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-3) June 23: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m. June 24: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m. x-June 25: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m.

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press

Beltran’s walk-off HR lifts Yanks past O’s got the win.

ASTROS 3

Castro hit a 3-run homer and Edwin Jackson finally got the better of Charlie Morton, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh. Jackson (5-7) was removed after five innings, but it was enough to get his first win in four matchups this year against Morton (4-8). The right-handers have faced off more than any other pair of starting pitchers this season in the majors.

RAYS 1

MARLINS 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jarred Cosart pitched eight shutout innings to beat Tampa Bay once again, and rookie George Springer’s 2-run homer helped Houston defeat the Rays 3-1. Cosart (7-5) gave up six hits in winning his third straight start. He walked one and struck out two, retiring 12 straight at one point.

METS 2

TIGERS 6 INDIANS 4

CLEVELAND — J.D. Martinez hit a 3-run homer, Victor Martinez added a 2-run shot and Detroit held on for a 6-4 victory over Cleveland. Rick Porcello (9-4) pitched six scoreless innings for the Tigers and Joe Nathan worked the ninth for his 15th save.

CUBS 6

MIAMI — Left fielder Marcell Ozuna cut down the potential tying run at the plate in the eighth and ninth innings — including Kirk Nieuwenhuis to end the game — to help Miami beat the New York Mets 3-2. Henderson Alvarez (4-3) pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing seven hits without a walk and struck out five. In his past six starts, he is 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA.

PIRATES 3 CHICAGO — Starlin

From wire reports

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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

W 41 38 37 34 29

L 33 33 34 39 45

Pct .554 .535 .521 .466 .392

GB – 1 1/2 2 1/2 6 1/2 12

W 39 37 37 35 33

L 33 32 36 38 38

Pct .542 .536 .507 .479 .465

GB – 1/2 2 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2

W 45 38 37 35 32

L 28 33 36 37 42

Pct .616 .535 .507 .486 .432

GB – 6 8 9 1/2 13 1/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 5, L.A. Angels 3, 10 innings Detroit 2, Kansas City 1 San Diego 4, Seattle 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 0 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Oakland 4, Boston 2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Baltimore (B.Norris 6-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-3), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 4-4) at Minnesota (Correia 3-8), 2:10 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 6-4) at Kansas City (Vargas 7-2), 2:10 p.m. Boston (R.De La Rosa 2-2) at Oakland (J. Chavez 6-4), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Peacock 2-4) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-7), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Happ 6-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 4-6), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 6-7) at Cleveland (Bauer 2-3), 7:05 p.m. Texas (N.Martinez 1-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-6), 7:15 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

SMALL COLLEGE FROM PAGE B1 coaches coming as well,” Kiser said. “We hope to have around 300 people coming and staying in the hotels in Sumter.” The singles players and doubles teams that win the PTC event will

earn wild card spots in the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. In conjunction with the small college championships, the PTC is scheduled to host the USTA/ITA National Collegiate Wheelchair Championships as well.

Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Toronto at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Houston at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 2:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Boston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia New York CENTRAL DIVISION

L 30 34 36 38 40

Pct .595 .534 .493 .479 .437

GB – 4 1/2 7 1/2 8 1/2 11 1/2

W 43 40 34 31 31

L 29 34 38 42 45

Pct .597 .541 .472 .425 .408

GB – 4 9 12 1/2 14

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3, 12 innings Milwaukee 4, Arizona 1 San Diego 4, Seattle 1 Atlanta 3, Washington 0 N.Y. Mets 1, Miami 0 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 1

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Milwaukee at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 7-5) at Colorado (Friedrich 0-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-4) at Miami (Koehler 5-5), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 2-3) at St. Louis (Wainwright 9-3), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Happ 6-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 4-6), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 6-4) at Washington (Fister 5-2), 7:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Worley 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-5), 7:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 4-4) at San Diego (T.Ross 6-6), 10:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 4-3) at Arizona (McCarthy 1-9), 10:10 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Toronto at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 1:35 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

GOLF The Associated Press U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN PAR SCORES

Friday At Pinehurst No. 2 Pinehurst, N.C. Purse: $4 million Yardage: 6,649; Par: 70 Second Round a-denotes amateur Michelle Wie Lexi Thompson a-Minjee Lee Amy Yang Stacy Lewis Na Yeon Choi Paula Creamer Mariajo Uribe Sakura Yokomine Angela Stanford Stephanie Meadow Karrie Webb So Yeon Ryu Sue Kim Catriona Matthew Jenny Shin Yueer Cindy Feng Azahara Munoz Gerina Piller Pornanong Phatlum a-Brooke Henderson

68-68—136 71-68—139 69-71—140 71-69—140 67-73—140 71-70—141 70-72—142 72-70—142 74-68—142 71-72—143 71-72—143 70-73—143 69-74—143 71-73—144 75-69—144 74-70—144 73-71—144 73-71—144 72-72—144 71-73—144 71-73—144

-4 -1 E E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4

Friday At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 6,854; Par: 70 Second Round Scott Langley Michael Putnam K.J. Choi Harris English Ryan Moore Eric Axley Brendan Steele Jamie Lovemark Dustin Johnson Matt Kuchar Aaron Baddeley Bud Cauley ALSO Tommy Gainey

64-65—129 67-63—130 65-65—130 66-64—130 63-68—131 64-67—131 62-69—131 68-63—131 66-66—132 66-67—133 67-66—133 63-70—133

-11 -10 -10 -10 -9 -9 -9 -9 -8 -7 -7 -7

70-66—136

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ENCOMPASS CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Friday At North Shore Country Club Glenview, Ill. Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 7,103; Par 72 First Round Tom Lehman 32-33—65 Roger Chapman 32-34—66 Doug Garwood 33-33—66 Michael Allen 32-35—67 Bart Bryant 31-36—67 Jeff Sluman 33-34—67 Mark O’Meara 33-34—67 Kirk Triplett 34-33—67 Sandy Lyle 36-31—67 John Inman 33-34—67

-7 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5

NASCAR By The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through June 15 Points 1, Jeff Gordon, 537. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 522. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 514. 4, Matt Kenseth, 513. 5, Brad Keselowski, 490. 6, Carl Edwards, 462. 7, Joey Logano, 454. 8, Kyle Larson, 454. 9, Kevin Harvick, 447. 10, Kyle Busch, 446. 11, Ryan Newman, 440. 12, Denny Hamlin, 435. 13, Paul Menard, 420. 14, Clint Bowyer, 417. 15, Greg Biffle, 409. 16, Tony Stewart, 402. 17, Austin Dillon, 400. 18, Brian Vickers, 394. 19, Kasey Kahne, 391. 20, Jamie McMurray, 384. Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $3,589,394. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,573,824. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,510,769. 4, Jeff Gordon, $3,297,279. 5, Jamie McMurray, $3,293,497. 6, Kevin Harvick, $3,139,169. 7, Denny Hamlin, $3,067,506. 8, Joey Logano, $3,059,454. 9, Matt Kenseth, $3,043,263. 10, Kyle Busch, $2,858,801. 11, Greg Biffle, $2,552,784. 12, Paul Menard, $2,469,385. 13, Austin Dillon, $2,429,340. 14, Clint Bowyer, $2,417,071. 15, Tony Stewart, $2,367,224. 16, Brian Vickers, $2,339,029. 17, Carl Edwards, $2,304,734. 18, Kyle Larson, $2,288,795. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $2,282,690. 20, Aric Almirola, $2,215,695.

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

W 8 6 7 5 5 3

L 3 5 6 5 7 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix Minnesota San Antonio Tulsa Los Angeles Seattle

W 8 9 6 4 4 5

L 3 4 6 6 7 9

Pct .727 .545 .538 .500 .417 .250

GB – 2 2 2 1/2 3 1/2 5 1/2

Pct .727 .692 .500 .400 .364 .357

GB – – 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 4 1/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

San Antonio 87, Seattle 82, OT Los Angeles 87, Tulsa 77

FRIDAY’S GAMES

New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Tulsa at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

EAST DIVISION W 37 37 36 33 33

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

W 44 39 35 35 31

TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

MONDAY

Mississippi 2, Texas Tech 1, Texas Tech eliminated Virginia 3, TCU 2, 15 innings

ECUADOR 2

MLB ROUNDUP

NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran hit a 3-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Friday night, lifting the New York Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles for their fourth straight win. Beltran connected off Zach Britton (3-1) right after Brian McCann hit an RBI single. The Yankees struggled with runners in scoring position until the ninth. Brett Gardner led off the ninth with a single. After Derek Jeter struck out looking and Jacoby Ellsbury flied out, Mark Teixeira walked. McCann then singled home a run, setting up Beltran’s first walkoff homer since 2008, for the New York Mets. Britton was already off the field by the time Beltran made it to home plate, where he was mobbed by his teammates in the Yankees’ first win in their last at-bat this season. David Huff (1-0) gave up Steve Pearce’s RBI single in the ninth but

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago WEST DIVISION

L 34 35 36 38 40

Pct .521 .514 .500 .465 .452

GB – 1/2 1 1/2 4 5

No games scheduled

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Tulsa at Chicago, 1 p.m. Atlanta at New York, 3 p.m. San Antonio at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Washington at Seattle, 9 p.m.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014

NASCAR

Ambrose looking for 1st Sonoma win, spot in Chase BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Marcos Ambrose wants nothing more than to break Hendrick Motorsports’ 4-race winning streak and his best shot comes on the road course at Sonoma Raceway this weekend. A win Sunday could earn the Australian his first berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship and solidify his future at Richard Petty Motorsports. Ambrose’s current deal with the organization is up at the end of the season. “I’m in a renewal year with Richard Petty for 2015,’’ Ambrose said. “I’m not really thinking about myself here. I just want the best for RPM. They have decisions to make ... I want to make sure that RPM are on the right path and I’m going to do everything I can to make sure I help them do that.’’ Ambrose is in his fourth season driving for the Petty organization, and his two career Sprint Cup victories are with the team. Both of his wins were on the road course at Watkins Glen. He’s still looking for his first victory at Sonoma, where Ambrose is always considered one of the favorites but hasn’t managed to grab the checkered flag. Ambrose has five finishes of eighth or better in six career starts at the picturesque 1.99-mile track. “We know that the race here

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Marcos Ambrose wants nothing more than to break Hendrick Motorsports’ 4-race winning streak. His best shot comes Sunday on the road course at Sonoma Raceway, where a win could earn the Australian his first berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. this weekend and in Watkins Glen, the two road races, are our best chance to win a race this year,’’ he said. “That will automatically lock us into the Chase. Clearly there’s a lot to race for at these two tracks for us. We’ve put a lot of energy and effort into Sonoma.’’ Ambrose is 23rd in the Sprint Cup standings, and there are 11 races remaining to set the Chase field. To be one of the 16 drivers, he’ll likely need the berth that comes with a regular-season victory.

But standing in his way Sunday is the Hendrick Motorsports juggernaut, which has been unstoppable since Jimmie Johnson’s win at Charlotte on May 25. Since that race, Johnson has won three times and teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. won once. Back it up to Jeff Gordon’s win at Kansas and teams powered by Hendrick engines have won the last six races, including Jamie McMurray’s All-Star race victory. The all-time record for con-

secutive car owner victories is 16 by Carl Kiekhaefer in 1956. The Hendrick organization won six consecutive races in 2007 to set the modern era record and its best bet for a tie could be Gordon, who has nine career wins on road courses. Gordon is proud of his success rate at Sonoma, where he’s the all-time leader with five wins. Gordon hasn’t finished lower than ninth at Sonoma since his 2006 victory, a span of eight consecutive top-

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Manning-Santee second baseman Collin Lee makes a force play against Camden on Friday during Post 68’s 7-5 loss at the Manning High baseball field in Manning.

MANNING FROM PAGE B1 single by Linc Powell and an RBI single from Ard. The inning included three walks, a wild pitch, a passed ball and an error. Post 17’s ninth-inning rally began with a 1-out infield single from Austin Hayes, who took second on an errant pickoff throw, stole third and came home as Post 68 catcher Lowder’s throw to third sailed into right field. Broderick Gaither walked on the play, took second on Lowder’s throw and came home after two passed balls. With the win, Camden moved to 7-2 in league play and 11-4 overall, sweeping the series, while Manning-Santee dropped to 3-9 and 3-11. Camden put up three runs in the seventh off Manning-Santee reliever Powell. Tyler Bowers reached on a leadoff double to left-center, Lawson Stokes singled to left and Gunner Smith sacrificed the runners over. Bradwin Salmond then singled to right to plate both Bowers and Stokes, took second on a throw to the plate and scored after two passed balls. Post 68 dodged a potential big inning in the

P-15’S FROM PAGE B1 advance and cross home plate. However, Post 10 finally found its way onto the scoreboard with a 5-run fourth inning on the way to defeating Sumter 6-4. Sumter struck first by scoring a run in both the second and third innings before adding another two in the top of the fourth to go up 4-0. However, Wilmington, which improved to 10-2 on the season, responded in the bottom half of the inning to seize the lead. We had been putting pressure on them for the first three innings, but we weren’t able to get the big hit,” Post 10 head coach Thomas Bowker said. “We were able to get

Camden sixth. Smith drew a leadoff walk, took second as Salmond beat out a sacrifice bunt and moved to third as Manning-Santee third baseman Eppley could not get the ball to shortstop Steven Cox covering at third on Ethan Beasley’s sac attempt. Smith came home on a wild pitch before Manning-Santee starter Pipkin sandwiched strikeouts of Austin Hayes and Russ Radcliff and a Blake Serpas fly to center around a walk to Broderick Gaither. Camden’s first run came in the fourth after a leadoff double by Tyler Bowers, who came home after two ground balls on the infield. Post 17 put runners on in each of the first three innings but Pipkin was able to pitch out of trouble, with some help from his defense. A 4-6-3 double play wiped out Radcliff, who was hit by the game’s first pitch. Gunner Smith, who had reached on a passed ball third strike with one out in the second, was erased at second on Salmond’s single to left. Gaither singled with one out in the third but was out at second on a Radcliff fielder’s choice grounder, then Radcliff took third on a passed ball that got away from Lowder but was stranded when Pipken struck out Blake Serpass.

LEAGUE III STANDINGS Team W Sumter 8 Camden 7 Hartsville 6 Dalzell 5 Manning 3 Cheraw 3

League L Pct. 1 .889 2 .778 5 .545 7 .455 9 .250 9 .250

Overall GB W L Pct. — 11 3 .786 1 11 4 .735 3 6 5 .545 4½ 7 9 .438 6½ 3 11 .214 6½ 3 9 .250

THURSDAY

Cheraw 8, Camden 5

FRIDAY

Wilmington, N.C. 6, Sumter 4 Hartsville 14, Dalzell-Shaw 11 Camden 7, Manning-Santee 5

TODAY

Sumter vs. Whiteville, N.C. (NC/SC Challenge in Wilmington, N.C.), 11 a.m. Sumter vs. Rocky Mount, N.C. (NC/ SC Challenge in Wilmington, N.C.), 7:30 p.m.

some runs in the fourth and put some pressure on (Sumter).” Luke McKiethan was hit by the first pitch of the inning to reach and after Donovan Francis lined out to second base, the next five batters

reached safely for Post 10. McKiethan, Collin Dolan, Jon Kuebler, Shane Shepard and Collin Thacker then came around to score. The key hits were Kuebler’s RBI double, before Thacker then recorded an RBI single two batters later. Post 10 added another run in the sixth inning as Thacker reached on an error by the Sumter third baseman before coming around to score. Sumter threatened to retake the lead with a pair of runners on base in the top of the seventh inning, but was unable to score off Wilmington’s Trey Croom in the middle of a downpour. Sumter will face Whiteville, N.C., today at 11 a.m. and take on Rocky Mount, N.C., at 1:30 p.m.

10 finishes. “We’ve worked hard as a team to be competitive on road courses and we’ve had a lot of success at Sonoma. But it’s not an easy track to conquer,’’ said Gordon, who grew up in nearby Vallejo. Ambrose, considered one of the best road course racers in NASCAR, still likes his chances. “My talents are really good on road racing in these big, heavy stock cars,’’ he said. “It suits my style, suits the way I like to drive a race car. I get a lot of good feedback for the wheel. I think it’s a natural skill set for me.’’ Since Petty took over sole ownership of the team in 1993, more than a dozen drivers have driven for him and Ambrose ranks among the best with two wins and three poles. His victories match the late Bobby Hamilton and Kasey Kahne. With one more top-10 finish, Ambrose will tie Hamilton’s mark of 28. Ambrose doesn’t focus on statistics and instead has his eye on making the Chase. “There’s pressure building, there’s a chance to lock yourself into the Chase, which would make your season, you get a chance to win a Sprint Cup race, which you don’t get to do very often,’’ Ambrose said. “What I do this weekend is not try to think about it, be normal, try to relax leading into this week. The more you think about it, the worse you tend to go.’’

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WOMEN’S U.S. OPEN

Wie leads the way

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AREA SCOREBOARD BASEBALL P-15’S CAMP

The Sumter P-15’s Baseball Camp will be held June 23-26 at Riley Park. The camp is open to children ages 7-14 and will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost is $60 per camper. Registration will be held on June 23 beginning at 7:45 a.m. P-15’s coaches and players will run the camp. For more information, call head coach Curtis Johnson at (803) 4643972 or go to www.p-15.net.

SOCCER YMCA YOUTH CAMP

The Sumter Family YMCA will hold a soccer camp June 23-27. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 7-12 and will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day. The registration fee is $60 for members and $90 for non-members who sign up by Thursday. There will be an extra $10 added for those who sign up after Thursday. Also, there is a 1-time $25 camp registration fee. For more information, call the YMCA at (803) 773-1404 or visit www. ymcasumter.org or www.facebook. com/Sumter/YMCA. MANNING HIGH CAMP

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Michelle Wie chips to the 14th hole during Friday’s second round of the U.S. Women’s Open in Pinehurst, N.C. Wie stands alone in first with a 3-shot lead over Lexi Thompson.

Former phenom grabs 3-shot lead at Pinehurst BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. — Michelle Wie is becoming a regular contender in major championships, only now as an adult. She captivated women’s golf as a teenager, contending in three straight LPGA Tour majors when she was 16. That was when she still was trying to compete against the men, when she didn’t always look as if she was having fun and before injuries and criticism were a big part of her growing pains. On another tough day at Pinehurst No. 2, the 24-year-old from Hawaii held it together Friday with two key par putts and finished with back-to-back birdies for a 2-under 68, giving her a 3-shot lead going into the weekend at the U.S. Women’s Open. “I think you look at the way Michelle has played the last six months and you look at her differently,’’ said Stacy Lewis, the No. 1 player in women’s golf

who was four shots out of the lead. “I think she’s beTHOMPSON come one of the best ball-strikers on tour. She hits it really consistent. She knows where the ball’s going. And she’s figuring out how to win. That’s the big thing.’’ But there’s a familiar name, and another teen prodigy, who joined Wie as the only players still under par. Lexi Thompson, who soundly beat Wie in the final round to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship for her first major title, powered her way out of the sand and weeds, running off three straight birdies to match Wie’s 68, the low score Friday. Is it too early to start thinking rematch? “Definitely too early,’’ Thompson said with a laugh. “Thirtysix holes in a major, that’s a lot of golf to be played, especially at a U.S. Women’s Open.’’ For now, Wie had control. Her 3-shot lead

TIGER FROM PAGE B1 golf because of injury. He missed the second half of the 2008 season when he had reconstructive surgery on his left knee just a week after winning the U.S. Open for his 14th major. Even though he spent the offseason working on his body, there were signs early that something might be wrong. He missed the 54-hole cut at Torrey Pines, where he was the defending champion and an eight-time winner at one of his favorite courses. He had his worst finish ever at Dubai when he tied for 41st. Then, he withdrew in the final round of the Honda Classic because of back spasms, and despite being in the penultimate group at Doral, he struggled badly with his back on the final day after taking a swing from an awkward stance outside a bunker. Woods had microdiscectomy surgery a week before the Masters, and he has said in rare appearances that he did not know how long it would take to properly heal. His agent, Mark Steinberg at Excel Sports Management, said earlier this week that Woods was making enough progress to extend his swing. Even so, playing the Quicken Loans National was thought to be too soon. It couldn’t come soon enough for the tournament.

is the largest through 36 holes in the Women’s Open in 11 years. “End of the day yesterday, I was thinking if I just did this again, that would be nice,’’ Wie said. “Finishing with two birdies is always great. It’s a grind out there. It’s not easy. Really grateful for the par putts that I made and some of the birdie putts that I made. I can’t complain. I’ll take it.’’ Pinehurst No. 2 wasn’t in much of a giving mood on another warm day in the North Carolina sandhills, with a brief shower in the middle of the afternoon that didn’t do much to soften a dry, crusty golf course. Lucy Li, the precocious 11-year-old and youngest qualifier in the history of the U.S. Women’s Open, isn’t leaving town until Monday. She just won’t be playing any more golf. The sixth-grader from the Bay Area started with a double bogey for the second straight day and shot another 78 to miss the cut by seven shots.

“We’re thrilled, obviously,’’ said Mike Antolini, the tournament director and vice president of championships for the Tiger Woods Foundation. “Anytime you get that call and Tiger is in your field, it’s really the best news you can get. The fact he’s a two-time champion and the tournament hosts, we’re very excited for the fans.’’ He said he expected a spike in ticket sales with Friday’s announcement. Three years ago, Woods withdrew after nine holes at The Players Championship because of an Achilles tendon injury and missed more than two months. He said then he had learned from past mistakes and would not try to return before he was in full health. Assuming he is at full strength now, he likely will be at the British Open at Royal Liverpool and the PGA Championship at Valhalla, where he won majors the last time they were held on those courses. Woods been stuck on 14 majors since that ‘08 U.S. Open victory. Woods is at No. 207 in the FedEx Cup — having played only three events — and could have as many as five events to reach the top 125. He also is at No. 67 in the Ryder Cup standings. U.S. captain Tom Watson has said he would use a wild-card pick on Woods, though he had eased off that position in recent weeks when the status of Woods’ recovery was unknown.

The Manning High School athletic department will hold a soccer camp over the summer at Manning Junior High School. A camp for children in grades 4-6 will be held June 23-25. The cost is $40. There will be a cash-only registration available on the first day of the camps from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

BASKETBALL MANNING HIGH CAMP

The Manning High School athletic department will have a boys basketball camp over the summer. The boys camp is scheduled for July 8-10. The camp is open to children who will be entering grades 2-6. It will be held at MHS’ Thames Arena and run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost is $40. There will be a cash-only registration available on the first day of the camp from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at the camp site. DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL

The Hoop Basketball Individual Development Basketball School will be held July 14-17 at the Mayewood Middle School Gymnasium at 4300 East Brewington Road. The camp will be under the direction of James Smith, Harry Fullwood and Ronnie Brown. The cost of the camp is $50 per camper and is open to boys and girls ages 10 through 16. The camp will run from 8 a.m. until noon each day. For more information, contact Smith at (803) 968-6874 or (803) 4693188. SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

Registration is being taken for the Sumter Christian School 2014 Basketball Clinics to be held over the summer. There are three 5-day sessions remaining at a cost of $45 per camper. A camp for children in grades 3-6 will be held June 23-27, grades 6-9 July 7-11 and grades 9-12 July 21-25. The camps will run each day from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The camp instructors will be the SCS coaching staff of Bobby Baker, Tom Cope and Jimmy Davis. For more information, call Baker at (803) 469-9304 or (803) 464-3652.

FOOTBALL POP WARNER REGISTRATION

Youth Athletics of Sumter, a division of Pop Warner Little Scholars, is registering children ages 5-16 for football for the 2014 season. The last day to register is July 31 and the registration fee is $80. Payment plans are available. The fee includes security, ID Badge, use of shoulder pads, use of helmet, use of practice clothes, insurance and a mouthpiece. Parents will be responsible for buying a game jersey, game pants, cleats, a cup, and socks. The practice season will run from Aug. 1 through Aug. 29. Games will begin on Aug. 30 and run through Oct. 25. Registration is being held every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Golden Corral on Broad Street. Volunteers are also needed. All volunteer applications must be turned in by July 5. To request registration and volunteer forms or for more information, email youthathleticsofsumteryas@ yahoo.com. OFFICIATING CLASSES

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

officials. Those who pass the course will be able to officiate middle school, junior varsity and varsity games. Classes will be held each Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Sumter County Parks & Recreation at 155 Haynsworth Street. The state clinic and examination will be held on July 26. For more information, contact Granderson James at (803) 968-2391 or at grandersj@aol.com or Richard Geddings at (803) 468-8858.

TENNIS PTC SUMMER CAMP

The PTC Summer Tennis Camp will be held June 23-27 at Palmetto Tennis Center. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost is $125 per player. Forms must be returned to PTC by noon on June 19. For more information, call (803) 774-3969 or visit www.palmettotenniscenter.com. MANNING HIGH CAMP

The Manning High School athletic department will have a tennis camp June 24-26 at MHS’ Althea Gibson Tennis Complex. The camp is open to children who will be entering grades 2-6. The cost is $40. There will be a cash-only registration available on the first day of the camp.

WRESTLING SHS CAMP

The Gamecock Youth Wrestling Camp will be held July 7-10 at the Sumter High School mini gymnasium. The cost of the camp is $30 per student. The camp will run each day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information or to register, contact SHS wrestling head coach Cody Slaughter at (803) 9683250. There will be open registration on the first day of camp as well.

ETC. YAS FUNDRAISER

Youth Athletics of Sumter, a division of Pop Warner Little Scholars, will hold YAS Sumter Spartans GALA on June 27 at Carolina Skies on Shaw Air Force Base. The Cost is $30 and includes food, a live band and door prizes. All proceeds benefits YAS’ 2014 football and cheerleading seasons. For more information, call (803) 464-8453, (803) 201-4531, (803) 720-6242, (813) 786-9265 or (954) 258-6817.

CHEERLEADING POP WARNER REGISTRATION

Youth Athletics of Sumter, a division of Pop Warner Little Scholars, is registering children ages 5-16 for cheerleading for the 2014 season. The last day to register is July 31 and the registration fee is $80. Payment plans are available. The fee includes security, ID badge, use of uniform, use of pom-poms, socks, undergarment and insurance. Parents will be responsible for buying shoes. The practice season will run from Aug. 1 through Aug. 29. Games will begin on Aug. 30 and run through Oct. 25. Registration is being held every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Golden Corral on Broad Street. Volunteers are also needed. All volunteer applications must be turned in by July 5. To request registration and volunteer forms or for more information, email youthathleticsofsumteryas@ yahoo.com.

GOLF 4-PERSON SCRAMBLE

The Links at Lakewood Golf Course will host a 4-person scramble every Thursday. The cost is $25 per person and includes golf, prizes and food following the scramble. Call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 before 4 p.m. on Thursday to sign up. GOLFERS BIBLE STUDY

The Sumter chapter of the Christian Golfer’s Association holds a golfers Bible study each Tuesday at its offices at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The study begins at 8 a.m. and is followed by a round of golf.

AUTO RACING SPEEDWAY CHAMPS SEARCH

Sumter Speedway is trying to gather information on all of its champions from 1957 to the present. The name of the driver, the year and the division in which the title was won and the track promoter is the information hoping to be gathered. To provide information, call James Skinner at (803) 775-5973 or e-mail Virginia Ayers at vayers@ftc-i.net.

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MEN’S CAPSULES NOVAK DJOKOVIC Seeded: 1 Age: 27 Country: Serbia 2014 Match Record: 30-4 DJOKOVIC 2014 Singles Titles: 3 Career Singles Titles: 44 Major Titles: 6 — Wimbledon (‘11), U.S. Open (‘11), Australian Open (‘08, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-Lost in Final, ‘12-SF, ‘11-Won Championship, ‘10-SF, ‘09-QF Topspin: Third year in a row seeded No. 1 at the All England Club; was elevated from No. 2 ranking based on grass-court results, including runner-up showing at Wimbledon in 2013. ... Has made it to the semifinals or better each of the last four years, including winning the title in 2011. ... Has a chance to overtake Rafael Nadal at No. 1 in the rankings by the end of the tournament. RAFAEL NADAL Seeded: 2 Age: 28 Country: Spain 2014 Match Record: 41-7 2014 Singles Titles: 4 NADAL Career Singles Titles: 64 Major Titles: 14 — Wimbledon (‘08, ‘10), U.S. Open (‘10, ‘13), Australian Open (‘09), French Open (‘05, ‘06, ‘07, `’08, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-1st, ‘12-2nd, ‘11-F, ‘10-W, ‘09-Did Not Play Topspin: After reaching the final in five consecutive appearances at Wimbledon, including titles in 2008 and 2010, has bowed out in the second round (against 100thranked Lukas Rosol), then the first round (against 135th-ranked Steve Darcis). ... Add in an opening loss on grass at Halle, Germany, this month, and Nadal takes a three-match losing streak on the surface into Wimbledon. ... Leads the tour with 41 match wins and four titles, including his record-extending ninth at the French Open two weeks ago. ANDY MURRAY Seeded: 3 Age: 27 Country: Britain 2014 Match Record: 27-11 2014 Singles Titles: 0 Career Singles Titles: 28 MURRAY Major Titles: 2 — Wimbledon (‘13), U.S. Open (‘12) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-W, ‘12-F, ‘11-SF, ‘10SF, ‘09-SF Topspin: Ended the host country’s 77-year wait for a British men’s champion at Wimbledon by beating Djokovic in the 2013 final. ... Has grown comfortable in the intense spotlight that shines on him for these two weeks every year. ... No worse than a semifinalist each of the past five years at the All England Club, including a runner-up finish to Roger Federer in 2012. ... Now coached by former women’s No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo. ROGER FEDERER Seeded: 4 Age: 32 Country: Switzerland 2014 Match Record: 34-7 2014 Singles Titles: 2 FEDERER Career Singles Titles: 79 Major Titles: 17 — Wimbledon (‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘09, ‘12), U.S. Open (‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08), Australian Open (‘04, ‘06, ‘07, ‘10), French Open (‘09) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-2nd, ‘12-W, ‘11-QF, ‘10-QF, ‘09-W Topspin: Won his record 17th and, to date, last Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2012, tying Pete Sampras and Willie Renshaw (who played in the 1880s) with No. 7 at the All England Club. ... His surprising second-round exit at Wimbledon last year (against 116th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky) ended Federer’s streak of reaching at least the quarterfinals at a record 36 consecutive majors. ... He’s now lost before the quarterfinals at three of the past four majors. ... Playing in his 59th consecutive Grand Slam tournament, a record for men. JOHN ISNER Seeded: 9 Age: 29 Country: United States 2014 Match Record: 19-10 2014 Singles Titles: 1 ISNER Career Singles Titles: 8 Major Titles: 0 — Best: QF, at U.S. Open (‘11) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-2nd, ‘12-1st, ‘11-2nd, `’0-2nd, ‘09-DNP Topspin: Made it to the fourth round at the French Open, something he’s still never done at Wimbledon, despite his booming serve. ... Will always be linked to winning the longest match in tennis history — an 11-plus-hour marathon that ended 70-68 in the fifth set against Nicolas Mahut — at Wimbledon in 2010. ... Only American man ranked in the top 50. GRIGOR DIMITROV Seeded: 11 Age: 23 Country: Bulgaria 2014 Match Record: 30-9 2014 Singles Titles: 3 DIMITROV Career Singles Titles: 4 Major Titles: 0 — Best: QF, at Australian Open (‘14) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-2nd, ‘12-2nd, ‘112nd, ‘10-1st, ‘09-DNP Topspin: Widely considered the next big thing in men’s tennis, even earning the nickname “Baby Fed’’ because of his Federeresque style of play. ... Won the trophy at Queen’s Club on grass last week, giving him three titles on three surfaces in 2014.

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Good draw for Murray

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Defending champion Andy Murray opens his title defense against David Goffin when Wimbledon kicks off on Monday at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in London.

Defending champ has relatively smooth path; Serena, Sharapova could meet in quarterfinals BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN The Associated Press LONDON — The draw for Wimbledon was relatively kind to defending champion Andy Murray. It was a lot more daunting for topranked Rafael Nadal. Murray, who last year became the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, was drawn Friday to open the defense of his title against 104thranked David Goffin of Belgium, who will be playing in the main draw of the grass-court tournament for only the third time. In the women’s draw, top-ranked and 5-time champion Serena Williams is in the same quarter as French Open champion Maria Sharapova. The two could face each other in the quarterfinals. Murray, who is seeded third this year, has admitted he does not know how he will cope with the pressure of walking onto Centre Court as the defending champion on Monday. At least he has a relatively smooth path in the draw until the quarterfinals, where he could play seventh-seeded David Ferrer or Grigor Dmitrov, who won last week’s warm-up at Queen’s Club. Then looms a potential semifinal against top-seeded Novak Djokovic — a rematch of last year’s final. “It will be a proud moment to come back as defending champion,’’ said Murray, who is now coached by former Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo after parting ways with Ivan Lendl earlier this season. “I don’t know how I will feel, I have no idea. I’m sure I will be nervous and feel some pressure, but I’ll try to enjoy it. It’s a new experience for me.’’ For Nadal, it’s a lot trickier. The Spaniard, who holds two Wimbledon titles, has not fared well on the grass the past two years, losing in the second round in 2012 and the first round last year. He’s also coming off a loss in his first match at the Halle grass-court tournament. The top-ranked Nadal, who is seeded No. 2, will start against No. 57 Martin Klizan of Slovakia. The Spaniard, who won his ninth French Open title earlier this month, could then face Lukas Rosol, who beat him here two years ago. Nadal, the only man with at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecu-

tive years, could then be pitted against big-serving Ivo Karlovic in the third round. Waiting in the quarterfinals could be another big hitter — eighth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada. Friday’s draw put Murray in the top half with Djokovic, who won Wimbledon in 2011. Nadal is in the bottom half with seven-time champion Roger Federer. Federer will start against Paolo Lorenzi of Italy and Djokovic will play his first match against Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan. Djokovic could meet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round and former finalist Tomas Berdych in the last eight. Federer, who has lost before the quarterfinals at three of the last four Slams, might face thirdranked and Davis Cup teammate Stan Wawrinka in an all-Swiss encounter in the quarters. Sharapova, who defeated Serena Williams in the 2004 final at the age of 17 to win her only Wimbledon title and first Grand Slam championship, will open against Samantha Murray. Williams will take on Anna Tatishvili. If Williams and Sharapova get to the quarterfinals, it will set up their 19th career meeting. Williams leads 16-2 and has not lost to her Russian rival since the 2004 WTA Championships. The other potential women’s quarterfinals are: Simona Halep vs. Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka vs. Agnieszka Radwanska, and Petra Kvitova vs. Li Na. Williams is coming off a secondround loss at the French Open, where Sharapova won her fifth major title. After Williams’ previous early exit at the French Open in 2012, when she lost in the first round, she went on to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Williams could face an intriguing fourth-round match against Eugenie Bouchard, the 20-year-old Canadian who has reached the semifinals of both Grand Slams so far this year. But the 13th-seeded Bouchard faces a challenging firstround opponent in Daniela Hantuchova. In the absence of defending champion Marion Bartoli, who retired less than six weeks after winning her sole Grand Slam title, last year’s runner-up finalist Sabine Lisicki will open Centre Court play on Tuesday against Julia Glushko.

WOMEN’S CAPSULES SERENA WILLIAMS Seeded: 1 Age: 32 Country: United States 2014 Match Record: 24-4 2014 Singles Titles: 3 S. WILLIAMS Career Singles Titles: 60 Major Titles: 17 — Wimbledon (‘02, ‘03, ‘09, ‘10, ‘12), U.S. Open (‘99, ‘02, ‘08, ‘12, ‘13), Australian Open (‘03, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10), French Open (‘02, ‘13) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-Lost in 4th Round, ‘12-Won Championship, ‘11-4th, ‘10-W, ‘09-W Topspin: Coming off two early-for-her Grand Slam exits — fourth round at Australian Open, second round at French Open. The last time she failed to get past the quarterfinals at either of those tournaments was 2012, when she went on to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. ... If Williams wins four matches this year, she will equal seven-time champion Steffi Graf with 74 victories at Wimbledon, fourth-most in the Open era, behind Martina Navratilova (120), Chris Evert (96), Billie Jean King (95). ... Winning 81.2 percent of her service games this season, by far the best on tour. SIMONA HALEP Seeded: 3 Age: 22 Country: Romania 2014 Match Record: 25-8 2014 Singles Titles: 1 HALEP Career Singles Titles: 7 Major Titles: 0 — Best: F, at French Open (‘14) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-2nd, ‘12-1st, `’1-2nd, ‘10-Did Not Play, ‘09-DNP Topspin: Retired from a match because of a right shoulder injury Wednesday at a grasscourt tuneup tournament. ... Coming off a runner-up finish at the French Open, the first Romanian woman since 1980 to reach a Grand Slam final. ... Had never made it past the third round at a major tournament until last year’s run to the fourth round at the U.S. Open. Has kept improving, getting to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, followed by her final in Paris. ... All seven of her WTA titles came over the past two seasons. MARIA SHARAPOVA Seeded: 5 Age: 27 Country: Russia 2014 Match Record: 31-6 2014 Singles Titles: 3 SHARAPOVA Career Singles Titles: 32 Major Titles: 5 — Wimbledon (‘04), U.S. Open (‘06), Australian Open (‘08), French Open (‘12, ‘14) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-2nd, ‘12-4th, ‘11-F, ‘10-4th, ‘09-2nd Topspin: Earned fifth major trophy at French Open; first Grand Slam title she’s won more than once. ... Will try to become the first woman since Serena Williams in 2002 to win French Open and Wimbledon in same year. ... Won her first Grand Slam title as a 17-year-old at Wimbledon, beating Williams in the final. Since then, though, Sharapova has returned to the championship match at the All England Club only once in nine appearances. PETRA KVITOVA Seeded: 6 Age: 24 Country: Czech Republic 2014 Match Record: 16-10 2014 Singles Titles: 0 KVITOVA Career Singles Titles: 11 Major Titles: 1 — Wimbledon (‘11) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-QF, ‘12-QF, ‘11-W, ‘10SF, ‘09-1st Topspin: Left-hander consistently produces her best Grand Slam results on the grass at the All England Club, making it to at least the quarterfinals each of the last four years. ... Still, as 18-time major champion and ESPN analyst Chris Evert put it, Kvitova is “somewhat under the radar right now.’’ EUGENIE BOUCHARD Seeded: 13 Age: 20 Country: Canada 2014 Match Record: 2014 Singles Titles: BOUCHARD Career Singles Titles: Major Titles: 0 — Best: SF, at Australian Open (‘14), French Open (‘14) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-NA , ‘12-QF, ‘11-3rd, ‘10-3rd, ‘09-2nd Topspin: Only woman to reach the semifinals at each of this season’s first two major tournaments, although she lost at that stage both times. ... Wimbledon will be only the sixth Grand Slam main-draw event of her career; she won the girls’ title at the All England Club in 2012. ... Winning 60.4 percent of points on second-serve returns this season, which ranks fourth on tour. Converting 51.8 percent of break points, which ranks 10th. SLOANE STEPHENS Seeded: 18 Age: 21 Country: United States 2014 Match Record: 17-14 2014 Singles Titles: 0 STEPHENS Career Singles Titles: 0 Major Titles: 0 — Best: SF, at Australian Open (‘13) Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘13-QF, ‘12-3rd, ‘11-DNP, ‘10-DNP, ‘09-DNP Topspin: Has reached at least the fourth round at each of the past six Grand Slam tournaments, the longest active streak among women. ... For her career, she has a 31-12 record at majors (a .721 winning percentage), but is only 55-54 in all other main-draw matches (.505).

COMICS

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BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

ZITS

MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

DILBERT

JEFF MACNELLY’S SHOE

Sex isn’t part of husband’s hour-long ritual DEAR ABBY — “Barney” and I are in our 40s and have been married two years. Barney is a neatnik. His Dear Abby nighttime ritual of ABIGAIL cleaning up VAN BUREN before bed takes an hour or more. Before we can be intimate, this ritual must be performed, which rules out anything in the afternoon or that’s spontaneous. Barney is also a night owl. Sometimes he goes straight from the shower to the Internet or reading, ignoring sex altogether, even if we planned and talked about

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it while getting ready to clean up for the night. I have fallen asleep many nights waiting for him, only to awaken hours later and see he’s still not beside me. When we discuss it later, he says it’s a selfish habit he “got away with” in his last marriage. He enjoys sex but becomes easily distracted. Should we seek counseling for this or try something else? Barney displays all the signs of ADD and has since his childhood days. Frustrated in Clinton, Iowa DEAR FRUSTRATED — By all means seek counseling. The ritual you described could be a symptom of a disorder, or your husband may have a very weak sex drive. However, one thing is clear: If Bar-

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ney isn’t in bed with you, it’s because he’d rather be elsewhere. For your sake, the sooner you get some straight answers the better you’ll be. His comment about “getting away with it” tells me he knows what he’s doing wasn’t fair to his last wife, and it isn’t fair to you. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

ACROSS 1 Image on many Oregon license plates 4 Drink containing the antioxidant lycopene 15 Rock genre 16 “I’d have never guessed!” 17 Male __ 18 Fight site 19 Doesn’t start well? 21 Georgiabased insurance giant 22 One way to shrink 23 “Lassie ComeHome” author Knight 25 Nautical units 26 Soup served with sour cream 31 “You betcha” 32 Bring in 33 Cocktail with rum 35 Cocktail with sweet vermouth 37 Crusaded 40 Old Venetian judge 44 Food franchise initials 45 Enjoy on the sly 46 Rancor 47 Magazine fig.

49 Menace at sea 50 Words to un caro 53 Nassau Coliseum player 55 First Bond actor born after the Bond films began 57 Charlton’s “Earthquake” co-star 58 Redealt, say 59 No. with a prefix 60 It includes the Jurassic period 61 Close DOWN 1 Budgetsqueezing announcement 2 Response to “Did you clean your room yet?” 3 Support 4 Fibula neighbors 5 Astrologer Sydney 6 King’s demise 7 CIA employees 8 Up to, in ads 9 Most fit to serve 10 Lynne of ELO 11 Not worthless 12 “Gotcha” 13 Element #20 14 JFK an-

nouncement 20 Brand used with wings 24 Pro concerned with losses 26 Military nickname 27 20th-anniversary gift 28 Czech diacritical sometimes called an inverted circumflex 29 Make __ dash 30 Police vehicle 33 “__ Green”: Kermit’s song 34 Today 36 More, in Mexico 37 Title for Obama:

Abbr. 38 Shake up 39 Mooring areas 41 Out, perhaps 42 Didn’t let bygones be bygones 43 Shade of green 46 Levitra competitor 48 2011 revolution locale 49 Diligent worker 51 City on the Moselle 52 Bar in the kitchen 53 Camaro __-Z 54 Statistic in baseball and hockey 55 Mil. honor 56 Fifth-century date

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Will ‘Last Ship’ draw enough viewers to keep it afloat? BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Produced by Michael Bay, the new series “The Last Ship” (9 p.m. Sunday, TNT, TV-14) is not a comedy. But it sure made me laugh. Like entirely too many series, “Ship” begins in the frozen North and contemplates the end of the world. We’re informed early of a runaway plague and then brought aboard a Navy vessel I like to call the USS Humorlessness. It’s on a secret mission and cloaked in radio silence while prowling the North Pole. The vessel carries the usual cargo: the photogenic men and women of America’s Navy. Some can’t keep their hands off each other. The others make generic chitchat about “loved ones” back home and the pennant chances of the Chicago Cubs. The latter is in keeping with the “hell freezes over” theme of “The Last Ship.” In addition to the crew, the vessel hosts Rachel Scott (Rhona Mitra), a scientist on a super-secret mission. She sports a vaguely British accent, all the better to sputter disdain at Capt. Tom Chandler (Eric Dane), who treats her like an unwanted guest, a dilettante bird-watcher among the gung-ho. Not to reveal too much, but we quickly learn that Scott’s mission is to find a miracle cure for the rampaging plague that has run rampant while Chandler’s ship was out of touch in the antiseptic arctic. Like most of civilization, the American government has pretty much ceased to operate, leaving Chandler and his precious cargo adrift with what might be the Last Best Hope For Mankind. That’s all terribly heavy, and not a bad plot for a thriller. It invokes the memory of classics like the TV movie “On the Beach” or the shortlived 2012 ABC drama “Last Resort.” Unfortunately, “The Last Ship” is saddled with terminally turgid dialogue and a brave, clean and reverent take on military tough-guy rectitude that frequently lurches into near parody. Just some light touches, a wisenheimer sailor or a few unexpected laughs could have saved “The Last Ship” from its fate. But subtlety is always the first ca-

• A cunning lawyer (David Tennant) finds the tables turned in the conclusion of “The Escape Artist” on “Masterpiece Mystery” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings). • BBC America revamps the legend of Athos, Porthos and Aramis in the new series “The Musketeers” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-14). • Jane finds herself stuck in the series finale of “Drop Dead Diva” (9 p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG). • “True Blood” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA) begins its seventh and final season at least two seasons too late. • Resistance continues on the fourth season premiere of “Falling Skies” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

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Eric Dane stars as Capt. Tom Chandler in “The Last Ship” premiering at 9 p.m. Sunday on TNT. sualty in any apocalyptic catastrophe. Or Michael Bay production. • Agents corner Howard on “The Assets” (9 p.m. Saturday, ABC, TV-14). For careful viewers with long memories, “The Assets” was an eight-part miniseries inspired by the real-life story of CIA agent Aldrich Ames, who betrayed the agency and his country for cold, hard cash. Originally scheduled to air against the Winter Olympics, “The Assets” failed to find an audience. It’s interesting to note that this series, like FX’s “The Americans” and AMC’s “Halt and Catch Fire” (10 p.m. Sunday AMC, TV-14), is set in the early to mid-1980s, a time of remarkable change that many writers are just beginning to reflect upon and digest. Like “Halt and Catch Fire” and, to some extent, Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series “The Newsroom,” “The Assets” is saddled with stories based on yesterday’s news. If you’re inclined to watch, you’re also pretty likely to know how things turn out. • “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” Fans will recognize that line from “This Is Spinal Tap,” the seminal mockumentary from 1984. It also perfectly describes the problem with the new series “Almost Royal” (10

p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, BBC America, TV-PG). This fake documentary parody purports to follow siblings Georgie (Ed Gamble) and Poppy Carlton (Amy Hoggart), British aristocrats far removed from the throne. They’re 50th or 51st in line, by their own reckoning. This doesn’t stop them from behaving in a rather exalted manner and offering regal waves to strangers as if they should be recognized and revered. Fate takes them on a trip to America, where they interact with the ordinary and the well-known with a certain overbred cluelessness that never quite approaches convincing or remotely funny. As much as this tries to reach the wit of Christopher Guest’s efforts, from “Spinal Tap” to the recent HBO comedy “Family Tree,” it most resembles the old reality series “The Simple Life.” On that series, socialites Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie interacted with normal Americans, often saying rude and thoughtless things to strangers who treated them with bemused hospitality laced with pity. • Audience members use an app to vote in real time for their favorite singers on the latest new TV talent show “Rising Star” (9 p.m. Sunday, ABC, TV-PG), hosted by Josh Groban, with “experts”

Kesha, Ludacris and Brad Paisley.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Major League Baseball (7 p.m., Fox). Check local listings for regional games. • An Internet star gets her own TV movie, “Terry the Tomboy” (8 p.m., Nickelodeon), starring Lia Marie Johnson. • The 2014 thriller “Stolen From the Womb” (8 p.m., Lifetime) ups the ante in the woman-in-peril genre. • A square lawyer (Peter Sellers) falls in with the flower-power crowd in the 1968 comedy “I Love You, Alice B. Toklas” (8 p.m., TCM). • Sarah says “uncle” on the season two finale of “Orphan Black” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-MA). • Ghost’s problems with Tasha put the club in jeopardy on “Power” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): repeat reports on Egypt’s Coptic Christians; domestic drone use; and piano virtuoso Marcus Roberts. • Alicia grieves on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV14). • A variety of acts contend on “America’s Got Talent” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

The demands of performance and the emergence of a rival (Mila Kunis) prove too much for a fragile ballerina (Natalie Portman) in the 2010 psychological thriller “Black Swan” (10 p.m. Sunday, Sundance, TV-MA).

SATURDAY SERIES Surgery claims a witness on “Blue Bloods” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * On two episodes of of “Crisis” (NBC, TV-14): Finley takes a stand (8 p.m.); Gibson goes on a mission (9 p.m.) * Two hours of “48 Hours” (9 p.m., r, and 10 p.m., CBS) * Baby abductions on “The Blacklist” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * “Nightline Prime” (10 p.m., ABC).

SUNDAY SERIES Silly summer fun on “Wipeout” (7 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * The Dallas round of “American Ninja Warrior” (7 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) * An old colleague returns on “Elementary” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * On two helpings of “The Simpsons” (Fox, r, TV-PG): soccer madness (8 p.m.); Google glasses (8:30 p.m.) * Brian’s prodigal son returns on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Manly men on “American Dad!” (9:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Jane ensnares art thieves on “The Mentalist” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). Copyright 2014, United Feature Syndicate

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Large Sale! 4235 Nazarene Church Rd (inside gym @ church) Fri 9-7 Sat 7-12 Collectibles, 300+ Angels, Orig. Tupperware, dishes, yard decor, holiday, beanie babies & much more! Cash or Credit cards only. 3055 Ashlynn Way (Meadowcroft). Sat. 8AM-12:30PM. Grill, bikes, Michealene bathroom sink, & misc. LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $2 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend. 905-4242

1026 Dibert St. Sat. 6 am - 1 pm. Everything must go! Household items, appliances, baby items, furniture & etc.

In Loving Memory Of Geoffrey Linn (Cheese) Gibson June 21, 1975 - June 6, 2013 Happy Birthday in Heaven I Love you. I know that one day life will end for those that are closer than friends. You touched my heart in so many ways, To God, I must give him so much praise. I love you for the times we shared. Rest, Rest, Rest. You are now in God's care. In Heaven Someday. May I Go? Your Special Companion (Celissa Richburg) & Family

BUSINESS SERVICES Investments 3 Rental Properties for sale. Take in $1,155/mthly. Asking $21,00 total will consider reasonable offers. Owner financing. Ser. Inquires ONLY. 803-464-5757

Lawn Service Four Seasons Lawn Care Serving Sumter for almost 20 yrs! Free est. 494-9169/468-4008

Roofing C&B Roofing Superior work afford. prices. Free est., Sr. disc. Comm/Res 30 yr warr 290-6152 Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Years Experience. 18 colors & 45 year warranty. Financing available. Long list of satisfied customers. Call 803-837-1549. All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

Tree Service Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal , trimming & stump grinding. Lic & Ins.

803-316-0128

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net

PETS & ANIMALS Purebred Irish Setter puppies. First shots and wormed regularly, $200. Manning/Sumter area. Call or text 803-460-0624

MERCHANDISE White clothes dryer. $150 A/C window units, (1) 25,000 BTU $300, (1) 18,000 BTU $225, (1) 15,000 BTU $175, (1) 5,000 BTU $75. Call 803-934-6810 Heirs of Leona Blakeney 2122 Gin Branch Rd. Contents of home: furniture from every room, pool table, outdoor items, more! Details and Bidding at www.jrdixonauctions.com, Rafe Dixon, SCAL 4059, (803) 774-6967

Farm Products Annual Sale Palmetto Cornish Chickens $12.00/box (12 birds a box) Palmetto Farm Supply 335 Broad St. Sumter, SC 29150 On Sale starting June 21, 2014 through July 4th While supplies last.

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales Sale Saturday. Ladies & Men's shirts, $2 ea. Jeans $3 ea. Kids clothes $1 & up. All NEW! Come check us out. 522 W Liberty St. 8 am - 5 pm. 3655 Nazarene Church Rd Sat 8-1. Furn.,baby items & clothes, hshld items & more 70 Wilshire Ct. Sat. 7am-12pm. Items, include books, kids clothes. Something for everyone!

889 GORDONIA DR. SAT, 7:30AM Household items, misc items, some furn. Huge Moving Sale: 1370 Camp Branch Rd, Thurs., Fri., & Sat. 8AM-4PM. Furniture, small appliances, tv's, arcade games, gym equip, trains, Full workshop of Craftsman tools/equip., Harley Davidson gear. Everything must go... NO EARLY SALES! 680 Kingsbury Dr. Sat. 7AM. Some exercise equipment, electronics, clothes and misc items. 4920 John Franklin (off Eagle Rd) Fri 9-5, Sat 7-12, Sofa, dinette, desk, recliner, misc 751 Ingram St. (between Henderson St & Paisley Park) Sat., 8AM-12PM. Furn (some antiques), tools, linens, lots of stuff!

For Sale or Trade 2011 Kioti 30HP 4wd Tractor with loader, backhoe. $19,500. Call 803-795-9166 DAYLILIES: Over 400 varieties, Sat. June 21st, 8AM-12. 110 Curtiswood Dr. Sumter Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

EMPLOYMENT

Clarendon County School District Three is accepting applications for: Nursing Assistant Applicants must have current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Certification for the State of South Carolina. Applicants must have current CPR Certification. Applications must be received at the address below by 4 pm on Monday, June 30, 2014. Mail applications to: Connie J. Dennis, Ph.D. Superintendent Clarendon County School District Three P.O. Drawer 270 Turbeville, SC 29162 Clarendon County School District Three is an Equal Opportunity Employer

FT MAINTENANCE PERSON needed for a senior apartment community in Sumter. Qualified candidate must have their own tools, valid driver's license, be motivated, organized and results oriented. Painting and cleaning involved. Our company offers competitive salary and benefits. Must pass criminal check and drug screening. Applications may be picked up at 60 Hillard Drive, Sumter, SC or call 803-934-1449 for information

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

RN's And LPN'S needed for 2nd & 3rd shifts. Long term care experience preferred but will train. Apply in person at 1761 Pinewood Rd Sumter, SC 29154 Or email resume to roberta.smith@adcarehealth.com Paid vacations & Holidays. Only Serious inquirers need to apply. Need help with your Golf Game? Want to learn how to catch the BIG one at the lake? Can help you lower your golf scores. Show you a variety of fishing techniques to catch more and bigger fish. Beginners welcomed. Call Mark 803-464-6854 or 803-469-0534 Caregiver: I will sit with the elderly or sick. Have references. 803-481-7426, 803-847-6668

Full-time HVAC Tech & HVAC Installer wanted for busy Heating & Cooling Co. in Sumter. Minimum 5 yrs exp. & strong job references required. Paid holidays vacations. Please call 803-968-2272 Carolina Healthcare Hospice is seeking PRN RN's in the Sumter, & Florence, Personal Care Assistant in Sumter County. Forward resumes to PO Box 464, Sumter SC 29151 or call 803-774-4377. Experienced HVAC service technician needed. Valid drivers license required and drug test required. Benefits available. Please send resumes to: sheastone80@gmail.com

I will sit with elderly or sick. Will provide ref/exp. Call 803-236-3603 for more info.

REAL ESTATE 130 Heather Ct. appx 1,700+ sq ft. 3BR/2BA. DR, Lg Great Rm, fireplace w/Gas logs, dbl carport, lg lot. Asking $142,000 Neg. Realtors 3% if sold. Call 803-481-9743 or 803-506-4442 3 Marborough Ct., in Marborough Estates next to Kingsbury Elem. 4BR 2BA with dble vanity, 2100 sq. ft. Dble garage. 1.6 ac. $155K. Call 803-481-0096 or 491-5360 Looking for your DREAM HOME? LOW CREDIT SCORE? Been turned down for bad credit? Come try us, we do our own financing. We have 3-4-5 bedroom homes. Layaway program available. For more information, call 843-389-4215. (4) Mobile home in Windsor City. All occupied. $1,780 per month income. $25,000 CASH or Buy any number. Call for info. 469-6978

KEN-CO HOMES SCOTBILT D.W. $49,900 843-394-2613, myken-co.net 1981 Singlewide Fixer-upper for sale. $500 OBO. Call 803-469-3222 Off Pinewood Rd: Almost an acre lot with well & septic tank, $5,900. Call 404-895-3972 The Summit -Beautiful exterior lot in gated community $73,500 Call 803-840-2490

RENTALS Rooms for rent in spacious home. Call 803-404-4662 for details Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette. 775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO Beautiful 6BR 4BA home. 10 mi. from Contential Tire. Den, LR, DR, Lg kitchen w/Island, W/D hook-up. Featuring hardwood tile and carpet. Over-sized BRs & BAs. Huge fenced yard. Back/front patio. Like new. $900/mo + $900/dep. Call 803-316-7958 or 773-1838 between 9am-6pm Mon-Fri. 1029 Old Pocalla Rd 2Br 1.5Ba $425 mo. Sect. 8 OK Call 481-5843 or 983-6193 Shannon Dr. behind Jehovah Church & Layfette. 3BR 1BA, completely remodeled, like new! Fenced yard, den, dining room, C/H/A. $600 sec. dep + $600 mo. Section 8 welcome! Call Mon - Fri between 9 am - 6 pm 803-316-7958 or 803-773-1838.

John R. Capers,

2000 Ford Expedition, Eddie Bauer, leather, 183,000 miles, $2800. Call 469-6453 2012 Impala, fully equipped. Extra clean. GM warranty. Book value $15,500 will take $13,750. Call 499-4207 or 840-7633

American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

Ocean Lakes 2BR/2BA C/H/A Sleeps 8, near ocean, Also available 6/28-7/5 Call 803-773-2438

Dalzell 16.57 acre paved. $2425 dn. $580 mo. 120 mos. $2500 Ac. 888-774-5720. Minutes Walmart/Shaw, 1 Ac, Water, Electric, Paved $6,000 cash. 888-774-5720

RECREATION

DEFENDANTS

2004 Ford Ranger XLT, 106,220 miles. NADA $9,200, asking $8,000. Excellent condition. Call 803-464-4300 A Guaranteed Credit Approval AUTO LOANS We will arrange financing even if you have been turned down before. Loans available for no credit, bad credit, 1st Time Buyers & Bankruptcy buyers. No co-signers needed. Call Mr. Ashley Brown at 803-926-3235

2006 Toyota Tacoma Pkup , Reg Cab, Desert Sand color, 35K mi. good condition, all service records. Has matching A.R.E. truck bed cover. Radio w/CD Player, A/C, cruise control. As is. Firm price $10,000. Cash or Cashiers check only. 803-775-0830 1997 Ford Chip Dump Truck F800 with air brakes runs/fair condition. $3,500 OBO. Call 481-4389 ask for ED

LEGAL NOTICES Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Willie Sues, Inc. intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale ON premises consumption of Beer & Wine or Liquor at 3355 Patriot Parkway, Sumter, SC 29154. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than July 7, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

DEBT NOTICE 14' fiberglass boat, 20 hp Johnson mtr, with trailer, $1200 OBO. Call 481-8251 ask for Susan or Delbert.

I will not be responsible for any debts incurred by anyone other than myself. Jane Luther Smith 1120 Cutleaf Drive Sumter, South Carolina 29150

2011 Ultra-lite 32' camper. Elec slideout, AC, heat, sleeps 8. Exc condition. $16,299. 803-481-8301

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2006 Freedom Spirit tow camper 25ftw/ slide out, sl 8 w/private MBR, 10,000lbs. $5,500 OBO. Runs good 481-4389 ask ED 2010 Travel trailer, Cherokee 26RL, sleeps 6, set up in park near Shaw AFB. Value $17,800, asking $13,500. Sears LTD 1000 lawn tractor, completely rebuilt, $600. Call 315-272-7118

PLAINTIFF -vsCharlotte Dubose, Sole Surviving Trustee of Brogdon Temple Holy Rock Church and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults being as a class designated as Richard Roe, and any unknown infants or persons under disability or persons in the military designated as John Doe, Mary Roe, a fictitious named representing all members of the Brogdon Temple Holy Rock Church

TO THE NAMED:

Debt Notice

2006 Gulf Stream Cavalier Travel Trailer Exc Condtion, Sleeps 8 $6500 OBO Call 983-3499 Aft 5pm

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TRANSPORTATION

3BR/1.5BA, all appl. incl. C/H/A, water & sewer incl. $385/mo + dep. Call 803-464-5757.

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water/sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 494-8350

I'm Available to clean your home. Affordable, reliable 16 yrs exp ref's. Melissa 803-938-5204

Driver Needed Palmetto Gas Co. Good pay and benefits. CDL Class A. Haz and tanker preferred. Good Driving record, home every night. Contact Pat Joyner 803-775-1002 or 803-840-5337

(Scenic Lake) 3BR 2BA 16x80. No pets Call 803-499-1500. From 9am- 5pm

Thomas Sumter Academy, in Rembert, SC is seeking applicants for part-time school bus drivers. Requirements are: a CDL license and a copy of your driving record for the last ten years. Please send this information along with a resume to: Susan.hux@thomassumter.org.

Salesman for busy car lot. Sales experience required. Salary negotiable. Apply in person at 1282 N Lafayette Dr Sumter. No phone calls.

Maintenance Tech - FT 70+ Unit Midrise Elderly Apartment community in Sumter. Exp. pref. in areas of Apt Maint. incl. plumbing, Elec., appliance & HVAC. Good pay and benefits with Prof. Mgmt. Co. EOE Please fax resume 803-775-0474.

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

3BR/2BA on Plowden Mill Rd out of Manning. $650/mo + $650/dep. 803-473-3301

Housekeeper/Baby sitter seeking weekend & night time work. Background is available on Care.com. Call Sherry Graves 843-271-7653

Experienced Nailers . Must have own transportation & tools. 803-565-0893 Bubba

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$$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

Kennel help & Receptionist needed. Apply in person at 87 Market St. Total Pet Care.

Exp. Shingle Nailers & Carpenters Must have own transportation. Only experienced need to apply. Call 481-0603 or 968-2459. No calls after 5!!!

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014

975 Oswego Hwy 401. 2BR 2BA, Private lot, No pets. $425/mo +$400 dep. Conv. to downtown Sumter & Shaw 803-506-2370

SUMMONS (QUIET TITLE) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2014-CP-31-58 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEE

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber, at his office at 115 E. Church Street, Bishopville, South Carolina 29010, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Lee County on February 19, 2014. The Complaint is an action to quiet title of a piece of real property designated as TMS No.: 068-03-00-100 and described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land together with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being at the southern corner of the intersection of McIntosh Street and S.C. Highway 341, Town of Lynchburg, County of Lee, State of South Carolina. Said lot having the following measurements and boundaries to wit: Commencing at a point at the southern corner of the intersection of McIntosh Street and S.C. Highway 341 and running S30°31'E along the southwestern side of S.C. Highway 341 for 147.4 feet to an iron; thence turning and running S60°48'W for 191.7 feet to an iron along the northwestern side of Lot B as shown on Plat hereinafter referred to; thence turning and running N41°27'W for 99.1 feet to an iron; thence North 61°54'W for a distance of 60.0 feet to an iron; thence turning and running N60°45'E along the southeastern side of McIntosh Street for 243 feet, more or less, to point of commencement. Said lot being bounded now or formerly, on the NORTHWEST by McIntosh Street; NORTHEAST by S.C. Highway 341; SOUTHEAST by Lot "B" as shown on said plat; and on the SOUTHWEST by property of Bill McIntosh, center of ditch being the line. All measurements being a little more Or less. Said lot being designated as Lot "A" on a plat prepared by Frank E. Hinson, Surveyor, dated July 9, 1977, for Isabel G. Welch and Minnie G. Aschauer. This being the same property conveyed to the Brogdon Temple Holy Rock Church, Trustees, by deed of Fannie B. Brogdon executed November 8, 1988 and recorded November 9, 1988 in Deed Book C-4 at page 225 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Lee County, South Carolina. STUCKEY, FATA AND SEGARS, LLC PAUL M. FATA, ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF POST OFFICE DRAWER 568 BISHOPVILLE, S.C. 29010 (803) 484-5409 FAX: (803) 484-9239 Email: paulmfata@sfslawfirm.com

Abandon Vehicle / Boat Abandoned Vehicle Notice: The following vehicle was abandoned at Bethel Tire, 828 Bethel Church Rd., Sumter, SC 29154. Described as a 70 Chevy, VIN# 133370F185273. Total Due for storage: $2,350 as of June 18, 2014. 2 0 0 1 G M C V I N # 1GKEK131X1J206339. Total Due for storage: $1,900 as of June 18, 2014. Owner is asked to call 803-481-9898. If not claimed in 30 days. it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.