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‘A moment of unity’ Governor says time has come to remove flag from grounds CHARLESTON (AP) — South Carolina’s governor declared Monday the Confederate flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds, reflecting what she described as a new consensus that the slaying of nine black churchgoers has changed what the banner stands for. Gov. Nikki Haley’s about-face comes just days after authorities HALEY charged Dylann Storm Roof, 21, with murder. The white man appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and burning or desecrating U.S. flags and purportedly wrote of fomenting racial violence. Survivors told police he hurled racial insults during the attack. “The murderer now locked up in Charleston said he hoped his actions would start a race war. We have an opportunity to show that not only was he wrong, but that just the opposite is happening,” she said, flanked by Democrats and Republicans, blacks and whites who joined her call. “My hope is that by removing a symbol that divides us, we can move our state forward in harmony, and we can honor the nine blessed souls who are now in Heaven,” Haley said. The massacre inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has suddenly made removing the flag — long thought politically impossible in South Carolina — the go-to position, even for politicians who have counted on the votes of disaffected white people in Republican primaries. Haley was flanked by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, now

Attacked in places most sacred, congregations struggle forward BY ADAM GELLER AP National Writer The blast, powered by at least 40 sticks of dynamite, ripped into the stillness before dawn. A few more hours and Sunday school classrooms at The Temple on Atlanta’s Peachtree Street would have been filled with 600 children. The synagogue was spared blood, but the explosion on that morning in 1958 rocked a Jewish congregation whose backing of the civil rights movement had long sown fears of retaliation. But congregants, however shaken, found their first bit of

solace when the rabbi posted the title of his next sermon on a signboard streetside: “And none shall make them afraid,” it read. As members of a historic black church in Charleston begin searching for a path forward after the massacre of their pastor and eight others, history provides far too many examples for them to follow — from Atlanta to Birmingham and points beyond — where hate turned our most sacred institutions into crime scenes. Recovery is not a choice for these places and their people. But those who’ve done the hard

work of rebuilding shattered congregations recall it as a wrenching experience, even as it inspired a deepened search for affirmation. “Even until this day ... we still have armed security at the door,” says Pardeek Kaleka, whose father was one of six people killed by a gunman who burst into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 2012. “I don’t think there’s ever going to be closure, but we’re healing.” That search for healing, despite its pain, can serve to unite, Kaleka and others say.

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The Confederate flag flies near the South Carolina Statehouse on Friday in Columbia. Tensions about the Confederate flag flying in the shadow of South Carolina’s Capitol rose last week after the killings of nine people at a black church in Charleston. “We are not going to allow this symbol to divide us any longer,” Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Resident with bill problems, health care needs finds help BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Sumter United Ministries is dedicated to helping people, and when a man came in with an electric bill final notice, the ministry wanted to do just that. And when it saw how small the amount due was, it was an easy answer. After the ministry helped him, it started a long, prosperous relationship between them. Sumter United Minis-

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tries was able to help him beyond just the initial electric bill. The man is a disabled senior without a car who was struggling to get around town. He also had a budget of less than $800 per month, according to the church. He had a food stipend of $50 per month, and Sumter United Ministries was able to give him food so he didn’t have to spend his money.

The ministry counseled him and helped him reduce his monthly expenses even more so he could have extra money in his pocket — money he needed for medical expenses. Sumter United Ministries was able to provide some of the supplies he needed, free of charge to him. Although he only asked for help with a small electric bill, Sumter United Ministries was able to help him with almost every aspect of his life, for which he said he’s grateful.

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“Everybody was very nice and pleasant,” the man, who does not want to be identified, said. “It was wonderful.” The Crisis Relief Ministry, which helped the man with his bills, assisted 13 families from May 25 to May 28, spending $2,504.24. It also assisted 16 families with food for a total of $695. The man said he is very thankful for the people at Sumter United

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Fire hydrant flow tests Wednesday, Thursday The City of Sumter will be performing fire hydrant flow tests on Beacon Drive, Landmark Drive, Horizon Drive, Constitution Drive, Declaration Boulevard, Brushwood Drive, Springdale Way, Windrow Drive and Breezybay Lane. Water customers in the surrounding area may experience temporary discolored water. Work will be performed on Wednesday and Thursday between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For any questions or concerns, contact the City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.

Commission to consider rezoning request Sumter City and County Planning Commission will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Sumter City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider a request to rezone approximately 2 acres of land at 3380 N. Main St. from agricultural conservation to general commercial for the development of a 9,100-square-foot Dollar General.

Lawmakers return money from white supremacist Some GOP presidential hopefuls will give donations to charity WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates, GOP lawmakers and the lone black Republican in the House are returning donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof or giving the money to charity. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a black Republican woman who was elected to the House last year, said through a spokesman that she had returned $1,000 in donations from Earl Holt, leader of the Council of Conservative Citizens. The presidential campaigns of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rick Santorum said they would donate the money received from Holt to a fund set up by Charleston’s mayor to as-

sist the victims’ families. “I abhor the sentiments Mr. Holt has expressed,” Santorum said in a statement. “These statements and sentiments are unacceptable. Period. End of sentence.” Holt has contributed more than $60,000 to Republicans since 2010, including several White House hopefuls, Federal Election Commission records show. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is expected to announce his presidential candidacy next month, has received $3,500 in donations from Holt since 2011. Walker will also donate the money to the charity supporting the victims’ families, said his spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, in an email. An online manifesto purportedly

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County to recognize Lakewood choir Sumter County Fiscal, Tax and Property Committee will meet at 5 p.m. today in County Council Conference Room, Sumter County Administration Building, 13 E. Canal St., where it will go into executive session to discuss two contractual matters and one economic development matter. Sumter County Council will meet at 6 p.m. today in County Council Chambers, Sumter County Administration Building, 13 E. Canal St., to recognize members of the Lakewood High School Choir for being named a Grammy Signature School by the Grammy Foundation. Council will also consider final reading of the county’s 2016 budget and final reading of an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of a general obligations bond of no more than $2.5 million.

Fans, above, enter Riley Park for the Michal Hoge benefit game at Riley Park on Monday night. On May 17, Hoge, a former member of the Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 and Thomas Sumter Academy baseball teams, suffered an injury while diving into a swimming pool. The injury left him with three broken vertebrae in his neck. Michal Hoge’s grandfather, Bill Hoge, left, throws out the first pitch before the benefit game.

Historic preservation committee to meet The Sumter Historic Preservation Design Review Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Sumter City Council Chambers, Fourth Floor of the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider a request for façade renovations to a building at 34 N. Main St.

CORRECTION An incorrect date for the Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study Policy Committee was published in Sunday’s edition. The committee will meet Wednesday at 10 a.m. in City Council Chambers, 4th Floor Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

written by Roof, the suspect in last week’s killing of nine blacks at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, said he learned about “brutal blackon-white murders” from the Council of Conservative Citizens website. Another presidential hopeful, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, said he will return the $8,500 he received from Holt. In a statement posted online Sunday, Holt said that it “was not surprising” that Roof credited his group with his knowledge of black-on-white crime. But he added that the Council of Conservative Citizens is “hardly responsible for the actions of this deranged individual merely because he gleaned accurate information from our website,” and said that the group doesn’t condone illegal activities.

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Join discussion about Elliot post office relocation FROM STAFF REPORTS The U.S. Postal Service will host a public meeting on July 1 to discuss relocating its Elliot post office. USPS Real Estate Specialist Richard Hancock has called the meeting at 5:30 p.m. in St. Paul Methodist Church, 16 Clarence McFadden Road, in Elliot. In a release sent by the postal service, it states it seeks land or an existing building to relocate the post office because of structural issues with the

current building. The relocation project consists of procuring a suitable location as close as possible to the existing post office, according to the release. Retail services, which are now conducted in a mobile unit, will continue at the current site until all preparations are completed at the new location, it states. The postal service assures the public there will be no changes to mail delivery, customers’ addresses or post office

boxes because of the relocation. Postal service representatives will submit a proposal for relocation information at the meeting and will accept written comments for 30 days after the meeting. Anyone interested in submitting written comments before the postal service makes a final decision can do so by writing to: Richard Hancock, Real Estate Specialist, United States Postal Service, Facilities Service Office, P.O. Box 27497, Greensboro, NC 27497-1103.

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Artists guild show to open Popular exhibition will feature many mediums BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com One of the year’s most anticipated exhibitions opens at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Sumter County Gallery of Art. Gallery Director Karen Watson described The Sumter Artists’ Guild Show as “one of the most popular and well-attended exhibitions the gallery presents.” The guild, soon to celebrate its 50th anniversary, boasts more than 100 members, and many of them have entered the annual show, she said, adding that this “... provides an excellent opportunity for guild members to show their work in a formal exhibition setting. Guild members work in a wide range of media including but not limited to oils, watermedia, sculpture, mixed media, natural material such as gourds, fiber arts, jewelry and ceramics.” Watson said the addition of many “‘new’ and younger artists ... coupled with the high-quality work of longtime guild artists results in a fresh and diverse Sumter Artists’ Guild Show — a treat for art lovers in Sumter and surrounding areas.” For the guild show, each artist may enter as many as three pieces. A “judged” show rather than juried, all entered works will be exhibited and the winners selected this year by noted artist Tarleton Blackwell of Manning. Prizes will be awarded to the first-, second- and thirdplace winners, as well as three honorable mentions. Blackwell is a 1978 graduate of Benedict College in Columbia and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of South Carolina. He was the recipient of the Martha Beach Endowed Chair in Painting at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he was a visiting professor and artist-in-residence. He is a former art instructor for Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Vermont College of Norwich University. He is the art instructor at Scott’s Branch High School, Clarendon School District 1, in Summerton. Blackwell’s artwork has been included in numerous

Shane Edge’s painting on glass is titled “Iris Ensata.” It can be seen with the work of many members of the guild from Thursday evening through Aug. 28. Visitors to the gallery will again be able to vote for the Peoples’ Choice Award. solo and group exhibitions across the country and internationally. The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria requested Blackwell’s piece “The Unity Series II: Sisterhood” be exhibited in the ambassadorial residence in Lagos, Nigeria, from 2001-03. In addition, his artwork is represented in numerous corporate and private collections including Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; Greenville County Museum, Greenville; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Columbia Museum of Art; South Carolina Arts Commission; and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Washington, D.C. In addition to the judged prizes, Watson said, “The gallery is again excited to offer the Peoples’ Choice Award, where visitors to the gallery cast their votes for the piece they like the most. “This is a wonderful way for the community to get involved and have a say and will be a very special honor for the winning artist. After the show closes, the Peoples’ Choice Winner will be displayed in the gallery for the month of September so people have a chance to see it.” She added, “Carole Carberry, president of the guild, with a core group that includes Laura Cardello, Vicki Hagner, Susan Allen and Genevieve Rath, works hard to maintain the energy and enthusiasm of the guild.” In addition to the guild show, the gallery will present the traveling exhibition “The Red Suitcase,” curated

by Charleston artist Mary Walker. Walker said the project “came from an idea about exhibiting the work of artists I know from near and far and for it to be contained in some way, as in a suitcase.” Walker and woodworker David Puls transformed the suitcase into a comprehensive mini exhibition space. Inside are various interpretations of travel, expressing the individuality of each of 11 artists: John McWilliams, Nancy Marshall, Kristi Ryba, Jeff Kopish, Shaun Cassidy, Tom Stanley, David Higginbotham, Lucy Clark, Aya Kawano, Linda Fantuzzo and Mary Walker. “The Red Suitcase” will be on display at the en-

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Denise Greer’s “Medicine Woman” is among her entries in the Sumter County Artists Guild Show, opening Thursday. trance of the gallery. Watson emphasized the importance of community support to the gallery in order to make these and other exhibitions possible. “This is a true community effort,” she said, “especially since this show features all local artists. This would not have been possible without the support of FTC, Evening Pilot Club, Susan and Jim Allen, and Vicki and Irene

Hagner in memory of MJ Hagner. Claudia Rainey of the Azalea Garden Club provided flowers. The public is invited to the reception and awards ceremony from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasell St. Admission is free to gallery members, $5 for others. Admission is free at all other times. Call (803) 7750543 for more information.

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Lawsuit seeks answers in roundup of Muslims Hundreds detained, reportedly abused after 9/11 attacks

from a federal appeals court last week, with two judges willing to let the courts grapple with what happened in the days after the worst terrorist attack in American history, when the largest criminal probe in U.S. history tested the boundaries of civil liberties. In a 2-1 ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the lawsuit against three former top U.S. officials, including then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Holding the defendants “in solitary confinement 23 hours a day with regular strip searches because their perceived faith or race placed them in the group targeted for recruitment by al-Qaida violated the detain-

BY LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press NEW YORK — It has been nearly 14 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, but a lawsuit on behalf of Muslims rounded up in the aftermath has barely moved forward as lawyers try to show how frightening it was for hundreds of men with no ties to terrorism to be treated like terrorists, locked up and abused for months at a time. The lawsuit finally got a green light

ees’ Constitutional rights,” the majority wrote. “The suffering endured by those who were imprisoned merely because they were caught up in the hysteria of the days immediately following 9/11 is not without a remedy.” The ruling gives hope that it can be learned what really happened at the top layers of U.S. government, said Rachel Meeropol, a Center for Constitutional Rights attorney working on the case. “Frankly, while this decision is only an interim victory and doesn’t provide my clients with any actual compensation, its bold rebuke to unchecked executive power is itself worth the years of effort.” In all, 762 detainees were swept up nationwide, including 491 in the New

York area. The arrests came after the FBI was flooded with tips to a hotline, including 96,000 in the week after Sept. 11, 2001. Some were held an average of three to eight months in New York, with about 80 housed at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and the rest at Passaic County Jail in Paterson, New Jersey. The court described evidence showing detainees’ abuse including slamming them into walls; bending or twisting their arms, hands, wrists and fingers; stepping on their leg restraints; leaving them handcuffed or shackled in their cells, insulting their religion or making humiliating sexual comments during strip searches.

Lasers, magnetism allow glimpses of human brain

Shaul Yahil, a researcher at the Yale Brain Function Lab, has laser probes attached to his head during a demonstration of brain mapping technology in New Haven, Connecticut, on March 13. At one end of each of the 64 fiber optic cables in the headpiece, weak laser beams see about an inch into the brain to detect blood flow.

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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — To the untrained eye, the graph looked like a very volatile day on Wall Street — jagged peaks and valleys in red, blue and green, displayed on a wall. But the story it told was not about economics. It was a glimpse into the brains of Shaul Yahil and Shaw Bronner, two researchers at a Yale lab, as they had a little chat. “This is a fork,” Yahil observed, describing the image on his computer. “A fork is something you use to stab food while you’re eating it. Common piece of cutlery in the West.” “It doesn’t look like a real fancy sterling silver fork, but very useful,” Bronner responded. And then she described her own screen: “This looks like a baby chimpanzee.” The jagged, multicolored images depicted what was going on in the two researchers’ heads — two brains in conversation, carrying out an intricate dance of internal activity. This is no parlor trick. The brain-tracking technology at work is just a small part of the quest to answer abiding questions about the workings of a three-pound chunk of fatty tissue with the consistency of cold porridge. How does this collection of nearly 100 billion densely packed nerve cells, acting through circuits with maybe 100 trillion connections, let us think, feel, act and perceive our world? How does this complex machine go wrong and make people depressed or delusional or demented? What can be done about that? Such questions spurred President Obama to launch the BRAIN initiative in 2013. Its aim: to spur development of new tools to investigate the brain. Europe and Japan are also pursuing major efforts in brain research. The mysteries of this organ, which sucks up about 20 percent of the body’s energy, are many and profound. But with a collection of sophisticated devices, scientists are peering inside the working brains of people for clues to what makes us tick. At the Yale lab, Yahil and Bronner were demonstrating a technique being used there to investigate how our brains let us engage with other people. That’s one of the most basic questions in neuroscience, as well as an ability impaired in autism and schizophrenia, said lab director Joy Hirsch. As the two researchers chatted, each wore a black-andwhite skullcap from which 64 slender black cables trailed away like dreadlocks. At the tip of half of those fiber optic cables, weak laser beams slipped through their skulls and penetrated about an inch into their brains. There, the beams bounced off blood and reflected back to be picked up by the other half of the cables. Those reflections revealed how much oxygen that blood was carrying. And because

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Protesters close their eyes in silent prayer as they stand on the South Carolina Statehouse steps during a rally to take down the Confederate flag on Saturday in Columbia. Rep. Doug Brannon, R-Landrum, said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past time for the Confederate flag to be removed from South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Statehouse grounds after nine people were killed in the Emanuel A.M.E. Church shooting. the Senate lets die. In March, Beasley concedes defeat on the issue. 1998 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In September, Beasley repeats his pledge to never again try to remove the flag. Democratic challenger Jim Hodges also promises not to revive the issue. Hodges defeats Beasley, thanks in part to the influence of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. In October, the NAACP demonstrates at the Statehouse. 1999 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The flag issue resurfaces in June as black lawmakers find that legislative manual covers are printed with images showing the flag in the background. On July 15, the national

NAACP passes a boycott resolution. Five days later, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference moves its annual 2000 convention from Charleston. Hodges meets with NAACP leaders and begins polling lawmakers. 2000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The NAACP boycott begins Jan. 1. At a presidential debate, a question on the flag prompts boos. The next day, Jan. 8, more than 6,000 flag supporters march on the Statehouse. On Jan. 17, more than 45,000 flag opponents march on the Statehouse in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. A month later, Hodges proposes moving the flag to an out-of-the-way

monument, but the plan goes nowhere. In April, Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. marches 120 miles to Columbia in a five-day anti-flag protest. The Senate votes to take the flag down April 12. The House does so May 10. A compromise version of the bills is worked out. Hodges signs it May 23. The Senate removes its Confederate flag June 30. The House follows July 1. The Confederate flag is lowered from the Statehouse dome. Moments later, Civil War re-enactors raise a smaller, square version of the flag nearby. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on a 30-foot flagpole at the Confederate Soldier Monument directly in front of the Statehouse, along a busy street. The compromise says the flag can be lowered only with approval of the Legislature. November 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A survey of 852 South Carolina residents by Winthrop University asks whether the flag should continue to be flown. The results: 42.4 percent strongly think it should stay put. Further, 53.3 percent of whites feel strongly that it should stay, and 51.1 percent of blacks feel strongly that it be removed. June 17, 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nine people are killed in a shooting massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Police charge Dylann Roof, who is white. June 22, 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley reverses her position and says the Confederate flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds.

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running for president, as well as South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior senator, Tim Scott, and its only black congressman, Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn. Within moments, her call was echoed by the Republican Party chairman and the top GOP lawmaker, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Haley urged the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GOP-led House and Senate to debate the issue no later than this summer. If not, she said she will call a special session and force them to resolve it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will use that authority for the purpose of the Legislature removing the flag from the Statehouse grounds,â&#x20AC;? she said. South Carolina House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident after talking to members of both parties that the Confederate flag will be taken down within the next two months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people understand this is a moment we have to respond to,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Rick Quinn, a Republican and former House majority leader who said he will vote to take it down. Other lawmakers proposed moving it to the state-run Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.

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FAITH FROM PAGE A1 “The sanctuary was packed that Friday night” immediately after the synagogue bombing in Atlanta, recalls Alvin Sugarman, a college student at the time who years later became the Reform congregation’s rabbi. “The silent majority came out of the woodwork. ... It became a healing thing, instead of a breach. It brought the decent people of the community together.” Probably no faith community in the U.S. has endured greater violence than black churches, targeted by decades of burning and bombings. Even years afterward, their experience shows how an attack on a place con-

CARING FROM PAGE A1 Ministries because of all they do. “I’m going to tell other people about it,” he said. “I’m going to spread the word.” Sumter United Ministries would not be able to do what it does without the help from the community. This is why The Sumter Item is teaming up with the ministry to raise money for three of the main aspects of its work: crisis relief, emergency shelter and the home repair and wheelchair building portion. The second-annual Summer of Caring is off and running, entering week six of its campaign to raise money for Sumter United Ministries.

sidered sacred can inflict the deepest of scars. Members of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, had to rebuild both the congregation’s structure and psyche after a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klansmen ripped apart the building and killed four black girls gathered for Sunday worship on Sept. 15, 1963. The city already was known as “Bombingham” because of a series of racist bombings going back years. But the bloody specter of children dying in church shocked the nation. “If these cruel and tragic events can only awaken that city and state — if they can only awaken this entire nation — to a realization of the folly of racial injustice and hatred and vio-

The ministry is always looking for donations to fund its community outreach projects, and Executive Director Mark Champagne said the ministry largely runs on those and the help from volunteers. Summer of Caring started Memorial Day weekend and finished its fifth week raising money for Sumter United Ministries. The goal for the summer is to raise as much money as possible for the ministry’s work. Donations as of Monday include: This week’s donations as of Monday include: $200 from the Tuesday Club that meets on Thursday; $175 from an anonymous donor; $100 from Jack and Susan D. Osteen in memory of Dr. Charles “Pap” and Helen Propst and $50 from An-

lence, then it is not too late for all concerned to unite in steps toward peaceful progress before more lives are lost,” President John F. Kennedy said. The victims buried, members turned to repairing damage that included cracks throughout the structure. Donors gave more than $300,000 to restore the church. Today, light from a memorial window donated by the people of Wales still casts a blue glow over the sanctuary’s upper balcony. The repairs were long completed by the time the Rev. Arthur Price arrived as pastor 13 years ago. But memories were still fresh among members who were there the day the bomb went off. “I think no one really gets over that,” says Price. “Every day you

drew and Marianne Juhl for a total of $525. Of the $525, $350 is undesignated, $125 is for crisis relief, $25 is for the emergency shelter and $25 is for home repair and wheelchair construction. This week’s donations bring the total money raised to $2,290. Of the total amount raised, $440 is for Crisis Relief, and $625 is for home repair and wheelchair building, and $575 is for the emergency shelter. The remaining money is undesignated. Overall money raised for this year’s “Summer of Caring” to: Total combined anonymous: $1,090 Total this week: $525 Total this year: $2,290 Total last year: $5,542

think about your friends. Every day you think about your loved ones. Every day you think about what happened in your place of security and sanctity.” The church has become one of Alabama’s leading tourist attractions. Strangers often attend worship; some even show up at intimate Bible or prayer meetings like the one held at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church when a young white man with what are said to be racist motives opened fire. At 16th Street, even now, members remain a bit on edge. “If someone comes in with a backpack and leaves a backpack, you know, eyebrows begin to raise,” Price says.

Total since 2014: $7,832 Financial donations for “Summer of Caring” can be mailed to: The Sumter Item P.O. Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151 Contributions can also be dropped off at The Sumter Item’s office at 20 N. Magnolia St. If donations are made in

someone’s name, identify who the person is, and correctly spell his or her name. If you want the donation to be made specifically to one of the three programs, please indicate which one, and it will be applied directly to it. If no indication is made, it will go to Sumter United Ministries and be divided among all three.

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Former S.C. editor talks Confederate flag column BY FITZ McADEN Editors note: McAden is the former executive editor of The (Hilton Head) Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette.

egarding Graham Osteen’s column in the Sunday, June 21 edition: I thought it was excellent and just wanted to tell you so personally. I, like you, had forbearers who fought on the Confederate side in the War Between the States. A great-great grandfather was a surgeon who treated wounded and dying troops after several battles. I saw a letter of his several years ago to

GUEST COMMENTARY higher-ups in the Confederate army begging for more caskets because he’d run out, and soldiers’ bodies were being put in the ground without them. When I was a child, my grandfather took us to The Citadel to see dress parades, and I remember standing up when the band played Dixie, just as we did when the band played the Star-Spangled Banner. (It didn’t occur to me until years later, that that was a bit odd.) I remember the first “Yankees” who moved into my family’s neighborhood in Columbia. We

liked them but regarded them as being just a little different from us because of their accents and the fact that they came from many states away. In fact, they weren’t even real Yankees from the Northeast — they had moved from Ohio. As was the case with many other Southern families, a black “maid” came on the bus most days to cook, clean, wash and iron for us — and to help raise us. She had a hugely positive impact on the lives of me and other members of my family. So Southern ways were part of my growing up, too. I was fortunate to have had parents who had solid values, who cared and treated other

human beings respectfully and decently, and they drummed into their children that we must behave the same way. And I was lucky that they gave me and my two sisters opportunities to be exposed to places and ways of life outside of the Deep South, and it all was eyeopening for a Southern boy. After school, I lived in urban melting pots like New York for a couple of years and later all over Florida, including Miami, for many more years. But South Carolina and all that is good about it and the rest of the South were always part of me, so when I had the opportunity 22 years ago to come back and work at The State and

then The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, I left Miami and brought my family. It was then and still is wonderful to be back home. But you are dead right. We still need to make some significant changes down here. You’re also right that it will take some political leaders who are willing to shed their stubbornness, parochial mindsets and fear of not getting re-elected to help get us where we need to be. Their timidity on the flag issue and on many others blows my mind. Thanks for your strongly worded piece. I hope some of our state leaders will adopt a similarly urgent tone in the coming weeks.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CONFEDERATE FLAG IS ONLY WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE Re Graham Osteen column on June 21. It looks like Mr. Roof is going to get what he wanted, a race war. I respect other people’s views, but that Confederate flag is no more than what someone wants it to be. Anyone who is so intolerant to call other people names is themselves practicing intolerance. When someone says our state flag should be replaced with a swastika, if we don’t see things his way, is rather self-centered. To say that because one man is consumed with racist hatred we must punish anyone who likes one thing, that he likes, is rather shortsighted. How do you know what most people think about the flag? Even if you are right, does everyone have to believe only one way? We now know that you believe “that some twisted symbol of Southern Heritage” makes everyone who likes that symbol “misguided, morally blind and spiritually sick.” Who made you God? If someone can forgive another person for killing a family member, I wonder why they would care about a flag that others love. What is worse than someone being intolerant is someone who preaches tolerance but only when everyone believes the way they do. Back in the 1990s when the NAACP demanded the flag be taken down from our State Capitol building I heard someone say “The NAACP is nothing but the Klan with a tan.” I have thought a lot about that quote over the last 20 years or so. To me the NAACP is an organization that started out with good intentions. They have accomplished a lot of good over the last 100 years. However, over the past few years it has become an organization that demands what they want, and they don’t care what others want or think. I have come to expect boycotts, marches, protests and the spewing of hatred and intolerance for what others love and believe in. I believe the Confederate flag can come down when the NAACP disbands. The African American History Monument should also be removed. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

moted by prominent people take the spotlight off of the issues at hand — racism, drugs and mental illness. Don’t let their personal agendas sidetrack us from the real issues. BARBARA ORR PITTS Dalzell

I have contacted the offices of my local state officials, Mr. Murrell Smith and Mr. Thomas McElveen, and our governor, Nikki Haley, asking them to introduce and support bi-partisan legislation to bring down the Confederate flag. I will politely and patiently listen to their perspectives on this issue. The time has come, and let those who stand THANKS FOR MANY GREAT in the way get out of the way. Those YEARS AT SUMTER CHAMBER that refuse to fight to bring this flag down owe an explanation as to why On behalf of my family, I want to thank everyone who attended the retire- they continue to choose to remain within the ranks of those who long for ment event. I appreciate the outpouring the days of segregation and white suof friendship from everyone there. Our premacy, and within the hateful circle gratitude and appreciation is tremenof the 16 identified white supremacist dous. groups in South Carolina, all of which My 31-year tenure at the Greater boldly use the Confederate flag as the Sumter Chamber of Commerce has been an honor and privilege. The Sum- symbol that unites them. You must ter community has been wonderful for also include the Dylann Roofs of the world within your circle, whether you us. We look forward to many more welcome him or not. years as Sumterites. When the Ku Klux Klan murdered The Sumter business community has been very supportive of the Cham- four young black girls by bombing a church in Birmingham in 1963, Martin ber and myself over the years. The Sumter Chamber, in my opinion, is one Luther King Jr. stated during a eulogy HISTORY SHOULDN’T BE REWRITTEN of the premier Chambers in South for the victims that he hoped “the inJUST BECAUSE IT’S PAINFUL Carolina. My thanks to the many busi- nocent blood of these little girls may I disagree with Graham Osteen’s ar- nessmen and women who have helped become the redemptive force that brings new light to this dark city.” ticle regarding the removal of the us work to continue to improve our Slowly but surely it did. The decent citConfederate flag from the Statehouse great community. izens of Birmingham searched their grounds. History should not be reAgain, my family and I wish to collective soul and realized a change written just because it is painful. It is thank the entire Sumter community was long overdue for the future wela slap in the face to the ancestors of for making our time here a wonderful fare of their city. Perhaps this tragedy those who fought and served honorexperience. ably under the Confederate flag, GRIER BLACKWELDER in Charleston will do the same. TOM O’HARE which was removed from the StateGreater Sumter Chamber of Commerce Sumter house dome and moved to a more apEditor’s note: Because this letter exceedpropriate location. Removal of the flag SHOOTING CAN BE REASON TO ed the 350-word length as stated in our completely opens the door to the erad- BRING DOWN CONFEDERATE FLAG Editorial Page Policies which appears ication of all traces of a painful past I often hear it proclaimed by many and all things deemed to be distasteregularly on this page, it can be read in of my South Carolina friends that the ful. Don’t run from the past — learn Confederate flag is symbol of heritage, its entirety under Opinion on The Sumfrom it. not hate. For Dylann Roof, it was clear- ter Item’s website, www.theitem.com. The same can be said regarding the ly a symbol of hate. How can we in press conference given by President South Carolina who are white continue BATEN IGNORES FACT THAT Obama regarding the shooting. Obama to live with our conscience intact if we WHITES OUTNUMBER BLACKS used the shooting in Charleston as a continue to flaunt this symbol upon platform for gun control. Completely our fellow black South Carolinians? Racism has been an ongoing topic in inappropriate and unnecessary. Take Whatever genuine sense of legitimacy Item letters. Racism has always existguns away from the citizens and the the Confederate flag may hold in the ed. Sociology and psychology experifolks that are going to use them for hearts of some, the pain that permements show that people tend to join means other than self defense (such as ates in the hearts of others is signifigroups of like people and shun those alleged shooter Roof) are still going to cantly greater. If this tragedy in seen as outsiders. People always divide be able to own them. Charleston does not bring the flag on some issue be it race, politics, reliBoth of these platforms being prodown, what will? gion, wealth, gender, national origin,

language, etc. So if people always hate one another, what is the solution? The secret to a happy life is to dwell on the positive and let the negative fall by the wayside. I see a lot of letters and talk on the news about events from generations ago. If you’re still angry about something in the past then you will never be happy. The past can’t be changed; it is history and will always have happened. However, you can shape your own future through positive thinking. Treat others as you want to be treated. If someone is rude to you, you can choose to dwell on that and let their hate consume you, or you can forget about them as quickly as they forgot about your feelings and free yourself to enjoy life. I understand systematic hate is wrong. If you encounter a business or an employee who has such behavior then you can get them removed from that position, but if you think you can change everyone then your being delusional. In Mr. Baten’s letter on June 17, he pointed out a bunch of crime numbers but ignored the fact that whites outnumber blacks 5.88 to 1. In 2013 the American population was 245,918,581 whites and 41,777,674 blacks. Using Mr. Baten’s numbers of 6,214,197 white criminals and 2,549,655 black criminals we find that whites had a crime rate of 0.025 percent and blacks had a crime rate of 0.061 percent by race. Yes, most white-collar crimes are committed by whites. But his presumption of Republicans is wrong. In 2013, whites committed 12,784 of 19,422 embezzlement crimes. Blacks accounted for 5,488, the other 1,150 were committed by other races. Using Mr. Williams premise that 95 percent of blacks voted Democrat we say 5,213 of the black criminals were Democrat. JOHN GAYDOS Wedgefield Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Sumter Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

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Creative car design, garage antics on ‘Leepu & Pitbull’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “Leepu & Pitbull” (10 p.m., History, TV-PG) may sound like characters from a “Madagascar” cartoon, but this is all about cars. And very different car cultures. A stylish import in more ways than one, “Leepu & Pitbull” becomes the latest reality series to showcase innovative car design and garage shenanigans between mechanics. A legend in Bangladesh, Leepu can turn a rusted-out piece of inert junk into a car resembling a Ferrari using only sheet metal and rudimentary tools. Born with a flair for style, Leepu is a tad short on mechanical genius. This is where Steve “PitBull” Trimboli comes in. He’s a no-nonsense guy from Long Island with decades of experience in car repair and renovation that has taught him to adhere to strict rules, schedules and accounting — habits that run up against Leepu’s more improvisational personality. Much like the History Channel’s reboot of “Top Gear,” this series is a direct copy of a British original. In the U.K., Leepu was paired with a Cockney mechanic, who traveled to Leepu’s home turf. That show was called “Bangla Bangers.” Check it out on YouTube and compare and contrast it with “Leepu & Pitbull.” • A new comedy to send up “Downton Abbey” and other

check local listings) presents “Rape on the Night Shift,” examining the sexual exploitation and abuse of undocumented female janitorial workers in America’s offices and shopping malls. • “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” (10 p.m., HBO) looks at the explosion of injuries, particularly head trauma, in girl’s youth soccer. A second segment examines the role of the popular GoPro video recorder in the revolution in coverage of extreme sports.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A special “Extreme Weight Loss” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) helps couples shed pounds before their big day. Mia Hamm guest stars. • Skating and dancing on “I Can Do That” (10 p.m., NBC, TV14). • Grieving for Barry, Molly returns to the United States on “Tyrant” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). • A new case involves a

doomed romance on “Proof” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler play second fiddle to the hallucinatory choreography of Busby Berkeley in the 1934 musical “Dames” (8 p.m., TCM). Zasu Pitts also stars.

LATE NIGHT Seth MacFarlane is booked on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Lauren Graham, Colin Quinn and Ray Wylie Hubbard appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Channing Tatum, David Oyelowo and X Ambassadors on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Colin Farrell, Matt Bomer and Maria Bartiromo visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Helen Hunt and Nicholas Hoult appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).

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AROUND TOWN will meet at 5 p.m. on The Mayesville Summer EnSunday, June 28, at Reid richment Camp Program Chapel AME Church, 1008 will be held 7:30 a.m.-5 Enroll your child in Mayesville Dibert St. Sump.m. Monday-Friday mer Enrichment through Aug. 7 at the Camp The Scotts Branch Alumni Mayesville Institute Association will hold the School. Sponsored by the grand opening of its NationMayesville Educational al Alumni Association headand Industrial Institute, quarters building “The Eathe program will involve gle’s Nest” from 10 a.m. academic enrichment as to 2 p.m. on Friday, July 3, well as a host of physical at 1 Larry King Highway, activities for participating Summerton. Refreshyouth ages 4-17. Weekly ments will be served. fees are $10, $7 and $5 for The Overcomers Stroke Supfirst, second and third port group will meet at 6 child respectively. Fee inp.m. on Thursday, July 9, cludes daily breakfast, in the library of Alice lunch and a snack. For applications or additional Drive Baptist Library, corner of Loring Mill and information, call Dr. DebWise Drive. Sandi Davis, orah L. Wheeler at (803) 983-7221 or Margie Jeffer- of Sumter Living Magazine, will speak. son at (803) 453-5441. The Sumter Chapter of the The 2015 Sumter County National Federation of the Community Development Blind will meet at 7 p.m. Corporation Housing and on Tuesday, July 14, at Job Fair will be held 11 Shiloh-Randolph Manor. a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, The spotlight will shine June 27, at South Sumter on Leland Brooks and the Resource Center, 337 associate member is Rosa Manning Ave. Lee Wells. Contact Debra An end of the school year Canty, chapter president, field day will be held at 4 at DebraCanC2@frontier. p.m. on Saturday, June 27, com or at (803) 775-5792. at 186 Green Lane, BishAdd the group to your opville. This event is free contacts for updated inand open to the public. formation on the recordThere will be a bounce ed message line at (206) house, bubble machine, 376-5992. games, food, spiritual entertainment, words of en- The Vietnam Veterans of courage for young people, America, Chapter 960, benefit poker run will be held and door prizes. Games on Saturday, Aug. 8, bewill include checkers, ginning and ending at horseshoes, card games, ring toss and more. Menu Lakevue Landing, Manning. Start time is 11 a.m. will consist of grilled hot and end time is 4 p.m. All dogs, baked beans, cupmotorcycles, automobiles cakes, popcorn and and boats welcome. Entry drinks. For additional information, call Viola Shaw fee is $10 and entry forms may be obtained by callat (803) 428-3488. ing (803) 460-8551 or (803) The Lincoln High School 478-4300. Preservation Alumni AssociThe Post 10813 25th anniveration will meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, at the sary banquet will be held at 6 p.m. on Oct. 24 at Lincoln High School cafeVeterans Hall, 610 Manteria on Council Street. ning Ave. For further inCall James L. Green at formation, call (803) 773(803) 968-4173. 5604, (803) 968-5219 or The Sumter Branch NAACP (803) 406-0748.

PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES Today, 6 p.m., hospital board room SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Sumter County Council Chambers BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building, Bishopville SUATS POLICY COMMITTEE Wednesday, 10 a.m., fourth floor, council chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. GREATER SUMTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wednesday, noon, chamber office SUMTER CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 3 p.m., fourth floor, council chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St.

DAILY PLANNER

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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SW 7-14 mph

SSW 6-12 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 97/72 Spartanburg 97/73

Greenville 97/74

Columbia 101/77

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 102/76

Aiken 100/74

ON THE COAST

Charleston 95/79

Today: Sunny and humid. High 91 to 97. Wednesday: Sunny. Hot in central parts; hot in northern parts. High 93 to 97.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 96/76/s 78/60/s 94/75/s 81/57/pc 92/73/pc 82/62/pc 94/77/t 91/68/t 95/75/t 94/71/t 113/87/pc 67/54/s 99/74/t

7 a.m. yest. 357.89 75.21 75.15 97.68

24-hr chg -0.01 -0.06 +0.03 +0.01

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Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

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Myrtle Beach 94/81

Manning 100/77

Today: Sunshine. Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph. Partly cloudy. Wednesday: Hot and humid with clouds and sun. Winds west 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 101/77

Bishopville 101/77

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Sunset 8:37 p.m. Moonset 12:39 a.m.

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Low 9:22 a.m. 9:44 p.m. 10:06 a.m. 10:38 p.m.

Ht. 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.9

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 89/68/pc 98/73/s 99/73/s 97/78/s 90/80/pc 95/79/s 100/74/s 97/76/s 101/77/s 99/76/s 97/77/pc 97/78/s 99/77/s

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 88/67/t 97/73/pc 97/73/s 96/78/s 88/75/t 96/78/s 97/73/pc 96/75/pc 99/76/s 97/74/s 90/72/t 96/76/pc 97/75/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 101/77/s Gainesville 95/74/t Gastonia 99/73/s Goldsboro 99/77/s Goose Creek 96/79/s Greensboro 98/75/s Greenville 97/74/s Hickory 95/73/pc Hilton Head 91/80/s Jacksonville, FL 95/74/pc La Grange 98/75/pc Macon 98/74/s Marietta 94/75/s

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t wait to EUGENIA LAST be told what to do. Step up and take responsibility, and you will stand out from the crowd. Update your appearance and the way you do things. Taking progressive action will bring positive results.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Learn as you go. Be willing to admit when you make a mistake. Getting along will be half the battle when faced with professional dilemmas. Do whatever it takes to improve your health and emotional wellness. Diet and exercise will make a difference. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t give in to demands from people looking for a handout. Do whatever it takes to make positive changes at home or to your appearance. What you do to enhance your life will lead to a romantic opportunity. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Make a couple of alterations at home that will add to your comfort or lower your overhead. Don’t get angry when you can focus on your own success and happiness. Honesty and integrity will outshine emotional deception. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will get ahead and complete your journey if you set realistic priorities. You can accomplish your goals and have fun if you make the decision to do something you love for a living. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll be fed false information. Someone will try to make you look bad. Stick to your game plan and don’t leave room for error. Precision and practicality will guide you to the front of any challenge you face. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep

your emotions tucked away where no one can see your vulnerability. Speak with authority and confidence, and you will bypass any competitors looking for a way to outmaneuver you. Don’t share personal information. Love is in the stars. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may think you have more disposable cash on hand, but saving for a rainy day will ease your stress. Someone will be all too happy to help you make lavish purchases. Don’t try to buy love. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): An emotional problem will crop up if you have been hiding information or avoiding someone’s questions. A trip that will take you out of proximity to what you are trying to avoid will buy you time, but it won’t solve the problem. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A short business trip, looking into a new product or collaborating with one of your peers will lead to an interesting but unusual opportunity. Don’t feel you have to make a quick decision. A methodical approach will lead to success.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

2-10-27-30-31 PowerUp: 4

4-35-36-52-68 Megaball: 8; Megaplier: 3

9-10-16-20-57 4-12-24-42-43 Powerball: 15; PowerPlay 2 Lucky Ball: 13

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LUCKY FOR LIFE THURSDAY

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Danni Richardson took this picture of a bee gathering pollen. Photo submitted by Cindy Richardson.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Check out your options and make a move. Partnerships, home improvements and using your skills to bring in extra cash will add to your security. Romance will brighten your day and improve your life. Avoid emotional spending. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emotions will be close to the surface, making it difficult for you to keep your feelings a secret. Try not to engage in discussions that will back you into a corner. Offer kindness and undivided attention, not criticism.

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PALMETTO PRO OPEN KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Hibi rallies in final set to earn singles crown BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Trailing 4-1 in the final set and down 30-0 to a serving Lauren Embree, Mayo Hibi was obviously at a point of desperation. “I just knew I had to try something different,” Hibi said. “What I was doing wasn’t working.” What she did was start hitting the ball to the middle of the court as much as possible, and it did work. Hibi rallied to

win the game after two deuce points and proceeded to win the next four games to win the set in a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory to give her the Palmetto Pro Open singles title on Sunday at Palmetto Tennis Center. In each of the first two sets, the first time one of the players won two straight games was the difference maker in the set. In the first set, Hibi broke Embree’s serve to go up 4-3 and held serve in the next game to go

Mayo Hibi hits a return during her 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Lauren Embree on Sunday in the Palmetto Pro Open singles championship match at Palmetto Tennis Center.

up 5-3. That snapped a stretch of five straight games in which the serve had been broken. In the second set, the pair was tied 3-3 when Embree held serve, broke Hibi and held serve again to win 6-3. The momentum swung dramatically in Embree’s direction at that point; after breaking each other’s serve in the first two games of the third set, Embree won

SEE HIBI, PAGE B3

LEGION BASEBALL

Just what the doctor ordered Martin goes distance in P-15’s 13-0, 7-inning win over Dalzell-Shaw BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Sumter P-15’s head coach Steve Campbell said Javon Martin gave his team just what it needed against Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 on Monday at Riley Park. “He gave us a complete game, No. 1, he threw strikes and he let his defense make the plays behind him,” Campbell said of the slender righthander, who was making his first appearance as a pitcher this season. The result was a 13-0, 7-inning American Legion baseball victory for Sumter. Martin scattered seven hits, struck out nine and walked just one as the P-15’s improved to 12-3 overall and 11-2 in League III. “What I wanted to do was go out there and throw strikes,” Martin said. “I was just trying to pound the strike zone and play to my defense.” Martin also had a good night swinging the bat as well, as did the entire team. Martin had three of Sumter’s 15 hits, just missing a home run. He settled for a double and scored a run and drove in two runs. The P-15’s had 10 extra-base hits, eight doubles and two homers, against the offerings of Jets starting pitcher Andrew Wrenn and reliever Aaron Hart. “I think we finally started

MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Sumter shortstop Jacob Watcher, right, throws to first base to try and complete a double play after forcing Dalzell-Shaw’s Chad Jones at secSEE P-15’S, PAGE B4 ond after a toss from second baseman Dawson Price (18) in the P-15’s 13-0 victory in seven innings on Monday at Riley Park.

PRO GOLF COMMENTARY

AUTO RACING

Spieth has keen sense of history Gordon returns to track BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Jordan Spieth loves golf history, which is appropriate for someone quickly becoming part of it. Spieth was a freshman at Texas when he first went to St. Andrews with the rest of the Walker Cup team. They played the Old Course, soaked up the vibe at the home of golf and then headed north for their matches at Royal Aberdeen. “It’s one of my favorite places in the world,’’ Spieth said Sunday evening. “I remember walking around the R&A clubhouse and seeing paintings of royalty playing golf, and it was dated 14-whatever. I’m thinking, our country was discovered in 1492 and they were playing golf here before anyone even knew the Americas existed.’’

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jordan Spieth, seen holding up the U.S. Open trophy which he won on Sunday at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., loves golf history and is quickly becoming part of it. He is halfway home to the Grand Slam. That was only four years ago, when not many outside golf circles knew Spieth. He’ll get more attention next time

he arrives at St. Andrews. The 21-year-old Texan, who

SEE SPIETH, PAGE B5

where his career began BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press RIO LINDA, Calif. — Controlling his emotions has never been easy for Jeff Gordon, who openly wept during milestone moments early in his career. Nearly three decades later, Gordon still finds himself struggling to hold it together and there have been plenty of touching tributes in the first six months of his final season as a NASCAR driver. As he heads into the final five months, Gordon is preparing for an emotional roller-coaster. The latest twist took him to the quarter midget

track in Rio Linda where Gordon first began racing. He stopped there this GORDON weekend with his wife and two children in tow, all eager to see where the four-time champion got his start. None had either seen a quarter-midget race before the Saturday reunion. Holding court above the track under the shade of a large tree were his parents, John and Carol Bickford, who reminisced with old friends about the long weekends spent watching

SEE GORDON, PAGE B2

SPORTS

TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2015

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – American Legion Baseball: Sumter at Dalzell-Shaw (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-FM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290). 7 p.m. – NPF Softball: Florida at Akron (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Miami (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Washington (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8 p.m. – College Baseball: College World Series Finals Game Two – Vanderbilt vs. Virginia (ESPN). 8 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Los Angeles at Washington (ESPN2). 10 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Round of 16 Match from Vancouver, British Columbia (FOX SPORTS 1). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Houston at Los Angeles Angels or Kansas City at Seattle (MLB NETWORK).

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Tampa Bay 40 New York 38 Baltimore 36 Toronto 37 Boston 31 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 39 Minnesota 37 Detroit 35 Cleveland 32 Chicago 30 WEST DIVISION W Houston 41 Texas 37 Los Angeles 35 Seattle 32 Oakland 31

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L 30 33 35 38 41

Pct .577 .529 .500 .457 .431

GB – 3 1/2 5 1/2 8 1/2 10 1/2

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Detroit 12, N.Y. Yankees 4 Baltimore 13, Toronto 9 Cleveland 1, Tampa Bay 0 Boston 13, Kansas City 2 Chicago Cubs 8, Minnesota 0 Chicago White Sox 3, Texas 2, 11 innings Oakland 3, L.A. Angels 2 Houston 6, Seattle 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-7), 7:05 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 5-3) at Boston (J.Kelly 2-4), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Price 6-2) at Cleveland (Salazar 6-2), 7:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Archer 8-4), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Chavez 3-6) at Texas (Ch. Gonzalez 2-1), 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 4-4) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-3), 8:10 p.m. Houston (McHugh 7-3) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 5-5), 10:05 p.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 5-4) at Seattle (Montgomery 1-2), 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Cleveland, 12:10 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. Houston at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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W 39 38 34 34 30

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati 5, Miami 2 Washington 9, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 2 Chicago Cubs 8, Minnesota 0 Colorado 10, Milwaukee 4 Arizona 7, San Diego 2 Atlanta 1, N.Y. Mets 0 L.A. Dodgers 10, San Francisco 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Atlanta (A.Wood 4-4) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-5), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 4-3), 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-7), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (C.Martinez 7-3) at Miami (Urena 1-3), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-2), 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-7) at Milwaukee (Fiers 3-7), 8:10 p.m. Arizona (Ch.Anderson 3-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 2-9), 8:40 p.m. San Diego (Despaigne 3-5) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-4), 10:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at Miami, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

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American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES _ Agreed to terms with 2B Jack Graham and Frank Crinella, SS Branden Becker and OF Jaylen Ferguson on minor league contracts. BOSTON RED SOX _ Agreed to terms with OFs Chris Madera, Jerry Downs and Nicholos Hamilton on minor league contracts. KANSAS CITY ROYALS _ Optioned RHP Aaron Brooks to Omaha (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES _ Optioned RHP Danny Burawa and LHP Jose DePaula to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Signed RHP Diego Moreno and RHP Nick Rumbelow and selected their contracts from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Agreed to terms with RHP Cody Hamlin on a minor league contract. Transferred RHP Sergio Santos to the 60-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS _ Assigned INF

Andy Parrino outright to Nashville (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS _ Released OF Rickie Weeks. TAMPA BAY RAYS _ Sent LHP Matt Moore to Durham (IL) for a rehab assignment. TEXAS RANGERS _ Agreed to terms with 1B Chad Smith, OF London Lindley and 3B Curtis Terry on minor league contracts. TORONTO BLUE JAYS _ Optioned LHP Phil Coke and RHP Ryan Tepera and Scott Copeland to Buffalo (IL). National League CHICAGO CUBS _ Optioned C/OF Kyle Schwarber to Iowa (PCL). COLORADO ROCKIES _ Sent RHP Rafael Betanco8urt to Albuquerque (PCL) for a rehab assignment. LOS ANGELES DODGERS _ Sent RHP Brandon Beachy to Oklahoma City (PCL) for a rehab assignment. MIAMI MARLINS _ Agreed to terms with C Justin Cohen, OFs Isaiah White and Tony Bennett and RHPs Kelvin Rivas, R.J. Peace, Chris Paddack and Ryan McKay on minor league contracts. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES _ Optioned RHP Seth Rosin to Lehigh Valley (IL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES _ Agreed to terms with C Garrett Russini, LHP Austin Sodders and RHP Shane Kemp on minor league contracts. SAN DIEGO PADRES _ Assigned LHP Eury De La Rosa outright to El Paso (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS _ Agreed to terms with OFs Angelo La Bruna and Blake Perkins, SS Clayton Brandt, LHP Grant Borne and RHPs Mariano Rivera, Matthew Crownover, Mick Van Vossen, Tommy Peterson, Jorge Pantoja, Ryan Brinley and Adam Boghosian on minor league contracts.

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National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS _ Announced the resignation of general manager Danny Ferry. BROOKLYN NETS _ Announced F Thaddeus Young has opted out of his contract for next season and will become a free agent.

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National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS _ Re-signed G Scott Wedgewood to a 2-year contract.

COLLEGE

DAYTON _ Named Jeff House women’s assistant basketball coach. FELICIAN _ Named Rob DeCarlo men’s and women’s cross country and women’s track and field coach. FLORIDA A&M _ Named Milton Overton director of intercollegiate athletics. IOWA STATE _ Named William Small, Daniyal Robinson and Neal Berry men’s assistant basketball coaches. Retained men’s assistant basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger and director of men’s basketball operations Micah Byers. SYRACUSE _ Named Mark Coyle athletic director. WISCONSIN _ Named Danny Westerman men’s tennis coach.

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP By The Associated Press SECOND ROUND

Saturday At Ottawa, Ontario Germany 4, Sweden 1 At Edmonton, Alberta China 1, Cameroon 0 Sunday At Moncton, New Brunswick Brazil 0, Australia 1 At Montreal France 3, South Korea 0 At Vancouver, British Columbia Canada 1, Switzerland 0 Monday At Ottawa, Ontario England 2, Norway 1 At Edmonton, Alberta United States 2, Colombia 0 Tuesday At Vancouver, British Columbia Japan vs. Netherlands, 10 p.m. QUARTERFINALS Friday At Montreal Germany vs. France, 4 p.m. At Ottawa, Ontario China vs. United States, 7:30 p.m. June 27 At Edmonton, Alberta Australia vs. Japan-Netherlands winner, 4 p.m. At Vancouver, British Columbia England vs. Canada, 7:30 p.m. SEMIFINALS June 30 At Montreal Ottawa winner vs. Montreal winner, 7 p.m. July 1 At Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton winner vs. Vancouver winner, 7 p.m. THIRD PLACE July 4 At Edmonton, Alberta Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP July 5 At Vancouver, British Columbia Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

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U.S. women blank Colombia 2-0, advance to quarterfinals EDMONTON, Alberta — Alex Morgan scored her first goal of the Women’s World Cup and the United States advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-0 victory over Colombia on Monday night. Abby Wambach’s penalty kick early in the second half went wide after Colombia goalkeeper Catalina Perez — a backup herself — was ejected for a foul on Morgan. Stefany Castano, who replaced Perez in goal, got a hand on Morgan’s shot five minutes later, but couldn’t stop the goal to put the United States up 1-0. Carli Lloyd also scored for the second-ranked Americans, who will face No. 16 China on Friday in Ottawa. The United States is seeking its third World Cup title, but first since 1999.

FLOWERS WINS TOURNAMENT Dixon Flowers of Sumter won the boys 15-18 division of the Myrtle Beach Junior Challenge held on Saturday and Sunday at the International Club in Myrtle Beach. Flowers won the event, part of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, with a 2-round, 3 over par score of 147. Flowers shot a 1 over 73 on Saturday and followed with it with a 2 over 74 on Sunday. Flowers defeated Dalton Maudlin of Sanford, N.C., by one stroke. Mauldin shot a 74 both rounds to finish at 148. Jay Newman of North Augusta was third with a score of 151.

P-15’S BANQUET JUNE 30 The Sumter P-15’s American Legion baseball banquet will be held on Tuesday, June 30, at the American Legion building on Artillery Drive. The banquet is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Tickets are $12 and will be sold at the door.

ESPN OBTAINED NOTEBOOK DOCUMENTING ROSE BETS BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN says it obtained a notebook that shows Pete Rose bet on Cincinnati Reds games dur-

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

W 6 4 4 3 3 3

L 1 2 3 3 5 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Tulsa Minnesota Phoenix Seattle Los Angeles San Antonio

W 6 5 3 2 0 0

L 1 2 3 4 4 6

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GB – 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 3 1/2 3 1/2

Pct .857 .714 .500 .333 .000 .000

GB – 1 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2

SUNDAY’S GAMES

New York 73, Atlanta 64 Connecticut 76, Los Angeles 68 Tulsa 86, Minnesota 78 Phoenix 84, Seattle 72

TODAY’S GAMES

Los Angeles at Washington, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Chicago, 12:30 p.m.

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their children chase their dreams at the venue once called the Cracker Jack Track. Carol Bickford had not been back to the track since 1984, but the facility was exactly as the entire family remembered. “This was the only dirt track around, we were here every weekend,’’ she said of the family making the hourlong-drive from Vallejo beginning when Gordon was 5. When it became apparent that he was good enough to compete in the big events, the ones that lasted two and three days, the family invested in a motorhome and

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Carl Lloyd (10) of the United States goes after the ball between Colombia’s Natalia Gaitan (3) and goalkeeper Stefany Castano during the United States’ 2-0 victory in the Women’s World Cup on Monday in Edmonton, Alberta. ing his last season as an active player in 1986. The career hits leader agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball in 1989 after an investigation by John Dowd, a lawyer retained by Major League Baseball, concluded he bet on the Reds to win from 1985-87 while he was a player and manager. Rose repeatedly denied the allegations before admitting in a 2004 autobiography he bet on Cincinnati to win while he managed the team. Rose became player-manager in 1984 and managed the team until the suspension in August 1989. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines’’ said it obtained a notebook seized by U.S. Postal Inspection Service in October 1989 from Rose associate Michael Bertolini, which reflect betting records from March to July 1986. The documents are under seal and stored in the National Archives’ New York office, ESPN said.

WOFFORD BASKETBALL PLAYER TATE DROWNS SPARTANBURG — A Wofford basketball player has drowned. The school says rising junior Jeremiah Tate died early Monday in Lake Wylie near Charlotte, North Carolina.

camped instead of commuting. All those memories flooded back on this reunion tour, put together in part by Sonoma Raceway in advance of Gordon’s final race Sunday at his home track. Although the family moved to Indiana to further his racing career, Northern California is where it all began. “When you think about it, when you are living it, you don’t really take that time to reflect where you’ve been,’’ Carol Bickford said. “But the second half of the year is going to be emotional because we have time to reflect and think about it, and then things like this happen, and you just realize it’s been a wonderful journey.’’ The journey includes 92

A York County, South Carolina sheriff’s office report states Tate and another man jumped from a bridge to swim, but Tate “had trouble swimming and kept sinking’’ when the other man tried to help. The man swam to shore and asked a witness who was there fishing to call for help. Authorities found Boyd’s body below the bridge, according to the report.

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ATLANTA — Julio Teheran gave up only one hit in seven scoreless innings, Pedro Ciriaco’s pinch-hit single in the seventh scored the only run and the Atlanta Braves shut out the New York Mets 1-0 on Sunday to complete a 3-game sweep. Matt Harvey (7-5) matched Teheran through six scoreless innings before giving up Ryan Lavarnway’s 2-out double and Ciriaco’s run-scoring single up the middle. Teheran (5-3) improved to 4-0 at Turner Field. He allowed two walks — both to Curtis Granderson — with five strikeouts. From staff, wire reports

Cup wins — third all-time in NASCAR — those four championships and more than $148 million in race winnings. About eight years ago, the little track where it all began was in danger of being taken over by Sacramento County and repurposed. Needing about $50,000 to keep it open, the Cracker Jack Alumni Association got an assist from one of its most famous former racers. Now known as the Roy Hayer Memorial Speedway, it is operating on a 99-year lease and is in no danger of closing. It’s also very much the way Gordon remembered. “It’s funny how much it’s changed, and how little it’s changed,’’ Gordon said.

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AP sources: Hornets to host 2017 All-Star game BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets won the bid to host the NBA All-Star game in 2017, people familiar with the situation said Monday. The people spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because an announcement has not been made. The Hornets have scheduled a press conference for Tuesday that will include NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, team owner Michael Jordan and

Hornets submitted the bid to host the game last summer. Charlotte last hosted the All-Star game in 1991 at the Charlotte Coliseum. That building has since been demolished. Silver said last December before a Hornets game he felt like the Hornets had a good chance of hosting an All-Star game. “Personally I’m very excited about coming back here. I don’t think there’s any question it’s going to happen,’’ Silver said. “Just a matter of what year.’’

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Lauren Embree hits a return during her 4-6, 6-3, 4-6 loss to Mayo Hibi on Sunday in the Palmetto Pro Open singles championship match at Palmetto Tennis Center.

HIBI FROM PAGE B1 three straight games to go up 4-1 and appeared well on her way to her third career victory when she went up 30-0. “She was making me move a lot more,” Hibi said when asked what Embree had done to cause such a great momentum shift. “I decided to change my strategy a bit. I certainly had nothing to lose at that point. “I had been hitting on the edges, but it wasn’t working anymore,” Hibi said. “I decided to hit it down the middle more and that began to work.” Hibi fought back to 30-30 in the game, but twice was within one point of going down 5-1. Instead, the 19-year-old who was born in Japan but grew up in California won three straight points to take the game and start her comeback. In her next two service games, Hibi trailed 15-30 before scoring the next three points to win the games. In between those games, she broke Embree by winning four of the five points.

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Hibi broke Embree in the final game as well, but it wasn’t easy. Hibi had five match points, finally winning it when an Embree shot went long. “She just got the momentum back,” Embree said of Hibi. “She hit a couple of really good shots that turned it and she never los the momentum.” Neither player did a good job establishing her serve. There were 17 service breaks in the 29 games, nine by Hibi and eight by Embree. Hibi said winning the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event was obviously importantly for her on a professional level, but on a personal one as well. “This was really big for me,” Hibi said. “I usually travel with my mom, but I came by myself for this one. I normally don’t do that well when my mom isn’t with me, since she helps me on so many levels. So it’s just good for me to win this one while I’m out here by myself.” Hibi is now 4-1 in finals, but it was her first title since 2013. Embree is 2-5 in finals.

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LEAGUE III STANDINGS W Sumter 10 Camden 7 Hartsville 4 Manning 4 G. Creek 1 Dalzell 1

L 2 2 5 5 6 7

League Overall Pct. GB W L .833 11 3 .778 1 1/2 8 2 .444 4 1/2 4 5 .444 4 1/2 5 5 .143 6 1/2 1 6 .125 7 1 10

MONDAY’S GAMES

Sumter 13, Dalzell-Shaw 0, 7 innings Goose Creek at Manning-Santee Hartsville at Camden

TODAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m. Camden at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAME

Dalzell-Shaw at Sumter, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAME

Hartsville at Camden, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Greenville at Sumter, 7 p.m. Manning-Santee vs. Williamston (at Legion Field in Florence), 1 p.m. Dalzell-Shaw at Lake City, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Duplin-Sampson, N.C., at Sumter, 10 a.m. Garner, N.C., at Sumter, 7 p.m. Manning-Santee vs. Wilmington, N.C. (at Waccamaw High in Pawleys Island), 10 a.m. Manning-Santee vs. Texarkana, Ark. (at Waccamaw High in Pawleys Island), 1 p.m. Manning-Santee vs. TBA (at Waccamaw High in Pawleys Island), 4 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAME

Greer at Sumter, 1:30 p.m.

JUNIOR LEGION SCHEDULE TODAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Manning (at Monarch Field), 7 p.m. Lake City at Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAME

Camden at Sumter, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAME

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

P-15’S FROM PAGE B1 hitting the ball like we did at the start of the season,” said Campbell, who was coaching for the first time against the program he had coached the five previous seasons. “Hopefully this is the start of us swinging the bats better. Sumter got a run in the first. After Wrenn retired the first two batters, River Soles and Kemper Patton came up with consecutive doubles to plate the run. The P-15’s pushed across four more runs in the second, again doing the majority of the damage after two were out. The Jets helped out with a couple of errors. Courtland Howard drew a leadoff walk and was sacrificed to second. After a strikeout, Martin singled home Howard to make it 2-0. A Jacob Watcher single sent Martin to third. Philip Watcher hit a ground ball to first

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Manning rallies to tie Goose Creek late BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item MANNING — After receiving a win from Goose Creek by forfeit on Friday, ManningSantee’s American Legion baseball team found itself in a battle with Post 166 on Monday at Monarch Field. After six full innings, Post 68 had rallied from a 7-1 deficit to tie the game at 7-7. Post 68 dug itself an early hole as starting pitcher William Ard walked four and had four errors committed behind him in the first inning. The result was Goose Creek sending 10 men to the plate and scoring five runs. Manning-Santee scratched out a run in the bottom of the first as Peyton Coker drew a leadoff walk, stole second and came home on a Jared Hair single to center. Ard opened the second with a walk to Mason Spiers, but recovered to retire the next three batters and keep Post 166 at bay. Another leadoff walk in the third proved costly as John Bowman drew the free pass, stole second, took third on an errant pickoff throw from

Ard and scored as Coker struggled to get a handle on the ball in center, pushing the Goose Creek lead to 6-1. Billy Detins doubled to the rightcenter gap, took third on a Mikey White single and stayed put as White stole second without a throw. Ard then induced an inning-ending groundout to short from Spiers. White retired seven consecutive Manning-Santee batters before a 2-out single in the third from Hair, who advanced to third as Ard reached on an infield error. White ended the threat by throwing Buddy Bleasedale

baseman Christian Buford, who initially bobbled it then made a rushed underhand toss to Wrenn to try and get Philip Watcher at first. The ball got away and both Martin and Jacob Watcher scored. Philip Watcher scored on another error to make it 5-0. “When you play a team the quality of Sumter, you can’t make errors like that,” said Dalzell head coach Gene Durant, whose team fell to 1-11 overall and 1-8 in league play. “You have to play you’re A1 game and we didn’t do that. I thought we played hard though. Sumter made it 6-0 in the third on consecutive 1-out doubles by Howard and Talley. The P-15’s pushed the lead to 8-0 in the fifth. Patton dou-

bled with two outs and Todd Larrimer followed with a home run over the left field wall. Consecutive 1-out doubles by Price and Martin in the fifth made it 9-0. In the sixth, Soles sent the very first pitch Hart threw over the wall in left-center for a homer that made it 10-0. Sumter added three more runs to go up 13-0. Wrenn worked five innings for Dalzell. He had to leave the game in the top of the sixth after injuring his shoulder while swinging at a pitch. “I thought Andrew pitched really well,” Durant said. “I thought it was a pretty good game. What was good is we made them hit the ball. We only had two walks and hit just one batter.”

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out at first on a come-backer. Goose Creek’s Zack Gonzalez opened the fourth with a triple deep into the right-center gap that rightfielder Michael Burgess couldn’t quite track down. A sacrifice fly to center from Bryce Singletary would plate Gonzalez and increase Post 166’s lead to 7-1. With Hair on the mound in relief to open the fifth, Detins drew a walk, stole second and took third on a White single to center. Coker’s throw to the plate held White at third and Hair induced a ground ball to short from Spiers to get out of the inning unscathed. Post 68 finally got to White in the bottom of the fifth as Burgess led off with a single to left, took second on a Coker grounder to first, advanced to third on a grounder to the pitcher from Dustin Way and scored on a Hair single. Hair took second as Ard drew a base on balls and scored as Bleasedale smoked a single to left. Josh Whitley poked a single through the right side of the infield to load the bases before Tilton McCrea grounded to first to end the inning with the lead cut to

7-3. Hair worked out of trouble in the top of the sixth after a leadoff double to left by Gonzalez. A passed ball moved Gonzalez to third before Singletary went down on a grounder to Hair and Hair caught Kyle Key swinging and Bowman looking at a third strike. Manning-Santee added a run in the bottom of the sixth as Eric Johnson came off the bench as launched a single to left, took second on a wild pitch and scored on a Burgess single to right. With the score 7-4, Gonzalez took the mound in relief of White and induced a Coker grounder that Goose Creek second baseman Bailey Brock booted, leaving runners on the corners with no outs. A walk to Way would load the bases for Hair, who worked Gonzalez for another walk to bring home Burgess. A fielder’s choice grounder up the middle from Ard scored Coker and Bleasedale launched another single to left to bring home Way, tying the game at 7-7 and chasing Gonzalez in favor of Bailey Brock.

Last week the Jets had a couple of games where they were in double digits in walks. Jacob Watcher, Soles, Patton and Larrimer all had two hits for the P-15’s. Larrimer scored twice and drove in three runs, Soles scored twice and had an RBI and Patton had a run and an RBI. Howard scored two runs.

Rod Lee and Lenny Gonzalez both had two hits for the Jets and Chad Jones had a double. The teams play the second game of the 3-game series today at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field beginning at 7 p.m. Jacob Watcher is scheduled to start for Sumter and Jones for Dalzell.

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SPIETH FROM PAGE B1 slipped into a green jacket in April, hoisted the silver U.S. Open trophy Sunday at Chambers Bay. Not since Tiger Woods in 2002 has anyone won the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year, and it gets even more impressive to hear the short list of players who have: Jack Nicklaus. Arnold Palmer. Ben Hogan twice. Craig Wood. Elite company? Sure, and there’s more. The last guy to win the U.S. Open by one shot with a birdie on the final hole? That would be Bobby Jones in 1926. The only other player to win different major championships before turning 22? A guy named Gene Sarazen in 1922. The names kept right on coming, and Spieth listened to them with a gleam in his blue eyes and the gold medal draped around his neck. “I didn’t think that those names would be mentioned like that,’’ he said after his one-shot victory over hardluck Dustin Johnson and hard-charging Louis Oosthuizen. “That’s a piece of golf history, and as a golf historian, that’s very special and it gives me goose bumps. It’s amazing. And it gets better every week with our team. Those names are the greatest that have ever

played the game, and I don’t consider myself there. “But I’m certainly off to the right start in order to make an impact on the history of this game.’’ When Spieth gets to Scotland this time, he’ll face massive pressure as he pursues something none of those historic names ever won: the Grand Slam. “I’m just focused on the claret jug now,’’ he said. “The Grand Slam is something that I never could really fathom somebody doing, considering I watched Tiger win when he was winning whatever percentage of the majors he played in. And he won the Tiger Slam, but he never won the four in one year. And I figured if anybody was going to do it, it would be him, which he still can.’’ For all major champions, it takes time for the magnitude to sink in. This might take even longer considering how it ended. The winning moment should have been that 25foot birdie putt on the 16th hole that, coupled with Branden Grace hitting his tee shot onto the railroad tracks for double bogey, gave Spieth a three-shot lead with three holes to play. But Spieth made double bogey on the 17th. Oosthuizen finished with six birdies in his last seven holes. Johnson, who had missed five

putts inside 10 feet on the back nine, finally got a short one to fall on No. 17 to join them in the lead. At the final hole, Johnson had a 12-foot eagle putt for the win. Even if he missed, it would be an 18-hole playoff Monday. He three-putted for par and lost. As thrilled as he was for his shiny trophy, Spieth was gutted for Johnson. Nobody wants to win that way, especially after a week in which players grumbled about greens so choppy that it felt like putting on broccoli. “This was just an odd deal — very odd,’’ Spieth said. “I very much feel for Dustin. He deserves to be holding the trophy just as much as I do.’’ The youngster with so much polish and poise is on a fast track. And while his name was linked to so many greats in the past, there was one other name from the present that can’t be ignored. Rory McIlroy, whether he wants one or not, has a rival. McIlroy and Spieth are No. 1 and No. 2 in the world. They have won the last four majors, the first time that has happened since Lee Trevino and Nicklaus in 197172. The rivalry will have to wait. Spieth is chasing something far more important.

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U.S. OPEN PAR SCORES The Associated Press Sunday At Chambers Bay University Place Wash. Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,384; Par: 70 (35-35) Final a-amateur Jordan Spieth (600), $1,800,000 68-67-71-69—275 -5 Dustin Johnson (270), $877,144 65-71-70-70—276 -4 Louis Oosthuizen (270), $877,144 77-66-66-67—276 -4 Branden Grace, $407,037 69-67-70-71—277 -3 Adam Scott (127), $407,037 70-71-72-64—277 -3 Cameron Smith, $407,037 70-70-69-68—277 -3 Charl Schwartzel (100), $311,835 73-70-69-66—278 -2 Brandt Snedeker (94), $280,482 69-72-70-68—279 -1 Jason Day (82), $235,316 68-70-68-74—280 E Shane Lowry, $235,316 69-70-70-71—280 E Rory McIlroy (82), $235,316 72-72-70-66—280 E Kevin Kisner (70), $192,925 71-68-73-69—281 +1 Matt Kuchar (70), $192,925 67-73-72-69—281 +1 Tony Finau (60), $156,935 69-68-74-71—282 +2 Patrick Reed (60), $156,935 66-69-76-71—282 +2 Andres Romero (60), $156,935 71-69-71-71—282 +2 John Senden (60), $156,935 72-72-70-68—282 +2 Charlie Beljan (50), $113,686 69-75-69-70—283 +3 Jason Dufner (50), $113,686 68-72-73-70—283 +3 Sergio Garcia (50), $113,686 70-75-70-68—283 +3 Brooks Koepka (50), $113,686 72-72-70-69—283 +3 Jamie Lovemark, $113,686 70-68-75-70—283 +3 Hideki Matsuyama (50), $113,686 70-71-72-70—283 +3 Geoff Ogilvy (50), $113,686 69-72-75-67—283 +3 Thomas Aiken, $85,622 74-71-73-66—284 +4 Billy Horschel (46), $85,622 72-72-73-67—284 +4 Keegan Bradley (39), $64,126 73-71-72-69—285 +5 a-Brian Campbell 67-72-78-68—285 +5 Tommy Fleetwood, $64,126 74-69-73-69—285 +5 Jimmy Gunn, $64,126 72-73-70-70—285 +5

Morgan Hoffmann (39), $64,126 71-74-74-66—285 +5 J.B. Holmes (39), $64,126 72-66-71-76—285 +5 Alexander Levy, $64,126 70-69-73-73—285 +5 Francesco Molinari (39), $64,126 68-73-72-72—285 +5 Justin Rose (39), $64,126 72-70-72-71—285 +5 Henrik Stenson (39), $64,126 65-74-72-74—285 +5 Daniel Summerhays (39), $64,126 70-67-78-70—285 +5 Marc Warren, $64,126 68-74-72-71—285 +5 Paul Casey (31), $47,854 72-69-73-72—286 +6 Troy Kelly (31), $47,854 72-73-72-69—286 +6 Joost Luiten, $47,854 68-69-74-75—286 +6 Jim Furyk (28), $42,946 71-73-73-70—287 +7 a-Denny McCarthy 71-73-71-72—287 +7 a-Ollie Schniederjans 69-73-72-73—287 +7 Robert Streb (28), $42,946 74-70-73-70—287 +7 Kevin Chappell (24), $37,090 69-75-73-71—288 +8 Brad Fritsch, $37,090 70-74-72-72—288 +8 Kevin Na (24), $37,090 70-72-72-74—288 +8 Webb Simpson (24), $37,090 72-73-71-72—288 +8 Sam Saunders (21), $31,633 72-72-76-69—289 +9 Lee Westwood (21), $31,633 73-69-77-70—289 +9 a-Nick Hardy 70-75-77-68—290 +10 Ryan Palmer (19), $29,384 74-70-73-73—290 +10 Ernie Els (16), $27,272 72-70-76-73—291 +11 Ian Poulter (16), $27,272 72-73-69-77—291 +11 Mark Silvers, $27,272 72-71-75-73—291 +11 Cameron Tringale (16), $27,272 75-68-74-74—291 +11 Luke Donald (11), $25,358 73-71-73-75—292 +12 Brad Elder, $25,358 76-68-76-72—292 +12 a-Beau Hossler 71-72-73-76—292 +12 a-Jack Maguire 73-68-73-78—292 +12 D.A. Points (11), $25,358 74-71-77-70—292 +12 Jimmy Walker (11), $25,358 72-73-72-75—292 +12 Angel Cabrera (5), $23,822 70-75-74-74—293 +13

OBITUARIES FREDRICK BOATRIGHT MANNING — Fredrick Boatright, 73, widower of Ernestine Johnson Boatright, died on Sunday, June 21, 2015, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Lillian and Harold Badley,1035 Canary Court, Manning. He was born on Jan. 5, 1942, in Manning, a son of the late Acie and Ruth Lee Martin Boatright. The family is receiving friends at the home of his daughter and son-in-law Lillian and Harold Badley. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

SARAH B. CANTY SUMMERTON — Sarah Brown Canty, 83, widow of Robert Canty, died on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning. She was born on March 20, 1932, in Summerton, a daughter of the late Henry and Almeta Brown. The family is receiving friends at her residence, 22 Parson St., Summerton. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

RUTH G. HOPSON Ruth Goodine Hopson, 88, widow of Will C. Hopson, departed this life on Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Southern Maryland Hospital in Clinton, Maryland. She was born on Aug. 11, 1926, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Ansome and Romeo Hampton Goodine. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

RICHARD E. BALLARD Richard “Tucker” E. Ballard was born on July 15, 1946, to the late Wesley and Katie Mae Sigler (Paterson) Ballard. He departed his earthly life on Thursday, June 18, 2015, after a long term illness. Richard received his education in the public schools of Sumter County. Richard accepted Christ at an early age. He later moved to Newark, New Jersey, to live his adult life. He worked for Newark Board of Education for 20 years. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 6. He leaves to cherish his memories: his brother, Fred (Buster) Ballard and wife, Jo Anne, of Sumter; his children, Richard Ballard Jr. of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Naeem Ballard and wife, Melissa, of Charlotte, North Carolina, Adrienne Ballard of Springfield, New Jersey, Dawn Rob-

inson of Furman and Elijah Ballard of Elgin; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends; and a special friend, John Murray. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian Ballard, in August 2001. Public viewing will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mr. Ballard will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Wednesday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter, with the Rev. Lemuel Washington officiating, assisted by the Rev. Larry Clark. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

JACOB MYERS III Jacob Myers III, 44, husband of Karen Reaves Myers, died on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Carolinas Hospital System, Florence. Born on Jan. 3, 1971, in Sumter County, he was a son

of Jacob Jr. and Hattie Mae Myers. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of his father, 235 Gibbons St., Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

Simon, who passed away on June 21, 2015, in Florence. The family is receiving friends at 29 Sugar Hill Drive, Elliott. Services will be announced later by the management and staff of New Life Funeral Services.

line Rhodus Jones, 71, wife of Horace DeVaughn Jones, died on Monday, June 22, 2015, at Lexington Medical Center. Services will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 435-2179. www. stephensfuneralhome.org

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Jus’Tiss Q. Washington, age 16, was born on April 20, 1999, in Richland County, a daughter of Saquandra Washington. She passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. The family is receiving friends at the home of her grandmother, Shirletha Abram, 33 Edwards St., Sumter. Services entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC of Sumter.

MANNING — On Monday, June 22, 2015, Roderick Walker, husband of Minister Terry McCray Walker, entered into eternal rest at his residence. Born on June 6, 1964, in Summerton, he was a son of the late Thomas Sr. and Mable Jones Walker. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 305 Hartwell St., Manning. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

Major Richardson, 81, died on Sunday, June 21, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. Born on June 1, 1934, in Lee County, he was a son of Alexander and Alma Jenkins Cook Richardson. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Betty Lawson, 3690 Britton Brogdon Road, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

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WILLIAM GAYLE JR. William Gayle Jr., 93, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

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clear that she and Mom have an intimate physical relationship that has been going on for a while. I have not discussed the card with Mom, but I suspect she knows I saw it. Lately, I have canceled our weekly lunches together. I don’t have anything against gays; I believe they are entitled to a love life just like the rest of us. But in this case, I can’t help but feel betrayed. Mom was married to Dad for 32 years, bore him three children and seemed happy. Was this all a lie? My biggest concern is, if this relationship becomes permanent, how do I explain it to my children — or worse, my brothers, whose views are conservative and some might say bigoted. I can’t help but wonder if Mom left the card out so she could open a can of

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The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant(s); 1143 N.Guignard Dr, Sumter, SC 29150 201 - Rush, Eric 226 - roach, Victoria 417 - Rush, Eric 418 - Deas-Mack, Sharnetta 441 - Fulwood, Malcolm 524 - Harrington, John 606 - Johnson, Boyd 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153 A006 - Frederick, Cordy A010 - Felix, Michelle A027 - Thomas, John A032 - Scott, Tonya A036 - Medina, Laracha B007 - Watts, Adrian B030 - Miller, Eric C013 - Dessman, Roderick C047 - Copeland, Deborah C050 - Bradley, Stacey D017 - Gaymon, Latoya F002 - Robinson, Quanisha F017 - Daniels, Leevan F026 - Polk, Markel F035 - Woods, Raymond F049 - Battles, Yvonne G005 - Austin, Latonya G013 - Flores, Edwin G018 - Davis, Shardae G036 - Holland, Donna I016 - Hales, Casandra I019 - Hill, Marie J009 - Washington, Jerome K008 - Lemon, Paulette

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HEARING ON THE JUVENILE PETITION IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015, AT 9:30 A.M., or upon a date and time set thereafter, at the Office of Juvenile Justice, 138 N 4th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401.

Purchase must be made with cash only and paid for at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject to adjournment.

Summons & Notice NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE DISTRICT COURT JUVENILE SESSION FILE NO. 15 JA 104 IN THE MATTER OF: T.M.S. (dob: 15 December 2008) TO: ANY UNKNOWN FATHER Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Adjudication of Juvenile Petition filed on April 29, 2015 alleging that T.M.S. is a dependent Juvenile. You are required to make defense to such pleading within forty (40) days following Tuesday, June 16, 2015, which date is the date of first publication of this Notice. Upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. You have the right to attend this hearing and you have the right to be represented by counsel. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT AN ADJUDICATION

Jennifer G. Cooke Attorney - New Hanover Co. Dept. of Social Services 1650 Greenfield Street Wilmington, NC 28401 PO Drawer 1559 Wilmington, NC 28402-1559 (910) 798-3612 (910) 798-3772 * fax SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2014-CP-43-02352 CitiMortgage, Inc., Plaintiff, vs. James E. Antill, Central Carolina Homes, and South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS James E. Antill and Central Carolina Homes: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on November 6, 2014. NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by James E. Antill to CitiMortgage, Inc. bearing date of March 13, 2006, and recorded March 31, 2006 in Mortgage Book 1022 at Page 1435 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Sumter County, in the original principal sum of Seventy Six Thousand Eight Hundred and no/100 Dollars

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in Liberty Square, on Old West Liberty Street near Teriyaki Wok. Contacts: 468.5823 or 778.0789 Summons & Notice ($76,800.00). Thereafter on or about September 20, 2007, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. merged into CitiMortgage, Inc., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: A parcel of land located in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and known as: Being Lot Number 428 in Eagle Nest, Phase 2 as shown in the recorded Plat/Map thereof in Book 2000 Page 74 of Sumter County records. Being all of that certain property conveyed to James E. Antill by Deed dated December 13, 2000 and recorded December 27, 2000 in Volume 790, Page 1231 in the land records of Sumter County, South Carolina. TMS No. 153-08-02-010 & 400-00-28-457 Property Address: 2260 Equinox Avenue, Sumter, SC 29040 RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1144916 6/23, 6/30, 07/07/2015

Estate Notice Sumter County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

Harel Benjamin #2015ES4300369

Personal Representative Melissa B. Mitchell

275 Pioneer Drive

Estate:

C/O William Buxton Attorney at Law 325 W. Calhoun Street

Sumter, SC 29150

Public Hearing NOTICE OF SUMTER BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING The Sumter City-County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located on the Fourth Floor of the Opera House (21 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina). The following requests are scheduled for public hearing: BOA-15-06, 34 N. Main Street (City) Mr. R. Scott Bell, ("Applicant") is requesting Special Exception approval for a Drinking Place (SIC Code 5813) required per Article 3, Section 3.j.4.a Central Business District - Special Exceptions and Exhibit 3-5 Permitted & Conditional Uses In Commercial Districts. The property is located at 34 N. Main Street, represented by Tax Map # 228-12-04-038 and zoned Central Business District (CBD).

Estate:

Sarah L. Tomlin #2015ES4300339

Personal Representative Ernest Lee Tomlin Sr. Gable, SC 29051

Bobbie Sandford Newsom #2015ES4300335

Personal Representative Elizabeth Harhay Kornfeld

C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Michael E. Gardner #2015ES4300364

Personal Representative Kathry Gardner

9 Lakeshore Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Estate: Robert Lee Williams, Sr. #2015ES4300366 Personal Representative Runette Williams

6345 Heirs Drive Rembert, SC 29128

Documents pertaining to the proposed request(s) are on file in the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department and are available to be inspected and studied by interested citizens. Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. Mayor

Office Of Sumter County Council NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

3665 Skinner Road Estate:

Estate:

Evelyn Legare #2015ES4300363

Personal Representative Michael Todd Warrick

Billie Ann Barron Thornton #2015ES4300330

Personal Representative Owen R. Thornton 2124 Lords Landing Virginia Beach, VA 23454

Estate: Zelmarine K. Arrington #2015ES4300337

Ruby Marine Barwick Bryant #2015ES4300344

Estate: Charles Ellis Stafford Sr #2015ES4300329

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County Council for Sumter County, South Carolina, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at 6:00 O'clock P.M., or as soon thereafter as practicable, as said hearing can be convened, in connection with:

Personal Representative Stephen F. Stafford 225 Adams Avenue Sumter, SC 29150

Columbia, SC 29209

Estate:

Azeez Abuwi Mustafa AKA Fred C. Harris #2015ES4300327

Personal Representative Fathiyyah Aqueelah Mustafa 320 W. Brewington Road Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Nancy J. Oliver #2015ES4300352

Personal Representative Donald Oliver

Estate:

15-837 - An Ordinance Authorizing, Pursuant To Chapter 44 Of Title 12 And Chapters 1 And 29 Of Title 4, South Carolina Code Of Laws, 1976, As Amended, The Execution And Delivery Of An Amendment To A Fee Agreement Between Sumter County, South Carolina, And Project Eagle; And Matters Relating Thereto.

257 Pioneer Drive

Geraldine Woods #2015ES4300334

Personal Representative Matthew L. Phillips

ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755. Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found: Tobias Rd. M shepherd gray/blk; Bush Branch (2) puppies 1 blk, 1 brn; Winkles Rd Lab mix blk; Shaw AFB brown chihuahua. Small white dog found on Hwy 15 S in the Silver area. Call 803-316-5060. Found: 2 male beagles off Screaming Eagle Rd. Owner call to identify 803-840-5205. Found: small grayish brown dog in area of Perry Blvd. Owner call to identify 840-5205.

Estate: Bernice L. Conner AKA Bernice L. Connor #2015ES4300370 Personal Representative Peggy L. McTeer

In Loving Memory of Veronica Renee James 09/05/93-06/22/09 Six years later words cannot begin to express just how much you are loved and missed. Loved and missed by mom, dad, Whitney, Nadeja, family & friends.

3 Cherokee Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Elene Dakota Jones Price #2015ES4300340

Personal Representative Cathy E. Price

16 Folsom Street Sumter, SC 29050

Estate:

Juanita Avinger Alsbrook #2015ES4300360

78 Cambridge Avenue

Donna J. Nesbitt PO Box 1457

Englewood, NJ 07631

Columbia, SC 29202

Alvis J. Bynum #2015ES4300333

Estate:

Betty Atkinson Bell #2015ES4300350

Personal Representative Marvin E. Atkinson, Sr.

and Grace B. Kelley C/O Jonathan P. Lee Attorney at Law 1301 Gervais Street, Suite 1920

180 Curtiswood Drive

Columbia, SC 29201

Estate:

Francis Leverne Hill #2015ES4300361

Personal Representative Francis Leverne Hill, Sr.

C/O Thomas E. Player, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Drawer 3690 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Charles R. Propst #2015ES4300351

Personal Representative Charles Sims Propst

319 Myers Street Greenville, SC 29605

Norman J. Shumaker, SR #2015ES4300357

Personal Representative Wilbur B. Shumaker

229 Lesesne Drive

Sumter, SC 29150

This public hearing will be held in the Chambers of the said County Council on the third floor of the Sumter County Administration Building, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina, or at such other location within the said County as proper notice might specify. The said ordinance can be reviewed or a copy obtained from the Clerk to Council at the Offices of County Council on the third floor of the said County Administration Building. The public is invited to attend and participate in the public hearing.

Ben Griffith Jr., Agent

Personal Representative Synovus Trust Company

Personal Representative Alvis J. Bynum, Jr.

Estate: Estate:

In Memory

217 Garden Springs Road

2712 West Tharpe Street #1-62

ORDINANCE #15-837

Elliott Lavon Hardee #2015ES4300331

Personal Representative Kelly Denise Tipton 3145 Greenview Parkway Sumter, SC 29154

Personal Representative Donna J. Nesbitt

Personal Representative Thomas E. Arrington Tallahassee, FL 32303

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Dated this 18th day of June, 2015. The County Council for Sumter, S. C. By: Naomi D. Sanders, Chairman Sumter County Council Mary W. Blanding, Clerk to Council

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