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Lions test vision with new tool Club member: Scan can be especially beneficial for kids BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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The Sumter Lions Club has a new tool to use in its mission to help those with vision problems. Lions president Earl Klaege and board member Carolyn Klaege said

their newly acquired SPOT vision screening capability allows trained club members to perform eye exams on people from 6 months to 100-plus years of age. Both Klaeges have completed the required training. “This is perfect for us,” Earl Kl-

aege said, “because helping people with vision problems is the major focus of the club.” The SPOT Vision Screener is a handheld device about the size of a large camera. It allows a trained

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Gen. Lloyd Austin III, left, presents the flag representing command of U.S. Air Force Central Command to Lt. Gen. Charles Brown on Monday at Shaw Air Force Base. Brown assumed command from Lt. Gen. John Hesterman III.

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Lieutenant general will be stationed in Qatar BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Lt. Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown became commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command at a ceremony Tuesday at Shaw Air Force Base. Brown takes control of the command from Lt. Gen. John Hesterman III, who has been USAFCENT commander since July 2013. Brown will be responsible for developing contingency plans for a 20-nation area in central and south-

west Asia and will be stationed at USAFCENT forward headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The stateside headquarters for the command is at HESTERMAN Shaw. Before the ceremony, Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, thanked outgoing commander Hesterman for his service at USAFCENT, saying he had provided

“outstanding leadership.” Austin said that under Hesterman, air operations in Iraq and Syria have been extraordinarily effective. “We have degraded ISIL’s capabilities and ISIL’s advance,” Austin said. “It’s a job exceptionally well done.” He also had praise for the incoming commander. “Brown is a seasoned and highly capable war fighter and pilot,” he said.

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Your United Ministries donations help turn lives around BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com When a man checked into Sumter United Ministries Emergency Shelter, it was something the staff was used to. They help hundreds of people with temporary housing each year.

But while they love helping those in need of temporary housing, it’s watching them change and better their lives while they are there that’s amazing to the staff.

That was no different when the man checked in saying he needed a few weeks to get things in order. Nothing new to the staff; they checked him in. It wasn’t until afterward they noticed he didn’t talk much and was very introverted. The shelter director would

go over and talk to him and ask him if he was OK. The man would respond he simply needed a bed to sleep on; other than that, he was fine. After talking he would go silent again. A week and a half later, the man showed up to the shelter beaming and holding some-

thing in his hand. He wore a massive smile and was waving his hand around flaunting the piece of paper. He told the staff at the shelter he was able to get a job and permanent housing on the

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Some use Sumter proceeds for fundraising and helped renovate a church in the Dominican Republic. Peter St. Onge, a retired Air Force mechanic from Shaw Air Force Base, The week before Fourth of July is runs an 80-foot stand, called Sam’s typically the busiest time of the year Fireworks, every year in the parking for fireworks vendors. There are a lot of Jones Chevrolet Cadillac of number of vendors in the Sumter Sumter on Broad Street. area who make it their part-time St. Onge has a collection of 500 business or a nonprofit fundraiser. types of fireworks, and by the end of Steven and Stephanie Thompson are raising money to buy vehicles for Fourth of July weekend sells about 80 percent of them. The fireworks he missionaries through the TNT firesells vary in price from $1 to $160 works at the Walmart Supercenter and range from Roman candles to parking lot on Broad Street. 500 grams of 190 shots of mortar The Thompsons, both youth pastubes. tors at New Beginnings Assembly of “We have a wide variety of fireGod in Sumter, have been running works to choose from,” he said. the stand for three years. Through a St. Onge also has a flat-screen TV consignment with TNT, they get to set to allow customers to view the keep 20 percent of the money they type of fireworks make, Stephanie they are buying. Thompson said. He said the most About 90 percent BE SAFE THIS HOLIDAY popular items are of those profit Some fireworks safety tips from the U.S. Roman candles, sales go toward Consumer Product Safety Commission are: firecrackers and their denomina• Never place any part of your body mortar tubes. tion’s missionary directly over a fireworks device when Besides Fourth fund, called “Speed lighting the fuse. Back up to a safe distance of July, the secthe Light.” The immediately after lighting fireworks; ond-largest sales fund raises money • Never try to re-light or pick up fireworks date for fireworks to buy vehicles for that have not ignited fully; vendors is the Assembly of God week of New Year, missionaries work• Never point or throw fireworks at another St. Onge said. ing all around the person; “It’s legal to world. • Keep a bucket of water or a garden hose shoot fireworks in Last year, the handy in case of fire or other mishap; South Carolina Thompsons made • Never carry fireworks in a pocket or shoot year round,” he $6,500 in about 10 them off in metal or glass containers; and said. “However, days leading up to • After fireworks complete their burning, due to sales being Fourth of July, douse the spent device with plenty of not as popular the $5,000 of which water from a bucket or hose before rest of the year, was donated to the discarding it to prevent a trash fire. it’s hard to make missionary fund, a steady profit, Thompson said. unless you operTheir daughters, ate a store.” Savannah and Skylar, have taken St. Onge also does pyrotechnics for missionary trips and want to be misspecial events for a company in Lexsionaries in their future careers. Saington. vannah spent three months last year He said it is important to be safe in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when shooting fireworks. St. Onge recand Skylar spent one week this sumommended fireworks to be shot from a mer in the Dominican Republic. hard and flat surface, as a shooting “It was a life-changing experience distance can range from 75 to 200 feet, and made me realize this is what I and fireworks could tip over. want to do with the rest of my life,” The TNT stand in the Super Savannah said. Savannah was involved with every- Walmart parking lot is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., through Sunday. thing from clothing distribution to Sam’s Fireworks is open from 10 a.m. working with local children and organizations and opening new schools to midnight through Monday. Both vendors will remain open late on and a church in the Congo. Skylar Fourth of July. participated in vacation Bible school

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Len Lawson, coordinator of the How Sweet It Is open mic poetry series, reads S.C. Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth’s poem “Holy City,” dedicated to the nine people killed at Emanuel AME Church on June 17. Several participants, including Lawson, read their own poems written in tribute to the “Charleston 9,” which was the theme of the evening. The open mic series meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month at Starbucks.

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Vanrell Murphy, a Sumter native, and her two sons, Jackson, left, 2, and Hunter, 4, check out the fireworks TNT stand at Walmart Supercenter on Monday.

Sumter police detectives seized nearly $5,000 of beer and liquor and arrested a 50-year-old Sumter man for unlawful storage or possession of liquor and operation of a retail business without a license Sunday, according to a Sumter Police Department news release. Kevin E. Prince, of 101 Chandler St., was reportedly arrested at about 11 a.m. Sunday at his residence. The release said 1,157 cans of beer and 172 bottles of liquor were seized in a shed at that location. Police began an investigation of the operation after receiving several

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complaints, Public Information Officer Tonyia McGirt said. Detectives in the department’s Organized Crime and Vice Unit reportedly made several undercover purchases at the residence before obtaining a warrant to search the address. “Most of the liquor was of the smaller size variety, pints,” McGirt said. “There were also a few gallons.” McGirt said the seized alcohol would be kept as long as it is needed for evidence and then destroyed. The department reported 17 people were at the residence when detectives and patrol officers arrived. No other arrests were made, McGirt said. Prince was transported to SumterLee Regional Detention Center before posting a $505 personal recognizance bond, according to records.

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Pair suspected of climbing flagpole now out on bond Confederate flag was removed from its spot at Capitol on Saturday COLUMBIA (AP) — The two people arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the front of the South Carolina Statehouse have been released from jail in the state capital. Officer L. Tucker of Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center said 30-year-old Bree Newsome and 30-year-old James Ian Tyson were released from jail Saturday after posting bond. Both Newsome and Tyson are from Charlotte. Newsome was about halfway up the more than 30-foot steel flagpole just after dawn Saturday when officers of the South Carolina Bureau of Protective Services ran to the flagpole and told her to get down. Instead, she continued up the pole and removed the flag. She and Tyson, who had both climbed over a wroughtiron fence to get to the flag, were arrested. The flag, which is protected by state law, was raised about 45 minutes later, well ahead of a rally later Saturday by supporters of keeping the flag where it is. Sherri Iacobelli, a spokes-

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woman for the state Department of Public Safety, said Newsome and Tyson have been charged with defacing monuments on state Capitol grounds. That’s a misdemeanor that carries a fine of up to $5,000 and a prison term of up to three years or both. A staff member at Alvin Glenn Detention Center where the two were taken said she did not know if they had attorneys. According to the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, the “Bail for Bree Newsome” fund had raised just more than $77,000 in nine hours as of 8 p.m. Saturday. The fund was set up to pay for her bail and legal expenses. About the time of her arrest, Newsome released an email statement to the media. “We removed the flag today because we can’t wait any longer. We can’t continue like this another day,” it said. “It’s time for a new chapter where we are sincere about dismantling white supremacy and building toward true racial justice and equality.” Authorities said Newsome was from Raleigh. However, Mervyn Marcano, a spokesman for the small group of activists who worked together to take down the flag, said she had recently moved to Charlotte.

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Ellison Newman, front, and Ellie Hudson perform a jellyfish dance with puppets they made in Pepper’s Puppet School at Sumter County Gallery of Art’s Summer Art Camp. The gallery offers a wide variety of art classes taught by professional artists and art educators through Aug. 7, with the exception of June 29 through July 3. There are still openings. Call (803) 775-0543 for more information.

High schoolers’ experiment lost again after launch failure BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Three high school students were going to get the science lesson of a lifetime by flying their experiment in space. Instead they got a life lesson about loss but more importantly about determination as they watched their experiment get wiped out for the second straight time by a rocket failure Sunday. The students from North Charleston, South Carolina, had come up with an intricate electronics circuitry experiment. It was supposed to fly last October to the International Space Station on an Antares rocket out of Wallops Island, Virginia. But it blew up as they watched from only 1.7 miles away. Joe Garvey was knocked over by the blast coming off the launch pad. Rachel Lindbergh felt the heat on her face. Eight months passed. Every other student team got to fly their experiments again, but finally Sunday was the turn for Joe, Rachel and Gabe Voigt and their teacher, Gabe’s mother, Kellye. They drove down to Cape Canaveral, Florida, and joked about their luck. But Rachel, the eldest of the three students and a physics major headed to University of Chicago, doesn’t talk about luck. She talks about independent events and variables. Then the SpaceX rocket launched Sunday carrying their experiment. It soared into the sky. High fives were

exchanged. They started heading back for lunch. Then their phones started buzzing with text messages, condolences. Rachel’s was from her grandmother. “We thought grandma must have been watching the wrong

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After their first launch, the students improved the experiment to include circuitry from the space shuttle Endeavour, which was better than what they tried at first. Next time, they’ll do even better, the three students vowed.

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Dentist office reaches out to local veterans BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Aspen Dental Care was offering free dental care to veterans Saturday in an effort to keep the military’s bite around the world clean and healthy. Veterans could go to any participating Aspen office and get free service, with the Sumter office being one of the many participants. “We’re very appreciative of the veterans’ service in our country, and we’d just like to give back to the community everything they’ve given to us,” Sumter Office Manager Sarah McLean said. Aspen Dental was offering any service that can be done in one day for free: cleanings, fillings, teeth pulling, X-rays and general exams. Veterans were marching through the Aspen Dental office on Broad Street all day, so much so the office couldn’t take any more patients; they were booked solid with 17 appointments. One of those appointments was that of retired Army 1st Sgt. Tom Wills, who came

from Hartsville to get a tooth filled. Wills drove almost an hour to get free dental care because there is no place near him doing this for veterans. “I’m extremely appreciative,” he said. “It’s nice to see Aspen Dental Clinic giving back to the veterans. You don’t find enough of that.” The project was part of Aspen’s nationwide Healthy Mouth Movement, an initiative to provide oral care to those who need it the most. More than 300 Aspen offices nationwide participated Saturday, giving oral care to any veteran who asked for it. Wills said it’s a great thing to do because he doesn’t have dental insurance, even after the federal government promised it. “Veterans were promised free medical and dental coverage as a retiree, but the government went back on their word; they don’t give us any dental coverage at all,” he said. Wills isn’t the lone veteran without health insurance; about 2 million veterans don’t have health insurance, accord-

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Dr. Sagar Patel, managing clinical director at Aspen Dental, gives retired Army 1st Sgt. Tom Wills a shot of novocaine before a filling. Aspen gave free dental work to veterans on Saturday. ing to ABC News. That large disparity makes giving free oral care to veterans extra special for McLean, who said participating in the Healthy Mouth Movement is

very rewarding. Wills said he wishes other businesses were more like Aspen. “It’s hard for them to get benefits other places,” McLean

said. “It’s rewarding for them to come here, and we’re able to offer those services because some of the veterans otherwise wouldn’t be able to get the care done.”

Cuomo: Inmates had sights on Mexico but ride backed out PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Two convicted murderers who eluded a massive manhunt for three weeks planned to drive to Mexico after escaping prison but ended up walking toward Canada when their ride backed out — finally splitting up in their final days of freedom, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. David Sweat, 35, was hospitalized in

serious condition after being shot twice in the torso by a trooper and captured Sunday near the Canadian border. Cuomo said Sweat has begun providing information about his audacious escape from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6 with Richard Matt and their weeks on the lam. Matt was killed by officers on Friday.

Prosecutors have previously said prison tailor shop employee Joyce Mitchell got close to the men and agreed to be their getaway driver but backed out because she felt guilty. Authorities also have said they discussed killing Mitchell’s husband, matching the newly detailed account provided by Cuomo on the Capitol Pressroom radio program.

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Former cop who killed shares lessons on force Man hopes his research will aid today’s officers

On June 4, David Klinger reenacts the moments before he shot a man attacking his police partner in south-central Los Angeles on the sidewalk where it happened. Edward Randolph, who he thought was an innocent bystander at a crime scene, pulled out a butcher knife and attacked his partner, Dennis Azevedo.

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••• When Klinger showed up in his ranks on the night shift, Tim Anderson, then an LAPD sergeant, wasn’t sure he was the kind of recruit who’d make it in neighborhoods plagued with gang warfare. Klinger, a quiet, devout Christian, whose dad was a classical clarinet player, had moved to California from Miami, at age 13, with his mom and two sisters after his parents split up. “Here’s a kid from a very mild-mannered side of life who ends up here,” Anderson says. But Klinger was determined. “I actually asked for this to be my assignment out of the academy,” he says, sitting in a restaurant north of Los Angeles after revisiting the scene of Randolph’s shooting. That night in 1981, he was teamed with Azevedo when they were called to a home where an armed burglar had been reported. As a police helicopter circled overhead, a large crowd gathered to watch across busy Vernon Avenue. “Get out of here!” the officers yelled. Most spectators ran, except Randolph. Azevedo says he didn’t think Randolph could hear him or maybe didn’t speak

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English. So he ran across the street to try to get him to move. “In the blink of an eye,” Azevedo recalls how Randolph lunged forward and stabbed him in the lower chest with a blow stopped — just barely — by his protective vest. Stunned, Azevedo tried to draw his gun, but he tripped on uneven pavement, he says — and Randolph jumped on him with the knife raised. Rushing over, Klinger grabbed Randolph’s left wrist,

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guns, or other officers intervened. Feeling like a “magnet” for trouble, he moved to a smaller department in Redmond, Washington. But he found no better fit there. It was time for something new. Today, the 57-year-old Klinger is a professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He earned a doctorate and has written a book, “Into the Kill Zone,” telling the stories of officers who’ve shot and killed people. He also has done research on methods officers can use to avoid deadly force. This spring, testifying at a U.S. Civil Rights Commission hearing on deadly force, one topic he discussed was “tactical positioning,” a strategy in which officers keep a safe distance, unless there is imminent danger. “Often times, officers find themselves in too close, too quickly, and they don’t have any option other than to shoot their way out of it,” Klinger says. “That’s where I really think we fall down in American law enforcement.”

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but Randolph broke free. Klinger pulled his own gun and fired at close range. “I blamed myself for 20 years for not being able to wrest the knife from him,” he says. Investigators ultimately determined the fatal shooting was justified and that the rookie officer had saved Azevedo’s life. But Klinger still found it difficult to rest easy. In the year that followed, there were nine more times he says he could have shot a civilian — and thinks he

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LOS ANGELES — It all happened in seconds. But those brief moments would forever change life for David Klinger, a self-described “beach kid” who’d dreamt of being a police officer since he was a kid. He’d entered Los Angeles Police Academy in 1981 with a clear motive. He wanted to try to help make life better for the people of violence-ridden south-central Los Angeles. Now he was standing with his gun pointed at Edward Randolph, who at 26 was just three years older than himself. Randolph had a butcher knife aimed at the throat of Klinger’s police partner, Dennis Azevedo, who was on the ground trying with all his might to hold back Randolph’s attack. “Shoot him,” Azevedo cried out to his rookie partner. Deadly force by police has made headlines from Ferguson, Missouri, to Baltimore. Just this month, a Los Angeles police officer was found “unjustified” in shooting and killing a 25-year-old mentally ill man. Across the country, most officers are exonerated. But more and more people are calling for strategies to make such incidents less common, notably through improved police training. For Klinger, it has long been a very personal issue — one that led a young cop who entered the “kill zone,” as officers call it, to become a researcher seeking to understand the dynamics of confrontation. In doing so, he hopes to be a voice of reason in an emotional national debate and an advocate for change.

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Miss Greater Greenville, Deja Dial, was crowned Miss South Carolina on Saturday night at the Township Auditorium in Columbia.

operator to test an individual from a three-foot distance while the individual merely has to look into the device, which takes his or her picture. Those who wear prescription eyeglasses can have the test with their glasses on. “Within two or three minutes,” Earl Klaege said, “a printout is produced. We give the results to the individual to follow up on.” The device can detect six vision issues: • hyperopia, or farsightedness; • myopia, or nearsightedness; • astigmatism, or blurred vision; • anisometropia, or unequal refractive power; • gaze, or eye alignment measurement; and • anisocoria, or unequal pupil size. The SPOT screener does not test for eye conditions such as glaucoma, presbyopia, cataracts, macular degeneration and others. Most recently, the Lions Club performed SPOT screenings on about 40 children at the YMCA. “Of those,” Carolyn Klaege said, “four or five were recommended for followup.” She added that the screenings are totally confidential. “We don’t get their names,

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COMMAND FROM PAGE A1 Hesterman offered his “deepest respect” for all who attended the ceremony from the base and the community. “I don’t know of a more military and family friendly community than Sumter,” he said. Hesterman called Brown “easily the most qualified to ever come to this job.”

CARING FROM PAGE A1 West Coast. They even bought him a bus ticket, he said. Those at Sumter United Ministries were ecstatic, and they prayed with him, wishing him good luck with his new job. People in the ministry said seeing him turn from an introvert without a bed to sleep in to an employed extrovert who has permanent housing would not have been possible without the support of the community. Without donations from the community, the emergency shelter would not operate like it does. Throughout the month of June, the Emergency Shelter has helped an average of two women and 12 men per night.

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“I couldn’t be prouder and happier that the command is going to you,” he said. After the ceremony marking the change of command, Brown said he was delighted to be back at Shaw. “It is totally awesome to be here today,” he said. “It is good to be back and seeing that (Wild Weasel) F-16.” He said taking over the command is a tremendous milestone in his career. “I know the chance to command at this level is not a given,” he said. “God

And just like the shelter, the other two big aspects of the ministry, crisis relief and home repair and wheelchair ramp building, operate heavily on volunteers and community donations. This is why The Sumter Item is teaming up with Sumter United Ministries to raise money to keep it operating smoothly. The second-annual “Summer of Caring” is going on right now, and all proceeds go to the ministry and its work. The 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. This week’s donations as of Monday include: $125 from an anonymous donor. The dona-

has blessed me with an opportunity well beyond my expectations.” Brown said Hesterman has left an outstanding legacy at USAFCENT. “We look forward to building on the many strong relationships you have built in the region,” he said. Brown has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and was first commissioned in the Air Force in 1984. He has served overseas in South Korea, Italy, Qatar and Ramstein Air

tion is undesignated, meaning it will go to help all areas of the ministry’s work. The total amount raised this year reached $2,415 with still more than two months of fundraising to go. Of the total amount raised, $440 is for Crisis Relief, $625 is for home repair and wheelchair building, and $575 is for the emergency shelter. The remaining money is undesignated.

and we don’t keep a copy of the printout,” she said. “It’s up to them (or their parents in the case of minors) to follow up.” This is particularly helpful with very young children, in that there is no reading involved, she said. “Just think how many children might have poor eyesight that could go undetected for years. If parents find out about problems through this program, they can get the help they need.” The club is seeking groups who’d like to set up screenings for members or their children, Earl Klaege said. “Any group who’d want it done — clubs, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, church groups — can contact us to set up an appointment,” Carolyn Klaege said. “It’s nice to be on the cutting edge.” Children must have permission slips signed by parents or legal guardians. If SPOT vision screening detects problems in anyone who can’t afford to follow up, the Sumter Lions Club may be able to help. “We go through a detailed procedure to determine financial need for assistance,” Carolyn Klaege said. SPOT vision checks are free for everyone. To inquire about setting up a screening, call Sumter Lions Bob Young at (803) 469-2172 or Billy Edgeworth at (803) 773-6854.

Force Base, Germany, and at numerous locations in the U.S., including from November 1999 to June 2003 at Shaw with the 55th, 78th and 79th fighter squadrons. Brown has logged 2,890 flight hours including 95 combat hours according to his official biography. Among numerous awards and decorations, Brown has received a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters and Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters.

Total combined anonymous: $1,090 Total this week: $125 Total this year: $2,415 Total last year: $5,542 Total since 2014: $7,957 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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Don’t let Charleston shooting divide us BY EBONI NELSON

uring the summer of 1993 as a rising high school senior attending Governor’s School in Charleston, South Carolina, I attended Emanuel AME Church for Sunday worship. Although I was young, I recall sensing the significance of “Mother Emanuel” to the surrounding community and being enveloped by her welcoming love and spirit. Tragically, hatred and evil took advantage of that same spirit, resulting in the devastating loss of nine innocent lives. Atrocities such as the horrific shooting in Charleston Eboni provoke Nelson heartrending anguish and grief in people everywhere. However, for members of the black community who have too often experienced senseless violence due to racial hatred, our sorrow is visceral and makes us question whether our country will ever be free of racial animus. The answer is no. Not because America is inherently racist or because it is not a just society. Rather, it is because racial hatred is premised on evil — an evil that takes over rational thought, thereby allowing irrational and destructive thinking to cloud one’s judgment. It is this same evil that took the lives of four beautiful school girls in Birmingham, Alabama, more than 50 years ago, and it is the same evil that will always be present in the hearts and minds of some people. In light of this, what, as a country, are we to do? As I try to answer this, I imagine myself as one of Reverend Pinckney’s congregants sitting on the pews of Emanuel AME Church studying the Word on that fateful night. I imagine posing the question to him. I imagine hearing him provide the following answer: “We are to do as Christ teaches us. We are to love. We are to treat others the way we would want to be treated, and we are to forgive those who trespass against us.” Although many of us have been taught these lessons since childhood, it is admittedly very difficult to put them into practice during heartbreaking times such as this. However, this is not only what we are called to do but also what we must do in order to heal racial tensions that threaten the progress our country has made. Here in South Carolina,

‘If we are to combat the evil that darkened Mother Emanuel’s door, we must learn from her and interact with one another in the same loving and welcoming spirit as she has shown for nearly 200 years.’ there has been much improvement in the racial climate, particularly as it relates to whites and blacks. State officials took swift and just action against former police officer Michael Slager in the death of Walter Scott, and the General Assembly recently passed new legislation requiring body cameras for all state and local law enforcement officers. However, disagreements on issues ranging from the placement of the Confederate flag on state grounds to the racial and economic disparities in educational opportunities remain. When discussing these and other race-related issues, starting from a place of love and empathy instead of accusation and distrust can help move us forward to a place of mutual understanding and advancement. As a black community, we cannot let our pain and anger harden our hearts such that we stop engaging in meaningful dialogues about race relations with others who neither look like us or think like us. The white community cannot retreat from the uncomfortable conversations about race, or harden their hearts to the painful experiences that blacks and other minorities have endured and continue to endure on a daily basis. If we are to combat the evil that darkened Mother Emanuel’s door, we must learn from her and interact with one another in the same loving and welcoming spirit as she has shown for nearly 200 years. May God’s love provide comfort to the victims’ families and to our country during this difficult time. Eboni S. Nelson is a professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is also the vice chairperson and former chairperson of the South Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LEE COUNTY: SHOW YOU SUPPORT REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE FLAG My heart and prayers go out to the victims, the families and the Mother Emanuel’s parishioners for the unspeakable and inhumane crimes committed against their pastor and their members. God does things not to our understandings, but He reminds us that all power remains in His hands. We have been brought together and not apart because of these crimes. We have been given the opportunity to address some of the problems that keep us apart and of these being the Confederate battle flag. I have heard the arguments that it is all about heritage and not hate. But, you let groups of hate and white supremacy hijack your symbol of heritage and use it as a symbol of hate, murder and terror and you did not condemn it. Every time people of color see this flag they see a flag that is intertwined in their heritage of discrimination, the denial of humanity and the many transgressions committed against them for simply being who they are. The past is just what it means — the past cannot be rewritten and it must be accepted as is, good or bad. But, we can shape the future by learning to embrace all our differences and move forward with love and understanding of one another. Dr. King once wrote “Somewhere we must come to see that human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God.” I ask the citizens of Lee County to call or e-mail their state representatives (Rep. Grady Brown and Sen. Thomas McElveen) and tell them to vote yes to remove it. I also ask you ask all the county elected officials of Lee County as to whether they support the removal of the Confederate flag off state grounds. And I challenge Lee County Council, Bishopville City Council and the Town of Lynchburg to pass a resolution in support of the removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds and send said resolution to the state legislature. FRANK BRENT MILLICAN JR. Woodrow

LET THE PEOPLE OF S.C. DETERMINE THE MEANING OF THE FLAG When I first received news of the shootings in Charleston, I was visiting an ancient monastery in Russia. I went to the church of the monastery, lit a candle and prayed for the victims. Returning home this week to South Carolina, I discovered a virtual “feeding frenzy” by the national press against all things Confederate. The state Republican leadership (Haley, Graham, Scott, and their Chamber of Commerce minions) apparently could not wait beyond the funerals of the victims to repudiate the 2001 compromise that removed the flag from the Statehouse dome. I understand on good authority that the leadership has threatened hold-out legislators with the removal of Confederate monuments should they refuse to remove the flag. Back in the 1970s, I had the honor of serving in the S.C. House of Representatives as the first Republican from my county. I recall my efforts to reinstitute the death penalty after our existing law was struck down by the federal courts. No murderer more justly deserves this penalty than Dylan Roof. Since when do we as South Carolinians allow our public decisions to be dictated by homicidal maniacs? I felt in 2001, and feel

now, that the people of South Carolina alone should be allowed to determine the meaning of the flag under which their ancestors fought. I have no doubt the Republican establishment, who fear above all things in this state the voice of the people, would retreat in terror should any courageous legislator step up and propose a referendum. RICHARD T. HINES Mayesville

FLAG HAS BECOME A SYMBOL OF HATE, INJUSTICE It is time to stop using the word “heritage” when referring to any type of Confederate flag. The Civil War has been over for 150 years, and history is written. The American citizens who openly attacked a federal military installation, Fort Sumter, while flying the Confederate battle flag, should be charged with treason. The United States government has never recognized any states’ succession from the union. Many people who say their family fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War were descendants of decent, poor men who did not own slaves and were practically slaves themselves. They were conscripts to the war effort. By the end of the Civil War, almost all white men in the South were in the Confederate military. For those who say the war represented the states’ rights and economics, don’t be fooled. The war was all about slavery. The war was fought to maintain the rich land owners’ way of life. It was fought for the right of Southern states to allow the ownership of other people. To that end, slavery was the economic way to save on the cost of labor. At the conception of the flag over 150 years ago, it was the flag of treasonous American citizens. Over the years since the end of the war it has become a flag of hate and injustice. Today it is just a piece of cloth that represents many embarrassing events in our great country’s history. Wave the Confederate flag with pride or burn it with condemnation. That is the right of free speech given under the Constitution to every American citizen of the United States. But it should never be displayed at any local, state or federal government location. MICHAEL W. BARRY Sumter

REMOVAL OF FLAG COULD WORSEN RACE RELATIONS I was shocked when I turned on the TV the other day and saw Gov. Haley calling for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds. Talk about a knee-jerk reaction. The killings in Charleston were horrific, and it saddens me to see something like that happen in our state; however, there can be no argument made that the flag had anything to do with those killings or any other killings for that matter. The removal of the flag will have no effect on future race relations. As a matter of fact, it might worsen them. I would like to see some sanity in our state and federal government instead of the “political correctness” that seems to be catching on. Prosecute the killer to the fullest extent, but leave the historic flag alone. Many thousands of men died defending that flag. If the current trend continues in Washington, we may have to raise that flag again. WARREN C. FORDHAM Manning

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An animal uprising begins on CBS summer series ‘Zoo’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The critters are conspiring. That can’t be a good thing. Based on a best-selling novel by James Patterson, the summer series “Zoo” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) ponders the grim possibilities of animals, wild and domestic, changing their very natures and turning on mankind. Like a good CBS show, “Zoo” sticks to winning formulas. The scenery and the cast are generally as good-looking as the scenario is frightening. Jamie (Kristen Connolly), a hotheaded journalist, jumps to conclusions about corporate conspiracies when two lions escape from the Los Angeles Zoo and maul pedestrians at random. Meanwhile, back in the jungle, Jackson Oz (James Wolk), an American zoologist based in Africa, contends with a much higher body count after large groups of lions wipe out scores of vacationers on a photographic safari. One silver lining to this bloodbath is its sole survivor: the fetching French lovely Chloe Tousignant (Nora Arnezeder). She and Oz team up to plumb the mysteries of wild creatures with an angry agenda, a scenario that Oz’s famous zoologist father had theorized in a series of online manifestos before succumbing to madness and suicide. Inspired, perhaps, by marauding jungle cats, Jamie in-

sists on biting the corporate hand that feeds her (her newspaper’s advertisers and owners and her creepy boyfriend and boss) and gets herself fired. That gives her more time to team up with quirky veterinary pathologist Mitch Morgan (Billy Burke). Can these photogenic tandems save the world from an animal uprising? And is anybody safe when even gentle housecats get in on the act? “Zoo” is farfetched fun, consistent in taking its goofy premise as seriously as possible. It may remind some of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” I couldn’t help thinking of the old Talking Heads song “Animals,” sung from the point of view of a jittery paranoid, complaining that animals were “laughing at us” and “making a fool of us.” “Zoo” fits right into a summer of new shows more than knee-deep in world-spanning conspiracies, casual madness and suffocating claustrophobia. So far we’ve seen “American Odyssey,” “Wayward Pines,” “Sense8” and “Mr. Robot” arrive and join series like “Under the Dome” about mysterious forces one can’t escape. It says something that “Orange Is the New Black,” the summer’s most talked about and anticipated drama, is set in a penitentiary. • The documentary “1913: Seeds of Conflict” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) ex-

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FOURTH OF JULY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed onFourth Saturday. of July Schedule: June 30, 2015 GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed on Friday: federal government offices; state government offices; City of Sumter offices; County of Sumter offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices. The U.S. Postal Service will be closed on Saturday. OTHER — The following will be closed on Friday: Black River Electric Coop. business offices; Farmers Telephone Coop.; and the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce. The Sumter County Library and the Harvin Clarendon County Library will be closed Friday through Sunday. Clemson Extension Service will be closed Friday through Monday. All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed on Friday and there will not be a Saturday, Fourth of July, edition of the newspaper.

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

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THURSDAY

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SATURDAY

Partly sunny

A t-storm early; partly cloudy

Partly sunny

A t-storm in the afternoon

A thunderstorm in the area

Sunshine and warm

94°

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94° / 73°

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 10%

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Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 15%

SW 7-14 mph

SSW 6-12 mph

WSW 8-16 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 89/65 Spartanburg 90/67

Greenville 89/66

Columbia 93/70

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

The Campbell Soup friends The Save the Children organilunch group will meet at zation will hold a Reach Out 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, July and Read community parent4, at to Golden Corral. child group event 10-11 Reach Out anda.m. Read event be held today at Summerton United The Lincoln High School PresMethodist Church, 2 Briggs ervation Alumni Association St., Summerton. Learn about will hold its Second Annual the importance of reading Alumni and Friends Reunion to your child and receive a Picnic from noon until 4 p.m. free book. Light refreshon Saturday, July 4, at the ments will be served. Call or Lincoln High School gymnatext Shemika Williams at sium, Council Street. Cost: (803) 847-9169. $15 for adults and $10 for children age 13 and under. The Mayesville Summer EnThe annual dance will folrichment Camp Program will low from 8 p.m. until midbe held 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday through Aug. night. Dance is for adults 7 at the Mayesville Institute only and cost is $25 per adult. For details or tickets, School. Sponsored by the call James L. Green at (803) Mayesville Educational and Industrial Institute, the pro- 968-4173 or Dorothy Richards at (803) 773-6700. gram will involve academic enrichment as well as a The Overcomers Stroke Suphost of physical activities port group will meet at 6 for participating youth ages p.m. on Thursday, July 9, in 4-17. Weekly fees are $10, $7 the library of Alice Drive and $5 for first, second and Baptist Library, corner of third child respectively. Fee Loring Mill and Wise Drive. includes daily breakfast, Sandi Davis, of Sumter Livlunch and a snack. For aping Magazine, will speak. plications or additional inThe American Red Cross will formation, call Dr. Deborah offer a New Volunteer OrientaL. Wheeler at (803) 983-7221 tion / Disaster Services Overor Margie Jefferson at (803) view for new Red Cross vol453-5441. unteers from 9 a.m. until The Scotts Branch Alumni Asnoon on Saturday, July 11, sociation will hold the grand at 1155 N. Guignard Drive. opening of its National Alumni Call (803) 775-2363 to regisAssociation headquarters ter or find out more inforbuilding “The Eagle’s Nest” mation. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on FriThe Sumter Chapter of the Naday, July 3, at 1 Larry King tional Federation of the Blind Highway, Summerton. Rewill meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesfreshments will be served. day, July 14, at Shiloh-RanThe Air Force Honor Guard will dolph Manor. Contact Debra display the colors during an Canty, chapter president, at Eagle Scout Induction Ceremo- DebraCanC2@frontier.com ny at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 3, or at (803) 775-5792. Add the at the Church of Jesus group to your contacts for Christ of Latter Day Saints, updated information on the 1770 U.S. 15 South. The pubrecorded message line at lic is welcome. (206) 376-5992.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 94/70

Aiken 92/67

ON THE COAST

Charleston 93/74

Today: Partly sunny. High 89 to 93. Wednesday: A thunderstorm. High 87 to 92.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.74 75.04 74.94 97.09

24-hr chg -0.02 -0.05 +0.04 +0.01

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

0.00" 3.52" 5.01" 21.90" 18.41" 22.63"

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

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

89° 70° 90° 69° 107° in 2012 54° in 1992

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

Today Wed. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 87/69/t 86/70/t 78/55/t 69/54/pc 97/77/pc 97/78/s 76/61/t 77/59/pc 92/75/t 94/77/t 89/68/pc 86/67/pc 90/76/t 89/77/t 82/69/pc 82/70/t 91/73/t 94/74/t 86/70/t 86/71/t 110/89/pc 109/88/pc 75/58/pc 78/59/pc 89/71/t 88/73/t

Myrtle Beach 91/76

Manning 97/72

Today: A thunderstorm. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph. Wednesday: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds west-southwest 6-12 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 94/71

Bishopville 97/71

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 1.65 +0.05 19 2.86 -0.25 14 1.72 -0.07 14 2.31 +0.07 80 75.67 -0.09 24 9.54 +3.45

Sunrise 6:14 a.m. Moonrise 7:16 p.m.

Sunset Moonset

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High 8:08 a.m. 8:52 p.m. 8:57 a.m. 9:38 p.m.

Today Wed.

Ht. 2.7 3.4 2.8 3.5

Low Ht. 3:03 a.m. 0.1 2:57 p.m. -0.2 3:51 a.m. -0.1 3:45 p.m. -0.3

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 83/61/pc 90/67/t 92/68/pc 93/73/pc 87/77/pc 93/74/pc 91/66/pc 89/68/t 93/70/pc 91/69/pc 90/74/pc 93/71/pc 93/69/pc

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 83/63/t 89/69/t 92/69/t 92/74/t 86/77/t 91/74/t 90/67/t 89/69/t 93/71/pc 91/71/pc 88/73/t 91/72/pc 91/71/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 94/71/pc Gainesville 88/72/t Gastonia 90/65/t Goldsboro 94/72/pc Goose Creek 94/72/pc Greensboro 89/68/t Greenville 89/66/t Hickory 86/65/t Hilton Head 90/75/pc Jacksonville, FL 90/72/t La Grange 90/70/t Macon 92/69/pc Marietta 86/67/pc

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 93/72/pc 91/72/t 90/66/t 92/71/t 92/73/t 87/68/t 86/67/t 85/66/t 89/76/t 90/72/t 90/71/t 92/70/t 87/68/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 84/61/pc Mt. Pleasant 92/76/pc Myrtle Beach 91/76/pc Orangeburg 94/69/pc Port Royal 91/74/pc Raleigh 92/69/pc Rock Hill 90/65/pc Rockingham 93/69/pc Savannah 92/72/pc Spartanburg 90/67/t Summerville 94/71/pc Wilmington 92/73/pc Winston-Salem 88/67/t

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 85/64/t 91/76/t 90/76/t 92/70/pc 90/75/t 90/69/pc 88/67/t 92/69/pc 91/73/t 89/68/t 92/72/t 89/73/t 86/68/t

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make plans EUGENIA LAST for a getaway with someone you love. Explore creative possibilities or sign up for a course to learn about a hobby that interests you. Don’t let anyone interfere with your plans. Make romance a priority.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Participate in activities that can teach you something new. Avoid making promises you cannot keep. Don’t purchase items just to impress the people around you. Be realistic about what you can accomplish, and don’t put demands on others. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make home and personal improvements. By updating your surroundings, you’ll make your place more appealing to the people you want to hang out with more. Make the most of your looks and your talents. Be kind to yourself. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A cautious, direct approach to work and getting along with your colleagues will bring the best results. Don’t be too quick to make an impulsive move. A day trip will give you a different perspective on life. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A change at work will be beneficial. Apply for a new position or network with people you know can help you get ahead. Let your charm and generosity be your calling cards. Love is highlighted, and romance is in the stars. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Domestic problems will surface if you neglect your responsibilities or ignore a emotional plea for help. Offering a firm, precise and realistic solution will improve the situation, but it won’t fix things if you are the

only one doing the work. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your knowledge and expertise will win you a chance to participate in something special. Don’t let someone’s negativity or gruff nature stop you from joining in. Someone you meet will want to share something special with you. A partnership will be inviting. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your drive and intensity will take you to the winner’s circle. Let your imagination, vision and intuition be your guide, and you will know instinctively how and when to make your move. Good fortune is heading your way. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t limit what you can do. Be willing to travel, indulge in new interests or beef up your skills if it will help you reach your chosen goals. Make alterations at home that will fit in to your professional journey. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t create problems when you should be dealing with unfinished business in order to eliminate what hasn’t been working for you. Too much of anything will set you back. Don’t get angry -- get busy turning a negative into a positive.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

8-19-22-35-37 PowerUp: 2

12-23-33-47-50 Megaball: 3; Megaplier: 5

18-28-35-46-49 10-18-31-34-42 Powerball: 27; PowerPlay 5 Lucky Ball: 5

PICK 3 TUESDAY

PICK 4 TUESDAY

7-3-5 and 6-7-0

3-8-6-0 and 4-7-2-9

LUCKY FOR LIFE THURSDAY

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Damian Garneau comments on his photo submission, “I snapped this photo of an acrobatic squirrel raiding the bird feeder in my mother’s front yard.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll attract attention if you speak on behalf of a cause. Your intellect will shine through at organizational functions, allowing you to accomplish what you set out to do. Someone special will be proud of you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let emotional issues spin out of control. Deal with domestic problems without bringing an outsider into the situation. Honesty will be required if you want to make changes to the way you are living. Deception will backfire.

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

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Heat’s Wade makes key decision B3

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015

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NASCAR

Kyle Busch grabs 1st win of season at Sonoma BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — After two practice sessions at Sonoma Raceway, Kyle Busch spent an evening icing his surgically repaired left foot. He repeated the routine the night before Sunday’s race, all in an effort to minimize pain and give himself the best

chance to pick up a muchneeded victory. Just five races after returning from a broken right leg and shattered left foot, Busch made his way to victory lane to continue what already has been an impressive comeback. He chased down Jimmie Johnson to win Sunday at Sonoma Raceway for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

victory in 35 races. The next goal for Busch? Cracking the top 30 in points to KYLE BUSCH earn a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. “Now I don’t have to bust my butt and overdrive the car every week in order to get

wins,” Busch said. “Now I can just concentrate on running top-three, top-five, top-eight — just getting those finishes and points. “If we can do that, the points have got to come and fall on the line.” Busch was injured when he crashed into a concrete wall during the Feb. 21 Xfinity Series race the day before the

Daytona 500. He missed 11 races but recovered far faster than anyone expected and returned to racing late last month. NASCAR granted him a waiver upon his return that made him Chase eligible should he qualify, and Sunday’s victory is the first step.

SEE SONOMA, PAGE B4

Sumter game vs. Lake City cancelled

LEGION BASEBALL

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

Manning-Santee’s Dustin Way (3) looks to avoid a tag at home plate as Dalzell-Shaw catcher Lenny Gonzalez prepares to make a play during Post 68’s 12-2 victory on Monday at General Field in Dalzell. Way was safe on the play.

Post 68 takes over 3rd place Manning’s 12-2 win over Jets jumps it past Hartsville in League III standings BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com DALZELL – Manning-Santee Post 68 defeated Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 12-2 in eight innings on Monday at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field. And while Manning didn’t secure a berth in next week’s American Legion baseball state playoffs, it may have moved a step closer to clinching a higher seed should

it make the playoffs. Goose Creek’s 5-4 victory over Hartsville on Monday kept Post 68 from clinching a playoff berth, but it caused Hartsville to finish its League III schedule with a 7-8 record. Manning now sits 6-5 in League III and plays at Goose Creek today at 7 p.m. A Post 68 win clinches a playoff berth and gives it at least a tie for third with Hartsville. Manning has three

games remaining against Camden. Right-hander William Ard had a great game on the mound for Post 68, which is 9-7 overall. He struck out 14 and walked just two while allowing just four hits. Ard was perfect through the first three innings, striking out seven of the nine batters. Dalzell’s first hit was a

SEE POST 68, PAGE B3

The Sumter P-15’s American Legion baseball road game against Lake City scheduled for Wednesday has been cancelled. With the cancellation, Sumter won’t play again until Friday. The P-15’s will play host to defending state champion Florence Post 1 at Riley Park beginning at 7 p.m. Sumter lost to Florence 11-2 in Florence earlier this season. The P-15’s are 16-5 on the season after splitting its four games in the Palmetto Invitational Legion Tournament over the weekend. On Sunday, Sumter defeated Garner, N.C., 6-2 before falling to Greer Post 115 11-6. In the loss to Greer, Sumter found itself in a 6-0 hole before ever getting a chance to swing a bat. The P-15’s pulled within 6-3 thanks to a 2-run single and a bloop RBI double by Todd Larrimer. Post 115 scored a run to go up 7-3 before Sumter scored twice in the fifth to pull within 7-5. Jacob Watcher singled with one out and River Soles drew a walk. Watcher scored on an infield single by Kemper Patton and Soles came home on an RBI single by Larrimer. Sumter could get no closer though and Greer responded with four runs in the top of the sixth inning. Manning-Santee Post 68 also went 2-2 in the tournament, playing in the Georgetown bracket. Manning beat Georgetown 13-5 on Sunday at Mike Johnson Park in Georgetown. Post 68 got five innings from Michael Burgess for the victory. Tommy King and William Ard both had three hits to lead the offense.

PRO TENNIS

Serena’s Wimbledon starts slow; Venus wins 6-0, 6-0 BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press LONDON — As has become customary for Serena Williams of late, she got off to a rocky start. In her first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday, Williams dropped three of the first four games. She slipped and nearly did the splits, tumbling to the turf. She was warned for using foul language. And, as has also become customary for Williams, she wound up with a victory. The No. 1-seeded Williams extended her pursuit of a fourth consecutive major title and her bid for a calendaryear Grand Slam, too, by tak-

ing 11 of the last 13 games to beat 113th-ranked qualifier Margarita Gasparyan 6-4, 6-1. Williams has won her past 22 Grand Slam matches. “There are a lot of expectations on her shoulders at the moment,” said Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. “It took her maybe six games to get going. At 3-all, she started to relax and play. And then there was no match.” Gasparyan came in 0-3 in tour-level matches and was making her Wimbledon maindraw debut. “When I (saw) her before match,” Gasparyan said, “I thought, ‘Oh, my God. I’m playing Serena.’”

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Serena Williams returns a ball to Margarita Gasparyan during her 6-4, 6-1 victory in their Wimbledon firstSEE WIMBLEDON, PAGE B4 round match on Monday in London.

SPORTS

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015

SCOREBOARD

San Diego Colorado

TV, RADIO

Washington 3, Philadelphia 2, 1st game N.Y. Mets 7, Cincinnati 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, Miami 0 Atlanta 2, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 2, Cincinnati 1, 13 innings, comp. of susp. game Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 3 San Francisco 6, Colorado 3 Arizona 6, San Diego 4 Philadelphia 8, Washington 5, 2nd game St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 1

TODAY

GOLF By The Associated Press Sunday At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn. Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 6,841; Par 70 Final x-won on second playoff hole; a-amateur x-Bubba Watson (500), $1,152,000 62-67-68-67–264 -16 Paul Casey (300), $691,200 67-68-64-65–264 -16 Brian Harman (190), $435,200 66-65-65-69–265 -15 Graham DeLaet (135), $307,200 67-66-64-69–266 -14 Carl Pettersson (110), $256,000 65-66-70-66–267 -13 Zach Johnson (100), $230,400 65-70-64-69–268 -12 Luke Donald (85), $199,467 68-68-67-66–269 -11 Bo Van Pelt (85), $199,467 70-68-65-66–269 -11 Mark Wilson (85), $199,467 66-68-67-68–269 -11 Jon Curran (65), $147,200 67-67-67-69–270 -10

U.S. SENIOR OPEN PAR SCORES

Sunday At Del Paso Country Club Sacramento, Calif. Purse: $3,750,000 Yardage: 6,994; Par: 70 Final a-amateur Jeff Maggert, $675,000 70-65-70-65–270 Colin Montgomerie, $405,000 68-68-70-66–272 Grant Waite, $214,542 69-68-69-67–273 Bernhard Langer, $214,542 71-66-68-68–273 Billy Andrade, $138,984 69-71-71-63–274 Lee Janzen, $138,984 67-72-71-64–274 Kevin Sutherland, $105,281 68-69-70-68–275 Tom Watson, $105,281 66-69-71-69–275

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TODAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee (Jungmann 2-1) at Philadelphia (Hamels 5-6), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 11-3) at Detroit (Verlander 0-1), 7:08 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-7), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (P.Hughes 6-6) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-5), 7:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 6-5) at Miami (Latos 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 5-5) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 5-4), 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Frias 5-5) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 6-3), 9:40 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 4-3) at Oakland (Gray 9-3), 10:05 p.m. Seattle (Montgomery 2-2) at San Diego (Kennedy 4-6), 10:10 p.m. Minnesota at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m. Colorado at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 3:40 p.m. Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

NASCAR By The Associated Press

Sprint Cup Leaders Through June 28 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 616. 2, Martin Truex Jr., 563. 3, Joey Logano, 559. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 546. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 545. 6, Brad Keselowski, 505. 7, Jamie McMurray, 497. 8, Kasey Kahne, 483. 9, Matt Kenseth, 479. 10, Kurt Busch, 469. 11, Jeff Gordon, 462. 12, Paul Menard, 452. 13, Denny Hamlin, 438. 14, Ryan Newman, 435. 15, Aric Almirola, 431. 16, Clint Bowyer, 430. 17, Carl Edwards, 405. 18, Kyle Larson, 390. 19, Danica Patrick, 377. 20, Greg Biffle, 368. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $5,023,381. 2, Joey Logano, $4,182,458. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,881,277. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,538,022. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,294,950. 6, Jeff Gordon, $2,975,026. 7, Matt Kenseth, $2,965,351. 8, Brad Keselowski, $2,928,196. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $2,756,953. 10, Clint Bowyer, $2,653,738. 11, Greg Biffle, $2,616,642. 12, Ryan Newman, $2,615,593. 13, Jamie McMurray, $2,561,191. 14, Aric Almirola, $2,483,956. 15, Austin Dillon, $2,340,499. 16, Trevor Bayne, $2,334,550. 17, Kasey Kahne, $2,294,144. 18, AJ Allmendinger, $2,245,785. 19, David Ragan, $2,238,125. 20, Kyle Larson, $2,216,195.

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WNBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

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Connecticut Washington Chicago New York Atlanta Indiana

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE

W 7 6 5 5 4 3

L 1 3 4 4 6 6

Pct .875 .667 .556 .556 .400 .333

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION L 34 35 35 36 43

Pct .547 .545 .539 .532 .442

GB – – 1/2 1 8

L 28 35 36 41 42

Pct .611 .533 .520 .446 .432

GB – 51/2 61/2 12 13

L 34 37 38 42 44

Pct .564 .513 .500 .447 .436

GB – 4 5 9 10

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Toronto 3, Texas 2 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Boston 5, Tampa Bay 3 Baltimore 4, Cleveland 0, 1st game Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 3 Houston 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2, 10 innings Kansas City 5, Oakland 3 Baltimore 8, Cleveland 0, 2nd game

MONDAY’S GAMES

Texas at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Colorado at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Texas (Lewis 7-3) at Baltimore (Mi. Gonzalez 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Boston (E.Rodriguez 3-2) at Toronto (Estrada 5-3), 7:07 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 11-3) at Detroit (Verlander 0-1), 7:08 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 6-3) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 6-2), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (P.Hughes 6-6) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-5), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (D.Duffy 2-3) at Houston (Keuchel 9-3), 8:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 5-4), 8:15 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 4-3) at Oakland (Gray 9-3), 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 0-0), 10:05 p.m. Seattle (Montgomery 2-2) at San Diego (Kennedy 4-6), 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Colorado at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 3:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 42 40 36 31 27

L 34 37 40 46 50

Pct .553 .519 .474 .403 .351

GB – 21/2 6 111/2 151/2

W 51 42 39 34 29

L 24 33 35 40 48

Pct .680 .560 .527 .459 .377

GB – 9 111/2 161/2 23

W Los Angeles 43 San Francisco 42 Arizona 36

L 34 35 39

Pct .558 .545 .480

GB – 1 6

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee WEST DIVISION

MONDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Colorado at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION

41 .474 61/2 42 .440 9

SUNDAY’S GAMES

7 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Men’s and Women’s First-Round Matches from London (ESPN). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA U-21 Championship Match from Prague (ESPNU). 3:30 p.m. – Professional Golf: PGA Professional National Championship Third Round from Philadelphia (GOLF). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Semifinal Match from Montreal – United States vs. Germany (WACH 57). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs (ESPN). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. – NPF Softball: Akron vs. Dallas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: New York at Chicago (ESPN2). 8 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Vyacheslav Shabranskyy vs. Paul Parker in a Cruiserweight Bout, D’Mitrius Ballard vs. Josue Ovando in a Light Heavyweight Bout and Lamont Roach Jr. vs. Christian Santibanez in a Lightweight Bout from Philadelphia (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels or Colorado at Oakland (MLB NETWORK).

W Baltimore 41 Tampa Bay 42 New York 41 Toronto 41 Boston 34 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 44 Minnesota 40 Detroit 39 Cleveland 33 Chicago 32 WEST DIVISION W Houston 44 Los Angeles 39 Texas 38 Seattle 34 Oakland 34

37 33

Tulsa Minnesota Phoenix San Antonio Seattle Los Angeles

W 8 7 3 2 2 0

L 1 2 5 6 7 7

Pct .889 .778 .375 .250 .222 .000

GB – 11/2 21/2 21/2 4 41/2 GB – 1 41/2 51/2 6 7

SUNDAY’S GAMES

New York 79, Los Angeles 70 Washington 86, Chicago 71 Tulsa 93, Seattle 89

MONDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Connecticut, 7 p.m. New York at Chicago, 8 p.m. Tulsa at Seattle, 10 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP By The Associated Press QUARTERFINALS

Friday, June 26 At Montreal Germany 1, France 1, Germany won 5-4 on penalty kicks At Ottawa, Ontario United States 1, China 0 Saturday At Edmonton, Alberta Japan 1, Australia 0 At Vancouver, British Columbia England 2, Canada 1

SEMIFINALS

Today At Montreal United States vs. Germany, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 At Edmonton, Alberta Japan vs. England, 7 p.m.

THIRD PLACE

Saturday, July 4 At Edmonton, Alberta Semifinal losers, 4 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, July 5 At Vancouver, British Columbia Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

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Wood sharp as Braves end 5-game losing skid BY WILL GRAVES The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Alex Wood can tell the instant a breaking ball leaves his hand whether he has a feel for it on a given day. When he does, the Atlanta Braves lefty can be dominant. Wood pitched shutout ball WOOD into the eighth inning Sunday to win for the first time in five starts, and the Braves held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wood (5-5) scattered five hits and struck out eight without a walk in 7 1-3 innings as Atlanta ended a season-high, five-game losing streak. “When you get all three (pitches) going, those usually turn into pretty fun days,” Wood said. “We needed a win today and everybody came to play and definitely it feels good to get out of Pittsburgh with a W.” Jace Peterson hit his third homer for the Braves. Chris Johnson added two hits and Nick Markakis drove in a run. Jason Grilli gave up a run during an eventful ninth but earned his 21st save. Pirates star Andrew McCutchen went 1 for 4 after getting hit on the left elbow Saturday by a pitch from

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Atlanta catcher A.J. Pierzynski, left, picks up the ball in front of the plate as Pittsburgh’s Gregory Polanco (25) breaks for first base after swinging at the pitch for the third strike. Pierzynski threw to first base for the final out in the Braves’ 2-1 victory on Sunday in Pittsburgh. The win snapped a 5-game losing streak for Atlanta. Julio Teheran. McCutchen wore a large brace for protection after experimenting with a couple of them before the game. Wood’s only real spot of trouble came in the seventh when McCutchen and Starling Marte hit consecutive singles to start the inning. Francisco Cervelli, who came in batting .389 against lefties, tried to bunt for a hit. Wood kept his feet and threw out Cervelli, credited with a sacrifice as the runners advanced. But Wood struck out Jordy Mercer and got Sean Rodriguez to fly out. “I was honestly surprised Cervelli bunted there,” Wood said.

So was Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. “He thought he was going to make a baseball play and give the guy behind him an opportunity,” Hurdle said. “The guy made a good play. I don’t have a ‘Don’t bunt for a base hit’ sign. He had a feel for it.” Cervelli defended the move, saying he would do it again if given the chance. Atlanta didn’t do much against Pittsburgh starter Jeff Locke (4-4), managing only an RBI single by Markakis in the fifth. Peterson homered off reliever Vance Worley in the seventh to give the Braves a little breathing room.

One day at a time, Cardinals putting up enviable record BY R.B. FALLSTROM The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Mike Matheny has zero interest in scanning the daily statistics that show just how efficiently the St. Louis Cardinals are dealing with the opposition. Matheny prefers that his players ignore all that, too, just as they have the hacking investigation involving the Houston Astros that seems to have quieted down. The players can keep MATHENY the franchise with the majors’ best record rolling along by grinding out at-bats, grinding out innings, briefly savoring results and moving on. “I couldn’t say I stuck my head in the sand so much I didn’t know we won 50 games,” Matheny said before the Cardinals raised their record to 51-24. “But it doesn’t really do us any good to focus on that stuff, we’ve just got to go play the game.” It is best, he added, that contributing kids spend no time fretting about when they might be sent back down to the minors or wondering how they’ll respond to the hard times that might be

around the corner. The manager is not about to throw cold water on rookie Xavier Scruggs, a recent firsttime call-up who has nine hits in his last five games and an RBI in each of the last three, helping the Cardinals run their winning streak to six and widen their lead to nine games in the NL Central. “Oh, this is awesome,” Scruggs said. “It’s everything you dream of, just being part of the best team in baseball. Just being able to able to play a little part is just great for me.” Some of the reasons behind the Cardinals’ run of success: STINGY ARMS

The biggest reason, by far, for a start of historic proportions is the pitching minus ace Adam Wainwright, sidelined for the year in April with a torn Achilles tendon. The 2.61 ERA leads the majors by far, and the Pirates are the only other team with an ERA below 3.00. Over the last five games, the opposition has mustered just six runs, and that’s no isolated stretch. The Cardinals have allowed two or fewer runs an amazing 44 times, going 37-7. Michael Wacha (10-3, 2.77), Carlos

Martinez (9-3, 2.80) and Lance Lynn (5-4, 2.84) are all among the ERA league leaders. The Cardinals had enough confidence in Martinez, in his first year in the rotation, to stick with him after two rain delays in Sunday’s 4-1 victory over the Cubs that completed a three-game sweep. Medical marvel Jaime Garcia, coming off thoracic outlet surgery after years of shoulder trouble, is 3-3 with a 1.69 ERA in seven outings. STERLING PEN

Closer Trevor Rosenthal has a 0.52 ERA and one blown save in 24 chances. St. Louis leads the league with 30 saves overall with Carlos Villanueva (1.37), Kevin Siegrist (1.52) and Miguel Socolovich (1.69) all under 2.00. The Cardinals are 29-7 at home, the best ever in the divisional era that began in 1969 according to STATS, and they lead the majors with 22 come-from-behind wins. JUST ENOUGH

The offense does its part minus Matt Holliday and Matt Adams for long stretches. Scruggs has earned recent time at first base ahead of veteran Mark Reynolds and is not being prepared for the inevitable “rough patch.”

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Wade elects to become free agent, may leave Miami MIAMI — The relationship between Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat is about to be tested like never before, and the most accomplished player in franchise history may soon have a new home. Wade will become a free agent Wednesday, electing to pass on a $16.1 million option for next season and see what he’s worth on the open market. His decision was announced Monday afternoon by a spokesperson in a 61word press release, after both Wade and his agent Henry Thomas did not respond to requests for comment. Wade played for all three of Miami’s NBA championship teams. He’s been an All-Star in 11 of his 12 seasons, and is Miami’s all-time leader in plenty of categories including games, points, assists and steals. WATSON WINS TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP IN PLAYOFF

CROMWELL, Conn.— Bubba Watson is hard to beat in a playoff. The long-driving lefty made an 8-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole Sunday to outlast Paul Casey for his second Travelers Championship victory. Watson improved to 5-1 in overtime. Casey overcame a threestroke deficit with five to play, catching Watson at 16under 264 in light rain at TPC River Highlands. But the 37-year-old Englishman, playing the tournament for the first time, lost his chance at the title while playing the par-4 18th for the third time when his third shot from a greenside bunker flew over the green and landed on the cart path. Watson hit his 160-yard approach just to the right of the hole to set up his winning putt. WISCONSIN COACH BO RYAN TO RETIRE AFTER NEXT SEASON

Bo Ryan has been the firebreathing face of Wisconsin basketball for 14 seasons, pushing the Badgers to neverbefore-seen heights. After 14 NCAA tournament appearances, seven Sweet 16s, four Big Ten titles, two Final Fours and a berth in last year’s national championship game, the hard-charging 67-year-old Ryan has only one more season left in him. Ryan surprised the college basketball world Monday when he announced that he plans to retire after next season as he looks to pass the torch after molding the Badgers into a national power. And were it not for some cajoling from Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, Ryan said he would have called it a career in April after the Badgers lost to Duke in the national title game. Ryan said it is his hope that longtime Badgers assistant Greg Gard is chosen to succeed him. The associate head coach has been on Ryan’s staff dating to 1993, when the two were at Division III Wisconsin-Platteville. MACPHAIL JOINS PHILLIES, WILL BE PRESIDENT AFTER SEASON

PHILADELPHIA — Veteran baseball executive Andy MacPhail joined the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday with plans to take over as team president once the season is finished. Philadelphia announced the move to eventually replace Pat Gillick, who helped choose his successor. MacPhail will serve as a special assistant to Gillick for the rest of this season, then take over all business and baseball operations, the Phillies said. DT LEALAIMATAFAO DISMISSED FROM LSU FOLLOWING ARREST

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Les Miles says he has dismissed defensive tackle

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Manning-Santee’s Michael Burgess, right, begins to slide as Dalzell-Shaw second baseman Nate Hart goes for the ball during Post 68’s 12-2 victory on Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LEAGUE III STANDINGS

Miami guard Dwyane Wade (3) announced on Monday that he will become a free agent.

League W L Sumter 13 2 Camden 9 3 Manning 6 5 Hartsville 7 8 G. Creek 2 10 Dalzell 1 11

Trey Lealaimatafao from the team because of his recent arrest on allegations of hitting a woman outside a bar after she tried to stop him from robbing her unconscious boyfriend. The redshirt freshman has not played for LSU. He turned himself into authorities June 18, two days after the alleged late-night incident.

CHOI’S FAIRWAY EAGLE LEADS TO NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

ROGERS, Ark. — Na Yeon Choi eagled the par-4 16th hole from the fairway to take the lead and won the NW Arkansas Championship by two strokes Sunday for her ninth LPGA Tour title. Choi closed with a 2-under 69 to finish at 15-under 198. PRONGER, LIDSTROM, FEDOROV, RUGGIERO AMONG HOCKEY PICKS

TORONTO— Stanley Cup winners Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Pronger and Sergei Fedorov and former NHL star Phil Housley are among the seven newcomers in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hall announced Monday that Angela Ruggiero, Bill Hay and Peter Karmanos Jr. also were voted into the shrine. From wire reports

GB 2 1/2 5 6 9 1/2 10 1/2

Overall W L 16 5 14 3 9 7 7 8 2 10 1 15

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Sumter 6, Garner, N.C., 2 Greer 11, Sumter 6 Manning-Santee 13, Georgetown 5 Camden 9, Danville, Ky., 3

MONDAY’S GAME

Manning-Santee 12, Dalzell-Shaw 2 in 8 innings Goose Creek 5, Hartsville 4

TODAY’S GAME

Manning-Santee at Goose Creek,7 p.m. Florence at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Lake City cancelled Manning-Santee at Camden (DH), 5 p.m. Goose Creek at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

MAGGERT WINS U.S. SENIOR OPEN FOR 2ND SENIOR MAJOR TITLE

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jeff Maggert is moving into an elite class on golf’s senior circuit. Maggert won the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday for his second major victory on the Champions Tour this year. He closed with a 5-under 65 at sun-drenched Del Paso Country Club, edging defending champion Colin Montgomerie by two strokes.

Pct. .867 .750 .500 .500 .167 .083

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Camden at Manning-Santee, 7:30 p.m. Dalzell-Shaw at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Florence at Sumter, 7 p.m. Goose Creek at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

JUNIOR LEGION SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Lake City at Sumter, 7 p.m. Manning-Santee at South Florence No. 2, 6:30 p.m. Manning at Camden, 7 p.m.

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Dalzell-Shaw’s Ron York prepares to swing during Monday’s American Legion baseball contest in Dalzell.

POST 68 FROM PAGE B1 leadoff single by Eric Lisenby in the fourth. Manning pushed across two runs in the first inning against Dalzell-Shaw starting pitcher Cole Benenhaley. Peyton Coker led off with a single and Dustin Way drew a walk before Tommy King’s sacrifice bunt moved them up a base. Ard ripped a single into right field to score Coker. Josh Whitley followed with a fly ball to medium right field. Jets rightfielder Chad Jones made the catch and Way broke for home after tagging up. Jones made a good throw home to catcher Lenny Gonzalez, but Way slid around Gonzalez’s tag and dove back in to touch home to score. Post 68 loaded the bases with one out on three straight walks by Benenhaley. However, Benenhaley wiggled out of trouble, getting No. 3 hitter King to pop up on the infield and Ard to line out to center. Rod Lee came to the mound for Dalzell, which fell to 1-11 and 1-15, to start the third

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FRIDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Manning-Santee (at Tucker Belangia Diamond), 7 p.m. South Florence No. 2 at Manning (at Monarch Field), 7 p.m.

inning. He walked Whitley and Tilton McCrea to start the inning. They were moved up a base with a sac bunt and Whitley scored on an Austin Atkinson ground out to make it 3-0. Post 68 pushed the lead to 5-0 with two runs in the fourth, again without the benefit of a hit. Coker was hit by a pitch to start the inning and stole second. He reached third when he slid in under the tag when Way hit a grounder to shortstop. A King fielder’s choice scored Coker. King stole second and went to third on a throwing error by catcher Gonzalez. He scored on an Ard ground out to make it 5-0. Dalzell got on the scoreboard in the fifth. Nate Hart led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Chad Jones. Christian Buford’s bloop single into center delivered Hart. Manning scored four times in the seventh and three more in the eighth to go up 12-1. Ard walked the first two batters he faced in the eighth, but got out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam with just one run scoring.

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U.S.-Germany semifinal has world’s top keepers BY ANNE M. PETERSON The Associated Press MONTREAL — The Women’s World Cup semifinal clash between top-ranked Germany and the second-ranked United States will feature two of the best goalkeepers in the game: Nadine Angerer and Hope Solo. The two women will be the last line of defense Tuesday night for their teams, with is each seeking a spot in the final match. Historically, when the Germans have met the Americans in the World Cup, the winner has gone on to win the title. Both teams have won it all twice: The United States in 1991 and ‘99, and the Germans in 2003 and ‘07. Solo, despite being inundated at the start of the tournament with new revelations about her domestic violence arrest last June, has been nearly perfect. She has only allowed one goal — in the first half of the group-stage opener against Australia. Since then she’s posted four straight shutouts. The stout U.S. defense hasn’t conceded a goal in 423 minutes. Solo leads all goalkeepers at the World Cup with 11 saves. In the 1-0 quarterfinal victory over China, Solo surpassed Briana Scurry for most wins by a U.S. goalkeeper with 134. “Hope’s absolutely world

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Goalkeeper Nadine Angerer of Germany, left, and the United States’ Hope Solo are the last line of defense as the teams will meet today in a semifinal match in the Women’s World Cup today in Montreal. class,” midfielder Heather O’Reilly said. “We’re proud of her for that accomplishment. I know she has a big one in mind, and that’s to win the World Cup.” Angerer, the former FIFA Player of the Year who was the first goalkeeper to win the award, started for Germany in the 2007 World Cup and did not allow a goal on the way to the title, setting a World Cup record for most minutes played (540) without a goal. Angerer has nine saves in Canada. Germany has conceded three goals. “I think a lot of people have respect for her,” U.S. defender Ali Krieger said. “She’s consistent, she’s confident, she does her job really well and she’s

the leader of that team. They really look to her for making those MVP plays, and consistently does that at the right times.” Angerer, 36, has said she plans to retire following the World Cup. MAKING A STATEMENT ON FIELD

Hope Solo hasn’t spoken to reporters at the World Cup since brief comments after the opener against Australia. Just before the match, ESPN reported new details about the assault case she faced, stemming from an altercation with her half-sister and her nephew in Washington state last June. A judge dismissed the case earlier this year.

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WIMBLEDON FROM PAGE B1 Yet the 20-year-old Russian played unafraid at the outset, and her one-handed backhand withstood Williams’ power for about a half-hour. Then, Gasparyan explained, Williams began playing “unbelievable,” taking five straight games and 22 of 29 points in one stretch. It was, otherwise, a mostly routine Day 1 for the biggest names on the schedule. Defending champion Novak Djokovic — and the player he lost to in the French Open final this month, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka — won in straight sets. So did 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and two other major title winners and former No. 1-ranked women, Victoria Azarenka and Ana Ivanovic. Williams improved to 33-1 in 2015, competing for the first time since winning her 20th Grand Slam singles trophy at the French Open. En route to that title, Williams lost the opening set in four matches. There, Mouratoglou said, “she had to dig deep to find a way to get her real level,” in part because Williams was dealing with an illness. On Monday, the cause for the poor beginning was twofold, he said: Williams hadn’t played on grass since she was at the All England Club a year ago, and she felt

some nerves. Really? Jitters? “Of course she’s nervous, because she cares. She wants to do well. She wants to win, and she wants it really bad,” Mouratoglou said. “If after all these years, she wouldn’t be nervous, it would mean, probably, that she would not care enough to keep on playing.” If, a fortnight from now, the 33-year-old Williams were to win Wimbledon for a sixth time, she would be the oldest women’s major champion in the Open era of professional tennis, which began in 1968. She also would complete a selfstyled “Serena Slam” of four major titles in a row, something she pulled off in 2002-03. “It’s definitely historic, I guess. But it’s also six matches away,” Williams said. “It’s definitely not guaranteed.” And she would head to the U.S. Open with a chance to become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four majors in a single season. “It’s a pretty good chance,” Williams’ older sister, Venus, said about the prospect of a true Grand Slam. “Hasn’t been done that often. But then again, she’s done a lot of things that haven’t been done that often.”

TOYOTA/SAVE MART 350 RESULTS The Associated Press Sunday At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Lap length: 1.99 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (11) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 110 laps, 118.2 rating, 47 points, $315,481. 2. (2) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 110, 137.7, 43, $222,630. 3. (6) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 110, 112.3, 42, $191,988. 4. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 110, 109.7, 40, $183,230. 5. (19) Joey Logano, Ford, 110, 91.4, 39, $166,638. 6. (13) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 110, 123.5, 40, $162,406. 7. (20) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 110, 106.9, 37, $122,995. 8. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 110, 97.8, 36, $118,895. 9. (16) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 110, 89.6, 35, $135,420. 10. (24) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 110, 70.7, 34, $132,065. 11. (18) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 110, 80.9, 33, $129,976. 12. (7) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 110, 90.7, 32, $126,674. 13. (32) Paul Menard, Chevrolet,

110, 69.7, 31, $106,060. 14. (25) Aric Almirola, Ford, 110, 73, 30, $133,846. 15. (4) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 110, 98.3, 29, $124,618. 16. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 110, 82.3, 28, $139,846. 17. (37) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 110, 66.6, 27, $131,271. 18. (15) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 110, 63.2, 26, $108,485. 19. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 110, 70.4, 25, $137,901. 20. (40) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 110, 58.9, 24, $101,135. 21. (3) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 110, 73.2, 23, $129,421. 22. (29) Cole Whitt, Ford, 110, 59.5, 22, $109,493. 23. (31) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 110, 49.2, 21, $131,885. 24. (21) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 110, 61.6, 20, $98,160. 25. (36) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, 110, 46.7, 19, $107,193. 26. (33) Boris Said, Ford, 110, 43, 0, $99,868. 27. (22) Greg Biffle, Ford, 110, 67.5, 17, $119,393. 28. (38) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 109, 38.2, 16, $87,685.

SONOMA FROM PAGE B1 But he still must rank inside the top-30 in points to make the Chase. He started Sunday’s race ranked 39th in the standings, and the win moved him to 37th. He has 10 races left to crack the top 30 — he’s 136 points out of 30th — and heads next week back to Daytona, where his season nearly ended before it began. To crack the top 30, Busch has to average roughly a 14th-place finish in each of the next 10 races. “Certainly it’s feasible, this team is good enough,” Busch said. Kurt Busch finished second as the brothers notched their first 1-2 finish in Sprint Cup. “I was trying to think if we’ve ever finished one two, and we did it today. That’s a pretty special moment,” Kurt Busch said. “I’ve got over 500 starts. I know he’s over 300. Can you imagine, 800 starts between the two of us, we almost have 30 wins each, and that’s the first time we’ve ever finished one-two? “I now I wish I would have gotten up there and moved him.” Busch also praised his little brother’s comeback from both his injuries and in winning on

29. (30) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 109, 43.3, 15, $99,118. 30. (35) Justin Marks, Ford, 109, 35.2, 0, $88,810. 31. (41) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 109, 35.5, 13, $96,182. 32. (43) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 109, 29.4, 12, $83,965. 33. (42) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 109, 31, 11, $83,855. 34. (23) Michael McDowell, Ford, 109, 46.9, 10, $83,720. 35. (27) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 107, 58.6, 9, $91,555. 36. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 99, 28.8, 0, $83,470. 37. (1) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 98, 100, 8, $113,795. 38. (8) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, rear axle, 97, 68.4, 6, $85,913. 39. (9) David Ragan, Toyota, accident, 78, 74.2, 5, $101,064. 40. (14) Carl Edwards, Toyota, accident, 78, 70.5, 4, $69,850. 41. (34) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, accident, 71, 37.9, 0, $65,850. 42. (12) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 31, 58.1, 2, $88,195. 43. (28) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 20, 36.1, 1, $66,350.

a course in which he needed to rely heavily on both legs. “To have your leg broken, your foot shattered, to never be injured and out of the car ... rehab is very difficult, and it is a mental challenge, and I’m very proud of Kyle for what he’s done to get back in the car as soon as he did,” Kurt said. “Then to be competitive at a track with hard, hard braking and to use his left foot to drive to victory lane, I’m very proud of him.” Busch’s win at Sonoma was aided by a terrific restart with seven laps remaining. On fresh tires, he picked his way past five cars and set his sights on leader Jimmie Johnson. Johnson, who did not pit during the final caution, was a sitting duck for drivers on new tires. Johnson was immediately concerned about not pitting under the final caution when he saw Bowyer lead a pack of cars in for service, but crew chief Chad Knaus remained upbeat on the radio and insisted they were still going to win the race. But Busch moved through traffic too quickly for Johnson to hang on for what would have been his fifth win of the season. He led a racehigh 45 laps.

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AREA SCOREBOARD BASEBALL P-15’S BANQUET

The Sumter P-15’s American Legion baseball banquet will be held today 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.

BASKETBALL EVRIK GARY SKILLS CLINIC

The Evrik Gary Skills Clinic will be held July 8-9 at Laurence Manning Academy’s Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

The 2-day, 4-workout clinic is open to boys who will be rising ninth through 12th grades. The cost is $60 per player. The camp will runs from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day. For registration forms, payment options or more information, visit MixKitBasketball@yahoo.com. SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

Sumter Christian School will host two more basketball clinics in July at the school’s gymnasium. The clinics are for grades 6-9 on July 6-10 and grades 9-12 on July 27-31. The clinics, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day, are under the direction of SCS coaches Bobby Baker and

Tom Cope at a cost of $45 per student. For more information, contact the school at (803) 7731902.

VOLLEYBALL SCISA OFFICIALS NEEDED

The South Carolina Independent School Association is looking for volleyball officials for the 2015 season. For those who are interested, contact SCISA district director of officiating at (803) 446-3379 or at tweeks51@aol. com.

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

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The Links at Lakewood is hosting a 9-hole Scramble event every Saturday beginning at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per player and includes prize and dinner. The cost is $12 for those attending just the dinner. To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 2 p.m. the day of the event. For more information, send an email to kayehowe1@aol.com.

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

schools of Clarendon County and was a graduate of Manning Training School, Manning. In her youth, she joined St. John Missionary Baptist Church. After moving to New York, she became a member of Day Star, COOLJC. After returning to South Carolina, she joined Have Faith Open Door Ministries. Survivors are her husband, Elliott Kelly Jr.; four sons, Donald Kelly, Robbie Johnson, Eric Kelly and Quentin Kelly; one daughter, Jacqueln Kelly; four sisters, Claudine Lincoln of New York City, Louise James of New York City, Ella Hamilton of Baltimore, Maryland, and Naomi (Willis) Thames of Manning;

eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one brother-in-law, Calvin Kelly of New York, New York. The celebratory services for Mrs. Kelly will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Manning, with the Rev. Jonathan Anderson, pastor, presiding, Apostle D.L.J. Johnson officiating and Minister Robin Kelly, the Rev. Quinten Kelly and Elder Henry Hilton assisting. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery, Sumter. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 1141 Ridge Drive, Alcolu. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Fu-

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cheer programs. The programs are open to children ages 5-14. The registration fee is $100 for football and $120 for cheer and flexible plans are available. The last day to register is July 31. For more information, call (803) 464-8453, (803) 720-6242, (813) 786-9265 or (954) 258-6817 or email youthathleticsofsumteryas@yahoo.com. Training classes for prospective high school football officials is currently being held at the Sumter County Recreation Department at 155 Haynsworth Street. Classes are being held every Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. To learn more about the South Carolina Football Officials Association visit its web-

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OBITUARIES JAMES D. GOEBEL

PLUMMIE L. KELLY

MANNING — James David Goebel, 79, husband of Mary DiSylvestro Goebel, died on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at his home in Manning. Born on April 25, 1936, in Wilmington, Delaware, he was a son of the GOEBEL late John and Cecilia Flynn Goebel. He was a member of the Mid Carolina Gun Club; the Wyboo Golf Club Men’s League, where he had three holes in one; and he was a member of Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife of Manning; three daughters, Cecilia Rozumalski (Tony) of New Castle, Delaware, Joanne Connolly (Bob) of Avondale, Pennsylvania, and Michele Radecki (Randy) of New London, Pennsylvania; a twin brother, John D. Goebel of Rehoboth, Delaware; five grandchildren, Megan, Melissa, Austen, Sean and Abbigail; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church with the Rev. Samuel Oloyede officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service at Wyboo Community Center. A memorial service will be held in Wilmington, Delaware, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Embrace Hospice, 1831 W. Evans St., Suite 315, Florence, SC 29501 or Salesianum Catholic School, 1801 N. Broom St., Wilmington, DE 19802. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 4352179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

ALCOLU — Plummie Lemon Kelly, 78, wife of Elliott Kelly Jr., died on Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida. She was born on June 16, 1937, in the Silver community of KELLY Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Elliott and Almetter Banister Lemon. She was predeceased by one sister, Hessie Ann Martin; and her five brothers, Johnny Lee, Jacob, James, Elliot and Esau Lemon. Plummie received her formal education in the public

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CHARLOTTE DINKINS Charlotte Dinkins, 70, widow of Samuel Dinkins, departed this life on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at her residence. She was born on April 22, 1945, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late West Plowden and Mary Rouse Plowedn. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 380 Eugene St., Sumter, SC 29153. Family plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

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Keeping Sumter Beautiful By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent Playing with Water

Terri Sumpter and Sumter County Water Resources Agent Is there anything more delight- Breann Liebermann have planned fully summerish than children boat rides, fishing, and waterplaying with water on a hot July related crafts along with the ever day? Sumter County Extension popular survival skills activities. has a 4-H2O Camp planned for The cost is a modest $50 per July 14-16 at our own unique camper and enrollment is limited Poinsett State Park offering that to twenty children so everyone and more. Your children, grandwill have lots of adult attention children, or a special young friend and interaction. can have a mid-summer day’s The experienced and knowldream built around water activiedgeable Park Rangers have comties. mitted to helping with all activiKids from 9-14 are the target ties so the campers will have audience to experience fishing, supervision and guidance from a collecting lizards and water crea- variety of adults, all of whom tures, and hiking. Poinsett State bring special expertise to make Park is a slice of the mountains this a great camping experience. right here in the High Hills of Camp runs from 9am to 4pm, Sumter County. Considered a July 14-16. Catching enough fish botanical wonder, botanists have for supper isn’t guaranteed but identified over 3,000 different leaving camp with an appreciaplants growing there that feature tion of our natural resources and individuals from every ecosystem many memories of three funin our state. Mountain laurel, filled days is a sure bet. commonly associated with the For more information, please mountains, covers the woodlands call or write Terri Sumpter but so does our low-country (tsmptr@clemson.edu) or Spanish moss. Of course, the Breann Liebermann (blieber@ majestic bald cypress is found clemson.edu), 803 773-5561. surrounding the cool waters of Old Levi Mill Pond where fish Clemson University Cooperative Extension jump and water fowl swim. Service offers its programs to people of all ages, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national The animal life is equally diverse and campers will learn to origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orienidentify aquatic creatures associ- tation, marital or family status and is an equal ated with the pristine waters that opportunity employer. are found in this nearby State Park. Sumter County 4-H Agent XEROX SOLID INK PRINTER

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JOHN TITUS John Titus, 84, husband of Wilhelmenia Williams Titus, departed this life on Monday, June 29, 2015, at the home of his niece in Mayesville. He was born on July 29, 1930, in Mayesville, a son of the late Francis and Dickerson Hollimon. The family will be receiving friends at the home of his niece, Mary Mitchell, 35 Mills St., Mayesville, SC 29104. Family plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

SYLVIA H. RICHBURG Sylvia Hatfield Richburg, 70, wife of Patrick L. Richburg Sr., died on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at NHC Healthcare. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Herbert and Ruth McPherson Hatfield. She was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. Mrs. Richburg was employed for many years at Sumter Machinery and retired from Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Following retirement, she was employed by Piggly-Wiggly. Survivors include her husband of Sumter; a son, Patrick L. Richburg Jr. (Marty) of Sumter; three grandchildren, Palmer Richburg, Morgan Richburg and Jack Covington; a brother, Mac Hatfield (Mary Frances) of Sumter; and a sister, Katherine Godwin of Sumter. She was preceded in death by brothers, Rodger Hatfield, Herbert Hatfield, Sidney Hatfield, Dexter Hatfield, Jerry Hatfield and Jimmy Hatfield; and sisters, Faye Wilson, Bill Poulos, Fannie Hatfield, Barbara Jean Hatfield and Eleanor Nesbitt. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Mike Hatfield officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bobby Nesbitt Jr., Doug Foxworth, James Haithcock, Paul Bradley, Joey Anderson Jr. and Albert Barfield Jr. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home, 295 Mims Road. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.ecsfuneralhome.com

FRANCES C. PRESCOTT Frances Chandler Prescott, 86, wife of James Allen Prescott, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, June 28, 2015, surrounded by her family. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Harry M. Chandler Sr. and Annie Lou Simpson Chandler. Mrs. Prescott retired from the City of Sumter after 21 years of service. She was secretary to the City / County Planning Commission; the purchasing agent and personnel supervisor for the City of Sumter; and the Utility and Water Department finance director. She was the coordinator of the Damage Survey Report, Loans, Grants and Insurance for the City of Sumter after Hurricane Hugo. She was also the recipient of many civic awards and recognitions. Surviving in addition to her husband are three daughters, Susan Petty of Mount Pleasant, LouAnn Love of Foley, Alabama, and Frankie Moore (Alan) of Sumter; two sisters, Carol Robertson and Dorothy Duda, both of Sumter; two brothers, Roy Chandler of St. Matthews and Joe David Chandler of Endicott, New York; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents and a brother, Harry M. Chandler Jr. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. The Rev. Dr. Web Belangia and the Rev. Dr. Reginald Thackston will officiate. Graveside service will immediately follow at Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Davis Nat Brown officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials may be made to Aldersgate UMC building fund or a charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 7759386.

low in Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia. 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.

EDITH A. SINGLETON LILLIE E. MCDOWELL TIMMONSVILLE — Lillie E. McDowell died on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center. The family is receiving friends at 3452 Pleasant Grove Road, South Lynchburg. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. of Lynchburg.

JAMES WRIGHT SR. BISHOPVILLE — Funeral services for James Wright Sr., who passed away on June 25, 2015, will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Living Church Cemetery in McBee. Interment will follow in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens in McBee. Services are entrusted to New Life Funeral Services of Bishopville.

CAROLYN J. BUTLER Carolyn Jones Butler, wife of William Butler, entered eternal rest on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on March 9, 1949, in Manhattan, New York, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Tina Tindal Jones. The family is receiving visitors at the home, 1575 Pinewood Road, Sumter. Plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

YVONNE B. NEWMAN Yvonne Baker Newman, 51, wife of S. Thomas “Tommy” Newman Jr., died on Monday, June 29, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Services will be announced by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

MARY LEE ALSTON Mary Lee Alston, widow of Jesse Vance Alston Sr., died on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at Palmetto Health Heart Hospital in Columbia. Born in Rembert, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow A. and Sarah Vaughn Lee. The family will receive friends at the home, 3385 N. Kings Highway (S.C. 261), Rembert. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

JOSEPH JONES Joseph Jones, son of the late Darcus Brailsford and Jake Jones, quietly slipped away on Friday, June 26, 2015. He was born on June 11, 1921, in Sumter. He attended the public schools of Sumter County. At an early age, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he was drafted into the U.S. armed forces. He was also a veteran of World War II. After being discharged from the armed forces, he returned to New York, where he lived for several years prior to relocating to Detroit, Michigan, to join his brothers. He held various jobs in Detroit before starting work at Chrysler Corp. from which he retired after working for more than 30 years. “Uncle Joseph,” as he was affectionately called by all of his nieces and nephews, returned to his beloved home, South Carolina, where he immediately reconnected and got to know much of his five generations of family and friends. He leaves to cherish his loving memory: two brothers, Benjamin Boyce and Charles Boyce of Detroit; a great host of nieces and nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, greatgrandnieces, great-grandnephews, great-great-grandnieces, great-great-grandnephews, other relatives and friends. He will also be sadly missed by his nephew and caregiver, Roosevelt Mack, and a committed and loving friend, Linda Brown. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter, with the Rev. Jake Sanders III officiating. Interment will fol-

Edith Ardis Singleton, age 93, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on June 29, 2015, after a brief illness. She was born on Jan. 3, 1922, in Pinewood, to the late Newell LeGrand Ardis Sr. and Eva Holliday Ardis. She grew up on the family farm near Pinewood and was educated in the local schools there, graduating from the Pinewood School with honors in 1939. She was a child of the Great Depression, which imbued her with a strong work ethic and with a sense of duty to her country and to others. She served her country in World War II by working at the Charleston Naval Shipyard in the payroll department, where she was in charge of administering the payroll for the entire facility. In the course of her work, she was one of the first women in this area to regularly operate a computer. After the war, she moved to Sumter, where she married John W. Singleton in 1951. She worked briefly at Shaw Air Force Base until she left government service to dedicate herself to being a fulltime wife and mother, raising her two children, Johnny and Nancy. She was a devoted student of the Bible and an active member of First Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for more than 20 years. In 2013, she published the result of a life of reflections on this study of the Bible in a book titled “Treasured Thoughts.” She was also an avid quilter who worked tirelessly to produce a tremendous collection of fine quilts to hand down to her family and friends. An accomplished seamstress, she found an outlet for her love of sewing and for her love of people by sewing for a wide variety of customers from her home. Her sewing customers were, in fact, more than her customers — they were her friends; and it was not unusual for sewing sessions to turn into tea parties, where wonderful conversations were had and where good advice and loving kindness was served along with the tea and cakes. So while she was a mother of two, she was a friend and mother figure to many. She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Singleton, who passed away in 1981; and by her son, John W. “Johnny” Singleton Jr., who passed away in 1996. She was also predeceased by her brothers, Newell LeGrand Ardis Jr., Vernon W. Ardis, Zane G. Ardis, Norman G. Ardis and Fred M. Ardis. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Singleton Weinberg and Nancy’s husband, Mortimer M. “Russ” Weinberg III of Sumter; and by a granddaughter, Meredith Amanda Weinberg of Columbia. She is also survived by a daughter-in-law, Pat Singleton-Spencer; by three beloved sisters-in-law, Margaret Ardis, Jackie Ardis and Esther Singleton; by a brotherin-law, Julian Singleton; and by numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. A service for the celebration of her life and for the comfort of her family and friends will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Barber officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the home of Nancy and Russ Weinberg, 2 Swan Lake Drive, Sumter, and also again immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that in memory of her, you commit yourself to acts of kindness to your family and friends. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter

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ELIZABETH PERRY Elizabeth Perry, 95, died on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at her residence in Sumter. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Agnes Perry. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

TAMELIA C. MORTON Tamelia “Tammy” Christa Morton, 50, spouse of Beth Andrews, died on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at her home. Born in Camden, she was a daughter of Jimmy Postal Morton and Julia Poplin Morton. She taught English in Sumter School District 2 and was the environment health and safety auditor at Clean Harbors Environment Services. Survivors include her spouse of Sumter; parents of Camden; a sister, Melony Dingle (Rut) of Mayesville; two sisters-in-law, Cindy McCord (Mark) of Fayetteville, Georgia, and Gwen McKinnon (Cooper) of Sumter; a brotherin-law, Paul Andrews of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; mother-inlaw, Dorothy Andrews of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to Dr. Mary Ackerman, the chemo nurses at Kershaw Health and S.C. Oncology Assoc., as well as the nurses and staff of Tri-County Hospice, for all of their care and compassion. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

MARY LEE D. MARTIN PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, Mary Lee Dingle Martin, widow of Horace Martin, heard her Master’s call at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia. Born on July 6, 1936, in the Ram Bay community of Manning, she was a daughter of

the late Mose and Mary Martin Dingle. The family will begin receiving relatives and friends on Thursday at the residence of her brother-in-law and sister, Webb and Omega Dingle Hilton, 1288 Fairlawn Drive, Sumter. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

CHARLES CRAFT COLUMBIA — Charles Richard “Mickey” Craft, 73, of Columbia, entered into rest on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at his home. Born on July 21, 1941, in Sumter, he was a son of Margaret Singleton Simpson and the late Charles W. Craft. A graduate of Edmunds High School, Sumter, Mickey was a commercial electrician with Mattox Electric Service for more than 40 years. A loving husband, father and grandfather, Mickey enjoyed spending time with his family and friends; whether he was fishing or watching sports, it didn’t matter. In addition to his father, Mickey was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Craft Caraway. He is survived by his wife of more than 45 years, Susan Craft; two sons, William “Duke” Craft (Rhonda) and Darren Craft (fiancé Anne); three grandsons, Colt and Cavin Craft and Jake Craft; four brothers, “Ducky” (Linda), Randy (Cathy), Mike (Nita) and Brian (Teresa) Craft; three sisters, “Lib” Turner, Pam (Shot) Shuler and Tammy Craft; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He is also survived by an extended family of awesome friends. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the physicians and staff of Lexington Oncology for the care and compassion they shared with Mickey over the past several months. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, SC 29209 with Pastor Sammy Geddings officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family requests memorial contributions are made to Wise Drive Nazarene Church, 318 N. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. You may view this obituary at www.thompsonsfuneral.com.

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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: Eleanor Cole Patterson #2015ES4300383 Personal Representative Emily P. Dodd

46 Lakeland Avenue Moore, SC 29369

Estate:

Nancy J. Oliver #2015ES4300352

Personal Representative Donald Oliver

78 Cambridge Avenue Englewood, NJ 07631

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 Jackson, Sr. #2015ES4300376

Personal Representative Charles Jackson, Jr.

8150 Wateree Road Rembert, SC 29128

Estate:

Charles R. Propst #2015ES4300351

Personal Representative Charles Sims Propst

319 Myers Street Greenville, SC 29605

Estate:

Norman J. Shumaker, SR #2015ES4300357

Personal Representative Wilbur B. Shumaker

229 Lesesne Drive Sumter, SC 29150

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

3 Cherokee Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Juanita Avinger Alsbrook #2015ES4300360

Personal Representative Synovus Trust Company

Donna J. Nesbitt PO Box 1457

803-774-1234 OR TO PLACE YOUR AD ONLINE GO TO WWW.THE ITEM.COM/PLACEMYAD Legal Notice Public Storage/ PS Orangeco, Inc. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of owner at public sale by competitive bidding on July 9, 2015 personal and/or business property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and other household / business items located at the properties listed. The sale will begin at 2:00 pm at 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153. 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 3785 Broad St, Sumter, SC 29154 0154 - Howland, Neala 0308 - Myers, Loretta 0415 - Jackson, Jennifer 0445 - Wilson, Cusandra 0452 - Hilton, Karen 0505 - Webster, Troy 0543 - Stuckey, Sheila B 0551 - Lowery, Lashanda 0722 - Jones, Adelina 0725 - Scott, Kapresia 0749 - Tedder, Jazzman 0842 - Robinson, Shawanda 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. NOTICE Please take note that IOH, Inc. has applied to the Secretary of State's Office for a license to operate a Private Personnel Placement Service in the name of IOH, Inc. at 507 Broad St. Sumter, SC 29150. The agency will be operated by: G.E. Joyner

Summons & Notice 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 ($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

Public Hearing PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Sumter's "Annual Water Quality Report" from Mayor Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. is now available to all water customers. The report may be accessed electronically at www.tinyurl.com/sumterh2o. If you do not have internet access or would prefer a paper copy of the report please call 803-481-4677. The Water Quality Report, also known as the Consumer Confidence Report, is a requirement of the federal and state government. If your drinking water is processed and delivered by the City of Sumter, you should receive notification that the report is available.

Betty Atkinson Bell #2015ES4300350

Personal Representative Marvin E. Atkinson, Sr.

180 Curtiswood Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Otis Oliver Barwick #2015ES4300343

Personal Representative Ann B. Barwick

1525 Camp Branch Road Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Harel Benjamin #2015ES4300369

Personal Representative Melissa B. Mitchell

275 Pioneer Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Ollie Mae Lane #2015ES4300385

Personal Representative Betty J. Pinkney

220 Council Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Vernell Bolden Lewis #2015ES4300379

Personal Representative Wilbur Lewis

6580 Springhill Road Rembert, SC 29128

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

Estate:

Thomas Bill Warren #2015ES4300384

Personal Representative Bonnie Warren

1610 Jefferson Road Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Evelyn Legare #2015ES4300363

Personal Representative Michael Todd Warrick

C/O William Buxton Attorney at Law 325 W. Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Ruby Marine Barwick Bryant #2015ES4300344

Personal Representative Donna J. Nesbitt

217 Garden Springs Road Columbia, SC 29209

Estate:

Marie T. Crolley #2015ES4300380

Personal Representative Larry C. Crolley

C/O Glenn F. Givens Attorney at Law 107 N. Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

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 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. 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,

Septic Tank Cleaning

Septic tank pumping & services. Call Ray Tobias & Company (803) 340-1155.

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found Found: young male black lab, area Genoa Dr. Dalzell. Was taken to SPCA, 773-9292. Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755. Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found: Hwy 378 - pit mix, brown; Brent St. - mix, black; Loring Place pit mix, tan & white; Carmiller - terrier mix, black.

BUSINESS SERVICES Home Improvements Professional Remodelers Home maintenance, ceramic tile, roofing, siding & windows doors, etc. Lic. & Ins. (Cell) 803-459-4773

H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel paint roofs gutters drywall blown ceilings ect. 773-9904

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Help Wanted Full-Time

Unfurnished Homes

Experienced Heating and Air Conditioning Company looking far an experienced sheet metal fabricator and installer. Exp. should include sizing and installation for residential and light commercial work. Must have valid driver's license, personal tools. Great benefits offered w/ top pay! Apply in person at 1640 Suber Street in Sumter SC or they can email a resume at tristina@hatfieldheating.com.

5 br, 3 ba brick home, off Old Manning Rd. between Manning & Sumter on 1 ac. lot. $985 mo. Call 803-225-0389.

ASE cert. mechanic needed. Must know front-end alignments, brakes, & wheel balancing. Send resume to: P-419 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 Experienced secretarial/office position with exp. in computers, excel, answering telephones, dispatching, writing work orders, and needs to have exp. in collections on accounts(A/R). Apply in person at 1640 Suber Street in Sumter SC or they can email a resume at tristina@hatfieldheating.com.

Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

Help Wanted Part-Time

NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal, trimming & stump grinding. Lic/Ins 803-316-0128

Opening for Legal Secretary. Experienc preferred but not required. Send Resume to Box 420 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151

MERCHANDISE 1102 Manning Rd. Wed.-Thurs. 6:30 until. IPad 3, Windows 8 Desktop & Blue Ray Player, etc.

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3 Open every weekend. 905-4242 or 494-5500 Extra Summer Cash Backroom consignment sale. You bring, we sell. You get 50%. Bring in July 1-8 get paid Aug.1st. Jenni's Exchange 803-847-2323

For Sale or Trade

2 Br, 1 Ba, private lot, 795 Griffin St. $650 mo. w paid dep. No pets. Call 803-983-0049. House for rent 2000 sq ft $700 Mo +$700 Dep . Available 1st week of July. 803-406-5734

Mobile Home Rentals 3 br, 2 ba, Blackberry Lane, Sumter. Private lot, $700 mo. + dep. No pets. 803-983-0049. Scenic Lake MHP 2 & 3BR No pets. 9-5 499-1500. 3BR Doublewide in Dalzell 469-6978 Large DW, 4 br, 2 ba, rents $700 mo + $700 dep. Call Live Oak Realty 803-469-8147 1100 Flamingo 3br, 2 bath. $550/ mo. 15 Monroe 3 br, 2 bath. $465/ mo. 1920 Peach Orchard Rd. #3 2 br, 1 bath. $300/ mo. Security deposits start at $250. Section 8ok. Call 773-8022.

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

Trucking Opportunities Nesbitt Transportation is currently hiring CDL drivers. Must be 24 yrs old w/ 2 yrs exp. Home nights & weekends. Also hiring exp. diesel mechanics & secretary with exp. in trucking industry. Please call 843-621-2572 for more information.

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350

Resort Rentals Ocean Lakes 2BR/2BA C/H/A Sleeps 8, near ocean. Call 803-773-2438

Work Wanted

FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Will sit with elderly or sick. Reasonable rates. Will provide ref. Call 803-236-3603 for more info.

RENTALS

Commercial Rentals Warehouse space available. Some with office space 12,000 to 35,000 sq ft. Call 773-8022

REAL ESTATE

Windsor City under new management. Call about our move in specials. 803-469-8515.

Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time

Summons & Notice

Columbia, SC 29202

Estate:

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015

Locally established Heating & Air condition Co. looking for Exp. Service Tech. Needs to have good driving record. Pay range from $33k-$46k a year plus health insurance, retirement, $1000 sign on bonus and commission available. Apply in person at 1640 Suber Street. Need a faithful & dedicated musician/praise worship leader & a drummer. Contact Pastor Fred Harris at 803-546-5483. Hutton Construction is interviewing for an immediate assistant superintendent position on a commercial retail project located in Sumter, SC. 3-5 years experience required. Please contact Tom Russ at 248-962-5715.

Rooms for Rent

Real Estate Wanted

ROOM For Rent Bi-weekly or monthly. Near Morris College. Kit. privileges, all utilities incl 469-4668

We buy houses, mobile homes, land anywhere in SC. CASH FAST! No high payoffs. Call 803-468-6029.

ROOMS FOR RENT, $100- $125 /wkly. All utilities & cable included. 803-938-2709

Homes for Sale

Unfurnished Apartments

REDUCED- 905 Arnaud St 2BR/2BA Quiet Cul-de-sac. All appl's, fenced patio, screened porch. $101,900. Available July 15. 803 464-8354

2BR/1BA Located in the Historic District. Renovated Duplex 2BR, 1BA, DR, kitchen, patio & front porch. Call David 803-458-8333

16x80 SW, 3 br, 2 ba, w/ DW & stove, 2 porches, $13,900 OBO. Must be moved. 803-968-2322.

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette. 775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

TIRE OF RENTING? We help customers with past credit problems and low credit scores achieve their dreams of home ownership? We have 2,3, & 4 bedroom homes. Call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book Page (M&M Mobile Homes)

2- 2BR Apartment $500 a month and $500 deposit. Call 469-8147

Land & Lots for Sale

Nice Area 2BR 1.5BA Duplex, Appliances. New carpet, paint. No Pets/Smoking $625mo. & dep. 803-983-8463.

Need CDL A Instructor for Bishopville SC . Contact Xtra Mile 803-484-6313

2BR 1.5BA W. Calhoun newly renovated. Full kit, C//H//A. water incl, $550 Mo. Prudential 774-7368

Finance Trainees No experience needed. Applicants must have a sales personality and enjoy working with our customers. Auto required. Good starting salary and good benefits. We will train you on the job. Apply in person: Lenders Loans 304 Broad St. Sumter SC

Newly renovated Apts. 2BR All appl's, hrdwd fls, ceramic tiles, C/H/A, $600/mo, 7A Wright St. 803-773-5186 or 631-626-3460

Scarboroughs Landing At lake in Manning. FT and PT bartenders & waitresses needed. Call 803-968-7200 Leave name, number & days available.

Manufactured Housing

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

Unfurnished Homes New Home 5650 Fish Rd Near Shaw 1700 sq ft 3BR 2BA $1300 Mo. Call 646-460-4424 3BR 2BA Rent $675 Mo. or Sale $84,750 Brick home on N St Paul Church Rd, Large Lot , Recently updated 803- 795-8978

Lawn Service

Legal Service

The Item Business office will be closed July 3rd. We will open at our regular hours on Monday July 6th.

Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

Have a Safe & Happy 4th of July.

Lifestyles Lawn Service! Disc. for home sellers, residential & commercial. Erik 968-8655 Got Termites/ Moisture Problems! Call Grassbusters 803-983-4539 Licensed/ Insured

Roofing All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

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