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Hospital claims prosecutors misled jury

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com Tuomey Healthcare System has requested U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour either overturn a recent jury decision against the hospital or grant a new trial in its case with the federal government.

Not doing so, the local hospital’s lawyers argue, “would be a grave injustice.”

Last month, after a four-week trial at the Matthew Perry Federal Courthouse in Columbia, Tuomey was found guilty of violating both Stark Law and the False Claims

Act by collecting more than $39.3 million in fraudulent Medicare claims between 2005 and 2009.

After adding fines and penalties that they said were both mandatory and the minimum possible under federal law, the U.S. Department of Justice recently filed a motion with Seymour, seeking $237,454,195 in damages.

Tuomey’s request for either a new trial

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or a rejection of the jury’s verdict was filed late Wednesday night, part of several motions filed by the local hospital’s lawyers on the same day. As part of the other filings, Tuomey also said the $237 million the federal government is seeking in fines and penalties against the local hospital should be denied because they are unconstitutional, violating both its Fifth Amendment right to due process and its Eighth Amendment protection from cruel and unusual punishment.

Federal prosecutors SEE TUOMEY, PAGE A10

Fatal fire case highlights substance abuse struggles

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Law enforcement are awaiting the extradition of Joseph Manners from the state of Kentucky to face arson and murder charges in the deaths of his grandparents.

The 20-year-old is accused of killing the couple by setting fire to their home at 1324 Barnwell Drive before fleeing the state.

The death of Joann Topper was caused by MANNERS smoke inhalation, said Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock, but a toxicology report on James Topper is being prepared by the crime lab of the State Law Enforcement Division because Bullock questioned whether he might have died prior to the fire. That

report had not been completed

by Thursday evening.

The June 1 incident that killed the Toppers, and the circumstances surrounding their seemingly troubled grandson, might be uniquely tragic, but a network of community services and programs exist to prevent other troubling or even dangerous home situations from going as far as theirs did.

While the motive for the fire remains under investigation, the suspect apparently had a drug problem, according to authorities.

When sheriff’s deputies responded to the home May 23 for a report that Manners had assaulted his grandmother, he was reportedly found “in the backyard passed out because he had SEE FIRE, PAGE A7

James and Joann Topper died June 1 in a fire at 1324 Barnwell Drive, and law enforcement is awaiting extradition of their grandson Joseph Manners to face arson and murder charges in their deaths.

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Area will mostly get rain from system

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season will be felt in the tri-county area today with the potential for flooding, according to the National Weather Service Office in Columbia.

The NWS office in Columbia issued a flood watch for much of central South Carolina including Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties through tonight.

“The eastern Midlands could see 2 to 3 inches of rain overnight Thursday and Friday,” said NWS Meteorologist Dave Schuetrum. “Many areas have already received quite a bit of rain this week, so the ground in many places is saturated. I would expect that some ditches and creeks will overflow. At this point, we are concerned but not sure about the rivers.”

The exact impact of the tropical storm will depend on its track, but forecasters said the system is expected to move through the state this afternoon anywhere from the Piedmont to the Coast.

The rain should move away later today, with some sun likely peeking through clouds later in the day, Schuetrum said.

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Tropical force winds are expected along the coast but are not expected to be a factor in the Sumter area.

“The wind should not be a problem,” Schuetrum said. “On Friday, you should have winds from the northeast about 15 to 20 mph. As the storm moves away later in the day, the winds will come from the southwest about 5 to 10 mph.”

The tropical storm strengthened Thursday as it headed toward Florida’s western coast, bringing drenching rain to much of the state.

The storm had also spawned several tornadoes, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

“As much as 4 to 7 inches of rain is possible from Andrea across much of northern Florida over the next couple of days,” he said. Flood watches have been posted for much of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

The center of Andrea was expected to reach the Big Bend area of Florida’s coast on Thursday afternoon, then move across southeastern Georgia, and over southeastern South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. It was expected to bring foul weather to those parts of Georgia and the Carolinas by SEE STORM, PAGE A10

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ISHOPVILLE — Bishopville is mourning the loss of a longtime police officer and community fixture.

James Doucett, 76, who worked in law enforcement in Bishopville for 21 years, died Monday at his home in Fernandina Beach, Fla. Born in Boston, Doucett served in the Navy for 22 years, and retired as a chief petty officer. After being discharged, Doucett moved to Bishopville where he worked with the Bishopville Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Department. In 1997, Doucett retired as a deputy with the sheriff’s department and moved to Florida.

Doucett is best known local-

ly for his visibility on Main Street as a sergeant with the Bishopville Police Department.

Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon described Doucett as one of his mentors.

“He was a gentleman’s gentleman,” Simon said.

“He always showed respect to DOUCETT his officers, and as far as I ever saw, he always showed respect to residents. He was military oriented, and he was very organized.”

Simon said Doucett was well liked by Bishopville merchants.

“Jim Doucett was a fixture on Main Street for many years,”

Simon said. “He worked second shift from 3 to 11 p.m. He always walked the streets of downtown from 3 to 6 p.m.

When he didn’t work that day, we always made sure somebody took his place and walked the streets, checking on every business in downtown Bishopville.”

J.R. Logan, owner of Logan’s Appliances, said Doucett was a good friend of all downtown merchants.

“I have nothing but good to say about Jim Doucett,” Logan said. “He was a good guy and a good friend.”

Lee County’s Chris Hancock, who worked as a reserve officer with the Bishopville Police Department, said he was

Man denied bond, woman makes bail in burglary spree hearing

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com Attorney Murrell Smith told a circuit court judge this week that his client, 18-yearold Bailey Ruth Ingle, went against her parents wishes between March and May when she allegedly helped her 18-year-old boyfriend perpetuate a series of home invasions.

“She got back together with him in March and left home,” Smith said. “Her parents had no legal recourse to bring her back home. And then we have all these incidents. She is a senior in high school and set to graduate this year. She’s an honor graduate with a LIFE scholarship. The family is just shocked at what has happened.”

Ingle, of 3180 Firestone Court, and Conner Dane Mitchum, of 2245 Lloyd Drive, were charged May 23 with multiple counts of firstand second-degree burglary. The pair went before a circuit court judge Wednesday at the Sumter County Courthouse to ask for bond.

Third Circuit Judge R. Ferrell Cothran granted

Ingle a $50,000 surety bond concurrent for all of her charges, but denied bond for Mitchum, whose grandmother told the court that he suffers from health problems that include rejection of a kidney transplanted in 2008.

“He’s on 26 pills a day and anemic,” the grandmother told Cothran. “I would ask for a low bail so that he can come home and I can take care of him.”

Smith said a prior bond for Ingle set at $150,000 by a magistrate judge was “in essence no bond for her.”

“This is not a family of unlimited means,” Smith said. “She has no record, so we think a reasonable bond would be appropriate.”

Mitchum is suspected in the break-ins of two homes in the 2800 block of Tindal Road and one home each in the 2300 block of Addison Street, the 500 block of Godwin Street, the 500 block of Clifton Street, the 2400 block of Old Manning Road, the 800 block of Bethel Church Road and the 3600 block of Cox Road. Ingle is suspected as an accomplice

in those break-ins. “(She) has made statements implicating her full involvement in most of these or in helping in these break-ins,” said 3rd Circuit Assistant Solicitor Edgar R. Donnald.

Donnald told Cothran that the charges would have been just second-degree burglary, “but the aggravated factor elevating some of them to first-degree involved the removal of a weapon from the home.”

Firearms, jewelry and other assorted items valued at more than $18,000 were removed from the homes, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

Cothran said Wednesday that he denied Mitchum’s bond because he had a restraining order from earlier in the year telling him to stay away from Ingle.

“He had no business getting into a car with her, much less doing all these break-ins with her,” Cothran said. “If his medical condition continues to deteriorate, he can reapply.”

Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211.

always impressed with Doucett’s “people skills.”

“You just don’t run into people like Sgt. Doucett every day,” he said. “He was one of a kind. ... He was truly one of the best men I have ever known.”

Lisa Whiteaker of Bishopville said she remembers Doucett for his volunteer work in the schools.

“I remember seeing him in the schools all the time,” she said. “And it was always positive. One year, I think he was Santa Claus. He was a positive role model for our children.”

Active in the Optimist Club of Bishopville, Doucett served as president for a year, and received recognition as Optimist of the Year during his service.

Doucett and his wife, Jackie, owned and operated the Hearon House, a flower and gift shop in Bishopville for many years. His wife passed away a couple of years ago.

The Doucetts leave behind a daughter, Renee Bagnal of Columbia, and two sons, Raymond Doucett of Columbia and James M. Doucett of Boca Raton, Fla. Doucett was laid to rest in a private ceremony at Jacksonville National Cemetery with full military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33607.

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Wilson Hall third-graders Halle Stone and Ansleigh Epps load a van with dog food to donate to the Sumter Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As part of a yearlong community service project, the school’s third-graders collected food, supplies and money to donate to the Sumter SPCA. In addition to the $996 raised, the students collected a van load of cat and dog food, treats, cleaning supplies, towels, blankets and toys.

RACC Friends, Family Day slated for Saturday

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cer, liaison for the coalition. “Come out. Enjoy. See what’s going on with RACC. Come out and ask questions.

Rembert has its own way of kicking Whatever it is we can do, we do. We off the summer. just want to make Rembert a successThe annual Rembert Area Comful area and good neighborhood to munity Coalition Friends and Family live in.

Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 “It’s not about us. It’s about our p.m. Saturday. This year’s theme is next generation and making sure they “Let’s Volunteer To Imknow how to take care of WANT TO GO? prove Our Community. their community. If we There Is Strength In don’t work and build on WHAT: Rembert Area Unity.” it, we can’t expect the Community Coalition Friends “Friends and Family younger ones coming up and Family Day 2013 WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Day is an opportunity for to build on it and keep people in the community Saturday going.”

WHERE: 6785 Bradley St., to come out and have a The coalition helps Rembert (behind the car wash) fun time,” said Juanita provide food to families COST: The event is free for Britton, chairwoman. in need, home repairs participants, but beverages and food will be for sale. Vendor She founded the nonfor the elderly and eduslots are available for $10. profit “more than 12 cation on health and FOR MORE: Call (803) 432-2001 years ago for the purpose wellness. Members also or email jbritton@raccinc.org of revitalizing the Remhelp individuals with bert community and to paperwork for governbring needed resources to the area,” mental assistance, Britton said, and a according to raccinc.org. lot of what the coalition offers is pro“This is a day set aside for friends, vided through partnering with other family and children,” said Lottie Spen- organizations such as Tuomey

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Vendor spots are available for $10 apiece.

There will also be games for children and adults as well as live music.

The event is free, but refreshments will be for sale as this is a fundraiser for the coalition.

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In the event of inclement weather, the location and/or time of the Sumter High School commencement ceremony will change from Memorial Stadium to the school’s gymnasium. School officials have already moved graduation practice into the gymnasium instead of the stadium. Practice will begin at 7:30 a.m. today.

If it rains on graduation day, students will report to the gymnasium instead of the stadium at 1 p.m. Sunday. In that case, graduation will be held at 3 p.m. in the gymnasium on Sunday. Since seating is limited, guest admission to the gymnasium is by ticket only. Each graduate will receive two rain tickets. Tickets will be distributed at graduation practice today.

The determination to follow the inclement weather procedure will be made today. For information, visit the school website, shs.sumterschools.net. The site will be updated as soon as a decision is made. For more information, contact Sumter High School at (803) 481-4480.

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BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item BISHOPVILLE — Lee County taxpayers could face higher taxes beginning in July.

Lee County Council will hold a budget hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Lee County Magistrate’s Court and is expected to give secondreading approval to a county budget that could include a 3-mill increase on property taxes. Additionally, council will consider second reading on a $5 increase in the vehicle use fee, according to Lee County Administrator Alan Watkins. “A 3-mill increase would give us a balanced budget,� Watkins said. “The county’s tax base is not increasing, and with the rising cost of providing basic services, the council is faced with either using a small tax increase to achieve balance or cutting basic services. The budget that is being proposed is $92,000 less than the current year’s budget and includes nearly $100,000 in new spending that is mandatory in nature. “The county has not had a tax increase in four years,� Watkins said. “This tax increase would mean a property owner would pay about

$12 in additional taxes.�

The maximum property tax increase allowed by state law is 4 mills, Watkins said.

County council will schedule another meeting later in the month to give final approval to the 2013-14 budget.

Watkins met recently with the Ways and Means Committee to take another look at the budget before the public hearing.

County council gave first-reading approval in May on a proposed budget which had a deficit of almost $700,000. Watkins said since then the Ways and Means Committee slashed the budget plan by almost $600,000, which gives the county a shortfall of about $93,000. The 3-mill tax increase would balance the budget, since a mill of taxes in Lee County generates about $31,000, Watkins said.

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The current vehicle user fee of $10 assessed on each vehicle owned provides the county with about $140,000 in revenue which is mandated to be used on road maintenance. The proposed $5 hike for owners of vehicles will give the county an additional $70,000. Watkins said the money would be used on the county’s dirt roads. The fee is assessed for each vehicle owned. “We have more than 400 miles of dirt roads,�

Watkins said. “And we haven’t been able to make upgrades to many of these roads.�

About half of the counties in South Carolina have a vehicle user fee, according Susan Turkopuls, senior research associate with the South Carolina Association of Counties. “Most seem to be in the $15 to $30 range,� she said. “Seven have a $30 fee. Three counties have a $10 fee.�

Counties also use money from the capital sales tax and general operational budget for road improvements, Turkopuls said.

The property tax and vehicle user fee hikes come on the heels of a one-penny sales tax for capital projects, which went into effect May 1.

Some Lee County taxpayers said the proposed

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You can’t compare Lee County with other counties that have a higher standard of living. The county council needs to improve the quality of life through improving education.�

Gass said she plans to voice her concerns at the public hearing. “God willing, I will be there,� she said. “And I encourage and hope the public will turn out for the public hearing and voice their opinions pro or con.�

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Corey Javon McFadden, 31, of 5710 Wedgefield Road, was arrested Tuesday and charged with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of marijuana and driving under suspension, third offense. McFadden was reportedly pulled over at 5:50 p.m. on Pinson Street near Vining Street. The officer reportedly noted the smell of marijuana coming from inside the car, and a search of McFadden’s person reportedly uncovered suspected crack cocaine in the lining of his hat. A bag of suspected marijuana was also found inside the car.

Tiffany Marielle McDonald, 23, of 110 Willow St., Mayesville, was arrested Tuesday and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

McDonald was reportedly in a car stopped at a police checkpoint on Stark Street about 7:04 p.m. A search of the vehicle reportedly uncovered 83 grams of marijuana. The man driving the car reportedly fled from the scene on foot.

Varnessa L. Nelson, 27, of 30 Althea Circle #C, was arrested Tuesday and charged with third-degree assault and battery and malicious injury to property. On Friday, May 31, Nelson reportedly had an altercation with another woman in the 500 block of Geddings Road in which Nelson reportedly scratched and bit the woman on her face and hands, then threw a brick at the victim’s car, damaging the windshield.

Shermon A. Gibson, 26, of 738 Berry St., was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree assault and battery and pointing and presenting a firearm. On March 8, Gibson reportedly struck a woman in the 1000 block of Booker Street in the head and body while pointing a gun at her.

Timothy Singletary Jr., 18, of

| 3451 Bessie Lane, Olanta, was arrested Tuesday and charged with threatening the life of a public employee. On May 31, Singletary reportedly made threatening statements to a corrections officer while being held at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Shameka Nicole Bannister, 36, of 1109 Jordan St., was arrested Tuesday and charged with receiving stolen goods.

On May 24, Bannister was reportedly found to be in possession of an air conditioner previously reported stolen.

The air conditioner is valued at $4,000.

Calvin Decarous Chambers, 33, of 2960 Two Lakes Circle, College Park, Ga., was arrested Tuesday and charged with forgery. At 7:54 p.m., Chambers reportedly attempted to cash a counterfeit check worth $486.10 at a store in the 1700 block of U.S. 15 South.

Charles Thomas McGee, 56, of 804 S. Main St., was arrested Wednesday and charged with DUI, second offense. McGee was reportedly stopped while riding a moped at the intersection of Hampton Avenue and Lafayette Drive at 12:06 a.m.

McGee reportedly appeared to be intoxicated and blew a .16 blood-alcohol content on a breath test.

Moses Kenneth Chandler, 22, of 9 E. College St., was arrested Tuesday and charged with driving under suspension, fourth offense. At 6:05 p.m., Chandler was reportedly stopped at a police checkpoint on Stark and Grantham streets.

Viola Hodge Magazine, 55, of 3065 Dwyer Road, was arrested Wednesday and charged with driving under suspension, second offense. At 10:02 p.m., Magazine was reportedly stopped at Main and Hampton streets for driving without headlights, and her license was found to be suspended for cancellation of insurance.

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SHOOTING:

At 10:28 p.m. Wednesday, a blue vehicle with chrome rims, possibly a Honda, with three men inside reportedly opened fire on a home in the 400 block of Loring Drive while driving past the home.

Four shell casings were recovered from the scene. One bullet reportedly traveled through a front window, one struck a wooden door, and another lodged in a sheetrock wall. No injuries were reported in the shooting.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, a 21-year-old man was packing to move out of his child’s mother’s apartment in the 700 block of Coachman Drive when he reportedly started throwing items at the 20-yearold woman, then punched her several times in the face and poured bleach on her head. The man fled the home before law enforcement arrived.

FIRE:

At 6:55 p.m. Wednesday, firefighters reportedly responded to a fire in the first block of Shuler Drive. The fire apparently sparked around a panel box in the rear of the home and spread into the kitchen and attic, causing an estimated $20,000 in damage.

Firefighters were reportedly able to get the fire under control in about 15 minutes. No injuries were reported.

EMS CALLS:

On Tuesday, Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 42 calls. Thirtysix were medical calls, one was a motor vehicle wreck, and five were listed as “other trauma.�

On Wednesday, Sumter County EMS responded to 48 calls. Forty-three were medical calls, three were listed as “other trauma,� and two were motor vehicle wrecks.

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Federal court considers S.C. Episcopal division

BY BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press CHARLESTON — Attorneys for two factions of South Carolina Episcopalians made their case Thursday to a federal judge about the proper venue for their legal battle — state or federal court.

In a courtroom jammed with more than two dozen attorneys, U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck heard arguments arising from the Episcopal schism in eastern South Carolina.

The conservative Diocese of South Carolina last year separated from the more liberal national Episcopal Church because of a variety of theological issues, among them gay marriage and the consecration of homosexual bishops.

It then sued in state court seeking to protect the use of its name and a half billion dollars’ worth of property controlled by its parishes. State Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein later issued an injunction saying only the parishes that left the denomination may use the name the Diocese of South Carolina.

When the diocese left, it had 70 congregations with about 29,000 parishioners.

About two dozen parishes and worship groups remaining in the national church formed a new diocese and had the lawsuit moved to federal court.

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Attorneys for the diocese asked Houck on Thursday to move the case back into state court. “Under federal law, there is no basis for federal jurisdiction,� attorney Alan Runyon said. He said property issues and the use of the diocesan name can be resolved under state law and don’t raise any constitutional issues.

He argued that under the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act, a nonprofit’s membership in a large group is voluntary, and it can end the association if it wants. “That doesn’t change because they are religious organizations,� he said.

But Matthew McGill, representing the diocese of parishes remaining with the national church, said the case concerns the First Amendment protections of freedom of religion. “This is not merely a dispute over church property,� he said. “There is so much more at stake here. This case concerns whether a diocese has the right to withdraw� from the national church.

The case, he said, involves the authority of courts and the freedom of churches “to organize themselves in the manner they see fit. It goes to the very foundation of how churches organize themselves in this country.�

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AP survey: Economists see no stock market bubble WASHINGTON (AP) — A debate is raging among investors and analysts: Has the Federal Reserve inflated a stock market bubble by driving interest rates to record lows?

The answer, according to economists surveyed by The Associated Press: No. Three-quarters of the economists say stocks, which are at their lowest point in a month but are up 19 percent since November, aren’t overvalued. Many point to strong corporate profits as justifying the surge in stock prices, which have more than doubled since bottoming in 2009.

The economists expect many consumers to respond to their increased stock wealth by spending more in coming months. Higher spending would help sustain and perhaps accelerate growth.

The economists think growth is slowing to about a 2 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter from a 2.4 percent rate last quarter. The key reasons: Federal spending cuts, higher taxes and economic weakness in Europe and elsewhere.

But they say U.S. economic

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Traders Dan Ryan, left, and Gordon Charlop work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange recently.

growth should increase in the second half of this year and speed up next year. Besides the stock market gains, steady job growth and surging home prices will likely fuel more spending.

They forecast that growth will reach 2.8 percent in 2014 as hiring accelerates and con-

sumer confidence — now at a five-year high — improves further. If they’re accurate, that would be the fastest growth since 2005. “A bubble is an extreme thing, when the market loses all contact with reality,� said Bill Cheney, chief economist at John Hancock Financial

Services. “I don’t think we’re near anything like that.�

Most of the nearly three dozen economists surveyed by the AP say the Fed’s policies have helped boost stock prices. The Fed has been buying $85 billion in bonds each month to try to keep loan costs at record lows and en-

courage borrowing and spending. The super-low rates have led some investors to shift money out of lowyielding bonds and savings accounts and into stocks, thereby boosting stock prices.

In recent weeks, stock and bond investors have been rattled by speculation that the Fed will start to scale back its bond purchases later this year. Investors have pushed up long-term rates. Once the Fed acts, rates could rise further. Some investors would sell stocks and buy higheryielding bonds.

Stock prices could fall.

For now, broad measures of stock prices remain in line with historic norms, given the strength of company profits, the economists say. The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, relative to expected corporate earnings, is only about half its level of late 1999. That was a few months before the dotcom frenzy fizzled and punctured a stock-market bubble.

Jerry Webman, chief economist at OppenheimerFunds, notes that in most bubbles, stocks or other assets are significantly overvalued. Investors typically invent reasons to explain that fact away.

S.C.’s 2013 session ending with much left undone COLUMBIA (AP) — The 2013 legislative session may be characterized more for what lawmakers did not accomplish than the laws they passed.

Only one of the items that both parties called a top priority in January is on track to become law. Legislation that prevents another round of candidates from being booted from primary ballots received a final vote in the House on Thursday — the last day of the regular session — sending it to the governor’s desk. “What happened last election, when hundreds of qualified candidates were removed from ballots because of a technicality, was undemocratic and wrong,� said House Speaker Bobby Harrell, RCharleston. “This legislation corrects that injustice.�

Despite committee work that began in both chambers last fall on legislation aimed at strengthening ethics laws and better securing taxpayers’ data across state government, stemming from other episodes that angered voters in 2012,

both bills are carrying over to 2014.

Efforts to improve the oversight of agencies’ cyber-security followed last fall’s massive hacking at the Department of Revenue — the nation’s largest for a state agency — that exposed 6.4 million residents and taxpayers to identity theft. A bill to centralize technology standards, and make agencies adhere to them, remains stuck in a House committee over disagreements on who’s ultimately in control.

Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Camden, said all taxpayers notified that their data was stolen should be incensed. “It’s just wrong that the biggest issue by far we’ve dealt with all year is not addressed,� he said. “To watch it die with nary a whimper is

frustrating.�

House leaders insist key pieces of the legislation will be written into the 2013-14 budget, including hiring a cyber-security chief and staff, and extending credit monitoring for taxpayers. The chambers’ separate budget plans include between $20 million and $25 million for the effort.

Republicans can check off their to-do list a pledge to not do something.

They successfully rejected Democrats’ attempts to expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of additional poor adults under the federal health care law. The majority party in both chambers argued the state can’t afford the eventual price tag — after the three years the

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House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford called rejection of the expansion — made an option by last year’s

U.S. Supreme Court decision — his biggest disappointment of the session. He called 2013 a “do-nothing� session. “The one thing we were able to do as a body was to make sure people did not get health care,� said Rutherford, D-Columbia.

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Government collecting huge number of phone records Graham defends records collection WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator is defending the practice of collecting millions of telephone records in the ongoing war on terror.

South Carolina Sen. LindGRAHAM sey Graham told reporters on Thursday that he had no problem with the ongoing practice, saying it was imperative in

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ence. “We want to protect these privacy rights.

That’s why this is carefully done in federal court with federal judges who sit 24/7 who review these requests.�

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Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, said the NSA search of telephone records had thwarted an attempted terrorist attack in the United States in the past few years. He said it was a “significant case� but declined to provide further details.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that he couldn’t provide classified details but that the court order in question is a critical tool for learning when terrorists or suspected terrorists might be engaging in dangerous activi-

ties. He said there are strict legal rules on how such a program is conducted and that congressional leaders are briefed.

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Later, he had reportedly overdosed on unidentified drugs and had to be hospitalized after being apprehended Sunday after driving his grandparentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honda into the Ohio River during a police chase that started in Kentucky.

Families can sometimes feel overwhelmed when a loved one is struggling with drugs and/or alcohol, but there are a number of services available in the Sumter area to deal with problems caused by substance abuse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an intense outpatient program, and we offer individual and family therapy,â&#x20AC;? said Glenn Peagler, executive director of Sumter Behavioral Health Services.

Those dealing with drug addiction have a better chance of recovery in a sup-

portive family environment, and Peagler said his organization, a division of the S.C. Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, offers services focused on family involvement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we treat those issues, they also often have family issues, financial issues, or employment issues,â&#x20AC;? Peagler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we try to do is get the whole family involved.

One thing we see is if we just treat the client and send them back home or back to the neighborhood, we see that client coming back.â&#x20AC;?

Instead, Behavioral Health offers to work with its clients alongside family members or significant others to work out how best to deal with their behavior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The recidivism rate is lower if they have more of a support system,â&#x20AC;? Peagler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is help. The sooner they get treatment, the better the chances of recovery.â&#x20AC;?

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stronger alternative to troubling behavior. If family members go through probate court and show their loved one may be suffering from mental illness, they can have an individual involuntarily committed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can petition for an order of detention,â&#x20AC;? said Richard Guess, the executive director of the Santee-Wateree Community Mental Health Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And law enforcement can pick them up, by force if necessary, and bring them in for emergency treatment.â&#x20AC;?

But that kind of response is usually limited to patients who have either caused harm, are threatening to cause harm or admit to thinking of causing harm, or have previously been diagnosed with a serious mental illness and are refusing to be treated or take medication.

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curring disorders, we can provide treatment for those, and we coordinate closely with (Behavioral Health).â&#x20AC;?

In a grim twist of fate, the Toppersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; deaths exemplifies a push this year by the Sumter Fire Department to prevent fire deaths among with the elderly. In 2012, 23 senior citizens were killed in fires in South Carolina, something Chief Johnnie Rose, the public safety officer of the Sumter Fire Department, characterizes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a very high number.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re over 65, you have a greater chance of being killed or injured in a fire,â&#x20AC;?

Rose said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re over 75, you have three times more chance of death.â&#x20AC;?

Physical infirmities can prevent seniors from escaping a fire â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re unable to crawl on the floor under the smoke, for example â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so Rose said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for them to be prepared.

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Rose recommends that seniors closely attend to cooking to prevent kitchen fires, and not take medication that will make them drowsy while cooking. Also, older people on walkers or in wheelchairs should keep hallways clear to make it easier to get out of a house quickly.

Older residents in need of smoke detectors for their homes can contact Rose at the Sumter Fire Department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try to get it done as soon as we can,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go home and sleep at night if I know thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s someone without a smoke detector in their house.â&#x20AC;?

The fire department can be reached at (803) 436-2600; Behavioral Health Services can be reached at (803) 7755080; Mental Health Center can be reached 24 hours at (803) 775-9364.

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The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network added her to the list Wednesday night after U.S. District Judge Michael Baylsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday.

The girl, Sarah Murnaghan, also remains on the priority list for a lung from a pediatric donor, Sebelius said. Her family, through a spokeswoman, said Sarahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s condition had worsened Thursday.

Sarahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents had challenged existing transplant policy that made children under 12

Sarah Murnaghan, left, lies in her hospital bed next to adopted sister Ella on the 100th day of her stay in Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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ASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Qusair fell to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. Qusair is a strategic town that connects Damascus with Assad’s Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean, with its ports and Russian naval base. It’s a major strategic shift.

Assad’s forces can now advance on rebel-dominated areas in central and northern Syria, including Aleppo.

For the rebels, it’s a devastating loss of territory, morale Charles and their supply cor- KRAUTHAMMER ridor to Lebanon. No one knows if this reversal of fortune will be the last, but everyone knows that Assad now has the upper hand.

What altered the tide of battle was brazen outside intervention. A hardened, well-trained, well-armed Hezbollah force — from the terrorist Shiite group that dominates Lebanon and answers to Iran — crossed into Syria and drove the rebels out of Qusair, which Syrian artillery has left a smoking ruin.

This is a huge victory not just for Tehran but also for Moscow, which sustains Assad in power and prizes its warm-water port at Tartus, Russia’s only military base outside of the former Soviet Union. Vladimir Putin has stationed a dozen or more Russian warships offshore, further protecting his strategic outpost and his Syrian client.

The losers? NATOmember Turkey, the major supporter of the rebels; Jordan, America’s closest Arab ally, now drowning in half a million Syrian refugees; and America’s Gulf allies, principal weapons suppliers to the rebels.

And the U.S., whose bystander president, having declared that Assad must go, that he has lost all legitimacy and that his fall is just a matter of time, is looking not just feckless but clueless.

President Obama doesn’t want U.S. boots on the ground. Fine. No one does. But between nothing and invasion lie many intermediate measures: arming the rebels, helping Turkey maintain a safe zone in northern Syria, grounding Assad’s murderous air force by attacking airfields — all the way up to enforcing a no-fly zone by destroying the regime’s air-defense system.

Obama could have chosen any rung on the ladder.

He chose none. Weeks ago, as battle fortunes began changing, the administration leaked that it was contemplating possibly, well maybe, arming the rebels.

Then nothing. Obama simply does not understand that if America is completely hands-off, it invites hostile outside intervention. A superpower’s role in a regional conflict is deterrence.

In 1958, President Eisenhower — venerated by today’s fashionable “realists”

for his strategic restraint — landed Marines in Lebanon to protect the proAmerican government from threats from Syria and Egypt.

In the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Russia threatened to send troops on behalf of the Egyptian army. President Nixon threatened a U.S. counteraction, reinforced the Sixth Fleet and raised the U.S. worldwide military alert level to DEFCON 3. Russia stood down.

That’s how the region works. Power deterring power. Obama deals instead in empty abstractions — such as “international legitimacy” — and useless conclaves, such as “Friends of Syria” conferences.

Assad, in contrast, has a real friend. Putin knows Obama. Having watched Obama’s retreat in Eastern Europe, his passivity at Russian obstructionism on Iran, his abject bendedknee “reset” policy, Putin knows he has nothing to fear from the American president.

Result? The contemptuous Putin floods Syria with weapons. Iran, equally disdainful, sends Revolutionary Guards to advise and shore up Assad’s forces.

Hezbollah invades Syria and seizes Qusair.

Obama’s response? No warning that such balancealtering provocations would trigger even the most minimal American response.

Even Obama’s chemical weapons red line is a farce.

It’s very pronouncement advertised passivity, signaling that anything short of WMD — say, massacring 80,000 innocents using conventional weapons — would draw no U.S. response.

And when that WMD red line was finally crossed, Obama went into lawyerly overdrive to erase it. Is it any wonder that Assad’s allies are on full offensive — Hezbollah brazenly joining the ground war, Russia sending a small armada and mountains of military materiel, Iran warning everyone to stay out.

Obama’s response is to send the secretary of state, hat in hand, to Moscow.

And John Kerry returns actually thinking he’s achieved some great diplomatic breakthrough — a “peace” conference that Russia will dominate and use to re-legitimize Assad and marginalize the rebels.

Just to make sure Kerry understood his place, Putin kept him waiting outside his office for three hours. The Russians know how to send messages. And the one from Qusair is this: If you’re fighting for your life and have your choice of allies — Obama bearing “international legitimacy” or Putin bearing Russian naval protection, Iranian arms shipments and thousands of Hezbollah fighters — which would you choose?

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com. © 2013, The Washington Post Writers Group

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR State needs to take control of Sumter schools Reading today’s (Wednesday, June 5) paper it is clear change has to happen. Our school system is broken, and it seems that we are about to blame this alleged testing debacle on race. I do not understand how a level of incompetence (assuming the reports are accurate) can prevail in such an important community function. If you look at the crime and poverty in Sumter County, our only hope to reverse the trend is to have an education system that works. Without that we revert to some sub-level of civilization. Crime is the only real answer to a lack of education (or at best a perpetual welfare system).

It is time that the citizens of Sumter, who care about Sumter, take action. Get rid of those that disregard rules and processes and those that blame everything on racism and get competent folks that can actually fix the problem. I do not blame the superintendent or the principal at Sumter High.

They have reached tremendous heights considering their limitations. It’s a great thing to get paid well and not have a clue what you are doing.

I blame the school board for not doing something about it.

I hope the state will step in and take control of our schools (like Michigan had to do when Detroit was being run by idiots). Between the hospital mess and the school system, we will never be able to attract industry or keep Shaw open when the next BRAC hits. We need responsible leadership to bring us back to past glory.

PHILLIP D. JONES Sumter

Time Out Day a public commitment to patients On June 12, National Time Out Day will be practiced in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers around the country. Taking a “time out” to confirm correct patient, correct procedure, correct surgical site and other important information before every operative and other invasive procedure is a requirement of The Joint Commission Universal Protocol.

Despite the requirement, 40-60 wrong site surgeries likely occur in the U.S. each week.

Time Out Day was created by the Association of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) in 2004 as a way to raise awareness about the importance of requiring the entire surgical team to pause before all invasive procedures to communicate as a group and confirm key information about the patient and proce-

dure to help prevent errors from occurring.

Wrong patient, wrong site, wrong procedures are sentinel events — described by The Joint Commission as “an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof.”

To perioperative nurses, they are tragedies. That is why as a perioperative nurse and AORN member, I commemorate National Time Out Day with this public commitment to my patients, their loved ones and the entire surgical community that I will always take time out for every patient, every time.

IVONNE MOORE Dalzell

Decision to discontinue contract deplorable I am sorely disappointed to hear that among the other poor decisions made by Sumter High School administration and district officials of late, the deplorable decision has been made to discontinue the contract of one of JROTC’s finest instructors in the person of Retired Chief Eric Cooper. The non-renewal of this contract will be a decision of regret for many years to come. As a parent of a former Sumter High JROTC cadet, I am deeply saddened for the parents of both current and future cadets who will no longer experience the caring involvement and excellent spirit consistently exhibited by Chief Cooper.

My son had the wonderful opportunity to be mentored by Chief Cooper initially as a sophomore when he transferred to Sumter High. Although Chief Cooper was not assigned specifically as my son’s JROTC classroom instructor, he quickly gravitated to Chief Cooper because of his positive influence and genuine interest in his well-being beyond the classroom setting.

Early on, Chief Cooper recognized my son’s difficulty with the transition from his former school and took the initiative to involve him in extracurricular activities such as exercising, football, fishing and hunting. It is worthy to note that because Chief Cooper did not see him as just another student, my son has evolved into a mature and dependable young man who works well with others.

He has evolved from a boy into the confident man that Chief Cooper taught him to be, who is well respected by both his peers and superiors. I have no doubt that this is as a direct result of Chief Cooper’s investment of time as his mentor.

It is unfortunate that a more effective resolution could not have taken place regarding whatever the challenges were

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within the program so that Chief Cooper could continue to impart his admirable leadership/mentorship skills into students who would no doubt become determined, focused and hardworking leaders themselves. It is not uncommon for my son to refer to Chief Cooper as the person who impressed upon him the importance of striving for excellence in both his academic and professional pursuits while exhibiting a “no excuses, get it done” attitude.

M. FOX Sumter Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

Dropping volunteers from range costs taxpayers South Carolina State Forestry Department has decided to turn away Volunteer Range Safety Officers (RSOs) and to use paid RSOs at the Manchester Rifle and Pistol Range on S.C. 261 in Poinsett Forest. Volunteer RSOs have provided the free service for dozens of years and have kept the public safe and incidentfree for all the years the range has been open. Most of the RSOs are gun-enthusiasts and volunteers so the public can have access to a low cost ($5/ day or $25/year) gun range in the local community. The volunteer RSO duty was divided up into two-shift mornings and afternoons, one on each side of the range on Saturday and a single afternoon shift on Sunday. After a change in management, numerous policy changes drove away many volunteers, and after more changes even more volunteers dropped. No rationale was provided for the changes, but it dramatically affected volunteer participation, making it difficult to operate the range. The decision to use paid employees ($8$10/hr) will cost $128-$160 each Saturday; the range is now closed on Sunday. These changes jeopardize the operations and availability of the range and could ultimately result in its closure due to a lack of funding. The public should be concerned about the loss of a great resource.

Businesses should be concerned about the impact on commerce, no range and lower sales of pistols, rifles and ammo. As taxpayers, we should be outraged with a decision to drop volunteers, spend public tax dollars and provide less service.

WILLIAM STRICKLAND Sumter

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CHURCH NEWS

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013 Amazing Grace Missionary Baptist Church, 7 Providence St. (United Order of Tent building), announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; First worship service at 10 a.m. A celebration service will be held at 4 p.m. at Mt. Zion Enrichment Center.

Anointed Word Christian Worship Center, 3525 Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Today â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Apostle Harold Bennett will speak at 7 p.m.

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph LemonDingle Road, Jordan, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Youth Day services at 10 a.m. * Monday-Friday, June 17-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6:308:30 nightly.

Antioch United Methodist Church, 4040 Dubose Siding Road, announces: * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day program at 5 p.m.

Bethesda Baptist Church, 4745 U.S. 15 South, announces: * Wednesday-Friday, June 12-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Revival at 7 nightly.

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Youth recognition service at 11 a.m. * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School at 6 nightly.

Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 8749 Old Highway Six, Santee, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Graduate and student recognition at 10 a.m. * Saturday, June 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Golf tournament at 9 a.m. at Santee National Golf Course. * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day program and Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Supper at 10 a.m.

Covenant Bible Church, 2805 Frierson Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dennis Benton will provide music at 11 a.m.

Cross Road CFM / St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church,

845 Webb St., announces: * Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Community Extravaganza 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with speakers, mime, food, vendors, singing, and more.

Cross Road Christian Fellowship Ministries, 1981 Florence Highway / US 76, announces: * Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gospel singing at 6 p.m. featuring Deacon Smalls and the Spiritual Wisemen, Southern Tones, McDuffie Singers and more.

Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday-Friday, June 16-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School for children age 3 to middle school. Dinner at 5:15 p.m.

VBS program 6-8 p.m. Call (803) 469-0160.

Ebenezer AME Church, 119 E. Sumter St., Mayesville, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day celebration at 9 a.m. followed by childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carnival with food, games and more.

Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Student recognition. Sunday school at 10 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship.

Faith Outreach Assembly, 42 Callen Drive, announces: * Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Car wash 9 a.m.noon at Sports Wings and Bar. First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly.

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No services. * Monday-Friday, June 10-28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Summer camp 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Call (803) 481-0569 or (803) 773-5402.

Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church, 705 Oswego Road, announces: * Wednesday-Friday, June 19-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Revival at 7 nightly.

Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road, Rembert, announces: * Monday-Thursday, June 10-13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6-8 p.m.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6-8 p.m. * Saturday, June 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Picnic and fellowship at 10 a.m. with games, food and fellowship. * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s / Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day during 10:15 a.m. worship.

House of Joy Ministries, 6 Gordin St., Pinewood, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gospel singing at 4:30 p.m. featuring Deacon Robert Smalls and the Spiritual Wisemen, McDuffie Sisters and more.

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly. * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day program.

Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Knitting Hearts Cafe 10 a.m.-noon. www. knittingheartsministry.org LaGree AME Church, 2920 Kolb Road, announces: * Today-Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mighty Team No. 3 barbecue sale 11 a.m.-7 p.m. * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day / graduate recognition program. Church school begins at 10 a.m. followed by 11 a.m. worship. * Monday, June 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Youth SWAG Bible Study at 6 p.m. * Tuesday, June 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adult Bible Study at 7 p.m. * Wednesday-Friday, June 12-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Revival at 7:30 nightly. * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day program.

Land Flowing with Milk & Honey Ministry, 1335 Peach Orchard Road, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Service to honor

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Liberty Hill AME Church, 2310 Liberty Hill Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Men in action program at 3:30 p.m.

Maranatha Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 314 W. Huggins St., Manning, announces: * Monday-Friday, June 17-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 5:307:30 nightly.

Meadowbrook Church of God, corner of Boulevard and Meadowbrook roads, announces: * Saturday, June 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Carla and Redemption will provide music at 7 p.m. Call (803) 8834896.

Mount Moriah United Methodist Church, 1379 Swimming Pen Road, Mayesville, announces: * Saturday-Sunday, June 15-16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day celebration and Gospel Fest and Fish Fry as follows: 3 p.m. Saturday, fish fry and gospel fest; 11 a.m.

Sunday, the Rev. John Hemingway will speak.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 8-11 a.m. * Saturday, June 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Open clothes closet 9 a.m.-noon.

Free to the community. * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day/Brotherhood ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program at 10:45 a.m.

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Graduation and Youth Day at 10 a.m.

Ordination service for Minister Leroy Blanding Sr. at 5 p.m.

New Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2833 Alex Harvin Highway, Manning, announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for ages 4 through sixth grade. Call (803) 473-3677.

New Fellowship Covenant

Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Graduate and student recognition at 1 p.m. * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day program at 1 p.m. followed by the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Supper. Dinner will follow.

One Step Christian Ministries, 891 S.C. 34, Bishopville, announces: * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day service at 11 a.m.

Pine Grove AME Church, 41 Pine Grove Road, Rembert, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day worship at 11 a.m. * Monday-Thursday, June 10-13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School at 6:15 nightly.

Pine Hill AME Church, 1505 U.S. 521 S., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 17-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School.

Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday-Friday, June 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School for ages 3 through adult as follows: 6-9 p.m. Sunday; 6:30-9 p.m. MondayThursday; and 6:30 p.m.

Friday, family night. Call (803) 452-5373.

Refreshing Springs Kingdom Outreach announces: * Friday, June 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Miracle Crusade 7-10 p.m. at Econo Lodge, 226 N. Washington St. Second Baptist Church, 323 Alfred Henry, Manning, announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 5:30-8:30 nightly.

St. James United Methodist Church, 720 Broad St., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly.

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St. Mark 4-B Missionary Baptist Church, 2280 Four Bridges Road, announces: * Today â&#x20AC;&#x201D; From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., log on to www. steveharvey.com to vote for St. Mark 4B Mass Choir to participate in the Steve Harvey 11th Annual Ford Neighborhood Awards. * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6:308 nightly.

St. Paul AME Church, 835 Plowden Mill Road, announces: * Wednesday-Friday, June 12-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Revival at 7 nightly. * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day celebration at 10 a.m. * Monday-Friday, June 17-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School at 6 p.m.

Sumter Baptist Missionary and Educational Association, 508 W. Liberty St, announces: * Saturday-Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 65th Annual Session to be held at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph LemonDingle Road, Manning.

School of Methodology schedule is 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Saturday and 4-4:45 p.m.

Sunday.

Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day service at 11 a.m. honoring and saluting 2013 graduates.

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday, June 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day service at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. * Monday-Friday, June 17-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly.

Union Hall, 1171 Old Pocalla Road, announces: * Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Anniversary celebration of Frankie Smalls and the Gospel Kings at 4 p.m. On the program: Heavenlyairs, the Hollinairs, the Crusaders, and more.

Union Station AME Church, 945 S. Main St., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 10-14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vacation Bible School 5:308 p.m.

Congratulations Class of 2013 Preschool Nicholas Smith, Pocalla Springs Elementary Kindergarten Shaheim Jackson, Wilder Elementary School Jai-Tron McAlister, Wilder Elementary School Jaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Zyriah Smith, Lemira Elementary School Avery Lamar Locket, New Hope Kindergarten ZeBriana Session, New Hope Kindergarten Jerius P. Williams, Sumter Christian Elementary School NiQuan Davis, Lemira Elementary School Demontrez Jackson, Crosswell Drive Dyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nasia Jackson, Crosswell Drive Ashanteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Miller, Manchester Elementary School Nukeem McConico, Wilder Elementary School Shukeem McConico, Wilder Elementary School Shaynna Session, Wilder Elementary School Middle School Niya Loveless, Bates Middle School Kyrin Richardson, Bates Middle School High School Nyasha Nelson, Lakewood High School Naâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Je Beck, Sumter High School Devonte Blanding, Sumter High School Kaala Maple, Sumter High School Quadaijah Monique Williams, Sumter High School College Erica Haithcock, Francis Marion University Ricardo Akeem Jackson, South Carolina State University Lakesia Darcell Session, Morris College Courtney Ward, Clemson University Orlando York, Central Carolina Technical College Graduate School Yolanda Dixon, St. Leo University Curtis White, Norfolk State University

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TUOMEY from Page A1 have seven days to respond to the motion regarding the fines.

As a basis of its request for the judge to either overturn the verdict or grant a new trial, Tuomey’s lawyers say federal prosecutors intentionally misled the jury on the actual details of Stark Law and the False Claims Act, confusing the 10-person jury into misinterpreting the law.

During the trial, the Sumter hospital was accused of signing 19 local doctors to lucrative part-time contracts in order to ensure they would continue to receive the referral fees associated with those physicians’ procedures.

Paying doctors with a portion of the referral fees a hospital receives creates an illegal kickback under Medicare law.

And although the contracts themselves made no mention of referral fees, by signing the doctors to agreements that paid well above fair market value, the government argued Tuomey had done just that. This, Tuomey argues, was part of the intentional misinterpretation.

“The government capitalized on Stark’s complexity and invited the jury to use an alternate (and improper) analysis,” the motion

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reads.

Federal prosecutors also misled the jury, Tuomey’s lawyers argue, because they repeatedly referenced recorded discussions Tuomey administrators had during which referrals were discussed, and by doing so, along with other arguments, “confused the jury and led it to think, incorrectly, that if Tuomey talked or thought about referrals then it had violated Stark and the FCA (False Claims Act).”

Wednesday’s motion

by Tuomey, at one point in the brief, goes as far as to call the prosecutors’ actions “sinister spin.”

“The jury’s verdict shows that the jury was in fact misled by the government and was led to render a verdict that contradicts the great weight of the evidence presented during trial. To allow this verdict to stand which is the product of improper and misleading argument to stand (sic) would be a grave injustice,” the motion reads.

Federal prosecutors will have several weeks to respond to this motion, as well. There is no forced timetable for Seymour to make her decision.

Contact Braden Bunch at (803) 7741201.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday amid mounting questions about whether the demolition company that was tearing down the structure caused the tragedy by cutting corners.

The four-story building along Philadelphia’s busy Market Street collapsed Wednesday onto a Salvation Army thrift shop next door with a loud boom and a huge cloud of dust, trapping employees and others, including a woman on her first day on the job at the store.

“Buildings get demolished all the time in the city of Philadelphia with active buildings right next to them. ... They’re done safely in this city all the time,” Mayor Michael Nutter said.

“Something obviously went wrong here yesterday and possibly in the days leading up to it.

That’s what the investigation is for.”

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surances, Philadelphia began inspecting hundreds of demolition sites in the wake of the collapse.

The Department of Licenses and Inspections said it had 300 open demolition permits throughout the city; inspectors had visited about 30 of the sites by Thursday afternoon and planned to get to the rest by next week.

The spot inspections included all four construction and demolition sites connected to Griffin Campbell Construction, the demolition contractor involved in Wednesday’s deadly collapse. The city found violations at two sites and ordered a halt to the work.

As details of Campbell’s checkered legal and financial past came to light, a city councilman charged that dangerous, under-the-radar tear-downs are taking place throughout the city and demanded a stricter application and inspection process for demolition companies.

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Tropical force winds with gusts as high as 50 mph are possible today on the Grand Strand, Schuetrum said.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Boost your TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Practical actions confidence by engaging in conversations and a reasonable request will position you with other creative individuals. Your well for future considerations in your intuition won’t let you down. Love and community and at work. Stabilize a romance are accentuated. partnership with honest communication.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put greater GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Letting others focus on partnerships. Don’t leave anything know what you’re doing will leave you in a to chance. Say what’s on your mind and let vulnerable position. Aggressive behavior your situation unfold based on trust and will be met with opposition and criticism. truth.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Avoid being CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Listen before pushed in a direction you don’t want to you react. You stand to gain from the head. Prepare to offer solutions that will information you gather. With a little of your work in everyone’s favor. Love is on the input and ingenuity you can form a rise. partnership that allows everyone involved LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Jump in and offer to win. your help. Your generosity will be AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Personal impressive if you’re humble as well. A improvements will bring compliments and change in location will give you an new possibilities. The more active you are opportunity to test your skills and and the more you embrace a challenge, the knowledge and raise your profile. more power and control you will have.

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pictures from the public While visiting Budapest, Hungary, last year, Lilian Peter took the below picture of the Parliament building from the terrace of the Fisherman’s Bastion, left. The Fisherman’s Bastion has seven towers, many terraces and stairways. It is across the River Danube from Parliament.

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Applications starting to roll in for USCS baseball job

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com The University of South Carolina Sumter head baseball coach position is officially available, but it will likely be sometime next week before any headway is made in finding a replacement for Tom Fleenor.

USCS athletic director

Bruce Blumberg said Thursday that the position is up online, but that’s about as far as the process has gotten.

“The job is posted and applications are BLUMBERG coming in, but I haven’t looked at those applications yet,” Blumberg said. “I

don’t know how many have applied.”

Blumberg added that he would likely start taking a look at them on Monday after

he had completed work on other responsibilities.

“I don’t have a timetable yet (for interviews),” he said.

“I’ll probably take a look at that next week.”

While the list of applicants is likely to be fairly lengthy, there are at least three names familiar to USCS fans and Sumter area residents.

Fire Ant assistant coaches

Evan Wise and Nate Richards have thrown their hats in the ring. Wise has been the pitching coach at USCS since joining the staff in the fall of 2010 after serving at Catawba Valley Community College.

USC Sumter’s pitching staff has been solid under Wise, SEE USCS, PAGE B3

Is this where USC’s playoff magic ends?

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beat the Gamecocks in the 2007 super regionals.

That was a year before Holbrook left UNC to become an assistant to Ray Tanner in Columbia, ending an 18-year stay in Chapel Hill that included being an all-Atlantic Coast Conference player and later an assistant to former coach Mike Roberts and current coach Mike Fox. Now Holbrook is in his first year leading the Gamecocks (42-18), who had a 3-0 run to win the Columbia Regional last weekend and earn a matchup with the Tar Heels (55-9).

South Carolina won national titles in 2010 and 2011, then finished second in 2012 in Tanner’s final season before he became athletic director.

aybe this is where the University of South Carolina’s monstrous run in the College World Series comes to an end. Consecutive national championships in 2010 and ‘11 and three straight appearances in the CWS championship series is a beast of an accomplishment, and a streak like that has to come to an end sometime.

And, based on the numbers, it would seem the odds are stacked against the Gamecocks as they begin play today against overall No. 1 seed North Carolina in the best-of-3 Super Regional in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Tar Heels are 55-9 and have been at the top of the rankings all season. Most of the college baseball pundits thought Dennis BRUNSON they would be very good, and the Heels have lived up to all of the acclaim.

USC has been good all season, but not great like it was the two previous seasons when it earned national seeds. There have been ups and downs this season, although the success of the last three seasons have led Gamecock fans to perhaps view what is down a bit different prior to the ‘10 postseason run.

A 42-18 record, a 14th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and reaching a Super Regional for the 11th time in 14 seasons can jade the perspective in what one considers to be struggling.

All that being said, USC has looked great at times and not so good at others. The Gamecocks were swept at home by Arkansas and on the road against Florida, but went to Baton Rouge and took two of three from Louisiana State, a top five team all season. That was all

SEE HOLBROOK, PAGE B4

SEE BRUNSON, PAGE B4

THE STATE

South Carolina baseball head coach Chad Holbrook leads the Gamecocks into Chapel Hill today at USC faces off against Holbrook’s alma mater of North Carolina in the best-of-3 NCAA super regionals.

Return to Chapel Hill UNC alum Holbrook leads USC into super regional against Tar Heels NCAA SUPER REGIONAL

BY AARON BEARD The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook reminisced about his days as a player and assistant at North Carolina as he walked around UNC’s Boshamer Stadium. All that will stop, though, once his Gamecocks start their NCAA super regional series against the No. 1 overall seed Tar Heels.

“While I love the people here, I’m the coach at the University of South Carolina,’’ Holbrook said Thursday.

“Columbia is my home now. And while I always have a little bit of North Carolina in me, I bleed garnet and black.’’

The teams are scheduled to start their best-of-3 series today — though

South Carolina (42-18) vs. North Carolina (55-9) Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, N.C.

GAME 1 — Today, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) GAME 2 — Saturday, Noon (ESPN) GAME 3 — Sunday, 1 p.m. (ESPN) Tropical Storm Andrea’s path could alter plans — with the winner earning a trip to the College World Series. It’s the first meeting between the borderstate programs since the Tar Heels

Astros draft Stanford P Appel at No. 1

BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. The Associated Press SECAUCUS, N.J. — This time, the Houston Astros couldn’t resist drafting Mark Appel with the No. 1 pick.

Houston selected the hardthrowing Stanford pitcher with the top choice in the Major League Baseball draft Thursday night, a year after passing on the hometown kid and instead of choosing 17-year-old shortstop Carlos Correa from Puerto Rico.

“I talked to him and told him: `Welcome home,’’’ Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said. “It’s a kid’s dream to go first in the country, first in the draft and to be taken by your hometown team. It just doesn’t get any better than

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Stanford pitcher Mark Appel was chosen first overall by the Houston Astros in Thursday’s MLB draft.

that. It’s also really a great opportunity for us.’’

Appel, who grew up in Houston before moving to Cal-

ifornia when he was 12, slid to Pittsburgh at No. 8 last year SEE DRAFT, PAGE B2

Today’s American Legion baseball game between Sumter and Manning-Santee at Monarch Field was postponed on Thursday due to the approach of Tropical Storm Andrea.

The League III game has been rescheduled for Saturday with a 7:30 p.m. start.

The P-15’s were scheduled to play Hartsville on Thursday in Kelleytown, but that game was postponed as well. The contest has been rescheduled for Sunday at 7 pm.

Also, Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 will play at Lexington at noon on Saturday. The game was origi-

LEGION SCHEDULE Thursday Sumter at Hartsville, ppd., rain Today Sumter at Manning-Santee, ppd., rain Columbia Northeast at Dalzell, 7 p.m.

Saturday Sumter at Manning-Santee, 7:30 p.m.

Dalzell-Shaw at Lexington, noon Monday Camden at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Manning-Santee at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Lexington at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Tuesday Sumter at Cheraw, 7 p.m.

Wednesday Camden at Manning-Santee, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Hartsville at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Friday Manning-Santee at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Sumter at Florence, 7 p.m.

Orangeburg at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

nally scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed due to rain.

The Jets are scheduled to play host to Columbia Northeast today at 7 p.m.

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Martin ready to move on at USC

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Frank Martin believes he had a great first year at South Carolina, even if his comments during the season didn’t always back that up.

Martin was regularly tested throughout his team’s 14-18 season and grew frustrated as the losses mounted down the stretch. He finished with a losing record for the first time in his college coaching career.

Martin, though, said he was rarely disheartened and knew the process to get the program turned around was a bigger than a one-year job.

“People keep asking me about last season and how I handled it,’’ Martin said. “But I thought it was a great year where we worked at improving every day.’’

Still, that message didn’t always make it through when the candid Martin sat in front of microphone. Martin criticized his team’s defense in a 77-55 loss at Kentucky: “We just got out of their way and let them practice their dunking,’’ he said after the defeat on Feb. 5.

And then this after a 64-46 home loss to LSU: “I’ve never been more embarrassed to call myself a basketball coach than I am today.’’

“Am I going to be happy when we lose three in a row?’’

Martin said. “No. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t gotten better.’’

Martin’s been must-see-TV on sports highlight shows during his career for his penetrating glare when someone doesn’t do what’s asked on the court during games or practice. Generally, that’s where he leaves the disappointment, offering encour-

THE STATE

South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin is ready to put last year’s disappointing 14-18 season behind him.

agement that things will get better to players who want to win.

“If you get caught up in losing three in a row, then you’re focused on the wrong things,’’ the coach said.

Martin will have plenty of reinforcements for his second season with seven first-year players and new assistant coach Perry Clark, the former Tulane and Miami head coach hired to take over when top assistant Brad Underwood stepped up to become Stephen F. Austin’s head coach in April.

The Gamecocks lost some experience when guards

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Brian Richardson, Damien Leonard and Eric Smith, and forward R.J. Slawson all chose to transfer this year. The group would’ve been the bulk of Martin’s upperclassmen.

Instead, Martin will rely on seven first-year players, although Villanova transfer Tyrone Johnson has practiced with the team most of last season and will be eligible to play after the fall semester.

The additions mean Martin has just seniors to be Brenton Williams and Bruce Ellington as significant contributors with more than one season in the college game.

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Scherzer now 8-0 as Tigers top Rays 5-2 DETROIT — Max Scherzer struck out nine in seven innings to remain unbeaten, and Victor Martinez homered and drove in three runs to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.

Scherzer (8-0) allowed a run and four hits, walking two. He is the first Detroit pitcher to start the season 8-0 since Jeremy Bonderman in 2007.

Joaquin Benoit allowed a run SCHERZER in the eighth, and Jose Valverde pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save in nine chances.

Martinez went deep in the fourth for his fourth home run of the year, giving Detroit a 2-0 lead.

MLB DRAFT from Page B1 but turned down a $3.8 million offer and returned to Stanford for his senior season.

The move paid off.

After going 10-4 with a 2.12 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 106 1/3 innings this season for the Cardinal, the 6-foot-4, 195pound Appel is expected to fetch about $2 million more than he passed on with the Pirates.

“I don’t think I necessarily had an end goal in mind when I turned down the Pirates offer,’’ said Appel, who complements his mid-90s (mph) fastball with a nasty slider and improving changeup. “My goals were to finish my degree and become a better baseball player and better person and better teammate.

As far as that goes, I think I accomplished those things.

“No matter what happened in the draft, I knew I had done everything that was in my control to put myself in the best situation possible.’’

The deadline for teams to sign draft picks is July 12, but that doesn’t apply to Appel because he is a college senior.

“I’m very confident that

Miguel Cabrera drove in a run the following inning with a single — his major league-leading 66th RBI. ORIOLES ASTROS

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HOUSTON — J.J. Hardy got a season-high four hits and Adam Jones added an RBI double, leading Miguel Gonzalez and Baltimore to a 3-1 win over Houston.

Gonzalez (3-2) yielded five hits and a run in six innings, and matched his season-best with seven strikeouts. He slowed down the Astros a day after they hit six home runs in an 11-7 win.

The Orioles won their third straight series by taking two of three from Houston.

Mark Appel is going to put on an Astros uniform,’’ Luhnow said. “He’s from here. He wants to play here. He’s been selected first in the draft. All the indicators are pointing in the same direction, so I assume it will be a fairly straightforward discussion and that he’ll sign sometime this summer.’’

The draft, which is held over three days and 40 rounds, started Thursday night with the first two rounds at MLB Network Studios.

It was the second straight season that the first pick was uncertain going into the draft, with Oklahoma right-hander Jonathan Gray and a pair of college third basemen — North Carolina’s Colin Moran and San Diego’s Kris Bryant — thought to be in the mix for Houston.

It was the fourth time the Astros had the No. 1 pick, and they joined Tampa Bay (200708) and Washington (2009-10) as teams to have the top selection in consecutive years.

The draft order is determined by reverse finish — worst to best — in the overall standings from last season.

With the No. 2 pick, the Chicago Cubs selected Bryant, who led Division I college players with 31 home runs this season. The 6-foot-5, 210-

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pound junior is a Golden Spikes finalist and Collegiate Baseball magazine’s national player of year. He leads the nation with 66 walks, 80 runs scored and an .820 slugging percentage.

Gray went third overall to the Colorado Rockies. The 6-foot-4, 245-pound flamethrower helped pitched the Sooners into the super regionals of the NCAA tournament, going 10-2 with a 1.59 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 119 innings. He throws a fastball in the mid- to upper-90s, reaching 100 mph at times with an effortless delivery.

Colorado apparently was not scared off by published reports that cited unidentified sources who said Gray tested positive for the medication Adderall during baseball’s predraft drug testing program.

“I’m not going to talk about that right now,’’ Gray said.

“There will be a time for that.

Right now, I’m just happy to be selected by the Rockies.’’

The first high school player picked was pitcher Kohl Stewart, who went to the Minnesota Twins at No. 4. A right-hander from Tomball, Texas, Stewart has signed to play baseball and football at Texas A&M — where he would likely be a backup to Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel at quarterback.

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 9 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Lyoness Open Second Round from Atzenbrugg, Austria (GOLF).

11 a.m. -- Professional Tennis: French Open Men’s Semifinal Matches from Paris (WIS 10).

12:30 p.m. -- LPGA Golf: Wegmans LPGA Championship Second Round from Pittsford, N.Y. (GOLF).

1 p.m. -- College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Chapel Hill Super Regional Game One from Chapel Hill, N.C. -- South Carolina vs. North Carolina (ESPN2, WNKT-FM 107.5).

1 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: NBA Finals Press Conference from Miami (NBA TV).

1 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Party in the Poconos 400 Practice from Pocono, Pa. (SPEED).

2 p.m. -- Formula One Racing: Canadian Grand Prix Practice from Montreal (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2:10 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs (WGN).

2:40 p.m. -- International Soccer: World Cup Qualifying Match from Prague -- Czech Republic vs. Italy (ESPN).

3 p.m. -- PGA Golf: St. Jude Classic Second Round from Memphis, Tenn. (GOLF).

3:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Party in the Poconos 400 Pole Qualifying from Pocono, Pa. (SPEED).

4 p.m. -- College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Raleigh Super Regional Game One from Raleigh, N.C. -- Rice vs. North Carolina State (ESPN2).

5 p.m. -- Horse Racing: Brooklyn Handicap and Jaipur Stakes from Elmont, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

6:30 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour The Tradition Second Round from Birmingham, Ala. (GOLF).

7 p.m. -- College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Baton Rouge Super Regional Game One from Baton Rouge, La. -- Oklahoma vs. Louisiana State (ESPN).

7 p.m. -- College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Fullerton Super Regional Game One from Fullerton, Calif. -- UCLA vs. Cal State Fullerton (ESPN2).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Cincinnati (MLB NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. -- College Track and Field: NCAA Outdoor Championships from Eugene, Ore. (ESPNU).

7:30 p.m. -- WNBA Basketball: New York at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH).

8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Four -- Pittsburgh at Boston (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 400K from Fort Worth, Texas (SPEED, WEGX-FM 92.9).

10 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Andrey Klimov vs.

John Molina Jr. in a Lightweight Bout from Shelton, Wash. (ESPN2).

10 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Los Angeles Dodgers (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUBFM 102.7).

10 -- Professional Boxing: Jorge Melendez vs.

Nick Brinson in a Light Middleweight Bout and Jonathan Vidal vs. Mario Munoz in a Bantamweight Bout from Verona, N.Y. (SHOWTIME).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 36 24 .600 – New York 34 25 .576 11/2 Baltimore 34 26 .567 2 Tampa Bay 32 27 .542 31/2 Toronto 25 34 .424 101/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 32 26 .552 – Cleveland 30 29 .508 21/2 Minnesota 26 30 .464 5 Chicago 25 32 .439 61/2 Kansas City 24 32 .429 7 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 36 22 .621 – Oakland 36 25 .590 11/2 Los Angeles 26 34 .433 11 Seattle 26 34 .433 11 Houston 22 39 .361 151/2 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Cleveland 4 Oakland 6, Milwaukee 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle 5, 16 innings Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Chicago Cubs 8, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0 Texas 3, Boston 2 Houston 11, Baltimore 7 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 1 Thursday’s Games Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 3, Houston 1 Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Minnesota (Correia 5-4) at Washington (Karns 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Texas (Tepesch 3-4) at Toronto (Rogers 1-2), 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland (U.Jimenez 4-3) at Detroit (Verlander 7-4), 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Hammel 7-3) at Tampa Bay (Archer 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Hanson 2-2) at Boston (Doubront 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Lyles 3-1) at Kansas City (Shields 2-6), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (J.Parker 4-6) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-3), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 6-4) at Seattle (Bonderman 0-1), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Texas at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 4:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:15 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Texas at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 37 22 .627 – Philadelphia 30 30 .500 71/2 Washington 29 30 .492 8 New York 23 33 .411 121/2 Miami 16 44 .267 211/2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 38 21 .644 – Cincinnati 36 24 .600 21/2 Pittsburgh 35 25 .583 31/2 Chicago 24 33 .421 13 Milwaukee 22 36 .379 151/2 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 34 25 .576 – Colorado 32 28 .533 21/2 San Francisco 31 28 .525 3 San Diego 27 32 .458 7 Los Angeles 25 33 .431 81/2 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 6, Miami 1 Oakland 6, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Chicago Cubs 8, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings

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Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh (Liriano 3-2) at Chicago Cubs (T. Wood 5-3), 2:20 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 5-4) at Washington (Karns 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Fernandez 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-0), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 8-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 5-2), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 7-2) at Milwaukee (Figaro 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

San Diego (Volquez 4-5) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-3), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 4-3) at Arizona (Corbin 9-0), 9:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Maholm 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Miami at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 7:15 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 7:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:15 p.m.

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

San Francisco at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Miami at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 8:10 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press FINALS Miami vs. San Antonio Thursday, June 6: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 9: San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11: Miami at San Antonio 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 13: Miami at San Antonio, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 16: Miami at San Antonio, 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 18: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, June 20: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 3, Pittsburgh 0 Saturday, June 1: Boston 3, Pittsburgh 0 Monday, June 3: Boston 6, Pittsburgh 1 Wednesday, June 5: Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT Friday, June 7: Pittsburgh at Boston, 8 p.m. x-Sunday, June 9: Boston at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 11: Pittsburgh at Boston, TBD x-Wednesday, June 12: Boston at Pittsburgh, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 2, Los Angeles 1 Saturday, June 1: Chicago 2, Los Angeles 1 Sunday, June 2: Chicago 4, Los Angeles 2 Tuesday, June 4: Los Angeles 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, June 6: Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 8: Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Monday, June 10: Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 12: Los Angeles at Chicago, TBD

GOLF St Jude Classic Par Scores The Associated Press Thursday At TPC Southwind Memphis, Tenn.

Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,239; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round Nathan Green 34-32—66 -4 Martin Flores 32-34—66 -4 Davis Love III 33-33—66 -4 Stuart Appleby 33-33—66 -4 Glen Day 33-33—66 -4 Harris English 34-32—66 -4 Nicholas Thompson 33-34—67 -3 Scott Stallings 34-33—67 -3 David Toms 32-35—67 -3 Jason Bohn 34-33—67 -3 Dustin Johnson 31-36—67 -3 Peter Hanson 33-34—67 -3 Tim Petrovic 35-32—67 -3 John Rollins 34-33—67 -3 Justin Hicks 35-32—67 -3 Paul Haley II 33-34—67 -3 Shawn Stefani 33-34—67 -3 OTHER Tommy Gainey 34-39—73 +3 Regions Tradition Par Scores The Associated Press Thursday At Shoal Creek Birmingham, Ala. Purse: $2.2 million Yardage: 7,231; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Jeff Sluman 32-33—65 -7 Fred Couples 32-34—66 -6 Duffy Waldorf 36-31—67 -5 Peter Senior 34-33—67 -5 Michael Allen 35-33—68 -4 Mark Calcavecchia 35-33—68 -4 David Frost 33-35—68 -4 Corey Pavin 3 3-35—68 -4

TENNIS French Open Results

By The Associated Press Thursday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $28.4 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Women Semifinals Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Sara Errani (5), Italy, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles Men Semifinals Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut, France, def.

Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (7), Brazil, 6-1, 6-4.

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Serena Williams, left, and Maria Sharapova will meet in the French Open finals after each winning their semifinal matches on Thursday at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. Williams defeated Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1, while Sharapova topped Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

Serena, Sharapova to meet in French finals

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press PARIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Done with a dominating performance in the French Open semifinals, Serena Williams climbed the stairs leading from the locker room to the playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lounge, looking to give her mother a hug.

Smiling widely all the while, Williams greeted visitors, posed for photos and signed autographs on her way.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been more than a decade since she was so happy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and played so well â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this deep in the tournament at Roland Garros.

Coming as close to perfect as seems possible, Williams absolutely overwhelmed last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s runner-up, fifth-seeded Sara Errani of Italy, 6-0, 6-1 in a mere 46 minutes Thursday to reach the final for the first time since winning her lone French Open championship in 2002. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem like that long ago,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Williams said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;even though it was.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; To collect her 16th Grand Slam title Saturday, Williams

will need to beat defending champion Maria Sharapova, who put aside 11 doublefaults and got past thirdseeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in a much more competitive semifinal.

The final features the top two women in the rankings and seedings, No. 1 Williams and No. 2 Sharapova. They are 1-2 among active players in French Open match wins, Williams with 45, Sharapova with 43. And they are two of three active women with more than two major championships; Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam in Paris last year with No. 4.

Plus, Williams has won a career-best 30 consecutive matches, the longest singleseason streak on tour since 2000. Sharapova has won 13 consecutive matches in Paris.

Despite all of that, this one doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shape up as much of an even matchup, because Williams is 13-2 against Sharapova, including winning the last 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be lying if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother me, obviously,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

USCS from Page B1 posting a team earned average of 3.00 this past season and 3.03 in 2011.

Richards was a player when the Fire Ants took the field for the first time in 2008. He redshirted and helped coach his sophomore year. After finishing his career at North Greenville, Richards was head coach of the Sumter Sting Rays in the Beach Collegiate League in 2012. He returned to USCS as an assistant this past season.

The other known name is Doug Gammell.

Gammell has worked as an assistant to Preston McDonald at FlorenceDarlington Technical College the last four years.

Prior to that, he

served as the hitting and catching coach at Lakewood High School for four seasons. The Gators made the playoffs all four seasons Gammell was there and he also was an assistant coach for the Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 American Legion team under McDonald when the Jets reached the state tournament..

He was also an assistant on the Bishopville legion team for two seasons.

Fleenor resigned last month after six years to take the head job at Lenoir-Rhyne University, an NCAA Division II school. Fleenor started the USC Sumter program.

said Sharapova, who last defeated Williams all the way back in 2004, at Wimbledon and the WTA Championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever I did in the past hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worked, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to try to do something different.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Williams never gave Errani a chance to switch things up.

Errani, Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach Patrick Moratouglou explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;needs to rally, she needs to run, and then sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really, really dangerous.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But, he continued, Williams â&#x20AC;&#x153;decided to refuse to let her play.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Simple as that.

The 31-year-old American won the first nine games.

When Errani finally got on the board, 37 minutes in, she raised both arms overhead as the crowd roared.

Williams accumulated a 40-2 discrepancy in winners showing off a full array of talents. She won 28 of 33 points she served, helped by five aces, including one at 123 mph (199 kph). She smacked 10 return winners. She mixed in overhead smashes, powerful groundstrokes, even a drop shot.

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NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sloppy track or not, here comes Todd Pletcher with another squad of 3-year-olds for a Triple Crown race.

The trainer is taking aim on the Belmont Stakes this time, sending out a record five horses for Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final leg of the Triple Crown.

Pletcher saddled a record-equaling five colts in the Kentucky Derby last month, with the best of the bunch over a wet track being third-place finisher Revolutionary.

After sitting out the Preakness, Pletcher is back with Revolutionary, two other Derby runners in Palace Malice and Overanalyze and two fresh faces in Midnight Taboo and the filly Unlimited Budget.

A sloppy track could be back as well. The National Weather Service is calling for heavy rains Friday into Saturday with a chance of showers after 2 p.m. Post time for the Belmont is 6:36 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really matter whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sloppy or fast, you just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be sticky or heavy,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pletcher said, referring to the track condition. He added that his horses â&#x20AC;&#x153;all have enough pedigree on wet tracks so it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compromise them too much.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; That includes Unlimited Budget, who will try to make a little history. She can become the fourth filly to win the Belmont â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pletcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rags to Riches was the most recent in 2007 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and could make Rosie Napravnik the second female jockey to win a Triple Crown race and first to win one with a filly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this is one year the fillies are as good as the colts, and the numbers show it,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Mike Repole, who owns Unlimited Budget as well as Overanalyze and Midnight Taboo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big filly, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigger

than half the colts in the race.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Derby winner Orb is the 3-1 morning-line favorite, with Revolutionary the second choice at 9-2 and Preakness winner Oxbow third at 5-1.

Unlimited Budget and Freedom Child are cofourth choices at 8-1.

The possibility of an offtrack bodes well for Freedom Child and a few Derby runners in the field of 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; matching the largest since 1996 and one shy of the record in 1983.

Freedom Child, like Orb a son of Malibu Moon, flourished on a wet track at Belmont four weeks ago, winning the Peter Pan by a stunning 13 1/4 lengths. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wet, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll certainly take it,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Freedom Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trainer Tom Albertrani.

Orb handled the sloppy track at Churchill Downs. Under Joel Rosario, the colt passed 16 horses in the final half mile for a 2 1/2-length win over Golden Soul, who skipped the Preakness but is back for the Belmont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope the weather is like this,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Orb trainer Shug McGaughey said on a warm, sunny Thursday morning at Belmont Park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want a fast track and a safe track, but if it rains they do a remarkable job here of getting it in great shape.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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10 things to know about super regionals

BY ERIC OLSON The Associated Press We’re down to 16 teams in the NCAA baseball tournament, and it’ll be down to the final eight after this weekend.

Here are 10 of the topics for this weekend’s best-of-three super regionals, which will determine the field for the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., starting June 15.

1. GLENN BACK IN GOOD STANDING

LSU starting pitcher Cody Glenn’s teammates voted him back onto the team after he missed a start in regionals because of an undisclosed violation of team rules. The No. 4-seeded Tigers turned to senior left-hander Brent Bonvillain for the regional final against Louisiana-Lafayette, and he allowed three hits and no earned runs in a career-best 5 1/3 innings. Aaron Nola will start the opener against Oklahoma on Friday.

Coach Paul Mainieri said Glenn, Ryan Eades and Bonvillain are options for Saturday and, if necessary, Sunday.

2. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

Seventh-seeded Florida State is appearing in the super regionals for the sixth year in a row, the longest streak in the nation, and 13th time in 15 years.

The Seminoles have won 19 straight regional games since 2008 and will be playing in their 291st NCAA tournament game on Saturday against Indiana. The Hoosiers, on the other hand, are in their first super regional and will be playing in their ninth tournament game.

3. SAM GOES BAM

The bat of Sam Travis is a big reason Indiana is the first Big Ten team since 2007 to reach a super regional. The sophomore first baseman goes into the series at Florida State with a .538 batting average in seven postseason games.

He’s hit three homers and four doubles, driven in 11 runs and hasn’t struck out in 26 at-bats. He has a 1.038 slugging percentage and .618 on-base percentage.

4. FAMILIAR FOES

The UCLA and Cal State Fullerton campuses are 45 miles apart, and their baseball teams are meeting in the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in seven years. Fullerton beat the Bruins in a 2007 super regional and defeated them again in regionals the next year.

The Bruins prevailed in a 2010 super regional. The teams met twice in the regular season this year, with the fifth-seeded Titans winning both meetings. Second-year Titans coach Rick Vanderhook was an assistant under UCLA coach John Savage from 2009-11.

5. RUNS, NOT STYLE POINTS

Kansas State, which plays at No. 3 seed Oregon State, is looking like a team of destiny considering how two of its biggest wins of the season came. The Wildcats clinched their first Big 12 regular-season championship on a basesloaded passed ball in the bottom of the ninth inning against Oklahoma last month. After falling behind 3-0 in the regional final against Arkansas, they

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LSU starting pitcher Cody Glenn was voted back onto the Tigers by his teammates after missing a regional start for an undisclosed violation of team rules.

scored the tying run on a wild pitch during an intentional walk and the gamewinner on another wild pitch. K-State has never reached the College World Series.

6. LEADOFF MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE

North Carolina State leadoff man Trea Turner goes into the Wolfpack’s super regional against Rice having reached base in 107 of his 114 career games. When he gets on base, the Wolfpack is 82-25. When he doesn’t reach base or doesn’t play, they are 8-9.

7. NOT JUST A 2-MAN SHOW

Tyler Beede and Kevin Ziomek are Vanderbilt’s 1-2 pitching punch, but don’t forget sophomore lefty Philip Pfeifer. He might be coach Tim Corbin’s go-to guy if the super regional against Louisville goes to a third game. After giving up a career-high nine hits against LSU in the SEC tournament championship game, Pfeifer bounced back to throw five shutout innings in a surprise start in the regional final against Georgia Tech.

8. LATE-GAME DOMINATION

If you’re going to beat No. 6 seed Virginia, you might want to jump on the Cavaliers early. Virginia enters its home

HOLBROOK from Page B1 Fox, now in his 15th year here, credited Holbrook for his recruiting work that helped lure eventual Major Leaguers like Matt Harvey, Dustin Ackley, Kyle Seager and Andrew Miller to Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels made it to Omaha in each of Holbrook’s last three years, finishing second in 2006 and 2007.

“That’s the one smart thing I did when I got here, was to keep him here because he helped me tremendously with the transition,’’ Fox said. “The 10-year run that Chad was with me and even before me with Mike Roberts was a great run for him and he did certainly a lot for our program.’’

The emotions are even stronger for UNC associate head coach Scott Forbes, who served as an assistant alongside Holbrook. The two were so close they were in each other’s weddings and even pooled their money to buy a lawnmower to share in their neighborhood.

“When you spend that much time together on the recruiting trail and the dugouts ... you have to separate that when you’re in the other

dugout,’’ Forbes said. “We know and we joke about it all the time: at least one of us is going to Omaha.’’

The Tar Heels started 39-2 and still haven’t lost consecutive games all year, but they’ve had a stressful two weeks. First they beat Clemson in 14 innings and then rival North Carolina State in 18 innings during a run to the ACC tournament title over Memorial Day weekend.

Then came the winnertake-all game in last weekend’s Chapel Hill Regional against second-seeded Florida Atlantic. In a wild game that lasted until after 1 a.m.

Tuesday, the Tar Heels fell behind on a ninth-inning grand slam and a 12th-inning three-run homer only to rally each time and win 12-11 on Cody Stubbs’ RBI single in the 13th.

During that game, Fox used all three of his top starters — Kent Emanuel, Hobbs Johnson and Benton Moss — in relief as the Tar Heels kept rolling up the late-season mileage on their pitching staff.

Yet Fox said he thinks the close calls have made a tough

super regional against Mississippi State having given up no runs after the sixth inning in six straight games. The Cavaliers have outscored opponents 168-54 in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings this season.

9. BASEBALL-SOFTBALL DOUBLE

Oklahoma is bidding to make it to both the men’s and women’s College World Series in the same season — a feat accomplished 13 times since 2000.

The most recent schools to do it were California and Florida in 2011. Oklahoma’s softball team won the national championship this week in Oklahoma City, sweeping two games from Tennessee in the WCWS finals.

10. WELCOME BACK, COACH

South Carolina’s Chad Holbrook will return to his old stomping grounds for his first super regional as a head coach.

The Gamecocks are playing at top-seeded North Carolina, where Holbrook was an outfielder from 1990-93 and an assistant from 1994-2008. Holbrook’s two sons were born in Chapel Hill, his sister is married to the Tar Heels’ director of baseball operations and he counts UNC basketball coach Roy Williams as one of his best friends.

team even tougher.

“After that crazy game Monday, it just felt like this team, we don’t like to lose,’’ said Emanuel, who threw 175 pitches in two games during the regional. “I think that showed. We’re excited to keep going and keep playing.’’

Johnson (4-0) is scheduled to start Friday against South Carolina lefty Nolan Belcher (7-5), while Emanuel (11-3) is scheduled to go Saturday against Jordan Montgomery (5-1).

The schedule could change if Andrea follows her projected path through the Carolinas and brings heavy rain Friday. Neither team could practice due to steady rain throughout most of Thursday afternoon.

Fox said tournament officials would consult with the National Weather Service on Friday morning to see if the game will start at 1 p.m. as planned. A decision is expected by 11 a.m.

“As soon as we found out we were coming down here, it was, ‘All right, let’s get it started,’’’ South Carolina senior designated hitter L.B. Dantzler said. “I don’t want to be sitting around waiting, but sometimes you can’t control that.’’

BRUNSON from Page B1 during the regular season though.

You put regional or postseason — save the Southeastern Conference tournament — in front of the games on the schedule, and you seem to get a different team of Gamecocks. They were a loosey-goosey group in sweeping the Columbia Regional.

I think they’ll play the same way against UNC; whether it will be enough to earn another trip to Omaha, Neb., remains to be seen. However, South Carolina has no pressure on it. It is all firmly on UNC, and its regional performance leaves one to wonder if UNC is up to the pressure.

The Tar Heels’ two rallies in their 12-11 victory over Florida Atlantic in a do-or-die regional championship game can be viewed two different ways.

The fact North Carolina got off the mat twice to rally and eventually save its season speaks to the

NCAA SUPER REGIONALS

By The Associated Press Best-of-3 x-if necessary At Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, N.C. Friday, June 7 South Carolina (42-18) at North Carolina (55-9), 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 8 South Carolina at North Carolina, Noon Sunday, June 9 x-South Carolina at North Carolina, 1 p.m.

At Doak Field Raleigh, N.C. Friday, June 7 Rice (44-18) at North Carolina State (47-14), 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 8 Rice at North Carolina State, 4 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 x-Rice at North Carolina State, 4 p.m.

At Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Friday, June 7 Oklahoma (43-19) at LSU (55-9), 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 8 Oklahoma at LSU, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 x-Oklahoma at LSU, 7 p.m.

At Goodwin Field Fullerton, Calif.

Friday, June 7 UCLA (42-17) at Cal St.-Fullerton (518), 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 8 UCLA at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 x-UCLA at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m.

At Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, Fla. Saturday, June 8 Indiana (46-14) at Florida State (4715), Noon Sunday, June 9 Indiana at Florida State, 1 p.m.

Monday, June 10 x-Indiana at Florida State, 1 p.m.

At Hawkins Field Nashville, Tenn.

Saturday, June 8 Louisville (49-12) at Vanderbilt (54-10), 3 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 Louisville at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.

Monday, June 10 x-Louisville at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

At Davenport Field Charlottesville, Va. Saturday, June 8 Mississippi State (46-18) at Virginia (47-10), 1 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 Mississippi State at Virginia, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 10 x-Mississippi State at Virginia, 4 p.m.

At Goss Stadium Corvallis, Ore. Saturday, June 8 Kansas State (44-17) at Oregon State (48-10), 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 Kansas State at Oregon State, 10 p.m.

Monday, June 10 x-Kansas State at Oregon State, 7 p.m.

team’s character. The fact the Heels had to pull themselves up off the mat twice though shows USC has more than a puncher’s chance this weekend.

UNC put itself in position to wrap up the regional on Sunday, but lost to one of Florida Atlantic’s lower tier pitchers, then it had to win a slugfest to win the regional. One has to think that Nolan Belcher and Sumter’s Jordan Montgomery, USC’s first two starting pitchers, are both better pitchers than FAU’s Bo Logan, who finished the year with a 4.87 earned run average, and four other pitchers who shut UNC down in a 3-2 victory.

This is baseball though, and it is a game different from any other. All you can do is go out and play and see what happens. What the Heels did to win their regional are things that teams sometimes have to do to achieve greatness, and maybe this is their time.

While USC has a few new faces this year, many of them have been in this situation before and know how to win in the postseason. I don’t think they’ll flinch.

OBITUARIES

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013

JAMES W. TOPPER Jr. ADA JOANN H. TOPPER James W. Topper Jr. and Ada Joann Harmon Topper died on Saturday, June 1, 2013, at their residence.

Mr. Topper was born in Baltimore, Md., a son TOPPER of the late James W. Sr. and Eileen C. Topper.

He was a master ser-

geant with the United States Air Force and retired after 20 years of service.

Mrs. Topper was born in Maryville, Tenn., a daughter of the late Benjamin Clark and Nora Whitehead Harmon. Mrs. Topper was an avid gardener, loved cooking, entertaining and traveling. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Mr. Topper is survived by two sisters, Mary Morkosky and her husband, James, and Eileen Goode and her husband, Dennis; along with two nieces and their families.

Mrs. Topper is survived by one daughter, Joan Estelle Keller and her husband, Mike, of W.Va.; one adopted son, Timothy Treichel of Kentucky; one brother, John H. Harmon and his wife,

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Tuple, of Michigan; two sisters, Jane Sutphin and her husband, Jim, of Sumter and Nora Lea Harmon of Sumter; and numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Topper was preceded in death by one son, Donald B. Kegley; and two sisters, Jean Hubenak and Marjorie Johnson.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m.

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Saturday at Sumter Cemetery.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

JAMES E. TAYLOR Jr. James Edward Taylor

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Jr. died Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late James Edward Taylor Sr. and Ophelia Prince Taylor-Stinson.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

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Love, Appleby among 6 tied for St. Jude lead MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Davis Love III and Stuart Appleby shot 4-under 66 on Thursday for a share of the lead with four other players after the first round of the St. Jude Classic.

Harris English, Nathan Green, Martin Flores and Glen Day also pushed their way into the lead on a day where at least three others had a piece of the top spot lead at some point.

LOVE III Defending champ Dustin Johnson was 5 under through six holes. Bishopville native Tommy Gainey shot a 3 over 73.

SLUMAN TAKES 1ST-ROUND LEAD AT REGIONS TRADITION

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jeff Sluman birdied No. 17 en route to a 7-under 65 and a 1-stroke lead over Fred Couples on Thursday after the first round in the Regions Tradition, the second of five Champions Tour majors.

Sluman, who had eight birdies, and Couples both had their only bogeys on No. 16.

KARL OUT AS COACH OF NUGGETS

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NBA commissioner David Stern speaks at a news conference before the start of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday in Miami. Stern is retiring February 1.

Stern overseeing last NBA Finals EDITOR’S NOTE

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MIAMI — David Stern thinks that when it comes to the NBA Finals, his last might be the best.

Stern’s 30-year reign as NBA Commissioner will end Feb. 1, making this Miami-San Antonio series the final championship matchup of his tenure overseeing a league that has grown into a wildly successful international corporate giant under his watch.

Still, there’s plenty of items remaining on Stern’s to-do list, which is one of the reasons why

Game 1 of the NBA Finals between San Antonio and Miami was not available at press time. For a complete recap, visit our website at www.theitem.com.

he hasn’t turned his final months into a victory lap of sorts.

“I’ll savor it when it’s over,’’ Stern said Thursday in his annual pre-Finals news conference. “I’ll look back on it. I do know every day that I have the best job in the world ... and I will remain committed to the continued success of the NBA. That’s the thing I think about more than I think about looking

backwards. I’m actually looking forward to helping the NBA in any way possible as it rises to continued new heights.’’

His last Finals might help the league reach those heights.

The Miami-San Antonio series features four former NBA Finals MVPs in Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. It will almost certainly have a tremendous international following, because James is a global marketing icon, Wade wears shoes from a Chinese company and more than half of the Spurs’ players were born outside the United States.

DENVER— George Karl is following general manager Masai Ujiri out of Denver.

Less than a month after winning the NBA’s Coach of the Year award, Karl’s tenure with the Nuggets is over after 8 1/2 seasons.

Karl had a year left on his contract and was aiming for a new deal.

UNC’S HAIRSTON FACING DRUG CHARGE

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Durham police have charged North Carolina leading scorer P.J. Hairston with marijuana possession following a traffic stop.

Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael says in an email that officers stopped Hairston at a license checkpoint Wednesday night. Police also charged passengers Miykael Faulcon and Carlos Sanford with marijuana possession. All three were released on $1,000 unsecured bonds.

SWIMMING CHAMPION, MOVIE STAR ESTHER WILLIAMS DIES

LOS ANGELES — Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned movie star, has died at age 91.

Williams’ publicist Harlan Boll says she died early Thursday in her sleep.

Williams became one of Hollywood’s biggest moneymakers in the 1940s and ‘50s, appearing in spectacular swimsuit numbers that capitalized on her wholesome beauty and perfect figure.

From wire reports

AREA SCOREBOARD BASEBALL POST 15 CAMP

The Sumter Post 15 Baseball Camp will be held June 24-27 at Riley Park.

The camp is open to children ages 7-14 and it will run each day from 9 a.m. to noon.

The camp will be conducted

by Sumter P-15’s coaches and players.

Registration will be held on Monday, June 24, beginning at 7:45 a.m. The camp fee is $60 per camper and all campers will receive a t-shirt.

For more information, call head coach Curtis Johnson at (803) 464-3972 or e-mail him at cujo0130@gmail.com Information can also be found online at www.p-15.net DIAMOND PRO CAMP

The Diamond Pro Instructional Baseball Camp will hold two sessions at Patriot Park SportsPlex in June.

The camp will be conducted by Sumter High School assistant coaches Frankie Ward and Joe Norris, Laurence Manning Academy head coach Barry Hatfield, SHS junior varsity head coach Robbie Mooneyham and SHS JV assistant David Horton.

The first session will be held June 10-13 and the second session will run from June 17-20. The camp is open to children ages 7-14 and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day.

The camp fee is $60 for one session or $100 for two.

All campers will receive at tshirt.

For more information, call Ward at (803) 720-4081 or Norris at (803) 934-6670.

BASKETBALL SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINIC

A fourth session of the Sumter Christian Basketball Clinic has been added to the schedule.

The new session will run from June 3-7 and is a fundamental clinics for children in the first through third grades.

The cost is $45 per camper.

The other clinics, which will be ran by Bobby Baker, Tom Cope and Jim Davis, are scheduled for June 10-14, June 24-28 and July 15-19.

The first session is for children in grades 3-6, the second is for grades 6-9 and the third is for grades 9-12. The clinic will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

The cost of each session is $45 per camper. T-shirts will be given and trophies will be awarded.

For more information, call Sumter Christian School at (803) 773-1902.

BATTLE ON THE HILL

The Battle On The Hill 2013 basketball tournament will be held July 5-7 at the Hillcrest Middle School gymnasium in Dalzell.

Players must be age 18 or older to participate in the tournament.

The entry fee is $175 per team if signing up by June 27.

There will be an additional

| $25 for those who sign up after that. The last day to sign up is July 2.

Teams must have jerseys or T-shirts with numbers printed on the back.

Each game will consist of two 18-minutes halves.

To enter, call Ronnie Morant (803) 463-7255 or Phil Morant at (704) 345-8427.

ROAD RACING TUOMEY FOUNDATION 5MILER

The Toumey Foundation 5Miler will be held on Saturday, June 8, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center beginning at 8 a.m.

The proceeds from the race will benefit diabetes education and treatment as well as other community outreach programs supports by the foundation.

The cost to enter the race is $25 per runner. Registration is available online at www. strictlyrunning.com.

For more information, call (803) 774-9014 or go online to tuomey.com/5miler.

GOLF KIWANIS CLUB TOURNAMENT

The Kiwanis Club of Sumter First Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, June 21, at Carolina Lakes Golf Course located at Shaw Air Force Base.

The tournament will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start.

The entry fee is $50 per player or $200 per team. Tee sponsorships are available for $100.

Money raised from the

event will go to the charities supported by the Sumter Kiwanis Club.

For more information, call Bill Hoge at (803) 795-9299 or (803) 895-8543 or e-mail him at bhoge@sc.rr.com.

SUMTER HIGH TOURNAMENT

The first ever Sumter High Athletics Golf Tournament will be held Monday, July 22, at Sunset Country Club.

The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. The entry fee is $160 per 4-man team.

For more information, call Drew Marlowe at (803) 4645682 or e-mail him at drew. marlowe@yahoo.com.

ARCHERY CHARITY ARCHERY 3D SHOOT

The Swamp Fox Archers Charity Archery 3D Shoot will be held on June 15 at the Swamp Fox Archers Outdoor Range on Fremont Road in Summerton.

All proceeds will go to the non-profit charity Crossroads Wounded Warrior Archery Foundation.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. on the day of the event.

Cost is $15 for adults while children under the age of 17 shoot for free.

For more information, contact Kimberly H. Daught at (803) 478-6511 or e-mail her at kim@cwwaf.com.

TENNIS LUKE JENSEN CLINIC

A tennis clinic featuring 1993 French Open doubles champion and current ESPN tennis television analyst Luke

Jensen will be held on Thursday, May 30, at Palmetto Tennis Center located at 400 Theatre Drive.

There will be a juniors session from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and an adult session from 6 to 7:30. The cost is $20 per person.

For more information, call the PTC at (803) 774-3969 or go to palmettotennis@sumter-sc.com.

FOOTBALL OFFICIALS CLASSES

The South Carolina High School League Football Officials Association and the Santee Wateree Football Officials Association are offering training classes for new officials for the 2013 season.

Classes will be held at the Sumter County Recreation Department every Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Granderson James at (803) 968-2391 or grandersonj@aol.com or Richard Geddings at (803) 468-8858.

SHS YOUTH CAMP

The Sumter High School Youth Football Camp will be held June 10-12 at the SHS practice fields.

The camp is open to children ages 8-15 at a cost of $45 per camper.

Each session will run from 9 a.m. until noon.

For more information, call SHS head coach Reggie Kennedy at (803) 351-0789 or email him at John.Kennedy@ sumterschools.net.

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MAEBELL WHITE MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Maebell White, 66, died Thursday, May 30, 2013, at 527 Subdivision Recycle Center, New Zion.

She was born March 24, 1947, in Manning, a daughter of WHITE the late John and Inez Riley White.

She was preceded in death by a son, Isaac McKnight Jr.; three sisters, Etheleen Johnson, Mary Ida King and Dorothy Lee Johnson; and two brothers, Henry and Elpea White.

She received her formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County. She was employed with the Clarendon County Waste Management Department. In her youth, she joined St. John Baptist Church, Bloomville community, Manning.

Survivors are her companion, James Whack of the home; her children, Jennie Hilton of Columbia, and Johnny McKnight, Dorothy Stinnie and Thelma (James) Blanding, all of Manning; two grandchildren reared in the home as her own, Christopher Dingle and Maurliyah White; one brother, Paul White of Sumter; one sister, Margaret McCoy of Sumter; four sisters-inlaw; four brothers-inlaw; four additional grandchildren, April, Zachary, Niesha and Joshua; eight greatgrandchildren; and a goddaughter, Sandra Dixon.

Celebratory services for Mrs. White will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Manning High School gymnasium / auditorium, 2155 Paxville Highway, Manning, with Evangelist Elizabeth Morant as eulogist, the Rev. Jack Morant presiding, and the Rev. David Pugh, Minister Sammie Murray and Elder Louis Hilton assisting. Burial will follow in St. Matthews Cemetery, Kingstree Highway, Manning.

Mrs. White will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

The family is receiving friends at her home, 6664 Tobias Road, Manning.

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

ROSE P. HOLLOWAY BENNETTSVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rose Purdy Holloway, 94, widow of Claude Robert Holloway Jr., died June 4, 2013, after a brief illness.

Born Dec. 26, HOLLOWAY 1918, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late John Ingram Purdy and Rosa Rumph Purdy. She grew up on a farm and developed a lifelong love of animals.

She was well known as a breeder of Angora rabbits and won numerous awards, including many for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best in Show.â&#x20AC;? She was a member of the American Rabbit Breeders Association and other rabbit clubs and maintained her contacts with fellow rabbit lovers to the end.

She mastered the art of

spinning Angora wool into yarn and demonstrated the craft at many local arts and crafts festivals, including Jubilee (Bennettsville), the John Blue Festival (Laurinburg, N.C.), Rolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery (Hilton Head Island) and the South Carolina State Fair. She also provided demonstrations of her craft for the Marlboro County Historical Museum. She was featured in many publications over the years, including the Charlotte Observer and Pee Dee Magazine. She was known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rabbit Lady,â&#x20AC;? a title she treasured.

She received an associate degree in business from Queens College in Charlotte. After settling in Bennettsville in the late 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, she worked at Bennettsville High School during the 1960s and 70s as secretary to the principal, later working for Drs. Howell and McAlpine.

Other places of employment included Marlboro County DSS, Marlboro County Council on Aging, and Reliance Trading, gaining many lasting friendships.

She had been an avid gardener and especially loved flowers and unusual plants.

While a member of a local garden club, her talent for flower arrangements won her many blue ribbons and other awards.

She is survived by two daughters, Margaret (Cal) Humbert of Maxton, N.C., and Helen Murray of West Columbia; a son, John (Dona) Holloway of Greer; six grandchildren, Steve Humbert, Michael Humbert, Glenn Humbert, Michele Humbert Herndon, Alan (Lucky) Holloway and Lauren Holloway (Chris) Winter; a great-grandchild, Madison Humbert; a nephew, Robert O. (Susan) Purdy IV; a niece, Jeanne Purdy (Scott) Joslin; and six greatnephews, Joshua, Jacob, Jonathan, and Jesse Joslin and Cliff and Ross Purdy.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Obadiah Purdy III. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Burroughs-Cooper-Kiser Funeral Home of Bennettsville.

Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park.

A visitation will be held from 2 until 3 p.m. just prior to the service at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www. bckfh.com.

SADIE BROWN NEW ZION â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sadie Harrison Foster Brown, 81, widow of Ervin Brown, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in the Alcolu section of Clarendon County.

She was BROWN born Feb. 16, 1932, in New Zion, a daughter of the late James and Conyers Eaddy Harrison.

She was preceded in death by six brothers and five sisters.

She attended the parochial schools of Howard Chapel and Melina.

She received a degree

in bookkeeping from Manhattan Training School in Manhattan, N.Y. She was a member of Howard Chapel AME Church and served on the gospel and senior choirs, missionary society and Sunday school.

Survivors are one brother, Samuel (Charlene) Harrison of Baltimore, Md.; one sister, Mary J. Green of Baltimore; three sisters-inlaw, Thelma Carter and Shelia Harrison, both of Baltimore, and Andretta Harrison of Foreston; three aunts, Sadie Rufus and Pearl Harrison, both of Turbeville, and Meida Williams of Jamaica, N.Y.; and two uncles, George (Lillie) Harrison of Scranton and Willie Harrison of Turbeville.

Celebratory services for Mrs. Brown will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Howard Chapel AME Church, Old Manning Road, New Zion, with Pastor Oliver Davis, eulogist, the Rev. Jerome McCray presiding, and the Revs. Robert D. Hunter and Lucious Wheeler assisting. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her niece, Mary Lee Evans, 1254 County Road, New Zion.

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

ROBIN H. JUPENA CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Robin Ann Herrington Jupena, 51, of Fort Mill, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 5, 2013.

A gathering of family and friends to celebrate her life will be held from noon until 2 p.m. with a memorial service starting at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Greene Funeral Home, Northwest Chapel.

Robin always sought the light of hope in the dark clouds of life experiences. This was evident in her dignified battle with cancer.

Robin had a gift for beauty, physical and spiritual. She extended a nurturing spirit and lent a helping hand to those in need. Her smile was contagious and her friendship genuine. She was a mother that smothered with love.

Born in Sumter County, she was preceded in death by her father, Robert Mitchum Herrington Jr. She was of the Baptist faith and was a lov-

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ing mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She enjoyed and appreciated her clients and co-workers at Carmel Day Spa in Charlotte.

Survivors include her sons, Mitch Player and Tyler Jupena of Myrtle Beach; mother, Mary Ann Bellflower Herrington of Lake City; brother, Robbie Herrington (Vickie) of Rock Hill; sister, Kim Grandon of Lugoff; grandsons, Jesse Player and Drake Player; and granddaughter, Tinsley Player.

Condolences may be made online at www. greenefuneralhome.net.

MINNIE L. McLEOD Minnie Lee McLeod, 88, widow of Bert McLeod, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, June 05, 2013 at her home.

Born Nov. 18, 1924, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Archie and Betty Poole McLeod. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Survivors include two sons, Olin McLeod (Freida) and Mike McLeod (Evelyn); five daughters, Emily Tennant, Pat Arrants (LaVerne), Darlene Poston (Aaron), Betty Ann McCaskill (Cecil) and Tammy Davis (Bobby); one brother, Hazel McLeod; two sisters, Betty Jean â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackieâ&#x20AC;?

McLeod and Maybelle Wilkinson; 16 grandchildren; 22 greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, J.B. McLeod and Phil McLeod; an infant daughter; an infant granddaughter; a sonin-law, Raymond Tennant; a daughter-inlaw, Sandra McLeod; and a sister, Mary Crider.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Pinewood Cemetery with Pastor Julius Ragin and Pastor James Dolinger officiating.

The family will receive friends following the services.

The family would like to thank Amedisys Hospice Care for their love and support.

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

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium is in

charge of the arrangements.

BENNY LOWERY Benny Lowery, 54, widower of Suzzette Singleton Lowery, died Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on March 22, 1959, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Edward Lee Sr. and Mary Linton Lowery.

The family will receive friends and relatives at the home of his brother and sister-inlaw, Edward Jr. and Sally Lowery.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

ROBERT E. BANNISTER Jr. SUMMERTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Robert E. Bannister Jr., 52, died on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He was born Wednesday, March 1, 1961, in Summerton, to Mary Dubose Bannister and the late Robert Bannister Sr. The family is receiving friends at the home, 1180 Washington St., Summerton, SC 29148.

Services have been entrusted in the professional care of KingFields Mortuary, Summerton.

MAGGIE MAE ATKINSON BISHOPVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Maggie Mae Atkinson, daughter of the late Nannie Atkinson, entered eternal rest on June 1, 2013, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Donnie Mickens, 2871 Lucknow Road, Bishopville.

Visitations will be held from 1 until 6 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church, Lucknow community of Lee County, with the pastor, the Rev. Rickey Wilson, officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Baptist Church cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at wilsonfuneralhome@sc.rr.com.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

LEROY F. WALCOTT Jr. Leroy F. Walcott Jr., 63, husband of Normie

McBride Walcott, entered eternal life on Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Oct. 10, 1949, in Manhattan, N.Y., a son of the late Leroy F. Sr. and Thelma B. Walcott. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School Class of 1968. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, having served a tour of duty in Vietnam. He also attended Sumter Area Technical College. He was an employee of Georgia-Pacific, Thomas Lewis & Evans Construction Co., and Becton Dickinson (B&D).

He had been a member of Church of God by Faith Inc., Lynchburg, since 1983.

Survivors include Normie M. Walcott; his mother, Thelma B. Walcott; three sons, Leroy F. Walcott III, Cedrich M. Walcott and Erik D. Walcott Sr. (Shanashia); five grandchildren, Kadeshia Walcott, Nyasia M. Walcott, Eriyonna D. Walcott, Erik D. Walcott Jr. and Alex F. Walcott; a brother, David M. Walcott; sister, Reva Felicia Walcott-Dixon (Montray); a host of other relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 2:30 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at the Church of God by Faith Inc., Lynchburg, with Pastor Andreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; G. McBride officiating, assisted by Elder Wayne Brunson, Elder David Laws, Elder Thomas Gibbs, Elder George Boatwright and Evangelist Pamela McCollough.

Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park, Sumter.

The family is receiving visitors at the home, 105 Brown St., Sumter.

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

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

RANDOLPH J. MATTHEWS Jr. MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Randolph Jackson Matthews Jr., 71, husband of Edee Tabor Matthews, died Thursday, June 6, 2013, at his home in Manning.

Services will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 4352179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

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2nd Annual Bikers Against Diabetes, B.A.D VFW Post 1925 Gion St, Sat 9am-2pm. All proceeds go to ADA. Rain or Shine!

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Miscellaneous C&C Recycling Parts & Wrecker Service Top price paid for junk cars! We buy scrap metal, alum cans, batteries, copper. 773-7702

2010 Mercury Mariner Premier: Like New, fully loaded, leather int., Color white suede, mi. 31,200, $19,950.00. Call 803-469-2158

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Thursday, June 13, adult and pediatric CPR, first aid and AED, blended learning; and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 29, adult CPR, first aid, AED. Advance registration and payment required.

The 2nd Annual Bikers Against Diabetes Yard Sale will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at VFW Post 3034, 1925 Gion St. To donate or arrange pick-up of donations, contact Diane Sheesley at (803) 5062865 or Diane Bikersagainstdiabetes on Facebook.

Volunteers needed for Stream Cleanup: Shot Pouch Creek 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 8. Sumter Stormwater Solutions will provide trash bags, water and gloves. Volunteers should meet at Ozzie’s at the Rustic Market, 433 N. Guignard Drive. We will be picking up trash along Shot Pouch Creek and in the creek with a few volunteers using kayaks provided by Carolina Clear. Volunteers should wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes, dress for the weather and bring work gloves if you have them. A waiver (available on site) is required for all volunteers. If under age 18, a parent/guardian must sign. Call (803) 7735561.

The Rembert Area Community Coalition Friends and Family Day will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at 6785 Bradley St. (behind Rembert Car Wash). There will be food, beverages, live music and more.

The Sumter County Library will present the movie “Man on Wire” at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the main branch of the library, 111 N. Harvin St. The Ashwood Central High School Classes of 1976 and 1977 will meet at 5 p.m Sunday, June 9, at McDonald’s in Bishopville.

We will continue to plan for the August class reunion. Call Debra Martin Mickens at (803) 229-2445 or Barbara Mathis Wactor at (803) 660-6706.

The Lee County Adult Education’s graduation and recognition ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11, at Lee Central High School, 1800 Wisacky Highway, Bishopville.

The National Federation of the Blind (Sumter Chapter) will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Joan Howard-Davis, of Primerica Financial Services, will speak. Transportation provided within the mileage radius. Contact Debra Canty at (803) 775-5792 or via email at DebraCanC2@frontier. com.

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Futuristic ‘Continuum’ continues on Syfy

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Our summer of Canadian cop shows (“Motive,” “Rookie Blue”) continues. “Continuum” (10 p.m., Syfy, TV-14) is a police drama only in the most technical sense. Now in its second season, it involves rebels from the year 2077 who evade execution for treason against corporate dictatorship by traveling back in time to Vancouver, British Columbia, circa 2012.

Their clever escape is complicated by the presence of fetching policewoman Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols), who was dragged back half a century, along with her prey. The series follows her pursuit of the rebels as well as the discovery of the forces and events that lead to the tyranny that (will) spark their rebellion.

The second season picks up in the aftermath of the ticking time bomb of last year’s cliffhanger. Like most fantasies of this sort, “Continuum” works best when it remains within the logic and “rules” of time-travel science fiction. Things in the second season get a little too fantastical and superhero-ish for this viewer.

• Speaking of fantastic super heroes, “Da Vinci’s Demons” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA) wraps up its first season. For the uninitiated, this series re-imagines Leonardo da Vinci (Tom Riley) as a wisecracking man of action, a sword wielding, swash-buckling renaissance MacGyver who is catnip to the ladies, to boot. There is also a Dan Brown-like con-

spiracy of secret knowledge-sharers pulling the strings behind the scenes. Preposterous?

Yes. But fun.

• Turner Classic Movies serves up three adaptations of Dashiell Hammett’s crime classic “The Maltese Falcon.”

The first “Maltese Falcon” (8 p.m.) was released in 1931 and starred Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez. The story was remade under a different name in 1936 and released as “Satan Met a Lady” (4:30 a.m.), starring Bette Davis and Warren William. The third time was the charm. Directed by John Huston and released in 1941, “The Maltese Falcon” (2:30 a.m.) would all but establish Humphrey Bogart’s screen persona and launch the genre of dimly lit crime movies featuring quirky camera angles that would become known as “film noir.”

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Remains wash up on a beach on “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• What is “Bridezillas”

but a mashup of “27 Dresses” (8 p.m., Fox Movie Channel) and “28 Days Later” (7:30 p.m., BBC America)?

• Carroll’s ex-wife (and Hardy’s former lover) sheds light on the FBI’s prey on “The Following” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• “Great Performances” (9 p.m., PBS) presents “Paul Simon’s Graceland Journey: Under African Skies,” a celebration of the 1986 album.

• Given the choice, I would not watch “What Would You Do?” (9 p.m., ABC).

• Gang violence claims a bride on her special day on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• Two sisters celebrate a double wedding on “Wild West Alaska” (10 p.m., Discovery, TV14).

• Kieren flees to an old haunt on part two of the thoughtful threepart zombie miniseries “In the Flesh” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

Well worth watching.

• An Irish family living in California wants to hang a Celtic dwell-

ing in their tree on “Treehouse Masters” (10 p.m., Animal Planet).

TV-14) * “Rock Center With Brian Williams” (10 p.m., NBC) * “20/20” (10 p.m., ABC).

Cult Choice

Late Night

A therapist (Marlon Brando) finds himself enchanted by a delusional patient (Johnny Depp) who is convinced he’s a legendary lover in the 1995 romantic comedy “Don Juan DeMarco” (9 p.m., HBO Family). Faye Dunaway also stars in this light romp that unites three big-screen sex symbols of three different eras.

Jack Huston, Bobby Lee, Arden Myrin and Matt Braunger appear on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!, r)* Tom Hanks and the Broadway cast of “Pippin” appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS, r) * Jay Leno welcomes Russell Crowe and Judith Hill on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Rod Stewart and Edie Falco appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC, r) * Neil Patrick Harris, Jim Gaffigan, David Sanborn and Bob James appear on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Ethan Hawke and Jamie Chung on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

Series Notes A CEO roughs it for a living on “Undercover Boss” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * “Dateline NBC” (8 p.m.) * A new approach to ice cream on “Shark Tank” (8 p.m., ABC, r) * A cleaner goes freelance on “Nikita” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Kevin deciphers the tablets on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * A missing person may be in danger on “Hawaii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS, r,

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