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Wild Weasels gather 13 missile combat pilots reunite for 50th anniversary of 1st successful mission BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com It takes a special kind of courage to deliberately place yourself in the line of fire to protect your fellow airmen, but that is what pilots known as the “Wild Weasels” began doing in the early years of the Vietnam War. Thirteen of those pilots gathered at Shaw Air Force Base on Friday to commemo-

rate the 50th anniversary of the group’s first successful mission. In the early years of the Vietnam War, Russia began supplying the North Vietnamese with sophisticated SAM2 and SAM3 surface-to-air missiles, Lt. Col Michael Horlbeck, commander of the 55th Fighter Squadron, said as the former pilots gathered with their modern counterparts Friday.

“These were incredibly lethal missiles,” he said. Some of the military’s best minds were tasked with coming up with techniques to combat the missiles. “They had a procedure they thought would work,” said Allen Lamb of Lumberton, North Carolina. “We would get them to shoot at us, and we would hone in on their radar.”

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Capt. Steve Cecil shows retired Wild Weasel pilot Allen Lamb the targeting system of a Sidewinder missile during the reunion tour of Shaw Air Force Base on Friday. Lamb is credited with the first surface to air missile destruction of the Vietnam War.

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Sumter High says goodbye, good luck to Class of 2015 Sumter High School graduates march across the stage Saturday morning as hundreds of family members look on at Sumter High School’s Memorial Stadium. See more photos on A5 and online at theitem.com. KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Local legislators express disappointment with session results BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com While local delegation members to the State Legislature were probably glad to put Columbia in their rear view mirrors after the South Carolina General Assembly adjourned at 4 p.m. Thursday, their frustration was evident as the members spoke to the The Sumter Item on Thursday. “It was a session that started with a lot of promise and ended with a lot of despair,” said Rep. Murrell Smith, RSumter. “We had a lot of issues that we talked about and were going to accomplish, and about 95 percent of

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those are still not accomplished.” Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, said he wishes the session could have been more productive. “This is the first year of a two-year session, so, hopefully, we can do more next year,” he said. Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Manning, said it was a very frustrating and disappointing session. “We should have done a lot more than we got done,” he said. “We spent a lot of time at the beginning of the session on trivial bills that were not important; then at the end of the session we had the filibuster (in the Senate) and that caused us to leave a lot of

work undone that was important to South Carolina.” Smith said that he is concerned that even though everybody agreed on what needed to be done, the General Assembly failed to act. “It is disconcerting that we are seeing legislation to address our infrastructure problems being held hostage in the Senate,” he said. “We have a capital reserve fund being held hostage. In my 15 years of serving, I have never seen a capital reserve fund not passed.” Johnson said there is no excuse for the General Assembly’s failure to pass a roads bill.

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“There were some major bills that really would have an impact on the citizens of South Carolina, and because of a lot of nonsense we didn’t get to it,” he said. If there is a silver lining, the delegation agreed, it was the passage of domestic violence legislation, which McElveen called the biggest legislation to pass this session. “We did get a domestic violence bill, which the governor signed,” McElveen said. “I am proud that we have a bill that reflects our values.” Smith praised Speaker Jay Lucas,

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Zoning board to take up variance requests The Sumter City and County Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Sumter City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. to consider multiple requests for variance for two structures located on an approximate .44-acre residential lot in the 2800 block of September Drive. The applicant requests a variance to reduce the building separation criteria between the house and a detached garage from 10 feet to eight feet; a variance to reduce the side setback between the garage and the property line from 10 feet to five feet; and a variance to allow the 1,400 square-foot garage to be placed on the property although it is larger than the maximum size for a detached structure on that size lot.

Contractor sentenced in case that ensnared Viers COLUMBIA — A Pawleys Island contractor has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for his role in a money laundering case that included a former South Carolina House member. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said Friday 55-year-old Marlon Weaver was also ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution. Former state Rep. Thad Viers is facing up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering. Federal prosecutors say the Myrtle Beach Republican helped hide the assets of Weaver’s construction company after it defaulted on a contract to do paving work on Interstate 95, then lied about it to IRS agents. Viers resigned from the South Carolina House after a 2012 arrest on charges he harassed a former girlfriend.

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com “The City of Uncommon Patriotism” will again have no official events celebrating the Fourth of July, said Shelly Kile, communications and tourism director for the City of Sumter. A quick, informal survey of nearby towns shows Manning as the only municipality planning a fireworks display. “The city has no official plans for the Fourth of July this year, no official ceremony or any events specifically surrounding the Fourth,” Kile said. She said Fourth of July events in South Carolina are held by nonprofit organizations or private institutions. “It is the Fourth of July,

In the Sunday, May 31 edition of The Sumter Item the name of “On the Rocks Bar and Grill” co-owner Al Benenhaley was misspelled in an article about the restaurant’s grand opening. In a story in Saturday’s edition on the front page titled “71st D-Day anniversary prompts families to share memories,” The Sumter Item misspelled the surname of John Duffie.

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be held at Dillon Park,” Kile said. “There have been discussions, but it has been a matter of trying to find funding replacement.” Asked if having no Fourth of July celebration belies the city’s motto “Uncommon Patriotism,” Kile said the community shows its patriotism in other ways. “Uncommonly patriotic doesn’t necessarily mean we celebrate any one day of the year; it means that we celebrate every day of the year,” she said. Kennedy said it is the people of Sumter who give the community its moniker. “We have a lot of things around Memorial Day and with Shaw, and not only that, it is the people of Sumter,” she said.

Kile said the city is working to keep residents informed of nearby Fourth of July celebrations. “We are constructing a list of anything within an hour’s drive of Sumter that we will be releasing through our blog and social media as well as through our newsletter,” she said. Mayor Joe McElveen said a fireworks display is not under consideration. “I think that is because Shaw did it for awhile and, before that, the county,” he said. “There was a time when the county would have some pretty big names at Dillon Park.” He said the city is working with veterans groups to have a Veterans Day parade in November.

Safe summer FROM STAFF REPORTS With school out and the days getting longer and hotter, Sumter Police Department wants you to stay safe. The department offers these tips:

BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS • Never assume a driver sees you; • Obey signs and signals; • Wear bright clothing — wearing reflective materials or carrying a flashlight at night makes you more visible to drivers; and • Walkers should use sidewalks when possible.

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• Prune shrubbery so the view of doors and windows is not obstructed; • If going out of town, have someone take care of your mail and newspapers or have your service stopped until you return. You may also have the Police Department conduct a property check while you are out of town; • Watch out for suspicious vehicles. If you see a “prowling” car, truck or van in your neighborhood, write down the license number and description of the vehicle and its occupants; and • Keep doors and windows locked at

Reserve Officer and Victim Advocate Amanda Wiley was among officers who helped register children’s bicycles earlier this spring. The registration helps identify a bicycle later if it is stolen. all times. Garage doors should also stay closed and locked.

MOTORISTS • Lock your vehicle before leaving it, and remove your valuables or make sure they are out of sight; • Slow down and stay alert, especially in residential areas where children might be playing:

• Use extra caution at night and during stormy weather; and • Avoid impaired and distracted driving. For more crime prevention tips, visit sumterpd.com or call the Community Services Unit at (803) 436-2723. To contact the Police Department for property checks or other concerns, call (803) 436-2700 or dial 911 for emergencies.

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and we recognize that,” she said. “We would love to have something like that, but typically even a 10- or 15-minute firework display can cost in excess of $30,000. We are not closed to it by any means, but we are not planning anything at this time.” Sumter Events Manager Lynn Kennedy said the city is partnering with Shaw Air Force Base for an event, but it is for base personnel only. Before budget cuts implemented by the federal government’s sequestration, Shaw presented a fireworks display at Dillon Park, she said. “Since the Jammin’ July Fourth ended a few years ago, which was in fact sponsored by Shaw Air Force Base, not the city or the county, it just happened to

The 2015 Palmetto Boys State will be held on the campus of Anderson University in Anderson today through Saturday. The 2015 Palmetto Girls State will be held on the same dates on the campus of Presbyterian College in Clinton. Palmetto Boys State and Palmetto Girls State is a oneweek leadership and citizenship training program created to educate outstanding rising seniors about state and local government and citizenship. The students will experience governmental procedure by simulating political campaigns, elections and the political process. They will also

learn about the principles of citizenship and public service from guest speakers, expert panels and staff members. The 2015 Palmetto Boys State delegates from Sumter American Legion Post-15 are: • Andrew Compton — Laurence Manning Academy; • Kenneth Harp and Christopher Rickabaugh — St. Francis Xavier High School; • Robert James, Edward McMillan, Dalton Miller, Ramon Schwartz and Samuel Watford — Wilson Hall School; • Collin Kremer, Dajaun McDonald and Ricky Scott — Crestwood High School; • Connor Lambert — Lakewood High School; and • Alexander Leasure, Cody Lowe, Joshua Miller, Charles

Miranda, Turner Newman, Charles Patton, Shyheim Perry and William Stallings — Sumter High School. The Boys State delegates from Black River Post 149 of New Zion are: • Connor Edward Floyd and Glynn “G” Worrell Webster III—The Carolina Academy; • Stephen James Lambert Jr. and Walker Christian McKenzie — East Clarendon High School; and • Curtis “Tripp” Lynn Mason III and Dylan Joseph Matthews — Laurence Manning Academy. The 2015 Palmetto Girls State delegates from Sumter American Legion Auxiliary Unit 15 are: • Heather Solberg, Rachel

Oakley, McLean Achziger, Sarah Jones and Veronika Milke — Sumter High School; • Payton Mickene — Lakewood High School; • Sade Turner and Alexis Padar — Crestwood High School; • Allison Kate Whaley, Catherine Grace Kelley and Nicollette Fisher — Wilson Hall; • Morgan Conte and Rebecca Jenkins — Thomas Sumter Academy; and • Carolina McNair — Laurence Manning Academy. The Girls State delegates from Black River American Legion Auxiliary Unit 149 are Brooklyn Lacey Fort and Ashlee Elizabeth Lineburger of East Clarendon High School.

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Stop striving for perfection ondays are known for being the most popular day for starting a diet. But for Geena Armstrong, every Monday was the same for her. “Mondays were the day I started my diet or more realistically would restart my diet,” she said. “I would be going strong, and by Wednesday or Thursday night I would have blown it. The kids or my job would have gotten me off track, and I couldn’t find my way back.” Many dieters struggle to stay on track. But for Missy Geena, she Corrigan had an all-ornothing mentality. When she would fall short once, she fell off her plan completely. “I had this thought in my mind that if I couldn’t follow it exactly as it was written, then I was failing. You don’t know how many times I felt like a failure, but I can tell you it was a lot. And when you get down on yourself, it is hard to find the motivation to do something good for yourself. If there was anything I was good at when it came to dieting, it was blaming others for my failures. I used to blame the kids, my job, family and friends for preventing me from succeeding. My yo-yo dieting over the years led me to being 80 pounds overweight and suffering from joint pain and high blood pressure. My doctor suggested I attend a healthy-living program that focused on lifestyle changes rather than quick fixes.

CHICAGO (AP) — Alcohol problems affect almost 33 million adults and most have never sought treatment, according to a government survey that suggests rates have increased in recent years. The study is the first national estimate based on a new term, “alcohol use disorder,” in a widely used psychiatric handbook that was updated in 2013. Here are five things to know about the research published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry:

TIPS FOR SUCCESS • Set daily goals; • Accept responsibility; and • Celebrate progress.

“In this support group setting, I was comforted to learn that everyone seemed to have the same struggles I did. I realized that it’s not about being perfect; it’s about making healthier choices at every opportunity. It’s having a plan and being prepared. It’s celebrating the small positive changes and continuing on, even when you aren’t perfect. “Being honest with myself was a huge turning point for me. It wasn’t my kids or my job that got me to this point; it was my choices and lifestyle. When I accepted full responsibility for my actions and decisions, I finally felt like nothing stood in my way. But don’t think that this didn’t mean I no longer had setbacks. “This acceptance didn’t make me perfect at everything, but it made me more aware that the progress I was making was leading me to my goal, and I didn’t have to be perfect. So instead of saying ‘you still have weight to lose,’ I say ‘you ate healthy today and exercised, and that’s progress.’ “Focusing on my short-term goals has helped me get closer to my long-term goal. And by that I mean focus on what I do every day. It can be disappointing when you constantly focus on how far you still have to go to reach your goal. This new outlook has helped me lose 30 pounds in six months, so I see now how these smaller goals have added up to help me get closer to my overall goal.”

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recent problem drinkers or nearly 33 million nationally, and 30 percent — almost 69 million — had been at some point in their lives. Mild drinking problems were the most common, while 14 percent had ever experienced severe drinking problems. Using the old definition, the rates were 13 percent for current or recent problem drinking and 44 percent for lifetime prevalence — up from 9 percent and 30 percent in the agency’s 2001-02 survey.

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The revised handbook, the DSM-5, defines problem drinkers or those with the disorder as people with at least two of 11 symptoms, including drinking that harms performance at work, school or home; frequent hangovers; and failed attempts to limit drinking. Mild problems involve two to three symptoms; severe involve at least six symptoms. The new handbook combined alcohol abuse and dependence, which had been separate disorders, added craving as one symptom and eliminated alcohol-related legal problems as another.

Nearly 40 percent of adults surveyed said they had engaged in binge drinking — downing at least five drinks in a day at least once in the past year, up from 31 percent in the earlier survey. Even heavier drinking also increased but was less common.

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Dr. George Koob, director of the federal agency that did the survey, said it’s unclear why problem drinking has increased but that many people underestimate the dangers of excessive alcohol. Many won’t seek help because of “stigma and denial,” and many don’t realize that medications and behavior treatments can help.

Researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism asked 36,000 adults during 2012 or 2013 about lifetime drinking habits, including current or within the past year. About 14 percent of adults were current or

WHO’S DRINKING? Drinking problems were most prevalent among men, whites and Native Americans. Low-income adults, those younger than 30 and those who never married also had relatively high rates. Problem drinking also was more common among city dwellers than those in rural areas, while the West and Midwest had higher rates than other regions.

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Marriage today: Rich-poor gap, gays gain access Thoughts mixed on programs that seek to help strengthen households BY DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Through two decades of debate on whether America’s gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, opponents of such unions depicted their resistance as “defense of marriage.” Now, on the cusp of a Supreme Court ruling that could legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, the underlying institution is under scrutiny anew. Does marriage in America indeed need help? What kind of shape is it in? In simplest terms, the diagnosis is mixed. Among college-educated, relatively affluent couples, marriage is doing pretty well. Where education and income levels are lower, it’s often a different story — higher divorce rates and far more children being born out of wedlock, including many to single mothers. There’s broad sentiment that this “marriage gap” is unfortunate but no consensus on what to do about it. Some think government-funded marriage-promotion programs can make a difference. Others depict marriage-focused solutions as misguided and say the problems can be eased only by broader economic and social initiatives benefiting all types of households. “There is no one silver bullet,” said David Blankenhorn, head of a centrist think-tank, the Institute for American Values, that focuses much of its work on marriage and families. Yet despite uncertainty about solutions, he and others think there is now an opportunity to bridge the left-right split over marriage, particularly in light of the sweeping gains for gay and lesbian couples. For many years, the gaymarriage debate was intertwined with assertions about “traditional marriage” between a man and a woman. A federal act passed in 1996 and a subsequent wave of amendments adopted in many states used the term “defense of marriage” to deny recognition to same-sex unions. Many opponents of same-sex marriage argued that allowing gays to wed would somehow undermine heterosexual marriage. Such arguments have fared poorly in recent federal court cases. And there’s a strong likelihood that the Supreme Court will order the legalization of same-sex marriage in all 50 states in a ruling expected soon. Opinion polls show a solid majority of Americans support it. “Marriage as culture war in America can now be replaced by marriage as common cause,” said a coalition of scholars and civic leaders in their manifesto for a new initiative called Marriage Opportunity. The group, with Blankenhorn as an organizer, envisions liberals fighting for economic opportunity, conservatives fighting for stronger families and gays who have now won marriage rights for themselves all uniting to confront the marriage gap. Scholars who have chronicled the gap say it stems in large measure from the loss of stable, well-paid industrial jobs — consigning many young adults to precarious, low-paid work, and prompting some to put off marriage even while having children out of wedlock. In contrast, college-educated young adults are more likely to wait until marriage to have children and then have the prospect of raising them in a household supported by two good incomes. According to the Pew Research Center, the share of

American adults who’ve never married is at a historic high. In 2012, 20 percent of adults 25 and older had never been married, compared to 9 percent of adults in 1960. Back then, according to Pew, the likelihood of being married didn’t vary according to level of education; now men with advanced degrees are far more likely to have married than those who didn’t go beyond high school. Another striking figure: Unmarried mothers account for 40.6 percent of children born in the U.S., according to recent Census data. In the black community, the rate is 71.5 percent. Tera Jordan, a professor of human development at Iowa State University, has studied various aspects of marriage and relationships among black Americans. She sees a need for multiple changes — more access to good-paying jobs, better educational opportunities and a lowering of the incarceration rate for young black men. Her THE ASSOCIATED PRESS advice to young adults wonAshlie Bozell, center, and Steven Bozell, right, listen as Dan Grimes, left, a family life educator, oversees a dering about marriage: “Be Family Expectations class in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The program entails 30 hours of classes for low-inclear about your goals; be patient. Finish your education.” come expectant parents, whether married or not, who want to strengthen their relationships.

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SESSION FROM PAGEA1 R-Darlington, for his leadership in the House. “Speaker Lucas ran the House well for his first year, and it changed the whole tenor from how the House has been run in the past,” he said. “He ran it through inclusion, which is better for everybody who serves in that body.” Smith pointed out that the House was able to clear its calendar before adjourning. “We stayed in session (Wednesday) to get through some bills,” he said. “We did not break for lunch and stayed in session until 8 p.m. to make sure we passed that legislation and other legislation that was on the calendar.” Johnson said the Republicans, which control both houses of the General Assembly and the governorship, had the numbers to make sure things were done but were unable to put aside internal differences. “We had to watch them butt heads with each other, and they have to realize that we are there to move South Carolina forward,” he said. “I would be hopeful that we could think things over in the summer and come back and be ready to make up for lost time.” McElveen said one positive development is the attention the delegation was able to draw toward the Pinewood Site toxic waste dump. “We got the conversation started on the Pinewood landfill,” he said. “I want to thank Sen. (Daniel) Verdin for the work he did, and we will just have to keep rolling till we get all the facts.”

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Lamb said. George Wilson was one of the backseaters completing 100 missions in one tour in F105Gs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our mission was to protect the strike force,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wild Weasels would place themselves between the SAM sites and the strike force so they would be targeted instead. Once we located them, we could bomb them.â&#x20AC;? Wilson, who is now a minister in Charlotte, said he left a lot of buddies in Vietnam, including two roommates. He said he was recently able to sit in a modern jet trainer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is so much more complex,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the old days we had eight to 10 gauges; in the trainer there must have been 80 to 100 switches in front of me.â&#x20AC;? And just what does it feel like to have a SAM missile on your tail? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No feeling,â&#x20AC;? Lamb said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just gut it out.â&#x20AC;? Wilson said once they learned the SAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s limitations, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too bad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get to feeling invulnerable,â&#x20AC;?

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Working 9 to 5 becoming less popular NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; If you want an income or youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re an employer looking for help it may be time to scrap the idea of the traditional 9-to-5 arrangement. For workers, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become easier and less risky to go solo. Affordable health insurance plans, which kept many workers shackled to traditional jobs, are more accessible because of the Affordable Care Act. And companies are increasingly open to hiring freelancers and independent contractors. Many say independent workers bring fresh ideas without the long-term commitment. An industry dedicated to serving the companies that offer freelance and contract work and the people who fill those openings is growing. Gigs can be found at a number of websites, such as Upwork.com and Freelancer.com or through hiring services that connect professional freelancers and companies. And companies that provide shared rented office space, such as WeWork, lets freelancers mingle with fellow contractors. In 2013, 23 million people were self-employed, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up 1.2 percent from the year before and up about 24 percent from 2003. That number doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count self-employed people who may also hire employees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going away,â&#x20AC;? says Brooke Borgen, co-owner of Canopy Advisory Group, a hiring company for freelanc-

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e are besieged each day by reports of terrible things happening all around the world. In today’s 24-hour news cycle world, evil rarely goes unreported. The same is not true of good news. There have always been bad things happening in the world; it is just that today we hear about bad news instantly and in volume. I submit to you, however, that here in Sumter we have much to be thankful for. Sumter is a pretty good place to be right now. Nevertheless, we have challenges. The solutions often boil down to personal behavior or personal responsibility. While government has a role in addressing the challenges our community faces, every problem does not have a governmental solution. No ordinance or law can change a person’s heart or make him accept personal responsibility or behave within the bounds of the law. So much violence occurs between people who know or even profess to love each other. We cannot have enough police officers to catch all of the people who litter or code inspectors to address every blighted property. Our secret weapon is the majority of good people in Sumter who get up every day, accept their responsibilities

COMMENTARY and lead by example. We need for our secret weapons to take on the challenges facing our community the way they do in their everyday lives: quietly and with commitment. I have a few “small step” suggestions that could yield big results. Are there retired or otherwise inactive teachers who will agree to work with children who need help with reading during the summer? Part of the “curricuJoseph lum” could be reading McElveen about litter and the damage it does — think of Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax.” One can learn a lot about right actions by reading. If you are willing to take this on, call me, and we will figure a way to make it happen. On your block, get three to five of your neighbors to commit to picking up litter regularly. Also, if a neighbor cannot or does not keep his yard clean and cut, do it for him. Cut, edge and maintain the right of way in front of your property, and if your neighbor

cannot maintain hers, do it for her. If you have questions about what you can and cannot do, call me. I will get answers for you. Get friends together regularly and pick up litter along main roads in the city. We have lots of organizations committed to picking up litter, but we need it to be a personal habit not only not to litter, but also to pick up other people’s litter. Pick up litter outside of your own neighborhood. Go to a church where you are not a member at least once or twice a year. Attend a neighborhood meeting in an area where you do not live. Volunteer opportunities abound in our community. Volunteer at United Ministries, Red Cross, Project Inasmuch or any organization or project that helps the less fortunate in Sumter. Step out of your comfort zone and learn more about where you live. Vote, and come to Sumter City Council meetings. Call your city council member and me with your complaints, concerns and suggestions. Express your opinion on agenda items. We must all be in this together. Sumter people are friendly, hardworking, outgoing and compassionate. Let’s put those qualities to work

in making Sumter one of the best places anywhere. Our community is blessed. Look at how much better our city looks than just a few years ago. Look at the increase in our per-capita income the last few years — the biggest percentage increase in the state. Our unemployment rate has not been as low as it has been lately in many years. We should use those blessings to help others among us share in those blessings. There are other things one can do to ignite the spirit we need in all of Sumter. My list is not all-encompassing. Whatever you do, I simply ask that you inspire others by your example. If you are a person of faith, live that faith as a resident in our community. Learn the joy of giving to and helping others. Become a working part of your community. It has been said that evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Conversely, evil will lose when good people are working against it. I know I am preaching to the choir with so many in Sumter. Yet even if you are in that “choir,” do more. We can enjoy our blessings and at the same time turn our challenges into successes. Joseph McElveen is mayor of the city of Sumter. Reach him at (803) 773-0382 or jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com.

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This is a letter about the sentencing of Mr. David A. Durant and comments by Dr. Brenda Williams. Mr. Durant got just what he worked for. We all work to receive certain things in this life. Mr. Durant knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he would receive rewards for the work he did. As the old saying goes, “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.” Mr. Durant has an extensive criminal record, and that record finally caught up with him. Dr. Williams said, “Mr. Durant displayed evidence of one who wants to do better in life ...” I may want to be a pilot, but until I take those steps needed to become a pilot, I will never get there. How long do we, the public, put up with his “displays of evidence” as he continues to commit crimes? If one wants to do better, “you do better.” Mr. Durant chose to represent himself in court. He could have gotten a public defender without money, or he could have taken the plea deal that was offered to him. This is what he sowed, and now comes harvest. I heard someone say “we always reap more than we sowed.” My father was a drunk, and every time I saw him he was drunk. He would get angry with me because I would refuse to get drunk with him as a 17-year-old young man. I saw what it was doing to his life, and I “displayed evidence” I did not want to follow in his bottle, so I refused to drink with him. At some point in each of our lives, we must decide to do better than what may have happened to us in our past. I firmly believe no matter what the horror was that happened to us, we must decide to do better or we will succumb to the event and stay a victim and make other victims for the rest of our life. On March 5, 2010, I was shot six times by a young man who many would consider a victim of his environment. ROBERT JOHNSON 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 Sumter Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

In her letter of June 4, Brenda Williams, M.D., speaking about child support reform, said American citizens being incarcerated because of their inability to pay debt is unconstitutional and discriminatory and symbolic of “debtors’ prisons.” That sort of thinking is what accounts for most of the problems in this country. Many people producing kids no longer think of them as their children; they see them as debts. They want nothing to do with them and think if they don’t have custody, they shouldn’t have to support them. News flash: If you make them, you support them. It shouldn’t just be financial support either, but also emotional. Children are not like a car, where the person in possession of it has to pay for it. Many kids today are growing up in a state of financial and emotional poverty because one and sometimes both parents are absent in their lives. This plays a dramatic role in the success of each child to reach his or her full potential. Without a positive home structure and role models, these children often turn to their peers to fill that gap. Children leading children often results in higher dropout rates, drugs, crime and repeating the behaviors of their absent parents. I agree the amounts owed for child support need more structure. When I used to deliver child support notifications I saw that some people paid thousands of dollars each month while the lowest I ever delivered only owed $20 a month (I remember that one because it was the worst cursing I ever received). Diapers for a custodial parent cost the same no matter the other parent’s income. Child support payments should be based on a more factual cost of rearing a child and not on what the parent earns. There is a simple way to avoid going to jail over child support: Pay it. Support your child, yes, the child you produced, the child that carries half of your genetic makeup. JOHN GAYDOS Wedgefield Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Sumter Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

Remembering Lt. J.B. Littlejohn BY HUBERT D. OSTEEN JR. Editor-In-Chief

COMMENTARY

very year when an anniversary of D-Day rolls around I think about my late cousin John Bailey Littlejohn, who landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. He was not in the first wave of American soldiers who came ashore and by the time he arrived most of the heavy fighting on the beach was over. His assignment once he reached land and joined the rest of the troops was one no soldier wanted a part of: His job was to pick up first the American and then the German dead, and as war correspondent W.C. Heinz wrote of the squad’s assignment in a syndicated column after he joined the unit in the Hurtgen Forest, “Everyone says it is a rotten job, and they wouldn’t want to do it.” Nevertheless, John Bailey col-

LT. J.B. LITTLEJOHN

lected a squad of six enlisted men and they undertook to carry out their assignment to the best of their ability. John Bailey estimated in his interview with Heinz that he and his squad picked up “about 2,000 dead,” during the war and he added that his squad killed two Germans and captured 39. John Bailey was 23 years old when he and his squad

were interviewed by Heinz. He grew up on Church Street. His father, Dr. T.R. Littlejohn, was married to my mother’s oldest sister, Mary “Midge” Weeks from Pinewood. “Uncle Doc”would serve a stint as chief of the medical staff at Tuomey Hospital. John Bailey’s younger brother Jimmy enlisted in the Army before the war was over. Jimmy graduated from Clemson after the war while John Bailey graduated from Carolina. In discussing his difficult job with Heinz, like many of “The Greatest Generation,” John Bailey summarized it this way: “Those first ones we picked up I can remember as if they were lying here right now. But I just felt like I had a job to do, the same as anybody else. That’s what it is, really – just another job.” It turned out to be, as it was for all the brave soldiers of World War II, a job well done.

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OBITUARIES

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OBITUARIES, FROM PAGE A6 PATRICIA CUMMINGS MONRORE, N.C.— Patricia Virginia Porter Cummings, 76, beloved wife of the late Charles Lee Cummings, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015, in Monroe, North Carolina. Born on Sept. 26, 1938, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Quincy “Joe” and Minnie Troublefield Porter. Survivors include her daughters, Dianne (Randy) Williams, Kathy (Randy) Allen and Debbie (Randy) Braswell, all of Union County, North Carolina; and sister, Mrs. Lewis (Joanne) Welch of Mint Hill, North Carolina. She has nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, William Porter and Don Porter. She was a lifelong member of Shiloh Truelight Church of Christ in Mint Hill, where a service was held at 4 p.m. on May 18. Burial was in the church cemetery. A devoted wife and mother of great faith, she will be greatly missed. Many thanks to all of those that helped with her care over the years. Memorials may be made to Shiloh Truelight Church of Christ or Hospice of Union County.

ALFORD D. GRAYSON JR. HARTFORD, CT.— Mr. Alford Daquan Grayson Jr., 23, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Hartford, Connecticut. Born Aug. 21, 1991 in Georgetown, he was the son of Janice Johnson and Alford Grayson Sr. He received his education in the public schools of Georgetown County and graduated from Andrews High School in 2010. He was a member of Open Bible Tabernacle Church where he served as a percussionist and a member of the youth choir. He is survived by his mother, Janice Johnson (Darryl) Hill; his father, Sgt. Alford (Carol) Grayson Sr.; his siblings: Terrence Hill, Sherrell (SFC. Felix) Valdezloqui, Lamont Straker, Sgt. Leroy (Juliette) Straker Jr., Danielle (SSgt. Darel) Baldwin, Spc. Lauren Straker, Darryl Hill Jr., Michael Hill, Rashawn Hill, Jamal Hill and Cameron (Shakena) Hill; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Open Bible Tabernacle Church, 7633 Powell Road, N. Santee, Georgetown, with Elder David Grayson officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion AME cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7

p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The family is receiving visitors at the home of his father, Alford (Carol) Grayson Sr., 45 Lawrence Drive, Georgetown. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

MAYE BRADLEY Maye Bradley, 90, died Friday, June 5, 2015, at Sumter Valley Nursing and Rehab Center. Born Dec. 28, 1924, in Sumter County, he was the son of the late Caesar Bradley Sr. and Mary Ludd Bradley. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of his daughter, Dorothy Davis, 692 Kingsbury Drive, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Williams Funeral Home Inc.

ARCHIE M. REAMES Archie Mae Reames entered eternal rest on June 3, 2015 at her residence, 92 Harrison Road, Elliott. Visitations will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Green Bay Missionary Baptist Church, Lynchburg, with the Rev. Travis Laws officiating. Interment will follow in the Boone Memorial Garden in the Browtown community of Lee County. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

RONNIE N. WHITE Ronnie Nathaniel White, 62, son of the late William and Louella Potts White, was born Sept. 7, 1952, in Sumter. He departed this life Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter. Family will be receiving friends at the home of Carolyn Hill, 1818 Roche Road, Sumter. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

ARTHUR PORTER SR. Arthur “Ike” Porter Sr., son of Doretia T. Porter and the late John Porter Sr., was born May 8, 1957, in Sumter County. He departed this life on Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. At an early age he joined Mt. Olive AME Church. Arthur was a graduate of Hillcrest High School, class of 1975. He retired from Exide Yusa Corp. Arthur was formerly married to Rebecca G. Porter and to this union three children were born, Diane Singleton, Arthur (Verna) Porter Jr. and Adlicia (Cedric) Rembert, all of Sumter.

Survivors also include six brothers, John (Mary) Porter Jr., Bobby Porter, Willie (Keisha) Porter, Soloman Porter, Donald Porter and Steve (Gwen) Porter; five sisters, Mable (Calvin) Oaks, Dorothy (Moses) Singleton, Helen (Leroy) Woods, Annette Pitts and Nevetta (Tony) McKnight; seven grandchildren; four aunts, Earlese Holmes, Mable (J.P.) Abrams and Nancy Porter, all of Sumter, and Fannie Mae (Hall) Mickens of Newark, New Jersey; special grandson, Quinton Singleton; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday at Job’s Mortuary. Mr. Porter will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. on Tuesday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Olive AME Church, 2738 Woodrow Road, Sumter, with the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, officiating Interment will follow in Mount Olive Gardens. Family will be receiving friends at 2610 Genoa Drive, Sumter Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at: jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at: www. jobsmortuary.net.

PEARL G. BILLIE Mrs. Pearl Greene Billie, 92, widow of John “Son” Billie, entered eternal rest on Friday, June 5, 2015, at her home. She was born October 22, 1922, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late James and Ella Coard Greene. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1178 Ed Boyd Road, Pinewood. Funeral services will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

KATIE ANDERSON Katie Anderson, 94, widow of Alvin Anderson, died Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter. Born September 28, 1920, in Sumter County, she was the daughter of James and Louise Carroway. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 43 Rosewood Drive, Sumter. Funeral arrangements

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are incomplete and will be announced by the Williams Funeral Home Inc.

EMMA J. PORTER WILSON Emma J. Porter Wilson, wife of William Wilson and daughter of the late Dave and Edith Washington Porter, was born Jan. 27, 1939. in Dalzell. She departed this life on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Toumey Regional Medical Center. She received her education in the public schools of Sumter County as a 1959 graduate of Ebenezer High School in Dalzell. At an early age she joined Joshua Baptist Church, Dalzell, where she worked in the church ministry. Mrs. Emma was a entrepreneur of Porters Grocery of Porters Place on S.C. 441, a part of the family business. She was a member of USDA, Small Farmers, Leader of 4-H Club, established as the 441 4-H Club, until 1990. She was joined in holy matrimony to William Wilson for 34 years. Emma leaves to cherish her memories: her children, Tony (Lynette) Porter of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Brigitte Clyburn, Rembert, and Sherman (Devine); grandchildren, Philisha Mack of Atlanta, Georgia, Brandon Dustin Porter, Wintson-Salem, Chanel Clyburn, Christina Clyburn-Wilson, both of Bluffton, Devenglo C. Wilson of Irmo, Shanice, Javon, Jennifer, DeAndre and Shanaiya; one brother David (Mattie) Pollard of Rembert; two sisters, Bertha Nixon of Newark, New Jersey, and Betty Weather; two aunts, Virgil Washington of Columbia and Nancy Porter of Sumter; six sisters-in-law, Jacqueline Porter of New Jersey, Geneva Porter of Brooklyn, New York, Julie Jenkins of Rembert, Mattie Moses of Dalzell, Mary Goodman, of Dallas, Texas, and Rosa (Rodney) Murphy of Texas; four brothers-in-law, Robert Lee (Willie Mae) Wilson of Dalzell, John Wilson of Seattle, Washington, Lucious Wilson of Texas and Willie Wilson of Dalzell; special cousin, Martin (Ellen) Washington of Rembert; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her siblings, John (Bebe) Franklin and Dave Porter III, whom she took care of, Marion Porter, Robert Lee Porter, Leroy Ray

Porter, James E. Porter and the Rev. Terry Herrington; and one sister-in-law, Rosa Porter. Memorial Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Joshua Missionary Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, with the pastor, the Rev. Eugene Dennis, and Bishop Sylvester Francis, eulogist. Family will be receiving friends at the home of Pastor Dorothy (Warren) Maple, 4090 Patriot Parkway, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at: jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at: www. jobsmortuary.net.

FANNIE H. PACK Fannie Hastie Pack, 96, departed her earthly journey on Friday, June 5, 20015 at her home. Born June 12, 1918, in Sumter County. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1023 Collins St., Sumter. Arrangements will be announced by Sumter Funeral Service Inc.

PATRICIA H. WINDHAM Patricia Hughes Windham, 52, widow of Charles C. Windham, died Friday, June 5, 2015, at Providence Hospital in Columbia. Born in Florence, she was a daughter of Annie Jo Truett Hughes and the late Robert Ray Hughes. She worked at Shuler’s Drive-In for many years prior to its closing. Survivors include her mother of Sumter; one daughter, Leigh Ann Daughrity (Jay) of Sumter; two grandchildren, Xander and Zachary Daughrity; and two brothers, Robert R. “Bobby” Hughes Jr. (Mellissa) and Robbie Hughes, both of Sumter. She was preceded in death by a sister, Debra L. “Cricket” Hall. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Monday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kenny Griffin officiating. The family will receive friends at the home of her daughter, 1554 Bradham Blvd. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.ecsfuneralhome.com

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Tuesday, noon, Sunset Country Club LYNCHBURG TOWN COUNCIL Tuesday, 6 p.m., Teen Center on Magnolia Street, Lynchburg SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Tuesday, 6 p.m., Sumter County Council Chambers TURBEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., town hall

LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Tuesday, 9 a.m., council chambers

SUMMERTON TOWN COUNCIL Tuesday, 6 p.m., town hall

SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Tuesday, 7 p.m., town hall

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

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THURSDAY

A p.m. t-storm in the area

Partly cloudy and humid

Sunny to partly cloudy

Couple of showers, thunderstorms

A shower and t-storm around

Some sun with a t-storm; humid

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91° / 71°

Chance of rain: 40%

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Chance of rain: 55%

ESE 6-12 mph

SSE 4-8 mph

SW 6-12 mph

WSW 8-16 mph

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SW 6-12 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 82/66 Spartanburg 83/67

Greenville 85/68

Columbia 89/69

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 88/67

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Be leery of anyone trying to sell you something. Make a judgment call regarding a situation involving the friends you used to hang out with. If something doesn’t feel right, back away. Use common sense. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make up your mind and move on. Sort out past problems with someone you need in your corner. Changes at home will improve your emotional outlook. Get rid of deadweight and focus on positive changes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t sit back when you have so much to gain. Travel, talks and sharing information will all lead to a better position, attitude and place. Romance is highlighted. Making personal plans for the future will bring you greater stability.

Today: A stray thunderstorm. Winds east 6-12 mph. Monday: A stray thunderstorm. Winds southwest 6-12 mph.

Aiken 89/65

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Keep your emotions in check and refuse to let jealousy surface. Put more in to a creative pursuit that will keep you busy and call upon your imagination to work toward a positive, productive solution. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Travel to a place that feeds your imagination and sense of adventure. Enjoy spending time with someone you love, and share your emotions and thoughts regarding the lifestyle changes you want to make. A financial opportunity is apparent.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A mixture of both the familiar and the new will lead you down an exciting path. Don’t fight change, but do try to pick and choose what’s best for you as you move forward. Don’t share personal secrets.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep a close watch on anyone who appears unstable or unpredictable. Emotional outbursts will lead to a change of heart. Get involved in an endeavor you can easily do on your own. Don’t let impulsiveness take over. Keep your distance from volatile situations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Partnerships can be formed and romantic relationships enhanced if you discuss your plans for the future. A trip or participating in an event will lead to information that will help you excel. Master your skills and success will follow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Alter your living quarters to suit your current needs. Hosting a gettogether or sharing ideas with someone you love will enhance your relationship. Positive vocational options will open up and ensure a secure, stabile future.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t feel obligated to work or take care of someone else’s responsibilities. Talks won’t go well and are best left until you have a better understanding of what’s involved. Make plans to do something that will bring you joy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t aggravate a situation that has the potential to blow up and cost you mentally, physically or financially. Renovations, redecorating or fixing up your outdoor living space will keep you out of trouble and bring you satisfaction.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD ALL MIXED UP: Some well-shuffled anagrams By S.N.

ACROSS 1 Later on 6 Old Testament kingdom 10 French sister 15 Fell gradually 19 Dwarf planet since 2006 20 Top-five baby girl name since 2002 21 Hot-dog topping 22 __ Sabe (Tonto’s pal) 23 Orchestra section 25 Panpipe cousins 27 Aggressive comment 28 __ Khan (Kipling tiger) 30 Hill Street Blues co-creator 31 Affiliations 32 Hit __ run (triumph) 33 Spanish miss: Abbr. 34 Tack on

37 Coeur d’__, ID 38 Ink-filled accessory 42 Hostile look 43 Multifaceted 45 $5 bill, so to speak 46 Mystique 47 Not duped by 48 Matador’s adversary 49 Male caribou 50 Mid 21st-century year 51 Role models 55 Michelangelo sculpture 56 Ancient Greek proponent of pleasure 58 Phileas Fogg creator 59 Petrol measures 60 One hearing “You’ve got mail” 61 French dynasty founder 62 Mason’s partner 63 Lowered the wattage of 65 Ryan debater in 2012 66 How pals may walk

69 Bailiwicks 70 Urban environment 72 XIII quadrupled 73 Airport shuttles 74 Human dynamo 75 Puffin cousins 76 Lose altitude 77 Savings acct. posting 78 Salad sauce 82 Rapper’s entourage 83 Repudiate 85 Flood barrier 86 Moriarty adversary 87 Entertainer Falana 88 Ignored, with “out” 89 Proofreading mark 90 Claim to be true 93 Scouting mission, for short 94 Nation north of Brazil 98 Cocktail garnish 100 Beyond Mach 1 102 Jogging pace 103 Cantina appetizers

Charleston 85/68

Today: Mostly sunny. High 82 to 87. Monday: Mostly sunny. High 83 to 89.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

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Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

91° 68° 86° 63° 99° in 1975 48° in 1976

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

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 358.33 75.16 75.10 97.63

24-hr chg +0.10 +0.08 +0.06 -0.16

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

0.00" 1.81" 1.00" 20.19" 15.72" 18.62"

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 90/71/t Chicago 80/63/t Dallas 93/69/s Detroit 81/67/t Houston 93/70/s Los Angeles 80/63/pc New Orleans 91/75/t New York 73/59/s Orlando 89/71/t Philadelphia 78/59/s Phoenix 99/76/s San Francisco 72/56/pc Wash., DC 80/66/s

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

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 86/71/t 80/61/c 93/70/s 80/61/pc 91/72/pc 85/65/pc 90/75/t 78/67/t 91/71/t 84/70/t 104/79/pc 77/58/s 87/73/pc

Today Hi/Lo/W 80/64/t 90/67/t 91/66/t 87/70/t 80/68/s 85/68/t 86/67/t 88/69/t 89/69/t 88/66/t 77/64/s 86/65/s 86/65/s

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 2.43 -0.01 19 4.47 -0.27 14 2.40 +0.23 14 6.20 -3.20 80 77.54 +1.04 24 8.67 +2.64

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 83/65/t 89/68/t 91/67/t 89/72/s 83/72/s 88/71/s 88/69/pc 89/70/t 90/70/s 90/70/s 85/70/t 88/70/s 89/70/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 87/66/t Gainesville 91/67/t Gastonia 85/67/t Goldsboro 83/65/s Goose Creek 86/68/t Greensboro 82/67/pc Greenville 85/68/t Hickory 81/66/t Hilton Head 84/72/s Jacksonville, FL 88/67/t La Grange 93/71/s Macon 93/67/t Marietta 90/69/t

Sunrise 6:11 a.m. Moonrise none

Sunset 8:31 p.m. Moonset 11:13 a.m.

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Ht. 3.3 2.9 3.3 2.9

Low Ht. 8:09 a.m. -0.3 8:16 p.m. 0.0 9:02 a.m. -0.3 9:17 p.m. 0.1

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 78/63/t Mt. Pleasant 86/68/s Myrtle Beach 83/71/s Orangeburg 89/67/t Port Royal 86/71/s Raleigh 83/66/s Rock Hill 85/66/t Rockingham 87/66/t Savannah 87/68/t Spartanburg 83/67/t Summerville 86/68/t Wilmington 83/67/s Winston-Salem 82/67/pc

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 85/65/t 88/71/s 84/74/s 90/69/s 87/73/s 88/71/s 87/68/s 89/70/s 88/70/s 86/68/pc 88/70/t 85/71/s 86/69/pc

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104 Army outfit 105 Something easy 106 __-serif typeface 107 Guilty feeling 108 Cooktop vessels 109 43rd state DOWN 1 Scheduled mtg. 2 Dog biter 3 Grand Bazaar merchant 4 “And stuff like that . . .” 5 Comic’s creation 6 Monument Valley sights 7 Neglect to mention 8 I love: Lat. 9 Legendary wailer 10 Conniving person 11 Midwest air hub 12 Word on Irish euros 13 Einstein’s birthplace 14 Texas’ southern border, to Mexicans 15 Type of tasseled topper 16 Walesa of Poland 17 All-in-one Apple 18 Perform as ordered 24 Discard 26 “It was someone else” 29 __ Kong (former Crown Colony) 32 Choral contingent 33 Provokes 34 Best competitive effort 35 Santalike 36 Legislative bodies 37 Poker fees 38 Emporium 39 Fatherly feeling 40 Decline slowly 41 French painter of dancers 43 Bring on 44 Pitch __ (prepare to camp) 47 Rowed a boat

Myrtle Beach 83/71

Manning 89/67

ON THE COAST

The last word ARIES (March 21-April 19): in astrology Look for ways EUGENIA LAST to help others and you will benefit as well. A joint effort will lead to success. Form an alliance with someone you love and you will build a strong base. Voice your opinions and you will gain respect and a chance to advance.

Florence 87/66

Bishopville 88/67

SATURDAY’S ANSWERS CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

49 Keep under wraps 51 Whimpers 52 Avoid doing 53 Old West abode 54 Former Senator Lott 55 Prankish sprite 57 Deep sleeps 59 Hobbles 61 Wispy clouds 62 Male mallard 63 Michelangelo sculpture 64 Person from Tabriz 65 Substitute players 66 Sharp-witted 67 Wash cycle 68 Sound equipment 70 Justice Sotomayor 71 More than full 74 Language variants 76 Magnetic coil 78 Journals on

YouTube, perhaps 79 Photosynthesis product 80 City near Tahoe 81 Makes level 82 College major, for short 84 Golfer’s footwear 86 Frau’s spouse 88 Coffee-break hr. 89 Four-hand piano pieces 90 Pts. and qts. 91 Croft of video games 92 Author Hubbard 93 Morning TV host 94 Kebab skewer 95 Tennis pro Kournikova 96 Home of the Gerald R. Ford Library 97 Reverberate 99 “Not a

chance!” 101 How Romans say “one” SHERE (28 Across) is the word for “tiger” in Persian, Urdu and Punjabi. In addition to Hill Street Blues, Steven BOCHCO (30 Across) also co-creat-

ed L.A. Law and NYPD Blue. Built in the 15th century, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar (3 Down) is believed to be the world’s most-visited tourist attraction, with over 90,000,000 visitors annually.

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Gators tab DeLavan to rebuild program BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

white-haired trainer said. “What a feeling.” Finally, a Triple Crown winner. And this one was never in doubt. American Pharoah led all the way to win the Belmont Stakes by 5 ½ lengths on Saturday, becoming the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes — one of the sporting world’s rarest feats. “Wow! Wow!” jockey Victor Espinoza said moments after crossing the finish

Bill DeLavan hadn’t planned to get back into coaching after only a year’s hiatus. However, as DeLavan described it, the opportunity at Lakewood High School turned out to be “the perfect storm” and forced him to reconsider. And LHS Athletic Director Frankie Ward is glad he did. Ward and the DELAVAN Gators officially announced the hiring of DeLavan to lead the baseball program on Friday. DeLavan takes over for Michael Chapman, who resigned last week after three seasons. “I’m really excited for the opportunity,” DeLavan said. “I’m a graduate of Furman High (1992), so this is a homecoming for me and I feel like everything’s sort of come full circle. “Frankie and I go back a long way and that was another big part of this. I probably wouldn’t have considered getting back into coaching if not for him.” Ward and DeLavan were teammates at one point and have known each other for years. “Knowing him and knowing what he’s done for the community of Sumter, I felt like he would be a good fit,” Ward said. “I feel like he can relate to the kids in our program having come from here, and I feel like he can really put some roots down and have some longevity with this program.” Ward is also hoping DeLavan can revitalize the Gators program much the same way he did at Thomas Sumter Academy. In five seasons under DeLavan, the Generals went 68-55 and made the SCISA 2A state playoffs each year, advancing as far as the semifinals one season. They were also 41-19 in region play and won back-to-back region titles from 2011-12.

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Victor Espinoza reacts after crossing the finish line on top of American Pharoah to win the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. American Pharoah is the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.

After 37 years, horse racing’s Triple Crown drought comes to an end thanks to wire-to-wire victory by American Pharoah BY BETH HARRIS The Associated Press

TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS

NEW YORK — By mid-stretch, Bob Baffert knew it. American Pharoah was going to win the Triple Crown. He took his eyes off the horse to soak in the crazed scene of the packed grandstand. Fans jumped up and down, hugged, and tossed drinks in the air. The race wasn’t even over yet, and the crowd knew it, too. Thirty-seven years of waiting to see one of the rarest feats in sports was almost over.

2015 — 1978 — 1977 — 1973 — 1948 — 1946 — 1943 — 1941 — 1937 — 1935 — 1930 — 1919 —

By The Associated Press (Jockeys in parenthesis) American Pharoah (Victor Espinoza) Affirmed (Steve Cauthen) Seattle Slew (Jean Cruguet) Secretariat (Ron Turcotte) Citation (Eddie Arcaro) Assault (Warren Mehrtens) Count Fleet (John Longden) Whirlaway (Eddie Arcaro) War Admiral (Charles Kurtsinger) Omaha (William Saunders) Gallant Fox (Earl Sande) Sir Barton (John Loftus)

“The crowd was just thundering and I was just enjoying the crowd and the noise and everything happening,” the

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NBA FINALS

Serena tops Safarova for 20th major

Warriors now appear to be even bigger favorites

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press PARIS — What started out as a stroll became quite a struggle for Serena Williams. After going up by a set and two breaks in the French Open final Saturday, she double-faulted away that lead. Then, suddenly, she trailed in the third set. As the tension thickened, Williams was warned by the chair umpire for cursing loudly. She even felt the need to hit one shot lefthanded.

Ah, but when Williams plays her best, no one is better. Putting aside a lingering illness, a mid-match lull and a feisty opponent, Williams won her third title at Roland Garros and 20th Grand Slam singles trophy by beating 13th-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2. “I got so frustrated. I was just so angry at myself. I pretty much gave the match away,’’ the No. 1-seeded Williams said, her voice scratchy and her nose stuffy. “I

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BY BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press

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Serena Williams displays the trophy she received for winning the women’s singles title at the French Open on Saturday at Roland Garros in Paris. Williams beat Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The NBA Finals hyped as LeBron James vs. Stephen Curry now seems like James against the Golden State Warriors. The Cavaliers are down another important player, with Kyrie Irving having surgery Saturday back in Cleveland to repair his fractured left kneecap. And with what was an already shorthanded Cavs team down 1-0 heading into Game 2 tonight, a series that just started has the feel of one that could end quickly. “(I) understand that we were the underdog coming into the series and with Kyrie being out people are writing us off,’’ James said.

“So, I mean, that’s fine. That’s fine. I’m motivated IRVING to get our guys ready to go tomorrow and we will be ready.’’ James seemed more downcast as he spoke then a day earlier, before the Cavaliers had revealed the severity of Irving’s injury following an MRI exam. Irving had been hurt previously in the postseason and Cleveland had won without him, but this time was different. “Obviously, we’ve been in this situation, but we always knew at some point he’ll come back,’’ James said. “Knowing that he’s out for the rest of the finals and out for

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

Rockdale, Ga. at Manning-Santee (DH), noon

JUNIOR LEGION SCHEDULE

TV, RADIO

FRIDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

7 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Nordea Masters Final Round from Malmo, Sweden (GOLF). 7:55 a.m. – International Soccer: England vs. Ireland from Dublin (ESPN2). 9 a.m. – Professional Tennis: French Open Men’s Final Match from Paris (WIS 10). Noon – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Louisville Super Regional Game Two – Cal State Fullerton vs. Louisville (ESPN2). Noon – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPNU). Noon – PGA Golf: Memorial Tournament Final Round from Dublin, Ohio (GOLF). 1 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group B Match from Ottawa – Thailand vs. Norway (WACH 57). 1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400 from Long Pond, Pa. (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees or Oakland at Boston (MLB NETWORK). 1:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 2 p.m. – Formula One Racing: Canadian Grand Prix from Montreal (WIS 10). 2 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Final Round from Cambridge, Ontario (GOLF). 2:15 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Fort Worth Super Regional Game Two from Fort Worth, Texas – Texas A&M vs. Texas Christian (Joined In Progress) (ESPN). 2:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Memorial Tournament Final Round from Dublin, Ohio (WLTX 19). 3 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPNU). 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Connecticut at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH). 3:50 p.m. – International Soccer: Brazil vs. Mexico (UNIVISION). 4 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group B Match from Ottawa – Germany vs. Ivory Coast (WACH 57). 5 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Colorado at Real Salt Lake (ESPNEWS). 5 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Principal Charity Classic Final Round from Des Moines, Iowa (GOLF). 6 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Dallas at San Jose (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Finals Game Two – Cleveland at Golden State (WOLO 25). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN). 9 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Champaign Super Regional Game Two from Champaign, Ill. – Vanderbilt vs. Illinois (ESPNU). 10:30 p.m. – MLL Lacrosse: Denver at Chesapeake (SPORTSOUTH). 11:45 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Finals Game Two Postgame Press Conference from Oakland, Calif. (NBA TV).

MONDAY

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Tampa Bay center Tyler Johnson, top, scores past Chicago goalie Corey Crawford during the second period of the Lightning’s 4-3 victory on Saturday in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals in Tampa.

Tampa Bay evens series with 4-3 win TAMPA, Fla. — Two goalies taking turns in the crease in the third period. A low-scoring defenseman getting the biggest goal of all. The Tampa Bay Lightning found some strange ways to even the Stanley Cup Final. Jason Garrison scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 11:11 to play, rookie goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy relieved Ben Bishop twice to earn the victory, and the Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in Game 2 on Saturday night to even the series. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who played with all the aggression they lacked in the third period of Game 1 when Chicago rallied late to win. Tyler Johnson and Cedric Paquette also scored for Tampa Bay, which curiously made three goalie changes in the third period. The 20-year-old Vasilevskiy twice replaced starter Ben Bishop and made five saves in 9:13 to earn his first NHL playoff win. Game 3 is Monday night in Chicago. Vasilevskiy has 16 regular-season games of NHL experience, and he had played in just two games since March 31. But the Russian came in for 92 seconds before Garrison scored the go-ahead goal, and he returned to finish the game with 7:41 to play, earning the victory. The Lightning didn’t say why Bishop left the game, came back and left again. He complained of interference on Brent Seabrook’s tying goal early in the third period, but played on. Seabrook evened it with 16:22 left in the third, teeing up a hard shot with no opposition after the Tampa Bay defense got distracted by captain Jonathan Toews. Bishop claimed Hossa interfered with him on top of his crease, but the goal stood. Andrew Shaw and Teuvo Teravainen scored 2:16 apart early in the second period for the Blackhawks, who couldn’t follow up their Game 1 comeback with another. The Lightning blamed their 2-1 loss in the opener on too much caution in the third period, when Chicago scored two late goals to win. Neither team showed any particular caution from the start of Game 2, skating aggressively and working hard for offensive chances.

ROSE SURGES TO 3-SHOT LEAD AT MEMORIAL; WOODS SHOOTS 85 DUBLIN, Ohio — Justin Rose made an early surge Saturday at the Memorial, just like so many other play-

ers. He’s the only one who kept going on his way to a 6-under 66 that gave him a 3-shot lead. Rose missed only one green on the back nine as he started to pull away. He was at 15-under 201. Francesco Molinari (69) and David Lingmerth (72) were tied for second. Jim Furyk had a 70 and was four shots back going into the final round. Tiger Woods finished his round when Rose was about to tee off, and it had everyone talking. Woods had two double bogeys and ended with a quadruple bogey for an 85 — the worst score in his 20 years as a pro.

PETTERSEN TAKES 1-STROKE LEAD IN MANULIFE LPGA CLASSIC CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — Suzann Pettersen took a 1-stroke lead Saturday in the Manulife LPGA Classic, making an eagle and four birdies on the first 11 holes and closing with seven pars for a 6-under 66. Pettersen had a 19-under 197 total at Whistle Bear Golf Club. Bothered by a shoulder injury this season, the 34-year-old Norwegian player won the last of her 14 LPGA Tour titles in 2013. Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe was second after a 67. Cristie Kerr was third at 17 under, also after a 67. She won the Kia Classic in California in March for her 17th LPGA Tour title. Second-ranked Inbee Park, the winner last year at Grey Silo in Waterloo, had a 70 to reach 9 under. Topranked Lydia Ko also was tied for 32nd at 9 under after a 68.

CALCAVECCHIA GRABS 1-SHOT CHAMPIONS TOUR LEAD

1 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPN2). 1 p.m. – Women’s College Gymnastics: Big Twelve Conference Championships from Norman, Okla. (SPORTSOUTH). 4 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group Match from Winnipeg, Manitoba – Nigeria vs. Sweden (WACH 57). 4 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPN2). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – American Legion Baseball: Sumter at Hartsville (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-FM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290). 7 p.m. – Women’s Professional Softball: Florida Pride at Dallas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group C Match from Vancouver, British Columbia – Ecuador vs. Cameroon (FOX SPORTS 2). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: MLB First-Year Player Draft (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Diego at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 7:30 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group D Match from Winnipeg, Manitoba – Australia vs. United States (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game (ESPN). 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Finals Game Three – Tampa Bay at Chicago (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group C Match from Vancouver, British Columbia – Switzerland vs. Japan (FOX SPORTS 1).

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LEGION BASEBALL LEAGUE III STANDINGS

DES MOINES, Iowa — Mark Calcavecchia made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole Saturday for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Calcavecchia had a 9-under 135 total at Wakonda Club. The 54-yearold Calcavecchia has two victories on the 50-and-over tour after winning 13 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1989 British Open. Joe Durant was second after a 68. Paul Goydos, Brian Henninger and Michael Allen were tied for third at 7 under, all shooting 70. Calcavecchia has struggled most of the year following offseason surgery on his right hand. But he birdied the last two holes Saturday to grab the lead from Durant.

League Overall W L Pct. GB W L Sumter 6 0 1.000 - 6 1 Camden 3 0 1.000 1 1/2 3 0 Hartsville 1 2 .333 3 1/2 1 2 Manning 2 4 .333 4 2 4 G. Creek 0 3 .000 4 1/2 0 3 Dalzell 0 3 .000 4 1/2 0 3

From wire reports

Manning-Santee at Camden, 2 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAME

Florence 11, Sumter 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Hartsville, 7 p.m. Lake City at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m. Camden at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Hartsville at Sumter, 7 p.m. Manning-Santee at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Hartsville, 7 p.m. Manning-Santee at Lake City, 7 p.m. Goose Creek at Camden, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

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

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Lake City at Sumter, 7 p.m. Dalzell-Shaw at Orangeburg, 7:30 p.m. Camden at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAME

TUESDAY’S GAME

Manning-Santee at Lake City, 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAME

Manning at Sumter, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Camden, 7 p.m. Manning-Santee at Manning (at Monarch Field), 6:30 p.m.

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

W 30 30 27 26 25

L 25 26 30 31 30

Pct .545 .536 .474 .456 .455

GB – 1/2 4 5 5

W 32 30 28 27 25

L 23 23 28 28 28

Pct .582 .566 .500 .491 .472

GB – 1 4 1/2 5 6

W 34 30 28 24 23

L 23 26 27 31 35

Pct .596 .536 .509 .436 .397

GB – 3 1/2 5 9 11 1/2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees 8, L.A. Angels 7 Toronto 6, Houston 2 Baltimore 5, Cleveland 2 Boston 4, Oakland 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 3, 11 innings Milwaukee 10, Minnesota 5 Texas 4, Kansas City 0 Tampa Bay 1, Seattle 0

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Toronto 7, Houston 2 Milwaukee 4, Minnesota 2 Texas 4, Kansas City 2 Boston 4, Oakland 2 Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1 Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 7:15 p.m. L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 3-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-7), 1:05 p.m. Houston (McHugh 6-2) at Toronto (Dickey 2-6), 1:07 p.m. Baltimore (B.Norris 1-4) at Cleveland (Carrasco 7-4), 1:10 p.m. Oakland (Graveman 3-2) at Boston (Buchholz 3-6), 1:35 p.m. Detroit (Simon 5-3) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 4-3), 2:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Fiers 2-5) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 4-2), 2:10 p.m. Texas (Lewis 5-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3), 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 6-4) at Seattle (Montgomery 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Houston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

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

W 30 30 26 23 21

L 26 26 28 33 36

Pct .536 .536 .481 .411 .368

GB – – 3 7 9 1/2

W 37 30 29 23 20

L 18 24 25 31 36

Pct .673 .556 .537 .426 .357

GB – 6 1/2 7 1/2 13 1/2 17 1/2

W 31 32 29 26 25

L 24 25 28 28 29

Pct .564 .561 .509 .481 .463

GB – – 3 4 1/2 5 1/2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Washington 7, Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 4 San Diego 6, Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 8 Milwaukee 10, Minnesota 5 Miami 6, Colorado 2 Arizona 7, N.Y. Mets 2 St. Louis 2, L.A. Dodgers 1

SATURDAY’S GAMES

THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT PAR SCORES

Saturday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,392; Par 72 Third Round Justin Rose 68-67-66—201 Francesco Molinari 68-67-69—204 David Lingmerth 67-65-72—204 Jim Furyk 69-66-70—205 Kevin Streelman 71-70-65—206 Brendon Todd 67-68-71—206 Hideki Matsuyama 64-71-71—206 Andy Sullivan 70-64-72—206 Keegan Bradley 68-74-65—207 Thomas Aiken 69-68-70—207 Kevin Kisner 67-71-69—207 Marc Leishman 69-67-71—207 Jason Dufner 66-67-74—207 Dustin Johnson 72-71-65—208 Kevin Na 71-71-66—208 Patrick Reed 72-68-68—208 Steven Bowditch 69-71-68—208 Erik Compton 68-69-71—208 Jeff Overton 71-71-67—209 Matt Kuchar 70-69-70—209 Billy Horschel 70-68-71—209 Vijay Singh 71-67-71—209 Ryan Moore 67-67-75—209 George McNeill 72-71-67—210 Jim Herman 70-72-68—210 Brooks Koepka 71-70-69—210 William McGirt 70-70-70—210 Jonathan Byrd 68-71-71—210 Rory Sabbatini 72-67-71—210 Harris English 67-71-72—210 Jordan Spieth 68-70-72—210 Chris Stroud 70-68-72—210 Graham DeLaet 69-69-72—210 Tony Finau 71-66-73—210

Sumter at Manning-Santee Manning at South Florence No. 2

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

TODAY’S GAMES

San Diego (Despaigne 3-3) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-4), 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 8-2) at Atlanta (A.Wood 4-2), 1:35 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 4-3) at Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-4), 1:35 p.m. Milwaukee (Fiers 2-5) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 4-2), 2:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 1-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-2), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Urena 0-2) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 2-7), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 6-4) at Arizona (Collmenter 3-5), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-1), 8:08 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 1, Cleveland 0 Thursday: Golden State 108, Cleveland 100, OT Today: Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. Tuesday: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. June 11: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 14: Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. x-June 16: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 19: Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Chicago 1, Tampa Bay 0 June 3: Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 Saturday: Chicago at Tampa Bay (late) Monday: Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8 p.m. Wednesday: Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-June 13: Chicago at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-June 15: Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-June 17: Chicago at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

TENNIS By The Associated Press FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Saturday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $30.86 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Semifinals Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1. Women Championship Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2015

AUTO RACING

Hendrick aims to keep rolling at Pocono BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Images of Richard Petty in his feathered Stetson hat and dark glasses stamp Pocono Raceway’s victory lane tower, a tribute to one of racing’s greats and the first winner at the track. Oh yes, it’s always good to be The King. But at Pocono, it’s even better to drive for Rick Hendrick. Petty has the celebratory circle named for him, though more drivers for Hendrick Motorsports have partied, taken selfies and bathed in confetti than any other team. Hendrick is on a hot streak, winning the last five races at Pocono. Dale Earnhardt Jr. swept both races last season, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne won in 2013 and Jeff Gordon won the August 2012 race. Pocono should charge Hendrick rent for all the time spent in the most coveted real estate in NASCAR. Gordon owns the track record for wins with six and Hendrick drivers have 17 overall on the 2 1/2-mile trioval track. “This is a horsepower race track where engines can make a difference,’’ Earnhardt said. “I feel like over the last several years, we’ve had one of the best engine programs in the

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Jimmie Johnson looks to earn his second straight Sprint Cup Series victory today at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., and keep Hendrick Motorsports’ streak of six consecutive victories at the track alive. sport.’’ Hendrick placed Gordon (4th) and Johnson (9th) in the top 10 for today’s race. Kahne starts 12th and Earnhardt is 20th. Johnson is aiming for backto-back wins after taking the checkered flag last weekend at Dover International Speedway. It was the 74th of his career, putting him just two shy of matching Dale Earnhardt

on the career list. Gordon is the only active driver with more wins at 92. “If it does happen, I want to handle it in the right way and pay tribute to Dale and what he’s done for our sport, the true badass he was in our sport,’’ Johnson said. “If and when that does happen, it will be an honor to be there in that status with him.’’ So who can knock off the

Hendrick drivers? Kurt Busch starts from the pole for Stewart-Haas Racing, Carl Edwards is on the front row for Joe Gibbs Racing and Martin Truex Jr., one of the hottest drivers in the sport, is third for Furniture Row Racing. The biggest threats, though, could come from Team Penske drivers Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski. Logano was

the last non-Hendrick driver to win when he held off Mark Martin in the June 2012 race. Keselowski had the car to beat in his No. 2 Ford in August until a piece of trash stuck to his grille and he was passed late by Earnhardt. “This is one of those race tracks where aero and horsepower come into play a lot, and we’ve seen Hendrick be very good in those departments,’’ Logano said, “not that Penske isn’t.’’ Hendrick is ready to keep its grip on those race trophies. “The car really shines here and we’ve got some of the best equipment in the garage,’’ Earnhardt said. It’ll be a bumpy road toward victory lane today. The drivers will have to survive bumps that formed in Turn 2, known as the tunnel turn, on the tri-oval track. Drivers complained about the bumps and track president Brandon Igdalsky said there was no way the track could get smoothed out in time for Sunday’s race. Kurt Busch compared the lumps to speed bumps in a grocery store parking lot. “There is a line between character and just a bad race track,’’ defending race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “This is getting close to that line. You like your tracks to have the character, but that is just a little bit extreme right there.’’

AXALTA WE PAINT WINNERS 400 LINEUP

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race today At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 177.599. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 177.55. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 177.522. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 177.211. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 177.2. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 176.526. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 175.967.

8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 177.676. 9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 177.385. 10. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 177.193. 11. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 176.8. 12. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 176.07. 13. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 176.036. 14. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 176.005. 15. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 175.943. 16. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 175.895. 17. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 175.699. 18. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 175.671. 19. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 175.531. 20. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet,

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a period of a long time, first of all, it sucks for him personally. It’s a huge blow for our team, especially at this stage.’’ The Warriors were already the favorites to win the championship after leading the NBA with 67 victories during the regular season. Now, with Irving joining Kevin Love on the sideline, the Warriors were trying to brush away the suggestions that not only should they win, but do it easily. “No series is unlosable,’’ center Andrew Bogut said. “Stranger things have happened and they’re still a great team with arguably the best player in the world. Obviously they’re going to have other guys that have to step up to help him get wins, but we can’t take this team lightly.’’ Curry said the mood in the Warriors’ locker room was no different than it was going into the series. “There is no pressure or added pressure, I don’t think, because our goal stays the same,’’ Curry said. “We’re not really listening to any outside noise or predictions, or who is favored to do what, because we control what we control. When we go out there and play, we’ve got to play better than we did in Game 1, and that is really our only focus.’’ Both teams noted how closely the Cavs were to winning Game 1, and in fact the series nearly had a decidedly different feel. James and Iman Shumpert both missed jumpers on the final possession of regulation. Had either gone in, the Cavs would be the team with the 1-0 lead and would’ve avoided the overtime period that featured Irving’s injury. Blatt acknowledged the difficulty of losses like Game 1, saying “they cost you some hours of sleep.’’ But he said the Cavs had moved forward from it. “You’d love to see us at full strength, obviously, for the finals,’’ he said. “The situation as it is, is what it is, and we are going to come out and play and play to win. Request no quarter and no sympathy. We’ve got to come out and play, and play to win. That’s it.’’

line. “I can only tell you it is just an amazing thing.” The bay colt with the unusually short tail easily defeated seven rivals in the grueling 1 1/2-mile race, covering the distance in 2:26.65 — sixth-fastest in Belmont history — to end the longest stretch without a Triple Crown champion in history. “That little horse, he deserved it,” said Baffert, who at 62 is the second-oldest trainer of a Triple Crown winner. “He’s the one that did it. We were basically just passengers.” American Pharoah is the 12th horse and first since Affirmed in 1978 to win three races on different tracks at varying distances over a five-week span. He won the Derby by one length on May

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stretch before falling away on the second turn. American Pharoah started kicking away heading into the final turn. He opened up on the field as he powered through the 1,097-yard stretch, displaying his fluid, springloaded stride in which he appears to float over the ground. “It’s just an amazing feeling that you have when you’re 20 yards from the wire,” Espinoza said. “And then at the wire I was like, ‘I cannot believe I did it.’” American Pharoah ran the final quarter-mile — a stretch that has dashed numerous Triple Crown dreams — in 24.32 seconds, faster than Secretariat’s time of 25 seconds in winning the 1973 Belmont. “That’s a hell of a horse,” said Gary Stevens, who finished seventh aboard Tale of Verve. “The race was over in

the third jump from the gate.” After making his way back to the crowd, Espinoza took American Pharoah nearly the length of the sprawling grandstand so fans could pay their respects to the champion. As the horses were heading to the starting gate, owner Ahmed Zayat was overflowing with confidence and turned to his wife. “I told her, ‘Get ready to be the owner of the 12th Triple Crown winner,’” he said. Baffert felt equally good, sensing American Pharoah was on the verge of a winning performance when he saddled the horse in the shady paddock. “I said to put him on the lead and go for it, and if he doesn’t make it, don’t worry about it,” the trainer said, “but he just kept on rocking and rolling.”

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Hammel helps Cubs double-up Nats 4-2 WASHINGTON — Dexter Fowler had two hits, scored twice and Jason Hammel continued his mastery of Washington Nationals in the Chicago Cubs’ 4-2 win on Saturday. Hammel HAMMEL (5-2) improved to 9-0 with a 3.01 ERA in 11 starts against the Nationals. Anthony Rizzo and Jonathan Herrera each had two hits and drove in a run for Chicago. Hammel allowed a run on five hits in eight-plus innings, striking out seven and walking two. He departed after Bryce Harper hit his 19th homer of the season to open the ninth.

Miami, Virginia, Florida punch tickets to Omaha CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Sam Abrams arrived at Miami five years ago, hoping to one day see the College World Series. He’s finally going there. Abrams worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in four crucial shutout innings of relief, Miami took command with five runs in the seventh and the Hurricanes earned their first CWS trip since 2008 by beating Virginia Commonwealth 10-3 on Saturday to finish off a twogame sweep of their super regional. Willie Abreu homered and drove in two runs and David Thompson added two RBI for the Hurricanes (49-15). Logan Farrar hit a leadoff home run and Matt Davis and Jimmy Kerrigan each had two hits for VCU (40-25). VIRGINIA 5 MARYLAND 4

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Ernie Clement lined a 2-run single to left to cap a 3-run ninth inning for Virginia and the Cavaliers beat Maryland 5-4 to earn a return trip to the College World Series. Clement’s hit came after reliever Robert Galligan, brilliant for 7 1/3 innings for the Terps, allowed two walks and a single in the ninth, loading the bases with none out. Maryland coach John Szefc then turned to closer Kevin Mooney, who walked Kevin Doherty to force in one run before Clement’s line drive hit.

SUPER REGIONALS By The Associated Press Best-of-3; x-if necessary Charlottesville, Va. Friday: Virginia 5, Maryland 3 Saturday: Virginia 5, Maryland 4, Virginia advances Gainesville, Fla. Friday: Florida 13, Florida State 3 Saturday: Florida 11, Florida State 4, Florida advances Coral Gables, Fla. Friday: Miami 3, VCU 2 Saturday: Miami 10, VCU 3, Miami advances Louisville, Ky. Cal State Fullerton 3, Louisville 2, 10 innings Today: Louisville (46-17) vs. Cal State Fullerton (38-22), Noon x-Monday: Louisville vs. Cal State Fullerton, TBA Champaign, Ill. Saturday: Vanderbilt at Illinois (late) Today: Illinois vs. Vanderbilt, 9 p.m. x-Monday: Illinois vs. Vanderbilt, TBA Baton Rouge, La. Saturday: Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU (late) Today: LSU vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 6 or 7 p.m. x-Monday: LSU vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, TBA Fayetteville, Ark. Friday: Arkansas 18, Missouri State 4 Saturday: Missouri State 3, Arkansas 1 Today: Arkansas (39-23) vs. Missouri State (49-11), 3 p.m. Fort Worth, Texas Saturday: TCU 13, Texas A&M 4 Today: TCU (50-12) vs. Texas A&M (49-13), 2:15 p.m. x-Monday, June 8: TCU vs. Texas A&M, TBA

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breaking a school record for freshmen and continuing his torrid postseason, and Florida advanced to the College World Series with an 11-4 victory over rival Florida State. Schwarz hit a 2-run homer in the second inning that tied the game, walked and scored in the third, and added a solo shot in the sixth that gave the Gators (49-16) a little extra cushion against the Seminoles (44-21).

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — JJ Schwarz homered twice,

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Hall threw a 1-hitter and Missouri State beat Arkansas 3-1 on Saturday to even the NCAA super regional series. The Bears (49-11) rebounded from an 18-4 loss in the opener to set up a third game with the Razorbacks (39-23) today for a spot in the College World Series. Hall (12-2), the national leader in strikeouts, faced the minimum of 18 batters through the first six innings. The left-hander finished with eight strikeouts, raising his total for the season to 171.

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CLEVELAND — Danny Salazar pitched impressively into the eighth inning to reach a career high in wins and Carlos Santana had a tiebreaking double as Cleveland beat Baltimore 2-1. Salazar (6-1) struck out 10 and allowed six hits and a run in 7-plus innings. Baltimore’s only run came on Manny Machado’s 3rdinning homer. RED SOX 4 ATHLETICS 2

TORONTO — Jose Reyes stole three bases and got two hits as Toronto beat Houston 7-2. Drew Hutchison (5-1) allowed one run and six hits in 6 1/3 innings, improving to 4-1 with a 2.72 ERA at home. RANGERS 4

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wandy Rodriguez pitched seven strong innings and Texas defeated Kansas City 4-2. Rodriguez (3-2) gave up one run and six hits. He walked none and struck out four.

CINCINNATI — Yonder Alonso’s second career grand slam pulled the Padres even in the seventh inning, and Matt Kemp singled with the bases loaded in the eighth, completing San Diego’s biggest comeback of the season for a 9-7 victory over Cincinnati. Kemp’s single through the hole at shortstop gave him five RBI overall. He also had a solo homer and a 2-run double.

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BOSTON — Joe Kelly pitched six solid innings to earn his first win since his initial start of the season, Hanley Ramirez hit a 2-run homer as Boston beat Oakland 4-2. Ramirez also singled twice, David Ortiz hit an RBI double and Mike Napoli had a run-scoring single for the Red Sox.

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Miami players celebrate after beating VCU 10-3 on Saturday in Coral Gables, Fla., in the second game of an NCAA super regional to clinch a spot in the College World Series.

Philadelphia 7-5. Bumgarner (7-2) gave up the slam and a solo homer by Andres Blanco. The reigning World Series MVP gave up six hits and walked none in eight innings.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Carlos Gomez went 4-for-4 with a walk and three RBI over the last three innings to lift Milwaukee to a 4-2 victory over Minnesota. Gomez hit a 2-run tiebreaking single in the seventh and an RBI double in the ninth. Matt Garza (4-7) threw seven strong innings and Ryan Braun homered.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Timmy Richards was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the 10th inning to give Cal State Fullerton a 3-2 win over Louisville in the Louisville super regional. Dalton Blaser twice had 2-out RBI singles for the Titans (38-22), who took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3series against the Cardinals (46-17), the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

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PHILADELPHIA — Madison Bumgarner struck out 11, overcoming a grand slam by Jeff Francoeur to pitch San Francisco past

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DENVER — Wilin Rosario homered twice and Carlos Gonzalez hit a 3-run shot to back the solid pitching of Chris Rusin, and Colorado beat Miami 10-5. The Rockies put together a 4-run inning in the first and a 5-run inning in the fourth, when Rosario and Gonzalez teamed up to hit back-to-back homers. From wire reports

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Cody Jones, Evan Skoug, Derek Odell and Nolan Brown drove in runs in TCU’s 5-run sixth inning and the Horned Frogs beat Texas A&M 13-4 in Game 1 of their best-of-3 super regional series. Jeremie Fagnan had two doubles and two RBI for TCU. Trey Teakell (2-1) was the winner, allowing one hit in four scoreless innings of relief. From wire reports

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SERENA FROM PAGE B1 just had to, like, try to pull it together.’’ That she did, taking the last six games and adding to her 2002 and 2013 championships on the French Open’s red clay. Those go alongside six each from the U.S. Open and Australian Open, and five from Wimbledon. “When I was a little girl, in California, my father and my mother wanted me to play tennis,’’ the 33-year-old American told the crown in French earlier. “And now I’m here, with 20 Grand Slam titles.’’ Only two players in the century-plus history of Grand Slam tennis have more: Margaret Smith Court with 24, and Steffi Graf with 22. Williams also stretched her winning streak at the majors to 21 matches, following titles at the U.S. Open last September and Australian Open in January. She is the first woman since Jennifer Capriati in 2001 to win the Australian Open and French Open backto-back and heads to Wimbledon’s grass with a chance to extend a bid to accomplish just about the only thing she hasn’t: win a calendar-year Grand Slam. “Why not?’’ said her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. “That’s probably the most difficult thing to do in tennis. But it’s possible.’’ Saturday’s victory did not come easily for Williams, who skipped practice Friday because she was sick, sleeping until the afternoon at her Paris apartment. “It’s been a nightmare,’’ Williams said. Owner of the most feared serve in women’s tennis, she double-faulted 11 times. She made 25 unforced errors in the second set alone, and 42 in all, 25 more than Safarova, a 28-year-old lefty with a whiplike forehand appearing in her first major final. “My first serve abandoned me,’’ said Williams, who is 32-1 in 2015, 12-0 in three-setters. “Once she saw that I got a little tight, she started playing really a lot better.’’ Williams got broken serving for the match at 6-5 in the second set, then was down 2-0 in the third, before turning things around. “When she was on, she was just serving amazing and going for the returns, pressuring me right away,’’ said Safarova, who will play in the women’s doubles final Sunday with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands. “It’s just hard to do anything with that.’’ When it was over, Williams dropped her racket, threw her head back and lifted her arms into a “V.’’ In the stands, Mouratoglou held aloft two fingers on his right hand and made a fist with his left, to symbolize “20.’’ And to think: Four times in this tournament, Williams dropped the opening set before coming back to win, including in Thursday’s semifinals, when she was lethargic and bothered by the flu. So the question leading into the final was: How healthy would Williams be? She began providing answers from the get-go. Williams closed the first game with a 120 mph (194 kph) ace. She went up 3-1 by breaking with a cross-court forehand return winner. The first set flew by and even Safarova acknowledged afterward, “It was looking like it will be an easy match.’’ At 4-1 for Williams in the second, seemingly all but over, she began to falter. A dull contest, and the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd, came to life. “I just had goose bumps,’’ Safarova said, “hearing those people cheering.’’ Coughing between points, Williams double-faulted twice in a row to get broken for the first time, then double-faulted again to make it 4-all. When Safarova, growing ever more confident, held moments later, she had taken four consecutive games. She stood strong in the tiebreaker and at the outset of the third set, too, displaying the strokes that beat past champions Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic during what Safarova called an “amazing two weeks for me.’’

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Djokovic tops Murray to reach final BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press PARIS — Novak Djokovic squeezed his eyes shut and raised both arms, a rather reserved celebration at the conclusion of his up-anddown, two-day, five-set French Open semifinal victory over Andy Murray. There’s one more match for Djokovic to win if he’s going to collect his first championship at Roland Garros and complete a longsought career Grand Slam, and conserving energy was key. The No. 1-seeded Djokovic reached his third French Open final the hard way, getting past No. 3 Murray 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 on Saturday in the resumption of a suspended match to stretch his winning streak to 28. The semifinal was halted at 3-all in the fourth set Friday night because of an incoming storm. Murray took that set when they returned, but Djokovic was superb in the fifth, and Saturday’s play took 61 minutes, bringing the total count to 4 hours, 9 minutes. “No different from any other match that we played against each other. It’s always a thriller, always a marathon,’’ Djokovic said. “Wasn’t a physically easy match, that’s for sure, but I think I will be fine for the finals. Whatever I have left in me I will put out on the court tomorrow, and hopefully it can be enough.’’ He already owns eight major titles, but none from Roland Garros, where he lost the 2012 and 2014 finals to Rafael Nadal, the ninetime champion he eliminated in this year’s quarterfinals. On Sunday, less than 25 hours after finishing off Murray, Djokovic will face No. 8 Stan Wawrinka with a chance to become only the eighth man in tennis history to own at least one trophy from each of the sport’s four most prestigious tournaments. He already owns five from the Australian Open, two from Wimbledon and one from the U.S. Open. Beat Wawrinka for the 18th time in 21 meetings, and Djokovic also would be the first man since Jim Courier

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Novak Djokovic hits a return to Andy Murray during his 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 victory on Saturday in the semifinals of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris. in 1992 to win the Australian Open and French Open consecutively, putting him halfway to the first calendaryear Grand Slam in 46 years. Wawrinka won his semifinal against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday, as scheduled, so he enjoyed a less-stressful Saturday than Djokovic. In 2014, Wawrinka won his first major title at the Australian Open, then showed up in Paris and promptly lost in the first round. Now he’ll make his French

DELAVAN FROM PAGE B1 “He’s got a great track record and had a lot of success at Thomas Sumter,” Ward said. “His teams were always in the thick of things and he did a tremendous job developing players.” DeLavan also has a decade of experience coaching various all-star teams for the

Sumter County Recreation Department. “Having been involved with the rec department for all those years, I know the importance of getting kids involved with baseball early,” he said. “That’s something I’m going to try and cultivate here. This is

Open final debut against Djokovic, who has so much to play for. “For sure, we’re both going to be nervous,’’ Wawrinka said. “That’s a fact.’’ After 10 minutes, and a trio of love holds, it was 5-4 for Djokovic, putting him a game away. Sounds like a little. Turned out he would need to wait. Murray suddenly broke for a 6-5 lead. One point contained 33 strokes, most magnificent, none more so than

Murray’s drop shot that won it when Djokovic’s hustling reply landed in the net. Murray added a running crosscourt backhand passing shot, and when Djokovic contributed a couple of flubbed forehands, the set was over. There was no wilt from Djokovic, though. He cleaned up his game, while Murray blinked a bit, committing a series of errors to allow Djokovic to break for a 2-0 lead in the fifth set.

not just a high school baseball job for me. I want to get the program built at the grassroots level.” The biggest challenge DeLavan faces will be in changing the culture, he said. The Gators made the playoffs each of the last two seasons, but haven’t won a postseason game since making the 3A lower state tournament in 2008.

“There’s a lot of tradition associated with this program,” DeLavan said. “And the cupboard is not bare. We have a lot of good players here. The biggest thing is just getting them to buy into the coaching staff and to buy into doing things a certain way day in and day out.” DeLavan will be LHS’ fifth head coach in the last seven seasons. The Gators went 7-14 last year.

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The Evrik Gary Skills Clinic will be held July 8-9 at Laurence Manning Academy’s Bubba Davis Gymnasium. The 2-day, 4-workout clinic is open to boys who will be rising to the ninth through 12th grades. The cost is $60 per player. The camp will runs from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day. For registration forms, payment options or more information, visit MixKitBasketball@yahoo.com. MILES ENTERTAINMENT GAME

The Miles Entertainment Basketball Game featuring Phillip “Hot Sauce” Champion will be held on Saturday at the Sumter High School gymnasium. Pregame warm-ups and an autograph session will run from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. with the game scheduled to start at 5. Admission is $10 per person. SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

Sumter Christian School will host three more basketball clinics over two months at the school’s gymnasium. The clinics are for grades 3-6 on June 22-26, grades 6-9 on July 6-10 and grades 9-12 on July 27-31. The clinics, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day, will be ran by SCS coaches Bobby Baker and Tom Cope at a cost of $45 per student. For more information, contact the school at (803) 773-1902. TEAM PERSEVERANCE REGISTRATION

Team Perseverance Basketball is now registering boys and girls ages 8-18 for its offseason travel program. For more information, contact coach Junko Allen at (803) 795-5513, or by email at coachj_ perseverance@yahoo.com.

TENNIS PTC/WILSON HALL CAMP

The Wilson Hall/PTC Summer Tennis Camp will be held June 22-26 at Palmetto Tennis Center. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 5-13. The cost for the camp is $125 per player. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day with a pizza party scheduled for June 27 at 11 a.m. Registration forms must be turned in by noon on June 20. For more information, call (803) 774-3969 or go to www. palmettotenniscenter.com.

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Training classes for prospective high school football officials is currently being held at the Sumter County Recreation Department at 155 Haynsworth Street. Classes are being held every Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. To learn more about the South Carolina Football Officials Association visit its website at www.schsl.org/scofa. htm. For more information on the classes, call Granderson James at (803) 968-2391 or email him at grandersj@aol. com or call Richard Geddings at (803) 468-8858.

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The Clarendon Hall softball team was recognized by the State House of Representatives and the State Senate on Tuesday for winning the SCISA 1A state championship. Joining the team on the State House steps are state representative Bobby Ridgeway, front right, and state senator Kevin Johnson.

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The Coker College Skills & Drills Summer Baseball Camp will be held June 15-19 at Tom J. New Field in Hartsville. The five sessions will be held from 9:30 a.m. until noon. The camp will be devoted to pitching, hitting, bunting and base running. The camp is open to players ages 6-17 and the cost is $75 for the week. Participants will need to provide their own bats and gloves. All other equipment will be furnished by the camp. Each camp participant will receive a camp t-shirt. The camp will be conducted by Coker head coach Dave Schmotzer. Campers can register online at www.cokercobras.com/ information/camp/index, or register on the morning of June 15. For more information, call (843) 383-8105, or send an email to dschmotzer@coker. edu.

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The Sumter chapter of the Christian Golfers’ Association is looking for volunteers for its Junior Golf Program. The camp runs for four weeks during June and July. For more information, call (803) 773-2171 or (803) 983-3457. 9-HOLE CAPTAIN’S CHOICE

The Links at Lakewood golf course is hosting a 9-hole Captain’s Choice event every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per player and includes a steak dinner, a cart and prizes. To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 5 p.m. the day of the event.

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Students in the Sumter County Gallery of Art Summer Art Camp show off the puppets they made two years ago. This summer students from ages 8 to 13 can take the class Pepper’s Puppet School, in which they learn about the variety of puppets used in storytelling around the world and create their own puppets to present a show for their friends and family on the last day of class.

Have fun and fight ‘summer regression’ Gallery camp helps kids retain learning BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

here are many reasons for going to summer art camp at the Sumter County Gallery of Art, the main one being, of course, that it’s fun. Another important reason is that it’s good for you. Most parents have heard of “summer regression.” That’s the loss over summer vacation of a large portion of the knowledge and skills their children gained during the school year. Studies show that students who participate in programs such as the gallery’s art camp can prevent summer regression. A recent Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation study revealed that students who participate in the arts are “4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement; 3 times more likely to be elected to class office; 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair; 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance; and participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently; read for pleasure nearly twice as often; and perform community service more than four times as often.” Laura Cardello, who teaches Youth Pottery during the camp, pointed out that her students learn much more than one might think. “I start off the class by asking them to name some everyday things that are made from clay,” she said, “like your toilet, your sink, bricks, your house. We also learn abut the three elements of making pottery — earth, water and fire.” Cardello said the students learn about measurement, balance and how to center

Potter Laura Cardello works with Laura Ruth Ackerman, then 8, and Amelia Weston, then 11, on ceramic birdhouses in a past Youth Pottery Class in summer art camp. Cardello said good potters must also know some math, measurement, history and other skills in order to understand how to make pottery. themselves so their minds and hands work together. She also teaches them a little history, when they learn about the Catawba (American Indian) pottery. While what they learned in school is being reinforced and enhanced, of course, the students have fun making pots, whistles and other items in the class. Jen Pepper said her students also must use multiple skills. “Conceptualizing, moving from point A to D in multiplestepped projects, using simple math and turning short stories into visual creations are some of the things my students do on a daily basis,” she said. “For instance, all students are continually using measurement and simple math to figure out image sizes and dividing up a picture plane. “In my puppetry class, students are the creative authors of a final puppet performance,

figuring out logical steps of how one act follows another. They write, and in fact revise, their creative theatre while learning how to turn an idea into reality.” In the “puppets around the world” segment, Pepper said her students “learn about the puppet traditions from different cultures. They put skills of geography together with learning about storytelling.” In addition, studying and making art also benefit young people emotionally, while enhancing their understanding of human behavior, teaching cooperation, improving communication and critical thinking skills, encouraging creativity and more. Summer art camp offers six classes weekly in two threehour sessions each day designed specifically for students of different age groups. They are taught by working artists and art educators, many of whom are regularly in demand during the camp

Mary Grace Hilditch,then 5, and Bryan Burdick, then 6, look over the pottery they made in their Fun in the Mud class at the Sumter County Gallery of Art this year. Summer art camp at the gallery begins June 15. each year. Among them are Sylvester Hickmon, an awardwinning color pencil artist, who teaches in the public schools; Laurie Knight, who studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and teaches at St. Anne’s School; Terrance McDow, who exhibits his work all over the Southeast and teaches at Thomas Sumter Academy; gallery education director Amanda Cox; gallery curator Frank McCauley; Roseetta Spann-Davis, an art teacher at Lakewood High School who has won numerous awards; Jen Pepper, who is a professor at Cazenovia College in New York whose work has been exhibited in many prestigious venues around the world. In all, 15 instructors offer more than 30 different classes between June 15 and Aug. 7, with Fourth of July week off. Classes being offered in-

clude pottery, painting, fiber art, pottery, mixed media, color pencil drawing, paper art, “artistic assemblages” using found objects; pen and ink drawing; puppetry; nature-inspired art in several mediums; folk art; mosaics and more. Complete descriptions of the courses can be found in the Summer Art Camp 2015 brochure. Tuition for the camp is $110 per class for non-gallery members, $100 for members, with discounts for students taking more than one class. Payments must be made at least a week before the start of the class. Some scholarships are available for students with a financial need; an application is available at sumtergallery.org. The gallery sponsors the

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Hooligans wreck Memorial Park; Groucho as Rhett Butler? 75 YEARS AGO – 1950 Oct. 29 – Nov. 4 The following letter from Mayor F.B. Creech to Miss Anna Bryan, publicity chairman of the Sumter chapter of Winthrop Daughters, urges the music lovers of Sumter to attend the concert of John Richards McCrae in Edmunds High School auditorium. “Dear Miss Bryan: I have been delightYesteryear ed to notice in Sumter from several SAMMY WAY newspaper accounts that Mr. John SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO Richards McCrae, well known 1940 -- Albert Eugene Graham, South Carolina baritone now whose draft number is 192, was studying at the Juilliard’s the first resident of the city of Graduate School of Opera, Sumter to be drawn this afternoon in the draft lottery in Wash- New York, will appear in a concert at Edmunds High ington. Graham is a Yellow Cab driver. He is 23 years old and un- School. To the music lovers of married. “I’m ready to go,” he told Sumter who have not had the privilege of hearing Mr. Mcthe Daily Item.

Crae, I cannot urge them too strongly to take advantage of this opportunity. It was my privilege to hear him several months ago and I was delighted with his entertainment. I congratulate the Sumter Chapter of Winthrop Daughters in being able to bring to the people of Sumter and all sections of South Carolina this talented young artist.” • Billy Bynum, a member of the Sumter YMCA Archery Team, placed first in his division of the State Archery Tournament held in Columbia last weekend. Billy competed in the Junior Division and scored 144 points shooting at a distance of 140 yards. Bynum was second in the Junior American Round, which was won by Don Davis of Columbia. Scriven Brunson and Jim Mallard, other members of the Sumter team, placed well among the leaders in the Junior Division. • Billy Lynam, well-known businessman of this city, arrived here yesterday from

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in the latest model Taylor Cub plane which he purchased while in Lock Haven. Billy flew his plane to Sumter in eight hours from Lock Haven and experienced no trouble whatsoever on the way. • The Halloween hooligans last night once again raided Memorial Park. They wrecked benches, playground equipment, doing many dollars damage and also mutilated and destroyed shrubbery. Boys with that destructive idea of fun are more than likely to wind up on the chain gang or in the pen. • The Sumter High School B team will square off tonight against the Columbia High School Bees in a game that is expected to draw at least a thousand fans. Both teams boast undefeated records and both would rather win tonight than defeat any other opponent. The Sumter boys held a final workout yesterday afternoon and were pronounced in tip-top shape by Coach Hugh

Kolb and Assistant Coach T.A. “Bucko” Edens. The Sumter offense is built largely around the passing combination of Flop Shaw and Ralph Dabbs. Shaw throws left-handed and turns the ball loose on the dead run. Dabbs is a brilliant receiver and a fast runner. Others who are outstanding in the backfield are Ed Gibson and Bill Hughes. • Hillcrest High School nosed out Pinewood High, 14 to 7, yesterday afternoon at the Sumter County fairgrounds to claim undisputed possession of the District Class C championship. Hillcrest rammed over two touchdowns on passes in the second quarter and held Pinewood to a single counter in the third and fourth quarters, when Coach Willis’ boys staged a strong and steady offense. • Grace Baptist church celebrated its 40th anniversary by burning the mortgage on the church building, signifying

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Marlowe-Micklon Rebecca Louise Marlowe of Sumter and Mr. Anthony Scott Micklon of Evans, Georgia, were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Sumter. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Philip Marlowe of Sumter, and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Britton Moseley of Jenkinsville and Mrs. Martha Ann Marlowe and the late Rev. Reuben Bunyan Marlowe of Sumter. She graduated from Wilson Hall and the University of South Carolina with a degree in elementary education. She will be employed by the Columbia School District as an elementary teacher at Euchee Creek Elementary School in Grovetown, Georgia. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Anthony Micklon of Todd, North Carolina, and the grandson of Mrs. Billie Sue Barton Hunter and the late Mr. Robert Jerry Hunter of LaFollette, Tennessee, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Earl Francis Micklon of Otisfield, Maine. He graduated from Sumter High School and Presbyterian College with a degree in physics with a minor in math. He is employed as the manager of

Bruster’s Ice Cream chains in Augusta and Evans, Georgia. The Rev. Mark Eugene Yoder officiated at the ceremony. Music was provided by Mrs. David Allen Cotton, pianist; Mrs. Rick Floyd Brownlow, violinist and soloist; and Mrs. David Fred Decker, violinist. Escorted by her father, the bride wore an elegant A-line vintage gown featuring a sweeping train adorned with beautiful lace accents and stunning beaded embroidery at the waist. She carried a bouquet of calla lilies, roses, tulips and hosta. Mary Margaret Somheil served as maid of honor, with Mrs. Andrew Philip Marlowe Jr., sister-in-law of the bride, as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Elizabeth Griffith McLeod Britton, Cecelia Fair Edmunds, Lauren Nicole Eubanks, Courtney Allison Kight, Katherine Elizabeth Ring, Anna Katherine Shuler and Nancy Cameron Smith. Junior bridesmaids were Emily Spencer Reynolds, Anna Louise Segars, Elizabeth DeVore Segars and Margaret Snow Segars. Flower girls were Carlisle Camp Segars and Sarah McClain Segars.

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The bridegroom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were Mr. Michael Charles Abbott Jr., Mr. Justin Wade Cromer, Mr. Andrew Liam Foushee, Mr. Andrew Philip Marlowe Jr., Mr. George Dalton Marlowe and Mr. Samuel Galloway Marlowe, brothers of the bride, Mr. William Zachary Micklon, brother of the bridegroom, and Mr. William Rodney Scruggs. The bride’s parents held the reception at The O’Donnell House. The bridegroom’s parents held the rehearsal party at Sublette Pond House. Following a wedding trip to Jamaica, the couple will reside in Evans.

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Bracalente-Hinson Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Watcher and Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bracalente, all of Sumter, announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Bennett Bracalente of Tampa, Florida, to Mr. Colton E. Hinson of Tampa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Eugene Hinson Jr. of Balm, Florida. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler B. Dunlap Jr., Ms. Celia M. Dunlap, retired Col. and Mrs. Pete Watcher, Ms. Beatrice Bracalente and the late Anthony Bracalente, all of Sumter. She attends University of South Florida College of Nursing. She is a midshipman first class in the Naval ROTC

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Program at USF and will serve as the battalion commanding officer in the fall 2015 semester. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hinson of Balm, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Austin Rosner of Tampa. He graduated from the University of Florida in 2009 with a bachelor of arts in political science and is pursuing a master of science in finance at University of South Florida. He is employed as a business analyst by J.P. Morgan Chase and is a first lieutenant in the Florida Army National Guard. The wedding is planned for Aug. 8, 2015, at Bethel

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United Methodist Church in Sumter. ••• The couple is registered at Naomi & Warner, 12 S. Main St., Sumter; and Belk, www. belk.com.

EARLY DEADLINE FOR JULY 5 The deadline for engagement and wedding announcements to publish in the July 5 edition of The Sumter Item is noon on June 25. Engagement and wedding forms may be obtained at The Sumter Item or downloaded from www. theitem.com. Please type or print all information, paying particular attention to names. Do not print in all capital letters. Photographs must be vertical and of reproduction quality. ANNOUNCEMENT FEES: $95: Standard wedding announcement with photo $90: Standard wedding announcement without photo $75: Standard engagement announcement with photo $70: Standard engagement announcement without photo If you would like your announcement to include information that is not on The Sumter Item’s form, there will be an additional $50 charge. For additional information, call (803) 774-1264.

FOLLY BEACH — Joy Christen Bradford and Jason Abram were united in marriage at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 15, 2015. The bride is the daughter of Dr. Linwood Bradford and the late Mrs. Shellie Bradford, and the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Theron and Marjorie Bradford and the late Gene and Myra Simpson, all of Sumter. She graduated from Clemson University in 2008 with a bachelor of science in graphic communications. She is employed by Starbucks in Greenville. The bridegroom is the son of Allen and Ruth Abram, and the grandson of Mrs. Eva Thornton and the late Henry and Jean Bourbeau. He is self-employed as a painter. Ms. Crystal Splanger performed the ceremony. Music was provided by Matthew Kay, guitarist. The bride wore a mignon beaded gown in champagne from Givon Boutiqué of Charleston. She carried a bouquet of daisies and sunflowers bound with burlap

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and teal ribbon. As a tribute to her late mother, she wore a hairpiece made from pieces of her mother’s wedding gown train and elegant blouses. The reception was given by the bridal couple and the bride’s father at No. 5 Faber St., Charleston. Following a wedding trip to St. Augustine, Florida, the couple resides in Greenville.

Craver-Tilghman, Watts Dorothy “Dotte” CraverTilghman of Sumter and Reginald “Layton” Watts Jr. of Dalzell were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 9, 2015, at Lodebar Farm in Sumter. The bride is the daughter of Ms. Sue Craver of Sumter and Mr. Paul Craver of Little River, and the granddaughter of Mrs. Lucy Burchfield and the late Mr. Samuel Burchfield of Sumter, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Lester Paul Craver of Greensboro, North Carolina. She graduated from Sumter High School and Mary Brewer Insurance School of Columbia. She is employed as an insurance agent by Bynum Insurance since 2007. The bridegroom is the son of Ms. Chyrl Dinkins of Dalzell and Mr. Reggie Watts of Edisto Beach, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Watts of Greeenville, Ms. Anne Dickson of Mauldin, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Summie Roberson of Fairplay. He graduated from Hillcrest High School in Dalzell and from Central Carolina Technical College in Sumter. He also attended the University of South Carolina Sumter. He is employed by Walton Countertops. Mr. Glen Rector officiated at the ceremony. Music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Blake Sorie, guitarist and vocalist. Flowers were placed on the cross is memory of the bride’s brother, Mr. Christopher Craver; the bride’s grandfather, Mr. Burchfield; the bridegroom’s stepfather, Mr. Chip Dinkins; the bridegroom’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roberson; and Mr. Henry Bynum. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a one-shoulder ivory satin gown with a pearl

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and rhinestone embellished satin sash and a three-tier veil accented with pearls throughout. She carried a bouquet of sunflowers, sunset roses, green spider mums and peach carnations wrapped in burlap. Lyndi Gardner served as maid of honor, with Julie Weatherly as matron of honor. Junior bridesmaids were Emma Grace Tilghman, daughter of the bride, and Kristian Watts and Elizabeth Watts, twin daughters of the bridegroom. Brenna Craver served as flower girl. Chad Hargrove served as best man. Groomsman was Reggie Watts, with Jake Gardner as junior groomsman. Ashton Renfro served as ring bearer. The reception was given by the bridal couple at Lodebar Farm. The bride’s mother held the rehearsal party at Lodebar Farm. Following a wedding trip to Cancun, Mexico, the couple will reside in Dalzell. ••• The couple is registered at Target, www.target.com; and Lowes, www.Lowes.com.

Children from prior marriages can be slow to accept change DEAR ABBY — I am a divorced mother with an 11-year-old daughter. My boyfriend, “John,” and I have been together for two years and we’re serious. He is also divorced, with a 13-yearDear Abby old daughter. ABIGAIL We have tried to be sensitive and underVAN BUREN standing about their feelings about our recent divorces and our relationship, but both girls are having a difficult time coping with it. We are very loving and inclusive, so it’s not as if they should feel resentful or left out. But this is starting to cause a rift in our relationship. There comes a point when they need to understand that this is the new norm and get used to it. We try to include each other’s daughter in shared events, but it ends up becoming a

forced struggle. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. The new norm DEAR NEW NORM — Welcome to the world of blended families. As much as we would wish it, the adjustment isn’t always smooth, because when children are involved, their world is often torn apart. A resource that can be helpful would be the Stepfamily Foundation Inc. (stepfamily.org). Your former spouses can also ease the adjustment for the girls by remaining actively involved in their lives, curbing their hostility and not pitting the children against either of you. However, if that’s not in the cards, then enlist the help of a licensed family therapist. Blended family counseling, divorce and remarriage counseling may be necessary to ease the girls’ transition into “the new norm,” which is anything but normal for them.

DEAR ABBY — My husband, “Alex,” and I are a young couple and have been married for four years. I recently took a trip with him to visit his uncle and met one of Alex’s cousins for the first time. I was helping my mother-in-law in the kitchen when Alex called me to come and look at something on his computer. I responded, “Sir?” His cousin immediately started poking fun at it, and the rest of his family joined in. To me, “Sir” is a gesture of respect to my husband. His family seemed to interpret it to mean I think I’m less than an equal in our relationship. This is definitely not the case. Alex and I both make sure to show respect and appreciation to each other in little ways throughout the day. This isn’t the first instance in which someone heard me address my husband as “Sir” and criticized my decision to use the word. Frankly, I have no intention to change the way I interact with my husband. What I’d like to

know is, how do I nicely shut the conversation down when people give their unwelcome opinion? Annoyed in Round Rock, Texas DEAR ANNOYED — It’s possible these relatives did not grow up with the same formalities you are used to. If that’s the case, smile and say, “I consider calling my husband ‘Sir’ a sign of respect. That’s how I was raised. Don’t you think he deserves it?” However, if the teasing doesn’t stop, add, “I’m neither downtrodden nor subservient — and what I call him is really not your business.” Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby. com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby — Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

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THE SUMTER ITEM Taylor Ward, then 10, works on her ink abstraction in the Introduction to Charcoal and Watercolor class. A similar class, Wet & Wild Watercolors with Terrance McDow, will be offered at the Sumter County Gallery of Art July 13 through 17. Summer art camp offers a variety of classes in many mediums during its summer art camp.

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SUMMER FROM PAGE C1 Summer Art Camp Reception and Exhibition following the last week of classes. Students are encouraged to enter their work in the exhibition, which they can pick up afterwards to take home. This year’s reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the gallery. Students, their friends and families are invited to attend. Find complete information and a full list of all classes offered during summer art camp visit the website http:// www.sumtergallery.org/Education.html or pick up a brochure at the Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasell St. in the Sumter County GalSUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOS lery of art. Call (803) 775-0543

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Ella Fehr, then 6, works on the illustrations for her book in Holly Fister’s class titled “Where the Wild Things Are.” Like other summer art campers, Ella was enabled to incorporate various skills into making art. to inquire about class availability.

YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 that the debt on the church has been discharged in full. Dr. Sophia Brunson, wife of Dr. John A. Brunson, pastor of the church, who was unable to attend the services because of ill health set fire to the mortgage held by Rev. J.N. Tolar of Madison, Georgia.

50 YEARS AGO – 1965 Aug. 30 – Sept. 5 Stanley E. Von Hofe, son of Mrs. Mary B. Von Hofe of Sumter, has been awarded a two-year Air Force Scholarship at Clemson University. The scholarship, given to 977 Air Force ROTC cadets in the nation and to eight cadets at Clemson, includes tuition, books, fees and $50 a month. Stanley is a pre-medicine major at Clemson and was selected on the basis of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, academic achievement and personal interview. • Integration came quietly and without incident to city schools on this, the first day of the fall term. Twenty-eight Negro students, 18 girls and 10 boys, entered classes in the formerly all-white schools. Dr. L.C. McArthur, superintendent, said that as far as he knew all 28 attended classes. W.S. Jackson, principal of Edmunds High School, where the largest number of Negroes — 12 — enrolled, said the opening there was as “smooth as silk.” “Everybody was on the job and there were no problems at all,” said Jackson. • Mrs. W.F. Baker, for 50 years Item correspondent from Rembert, marked her 75th birthday with a family reunion and birthday dinner held at the Community Hall in Horatio. “Mae Baker Day” was declared at New Hope Baptist Church near Rembert where Mrs. Baker has been a member since girlhood. Born and reared in the Rembert community, she attended the oneroom New Hope School. • Construction is scheduled to begin next week on a vast, 50-acre shopping center located off Broad Street. Principal building in the shopping center will be a 62,000-square-foot Woolco Department Store, which will make it the largest in the Sumter area. • Sumter County residents 65 or older can enroll in a medical insurance plan designed to supplement the hospital insurance benefits provided under the 1965 social security amendments, W.H. Nixon, Social Security District Manager in Columbia, announced this week. This voluntary plan will help pay the costs of certain health services not covered in the hospital insurance program, Nixon stated. • There was a lot of brass on board the USS Missouri 20 years ago today when Japan surrendered to the allies, thus ending the bitter and heartbreaking conflict known as World War II. On the other side of the huge battleship listening to the ceremonies over

1990 -- Mike Floyd poses with a scene from “Gone with the Wind.” The Bates Middle School seventh-grader publishes a newsletter on the epic.

a loudspeaker was a Navy parachute rigger second class and Sumterite who, along with 4,000 other men, was to participate in one of history’s most momentous events. Perry Woodward, who was 21 at the time and had been aboard the Missouri since it was commissioned two and one-half years earlier, remembers well those events 20 years ago that brought down the curtain on the world’s most violent struggle. • Robert Brooks, 17-year-old Sumter native, one of the first from Sumter County to enlist in the Job Corps, has made an outstanding success as a member of this recently organized youth organization. Selected after a careful consideration of merit and efficiency, Brooks was chosen for top assignment in Job Corps’ “Capitol Project.” In the shadow of the nations’ capitol the Sumter youth is engaged in processing data on the Corps’ operation over the country. Brooks has learned how to operate a key punch machine as a part of his daily duties. On Sept. 15 he will enter night classes at the IBM Training School to further acquaint himself with the operation of modern business machines.

25 YEARS AGO – 1990 June 1–7 Charleston’s Coburg Dairy Inc. has scrapped its plan to buy Sumter Dairies Inc., and the stockholders of the local company are searching for another buyer. According to a brief statement released by the two dairy companies, the firms could not reach “a definitive agreement,” and “all further negotiations have been terminated.” No specifics were given as to what caused the breakdown. Coburg and Sumter Dairies, a division of Sumter’s United Enterprises Inc., announced earlier this month that an agreement had been reached to allow Coburg to acquire the asset of the 40-yearold local dairy. • Just like her classmates, Pat Maynor was cheered by members of her family when she received her diploma from St. Jude’s Central High School Friday Night. Unlike her classmates though, Maynor’s family includes a husband, two children, a son-in-law and a grandchild. The 41-year-old Sumter woman is St. Jude’s oldest graduate ever. Maynor’s graduation capped a year that amazed her family, fellow students and the St. Jude’s staff. • Bob Sharp won the Late Model main event to highlight racing action Saturday night at Sumter Rebel Speedway. Joey Griffin and Sharp earned the right to start on the poles after winning the heat races. Sharp had little trouble racing to his third win this season in the feature. • Close to half of the 92 people hired last year by Sumter’s Campbell Soup plant to work on the company’s new Souper

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1965 -- Among the first to join the Sumter Booster Club this season were Sumter Mayor Robert Graham, here handing his membership check to club chairman Charles James, and the members of City Council, left to right, Morris Mazursky, William Boyle, James Harrelson and Robert Palmer. Combo production line are temporarily unemployed because of sluggish sales of the product, according to Plant Manager Ted Brewer. The only other Souper Combo production line in the United States, in Nebraska, has also been temporarily closed. • Sumter residents can tempt their taste buds while supporting a local adult daycare program Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Sumter County exhibition Center. “Men Who Cook, 1990” will feature the favorite dishes of 91 Sumter area men, commentary from J.R. Berry and the music of trumpeter Joseph Johnson and his piano accompanist. Expected treats include Cajun Gumbo, seafood fettuccini, fried turkey and mini cheesecakes, along with other surprise dishes. The Gourmet Club’s Linda Parker and Item food editor Judy Ferrell will judge the food and choose the recipient of the “Hot Dog Award.” • A hazardous waste bill that received final legislative approval Monday should pave the way for South Carolina to stop burying hazardous waste, one of the bill’s primary sponsors said this morning. “This should get us on track toward getting out of the landfill business,” Rep. Joe McElveen said of the legislation, which reduces the annual cap on the Laidlaw (GSX) landfill and sets up steps to eventually phase out the burial of hazardous waste. • Sumter broke open a 4-4 game with a seven-run sixth inning and proceeded to claim a 13-9 victory over Kingstree in its American Legion baseball season opener at Riley Park. It was an offensive night for both squads as they combined for 23 hits. • Clarendon County residents will soon be able to see if their drinking water is safe — thanks to a new program sponsored by the county’s Farm Bureau. A groundwater testing program that started this week will not only help ensure the safety of the county’s groundwater supply but will help build a base of information on the quality of aquifers supplying the county’s water needs, according to Ricky Lee, president of the Clarendon County Farm Bureau. • Not many people know that Groucho Marx was Margaret Mitchell’s first choice to play the dashing Rhett Butler in “Gone With the Wind,” but Mike Floyd does. The 12-year-

1965 -- Gene Hair of Fayetteville, North Carolina, who won Saturday night’s 200-lap Grand American Racing Association event at Rebel Raceway, gets special congratulations from Delores Bomar of Sumter. Miss Bomar also rode in the pace car. old’s fingers move deftly over his IBM PC keyboard as he works on his upcoming newsletters. The subject is always the same — “Gone With the Wind,” which he considers “the best movie that ever will be made.” The Bates Middle School seventh-grader has published four newsletters since February and has a list of about 15 subscribers from the Sumter area, Georgia and Florida who gladly pay 30 cents and issue. • The Sumter P-15’s exploded for nine runs in the fifth and continued their torrid hitting in a 16-7 win over Dalzell in American Legion baseball action at Riley Park. Sumter, which opened the season Monday with 13 hits in a 13-9 win over Kingstree, banged out 19 hits against the Trail Boss. Leadoff hitter Jerrell Watson was the offensive catalyst as he went 5 for 6 with three stolen bases and three runs scored. • Three Sumter County historic sites have received more than $27,000 from the S.C. Department of Archives and History for preservation and to make repairs that resulted from last September’s hurricane. The largest grant awarded locally, $21,500, went to Ellerbe’s Mill, a grist mill located on the Millvale Plantation in Rembert. Also, a $10,000 grant was awarded for Hurricane Hugo repairs to the Cato department store on South Main Street, and $5,750 was awarded to the Salem (Black River) Presbyterian Church in Mayesville. • Sumter pounded three Manning pitchers for 20 hits and took advantage of 10

walks and 10 Manning errors enroute to a 21-8 victory in American Legion baseball action at Riley Park Wednesday night. • The Item has begun contributing its excess used and unused newsprint to the city of Sumter’s recycling effort, the paper’s publisher announced. “We’re trying to take the lead and set an example in getting rid of our old newspapers,” Hubert D. Osteen Jr. said. • Sumter City Council tentatively agreed Tuesday to raise property taxes by 3 mills to help offset a $117,580 budget deficit and to help raise the city’s minimum wage to $4 an hour. Council gave initial approval to a 1990-91 budget that includes the 3-mill increase but still has a deficit of more than $1,300. Council directed City Manager Talmadge Tobias to cut that amount from the budget. • Fritz Smith capped off an outstanding high school career at Robert E. Lee Academy Monday by accepting the first annual Bill Simpson Award presented for academic and athletic excellence by the South Carolina Independent Schools Association. SCISA athletic secretary Mike Fanning awarded the plaque to Smith in the school library. Smith will continue his academic endeavors at the U.S. Air Force Academy. While at the Bishopville institution, he finished in the top 10 in his class in academic average and competed on the Cavaliers’ football and baseball teams. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 774-1221.

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Troops climb over a sea wall on Utah Beach during the invasion on June 6, 1944.

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U.S Army troops cross the English Channel on their way to Utah Beach on D-Day.

D-Day events changed history, Sumter community D-Day was the most critical day of our generation. We are deeply indebted to the press, radio and newsreels, which since the beginning of the invasion have kept us fully informed as to the movements of the Allied Forces. This, the greatest achievement in the gathering and dissemination of information ever recorded, makes us realize what our men faced when they landed and more fully understand the depth of our obligation as individuals and organizations in backing up our armed forces. Our prayers are with all who are participating in the Liberation of Europe, and our sympathy goes to the families of those who have made the supreme sacrifice. ... International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation 1944 The morning of June 5, 1944, began like most Sammy Way days since REFLECTIONS the beginning of the Second World War some 2 ½ years earlier. The citizens of Sumter began their day searching the news agencies for information on their loved ones in the military. They checked the headlines to see how our military efforts were progressing. Young men who had recently graduated from high school were contemplating entrance into the military. The intent of Reflections is to give our readers the opportunity to revisit the Sumter

community and relive the D-Day landing when the world waited breathlessly, hoping that this Allied undertaking would succeed. By June 5 the celebration of Memorial Day had been concluded, and the majority of Sumterites had returned to their day-to-day activities. E.H. Moses, Jr. announced himself as a candidate for City Council, Sumter was planning the County Fair, hail had damaged local crops and on the international front British submarines continued to sink Axis ships. There was great speculation that a massive European invasion would take place soon, but no one was sure of the time and place. As the sun began to set on the evening of June 5, 1944, Sumter, like thousands of small towns across the nation, awoke to learn of the largest military operation to take place in our planet’s history. The June 6, 1944 headline of The Sumter Daily Item read “Invasion Forces Storm Inland; German Opposition and Casualties Lighter than Were Expected.” The allied invasion plan known as “Operation Overlord,” required massive military landings to be conducted on five beaches located along the coast of Normandy on the northern shore of France. The objective was to secure a beachhead on the shoreline, then thrust inland liberating French cities, with the final objective being the invasion and conquering of Nazi Germany. Upon hearing the news of the invasion many Sumterites began filling their places of

4th Division Troops move up from Utah Beach, June 6, 1944. worship to overflowing as they prayed for the success of the efforts of those brave young men involved in its undertaking. Sirens and whistles sounded throughout the city and at Shaw Field at 8:30 a.m. proclaiming the opening of a western front. Mayor F.B. Creech cautioned the city residents that “when the inva-

sion occurs, it will not be a time for celebration, but a time for seriousness and prayer.” “Relatives and friends of boys who at that moment might be landing on the French beach under enemy fire knelt in silent supplication for Divine guidance for sons, husbands and loved

This planning map shows the names of beach landing sites located on the north shore of Normandy.

The late Lt. Col. George Mabry of Sumter is shown on D-Day. He later received the medal of honor for his actions in the Hurtgen Forest.

ones. Here and there a tear was shed, and practically everyone was having difficulty with a lump in his throat.” The Sumter Daily Item, June 6, 1944. On this momentous day citizens were again reminded that every day was D-Day on the home front as they were to: dig in the garden, deliver the goods, and do your share of War Bond buying! For 10 days following the D-Day invasion, the citizens of Sumter were given information concerning global and local events. It is important to note that life continued on the home front while events of immense proportions were taking place in the Atlantic and Pacific war zones. Even though these zones were thousands of miles apart the events of one directly impacted those of the other. America was at war; its citizens attempted to live as normal a life as possible. However, they were ever vigilant and mindful and concerned for the welfare of those in harm’s way. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1221.

Under heavy German machine gun fire, American infantrymen wade ashore off the ramp of a Coast Guard landing craft on June 8, 1944, during the invasion of the French coast of Normandy in World War II.

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Sumter Christian School SUMMER DAY CAMP UNDERWAY Summer Day Camp is still available for students enrolled in SCS this year or next year. The cost is $3.10 per hour, but there is a cap of $90 per week with any time over 29 hours free. It opens at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. weekdays during the summer except on July 3 and will continue through Open House Day on Aug. 14. Also, the office will remain open on weekdays during the summer from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for anyone interested in viewing the school or considering enrollment for the fall term beginning Aug. 17.

STUDENTS HAVE A PLAN The faculty and staff would like to congratulate the senior class of 2015 for having finished a difficult task well. After graduating, De’Aundria Barr plans to enter the U.S. Air Force. T.J. Barron plans to attend University of South Carolina and is undecided in his field of study. Dixie Jones plans to work until the spring of 2016 then enter Central Carolina Technical College to study nursing. Salutatorian Katelynn Mahoney plans to attend Bob Jones University, majoring in chemistry and minoring in biology to pursue a career in forensic pathology. Arianah Medlock plans to major in biology at Wingate University. Aaron Pekuri is undecided in his major but plans to attend Central Carolina Technical College. Medina Richardson plans to attend Francis Marion University to study pediatric nursing. Valedictorian Ta’Niss Robinson plans to major in political science at Winthrop University. Victoria Rollings plans to attend Bob Jones University to major in elementary education. Kevin Taffe Jr. plans to work for a year then attend Central Carolina Technical College in the fall of 2016. — Miriam Marritt

University of South Carolina Sumter APPLY NOW FOR FALL 2015 It’s not too late to apply for fall 2015 at University of South Carolina Sumter. Contact the Office of Admissions Services at (803) 938-3717 for information on entrance requirements for the fall or to schedule a visit. Scholarships and financial aid are available. Call or visit USC Sumter today. More information is available online at www.uscsumter.edu. — Misty Hatfield

Sumter School District GRADUATION CEREMONIES HELD Crestwood and Lakewood high school graduations were held Friday at Sumter County Civic Center. The Sumter High School graduation was held Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The Crestwood Distinguished Honor Graduates were valedictorian William Wayne Russ II and salutatorian Zarriah Alyse Taylor. Lakewood’s Distinguished Honor Graduates were valedictorian Austin Tyler Griswold and salutatorian Sonora Eugenia Dengokl. Sumter High School’s valedictorian was Angela Marie Williams, and the salutatorian was Chynna Chane’l Wilson. Each of these top students made commencement addresses, offering words of encouragement and inspiration to their classmates. Other Crestwood Honor Graduates, in addition to Russ and Taylor, were Cadeshia Alexis Benjamin, Kyree Deontae-Tyrone Brisbone, Erika Leigh Comfort, Chanteria Dominique Conyers, Elizabeth Leilani Cordero, Rochelle Paris Couture, Chelsee Patrice Davis, Nathan Eric Davis, Nathaniel Montrell Ervin, Cassaundra Leigh Folderman, Patricia Jeannette Foote, Winter Aliah Grant, Anthony Giovanni Hill, Brandon Song Huynh, Stephanie Kathleen Johnson, Nicholas James Kline, Angelica Guadalupe Manzo Ramirez, Jose Eleazar Martinez Castillo, Stephanie Nicole McAdoo, Brendan Alexander Miller, Wesley Thomas Pittman, Donald James Rutledge, Dillon Michael Sierra, Westley Dale Simpson, Rebecca Bowinn Travis, Alexander Brennan Vereen, Jamar Andrea Williams, Kelly Marie Wollenberg and Kyle Anthony Wright. Additional Lakewood Honor Graduates, in addition to Griswold and Dengokl, were Meryl Bayley Baker, Lindsey Cheyenne Barwick, Alyssa Marie Cardone, Amanda Priscilla Felder, Jean Grace Fox, William James Harris, Raymond Lang Jr., Jazmine Taiyana McBride, Mireille-Simone Charlie-Girl McCabe, Joseph Daniel McDonald, Kara Nicole McKnight, Vannia Monserrat Moreno Gil, Jonaleah Breanna Moroz, Taylor Louise Odom, April Darlene Overby, Kiana Celena Pringle, Gardenia Alexandria Rembert, De’ja Alease Richardson, Kendrel Seara Tindal, Andre Trashawn Washington, Gabriella Zena Williams, and Breanna Nichelle Wright. In addition to the Sumter High School valedictorian Williams and salutatorian Wilson, honor graduates were Jason Garrett Adams, Adrian Fitzgerald Anderson, Gavin Cole Arnold, Ahmed Ali Atta, Michelle Marie Atwood, Erika Ann Atwood, Benjamin Joseph Austin, Kirstin Alexandra Berard, Trevor William Bertha, Hannah Walton Bordeaux, Erin Elaine Bradford, Shannon Colleen Chaney, Nicholas Ryan Darrow, Dean-

na Susan Demarte, Lameshia Tamera Dennis, Dylan Gregory Drown, Danielle Laverne Fane, Ashley Elizabeth Gantt, Mekeisha Ardenia Gibbons, Kion’na Rene Greene, Dante Charles Hartman, Ceili Elizabeth Hesselgrave, Madison Amber Hodge, Damonique Chanelle Ishman, Keelan Richard Leon KaneYearman, Tyler Nesmith King, Dalton James Kirkhart, Mary Ann Koty, Lyndsay Beverly Krebs, Tiara Janay Lonon, Katherine Lorena Lynch, Malcolm Major-Wright, Logan Thomas Marks, Alison Lynn Mathew, Naomi Kianna McQuiller, Alexxis Lyn’chelle Mitchell, Sophie Eleonore Mobius, Jalah Shauntese Moore-Wilson, Trevor Depra Moxley, Marc Anthony Ojeda, Ryan Alexander Perez, Anna Elizabeth Perry, Lauren Alyssa Pringle, Sarah McKenzie QuinnBarnett, Shelby Anne Reynolds, Holly Marie Richardson, James Allen deFigueiredo Riggs, Jennifer Katelyn Roberson, Emily Lauren Russell, Ashley Nicole Schaffer, Jillian Nicole Schneider, Patrick J’Waun Scott, Destiny Toreyetta Shropshire, Kayla Alexis Small, LaRaven Abr’ iana Temoney, Mary Helen Timmons, Rebecca Marie Twitty, Vincent Anthony Watkins, Sarah Veronica Weaver, Xaviera Jasmine Webb, Ally Kaelynn Welborn, Kamri Aaliyah Wiliams, Taylor Janell Willis and Ting Ting Yau. Junior Marshals assisted with the ceremony. Marshals are chosen from among the top academic performers in the current 11th grade. From Crestwood, chief junior marshal was Jaxon Sellars. Honor marshals were Wilfredo Anderson, Xavier Charlot, Diamonte Commander, Allison Cox, Nicolas Davis, Khaura Day, Micaela Harris, Hope Hillsman, Nikko Hunter, Aiyana Jones, Ariana Keele, Collin Kremer, Antoine Lowry, Dajuan McDonald, Alexis Padar, Kimberly Patterson-Little, Amani Sanders, Cassidy Small, Precious Thompson, Michaela Tindal, Sade Turner, Benjamin Wessendorf and Jonah Williams. Lakewood High School’s Junior Honor Marshals were chief marshal Viktoria Eaddy, Ivy Benenhaley and Kendra Kennedy. Junior Marshals were Jonte’ Alston, Chandler Anderson, Erin Brevard, Jalaina Brown, Alphonzo Choice, Ben Evans, Alexis Haley, Brianna Hicks, Kenyanna Howard, Halie Josey, Matthew Keyes, Simon Levy, Kelsey Madison, Christian McDonald, Tyasia Nelson-Pringle, Elizabeth Orban, Richaben Patel, Aaliyah Stokes, Patrice Washington and Justin Yates. Sumter High School’s honor marshals were McLean Achziger, Jonathan Austin, Kaitlynn Cook, Anna Elmore, Savannah Jordan, Hannah Moore, Emily Mulholland, Monica Ortiz, William Stallings and Caryn Tabalana. Junior marshals at Sumter High were Schyler Anderson, Kiana Colclough, Nathaniel Dabbs, Caroline Flowers, Shalia Francis, Hannah Gamble, Sarah Green, Jessica Griffin, Shayvonne Harvin, Sarah Jones, Daytona McDonald, Natasha McKnight, Meagan McMahon, Zoe Mooneyham, Turner Newman, Aidan O’Connor, Rhiannon Ridgeway, Treva Walker and Jalen Williams. The combined senior classes of Crestwood, Lakewood and Sumter high schools earned more than $30.6 million in scholarships for their postsecondary educations.

Thursdays and closed on Fridays. All operations will be closed June 29 to July 10, with the district reopening on Monday, July 13. Regular Monday through Friday operation will resume Aug. 10. Students return for the 2015-16 school year on Monday, Aug. 17.

SEAMLESS SUMMER PROGRAM Through the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Seamless Summer Food Service Program, Sumter School District will offer meals at no charge to eligible children without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion or natural origin. The program makes meals available to children 18 years of age or younger and those 19 years old with a disability and enrolled in school. Tentative dates for program operation are June 8 to July 31. Meals will be served at the following sites and to these groups: Sumter High School (football), Millwood Elementary School (PERK), Cherryvale Community Center, Ebenezer Community Center, M.H. Newton Family Life Center, Salvation Army (Boys & Girls Club), Enon Missionary Baptist Church, North HOPE Center, South HOPE Center, Wilder Elementary School (PERK and Camp Soar), Manchester Elementary School (PARD), Rembert/Rafting Creek Community Center, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Delaine Community Center, South Sumter Park (PARD), Birnie HOPE Center, Haynsworth Center (PARD), Reid Chapel AME Church, Pinewood Gardens Community Center, High Hills AME Church, Rast Street Apartments, A Teacher’s Place, Friendship Apartments, Pocalla Springs Elementary School (PARD), Crestwood High School (football), Harmony Court Apartments, Alice Drive Middle School, Lemira Elementary School, Shabach Summer Program, St. Paul AME Church, Lakewood High School (football), Shiloh Community Center, Lantana Apartments, Crosswell Drive Elementary School, Prophetic Destiny Ministries, Bates Middle School, Salterstown Community Center, Mayesville Pool, Mayesville Middle, Catchall Community Center, Westend Community Center, St. Paul AME, Kids Klub and Eastern Community Center. Other sites will be added as available. For more information, call Leon Williams, director of food services, at (803) 499-5950, extension 109. Any person who thinks he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should write immediately to the Secretary of Adjudication, Washington, D.C. 20250. — Mary B. Sheridan

Lee County School District BISHOPVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ANNEX During the week of May 25, animal ambassadors Kaylee Schwartz and Angela Saunders visited Bishopville Primary School Annex. During their visit, fifth-graders Ella Lorick and Khalir Hannibal were able to participate in the presentation.

LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL On Tuesday, Lower Lee Elementary School held Old Fashioned Field Day for its students. Students, teachers and volunteers had a great time participating in the sporting activities.

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Patty Hansen, a seventh-grade English language arts teacher at Alice Drive Middle School, has been awarded a Samsung Military Curriculum grant, available through Scholastic National Partnerships. The grant was awarded to only 10 teachers throughout the United States. It will pay for 20 Samsung tablets and military curriculum for her classroom. The award was based on the number of military students in the school and the need for technology in the classroom. Hansen will use the tablets for STEM activities and for group work in which students are able to share the tablets. Hansen plans to incorporate the military curriculum into her English language arts classes and also use it for career exploration. She plans to share her tablets with other teachers who need them for their classrooms.

On Tuesday, West Lee Elementary School had its Move-up Ceremony for students in grades 4K and 5K. Congratulations to all of the upcoming kindergarteners and first-graders. The Grade 5 Promotion Ceremony was held at West Lee Elementary School on Wednesday. Meteorologist Von Gaskin from WIS TV 10 was the guest speaker. She did a great job motivating the students. Congratulations to all of the fifth-graders. Grades 1 through 4 participated in an Awards Day Program on Thursday. Congratulations on all of your awards and achievements this year.

PARENT EDUCATION FAIR REMINDER

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The Sumter School District Title I Office will host a Parent Education Fair on Thursday from noon to 6 p.m. at Sumter County Adult Education Center, 905 N. Main St. Parents interested in pursuing a GED, an associate degree or certificate for a specific program of study or a bachelor’s degree are invited to attend. Several local colleges and universities will be available to discuss options for parents for advancing their education. For further information, contact Arthena Woods, Title I Coordinator, at (803) 469-6900, extension 506, or email her at arthena.woods@sumterschools.net.

On Saturday, Lee Central High School participated in commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2015. Congratulations to all of LCHS 2015 graduates.

END-OF-THE-YEAR INFORMATION Thursday was the last day of student attendance for the 2014-15 school year, and Friday was a teacher workday. Beginning this week, summer hours will be in effect in Sumter School District. The district offices and schools will be open extended hours Mondays through

LEE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL The 8th grade Promotion Ceremony was held on Thursday at Lee Central Middle School. Congratulations to the rising ninth-graders.

LEE COUNTY ADULT EDUCATION Lee County Adult Education is offering summer school opportunities. Session 1 started on May 18 and will end on June 11. Session 2 will be June 15 to July 23. For more information, contact Lee County Adult Education at (803) 484-4040 or (803) 484-4200. The Graduation and Recognition Ceremony for Lee County Adult Education will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Lee Central High School Auditorium.

DISTRICTWIDE Lee County School District offered districtwide health screenings on Friday. The health care provider for this event was Carolina Occupational Health Screening Group. The event was a success. If you would like addi-

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tional information regarding future screenings, contact Willistine Simon at (803) 484-5327. Project LEAD II Summer Camps and Enrichment Programs will begin on Monday and run weekdays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. until July 3. Students will receive academic support and skills as well as credit and attendance recovery programs. Transportation will be provided as well as breakfast and lunch for those students in attendance. If you would like more information about the programs offered, contact the Office of Instruction at (803) 484-5327. — Kara Fowler

Wilson Hall EVERY SENIOR RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Each of the 60 members of the Class of 2015 received merit-based scholarship offers totaling $5.7 million. The class earned three National Merit Scholarships, 16 full academic scholarships, 33 half academic scholarships, seven Palmetto Fellow Scholarships and 40 Life Scholarships. Life Scholarships are offered by the state to students who meet two of the following criteria: minimum 3.0 GPA, minimum combined score of 1100 on the SAT or rank in the top 30 percent of the graduating class. The following is a partial list of scholarship recipients compiled from information submitted to the college counselor, Diane Richardson. Chase Belk received a Dixie Youth Baseball Scholarship and a S.C. State Fair Scholarship, and Kendall Brogdon received a Sumter County Historical Society Scholarship. Branson Bruce received a S.C. Youth Shooting Foundation Scholarship, LauraClare Thevenet received the Elizabeth Caton Book Voice Scholarship, and Pierce Thompson received the Thompson Industrial Scholarship. Clemson University offered a Palmetto Pact Scholarship to Dex Buschor, Converse College offered a Trustee Honor Scholarship to Cynthia Hall, and Hampden-Sydney College offered a Boys State Scholarship to Thomas McGinnis. American University of Paris offered John Eagle Miles a scholarship, and Lander University offered Tia Richens an academic scholarship.

LATIN MEDALS Sophomore Sean Jackson and freshmen Joshua Easler, Matthew Tavarez and Aubrie Yarbrough received gold medals and Summa Cum Laude certificates for their performance on the National Latin Exam. Receiving silver medals and Maxima Cum Laude certificates were junior Anna Lyles, sophomore Sam Hilferty, freshman Meredith Johnson and eighthgraders Kennedy Davis and Katherine Grace Singleton. Their names will be published in the National Junior Classical League’s magazine, Torch U.S. More than 150,000 students worldwide enrolled in Latin classes took the National Latin Exam in April. Ben McIver is the teacher for the Latin I, II and III classes, and Diane Richardson teaches the Advanced Placement Latin class.

SENIOR SERVICE HOURS The 60 members of the Class of 2015 completed a total of 2,889 hours of community service during the school year. The four seniors completing the most hours of service were Gigi Moore (227 hours), Laura-Clare Thevenet (226), Bethany Knaff (146) and Breanna Kimbrell (131).

SPECIAL SPRING ATHLETIC AWARDS Several students received special recognition at the conclusion of the spring athletic season. Senior Chase Belk was named the S.C. Independent School Association AAA Baseball Player of the Year, and he was named to the SCISA AAA All-State Baseball Team along with junior Robert James and sophomore McLendon Sears. Along with senior Walker Patrick, these four players were also selected for the All-Star team which was coached by Pat Sears, an assistant coach for Wilson Hall’s varsity team. Belk was also named the Region II-AAA Player of the Year, and he was selected for the All-Region Team with James, junior Edward McMillan, sophomore Dawson Price, Patrick and Sears. Chosen for the All-State Golf Team were juniors Coker Lowder, Christian Salzer and Grier Schwartz, and Glen Rector was named the SCISA AAA Golf Coach of the Year. Salzer was named Region Player of the Year and was chosen for the All-Region Team with freshman Walker Jones, Schwartz, senior Raines Waggett and sophomore Easton Ward. Juniors Jake Croft and David Tussey were chosen for both the All-State and All-Star Teams for soccer, and they were selected for the All-Region Team with seniors Nathan Dilts and Cody Hoover. Chosen for the All-State Team for softball were freshman Drake Ives and senior Holly Scott, and they were named to the All-Star Team with junior Betsy Cunningham, sophomore Danielle deHoll and senior Hannah Jordan. Named to the All-Region Team were Cunningham, deHoll, Ives and Scott. Selected for the All-State Tennis Team were senior Trey Davis and sophomores Thomas Brown and Hunter Hendrix. — Sean Hoskins

PANORAMA

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Monarch butterflies love this mystery plant BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium I remember an early summer road trip — it was 1982. The route: Meriden, Connecticut to Middlebury, Vermont, and seemingly everywhere in between. A Southern boy botanizing in New England always finds lots of cool plants to see and learn, and this is one of them. This plant is what people often term a “large herb,” attaining about 3 feet in height. The base of the stem doesn’t get woody, and the whole thing — the top anyway — will be killed by the frost, only to come up the next spring. It is a native herb, despite the scientific name. This species apparently is native to southern Canada and the upper parts of New England, but in the last several decades, a number of new collections (in herbaria) establish its range now as far south as the Piedmont of South Carolina and also over to northern Georgia and Alabama. It’s still most

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This native herb grows to about 3 feet, and its blooms attract all kinds of insects, especially the Monarch butterfly, whose caterpillars thrive on it. likely seen in the East, though, at least in great abundance, in the high parts of the Appalachians or into New England. Although it is a really common member of its genus throughout its range, this species is a real show-stopper while blooming and even after blooming.

Its flowers are arranged into a massive ball of blooms, all of the flowers originating more or less at the same point. Remember that this inflorescence would be an umbel. Each flower has 5 obscure little sepals, and 5 showy, pink, petals, which hang strictly down. Specialized “hoods” contain a little

“horn” poking straight up, and here is the location of the specialized stamens. All sorts of insects go wild for the flowers, either for taking nectar or eating the flower parts directly. The fruit that is formed during the summer will be a sort of fat pickle-shaped affair, pointed on both ends. This fruit will be covered on the outside surface with shaggy, hairy little stumps. Of course, in the fall the fruit, upon drying, will split along a single line, releasing its magnificent seeds. The seeds are sort of oval and nondescript, but each is surmounted by an extravagant coma of soft, white bristles, allowing the seeds to float off into the breeze on a brilliant autumn day. The most interesting aspect of its biology surely must involve biochemistry. The plants are loaded with latex, or a white juice, easy to see if the stems are broken. This latex tends to deter a lot (not all) of the herbivory expected from living in a world of hun-

gry insects. Some insects, including Monarch butterflies, have basically outsmarted the plant (how hard should that be?). Monarchs like to lay their eggs on this species and its near relatives, and the little baby caterpillars have no problem at all in chewing up the nourishing vegetation. In this case, the Monarchs are perhaps too dependent on these plants: their larvae can live on nothing else. You may have heard that Monarchs are known now in much-reduced numbers. This may be in part due to the lack of habitat for its required larval food source. Answer: “Common milkweed,” Asclepias syriaca John Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herbarium. org, call (803) 777-8196, or email nelson@sc.edu.

Family stories focus at Lee Historical Society FROM STAFF REPORTS Family stories from two charter members of the Lee County Historical Society will be on the program at the society’s Second Quarter Meeting on Tuesday. Margie Jeffords and Gail Player will share interesting anecdotes about themselves and their families at the 7 p.m. meeting at the South Carolina Cotton Museum. Jeffords will offer intimate and fascinating stories about her family and growing up in Bishopville. Born Christmas Eve in 1925 when her family resided in the Stokes Bridge area, Margie grew to understand and embrace life on the farm. Her aunts were instrumental in her early education, and when she attempted to enter the town school as a 5-year-old and was rejected, her Aunt Gertrude homeschooled her that entire year. Jeffords recalls that she was tutored exceptionally well with a classic education that far exceeded what was offered in public school. Of course, that was long before the modern movement of homeschooling was even contemplated. Jeffords did attend grammar school in the little white school building that later be-

came the lunch room for the new grammar school on Heyward Street. Her telling of childhood stories about the fun activities she and her friends like Dr. Mary Elizabeth Blanchard and many others engaged in make for many hours of pure entertainment. In 1942, she graduated from the modern Bishopville High School after which she attended Limestone College. Attending college during the war years of the 1940s could justify an entire program in itself. Jeffords said so many of our young men went into the service at the time that she and her college roommate could not find boys to date to her college prom. Gail Player, another admired and devoted member of the Bishopville community, is also a raconteur in her own right. Her portion of the twopart program will focus on her great-great-grandfather, Capt. Robert W. Andrews of Sumter, who lived to be 104 years old and was one of the most fascinating individuals to emerge in the late 1800s. The late Sumter County historian Cassie Nicholes, who wrote the book “Historical Sketches of Sumter County,” includes several pages on Andrews. Referred to as “The Great Pedestrian,” he built a reputation on his ex-

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The Lee County Historical Society meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the S.C. Cotton Museum in Bishopville. The museum’s director, Janson Cox, has noted that the museum is a good place for the society to meet, as the story of cotton’s ascent is similar to that of the U.S. tensive walking tours accompanied by his little dog, Fido. A direct quote from an Aug. 17, 1886 article in the Boston Globe reads: “Captain Robert W. Andrews of Sumter, S.C., well deserves the reputation as a great American traveler. He is now 96 years old, and in the past two years has traveled upwards of 7,000 miles in his pedestrian trips through the country.” Player’s account of her great-great-grandfather’s exploits is an incredible, family story that fascinates anyone who hears it. He once walked from Louisiana to Florida for

no reason but to just visit Florida. Even his little dog Fido upon its death received an elaborate obituary in the local papers of the time. Family stories are memorable accounts of those relatives who, in living their lives, made ours. Every one of us inherited a family history and we are busy living our lives and passing our experiences on to our descendants. The circle of life continues with our families and that is one aspect that has made America so great. Our nation’s story is built on the endeavors of families, and passing these legacies on to

our children is what will continue to give strength to our nation. The public is invited to attend the June 9 meeting of the Lee County Historical Society and share some of these family stories. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month from January through November at the S.C. Cotton Museum, 121 W. Cedar Lane, Bishopville. There is no charge for attending the meetings, and all are welcome to attend whether or not they are members of the Society. For more information, call (803) 484-4497.

Regent Saunders also expressed the chapter’s appreciation to Helen Mahon for her efforts in chairing the Vietnam War Commemoration. The newspaper reported 300 attendees. It was a very moving and well received ceremony. Special recognition went to Jackie Hughes, a Vietnam vet who also recently was recognized as the Marine of the Year. Regent Saunders presented the chapter awards that had been received at Spring Conference. CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE: • Outstanding Scrapbook • Rang the Most Bells • Most Displays in the Community • Gold Seal - Events • Gold Seal - Constitution Kits • Gold Medal Winner • Gold Seal- Broadcast Minutes • Gold Seal - Number of Proclamations MARGARET LIPSCOMB AWARD First Place - Financial Support of Tamassee DAR School SUNSHINE AWARDS First Place - Most Financial Support of Tamassee in the District CELEBRATE AMERICA Community Service National Defense - Outstanding Achievement Service to Veterans - Out-

standing Achievement Certificate of Award - Constitution Project Certificate of Award - DAR Good Citizens Outstanding Achievement Application Workshops Hosted Certificate for DAR Project Patriot Golf Seal - Preamble Honor roll INDIVIDUAL AWARDS • Volunteer Information Specialist Awards to: Susan Saunders, Kathy Barrett, Mary Saunders • Community Service Hours Julia Pratt • Outstanding Achievement Celebrate America - Julia Pratt • Outstanding Junior Member - April Spradley • Outstanding Achievement Constitution Committee Helen Mahon • Outstanding Media Coverage - Ivy Moore Regent Saunders followed with a movie highlighting the activities of the 2014-15 year. She recognized and thanked her outgoing board for their efforts in making the chapter a success and encouraged others to become more active in chapter activities. She then introduced the new officers: Regent, Kathy Barrett; Vice Regent, Linda Hawkins; Chaplain, Rose Mary Dannelly; Secretary, Margaret Fudger; Treasurer, Maggie Gurtcheff;

Registrar, Susan Saunders; Historian, Mary Katherine Tovey; Librarian, Diane Kiesel. Libby Bilham administered the oath of office to the new officers and a renewal of vows by the membership. Helen Mahon announced that Good Citizen Awards were to be presented at four schools. She asked for a volunteer to deliver the award at one of the schools.

CLUB DIGEST SUMTER DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB April winners were: April 1: 1st – Kenneth Hamilton and Pat Lauderbach 2nd (tie) – Lila Cobb and Sue Pitts Denis Harbath and Gary Harbath John Mills and Marie Mills April 8: 1st – Pat Lauderbach and Sue Pitts 2nd (tie) – Winnie Field and John Mills Stan Kohli and Marvin Chin Denis Harbath and Gary Harbath April 15: 1st – Lila Cobb and Sue Pitts 2nd – Kenneth Hamilton and Pat Lauderbach April 22: 1st – Lila Cobb and Sue Pitts 2nd – Winnie Field and John Mills April 29: 1st – Lila Cobb and Sue Pitts 2nd – Hugh Cook and Marie Mills

SUMTER’S HOME CHAPTER, NSDAR Sumter’s Home Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met at Patriot Hall May 20 with 34 members and five guests present. A special tea prepared by the outgoing Board of Officers was served. Special guests were Libby Bilham, the State Recording

Secretary and newly elected State Vice Regent; and Ivy Moore of The Sumter Item. A special welcome was extended to Rita Whitten, a member who was able to attend for her first regular meeting, and Helen Rearden, another new member. Julia Pratt, a member from New York was welcomed, as were prospective members Elizabeth Morris and Mary Johnson, whose papers have been presented for membership. Chaplain Rose Spradley and Membership Chairman Mary Saunders administered the Oath of Membership to Rita Whitten and Betty Harvin. Vice Regent Kathy Barrett delivered the President General’s Message highlighting Oct. 11, 2015 as the 125th anniversary of the founding of the first chapter of DAR. The National Defense Message was presented by Chairman Dee Schmidt. She presented a report on The Air Force Association’s recently announced winners of their Cyber Defense Competition. She reminded members that Sumter’s Chapter awards medals and certificates to outstanding cadets at Lakewood, Crestwood and Sumter high schools. Regent Saunders presented a Certificate of Award for Outstanding Media Coverage to Ivy Moore of the Sumter Item.

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Wayne Hogon and Carolyn Klaege of the Sumter Lions Club sold brooms and distributed miniature white canes on May 16 at Simpson’s Hardware. Proceeds will be used to assist organizations for the blind, assist in leader dog training and numerous other blind assistance programs. The annual White Cane Day is a day to make individuals and motorists aware of the meaning of a white cane.

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Networking event to link Sumter owners, entrepreneurs BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Local entrepreneurs can take advantage of an opportunity to network with established and startup business people at “The Beanstalk,” a collaborative networking event that is part of a regional initiative known as Santee Lynches Ecosystem for Enterprise Development. The events are held at 9 a.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Serendipity Café, 118 S. Main St. The next event will be Tuesday, June 9. No reservations or registration are necessary, said Kyle Kelly, economic and community sustainability director for Santee Lynches. “It is a drop-in event,” Kelly said. “Anyone who wants to come can show up at the Serendipity Café, and we will be glad to have them.” Coffee and light refreshments will be available to participants free of charge. “The format is to have a couple of speakers who are either established people or folks who are getting a startup off the ground,” Kelly said. “They talk about what they are trying to do and the challenges they might be facing. They take feedback and comments from others who are in attendance who may have something to offer.” Each session also includes a time for participants to mingle and get to know one another. The sessions are intended to help existing and prospective business people in Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties who are hoping to start or grow their own business or engage with local entrepreneurs, according to a news release announcing the sessions. Kelly said the first session, held May 26, went well. “We had between 15 and 20 folks at the first session,” he said. “There is a lot of informal networking that takes place,” Kelly said. “The Beanstalk is part of an effort to explore the entrepreneurial energy of this region and start to build those networks of people who have ideas and those who want to help them get started.” He said the format will remain the same for the second session, with someone who has a business in place and an entrepreneur working to establish a business sharing their experiences and ideas with the group and receiving comments from attendees. “The Beanstalk will use networking to grow our community of entrepreneurs and improve economic opportunity in the region,” said Michael Mikota, executive director of Santee Lynches. “For the entrepreneur, it will exponentially expand their resources, offer high-quality input to their business ideas and to facilitate collisions of ideas that are critical for successful entrepreneurship and new business formation.” For more information on The SEED or the Beanstalk program, call Kelly at (803) 774-1377. The SEED is made possible by an Innovation Challenge Grant from South Carolina Department of Commerce.

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J. O’Grady’s server Tonie Russo takes an order from Nancy Branham and Debbie Smith on Thursday afternoon at the downtown restaurant. Downtown businesses such as J. O’Grady’s have generally seen a boost in sales and walk-in traffic recently.

Downtown shops get boost from events, beautification Some owners say parking, lighting issues should be addressed BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Business owners along Main Street in downtown Sumter generally give favorable reviews of downtown renovation efforts, but some businesses seem to get more benefit from the improvements and from festivals and special events than others. Among the more enthusiastic supporters are Chip Bracalente, owner of C. Anthony’s Menswear, and John Holladay of Sumter Cut Rate Drugs and Soda Fountain. C. Anthony’s has only been downtown since early March, but Bracalente says it has been a very successful move. The store was previously on South Wise Drive. “We have a lot more walk-in traffic, selling a lot more suits and sport coats,” he said. Bracalente said the festivals offer good exposure to his business, but he said he does not concentrate on sales during the festivals but more on giving people tours of his facility. Holladay said as an established business, his store has always been active, but he has noticed more new customers entering the store. “Downtown has a nice, wide variety of businesses. I think it has a bright future,” he said. He said downtown events cause “minimal” interruption to normal business, but he notices some customers coming in to check the place out. Holladay said the drugstore has its own events, including three or four car shows a year. George Ram, owner of New York High Style Men’s & Boys Wear, said special events bring more people

down to Main Street, and he would like to see events every week. However, he said he does not like to have the street closed to traffic. “If they stop traffic, it affects us,” he said. He said business has been picking up slowly overall, but he attributed it to a better economy. Ram said he feels the street could be better lit at night, as the current lighting isn’t bright enough. “We have meetings with the city, and we always tell them the street becomes dead after 7 p.m. because of the lighting,” he said. “Once the hotel comes, it may bring more traffic,” he said. Richard Floyd, a manager at J. O’Grady’s, said the restaurant has seen a major boost in traffic when there is an event downtown. “It always helps us out,” he said. “People want to eat or drink, even if it’s only one drink.” He said he thinks the city has been working hard to improve the downtown area. “I feel like they are definitely on the right track,” he said. Mike Hill, owner of Hill Printing, said his business has been picking up from what it was a couple of years ago. “I think it is mostly the economy,” he said. He said he has seen a little bit more walk-in traffic in the last two years that might be because of the beautification. Nearly all of his business, he said, is from the Internet and phone calls. Delores Green, owner of Serendipity Café, said the special events and festivals are hit and miss for her business. “Some days are better than oth-

ers,” she said. She said the recent microbrew festival brought in quite a bit of traffic. Like many of the businesses on the south side of Liberty Street, she said she would like to see events designed to bring more traffic to businesses near her location. “I would like to see them alternate (blocks),” she said. “My biggest problem is the parking,” she said. “When the community college is still open, parking is a nightmare.” She said she is planning some of her own events including a class for wine enthusiasts on July 23. Kisha Hauben, at Law Range Barber Shop, said business is slowly but surely getting better downtown. “It is something that takes a little time; there used to be a stigma associated with downtown,” she said. She said she is enthusiastic about the area’s future. “I take heart in the microbrew and winefest,” she said. “I think they are great because they bring a lot of people downtown.” A lot of festival goers tell her they were unaware of all that downtown offers. “Word of mouth is the big thing and as more people talk and share the word,” she said. Bracalente predicted a bright future for downtown. “I think, eventually, this will be the hotspot for retail,” he said. “I think any negative thoughts about parking or crime are misguided. We have 450 parking spaces downtown, and there is no crime,” he said. He said that is a perception people have of downtown. “I had those perceptions before I came down here,” he said.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Ardis is new president, CEO of Santee Electric Co-op. KINGSTREE — Santee Electric Coop.’s board of trustees has announced the hiring of Rob Ardis of Florence as the new president and CEO. Ardis will replace Santee Electric CEO Floyd L. Keels and begins Aug. 1. “After a comprehensive, nationwide search, the board selected Rob from a pool of highly qualified candidates,” said Don E. Coker, chairman of the board of trustees. “We look forward to helping him build on the success of the cooperative over its past 75 years.” Ardis comes to Santee Electric after serving 10 years as chief operating officer at Pee Dee Electric Co-op. in Darlington. A Georgetown County native, Ardis is a licensed professional engineer. He graduated summa cum laude from Francis Marion University with

a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics. Ardis also graduated summa cum laude from University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. “My excitement about the job ahead is beyond words,” Ardis said. “Returning to the area where I grew up and the chance to lead Santee Electric is the opportunity of a lifetime.” The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association conducted the nationwide search to replace Keels after he notified the board of directors of his retirement effective July 31. Santee Electric Co-op., a Touchstone Energy Co-op., serves more than 43,000 consumers in Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties. The cooperative maintains more than 5,000 miles of power lines covering the largest geographic service area of any electric cooperative in South Carolina.

Local CPA appointed to Joint Trial Board William Levan Byrd of Sumter, CPA, CMA, CGMA of the local accounting firm William Levan Byrd, CPA, PC, was recently appointed by the Governing Council to a threeyear term of service on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Joint Trial Board. The board is the accounting profession’s disciplinary body comprised of 36 CPAs from across the country. The board has responsibility for hearing cases and appeals of disciplinary/ethical matters within the accounting profession nationwide. Recently, Byrd was also appointed to the South Carolina Association of CPA’s Leadership Council, a volunteer group within the association primarily tasked with future think-

ing for the association. He also serves on the Association’s Taxation Committee. Byrd is an MBA graduate of Georgia Regent’s University, formerly Augusta State University.

Wells Fargo names ‘Premier Advisors’ Wells Fargo Advisors designated Leroy P. Creech and Milton Schwartz as Premier Advisors. Creech is branch manager and first vice president, and Schwartz is managing director of investments. The Premier Advisor program reflects their achievements of professional success by meeting or exceeding Wells Fargo standards as measured by one or more of the firm’s criteria for revenue generation, educational attainment and client-services best practices, a news release stated.

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

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THE SUMTER ITEM MARRIAGE LICENSES • Kasi Sharell Wallace and Krystal Markettle Huggins • Kevin Blake Collins and Linsey Elizabeth Staley • Danta Demere Harrell of Columbia and Antiqunette Jovine Dow • Burrell Thomas Taylor and Lauren Brooke Matklock • Bryan Keith Conyers and Susie Mae Peterson of Manning • Jay D. McKnight and Dannette Melissa Tyler • Antonio Artrell McConico and Latisa Shaneice Williams • Dwayne Eugene Smalls and Luchina Ann Billie, both of Pinewood • Ryan Scott Owens and Jessica Lynn Ray • Michael Andrew Baker and Jessica Lyn Sarelas • Wilson Edward Owens and Sheena Lynn Cox • Stephen Michael Westmoreland and Ashley Lauren McGranaghan of Dalzell • Robert Edgar Wilder of Manning and Deana Turbeville Wilder of Florence • Anthony Scott Micklon of Evans, Georgia and Rebecca Louise Marlowe • Todd N. Mitchell and Angie Marshall • Marcus Alexander Sanders of Manning and Charmaine Shambrette Dingle • Johnnie Levarron Grinnell and Angela Yvette Winn of Alcolu • Jason Jose Rollins and Kendra Jo Ortega, both of Dalzell • Joshua Connor McGranaghan of Dalzell and Maggie Corbett Barron • Johnny Lee Bouyea and Elizabeth Brabham Nissen • Daniel Ray Benenhaley and Jonaleah Breanna Moroz • Jermaine Lee Geddie and Danyeal Finesse Jenkins, both of Wedgefield • Brian Carlos Crumpton and Grace Ann Chorey • Eugene Delfon O’Carroll of Washington, D.C., and Natalie Nicole Butler • Joshua Augustus Sapp and Malinda Starr Williams, both of Omaha, Nebraska • Mitchell Lee Calhoun III and Avia Darcell McKnight • Michael David Duffy and Carmela Pirozzi Bryan

PROPERTY TRANSFERS • Sara Anna Barkley (lifetime estate) to Sara Anna Barkley (lifetime estate), one building, 3565 Pinewood Road, $5 etc. • Jackson Leroy Christmas Jr. and Vanessa Boyce Johnson to Christopher Todd and Brandy Louise Daley, one building, 3565 Pinewood Road, $20,000. • Thomas S. Sexton to Seidana M. Chatmon, one lot, one building, 5915 Lost Creek Drive, $86,000. • Richard Todd Avant and Angela A. English to Jesse McLeod dba Vestco, one lot, two buildings, 6 Broad Court, $5,000. • Great Southern Homes Inc. to Michael L. and Linda K. Chouinard, one lot, 2118 Balclutha Lane, $190,000. • John R. and Jean S. Bogdany to Mato Louise Garcia, one lot, 255 Sawgrass Court, $10,500. • James L. Seawood to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., one lot, one building, 726 Berry St., $2,500. • Samuel D. Anderson to Ronny L. and Harriet S. Lowder, one lot, 655 Portsmouth Drive, $53,000. • John D. and Kimberly Swinehart to Trustmark National Bank, one lot, one building, 1717 Benelli St., $5 etc. • Gregory R. Aikens Jr. to Trustmark National Bank, one lot, one building, 115 Little John Lane, $50,000. • Swan Lake Dialysis LLC to Arc Fmsumsc001, one lot, 520 Physicians Lane, $4,029,000. • Bobby R. and Tamara W. Madden to Birtie M. Nathaniel, one lot, one building, 3015 Caitlynn Drive, $197,500. • Mark A. Cox to Kevin D. and Brooke W. Blalock, one lot, one building, 207 Nash St., $164,500. • Calvary Chapel of Sumter to Sumter Mission Outreach S.C. Nonprofit Corp., one lot, one building, 510 W. Oakland Ave., $5 etc.; Calvary Chapel of Sumter to Sumter Mission Outreach S.C. Nonprofit Corp., one lot, one building, 13 Brown St., $5 etc. • Bobby G. Jr. and Deborah T. Nesbitt to Rebecca A. Driggers, one lot, two buildings, 30, 34, 38 Jerry St., $5 etc. • Bonnie S. Best to Annie Carlette and Lance N. Bondurant, one lot, Marsden Place, $5 etc. • Charlotte L. Smith to Bank of America NA, one building, 780 Holiday Drive, $2,500. • Patrick D. and Sherry K. Lausier to Patrick D. Lausier, one lot, one building, 3120 Ashlynn Way, $5 etc. • Beatrice C.N. Richedson to Beatrice Richardson, Rafting Creek Township, $5 etc. • Frank Joseph and Latosha Thurmond to Jertie M. Hanna, two lots, two buildings, 3500-3502 Landmark Drive, $5 etc. • Leonardo D. Harris to Mrh Sub I LLC, one lot, one building, 1225 Kentwood Drive, $70,000. • Gainey Construction Co. LLC to Evita R. Pugh, one lot, one building, 3940 Delaware Drive, $98,000. • Stephen and Hilda James to Stephen James Estate and Hilda James, one lot, three buildings, 1058 Manning Road, $5 etc. • Katherine P. Shirer et al Trust to W.H. Watson II Inc., one lot, one building, 592 S. Main St., $3,377. • Samuel R. Lewis to Bank of America NA, one lot, one building, 1831 Georgianna Drive, $59,500. • Bill Dyson to Tiffany Nicole Spears, one lot, 317 High St., $7,493. • Pinnacle Properties of Sumter to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 1744 Ruger Drive, $21,000; Pinnacle Properties of Sumter

to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 1738 Ruger Drive, $21,000; Pinnacle Properties of Sumter to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 1769 Musket Trail, $23,000; Pinnacle Properties of Sumter to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 1776 Musket Trail, $23,000. • Kaamil A. Jones Estate to Diane J. Gadson, one lot, two buildings, 302 Rutledge St., $5 etc. • John J. Repik and Melisa D. Lowder to Tammy J. Sullivan, one lot, one building, 7 Glendale Court, $110,000. • Adell W. Kirby Rogers and Ro to Rogers Kirby Jr., one lot, one building, 1850 Goodman Road, $5 etc. • Jean D. Rogers to Don M. Rogers, one lot, one building, 4515 Wrangler Trail, $7,311. • The Youth Academy (a non-profit incorporation) to John David McKnight and Mattie McKnight, one lot, one building, 626 Boulevard Road, $15,000. • Sumter County to Michael A. Walters, one lot, 32 Edwards St., $1,250. • Sumter County to Paul Capell, one lot, one building, 85 and 89 Pratt Ave., $2,500. • Sumter County to Enrique Sanchez, one lot, 366 Mooneyhan Road, $1,150. • Bertha Mae Singleton Estate to Deloris Singleton et al, one lot, 49 Robinson St., $5 etc.; Bertha Mae Singleton Estate to Deloris Singleton et al, one lot, one building, 49 Robinson St., $5 etc. • Leonard F. Jr. and Martha B. Mixson to Martha B. Mixson (trustee), one lot, one building, 2369 Valleybrook Road, $5 etc. • Wilkes Builders Inc. to Daniel Albert and Aliza M. Tindall, one lot, 2832 Girard Drive, $225,000. • Steven L. and Donna M. Vagnone to Carlos Carter, one lot, 3555 Peach Orchard Road, $11,000. • Halie A. and James Reaves to Halie A. Reaves, one lot, one building, 2740 Amidala Lane, $5 etc. • John Martin and Sara B. Ice to Shawn F. and Evelyn T. Ledbetter, one lot, one building, 1717 Mossberg Drive, $132,000. • Stephens W. and Julie E. Higgins to Kim Johnson Cortez, one lot, one building, 1870 Hatteras Way, $379,000. • Ashley A. Dannelly to Ashley A. Dannelly and Dustin Branham, one lot, one building, 987 Shadow Trail, $5 etc. • Frederick H. Henry to Frederick H. Henry (lifetime estate), one lot, two buildings, 111 S. Salem Ave., $5 etc. • Jessie McLeod to Rosa M. Wheeler, one lot, 3535 Peach Orchard Road, $10,500. • Carolina Construction of Sumter LLC to Melody M. Clea, one lot, 3097 Longleaf Drive, $146,000. • Lewis L. and Jenice A. Jenkins to Sung Moon and Jin H. Park, one lot, one building, 814 Haynsworth St., $215,000. • Anthony and Courtney Gallmeier to Anthony Gallmeier, one lot, one building, 1612 Musket Trail, $5 etc. • Jertie M. Hanna to Frank Joseph and Latosha Thurmond, one lot, one building, 3500 Landmark Drive, $5 etc. • Marlene S. and Ralph Larry McGee to Dawn M. Coker, 2960 N. Main St., $5 etc. • William M. and Mary S. Andrews to William M. Andrews Jr., 8840 Black River Road, $5 etc. • W. Floyd Whitfield to William F. Whitfield (trustee), one lot, Lynches River Road, $5 etc. • Troy Grayden and Mariah Lynnette Taylor to Christopher W. Lynch, one lot, one building, 111 Conyers St., $154,000. • Jamie S. and Lacie L. Magers to Jamie S. Magers Estate, one lot, two buildings, 3370 Oleander St., $5 etc.; Jamie S. Magers Estate to Kenneth C. Hubbard, one lot, two buildings, 3370 Oleander St., $140,000. • Alvin Avins to Sandra Denise Howell, one lot, one building, 4090 Jennifer Court, $7,500. • Leroy Hudson to Moses Hudson, one lot, Boulevard Road, $5 etc.; Leroy Hudson to Moses Hudson, one lot, one building, 508-510 Boulevard Road, $5 etc. • Stacy Goodman et al to Stacy Goodman, two buildings, 5245 Narrow Paved Road, $5 etc. • Heirs of Anna D. Reuben to Odell Jr. and Jayne S. and Janice S. Reuben, one lot, one building, 2 Runnymede Blvd., $5 etc. • Chester L. Douglas IV to Chester L. Douglas IV Estate, one lot, one building, 1025 Cutleaf Drive, $5 etc. • Robert W. Evans and Mary H. Evans (lifetime estate) to Mary H. Evans (lifetime estate), two buildings, 2350 U.S. 521 South, $5 etc. • Andrew and Rita Gainey to Andrew Gainey and Rita Gainey Estate, one lot, two buildings, 20 Hospital Circle, $5 etc. • Glenn Ralston Graham (lifetime estate resident for H. Rogert Graham) to Glenn Ralston Graham, four buildings, 1986 and 1990 Mount Zion Road, $5 etc. • Odell and Joan Hammett to Odell Hammett, one lot, two buildings, 2420 Lorentz Drive, $5 etc. • Bruce D. and Helen R. Hancock to Bruce D. Hancock, four buildings, 2045 Cains Mill Road, $5 etc.

BUILDING PERMITS • School District 17 of Sumter, owner, Hutton Construction Inc., contractor, 585 Bultman Drive, 4,192 unheated square feet, $381,000 (installing a fueling station, commercial); School District 17 of Sumter, owner, Hutton Construction Inc., contractor, 615 Bultman Drive, 41,958 unheated square feet, $4,200,000 (proposed grocery store, commercial). • Jacqueline O. Brownlee and Moore, owners, Elaine B. Moore, contractor, 1156 Floyd Drive, $2,600 (siding / repair damaged floors / back deck, residential). • Alfred E. Smith Jr., owner, Jonathan Brent Waynick dba JBW Properties, contractor, 2680 Jereco Road, $21,092.50 (add canopy over existing pad attached to utility building, residential).

• Rhonda K. Pyle, owner, John Bailey, contractor, 1920 W. Oakland Ave., $2,400 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Bobby J. Watford, owner, Roofco Inc., contractor, 440 Broad St. (438), $6,700 (shingle replacement, commercial). • Judith D. Miller (trustee), owner, John Bailey, contractor, 3025 Old Spring Road, $1,000 (bracing of front and rear roof framing and partial shingles, residential). • St. Francis Xavier Schools Inc., owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 15 School St., $22,138 (reroof install new TPO roof system and new insulation, commercial). • John W. Berry and Lacey Dickerson, owners, James A. Dyson dba Aaron Dyson Construction, contractor, 3000 Tuckaway Drive, $4,000 (reroof with shingles, residential). • Anna R. Benjamin, owner, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 1149 Manning Road, $5,000 (install new roof on house only, residential). • William J. and Francelia Dukes, owners, Carolina Construction of Sumter LLC, contractor, 3027 Queen Chapel Road, 2,100 heated square feet and 781 unheated square feet, $138,201 (new dwelling — house burned down, residential). • Paul J. Krouse and Lisa M. Kelly, owners, Carolina Diversified Builders LLC, contractor, 130 Nash St., $4,000 (install solar panels, residential). • Frances B. Lester, owner, James P. Dennis, contractor, 95 Elmwood Ave., Pinewood, 900 unheated square feet, $7,400 (detached utility shed with electric / bath, residential). • Troy Lamont Jones and Lacy M. Jones, owners, Carolina Diversified Builders LLC, contractor, 6450 Montpelier Lane (6460), $7,000 (install solar on roof, residential). • Carolyn Huggins, owner, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 895 Grimble Court, $1,000 (wood fence, residential). • Samuel G. and Jennifer G. Miles, owners, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 20 Stonehedge Court, $3,500 (wood fence, residential). • Robert D. and Roberta G. Warren, owners, Larry E. Timmons, contractor, 8 Stelle St., $1,700 (replace shingles on front of house, residential). • Wanda F. Rogers, owner, Ronnie V. Gainey, contractor, 60 Admiral Drive, $4,050 (reroof house only, residential). • Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 2880 Bragg Way, 2,477 heated square feet and 452 unheated square feet, $142,628 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 2862 Bragg Way, 2,477 heated square feet and 452 unheated square feet, $142,628 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 2880 Bragg Way, 2,477 heated square feet and 452 unheated square feet, $142,628 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 2868 Bragg Way, 2,477 heated square feet and 452 unheated square feet, $142,628 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 2850 Bragg Way, 2,477 heated square feet and 452 unheated square feet, $142,628 (new dwelling, residential). • James H. and Patricia L. Lyles, owners, Welch’s Quality Builders & Roofers LLC, 1625 Camden Highway, $5,825 (reroof house, residential). • Carolinas Homebuilders LLC, owner, Total Interiors & More, contractor, 2880 Bragg Way, $2,000 (wood fence, residential); Carolinas Homebuilders LLC, owner, Total Interiors & More, contractor, 2868 Bragg Way, $2,000 (wood fence, residential); Carolinas Homebuilders LLC, owner, Total Interiors & More, contractor, 1731 Nicholas Drive, $2,000 (wood fence, residential). • Carolinas Homebuilders LLC, owner, Great Southern Homes Inc., contractor, 1731 Nicholas Drive 1,990 heated square feet and 402 unheated square feet, $92,805 (new dwelling, residential). • Ferdinand Roach, owner, Tim Alsbrooks, contractor, 5445 Plantation Drive, $3,500 (remove / replace shingles on house, residential). • Preston E. and Elizabeth Geddings, owners, James A. Dyson dba Aaron Dyson Construction, contractor, 319 Rogers Ave., $4,000 (reroof with shingles, residential). • Ralph Brown, owner and contractor, 540 Louella Lane (mobile home, residential). • Timothy R. and Debra V. Carroll, owners, Knepp Roofing Carpenter, contractor, 3625 Queen Chapel Road, $4,980 (roof replacement on house, residential). • Erman McClary, owner, Christopher Culler, contractor, 3215 Kim St., Dalzell, $5,270 (reroof, residential). • William F. and Martha H. Denny, owners, Christopher Culler, contractor, 1145 Vintage Drive, $16,226.81 (reroof, residential). • Palmetto Properties of Sumter, owner, J. Henry McLeod Jr. dba McLeod Landscaping, contractor, 806 Point Drive (816), $2,350 (reshingle roof / replace three sheets plywood, residential). • Audrey P. Neal, owner, Roger Wheat dba Wheat and Associates, contractor, 274 N. Brand St., $1,200 (remove / replace 12 sheets of plywood / six windows / wrap three outside walls, residential). • Patrick L. and Melissa A. Cromer, owners, Danny Kenneth Jackson, contractor, 5 Maplewood Drive, $3,000 (replace seven windows, residential). • Phillip D. and Mildred H. June, owners, Phillip June, contractor, 52 Briarwood Drive, $7,000 (new roof, residential). • John P. Britton, owner, William Lee dba Lee’s Roofing Co., contractor, 21 Maplewood Drive, $6,800 (reroof, residential). • Wendy J. and Darrell W. Blakley, owners, Darrell W. Blakley, contractor, 2687 Tin-

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dal Road, $4,500 (new roof on shop, residential); Wendy J. and Darrell W. Blakley, owners, Darrell W. Blakley, contractor, 2687 Tindal Road, $4,500 (new roof on house, residential). • Thomas C. and Belinda Leyen, owners, Thomas C. Leyen, contractor, 1781 Anburn Drive, $3,200 (new roof, residential). • Robert L. and Michael S. Clark, owners, Reginald Truewell, contractor, 502 Church St., $4,700 (reroof, residential). • Louise S. China, owner, Marino Valentine, contractor, 5475 Bracy Mill Road, Rembert, 2,812 heated square feet and 509 unheated square feet, $150,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Timothy E. Garrity, owner, James Charles, contractor, 2770 Mohican Drive, $25,000 (move walls to enlarge bedroom, residential). • Church South End of Christ, owner, J.B. Hodge, contractor, 149 W. Red Bay Road, $3,900 (remove / replace shingles, commercial). • Santee Print Works, owner, Atkins Roofing & Maintenance LLC, contractor, 60 Shaw St., $10,340 (reroof over entry end of finish frame, commercial). • Callie Bunyea, owner and contractor, 5555 Pershing Drive, Dalzell, $8,000 (vinyl fence, residential). • Kenneth Driggers, owner, Ralph Brown, contractor, 199 Myrtle Beach Highway (mobile home, residential). • Kathleen M. Quinn, owner, Chris Muenzer, contractor, 3225 Lee Altman Road, Dalzell, $7,776 (replace window sashes with new vinyl sashes, residential). • Eric Randall Devries, owner, David Windham dba Windham Roofing, contractor, 2120 Pinewood Road, $3,400 (reroof, residential). • Gary P. Sanborn, owner, Brinson Fence Co., contractor, 365 Trailwood Drive, $1,000 (wood fence, residential). • Young, owner, George E. Cantlon dba Sumter Siding, contractor, 302 N. Salem Ave., $15,000 (reroof house only, residential). • Emily J. Maple (lifetime estate), owner, Monroe Construction Co. LLC, contractor, 19 Albert Spears Drive, $5,372.79 (reroof, residential). • Rodney J. Hodge, owner, David Windham dba Windham Roofing, contractor, 2069 Pinewood Road, $2,575 (reroof, residential). • James F. Shuler Jr., owner, Servpro of Sumter, contractor, 2050 Gion St., $25,261.65 (replace fire damaged drywall / cabinets and trim / reinsulate and paint, commercial). • Bridgett L. and Duane B. Jones, owners, Danny Marshall, contractor, 151 Cromer Drive, $3,850 (14 replacement windows, residential). • Teresa W. and Stephen H. Dillard, owners, James E. Standley, contractor, 5401 Meadow Drive, Dalzell, 336 heated square feet and 184 unheated square feet, $34,913 (enlarge bath and add laundry room to back of home with deck and ramp, residential). • Ethel A. Roberts, owner, Ronnie V. Gainey, contractor, 3472 Leach Drive, $5,000 (reroof house only, residential). • Dorotha and Herbert Davis, owners, Michael Porcher, contractor, 692 Kingsbury Drive, $4,500 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Timothy D. and Sarah Lynette Lee, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 20 Rockdale Court, $20,231.37 (reroof / gutters / attached door wrap, residential). • Linda Tinsley Matthews, owner, Crescent Construction LLC, contractor, 904 Perry Blvd., $4,450 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Bobby M. and Evelyne M. Ryan, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 2322 Toxoway Drive, $6,609 (reroof house only, residential). • Neal A. Van Houten, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 6655 JJ Roberts Drive, $7,771.50 (reroof house only, residential). • Heritage Bay Development Co., owner, G&S Sign Co., contractor, 0 Loring Mill Road, $2,140 (entrance sign — Heritage Bay, commercial). • South Carolina Electric & Gas, owner, SCANA Services Inc., contractor, 541 Bultman Drive, $14,200 (replace window / repair brick / replace light fixtures, commercial). • Sandra F. Gregory, owner, William Lee dba Lee’s Roofing Co., contractor, 46 Barnette Drive, $3,750 (reroof, residential). • Jessica N. Davis and Seth Ryan and, owners, Avant Construction LLC, contractor, 789 Legette St., $1,200 (vinyl around windows and soffits / replace door, residential). • John D. Melton, owner, Aycock Construction LLC, contractor, 3975 Nazarene Church Road, $5,300 (replace roof, residential). • James H. Jr. and Evelyn Sims Logan, owners, Doug Odom Contractors LLC, contractor, 725 Electric Drive, 3,000 heated square feet, $70,000 (metal building — warehouse, commercial). • Anthony C. and April B. Huling, owners, Charpy’s Pool Service, contractor, 3530 Katwallace Circle, $17,000 (swimming pool, residential). • John M. and Kelly H. Tipton, owners, Charpy’s Pool Service, contractor, 3145 Green View Parkway, $20,500 (swimming pool, residential). • Mungo Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 870 Cormier Drive, 2,867 heated square feet and 638 unheated square feet, $172,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Barbara Jackson Taylor, owner, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 2970 Sun Valley Drive, $2,300 (vinyl fence, residential). • Scott A. and Cynthia C. Mowry, owners, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 2460 Autumn Terrace, Dalzell, $2,000 (wood and chain link fence, residential).

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t sure was fun while it lasted. Vacations are always too short, but this one seemed particularly short. My lovely bride Sherri and I took a well-deserved vacation to Cherry Grove for a week at the beach. As you are all more than aware, I detest the beach; it is amazing to me how a teaspoon of beach sand can cover every inch of your body in less than 35 seconds, but it can and it does and it feels just nasty. So, you can have my spot on the shore and I’ll get in my boat and fish. For total relaxation, flounder fishing is at the top of the list. You can either drift with the tide, or troll into it pulling a mud minnow along the bottom until you get a bite; I was ready for the gentle swaying of the boat in the waves. Monday was pretty tough; in fact, I didn’t catch a single fourteen-inch keeper, just two short fish that were put back into the water. That was not the start that I had envisioned. Tuesday was a lot better, I got four keeper fish without a single short, throw-back fish; one of them was caught on a “Gulp” shrimp. “Gulp” has been on the market for a couple of years and I’ve used it on several occasions, catching a few fish with it. It’s a fairly firm soft plastic bait that is infused with some sort of scent that attracts fish, or at least that’s what they claim. If you ever read any of the reviews written about it on some of the websites like Bass Pro Shops or Cabela’s, well it might as well be the best stuff since sliced bread; many folks claim that it will out fish live bait, I’m skeptical. Anyway, Wednesday rolled around and it was three fish, then one on Thursday and two on Friday. Friday may have been better had I stayed with it,

but my granddaughter Katie had joined us Thursday night and granddaddy needed to play in the sand on Friday; so I cut Earle the fishing Woodward short. Yes, AFIELD & granddaddies will do things AFLOAT for their granddaughters that they just won’t do for anyone else. You’ll notice I didn’t say anything about going to the beach with my lovely bride. A total of ten fish caught after five days of fishing; disappointing to say the least. Three of the fish were taken on the Gulp. I started doing the math and realized that I had been pulling two rods with minnows set in rod holders and holding a third rod in my hand that was bumping the Gulp along the bottom. So, two minnows to one Gulp, ten fish caught and three of them on the Gulp, or about three fish per rod. Considering that I was only fishing the Gulp on the down current drift because the lead head jig was not heavy enough to keep it on the bottom during the heavy flowing tide period going up current, it became evident that the Gulp was at least on par with the live bait. My son, Robert, and his wife, Valerie, joined us Friday night, so Robert and I got up early on Saturday to do some fishing before we had to join the crowd in the sand. To be brutally honest, it didn’t start off too well, kinda slow at first; but that changed. I believe it was Robert that caught the first fish on a minnow — not the biggest of the day, but it went over the fourteen inch minimum and into the ice box. I picked up the next fish on a minnow, and

then had one take the Gulp. O.K., two on minnows, one of Gulp, Gulp took charge at that point. I wish I knew why fish seem to crank it up on any given day. I had noticed that the few fish that I had caught during the week had all been during a thirty to forty five minute window when the tide was about half the way up the bank on a rising tide, before getting into the grass, and then nothing after that. Saturday, we were fishing the falling tide and all of a sudden we became the “hot boat.” In truth, we had only seen one or two fish taken all morning, but about 10:00, it broke loose for us. I took the next four fish on the Gulp shrimp in the “New Penny” color. It was so hot that at one point, due to a boat being very close to us, I simply dropped the bait over the side instead of casting it, and on the first bounce under the boat a seventeen inch flounder slammed it. We picked up one more fish on a minnow before Robert felt the urge to retreat to the surf and sand of the beach; he likes the beach as much as I do, but he’s a very good daddy and he needed to go play with threeyear-old Katie on the beach. Eight fish in total on the day, and five of them on the Gulp. We pulled two rods with minnows and my one rod with Gulp and the score was 5-3, Gulp. On the week it was 10-8, minnows, but they were being fished twice as much. I would never have believed it had I not done it myself. I all fairness, I did offer Robert a jig head and a Gulp shrimp, but he declined. When next year’s vacation rolls around, I can promise you that I’ll be giving the Gulp an even better chance; Robert and I went down to Bass Pro Shop on Saturday evening and stocked up on jig heads and Gulps in “New Penny.”

License Sales for 20152016 hunting and fishing licenses, permits and tags begin on June 16. You can buy your South Carolina hunting and fishing licenses multiple ways. Licenses are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 1-866-7143611 or by visiting the S.C. Department of Natural Resources website at www.dnr.sc.gov/purchase. html. Having your stateissued identification ready and a current S.C. hunting/fishing license that displays your customer identification number will speed your purchase. Licenses are also available in person at any of the four regional DNR offices or by visiting one of the 450 license vendors across the state. In 2015, S.C. Department of Natural Resources began issuing annual and three-year recreational licenses that expire on the anniversary date of issue. The following licenses and permits are available in either one- or three-year durations that expire on the anniversary of the date of issue: Freshwater Fishing License, Saltwater Fishing License, Combination License, Junior Sportsman License, Sportsman License, Hunting License, Apprentice Hunting License, Big Game Permit and Wildlife Management Area Permit. Residents and nonresidents age 16 and older must purchase the required licenses to hunt and fish in South Carolina. Persons born after June 30, 1979, must have

successfully completed a hunter education course prior to obtaining a hunting license. To find a course near you or complete hunter education online, visit www. dnr.sc.gov/education/ hunted.html. Hunting license applicants who do not have a hunter education certification may use a onetime exemption and apply for an annual Apprentice Hunting License. The apprentice hunter must be accompanied by a S.C. licensed hunter who is not licensed as an apprentice hunter, is at least 21 years of age, has not been convicted of a hunting or hunter education violation or received deferred adjudication of the same, and stays within a distance that enables uninterrupted, unaided, visual and oral communication with the apprentice hunter and provides adequate direction to the apprentice. South Carolina hunters and anglers remain the state’s top conservationists. Your purchase of a state recreational hunting and fishing license, combined with excise taxes collected on hunting and fishing gear, helps contribute funding to the state’s wildlife and sportfish restoration projects. This includes wildlife management, habitat management, research and education research, education and boating access. Without these dollars, fish and wildlife conservation projects would be very limited in South Carolina, according to DNR.

FISHING REPORTS Santee Cooper System Crappie: Good. Captain Steve English reports that crappie are still out on brush and feeding well. Fish have been around a wide range of brush from 7-25 feet of water, and most of the brushpiles in that depth range have at least a few fish around them that will eat minnows. While there are not a lot of monsters being caught some nice 1 ½ to 2 pound fish have been boated, and there is also a very strong population of ¾ pound fish (indicating a good spawn two years ago). Bream: Good. Captain Steve English reports that bluegills are just starting to bed, and anglers should look around shallow cover in a foot or two of water. Aggressive spawning fish will take a variety of natural and artificial baits. Lake Wateree Catfish: Good to very good. Captain Rodger Taylor reports that catfish typically spawn when water temperatures are in the 78-82 degree range, and with water temperatures entering that range fish are starting to spawn and even a few post-spawn males are beginning to be caught. The spawn will continue through late June and into July. First thing Rodger is starting trips by anchoring on points in the creek and river channels, and on days with current this can be a productive pattern. However, at times it takes a lot of patience and will not produce – especially if there is little to no flow. Drifting (with the wind, or the trolling motor on windless days) has been a better way to catch numbers of fish, and blue catfish in the 6-12 pound range have been biting very well. Rodger has been targeting ledges and drops in 15-20 feet of water, and blue catfish and channel catfish have typically each made up about 50% of the catch. As on Lake Wylie cut gizzard shad have been the best bait, although cut bluegill will be used more as the summer goes on. Crappie: Fair to good. Veteran tournament angler Will Hinson reports that by now most of the brushpiles in 12-20 feet of water are holding fish – although some are much better than others. Early in the day fish are suspended above the brush, but as the

sun come up they will move lower into the brush. Bridge pilings are also producing, particularly in the heat of the day. Because of the shade fish are shallower in 6-11 feet of water – look for the shadiest, darkest spots around the bridges. Fish Stalker jigs in yellow, pearl and Ugly Green are all catching fish, and minnows on a plain hook will also work. Lake Murray Striped bass: Very good. Lake World reports that some really nice striped bass in the 20-30 pound class have been weighed in at the store recently, with fish concentrated from the Gap to the dam. The hottest action is coming on free-lines, although the cut bait bite is getting to be a close second. Most of the action is coming off points, and on the main lake herring can still be found spawning off points. Schooling activity has been hit-or-miss, but down-line fishing is just getting started. Lake Wylie Catfish: Good to very good. Captain Rodger Taylor reports that catfishing is strong on both the northern and southern ends of the lake. Catfish typically spawn when water temperatures are in the 78-82 degree range, and with water temperatures entering that range fish are starting to spawn and even a few post-spawn males are beginning to be caught. The spawn will continue through late June and into July. Rodger’s boat is catching fish by targeting deep drops and points with vertical drops, and current flow is critical. Overall anchoring has been the most successful pattern and they have not spent much time drifting. Lots of channel catfish are being caught, a few flatheads, and good numbers of 8-15 pound blues. Sizes are down from a month or two ago but there are still some 30-pound fish mixed in. Cut gizzard shad have been the best bait, although cut bluegill will be used more as the summer goes on. For flatheads live bluegill and live white perch will both catch fish. Largemouth Bass: Good. FLW Professional and Guide Matt Arey reports that there are two main patterns for catching bass on Lake Wylie right now. First, the offshore bite is pretty good, as is characteristic early in

the season before fish have been hammered for months. Schools of fish will be found around humps, deep main lake points, the areas where creek channels swing in front of points, and other depth changes. Lots of fish will be found in 20-30 feet of water, but some will be in 15 feet of water near shallower areas. Deep diving crankbaits, football jigs, Hopkins spoons, Ol’ Monster worms and other big baits will catch fish early in the season, but later in the summer as the fish become accustomed to the pressure fish will get finickier and schools will even relocate. Drop shot rigs and more finesse-style baits will become more effective. Current is a factor and the offshore fishing will be better when current is being generated. Second, there is a good shallow bite where bass are feeding on bream that are bedding or hanging around near bedding bream. Look for bass cruising in packs and targeting spawning bream around docks and in the backs of sandy coves. Prop baits, swimbaits and weightless Senkos will all work, and bass will take topwater lures all day long. Lake Monticello Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the overall bite for both big fish and numbers of fish has been pretty good. Anchoring on humps and points that allow you to fan cast baits from 10 to 40 feet of water has been the most pattern. Cut herring, shad and white perch cut into small pieces about the size of a mussel are the best bet. Lake Greenwood Largemouth Bass: Good. Veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter reports that most of the bass are done spawning on Lake Greenwood, although a few late fish are likely still on the beds. First things in the morning fishing topwaters and floating worms around sea walls and points will catch fish, and there should also be some bass up shallow chasing bedding bream. However, it’s getting to be that time when the best fishing will be done in 15-18 feet of water around brush, with big worms and crankbaits the best way to put fish in the boat. Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the channel cat bite has been good, and drifting in out

and of feeder creeks and coves in 5-18 feet of water with cut herring and shad is working very well. Anchoring on humps and points and fishing dip bait is also just as productive now. Lake Thurmond Catfish: Very good. Captain William Sasser reports that this is the best month of the year for Clarks Hill catfishing, and right now both channel and flathead catfish can be found spawning in the rocks around the bridges. The best technique is to fish a piece of cut herring on a Carolina rig or a split shot rig, similar to how you would fish a plastic worm, by casting the rig up towards the bank and letting it fall in between the rocks as you work it back to the boat. Use your trolling motor to maneuver parallel to the rocks. Early morning is the best time, and a mixed bag of fish including very nice cats can be caught this way. Black bass: Good to very good. Buckeye Lures in Augusta reports that there is still a decent amount of herring spawning activity going on at Clarks Hill, but it is pretty much confined to a morning bite out on main lake points. After the sun starts to rise it is usually done for the day and the fish start to pull out to 12-17 feet of water off the points. When fish are up shallow chrome Spooks and pearl and disco green flukes rigged weightless have been working, and when fish drop back deeper shakey head worms have been the best baits. There are probably still a few straggler fish spawning, but the vast majority of bass are post-spawn. Lake Russell Crappie: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that his boat is catching a lot of crappie right now, but they have generally been running a bit on the smaller side. Perhaps the bigger fish are recovering from the spawn. The best pattern for catching numbers of fish has been fishing around shallow brushpiles in about 15 feet of water, or around laydowns on shady banks in about the same depth. The best cover has been up the creeks, and fishing a minnow about 3 feet under a float has been the best way to put fish in the boat. Bass: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that the herring spawn is starting to

wind down on Lake Russell, but there are still a lot of bass up shallow around shallow points, rip rap and bridge pilings. Some very healthy 4-pound spots and 5-pound largemouth have been caught recently. Early in the morning throwing a medium-sized Chug Bug in chrome and blue colors has been working, and fishing flukes either weightless or on jigheads has also been effective on long, sloping points. While most of the fish seem to be trying to fatten up on blueback herring there are still a few straggler fish bedding. Lake Hartwell Striped and Hybrid Bass: Very good. Captain Bill Plumley reports that striped bass fishing is strong right now, with good numbers and sizes of fish being caught. Water temperatures got hot very quickly and pushed fish out of the creeks, and so most of the action is taking place in the main rivers and off main lake points. The best pattern has been freelining herring over 20-40 feet of water, but down-lining is just starting to pick up. Lake Keowee Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Good. Guide Brad Fowler reports that there are still a decent number of bass spawning on Lake Keowee, although the majority of fish are post-spawn. Overall this can best be described as a transitional period, where fish are starting to move from their spring patterns into their summer haunts. Early in the morning there is a pretty reliable topwater bite on shoals and flat points, but this does not last very long after the sun starts to get up. After that the best action is generally found drop shotting in 20-25 feet of water. As water temperatures get hotter fish will continue to move deeper. Lake Jocassee Bass: Good. Jocassee Outdoor Center reports that bass fishing remains strong, and while the spawning season is mostly finished good numbers of bass can still be caught up pretty shallow. The spotted and smallmouth bass bite has been particularly good, with fish being caught around shoreline cover including trees and brush. Soft plastics as well as crawdad-colored crankbaits have been working well.

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice Policy of Public Awareness The Clarendon County Board of Education advises the citizens of school district #2 that three (3) seat in district #2 will be appointed. The appointees' term will run for three (3) years beginning July 2015. Any persons interested in being considered by the County Board of Education should pick up an application at the Clerk of Court's Office at 102 South Mills Street, Manning, SC beginning May 18, 2015. Applications should be returned to the Clerk of Courty's Office No Later Than 12:00 noon on May 29, 2015. These appointments will be made on June 20, 2015

Bid Notices BID NOTICE Project: ITB #1-15/16 Anne Park Sewer Rehab Invitation for Sealed Bids for City of Sumter will be received until Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 2:00 pm. For bid documents, plans and specifications contact the Office of the City Engineer at 803-436-2558 or visit www.sumtersc.gov/purchasing.aspx for more information.

BID NOTICE Project: ITB #2-15/16 Milton Rd. Sewer Rehab & Allen Dr. Sewer Rehab Invitation for Sealed Bids for City of Sumter will be received until Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 2:15 pm. For bid documents, plans and specifications contact the Office of the City Engineer at 803-436-2558 or visit www.sumtersc.gov/purchasing.aspx for more information.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2015-CP-43-01056 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Branch Banking and Trust Company, PLAINTIFF, VS. Joseph N. Heyward, Karl Lamont Heyward, Safe Federal Credit Union, Sumter Christian School, The United States of America, by and through its agency, the Internal Revenue Service, and South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S).

SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2015 Summons & Notice

On a petition for Termination of Parental Rights concerning Edward James N, minor child born to Sarah E. Nielsen and James T. Nielsen on November 19, 2001. The Court's decision will affect your interest, if any, as in said application on file more fully appears.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on April 30, 2015. SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. Ronald C. Scott, SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley, SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant, SC Bar #78334 Vance L. Brabham, III, SC Bar #71250 William S. Koehler, SC Bar #74935 J. Harrison Rushton, SC Bar #100406 Andrew M. Wilson, SC Bar #72553 Andrew A. Powell, SC Bar #100210 Andrew M. Sullivan, SC Bar #100464 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

By Order of the Court Nanci Howard, Assistant Clerk

Public Hearing NOTICE OF SUATS POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING The SUATS Policy Committee will meet on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in the Fourth Floor City Council Chambers located in the Sumter Opera House (21 N. Main St., Sumter, SC). Any citizen with questions pertaining to the meeting may call the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department at (803) 774-1660. George K. McGregor, AICP Planning Director

NOTICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to an order of Hon. Martin F. Landgrebe, Judge, a hearing will be held at Housatonic Probate District, Town Hall, 10 Main Street, New Milford, CT 06776 on June 22, 2015 at 9:00 AM.

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Lost & Found Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755. Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found: Salem St. 1 brindel & 1 brown; N. Guignard mix blk/brn; Newberry Husky mix; Grange Rd. 1 mix brown & 1 blk/white

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The Sumter County Council will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Sumter Zoning Ordinance and Map on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the County Council Chambers located on the Third Floor of the Sumter County Administration Building (13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina). The following request is scheduled for consideration: RZ-15-03, 180, 190 & 195 Linran Lane (County) Request to rezone four parcels, totaling +/- 127 acres and located at 180, 190 & 195 Linran Lane, from General Residential (GR) to Agricultural Conservation (AC). The property is represented by Tax Map #s 268-00-03-035, 268-00-03-052, 268-00-03-053 and 268-00-03-055. OA-15-04, Final Platting Requirements (County) Request to amend Article 7, Section 7.d.5. of the Sumter County Zoning and Development Standards Ordinance to delete the minimum 10 lot/10 acre final platting requirement in order to allow the approval and recording of individual lots on final plats in Major Subdivisions. OA-15-05, Lot Width to Depth in AC District (County) Request to amend Article 8, Section 8.e.13. in order to remove the lot width to depth ratio requirement for subdivision proposals in the Agricultural Conservation (AC) District and allow for staff approval. Documents pertaining to the proposed request(s) are on file in the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department and are available to be inspected and studied by interested citizens. SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Naomi D. Sanders, Chair Mary Blanding, Clerk

State of Connecticut Court of Probate, Housatonic Probate District NOTICE TO Sarah E. Nielsen, name of respondent parent, whose last known residence is unknown to the Court.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 is the last day to redeem winning tickets in the following South Carolina Education Lottery Instant Games: (SC703) Carolina Limited; (SC720) Hefty Hundreds

RIGHT TO COUNSEL: If the above-named person wishes to have an attorney, but is unable to pay for one, the Court will provide an attorney upon proof of inability to pay. Any such request should be made immediately by contacting the court office where the hearing is to be held.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) JOSEPH N. HEYWARD AND KARL LAMONT HEYWARD ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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In Loving Memory Of Lester J. Gravermoen 12 April 1940 - 7 June, 2011 We thought of you with Love today But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday, And days before that too. We think of you in silence; We often speak your name. Now all we have are memories And your pictures in frames. Your memory is our keepsake With which we will never part. God has you in his keeping; We have you in our hearts. Deeply missed and loved by all of us. See you at God's House Peggy, Les, Debbie, David, Brenda, Dakota, Cara

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NOTICE OF BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING The City of Manning Board of Appeals will meet on Monday, June 22, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., City Hall, 29 W. Boyce Street, to hear the following appeal: Request No. V-2015-01 by T. Kevin Connelly to be allowed a variance of 1 ft. to the front setback requirement of 30 ft. located at 201 Kensington Circle, Tax Map# 169-09-00-00300, zoned General Residential (GR- 1).

Documents related to this appeal are available for public inspection during regular business hours at City Hall, 29 W. Boyce Street, Manning, SC 29102.

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One of the most recognizable stars on the U.S. Women’s World Cup roster, Hope Solo tends the goal as the U.S. Women’s National Team takes on Sweden in the “2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup,” airing Friday at 8 p.m. on FOX.

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America’s Femaleviewers Soccer Starstune Go in FOX hopes for the World Cup for Women’s World Cup By Pete Stein FYI Television

Glove as the top goalkeeper in the are expected to win everything,” Stone tournament. A contestant on “Dancing says. “That adds a lot of pressure, and I with the Stars” in 2012, Solo has also think the fact they are playing so close Last summer, America caught soccer dealt with some off-the-field issues. home in familiar time zones onlythree fever likeStein never before and set records Stone admits thatto the name recognition of these By Pete She was suspended forplayers 30 daysgives in FOX some heightens pressure expectatalkingthat points at theand start of the FYI for Television TV viewership during the 2014 FIFA tournament, but he acknowledges that, “Once that first January following her husband’s arrest tion.” World Cup. 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Sports 1 presented the U.S. andAmericans Germany.” were pleased FIFA U-20the Women’s World Cuplast titleyear, when in primetime on Sunday, 5, at 7 p.m.29 ofthe that the U.S. Men’s National Team merely advanced to the opener on Saturday andJuly is televising the total 52 Naysayers have long doubted that socby scoring the game-winning goal in the from B.C. Place Vancouver, British knockout stage, just getting out of group play will not be matches, whileinseven matches will be seen on FS2. All cerWomen’s would ever becomeTeam. a popular sport final against years later, satisfactory for the U.S. National “They are games willFOX be available digitally via Sports GOKorea. Three Columbia. 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I think that Abby Wambach, Hope Solo and Alex Morgan are the worked with ESPN before moving to FOX tournament, but he acknowledges that, securedteams the rights for U.S. Enon any given day thereFOX arehas certainly out there that most familiar players for the United States, and as such in 2012, will bea variety the primetime host for upset thedoU.S. and Germany. ” of the World Cup through have earned of publicity for the women’s team. glish telecasts “Once that first ball is can kicked, all we the network.who Stone says FOXholds will provide Naysayers doubted that soccer would Wambach, currently the all-time 2026 and is heavily invested in theever sport is international sit back and go for the ride becausehave long blanket coverage of the “There in herthese a popular sport in theThe United States, lastno year scoring record and willevent. be appearing fourth World of soccer. network hasbut spared World Cups havebecome a tendency to record 26.5tomillion Americans watched the 2014World World Cup, scored goals 2011the tournament when theyou dida not will be muchfour respect forinthethe game, expense to cover the Women’s take you places expect Cup final. 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Next to thecover Americans event spanning a month. ing operating a U.S. Soccer-owned van in Los Angethe while women’s team. Wambach, who tournament catches fire, and it’s been play Sweden, Friday at 8 p.m. on FOX, “I’ve been fortunate enough to cover a lot of Women’s les with Solo as a passenger. Also in January, a judge discurrently holds the all-time international and then go up against Nigeria reactionary. being on in the past, World Cups and moreWe’re times thanvery notaggressive it’s been missed domestic assault charges against Solo. scoring record andscored will be49 appearing Tuesday, June 16, airinga from Vancouver out ofand theit’s gate,” says Stone. less than ambitiousright budget, been more playing Morgan, who goals ininher first 77 games her fourth World Cup, scored four goals at 8 appearance p.m. on FOX. 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