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Rembert coalition celebrates community with 15th event

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Juanita Britton, chairwoman of Rembert Area Community Coalition, speaks at the organization’s 15th Annual Family and Friends Day on Saturday in Rembert.

Rembert Area Community Coalition hosted its 15th Annual Family and Friends Day on Saturday in Rembert, an unincorporated town in the northwest part of Sumter County.

The theme was “Planning for Tomorrow” and included a public

forum during which local candidates running for office answered questions from residents. The event also included games for children, entertainment and a meal.

The event is one of the major fundraisers for the nonprofit organization, said Juanita Britton, chairwoman of the coalition.

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Splash Day celebrates center’s summer opening

FROM STAFF REPORTS All three suspects allegedly involved in the Memorial Day armed robbery at Jewelry Wholesale have been arrested as of about 3:30 p.m.

Monday.

According to Sumter Police Department, Bradley Devon Brown, 21, of 1206 W. Main St., Dillon, turned himself in to Dillon authorities BROWN without incident Monday afternoon, and Rondrick Shequile Mearite, 22, of 517 Lakeside Court, Dillon, turned himself in to Dillon authorities on Sunday.

A third man, 33-year-old Michael D. Knowles, of 8151 KNOWLES St. Charles Road in Mayesville, was arrested in Richland County on Friday.

Brown, Mearite and Knowles were wanted in connection to the jewelry MEARITE

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Prepare kids to think of safety if left home alone FROM STAFF REPORTS

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Ricky Vogel, left; Piper Vogel, 3; and Willow Strickland, 2, certainly knew what to do at the City of Sumter’s Exhibition and Splash Day on Saturday at the Aquatics Center, 1115 S. Lafayette Drive. The event celebrated the season’s opening of the center.

With Monday kicking off summer vacation for primary school students, working parents who do not have babysitters should give serious thought to the planning required to make sure children are safe if they are left home alone.

According to Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, the age to allow a child to be at home alone varies based on the individual child’s maturity and ability to handle responsibility.

Children 9 or 10 years old should only be left at home alone for 30 minutes to an hour, said hospital pediatrician Deborah Greenhouse in a recent news release from the hospital.

The release says a child should not be left alone if he is not comfortable with the idea of being home alone.

From left, Kellen Blanding, Mike Schreiber and Brock Shermerhorn practice a move to get a patient with a head injury out of the water. Tyler Singletary, strapped in the stretcher, played the part of the injured swimmer Saturday as part of the event at the center.

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Sumter Item, ministry launch 3rd ‘Summer of Caring’

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com During the summer of 2015, Charlie Bell applied to Sumter United Ministries for repairs to his roof on Carver Street. After an interview, his house was chosen to be repaired during the Summer Restore project.

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ers. Bell’s part shingle and part metal roof needed repair as well as some damaged drywall.

Charlie and his wife, Debra, were very active in assisting the workers.

Charlie Bell said the workers did an excellent job, while Debra wanted

to know why all teenagers could not work like the teen volunteers at their house did. The Bells were extremely impressed with the young people’s manners, friendliness and willingness to help.

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tion of Christian values, Charlie Bell wanted to return the favor and began volunteering.

During the flood in October, Bell was one of many volunteers helping those in Sumter County. He helped by unloading trucks and organizing food boxes, cleaning supplies and toiletry items. He helped families load much-needed items in their cars and trucks.

Bell continues to volunteer in the food pantry and ware-

house and helps clients with furniture pickup. He has been a faithful volunteer at Sumter United Ministries since his home has been repaired. He loves volunteering.

“The Lord has blessed me,” he said.

The third-annual Summer of Caring, which benefits shelter, construction and crisis relief programs, will continue

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Committee OKs Pinewood, McCrays Mill intersection project

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study Policy Committee approved a motion to add an intersection improvement project at Pinewood and McCrays Mill roads to the state’s Transportation Improvement Program project list.

The project is the third on SUATS’ long-range transportation project plan list.

Preliminary work on the first and second projects on the list, Broad Street and Wesmark Boulevard, and Broad Street and Bultman Drive, respectively, has already started.

Sumter Planning Department Director George McGregor said the two projects will include measures to make the areas safer for drivers and pedestrians by moving medians, updating curbs and sidewalks and resurfacing Broad Street from Bultman to Wesmark. He said resurfacing is expected to begin in January 2017.

McGregor said the Pinewood and McCrays Mill intersection has one of the highest volumes of traffic in the county and is the fourth-highest vehicle wreck location in the county.

There have been 110 wrecks, none of them fatal, at the in-

tersection within the last three years, and approximately 48,000 vehicles pass through the intersection daily, he said.

McGregor said the project will include closing or moving some access points from the intersection. He said some people drive across several lanes to get to another commercial lot located directly across the street. That is not a safe move to make, he said.

Before voting on the project, the committee discussed reviewing some of SUATS’ larger projects during future meetings.

State Rep. Murrell Smith, RSumter, asked if it would be better for the committee to

mously to add the Pinewood and McCrays Mill intersection project to the state’s TIP list.

Later, McGregor provided an update on the 2008 Capital Penny Sales Tax projects.

All but two of the projects — the Lafayette Diamond on Lafayette Drive and Southern Gateway on Manning Avenue — are finished, he said.

McGregor said construction on the Southern Gateway is underway, and the landscaping portion of the project is almost complete while property and right-of-way acquisitions are still taking place for the Lafayette Diamond. He said it will be about six months until the project will be bid out.

focus on larger projects such as street-widening projects.

He said the intersection project still needs to happen, but he felt that the SUATS projects have shifted from focusing on larger projects to smaller ones.

Sumter County Council Chairwoman Vivian FlemingMcGhaney said the projected cost for some of the larger projects are “astronomical,” which makes it difficult for the committee to approve them.

McGregor said the planning department will provide a list of all potential long-range plan projects to committee members.

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Wheat is harvested near Sumter Airport on Saturday. Clemson Extension associate agent David DeWitt said recent rains have helped local crops.

Spring rains help improve farmers’ outlook

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com South Carolinians involved in farming are understandably hesitant to have a positive outlook about this year’s prospects, but recent rains have helped most crops get off to a good start, according to Clemson Extension associate agent David DeWitt.

Looking especially promising so far is the corn crop, which seems to be ahead of schedule, he said.

“Most of the corn is tasseling or a little beyond that,” DeWitt said. “It’s starting to pollinate.”

He said the rains have been a blessing for corn farmers, and those with irrigation have not had to rely on it.

DeWitt said most cotton farmers have their crop in the ground except for those who are planting cotton after growing winter wheat.

“Wheat harvest is not really in full swing, but we didn’t have much planted anyway,” he said.

A lot of the cotton that has been planted has sprouted and looks good.

“It doesn’t really like this much water; it would like to have some warm sunshine,” he said.

Soybean planting continues, DeWitt said, though farmers have had to cope with a short seed supply because of the floods from last year.

Most of the soybean seed crop is grown in this region, and what didn’t get drowned by the flooding in October did not have a chance to be harvested, he said.

“Seed selection was very limited,” said Jay Willard, who farms near Gable. “We didn’t get our first choices, but we were able to get enough to plant.”

Willard said he had a very good strawberry crop, but it is already gone.

“We haven’t planted pumpkins yet,” he said. “We usually pick those out of the field, so we don’t want them to be ready too early.”

DeWitt said peanut planting continues the trend of record or near-record acreage.

“Most are looking good; I haven’t heard of many problems,” he said.

Tobacco got off to a slow start, he said, but it appears to be getting caught up.

Lack of money is still a problem for farmers, DeWitt said, with a lot of emergency loans still being processed even if the paperwork was filed in February or March.

“So many people have to go through the same process with the same number of people working on it, so it just gets backed up,” he said.

The Palmetto Farm Aid grants are still a month away as well, he said.

At least a little improvement in commodity prices has DeWitt feeling good about the year — so far.

“I’m glad to be positive today; a lot of times we have negatives,” he said. “Of course, if the rain cuts off and we have 110 degrees, all this can go to pot in a hurry.”

Willard agreed.

“I hate to be a farmer and say anything looks good because it’s subject to change at any moment,” Willard said.

“That’s the beauty of farming,” DeWitt said.

Forecasters expect sunnier days this week after tropical storm

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Expect the effects of Tropical Storm Colin, which formed off Florida this week, to bring more rain through late morning, according to meteorologist Teenia Morrison at the National Weather Service office in Columbia.

After that, however, the umbrella can be put away for a few days — unless it is needed to ward off the sun.

“It should be clearing out [this] afternoon and sunny Wednesday and the rest of the week,” Morrison said.

Meteorologists expect Colin to move along the South Carolina coast this morning, then quickly off the coast and out to sea after dumping 4 to 6 inches in the Lowcountry. Rain chances in the Sumter area are expected to drop to less than 20 percent by noon.

A flash flood watch was issued by the NWS on Monday afternoon, but it was set to ex-

pire early this morning. The watch said rainfall amounts from 2 to 4 inches were expected in the eastern Midlands and 1 to 3 inches in the western Midlands.

The high temperature today is forecast to reach 90 in the afternoon; however, a cold front will move in from the northwest tonight, dropping the low tonight to the mid-60s.

Beginning Wednesday, Sumterites should be ready for some sunny weather, perhaps a welcome change after a decidedly wet beginning to the work week. NWS reports weather models are in good agreement that high pressure will dominate the area through the weekend.

Highs should be near 90 Wednesday and in the mid- to upper 80s the rest of the work week, warming to the low 90s by Friday, according to NWS. Lows through Thursday should be in the low to mid-60s, warming to the 70s by the weekend.

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Teach children biking tips to keep them safe FROM STAFF REPORTS Approximately 118 children in the United States died from a bike-related injury in 2013, according to Safe Kids Sumter County. About 52 percent of these deaths were among youths ages 15 to 19. More children are seen in emergency facilities because of bikerelated injuries than injuries from any other sport.

Safe Kids recommends the following bike safety tips:

PURCHASE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT Before a ride, it is important to take steps to make sure your child is protected.

Buy a bicycle that is the right size for your child, not one he or she will “grow into.” Bring the child along to the bike shop to purchase the right fit. Be sure to place reflectors on the front, back and sides of the bike, skates or scooter.

Refrain from dressing your child in loose clothing because clothes can get caught in chains or spokes. Check often to ensure that reflectors are secure, brakes are working properly, gears shift smoothly and tires are on tightly and properly inflated.

CONDUCT THE FIT TEST TO ENSURE THE HELMET IS THE RIGHT SIZE FOR YOUR CHILD • Eyes: Put the helmet on your child’s head, and have him or her look up. You should see the bottom rim of the helmet.

• Ears: Make sure the straps form a “V” under your child’s ears when buckled.

The straps should be a little tight but comfortable.

• Mouth: Have your child open his or her mouth as wide as possible. Does the helmet hug his head? If not, tighten the straps.

WEAR THE PROPER HELMET Studies show that among children ages 5 to 14, 52 percent do not have a helmet present, 41 percent use a helmet, and 7 percent have a helmet present, but it is unused. When worn, bicycle helmets cut the risk of severe brain damage by up to 88 percent.

It is also important that children wear the proper helmet for each wheeled sport.

When biking, roller skating, inline skating or riding a

scooter, a bike helmet should be worn. For skateboarding and longboarding, a skateboarding helmet is ideal.

Sometimes, it can be difficult to remember a helmet for your children or to have them wear one. However, steps such as these can ensure a helmet is worn every time to significantly increase your child’s safety.

• Make it a habit from the first time your child rides a tricycle, bike or roller skates.

Be sure he or she wears a helmet every time.

• Enforce the simple rule: “No helmet, no wheels.”

• Explain that riding on wheels can be fun but also dangerous, and wearing a helmet can keep children from badly hurting their head.

• Let your child choose the helmet so it is more likely to get worn.

• Wear one yourself. Remember: A child is more likely to wear a helmet when you do, too.

TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT RULES OF THE ROAD It is important to teach children lessons about safety on the roads and to remind ourselves of them as well. It is also crucial to always follow safety rules and traffic laws in order to remain protected.

Remember that bikes travel with traffic, not against it.

Ride on the right-hand side of the road. Also, it is important to use hand signals when turning.

BEFORE A CHILD CROSSES A STREET, INSTRUCT HIM/ HER TO: • Use a crosswalk if possible.

• Stop and look: Left, right and left again.

• If a car or truck is coming, wait until it is gone before you start to cross.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER Children should ride or skate only in good weather and during the day. They should stay on sidewalks and paths, not roads, until the age of 10.

When riding in the evening, “be bright and use lights.” Make sure the bike has reflectors, and have the child wear bright clothes so drivers will see him or her.

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POLICE BLOTTER ARRESTS Tye Golden, 27, was charged with seconddegree domestic violence and arrested Thursday at 7:48 p.m. at a Dillon Trace residence. Golden allegedly threw the victim to the floor, held her down and put his hand on her mouth to keep it closed. According to the police report, the victim suffered lacerations to her mouth, nose and neck before she was able to break away and call police. After determining that Golden was the primary aggressor in the incident, officers arrested him and transported him to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Brian Greenwood, 41, of 202 E. Liberty St., was charged with public disorderly conduct and resisting police officers and arrested Wednesday at 11:20 p.m. Greenwood was allegedly walking around on the grounds of the Hampton Street fire station while under the influence of alcohol, shouting at the firemen and being unruly. According to the police report, Greenwood did not cooperate when responding officers tried to take him into custody, physically resisting and refusing to obey verbal orders. The suspect was Tased after continued resistance and transported first to Palmetto Health Tuomey to treat a minor cut on his head and then to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Three Sumter women, Brandy Watts, 32, Mary Kennon, 29, and Jamie Lockler, 29, were charged with shoplifting and issued a summons Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Security personnel at a Broad Street store where the incident reportedly took place detained the suspects and held them until police arrived. Two of the suspects were transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, Watts for attempting to run and Lockler for a family court warrant.

STOLEN PROPERTY A Sumter man was reportedly robbed by armed assailants Wednesday at 10:20 p.m. on Maple Drive. While the victim was walking in the area, he was approached by a black male about 27 years old who goes by the street name Pistol. The man asked to borrow $20, and when the victim refused, he pulled a handgun and told him to give him all his money. The victim handed over his cellphone and $80 in cash before attempting to fight back. He knocked the handgun away and had the suspect in a headlock when two other men, who go by Sweet Pea and Pee Wee, got out of a tan Chevrolet Impala and joined the fight, at which point the victim fled the scene.

An armed robbery and carjacking reportedly took place Friday at 3 a.m. at a Sumter apartment complex. A Sumter man was called by a friend and asked to meet at the parking lot of the complex. When he arrived, three masked men wearing black robbed him at gunpoint of $935 of personal items, including cash and an iPhone 6. The robbers then got into his truck and drove with him to the intersection of South Wise Drive and North Guignard Drive, where they kicked him out of the vehicle and left. The truck is a dark gray Mazda B300 pickup with SC tag KBI677.

DAMAGED PROPERTY A South Main Street business suffered $2,400 in damage and theft of an unknown amount in a burglary Friday about 2 a.m. Burglars reportedly gained entry to the building using sledgehammers and broke into several desks inside. Inventory assessment to determine the amount of the theft is ongoing. Officers responded to a motion sensor activation, but the thieves had left the premises by the time they arrived.

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A sign from a Civil Rights Era water fountain from Montgomery, Alabama, is part of a new exhibit on race at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia.

S.C. museum hopes race exhibit will foster conversations

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OLUMBIA — A year ago, a nation stood horrified

after nine blacks were deliberately gunned down during a quiet, evening Bible study at a church in Charleston. The massacre sparked anguish and soul searching that led to steps unimaginable even a decade ago, including the lowering of Confederate flags in parts of the South.

Now, the ever-passionate conversation about race has a new venue: the South Carolina State Museum. The exhibit aims to tackle and explain the elements that comprise race and racism in the United States, in an effort to help explain differences and perhaps find ways to bridge them.

“Race: Are We So Different?” opened June 4 and runs through Sept. 11. Museum officials say the 5,000-squarefoot exhibition is the first nationally traveling exhibit to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural and

historical points of view.

Museum officials estimate anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 visitors will tour the exhibit during its run, spending as much as three hours taking in the videos, text panels and interactive materials.

The exhibit tackles its topic from a variety of angles, exploring the scientific reasons for different skin tones and using high-tech stations to give users an upclose look at how genes work and make us look different from one another.

Other areas use historical photographs of “whites only” water fountains to depict the Civil Rights Era. One exhibit lays out the disparities experienced by white and black soldiers returning home from World War II. In another section, visitors can try to match up voices with the speakers’ faces, in an attempt to see if you can “hear” someone’s race.

Officials have tried to bring the exhibit to South Carolina in years past but deemed it too expensive. But a new impetus for the project came on June 17, 2015. On that day, authorities say, an armed white man entered the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and gunned down nine blacks during an evening Bible study. The suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, has since been charged in the killings.

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Authorities have said Roof wanted to start a race war.

Pictures of him brandishing photos of the Confederate flag led the state of South Carolina to remove it from its Statehouse grounds. A school district in Virginia banned apparel displaying Confederate and other symbols in public schools. The Florida Senate voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the chamber’s official seal.

William Calloway, executive director of the South Carolina State Museum, said that after the Science Museum of Minnesota approached him in February with a chance to launch the exhibit, the museum stepped into high gear to do in just a few months what typically takes nearly a year.

first black mayor of South Carolina’s capital city and first elected in 2010, the exhibit, and the conversations he feels certain it will inspire, will be beneficial for anyone interested in learning more both about what unites and divides us.

As he walked through the exhibit a few days before its opening, the mayor said he also sees the historic flooding that last fall devastated parts of South Carolina — including Columbia — as an important illustration of how tragedies can affect people of all races in massive ways.

“We showed America, we showed the world — even more importantly, we showed ourselves that we’re in this together,” Benjamin said.

“It’s not the crisis. It’s how you respond to it.”

The museum partnered with the Central Carolina Community Foundation and worked with a consultant to train facilitators who will help visitors ingest the powerful information while they tour the exhibit, as well as talk about it afterward.

“A big part of this exhibit is not to leave the visitors hanging,” said Calloway. “We do think it will stir emotion.”

On Tuesday evenings throughout the summer, the public is invited to come and talk about the exhibit, as well as race issues in general. On June 17, the one-year anniversary of the Charleston shootings, the museum is opening its doors to anyone wishing to pause and reflect on the events of that night and the year since.

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Trump calls Gingrich scolding ‘inappropriate’ WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said Monday it was “inappropriate” for Newt Gingrich to demand he drop the subject of an American judge’s ethnicity and start acting like “a potential leader of the United States.”

But Trump let stand widespread scolding from other Republican leaders who want him to lay off the jurist — a sign that the GOP presidential candidate doesn’t want to blow up the fragile truce he has struck with the party establishment.

Trump insisted that his comments about the judge came in defense against relentless questions from reporters and others about lawsuits

that he “couldn’t disagree more” with Trump’s statements about Curiel’s impartiality, adding that “we’re all behind him now” — an implicit warning that such unity might not be the case for long.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said he doesn’t condone Trump’s statements about Curiel, then complained that his interview was supposed to be about foreign policy.

The message was repeated Monday, this time from House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz.

“Why doesn’t he just say, ‘Look it’s up to the attorneys’ ... and leave it at that?” Chaffetz said on Fox News Channel. “And then you move on.”

why I’m being treated so unfairly by a judge,” Trump said Monday on Fox News Channel.

Trump University is the target of two lawsuits — in San Diego and New York — which accuse the business of fleecing students with unfulfilled promises to teach secrets of success in real estate. Trump has maintained that customers were overwhelmingly satisfied.

A day earlier, Gingrich said Trump’s focus on Curiel’s ethnic background was “inexcusable” and Trump’s “worst mistake.” He was one of several Republicans who publicly demanded that the presumptive GOP candidate move on and unite the party.

Across the Sunday talk shows, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said

against Trump University. Trump said U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel can’t be impartial in the suits because his parents were born in Mexico and Trump wants to build a wall along the border.

Curiel is a former federal prosecutor who was born in Indiana to parents who came from Mexico in the 1920s.

He has not responded to Trump’s attack, and Trump’s legal team has not sought his removal from the case.

Judges generally are thought to have conflicts of interest only in more specific situations, such as a financial interest in the outcome of the case.

Nonetheless, Trump said the public discussion about Trump University requires a response.

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Aid group says IS shooting civilians fleeing Fallujah BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has been shooting at civilians as they try to flee the nearly two-week battle between Iraqi government forces and IS militants in the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, an international aid organization and Iraqi military said.

On Sunday, the militants shot and killed seven civilians and seven IS defectors inside Fallujah as they attempted to flee, Iraqi Maj. Ali Hanoon said.

Hanoon, who is with the elite Iraqi counterterrorism forces, on Monday put the number of civilians killed by IS since the operation started at “dozens” but declined to be more specific, saying the information coming out of Fallujah is sporadic and often incomplete. Iraqi officials say the total is likely higher.

Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.led coalition airstrikes, have been fighting to retake the ISheld city of Fallujah since late May, but the advance stalled last week because of heavy resistance the militants have put up and because an estimated 50,000 civilians remain trapped inside the city. On Sunday, Iraqi forces secured the southern edge of Fallujah, a largely agricultural area.

“They know that if they trap the civilians, it will slow our progress,” Hanoon said.

Last week, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of civilians attempting to flee Fallujah, killing two people and wounding three, according to police.

From Baghdad, the Norwegian Refugee Council, which works with refugees and internally displaced Iraqis, said late

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Displaced Iraqi families arrive at an Iraqi army camp after fleeing their homes during fighting between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State group outside Fallujah, Iraq, on Saturday. The Iraqi army is attempting to retake the western city.

“Our biggest fears are now tragically confirmed with civilians being directly targeted while trying to flee to safety,” said Nasr Muflahi, the NRC Country Director in Iraq.

Sunday that a number of fleeing civilians have been killed as they tried to cross the Euphrates River. Iraqi officials had no immediate information on the river incident.

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Tempers likely to soar in summer session Congress returns for 6 weeks with must-do agenda

BY ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Temperatures and tempers are likely to run hot as lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday for an abbreviated 6-week summertime session featuring a handful of mustdo legislation and the rollout of a House GOP campaign agenda that’s a priority for House Speaker Paul Ryan.

The spring was a little bumpy for the Wisconsin Republican, yo-yoing between his role as the top elected Republican in the country in the era of Donald Trump and manager of the difficult-tocontrol House.

Both roles have placed Ryan in difficult spots. He’s openly struggled with the Trump phenomenon — endorsing the New York billionaire as the GOP’s presumptive nominee last Thursday despite “our differences” — and he’s found it difficult to corral wayward conservatives, just as his predecessor John Boehner, ROhio, did.

Summertime in presidential election years is often a time when Congress lowers its sights and focuses more on what it has to do rather than testing the limits of what the political thicket will allow.

This summer, that must-do list is short and achievable: Helping Puerto Rico through its fiscal crisis with a July 1 deadline looming for a $2 billion debt payment, funding the battle against the Zika virus and reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration.

Ryan has fulfilled promises for more open House debates, deference to committee chairmen and a lighter touch with tea party conservatives. But the return to “regular order” has also led to failure on the budget, delays on the Puerto Rico and Zika measures and a small-bore legislative agenda that’s been overshadowed by the presidential campaign.

Ryan will begin to roll out his “agenda project” — a months-long effort to devise a positive vision, message and platform for the party — this week, starting with a speech

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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin faces reporters May 24 at Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers returned to Washington for a six-week summertime session on Monday. and proposal on poverty.

“We can keep doing the same things and getting the same results,” Ryan said Friday in a video message. “Or instead of trapping people in poverty, we can get them on the ladder of opportunity, reward work, open our economy so everyone can make the most of their lives.”

Ryan has a penchant for lofty rhetoric, but his new job also demands a focus on the nuts and bolts of lawmaking, where there are limits to what

he can control.

For instance, it’s taken weeks for Ryan and others to forge compromise legislation on Puerto Rico that would establish a control board to oversee a limited restructuring of the commonwealth’s debt. Puerto Rico missed a May 1 debt payment, and a larger July 1 obligation is fast approaching, but the hardwon Puerto Rico legislation appears teed up to pass the House after a bipartisan committee vote last month.

The Senate, both Democrats and Republicans say, is likely to deliver the House bill to Obama without any changes.

“That’s a real test for the speaker. He’s invested a lot of effort and time in (the Puerto Rico legislation),” said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. “I think he’s wise to have done so, and I think he will ultimately be successful. You certainly wouldn’t want to go home for July break not having got that done. You would certainly like to get Zika done by the July break as well.”

However, resolving legislation to fight the Zika virus, passed by both House and Senate in substantially different form, is more complicated.

A bipartisan $1.1 billion Senate measure is acceptable to the White House and its Democratic allies, while a $622 million House measure that passed along party lines has attracted a veto threat from the White House as insufficient to fight the virus, which can cause severe birth defects.

Not long ago, a logical splitthe-differences compromise to the Senate’s spending level, accompanied by spending cuts demanded by House GOP conservatives, might have been a slam dunk.

That’s still a possible solution, but it could bleed support from both Democrats and Republicans and presents Ryan with a difficult balancing act. A move by the House to attach an unrelated measure on pesticides permitting requirements is a complicating factor as well.

Meanwhile, a battle about

gay rights has upended the appropriations process in the House, which involves 12 annual spending bills for federal agencies. Last month, Democrats succeeded in winning an amendment defending an Obama executive order protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people against discrimination by federal contractors. That scuttled the underlying energy and water measure and may lead Ryan to adopt a more closed approach in order to avoid a repeat.

Lawmakers must also pass a measure to reauthorize the FAA. A battle about a House plan to spin off responsibility for air traffic control operations to a private, nonprofit corporation has the House and Senate at an impasse.

With the two key House and Senate committee chairmen at loggerheads about the issue, it’s commonly assumed that lawmakers would opt to pass a short-term extension of FAA authority that would kick the problem into next year.

In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has generally played it safe and has had the Senate plug away on bipartisan legislation such as a measure to combat opioid abuse and an effort to revive the moribund process for appropriating annual agency budgets. The opioid legislation is in a HouseSenate conference committee and could be ready for final votes before lawmakers leave Washington for the political conventions in July.

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SUSPECTS FROM PAGE A1 store robbery when personal items belonging to employees and an undisclosed amount of merchandise were stolen.

According to law enforcement,

Mearite and Knowles entered the jewelry store with a handgun just before 4:45 p.m. on May 30 and demanded the four employees inside hand over their personal belongings.

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daughter, to lay on the floor as they demanded a bracelet from his son and took all of their cellphones and the women’s purses.

The two men then fled toward Sumter Mall and allegedly met Brown, who was reportedly the getaway driver.

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Mearite and Knowles are charged with armed robbery, conspiracy, four counts of kidnapping and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Brown is charged with armed robbery and conspiracy charges in connection to an armed robbery.

Palmetto Health also provided information from Safe Kids USA, an international organization dedicated to preventing injuries to children, which states more than 3 million children 14 years old and younger get hurt at home each year.

Fire, suffocation, drowning, choking, falling, firearms and poisoning are among the leading causes of unintentional injury or death of children in that age range, according to the release.

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said although the state does not have a minimum age when a child can legally be left at home alone, children younger than 12 should not be left alone.

He said parents should discuss the rules of being at home alone with their children before leaving.

In a news release, the sheriff ’s office provided tips for parents who plan to let their children stay at home alone for any period of time: • Rules and safety information should be written out and posted

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Shay Kinney, 3, left, and Shiloh Kinney, 4, play on a swing at the 15th Annual Family and Friends Day on Saturday in Rembert. unteers, Britton said.

Children from local schools are brought by bus to the coalition’s after-school program.

They are provided with nutritious meals five times a week, homework assistance, physical activities as well as arts and crafts activities, Britton said.

A handicap-accessible senior citizens center offers hot lunch for seniors three times a week and various programs.

The coalition offers community long-term health care services for residents who need it, such as assisting residents with cleaning their house, bathing and transportation to doctors’ appointments.

“We want to provide means for our residents to work together to improve themselves,” Britton said. “It takes a lot of praying, donations and the revenue we receive from our car wash to keep the coalition going.”

CARING FROM PAGE A1 through Labor Day. Each year, the program includes summer construction projects in which volunteers spend two weeks fixing up houses.

Sumter United Ministries provides outreach and service because of volunteers and donations from the community, said Executive Director Mark Champagne.

The Sumter Item is partnering with Sumter United Ministries to assist in raising as much money as possible to help the organization’s largest programs.

The total amount raised through The Sumter Item last year was more than $7,300, and the total since 2014 has been nearly $13,000.

All donations to the Rembert Area Community Coalition are tax deductible. Donations can be made out to the coalition and sent to P.O. Box 186, Rembert, SC 29128. For more information, call (803) 432-2001 or (803) 420-1255, email jbritton@raccinc.org or visit the website, www.raccinc. org. The coalition is at 8455 Camden Highway in Rembert.

The coalition is hosting a six-week youth summer camp from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through July 15. Breakfast will be served at 8 a.m., and lunch will be served at noon daily. Summer camp activities include arts and crafts, baking and cooking, math intervention and reading. The children will also go on field trips, play games, watch movies and attend picnics. For more information about an application and fees, call the main office at (803) 432-2001.

Financial donations for Summer of Caring can be mailed to: The Sumter Item P.O. Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151 Contributions can also be dropped off at The Sumter Item’s office at 20 N. Magnolia St. If donations are made in someone’s name, identify who the person is, and correctly spell his or her name. If you want the donation to be made specifically to one of the three programs, please indicate which one, and it will be applied directly to it. If no indication is made, it will go to Sumter United Ministries and be divided among all three.

Sumter United Ministries is at 36 S. Artillery Drive. For more information, call the ministry at (803) 775-0757.

in a place that is visible to the child; • Post a list of important information including parent’s mobile and work numbers and contact information for family members or family friends, 911, poison control, the fire department and trusted neighbors; • Discuss what constitutes an emergency and when 911 should be called.

Parents should also role play emergency situations with the child to make sure he or she knows what to tell the dispatch operator; • Practice emergency escape routes in case of a fire; • Have the child check in with the parents throughout the day, or have a trusted neighbor check on the child; • Teach children to never open the door when a stranger comes by. The sheriff ’s office suggests creating a code word that will be said so that the child knows the individual was sent to the house by parents; and • Make sure the child has access to easy-toprepare foods.

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FROM PAGE A1 The coalition’s goal is to give the community a quasi-governmental structure to bring needed resources and services into the community, according to its website, www.raccinc.org. The coalition’s purpose is to transform the community into “an economically prosperous and self-sufficient township where residents live, work, shop and play,” according to its website.

Rembert is situated as a midway point between Sumter, Camden and Bishopville.

The community has a post office, a gas station and a fire station. A small self-serve car wash also exists and is owned and operated by the coalition.

The area does not have county water, Britton said.

“Rembert’s been put aside for too long,” Britton said.

“The coalition tries to fill in the void, providing services for our citizens.”

Some members of the community have made an effort to incorporate the town, which Britton said could help the area tremendously. According to the 2010 census, Rembert’s population is 306 people. The coalition offers multiple services to different age groups, including after-school care, a summer camp, meals for senior citizens, community long-term care, a food-bank program and an emergency food bank for residents of the area.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THANKS TO LEGISLATORS FOR WORKING ON TAX SITUATION I want to thank our Sumter area legislators for their efforts to increase the federal tax exemption for military retirees. As a retiree, I believe it is an obvious “winwin situation” for retirees and for the local area.

As a matter of fact, it makes the entire state more attractive to retirees and many of them relocate or remain in South Carolina.

This is an important factor when considering base closure actions.

I am very happy I chose Sumter as my hometown.

MAJ. PERRY L. REGISTER Retired from U.S. Air Force Sumter

CAMPBELL HELPS LOCAL COURTHOUSE RUN SMOOTHLY Being from a military background, I have lived in many of our states. I have always taken an interest in civic affairs and especially our legal system.

As a result of my interest, I now have a degree in criminal justice. Wanting to learn more (and my natural curiosity) and to see how Sumter County’s court system was working, I watched quite a few court cases. I have even been on jury duty twice. I can honestly say that Sumter County’s courthouse is the most well-run and efficient system that I have seen. I know it would not be this way if not for the involvement and caring leadership with integrity of our elected Clerk of Court Jamie Campbell.

One of my favorite sayings is “If it ain’t broke, it don’t need fixin!”

EILEEN CLAY-CHAPPELL Dalzell

FLEMING-MCGHANEY DESERVES OUR SUPPORT Those of us who live in County Council District 5 have been well represented by current Chairwoman Vivian Fleming-McGhaney. I have known Vivian for 20 years and have seen her dedication to her community and the entire county.

We have worked together on health care needs for eastern Sumter County before she was elected to council.

Now, as one of her constituents, I have seen her sound decision making, her stewardship over your tax dollars and her ability to help make our council a working team rather than contentious factions.

Mrs. McGhaney’s opponents may have name recognition, but they have not demonstrated now, or in their past efforts, any of the characteristics I expect from my representative.

You have a receptive and concerned voice representing you in council chambers.

Do not throw away that level of quality service for those less qualified and have, in the past, served not for your benefit but for theirs.

I urge you to vote for Vivian Fleming-McGhaney in the Democratic primary June 14. This is an open primary. Regardless of where you stand on the national political stage, please give Vivian the support she deserves.

SUSAN SCOUTEN Sumter

THE SUMTER ITEM HAS SET DEADLINE OF 5 P.M. TODAY for letters submitted to the newspaper for publication about candidates in the June 14 South Carolina primary.

No primary election letters received after that time will run in the newspaper.

COMMENTARY

GOP surrenders to the dark side

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ASHINGTON — With the surrender of House Speaker Paul Ryan to the Trump crusade, it is fair to wonder what the Republican Party stands for.

Ryan’s endorsement of Trump, which appeared in an op-ed the speaker wrote for his hometown paper — rather than before a gaggle of reporters and newscasters with his arm draped around Trump’s shoulders — was a white flag from the establishment opposition.

In his op-ed, Ryan Kathleen explained that Parker though he doesn’t support all of Trump’s ideas (brave!), he’s confident that a President Trump would support the House agenda. Moreover, Ryan felt that his endorsement was needed to maintain a Republican majority in the House.

In other words, he caved, as most everyone knew he would after a respectable period of resistance.

The party has to stand united, after all. Because, as the Geico guy would remind us, that’s what they do.

Next likely to fall will be evangelical Christian leaders, who are scheduled to meet with Trump on June 21.

The expectation is that Trump will promise to pick conservative Supreme Court justices who would restore the nation’s social order to a pre-Roe v. Wade, pre-gay-rights version.

If the purportedly devout can accept the ungodly Trump as the nation’s leader, then there really is nothing sacred. But, by God, he’s better than Hillary Clinton, clamors the crowd.

To Trump’s supporters, a billion-

aire with no governing experience, questionable business practices and secret tax returns would be vastly better than she on no substantive basis whatsoever. Most compelling of all is the belief that Trump would nominate conservative justices.

But this assumption is as conjectural as the belief in Trump’s conservatism is wishful.

There’s no knowing whom Trump would nominate, notwithstanding the list of 11 judges he released last month, indicating the sorts of jurists he’d select. The list was merely a “guide” Trump said he would use in making his selections.

In other words, what you see may not be what you get.

This applies as well to Trump, about whose policies we still know next to nothing. What we do know is that Trump is a chameleon who changes his positions with the same conviction he takes to the wedding chapel. More hummingbird than flipflopper, he flits from one position to another, rarely alighting anywhere for long. Oh, yes, I like this one! No, that one.

Is Trump’s flexibility owing to a low threshold for boredom? Or does he perhaps suffer severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? Suffice it to say, if he were a Democrat, Republicans would be blitzing the airwaves with cartoonish ads featuring Trump’s head on a hummingbird, his nectar-straw Pinocchioesque. The possibilities are delicious.

This is not to minimize his appeal or to denigrate his fans, some of whom probably figure that underneath all the bluster is a solid chap who will hire the best people to figure things out. Others don’t much care for policy-talk, anyway, and whatever’s good enough for Trump is good enough for them.

Millions of others, contrarily, can’t ignore Trump’s tendency to be crude, rude and impetuous, not to mention disingenuous, contentious, simplistic — “I hate (nuclear) proliferation!” — and irresponsibly ignorant. And yet party leaders against their better instincts have circled the wagons around a movie character, not Chauncey Gardiner in “Being There,” as I once suggested, but Tom Hanks’ character in “Big.” As you’ll recall, Hanks acts the part of a boy, who, having been granted his wish to be all grown up, suddenly inhabits the body of an adult. But still a child, he behaves as one. Fortunately, the worst thing Hanks’ character does is to behave so adorably that a grown woman falls for him.

Now imagine that the boy hadn’t been a sweet child but was a spoiled brat and a bully. What sort of childinhabited man might Hanks have been then? Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s tantrum-throwing nuke slinger, comes to mind.

So does Trump, not that I’m comparing the two, but you get the gist.

Of all the carefully examined flaws in Trump’s persona, the most concerning and potentially dangerous is his immaturity.

Like a child used to getting his way, he shouts, pokes, bullies, berates, pouts and parades. And thanks to him, the GOP’s big tent has become a tough kid’s idea of a party — peopled with hot dames, swindlers, gamblers, bosses, bouncers and thugs — and some, I assume, are good people.

At least now, Ronald Reagan can finally get some rest. The Republican Party has left him.

scientific, most skillfullest fighter in the ring today.”

“I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin’ hell, but as long as they ain’t free, I ain’t free.”

“I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.”

“I’m the onliest person that can speak to everybody in the whole world. My name is known in Serbia, Pakistan, Morocco. These are countries that don’t follow the Kentucky Derby.”

“Sometimes I feel a little sad because I can see how some things I said could upset some people. But I did not deliberately try to hurt anyone. The hype was part of my job, like skipping rope.”

“Now the things that once were so effortless — my strong voice and the quickness of my movements — are more difficult. But I get up every day and try to live life to the fullest because each day is a gift from God.” “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

“It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”

“Friendship … is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”

“I know where I’m going, and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”

“A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE Here are some of the late Muhammad Ali’s greatest quotes: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

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“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.”

“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”

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“I’m not the greatest. I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ’em out, I pick the round. I’m the boldest, the prettiest, the most superior, most

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‘Bert the Conqueror’ takes on country’s scariest rides

BY KEVIN M C DONOUGH Summer television has changed so much over the years. It’s good to see that some time-honored, timewasting traditions continue.

It used to be that, once we put Memorial Day in our rearview mirror, a flood of series and specials about roller coasters, boardwalks and hotdogs would arrive. It was as if there was nothing else new to watch on TV until Shark Week arrived.

Because, for a long time, there wasn’t.

For old times’ sake, viewers can take in “Bert the Conqueror” (8 p.m., Travel, TV-PG). This more than slightly goofy series features professional fun-seeker and travel enthusiast Bert Kreischer as he takes on the tallest, scariest and most adrenaline-inducing rides over 14 summer episodes.

Bert begins his conquests in New England. In the first “Bert,” he tackles the Wicked Cyclone, located in Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts. Then he’s off to Maine for something called a Lobster Crate Race. In the next episode (8:30 p.m.), he pits himself in a race against cheese.

Is it just me, or does Shark Week show up earlier every year? This summer, the Discovery Channel tradition arrives on June 26.

• Steve Martin and Tina Fey appear on “Maya and Marty” (10 p.m., NBC, TV14). Imagine that, four veterans of “Saturday Night Live” appearing on a show produced by Lorne Michaels!

Watching folks from the same show and network cracking each other up, I can’t help but be reminded of Short’s stint on SCTV.

That brilliant series was set in a fictional network in the middle of nowhere, also known as Melonville, located somewhere in Canada, where every show seemed to be a plug for another network series and featured virtually the same cast of characters who were far more intent on interacting with each other than entertaining an audience. In some ways, the sendup of banal insider-dom on “SCTV” was at least three decades ahead of its time.

That said, “Maya” didn’t do too badly in its debut last Tuesday, drawing the largest number of viewers age 18-49 for a network show in its time slot and nearly attracting as many total viewers as “Person of Interest.”

• The comedy “Casual” enters its second season, streaming exclusively on Hulu.

“Casual” follows a divorced mother, Valerie (Michaela Watkins), trying to raise her precocious and sexually active daughter (Tara Lynne Barr) while living with her depressed brother Alex (Tommy Dewey).

As I described its first season, “Casual” asks us to care deeply about the petty problems of effortlessly affluent Los Angeles residents given to sharing too much information all of the time.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Coverage (8 p.m., CNN) of the New Jersey and California primaries begins, resumes, or never ends, depending on your point of view.

• Auditions continue on “America’s Got Talent” (8

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• A murdered whistleblower harbored evidence of a war crime on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• “Top Gear” (9 p.m., History, TV-PG) test-drives prototypes for new postal delivery vehicles.

• The president’s number comes up on “Person of Interest” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• “20/20” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14) revisits the story of singer Bobby Brown and his tempestuous marriage to Whitney Houston.

• Police protect both the citizens and the forests of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula from dangerous criminal enterprises on the new series “Dark Woods Justice” (10 p.m., Discovery).

TV ON DVD TV-themed DVDs available today include the second season of the low-key U.K. comedy “Detectorists”; season six of “Rizzoli and Isles” and “Journey to Space,” narrated by Patrick Stewart.

CULT CHOICE Now that an all-female remake of “Ghostbusters” is upon us, can a gender-reversed “Caddyshack” (8 p.m. and 10 p.m., The Golf Chan-

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Steve Martin, far right, joins Maya Rudolph and Martin Short in tonight’s episode of “Maya and Marty,” airing at 10 p.m. on NBC.

nel) be far behind? I shudder to think who would be cast in the Rodney Dangerfield role.

SERIES NOTES A very domestic undertaking on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Gordon recoils at an inn’s junk shop decor on “Hotel Hell” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Himbos grovel on “The Bachelorette” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Jay Garrick arrives on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * Helicopter rides on “Coupled” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Footage reveals chaos in the en-

campment on “Containment” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14).

LATE NIGHT “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” and “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” are preempted * Morgan Freeman, Rob Kazinsky, Jake Bugg and Jon Theodore visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Tim Robbins, Marc Maron and Tom Odell appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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SUPPORT GROUPS — Third Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation HosAA — Monday-Friday, noon Support Groups: June 7,pital, 2016 121 E. Cedar St., Florand 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 ence. Call (843) 661-3746. p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and Amputee Support Group — 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775Fourth Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., 1852.

Carolinas Rehabilitation HosAA Women’s Meeting — pital, 121 E. Cedar St., FlorWednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren ence. Call (843) 661-3746.

St. (803) 775-1852.

EFMP Parent Exchange Group — AA Spanish Speaking — SunLast Tuesday, 11 a.m.-noon, days, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. Airman and Family Readiness (803) 775-1852.

Center. Support to service AA “How it Works” Group — members who have a depenMondays and Fridays, 8 p.m., dent with a disability or ill1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494ness. Call (803) 895-1252/1253 5180. or (803) 847-2377.

441 AA Support Group — Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: S.C. 441.

Sickle Cell Support Group — AA Summerton Group — Last Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 Wednesdays, 8 p.m., town p.m., South Sumter Resource hall.

Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call (803) 774-6181.

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., BeDivorce Care — Wednesdays, havioral Health Building, 14 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church St., Manning. Call Church, 2401 Bethel Church (803) 435-8085.

Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Grief Share — Wednesdays, Thursdays, 9:30 p.m., 1154 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Ronda St. Call (803) 607-4543.

Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN:

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call (803) 316-6763.

Find the group on Facebook.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November, 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869.

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First Tuesday at noon and third Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call Carolyn at (803) 469-6059, Mary at (803) 979-4498, Margaret at (803) 469-6887 or Karen at (803) 236-6782.

Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Tuesdays, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits.

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Sumter Amputee Support Group — Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Sumter Prosthetics & Orthotics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) 883-4356.

Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Open to anyone who has lost a loved one to murder in a violent way.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center, 1989 Durant Lane. Call (803) 775-3926 or (803) 4694789.

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., National Health Care, 1018 N. Guignard Drive. Call (803) 905-7720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 6363346.

Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets first Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive.

Call (803) 905-5620.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take care of EUGENIA LAST personal matters on your own. Interference will leave a sour taste in your mouth. The more self-sufficient you are, the easier it will be to make decisions that will benefit you.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Observe and respond. A partnership has the potential to grow into a successful collaboration. Share your plans with friends, relatives and those who will be affected by your decisions. An opportunity to advance is heading your way.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t count on receiving help from others.

Prepare and organize how you want to execute your future plans and do so on your own. Someone you know will be all talk and no action. Look out for your own best interests.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The more cooperative you are, the easier it will be to manufacture the scenario you want to see unfold. Speak from the heart and others will take notice. A unique look at an old idea will spark an opportunity to forge ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take care of your personal interests and responsibilities. If you leave your affairs to someone else, you’ll be disappointed. Bring about personal changes that will enable you to gain better control of future prospects.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get involved in group endeavors or situations that will provide you with the information necessary to make quality moves. Refuse to let anyone control your life or dominate your time. Take responsibility for your own actions, not someone else’s.

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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WNW 4-8 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 87/56 Spartanburg 88/58

Greenville 88/60

Columbia 91/65

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 88/64

Aiken 88/59

ON THE COAST

Charleston 90/69

Today: Wind and rain, but showers around in southern parts. High 85 to 89.

Wednesday: Abundant sunshine. Less humid; pleasant. High 84 to 88.

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

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LAKE LEVELS Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

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Myrtle Beach 86/69

Manning 88/63

Today: Mostly sunny. Winds west-northwest 10-20 mph. Clear.

Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant. Winds south-southwest 3-6 mph.

LOCAL ALMANAC

Florence 88/65

Bishopville 88/60

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

Flood 7 a.m. stage yest.

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24-hr chg +0.14 -0.70 +0.62 -0.57 +0.03 +0.20

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Sunset 8:31 p.m.

Moonset 10:58 p.m.

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FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Fridays, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion).

For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc.

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Third Friday, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call (803) 778-0303.

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — Third Saturday, 1:30 p.m., 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call Donna Parker at (803) 4817521.

PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

DAILY PLANNER

Today, 5:30 p.m., district office, 15 Major Drive, Manning

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BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Strive for perfection in all that you do, and you’ll make it impossible for anyone to make you look bad. A serious approach will enable you to make personal choices that are in your best interests. Romance is on the rise.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Listen and learn. Take part in community events or cultural activities that will open your eyes to how others live.

Residential changes will bring about positive changes and inspiration.

Share your plans with someone you love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll have to watch your spending and avoid sharing personal information with people who may wish to pry into your affairs. Don’t mistake snooping for gestures of friendliness. Size up situations based on facts. Handle romantic encounters carefully.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep life lively. Speak up, share thoughts and express what’s on your agenda.

You can make a difference in your personal and professional dealings if you strive for equality, understanding and cooperation. Set guidelines and stick to them.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do what you enjoy most. Concentrate on home, family and turning something you do into a moneymaking pastime.

A change in the way you make a living will lift your spirits and help build your confidence. Romance is encouraged.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Helping others is an act of kindness, but before you offer assistance, find out what’s required. Someone is likely to take advantage of you if you don’t ask questions or understand what is being offered. Protect your assets.

Robert Thomas took this photo of a blue heron at the Santee Wildlife Refuge Cuddo Unit.

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USC baseball

Columbia Regional title game today After rain washes out Monday game, USC, UNCW battle to advance in tournament

By Willie T. Smith III wtsmith@greenvillenews.com COLUMBIA – The University of South Carolina will have to wait a day to find out its baseball fate.

Monday’s game against UNCW, which will determine the champion of the NCAA Columbia Regional, was post-

poned because of poor weather. It is scheduled to be played at 2 p.m. today and to be televised on ESPNU. The delay should be beneficial to both teams’ pitching staffs.

The Seahawks had planned to pitch Friday night starter Ryan Foster on two days rest.

He threw 114 pitches in a com-

plete-game victory over Duke on Friday.

This gives him an extra day to rest if UNCW head coach Mark Holbrook Scalf still plans to go with him.

While USC head coach Chad Holbrook had not announced a

starter on Sunday following Carolina’s 10-1 win over UNCW, he mentioned five names – Saturday starter Braden Webb, mid-week starter and weekend reliever Taylor Widener, reliever Reed Scott, closer Josh Reagan and Friday starter Clarke Schmidt.

“Who is pitching?” Holbrook said when asked the question

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following Sunday night’s 10-1 win over UNCW. “Probably a lot of people. We are going to try to piece it together as best we can.

“We’ll see how Webb feels when he gets to the park. ...

Schmidt, Reagan, Widener and Reed Scott. We’ll have some

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Clemson baseball

Clemson reflects, Kurt Busch conserves fuel for win at Pocono regroups after loss

By Brad Senkiw Independent Mail

team to step on it hard for the final lap, somehow made it work on a track with the longest frontstretch in motorsports.

There was no pain at the pump: Busch not only had enough fuel left to win but enough for victory burnouts and a celebratory lap around the track.

“I was like, whoa, how many laps shy are we? They said two,” he said. “These are really long straightaways at Pocono and you have to manage saving fuel as

CLEMSON — When Clemson’s season came to an end late Sunday night with a 9-2 loss to Oklahoma State in the Tigers’ home regional, all head coach Monte Lee, catcher Chris Okey and outfielder Seth Beer wanted to talk about after the game Lee were relationships.

It wasn’t the win-loss record or the fact that Clemson wouldn’t make the Super Regional or the College World Series for the sixth consecutive season.

These Tigers were disappointed that these particular players, Lee’s first since taking over for Jack Leggett last summer, would never suit up together again as the same unit.

“There’s a lot of emotions going through my mind right now,” said Beer, who led the team with a .369 batting average and 18 home runs. “The season hasn’t really kind of set in. That’s what comes first right now, picking my teammates up because they picked me up all year.”

The Tigers, who weren’t even picked in the upper half of the Atlantic Coast Conference predictions before the season started, finished with a

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Kurt Busch celebrates with his team in Victory Lane after winning at Pocono Raceway on Monday in Long Pond, Pa.

By DAN GELSTON The Associated Press

he headed into the turns at Pocono Raceway.

“I kept finding ways to think I was LONG POND, Pa. — Kurt Busch felt saving fuel,” he said. “The way the fuel like a game show contestant who had mileage played out, I didn’t know if to beat the clock to win a prize. we’d have enough.”

Told his Chevrolet was two laps shy With an interim crew chief calling of having enough fuel for the finishing the shots, Busch found enough ways to push, Busch did all he could to save, make his gas last and won the Sprint scrimp and stretch over the final five Cup race Monday, his first victory of laps to give himself a shot at the win. the season and a welcome dose of good He coasted, he kept his foot of the gas news for Stewart-Haas Racing. and he even turned his engine off when The 2004 champion, urged by his

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Legion baseball

Rain postpones P-15’s, Jets games

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

MEGAN MAY/MORNING NEWS

Sumter’s Jordan Holladay gets a hit during the P-15’s 10-0 loss to Florence on Friday in Florence.

Sumter Post 15 and DalzellShaw Post 175 had their American Legion baseball road games scheduled for Monday postponed due to rain.

The P-15’s were scheduled to play Orangeburg Post 4 at Mirmow Field, while the Jets were scheduled to play against Camden Post 17 at Legion Park.

The Sumter-Orangeburg series is now scheduled with the teams playing at Riley Park today and in Orangeburg on Wednesday and Thursday. All games are at 7 p.m..

Dalzell and Camden will play today at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field and on Thursday in Camden at American Legion Park. Starting time is 7 p.m. for each game. Monday’s game has been recheduled for June 24 in

Camden beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Jets are scheduled to play at non-legue home game on Wednesday against Florence beginning at 7.

Sumter is coming off its first loss of the season, a 10-0, 7-inning whipping at the hands of Florence Post 1 on Friday.

Still, the P-15’s are 8-1 overall and 6-0 in League III. This will be the third of four 3-game series for Sumter in League III. A sweep of Orangeburg, 4-0 overall and 3-0 in league play, would all but wrap up the league title.

All of Dalzell’s games have been league contests and it is 0-6. Camden was off last week after playing two League III games against Manning-Santee Post the first week of the regular season. Post 17 is 1-1.

Manning, which is 1-4 after losing three games to Sumter last week, is off this week.

League III standings Team Sumter Orangeburg Camden Manning Dalzell

W L Pct. W L Pct GB 8 1 0.889 6 0 1.000 — 4 0 1.000 3 0 1.000 11/2 1 1 .500 1 1 .500 3 1 4 .250 1 4 .250 41/2 0 6 .000 0 6 .000 6

Monday’s Games

Sumter at Orangeburg, ppd., rain Dalzell-Shaw at Camden, ppd., rain

TOday’s Games

Orangeburg at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Camden at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’s Games

Sumter at Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Florence at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

THURSday’s Games

Sumter at Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Dalzell-Shaw at Camden, 7 p.m.

JUNIOR SCHEDULE

TODAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Camden, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee at S. Florence, 6:30 p.m.

West Florence at Bishopville, 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Camden at Sumter, 7 p.m.

S. Florence at Manning-Santee, 6:30 p.m.

Bishopville at West Florence, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Hartsville at Sumter, 7 p.m.

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

6:30 p.m. – American Legion Baseball: Orangeburg at Sumter (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-FM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Pittsburgh (ESPN2).

8 p.m. – College Softball: Women’s College World Series Championship Series Game Two from Oklahoma City (ESPN).

8 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa America Centenario Opening Group Stage Match from Chicago – United States vs. Costa Rica (FOX SPORTS 1 , UNIVISION).

8 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Phoenix at Minnesota (NBA TV).

10 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: New York at Los Angeles (ESPN2).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at San Diego (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Boston at San Francisco or Cleveland at Seattle (MLB NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa America Centenario Opening Group Stage Match from Pasadena, Calif. – Colombia vs. Paraguay (FOX SPORTS 1 , UNIVISION).

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MLB Standings

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN League East Division

Baltimore Boston Toronto New York Tampa Bay Central Division

Cleveland Kansas City Chicago Detroit Minnesota West Division

Texas Seattle Houston Los Angeles Oakland

W L Pct GB 32 23 .582 — 33 24 .579 — 31 27 .534 2½ 26 30 .464 6½ 25 30 .455 7 W L Pct GB 31 24 .564 — 30 26 .536 1½ 29 28 .509 3 28 28 .500 3½ 16 40 .286 15½ W L Pct GB 34 22 .607 — 31 25 .554 3 28 30 .483 7 26 30 .464 8 25 32 .439 9½

Saturday’s Games

Boston 6, Toronto 4 Pittsburgh 8, L.A. Angels 7 Detroit 7, Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 6, Oakland 5, 12 innings Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 7, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 6 Texas 10, Seattle 4

Sunday’s Games

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

Monday’s Games

Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Washington at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Boston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

National League East Division

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta Central Division

Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

W L Pct GB 34 23 .596 — 31 24 .564 2 30 27 .526 4 28 29 .491 6 16 40 .286 17½ W L Pct GB 39 16 .709 — 30 26 .536 9½ 30 27 .526 10 26 31 .456 14 21 36 .368 19 W L Pct GB 35 24 .593 — 31 27 .534 3½ 25 31 .446 8½ 25 34 .424 10 23 35 .397 11½

Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 5, Arizona 3 Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 8, L.A. Angels 7 Cincinnati 6, Washington 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 4 St. Louis 7, San Francisco 4 L.A. Dodgers 4, Atlanta 0 San Diego 4, Colorado 3

Sunday’s Games

Washington 10, Cincinnati 9 Miami 1, N.Y. Mets 0 L.A. Angels 5, Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 8, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs 2 L.A. Dodgers 12, Atlanta 6 St. Louis 6, San Francisco 3 Colorado 10, San Diego 3

Monday’s Games

Chi. Cubs at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

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

Tuesday’s Games

Chi. Cubs at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Washington at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

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

Boston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NBA Playoff Schedule

By The Associated Press FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 2, Cleveland 0 June 2: Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 June 5: Golden State 110, Cleveland 77 June 8: at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

June 10: at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 13: at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-June 16: at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 19: at Golden State, 8 p.m.

NHL Playoff Schedule

By The Associated Press STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1 May 30: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 June 1: Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1, OT June 4: San Jose 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT June 6: at San Jose, 8 p.m.

June 9: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. x-June 12: at San Jose, 8 p.m. x-June 15: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

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PGA Memorial Tournament Par Scores Sunday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,392; Par 72 Final (x-won on second playoff hole) x-William McGirt (500), $1,530,000 70-68-64-71—273 -15 Jon Curran (300), $918,000 68-67-68-70—273 -15 Dustin Johnson (190), $578,000 64-71-68-71—274 -14 J.B. Holmes (109), $334,688 71-68-67-69—275 -13 Matt Kuchar (109), $334,688 66-66-70-73—275 -13 Rory McIlroy (109), $334,688 71-66-70-68—275 -13 Gary Woodland (109), $334,688 68-65-69-73—275 -13 Keegan Bradley (80), $246,500 68-69-70-69—276 -12 Patrick Reed (80), $246,500 68-71-69-68—276 -12 Kevin Streelman (80), $246,500 67-68-69-72—276 -12 Byeong Hun An, $158,667 71-70-69-67—277 -11 Roberto Castro (58), $158,667 70-70-71-66—277 -11 Tony Finau (58), $158,667 70-69-70-68—277 -11 Marc Leishman (58), $158,667 69-71-69-68—277 -11 Charl Schwartzel (58), $158,667 68-69-72-68—277 -11 John Senden (58), $158,667 69-70-68-70—277 -11 Emiliano Grillo (58), $158,667 67-66-70-74—277 -11 Adam Hadwin (58), $158,667 70-66-67-74—277 -11 Webb Simpson (58), $158,667 69-70-66-72—277 -11 Matt Jones (48), $88,643 71-68-68-71—278 -10 Smylie Kaufman (48), $88,643 71-67-71-69—278 -10 Phil Mickelson (48), $88,643 68-69-69-72—278 -10 Kyle Reifers (48), $88,643 71-67-71-69—278 -10 Brendan Steele (48), $88,643 65-67-75-71—278 -10 Soren Kjeldsen, $88,643 71-69-64-74—278 -10 Robert Streb (48), $88,643 68-73-64-73—278 -10 Zac Blair (42), $59,075 69-67-68-75—279 -9 Scott Brown (42), $59,075 69-67-69-74—279 -9 Jason Day (42), $59,075 66-71-68-74—279 -9 David Hearn (42), $59,075 66-73-72-68—279 -9 John Huh (42), $59,075 69-69-67-74—279 -9 David Lingmerth (42), $59,075 68-73-68-70—279 -9 Jason Dufner (36), $45,900 68-70-70-72—280 -8 Lucas Glover (36), $45,900 70-67-73-70—280 -8 Brian Harman (36), $45,900 68-70-69-73—280 -8 Russell Henley (36), $45,900 68-70-69-73—280 -8 Geoff Ogilvy (36), $45,900 68-69-70-73—280 -8 Bud Cauley (30), $34,000 69-73-66-73—281 -7 Bryson DeChambeau, $34,000 72-67-69-73—281 -7 Patton Kizzire (30), $34,000 73-67-70-71—281 -7 Ben Martin (30), $34,000 69-71-69-72—281 -7 George McNeill (30), $34,000 71-71-69-70—281 -7 Ryan Ruffels, $34,000 67-71-70-73—281 -7

LPGA ShopRite LPGA Classic Par Scores Sunday At Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club (Bay Course) Galloway, N.J. Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,179; Par: 71 Final Anna Nordqvist, $225,000 64-68-64—196 -17 Haru Nomura, $138,191 65-66-66—197 -16 Karine Icher, $100,248 68-62-69—199 -14 Christina Kim, $77,549 69-66-65—200 -13 Jing Yan, $62,419 67-69-66—202 -11 Annie Park, $39,116 67-73-63—203 -10 Mika Miyazato, $39,116 70-69-64—203 -10 Brittany Lang, $39,116 69-70-64—203 -10 In-Kyung Kim, $39,116 69-66-68—203 -10 Christel Boeljon, $39,116 66-68-69—203 -10

PGA Champions Principal Charity Classic Par Scores Sunday At Wakonda Club Des Moines, Iowa Purse: $1.75 million Yardage: 6,831; Par: 72 Final Scott McCarron, $262,500 68-68-65—201 -15 Billy Andrade, $140,000 71-63-68—202 -14 Miguel Angel Jimenez, $140,000 68-67-67—202 -14 Joe Durant, $93,625 69-65-71—205 -11 Duffy Waldorf, $93,625 71-67-67—205 -11 Tom Lehman, $66,500 67-68-71—206 -10 Rocco Mediate, $66,500 69-67-70—206 -10 Tom Byrum, $50,167 69-70-68—207 -9 Jeff Sluman, $50,167 71-68-68—207 -9

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Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Andy Murray during the French Open final on Sunday at Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Djokovic won 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Time to talk Grand Slam for Djokovic after Paris

By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press

only the third man to win all of those major tournaments in a row, something last done PARIS — Novak Djokovic almost 50 years ago. wanted to relish the moment, Now there is an even greatrightly so. er pursuit that awaits, the ulFor more than a decade, he timate achievement in his tried to win the French Open, sport: a true Grand Slam, the lone Grand Slam title winning the Australian Open, missing from his collection, French Open, Wimbledon and coming close but never sealing U.S. Open in a single season. the deal. Three losses in the So Djokovic was asked Sunfinal. Four more in the semis. day evening whether he ever So when he’d finally sucdreamed about — or now will ceeded in becoming the cham- put his mind to — joining Don pion at Roland Garros, beatBudge (1938) and Rod Laver ing Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, (1962, 1969) in going 4-for-4.

6-4 on Sunday, Djokovic was “Well, I don’t want to sound naturally focused on that par- arrogant, but I really think evticular accomplishment. In erything is achievable in life. the bigger picture, though, You know, winning this trothere was so much more that phy today gave me so much was significant and historic happiness and fulfillment. I’m about this victory: It made trying to grasp, and I’m trying Djokovic the eighth man with to cherish, obviously, these a career Grand Slam — at moments right now,” Djokovic least one trophy from each of said, eyes fixed on that oncetennis’ four most important elusive Le Coupe des Mousquevents — and, even rarer, etaires, resting a foot or so

Busch

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well as maintaining lap time. So many thoughts can go through your head, but I just stuck with the checklist.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second, and Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott, and Joey Logano rounded out the top five in a race postponed one day because of rain.

Busch won with interim crew chief Johnny Klausmeier, the lead engineer, calling the shots as Tony Gibson served a one-race suspension.

He had quietly been having a solid season for SHR, posting four top-five finishes and 11 top 10s in 13 starts entering the race. He had reeled off seven straight top 10s — he graded his season an A-minus — but didn’t have the win he needed to earn a sport in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

Busch led 32 laps in winning his 28th career Cup race, moving him into a tie with Hall of Famer Rex White for 25th on NASCAR’s career wins list. He also has three wins at Pocono with three different teams. He became the ninth driver to win a race this season.

Without a caution to help conserve fuel, Busch nursed what was left in the tank for the last 30-plus laps of green flag racing to snap a 34-race losing skid.

“We just kept him informed on everything that was going on, and he took it and ran with it,” Klausmeier said.

away on a table.

In the nearly half-century since Laver’s second Slam, no man even came close to repeating the feat. Indeed, until Djokovic, only Mats Wilander, in 1988, and Jim Courier, in 1992, managed to make it halfway by winning the Australian Open and French Open in the same year.

Roger Federer never did, winning the Australian Open four times, but not in 2009, the year he won the French Open.

Nor did Rafael Nadal, winning the French Open nine times, but not in 2009, the year he won the Australian Open.

Wilander’s bid ended in the quarterfinals at the All England Club, Courier’s in the third round there.

Neither won Wimbledon.

But Djokovic, 29, has. Three times, actually, including the past two years. He’s won the U.S. Open twice, including last year.

AXALTA 400 results NASCAR Sprint Cup Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 Results Monday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Starting position in parentheses) 1. (9) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 160 laps.

2. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 160.

3. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 160.

4. (13) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 160.

5. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 160.

6. (11) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 160.

7. (3) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 160.

8. (5) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 160.

9. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 160.

10. (14) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 160.

11. (21) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 160.

12. (22) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 160.

13. (24) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 160.

14. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 160.

15. (25) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 160.

16. (32) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 160.

17. (26) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 160.

18. (23) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 160.

19. (17) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 160.

20. (16) Aric Almirola, Ford, 160.

21. (28) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 160.

22. (35) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 160.

23. (34) David Ragan, Toyota, 160.

24. (29) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 160.

25. (18) Chris Buescher, Ford, 159.

26. (15) Greg Biffle, Ford, 159.

27. (38) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 159.

28. (40) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 159.

29. (39) Jeb Burton, Ford, 158.

30. (37) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, rear gear, 155.

31. (12) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 150.

32. (33) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 145.

33. (20) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 135.

34. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 131.

35. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 125.

36. (31) Landon Cassill, Ford, 121.

37. (19) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 117.

38. (36) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, accident, 102.

39. (30) Brian Scott, Ford, 81.

40. (27) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, accident, 57.

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College baseball roundup

Double Elimination; x-if necessary At Davenport Field Charlottesville, Va. Friday Virginia 17, William & Mary 4 East Carolina 9, Bryant 1 Saturday William & Mary 4, Bryant 3, Bryant eliminated East Carolina 8, Virginia 6 Sunday William & Mary 5, Virginia 4, Virginia eliminated East Carolina 8, William & Mary 4, ECU advances At Doak Field at Dail Park Raleigh, N.C. Friday Coastal Carolina 5, Saint Mary’s 2 N.C. State 13, Navy 8 Saturday Navy 8, Saint Mary’s 5, 13 innings, St. Mary’s eliminated Coastal Carolina 3, N.C. State 0, 8th inning, susp., lightning Sunday Coastal Carolina 4, N.C. State 0, comp. of susp. game N.C. State 17, Navy 1, Navy eliminated Monday N.C. State 8, Coastal Carolina 1 Coastal Carolina (46-16) vs. N.C. State (38-21), 6 p.m.

At Carolina Stadium Columbia, S.C. Friday UNC Wilmington 11, Duke 1 Rhode Island 5, South Carolina 4 Saturday South Carolina 4, Duke 2, Duke eliminated UNC Wilmington 11, Rhode Island 7 Sunday South Carolina 23, Rhode Island 2, URI eliminated South Carolina 10, UNC Wilmington 1 Monday UNC Wilmington vs. South Carolina, ppd., rain Tuesday UNC Wilmington (41-18) vs. South Carolina (45-16), 2 p.m.

At Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, S.C. Friday Oklahoma State 6, Nebraska 0 Clemson 24, Western Carolina 10 Saturday Western Carolina 4, Nebraska 1, Nebraska eliminated Oklahoma State 12, Clemson 2 Sunday Clemson 15, Western Carolina 3, WCU eliminated Oklahoma State 9, Clemson 2, OSU advances At Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, Fla. Friday Southern Miss. 14, South Alabama 2 Florida State 18, Alabama State 6 Saturday South Alabama 6, Alabama State 3, ASU eliminated Florida State 7, Southern Miss. 2 Sunday South Alabama 7, Southern Miss.

5, USM eliminated Florida State 18, South Alabama 6, FSU advances At Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Gainesville, Fla. Friday UConn 7, Georgia Tech 6 Florida 9, Bethune-Cookman 3 Saturday Georgia Tech 12, Bethune-Cookman 3, B-CU eliminated Florida 6, UConn 5 Sunday Georgia Tech 7, UConn 5, UConn eliminated Florida 10, Georgia Tech 1, Florida advances At Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field Coral Gables, Fla. Friday Long Beach State 5, FAU 1 Miami 4, Stetson 2 Saturday FAU 8, Stetson 4, Stetson eliminated Miami 4, Long Beach State 3, 11 innings Sunday Long Beach State 5, FAU 1, FAU eliminated Miami 9, Long Beach State 8, Miami advances At Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Ky. Friday Ohio State 7, Wright State 6 Louisville 6, Western Michigan 1 Saturday Wright State 10, Western Michigan 3, WMU eliminated Louisville 15, Ohio State 3 Sunday Wright State 7, Ohio State 3, OSU eliminated Louisville 3, Wright State 1, Louisville advances At Hawkins Field Nashville, Tenn.

Friday UC Santa Barbara 3, Washington 2, 14 innings Saturday Xavier 15, Vanderbilt 1 Washington 9, Vanderbilt 8, VU eliminated

Clemson

Sunday UC Santa Barbara 5, Xavier 2 Xavier 7, Washington 5, UW eliminated Monday UC Santa Barbara 14, Xavier 5, UCSB advances At Dudy Noble Field Starkville, Miss.

Friday Mississippi State 9, Southeast Missouri State 5 Louisiana Tech 0, Cal State Fullerton 0, 7th inning, susp.

Saturday Cal State Fullerton 1, Louisiana Tech 0, comp. of susp. game Louisiana Tech 9, Southeast Missouri State 4, SEMO eliminated Mississippi State 4, Cal State Fullerton 1 Sunday Louisiana Tech 6, Cal State Fullerton 2, CSF eliminated Mississippi State 4, Louisiana Tech 0, MSU advances At Swayze Field Oxford, Miss.

Friday Boston College 7, Tulane 2 Utah 6, Mississippi 5, 10 innings Saturday Tulane 6, Mississippi 5, Ole Miss eliminated Boston College 4, Utah 3 Sunday Tulane 4, Utah 1, Utah eliminated Boston College 6, Tulane 3, BC advances At Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Friday LSU 7, Utah Valley 1 Saturday Game 2 — Rice 4, Southeastern Louisiana 1, 6th inning, susp., rain Sunday Rice 7, Southeastern Louisiana 2, comp. of susp. game Southeastern Louisiana 3, Utah Valley 2, UVU eliminated LSU 4, Rice 2 Monday Rice 15, Southeastern Louisiana 0, SELA eliminated LSU (44-18) vs. Rice (37-23), 8 p.m.

Tuesday x-LSU vs. Rice, TBA At M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field Lafayette, La. Friday Arizona 7, Sam Houston State 3 Louisiana-Lafayette 5, Princeton 3 Saturday Sam Houston State 7, Princeton 2, PU eliminated Sunday Louisiana-Lafayette 10, Arizona 2 Arizona 6, Sam Houston State 5, SHSU eliminated Monday Arizona 6, Louisiana-Lafayette 3 Louisiana-Lafayette (43-20) vs.

Arizona (41-21), 8 p.m.

At Charlie and Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium Fort Worth, Texas Friday Gonzaga 5, Arizona State 1 TCU 7, Oral Roberts 0 Saturday Arizona State 4, Oral Roberts 1, ORU eliminated TCU 4, Gonzaga 3 Sunday Arizona State 6, Gonzaga 3, Gonzaga eliminated TCU 8, Arizona State 1, TCU advances At Blue Bell Park College Station, Texas Friday Wake Forest 5, Minnesota 3 Texas A&M 4, Binghamton 2 Saturday Minnesota 8, Binghamton 5, BU eliminated Texas A&M 22, Wake Forest 2 Sunday Minnesota 8, Wake Forest 3, WF eliminated Texas A&M 8, Minnesota 2, Texas A&M advances At Don Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Lubbock, Texas Friday Texas Tech 12, Fairfield 1 New Mexico 12, Dallas Baptist 6 Saturday Dallas Baptist 8, Fairfield 5, Fairfield eliminated Texas Tech 4, New Mexico 3 Sunday Dallas Baptist 5, New Mexico 3, UNM eliminated Dallas Baptist 10, Texas Tech 6 Monday Texas Tech 5, Dallas Baptist 3, Texas Tech advances Super Regionals June 10-13 Florida (50-13) vs. Florida State (40-20) Raleigh champion vs. Baton Rouge champion Texas Tech (44-17) vs. East Carolina (37-21) TCU (45-15) vs. Texas A&M (48-14) Louisville (50-12) vs. UC Santa Barbara (40-18) Columbia champion vs. Oklahoma State (39-20) Mississippi State (44-16) vs. Lafayette champion Boston College (34-20) vs. Miami (48-11)

“They were one of the best teams I’ve seen this year for From Page B1 sure.”

The Cowboys had success in 44-20 record, earned the ACC various areas in the regional, tournament championship, re- but one that toppled the Tigers ceived a national seed in the was how OSU held Clemson’s NCAA postseason and hosted “Big 3” in check. a regional for the first time In two games against Oklasince 2011. homa State, Beer and Okey “I could coach the rest of my were a combined 2-for-13 at the life and may never have a plate with one RBI and no more competitive group of runs scored. players,” Lee said after the Meanwhile, Pat Krall, the loss. “It’s just an unbelievable team’s top pitcher, was rocked group of kids that fought and for five runs (four earned) on clawed and scratched and did eight hits in five innings everything they could to possi- pitched and gave up a grand bly put us in this position. slam to Corey Hassel in the This is a group of overachievfifth inning that shaped the ers. I’m very, very proud of game. them.”

“We couldn’t find a way to Clemson, which went 2-2 get anything going early in the with two wins over Western game,” Lee said. “We had Carolina in the regional, ran some chances later in the into a buzzsaw against second- game and then Oklahoma seeded Oklahoma State. The State did what good teams do.

Cowboys won three games by They threw up a big inning in a combined score of 27-4, inthe seventh when we were in cluding a 12-2 win over Clemstriking distance to extend son on Saturday. their lead.”

“Overall, they were the betStill, Lee says the 2016 seater team and you have to give son will be remembered for them a lot of credit,” Lee said. what those three Tigers did.

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Coastal Carolina’s Billy Cooke, right, is caught trying to steal home as N.C. State catcher Andrew Knizner applies the tag int the Wolfpack’s 8-1 victory in the Raleight Regional on Monday at Doak Field.

Chanticleers lead N.C. State when rain halts title game RALEIGH, N.C. — Coastal Carolina was leading North Carolina State 3-2 in the top of the fifth inning when the championship game of the NCAA Tournament’s Raleigh Regional was delayed by rain on Monday.

The Chanticleers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Michael Paez’s 2-run home run.

North Carolina State beat Coastal Carolina 8-1 earlier on Monday to force the deciding game.

Evan Mendoza drove in three runs and Preston Palmeiro and Deatherage each finished with two RBIs for the second-seeded Wolfpack (3821), who led 8-0 in snapping the second-seeded Chanticleers’ 12game winning streak.

G.K. Young hit a solo homer in the seventh for Coastal Carolina (46-16).

Will Gilbert (5-1) struck out nine in eight innings, both career highs, for N.C. State. Zack Hopeck (3-3) gave up five runs in 32/3 innings to take the loss.

UC Santa Barbara 14

Rice 15

Xavier 5 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Bush and Clay Fisher each had three-run homers in a nine-run fourth inning that lifted UC Santa Barbara to its first NCAA Tournament super regional with a 14-5 victory over Xavier on Monday.

The Gauchos (40-18-1) advanced to play second-seeded Louisville in the best-of-three series with the winner heading to the College World Series.

SE Louisiana 0 BATON ROUGE, La. — Hunter Kopycinski went 3 for 3 with a career-high five RBIs, and Rice had 16 hits in a 15-0 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Monday night in the NCAA Tournament’s Baton Rouge Regional.

Rice (37-23) needed to beat LSU (44-18) later Monday to force a deciding game Tuesday.

Texas Tech 5 Dallas Baptist 3

LUBBOCK, Texas — Orlando Garcia had two doubles and three RBIs as Texas Tech beat Dallas Baptist 5-3 to win the NCAA Tournament’s Lubbock Regional.

After Dallas Baptist tied it at 3-all in the sixth on Austin Listi’s two-run homer, Garcia answered with a two-run double to the gap in left center.

Arizona 6 Louisiana-Lafayette 3

LAFAYETTE, La. — Ryan Aguilar and Louis Boyd each had two RBIs and Arizona beat Louisiana-Lafayette 6-3 on Monday to force a Game 7 at the NCAA Tournament’s Lafayette Regional.

Aguilar doubled to right with the bases loaded in the first inning for a 2-0 lead with no outs. After a pitching change, Bobby Dalbec dropped a bunt to make it 3-0.

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Junior P-15’s top Darlington 11-1 in 6 innings Staff report The Sumter Junior P-15’s American Legion team defeated Darlington 11-1 in six innings on Friday at Riley Park.

Jacob Holliday worked five

USC

From Page B1 guys that can throw. Maybe all of them can chip in and between five or six guys, get nine innings out of them.”

Holbrook may opt to go with Webb, who threw only 54 pitches in a win Saturday against Duke. He was pulled from the game because of a sore foot.

Webb’s game is somewhat similar to Tyler Johnson, who held the Seahawks to one run on four hits and struck out 11.

Beer was the first freshman to be named ACC Player of the Year, and Okey and Krall were All-ACC and All-American selections.

“When you look at really the three guys that you talk about in our program, these guys are three of the toughest competitors that we have,” Lee said.

“They set a really, really good example for the rest of our team.

“I’m disappointed it came to an end, but I couldn’t be prouder of a group of kids. It’s definitely a group I’ll always remember.”

The second year of the Lee era will begin to take shape as early as this week. The Major League Baseball amateur draft runs Thursday through Saturday, and several underclassmen, including Krall and Okey, are expected to be selected.

“I’m so thankful for my teammates,” said Okey, who hit .339 with 15 homers and 74 RBI. “It’s a fun group of guys to play with. It’s fun being a Clemson Tiger and it was a heck of a year.”

innings to get the victory while going 2-for-3 with a run scored. Trent Frye had three hits and Trey Yates had two.

On Tuesday in Sumter, the Junior P-15’s defeated Manning-Santee Post 68 11-3.

Lathan Todd took a no-hitter into the sixth inning to get the win. He allowed two hits and struck out six.

Frye led a 14-hit attack with three while Corey Blackley and Yates had two apiece.

Both pitchers throw fastballs in the mid- to upper-90s and have an array of good offspeed pitches.

Holbrook did not tip his hand on Sunday.

“I would think all of them would have some adrenaline with all that is on the line,” he said. “We’ll certainly see how they feel.”

The winner of the game will

advance to the super regionals and face Oklahoma State, which earned the Clemson Regional title.

If the Gamecocks win, they would host the super regional, which would probably begin on Friday. USC would be the host because it is the No. 1 seed in its region, while Oklahoma State was the No. 2 seed in Clemson.

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Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Dahntay Jones and J.R. Smith, left to right, sit on the bench during Golden State’s 110-77 victory in Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday. The Warriors lead the series 2-0 entering Wednesday’s Game 3 in Cleveland.

Extra rest timely for Cavs

By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Under the long-used former NBA Finals format, Game 3 of this Golden State-Cleveland matchup would have been played Tuesday night.

Not this year, thanks to an extra rest day.

And the Cavaliers are probably celebrating that.

The Eastern Conference champions need as much time as they can get to try to figure out a way back into these finals. They’ve used LeBron James as a ballhandler and as a center, they’ve played at different speeds, they’ve tried different lineups.

There have been moments of success — just not enough to make this a series.

As such, the Warriors are two wins from back-to-back championships. Golden State will try to take a 3-0 lead in this finals rematch when the

series resumes in Cleveland on Wednesday night.

“The next couple days, I won’t be reflecting,” James said. “I’ll figure out ways I can be better.”

That certainly sounds good, given that James at his best is probably still better than any player in the world. Problem is, James is already averaging close to a triple-double in this series — so he’s already plenty productive. And the Cavaliers are down 0-2 despite keeping Warriors’ sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in check so far.

Regardless, Golden State won Game 1 by 15, then rolled in Game 2 on Sunday night by 33. That plus-48 combined margin adds up to the most one-sided first two games of the finals ever.

“They’re just a better team right now,” acknowledged Cleveland guard J.R. Smith, who managed a combined eight points in Games 1 and 2.

Adding to the tough spot the Cavaliers are in is the status of forward Kevin Love, who is now in the NBA’s concussion protocol after taking himself out of Game 2. Love caught an elbow from Harrison Barnes in the back of the head during the first half, and left in the third quarter when symptoms of a concussion started to present themselves.

If Love can’t go, the Cavs might have no choice but to reinvent themselves with their realistic title hopes hanging by a thread. Going to a bigger lineup — probably meaning giving all-but-forgotten center Timofey Mozgov some minutes that matter — could be the only real card Cavs coach Tyronn Lue has left to play.

“They’ll probably play with a little more energy,” Thompson said. “That’s natural when you go home. Probably with a sense of desperation. They might go big. You never know.

But we’ll be prepared.”

Ragin, Eadon, Anna, Davis, Acie, Mae Harmon, Jackson, Clark and Knox.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Laurence Manning Academy Gymnasium with Dr. Spencer Jordan and Al Clark officiating. Burial will follow in Clarendon Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Gary Lee, Mac Miles, Bill Brewer, Sel Hemingway, Danny Hall, Brother Eadon, Spencer Jordan and Al Clark.

Honorary pallbearers will be past and present B-team football players and coaches

and Bubba Davis.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Laurence Manning Academy Gymnasium.

Memorials may be made to Manning First Baptist Church, 49 W. Boyce St., Manning, SC 29102 or to Laurence Manning Academy, P.O. Box 278, Manning, SC 29102.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org

OBITUARIES MANNING — Dr. Gerald Kenneth “Ken” Johnson, 62, husband of Angie Jackson Johnson, died on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, surrounded by his loving family.

Born on Feb. 23, JOHNSON 1954, in Bamberg, he was a son of the late Gerald Kermit and Mary Elizabeth Hightower Johnson. Ken grew up in Denmark and earned a football and academic scholarship to Wofford College. He graduated from medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina with honors, then began his career in Andrews as a family physician. After leaving Andrews, he began practicing emergency medicine. He co-founded Pee Dee Emergency Medical Associates, which provided emergency room doctors for the Pee Dee area. In 2010, he and his wife felt a call to open Santee Cooper Urgent Care to serve their community. He was the head B-team football coach at Laurence Manning Academy for many years and he was the team physician for more than 20 years. Ken had a passion for coaching and mentoring his young football players. He gave selflessly of his time as a doctor and coach and he enjoyed helping people in need. Ken loved to hunt; he was an avid Gamecock fan; and he was a member of Manning First Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Angie, of Manning; two sons, Gerald Kenneth Johnson Jr. (Kayla) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Asa Quincy Hatfield III (Angie) of Marietta, Georgia; two daughters, Elizabeth Hatfield Lee (Tripp) of Sumter and Anna Hatfield Reese (Ryan) of Greenville; and nine grandchildren,

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next week to qualify for the Open.

William McGirt wins Memorial in a playoff

McCarron wins PGA Tour Champions event in Iowa

DUBLIN, Ohio — William McGirt won for the first time on the PGA Tour with a playoff victory in the Memorial that earned him an audience with Jack Nicklaus and a spot in the U.S. Open.

McGirt won in his 165th start on the tour. He played bogey-free the final round for a 1-under 71, two-putting from 65 feet to get into a playoff with Jon Curran, who closed with a 70.

They finished at 15-under 273.

McGirt will move into the top 50 in the world. He is assured of staying in the top 60

DES MOINES, Iowa — Scott McCarron won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, birdieing the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory.

The 50-year-old McCarron finished at 15-under 201 at Wakonda Club to edge Miguel Angel Jimenez and Billy Andrade. Making his 17th start on the 50-and-over tour, McCarron won for the first time since taking the 2001 Bellsouth Classic for the last of his three PGA Tour titles.

Nordqvist successfully defends ShopRite title GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Anna Nordqvist successfully defended her ShopRite LPGA Classic title Sunday, closing with a 7-under 64 in breezy conditions for a one-stroke victory.

The 28-year-old Swede became the oldest tour winner this year and the first to successfully defend a title since Inbee Park won the KPMG Women’s PGA for the third straight time last year.

Nordqvist finished at 17under 196 on the Donald Ross-designed Bay Course to tie the tournament record that Annika Sorenstam set in 1998 and matched in 2005.

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Keeping Sumter Beautiful

By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent Many Bodies, Many Legs As a young mother, I had strange ideas about what children needed to learn. Most important was to know how to use the knife on the butter dish and not your own when getting a pat for your roll and to butter only one bite at a time as you ate it.

Equally important was to not put your used napkin on the table until everyone had finished his meal so as not to offend anyone with a square of dirty linen. When my kids complained about having to learn these arcane social relics, I told them they’d thank me if they ever got invited to the White House.

Well, the years have passed with no invitations to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and I have visible reminders of the lack of behaviors that would have been more useful. Such as picking up after yourself and not leaving wet towels on the bathroom floor. Our oldest child once stayed at home for a week while the rest of the family was away and neglected to pick up towels or wipe up water in the bathroom. When we returned, mushrooms were growing in the wooden floor in front of the shower. Time went on and the board rotted away, leaving a small gap opening directly under the house.

Small gap as in an eight-lane expressway for critters. After the recent heavy rains, garden millipedes have used this route to high

ground, and every morning we’re greeted with the sight of a dozen or so of these inch-long, reddish brown, multi-legged, crunchy invertebrates on the bathroom floor. And it’s not just at our house. People who have raised patios or carports are calling the Extension office complaining about virtual carpets of millipedes seeking refuge on these higher, drier places.

Garden millipedes live in moist areas high in organic matter – in thatchy grass, in mulch piles, in firewood – happily changing dead matter, not your living plants, into food.

When saturating rains come, they look for dry areas and can easily slip through cracks under doors or crevices in walls. They don’t bite or sting but do exude an unpleasant odor when disturbed. It’s best to use a vacuum cleaner to suck them up or gently sweep them into a dust pan and toss them out the door. As soon as things dry out, they’ll go back to their quiet, dark spaces and continue their work as helpful decomposers, recycling nutrients. I promise, come July or August, there’ll be days when we will wish for a soaking rain that brings out these harmless critters again.

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JO T. BLACKWELDER Jo Talbert Blackwelder, 65, died peacefully with her family at her side on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, following a lengthy and strongwilled battle with muscular dystrophy.

BLACKBorn on July WELDER 18, 1950, in Albemarle, North Carolina, Jo was a daughter of the late Jay Dee and Margaret Jewell Hatley Talbert.

She graduated from Albermarle Senior High School in 1968. She received an associate of arts degree in business from Wingate College in 1970. Following college, Jo was employed with E.J. Snyder Co. in Albemarle. She later was employed as administrative assistant to the corporate insurance manager for Collins and Aikman Corp. in Charlotte. While working with Collins and Aikman, she met and married her surviving husband, Grier Upchurch Blackwelder, who also was employed with Collins and Aikman Corp.

In 1984, Jo’s husband became the general manager of the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce in Sumter. Soon after moving to Sumter, their surviving son, William Grier Blackwelder, was born in 1985.

Jo was preceded in death by two sons, Grier Alexander Blackwelder and John Thomas Blackwelder. Jo was also preceded in death by her brother, Edward Warren Talbert.

An avid reader, Jo would spend spare time reading novels and autobiographies.

She loved to crochet and knit for friends and family members. Her main focus was being a loving wife of 38 years and mother.

The family wishes to thank the medical staff of Lexington (SC) Medical Center, Intermedical Hospital of S.C., located at Palmetto Health Baptist, and the many friends and family for the many prayers, thoughts and condolences.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Inurnment will follow at 4 p.m. in Fairview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Albemarle.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150 and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Carolina, 121 Executive Center Drive, Suite 138, Columbia, SC 29210.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

Ted and Marcie Driver.

Services will be held at a later date.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

LUCILLE M. BATTLE Lucille M. Battle, 98, died on Friday, June 3, 2016, at Blue Ridge Rehabilitation Center.

A homegoing celebration will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Luke AME Church, 2355 St. Paul Church BATTLE Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Dr. Orlando McCauley, pastor, and the Rev. Dr. Eliza E. Black, officiating.

Mrs. Battle will be placed in the church for viewing at noon until the time of service.

Interment will follow at the St. Luke AME Church cemetery.

The public may view from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

The family will receive friends at 948 Rebecca Cove, Sumter, SC 29153.

Survivors include a daughter, Leola Sessions of Sumter; a daughter-in-law, Estelle China of Hillside, New Jersey; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and dear friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations be given to St. Luke AME Church.

Condolences may be made on their tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorial Chapel.com.

Palmer Memorial Chapel is in charge of the service.

JOE CECIL MCGILL JR. Joe Cecil McGill Jr. went to be with his Lord on Sunday morning, June 5, 2016.

He was born on March 22, 1932, in Columbia, to the late Joe C. and Margaret Reed McGill. A graduate of Columbia High School, Joe McGILL attended the University of South Carolina, majoring in mechanical engineering. He enjoyed working at Ridgecrest, North Carolina, during his summer breaks.

More importantly, it was at USC that Joe met and fell in love with the former Miss Jane Johnson; they wed in August 1954. Joe graduated from USC in 1954 as a mechanical engineer and went to work for Westinghouse Jet Engine Plant in Kansas City, Missouri. He left Westinghouse to serve his nation

and served faithfully in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years, including one tour of duty in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. Joe retired from the Air Force in 1975 as a major and the McGill family settled in Sumter, where Joe started a second career as an engineer at Square D in Columbia.

Other than his family, Joe’s passion was his beloved Grace Baptist Church in Sumter. In addition to serving as a deacon, Joe volunteered as a bus driver, worked in the audiovisual department and also served as a repairman. He was part of the disaster relief team and mission construction projects.

In addition to his wife, Jane, Joe is survived by his three children, Charles McGill and wife, Cynthia, of Waco, Texas, Celia McGill Herring of Sumter and Cathleen McGill Monroe and her husband, Mitchell, of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Joe and Jane were also blessed with eight grandchildren, Austin Herring, Trevor Herring, Joshua Monroe, Rebecca Monroe Slate (Seth), Paul Monroe, Charles McGill (Lauren), Corinne McGill and Robert McGill; and five great-grandchildren, Lenore and Evelyn Monroe, and Logan, Lorelei and Danielle Slate.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dr. Steve Williams officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Thursday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church, 219 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

BARBARA R. TURBEVILLE Barbara Ruth Turbeville, widower of Benjamin “Ben” Turbeville, departed this earthly life on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at her residence in Manning.

Born on July 19, 1946, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie “Foots” and Efra Gibson Starks.

The family will receive friends at the home, 223 Peterson Lane, Manning.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Summerton Funeral Home LLC.

HOWARD W. BRUTSCH Howard Wendall Brutsch, beloved husband of Charlotte Gilliland Brutsch, died on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Fu-

neral Home of Sumter.

MARGARET M. LUCAS BISHOPVILLE — Margaret M. Lucas entered eternal rest on June 5, 2016, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 601 Fountain Hill Drive, Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

EARNESTINE S. GATHERS Earnestine Sanders Gathers, 70, wife of Johnnie Gathers, died on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

Born on May 16, 1946, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Deacon John Sanders Sr. and Mary Alston Sanders.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 2860 Wedgefield Road.

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

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High School in 1983 and went on to earn a bachelor of science degree from Pembroke State University in 1988. She was awarded a master of arts in education from Pembroke University in 1992. Denise taught middle and elementary grades and worked many years as a pastoral coordinator and educator for her Catholic faith.

The Mass of Christian burial will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the Palmetto Chapel at Shaw Air Force Base, 433 Shaw Drive, with time for reverence and reflection at 2 p.m. Officiating will be the Rev. Father Peter Sousa.

A reception will take place at the Palmetto Chapel Annex immediately following the funeral Mass.

A private interment will be held at a later time.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Catholic Charities, USA, P.O. Box 17066, Baltimore, MD 21297-1066, https://catholiccharitiesusa.org/.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

DENISE D. RICKABAUGH Denise Domina Rickabaugh, baptized into the fullness of Christ’s resurrection, returned to Christ on June 4, 2016, at home in Sumter, at the age of 51.

Through fervent petition, the Lord blessed her with deliverance of her soul mate of 22½ years, Todd Rickabaugh, where they worked diligently to embrace their one flesh union. Quickly, the Lord blessed them with three angels, boys, which immediately brought into focus the higher purpose of their being. Todd and Denise were married in Fayetteville, North Carolina, after what could only be called a miraculous courtship designed by the heavenly father. She was most thankful for her faith and family but deeply appreciative of the love and sacrifice given her by her mother and father.

Denise is lovingly remembered by her sons, Michael, Matthew and Christopher of Sumter; her beloved parents, Robert S. and Ilona Domina of Fayetteville; a sister, Sandra Canfield and her husband, Matthew, of Fort Meyers, Florida; a brother, Robert W. Domina and his wife, Elvira, of Norfolk, Nebraska; a sister, Bernice Walker and her husband, Bob, of Union City, Tennessee; and a sister, Terry Conner and her husband, Tim, of Clemmons, North Carolina. Denise will also be lovingly remembered by uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, in-laws and friends.

Denise was born in 1965 at Fort Bragg Army Post, North Carolina. She graduated from Douglas Byrd

ETHEL S. CATTEN Ethel Damon Sanders Catten, 100, widow of Gussie “Son” Sanders and Cozy Lee Catten, died on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on May 12, 1916, in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Zachery Gregg and Agnes Damon.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 2290 Bethel Church Road.

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

GEORGIA MAE MACK BISHOPVILLE — Georgia Mae Mack entered eternal rest on June 1, 2016, at her residence, 44 Hawthorne Court, Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

MICHAEL CARL DAVIS FLORENCE — Michael Carl Davis, 53, was born on Sept. 22, 1962, in Florence, to the late Marion Sr. and Martha Dicks Davis.

He departed this life on Thursday, June 2, 2016, in Anderson.

The family is receiving friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. only at the home of Elder Jay-R and LaToya Alexander, South Haven Condominiums, 525 Third Loop Road, Unit G, Florence.

Services entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC, Sumter, (803) 774-8200.

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WILMA JEAN DRIVER Wilma Jean Driver, age 69, died on Sunday, June 5, 2016, at her residence.

She was a daughter of the late William and Irene Fay. Wilma loved taking care of her family and will be missed by all who knew her.

Surviving are DRIVER two sons, Theodore “Ted” Grant Driver III and his wife, Marcie, of Sumter and William P. Driver and his wife, Marcia, of Erie, Pennsylvania; two brothers, Frank L. Fay Sr. of Erie and James H. Fay of Alabama; one sister, Nancy Grygier of Erie; five grandchildren, Wilhelmina S. Driver, Nicholas Driver, Alicia Driver, Taylor Jenkins and Jessie Driver; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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

Estate:/Richard Gilbert Barkley #2016ES4300290 Personal Representative Beverly Owens 1020 Seabrook Road Sumter, SC 29154

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

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Estate:/James Earl Green #2016ES4300323 Personal Representative Maxine Green 3137 Glastonbury Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23453

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Estate:/Arthur Porter, Sr. #2016ES4300306 Personal Representative Diane Singleton 2904 Dalzell Street Dalzell, SC 29040

Estate:/Betty Jean Avin #2016ES4300325 Personal Representative Deborah Renee Matthews and Derinda Connor 16 Creekfield Road Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:/Estelle V. Grice #2016ES4300320 Personal Representative Claudia F. Russell 140 Moore Allen Street Dudley, NC 28333

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In Loving Memory Of Lester J. Gravermoen 12 April 1940 - 7 June, 2011 God saw you getting tired, when a cure could not be found. He closed his precious arms around you and whispered " Come to Me." In tears we saw you sinking; we watched you fade away. Our hearts were almost broken, you fought so hard to stay. But when we saw you sleeping so peacefully free from pain, we could not wish you back, to suffer so again. So keep your arms around him, Lord, and give him special care. Make up for all he suffered and all that seemed unfair. To those who weep, a life is gone. But in God's love, tis but the dawn. God has you safely in his keeping, but we have you forever in our hearts Peggy, Les, Debbie, David, Brenda, Dakota & Cara

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