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City approves first reading of budget Council balances books at $62.58 million; no tax increase necessary BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter City Council approved first reading of the city’s balanced 2017 budget of $62.58 million during its meeting on Tuesday. City Manager Deron McCormick

said this will make the ninth consecutive year the city has not increased taxes during the budget process. Later, council approved a resolution authorizing South Carolina Department of Transportation to make improvements at the intersections of Broad Street and Bultman Drive and Broad Street and Wesmark Boulevard. The intersection projects are two of Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study’s long-range plans to make intersection improvements throughout

Sumter in order to reduce the possibility of wrecks and reduce traffic congestion. Sumter Planning Department Director George McGregor said the designs for the project are underway. He also said about one mile of Broad Street, a distance that covers both intersections, will be resurfaced from Bultman Drive to Market Street. It makes sense to resurface portions of the road since construction work will be done to the intersections, McGregor said.

City council also approved first reading of an ordinance to amend the city’s 2016 budget to adjust for emergency expenses that were made during the fiscal year. Council gave the initial go-ahead on the changes during its budget workshop on May 26. McCormick said the municipality usually reviews its budget and makes adjustments this time of year. The amendments include increasing

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Angel Cribb, one of the founders of Caring Hearts Foster Care Sharing Closet, organizes some of the clothing available at the shop on Tuesday. The store offers toys, cribs and clothing for teenagers as well as toiletries.

Nonprofit provides free clothing, other supplies for children in need BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Foster parents in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties now have a one-stop shop to pick up clothing and other supplies for children free of charge after Caring Hearts Foster Care Sharing Closet, 42 Hauser St., officially opened its doors on Monday.

The sharing closet is open Monday through Saturday, but the nonprofit’s founders can be contacted whenever a child is placed with a family and items are needed. The nonprofit was founded by four local foster care parents, Tyrone and Andreyada Nixon, and Angel Cribb and Russell Massingill. Angel Cribb said the idea

behind the sharing closet is to provide one location where foster families can find everything they needed for children. Foster parents must provide a valid child-placement agreement provided by Department of Social Services in order to be eligible to receive items from the nonprofit. She said the nonprofit is her

way to give back to the children who have been as important to her as she has been for them. “Giving back to them means the world to me,” she said. These children can grow up to do great things; they just need us to provide for them right now, Cribb said. Cribb said the closet receives donations from many

people throughout the community. The nonprofit even received donated strollers during its opening ceremony. The closet has clothing to fit infants, toddlers, adolescents and teens as well as play pens, toys, books, jewelry and shoes. Cribb said the closet will

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Holland announces plan to run for Sumter mayor FROM STAFF REPORTS William “Dutch” Holland, retired U.S. Air Force major general from Shaw Air Force Base, announced that he plans to run for City of Sumter mayor during the general election on Nov. 8. After serving 34 years in the Air Force, Holland retired in 2010 and decided to stay in Sumter and work for the city and county as the Shaw Base Defense director, later renamed ShawSumter Partnership for Progress director, until December 2014.

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After his release from the city and county in 2014, Holland and his wife, Norma, also a retired Air Force officer, immediately became active in the community, participating in many activities in downtown Sumter as well as YWCA of the Upper LowHOLLAND lands, League of Women Voters and One Sumter organizations to help address issues they thought were important in the community.

Dutch Holland serves on the Red Cross Sandhills Advisory Council; South Carolina Midlands Red Cross Board of Directors; South Carolina Veterans Policy Academy; Sumter Combat Veterans Group; Sumter Vision in Progress; and Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce. He also recently joined the local Rotary and Sertoma organizations. He is a member of Fort Jackson Commander’s Senior Leader Forum and serves on numerous committees at his alma mater, East Carolina Uni-

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versity in Greenville, North Carolina, including the board of visitors and the chancellor’s society. Holland is working with the Chamber’s small business committee to help potential entrepreneurs, especially veterans and those getting ready to leave active duty, start local businesses. “We must continue to encourage and actively seek out other industries for our community; but we also must provide incentives for the small

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Military spouses invited to workshop on June 15 Support Military Spouses will host a free Dinner & Learn workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, at Sumter Family YMCA, 510 Miller Road. Attendees will receive a meal and hear tips about money management as well as advice from local hiring managers on appealing to employers. The event is an opportunity for attendees to meet new people and connect with fellow military spouses, service members or veterans. Preregistration is required at www.supportmilitaryspouses.org. For more information, call (843) 390-5255.

Theatre holds auditions for ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ Sumter Little Theatre will hold auditions for its next musical, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 15 and 16, at the theater, 14 Mood Ave. Dates for the production are Oct. 20 to 23 and Oct. 27 to 30. The musical revue, named for the song by Thomas “Fats” Waller, salutes the black musicians of the Harlem Renaissance, a period roughly between the two world wars when the arts thrived in Harlem. Of the more than 30 songs in the show, the most familiar could be the title song, or “Honeysuckle Rose,” “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter,” “The Joint is Jumpin’” and “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love.” There are five principal characters in the revue, said theatre Executive Director Eric Bultman, all of them black. The “roles are for two men, a tenor and a baritone, and three women with good vocal ranges. (We’re) looking for singers who can sing jazz, blues and up-tempo.” Those interested should come prepared with a song that shows their range and bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. For more information, call Sumter Little Theatre at (803) 775-2150.

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Purpose Driven is the female gospel group founded and directed by Elijah Bradford, center. They have released several albums and will be performing live at Saturday’s Coffee House Revue.

Revue combines music, fashion BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Elijah Bradford has been writing music since he was a child, but until now, none of his songs have been traditional hymns such as his “Kingdom Citizen,” which he will debut Saturday night at The Coffee House Music Revue and Fashion Show. The show combines music, fashion, religion and business in a two-hour performance at the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. The 7 p.m. program will again feature Bradford’s two gospel groups, the Valentinos and Purpose Driven, singing his original music performed to a Motown beat; however, “Kingdom Citizen” will be sung by the choir of Salem Baptist Church, where Bradford is music minister. He has been a minister of music for 13 years, in the music business for 10 years and is a writer and worship leader at Grace Cathedral Ministries. Bradford cites as his inspiration, “Berry Gordy, the brain behind Motown.” As Bradford’s music is inspired by his spiritual beliefs, so, too, will be the fashion show, he said.

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Elijah Bradford, at piano, and The Valentinos will offer their signature Motown-sound gospel during Saturday’s Coffee House Revue and Fashion Show. “The fashion show is directed by my business partner, Nicole Danielle, owner of Glamorous Curves Boutique,” he said. “The twist is that prominent community pastors, first ladies and ministers will be the models. What we’re trying to do is inspire audience members to realize you can be prosperous in ministry and business, as they have.” Danielle, he said, is a good example, as well. She started her business as an “online boutique for larger ladies” that now caters to all sizes.

She also has a radio show on the local gospel radio station, 98.3 FM. The models will also participate in a “900-second” motivational segment during which they will share their individual stories about the relationships between their businesses and ministries. Among the models will be Bishop Anthony and Lady Chaste’y Gibson, the Rev. Bernadette Crawford, the Rev. Napoleon Bradford, Prophetess Santanna G, the Revs. Chaun and Kadesha Jenkins, Lady Priscilla Price, the Rev.

Terrance Tindal, the Rev. Derek Spann and others. Bradford said most of Saturday’s audience will be those who are “ready to walk in the purpose that God has set forth for (their) lives, take responsibility for their destinies and own their legacies.” The concert and presentation, he said, should further those goals. Even for those who are already satisfied with their careers, the evening will be entertaining, Bradford said. He added the event hosted by Coffee House Productions and Glamorous Curves Boutique “is being presented in memory of the Father of Gospel Music, Thomas A. Dorsey and The Queen of Gospel Music, Mahalia Jackson.” Tickets for Saturday’s Coffee House Music Revue and Fashion Show are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. The first 50 children in line will be admitted free. Get tickets at Al’s Music Hut on Manning Avenue or at box office at Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., where the event will be held, beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, visit the website www.elijahbradford.com or call (803) 216-1773.

USDA starts new cost-share program to help cotton farmers FROM STAFF REPORTS U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency will provide an estimated $300 million in cost-share assistance payments to cotton producers through a new cotton ginning costshare program intended to expand and maintain the domestic marketing of cotton, according to an agency news release. “The program will provide, on average, approximately 60 percent more assistance per farm and per producer than the 2014 program that provided cotton transition assistance,” Agricul-

James Johnson’s cotton gin in Mayesville stands silent in November. Normally the plant runs six days a week, 24 hours a day. U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency is introducing a new program to assistant cotton producers. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

ture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in the release. Eligible producers can reportedly receive a one-time cost-share pay-

ment, which is based on a producer’s 2015 cotton acres reported to Farm Service Agency, multiplied by 40 percent of the average ginning cost for each production region. Sign-up for the program will begin June 20 and runs through Aug. 5 at

local agency offices. Payments, expected to begin in July, will be processed as applications are received, the release said. The program has the same eligibility requirements as were used for the 2014 Cotton Transition Assistance Program, according to the release, including a $40,000 per producer payment limit, requirement to be actively engaged in farming, meet conservation compliance and a $900,000 adjusted gross income limit. For more information, visit www.fsa. usda.gov/cgcs or contact a local Farm Service Agency county office.

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An image of a palmetto tree, a South Carolina state symbol, with doves ascending into the sky is seen on a mural on May 13 honoring the victims of the June 2015 shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The mural was unveiled on the side of a building a few blocks from the church. It was created by artist Tripp Derrick Barnes to honor the nine shooting victims as the first anniversary of the slayings approaches.

Bible study, unity walks to honor church victims CHARLESTON (AP) — A memorial service at the arena where President Obama last year led the congregation in “Amazing Grace” is among more than two dozen events scheduled during 12 days to mark the first anniversary of a mass slaying at a historically black church in Charleston. The Emanuel AME Church announced on Monday that the memorial service will be held on Friday, June 17, which will mark a year since nine black parishioners were gunned down during Bible study. About 6,000 mourners turned out a year ago as the president delivered the eulogy for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the church’s pastor and a South Carolina state senator who was one of the victims, at The College of Charleston’s TD Arena. He then led the congregation in singing the hymn.

College officials said 5,000 mourners were turned away. The service next week is among a number of observances scheduled from June 15 through June 26, starting with an ecumenical Bible study at the church to be led by the Rev. Dr. Betty Deas Clark. On Saturday, June 18, a unity walk will start in a nearby park and pass in front of the church before ending at the city’s new performing arts center. Doves will be released at the center and a tree will be dedicated in memory of the slain. Among the other events are worship services at the church, a gospel concert, a bell concert and a prayer breakfast. A white man, Dylann Roof, faces state murder charges as well as federal charges including hate crimes in connection to the shootings, which took place during a

Bible study. The state announced last year that it will seek the death penalty for Roof in a trial set for JanROOF uary. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said last month that the federal government also will seek the death penalty. Roof appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and burning or desecrating U.S. flags and purportedly wrote of starting a race war. He was arrested a day after the shootings when a motorist spotted his Confederate license plate. Roof’s attorneys are scheduled to meet Tuesday with a federal judge to discuss the status of his trial. No trial date has been set. The state prosecutor has said South Carolina would like to try Roof first.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Astronaut James Halsell Jr. seemed the very definition of someone with the right stuff. An Air Force Academy graduate and decorated test pilot, he commanded or piloted five space shuttle missions. NASA even turned to him for leadership as it was picking up the pieces after the Columbia disaster in 2003. Now, a decade after his retirement from the space agency, the 59-year-old Halsell is in a new kind of danger: He is charged with murder after an early-morning car wreck Monday killed two young sisters on a lonely stretch of highway in Alabama. State police said alcohol and speed may have been factors in the crash. Troopers said a Chrysler 300 driven by Halsell collided about 2:50 a.m. with a Ford Fiesta in which 11-year-old Niomi Deona James and 13-year-old Jayla Latrick Parler were riding. The girls were thrown from the car and died. Neither was wearing a seat belt. Halsell, who lives in Huntsville, was arrested and released from jail on $150,000 bail. Court records weren’t available Tuesday to show whether the retired Air Force colonel has a lawyer. A call to his home was not immediately returned. The girls’ father, Pernell James, 37, had driven to Texas to pick them up at their mother’s home in Houston for a summer-long visit to Alabama, said Dennis Stripling, mayor of the town of Brent. “It’s very tragic, a sad thing that has happened,” Stripling said. “They were like 20 minutes from home when this accident happened.”

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Space shuttle Atlantis mission commander James Halsell Jr. speaks to reporters at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in April 2000. Halsell of Huntsville was arrested after a crash that killed 11-year-old Niomi Deona James and 13-yearold Jayla Latrick Parler of Brent early Monday. The father was expected to be released from a hospital Tuesday. A woman in his car, Shontel Latriva Cutts, 25, was listed in fair condition. Halsell graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978 and later finished first in his class at test-pilot school. He wanted to go to space so much he applied for every NASA astronaut class from 1978 to 1990, when he was accepted. An online biography by NASA said Halsell went to work in the aerospace industry in 2006 after a career that included five shuttle flights starting in 1994. He spent more than 1,250 hours in space, serving as commander on three shuttle missions and pilot on two others. He also led NASA’s return-toflight planning team after space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry in 2003.

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Ali scripted funeral plans in exacting detail LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali and his innermost circle started a document years ago that grew so thick they began calling it “The Book.” In the pages, the boxing great planned in exacting detail how he wished to say goodbye to the world. “The message that we’ll be sending out is not our message — this was really designed by The Champ himself,” said Timothy Gianotti, an Islamic studies scholar who for years helped to plan the services. “The love and the reverence and the inclusivity that we’re going to experience over the coming days is really a reflection of his message to the people of planet Earth.” The 74-year-old three-time heavyweight champion wanted the memorial service in an arena. He wanted multiple religions to have a voice while honoring the traditions of his Muslim faith. And he wanted ordinary fans to attend, not just VIPs. He was never downcast when talking about his death, said Bob Gunnell, an Ali family spokesman. He recalled Ali’s own words during meetings planning the funeral: “It’s OK. We’re here to do the job the way I want it. It’s fine.” The final revisions were made days before Ali died Friday at an Arizona hospital, his family by his side. For years, the plan was to have Ali’s body lie in repose at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Gunnell said. That tribute was dropped at the last minute because his wife, Lonnie, worried it would cause the center to be shut down and knew people would want to gather there in grief. In its place, a miles-long procession was added that will carry Ali’s body across his beloved hometown. It will drive past the museum built in his honor, along the boulevard named after him and through the neighborhood where he grew up, raced bicycles and shadowboxed down the streets. In a city accustomed to capturing the world’s attention for just two minutes during the Kentucky Derby each year, Ali’s memorial service Friday looms as a major event in Louisville’s history. Former presidents, heads of nations from around the globe, movie stars and sports greats will descend upon the city to pay final respects to The Louisville Lip. “It’s been a really bittersweet time for our city,” Mayor Greg Fischer said. “We’ve all been dreading the passing of The Champ, but at the same time, we knew ultimately it would come. It was selfish for us to think that we could hold on to him forever. Our job now, as a city, is to send him off with the class and dignity and respect that he deserves.”

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World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, left, steps out of a mosque in Tokyo in June 1976. A pedestrian, above, passes a mural of Ali painted on the side of a building Monday in Louisville, Kentucky. The day before his star-studded funeral, members of Muhammad Ali’s Islamic faith will get their chance to say a traditional goodbye to the Champ. The president of Turkey and king of Jordan joined the long line of world leaders, religious figures and superstars set to speak at Ali’s funeral Friday. Former President Bill Clinton, a longtime friend, will deliver the eulogy at the funeral at the KFC Yum! Center, where the 15,000 seats are likely to be filled. Others speakers will include representatives of multiple faiths, including Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and Mormonism. Some are lifelong friends. Others Ali simply admired. Rabbi Michael Lerner was in his office at his home in Berkley, California, on Sunday morning when, out of the blue, Ronald DiNicola, president of Muhammad Ali Enterprises, called and invited the rabbi to speak at the funeral. He and Ali met in the 1960s as two vocal opponents to the Vietnam War. They did not see each other again. But DiNicola told Lerner that for the rest of the boxer’s life, Ali admired the rabbi’s work as editor of the Jewish progressive magazine “Tikkun” and author of numerous books. “I didn’t know that he continued to follow my work; I certainly followed him, what he was doing and the courage he did it with,” Lerner said. “I am extremely honored and extremely humbled.” He and the other faith leaders will be followed by Ali’s wife, daughter Maryum Ali, actor Billy Crystal and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and King Abdullah II of Jordan had been scheduled to speak, but lost their speaking spots because two other speakers will be added later, Gunnell said. “It’s not about who they are, it’s about the fact that we just don’t have room on the program for them,” Gunnell said, adding that their representatives were “gracious and understood” when informed. Actor Will Smith, who portrayed Muhammad Ali in the movie “Ali,” and former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis are among eight pallbearers for Ali’s memorial

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Army’s new leader visits Fort Jackson FORT JACKSON (AP) — Newly minted Army Secretary Eric Fanning wished some brand-new Army soldiers well Tuesday before he watched them plow through an obstacle course as part of their basic combat training at Fort Jackson. Fanning was sworn in as the Army’s civilian leader on May 18 and is the first openly gay individual to lead one of the nation’s military service branches. He was on his first-ever visit to Fort Jackson, the Army’s largest basic-training base. The 47-year-old secretary chatted and shook hands with several young soldiers while they stood in line waiting to clamber over five wooden obstacle walls. “What surprised you the most?” Fanning asked one young soldier about the training. “The early wake-ups, sir,” replied Pvt. Dustin Green, 21, of Columbus, Ohio. “Earliest has been 4:30 a.m., 5 o’clock.” “How many times have you gone over the wall this morning?” he asked one young female soldier. “A lot!” she replied. But the young female soldier became so tongue-tied by all the attention, she couldn’t

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reply when Fanning asked her what career path she had chosen in the Army. “Well, good luck!” Fanning went on to tell several of the camouflaged-clad soldiers as he pumped their hands.

The secretary stopped to view soldiers clambering up a tall, wooden tower and through several obstacles that required them to use both ropes and to help one another get over the wooden structures.

for lease agreements and adding $1.26 million for the purchase of new gear for Sumter Fire Department. Other adjustments were made to accommodate repair efforts after the 1,000-year-flood in October 2015. In other news, council approved

final reading of an ordinance to rezone 4.665 acres at 2120 Thomas Sumter Highway from general commercial and agricultural conservation to general commercial. The lot is the site of a commercial storage business and the applicant intends to add more storage units.

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businesses that are critical to our viability, sustainability and growth,” he said in a prepared statement. “We also need to advance our efforts to repurpose, adapt and improve what we have.” A committed community activist and civil servant, Dutch Holland said he wants to make Sumter the place that others like himself will choose to live in. “I believe Sumter has great potential to be even better than it is now and that improvement can be accelerated with the right leadership and focus,” Holland said in a news release. As the eighth largest city in South Carolina, Sumter should not accept mediocrity, states the release. “We should strive for excellence,” Holland wrote. “We have some of the best employees in the state working for our city,” he said. “It is up to the mayor and council to provide the leadership, policies and resources to be successful. “Elected officials and city employs must deeply understand we all work for the citizens of this city,” Holland wrote. “Sumter pride should be more than a program to tear down buildings. It should be a culture for our parents, grandparents, teachers, preachers, city employees, residents and elected officials to instill in our children, newcomers and visitors.” Holland announced his candidacy on Memorial Day weekend even though he can’t officially register as a candidate until July 15. On Tuesday, incumbent Mayor Joe McElveen said he also intends to run for re-election.

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Woman breaks silence among thyroid cancer patients in Fukushima BY YURI KAGEYAMA The Associated Press KORIYAMA, Japan — She’s 21, has thyroid cancer and wants people in her prefecture in northeastern Japan to get screened for it. That statement might not seem provocative, but her prefecture is Fukushima, and of the 173 young people with confirmed or suspected cases since the 2011 nuclear meltdowns there, she is the first to speak out. That near silence highlights the fear Fukushima thyroid-cancer patients have about being the “nail that sticks out,” and thus gets hammered. The thyroid-cancer rate in the northern Japanese prefecture is many times higher than what is generally found, particularly among children, but the Japanese government says more cases are popping up because of rigorous screening, not the radiation that spewed from Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant. To be seen as challenging that view

carries consequences in this rigidly harmony-oriented society. Even just having cancer that might be related to radiation carries a stigma in the only country to be hit with atomic bombs. “There aren’t many people like me who will openly speak out,” said the young woman, who requested anonymity because of fears about harassment. “That’s why I’m speaking out so others can feel the same. I can speak out because I’m the kind of person who believes things will be OK.” She has a quick, disarming smile and silky black hair. She wears flipflops. She speaks passionately about her new job as a nursery school teacher. But she also has deep fears: Will she be able to get married? Will her children be healthy? She suffers from the only disease that the medical community, including the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, has acknowledged is clearly related to the radioactive iodine that spewed into the surrounding areas after the only nuclear disaster worse

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A young evacuee is screened at a shelter for leaked radiation from the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northeast of Tokyo, in March 2011. than Fukushima’s, the 1986 explosion and fire at Chernobyl, Ukraine. Though international reviews of Fukushima have predicted that cancer rates will not rise as a result of the meltdowns there, some researchers think the prefecture’s high thyroidcancer rate is related to the accident. The government has ordered medical testing of the 380,000 people who were 18 years or under and in Fukushima prefecture at the time of the March 2011 tsunami and quake that sank three reactors into meltdowns.

A young woman with thyroid cancer, who requested anonymity because of fears about harassment, smiles May 28 as she speaks to The Associated Press in a town in Fukushima prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.

Congressman calls Trump a racist for attacks on judge WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s criticism of a Latino judge overseeing a lawsuit involving Trump University shows that the presumptive Republican nominee for president is a racist, a Democratic congressman said Monday, and he told Trump to take his proposed border wall and “shove it up your a--.” Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas said in an open letter that Trump’s “ignorant anti-immigrant opinions,” border wall rhetoric and continued attacks on the judge “are just plain despicable.” Vela, who represents a district in southern Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border, called Trump a racist, adding, “You can take your border wall and shove it up your a--.” In the Senate, top Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada lobbed a blistering fusillade at Major-

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wants to build a border wall to keep people from illegally entering the United States from Mexico. Curiel was born in Indiana to Mexican-born parents — making him, in Trump’s words, “a hater of

Donald Trump.” Republicans have warned Trump to drop his attacks on Curiel, which they said have hurt the GOP’s efforts to reach out to Latino voters. Vela said in his letter that

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The price that Ryan has paid T he Caligulan malice with which Donald Trump administered Paul Ryan’s degradation is an object lesson in the price of abject capitulation to power. This episode should be studied as a clinical case of a particular Washington myopia — the ability of career politicians to convince themselves that George they and Will their agendas are of supreme importance. The pornographic politics of Trump’s presidential campaign, which was preceded by decades of ignorant bile (about Barack Obama’s birth certificate and much else), have not exhausted Trump’s eagerness to plumb new depths of destructiveness. Herewith the remarkably brief timeline of the breaking of Ryan to Trump’s saddle. On May 3, Trump won the Indiana primary, ending competition for the Republican nomination. On May 5, Ryan said he still was not prepared to endorse Trump. That day Trump responded that he was not ready to endorse Ryan’s agenda. This was not news, considering that Trump has campaigned against every significant element of this agenda — entitlement reform, the rule of law, revival of Congress as a counter to the executive overreach that Barack Obama has practiced and that Trump promises to enlarge upon. On May 12, a Trump meeting with Ryan resulted in a cringeworthy joint statement that had to be read to be properly disbelieved. The two spoke about the “great conversation” they had about “our shared principles.” They celebrated their “many important areas of common ground” while offhandedly mentioning “our few differences.” Those who know, or thought they knew, Ryan doubted that he could name a single shared principle, and he did not do so. In spite of, and in conspicuous dissonance with, the May 12 happy talk, Ryan continued to withhold his endorsement. Perhaps he hoped that Trump, at age 69, was going to mend his manners. Instead, Trump dragged a personal problem, his coming trial on fraud charges associated with Trump University, into the presidential campaign. Having first done so in February, on May 27 he again attacked the “Mexican” judge (born in Indiana, 1,332 miles from Mexico) who will preside at the trial, asserting that the Hoosier Mexican was unfit to preside because his ethnic heritage would incline him against Trump, the wall-

building scourge of Mexican rapists. On May 30, Trump again attacked the judge, again embracing the identity politics that actually characterizes contemporary progressivism: An individual has, always and only, the interests and motivations of his race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. By June 2, Ryan had heard enough. He endorsed Trump. He did so because President Trump would sign Ryan’s House “agenda.” Well. Since May 5, the Hamlet of southeastern Wisconsin had indeed learned something. He had learned Trump’s contemptuous response to his scruples. Trump’s response was an insouciant intensification of his anti-institutional politics — the judicial system, too, is “rigged.” Ryan limply described Trump’s attack on the judge as thinking “out of left field” that he could not “relate to.” All supposedly will be redeemed by the House agenda. So, assume, fancifully, that in 2017 this agenda emerges intact from a House not yet proved able to pass 12 appropriations bills. Assume, too, that Republicans still control the Senate and can persuade enough Democrats to push the House agenda over the 60vote threshold. Now, for some really strenuous assuming: Assume that whatever semblance of the House agenda that reaches President Trump’s desk is more important than keeping this impetuous, vicious, ignorant and anti-constitutional man from being at that desk. Some say in extenuation of Ryan’s behavior that if he could not embrace Trump, he could not continue as speaker. But is Ryan, who was reluctant to become speaker, now more indispensable to the nation’s civic health than Trump is menacing to that health? Ryan could have enhanced that health by valuing it above his office. In March, Trump said of Ryan: “I’m sure I’m going to get along great with him. And if I don’t, he’s going to have to pay a big price.” Ryan has now paid a staggering price by getting along with Trump. And what did Ryan purchase with the coin of his reputation? Perhaps his agenda. In Robert Bolt’s play “A Man for All Seasons,” Thomas More is betrayed by Richard Rich, who commits perjury to please the king, in exchange for being named attorney general for Wales. Says More: “Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. ... But for Wales?” Or for the House agenda? George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR CAMPBELL IS FAIR MAN, BEST CHOICE FOR CLERK Our elected Clerk of Court Jamie Campbell is a good, fair man. I had the honor of being the first female circuit court bailiff in Sumter County history. It was Mr. Campbell that hired me for that position. Mr. Campbell was brave enough to break a long held stereotype and hire me.

During my time in the court I found him to be an honorable, truthful and fair supervisor who treated his employees very well. Thank you Mr. Campbell for the condition of our court system in Sumter. Jamie Campbell is the man for the position he has so well served. Vote for Jamie. SUSAN McCARTHY-BAGWELL Rembert

Elitist arrogance, part II

basic economic premise holds that when the price of something rises, people seek to economize on its use. They seek substitutes for that which has risen in price. Recent years have seen proposals for an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Some states and localities, such as Seattle, have already legislated a minimum wage of $15 an hour. Nobody should be surprised that fast-food companies such as Wendy’s, Panera Bread, McDonald’s and others are seeking substitutes for employees who are becoming costlier. One substitute that has emerged for cashiers is automated kiosks where, instead of having a person take your order, you select your meal and pay for it using a machine. Robots are also seen as an alternative to a $15-an-hour minimum wage. In fact, employee costs are much higher than an hourly wage suggests. For every employee paid $15 an hour, a company spends an additional $10 an hour on non-wage benefits, such as medical insurance, Social Security, workers’ compensation and other taxes. That means the minimum hourly cost of hiring such an employee is close to $25. The vision that higher mandated wages (that exceed productivity) produce no employment effects is what economists call a zeroelasticity view of the world — one in which there is no response to price changes. It assumes that customers are insensitive to higher product prices and investors are insensitive to a company’s profits. There is

COMMENTARY little evidence that people are insensitive to price changes, whether they be changes in taxes, gas prices, food prices, labor prices or any other price. The issue is not whether Walter people Williams change their behavior when relative prices rise or fall; it is always how soon and how great the change will be. Thus, with minimum wage increases, it is not an issue of whether firms will economize on labor but an issue of how much they will economize and who will bear the burden of that economizing. Fast-food restaurants must respond to higher prices because they have two sets of ruthless people to deal with. We can see that with a hypothetical example. Imagine that faced with higher employee costs, Burger King automates and, as a result of finding cheaper ways to do things, it can sell its hamburgers for $3. Its competitor McDonald’s does not automate and keeps the same number of employees in the face of higher wages, maybe to be nice and caring. McDonald’s might try to forestall declining profits by attempting to recover higher labor costs by raising product prices — say, charging $5 for a hamburger. However, consumers are not insensitive to higher prices. They would seek cheaper substitutes, there-

by patronizing Burger King. The bottom line is that in the wake of higher minimum wages, surviving companies will be those that find ways to economize on labor usage. There is another ruthless set of people. They are investors. If customers were to flock to Burger King, McDonald’s profits would fall. What is your guess as to what investors would do? My guess is they would sell shares in McDonald’s. An even more dismal picture for McDonald’s would be the specter of corporate takeover attempts. Somebody would see that money could be made by bringing McDonald’s to its senses. The saddest aspect of the minimum wage story is the damage it does to human beings. The hourly wage for a fast-food restaurant cashier is $7.25 to $9 per hour. That produces a yearly salary of $15,000 to $20,000, plus fringes. That’s no great shakes, but it is honest work and a start in life. It might be the very best some people could do. Enter the arrogance and callousness of the elite. Their vision of what a person should earn, expressed by higher minimum wages, destroys people’s best alternative without offering a superior one in its place. Maybe the elite think that welfare, unemployment compensation and possibly engaging in illegal activities are a superior alternative to earning an honest and respectable living on a cashier’s salary. That is a despicable vision. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2016, creators.com

WHO REPRESENTS YOU SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Naomi D. Sanders 5605 Borden Road Rembert, SC 29128 (803) 499-3947 (home) DISTRICT 2 Artie Baker 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 803-469-3638 (home) DISTRICT 3 James Byrd Jr. 13 E. Canal St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 468-1719 (mobile) (803) 778-0796 (office) (803) 436-2108 (Fax) jbyrd@sumtercountysc.org DISTRICT 4 Charles T. Edens 760 Henderson St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 775-0044 (home) (803) 236-5759 (mobile) DISTRICT 5 Vivian Fleming-McGhaney 9770 Lynches River Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 (803) 437-2797 (home) (803) 495-3247 (office) DISTRICT 6 James T. McCain Jr. 317 W. Bartlette St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-2353 (home) (803) 607-2777 (mobile)

WARD 5 Robert Galiano 608 Antlers Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 469-0005 bgaliano@sumter-sc.com SUMTER CITY COUNCIL WARD 6 David Merchant MAYOR 26 Paisley Park Joseph T. McElveen Jr. Sumter, SC 29150 20 Buford St. (803) 773-1086 Sumter, SC 29150 dmerchant@sumter-sc.com (803) 773-0382 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com STATE LAWMAKERS WARD 1 Thomas J. Lowery Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins 829 Legare St. District 70 Sumter, SC 29150 P.O. Box 5 (803) 773-9298 Hopkins, SC 29061 tlowery@sumter-sc.com (803) 776-0353 (home) (803) 734-9142 (fax) WARD 2 (803) 734-2804 (Columbia) Ione Dwyer jn@schouse.org P.O. Box 1492 Sumter, SC 29151 Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, (803) 481-4284 D-Clarendon idwyer@sumter-sc.com District 64 WARD 3 117 N. Brooks St. Calvin K. Hastie Sr. Manning, SC 29102 810 S. Main St. (803) 938-3087(home) Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 212-6929 (Columbia) (803) 774-7776 chastie@sumter-sc.com Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter WARD 4 District 67 Colleen Yates P.O. Box 580 437 W. Hampton Ave. Sumter, SC 29151 Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 778-2471 (business) (803) 773-3259 (803) 778-1643 (fax) cyates@sumter-sc.com (803) 734-3042 (Columbia) murrellsmith@schouse.gov DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten P.O. Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home)

Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 (business) (803) 734-3102 (Columbia) Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 (803) 212-6148 (Columbia) Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 (home) (803) 212-6108 (Columbia) Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, D-Sumter District 35 P. O. Box 57, Sumter, 29151 (803) 775-1263 (business (803) 212-6132 (Columbia) NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 531-A Oxford Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 327-1114

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NFB Sumter Chapter, P.O. Crosswell Community ImBox 641, Sumter, SC 29151. provement Committee will Crosswell Community Improvement meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs- The Par 4 Pets 4th Annual to John meet day,Committee June 9, at St. Golf Tournament will be held United Methodist Church, Saturday, June 18, at Crys136 Poinsett Drive, just off tal Lakes Golf Course. Regof Lafayette Drive. Everyistration will begin at 8 one in the Crosswell area a.m. with shotgun start at is invited to attend and 8:30 a.m. Format is 4-Man share their concerns. Captain’s Choice with entry fee of $160 per team The Sumter Vitiligo Support ($40 per player). Entry limGroup 2nd Annual Support ited to first 20 teams. Call Walk will be held 9 a.m.Kathy Stafford at (803) 469noon on Saturday, June 11, 3906, Teresa Durden at at Salterstown Community (803) 917-4710 or Mike Park, 800 Salterstown Ardis at (803) 775-1902. Road. Each participant is asked to bring two nonThe Sumter County Prevenperishable food items for tion Team will sponsor a donation. Wear purple to “Parents Accessing Resourcshow your support. es 4 Kids” (PARK) event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on SaturThe Sumter Branch NAACP day, Aug. 6, at Sumter High will provide rides to the polls School, 2580 McCrays Mill from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, June Road. The purpose of this awareness event is to pro14. Call (803) 775-9215 or vide information on avail(803) 468-0181. Drivers are able community resources needed. to parents of youth ages The Sumter Chapter of the 0-18 years old in Sumter National Federation of the County. Blind of South Carolina will Edmunds High School Class meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, of 1966 will hold its 50th reJune 14, at Shiloh-Ranunion on Saturday, Sept. dolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Transportation 24, at the Sumter County Museum. Cost is $30 for provided within the milage singles, $60 for couples. area. If you know a blind Kent Mims and Coty Cuttiperson, contact President no are organizing a golf Debra Canty at (803) 775outing for the afternoon of 5792 or debra.canty@fronFriday, Sept. 23. For more tier.com. Make donations information, call Myra towards the Applebee’s Moore Wilt at (803) 491flapjack breakfast sched4624. uled for Saturday, June 11, by June 3 and mailed to

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Today: Plenty of sunshine. Less humid; pleasant. High 84 to 89. Thursday: Plenty of sunshine; more humid in southern parts. High 81 to 87.

89° 71° 86° 64° 97° in 2008 49° in 1976 0.60" 1.84" 1.18" 23.27" 20.19" 18.93"

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usc baseball

USC comes back through losers bracket to win regional By Matt Connolly mconnolly@thestate.com COLUMBIA — South Carolina head coach Chad Holbrook said his team would have to handle adversity to make a run in the postseason. The Gamecocks overcame plenty in the Columbia Regional, finishing off a run out of the losers bracket with a 10-5 win

over UNC Wilmington Tuesday afternoon to advance to a Super Regional. USC will host Oklahoma State holbrook beginning on Saturday, after the Cowboys won the Clemson Regional, needing two wins in three games to advance to the

College World Series. USC’s set to host a Super Regional for the first time under Holbrook. “Things didn’t look good for us on Friday night. … I have a group of guys that just don’t quit. They believe in the uniform they’re representing. There’s something special about that Gamecock spirit when it comes to putting on a

baseball uniform,” Holbrook said. “They fought back in it and found a way to win the thing. I couldn’t be more proud of my team.” USC got contributions from just about everybody in the lineup in the must-win game, pounding out 13 hits, led by TJ Hopkins and Madison Stokes with three each. Alex Destino went 2-for-5

legion baseball

Shaking it up P-15’s juggle batting order, bringing good results early in 9-5 win over Orangeburg

Keith Gedamke / The Sumter Item

Sumter’s Dawson Price (18) slides back into third base as the ball gets away from Orangeburg third baseman Blake Huddleston in the P-15’s 9-5 victory on Tuesday at Riley Park.

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Sumter P-15’s shook up their batting order for the opening game of their 3-game American Legion baseball League III series against Orangeburg Post 4 on Tuesday at Riley Park. And it paid dividends, at least in the early going. Sumter scored single runs in each of the first two innings before putting up seven in the third for a 9-0 lead. However, the P-15’s had to hold on for a 9-5 victory. “We got off to a real fast start with the bats,” said Sumter head coach Steve Campbell, who moved Caleb Larrimore into the leadoff spot, moved Brandon Spittle from fifth to second and moved Ryan Moore from the top of the order to the No. 9 slot. “We just didn’t maintain it, and that’s something we’ve got to work on. We’ve got to be more consistent through the game.” The P-15’s finished with 13 hits,

with nine of them coming in their first four at-bats. Five of the hits came in the 7-run third when Sumter sent 12 batters to the plate. Jordan Holladay led off the bottom of the third with a double against Post 4 starting pitcher Seth Chestnut. After Ryan Touchberry was hit by a pitch, Todd Larrimer roped a double into the gap in right-center field to score Holladay and make it 3-0. Dawson Price followed with an RBI single for a 4-0 lead. After Larrimer was thrown out at home, Tradd James was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Chestnut struck out Moore for the second out before Larrimore came through with a 2-run single to push the lead to 6-0. Spittle walked before Holladay struck out in his second at-bat of the inning. However, the pitch got away from catcher Hagen Mott and James scored. Touchberry followed with a 2-run single to make it 9-0.

See P-15’S, Page B6

Keith Gedamke / The Sumter Item

Sumter’s Brandon Spittle, left, and Caleb Larrimore celebrate after scoring on a base hit by Ryan Touchberry in the P-15’s 9-5 victory over Orangeburg on Tuesday at Riley Park.

with two RBIs, while Stokes drove in three. DC Arendas and John Jones added two RBIs. The Gamecocks outscored opponents 47-10 in the final four games of the regional after losing their opener, 5-4. USC scored 43 runs over its final three games.

See USC, Page B5

pro basketball

Warriors, Cavs realize how quickly Finals could turn By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Golden State has won the first two games of the NBA Finals, both of those wins coming by double figures and with a few dominant stretches of basketball in there. Strange as this sounds, that has the Warriors feeling a bit uneasy. The champions know exactly how fast a series can change, having just pulled off a mathematically improbable comeKERR back from 3-1 down against Oklahoma City in the Western Conference finals. And even with the odds now stacked high against Cleveland in these NBA Finals, the Warriors say they cannot fall into the trap of thinking this series that resumes with Game 3 on Wednesday night is already over. “That’s a great analogy, one that we’ve already used,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Tuesday. “It doesn’t matter what the scores are, doesn’t matter if you win by 25 or lose by 25, it’s one game in the series. And we got blown out twice in a row in OKC, down 3-1, and we were able to come back. We know we’re playing against a great team. They’re coming home. They can change the momentum around with just one win.” Cleveland hopes he’s right. The Cavs might be without concussed Kevin Love for Game 3, but they are 7-0 at home in these playoffs — winning by an average of 20.9 points. “It’s a do-or-die game for us,” Cavaliers forward LeBron James said. “We can’t afford to go down 3-0 to any team,

See FINALS, Page B3

COASTAL CAROLINA BASEBALL

Chanticleers rally late, reach super regionals From staff reports

weather challenges, went as well as it could have gone,” said RALEIGH, N.C. — Coastal Coastal coach Gary Gilmore. Carolina scored four runs in “It was a frustrating time yesthe top of the ninth inning, terday and I think all of us thanks to a 2-run single by would have rather played today Seth Lancaster, to rally for a when you looked up and saw 7-5 victory over North Carolithe sun and played without any na State and win the NCAA rain, but we’ll take it as it is. tournament Raleigh Regional N.C. State, which finished championship on Tuesday at 38-22, led 5-3 entering the Doak Field. ninth inning, which started on The Chanticleers, who imMonday evening. Play was proved to 47-16 on the season, suspended at 12:05 a.m. on advance to the third Super Re- Tuesday. When play was susgional in the program’s histopended, Coastal had the bases The News & Observer via AP ry. will play at Louisiana State. loaded, one out and G.K. Coastal Carolina’s Zach Remillard slides safely into home on a hit by Seth Lancaster before North Carolina The best-of-3 series will begin Young coming to bat. State catcher Andrew Knizner can make the tag as the Chanticleers’ Michael Paez signals safe in Coastal’s on Saturday at 9 p.m. See RALLY, Page B5 7-5 victory on Tuesday to win the Raleigh Regional. “This regional, with all of the

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

sports

BOXING

Unlike Ali, fellow boxer Carmody went to war By TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press A big part of Muhammad Ali’s life story is about what happened when he took a stand and refused to be drafted during the war in Vietnam. This is a story about a boxer who did go to war. Robert Carmody wasn’t a heavyweight slugger. He didn’t have Ali’s size or charisma, and his voice squeaked when he spoke. But Bob Carmody could fight. Carmody got into enough scraps while serving in the U.S. Army in Germany in the late 1950s that he was eventually taken into the Army boxing program. Once there, he blossomed, fighting all across Europe. He was good enough to make the 1964 Olympic team, all 5-foot-2 and 112 pounds of him. Good enough that the heavyweight on the team, a fighter by the name of Joe Frazier, took a particular liking to him. “He had quick hands, very fast,” said Ken Adams, who fought Carmody twice when both were in the Army and would later become the coach of the U.S. Olympic boxing team in 1988. “We called him The Moose. Robert ‘The Moose’ Carmody.” The war in Vietnam was just heating up when the U.S. team headed to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. There were 23,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam by the end of the year, and 216 had died. America was just coming to terms with the growing war, and those in the service were beginning to realize the country most had never heard of before was a place they might end up. Carmody won his spot on the Olympic team with an upset win in the finals of the qualifying at the New York World’s Fair. There were high hopes for the U.S. team, which had won three boxing gold medals four years earlier in Rome, including one by a brash young light heavyweight named Cassius Clay. Frazier, who died in 2011, got his spot on the team only after Buster Mathis hurt his hand in training before going to Japan. Soon a bond developed between the big heavyweight and the smallest fighter on the team. “He’s the kind of guy you really need,” Frazier said of Carmody in a 2006 ESPN.com interview “I had some hard times, things was rough, but he was a guy that helped you out a lot. I loved him like a brother.” Frazier would go on to win the only gold medal for the

Scoreboard TV, RADIO TODAY 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia or Toronto at Detroit (MLB NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Philadelphia at San Diego (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WPUB-FM 102.7). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – American Legion Baseball: Sumter at Orangeburg (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-FM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290). 7 p.m. – College Softball: Women’s College World Series Championship Series Game Three from Oklahoma City – Auburn vs. Oklahoma (If Necessary) (ESPN). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees or Kansas City at Baltimore (MLB NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Track and Field: NCAA Men’s Outdoor Championships from Eugene, Ore. (ESPNU). 7:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa America Centenario Opening Group Stage Match from Orlando, Fla. – Brazil vs. Haiti (FOX SPORTS 1 , UNIVISION). 8:30 p.m. – College Track and Field: NCAA Men’s Outdoor Championships from Eugene, Ore. (ESPN2). 9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Finals Game Three – Golden State at Cleveland (WOLO 25). 10 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa America Centenario Opening Group Stage Match from Glendale, Ariz. – Ecuador vs. Peru (FOX SPORTS 2 , UNIVISION). 5 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA tour Lyoness Open First Round from Atzenbrugg, Austria (GOLF).

MLB Standings By The Associated Press

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Robert Carmody Jr. holds up a photo album showing pictures of his father, Army Sergeant Robert Carmody, in this 2004 photograph. Carmody, who won a bronze medal in the 1964 Olympics, was killed in action in the Vietnam War in 1967. U.S. that Olympics, defeating Germany’s Hans Huber, a 30-year-old bus driver from Bavaria, in the finals. Carmody didn’t make it quite so far, though as usual in Olympic boxing, inept judging seemed to get in the way. He went home with a bronze, but did not turn pro, content with being in the Army. He became a coach, teaching boxing in Iraq. By June 1967 the war in Vietnam was in full bore. Protests were raging at home, but nearly a half million U.S. troops were in Southeast Asia. The constant need to replace them eventually led to the call up of Carmody and his unit. Gene Kilroy, who would later become Ali’s business manager, was Carmody’s friend. He pulled some strings among his friends in Washington, D.C., to try and keep Carmody out of the war, but the fighter was having none of it. If his friends in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade were going, so was he. He shipped out on the day his only son was born. Three weeks later the staff sergeant was leading a patrol near Saigon in search of infiltrators when they heard Viet Cong nearby about 9:15 the night of Oct. 26, 1967. Twenty minutes later, the six soldiers were attacked by a force using grenades, small arms and claymore mines.

The 29-year-old Carmody and four others were killed. Frazier attended Carmody’s funeral, as did Kilroy. Four years later, Frazier would fight Ali in the Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden, the first of a trilogy of fights. Adams would end up spending 30 years in the Army, including a tour of duty of his own in Vietnam. He coached the U.S. Olympic team in 1988. Adams followed the news closely when Ali refused induction in the Armed Forces in April 1967 and was convicted of draft dodging in July, just a few months before Carmody was killed. “I did get angry with him when he didn’t go into the Army,” Adams said. “Who did he think he was not going into the Army while at the same time making money off the American people?” A few years later, though, Adams said his view began to change. Ali was a Muslim minister, after all, and ministers weren’t required to go to war. “Later in life you start thinking about it and you say, ‘Wait a minute, he was right,”’ Adams said. “He lost his career and was out for a long time. He’s to be commended for taking a stand.” It was a stand that kept him out of war, while another boxer paid the ultimate price.

ularly showed up at Ali’s training camp — and he welcomed them in. He got out DEER LAKE, Pa. — He into the community, too, eatcalled himself “The Greating at local diners and runest,” but Muhammad Ali ning on the country roads, was humble, friendly and waving back at residents eminently approachable who waved at him. whenever he came to this Every old-timer around out-of-the-way here seems to have an Ali spot in northtale. eastern PennsylJames Ferenchick, 71, Orvania to train wigsburg, recalls stopping at throughout the the camp early one morning 1970s. before work and running into Since Ali’s a worker hooking a horse to a death last week carriage. Ferenchick told the ALI at age 74, resiworker he was there to see dents have been Ali. The worker fetched Ali coming to the rustic hilltop from his cabin, and Ali gave camp where he sparred with him an autograph. a young Larry Holmes and “He says to me, ‘Are you in prepared for his epic fights a big hurry?’ I said, ‘I have against George Foreman to go to work, but no, I can and Joe Frazier. In paying be late.’ He says, ‘Jump in their respects, they recalled the carriage.”’ how one of the most famous And that’s how Ferenchpeople on the planet became ick found himself on a a familiar presence at the 45-minute buggy ride with edge of Pennsylvania’s coal the champ. region. The camp had its share of It’s hard to imagine now, famous visitors, too, includwith athletes and celebrities ing Elvis Presley, who went so cloistered from the public. antiquing with Ali. But loBut 40 years ago, locals regcals considered Ali as one of

their own, Ferenchick said. Growing up in nearby Pottsville, Noreen Marzano visited Deer Lake with her parents many times to watch him spar. He’d do magic tricks for the kids, “then he would show us how the magic trick worked, which I don’t think he was supposed to do,” she said. She said her father, a retired ophthalmologist, removed a particle from Ali’s eye after the Rumble in the Jungle, his 1974 title fight with Foreman. Ali bought this wooded 5-acre tract in 1972 and installed 18 primarily log buildings, including a gym, a dining hall, a mosque, visitors’ cabins and a horse barn. He trained at Deer Lake until his last fight in 1981. Ali sold it in 1997 to the noted martial arts instructor George Dillman, who trained Ali. It’s been for sale, and Dillman’s son, Allen Dillman, 51, said interest has been high since Ali’s death. He said the family wants the camp to go to a buyer who will preserve it.

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 33 23 .589 — 33 24 .579 ½ 31 28 .525 3½ 27 30 .474 6½ 26 30 .464 7 W L Pct GB 32 24 .571 — 30 27 .526 2½ 29 28 .509 3½ 29 28 .509 3½ 16 40 .286 16 W L Pct GB 35 22 .614 — 31 26 .544 4 28 31 .475 8 26 31 .456 9 25 32 .439 10

Monday’s Games

Baltimore 4, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 2 Detroit 11, Toronto 0 Texas 6, Houston 5 Tampa Bay 6, Arizona 4 Cleveland 3, Seattle 1

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 Chicago 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.

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto (Dickey 3-6) at Detroit (Zimmermann 8-2), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-3) at Arizona (Bradley 2-1), 3:40 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 5-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-1), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-2), 7:05 p.m. Houston (Fister 5-3) at Texas (Darvish 2-0), 8:05 p.m. Miami (Chen 3-2) at Minnesota (Hughes 1-7), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Hahn 2-3) at Milwaukee (Anderson 3-6), 8:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 2-7), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 2-0) at Seattle (Walker 2-6), 10:10 p.m. Boston (Price 7-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-2), 10:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Houston at Texas, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Washington at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 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

Miami at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Washington at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 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 3, 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: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 June 9: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. x-June 12: at San Jose, 8 p.m. x-June 15: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

WNBA By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta New York Chicago Indiana Washington Connecticut

W 6 4 4 4 3 1

L Pct GB 2 .750 — 3 .571 1½ 4 .500 2 4 .500 2 6 .333 3½ 7 .125 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

AMERICAN League

Ali welcomed all at his training camp By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

The SUMTER ITEM

W L Pct GB 34 23 .596 — 31 24 .564 2 30 27 .526 4 28 30 .483 6½ 16 41 .281 18 W L Pct GB 40 16 .714 — 30 26 .536 10 30 27 .526 10½ 26 31 .456 14½ 21 36 .368 19½ W L Pct GB 35 24 .593 — 31 28 .525 4 26 31 .456 8 25 35 .417 10½ 24 35 .407 11

Monday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, ppd., 2nd game Tampa Bay 6, Arizona 4 Colorado 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 San Diego 7, Atlanta 2

Tuesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m., 1st game Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:25 p.m., 2nd game Miami at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Oakland at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Washington at Chicago 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.

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (Lackey 6-2) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 5-2), 1:05 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 1-6) at San Diego (Pomeranz 5-5), 3:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-3) at Arizona (Bradley 2-1), 3:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-2) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-5), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (Garcia 4-5) at Cincinnati (Simon 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Chen 3-2) at Minnesota (Hughes 1-7), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Hahn 2-3) at Milwaukee (Anderson 3-6), 8:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 2-7), 8:10 p.m. Colorado (Rusin 1-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 5-3), 10:10 p.m. Boston (Price 7-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-2), 10:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 5:10 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Minnesota Dallas Seattle Phoenix San Antonio

W 7 7 3 3 2 1

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 4 .429 4 5 .375 4½ 5 .286 5 5 .167 5½

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

Tuesday’s Games

Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New York at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Transactions By The Associated Press

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent RHP Yovani Gallardo to Norfolk (IL) for a rehab assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Joe Beimel on a minor league contract. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Luis Cessa to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated LHP Tyler Olson for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Anthony Swarzak from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned OF Stefen Romero to Tacoma (PCL). Reinstated SS Ketel Marte from the 15-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated 3B Matt Dominguez for assignment. Recalled L/RHP Pat Venditte from Buffalo (IL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Silvino Bracho to Reno (PCL). Reinstated OF David Peralta from the 15-day DL. ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP John Gant to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled RHP Casey Kelly from Gwinnett. CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Jon Moscot to Louisville (IL). Recalled OF Steve Selsky from Louisville. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Daniel Fields and Nick Tepesch on minor league contracts. Sent SS Andrelton Simmons to Inland Empire (Cal) for a rehab assignment. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Seth Maness and C Brayan Pena to Springfield (TL) for rehab assignments. American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released INF Sergio Leon. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed INF Glenn Walker and C Michael Pair. Released RHP Shane Street. WICHITA WINGNUTS — Released LHPs Andrew Taylor and Santos Rodriguez.

BASKETBALL Women’s NBA NEW YORK LIBERTY — F Swin Cash announced her retirement at the end of the season.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived WR Jeff Beathard. Signed WR Rico Richardson. ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived DE Josh Dawson. Signed DE Nordly Capi and G Michael Huey. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed QB Cardale Jones. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed OL Shon Coleman. DETROIT LIONS — Waived G Andrew Zeller. Signed WR Damian Copeland. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed PK Roberto Aguayo.

HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD — Named Scott Stevens assistant coach. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Named Todd Richards assistant coach.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Vancouver F Octavio Rivero one game for serious foul play that endangered the safety of an opponent. Increased the suspension of Vancouver D Kendall Waston to two games for violent conduct that endangered the safety of an opponent.

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HEART OF AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Named Terry Oglesby coordinator of men’s basketball officials. CLEMSON — Named John Boetsch men’s tennis coach and Chuck McCuen director of tennis operations. EMORY & HENRY — Announced the resignation of women’s swimming coach and associate director of athletics Dave Griffore to become director of athletics at Johnson & Wales (Fla.). GEORGE WASHINGTON — Named Bill Sullivan women’s associate head basketball coach and Jackie Smith and Laura Harper women’s assistant basketball coaches. HOFSTRA — Named Dianna ThomasPalmer director of women’s basketball operations. ILLINOIS STATE — Named Jared Roane coordinator of women’s basketball operations/video. MIAMI — Announced junior men’s basketball F Michael Gilmore has transferred from VCU. UCLA — Agreed to terms with football coach Jim Mora on a contract extension through 2021.

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By TOM WITHERS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Already underdogs, the Cavaliers may also be undermanned for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. They remain undaunted. The Cavs practiced Tuesday without starting forward Kevin Love, who is following the league’s concussion protocol after being struck in the back of the head by Golden State’s Harrison Barnes during Sunday night’s Game 2 blowout loss. Love stayed in the locker room while his teammates practiced on the floor at Quicken Loans Arena, where they are 7-0 in this postseason and will have 20,000 screaming fans on their side for the next two games. Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said Love is feeling better, but his status for Game 3 — and the remainder of the series — hinges on him passing several physical tests and getting cleared to play. Love might be uncertain. LeBron James, on the other hand, is positive the Cavs can’t let anything become a distraction. “Next man up,” James said. “We’re down 0-2, and we can’t afford to look and say: ‘Wow, Kev’s not playing. What are we going to do?’ It’s next man up because it’s a must-win for us. So obviously his health is very important, but in the situation we’re in now, we’ve got to stay confident.” If Love can’t play, Lue will have to replace 16.5 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. A potential move is bringing back Russian center Timofey Mozgov, who was

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A trainer checks on Cleveland forward Kevin Love after he was hit in the back of the head in Game 2 of the NBA Finals against Golden State on Sunday in Oakland, Calif. Love is questionable for today’s Game 3 in Cleveland. disappointing in the regular season and has been exiled to the bench. The 7-foot-1 Mozgov was Cleveland’s second-leading scorer in last year’s finals against the Warriors, who switched to a smaller lineup to drive him off the floor. One thing that Lue and his staff will change is the approach when it comes to physicality: Cleveland had success when it got aggressive with the Warriors in last year’s finals, so it’s a reasonable assumption that the Cavs will try it again Wednesday. Lue considered other lineup changes in hopes of slowing the Warriors, who won the first two

games by a combined 48 points despite sub-standard performances by shooting stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, whose splashes have been mere sprinkles so far. “We’ve thought about it, we’ve talked about it, but I can’t let you know what we’re planning on doing,” Lue said with a laugh. But despite his team’s 33-point loss in Game 2, Lue has faith the Cavs will respond. “We’re not discouraged,” Lue said. “They won two games and the series is not over until you win four.” For now, the Cavs’ only objective is to win one.

especially a team that’s 73-9 in the regular season and playing the type of basketball they’re playing.” When the Warriors were on the brink of elimination against the Thunder, history suggested that they had a 3.9 percent chance to win the series — 232 previous NBA teams were down 3-1 in a best-of-seven, and only nine won. Compared to that, Cleveland’s chances look fabulous. “We’re not in that bad of shape as they were — 3-1 is worse than 2-0,” Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. “And they came back and took it one game at a time, like we have to do.” Teams that have fallen behind 2-0 in the NBA Finals have rallied to win 9.7 percent of the time, with three of them getting it done in 31 past opportunities. The 1969 Boston Celtics, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers and 2006 Miami Heat all lost the first two games of the finals on the road before winning the title — the Celtics doing so in seven games, the Blazers and Heat getting it done in six. “History,” Lue said, “is something that’s made to be broken.” Despite their predicament, the Cavaliers certainly seemed confident and loose on Tuesday. During the open portion of practice, James was laughing with teammates and tossed up the occasional underhanded 60-footer — reacting with mock disbelief when the low-percentage shot didn’t fall. Point guard Kyrie Irving played a long game of 1-on-1 with Cavs assistant coach James Posey, who was on that Heat team that rallied from 2-0 down in the finals against Dallas and hit a huge shot in the clinching game. Their thinking is simple: Take care of home court Wednesday and Friday, knot the series and see what happens in a best-of-three. “When they go on their runs, we have to be able to withstand those punches,” Irving said. “And Game 1 and Game 2, we’ve done it at times. We’ve shown that we’re capable of doing it, but we’re just constantly on our heels.” That’s what the Warriors do against everyone, not just the Cavs. Cleveland’s biggest lead in the series so far is six points. Golden State’s is 33. In four games this season, including the two regular-season matchups, the Warriors have held the lead for a staggering 87 percent of the time.

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Panthers downplay talk of distractions, even with DT Short in contract dispute By STEVE REED The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Coach Ron Rivera downplayed concern over the team’s latest contract situation with a top defensive player becoming a distraction for the NFC champion Carolina Panthers. Panthers defensive tackle Kawann Short abruptly stopped attending the team’s voluntary OTAs last week and hasn’t been back to work since. “It’s voluntary, so he decided not to come,” Rivera said. “It’s one of those things where he has to decide what he wants to do, but since it’s voluntary we are not that concerned about it.” However, Rivera said he expects Short to attend next week’s three-day mandatory minicamp. It’s unclear if Short plans to attend. He and his agent Joel Segal could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. Short is hoping for a long-

term contract. He’s entering the final year of his rookie deal which would pay him $1.4 million, grossly under his market value. The 6-foot-3, 315-pound Short outperformed that deal last season when he was twice named NFC defensive player of the month and tied for the NFL lead for sacks by a defensive tackle with 11. It’s expected Short could command more than $13 million per season with a long-term deal based on NFL defensive tackles with comparable numbers and skillsets. Short is not the first contract issue the Panthers have encountered after reaching the Super Bowl last season. The team originally placed the franchise tag on All-Pro cornerback Josh Norman, then rescinded it after getting the feeling that Norman wasn’t “all in” in terms of his commitment to the team. In short, they worried about Norman becoming a distraction on a team with great chemistry.

The decision allowed Norman to become a free agent and two days later he signed a five-year, $75 million contract that included $50 million in guaranteed money. Short could be eyeing a similar deal. “We will coach who is here,” Rivera said. “You would love to have everybody here but it is voluntary.” Rivera wouldn’t describe Short’s absence as problematic. He understands these business issues come up quite a bit in the NFL, especially when a team — and therefore individuals, too — experiences a lot of success. “We get his situation,” said safety Tre Boston. “He can take his time. Right now we will continue to play ball.” There has been an upside to Short being out. It has allowed this year’s first-round draft pick Vernon Butler to see extra reps with the first team at defensive tackle playing alongside Star Lotulelei.

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Jersey lefty Groome could be top pick in MLB draft By TOM CANAVAN The Associated Press DEPTFORD, N.J. — One of the quickest ways to get to the major leagues is to be a big left-handed pitcher with some pop on your fastball. Jason Groome has that and more. The 17-year-old from Barnegat High School along the New Jersey Shore is 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, throws in the 90s and has a deuce that falls off the table. It’s everything baseball scouts want to see, and it’s one of the reasons he’s considered an early pick in baseball’s draft on Thursday night. For a long time, many experts predicted that the Philadelphia Phillies would take him with the first selection. While that seems a little less likely now, expect Groome to be drafted early in the round. “It would be awesome if I was top 10, not even, just to get drafted in the first round,” Groome said. “It would mean a lot, all the hard work had paid off. I mean, I’m just look-

ing forward to what my career has in store.” Groome was a draw in New Jersey this season. More than 5,000 fans attended a recent charity game in which he pitched against Gloucester Catholic, the top-ranked team in New Jersey. He lost 1-0, giving up an unearned run. The big crowds, the scouts in the stands and the neverending media attention were only part of the wild ride Groome had in his final season in high school. This was a homecoming for him. He played his first two seasons with Barnegat and then attended IMG Academy in Florida for his junior season. A little homesick, he returned to the Garden State to finish his career with his friends. Groome threw a no-hitter with 19 strikeouts early in the year and appeared on his way to a great season. It came to a screeching halt when the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association suspended him for 30 days for violating its transfer rule. Barnegat also had to forfeit the game.

“The suspension held off a couple of my starts,” Groome said. “I mean, I don’t really like to talk about that. I think what we did was great.” Barnegat made the state playoffs and Groome’s high school career ended with a 2-1 loss to West Deptford in late May. He allowed two hits, struck out 12 and walked three in six innings in his final start. The two runs scored on a twoout, opposite-field single that was misplayed into a triple, and a throwing error on the relay back to the infield. The two hits were the only balls out of the infield. “He is, by far, the best pitcher I have ever hit against and I have no doubt that he might be the hardest pitcher that I will ever face,” said West Deptford catcher Ryan Baglivo, who had the first-inning, game-winning triple. Groome finished the season with a 2-3 record with a save, which includes the no-hitter. He had 90 strikeouts and 14 walks in 392/3 innings. He allowed 15 hits and gave up 10 runs, only five earned, finishing with a 0.77 ERA.

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Jason Groome, a 17-year-old from Barnegat High School in New Jersey, throws in the 90s and could be the top pick in the Major League Baseball draft, which starts today.

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USC offers Woodmont DB Bowen

The University of South Carolina held the first of its football camps on Saturday and the Gamecocks got a good look at linebacker Davonne Bowen (6-feet-2-inches, 214 pounds) of Woodmont High School in Piedmont. The defensive coaches must have liked what they saw because he picked up an offer, giving him a total of 20. “It’s truly a blessing and it’s really like a relief to finally get the offer,” Bowen said. “I’ve been looking and waiting for that USC offer to come in. They’ve been showing lots of interest and have been recruiting me for some time now. The coaches were saying they love my skill set and my athleticism and that I have the gift and talent and work ethic to play all four linebacker positions.” Bowen, who had 14 quarterback sacks and 61 1/2 tackles as a junior, also has offers from Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Marshall, Towson, Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Army, Furman, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Nevada and others. However, the one from USC really stands out to him now. “It really puts USC in my top choices,” he said. “I’ve always loved USC and I have really been waiting on the offer. I plan on visiting Missouri, Maryland, Wake Forest, Louisville and some others schools may be added to the list, but I will definitely be back to USC. I really don’t have a commit date. I’m just going decide to up and commit.” Other offers dished out on Saturday by USC included ones to 2018 LB Dax Hollifield (6-1, 220) of Shelby, N.C., ‘19 wide receiver Jacoby Pinckney (6-3, 192) of Dorman High in Roebuck and ‘18 defensive back Steven Gilmore Jr. (5-10, 160) of South Pointe High in Rock Hill, the brother of former USC star Stephon Gilmore. USC head coach Will Muschamp and some of his staff worked a camp at Jones Junior College in Mississippi on Sunday, and he got a look at athlete Aaron Abram (5-9, 180) of Hattiesburg, Miss. Abram must have impressed the coaches because he left the camp with his first offer. ”They said that I have impressive footwork, a lateral and vertical quickness, and that they can see me being dangerous in the return game,” Abram said. “They said that I can be used similar to the ways Georgia uses Isaiah McKenzie. I’m very blessed and fortunate to receive an offer from such a prestigious college.” Abram also is drawing interest from Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State, Louisiana-

Lafayette, LouisianaMonroe, Purdue and Louisville. Last season, Abram had 1,069 all-purpose yards Phil Kornblut and four Recruiting touchdowns. corner USC offered LB Colin Anderson (6-2, 210) of Killen, Ala., on Thursday, joining Arkansas, California, Michigan, Tulane, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Iowa, Louisville, Maryland, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest as some of the schools on his offer list. Anderson is interested in USC after getting the offer and is looking forward to learning more about the program. “They just like my build and speed,” Anderson said. “They also said they loved my film and the way I play the game. I like the system they are putting in place and the overall tenacity of the coaching staff. “I still have a lot to learn about them and how they envision me contributing to their program. I just know they’ve had a great deal of success in the past.” Anderson has not settled on a favorites list at this point and is not sure about visits he’ll take this summer because of his workout schedule and participation in team 7-on7s. However, he expects USC will get a visit. He visited Tennessee in late May. USC offered DB Donelle Thomas (5-11, 175) of Hialeah, Fla., last week. He also has offers from Syracuse, East Carolina, App State and Bowling Green. “I was happy when I got the offer,” Thomas said. “South Carolina has a great head coach. They said I find a way to make plays. I’ll probably be an inside corner(back).” Thomas has not yet visited USC and is not sure when he will make it in. The Gamecocks also offered running back Erin Collins (510, 180) of Seffner, Fla. Some of his other offers are Minnesota, Central Florida and Marshall. Other offers made by USC last week were to DB Grant Delpit of Houston; DB Kary Vincent Jr. of Port Arthur, Texas,; DB Troy Young of Mobile, Ala.,; WR Jeremy Singleton of New Orleans; RB Jalen Holston of Stockbridge, Ga.,; defensive end Tyree Johnson of Washington; ‘18 offensive lineman Warren Ericson of Duluth, Ga.,; ‘18 DB Randy Russell of Opa Locka, Fla.,; and ‘18 WR Shocky JacquesLouis of Lehigh Acres, Fla. Defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw (6-7 ,300) of Jones

County JC, a longtime USC commitment, said he had a very good spring academically with an overall grade point average of 2.7. On top of that, Kinlaw felt he also excelled on the field in spring practice. Kinlaw had hoped to get to USC with this year’s class, but didn’t have it academically, so he got a jump start on getting there through the side door by enrolling at Jones in January. By doing so, he can play one season of junior college ball and graduate in December, leaving him three seasons of eligibility, the same route Dante Sawyer took to USC. USC is monitoring his progress. According to Kinlaw, defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson was at the school this spring and he hears regularly from DL coach Lance Thompson. ATH Bruce Judson of Cocoa, Fla., has a top 10 of USC, Florida, Arizona, Texas Christian, Auburn, Pittsburgh, UCF, Virginia Tech, Alabama and Michigan State. He’s also still considering Kentucky and Maryland. Punter Demahni Hammitt of Lithonia, Ga., attended USC’s specialists camp on Sunday hoping to show he’s worthy of an offer down the road. He worked out in front of special teams coach Coleman Hutzler. “He was just telling me I’ve got very strong power and I need to keep hitting that ball hard like I do,” Hammitt said. “And he’s going to come to my games.” Hammitt will visit Georgia on Monday. He’s also hearing from Auburn, Georgia State, South Carolina State, Delta State and Saint Olive. USC also has interest in P/ placekicker Joseph Gurley (6-3, 195) of Killen, Ala. He averaged 42 yards per punt last season and had only four returned. He also had a 49-yard field goal and made 99 percent of his extra points. Gurley also is hearing from Alabama, Mississippi, Vandy, Southern Miss and Troy. He had planned to kick at USC on Sunday, but an ankle injury in his spring game two weeks ago prevented him from attending. He hopes to visit in July. DB Bam Laguerre (5-11, 170) of Miami visited USC late in the week. He didn’t get an offer on the visit, but is optimistic one will come. “I do feel like I will see an offer from them before fall due to the connection and bond I had with Coach T-Rob (Robinson) and Coach Muschamp. They love that I’m versatile, so fitting in their program I can play all three phases of defensive back.” Laguerre also has visited Miami, UF, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, South

Florida, Auburn, AlabamaBirmingham and Georgia State. He has offers from Southern, Idaho and is expecting one from UAB. DE KJ Henry, an ’18 recruit from Clemmons, N.C., visited USC on Thursday and UGA on Friday.

his senior season. He does plan to visit Clemson again this summer, and he also wants to see LSU and Maryland. Though USC is not in his top 10 list, Anthony said he also has interest in USC and would like to visit there this summer as well. USC AND CLEMSON WR Nico Collins of Pinson, DL Neil Farrell of Mobile, Ala., released a top seven in Ala., also was at USC’s camp no order of Clemson, UGA, over the weekend. He also has Michigan, Alabama, FSU, LSU offers from Clemson, Auburn, and Ole Miss. UK, Michigan, Louisiana OL Andrew Thomas of AtState, UF, Mississippi State lanta listed a top three with and others. UGA ahead of Clemson and USC and Clemson DE target Notre Dame. MJ Webb of Madison, Ga., was DB Jacoby Stevens of Murat Auburn on Saturday after freesboro, Tenn., has Clemson visiting Tennessee on Friday. back on his favorites list. SteLB Markail Benton of Phevens did not include Clemson nix City, Ala., cut his list to a on his first attempt at a short final three of Alabama, Aulist earlier in the spring, but burn and Florida State. Clemthe Tigers are there now along son, USC and LSU were in his with Alabama, Tennessee, final six. UGA, Auburn, FSU and LSU. WR Tee Higgins of Oak CLEMSON Ridge, Tenn., issued a top five, Clemson made offers to ‘18 in order, of Tennessee, ClemLB Eriq Gilyard of Jacksonson, Ohio State, FSU and Ole ville, Fla.; and ‘19 LB Charles Miss. Thomas of Fairburn, Ga., last Clemson is full at QB for the week. ‘17 class so the Tigers are eyeDE Jordan Williams of Virballing candidates for their ‘18 ginia Beach, Va., released his spots. Dorian Thompson-Robfinal five schools and Clemson, inson (6-2, 195) of Las Vegas which earlier in the spring spent several hours with the was left out of his initial top Tigers recently getting to 10, is firmly in the five. The know them better and vice others in the group are Virgin- versa. ia, VT, Ohio State and TennesThompson-Robinson has not see. yet picked up a Clemson offer, Williams said a common de- but that hasn’t diminished his nominator among his final five interest in the program. is the relationship he was able He’s a dual-threat QB who to build with each program sees a lot of ways his skill set through his individual recruit- will work in the Clemson ofers. Williams and Clemson re- fense. cruiters Marion Hobby and “On my visit they showed Brent Venables stay in regular me their depth chart and the contact and he also talks from guys they have committed, time to time with head coach and they think I’m the perfect Dabo Swinney. fit and could be the next (DeHe plans to visit Clemson, shaun) Watson,” ThompsonVT, Tennessee and Ohio State Robinson said. “I think the this summer. He’d like to same thing. That’s (the ofmake his decision in late July fense) pretty much the same or early August. thing I run right now at my LB Jordan Anthony of high school so it wouldn’t be Olney, Md., and IMG Academy that much of a change in in Florida released a top 10 of terms of concepts.” ThompClemson, Michigan, Maryland, son-Robinson has offers from Oklahoma, LSU, Penn State, Colorado, Michigan State, MizUGA, Ohio State, UCLA and zou and Utah. Oregon and Auburn. The list is not in UCLA are others involved and order and was based on comhe’ll visit Oregon this summer. munications with the schools He has also visited Southern and planned visits. Anthony California, Michigan, Michisaid Clemson has been workgan State, Ohio State, Arizona ing him as hard as any of the State and UNLV. Right now other schools. he’s not rushing the issue and “Coach Venables is one of is willing to wait and see how the best defensive coordinathings develop. tors so it definitely seems like a great place and a great fit for BASKETBALL Trey Wertz, a 6-5 player me,” Anthony said. “I went from Charlotte is a rising prosdown there when they played pect in the ‘18 class and he Florida State. The fans knew made an unofficial visit to who I was. Just the whole exClemson last week. Before perience was a great time for leaving, he landed an offer me.” from head coach Brad Anthony said all of his 10 Brownell, Wertz’s first from are equal and he doesn’t plan an ACC head coach. to make a decision until after

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Greg Deichmann hit a two-run, go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, Jared Poche retired 16 straight batters in relief, and LSU rallied past Rice 5-2 on Tuesday night to win the Baton Rouge Regional. Rice starter Willy Amador (2-2) worked six scoreless innings before LSU chased him with three runs in the seventh. Bryce Jordan started the inning with a sacrifice fly to pull the Tigers to 2-1 and Deichmann pushed his RBI total to 23 in his past 19 games. LSU catcher Michael Papierski hit a solo homer in the eighth and Kramer Robertson added a two-out RBI double. The Tigers (45-19) advanced to their 12th super regional appearance and will face Coastal Carolina on Saturday. Rice (38-24) jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two The Associated Press innings. Connor Teykl sliced a one-run double in the first and Hunter Kopycinski found a hole LSU’s Jared Poche’ pitches during the third inning of the Tigers’ 5-2 victory over Rice in the Baton Rouge on the left side for an RBI single in the second Regional on Tuesday. inning.

gled early against reliever Josh Reagan. From Page B1 Reagan pitched three scoreless innings before “We can be difficult to running into trouble in the beat here when we play eighth. The first three Sewell and get the crowd ahawks reached base and going,” Holbrook said. “We South Carolina brought in played at a high level for ace Clarke Schmidt in relief. four straight games. We A double by Casey Goldplayed about as good as we en scored two runs, an can play.” Andy Austin groundout South Carolina used a scored another and Zack five-run fourth inning to Canada added an RBI sintake control against UNCW, gle before Schmidt got out with Destino and Stokes of the jam with USC leadboth hitting two-run singles ing 8-5. and Arendas bringing South Carolina respondhome a run with a safety ed with a two-out rally in squeeze. the top of the ninth inning. Stokes had an RBI single Jonah Bride and Stokes in the sixth inning, Cone each were hit by a pitch walked with the bases load- and Jones drilled a pinched in the same frame and hit, two-run double off the Arendas hit a solo homer to top of the wall in right-cenright in the eighth before ter to give USC a couple of the Seahawks rallied late. big insurance runs. USC led 8-1 entering the Gamecocks starter bottom of the eighth inBraden Webb made his first ning. UNCW scored one relief appearance of the run off USC starting pitch- season and allowed only er Taylor Widener in four one baserunner in the innings of work and strugninth inning.

NCAA Division I regionals 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 Tuesday Coastal Carolina 7, N.C. State 5, comp. of susp. game, CCU advances 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 South Carolina 10, UNC Wilmington 5, USC advances 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

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 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 Rice 10, LSU 6 Tuesday LSU 5, Rice 2, LSU advances 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 Arizona 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Arizona advances 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) Coastal Carolina (47-16) vs. LSU (45-19) Texas Tech (44-17) vs. East Carolina (37-21) TCU (45-15) vs. Texas A&M (4814) Louisville (50-12) vs. UC Santa Barbara (40-18) South Carolina (46-16) vs. Oklahoma State (39-20) Mississippi State (44-16) vs. Arizona (42-21) Boston College (34-20) vs. Miami (48-11)

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Coastal Carolina players celebrate winning the Raleigh regional on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.

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From Page B1 The game resumed at 2:02 pm Tuesday for a delay of 13 hours, 57 minutes. Young ground out to first base, but drove in Anthony Marks to cut the CCU deficit to one, 5-4. Senior Tyler Chadwick, who was battling an injury, came off the bench to pinch hit and would re-load the bases with two outs after he was hit by a pitch. Lancaster, who has been one of Coastal’s hottest hitters over the last month, came through once again with a 2-run single that fell just in

front of Wolpfack right fielder Brock Deatherage to plate Michael Paez and Zach Remillard to give the Chants a 6-5 lead. Billy Cooke followed with a single to right field to bring home Chadwick to provide the final run. All-American Mike Morrison worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth for his 10th save. “I’ve coached for 31 years and this is the finest group of young men I’ve been around,” Gilmore said. “They simply refuse to quit and you can watch it in how they play and go about doing what they do.” N.C. State had beaten Coastal 8-1 earlier on Monday to

force the final game. lhe second game started an hour and 20 minutes late due to rain and endured a 39-minute rain delay in the fifth. Coastal got off to a quick start as Marks hit the second pitch of the game through the left side of the infield for a single. Paez followed with a two-run home run down the right field line for a 2-0 lead. N.C. State cut the deficit to, 2-1. Coastal got that run back in the fourth, but the Wolfpack got a run back in the fourth to make it 3-2. NCSU scored twice in the sixth and got another run in the eighth to go up 5-3.

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Flowers one back in SCGA Junior Championship HOLLYWOOD — Sumter’s Dixon Flowers is one shot off of the lead after the first round of the SCGA Junior Championship at Willow Creek Golf Club. Jack Parrott, the 2014 SCGA Junior champion, is the leader after shooting a 1 under par 71 in the soggy, first-round conditions. Flowers is in a 4-way tie for second with an even par 72 along James May, Tyler Gray and Drayton Stewart. Last year’s champion, Christian Salzer of Sumter, is six shots back after firing a 77. Sumter’s Walker Jones III shot a 76, while Easton Ward of Sumter shot a 79 and Manning’s Jacob Richburg shot an 80. The second round of the 54hole tournament will be played today.

Fighter Slice dead at 42 Kimbo Slice, the bearded street fighter who parlayed his internet popularity into a mixed martial arts career and worldwide fame, died at 42. Slice, whose real name was Kevin Ferguson, was taken to a hospital in Margate, Florida, near his home Monday, Coral Springs Police Sgt. Carla Kmiotek said. Slice’s death was confirmed by Mike Imber, his longtime manager. “We lost our brother today,” Imber said in a text message to The Associated Press. The cause of death was still unclear. Kmiotek said there is no active police investigation, and no foul play is suspected. Slice was scheduled to headline the Bellator 158 show in London next month in a bout

against James Thompson.

Some NBC employees opt out of Olympics Savannah Guthrie of the “Today” show put a public face Tuesday on what NBC says is a “small handful” of employees who will not travel to Rio de Janeiro this summer for Olympics coverage because of concern over the Zika virus. The co-host of the morning news show, who is 44, announced she was pregnant with her second child. Brazil is the country hardest-hit by the mosquito-borne virus, which can cause severe birth defects, including babies born with abnormally small heads. NBC is sending more than 2,000 employees to Brazil to cover the Olympics, which take place Aug. 5-21.

Stanford defends handling of assault case Stanford University “did everything within its power” to ensure justice in the case of a former swimmer sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, saying it moved swiftly to investigate and punish the student but that more needs to be done at the school and elsewhere to end sexual violence. The university banned Brock Turner from campus after wrapping up its investigation less than two weeks after the attack, calling it “the harshest sanction that a university can impose on a student,” according to a statement released Monday.

The 20-year-old Turner was sentenced last week to six months in jail and three years’ probation, sparking outrage from critics who say Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky was too lenient on a privileged athlete from a top-tier swimming program. Some are urging he be removed from the bench.

U.S. routs Costa Rica CHICAGO — Clint Dempsey had a goal and two assists, and the United States rebounded from its opening loss in Copa America with a convincing 4-0 victory over Costa Rica on Tuesday night. Jermaine Jones, Bobby Wood and Graham Zusi also scored as the U.S. moved into prime position to grab one of two spots in the knockout round coming out of Group A in South America’s championship. The Americans take on Paraguay in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

Oklahoma one win from softball title Sydney Romero’s three-run homer in the third inning gave Oklahoma a 3-2 victory over Auburn and put the Sooners a win away from their third national championship in softball.

Ex-NBA player Rooks dies Former NBA center and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Sean Rooks died at 46. Rooks played 12 seasons, averaging 6.2 points in 749 games with seven teams. From staff and wire reports

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Solarte’s 3-run home run carries Padres over Braves By BERNIE WILSON The Associated Press

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Orangeburg first baseman Hunter Watkins awaits a pickoff attempt in Post 4’s 9-5 loss to Sumter on Tuesday at Riley Park.

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make it 9-2. Orangeburg made it 9-3 in From Page B1 the seventh. Brant Shuler led off with a double against re“That was big for Ryan to liever Daniel Twitty and come through with that hit at scored on Robert Lewis’ sacrithat point,” said Campbell, fice fly. whose team improved to 9-1 Post 4 made it very uncomoverall and 7-0 in league play. fortable for Sumter in the “We haven’t been getting a lot eighth. Huddleston led off of hits like that in that situawith a double against Twitty tion.” and Hunter Watkins followed Left-hander Kyle Gray came with a single. Left-hander on in relief of Chestnut to get Chad Jones replaced Twitty the final out of the inning. He and got a strikeout before held Sumter scoreless over the walking Shuler and Vance next 5 1/3 innings, allowing Holden to force in a run and just four hits. He had three make it 9-4. strikeouts and didn’t walk a Jordan Rickenbaker reached batter. on an infield single to bring Meanwhile, Post 4, which home another run, leaving the fell to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in bases loaded in a 9-5 contest. league action, worked its way However, Jones struck out back into the game. Lewis and Gray to end the inIn the fourth, Mott singled ning. with one out off of P-15’s start“You have to give Coach er Williamson and Blake Hud- Frank (Leysath) and Orangedleston followed with the first burg a lot of credit,” Campbell of three straight doubles for said. “They came over here him. John Connor delivered and really battled us.” them with a single to left to Jones walked Mott to start

the ninth, causing Campbell to bring on Price in relief. He struck out Huddleston looking and got Watkins to hit to second baseman Daquan Ingram, who tagged out Mott and threw to first for the double play. Williamson worked five innings to get the victory. He allowed five hits and two runs, striking out six and walking only one. “We decided to pull Ryan (after five) because of pitch count,” Campbell said. “He was around 83 or 84 and we didn’t want him to go over 85.” Larrimore led the Sumer offense, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. Larrimer, Price and Ingram each had two hits. Post 4 finished with 12 hits. Besides Huddleston’s big night, Rickenbaker had two hits. The teams play today at Mirmow Field in Orangeburg at 7 p.m.

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Brawl mars Orioles’ win over slumping Royals BALTIMORE — Kansas City right-hander Yordano Ventura hit Manny Machado with a pitch to spark a bench-emptying fray, and the Baltimore Orioles extended the Royals’ losing streak to a season-high six games with a 9-1 rout Tuesday night. Mark Trumbo homered and drove in four runs, and the Orioles also got long balls from Ryan Flaherty, Chris Davis and Adam Jones. But the game’s most striking moment came in the fifth, when Ventura (4-4) drilled Machado in the back with a 99 mph fastball. In the second inning, with Baltimore leading 5-0, the two exchanged words after Ventura twice threw inside to the two-time All-Star. So in the fifth, an instant after the ball hit him, Machado charged the mound. Ventura prepared for the onslaught by slinging aside his cap and glove, but Machado landed a solid punch before the pitcher tackled him to the ground. Both dugouts and bullpens emptied before peace was restored. Machado was restrained by teammate Chris Tillman after the initial thrust. Machado and Ventura were ejected with the score 5-1. Pirates 3-3 Mets 1-1

PITTSBURGH — Juan Nicasio retired his first 12 batters and got his second win in six starts, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 3-1 on Tuesday night to complete a doubleheader sweep. The Pirates also won the first game 3-1 behind seven scoreless innings from Jon Niese against his former team.

Josh Harrison had three hits and Jordy Mercer hit his first home run at PNC Park since Aug. 31, 2014 in the first victory. Nicasio (5-4) allowed a run on three hits and two walks over five innings. He had gone 1-2 with a 6.23 ERA in his previous five starts, and manager Clint Hurdle acknowledged last week that he was considering moving the right-hander to the bullpen. Jacob deGrom (3-2) is winless in his last seven starts after he allowed three runs in six innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. He has not won since April 30 against San Francisco despite allowing three earned runs or fewer six times. Phillies 3 Cubs 2

PHILADELPHIA — Jerad Eickhoff threw seven impressive innings, Ryan Howard hit a solo homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Tuesday night. Eickhoff (3-8) allowed one run and two hits, striking out eight. Jeanmar Gomez pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and got the final six outs for his 19th save in 20 tries. Howard hit his ninth homer way out to right-center to make it 2-0 in the fourth. The 2006 NL MVP started for the first time since a fan threw a plastic beer bottle at him after Saturday’s game. Rookie Tommy Joseph has replaced the struggling Howard at first base and started the previous six games. Kyle Hendricks (4-5) gave up two runs and four hits, striking out six in five innings.

Maikel Franco and Odubel Herrera had RBI singles for the Phillies. Yankees 6 Angels 3

NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran and Starlin Castro homered for the second consecutive game, sending a resurgent Michael Pineda and the New York Yankees past the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 on Tuesday. Alex Rodriguez and Austin Romine each had an RBI single for the Yankees, who have won seven in a row against the Angels at home. Los Angeles has dropped 13 of its last 16 at Yankee Stadium. Pineda (3-6) threw 22 of 27 first-pitch strikes and tossed seven efficient innings in his longest start since July 4 last year at Tampa Bay. He gave up three runs and four hits, building on a solid performance last week in Detroit after struggling for much of the season. Reds 7 Cardinals 6

CINCINNATI — Joey Votto homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning on Tuesday night, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals after they blew a five-run lead for the second straight day. Votto connected off lefthander Kevin Siegrist (4-1) for his fifth career game-ending homer and Cincinnati’s third homer of the game. The Reds have won five of their last six games overall. Cincinnati pulled ahead 6-1 with the help of Adam Duvall’s three-run homer off Mike Leake. From wire reports

SAN DIEGO — No matter how dreary things are for the San Diego Padres, Yangervis Solarte always has a smile and some pep in his step. He’s got a pretty good bat, too, which he showed with a three-run homer that helped the Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2 Monday night in a matchup of last-place teams. Matt Kemp drove in two runs for San Diego. The Braves lost their fifth straight game and dropped to 16-41, worst in the majors. The Padres improved to 24-35. Solarte homered to right field off Williams Perez (2-2) with one out in the third inning, his fourth. Wil Myers and Kemp were aboard on singles. “He’s got life,” Padres manager Andy Green said about Solarte. “He’s got a lot of energy in the lineup. You can see the passion out on the baseball field. He loves playing baseball. I think it’s infectious in that way. He’s swinging the bat really well. The home run was big.” Solarte returned to the 25-man roster on May 21 after missing 38 games with a strained right hamstring. “I thought he was swinging the bat well before he got hurt,” Green said. “It was a big loss for us when he went down. We need that left-handed aspect of his bat.” Solarte hit a towering shot that landed a few rows behind a party deck atop the right-field wall. “I was just trying to hit the ball straight, to get a double,” he said. “I got a home run. That’s much better. And we won. That’s the most important.” Solarte said it’s not his nature to be quiet. “I try to talk to everybody and pull everybody together,” he said. “That’s the most important for me. If you play happy, everything is happy, you know?” Kemp hit a sacrifice fly in the first and an RBI double with one out in the fifth. Perez left with soreness in his right triceps after pitching to Kemp and was replaced by Casey Kelly, traded from San Diego for catcher Christian Bethancourt in December. Solarte’s comebacker hit

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Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman strikes out in the Braves’ 7-2 loss to San Diego on Monday in San Diego.

Kelly’s glove and practically knocked him over, and Melvin Upton Jr. followed with an RBI grounder to make it 6-1. Kelly was recalled earlier Monday from Triple-A Gwinnett, his third promotion this season. To make roster room, the Braves optioned righty John Gant. Interim manager Brian Snitker said the Braves hope to know more about Perez on Tuesday, and hope he’ll be able to make his next start. “It seemed more like it was a cramp to me, the way he was describing it,” Snitker said. “The three-run homer I think just wasn’t a real good pitch. It didn’t break well, didn’t have a lot of teeth in it. Just kind of stayed right there for him to hit.” In the first inning, Perez got Solarte to ground out on a changeup. “My first pitch I threw him a fastball; after that he was waiting offspeed. He just jumped on it,” Perez said. Padres lefty Christian Friedrich (3-1) held the Braves to two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked two. Perez yielded six runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked none. Friedrich allowed Jeff Francoeur’s RBI groundout in the first. He left after giving up Ender Inciarte’s single with two outs in the seventh that put runners on first and second. Carlos Villanueva came on and allowed Chase d’Arnaud’s third hit, an RBI single.

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Sullivan pushing all right buttons for Penguins By WILL GRAVES The ASsociated Press

PITTSBURGH — There is no magic button, even if the correlation between Mike Sullivan’s deft attempts to a get player’s attention and that player almost immediately elevating his game is unmistakable. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach insists he’s just doing his job, one that has brought the underachieving team to within three periods of a Stanley Cup that seems as inevitable now as it seemed unlikely when he took over in mid-December. Pittsburgh headed home Tuesday with a firm 3-1 lead over the San Jose Sharks in the tightly contested but ultimately one-sided best-of-seven after Evgeni Malkin picked up a goal and an assist in a 3-1 victory on Monday night. Malkin’s performance came barely 36 hours after Sullivan praised the star center for his hard work while adding the team needed even more from him if the Penguins wanted to close out the franchise’s fourth title. And just like that, it happened. There was Malkin getting the secondary assist on Ian Cole’s opening goal. There was Malkin redirecting Phil Kessel’s pass from the circle into the net for a 2-0 advantage. There was Malkin skating with purpose, breaking up passes on one end of the ice and looking for his shot at the other. His first goal of the Cup final came when he darted for the far post on the power play and found himself all alone when Kessel threaded it to him. “It’s not like great goal, but it’s just go to net, you know, and stay close to net and try play around net,” Malkin said. “When I have puck, I’m try shoot. It’s simple game tonight for me.” A vintage one too. Ditto Sullivan, whose knack for drawing the best out of his players during Pittsburgh’s thrillingly arduous playoff run is becoming so frequent it’s tempting to ask him for lottery numbers. He noticed rookie Conor Sheary looking fatigued during the Eastern Conference finals against Tampa Bay and sat him for Game 5. Sheary,

OBITUARIES RUTHIE M. WILLIAMS A memorial service for Ruthie M. Williams will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 99 Oswego Road, Sumter. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., SumWILLIAMS ter, and other times at 328 Wright St., Sumter. Ruthie M. Williams, wife of Henry Williams, departed this life on June 2, 2016. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Eddie Jr. and Mamie Davis Dees. Mrs. Williams was a faithful and dedicated member of the East Sumter Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Mrs. Williams was employed by Campbell Soup Co. and Palmetto Health Tuomey. Survivors include her husband, Henry Williams; two daughters, Sonya Lacey of Blythewoood and Fernaundra (Henry) Brooks of Sumter; two sons, Justin Williams of Sumter and Marcus (Tawana) Williams of Columbia; brothers, the Rev. Eddie (Gayle) Deas III of Gastonia, North Carolina, and Ralph (Vernette) Deas of Columbia; and a host of other relatives and friends. Condolences may be made on their family tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com Palmer Memorial Chapel is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

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Pittsburgh head coach Mike Sullivan has the Penguins on the cusp of a Stanley Cup title in large part to Sullivan’s uncanny ability to get the attention of a struggling Evgeni Malkin. rested and still confident after a brief talk with Sullivan, returned to his pest-like self and has scored twice during the Cup final, including the overtime winner in Game 2. Sullivan pulled struggling defenseman Olli Maatta in the second round against Washington yet stressed to the 21-year-old Maatta he would eventually get another chance, one that arrived when Trevor Daley went down with an ankle injury. All Maatta has done since his return is become the best Pittsburgh defenseman not named Kris Letang. A sluggish night by rookie goaltender Matt Murray in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals led to Sullivan’s most risky decision. He awarded the Game 5 start to veteran Marc-Andre Fleury, a move he made after taking 10 minutes to explain the reasoning behind it to Murray. It made all

the difference. When Fleury slipped late in an overtime loss, Sullivan went right back to Murray. The 22-year-old is 5-1 since returning to the lineup. “Every player goes through their ups and downs, times when they’re at the top of their game, and times where it can be a bit of a challenge,” Sullivan said. “I think that’s just human nature. Our players are no different. It never changes our opinions of these guys or how we feel about them. It’s our responsibility as their coaching staff to try to help them through the process.” A responsibility that Sullivan takes seriously. The hyper-competitive forward who spent 11 seasons grinding out a career developed an appreciation for coaches who didn’t mince words. He places a premium on transparency. There is very little guessing about

lard, entered into eternal rest on Friday, June 3, 2016, at Sumter Health Rehabilitation Center. Born on Oct. 25, 1919, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Elder Salters Sr. and Beatrice Rembert Ballard. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on ThursBALLARD day at Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, with the pastor, the Rev. James Sutton, giving words of comfort, assisted by the Rev. Ruth Maple Oliver and the Rev. Laddie Howard. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence of his son-in-law and daughter, Buster and Margie Ballard Mack, 2955 Hermitage Drive. Visitation for Mr. Ballard will be from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the Robert Scriven Jr. Memorial Chapel. Ephriam D. Stephens Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of arrangements. “Where Dignity is the Watch Word”

Gilliland Brutsch, died on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at his residence. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Howard Cooper and Brenda Ann Fleetwood Brutsch. Howard worked for and dedicated his life to Builder’s First Source for more than 28 years. He retired in 2010 as their general manager. Howard enjoyed working on various projects and there was very little he couldn’t fix. He was an avid golfer and won many tournaments throughout his life. He also enjoyed fishing, working outdoors, barbecuing, and listening to bluegrass and 60’s music. Howard was dedicated to his family and will be remembered as a very loving husband, father, brother and friend. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Surviving are two sons, Charles Eugene Brutsch and his wife, Kristen, and Howard Michael Brutsch, both of Sumter; one brother, Henry David Brutsch of Florida; and one sister, Sarah Katherine Perdue and her husband, Tom, of California. In addition to his wife and parents, Howard was preceded in death by one brother, Jimmie David Brutsch, and one sister, Frankie Lynn Brutsch. A celebration of life will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Bullock Funeral Home. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

ETHEL FARMER BISHOPVILLE — Ethel Farmer entered eternal rest on June 6, 2016, at McCoy Memorial Nursing Center, Bishopville. The family is receiving friends at 496 Donald Davis Road, Lucknow community, Bishopville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

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Howard Wendall Brutsch, beloved husband of Charlotte

what’s on his mind, mostly because he doesn’t hesitate to say what needs to be said and if you don’t like the tone, well, that’s on you though Sullivan makes it a point to never make it personal. “When he needs to he can call you out and tell you that he wants more from you,” Murray said. And no one is immune, regardless of status. When Malkin failed to register anything on the scoresheet through the first three games of the Cup final, Sullivan decided it was time to speak up. “He’s been a big part of this playoff success,” Sullivan said. “But certainly I know that there’s another level that he has to help us win.” The comments came only after Sullivan spoke to Malkin, the new father — his daughter Nikita was born last Tuesday — well aware of his own inability to transfer his power

ROSA MAE PRINGLE Rosa Mae Pringle, 87, wife of Elijah Pringle, died on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on May 31, 1929, in Lee County, she was a daughter of Wilhelmenia Bracey. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 710 Simpson Road. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

ROOSEVELT MILLER JR. Roosevelt Miller Jr., 82, departed this life on May 18, 2016, in Yucca, California. A son of South Carolina returns home to be laid to rest at noon on Saturday at Willow Grove AME Church, Sumter Landing Road, Horatio. Roosevelt was the eldest child born to the late Roosevelt Sr. and Elizabeth Dennis Miller. Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.

FLORA WRIGHT Flora Wright, 92, widow of Earl Wright, died on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at her home. Born on Nov. 1, 1923, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Elijah and Sarah Davis Gredic. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 19 Chestnut St. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

PARALEE WILSON COLUMBIA — On Thursday, June 2, 2016, Paralee Wilson exchanged time for eternity at Palmetto Health Richland. Born on Dec. 1, 1935, in Manning, she was a daughter

and creativity into points. Given an opportunity to lift Pittsburgh to the cusp of a title, Malkin looked like the force of nature who bulled his way to the Conn Smythe Trophy the last time the Penguins won it all in 2009. “When he turns it on, obviously what he can do for us is huge for our team,” Cole said. Then again, in Sullivan’s mind that makes Malkin no different than any of the other 20 guys in black-and-gold. He tries to work phrases like “play the right way” and “our group” in to nearly every answer. His team’s rise over the last six months is a collective effort, not a star-driven one. “I’ve told these guys from day one that we believe in this group,” Sullivan said. “We believe in our players, and we know when the stakes are high, they’re going to be at their best.” No magic button required.

of the late Jessie and Leila Davis Wilson. Service of remembrance will take place at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 105 Dinkins St., Manning, where the Rev. Michelle Holland will preside. The pastor, the Rev. George P. Windley Sr., will deliver words of hope. The service of committal will follow in the Wilson family plot located in the Manning Cemetery. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 105 Oakland St., Manning. Fleming & DeLaine Funeral Home & Chapel of Manning is in charge of these services. Online condolences may be sent to www.flemingdelaine. com or flemingdelaine@aol. com

GEORGIA MAE MACK BISHOPVILLE — Georgia Mae Mack entered eternal rest on June 1, 2016, at her residence, 44 Hawthorne Court, Bishopville. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Barnettsville Baptist Church, Bishopville, with the pastor, the Rev. Wayne Montgomery, officiating. Interment will follow in Barnettsville Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

ANDREA OWENSFORD BISHOPVILLE — Andrea Owensford, of Brooklyn, New York, entered eternal rest on June 6, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

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Read, be entertained at the library All Sumter branches host summer programs BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Registration begins today at all three library branches for the Sumter County Library’s summer reading program, On Your Mark, Get Set, READ! Sponsored and funded by the Friends of the Sumter County Library, the program provides fun and educational activities for young people four days a week through July 29. Its main focus, however, is on encouraging reading, which is a strong element the first guest performer, Zelnik the Magician, always incorporates into his show. He’ll be on the Sumter Opera House stage on Wednesday, June 15. Zelnik has been a favorite of children and adults in his previous eight performances for the summer reading program. He made a brief foray into magic when he was in middle school, Zelnik said, but “just wasn’t any good.” He took up magic again — part time — SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO while he was flying for US Air Children and adults are amused at a show by Zelnik the Magicians at a recent Sumter County Library sum- Express, and his interest grew. Now retired, he said he enjoys mer program. performing for family shows; the Charlotte resident does Porkchop Productions will around 45 to 50 shows around explore the lessons in the Carolinas during the sumAesop’s fable about the mers. race between “The Tortoise In a recent after-show interand the Hare” at the view with The Sumter Item, Sumter County Library on Zelnik said he has always been North Harvin Street July 6. a fan of magicians David Copperfield and Blackstone, watching them and magicians like PHOTO COURTESTY Criss Angel and David Blaine, PORKCHOP PRODUCTIONS and he credits the Harry Potter books and films for making magic even more popular over the past decade. For those interested in learning to do magic, Zelnik recommends reading books about magic, visiting magic stores and talking to the magicians. He also advised working on stage presence and presentation: “Presentation is at least 75 percent of magic.” Zelnik’s magic act is interactive, and he often invites his young audience members up to the stage to assist him. See Zelnik at the Sumter Opera House at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 15. Like all of the library’s summer reading programs, his performance is free, thanks to the Friends of the Library. Porkchop Productions, a professional theater company based in Aiken, also incorporates audience participation in its performances. The company, now in its 25th year, performs around the Southeast, often for schools, libraries and

youth groups, and produces drama and art programs for young people. Porkchop Productions is on the Approved Artists Roster of the South Carolina Arts Commission as well as the Southern Artist Registry. Recent appearances include Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Dare Days in Manteo, North Carolina, and Caribbean cruises. Their plays, many based on fairy tales and fables, always have an important lesson, even while involving the audience and provoking lots of laughs. One teacher even compared their show to Carol Burnett’s TV programs. The colorfully costumed company members are trained actors and musicians who are in great demand. For the library’s reading program, they’re presenting the Aesop fable “The Tortoise and the Hare,” described as a “high energy adaptation ... (with) all of your favorite characters, plus a few new ones ... .” To find out the lesson from this fable, attend Porkchops Productions’ performance at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, at the main library, 111 S. Harvin St. Admission is free. Programs will also include special presentations such as Charisma Floyd’s motivational program for young people at the South Sumter branch on Monday, June 13, story times and movies, crafts and demonstrations, including fitness, martial arts, visual art and more. Registered participants ages 2 to 12 can earn two prizes and a certificate for reading, or having read to them, six and 12 books. Teens up to 18 get a prize for reading four books. Summer reading programs are presented at all three branches of the Sumter County Library through July 29, when the Wrap-Up Party is held at the Wesmark Branch. Attend On Your Mark, Get Set, READ! programs at: • Sumter County Main Library, 111 N. Harvin St., (803) 773-7273 — Tuesdays, Wednesdays • South Sumter Branch, 337 Manning Ave., (803) 775-7132 — Mondays • Wesmark Branch, 180 W. Wesmark Blvd., (803) 469-8110 — Fridays For more information or to register, call (803) 773-7273, visit www.sumtercountylibrary.org or visit any branch. Complete schedules are available online or at the branches.

York journeyed from small town to Hollywood Actress Francine York is shown in the 1967 film “City Beneath the Sea,” left, and in 2014.

BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks For Francine York, the road to Hollywood began in the small iron mining town of Aurora, Minnesota, where she was born in 1938. Her family moved to Cleveland briefly, before returning to Aurora, during which years she performed in school plays. Trips to the local cinema introduced her to stars such as David Niven in “Wuthering Heights” and Neil Hamilton in early 1930s Tarzan films. “I never imagined at the time I would end up working with many of these actors,” York said from Los Angeles. But it was York’s mom who predicted young Francine’s future. She would recount the time her daughter first witnessed the spectacular aurora borealis lights, visible from their northern Minnesota hometown close to the Canadian border. “She told me I asked ‘Momma, is that the end of the world?’” remembered York. “Her reply was ‘No, it means you’re going to be a star and go to Hollywood.’” In 1959, her mother’s prophecy came true when 21-year-old Francine se-

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cured a small role as a secretary in an episode of the TV series “Rescue 8,” the first of more than 120 film and TV credits (see www.francineyork.net). In 1964, she worked with David Niven in the comedy “Bedtime Story.” The following year, she appeared in two low budget sci-fi films “Mutiny in Outer Space” and “Space Probe Taurus.” “The producer, Burt Topper, had to cut corners in ‘Space Probe Taurus’ and did the voice of the narrator and built the whole spaceship himself,” ex-

plained York. “For shots showing the stars in space, he poked holes in a piece of black velvet with lights behind. I told him ‘You’re the only man I know who built his own universe!’” On television, York appeared in many classic ‘60s series including the “Lost in Space” episode, The Colonists. “My character was an alien, the noble Niolani,” she said. “The outfit I wore was a skintight piece of black latex, a black pointed headdress, and I carried this fancy scepter. Why didn’t I

take the scepter home with me! Those props are priceless today, and I could have lived the rest of my life on it!” In 1996, York met 90-year-old director Vincent Sherman and became his companion until he died one month short of his 100th birthday. She says they never lived together but remained good friends despite their 30-year age difference. “Vincent was an astute director and had a remarkable attitude,” she noted. “Despite losing some big directing jobs to others, he was never bitter about anyone.” That’s a philosophy York says she also followed on her Hollywood journey. “I’ve tried to be positive throughout my life and display an attitude of gratitude for all that I’ve achieved,” said York, who is currently finishing her autobiography. “It was a wonderful blessing coming from a small town, but I always knew I would leave and travel the road to Hollywood.” Nick Thomas has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. See www.tinseltowntalks.com.

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Zingy picnic salad is fast, healthy lunch BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press In our small hometown, Sunday evening’s concert in the park is more than just a gathering of locals and tourists. It’s how we mark the passage of time between May and September. Over the years, we’ve become picnicking experts. My top two pieces of advice on picnic-planning are keep it simple and keep it flavorful. Because the getting ready — packing up a tablecloth or blanket and all the dishes — takes time, I’ve learned to make the menu extra-simple. But extra simple doesn’t mean sacrificing on flavor. My solution is to turn to a trusted

supermarket shortcut, the rotisserie chicken, as a starting point for a deceptively simple, yet unbelievably complex-tasting, chicken salad. A very distant cousin to the overcreamy chicken salad grandma used to make, this dish gets its garlickyherbaceous flavor from pre-made pesto. A generous helping of lemon zest adds depth and balance. But the secret of this dish is capers added, with the juice. Pack a thermal container of this chicken salad along with whole wheat pita halves, a head of lettuce for lettuce wraps, raw vegetables and a big bunch of grapes, and you have a strong picnic game for Sunday, or anytime.

LEMON-PESTO CHICKEN SALAD Start to finish: 15 minutes Yield: 4 servings For the dressing: 3 tablespoons prepared pesto 3 tablespoons low-fat plain Greek yogurt 2 tablespoons capers, brine included (do not drain) 1 tablespoon lemon zest 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper For the salad: 1/2 rotisserie chicken, cubed (about 2 1/2 cups)

1/2 cup finely chopped celery 1 cup cherry tomato halves 1 green onion, chopped Lemon wedges and parsley for garnish (optional) To make the dressing, mix all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl with a spoon. In a large bowl, place the chicken, celery, tomato, and green onion. Spoon the dressing on top and stir to coat. Chill until serving. Serve with lettuce wraps, whole wheat pita, or tortillas. Nutrition information per serving: 243 calories; 107 calories from fat; 12 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 80 mg cholesterol; 296 mg sodium; 5 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 28 g protein.

Pit masters share their recipes for backyard pork BY FAMILY FEATURES Tired of the same old go-to grilling recipes? Shake up your backyard barbecue with fresh pork this summer. From tender ribs to mouth-watering tenderloins and juicy chops, the options are endless. Take your cookout to the next level with these grilling tips and recipes from awardwinning celebrity pit masters Tuffy Stone and Moe Cason: • Use fresh, high-quality

cuts of meat, like Smithfield Fresh Pork, which is available in a variety of cuts and seasonings. • Allow cooked meats to rest 3-5 minutes before serving to lock in natural juices. • Check for proper doneness with a meat thermometer. Remember meats will continue cooking after they’re removed from the grill. These and other great grilling recipes are available at SmithfieldThrowdown.com.

MAPLE-GLAZED BLACK PEPPER CHOPS Recipe courtesy of Moe Cason Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons minced shallots 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme 2 teaspoons minced garlic 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper 6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup dark agave nectar 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 teaspoons sea salt, plus extra for seasoning 4 bone-in New York pork chops, 1-inch thick In small saucepan, combine butter, shallots, thyme, garlic and pepper. Cook over low heat until garlic has browned. Stir in vinegar, agave nectar, maple syrup and salt; heat until slightly thickened. Remove pan from heat. Heat charcoal grill to medium; lightly oil grates. Lightly sprinkle surface of chops with sea salt; grill 6 minutes per side. Brush glaze on both sides of chops and grill until internal temperature reaches 150 F and glaze is caramelized.

SMOKED BACK RIBS WITH ROASTED TOMATO, HONEY AND CHIPOTLE GLAZE Recipe courtesy of Tuffy Stone Prep time: 10 minutes, plus 1 hour stand time Cook time: 3 1/2-4 hours Servings: 3-6 Dry Rub 3 tablespoons kosher salt 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper 1 teaspoon onion powder 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper Ribs 3 racks pork back ribs Apple juice, in spray bottle Glaze 1 can (14.5 ounces) fire roasted diced tomatoes 1 cup diced onion 1 tablespoon minced garlic 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup tomato paste 1 teaspoon chile powder 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon paprika 1/4 cup honey

3 tablespoons pureed chipotle chiles in adobo sauce One hour before smoking, make dry rub. Combine all ingredients in small bowl; mix well. Pat ribs dry with paper towels; generously coat both sides with rub. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour. Heat grill for indirect cooking at 250-275 degrees. Place the ribs, meaty side down, over drip pan and cook 2 hours, spraying both sides with apple juice every 30 minutes. Add about 12 coals to grill every 45 minutes to maintain heat. Meanwhile, saute tomatoes, onion and garlic in olive oil over medium heat 2 minutes. Stir in tomato paste; cook 2 minutes. Add remaining ingredients; cook 15 minutes until onions are tender; let cool. Carefully pour glaze into blender and pulse until smooth. Add water to thin, if needed. Remove ribs from grill; brush both sides with glaze. Double-wrap each rack in heavyduty aluminum foil. Return wrapped ribs to grill and cook 1 1/2-2 hours over indirect heat, until tender. Add more coals as needed to maintain temperature. Remove ribs from grill and unwrap. Place over indirect heat on grill and brush with more glaze. Cook 5 minutes until glaze is set. Turn ribs and repeat with more glaze. Source: Smithfield

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Steakhouse quality can be achieved in your own backyard BY FAMILY FEATURES Here’s a secret: You know those mouth-wateringly delicious steaks you pay top dollar for at steakhouses? You can come pretty close to replicating them in your own backyard with a quality cut from your local grocery store. The secret? A super-hot grill and a little attention to technique. Learn how to perfect the art of grilling steak by following these tips from World Champion Pitmaster Chris Lilly. Never again will a jaw-dropping price tag stand between you and a juicy, flavorful steak. The secret to grilling a great steak is a good cut of meat. Look at the steak itself; don’t just read labels. Look for marbling and an even, bright (not shiny) red color. Avoid wet-looking beef, especially if there is noticeable liquid in the tray. Whether you’re grilling rib eye, filet mignon or a simple sirloin, follow these six simple steps. • For steaks, you want the heat as high as possible. Use approximately 100 Kingsford Professional Briquets. When coals are ready, arrange a twozone fire. Replace grate, allow it to heat up and use tongs to brush with an oil-soaked paper towel. • Before placing on the grill, allow steak to sit 30 minutes at room temperature. Trim excess fat to avoid flare-ups. Liberally apply salt and pepper. Flip and repeat. • Place steak at the hottest part of the grate, directly above coals and sear 2-3 minutes, then flip and repeat. Don’t move the steak, as this will prevent optimal grill marks. Close the lid to prevent flare-ups. • After searing, move steak to the warm side of the grate, close the lid and continue to cook until desired doneness. You don’t need to flip the steak during this indirect grilling stage. • Using a digital instant-read meat thermometer, check the temperature of the steak

while it’s still on the grill (125 degrees for rare, 135 degrees for medium-rare, 145 degrees for medium, 150 degrees for medium well and 160 degrees for well done). Remember, steak will continue to cook after it’s removed from the grill. • Place steak on cutting board, loosely cover with aluminum foil and allow it to rest 5 minutes before serving. Find more tips for grilling the perfect steak at kingsford. com.

PEPPER AND HERB CRUSTED FLANK STEAK Recipe courtesy of Chris Lilly’s “Fire & Smoke a Pitmaster’s Secrets” on Behalf of Kingsford Charcoal Prep time: 15 minutes, plus 2-12 hours for marinade Cook time: 10 minutes Servings: 6 2 flank steaks (approximately 2 pounds each) 1/4 cup thyme, freshly minced 2 tablespoons tarragon, freshly minced 2 tablespoons black pepper, coarsely ground 1 tablespoon rosemary, freshly minced 4 cloves garlic, finely minced 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons soy sauce 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper In small bowl, combine all wet and dry seasonings and mix, forming coarse paste. Spread paste over both sides of each steak. Wrap each steak individually with GLAD Cling Wrap and refrigerate 2-12 hours. Build a charcoal fire for direct grilling. Grill steaks directly over coals, approximately 450-500 degrees, 5 minutes on each side. Internal temperature of steak should reach 130135 degrees for medium rare to medium doneness. For optimum tenderness, cut flank steaks across the grain into 1/4-inch slices and serve. Source: Kingsford

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Soon-to-be mom may not want father involved DEAR ABBY — I’m four months’ pregnant by my ex-boyfriend. We ended our relationship six months Dear Abby ago but continued to see ABIGAIL each other VAN BUREN for sex. He’s in the Army and has been diagnosed with depression and PTSD. At first he was my knight in shining armor, but after I moved into his house, he become mentally and physically abusive. He is now in a new relationship. He changed his phone number and hasn’t checked on me or our baby

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Cold War drama ‘The Americans’ wraps up season BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Some of the better character actors working today loom large in two series tonight. Melissa Leo reprises her role as Nurse Pam on “Wayward Pines” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). She was seen last month as Lady Bird Johnson in the HBO adaptation of “All the Way” and received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 2008 independent film “Frozen River.” No stranger to television, Leo got her start in soaps “All My Children” and “The Young Riders” before appearing on “Homicide.” Leo’s co-star in “All the Way,” Frank Langella, continues his pivotal role on “The Americans” (10 p.m., FX, TVMA), wrapping up its fourth season tonight. He plays Gabriel, the KBG handler for Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell). He’s a kindly, civilized figure with a hint of menace beneath his avuncular calm. Langella has become a go-to performer for the strange, conflicted powerful older male, as he is best known for playing Richard Nixon in an Oscar-nominated role in “Frost/Nixon” in 2008. Langella was joined this season on “The Americans” by Dylan Baker, a wonderful actor who has been a key part of so many great projects, alternating from independent films like “Happiness” to some of the more acclaimed TV of the past decade, including “The Good Wife, “Damages” and the recent HBO movie “Confirmation.” His character William is at the center of a cat-and-mouse game over a bio-weapon that threatens to unravel years of secret arrangements, identities and lies. Not to mention killing a lot of people. Along the way, William delivers a moving soliloquy about the desperately isolated life of the secret agent, a speech about deception, selfdeception and loneliness that goes to the heart of “The Americans.” For all of the Cold War drama and 1980s decor, the series is really about identity. This comes to the forefront when Philip attends an est seminar, a place to explore his deeper feelings about himself. But “who” is really talking

his new powers on “Cleverman” (10 p.m., Sundance, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE A playboy (Robert Taylor) falls for a temptress from Saigon (Hedy Lamarr) in the 1939 drama “Lady of the Tropics” (4:30 p.m., TCM). Written by Ben Hecht.

SERIES NOTES Working below their pay grade on “Undercover Boss” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Ghost mercenaries on the loose on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * “NBA Countdown” (8:30 p.m., ABC) * Uber killers on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV14) * Deadly gas on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Cairo killers on “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). ALI GOLDSTEIN / FX

Frank Langella stars as Gabriel, Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings and Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings in the “Persona Non Grata” season finale episode of “The Americans,” airing at 10 p.m. today on FX. when he addresses the group about feeling trapped? Philip the father, husband and travel agent? Clark, the bigamist betrayer? Mischa, the Soviet youth dragged into spycraft in a strange and hostile land? Viewers have to suspend a lot of belief to accept such amazing performances. Like “24” and “Homeland,” “The Americans” asks us to believe that stark Cold War or terror threats always take a backseat to rivals and betrayals in our own marriages, families and neighborhoods. But these domestic concerns also help “The Americans” from becoming too grim. Sure, it’s illogical that FBI agent Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) has no clue that Philip, his neighbor and racquetball partner, is a Soviet spy and not a travel agent. But there’s also something reassuring and even amusing about his neighborly feelings. “The Americans” has worked hard to convince us that Stan is a lonely, divorced, middle-aged man. It’s nice to see that he’s found a friend, somebody to play with.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Atlanta competitors face

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Bryan at the 2016 CMT Music Awards (8 p.m., CMT, Nickelodeon), live from Nashville. • Whitney’s health may be at risk on the third season premiere of “My Big Fat Fabulous Life” (9 p.m., TLC, TV-PG). • Emotions run high after a shooting in the ER on “The Night Shift” (10 p.m., NBC, TV14). • Koen tries to understand

LATE NIGHT “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” and “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” are preempted * James Corden, Riley Keough, Frank Rich and Jon Theodore visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Ben Schwartz, Linda Cardellini and Tegan and Sara appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate

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WATERMELON WINE SPRITZERS 2 cups small cubed chilled seedless watermelon 1 bottle chilled Chardonnay 2 tablespoons grenadine syrup 12 ounces chilled sparkling mineral water Divide the watermelon among 6 to 8 white wine glasses, then divide the wine, grenadine and sparkling water among the glasses and give them a quick stir. Serve immediately.

KIDS’ WATERMELON STRAWBERRY SHAKE 8 ounces lemon nonfat yogurt 2 cups cubed, seedless watermelon 1 pint fresh strawberries, cleaned and hulled 1 medium banana, peeled and sliced In blender or food processor, process yogurt, watermelon, strawberries and banana until smooth and frothy. Serve immediately.

FIRECRACKER GUACAMOLE Recipe and photo courtesy of the California Avocado Commission 1 mini seedless watermelon 8 ripe, avocados, peeled, seeded and coarsely mashed 1/4 cup minced green onions 2 tomatoes ripe, seeded and diced 4 habanero chiles, stemmed, seeded and minced (or less, to taste) 2 tbsp lemon juice dash salt (to taste) Roll the watermelon to find the flattest side; place that side on bottom. Slice the top third of the watermelon off. Wrap and set aside. Hollow out the red watermelon from the remaining watermelon section; reserve fruit for another use. A rice paddle works well for this task. Make sure all of the red part of the watermelon is removed. Pat dry with paper towels, then sprinkle with salt. Place upside down on a rimmed tray lined with paper towels and refrigerate overnight. For the guacamole, gently combine all ingredients in a medium serving bowl. Let sit for at least 10 minutes for the flavors to blend. With paper towels, rub inside of watermelon bowl to remove salt and thoroughly dry. Fill with Firecracker Guacamole, serve and enjoy. Variation: For a milder guacamole substitute a mild chile pepper for the habanero, or omit the chile. Serving suggestion: Serve with fresh veggies or crisp chips.

LEMONADE CREAM PIE SHOOTER 2 cups watermelon liquified 5 tablespoons cornstarch 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup Splenda 1 1/2 cups diced watermelon 1 4.3-ounce package of Lemon Jell-O Cook & Serve Pudding and Pie Filling 1/2 cup egg substitute 1 graham cracker crust 3/4 cup diced watermelon In a small saucepan, heat watermelon juice, cornstarch, 1 /2 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup Splenda over medium heat, stirring frequently until mixture comes to a gentle boil and thickens. Remove from heat and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Stir in 1 1/2 cups diced watermelon and return to refrigerator until warm, not hot. While watermelon is cooling, place pudding mix, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup

FROZEN SMOOTHIE POPS Kids’ Watermelon Strawberry Shake Small paper cups Popsicle sticks Pour prepared Watermelon Strawberry Shake into small paper cups. Freeze, inserting popsicle sticks or plastic spoons when mixture is partially frozen. Or, pour Watermelon Strawberry Shake into ice cream machine. Set and enjoy.

Splenda, egg substitute, and 2 1/2 cups milk in a blender and whip. Pour into a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir frequently until pudding comes to a boil and thickens. Remove from heat, cool slightly. Pour warmed watermelon mixture into pie crust. Top with slightly cooled lemon pudding to cover. Refrigerate for 3 hours or more. To serve, cut individual pieces and sprinkle top with diced watermelon.