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BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Sumter County residents will have new options for water as Oswego Rural Water Co. announced a project

to expand deeper into Sumter County.

Oswego spokeswoman Inge Hamilton said the primary reason for the expansion is to provide the service for people in the county who don’t get their water from the city, saying the company’s goal is to provide as many people with clean water as possible.

Hamilton said this has been a project 12 or 13 years in the making, and Oswego is trying to make sure those who need water in the community get it.

Hamilton said the people in the area it is expanding into use mostly wells, and the water from the wells contains a lot of red dirt from the soil and is not good to use for laundry or as drinking water.

She said if the water being used in this area were being used for a private business, it would be shut down.

There is no expected start or completion date for the project, and Hamilton said the company needs 140 more people to sign up for water

within Oswego’s coverage area so it can receive funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build the new lines. People who register can be from the expansion area or the area Oswego already covers.

The expansion, if approved, would be bound in the north by Congruity Road, Tearcoat Branch Road in the east, East Brewington Road on the west and the Clarendon County line

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Time for hiking, biking, wildlife Poinsett park hosts National Trails Day weekend activities

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com

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s warmer, drier weather descended on Sumter during

the weekend, the trails and campgrounds at Poinsett State Park were packed.

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Families with dogs hoofed up hiking trails while hordes of mountain bikers zipped through obstacle courses and different groups wandered around the trails observing wildlife.

They were there celebrating National Trails Day, a nationwide day to celebrate hiking trails. There were three events hosted in South Carolina in conjunction with the event, with one being at Poinsett in Sumter County. The other two were at Croft State Park in Spartanburg and Awendaw Passage in the Lowcountry.

Palmetto Conservation Foundation Mapping and GIS Coordinator Steve Collum said he loves coming to Poinsett because the rangers there have always been accommodating.

Poinsett is finishing its third year hosting a National Trails Day event. All three are hosted by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation and

Ranger Russ Stock lets Zavier March, 5, hold a ball python as part of his lecture on snakes during the National Trails Day celebration at Poinsett State Park on Saturday. Events were also held at Croft State Park in Spartanburg and Awendaw Passage in the Lowcountry to celebrate.

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Life is looking up for woman helped by United Ministries Summer donations can help improve residents’ situations

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com When Libby Johnson came into Sumter United Ministries for help with her bills, she encountered a familiar face. The face was that of

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Mark Champagne, the ministry’s executive director, who had been on top of Johnson’s house working on her roof as part of a restoration project.

After the ministry worked on her roof, she was referred to the Crisis Relief Center for help paying elec-

tric bills. Not only did they help pay off some of her debt, but they also fixed her roof so her electric bill would stay low and she wouldn’t have to pay as much.

“I appreciate them to the highest because they helped me,” Johnson said. “Going in there, they have a nice attitude; they’re welcoming, they pray with you, and they help you with your problem.”

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Johnson is legally blind and couldn’t see the condition of her house as well as she needed to, according to the ministry. The roof was leaking and was in need of some interior improvements.

That’s when United Ministries stepped in. They fixed all of that so she would be better equipped to

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Criminal sexual conviction equals 18 years 73-year-old Sumter man pleads guilty

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com A 73-year-old Sumter man plead guilty to several criminal sexual conduct charges on Monday at Sumter

County Judicial Center, receiving 18 years in prison.

Larry Noal Eaton, 73, of 3935 Cox Road, was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting two EATON girls 10 years old and younger in late January.

On Monday, Eaton plead guilty to two counts of criminal sexual con-

duct with a victim under the age of 11, two counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor 12 years of age or younger and one count of incest, according to Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip” Finney III. The warrant on Eaton alleged the suspect committed sexual battery on a girl between the ages of 8 and 9 between April 2012 and May 2013 as well as on a 9- to 10-year-old girl between August 2013 and January 2015,

according to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect also showed pornographic videos to a girl before assaulting her, the release stated.

Eaton was scheduled for a jury trial, but decided not to exercise his right to a trial, choosing to accept his responsibility for the crime, Finney said. He will be transported to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

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Brig. Gen. Van McCarty, right center, speaks to soldiers from the 351st Aviation Support Battalion on Saturday following the deployment ceremony.

Sumter’s National Guard deploys 49 to Kuwait

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com About 50 soldiers from Sumter’s National Guard 351st Aviation Support Battalion are being deployed to Kuwait to help fight terrorism in the Middle East.

The National Guard held a deployment ceremony at the Sumter National Guard Armory on Saturday for the 49 soldiers who shipped out on Sunday to prepare for service in the Middle East. In the room there was a mixture of emotions ranging from excitement to serve the country to sadness at family members being left behind.

“You’re excited, but you’re also a little scared for those that haven’t been before,” Sgt. Jimmie Elliott said.

“Since I’ve been and come back, I told them there’s nothing to worry about.”

Elliott has completed one tour already to Kuwait, and he said going abroad gave him a great travel opportunity, and he got to see the world. Despite that, he still said leaving family can be difficult.

‘The calming thing is you have your battle buddies there with you.’

BRIG. GEN. VAN MCCARTY Describing what it feels like to be deployed “For me, it was a little hard the first time because I had a child who wasn’t even 1 yet,” he said. “But at the same time you have these new things like Skype and everything. It was a great communication thing so I was able to see them and talk to them every day. It wasn’t that bad after all.”

The standard deployment, according to Brig. Gen. Van McCarty, is close to one year, with nine months being spent overseas. Before those being deployed go to Kuwait, they will go to Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, for a few weeks to finish their

training.

In Kuwait they will join the 150 troops that deployed from Sumter in February.

They will all be part of an aviation support group, maintaining, repairing and fueling different military aircraft. While their mission is to repair aircraft, however, McCarty said the mission could change based on different needs.

“You don’t know where you’re going and for sure what you’ll be doing,” he said. “You can have a mission, a plan to accomplish that mission, but it’s all subject to what the needs of the Army are based on the time and the theater of operation you’re in. The calming thing is you have your battle buddies there with you.”

When the ceremony concluded, families gathered around the soldiers they were saying goodbye to.

Some were fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters or uncles.

And with each group of people, the reactions were different; some were crying, others taking pictures, and one soldier was playing and

A soldier getting ready to deploy plays with his son following Saturday’s ceremony. laughing with his children.

“It’s a lot different for a lot of people,” Sgt. Dustin Ramage said. “It’s sad, but I’m always happy to go and do what I have to do. But for them I know it’s hard. The best thing is to keep together and keep in touch with everybody.”

Ramage had his mother, Kathy Ramage, and sister, Tiffany Truluck, along with his father, girlfriend and nephew at the ceremony. He is being deployed for a fourth time, and his mother said she’s cried about all of them, but knows as soon as he gets settled overseas, he’ll be OK. Truluck said this deployment is harder on her because her husband recently passed away.

“My brother has always been there, so there’s an empty void, but it gets easier,” Truluck said.

As the 49 soldiers get ready to leave for Kuwait for a year, they had one night left with their families before

leaving Sunday morning. As they prepared to go out, McCarty had some advice for the families. He said to plan things during the deployment to keep their minds busy and take each day one at a time.

“You realize this is just a part of the process we go through now in support of the nation’s fight on the global war on terrorism,” McCarty said. “You want to recognize and make sure the families understand their loved ones are well trained and they’re going in under good leadership.”

Kathy Ramage echoed that, saying that taking the situation one day at a time will make it easier.

“The first one was really bad, it was like the world almost came to an end, but we made it through that,” she said. “The next one got a little easier, but I’m hoping this one, he goes over there and it’s going to be fast and he can come back.”

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Ex-officer indicted for murder in shooting S.C. man reportedly killed unarmed black man after traffic stop in April; no trial date yet CHARLESTON (AP) — A grand jury affirmed the state of South Carolina’s murder charge on Monday against a white former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man trying to run from a traffic stop.

The shooting April 4 was captured on video by a bystander, showing officer Michael Slager firing eight times as 50-year-old Walter Scott ran away, enflaming a national debate about how black people are treated by white police officers.

Slager was charged with murder by state law enforcement agents and fired

TRAILS FROM PAGE A1 feature getting out into nature and leaving the city.

“Most people live in the city, and they watch TV all the time,” Collum said. “They don’t understand what it’s like to be out here. It’s so pretty, you get fresh air, you sleep better; it’s just fun.”

The event includes different lengths of hikes, bike rides and down time to relax by the lake in the middle of the park.

There are also demonstrations and learning opportunities provided by the rangers and a designated time for campfires and stories.

Poinsett Park Ranger Zabo McCants said there were about 174 people registered for the scheduled events, which does not include those coming to the park to celebrate National Trails Day on their own. Collum said about 75 people with the event were on hikes or mountain bicycle rides Saturday morning.

Two of those were from Boy Scout Troop 100. Scout Master Tom Militello and Scout Cooper McBurney came from Columbia along with the rest of the troop to volunteer for and experience National Trails Day firsthand. The Scouts helped set up camp Friday night, and they directed traffic Saturday morning before going on the trails.

Militello said he loves coming there because he spends all week in an office, so the outdoors is his “playground.” McBurney said he likes going into nature because of its beauty.

“It’s the most beautiful thing God gave, and I feel like we should enjoy it,” Mc-

from the police force immediately after the video surfaced.

Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson announced the indictment, which represents at least the fourth time in SLAGER less than six months that a sitting grand jury in South Carolina has agreed that white officers should stand trial in the shootings of black men.

“The jury will make up its own mind after it sees the video and hears the other testimony,” Wilson said. No trial date has been set.

Burney said.

McCants said he met people at this year’s event from Germany who traveled halfway across the world to South Carolina just for the event. In the past, he said he’s met people from Japan and Australia who came out for National Trails Day. “Different continents, different countries have been out here experiencing South Carolina and what this area of South Carolina has to offer,” McCants said.

The event ran all weekend, from Friday night through Sunday morning. McCants said he loves that weekend because he gets to see people enjoying the land specifically set aside for outdoor entertainment. Throughout the weekend people can utilize the park from the hiking trails, picnic areas and hiking trails.

“The joy of this job is seeing that person get out of the resource what it is you hope that they do, which is the enjoyment of it,” McCants said. “It is getting out into the resource and getting away from being so connected in everyday life, breaking away from that and getting active, getting fit, but, better yet, enjoying it.”

National Trails Day is held the first Saturday in June annually. McCants said the day was made so people who were too busy to enjoy the park during the year could take a day and get out and enjoy nature, especially the weekend-long events at Poinsett. He also said even though there is only one day set aside for trails, the celebration doesn’t have to end then.

“It’s kind of like Christmas,” McCants said. “It’s always there, and so is the opportunity to celebrate it.”

Walter Scott’s brother Rodney Scott said the family is “very happy and pleased” with the indictment of Slager.

In South Carolina, the investigating agency typically presents the case to a grand jury, not the prosecutor. Wilson said the investigating officers had the video when they went before the grand jury but couldn’t say for certain if they saw it.

The 33-year-old Slager, who has been jailed since his arrest, faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted.

Wilson said the death penalty does not seem to apply because there were no

aggravating circumstances such as robbery or kidnapping as required under state law.

Slager’s lawyer didn’t want to comment on the indictment.

“Until we have an opportunity to fully evaluate the state’s case and to compare it with our own investigation, we will not be commenting on any aspect of the case,” Attorney Andy Savage said in a statement.

Chris Stewart, a lawyer for Scott’s family, said in a news conference after the indictment they plan to file a wrongful death suit against North Charleston and its police force.

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Ranger Kaley Foley gives a lesson on orienteering during the celebration of National Trails Day at Poinsett State Park on Saturday. According to www.us.orienteering.org, orienteering is a sport during which people race in the wilderness with a map and compass.

A compass and a chart containing degrees and number of steps were all that were needed for the orienteering class.

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Did inmates have inside help in breakout?

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether civilian employees or private contractors helped two murderers obtain the power tools they used to break out of a maximum-security prison near the Canadian border, New York’s governor said Monday.

As the manhunt continued for the two inmates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a round of appearances on morning news shows that he would be shocked if a prison guard was involved in the escape from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.

Officials said David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48, cut through steel walls at the back of their adjacent cells and sliced through steel pipes while making their “Shawshank Redemption”-style breakout, which guards discovered early Saturday.

Investigators are interviewing hundreds of civilian employees and the contractors who have been doing extensive renovations at the 170-year-old prison, Cuomo said.

“We’re going through the civilian employees and private contractors first,” he said on NBC’s “Today” show. “I’d be shocked if a correction guard was involved in this, but they definitely had help. Otherwise, they couldn’t have done this on their own.”

A $100,000 reward was posted durng the weekend for information leading to the men’s capture.

Sweat was serving a sentence of life without parole for the 2002 killing of a sheriff’s deputy. Matt had been sentenced to 25 years to life for kidnapping, killing and dismembering his former boss in 1997.

“These are killers. They are murderers,” the governor said. “They are now on the loose, and our first order of business is apprehending them.”

Officials gave no details on how the men managed to avoid detection while cutting their way out. “They had to be heard,” Cuomo told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Sunday.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers fanned out around the prison, following up on dozens of tips. Authorities set up roadblocks and brought in bloodhounds and helicopters.

Dubbed “Little Siberia” by locals, the prison houses nearly 3,000 inmates, guarded by about 1,400 officers. Surrounded by farmland and forests, the prison is about a 45-minute drive by car to Montreal.

Cuomo said the inmates may have crossed into Canada, about 20 miles away, or

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Shown is the area where two convicted murderers used power tools to cut through steel pipes at a maximum-security prison in Dannemora, New York, near the Canadian border, leaving a note and escaping through a manhole. headed to another state or Mexico, where Matt served time for killing a man in 1998.

Prison officials found the inmates’ beds stuffed with clothes on Saturday morning in an apparent attempt to fool guards making their rounds.

On a cut steam pipe, the prisoners left a taunting note con-

taining a crude caricature of an Asian face and the words “Have a nice day.”

Officials said the inmates cut through a steel wall, crawled down a catwalk, broke through a brick wall, cut their way into and out of a steam pipe, and then sliced through the chain and lock

on a manhole cover outside the prison. The breakout through the steam pipe reminded many of the 1994 movie “The Shawshank Redemption.”

It was the first escape from the maximum-security portion of the prison, which opened in 1845.

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CARING FROM PAGE A1 handle the peak energy season and not get behind on any more payments.

Improvements are still going on, Johnson said, and things are beginning to look up. “They’re still working on my home, and life is getting better,� she said. “I wasn’t able to pay to fix it, and I didn’t have money to fix it adequately for me to live in.

They’re doing that for me.�

Johnson said the people at Sumter United Ministries have been very good to her and that she’s grateful for everyone there, all of whom went out of their way to make her happy and help out. “They mean the world to me,� she said. “I couldn’t find anyone else to do it, but they came in, and they did it with a smile. They treated me nice; they brought me my dinner and lunch and everything while they were doing it. They were a great help to me.�

Johnson exemplifies the people for whom The Sumter Item and United Ministries are teaming up.

They are joining forces for the second Summer of

on portions of Tearcoat Branch Road.

Because Oswego will receive funding from the agriculture department, taxpayers would not finance the expansion project.

The only time Sumter County residents would pay is when they want water from Oswego. It costs $150 for a water meter plus the

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monthly water bills after the initial installation.

While the actual expansion and building of new lines won’t create any new jobs in the Sumter community, Hamilton said she thinks the availability of clean water to the area could be an incentive for people to build homes there, creating construction jobs in the process.

LIBBY JOHNSON Caring, which enters its third week now and runs until Labor Day. The goal is to raise as much money as last year to help three main aspects of the ministry’s work: bill assistance, home repair and emergency shelter.

The ministry relies heavily on donations and volunteers to assist people in need.

During the second week of the initiative, $915 was raised to benefit Sumter United Ministries.

Donations as of Monday included:

From an anonymous donor, $715; and from Jane Tisdale in memory of W.M. “Boots� Tisdale, $200.

This week’s donations brings the total money raised to $1,215.

Of that, $315 is for Crisis Relief, and $600 is for home repair and wheelchair building.

Total combined anonymous: $915 Total this week: $915 Total this year: $1,215 Total last year: $5,542 Total since 2014: $6,757 From May 18 to May 21, the Crisis Relief Ministry,

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“Maybe people will be more inclined to build houses there,� Hamilton said. “It always helps to have good water.�

The company will hold a meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Lewis Chapel, 1510 Plowden Mill Road. Hamilton said the meeting is open to anyone interested in more information about the water expansion project.

Contributions can also be dropped off at The Sumter Item’s office at 20 N. Magnolia St. If donations are made in someone’s name, identify who the person is and correctly spell his or her name.

If you want the donation to be made specifically to one of the three programs, please indicate which one, and it will be applied directly to it.

If no indication is made, it will go to Sumter United Ministries and be divided among all three.

which helps people pay bills and afford medication, assisted 20 families for a total cost of $2,957.67, according to the ministry.

During the same period the ministry assisted 12 families with food for a total cost of $480.

At the shelter, there was an average of 15 men and two women per night.

Financial donations for “Summer of Caring� can be mailed to: The Sumter Item P.O. Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151

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BY DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Abortions have declined in states where new laws make it harder to have them — but they’ve also waned in states where abortion rights are protected, an Associated Press survey finds. Nearly everywhere, in red states and blue, abortions are down since 2010.

Explanations vary. Abortionrights advocates attribute it to expanded access to effective contraceptives and a drop in unintended pregnancies. Some foes of abortion say there has been a shift in societal attitudes, with more women choosing to carry their pregnancies to term.

Several of the states that have been most aggressive in passing anti-abortion laws — including Indiana, Missouri, Ohio and Oklahoma — have seen their abortion numbers drop by more than 15 percent since 2010. But more liberal states such as New York, Washington and Oregon also had declines of that magnitude, even as they maintained unrestricted access to abortion.

Nationwide, the AP survey showed a decrease in abortions of about 12 percent since 2010.

One major factor has been a decline in the teen pregnancy rate, which in 2010 reached its lowest level in decades. There’s been no official update since then, but the teen birth rate has continued to drop, which experts say signals a similar trend for teen pregnancies.

The AP obtained the most recent abortion numbers from the health departments of all 45 states that compile such data on a comprehensive basis.

(States not compiling such data are California, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Wyoming.) With one exception, the data was from either 2013 or 2014 — providing a unique nationwide gauge of abortion trends during a wave of anti-abortion laws that gathered strength starting in 2011.

Among the groups most active in promoting the restrictive laws is Americans United for Life. Its president, Charmaine Yoest, suggested that the broad decrease in abortions reflected a change in attitudes among pregnant women.

“There’s an entire generation of women who saw a sonogram as their first baby picture,” she said. “There’s an increased awareness of the humanity of the baby be-

S.C. numbers drop nearly 12 percent

BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER The Associated Press

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An anti-abortion supporter carries a cross as he enters the Texas capitol on July 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas. States with the most abortion clinic closures include Texas with 27, Michigan and Arizona with about 12 and Ohio with at least four. fore it is born.”

But advocates for abortion rights said the figures demonstrate that restrictive laws are not needed to reduce the number of abortions significantly.

That can be achieved, they said, by helping more women obtain affordable, effective contraception, including longlasting options such as IUDs and hormonal implants.

“Better access to birth control and sex education are the biggest factors in reducing unintended pregnancies,” said Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “More restrictive abortion laws do not reduce the need for abortions.”

Elizabeth Nash, a state-issues expert for the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, said a total of 267 abortion restrictions have been enacted in 31 states since 2011. Among them are measures that ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, impose hospitallike physical standards on abortion clinics, and require doctors who perform abortions at clinics to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

While some of the new laws have been blocked by lawsuits, most have taken effect, contributing to closure of about 70 abortion clinics in a dozen states since 2010. States with the most closures, according to state officials and advocacy groups, include Texas with 27, Michigan and Arizona with about 12, and Ohio with at least four. Two clinics closed in Virginia, including one that

COLUMBIA — During the past five years, the number of abortions performed in South Carolina has dropped by 11.7 percent, statewide statistics show, and advocates on both sides of the issue offer differing explanations why that has happened.

According to a nationwide study by The Associated Press, South Carolina’s decline mirrors a trend of significant reductions underway in many states, whether conservative or liberal-leaning.

South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reports there were 6,464 abortions performed in South Carolina in 2010, compared to 5,708 abortions performed in 2014.

The year 2010 was chosen as a base date because many states’ legislatures began enacting new restrictions on abortion at that time.

Holly Gatling of South Carolina Citizens for Life said she thinks the work her organization has done in the past several years to press state lawmakers to approve several measures in 2010 and 2012 is the reason for a reduction.

“Women are making other choices,” Gatling said. “We see this as part of a decline that goes back since 1990.”

Alyssa Miller, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which runs a clinic in Columbia that provides abortions, said education to prevent teen pregnancies might be making a dent in the numbers.

“We are seeing excellent work from organizations who are helping prevent teen pregnancy and also helping teens and women obtain long-acting reversible contraception,” Miller said. But she also thinks part of the reason for a decrease “are that states like South Carolina are trywas the state’s busiest.

The only states with significant increases in abortions since 2010 are Republican-led Louisiana and Michigan, which have passed laws intended to restrict abortion.

Louisiana — where abortions increased 12 percent between 2010 and 2014 — was recently honored by Americans United for Life as the No. 1 state in taking steps to reduce access to abortion.

In both Louisiana and in Michigan, where abortions rose by 18.5 percent, the increases were due in part to women coming from other states where new restrictions and clinic closures have sharply limited abortion access. Anti-abortion groups said many Ohio women were going to Michigan and many Texas women to Louisiana.

S.C.’s fiscal year to start without a budget COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina will almost certainly start the fiscal year July 1 without a budget.

A six-member committee of House and Senate members concluded Monday that it’s futile to try to get a compromise on the budget bill with two supplemental spending bills unresolved.

Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman says his top priority is passing a continuing resolution that will keep state government running at current levels until a budget package passes.

The House passed the resolution May 28. Leatherman is calling a Senate Finance Committee meeting Wednesday so that a floor vote is possible when legislators return next week for a special session.

A continuing resolution was last necessary in 2012 to bridge a one-week gap between the Legislature passing its plan and Gov. Nikki Haley issuing her vetoes.

ing to make it more difficult for women to access proper health care.”

Abortions in South Carolina are provided at clinics in Charleston, Greenville and Columbia, the same number of clinics that were open in 2010. Abortions beyond 13 weeks are performed in hospitals.

This year, abortion foes have focused on a bill that bans the procedure past 19 weeks.

Debate over the bill brought the state Senate to a standstill last month, as Republican Sen. Lee Bright — one of the Legislature’s most strident abortion foes — threatened to block it because he opposes exceptions for victims of rape and incest.

The Senate added exceptions for those cases, as well as for severe fetal anomalies, sending the amended bill back to the House. That chamber’s version provides exceptions only to save the mother’s life or prevent severe injuries to her.

A committee of House members and senators was appointed Thursday to try to reach a compromise in a special session later this month.

In 2008, the Legislature passed a law that women seeking an abortion must be given the option of viewing their ultrasound at least one hour before getting the procedure.

The language said “if” a woman gets an ultrasound, then the option must be given, but in practical matters, abortion clinics perform ultrasounds to verify the age of a fetus.

In 2010, lawmakers approved a measure that extended a one-hour wait to a 24-hour wait but no longer tied the clock to an ultrasound at the abortion clinic. Women still must wait an hour at the clinic after an ultrasound, but they can download timestamped material from the DHEC web site to meet the 24-hour rule. That means women do not have to make two trips to the clinic to comply over a two-day period.

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COMMENTARY

Caitlyn Jenner’s cultural politics

W

ASHINGTON — Barring a terror strike or an Ebola outbreak to distract us, the 2016 presidential election seems headed for a gender identity showdown.

Within days of Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover photo, Republican presidential candidates were being asked to comment, while conservative pundits were warning of a political apocalypse.

Leading the charge was Rush Limbaugh, who has advised the GOP to reject Caitlyn Jenner, even if she is a Republican.

Big Tent Sign: Transgenders Not Welcome Here.

While Kathleen some GOP Parker candidates have avoided inquiry thus far, others have tread carefully around the murky issues surrounding gender identity.

Rick Santorum initially gave the correct answer to a reporter, saying, “If [Jenner] says he’s a woman, then he’s a woman.” But he was forced to backpedal by outraged conservatives and subsequently clarified that he was “expressing empathy, not a change in public policy.”

Mike Huckabee was also thrust into the debate when a video of a speech he gave in February surfaced online. Huckabee had joked, “I wish that someone told me that when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in P.E.” When asked about his earlier remark, Huckabee said, “I’m not going there.”

This is good advice for all Republicans, unless they have something thoughtful to say. If you think “legitimate rape” was a problem, stick around for “Can Jenner be a woman if he still has male organs?” Apparently, Jenner hasn’t yet taken the final physical step to becoming a woman, according to Vanity Fair.

As flip as the question may seem, it does invite a necessary elaboration. As I recently have been tutored, sex organs are irrelevant to gender identity. Simply put, sexual orientation concerns with whom you have sex.

Gender identity, which forms early in life based on multiple factors both preand post-birth, concerns who you are, male or female, regardless of the equipment you were born with.

Clearly, this subject is more complicated than a girlie pinup in a ’50s muffler shop, which is what Jenner’s cover photo reminded me of. Never mind the potential ramifications and adjustments that may become necessary in the public square, from single-sex institutions to restroom facilities to those awful public school showers.

Limbaugh isn’t wrong in predicting the coming stigmatization of conservatives as crazy or hateful because they’re not queuing up as popular convention requires. The danger for the GOP is that the loudest and kookiest voices will be harnessed by the media and trotted out as typical of the Republican base.

As always, volunteer crazies will present themselves, as did one fellow who wrote to me recently as “God’s Emissary.”

“You are an agent of the antichrist and a wicked reincarnation of Jezebel! ...

YOU MAKE JESUS CHRIST WANT TO VOMIT!” Well, goodness.

Apparently, the fellow was upset by what he incorrectly gleaned as my “celebration” of Jenner when I had written critically of the media surge. So it goes in Column World. But you see how gleefully a reporter might seize upon such a letter and declare, “There they go again. Those wacky Republicans.”

The truth is, one needn’t be unhinged to be concerned about sweeping societal changes in matters as fundamental as what it means to be a man or a woman. Such cultural shifts shouldn’t be expected to become mainstream with a single magazine cover.

But transgenderism isn’t a threat to the GOP or to the nation, notwithstanding the dire warnings of people in the business of direness.

What really bothers most conservatives, and doubtless many others, is the dominant template of social change via media saturation. While some advocates and talk-show hosts are cheering the debate on transgenderism prompted

by Jenner’s celebrity transition, there is no debate.

What we have is a mediacreated, media driven conversation among the media.

Indeed, the matter has been settled by Vanity Fair and other Big Media, and it’s now up to the rest of the country to fall in line.

Accepting that transgender people are human beings, too, should not be that difficult. Granting equal protections to all regardless of race, creed, sex or gender should be fairly easy to process. Ultimately, the courts will sort it all out.

In the meantime, Limbaugh and others who insist that Republicans take a stand on Jenner’s transition are big fish lured by small bait. The media’s group embrace of Jenner’s transition should be seen for what it is — not a revolutionary step toward minority rights, but a money grab for ads, ratings, sales and buzz in a culture of provocation and greed without ethics or conscience.

Let’s talk about that, instead.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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NOTABLE & QUOTABLE WardsAuto.com reports that “Volvo Cites Logistics as Primary Reason for U.S. Plant Site,” which is headed to Charleston.

Volvo formalizes an agreement with South Carolina to establish its first North American factory, which the automaker says will be capable of producing 100,000 vehicles annually.

Once completed, Volvo will be able to manufacture vehicles in North America, Europe and China, underscoring its position as a global automaker. The first American-built Volvos are expected to roll off the line in 2018.

Speculation was Volvo chose South Carolina to avoid the UAW, but Lex Kerssemakers, senior vice president-Volvo Americas, refutes that.

“We’re going to build a factory that is going to produce for domestic demand, but we’re also going to export cars,” he tells WardsAuto in a phone interview. “Being close to a port is of importance. And the auto industry is a high-tech industry, so it’s very convenient to be next to other high-tech industries in the state.”

Kerssemakers says Volvo spent nearly a year researching some 60 possible sites, looking at the pros and cons of each, before deciding on South Carolina.

••• The Washington Post explains “How a curmudgeonly old reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter.”

The biggest news story of the year was breaking, but the journalist responsible was fast asleep.

It was just after dawn on May 27 when Andrew Jennings’ phone began ringing.

Swiss police had just launched a startling raid on a luxury hotel in Zurich, arresting seven top FIFA officials and charging them and others with running a $150 million racket. The world was stunned.

The waking world, that is.

If Jennings had bothered to climb out of bed, he wouldn’t have been surprised at the news. After all, he was the man who set the investigation in motion, with a book in 2006, “FOUL! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote

Rigging and Ticket Scandals,” followed by an exposé aired on the BBC’s “Panorama” program that same year, and then another book in 2014, called “Omerta: Sepp Blatter’s FIFA Organised Crime Family.”

“My phone started ringing at six in the morning,” Jennings said Tuesday from his farm in the hilly north of England. “I turned it off actually to get some more sleep, because whatever is happening at six in the morning is still going to be there at lunch time, isn’t it?”

If you can’t tell already, Jennings is an advocate of slow, methodical journalism.

For half a century, the 71-year-old investigative reporter has been digging into complex, time-consuming stories about organized crime. In the 1980s, it was bad cops, the Thai heroin trade and the Italian mob. In the ’90s, he turned to sports, exposing corruption with the International Olympic Committee.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WE SHOULD KEEP TABS ON FAMILY COURT JUDGES After reading Dr. Williams’ letter regarding “child support prison” I was incensed.

It took thousands of dollars in fines and lawyer fees for me to help a friend out of this ridiculous system. I think there needs to be a criminal investigation into Sumter’s Family Court system. My friend was going to school to get a career, so he could make better than minimum wage. He also worked part time and gave fifty percent of his salary to the courts for child support. He paid his support on a Friday; Monday was a holiday. The court did not process his payment until Tuesday morning. He was arrested and sent to jail because the money was not processed fast enough for his ex. The judge asked this young woman if she would rather put him in prison or let him work and continue paying child support. This woman actually told the judge she would rather have him in jail. The judge ordered him to pay $1,000 by the end of the day or go to jail. Why would any judge who knows someone is in this position order them to come up with that much money? Duh, if he had that much money he would not be in this position. Our judges need to be watched by someone with some common sense. Dr. Williams, the rea-

son for the discrepancy between black/white is because Sumter has more black people than white people, and you can be arrested for “being black” in this town.

C.R. GRUBB Sumter

RACE RELATIONS DEBATE IS LONG OVERDUE If we can’t come together in God’s house, how can we come together as a nation?

Fifty-two years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o’clock on Sunday morning.” Today, 86 percent of church congregations comprised mainly one racial group (Hallowell, “LifeWay Research,” Jan. 19, 2015).

In the spring of 1776, Thomas Jefferson was given the task of drafting the Declaration of Independence.

After debates and changes, it was formally adopted by the Second Congress on July 4, 1776. This document specified a new governing principle, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” While this document was essential to the establishment of our country, it was America’s biggest

travesty in the history of humankind.

The Declaration of Independence is very clear.

Thomas Jefferson, who owned slaves, failed to acknowledge that his Creator was the same Creator of his slaves. There’s only one Creator. However, slaves were denied their rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. So goes the odyssey of racism in America.

What people experienced in their struggles for equality could have been avoided.

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ gave us words to live by, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” Our shortcomings resulted in racial turmoil and demonstrations across America. The calls for debates on race relations has intensified.

This debate is long overdue. It shouldn’t be a competitive game of “he said, she said” played out in The Sumter Item. This only makes a mockery of a serious problem by unsavory people. This debate should start in our churches. We must come together in integrated congregations and pray, hold hands and hug one another. We must uphold Christian values and treat others like we want to be treated. If we cannot do this, then all debates on race relations will be fruitless.

God Bless America.

EUGENE R. BATEN Sumter

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Never underestimate the power of the British accent.

Starting last week, the Discovery Family Channel has been airing “Meerkat Manor: The Monarchy Begins” (9:30 p.m., r, TVPG). Tonight that concludes with “Meerkat Manor: The Monarchy Under Attack” (8 p.m., TVPG).

This represents a re-edited retelling of the saga of a clan of Kalahari rodents. For the uninitiated, “Manor” ran for four seasons, beginning in 2005.

It departed from the usual nature documentary by endowing names and character traits to the critters — most notably Flower, the matriarch of the Whiskers “tribe” — who occasionally clashed with their neighbors.

Originally narrated by Bill Nighy in the U.K. and by Sean Astin (and later Stockard Channing) in the United States, “Manor” delighted both children and adults. Some attributed even Shakespearean depth to the rodent struggles. Maybe it was the New Jersey in me, but I saw Flower as a kind of mob matriarch, not unlike Livia on “The Sopranos.”

Newly packaged for Discovery Family, “Monarchy Under Attack” is narrated by Rupert Graves and features music and florid tales more likely to evoke the grandeur of “Downton Abbey” than the stark, existential struggles of the dusty deserts of Southern Africa.

The promotional poster for the meerkat miniseries even shows them dressed in early 20th-century garb, like Lady Edith and the Dowager Countess. And to think, there was a time when we felt superior to old shows like “Mr. Ed.” The network also promises to “present the manor’s anthropomorphic social dynamic in a way the entire family will love.”

Not to give too much away, but the original “Manor” saw character departures that may be a tad too traumatic for family-friendly viewing. But then again, so did “Downton Abbey.”

• Liv and Clive believe they may have solved the Max Rager case on the season finale of “iZombie” (9 p.m., CW, TV14). This series will return for a second season, a sure sign of success on a network where the usual yardstick — ratings — is not always at hand.

Despite its gloomy setting and gross brain-eating conceit, “iZombie” marked a return to the “Buffy” days of a smart, sassy female character making light of her peculiar plight and ably beating up the bad guys on occasion.

Other series ending their first season tonight include the contrived “Younger” (10 p.m., TV Land, TV-14) about a 40-something mom passing as a 20-something publishing type, and the odious “Your Family or Mine” (10 p.m., TBS, TV-14).

up with the 1985 teen melodrama “The Breakfast Club” (8 p.m., VH1 Classic). I could have seen it in a movie theater or caught it on TV, VHS or DVD. Now I can even stream it if I so choose. But somehow, I have always opted to do or watch something else.

LATE NIGHT

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Rose McIver stars as Olivia “Liv” Moore and Malcolm Goodwin as Clive Babineaux in a scene from the season finale of “iZombie” airing at 9 p.m. today on The CW. • A winner emerges on the 14th season finale of “Hell’s Kitchen” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Jeff Foxworthy hosts “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

(8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

• A prime-time helping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (8 p.m., ABC) anticipates game three of the NBA Finals (9 p.m., ABC).

• The quasi-famous perform the semi-remarkable on “I Can Do That” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

SERIES NOTES A face from Ducky’s past resurfaces on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS,

r, TV-14) * The Mist arrives on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, r, TVPG) * The plague’s the thing on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE I have had 30 years to catch

Nick Offerman is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Larry King, Anna Chlumsky and Yelawolf appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Denis Leary, Molly Shannon and Kacey Musgraves on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Jerry Seinfeld, David Remnick and Jon Theodore visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Betty White and Kyle MacLachlan appear on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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AROUND TOWN St. Refreshments will be The Sumter Chapter of the served.

National Federation of the Sumter Chapter of National Federation Blind will meet at 7 p.m.

JMBC Toastmasters Ministry of Blind to meet today at Shiloh-Randolph will hold its charter ceremony Manor. Marjorie Smith will at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June speak. Transportation will 16, at Jehovah Missionary be provided within the Baptist Church, 803 S. Harmileage radius. Contact vin St. The public is invited Debra Canty, president, at to meet members and lisDebraCanC2@frontier.com ten to people speak about or at (803) 775-5792. Add the importance of commuthe group to your contacts nication skills for today’s for updated information on professional. Refreshments the recorded message line will be served. at (206) 376-5992.

South Carolina Legal Services The Overcomers Stroke SupExpungement Workshop Part port Group will meet at 6 4 will be held at 10 a.m. on p.m. on Thursday, June 11, Wednesday, June 17, at at the library of Alice Drive Clarendon School District 1 Baptist Church. Call (803) Community Resource Cen464-7865 for more details. ter, 1154 Fourth St., SumManning High School Class of merton. Come let Attorney Lonnie Doles begin or con1995 will hold its 20-year class reunion Friday-Satur- tinue the process of clearing your record so you can day, June 12-13 as follows: be eligible for various ca7-11 p.m. Friday, White reer opportunities. Call Masquerade Party, The Breedin Room, 312 Pine St., Kathleen L. Gibson at (803) 485-2043 or (803) 225-0832 Manning; noon-3 p.m. Satto learn about this free urday, reunion cookout, workshop.

Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, 822 W. Liberty St.; and 8-11 The Sumter Combat Veterans p.m. Saturday, fine dining Group will meet at 10 a.m. affair at Saluda’s Restauon Friday, June 19, at the rant, 751 Saluda Ave., CoSouth HOPE Center, 1125 S. lumbia (www.saludas.

Lafayette Drive. All area com). For information, veterans are invited. email 95mhs20th@gmail.

An Applebee’s flapjack fundcom. raiser breakfast to support Good Samaritans for All PeoCrestwood High School FFA ple will hold a giveaway at 8 will be held 8-10 a.m. on a.m. on Saturday, June 13, Saturday, June 20, at Appleat the old Bishopville High bee’s Neighborhood Grill & School football field, 600 N. Bar, 2497 Broad St. Call Main St., Bishopville. BeJason Gore at (843) 333sides the usual items such 9712 or (803) 469-6200, exas food and furniture, the tension 4514. Mr. Gore can nonprofit will give away also be reached via email new shoes and clothes for at Jason.gore@sumterchildren. Call the Rev. Eddie schools.net or email BrittaThomas at (803) 459-4989. ny Robinson at brittanyrobinson9@gmail.com.

The American Red Cross will offer New Volunteer OrientaThe Sumter Vitiligo Support tion / Disaster Services OverGroup will hold its first vitiligo view for new Red Cross vol- support group walk from 9 unteers from 9 a.m. to a.m. until noon on Saturnoon on Saturday, June 13, day, June 20, at Salterat 1155 N. Guignard Drive. stown Community Park, Call (803) 775-2363 to regis- 800 Salterstown Road. Atter or find out more details. tendees are asked to bring two non-perishable food The Sumter Parents of Muritems to donate. Wear purdered Children will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Tues- ple to show support. Event will feature music, food day, June 16, at the Birnie and more.

HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy

PUBLIC AGENDA LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 9 a.m., council chambers

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

SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Today, noon, Sunset Country Club

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

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

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Gaffney 86/64 Spartanburg 87/66

Greenville 88/65

Columbia 89/70

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

Sumter 88/70

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 88/68

ON THE COAST

Charleston 88/72

Today: A shower or thunderstorm around.

High 85 to 89.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm. High 85 to 89.

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LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 83/69/t 85/67/s 94/70/pc 78/62/pc 92/73/pc 85/66/c 86/74/s 80/65/t 91/72/t 85/64/pc 96/79/t 70/59/pc 88/69/pc

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

358.27 75.29 75.11 97.70

24-hr chg -0.04 +0.07 -0.06 +0.05

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

0.00" 1.81" 1.36" 20.19" 16.22" 18.98"

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

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

88° 67° 87° 64° 99° in 2008 52° in 1977

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

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Wed. Hi/Lo/W 87/70/t 84/64/pc 96/71/s 85/64/pc 91/73/t 80/64/pc 87/73/t 83/68/s 89/71/t 86/68/pc 97/80/s 72/55/pc 87/72/s

Myrtle Beach 88/74

Manning 89/70

Today: A thunderstorm. Winds west-southwest 6-12 mph.

Wednesday: A thunderstorm or two.

Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.

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Florence 89/71

Bishopville 87/70

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 82/60/t 89/67/t 90/67/t 89/72/t 83/72/t 88/72/t 89/66/t 89/68/t 89/70/t 88/70/t 85/70/t 87/70/t 88/69/t

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Today Hi/Lo/W 89/71/t 90/69/t 88/66/t 87/70/t 88/72/t 86/66/t 88/65/t 85/64/t 87/74/t 91/69/t 87/69/t 87/67/t 84/67/t

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City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Today Hi/Lo/W 86/60/t 88/72/t 88/74/t 88/69/t 88/73/t 87/67/t 87/65/t 89/67/t 89/70/t 87/66/t 88/72/t 86/71/t 86/66/t

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Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make a EUGENIA LAST commitment to achieve your life goals. Determination and discipline will pay off. Don’t shy away from speaking your mind or broadening your knowledge and awareness. Love is in the stars, and romance is encouraged.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep moving. Laziness is the enemy.

Don’t harbor regrets because you weren’t quick enough to take advantage of an opportunity.

Changes are inevitable, but it’s how you go about making them happen that counts. Embrace your inner needs. Love is highlighted.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Sharing your ideas with your peers will inspire you to take action and pursue your dreams. A joint effort will improve your options and give you more time to concentrate on what you do best. Stay within your budget and you will succeed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Getting together and sharing your thoughts and feelings will bring interesting results, allowing you to cut out the rigmarole involved in making a personal decision. Don’t shy away from truth, intentions and where you are heading.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be taken advantage of if you are too accommodating. Listen to complaints and concerns, but don’t feel obligated to take on a task that doesn’t belong to you. It’s important that you stay focused on your goals and accomplishments.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep your emotions in check. Now isn’t the time to offer false hope or to give in to emotional whims. Face facts head-on and put whatever you don’t like behind you. Clear up your past and pursue new opportunities.

The last word in astrology

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Accept the inevitable, but don’t put change into motion if it’s not necessary. Develop a plan that allows you to utilize your skills with something you enjoy doing. The balance between work and play will make a difference in your longterm attitude.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make the alterations to your life that will bring you greater happiness. A work-related challenge will allow you to show off your skills and parlay what you do best into a stellar position. Love is highlighted, and opportunity knocks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep your head down and do your job with precision. Someone will give you a hard time if you don’t abide by the rules or do what you are told. Arguing will be fruitless. Focus on taking care of your emotional

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take a look at your accomplishments and consider ways to use old ideas in an updated way to map out your future. Listen to what others have to offer, but rely on your own common sense and practicality.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Love is in the stars, and making special plans that will add to your comfort at home will also allow you to build a closer bond between yourself and your loved ones. Share your feelings and affections.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t mess with fate. If you ask for trouble, that’s what you’ll get. Keep your thoughts to yourself and your mind on your own personal endeavors. Back away from anyone putting demands on you mentally, physically or financially.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2015

NBA FINALS

Reeling after a positive response LeBron, Cavs recovering after taking Game 2 on road in OT

BY TOM WITHERS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Once LeBron James tied up the NBA Finals with another one of his virtuoso postseason performances, his legs were in knots.

He needed ice, treatment and rest. He wasn’t the only one.

After a pair of entertaining, exhausting, drama-filled overtime games at Golden State, everyone — players, fans, even the refs — needed a day to take a breather and recover before the Cavaliers and Warriors resume a series getting stellar TV ratings and shifting to Quicken Loans Arena for Game 3 on Tuesday night.

As midnight approached in California following Cleveland’s stunning 95-93 OT win on Sunday night, James, who scored 39 points with 16 rebounds and 11 assists, grimaced as he lifted himself from a chair on the postgame interview dais. He was hurting after playing 50 methodical minutes, one game after going 46.

James, incredibly, believes he can give more.

“It’s a maximum of five games left in the NBA season,” he said. “So I’m ready for whatever.”

He has been all season.

With James leading the way, the Cavaliers, who were already a heavy underdog before losing All-Star guard Kyrie Irving to a broken left kneecap in the opener, dragged down the Warriors and Stephen Curry, the

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cleveland’s LeBron James, left, is guarded by Golden State’s Stephen Curry during the Cavaliers’ 95-93 overtime victory in Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Oakland on Sunday. It was the first time in finals history that the first two games of the series went to overtime. Game 3 is today in Cleveland. league’s MVP. Hounded by Cavs guard Matthew Dellavedova, who seemed to be inside his jersey, Curry missed 18 of 23 shots

and ended his night with an uncharacteristic 3-point airball with four seconds left in overtime.

But while Dellavedova’s

contributions starting in place of Irving were huge, James was again the difference and the reason why the Cavs can’t be dismissed.

The best all-around player of his generation, James has pushed a team missing two

SEE CAVS, PAGE B4

NASCAR

Truex Jr. wins at Pocono for first victory since ’13

BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Martin Truex Jr. slapped the top of his No. 78 Chevrolet, thrust his right fist toward the sky and bounded straight into his girlfriend’s arms.

They hugged, kissed and Truex lifted her into the air.

Truex has stood by Sherry Pollex’s side through her fight with ovarian cancer. Pollex was strong for Truex when his THE ASSOCIATED PRESS career was in flux following a Martin Truex Jr. reaches for the checkered flag after winning the Axalta We Paint Winners 400 at Pocono scandal that cost him a shot at Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., on Sunday. It was Truex Jr.’s first win since 2013, one he called the biggest of a championship and his ride. his career.

Sunday at Pocono Raceway,

LEGION BASEBALL

they were set for an overdue celebration.

Truex led the most laps for the fourth straight race, only this time he was in front on the one that mattered most, breaking through for his first Sprint Cup victory since 2013.

“This is easily the biggest win of my career,” Truex said.

Truex won the race and NASCAR’s version of a popularity contest in victory lane.

Rival drivers, owners, crew members popped by for highfives and congratulatory messages. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

SEE TRUEX, PAGE B4

COLLEGE ATHLETICS

Sumter whips Hartsville South Carolina plans nearly FROM STAFF REPORTS KELLEYTOWN – The Sumter P-15’s got back into League III play on Monday and got back on the winning track with a 15-3 American Legion baseball victory over Hartsville Post 53 at Jimmy White Park.

Sumter, which lost to defending state champion Florence Post 1 11-2 on Friday in Florence, improved to 7-1 overall and 7-0 In league play. Hartsville lost its

third straight game to drop to 1-3 overall and in League III. “I was not sure how this team was going to rebound from that game on Friday,” said first-year Sumter head coach Steve Campbell. “We played good tonight and they showed me what they’re made of. I really liked the way we played.”

The P-15’s had 14 hits to go along with 13 walks allowed by three Post 53 pitchers. Sumter had two 5-run

SEE SUMTER, PAGE B2

$106M in athletic revenues

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — The South Carolina athletic department will surpass $100 million in revenue for the first time ever, according to a budget proposal given to university trustees last week.

During its presentation, the department said it expects to bring in

$105.9 million in revenue for the 201516 academic year. The total was boosted by last week’s announcement from the Southeastern Conference it would distribute a record total of more than $31 million to each member school. That SEC figure was an increase of more than $8 million over what it distributed to schools a

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2015

SCOREBOARD

MONDAY’S GAMES

Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

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

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

TV, RADIO

TODAY’S GAMES

TODAY

1 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group F Match from Moncton, New Brunswick – England vs. France (WACH 57).

4 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group F Match from Moncton, New Brunswick – Mexico vs. Colombia (WACH 57).

4 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group E Match from Montreal – Spain vs.

Costa Rica (FOX SPORTS 1).

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

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

7 p.m. – Women’s Professional Softball: USSSA Florida Pride at Dallas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: Women’s World Cup Group E Match from Montreal – Brazil vs.

South Korea (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Detroit or Washington at New York Yankees (MLB NETWORK).

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

8 p.m. – International Volleyball: FIVB World League Match from Long Beach, Calif. – United States vs. Russia (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Finals Game Two – Cleveland at Golden State (WOLO 25).

Midnight – International Soccer: U-20 World Cup Round-of-16 Match from Wellington, New Zealand – Mali vs.

Ghana (FOX SPORTS 1).

Midnight – International Soccer: U-20 World Cup Second-Round Match from Dunedin, New Zealand – Hungary vs. Serbia (FOX SPORTS 2).

12:45 a.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Finals Game Three Postgame Press Conference from Cleveland (NBA TV).

3:30 a.m. – International Soccer: U-20 World Cup Round-of-16 Match from Wellington, New Zealand – Colombia vs. United States (FOX SPORTS 1).

3:30 a.m. – International Soccer: U-20 World Cup Second-Round Match from Auckland, New Zealand – Senegal vs. Ukraine (FOX SPORTS 2).

GOLF The Associated Press THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT PAR SCORES

Sunday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,392; Par 72 (x-Won on 3rd playoff hole) Final x-David Lingmerth (500), $1,116,000 67-65-72-69—273 -15 Justin Rose (300), $669,600 68-67-66-72—273 -15 Francesco Molinari (163), $359,600 68-67-69-71—275 -13 Jordan Spieth (163), $359,600 68-70-72-65—275 -13 Jim Furyk (100), $226,300 69-66-70-71—276 -12 Marc Leishman (100), $226,300 69-67-71-69—276 -12 Hideki Matsuyama (100), $226,300 64-71-71-70—276 -12 Keegan Bradley (80), $179,800 68-74-65-70—277 -11 Tony Finau (80), $179,800 71-66-73-67—277 -11 Kevin Kisner (80), $179,800 67-71-69-70—277 -11 Billy Horschel (68), $148,800 70-68-71-69—278 -10 Vijay Singh (68), $148,800 71-67-71-69—278 -10

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FRIDAY’S GAME

MONDAY’S GAMES

Sumter 15, Hartsville 3 Lake City at Dalzell-Shaw (late) Camden at Goose Creek (late)

TODAY’S GAMES

Hartsville at Sumter, 7 p.m.

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

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee at Lake City, 7 p.m.

Goose Creek at Camden, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES at

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Miami at Toronto, 12:37 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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Manning-Santee,

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Lake City at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Dalzell-Shaw at Orangeburg, 7:30 p.m.

Camden at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAME

Manning-Santee at Camden, 2 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

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

JUNIOR LEGION SCHEDULE FRIDAY’S GAMES

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

TODAY’S GAME

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

WEDNESDAY’S GAME

Manning at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Vandy headed back to Omaha to defend title CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dansby Swanson scored the goahead run for Vanderbilt in a 4-2 victory over Illinois on Monday that sent defending national champions back to the College World Series.

The shortstop had two hits with two runs scored and one RBI in the win over the Illini (50-10-1) in the deciding game at the Champaign super regional.

Swanson scored the goahead run in sixth-inning after sending a Tyler Jay pitch to the wall in rightcenterfield. Earlier Swanson stroked a solo homerun to left.

AUSTRALIA 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Megan Rapinoe scored twice and the United States overcame early defensive shakiness to beat Australia 3-1 Monday night in the Americans’ opener at the Women’s World Cup. Christen Press also scored for the second-ranked U.S., which is seeking its third World Cup title and first since 1999.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati 4, San Diego 0 Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 4 Minnesota 2, Milwaukee 0 Chicago Cubs 6, Washington 3 Miami 3, Colorado 2, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 6, Arizona 3 St. Louis 4, L.A. Dodgers 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

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

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee (Jungmann 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Haren 6-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 7-4), 7:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-4) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 3-7), 7:08 p.m.

Philadelphia (Harang 4-6) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 4-4), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 7-0) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 5-4) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 8-1) at Colorado (J. De La Rosa 2-2), 8:40 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Frias 4-3), 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 12:37 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

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

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 1, Cleveland 1 Thursday, June 4: Golden State 108, Cleveland 100, OT Sunday, June 7: Cleveland 95, Golden State 93, OT Tuesday, June 9: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 11: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 14: Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 16: Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-Friday, June 19: Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

PATRIOTS RELEASE SPIKES AFTER CAR FOUND ABANDONED

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots released linebacker Brandon Spikes on Monday as

FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

By The Associated Press Sunday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $30.86 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Semifinals Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles Women Championship Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (7), Czech Republic, vs. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova (12), Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Legends Doubles Round Robin Men Under 45 Juan Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Moya, Spain, def. Arnaud Clement and Nicolas Escude, France, 6-3, 6-3.

Men Over 45 Guy Forget and Henri Leconte, France, def. Cedric Pioline, France, and Mark Woodforde, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-3.

innings, the first coming in the top of the second to give it a 5-1 advantage. The other came in the sixth to turn a 9-3 advantage into a 14-3 lead.

In the sixth, the P-15’s took advantage of six walks to supply most of the offense for the five runs.

Kemper Patton started the inning with a single off of Post 53 relief pitcher Charles Harrington. Chris Crawford drew a walk before Todd Larrimer fouled out. Dante Hartman drew his third walk of the game to load the bases and Daw-

PETTERSEN WINS MANULIFE LPGA CLASSIC

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — Suzann Pettersen birdied two of the last three holes, closing with a 3-under 69 in windy conditions for a onestroke victory over Brittany Lang at Whistle Bear Golf Club.

CALCAVECCHIA WINS CHAMPIONS TOUR EVENT IN IOWA

DES MOINES, Iowa — Wearing bacon-themed pants and using a putter he bought from an Iowa sporting goods store, Mark Calcavecchia broke through for one of his most satisfying wins.

Calcavecchia won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his third career Champions Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 for a onestroke victory over Joe Durant and Brian Henninger.

From wire reports

son Price’s groundout scored Patton to make it 10-3.

Harrington then walked Javon Martin to load the bases and Philip Watcher to force in a run and make it 11-3. Jacob Watcher followed with a 2-run single to push the lead to 13-3.

A walk to River Soles reloaded the bases and ended Harrington’s night on the mound. Grant Thompson came in and walked Patton to deliver the fifth run.

“We’re back to the form we’re accustomed to,” Campbell said. “We hit the

ball really well.”

Patton had four hits and four runs batted in. Soles had three hits, while Philip Watcher had two hits, two walks and three RBI and Martin had two hits.

Hartsville scored a single run in each of the first three innings off of P-15’s starting pitcher Taylor Finley. The side-arming righthander settled down after that and finished with three scoreless innings.

Finley allowed seven hits while striking out three and walking just one.

The teams play again today at Riley Park beginning at 7 p.m.

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made the biggest putt of his career just to stay alive.

Rose finally made one mistake too many — a drive on No. 10 into the right rough, a fairway metal into the gallery on the left, a chip down the slope some 18 feet by the hole and he still had just under 5 feet for bogey when Lingmerth settled over the winning putt.

University President Harris Pastides said while cost-of-attendance is difficult to define, as long as the school is close to the cap limit of $5,000 per athlete.

“It’s not going to be an issue of high competitiveness,” Pastides said.

South Carolina has found other ways to boost revenues. Among them is the season-opening football game with North Carolina on Sept. 3 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, the home field of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.

Both schools are guaranteed $3.2 million for appearing. Tanner said since game-day costs like traveling — it’s about a 100-mile drive between South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium and the Panthers’ home field — will be minimal.

“That’s a great day for us,” Tanner told the trustees.

South Carolina will pay $585,000 in guarantees to two football opponents this fall, $300,000 to UCF for its visit to Williams-Brice on Sept. 26 and $285,000 to Citadel when it travels there Nov. 21.

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DUBLIN, Ohio — David Lingmerth stood over a short par putt on the third playoff hole at the Memorial and finally knew exactly what it meant.

An hour earlier, he looked like a winner when he signed for a 3-under 69 and watched on TV as Justin Rose hit a shank out of a bunker that plunked a spectator in the head and left him 55 yards short of the pin in a nasty lie. Rose needed to make par or Lingmerth would win.

He calmed himself and

year ago.

“I think it’s significant that we are going in the right direction,” South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner said.

“We’re still increasing our revenues, and certainly we need to do that. It’s important that we continue in that direction.”

The increase is essential, Tanner saidd, because South Carolina will begin adding cost-of-attendance figures to athletic scholarships this coming season. South Carolina will add $4,151 per athlete to the total scholarship cost.

The school, Tanner said, is also adding a new dorm for athletes that combined with the scholarship additions, will cost about $1.8 million in next year’s budget.

Tanner was questioned by trustees on the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee about whether South Carolina’s figures on scholarship additions were a fixed cost or could be increased or dropped because of an athlete’s location or importance to a sports’ future success.

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authorities investigated whether his Mercedes was involved in an accident after the car was found abandoned in a highway median near where three people were hurt in a vehicle that was rear-ended.

While it’s not clear who had been driving, the operator of Spikes’ 2011 Mercedes Maybach reported through the car’s OnStar navigation system that it hit a deer, Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said in a statement. The car was found at about 3:30 a.m.

Sunday with front-end damage in the median of Interstate 495 in Foxborough, near Patriots team headquarters.

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FRIDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Camden, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee at Manning Monarch Field), 6:30 p.m.

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Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Haren 6-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 7-4), 7:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-4) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 3-7), 7:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-4) at Tampa Bay (Karns 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Elias 2-3) at Cleveland (Kluber 3-6), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 7-1) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-0), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (C.Young 4-2) at Minnesota (May 4-3), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (N.Martinez 4-2) at Oakland (Gray 7-2), 10:05 p.m.

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BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press PARIS — So here’s how far Stan Wawrinka has come: Now that he is a two-time major champion, the guy ignores congratulatory phone calls from none other than Roger Federer.

OK, well, that’s not exactly how it went. But Wawrinka did say Monday, less than 24 hours after beating Novak Djokovic in the French Open final, that he wasn’t able to answer a post-match call from good pal Federer, his Swiss Olympic and Davis Cup teammate, because it was time to do a news conference.

Wawrinka did read a text message from Federer.

“He is always really happy for me. It’s true happiness,” Wawrinka said. “He is always behind me. He likes when I win. He loves that.”

For years, Wawrinka toiled in his countryman’s not-insignificant shadow, a top-20 player who would occasionally win a smaller tournament or get to the quarterfinals of a major — while Federer was spending more time at No. 1 in the rankings, and collecting more Grand Slam trophies, than any man in history.

They paired up to win a gold medal in doubles for Switzerland at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, then gave the nation its first Davis Cup title last November.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stan Wawrinka, right, holds the trophy he received for winning the French Open on Sunday. Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic, left, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 at Roland Garros in Paris.

Those successes helped boost Wawrinka’s confidence.

So did coach Magnus Norman, the 2000 French Open runner-up.

After their first practice session, in 2013, they sat down to check a calendar and figure out which tournaments Norman could attend.

Norman mentioned the sea-

son-ending ATP World Tour finals, which only admits the top eight players.

Wawrinka wasn’t even among the top 15 at the time.

“I told him: ‘What? I’ll be there?’” the 30-year-old Wawrinka said Monday.

Sure enough, he made it.

“Some coaches try to give you confidence, to push you

all the time, telling you that you are great, that this is a boxing match and you are going to hit your opponent hard,” Wawrinka said. “He is just telling me small things that make a big difference.”

Norman helped improve some aspects of Wawrinka’s game, such as his forehand.

His one-handed backhand, as

pure as any stroke in the sport, was just fine.

The partnership paid dividends. Wawrinka reached his first major semifinal at the 2013 U.S. Open, and won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open.

Then Wawrinka showed up at the 2014 French Open and lost in the first round.

“We had a burger at McDonald’s,” Norman recalled.

This time, they stuck around for the entire tournament, then feted Wawrinka’s triumph Sunday night with a low-key dinner and drinks at his hotel with family and friends.

“I did not feel capable of winning Roland Garros,” Wawrinka said. “Now that I’ve done it, I can say that I’m capable of doing it.”

Yes, actuality does prove possibility.

Still, the day after, it all seemed a bit surreal to the guy known as “Stan the Man.” He will relax a little at home before heading to the Queen’s Club grass-court tournament. Wimbledon begins June 29.

“That’s the good thing and bad thing in tennis. The good thing is, like, when you lose, you already have a chance the next week to focus and to have a chance to win,” Wawrinka said. “But when you win, you don’t have too much time to enjoy it, because you need to be ready for the next one.”

Serena’s slam bid moves on to Wimbledon with added pressure

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press PARIS — Serena Williams was only a few hours’ removed from her second major trophy of 2015, putting her halfway to a true Grand Slam, when she expressed a wish for a particular outcome in the following day’s men’s final at the French Open.

Like Williams, Novak Djokovic already had won the Australian Open in January.

And like Williams, he would be appearing in the title match at Roland Garros.

“I’m kind of hoping Djokovic will win,” Williams said with a laugh Saturday night, “so I’m not the only one with this pressure on me. So, like, we’re in this together, brother.”

Alas, less than 24 hours later, the championship went to Stan Wawrinka, who beat Djokovic in four delightful sets.

So as the tennis world moves to grass courts — Wimbledon begins June 29 — Williams stands alone in a bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam.

“That’s probably the most difficult thing to do in tennis,”

said Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. “But it’s possible.”

With all of the hype and excitement that surrounded American Pharoah’s sweep of horse racing’s Triple Crown races — becoming the 12th to do it, and first since 1978 — it’s worth noting how rare a fullfledged tennis Grand Slam is: Only two men and three women have done it. The last man was Rod Laver in 1969.

The last woman was Steffi Graf in 1988.

Williams was asked what it might mean to accomplish pretty much the only thing missing from a resume that includes 20 major singles titles, another 13 in doubles, four Olympic gold medals and nearly 250 weeks at No. 1 in the rankings.

“Oh, God. I’m not missing it,” the 33-year-old American corrected, playfully wagging a finger at the reporter who posed the question. “I’ve got a ‘Serena Slam,’ and I’m close to another ‘Serena Slam.’”

That is true.

Williams won the U.S. Open last September, meaning she

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has won the last three major championships.

The last woman to do that?

Williams, of course. She won four consecutive majors from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open, dubbed a “Serena Slam.”

Purists insist that the only way a Grand Slam is really a Grand Slam is if the four titles are earned during the same season.

The last time a woman pulled off the AustralianFrench double was in 2001, when Jennifer Capriati did it.

But her Slam bid stalled in the Wimbledon semifinals with a three-set loss to Justine Henin.

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Serena Williams poses with her French Open trophy in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. She is halfway to winning the Grand Slam for the year with Wimbledon up next later this month.

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BY DENNIS WASZAK JR The Associated Press SECAUCUS, N.J. — Shortstops were a big hit leading off the Major League Baseball draft.

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Vanderbilt slugger Dansby Swanson with the No. 1 pick Monday night, setting off a history-making run at the position.

With the second pick, Hous-

ton took LSU’s Alex Bregman — marking the first time the first two players chosen were shortstops since Shawon Dunston (Cubs) and Augie Schmidt (Blue Jays) got drafted in 1982.

Colorado made it 3 for 3 by taking Florida high schooler Brendan Rodgers at No. 3 overall.

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TRUEX FROM PAGE B1 hugged Pollex. Jimmie Johnson fist-bumped Truex.

“He’s had more to overcome personally and professionally than probably anybody sitting in that seat right now,” Johnson said.

Truex and Pollex, a couple since 2005, have endured their share of personal and professional heartache over the last 18 months. Pollex, was diagnosed with cancer last summer and she had various organs removed, including her ovaries, fallopian tubes and part of her stomach.

Furniture Row owner Barney Visser told Truex he could sit out the rest of the season following Pollex’s diagnosis and still keep his ride for 2015.

Truex, though greatly appreciative, declined the offer. Truex found the track therapeutic and kept him focused on something other than her disease.

But he was always a steady support system for Pollex.

“She showed me what she was made of,” Truex said.

Pollex tweeted a selfie with Truex and the Pocono trophy from victory lane that said, “Chemo Monday victory lane Sunday.”

“It never gets any better than this,” Truex said. “It takes time to heal things, especially with what Sherry and I went through. This makes you forget all about it. Sherry’s here healthy and she’s as excited as I am.”

Truex took another hit when his grandmother, Roberta, died Wednesday in the family hometown of Mayetta, New Jersey.

“I think the racing Gods were hanging out with my grandma today,” Truex said.

Truex dominated off late restarts down the stretch to snap a 69-race winless streak.

Truex’s Furniture Row Racing team had brought the same car to the track each of the last three weeks, with smashing results. Truex didn’t win but he led the most laps at Kansas (95), Charlotte (131) and Dover (131). He added 97 more at Pocono.

Kevin Harvick was second, followed by Johnson, Joey Logano and Kurt Busch.

With a new car at Pocono, Truex raced to his third win in 347 career starts. Truex is the 10th driver to win a race this season and qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

Truex made the Chase in 2007 and 2012 — and should have made it in 2013.

“As long as they don’t kick

the Commodores to the College World Series earlier in the day, was the first college shortstop to be the top pick since Brown University’s Bill Almon in 1974.

“I think it sounds pretty good,” a smiling Swanson said in an interview on MLB Network.

It marked the first time the Diamondbacks had the No. 1 selection since they took Justin Upton in 2005.

Swanson seamlessly switched from second base to shortstop this season as a junior. He was the Most Outstanding Player at the College World Series last year, helping

me out before then, I’ll be in it,” Truex said, laughing.

Truex’s career seemingly hadn’t recovered since he was booted from the 2013 Chase in the aftermath of the Richmond scandal. NASCAR determined that Michael Waltrip Racing manipulated the outcome of the race in a bid to get Truex into the Chase.

Truex slumped in 2014, his first year with Furniture Row after four seasons with MWR. He had just one top-five finish, led all of one lap the entire season and was a dismal 24th in the standings.

“It was just miserable,” Truex said.

With his girlfriend by his side, Truex has stormed his way toward the best start of his career in his second season. He has 13 top 10s in 14 races with four top-fives.

“Tomorrow we are still going back to normal life and we always try to remember that and be ourselves and remember why we are here,” Truex said. “And how thankful we are to be here and how lucky we are to be doing this.”

He’s feels at home — and suddenly loaded with success — at Furniture Row.

the Commodores to the national championship. Swanson is a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Howser Trophy, given to college baseball’s top player.

“An exceptional baseball player that has all of the intangibles and makeup of a championship-type player for which this organization is building a foundation on,” Diamondbacks scouting director Deric Ladnier said in a statement.

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19-25 93. less, far from it. He’s twice missed potential game-windon’t go your way. Steph tivation” driving him. ning shots in the final secwill bounce back. He’s a Maybe it’s a chance to onds, and has made only 40 great player. We’ll help him. outperform Curry, tagged percent of his field-goal atWe’ll try to see if we can get by some as his heir appartempts. him into a better groove. ent as the league’s biggest However, he’s dictating But he’ll be fine.” star. the pace of the game, conThe workload on James Curry was off the mark trolling the clock and slowhas been overwhelming, from the start in Game 2, ing the run-and-gun Warmaybe even too much for and afterward he didn’t riors, who are accustomed him. He’s as mentally fohave an explanation for to doing things their way. cused as he’s ever been, and going 2 of 15 on 3-pointers.

He’s also motivated his heading into the finals, teammates — James dubbed Warriors coach Steve Kerr James acknowledged his isn’t worried about his suthem “The Grit Squad” — game is at its pinnacle. perstar. by telling them that they He’s dug deep to make it “It happens to everybody, not only belong in this sethrough two games, and he whether you’re the MVP or ries, but they can win it. may be forced to play 40a role player,” Kerr said.

The Cavs may be underplus minutes per game from “Sometimes the shots don’t dogs, but James is remindhere on out. go in. Sometimes things ing them that this is their moment. And as he chases his third title, one that would crown his brilliant career and help him make good on a promise to his home area, James has the

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BY GEORGE HENRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — Alex Wood disappointed Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez — not with his pitches, but his protest.

Wood got ejected in the fifth inning and Atlanta lost for the fourth time in five games, 3-0 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on

Sunday.

“We love Woody to death, but he can’t put himself in position to even come close getting thrown of the game there,” Gonzalez said. “We didn’t do anything offensively after that, but you’d rather have Woody try to give you a couple of more innings and stay in the fight there.”

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Gerrit Cole pitched seven scoreless innings to win his fourth straight start and Starling Marte had a two-run single in a three-run

fifth.

Cole (9-2) allowed six hits, three walks and struck out

seven, throwing 74 of his career-high 116 pitches for strikes. He leads the NL in victories and with a 1.73 ERA. His 13 wins over his last 17 starts lead the majors over that span.

The Pirates have won five of six and 13 of 16.

Wood (4-3) gave up three runs and seven hits, walking one and striking out five. He was

ejected after a conversation with home plate umpire Mark Carlson as he walked off the field following the third out.

“I didn’t think it was appropriate,” Wood said. “I didn’t try to show him up, didn’t say anything to him during the inning (and) didn’t know I got tossed until I got up into the clubhouse.”

Robert (Mary) McKnight of Sumter; and a host of other relatives and friends.

The family requests that condolences be made on their tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com.

Memorials may be made to the Mission Fund at First Baptist Church, 107 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to The Advocacy Center, 190 S. Lafayette Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

OBITUARIES FANNIE H. PACK Fannie Hastie Pack lived to be 96. She was a widow of Joshua Pack Sr. She was born on June 12, 1918, in Sumter County, a daughter of Preston and Vermell Pearson Hastie. She was the youngest of 12 siblings, all PACK preceded her in death. She departed this life on June 5, 2015, at her home.

She attended the Sumter county schools. She was a lifelong member of Lagree AME Church, where she was a faithful worker. She interacted with all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was untied in marriage to Joshua Pack Sr. To this union was born 10 children.

One child, Linda Pack Roberts, preceded her in death.

She is survived by six daughters and three sons, Emily Burgess (the late Muldrow), Georgia Charles and Octavia William, all of Sumter, Charlotte Johnson of Jacksonville, Florida, Windella Pinkney of Eastover, Deloris Pack Pugh (Hydrick) of Summerville, Joshua Pack Jr. of the home, Zebedee A. Pack (Evelyn) of Conway and Leroy Pack (Elease) of Moncks Corner. She is also survived by three sisters-in-law, Bobigene Pack, Mamie Pack Landreaux and Rosa Lee Pack McElveen; one brother-in-law, Garland Pack; 17 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 15 greatgreat-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today.

Homegoing celebratory services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Lagree AME Church with Pastor Jeanette Collins, eulogist. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.

The family is receiving friends at home, 1023 Collins St., Sumter, SC 29150.

The management and staff of Sumter Funeral Service Inc., 623 Manning Ave., Sumter, is serving the Hastie-Pack family.

PEARL G. BILLIE Pearl Greene Billie, 92, widow of John Billie, entered eternal rest on Friday, June 5, 2015, at her home.

Born on Oct. 22, 1922, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late James and Ella Greene. She received her forBILLIE mal education in the public schools of Clarendon County School District 1.

Pearl G. Billie accepted Christ into her life at an early age and became affiliated with New Hope UME Church and later joined Mt. Pleasant RMUE Church, where she served as a member of the steward board, stewardess board, senior choir, prayer band committee; as an active Sunday school participant; and she served many years as junior president of the missionary board. She earned the distinction of being named steward emeritus and “mother of the church.” At the district level, she served as district president of the auxiliary board. She was also a charter member of Silver Leaf No. 333 OES PHA. Survivors are two sons, Carell (Frances) Billie of Willingboro, New Jersey, and Curtis Billie of Pinewood; three daughters, Beulah (Minister Herbert) Brown of Decatur, Georgia, Sylvester Billie of Columbia and Joanne B. Hammett of Manning; nine grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; a host of other

relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Mt. Pleasant RMUE Church with the Rev. Theola Parker, pastor, the Rev. Powell Hampton, eulogist, assisting, and Presiding Elder Daniel B. Greene, the Rev. Rufus Gaymon (retired), the Rev. Dorothy B. Boyd and Minister Herbert Brown. Burial will follow in Brown Cemetery.

The family is receiving visitors at the home, 1178 Ed Boyd Road, Pinewood.

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

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

ARA BELL M. WINDHAM BISHOPVILLE — Ara Bell McCaskill Windham, 87, loving grandmother and greatgrandmother, passed into God’s hands on June 6, 2015, at McCoy Memorial Nursing Center.

Born on July 15, 1927, in Bishopville, she was a daughter of the late Sinclair and Viola Ford Hudson. Mrs. Windham was a member of Mizpah Baptist Church.

Survivors include her sonin-law, Richard Brabham; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren that she loved dearly.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George Windham; her daughter, Mary Louise Brabham; and her brothers, Roy Hudson and Horace Hudson.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Mizpah Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Will Cline officiating.

The family will receive fiends following the services at the graveside.

Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

JAMES ROACH James Roach, 85, widower of Viola Logan Roach, died on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Sept. 19, 1929, in Sumter County, he was a son of Willie Sr. and Matilda Prioleau Roach.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 5455 Sidjon Road, Sumter.

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

VERMELL CONYERS SR. Vermell “Tub” Conyers Sr., 71, husband of ILIE Bell “Ollie” Pringle Conyers, departed this life on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at his residence.

He was born on Jan. 4, 1944, in Lynchburg, a son of the late Abraham Sr. and Janie Nelson.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 408 S. Harvin St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

CHRISTINE DICKS Christine Elizabeth McKnight Dicks, 92, wife of the late Samuel L. Dicks, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at her residence in Sumter.

She was the daughter of the late George W. and Hattie Wright Mcknight.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at Mt. Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlett, Sumter.

Mrs. Dicks will be placed in the church from noon today until the hour of service.

Mrs. Dicks was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and was a graduate of Lincoln High School and Morris College of Sumter. Christine Elizabeth McKnight Dicks taught elementary education for many years and retired from Rafting Creek Elementary School in 1985 after 35 years of teaching experience. She was a faithful and dedicated member of Bethel AME Church, where she served in many capacities including: musician; chairperson of women’s day; usher board; family and friends committee; trustee secretary; missionary secretary; missionary worship leader; homecoming committee; choir director; youth director; and mother of the church.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, William McKnight Jr. Survivors include a son, Eubie (Shirley) Dicks; three daughters, Sabrina (Ronald III) Barton, Samantha Dicks and Aleshia (James) Davis; four grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; one great-greatgrandchild; nephews, Sgt. Major William (Carolyn) McKnight of Suffolk, Virginia, and

HERBERT LEE BOAN Herbert Lee Boan, 83, husband of Marion Parker Boan, died on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born and raised in Hartsville, he was a son of the late J. Scarborough and Connie Horne Boan. He retired from Waste Industries Inc. of Sumter, where he was manager. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Sumter, where he served as a deacon and on various committees.

Survivors include his wife; sons, H. Clyde Boan of Darlington and Bert A. Boan and his wife, Vicki, and their sons, Ethan and Hansen of Newcastle, Oklahoma; two stepsons, J. Richard “Rick” Wilson and his wife, Susan, of Benbrook, Texas, and Jesse Victor Wilson and his wife, Melinda, of High Point, North Carolina, and their children, Jessica Peschell (Michael) of Ft. Lewis, Washington, Jordan Wilson (Brittany) of Fort Worth, Texas, and Melody Wilson of High Point; numerous nieces and nephews; and many friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Clanton officiating.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Magnolia Cemetery in Hartsville.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the First Baptist Church Narthex.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Baraca Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church and the 9 A.M. Coffee Club of McDonald’s on Pinewood Road.

VANESSA MCNELLY Vanessa Ann Buckner McNelly, age 55, beloved wife of 29 years to William S. McNelly, died on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at her residence.

Born in Asheville, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Horace and Nancy Sue Rhodes Buckner. Vanessa is remembered as the matriarch of their family. She loved to cook and feed all of her family. She was married to her husband Bill for 29 years and was his true love and soul mate. Vanessa was a giver and loved to do for others. She loved to spend time with her family and her true joy in life was her two granddaughters.

She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, Kevin Thomas McNelly and his wife, Patricia, of Lexington; two daughters, Shana Elizabeth McNelly and her fiancee, Casey Rayburn, of Sumter and Beatrice Rexrude of Union; and two granddaughters, Jessica McNelly and Kimberly McNelly.

The family has requested donations in lieu of flowers.

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

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Meet comments about biracial child with pride DEAR ABBY — May I comment on the letter from “Open-Minded in Pennsylvania” (3/6), the adoptive Dear Abby mother of a biracial child ABIGAIL who asked VAN BUREN for a witty comeback for strangers’ comments/questions? This is a rare teaching moment! If a parent reacts with the slightest hint of displeasure, the child will think the parent is displeased with her/him.

We adopted a daughter of a different race 29 years ago.

When I received comments/ questions from acquaintances

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and strangers, my face would light up, and I’d respond, “Oh, we adopted her! She is Filipino! We are so blessed to have her in our lives!” Usually, the person would smile and say something positive. The rare times someone didn’t, we would hurry on with a wave and a smile, and I would hug her close.

Our daughter has grown up proud of her ethnic background and knowing she’s special. She is now married and the proud mother of two biracial children.

Judy in Texas DEAR JUDY — You handled the situation beautifully. I heard from a slew of adoptive parents. Let me share some of their comments: DEAR ABBY — When my adopt-

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ed son from Bogota, Colombia, was about 4 months old, we were shopping for groceries one day. A woman approached our cart and asked, “Where is he from?” I smiled and replied, “Heaven!”

Kathy in New York DEAR ABBY — I employ a strategy I learned from your column. I face the questioner with a smile and say, “I am stunned that you would ask such a personal thing!” The look on the asker’s face is priceless. And it makes it quite clear that I have no obligation to respond to anything someone may choose to ask.

To that mother: Hold your head high, radiate pride in your precious child, and know all’s right in your world.

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By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

ACROSS 1 Lioness in “Born Free” 5 __ optic cable 10 It must be made with one hand 14 Ruth’s husband, in the Bible 15 Massey of old films 16 “My treat” 17 Rush off 18 Daniel Boone portrayer 20 In the mail 22 Double play pair 23 Road repair consequence 24 Cookie-cutter abode 27 “If __ King of the Forest”: Cowardly Lion’s song 29 Lend a hand 30 Channel for bargain hunters 31 Joan of Arc, e.g.

32 Forsaken child 34 MASH system 37 Both sides of an argument ... and what can literally precede the starts of 18-, 24-, 53- and 60-Across 41 Slip by 42 Falling out between friends

45 “__ as she goes” 48 Fireplace residue 51 UPS driver’s assignment 52 Rush hour sounds 53 New car trial run 56 Pumper’s pride 57 Fairy tale bad guy 59 Oodles 60 Unexpected source of cash 63 Osbourne of rock 66 Made haste 67 Supreme Court justice since 2006 68 Visionary 69 Slow-cooked meal 70 Spotless 71 Very, in Versailles DOWN 1 Flow out 2 London lav 3 Tortilla chip topper 4 Templo Mayor builder 5 Some whiskey purchases 6 Project extension?

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LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2

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

Estate:

Sarah L. Tomlin #2015ES4300339

Personal Representative Ernest Lee Tomlin Sr.

3665 Skinner Road Gable, SC 29051

Estate:

Inez Jones #2015ES4300306

Personal Representative Dencil C. Jones

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

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

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

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

Estate:

Bobbie Sandford Newsom #2015ES4300335

Personal Representative Elizabeth Harhay Kornfeld

C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268

Estate:

Estate:

Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Ernest W. Baker, Jr. #2015ES4300310

Personal Representative Ernest W. Baker III

C/O Thomas E. Player, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Drawer 3690 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Billie Ann Barron Thornton #2015ES4300330

Personal Representative Owen R. Thornton 2124 Lords Landing Virginia Beach, VA 23454

Estate: Zelmarine K. Arrington #2015ES4300337 Personal Representative Thomas E. Arrington

2712 West Tharpe Street #1-62

Tallahassee, FL 32303

Estate: Charles Ellis Stafford Sr #2015ES4300329 Personal Representative Stephen F. Stafford 225 Adams Avenue Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

David Harris Beasley #2015ES4300305

Personal Representative Tony G. Beasley

1399 Crowndale Dr. Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Geraldine Woods #2015ES4300334

Personal Representative Matthew L. Phillips

257 Pioneer Drive

Estate:

James Jackson, Sr. #2015ES4300315

Personal Representative Vernell Singleton-Deas

41 Garden Drive Alexandria, VA 22304

Arthur W. James, Sr. #2015ES4300304

Elene Dakota Jones Price #2015ES4300340

Personal Representative Cathy E. Price

16 Folsom Street

Samuel Lee Benjamin, Jr. #2015ES4300311

Personal Representative Ellanora Benjamin

2770 Sparkleberry Landing Rd. Pinewood, SC 29125

Sumter, SC 29050

Estate:

Mack D. Perry, Jr. #2015ES4300307

Personal Representative Vivian Perry

54 Jerry Street Sumter, SC 29153

In Memory

ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found

Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755.

Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found: Salem St. 1 brindel & 1 brown; N. Guignard mix blk/brn; Newberry Husky mix; Grange Rd. 1 mix brown & 1 blk/white

Frank James Canty 7/30/61 - 6/9/09 It has been 6 long years since you left and we didn't even get the chance to say "Goodbye". We often sit around and laugh at your jokes, and also cry about the heartfelt conversations that we use to have.

We want you to know that you was and will always be a blessing to our family. We love and miss you like crazy. Rest In Paradise Uncle Frank.

Love, Your Nieces & Nephews

Personal Representative Arthur W. James, Jr.

2625 Camden Highway Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Alvis J. Bynum #2015ES4300333

Personal Representative Alvis J. Bynum, Jr.

and Grace B. Kelley C/O Jonathan P. Lee Attorney at Law 1301 Gervais Street, Suite 1920 Columbia, SC 29201

Estate:

Clarence Eugene Huggins #2015ES4300317

Personal Representative Craig E. Huggins

C/O Thomas E. Player, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Drawer 3690 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Josephine Johnson #2015ES4300319

Personal Representative Delores Stuckey 819 Seegars Mill Road Camden, SC 29020

Estate:

Anthony Wilson #2015ES4300300

Personal Representative Patrick O. Wilson

4651 Neely Ann Court Alexandria, VA 22310

Estate:

Ruth McElveen #2015ES4300313

Personal Representative Norman Scott Morgan

2348 Rosewood Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Estate: William C. Anderson Jr. #2015ES4300318

Estate:

Personal Representative Pauline O. Anderson 5 Golfair Court Sumter, SC 29150

Personal Representative Kelly Denise Tipton 3145 Greenview Parkway Sumter, SC 29154

Estate: Winfred Lloyd Williams #2015ES4300309

Estate:

Personal Representative Debra K. Williams

Personal Representative Carrie Dawson

2410 Drexel Drive Dalzell, SC 29040

Estate: Estate:

Azeez Abuwi Mustafa AKA Fred C. Harris #2015ES4300327

Personal Representative Fathiyyah Aqueelah Mustafa 320 W. Brewington Road Sumter, SC 29153

Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Dannis Harold Greene #2015ES4300322

Personal Representative Donna T. Greene 1 Hilliard Drive Sumter, SC 29150

TUESDAY, JUNE 09, 2015

Elliott Lavon Hardee #2015ES4300331

Levi W. Dawson #2015ES4300314 5859 Catchall Road Dalzell, SC 29040

CONTRACTOR WANTED! • Kingsbury Dr. • Club Lane • Country Club

On May 29, 2015, Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC (DCG) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in Docket No. CP15-504-000, an Abbreviated Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, for authorization to construct, install, own, operate, and maintain certain facilities located in South Carolina that comprise the Columbia to Eastover Project. DCG seeks authorization for this project by December 1, 2015. The details of this proposal are more fully set forth in the application that is on file with the FERC and open to public inspection.

Specifically, DCG seeks FERC authorization of its “Columbia to Eastover Project,” pursuant to which DCG will provide 18,000 dekatherms per day (Dt/d) of firm natural gas transportation service.

The facilities required for this service and proposed in the application to consist of 28 miles of new 8” pipeline originating at the DAK Americas, LLC facility in Calhoun County, South Carolina and terminating at the new metering and regulating station with the IP plant in Richland County South Carolina.

The filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits (CP15-504) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676.

The project name and docket number are important to know if you want to contact either DCG or FERC with questions concerning this project. The name of this project is the Columbia to Eastover Project and the docket number is CP15-504-000. Please use both the project name and docket number in any communication with DCG or FERC. The exact legal name of DCG is Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC. DCG is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of South Carolina (SC) with its principal place of business at 601 Old Taylor Road, Cayce, SC 29033. DCG is an interstate gas transmission business unit and wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership formed by Dominion Resources, Inc., in March 2014 to own, operate, develop and acquire natural gas import, storage, regasification, transportation and related assets. Dominion Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries own 70.9% of the outstanding common equity interest (including both subordinated units and common units) and the non-economic general partnership interest in Dominion Midstream Partners, LP. Dominion Resources, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest producers and transporters of energy. DCG operates and maintains approximately 1,500 miles of pipeline in Georgia and South Carolina, and is engaged in the business of transporting natural gas in interstate commerce for customers principally in those states. DCG is an “open-access” pipeline operating under the Commission’s regulations and a Commission-approved FERC Gas Tariff.

A separate notice concerning the project is being mailed to each affected landowner and to the government agencies involved in the project. A copy of the certificate application can be viewed at the following libraries:

Richland County Library-Eastover 608 Main Street Eastover, SC 29044 803.353.8584

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Additional information, including a copy of the application and a publication called “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land? What Do I Need To Know?” is available through the FERC’s website at www.ferc.gov. In addition, you may contact FERC's Office of External Affairs toll free at (866) 208-3372 or see www.ferc.gov. To contact DCG about the project, contact Richard Jessee at (866) 319-3382 with questions regarding the application.