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Candidate filing period begins Primary elections set for June 14

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Wednesday was the first day for candidates seeking a political party’s nomination for an office in the Nov. 8

General Election, but most candidates wait to file their paperwork, said Sumter County Voter Registration Director Patricia Jefferson.

Primary elections will be held June 14, according to www.scvotes.org.

“Mostly they (candidates) file on the last day,” Jefferson said Wednesday morning. “But we did receive some calls yesterday wanting to know when filing opens today.”

On ballots in the tri-county area, depending on location, will be South Carolina House districts 50, 51, 64, 67 and 70 and Senate districts 35 and 36.

Sumter County Council Areas 1, 3, 5 and 7 are also up for election.

County level offices up for election are auditor, clerk of court, coroner, sheriff and treasurer. Soil and Water Conservation Districts are also on the ballot.

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‘It’s ... stood as a beacon of education’ Quinn Chapel School alumni share memories

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A small, nondescript building sits behind Quinn Chapel Church at the intersection of Queen Chapel and Brewington roads.

The windows are boarded up, and the wooden structure slowly turns to shades of gray in the South Carolina sun and rain.

Inside, the two-room structure is filled with the dustcovered debris of years as a Masonic meeting hall and church memorial chapel.

A decrepit old piano sits in one corner. The old windows are stacked against a wall.

Old tables and chairs are strewn about. A wasp’s nest hangs from what remains of the ceiling as a number of the insects fly around an open door.

As brothers Eli and Victor Baker gaze around the room, a burst of memories must flood through them of a time and a place that seems long ago — almost in another world.

Three days earlier, the Quinn Chapel Church was filled with the voices of speakers and the sound of gospel music as a reunion of former students at the all-black

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Victor C. Baker, left, and his brother, Eli W. Baker, talk about going to school at the Quinn Chapel School.

Quinn Chapel School were honored by the church’s congregation and others who came to pay their respects to the aging alumni from the humble school.

Eli Baker, was a principal at Lemira Elementary School for

S.C. moves on military retiree income tax cut COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have approved legislation to sharply increase state income tax exemptions for military retirees.

A Senate Finance subcommittee sent to the full panel Tuesday legislation to increase a current tax exemption on retirement income for veterans 64 and under from $3,000 to $15,000 every year.

The panel also approved increasing tax exemptions for veterans over 65 from $15,000 to $30,000 annually. The exemptions would take effect in the current tax year.

The panel amended legislation that had called for a three-year, phased-in plan to exempt all income taxes for retirees who had for served 20 years.

William Bethea, chairman of the state’s Military Base Task Force, said he was elated. Bethea has worked for three years to increase veterans’ tax exemptions.

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four years and Willow Drive Elementary School for 12 years. His long career in education found it’s beginning in the old building standing behind the church, at a time before desegregation when “separate but equal,” was the law

of the land.

“It’s a building that has stood as a beacon of education for at least 95 years,” he said Saturday to the gathering that included about a dozen of his former classmates. “It’s hallowed ground that

launched so many into the world. Something significant took place from the labor of caring teachers.”

He said a reunion for a grade school is an uncommon

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Obama nominates Garland to high court, challenging GOP WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, thrusting a respected moderate jurist and former prosecutor into the center of an election-year clash for the future of the nation’s highest court.

Obama cast the 63-year-old Garland as “a serious man and an exemplary judge” deserving of a full hearing and a Senate confirmation vote, despite Republican vows to deny him both.

Standing in the White House Rose Garden with Garland, Obama argued the integrity of the court was at stake and appealed to the Senate to “play it straight” in filling the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

“It’s supposed to be above poli-

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland shakes hands with President Obama as he is introduced as Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.

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tics,” Obama said of the high court. “It has to be. And it should stay that way.”

Republican leaders, however, held to their refusal to consider any nominee, saying the seat

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LADSON BOOTH ‘MR. LADD’ CHANDLER — 1928-2016

Beloved puppeteer touched the lives of generations of children

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ay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” the Wizard of Oz said, attempting to hide his true identity from Dorothy Gale and her friends. While Ladson Booth “Mr. Ladd” Chandler made his puppets the stars of his shows, he was not hiding backstage at their performances — rather, he often spoke directly to his young audiences, conversing with them about the importance of being a good friend, sharing, not interacting with strangers and respect.

And the children loved and respected him.

After one of his regular performances for a second-grade class at Willow Drive Elementary School in the mid1990s, several of the students expressed their love for the puppeteer. Among their comments?

“He loves us a lot. … He walks here to read to us even if it’s raining. … He adopted us,” said one.

“He cares for us,” said another, and “he taught us to share and to love other people.”

That caring attitude and his gift for reaching and entertaining children earned Mr. Ladd the designation as one of Sumter’s Heroes a decade ago; back in 1994, South Carolina PTA District 13, comprising Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties, honored him with the President’s Award for service to children.

Mr. Ladd, who died Sunday at 87, was a Sumter native, a U.S. Navy veteran, a graduate of the N.Y. School of Fashion Design, a charter member of the Sumter Artists Guild and a retired life insurance salesman; but puppetry was his true vocation, which he took up full time in 1974.

Few who grew up in Sumter in the past four decades have not witnessed a performance by Mr. Ladd and his puppets or read his former column, Puppet Talk, that ran in The Sumter Item for many years. In the column, usually “written by” one of the puppets, young readers gained insight into Mr. Ladd’s rich home life with his friends, such as (puppet) Patty McDougal.

She wrote of the birthday party the puppets gave Mr. Ladd “Remembering the good manners taught them by Mr. Ladd, the puppets took only one piece of cake and one cup of punch … A good time was had by all, and the happy event ended with all the puppets … singing the Happy Birthday song to Mr. Ladd.”

Ann Beaty, a cousin of Mr. Ladd, said she will remember him as “a truly unique individual who loved his puppets and loved entertaining children with them. Many a Christmas night at a huge family party that my grandmother would host, Laddie would bring

FROM STAFF REPORTS There is good news for individuals in need of long term disaster recovery case management after the October 2015 flood. South Carolina 2-1-1 Information and Referral has begun Disaster Case Management Intake.

Victims of the flood still in need of assistance are able to dial 2-1-1 to have their information entered into the disaster case management coordinated system.

Hearts and Hands Disaster Recovery, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, will be the main provider of Disaster Case Management across the state.

All residents in need of flood recovery will be assigned to Hearts and Hands for longterm recovery assistance.

S.C. 2-1-1 is not the agency providing disaster case management services but is an avenue for entering the system.

Not everyone who enters the system will be eligible for disaster case management services. Flood victims still in need can dial 2-1-1, select their language and select option 7 when prompted to be connected to an intake specialist.

S.C. 2-1-1 is a service of the United Way Association of S.C., and the Disaster Case Management Intake service was made possible through a grant from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.

When flood victims previously called 2-1-1, they were referred to organizations providing assistance in their communities.

“Those needing help were given a list of available resources that were known at the time,” said Richard LaPratt, vice president of the Contact Center Services at United Way Association of South Carolina. “Now we are able to get them in the system.

With a disaster of this magnitude, it will still take some time for long term recovery groups to begin the disaster case management process, but flood victims should know that they have not been forgotten.”

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Above, Children watch intently as Ladson “Mr. Ladd” Chandler puts on a show at Bright Beginnings Day Care in 1990. Mr. Ladd began his career as a professional puppeteer in 1974. Right, children flock to Mr. Ladd after one of his many puppet shows. the puppets to entertain us. He also loved opera and would incorporate it into his shows. …

“He always had a story to tell, with or without his puppets. He was a very kind person, never married, and later in life lived with his mother and took care of her ’til she died.”

Another cousin, Richard Booth, described him as “a sweet and gentle person,” who loved classical music and opera and was “creative and interesting to all the children in town.”

Booth also recalled fondly the holidays at his grandmother’s house, when “Laddie would put on a puppet show and entertain us. He was an integral part of the extended Booth family. He was very devoted to caring for his mother, who lived to 101.”

Mr. Ladd always took the time to talk with children and to introduce them and adults to his “Puppetland,” those who knew him said.

Debbie Watson-Hayes recalls that Mr. Ladd “came to my table at Cole’s long ago and introduced himself and some of his puppets. He told me he had gone back to school and was studying Spanish. Of course, when (my daughter) Whit came along, I took her to his shows at the mall. He made all his puppets and loved to bring them to life at his shows.”

Through his many puppet “children,” such as Pinky Rabbit, Carlotta Ostrich, Abigail Duck, Munchy Mouse, Freddy Frog and others, Mr. Ladd gently reminded his young human audience — and many adults — of good manners, morals and concern for others. He and his puppets explored reasons for happiness, too.

“Happiness is in your own back

yard,” Pinky Rabbit advised. “If you’re happy, then other people will be happy around you.”

As Mr. Ladd said after a performance at Bright Beginnings Day Care many years ago: “I think when you’re given a God-given talent, you work with children and help them to lead a better life and to learn good morals. … There are a lot of adults who can’t communicate with children, unfortunately.

“Fortunately, they’ve given me the golden key to the magic garden because I live in two worlds. I live in the adult world as Ladson Chandler and the marvelous, exciting world of Puppet Land.”

To see an example of Mr. Ladd’s puppetry, see the YouTube link: http://bit. ly/1R340YG. Graveside services for Mr. Ladd will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Michael Jones officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Bible Church, 770 N. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 or to the Salvation Army.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.

— Ivy Moore

Final suspect arrested in Amberwood Drive shooting FROM STAFF REPORTS On Wednesday, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested the final suspect involved in a shooting that took place at a residence on Amberwood Drive on Friday, according to a news release from the agency.

Officers arrested 24-year-old Marquis O. Richburg, of 833

Club Lane, Sumter, for allegedly accompanying another man, 29-yearold Fuqron Nelson, to the Amberwood RICHBURG Drive residence where the two men reportedly had an altercation with the resident, Marion Simms.

Richburg and Nelson are relatives of Simm’s ex-wife who got into an argument with Simms earlier that day.

During the shooting incident, Nelson grabbed a female victim at Simms’ house and dragged her from the residence against her will, according the sheriff’s office release.

According to the release, Nelson was shot in the leg by Simms in defense of the female victim and was taken to Palmetto Health Tuomey for treatment via a personal vehicle.

Nelson is charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime; kidnapping; first degree burglary; and

criminal conspiracy.

Richburg reportedly fled the scene and evaded law enforcement after the shooting.

The release states the victim and other witnesses have given statements to law enforcement implicating Richburg, who is now charged with criminal conspiracy and first degree burglary.

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Bishopville motorcyclist killed in Darlington Co. A motorcyclist from Bishopville was killed Tuesday evening in Darlington County, according to Cpl. Sonny Collins of South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Darlington County Deputy Coroner Wilber Vaughan identified the victim as Ronnie L. Hill, 58, of 275 Anderson Hill Road, Bishopville. He was killed about 9:35 p.m.

Tuesday on Old Camden Road in Darlington County, according to Collins. Hill, who was not wearing a helmet, apparently drove his 1983 Harley-Davidson motorcycle off the road into a ditch, Collins said.

Easter giveaway Saturday in Bishopville The Good Samaritans for All People Inc. will have its Easter Giveaway at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Old Bishopville High School football field on U.S. 15 in Bishopville.

Rev. Eddie Thomas Jr., president of the organization, said the events are planned to help poor people and especially single-parent families.

The organization has been doing the giveaways several times a year for more than 20 years.

Thomas said the Easter Giveaway will include food items, clothing, furniture, candy, stuffed animals and Easter items.

For more information or to make a donation, call Thomas at (803) 428-4448 or (803) 4594989.

Zumbathon raises money for sickle cell foundation

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Every year for the past three years Angela Burkett, a Sumter native, has hosted a Zumbathon to raise money for the James R. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation. This year, the event will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the South Birnie Hope Center, 210 S. Purdy St. According to the foundation’s website, the disease is an inherited blood disorder that causes red blood cells to be malformed and can cause organ damage, anemia and pain. The disease most commonly effects people of African, Asian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Central American and South American ancestry.

One in 10 black Americans has the sickle cell trait, the website says. Sickle cell trait is inherited and does not become sickle cell disease, but children of people having the trait may inherit the disease.

Burkett said her interest in the disease and the foundation is because of her granddaughters who have the disease.

“I have two granddaughters, Daianya and Jaymee,” Burkett said. “I didn’t know a lot about sickle cell until Jaymee, when she was a baby, came to stay with me for a year while her mother was overseas.”

She said that experience opened her eyes to how much suffering victims of sickle cell go though as well as the fact

that the patient population is underserved.

“There are a lot of people in the community who suffer with it,” she said.

Burkett, a Zumba instructor at Cross Training Martial Arts, 493 N. Guignard St., in Sumter, organized the two-and-a-half hour Zumbathon to raise money for the foundation.

A $10 donation is requested, all of which goes to the foundation, Burkett said.

The James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation is a nonprofit agency serving sickle cell clients and their families in the Midland and Upper portions of South Carolina.

Zumba is an exercise program based on moving to Latin music, Burkett said.

“It’s perfect for everybody,” she said. “It’s designed to bring people together and exercise.”

No type of exercise experience or fitness level is necessary.

“As long as you move you will do fine,” she said.

“I call it an exercise party,” Burkett said.

Burkett said she been teaching Zumba for about three years. She will be joined at the Zumbathon by a number of instructors from Sumter and Columbia, she said.

For more information, call Burkett at (803) 968 3644 or visit www.jamesrclarksicklecell.org.

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“We are in the process of trying to identify the next director, so if you know anyone, please have them turn in a resume to the Chamber as soon as possible,” Prothro wrote in the letter.

Meanwhile, he said the Chamber has moved back to its office at 19 N. Brooks St. in Manning.

Because the two Chamber employees left immediately, Prothro said volunteers will temporarily staff the office.

The job responsibilities for the executive director position include membership retention and expansion, programs and events, budget management and serving as a liaison to other community events. The executive direc-

Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce has initiated a search for a new executive director after receiving the resignation of Christina Darby last week.

Darby said she wants to spend more time with her family.

The other Chamber employee, Jessica Nunnery, an information specialist, also resigned last Thursday.

In a letter to Chamber members on Tuesday, Chamber Board President Pro Prothro said the board will try to appoint a new executive director by the Striped Bass Festival, scheduled for the weekend of April 22-23.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES

Fantasia Foy, 24, of 525 E. Calhoun St., Sumter, and Chiquita McCloud, 19, of 623 S. Sumter St., Sumter, were both arrested Monday pursuant to a warrant issued on Feb. 9. The warrant alleges the two women broke into a house in the 1600 block of Broome Street, along with a third person who was arrested

by Sumter County Sheriff’s Office last week, and reportedly stole $8,000 worth of items including a HiPoint 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. Foy and McCloud are both charged with first-degree burglary.

Kermith Hill, 31, of 207 Dodamead St., Eastover, was arrested Wednesday for re-

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STOLEN PROPERTY A Lincoln grease gun valued at $400 and a Dewalt tool bag containing various tools valued at $700 were reportedly stolen from a white 2016 Chevrolet Silverado while the vehicle was parked in the 2300 block of Broad Street between 10:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday.

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Two power meters valued at $300 each were reportedly stolen from a pool house on the 100 block of Engleside Street between Feb. 1 and March 14. Also, approximately $1,300 worth of damage was caused to the structure when two windows and two glass doors were broken.

A yellow and white gold diamond engagement ring and wedding band set valued at $700 was reportedly stolen from a residence on Gadson Street between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on March 15.

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Palm Sunday a good time to reflect on the kind of leadership we need

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alm Sunday holds a special meaning this year because our desires sound strangely like those held by certain groups of people centuries ago as Jesus entered the ancient city of Jerusalem. In this presidential election year, we are all desperate to find that one leader who will alleviate our social and economic problems and restore us to our respective and highly individualized sense of prosperity.

While the inadequacies of our world are particularly fresh on our minds, humanity’s dissatisfaction with the authorities-that-be is not new. The cries of political and civil unrest have echoed through the centuries.

There are and will always be great populations of people crying out for a true leader, a representative, a Savior — someone who will make life a little easier.

Scripture records a joyous scene on that first Palm Sunday, one befitting the typical celebration accompanying the arrival of a military leader. By and large,

the Jewish people had been oppressed by various world powers for several centubut Faith Matters ries, they had JAMIE H. maintained WILSON a modicum of control within their community which was exploited by their religious leaders, who piously enforced a litany of more than 500 religious rules as a means to personal righteousness. It would take a leader of untold authority to unseat such great oppression.

With this unbridled hope growing in their hearts, a large group of people rallied around this would-be leader as he entered the city gates: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!” (John 12:13b, NIV).

It would be just one week later that another group —

perhaps some of the same people — would be calling for his execution. I think it’s a pretty safe assumption that Jesus wasn’t the leader they wanted. He was a disappointment. He didn’t bring earthly relief; he just promised heavenly rewards.

Regardless of the outcome in November, I’m absolutely sure that we will be disappointed by the actions of our incoming president in the coming years because there is a defect in the system of humanity: There is no one good, not one (Rom. 3:10). We will elect an imperfect leader who might make great or terrible changes to our lives.

Listen closely, we can pray and hope that person makes sound decisions that benefit our country and communities, but we can’t rely on any person to satisfy the thirst for personal peace. We can’t continue to reject the one leader — the one Savior — who can.

Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail. com

CHURCH NEWS Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Sunday — Unity choir rainbow tea and program at 3:30 p.m.

Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Sunday — Sallie Evans Women’s Missionary Society women’s day program at 2 p.m. The Rev. Ruth Robinson will speak.

Antioch United Methodist Church, 4040 Dubose Siding Road, announces: * Sunday — Women’s day program “Hats off to Women of God, Growing in Faith” at 4 p.m.

The Rev. Donna Jackson will speak.

Bethel AME Church, 219 E. Calhoun St., announces: * Saturday — Baby contest at 4 p.m.

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday, March 27 — Sunrise service at 6 a.m. Youth Easter recitals at 4 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy, 140 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Sunday, March 27 — The 43rd anniversary of the New Gospel Tones of Sumter will be celebrated at 5 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. On the program: the Rev. Matthew Mickens and the Highway Travelers of Hopkins; Spiritual Caravans of Sumter; Team of Joy of Orangeburg; and many others.

Community Church of Praise, 562 S. Pike Road, announces: * Friday — Glory night at 7 p.m. * Saturday, March 26 — Youth Easter Extravaganza at 2 p.m. * Thursday-Friday, March 31April 1 — Revival at 7 nightly.

Pastor Windley Jr. will speak.

Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Sunday — Easter Cantata at 11 a.m. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter Sunrise service at 7 a.m.; Sunday school at 8:45 a.m.; and 10 a.m. worship.

Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Accepting donations of nonclothing items until Friday, April 1, for Relay for Life yard sale.

Drop items off on the porch of the Dorcas Closet building (white house) on the church grounds. For pick up, call (803) 565-1602 and leave message. * Saturday, April 2 — Relay for Life yard sale from 7 a.m. until everything is gone.

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 105 Dinkins St., Manning, announces: * “Men Helping Boys and Men to Become Better” event at 6 p.m. each Monday in the fellowship hall. Call (803) 556-1848 or (803) 968-9466.

Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1794 Old Georgetown Road, Manning, announces:

* Friday, March 25 — Good Friday service at 6:30 p.m. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter Sunrise service at 7 a.m. and Easer worship at 10 a.m.

First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Today-Friday — Revival. The Rev. Dr. Sammie Simmons will speak. * Sunday — Benedict College day at 11 a.m. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter Sunrise service at 6 a.m. The Rev. Laddie Howard will speak.

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Sunday — Member appreciation day at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Ella Busby will speak. * Friday, March 25 — Seven last words service at 7 p.m. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter service at 11:15 a.m.

Grace Christian Fellowship Church, 2938 Raccoon Road, Manning, announces: * Saturday — Hands of Grace Ladies Ministry will host a bake sale fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the vacant lot next to Tanner’s convenience store, Route 301 / Raccoon Road, Manning.

Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — The 10th pastoral anniversary of Pastor Clifton Witherspoon will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Minister Kenton Rogers will speak. One Purpose will provide music.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Palm Sunday during morning worship. * Sunday, March 27 — Joint Sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. The Rev. Stanley Rivers will speak. * Sunday, April 3 — Holy communion will follow the 10:15 a.m. worship.

Holly Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1304 Hidden Branch Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday, April 3 — Four Gospels program at 5 p.m. Speakers: Pastor Kenneth Murray; Pastor Ranzy McFadden; Elder Kevin Bosier; and Pastor David Pugh.

House of Judah Worship Center, 3890 White Oak Drive, Davis Station, announces: * Sunday, April 3 — The 16th anniversary celebration at 4 p.m.

One Accord of Manning will provide music.

Love Covenant Church, 245 Oswego Road, announces: * Saturday — “Strong Men in Tough Times” small group meeting and “Women of Warfare” small group meeting, both at 9 a.m.

Manning United Methodist Church, 17 E. Rigby St., Manning, announces: * Registration for the 2016-2017 school year has begun. Nursery,

2-year-old and 3/4-year-old classes available. Offering 5 days a week and early drop off.

Classes begin in late August.

Call (803) 435-8115.

Mount Sinai AME Church, 5895 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Sunday, March 27 — Easter Sunday services as follows: 8:15 a.m. church school and 9 a.m. worship and Easter program. * Sunday, April 3 — Stewardess / Pulpit Aide day during 10 a.m. service.

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New faith-based films tone down religion, but ramp up star power LOS ANGELES (AP) — For some filmgoers, hearing a movie described as “faithbased” makes it a must-see.

But just as many others find the term a turn-off.

To reach audiences beyond the Christian church-goers that generally propel the genre, some producers of faithbased films are ramping up the star power and tamping down the evangelical messages.

The latest example is “Miracles From Heaven,” starring Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah, which tells the true story of a 9-year-old Texas girl who inexplicably recovers from an incurable condition after surviving a 30-foot fall.

Among the film’s producers are pastors T.D. Jakes and DeVon Franklin — the team behind 2014’s $100 million hit “Heaven is for Real” — who say they aim to make movies for all audiences, not just religious ones.

“I think sometimes when people hear ‘faith-based,’ to them that is code for preachy, that is code for more medicine, and it’s also sometimes code for lower quality, lower budgeted,” Franklin said in a recent interview.

“It’s the way people think when you use labels that is the barrier,” Jakes said. “It’s not necessarily the film, but the image that comes up in people’s minds ... It suggests a discrimination that was not intended. We didn’t do this film just for people of faith. We did this film for everybody.”

Other entertainment aimed at Christian audiences, including new films “The Young Messiah” and “God’s Not Dead 2,” and the live TV special “The Passion” (airing Sunday), take a more religious approach.

“Miracles From Heaven” is based on Christy Beam’s 2015 memoir, which describes her family’s struggles and her own crisis of faith when daughter Anna is diagnosed with an incurable digestive disorder, then has a potentially deadly fall.

But following the mishap, Anna has no serious injuries and ultimately shows no signs of the disorder. She later tells her mom she went to heaven and talked to Jesus during the ordeal.

The film is being released Wednesday by Sony’s Affirm Films, the studio’s specialty faith division established in 2007.

Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday — Community Easter egg hunt 10 a.m.-noon for ages birth to sixth grade. There will be games, prizes and snacks.

Adult chaperones must accompany all children. * Friday, March 25 — Good Friday service at 6:30 p.m. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter services as follows: 7:15 a.m. sunrise service; 7:45 a.m. breakfast; 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service. Nursery provided.

The Rev. Dr. Ella F. Busby will speak.

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Today-Friday — Youth Spring Revival at 7 nightly. * Saturday, March 26 — First quarter 2016 seminar 8 a.m.noon. Topics of discussion: ministers and ministries; tithing and giving; and evangelism and discipleship. Call (803) 236-6451 to confirm attendance. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter program during 10 a.m. service, sponsored by the youth ministry.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Pastor’s support ministry anniversary program at 10:45 a.m. * Saturday, March 26 — “Health and Heritage” health fair from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Mount Zion Enrichment Center, 315 W. Fulton St. Call Delores Nickelson at (803) 972-3034 for vendor information. * Sunday, March 27 — Joint Easter sunrise worship to be held at 6 a.m. at Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 320 W. Fulton St., followed by 9:45 a.m. Easter program.

Plaza Church of Christ, 1402 Camden Highway, announces: * Friday-Saturday — Marriage seminar at 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday. Gary Johnson will speak.

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Sunday — Morris College Day annual program at 10 a.m. * Wednesday-Thursday, March 23-24 — Holy Week services at 7 nightly. The Rev. Hazel Charles will speak on Wednesday. Pastor Willie A. Wright Jr. will speak on Thursday. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter service at 10 a.m.

Reid Chapel AME Church, 1008 Dibert St., announces: * Sunday — Family and friends program at 3 p.m. The Rev. Abraham Temoney Sr. will speak.

Sumter Ministerial Association announces: * Sunday, March 27 — Community-wide Easter Sunrise service at 7 a.m. at Swan Lake.

Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 320 W. Fulton St., announces: * Sunday, March 27 — Easter Sunrise service at 6 a.m. The Rev. Dr. James B. Blassingame will speak.

Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Friday, March 25 — Good Friday worship service at 7 p.m. * Sunday, March 27 — The 131st anniversary of the church will be celebrated. Sunrise worship at 6 a.m.; Sunday school at 9 a.m.; devotional service at 9:45 a.m.; and 10 a.m. worship.

New Salem Baptist Church, 2500 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Friday — Spring festival 7-9 p.m. Carnival type of games and food. Evening will conclude with a glow in the dark Easter egg hunt. Preregister at www.newsalemsumter.com. * Sunday, March 27 — Easter services as follows: 8 a.m., outside reflections at the cross; 8:15 a.m. worship; and 9:45 a.m. potluck brunch. Pastor Kevin Massey will speak.

Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church announces: * Thursday-Sunday, March 24-27 — Holy Week and Easter Mass Schedule for Catholic churches in Manning and Santee as follows: 7 p.m. Holy Thursday service at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church, 2529 Raccoon Road, Manning, and at St. Ann’s Church, 2205 State Park Road, Santee; 3 p.m. Good Friday service at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church and St. Ann’s Church; 8 p.m. Saturday Vigil service at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church and St. Ann’s Church; 9 a.m. Easter Sunday service at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church; and 11 a.m. Easter Sunday service at St. Ann’s Church. www.myoloh.org Pine Grove AME Church, 41 Pine Grove Road, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Layman’s organization worship at 11 a.m. Elder Joseph Postell will speak. * Sunday, March 27 — Resurrection Day Sunrise service at 7 a.m. Breakfast will be served.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Monday, March 21 — Widow’s luncheon at 11 a.m. * Saturday, March 26 — Easter egg hunt for children under 13 years of age from 10 a.m. to noon. * Tuesday, March 29 — Senior adult lunch at noon. Bring a covered dish.

Second Presbyterian Church, 1125 Old Pocalla Road, announces: * Friday, March 25 — Good Friday worship service at noon.

St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church, 1126 St. Matthew Lane, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Men’s Day at 3 p.m.

The Rev. Hazel Charles will speak.

Summerton Southern Methodist Church, 1107 Felton Road, Summerton, announces: * Saturday — Barbecue chicken supper 4-7 p.m. Cost is $8 per plate. Cafeteria style or take out.

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Trump: GOP needs to embrace his candidacy WASHINGTON (AP) — An emboldened Donald Trump offered himself Wednesday as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and called on balky GOP leaders to embrace the voters’ “tremendous fervor” for his candidacy.

But the billionaire businessman’s latest wins didn’t stop anti-Trump Republicans from seeking scenarios to deny him the GOP nomination.

Trump, who padded his delegate lead in the latest round of voting, predicted he’d amass enough support to snag the nomination outright before the Republican convention — without much difficulty. And if GOP leaders try to deny him the nomination at a contested convention when he is leading the delegate count, Trump warned, “You’d have riots.”

With his latest wins, Trump has won 47 percent of delegates so far. He’ll need to win 54 percent of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination before the convention, according to The Associated Press delegate count.

Despite Trump’s momentum, some GOP leaders and conservatives continue to explore ways to block him.

Former House Speaker John Boehner waded into the fracas on Wednesday, saying he’d support his successor, Paul Ryan, for president if Republicans can’t agree on a candidate at the convention.

Boehner, who has endorsed John Kasich, said that if Republicans can’t nominate Trump, Kasich or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on the first ballot, he’d be “for none of the above.

I’m for Paul Ryan to be our nominee.”

Democrat Hillary Clinton, eager for a November matchup against Trump, took direct aim at him after strengthening her position against rival Bernie Sanders with another batch of primary victories.

“Our commander-in-chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it,” Clinton said in a speech that largely ignored Sanders. “We can’t lose what made America great in the first place.”

Trump suggested in calls to morning TV shows that the party establishment is starting to fall in line behind him.

Without naming names, Trump said some of the same Republican senators who are publicly running him down have called him privately to

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say they want to “become involved” in his campaign eventually.

Trump said Clinton would be “a major embarrassment for the country” and added that she “doesn’t have the strength or the stamina to be president.”

Plans for a GOP debate in Salt Lake City on Monday looked doubtful after Trump said he’d skip the event, and then Kasich’s camp said they’d pull out if Trump didn’t participate.

Clinton triumphed in the Florida, Illinois, Ohio and

North Carolina presidential primaries, putting her in a commanding position to become the first woman in U.S. history to win a major-party nomination.

Trump strengthened his hand in the Republican race with wins in Florida, North Carolina and Illinois but fell in Ohio to that state’s governor, Kasich. Votes were also being counted in Missouri, though races in both parties there were too close to call.

Kasich, celebrating his home state win over Trump, told NBC’s “Today” show, “I

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Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am

Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd. • 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

Assembly of God Baptist - Southern Catholic - Roman First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterfirstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Weekend Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:00 and 12:00 Noon Confession: Sat. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Evening Worship 6:00 pm

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org FPastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM

City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com

Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

Lutheran - ELCA St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday School: 9:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 10:30 am Holy Communion: 12:00 pm

dealt him a very, very big blow to being able to have the number of delegates.”

He added that neither Trump nor Texas Sen. Cruz can win the general election.

But after Tuesday’s contests, it’s mathematically impossible for the Ohio governor to win a majority of delegates before the GOP’s July national convention.

Even before Tuesday’s results, a group of conservatives was planning to meet to discuss ways to stop Trump, including a contested convention or rallying around a third-party candidate.

While no such candidate has been identified, the participants in Thursday’s meeting planned to discuss ballot access issues, including using an existing third party as a vehicle or securing signatures for an independent bid.

Trump said putting up a third-party candidate to block him would “guarantee” a Democratic win in November.

On Tuesday, Ryan did not rule out the idea of being drafted by the party at the convention, but on Wednesday his spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, appeared to close that door.

First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Lutheran - NALC Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive 803-883-1049 • 803-774-2380 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm

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First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Jim Burton Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (classes for all ages) Hospitality/Fellowship Hall 10:10 a.m.

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Find an antique at Sanford and Son opening a store.

Baker stopped in Summerton and found the perfect place, just a few blocks from where his store is now, and decided to make it a furniture and antique shop.

“When I first opened, we would travel to auctions all over, as far as New York, Kentucky and Tennessee,” he said. “We have slowed down a bit since then.”

He credits the store’s success to treating everyone with hospitality, while keeping prices down.

Baker receives most of his items from auction sales that he attends all over the state.

“You never know what you may find at an auction,” he said. “At times, it is possible to find things that you may not know the value of until later.”

Baker tells the story of how he once bid on a set of dishes at an auction that he did not think were worth much. He decided to bid $200 to get the dishes anyway.

He was hoping to make a few hundred dollars in profit.

He decided to increase the price and priced the dishes at $1,200.

About a week later, a woman who was driving from California came through Summerton and stopped by the store. She bought the dishes for $1,200. She later told Baker that apparently the set was worth $10,000. The woman immediately sold the dishes to

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com SUMMERTON — Plato wrote that “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” When it comes to antiques, Summerton business owner Fred Baker would agree.

Baker runs the store Sanford and Son at 201 Main St., with his wife, Harriet. The shop is filled with antique items and furniture.

A customer can find everything from silverware, glassware, old books and albums, a collection of old television and radio sets, chandeliers and even small mannequin dolls.

“Sanford and Son” was a popular sitcom that aired on NBC in the 1970s. In the show, the main character, Fred G. Sanford, owns an antique shop by the same name.

Baker, 76, said that some people in Summerton call him “Mr. Sanford,” because of the store’s name.

He is originally from High Point, North Carolina, which Baker said is considered the “furniture capital of the world.”

Growing up in the city, he said, he was exposed to the furniture world at a young age, and ran his own furniture business there. In 1990, he was driving through South Carolina, looking for a warehouse to store some of his items. He did not plan on

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Horton Davis, left, of the Jordan Community, enjoys a conversation with Fred Baker outside of Baker’s store, “Sanford and Son.” The antique and furniture shop has operated in Summerton since the early 1990s.

Glass items for sale are seen above left at Sanford and Son, a furniture and antique store in Summerton.

An old piano, above right, is just one of many antique items for sale at the downtown shop. someone else for $5,000.

“You probably won’t get rich in this business, but you’ll make enough to get by,” he said. “I just thank the Lord for good health and everything I’ve got.”

Carl Sherman, of Santee,

said he enjoys coming by the shop because there’s always something unique to find.

“I like to look around and see if I can find something that I can use or an old antique,” Sherman said. “Mr. Baker really takes his time

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The store’s hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

For more information, contact Fred Baker at (803) 4102787.

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Stop by and see Max and Taylor and their friends from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301), which has numerous pets available for adoption. To drop off an animal, call (803) 473-7075 for an appointment. If you’ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol.webs.com and www.ASecondChanceAnimalShelter.com.

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As with all Cypress after 5 concerts, the show begins at 7 p.m. with food and beverages.

There will be two trips auctioned, a hunting expedition and an oceanfront Myrtle Beach get-away. Items to be auctioned, include a carved wooden bowl, jewelry and more.

Attendees can bid on items before the concert and during intermission. Results will be announced at the end.

Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted. All proceeds benefit the Cypress Foundation, which supports health initiatives at Clarendon Memorial Hospital and in the community.

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Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2015-CP-14-00458 DEFICIENCY WAIVED STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON U.S. Bank National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Fred Bennett; DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm; P.O. Box 8237; Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Clarendon County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity for Clarendon County is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

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that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Clarendon County in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity for Clarendon County is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

MORTGAGE COMPANY/AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications.

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2014-CP-14-185 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON

ABOVE Green Tree Servicing LLC

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County, South Carolina, on September 11, 2015.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter "Order"), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803-726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR

Plaintiff, -vsRichard Todd Avant, Teresa A. Seitz n/k/a Teresa A. Avant a/k/a Teresa Avant, Household Finance Corporation II, John McDavid, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LLC dba ditech, and The South Carolina Department of Revenue, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Green Tree Servicing LLC vs.

Richard Todd Avant, Teresa A. Seitz n/k/a Teresa A. Avant a/k/a Teresa Avant, Household Finance Corporation II, John McDavid, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LLC dba ditech, and The South Carolina Department of Revenue, I, Frances Ricci Land Welch, as Special Referee for Clarendon County, will sell on April 4, 2016, at 11:00 am, at the Clarendon County Courthouse, 3 West Keitt St, Manning, SC 29102, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN CLARENDON COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 434, PAGE 243, ID# 160-14-01-31, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON,

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LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 OF CLARENDON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, CONTAINING 1.66 ACRE ACCORDING TO A PLAT THEREOF PREPARED BY DUVALLE W. ELLIOTT, RLS, ON MARCH 25, 1998; SAID PLAT BEING FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CLARENDON COUNTY IN PLAT CABINET A, SLIDE 38 AS PLAT NUMBER 3 AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976 (AS AMENDED) KNOWN AS 2572 PATRIOT ROAD FORMERLY KNOW AS 1071 OLD GEORGETOWN ROAD, MANNING. This being the same property conveyed to Richard Todd Avant and Teresa A. Seitz by Deed from Larry B. Minton and Dona A. Minton dated March 15, 2001 and recorded March 15, 2001 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County, South Carolina in Book A434 at Page 243.

resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.0% per annum.

Frances Ricci Land Welch Special Referee for Clarendon County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

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Estate Notice Clarendon County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and 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 claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: Paula Lynn Skipper #2016ES1400044 Personal Representative: Patricia Riley 5822 Paxville Highway Manning, SC 29102 03/03/16 - 03/17/16

TMS #: 160-14-01-031-00 Physical Address: 2572 Patriot Rd., Manning, SC 29102 CLARENDON

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Special Referee may

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City of Manning Business License Renewals for the 2016 calendar year are due and payable beginning January 4, 2016 and are delinquent if not paid in full before April 15, 2016. From April 16, 2016 to May 15, 2016 the penalty is 5% of the unpaid fee for each month or portion thereof after the due date until such time the license fee is paid in full.

Information given will be verified for accuracy, so please make sure the gross income and the license fee, including penalties have been properly reported and calculated.

If you have any questions or need to obtain a business license application, please stop by our office at 29 W. Boyce Street or call the Business License Department at 803-435-8477.

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CDC guidelines aim to curb painkiller prescribing WASHINGTON (AP) — Prescription painkillers should not be a first choice for treating common ailments such as back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines designed to reshape how doctors prescribe drugs sucha as OxyContin and Vicodin.

Amid an epidemic of addiction and abuse tied to these powerful opioids drugs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging primary care doctors to try physical therapy, exercise and over-the-counter pain medications before turning to painkillers for chronic pain. Opioid drugs include medications such as morphine and oxycodone as well as illegal narcotics like heroin.

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Prescription painkillers should not be a first-choice for treating common ailments such as back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines designed to reshape how doctors prescribe drugs such as OxyContin and Vicodin.

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Administration restricted some widelyprescribed painkillers to limit refills.

States such as Florida and New York have cracked down on “pill mills” using databases to monitor what doctors are prescribing. And this week, Massachusetts signed into law a seven-day limit on first-time prescriptions for opioids — the first of its kind in the nation.

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With chaos surrounding Annalise, she can’t stand the pressure anymore and needs to escape. Meanwhile, Frank must come to terms with the things he has done while Wes continues to get closer to finding out about his past on the season finale of “How to Get Away with Murder,” airing at 10 p.m. today on ABC. dence vs. USC (9:45 p.m.).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Richard shakes up the staff

on “Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Olivia spies on Jake on “Scandal” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Professionals and amateurs compete in the kitchen on the

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• Harlee has doubts about Stahl on “Shades of Blue” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Chip gets out of his shell on “Baskets” (10 p.m., FX, TVMA).

• A resistance coup puts L.A. on lockdown on the season finale of “Colony” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

• Odds mount against Odo on “Vikings” (10 p.m., History, TV-14).

• Lance gets intellectual on “Portlandia” (10 p.m., IFC, TV14).

SERIES NOTES Jude and Celine face an impasse on “You, Me and the Apocalypse” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Rip’s secret plan on “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Elizabeth awaits trial on “The Blacklist” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * Shawn Mendes guest-stars on “The 100” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14).

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MTV’s popular franchise “The Real World: Go Big or Go Home” (10 p.m., TV-14) follows seven guests in a Las Vegas hotel. But they’re not just ordering room service. In every episode they are challenged to increasingly contrived events, like jumping out of a hot air balloon or performing in a strip club. Yeah, it’s all about the “real.”

This is a far cry from the first season of “The Real World: New York” way back in 1992. Like the 1970s series “An American Family,” the granddaddy of all reality TV that inspired it, “The Real World” depended on cast interaction for “drama.” There was enough quiet time for actual conversation; some revealed young people’s attitudes toward sexuality, bigotry, politics, etc. There’s just not as much space for meaningful conversation when you’re jumping out of a balloon.

• Annalise finds the pressure is too much on the season finale of “How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14). So one of last season’s most popular new network dramas wraps up its season early? Is there trouble in ShondaLand? A limit to audience hunger for an entire night of series produced or created by Shonda Rhimes?

Hardly. ABC’s Thursday prime time remains Rhimestime with the arrival next week of “The Catch,” yet another Rhimes-produced legal drama set at an elite firm stuffed to the gills with good-looking attorneys. I’ve yet to review it, but I’d suspect they can’t keep their hands off each other.

• Before CBS jumped into reality programming with “Survivor” back in 2000, its most dependable unscripted primetime programming aired only in March. CBS has been broadcasting the NCAA Basketball Tournament since 1982.

Tonight’s action includes University of Tennessee-Chattanooga vs. Indiana (7 p.m.) and Stony Brook vs. Kentucky (9:30 p.m.). TBS broadcasts North Carolina vs. a team to be determined (7:15 p.m.) and Provi-

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JUSTICE FROM PAGE A1 but did not change his position that “the American people will have a voice.” He said he would not be holding “a perfunctory meeting, but he wished Judge Garland well,” a spokesman said.

Others in the GOP ranks were less wedded to the nohearing, no-vote, not-even-ameeting stance — a sign that Republicans are aware the strategy could leave them branded as obstructionist.

Unlike McConnell, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley said he is open to meeting with Garland in the coming weeks, as did five other Republican senators — Rob Portman of Ohio, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine, James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.

The judge will begin visiting with Democratic senators on Thursday at the Capitol, before the Senate breaks for a two-week recess.

Scheduling courtesy meetings is a long way from securing a full hearing, much less winning the 60 votes needed for confirmation.

Still, the White House seized the comments as evidence Garland’s weighty resume and bipartisan credentials were putting pressure on Republicans.

Garland is the chief judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a court whose influence on federal policy and national security matters has made it a proving ground for potential justices.

A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Garland has clerked for two appointees of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower — the liberal Justice William Brennan Jr. as well as

FILING FROM PAGE A1 Filing began at noon Wednesday and all candidates must file by noon Wednesday, March 30.

Candidates for county level offices or the South Carolina General Assembly may file in person or through an agent at their local Voter Registration Office during office hours. The Sumter County Voter Registration office is in the Old Court House, 141 N. Main St. Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate must file in person at the State Election Commission Office, 1122 Lady Street, Suite 500, Columbia, during office hours.

Anyone seeking office in the election must complete and file a Statement of Intention of Candidacy/Party Pledge form, a Statement of Economic Interest and all relevant disclosure forms.

Forms must be notarized if

Judge Henry J. Friendly, for whom Chief Justice John Roberts also clerked.

As a federal prosecutor, he made his reputation overseeing the investigation and prosecutions in the Oklahoma City bombing case in 1995 as well as the case against Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.

When confirmed to the D.C. Circuit in 1997, Garland won backing from a majority in both parties, including seven current Republicans senators.

As a replacement for Scalia, Garland would undoubtedly shift the court away from its conservative tilt. He would be expected to align with the more liberal members on environmental regulation, labor disputes and campaign finance.

The D.C. Circuit isn’t a hotbed for cases on social issues, leaving few solid indicators of Garland’s views on abortion rights or the death penalty.

Garland’s involvement in two high-profile gun rights cases has prompted concern from gun control opponents.

In 2007, Garland wanted the full court to reconsider a panel decision that struck down Washington, D.C.’s ban on handgun ownership. But Garland never took a position on the merits of the case.

In 2000, he was part of a 2-1 majority that said the FBI could retain gun purchase records for six months to make sure the computerized instant background check system was working. The FBI’s position was challenged by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups.

But he is not viewed as a down-the-line liberal. He ruled against giving the District of Columbia a vote in Congress. Particularly on criminal defense and national security cases, he has earned a reputation as centrist with a law-and-order streak, siding more often with prosecutors.

not filed in person.

Candidates for county sheriff or county coroner must file the appropriate notarized affidavit with their county party chairmen no later than 10 days following the closing of the filing period.

In Sumter County, filing fees vary from $208 for the S.C. House of Representatives to $3,478 for Sumter County Sheriff. Fees are paid to the appropriate state party office.

For more information, call Sumter County Voter Registration Office at (803) 436-2312 or visit www.scvotes.org.

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SCHOOL FROM PAGE A1 thing, but this one is appropriate.

“It gives us an opportunity to look back and reminisce,” he said.

Baker told attendees of the remarkable legacy of business magnate Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck and Company.

In 1912, according to the National Historic Preservation Trust, Rosenwald granted black entrepreneur Booker T. Washington permission to spend some of the money he had donated to the Tuskegee Institute for the construction of several small schools in rural Alabama.

When that proved successful, Rosenwald agreed to a larger school construction program.

“Schools were built all over the South,” Baker said.

By the end of the program in 1932, it included more than 5,300 public schools and served more than 600,000 students, Baker said. The schools became known as Rosenwald Schools, he said.

Several of those schools were in Sumter County, including the Quinn Chapel Church School, Baker said.

Former student Elaine Mahatha traveled from Arizona to attend the reunion.

“Quinn Chapel School is etched in my memory,” she said.

The school was built in 1939, and Mahatha remembered being fascinated as a young girl as she watched the new school being constructed.

“It has given me the foundation of my being,” she said. “It is fitting it has been made a historical memorial.”

Life was not easy for the students who attended the school. Many of them had chores to do both before and after school.

Buelah Green remembers having to get up and feed the hogs.

“Then we got dressed and

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‘You’re workin’ in the fields went to school,” she said. tomorrow.’”

George Shaw, said he had There were no teleto be at the school by 6 a.m. phones, cellphones or comto cut wood and make a puters. fire.

“A yell “We had to across the walk to school, fields,” called lots of time the children barefooted,” home to suphe recalled. per or for disHe said in cipline, he the afternoons said. they picked The students cotton, plowed said the teachwith mules ELI BAKER ers were very and dug peastrict. nuts.

Quinn Chapel “We were all The Rev. School alumnus so challenged, Earth Mcwe put forth Cloud Joe attended the school in the late our best effort,” Baker said.

“When we left this school, ’40s. we could all read at any “We had to sweep the level.” school yard on Friday and The reunion was the get in wood,” she said. brain child of Quinn ChaIn the mornings, the stupel Church Pastor the Rev. dents had devotion, she Joshua Dupree, who said he said, and had to sing a song read an article in The Sumand repeat a verse. ter Item and was deterAccording to the stumined to honor the school’s dent’s accounts, parental students. involvement was not a “I wanted to do it because problem. you deserved it,” he told the “If you was in trouble at students. “I wanted to do it school, you was in trouble because our mothers and at home,” Eli Baker said.

“If I didn’t finish my lesson, grandmothers went to schools very much like this I didn’t go to school the next day. My dad would say, one.”

‘When we left this school, we could all read at any level.’

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Understanding the Islamic State

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IAMI BEACH — One wouldn’t call them bedfellows, strange or otherwise, but President Obama and Donald Trump are both inadvertently helping the Islamic State through rhetoric that is either too cautious or too rash.

It shouldn’t be difficult to discern which is Kathleen which.

Parker Obama, through his studious avoidance of explicitly calling terrorists or the Islamic State either Islamic or Muslim, is “silly,” perhaps “cowardly” and likely unproductive. And Trump, with his other-izing approach to problem solving -- targeting adherents of Islam for special scrutiny -contributes to recruitment and radicalization by marginalizing Muslims.

This composite appraisal comes from two authorities on Islam-inspired terrorism -- Boston University professor Jessica Stern, author of “ISIS: The State of Terror,” and Abdullah Antepli, an imam and senior fellow at Duke University’s Office of Civic Engagement.

The two were among several speakers at a recent Faith Angle Forum, sponsored by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which twice annually convenes journalists and scholars to delve deeply into issues related to religion, culture and current events.

Antepli was also critical of moderate Muslims who feel the need to defend Islam even in the wake of terrorist attacks. A jovial fellow whose students have nicknamed him the “Turkish Delight Imam,” Antepli said he’ll “scream and pull my hair out” if he hears one more time that Islam is a religion of peace.

It is and it isn’t, depending on which text one uses for one’s purposes. Just as the abolitionists used scripture to end slavery, the Islamic State uses the Quran to resurrect slavery.

No religion, said Antepli, is one thing. Every religion, especially those that are centuries old, is many things. Understanding requires familiarity with what Antepli identified as the three main categories of all religions: history, people and, last, theology.

In other words, religion is only part of the terrorist equation, but denying it altogether is a mistake, both agree. On this score, Obama’s critics may be correct, though others would argue that naming Islam risks alienating moderate Muslims.

Antepli countered that moderate Muslims are just as repelled by the Islamic State -- and are just as often its victims -- as the rest of the world.

The question that puzzles the civilized world is why the Islamic State is so successful in recruiting. For your edification, only about 120 Americans thus far have been recruited, about 40 percent of whom are converts, Antepli said. We know that the Islamic State has a sophisticated propaganda machine and a viral social media presence. But most won’t know how poorly we perform comparatively.

Every day, the Islamic State tweets tens of thousands of times, compared with the U.S. State Department, which sends about a dozen.

Stern emphasized that the radical jihadist ideology is undergirded with a narrative of humiliation, reinforced with branding and perverse promises -- sex slaves, drugs, power -- all of which can be justified with Quranic text. The promises would be especially irresistible to a certain kind of person: The typical jihadist is a male aged 14-35 who has a mental health history and feels alienated.

Yes, some percentage of recruits are surely psychopaths attracted to the brutality the Islamic State justifies with text. And some are true believers. But many of the remainders are simply ripe for the picking. We do ourselves no favors when we play into the Islamic State’s hand by reinforcing their propaganda that America hates Muslims.

Nor is it useful to fight ideology with violence, which only nurtures brutality in the jihadi mind. And certainly not by creating divisions between them and us, a propagandist tool for recruitment and radicalization.

My favorite approach relates to a method Antepli uses in his work to de-radicalize young Muslims. He told the story of a young man who was considering joining the Islamic State. Antepli, who is often called in by parents concerned about their children, said though it was the lad’s decision, he should thoroughly understand all the parts of Islam before making a decision.

The young man agreed to listen. By the time Antepli had finished his recitation of the nuances, history and reality of the Islamic State, the erstwhile sympathizer said, “I don’t want anything to do with that. It’s boring!”

Indeed, evil isn’t only banal; it’s a big bore.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ROADS PERFECT EXAMPLE OF do much to repair the roads; WHY PEOPLE WANT CHANGE however, DOT is spending Like most people in South Carolina, I have been reading about, hearing about, and dealing with the bad condition of the roads in the state since the October flooding. I have also been reading and hearing about the inability and/or unwillingness of the state government to do anything about it. According to some, the state doesn’t have enough money to

hundreds of thousands of dollars to change some intersections to traffic circles instead of first using the funds to repair roads. Where are these funds coming from?

The whole situation is a perfect example of why so many people in this state and in the U.S. are fed up with ‘politics as usual’ and want a change.

BOB THOMPSON Sumter

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Trump not solely to blame for the violence at his rallies

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or the last few days the burning question among pundits has been: “How much blame does Donald Trump deserve for the violence at his rallies?”

It’s a fair question, and the obvious answer is: a lot.

On Sunday, the demagogue paid his usual lip service to social norms, rejecting “violence in any shape.” He then proceeded to say — again — that he’s willing to pay the legal fees of those who commit violence on his behalf. He routinely waxes nostalgic for the good old days when troublemakers were “carried out on stretchers.”

That said, there was a good deal of Kabuki to the recent chaos in Chicago.

The Trump campaign said it had to cancel its event there because the police were concerned about public safety. That’s a lie.

The Chicago Police Department insists the decision was Trump’s — as was the choice to stage a rally in an area of Chicago where the campaign knew protesters would swarm.

Of course, protesters were only too happy to play the role Team Trump expected them to play. It matters little whether they were Bernie Sanders campaign pawns, as the chants of “Bern-ie! Bern-ie!” would suggest, or puppets of MoveOn.org, or selfstarting rebels. What they wanted, as the hashtag campaign #ShutItDown suggests, was to suppress free speech.

That makes them doubly blameworthy: Their goal was dishonorable, and their tactics only helped burnish Trump’s bogus self-image as the brave-yetvictimized anti-PC warrior.

Such high-ratings spectacles only magnify the sense that politics is a contest of will, not arguments. As the

commentator Jonathan Chait writes: The whole premise of democracy is that rules need Jonah to be apGoldberg plied in every case without regard to the merit of the underlying cause to which it is attached.” If you think it’s acceptable to shut down Trump’s rallies, you have no grounds to complain when Trump’s supporters shut down Sanders’s rallies.

The real problem with the question “How much blame does Trump deserve?” — or, for that matter, “How much blame does Sanders deserve?” — is that such questions assume blame is a limited commodity. If we say Trump deserves a lot of blame, the implication is that there’s only a little left for everyone else. The reality is that there’s plenty to go around. We are all adrift in an ocean of blameworthiness.

Chicago was a fleeting scene in a very long-running play. The Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset defined barbarism as the lack of universal ideals to which all can subscribe. The war on free speech is really just a battle in the larger war on universal standards.

When leaders claim the system is irredeemably corrupt and the rules rigged against them, politics becomes a kind of barbarism. What is good for my team is right, and whatever is good for your team is wrong.

Trump is merely the latest actor to deliver such assurances to his coddled constituencies. Barack Obama — who recently ab-

solved himself of all blame for the state of politics in the nation he’s led for seven years — has played this game with more finesse than most. But that’s the thing about the great ones: They make it look so easy. Obviously, he hasn’t encouraged violence — that is Trump’s special contribution to the degradation of our politics. But from his contemptuous rhetoric for his political opponents to his unilateral disregard for constitutional restraints, Obama has helped fuel distrust and discord in ways his fans can’t or won’t see.

Sanders lighted his populist fire by insisting the country is held hostage by malefactors of great wealth who are exempt from the rules that bind the rest of us. Hillary Clinton, who got rich(er) giving hidden speeches to those very same malefactors, is not trusted by the voters because she seems to think the rules are for other people, at least when it comes to handling classified materials.

The truth is that politics is downstream of culture.

And all of these politicians, Trump included, reflect deeper tendencies. Identity politics on the left and the right — from the war on socalled white supremacy to the bitterness of the white backlash — amount to what the French philosopher Julien Benda described as the “intellectual organization of political hatreds.” What’s remarkable about the violence Trump encourages isn’t its sudden appearance.

It’s that it took this long.

Jonah Goldberg is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor of National Review. He can be reached by e-mail at goldbergcolumn@gmail. com. © 2016 Tribune Content Agency

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AARP will offer free tax prepLincoln High School Class of aration from 9:30 a.m. to 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on 3:30 p.m. on Mondays and Saturday, March 19, at the Wednesdays through April South Sumter Resource 13 at the Shepherd’s CenCenter, 337 Manning Ave. ter of Sumter, 24 Council For more information, call St. Applicants are advised Ferdinand Burns at (803) to bring with them govern968-4464. ment-issued photo IDs, Social Security cards and / or The Sumter Branch NAACP’s Medicare cards for anyone Annual Women in the NAACP in the household, last Program will be held at 5 year’s tax forms, W-2 and / p.m. on Sunday, March 20, or 1099 forms, and power at Mt. Pisgah Missionary of attorney certification Baptist Church, 7355 Camforms if they are filing for den Highway, Rembert. Dr. someone else. For more inMary B. Hallums will formation, call Henry Dinspeak. kins at (803) 499-4990 or The Shannon Town CommuniLula King at (803) 316-0772. ty Neighborhood Watch Broken Wings, an eight-week Group will meet from 6 to 7 grief support group hosted p.m. on Thursday, March

by Amedisys Hospice Care, 25, at the South HOPE Cenwill be held from 10 a.m. to ter, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. noon each Saturday Lincoln High School Class of through April 23. Meetings 1966 will meet at noon on will be held at the AmediSaturday, March 26, at the sys Hospice office, 198 E. Trinity-Lincoln Center, 26 Wesmark Blvd., Suite 2, Council St. Plans are still (803) 774-4036. There is no being made for the 50th charge and the public is class reunion scheduled invited. for June 3-5.

1199 SEIU Retired Health Care The Bishopville, Manning, Workers of North Carolina Shaw Air Force Base Alumni and South Carolina will celeChapter of Kappa Alpha Psi brate women’s history month Inc. will hold a charter cerefrom 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on mony at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Friday, March 18, at the March 26, at the Mount Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Zion Enrichment Center, Purdy St. Frances Finney 325 W. Fulton St. E. Daniel will speak. A light lunch Rosemond, Southeastern will be served. Call (803) Province Polemarch, will 481-0475. speak. Tickets are $30 and The Sumter Combat Veterans must be purchased in adGroup will meet at 10 a.m. vance. Call Polemarch Ashon Friday, March 18, at the ley Vaughn at (803) 968South HOPE Center, 1125 S. 2283 or Vice-Polemarch Lafayette Drive. All area Kenneth Benjamin at (803) veterans and active mili773-8514. Tickets will not tary are invited. be available at the door.

The Lincoln High School PresThe Clarendon County Branch ervation Alumni Association NAACP Annual Freedom Fund will hold a dinner fundraiser Banquet will be held at 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on p.m. on Saturday, March Friday, March 18, at the 26, at Taw Caw Community Lincoln High School cafete- Outreach Center, Summerria, Council Street. Cost is ton. U.S. Rep. James E. Cly$8 per dinner and menu burn will speak. The Gary will consist of turkey wing, Green Ensemble will proseasoned rice, gravy, vide entertainment. Call green beans, roll, dessert (803) 485-2071.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Home, family and friends should be your focus. Discussing plans that you want to put into play will bring you closer to the ones you love and give everyone something to look forward to. Don’t procrastinate — make it happen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take on responsibilities that don’t belong to you, but don’t ignore those that do. A realistic and fair approach to what you face will be the only way to get past what stands in your way. Don’t overreact.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Check out every option before making a decision. Take your time and observe what’s going on around you. Don’t let anyone make you feel as if you are being left behind.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Get involved in something you’ve never done before. New or unusual experiences will get your creative imagination flowing and encourage you to follow through with an idea that could turn in to a moneymaker. Love is highlighted.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Expect to face opposition from someone who is trying to control your life. It’s likely that you’ll have to make unexpected alterations to the way you live. Protect your assets, possessions, your reputation and your health.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep an open mind and you will be amazed by the information you are given and how you can put it to good use in your everyday life. Romance will lead to a promising adventure with someone you love to spend time with.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You don’t have to join in if someone makes a last-minute change that disrupts your plans. Look for a way to carry on and you won’t miss out on something you want to do.

You’ll obtain valuable insight from an unusual encounter.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Show off a little. It’s in your best interest to let others know what you are capable of doing. Don’t be shy when it comes to taking charge and being responsible. The difference you make will be appreciated and acknowledged.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Revisit an idea and tweak it to fit the current trends. Your ingenuity and desire to do something unique will help you forge ahead. High energy coupled with discipline will be your ticket to success. Personal improvements will be satisfying.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take the initiative and do what you can to help those less fortunate. Your actions will lead to an encounter with someone who can help you bring your own dreams to fruition.

A partnership will fill a void you have been experiencing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put the skills and talents you are passionate about in to play, and you will come out a winner. Your ability to wow others with your unique approach to life will result in a partnership and profitable joint venture.

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women’s college basketball

Happy but hampered homecoming

Crestwood’s Williams returns to Palmetto State, but broken foot will keep her out of Jacksonville University’s 1st Women’s NCAA Tournament game

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Keanua Williams is returning to Colonial Life Arena — but under slightly different circumstances than her last visit.

And with a much different role.

Williams, the former Crestwood High School standout, is in her second year with the Jacksonville University women’s basketball team. By virtue of winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament on Sunday, the Dolphins secured their first-ever NCAA Women’s Tournament berth.

Their opponent? Top-seeded South Carolina whom they will take on this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Columbia.

“When I found out we were playing there I was really excited,” Williams said. “My hometown; I get to see my family. I’m going to do everything I can to help push my team to get this W.” But despite a solid sophomore season in which Williams proved to be a key piece coming off the bench, her role will be relegated to cheerleader after suffering a broken a foot against Lipscomb on Feb. 15.

“When I went up for a layup, I came down wrong on one of my teammate’s feet,” Williams said. “I didn’t know it was broken, so I tried to run it off.

“When I found out it was broken, it hurt me, but I was going to push through it.”

Williams’ season is over as she has yet to resume basketball activities, but it hasn’t stopped her from enjoying the ride to the NCAAs. “My senior season we went to the championship (game) and didn’t win,” she said.

“And now my sophomore

Tigers star to test the NBA waters

By Mandrallius Robinson Greenville News CLEMSON — Clemson University junior forward Jaron Blossomgame has declared for the National Basketball Association draft.

At least until May 25.

In January, the NCAA revised the blossomgame declaration process for the NBA draft.

College players are now permitted to enter the draft pool, attend the NBA scouting combine and individual team tryouts, and then return to their school, as long as they do not sign with an agent and withdraw their name from the draft within 10 days of the combine.

The revision protects eager young players from imprudently forfeiting their eligibility. Instead of the assessments of agents and unaffiliated analysts, players can make informed decisions based on direct feedback from NBA teams.

See blossomgame, Page B5

Lakewood’s Dengoki honored

By Barbara Boxleitner Special to The Item Sonora Dengokl has been recognized for her basketball play.

The University of North Carolina-Asheville reserve guard was named the Big South Conference freshman of the week on Monday, and now she’ll get a chance to play in Dengoki the NCAA tournament.

The Lakewood High School graduate was acknowledged for her performances in wins over Charleston Southern and High Point, the latter of which resulted in the Bulldogs claiming their first conference title. She had 10 points and five rebounds in a start against Charleston Southern and seven points and five rebounds in 13 minutes against High Point.

Dengoski had eight points in a win over Campbell University as the team advanced to Saturday’s semifinals of the conference tournament.

She has played in all 32 games for UNCA and is averaging 5.8 points and 3.3 rebounds.

Asheville is 26-6 on the season and will play Kentucky in the first round of the NCAAs on Saturday.

More women’s basketball

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELATIONS

Jacksonville University sophomore guard and former Crestwood High School standout Keanua Williams (3) was key member of the Dolphins’ bench this season until injuring her foot against Lipscomb. Even so, she’ll be courtside when JU plays its first NCAA Women’s Tournament game on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against South Carolina at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia -- the site of her final See homecoming, Page B4 game with the Lady Knights.

Clemson basketball

keeping up

USC Upstate senior Brittany Starling has been named to the College Sports Madness all-Mid Major fourth team.

The center out of Sumter High also was recognized on the allAtlantic Sun Conference first team. She averaged 15.4 points and 12 rebounds, both of which led the team. Starling finished her career as the program’s all-time leader in rebounds and ranks fourth in points.

Bishopville resident Precillya Dixon averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 23 games for Johnson and Wales University.

She had a season-high 10 points and added five rebounds against Mid-Atlantic Christian University.

See DENGOKI, Page B4

men’s college basketball

A guide to the NCAA Tournament

By JOHN MARSHALL The Associated Press College basketball fans thought picking the bracket was tough last season.

Wait til this NCAA Tournament really gets going.

With no clear-cut favorites and seemingly a dozen teams that could take down the nets in Houston, this March could be the mother of madness.

Regardless of whether you have to shred your bracket early, it figures to be a fantastic road to the Final Four, so we’ve got a rundown of the top matchups, players and some other tidbits about this year’s NCAA Tournament.

TOP TEAMS Kansas. Bracket’s No. 1 overall seed. No need to say more.

North Carolina. Preseason No. 1 has the talent to be there at the end, too.

Oregon. Athletic, frenetic on defense, filled with get-tothe-rim players.

Virginia. Cavaliers guard like the rim is a pot of gold.

Michigan State. Guessing Tom Izzo will use being bumped to a No. 2 in the Midwest as motivation. Never anger the Izzo, especially in

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North Carolina forward Brice Johnson, right, holds the ACC trophy after Saturday’s victory over Virginia. UNC is a top-four seed.

March.

TOP GAMES Iowa State vs. Iona, Thursday, Midwest Region. Both average around 80 points a

game and will be playing in Denver, where the thin air will make it tough to get back on defense. If you like offense, this is your game.

Wichita State vs. Arizona,

Thursday, South Region. The Shockers had to play in the First Four on Tuesday, but are a talented, upperclassmen-led team — just like Arizona.

Baylor vs. Yale, Thursday, West Region. The Bears are talented, but struggled down the stretch. The Bulldogs are playing less than two hours from home and talented. Potential for an early 12-over-5 upset.

Seton Hall vs. Gonzaga, Thursday, Midwest Region.

The Pirates are one of the hottest teams in the country and the Zags are coming around now that their guards are playing well around Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis.

West Virginia vs. Stephen F. Austin. The Mountaineers are a trendy pick to make a deep run, but the Lumberjacks have not lost since Dec. 29 and are No. 1 nationally in forcing turnovers.

Kentucky vs. Indiana, Saturday, East Region. Blue bloods have to win their first games to set this up, but worth the wait if it happens.

MARQUEE PLAYERS Buddy Hield, Oklahoma.

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Ard’s grand slam powers USC softball to DH sweep COLUMBIA, S.C. – Senior center fielder and former Wilson Hall standout Ansley Ard launched a grand slam in the sixth inning to lead the South Carolina (21-5) softball team to a 7-4 win over Buffalo in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field.

Ard also had a bunt single in the second contest that tied the game as the Gamecocks swept the twinbill with a 10-2 victory in five innings.

Ard’s bomb with two outs in the opener put the Gamecocks on top for good. Ard went 2-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base and the grand slam. She scored twice with the one hit in the nightcap.

The top four in the Gamecock lineup did most of the damage in the second contest, combining to go 8-for-11 with six runs scored and seven driven in. The quartet of freshman Alexis Mack, senior Alaynie Page, freshman Kennedy Clark and junior Kaylea Snaer all had two hits, with Clark’s four RBI topping the group.

Clemson 5 Citadel 4

CHARLESTON -- Weston Wilson’s 2-run single in the ninth inning broke a 3-3 tie and propelled No. 19 Clemson to 5-4 win over The Citadel at Riley Park on Wednesday.

The Tigers, who won the midweek series 2-0, improved to 13-3, while the Bulldogs dropped to 7-10.

Weston Wilson broke a 1-1 tie with a run-scoring double in the third inning, then the Bulldogs plated an unearned run in the fifth inning to tie the score. Seth

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Charlotte’s Jeremy Lin (7) drives around Orlando’s Aaron Gordon during the Hornets’ 107-99 victory on Wednesday in Charlotte.

Beer, who earlier extended his hitting streak to 14 games, ripped a run-scoring single in the sixth inning to give Clemson a 3-2 lead. The Bulldogs tied the score in the eighth inning on a 2-out, run-scoring single by Bret Hines. But Chris Okey led off the ninth inning with a double and scored the goahead run on Wilson’s single to left-center. Wilson had a game-high three RBI and has 10 RBI in the last three games.

Alex Bostic (2-0) earned the win in relief by tossing 11/3 innings. Bulldog reliever Kyle Smith (1-1) suffered the loss as he gave up the two runs in the ninth inning.

Former Wilson Hall standout William Kinney had a hit and drove in a run for the Citadel and former Sumter High and Sumter P-15’s standout Jacob Watcher scored a run. His brother Phillip pitched a scoreless inning of relief and struck out two.

South Carolina 15 Davidson 2

COLUMBIA -- Gene Cone, Marcus Mooney and TJ Hopkins combined for nine hits and 11 runs batted in as No. 12 South Carolina routed Da-

vidson 15-2 on Wednesday at Founders Park.

USC improved to 17-2 overall while Davidson fell to 7-9.

Cone, Mooney and Hopkins each recorded a double as the Gamecocks built a sizeable lead by the midway point of the game and never looked back. Four Carolina pitchers combined to allow one earned run, including former USC Sumter standout Colie Bowers who went two innings and gave up no runs on no hits with a strikeout and four walks.

NBA Hornets 107 Magic 99 CHARLOTTE — Marvin Williams and Nicolas Batum each scored 26 points, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Orlando Magic 107-99 to finish their homestand with a 6-1 record.

Williams added nine rebounds and four 3-pointers, while Batum had nine assists and seven rebounds for the Hornets, who have won 14 of their last 17. Cody Zeller had his fourth doubledouble of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

From staff, wire reports

AREA ROUNDUP

Sumter softball tops Socastee 10-6 MYRTLE BEACH -- Sumter High School’s varsity softball team opened its Region VI-4A schedule with a 10-6 victory over Socastee on Tuesday at the Socastee field.

Erin McCaffrey went 3-for4 with two doubles, two runs scored and two runs batted in to lead the Lady Gamecocks. Gabby Kirkman was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI, Anna Copeland and Kaylee Posey both had two hits, including a double, and an RBI and Chelsie Logan had a triple and an RBI. Hannah Bettencourt picked up the win, striking out eight and allowing just two earned runs.

Wilson Hall 14 Carolina Academy 0

Drake Ives pitched a 1-hit shutout, striking out four, as Wilson Hall earned a 14-0, 5-inning victory over Carolina Academy on Wednesday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Madison Sliwonik had three hits -- including a double -- with two RBI and two runs scored. Betsy Cunningham had a double and drove in four while Madison Reaves collected two hits and two RBI. Madison Elmore had two hits and an RBI, Ives had two hits, Amelia Weston had two RBI and Liza Lowder scored two runs.

VARSITY SOCCER Socastee 3 Sumter 0 Sumter High School lost to Socastee 3-0 on Tuesday in its Region VI-4A opener at the SHS field.

On Friday in Sumter, the Lady Gamecocks lost to

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BOYS VARSITY TENNIS Wilson Hall 6 Cardinal Newman 3

COLUMBIA — Despite having to forfeit two matches due to injury, Wilson Hall’s varsity tennis team improved to 3-0 on Wednesday with a 6-3 victory over Cardinal Newman in Columbia.

The Barons return to action on Monday at A.C. Flora.

SINGLES 1 — Brown (WH) defeated Pankau 6-0, 6-0.

2 — Hendrix (WH) defeated Miller 6-1, 4-6, 10-8.

3 — Stover (WH) defeated Liebenow 6-3, 6-3.

4 — Stone (WH) defeated Michalski 6-1, 6-4.

5 — Bolshakov (CN) defeated Newman 6-0, 6-0.

6 — CN wins via injury forfeit DOUBLES 1 — Brown/Hendrix (WH) defeated Pankau/Miller 8-0.

2 — Stover/Stone (WH) defeated Liebenow/Michalski 8-6.

3 — CN wins via injury forfeit

VARSITY BASEBALL Marlboro County 13 Crestwood 1

Crestwood opened its Region VI-3A schedule with a 13-1 loss to Marlboro County on Tuesday at the CHS field.

Michael Stiles had a double for the Knights, who fell to 1-6 overall. Richard Scurry scored the run.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL Marlboro County 19 Crestwood 3

BENNETTSVILLE -Crestwood High School fell

to 0-2 with a 19-3 loss to Marlboro County on Monday at the MC field.

Tylik Farmer had two hits, one a double, and scored once for the Knights.

Tai’Juan Richardson had two hits, a walk and scored twice. Shane Gaymon added a double.

Laurence Manning 8-14 Hammond 4-1

COLUMBIA -- Laurence Manning Academy picked up a doubleheader sweep of Hammond on Tuesday at the Skyhawks field by scores of 8-4 and 14-1.

J.T. Stanley and Chase Lee were the two winning pitchers for the Swampcats.

In the opener, Brewer Brunson, Riley Nettles and Jake Jordan each had two hits for LMA. Tripp Prosser, Lee, Stanley and Seth Stamps led the ‘Cats at the plate in Game 2.

B TEAM BASEBALL Wilson Hall 11-5 Orangeburg Prep 4-2 Wilson Hall swept a doubleheader from Orangeburg Prep on Wednesday by scores of 11-4 and 5-2.

James Wiley got the win in the opening game, going three innings with five strikeouts while Hunter Ives was the winning pitcher in Game 2 with six punchouts over three innings. Tyler James and Tate Sistar each had a 2-inning save.

Justin Holmes led the Barons at the plate in Game One, going 2-or-3 with a double. Keaton Price, Wise Segars and Preston Jacocks had two hits apiece in the second contest with Price also scoring two runs.

Tuesday’s Games

TODAY 5 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Indian Open First Round from New Dehli (GOLF).

6 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore from Clearwater, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

9 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City from Tempe, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

Noon – College Wrestling: NCAA Tournament First-Round Matches from New York (ESPNU).

1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: St. Louis vs. Detroit from Lakeland, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

2 p.m. – Professional Tennis: BNP Paribas Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Indian Wells, Calif. (ESPN2).

2 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Europa League Match – Villarreal vs.

Bayer Leverkusen (FOX SPORTS 1).

2 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Europa League Match – Athletic Bilbao vs. Valencia (FOX SPORT 2).

2 p.m. – PGA Golf: Arnold Palmer Invitational First Round from Orlando, Fla. (GOLF).

4 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Europa League Match – Liverpool vs.

Manchester United (FOX SPORTS 1).

4 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Europa League Match – Borussia Dortmund vs. Tottenham (FOX SPORT 2).

4 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los Angeles Angels vs. Colorado from Mesa, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

6 p.m. – LPGA Golf: JTBC Founders Cup First Round from Phoenix (GOLF).

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

7 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs from Mesa, Ariz. (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Wrestling: NCAA Tournament Second-Round Matches from New York (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Pittsburgh (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7:15 p.m. – High School Baseball: Blythewood at Lugoff-Elgin (WPUB-FM 102.7).

7:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Miami (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

7:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East from Mobile, Ala. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Baseball: Pacific at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

8 p.m. – Professional Tennis: BNP Paribas Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Indian Wells, Calif. (ESPN2).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Portland at San Antonio (NBA TV).

9:30 p.m. – Formula One Racing: Australian Grand Prix Practice (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: San Francisco vs. San Diego (MLB NETWORK).

1:30 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Australian Grand Prix Practice (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Toronto vs. Houston from Kissimmee, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

5 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Indian Open Second Round from New Dehli (GOLF).

Prep Schedule THURSDAY

Varsity Baseball Crestwood at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

Lamar at East Clarendon, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 7 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Trinity-Byrnes, 5 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 6:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Marlboro County at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Hartsville at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

B Team Baseball Carolina at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m.

Varsity Boys Golf Lee Central at Manning, 4:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning, Thomas Sumter, Calhoun, Orangeburg Prep in SCISA Region II-3A Match (at Calhoun Country Club in St. Matthews), 3:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer Crestwood at Governor’s School of Science and Math, 7:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at First Baptist, 5:30 p.m.

Ben Lippen at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Trinity-Byrnes at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer Carolina Forest at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Governor’s School of Science and Math, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Soccer Carolina Forest at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Varsity Softball Sumter at Grey Collegiate (DH), 5 p.m.

Crestwood at Lower Richland (DH), 6 p.m.

Lee Central at Lamar (DH), 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Dillon, 7 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Northwood, 6 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 5:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Softball East Clarendon at Dillon, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Pee Dee, 5 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Northwood, 4:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Tennis Manning at Darlington, 5 p.m.

Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Varsity Track and Field Lakewood at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Track and Field Wilson Hall at Chestnut Oaks, 4:30 p.m.

nba Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington Orlando Central Division

Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 45 21 .682 — 39 28 .582 6½ 28 40 .412 18 19 48 .284 26½ 9 58 .134 36½ W L Pct GB 39 28 .582 — 38 29 .567 1 37 29 .561 1½ 31 35 .470 7½ 29 37 .439 9½ W L Pct GB 47 19 .712 — 36 31 .537 11½ 33 32 .508 13½ 34 33 .507 13½ 29 39 .426 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

y-San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans Northwest Division

Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota Pacific Division

y-Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers y-clinched division

W L Pct GB 57 10 .851 — 39 28 .582 18 34 33 .507 23 34 33 .507 23 24 42 .364 32½ W L Pct GB 45 22 .672 — 35 33 .515 10½ 32 35 .478 13 28 40 .412 17½ 21 46 .313 24 W L Pct GB 60 6 .909 — 42 24 .636 18 26 40 .394 34 18 49 .269 42½ 14 54 .206 47

Indiana 103, Boston 98 Orlando 116, Denver 110 Brooklyn 131, Philadelphia 114 Toronto 107, Milwaukee 89 San Antonio 108, L.A. Clippers 87 Sacramento 106, L.A. Lakers 98

Wednesday’s Games

Dallas at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Boston, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

New York at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Denver at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m.

nhl Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 70 39 22 9 87 198 171 Boston 71 39 24 8 86 215 191 Tampa Bay 70 40 25 5 85 191 167 Detroit 70 34 25 11 79 176 186 Ottawa 71 33 30 8 74 205 220 Montreal 70 32 32 6 70 188 198 Buffalo 70 28 33 9 65 167 190 Toronto 69 24 34 11 59 164 202 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Washington 69 50 14 5 105 221 161 N.Y. Islanders 68 38 21 9 85 194 170 N.Y. Rangers 69 39 23 7 85 197 181 Pittsburgh 69 37 24 8 82 190 174 Philadelphia 68 33 23 12 78 178 183 Carolina 70 31 26 13 75 171 188 New Jersey 70 33 30 7 73 154 178 Columbus 69 28 33 8 64 180 215

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 71 41 21 9 91 229 208 St. Louis 71 41 21 9 91 187 179 Chicago 70 41 23 6 88 195 173 Nashville 70 35 22 13 83 192 179 Minnesota 70 32 27 11 75 184 175 Colorado 70 35 31 4 74 188 198 Winnipeg 69 29 35 5 63 181 205 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 69 42 22 5 89 190 156 Anaheim 68 38 21 9 85 174 160 San Jose 69 39 24 6 84 206 181 Arizona 69 30 32 7 67 185 211 Vancouver 68 27 29 12 66 166 197 Calgary 69 29 35 5 63 189 217 Edmonton 72 27 38 7 61 171 212 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot

Tuesday’s Games

Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Washington 2, Carolina 1, OT Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 1 Florida 4, Montreal 1 Ottawa 3, Minnesota 2, OT Los Angeles 5, Dallas 2 San Jose 3, Boston 2

Wednesday’s Games

Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Minnesota at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 10 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

MLB Spring Training

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Toronto Texas Houston Detroit Los Angeles Minnesota Chicago Oakland Seattle Kansas City Cleveland Tampa Bay New York Boston Baltimore

W L Pct 10 3 .769 9 4 .692 9 5 .643 10 6 .625 8 6 .571 7 6 .538 7 7 .500 6 6 .500 8 8 .500 7 10 .412 6 9 .400 6 9 .400 5 8 .385 5 9 .357 3 11 .214

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct Arizona 11 3 .786 Los Angeles 10 3 .769 Washington 10 3 .769 Philadelphia 11 4 .733 St. Louis 7 5 .583 Milwaukee 7 6 .538 Colorado 8 7 .533 New York 6 6 .500 Cincinnati 7 8 .467 Miami 5 8 .385 San Francisco 6 10 .375 Pittsburgh 5 9 .357 San Diego 4 10 .286 Atlanta 4 11 .267 Chicago 4 11 .267 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 10, Atlanta 6 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 2 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 6 Washington 6, Houston 4 Toronto 6, Baltimore 6, tie Chicago White Sox 8, L.A. Dodgers 6 Cincinnati 4, Kansas City 2 Texas 5, Cleveland 4 L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 4, tie Colorado 6, Oakland 2 Chicago Cubs 11, San Diego 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Boston 3

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta 8, St. Louis 8, tie Washington 4, Miami 2 Detroit 7, Houston 3 Baltimore 9, Pittsburgh 3 Kansas City 10, Chicago Cubs 0 L.A. Angels 6, Cleveland 3 Milwaukee 5, Chicago White Sox 2 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 3 Seattle 9, San Francisco 6 N.Y. Yankees 2, Toronto 1 Boston vs. Minnesota (n) Cincinnati vs. Arizona (n)

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (ss) vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

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Tuesday

11 Vanderbilt 50

16 FGCU 96

S 11 Wichita St. 70 First Round

Spokane, Wash.

Providence, R.I. Brooklyn, N.Y.

March 24-25

Elite Eight

Thurs., 9:50 p.m.

Mar. 20

12 Chattanooga (29-5) Mar. 19

Houston

Fri., 2 p.m

5 Indiana (25-7) Thurs., 7:10 p.m.

Final Four

12 So. Dakota St. (26-7)

April 2

13 Hawaii (27-5)

EAST

6 Notre Dame (21-11) Fri., 9:40 p.m.

Mar. 27

Mar. 26

11 Wichita St. (25-8)

13 Stony Brook (26-6)

Philadelphia

Louisville, Ky.

Thurs., 9:20 p.m.

11 Mich./Tulsa

Mar. 19

Mar. 20

Thurs., 6:50 p.m.

14 SF Austin (27-5) Mar. 24

7 Iowa (21-10)

Mar. 25

National Championship

Fri., 3:10 p.m.

10 Temple (21-11) Mar. 20

15 UNC Ashville (22-11)

7 Wisconsin (20-12) Fri., 6:50 p.m.

10 Pittsburgh (21-11) Mar. 20

April 4

Fri., 12:40 p.m.

Fri., 9:20 p.m.

1 Virginia (26-7)

Fri., 7:27 p.m.

Thurs., 3:10 p.m.

16 Holy Cross/South.

16 Hampton (21-10) Mar. 20

Mar. 19

Fri., 9:57 p.m.

9 Butler (21-10) Mar. 24

5 Baylor (22-11)

Mar. 25

5 Purdue (26-8)

Thurs., 2:45 p.m.

Thurs., 4:30 p.m.

12 Little Rock (27-4) Mar. 19

Mar. 19

Thurs. 12:15 p.m.

Thurs., 2 p.m.

13 UNC Wilm. (25-7)

WEST

6 Texas (20-12)

Mar. 27

Thurs., 9:57 p.m.

11 Gonzaga (26-7) Mar. 19

All times EDT

Denver

Mar. 20

Fri., 7:20 p.m.

6 Seton Hall (25-8)

Chicago

Mar. 26

11 No. Iowa (22-12)

13 Iona (22-10)

MIDWEST

Anaheim, Calif.

Fri., 9:50 p.m.

3 Utah (26-8) Thurs., 7:27 p.m.

14 Green Bay (23-12)

14 Fresno St. (25-9) Mar. 24

7 Oregon St. (19-12)

Mar. 25

7 Dayton (25-7)

10 VCU (24-10)

10 Syracuse (19-13) Mar. 20

Mar. 20

2 Michigan St. (29-5)

St. Louis

Fri., 12:15 p.m.

Fri., 1:30 p.m.

2 Oklahoma (25-7)

4 Iowa State (21-11)

Denver

12 Yale (22-6)

3 Texas A&M (26-8)

8 Texas Tech (19-12) Thurs., 12:40 p.m.

9 Cincinnati (22-10)

4 Duke (23-10)

2 Xavier (27-5) 15 Weber State (26-8)

1 Oregon (28-6)

8 Saint Joseph’s (27-7)

3 West Virginia (26-8) Fri., 7:10 p.m.

14 Buffalo (24-14)

2 Villanova (29-5)

4 Kentucky (26-8) Thurs., 9:40 p.m.

SOUTH

6 Arizona (25-8)

8 USC (21-12)

9 Providence (23-10) Mar. 25

Fri., 4:30 p.m.

3 Miami (25-7)

Thurs., 7:20 p.m.

March 26-27

Mar. 24

5 Maryland (25-8)

March 17-18

1 North Carolina (28-6) 16 FGCU (21-13)

Mar. 19

Elite Eight

March 26-27

9 UConn (24-10)

March 19-20

Raleigh, N.C.

Spokane, Wash.

Sweet 16

First Round

Second Round

St. Louis

Providence, R.I.

Mar. 19

Thurs., 1:30 p.m.

4 California (22-10)

16 Southern U. (22-12) W

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Oklahoma City

Sweet 16

March 24-25

Thurs., 4 p.m.

16 Austin Peay (18-17)

16 Holy Cross (14-19)

E

11 Tulsa (20-11)

Des Moines, Iowa

Oklahoma City

March 19-20

8 Colorado (22-11)

11 Michigan (22-12)

Men’s Division I Basketball Championship

Second Round

1 Kansas (30-4)

Wed., 6:40 p.m.

Raleigh, N.C.

Des Moines, Iowa

March 17-18

E 16 FDU 65

First Four

March 15-16 Dayton, Ohio

Wed., 9:10 p.m.

Fri., 2:45 p.m.

Fri., 4 p.m.

15 Middle Tenn. (24-9)

15 CSU Bakersfield (24-8)

AP

Guide

From Page B1 Scores in bunches, rises up under pressure.

Denzel Valentine, Michigan State. Does everything except drive the Spartans’ bus.

Tyler Ulis, Kentucky. Coach Cal says Ulis’ size may have held him back in national player of the year conversations. The 5-foot-9 sophomore is one of the nation’s best regardless of his height.

Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia. Shoots, drives, shuts his man down. Can’t ask for much more.

Jakob Poeltl, Utah. Doesn’t get as much exposure playing out West, but one of the nation’s best big men.

The Associated Press

NUMBERS 14-19—Record of Holy Cross, which won the Patriot League title to earn a spot in the bracket after going 5-13 in conference.

20—Straight wins by Stephen F. Austin heading into the tournament.

54—Years since Yale last made the NCAA Tournament.

63—Years since Holy Cross won an NCAA Tournament game.

78.7—UConn’s free throw percentage, tops in the nation.

5,504—Miles Baylor will have to travel to reach the Final Four. That’s longest among the 68 teams in the bracket, according to allmyteamssuck.com.

CINDERALLAS? Gonzaga. The Zags weren’t the same when Przemek Karnowski was injured. Their guards were good at the end of the season, though, and they still have the Wiltjer-Sabonis combo inside.

Wichita State. The Shockers sneaked into the First Four. With Fred Van Vleet healthy and teaming Ron Baker, this is a team that could make a run.

Purdue. Boilermakers are good at both ends, considered one of the most under-seeded teams in the bracket at No. 5 in the Midwest.

Hawaii. Rainbow Warriors force a lot of turnovers and make a lot of 3s, a good combination if they get hot in the tourney.

VCU. Havoc causes opponents problems and the Rams have a knack for getting to the rim.

New team and new coach, but they’ve been deep in the bracket before.

College BAsketball TV SCHEDULE NCAA WLTX 19

Noon – Duke vs. UNC-Wilmington 2:30 p.m. – Baylor vs. Yale 7 p.m. – Indiana vs. Chattanooga

TRUTV

12:30 p.m. – Texas Tech vs. Butler 3 p.m. – Virginia vs. Hampton 7:15 p.m. – Utah vs. Fresno State 9:30 p.m. – Kentucky vs. Stony Brook 9:55 p.m. – Seton Hall vs. Gonzaga

TNT

1 p.m. – Colorado vs. Connecticut 3:50 p.m. – Kansas vs. Austin Peay 6:45 p.m. – Miami vs. Buffalo 9:15 p.m. – Arizona vs. Wichita State

TBS

1:30 p.m. – Iowa State vs. Iona 4:20 p.m. – Purdue vs. Ark.-Little Rock 7:15 p.m. – UNC vs. Florida Gulf Coast 9:45 p.m. – So. California vs. Providence

NIT ESPNU

11 p.m. — Teams To Be Announced

Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine is one of the tournament’s marquee players.

Holy Cross wins first tournament game since ’53 DAYTON, Ohio — Robert Champion scored 19 points, including a key 3-pointer in the final minute, to help Holy Cross beat Southern University 59-55 Wednesday night for its first NCAA Tournament victory in 63 years.

Champion, a junior guard, also made two key free throws with 14 seconds left to put the game away. He connected on as many 3s as the entire Southern team, which was 3 for 20 from beyond the arc in a sluggish, mistake-filled First Four game.

Holy Cross (15-19) was an unlikely NCAA participant, earning its automatic bid by winning four straight road games to take the Patriot League Tournament title.

Now, the 16th-seeded Crusaders advance to play No. 1 seed Oregon in the West Regional on Friday in Spokane, Washington.

The Crusaders had lost nine consecutive NCAA Tournament games since defeating Navy and Wake Forest in 1953 six years after Holy Cross won the national championship.

Holy Cross led by as many as 12 in the first half.

Wichita State 70 Vanderbilt 50 DAYTON, Ohio — Wichita State’s guards used their Final Four experience to pull out a defense-dominated First Four game on Tuesday night, leading the way to a 70-50 victory over Vanderbilt.

Fred VanVleeet — the twotime Missouri Valley player of the year — scored 14 points, and Ron Baker also had 14 as Wichita State (25-8) took control at the start of the second half and held on. The seniors were part of Wichita State’s 2013 Final Four team.

The Shockers play Arizona on Thursday in Providence, Rhode Island.

Vanderbilt (19-14) couldn’t take advantage of its pronounced size advantage on offense and never led in the second half. Joe Toye and Riley LaChance had 10 apiece.

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Second Round

Storrs, Conn.

March 20-21

Saturday 11 a.m.

Second Round Sweet 16

Sweet 16

March 26

March 20-21

March 25

16 Rob. Morris (20-12) 8 Seton Hall (23-8) Saturday 1:30 p.m.

Elite Eight

Elite Eight

March 28

March 27

Friday 5 p.m.

5 Mississippi St. (26-7)

5 Florida (22-8)

Friday 2:30 p.m.

Friday noon

Final Four

12 Chattanooga (24-7)

12 Albany (NY) (27-4)

Indianapolis

4 Mich. State (24-8)

4 Syracuse (25-7)

April 3

Friday noon

Friday 2:30 p.m.

13 Belmont (24-8) 6 South Florida (23-9)

13 Army (29-2)

BRIDGEPORT

S I O U X FA L L S

Saturday 9 p.m.

6 West Virginia (24-9)

Columbus, Ohio

Friday noon

11 Colorado St. (31-1)

11 Princeton (23-5)

3 UCLA (24-8)

3 Ohio State (24-7) Friday 2:30 pm.

14 Hawaii (21-10)

14 Buffalo (20-13)

7 BYU (26-6)

7 Tennessee (19-13)

Saturday 6:30 p.m.

National Championship

10 Missouri (21-9) 2 Texas (28-4)

Friday 5 p.m.

10 Green Bay (28-4) 2 Arizona St. (25-6)

April 5

Saturday 9 p.m.

Friday 7:30 p.m.

15 N. Mexico St. (26-4)

Notre Dame, Ind.

1 Notre Dame (31-1)

Friday 5 p.m.

Saturday 6:30 p.m.

16 Idaho (24-9)

16 NC A&T (19-11)

8 St. John’s (NY) (23-9)

8 Georgia (21-9)

Friday 7:30 p.m.

Saturday 9 p.m.

9 Auburn (19-12)

9 Indiana (20-11)

5 Florida State (23-7)

5 Miami (24-8) Saturday 6:30 p.m.

12 Middle Tenn. (24-8)

12 S. Dakota St. (26-6)

4 Texas A&M (21-9)

4 Stanford (24-7)

Saturday 4 p.m.

Saturday 9 p.m.

13 Missouri St. (24-9) 6 DePaul (25-8)

DALLAS

LEXINGTON

Friday noon

13 San Fran. (21-11) 6 Oklahoma (21-10) Saturday 1:30 p.m.

11 J. Madison (27-5)

3 Kentucky (23-7)

All times EDT

Friday 2:30 p.m.

Lexington, Ky.

11 Purdue (20-11)

3 Louisville (25-7)

Saturday 4 p.m.

14 UNC Ashville (26-6)

7 Oklahoma St. (21-9)

7 Washington (22-10)

10 St. Bonavnt. (23-7)

10 Penn (24-4)

2 Oregon St. (28-4)

2 Maryland (30-3)

Saturday 4 p.m.

Saturday 1:30 p.m.

Friday 5 p.m.

15 Troy (19-11)

15 Iona (23-11)

College Park, Md.

14 Central Ark. (28-3)

Friday 7:30 p.m.

Stanford, Calif.

Saturday 1:30 p.m.

Tempe, Ariz.

Austin, Texas

8 George Wash. (26-6)

Syracuse, N.Y.

Waco, Texas

Friday 7:30 p.m.

9 Kansas St. (18-12)

1 Baylor (33-1)

Collge Station, Texas

1 South Carolina (31-1)

9 Duquesne (27-5)

15 Alabama St. (19-11)

Louisville

March 18-19

16 Jacksonville (22-10)

Saturday 6:30 p.m.

Corvallis, Ore.

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season in college, I actually got to see how it felt to be a champion.

“The celebration was just the best.”

The journey to Columbia caps off a roller-coaster of emotions for Williams through her first two years in Jacksonville. She appeared in just seven games her freshman year, averaging six minutes and two points.

The Dolphins’ emphasis on

Dengoki

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and style of defense was a challenge she had to meet in order to stay on the team and keep playing basketball, she said.

“I really wasn’t good with defense and that was the big thing here,” Williams said. “My conditioning was the biggest thing. Once I passed that test, I knew good things were going to happen.

“I just came in to this year trying to have a positive attitude.”

Things started to pick up for Williams in the early part of this season. She played 21 minutes against Thomas Universi-

ty on Nov. 24 and scored a career-high 10 points.

She appeared in 24 games overall with a career-high 22 minutes logged against NJIT on Jan. 26. She was on the court for 18 minutes on Dec. 28 against Florida State -- a game where she said she really felt like she stepped up and contributed.

“I felt really good that game,” Williams said. “But mostly, I just worked hard and tried to prepare myself for when they needed me.

“When my name was called, I was ready to go.”

ta University. Fredimon averaged 8.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and a team-best 2.7 assists in 29 games for the Bearcats, who lost to Lincoln Memorial University in the first round of the NCAA Division II national tournament.

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Maten’s 33 points lift Georgia past Belmont ATHENS, Ga. — Yante Maten scored a career-high 33 points and Charles Mann added 23 points to help Georgia beat Belmont 93-84 in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday night.

The Bulldogs (20-13) have won six of their last seven and will visit Saint Mary’s on Sunday.

Belmont pulled as close as two on Craig Bradshaw’s two free throws late in the second half and trailed by three on Taylor Barnette’s 3 with 3:38 remaining.

But J.J. Frazier followed with a straightway 3 at the 1:47 mark and hit eight consecutive free throws in the final minute to put the game away.

Bradshaw finished with 19 points for the Bruins (2012). Austin Luke had 16 points and Nick Smith added 14.

Maten scored 20 of Georgia’s first 34 points. The Bulldogs snapped a fivegame winning streak in a loss to Kentucky in the last week’s Southeastern Conference semifinal.

Evan Bradds, the Ohio Valley Conference player of the year, took just five shots from the field and finished with 13 points.

Monmouth 90 Bucknell 80 WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Justin Robinson scored 23 points and Monmouth, snubbed by the NCAA Tournament, opened the NIT with a 90-80 victory over Bucknell.

Collin Stewart added 16 points and Deon Jones 15 for the No. 1-seeded Hawks, who hit 11 of 27 from the arc and will host George Washington on Monday.

Monmouth (28-7), the regular-season champion of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference that had victories over USC, Notre Dame and UCLA, was left out of the NCAAs after losing to Iona in the MAAC title game.

Monmouth led 36-30 at halftime on Wednesday before both teams got hot in the second half when both shot over 58 percent and combined for 104 points.

The Bison (17-14), regular-season champs in the Patriot League but a quarterfinal loser to eventual tournament champion Holy Cross, caught the Hawks at 52-all on Kimbal Mackenzie’s 3-pointer. The Hawks responded with two Stewart 3-pointers and another by Robinson and led the rest of the way.

Seven straight points by Jones put Monmouth up by 12 with under a minute left.

Chris Haas led Bucknell

with 18 points. Zach Thomas added 15, Mackenzie 13, and the Bison made 11 of 27 3-point attempts.

Wagner 79 St. Bonaventure 75 SAINT BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Romone Saunders scored 21 points with four 3-pointers and eighth-seeded Wagner upset No. 1 seed St. Bonaventure 79-75 Wednesday night in an opening-round NIT game.

After trailing by as many as 16 in the second half, St. Bonaventure went on a 9-2 run to pull to 62-53 cutting the margin to single digits for the first time since 19-10.

The Bonnies got within two before Saunders sank a 3-pointer from the wing for a 74-69 lead with 1:45 left.

Neither team scored again until JoJo Cooper hit two free throws with 12.6 seconds left to extend the Seahawks’ lead to 76-69.

Mike Aaman and Michael Carey controlled the paint and scored 13 points apiece for Wagner (23-10), which will play at Creighton on Saturday. Aaman grabbed nine rebounds and Carey had eight.

Wagner went on an 18-2 run, capped by Saunders’ 3-point play, to take a 26-10 lead. St. Bonaventure started the game shooting just 4 of 17 from the field (23.5 percent). A Saunders 3-pointer from the wing with four minutes left increased the Seahawks’ lead to 36-19.

Jaylen Adams led St. Bonaventure (22-9) with 24 points and six 3-pointers.

George Washington 82 Hofstra 80 WASHINGTON — Alex Mitola’s 12-foot runner with four seconds remaining gave George Washington an 82-80 win over Hofstra in a first-round NIT game on Wednesday night.

The Colonials will play at Monmouth, a No. 1 seed, on Monday.

Mitola’s 3-pointer, his first points after missing seven shots, gave George Washington an 80-71 lead with 2:38 to go. Hofstra rallied to knot the game at 80 — the first tie since it was 31-all in the first half — on Juan’ya Green’s drive with 13 seconds left. Mitola then made his game-winner before a desperation shot by Hofstra.

Tyler Cavanaugh scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Colonials.

Patricio Garino added 18 points, Kevin Larsen 16 and Yuta Watanabe 15.

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NIT Glance First Round Tuesday, March 15

South Carolina 88, High Point 66 Florida State 84, Davidson 74 Ohio State 72, Akron 63, OT Creighton 72, Alabama 54 Washington 107, Long Beach State 102 Florida 97, North Florida 68 Valparaiso 84, Texas Southern 73 San Diego State 79, IPFW 55 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 58, New Mexico State 56

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Wagner 79. St. Bonaventure 75 Georgia 93, Belmont 84 Monmouth 90, Bucknell 80 George Washington 82, Hofstra 80 Virginia Tech 86, Princeton 81, OT Houston (22-9) at Georgia Tech (19-14) UAB (26-6) at BYU (23-10)

Second Round March 18-21

Wagner (23-10) vs. Creighton (19-14), TBA Virginia Tech (20-14) vs. UAB-BYU winner, TBA Valparaiso (27-6) vs. Florida State (20-13), TBA Georgia (20-13) vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal) (28-5), TBA South Carolina (25-8) vs. Houston-Georgia Tech winner, TBA Washington (19-14) vs. San Diego State (26-9), TBA Monmouth (28-7) vs. George Washington (24-10) Ohio State (21-13) vs. Florida (20-14), TBA

Quarterfinals March 22-23

Wagner-St. Bonaventure-Creighton winner vs. Princeton-Virginia Tech-UAB-BYU winner, TBA Valparaiso-Florida State winner vs. Belmont-Georgia-Saint Mary’s (Cal) winner, TBA South Carolina-Houston-Georgia Tech winner vs. Washington-San Diego State winner, TBA Bucknell-Monmouth-Hofstra-George Washington winner vs. Ohio State-Florida winner, TBA

Game 1, 7 p.m.

Game 2, 9:30 p.m.

Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Tuesday, March 29

Championship Thursday, March 31

Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

Clemson’s Jaron Blossomgame is testing to see if he will enter the upcoming NBA draft.

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“If the feedback is not positive, then I will return to school for my senior season.

We’ll have a great chance to put a good team together.”

averaged this season.

Center Sidy Djitte may not From Page B1 develop into a double-digit scorer, but he has exhibited his ability to protect the rim and “I’ll be looking at their procollect rebounds on both ends. jections and where teams see He averaged 5.3 points and 5.2 me fitting in at the next level,” boards while averaging merely Blossomgame said. “If the 15.2 minutes per game. feedback is not positive, then I “I don’t know if we have a will return to school for my seguy who’s going to do what nior season. We’ll have a great (Blossomgame) did,” Brownell chance to put a good team tosaid. “But we have more guys gether.” who are ready to be better ofIf invited, Blossomgame will fensively to help us, so I’m optiattend the scouting combine mistic that we can withstand Clemson’s May 11-15 in Chicago. Clemson Jaron Blossomgame that.” coach Brad Brownell and his Brownell contended, whethstaff already have reached out er Blossomgame is back on to their NBA contacts to help Brownell will not search imme- campus or in the NBA next Blossomgame gauge his draft diately to fill that scholarship season, Clemson’s goal will restock. with a late-blooming freshman main the same –reaching the “Jaron wants to test himor a graduate transfer. ConNCAA Tournament. He adaself, and that’s what competi- versely, if he waits until the mantly denounced any detractive guys want to do. They end of May, the recruiting pool tors who insist that, after a want to play against the best. may be depleted of viable talthird consecutive winning seaThey feel like they belong,” ent. son, the Tigers are not aimed Brownell said. “We’re going to However, Brownell said the in that direction. do everything we can to suppredicament is less daunting “To sound like we’re not in a port him through this process than it was two years ago, begood place or that we’re not now. cause Blossomgame would doing some good things, cer“My job is to do what’s best leave behind a better roster. tainly I would dispute all that. for the player. When we recruit “We have more quality To think there’s not positive young men and sit in their players with experience that momentum in our program, I homes and talk to their famiwe can handle that situation, dispute all those kinds of lies, they need to know that’s but to think that won’t have things that some people would what we’re going to do. I take some impact is probably say,” said Brownell, who cited that responsibility very serinaïve,” Brownell said. “We’ll Clemson’s 10-8 ACC record and ously.” have to make adjustments. the ongoing renovation to LitBlossomgame earned firstSomebody else is going to tlejohn Coliseum. team All-Atlantic Coast Conhave to emerge and have a Brownell said, since the conference honors this season major year.” clusion of the season, he has after averaging 18.6 points per Donte Grantham is the top visited with director of athletgame, the highest average by a candidate to ascend to the ics Dan Radakovich, and they Clemson player since 2001. alpha role. As a sophomore, agree on the status of the proBlossomgame become the only Grantham averaged 10.2 points, gram – dissatisfied with the reClemson player to convert at 4.1 rebounds and one steal per sult but encouraged by the fuleast 50 percent from the field, game. He was the only Tiger ture. Brownell asserted that 40 percent from 3-point range with more than 50 3-pointers. any speculation about his job and 75 percent from the foul Clemson also will add three security was simply a waste of line. promising transfers who sat words.

His return would bolster out this season – sophomore “We need to make the tourClemson’s chances end a fivepoint guard Shelton Mitchell, nament. We want to make the year drought from the NCAA sophomore shooting guard tournament. It’s what we’re Tournament. His departure Marcquise Reed and freshman trying to do,” Brownell said. would revert Brownell to a pre- post player Elijah Thomas.

“But I also think that’s a little carious position.

Brownell acknowledged that bit of just outside anxiousness The last All-ACC honoree he each player will face an acclithat would lead to nothing procoached, K.J. McDaniels, demation period, especially to ductive for me. clared for the NBA draft after ACC competition, but the trio “It’s not just about wins and leading Clemson in points, will strengthen Clemson’s losses with me. I understand steals, blocks and 3-pointers in depth. ultimately that’s how you’re 2014. McDaniels was selected in Brownell said Mitchell may judged at this level. No probthe second round, 32nd overall, be the first “real pure point lem. I can understand that, but by the Philadelphia 76ers. guard” he has coached at there’s a lot more to it about In the following season, Clemson. He will allow return- having the right kind of guys Clemson’s win total dropped ing guard Avry Holmes to slide doing the right kind of things. from 23 to 16. to the wing. Transferring from We’re doing all those things, With the possibility that facilitator to scorer, Holmes building a program and a conBlossomgame could return, could augment the 10 points he sistent program.”

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Whether he is using up all his great chances before going for another green jackORLANDO, Fla. — Adam et at Augusta National is imScott went nearly two years possible to predict. Fifteen without winning and now years ago, when there were looks like he can’t lose. rumblings that Woods was Over three straight weeks, going through a slump, he was runner-up at Riviera, Woods won Bay Hill and The won the Honda Classic and Players Championship in sucthen rallied to beat Rory Mccessive weeks, and then won Ilroy in the Cadillac Champi- the Masters. onship at Doral. It brought “I think guys like Tiger and the Australian back into the some of the best players of conversation of golf’s elite, history have shown that they and it raised one a pair of can sustain a high level of questions going into the Argolf for fairly long periods of nold Palmer Invitational. time,” Scott said.

How long can he sustain Scott said the Arnold Palmthis great run? er Invitational is a tournaWith the Masters less than ment he would love to win for a month away, is it possible no other reason than the that Scott has peaked too host. early?

The 86-year-old Palmer is “I don’t really know how not as visible this week as in long I can keep it up,” Scott years past, though he has said Wednesday at Bay Hill, been seen driving a cart and where players are raving watching his grandson, Sam about the condition of the Saunders, on the practice course. “You’ve got to take ad- range. He is slowing down, vantage of it while it’s there. his speech isn’t as sharp and That’s the big thing and obvi- his hearing not as clear, so he ously, I feel confident I can is taping interviews for the play well this week. Nothing telecast this week. feels any different than when It only deepens the appreciI left Doral, and I’d like to get ation of all that Palmer has myself in that position to win meant for the game. again this week and keep it “The most dynamic, imrunning.” pactful player in the history No one has ever won the of the game,” PGA Tour Comopening two legs of the Flori- missioner Tim Finchem said. da swing since Doral began In some respects, Scott has in 1962. Scott went home to a score to settle. He tied rethe Bahamas last week, cords for 18 holes (62) and 36 where he didn’t touch a club holes (130) two years ago for four days because he when he had seven-shot lead needed rest more than pracgoing into the weekend. He tice. Now he goes for a third closed with a 76 and finished straight victory. two shots behind.

He couldn’t help but laugh The field features five of when he mentioned how the top 10 in the world, inTiger Woods kept a hot streak cluding McIlroy and Jason going “for about 10 years.”

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Deceptacle near was an old light rethe front of “I think the the building by exhaust fans the pharmacy us off,” he said. threw .

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During Sumter County Council’s meeting on Tuesday, trator Gary Mixon County Adminissaid the Federal Emergency Manageme nt Agency Disaster Relief Center will be moving another, smaller location sometime to soon because of a reduced number of visitors.

He said He said sa aid d about ab a abo bout 30 people bout bo p peo eople are a visiting th center each 30 the i day.

Mixon said the county has information regarding the sent off emergency money it spent for flood rescue covery. He said and rethe $114,000 is overtimemajority of the for county employees.

He said the county has also its memorand um of understanextended with South Carolina ding Department Transportation of move the debris for debris pickup to refrom the county’s landfill.

He said some residents have dropping off been debris at the landfill on their own, and more debris has accumulatthan 2,000 tons of ed.

Mixon said the debris would sume about coneight months to a landfill space if the memorandyear of not been extended. um had He said contractor s have already started removing county can receivethe debris, and the age of reimburse a higher percentment from FEMA the debris is if removed in a short amount of time.

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By JON KRAWCZYNSKI The Associated Press LaMarcus Aldridge’s union with the Spurs last summer was something rarely seen in San Antonio, a big-money free agent being pursued by a franchise that prides itself on not having to chase anyone during the annual bonanza.

Armed with a rising young star in Kawhi Leonard and three ageless veterans who have won four championships together but need help now more than ever, the Spurs deviated from that long-held plan and went after the premier name on the market.

When Aldridge chose them, everyone expected the assimilation to take time for both sides. And as the playoffs near, it should come as no surprise that the player and the team are starting to find a groove.

“It takes time,” said guard Manu Ginobili, who along with Tony Parker and Tim Duncan are the mainstays that the Spurs have built around for more than a decade. “Many times before we added role players, so they’ve just got to adjust to us and they’ll figure it out or not.

“With him it’s different because we’ve got to adjust to him, too, along with him adjusting to us. We’ve just got to know him, we’ve got to make him feel good, important. And, of course, he’s so talented.”

Aldridge’s averages in points (17.7), field goal attempts (14.0) and minutes (30.4) are the lowest since his rookie season in 2006-07. But he is having one of the most efficient seasons of his career in Gregg Popovich’s ball-sharing offense.

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San Antonio forward LaMarcus Aldridge (12) is finally fitting in with the team who signed the big-money free agent during the summer.

shooting to help the Spurs (5710) stay on Golden State’s heels in the West with another showdown coming this weekend.

“I think it’s been a mutual effort from Coach Pop and all the veterans and LaMarcus to step to each other,” Spurs assistant Ettore Messina said.

“Nobody rushed him. There was a lot of step-by-step attitude. Every day he feels more comfortable and guys know where to find him, where are his sweet spots. He’s also giving us a defensive presence that most of the times goes underrated.”

Perhaps even more telling, Aldridge has played at least 34 minutes six times in the last 12 games on a team that likes to keep everyone under 30 minutes per game and only has had one of the rest days that Popovich likes to give his veterans to keep them fresh for the playoffs.

“Before this little stretch I was playing 28-29 minutes,” Aldridge said. “I’m actually enjoying the 36, 37-minute nights. That’s what I like to do out there.”

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Contact myrentalsforyou@gmail.com

TRANSPORTATION

Unfurnished Homes Nice 3 Br, 3 Ba, downtown historical district, refrig, stove, dishwasher, C/H/A, hardwood floors, FP, fenced in yard, lg. workshop with C/H/A, alarm system. No Pets. $1000 mo.

Call 803-491-5375.

Miscellaneous

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice "Policy Of Public Awareness" The Clarendon County Board Of Education advises the citizens of school district # 1 that Two (2) seats in district # 1 will be appointed. The appointee's term will run for two (2) years beginning April 2016.

Any persons interested in being considered by the County Board of Education should pick up an application from the Clerk of Court's Office at Clarendon County Court House beginning March 7, 2016.

Applications should be returned to the Clerk of Court Office No Later than 12:00 noon on March 21, 2016.

On Saturday March 19th, Storage Plus located at 830 South Pike West will auction off the contents of approximately 7 units. Each unit to be sold separately. NO RESERVE. Registration begins at 9:00 am bidding to begin at 10:00 am. A 10% buyers fee will be added to the winning bid. Winner MUST pay in Cash at the close of the auction. A "clean out" fee will be collect with payment and returned when unit is cleaned out. More details will be provided upon registration. In the event of heavy rain the auction will be rescheduled.

TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

LUTHER W. SMITH, JR. and DONNA JO SMITH, Defendants.

TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 1703 Laurel Street (29201), Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on February 16, 2016.

GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC P. O. Box 11682 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 233-1177

Abandoned Vehicle Notice:

Mobile Home Rentals

STATEBURG COURTYARD

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

Abandon Vehicle / Boat

1BR 1BA 1 Mood Ave. Single family home Historic dist. stove, fridge, washer & dryer, microwave, $495 Mo,+ $495 Dep. No pets Credit & backgrd Chk. Available May 1st-15th Call 803-316-6505

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A #: 2016-CP-43-00250

Refurbished batteries as low as $45. New batteries as low as $70.

Auto Electric Co., 102 Blvd Rd. 803-773-4381

The following vehicle was abandoned at Guignard Garage, 872 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Described as a 2002 Cadillac Seville, VIN # 1G6KS54Y8U12387. Total Due for storage is $2,184.00 as of March 10, 2016, plus $30.00 per day thereafter.

2002 Mitsubishi D i a m a n t e , V I N # 6MMAP67P32T002046. Total Due for storage is $5,911.00 as of March 10, 2016, plus $30.00 per day thereafter.

Owner is asked to call 803-778-1291.

If not claimed in 30 days. it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.

Vacation Rentals Church Branch: 3 Br, screened porch, pier, swimming area, rent weekly. Call Bobby Sisson at 803-464-2730

Cashier needed for a local restaurant. Must be 18 yrs old or older.

Apply in person only at Leo's, 1961-B McCrays Mill Rd. between the hours of 11am-5pm.

MERCHANDISE

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3

Industrial Maintenance Co. seeking experienced individual with knowledge in various specialty coatings, floor coatings, tank linings, etc.

Concrete and grout work experience a plus. Send resume to: chris@lasmithcompany.com Contact Chris Martin at 803-468-6572.

Help Wanted Part-Time

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (Non-Jury) Foreclosure

1530 Mooneyham Rd 3BR 1BA $65k Call 803-236-2232 or 803-236-5809 Home for sale!! 412 Red & White St. Sumter, SC. $47k Call 404-909-5029 or 678-613-4250

For Sale or Trade

Summons & Notice

Autos For Sale

Homes for Sale

Hiring: Certified CT/X-RAY Technician Must have experience.

Competitive salary and benefits. Fax resume to office manager @ 803-905-6810

EMPLOYMENT

Septic Tank Cleaning Call the pros for all of your septic pumping needs. 803-316-0429 Proline Utilities, LLC

REAL ESTATE

Seeking FT class a CDL driver flatbed experience and knowledge of building materials preferred. Must have clean driving record. Apply in person at 1315 20th Century Lane Manning, SC 29102 or Call 803-505-2525 Customer Service/Service Adviser position available. Applications accepted from experience and trainable applicants. Automotive experience is a plus but not required. In house training available for the right applicant. Must pass drug screening and have a valid SCDL. Call 803-775-4501 ask for Debbie.

CONTRACTOR WANTED!

National Pet Day

On April 10th let everyone know how much you love your pet by placing an ad in the Sunday, April 10th issue of The Sumter Item.

I’m so thankful to have you in my life!

20

only! $

00

DEADLINE: MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016 Please send your picture with a self-return stamped envelope so that we can get your pictures back to you.

LAKEWOOD & HWY 15 SOUTH

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. Must have RELIABLE transportation and a phone in your home.

6 Days a week CALL LORI RABON at 774-1216 or come in to fill out an application.

20 N. Magnolia Street

Name ______________________________________ Phone ________________ Address ___________________________________________________________ City ____________________________ State ____________ Zip _____________ Pet’s name _________________________________________________________ Owner’s Name _____________________________________________________ Message (limit 12 words) ___________________________________________________ Payment must accompany order: Total $ ______________ ❐ Check ❐ Visa ❐ Mastercard If paying with credit card: Card No.______________________ Exp. date_________________ Signature _______________________________________________________________________

20 N. Magnolia Street • Sumter, SC

803-774-1263

or email mary@theitem.com