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Paris attacks fugitive arrested Abdeslam taken into custody in Brussels raid BRUSSELS (AP) — Police raiding an apartment building captured Europe’s most wanted fugitive Friday, arresting the prime suspect in last year’s deadly Paris attacks in the same Brussels

neighborhood where he grew up.

Hours later, the French president said more people were involved in the attacks than previously thought and predicted more arrests would follow.

Salah Abdeslam, 26, is a childhood friend of the suspected ringleader of the attacks and is suspected of driving a car carrying a group of gunmen who took part in the shootings.

After the bloodbath, he slipped through a police dragnet to return to Brussels and eluded capture for four months, despite being the target of an international manhunt. He was believed to have slipped through police fingers at least once, possibly twice.

Belgian authorities locked down their capital for several days but failed to

find him.

His capture brought instant relief to police and ordinary people in France and Belgium who had been looking over their shoulder for Abdeslam since Nov. 13, when Islamic extremist attackers fanned out across the French capital and killed 130 people at a rock concert, the national stadium and cafes. It was France’s deadliest attack in decades.

Abdeslam and four other suspects

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New director plans to build on predecessor’s goals Parnell shares his thoughts on now leading Recreation, Parks Department

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Phil Parnell, the new director of Sumter County Recreation and Parks Department, said county residents can expect the same family atmosphere as well as look forward to new activities and improvements to sporting facilities this year.

Parnell started his career with Sumter County in August 1993 when he was hired as the athletic director.

“Sports was my passion. It’s where I kind of laid my foundation,” he said.

Parnell was later promoted to assistant recreation director and accepted his new title as director of the Recreation and Parks Department on Jan. 1 after the retirement of former director Rose Ford. Parnell said he was drawn to the department because of his desire to work with the community.

Throughout his time with the department, Parnell has learned every aspect of the department.

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SEE PARNELL, PAGE A3 Phil Parnell is becoming the new director for the Sumter County Department of Recreation and Parks where he will oversee soccer, football, basketball, baseball and soft ball programs.

Bullock seeks re-election Civil rights tour as Sumter County coroner comes amid heated FROM STAFF REPORTS Harvin Bullock announced he is seeking reelection as Sumter County coroner in the June 14 Democratic Primary Election.

He was first elected to the office in 2008.

“I take my job of investigation, protection and caring very seriously, and I am honored to work for the people of Sumter,” Bullock said.

In a news release announcing his bid for reelection, Bullock said he has worked hard to ensure that the coroner’s office has provided protection, respect, dignity and compassion to all residents of Sumter County. Bullock also said he has worked hard to make a positive change in the coroner’s office and plans to run for re-election based on his record and experience.

He said his determination to protect the rights of the deceased went all the way to the State Supreme Court and set a ground-breaking precedent in South Carolina.

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“Now autopsy reports in the state of South Carolina are no longer made available to the media and are only released to family members,” he said.

In 2014, Bullock joined other county coroners in testifying beBULLOCK fore a Senate subcommittee on the safety of children under S.C. Department of Social Services, and their testimony helped to make DSS a safer place for children to be cared for in our state, the release said. As coroner, Bullock has earned numerous certifications in various forensic, pathological and medical and legal death investigation programs, and he completes education programs each year to remain knowledgeable in the field, according to the release.

“People do not understand that the coroner’s office is the highest investigative office in the

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DEATHS, A7 Joan R. Tipton Cornelius M. Thompson Shirley Felder David M. Walcott Thelma J. Hodge Margaret R. House Richard G. Barkley

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political climate COLUMBIA (AP) — After weeks of blacks and whites squaring off at presidential rallies during this vitriolic campaign season, a bipartisan, multiracial group of civil rights leaders and members of Congress struck a conciliatory tone Friday, beginning a three-day history and racial understanding tour of South Carolina.

The event, which culminates Sunday with a prayer service at a Charleston church where nine black parishioners were slain, was planned months ago

and happened to fall smack in the middle of a presidential race that has seen protesters and supporters face off, sometimes violently, at rallies for Republican Donald Trump. Last week, about 150 miles away from where the tour began, a white Trump supporter was captured on video punching a black protester who was being escorted from a North Carolina rally.

“I think what we can take from it is that people

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Sumter pianist takes top honors at piano festival Abigail Khosla, right, is congratulated by her piano teacher, Jane Luther Smith, for having won top honors in the Senior Division of the S.C. Piano Festival Association auditions.

Khosla will play in the festival’s honors recital on March 26.

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Local pianist Abigail Khosla achieved top honors for her performance in the senior division of the South Carolina Piano Festival Association auditions on March 11 at University of South Carolina School of Music in Columbia. Dr. Martha Thomas of University of Georgia School of Music was the senior division judge for the statewide competition, awarding the 15-year-old the One Plus — Superior Plus — rating.

Khosla, a student of Jane Luther Smith, and other competitors were required to play three

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selections from memory chosen from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary periods of piano literature, Smith said. The 15-year-old chose J.S. Bach’s “Polonaise” from French Suite No. 6; Tchaikovsky’s “October” from the Seasons, Opus 37b, No. 10; and the third movement (Presto) from Sonatina in C Major, Opus 13 by Kabalevsky.

As a result of her winning score, Khosla will perform at 11 a.m. March 26 in the South Carolina Piano Festival Honors Recital at the USC School of Music Recital Hall at the corner of College and Assembly streets in Columbia. Admission is free, and the public

is invited to attend.

Smith said Khosla has won many other honors while studying at Jane Luther Smith Piano Studios. Last year, the young pianist was admitted to the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts in Greenville through her participation in a competitive piano audition and interview. While there, she completed summer study and performed in recital.

Khosla is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amit Khosla of Sumter.

For more information, contact Smith at Jane Luther Smith Piano Studio, 1190 Suite 5, Liberty Square, Old West Liberty St., or (803) 775-2982.

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Woman charged for allegedly shooting .22 rifle at neighbors A 57-year-old woman has been arrested after she allegedly pointed and fired a .22-caliber rifle at two neighbors who confronted her about shooting the gun near where their children were playing outside on March 8.

Cynthia Ann Rosser, of 4504 Wrangler Trail, was charged with pointing and presenting a firearm as well as assault and battery, first degree, according to Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Ken Bell.

ROSSER According to Bell, the woman threatened the victims and began firing the rifle into the ground in their direction after they confronted her. There were no injuries in the incident.

Rosser was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, Bell said.

Rosser was reportedly later released on a $3,000 surety bond.

Zumbathon benefit set for today at Birnie HOPE Center A Zumbathon to raise money for the James A. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Angela Burkett, a Zumba instructor at Cross Training Martial Arts, 493 N. Guignard St., Sumter, organized the 2½ hour Zumbathon to raise money for the foundation.

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

For more information, call Burkett at (803) 968 3644.

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Skylar Bennett-Scott, 6, helps serve banana pudding at National Health Care Center’s booth at Sumter Rotary Club’s annual Farm to Table event held at Sumter County Civic Center on Thursday. Now in its third year, the event had its best year yet, raising more than $15,000 for four local charities: CART (Coins for Alzheimer Research Trust), 4-H, United Ministries and the Warm Heart Fund at Shaw Air Force Base. More than 650 tickets were sold.

Historical commission awards scholarships Sunday

CORRECTION The Quinn Chapel Church School was not a recipient of money from the Rosenwald Fund and would not be considered a “Rosenwald School,” as stated in an article that ran in Thursday’s edition of The Sumter Item. In addition, the pastor of Quinn Chapel Church was misidentified. He is the Rev. Jerome McCray. The final quote in the story was also misattributed and should have been credited to McCray.

If you see a statement in error, contact the City Desk at 774-1226 or pressrelease@theitem.com.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Five student winners of Sumter County Historical Society’s 13th annual Myrtis Osteen Essay Contest will be recognized at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Heritage Education Center of Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St. The students will read their winning essays during the meeting.

All Sumter students in grades 9 through 12 are eligible to enter the contest with a two- to three-page

essay on the topic “The Value of History to Me.” Prizes totaling $650 are awarded to the five selected students. The competition is sponsored by the Beauregard Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sumter County Historical Commission and Sumter County Historical Society.

Osteen was a founder of both the commission and the society; she was named Sumter County historian in 1988.

Also to be awarded Sunday is The Sumter County Historical Society

Scholarship, whose winner is selected through an application process.

Open to any Sumter County high school senior who plans to continue his or her education at college or university level, the scholarship provides $1,000 to the recipient.

Michael Carraher is chairman of the society’s awards and scholarships projects, and William R. Ferrell coordinates the judging.

For more information about Sumter County Historical Society, call Pat DuBose at (803) 775-1091.

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PARNELL FROM PAGE A1 He said becoming assistant director opened his eyes to the entire program, including activities at the community centers and parks.

Parnell also witnessed firsthand the many improvements made to the county’s recreational facilities and parks and the construction of several community centers throughout the years.

“We’ve definitely come a long way,” he said.

Parnell said the improvements have made it possible for Sumter County to host large sporting events such as the South Carolina Dixie Youth Ozone State Tournament for both baseball and softball and the Annual American Double Dutch League

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World Invitational Championship. Now that he is director, Parnell said he looks forward to continuing what his predecessors have done.

Parnell’s goals include starting lacrosse and girls volleyball programs for the youth.

He also looks forward to the completion of the disc golf course at Dillon Park.

He said more renovations and upgrades, including the construction of a new gym at the recreation and parks office and renovations to the building, are planned to be complete during the next two years through the Penny for Progress initiative.

Parnell said he has always considered the recreation and parks department as a big family.

“I definitely want to keep that tradition,” he said. “I am proud of the staff we have and the job they do.”

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A duckling swims around near the shore of Swan Lake-Iris Gardens on March 11.

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BULLOCK FROM PAGE A1 county,” Bullock said. “The duties and decisions that a county coroner make are extremely important.”

“It is enormously important that a coroner serve the people of their county that elected them with honesty, integrity, compassion and

TOUR FROM PAGE A1 are very frustrated, that they’re irritated, that they are engaging in a way that we haven’t seen in a very long time,” said Republican Sen. Tim Scott, the first black U.S. senator from the Deep South since Reconstruction. “The responsibility and the onus is on every single one of us, but especially those of us who have stepped forward as leaders to present a case of a peaceful, constructive way to protest those things that you disagree with and look for ways to move forward collectively.”

Scott was among a group of seven Democrats and seven Republicans who started the tour at Zion Baptist Church, founded in 1865 and a training ground through the years for religious and political leaders.

As black and white images from the civil rights era were projected on the wall, Democratic Reps. Jim Clyburn and John Lewis stepped to the church podium, telling personal stories from their time fighting for equality and noting the importance of South Carolina’s place in the progress that has been made. An occasional “Amen!” and “Preach!” came from the congregation as the gathering at times took on the feeling of a church service rather than a political event. Audience members clapped along as a choir of a dozen singers erupted in gospel melodies.

Over the next few days, the group will visit places that have played both painful and important roles in the state’s struggle for civil rights. Later

intelligence in every decision they make, not only for the deceased, but for the living family members as well.”

Bullock is a Sumter native and graduated from Wilson Hall School and University of South Carolina.

He and his wife, Cindy Moran Bullock, have three sons, two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren.

Friday, the caravan would travel to Orangeburg to discuss the 1968 slayings by three black protesters by state troopers, known as the Orangeburg Massacre. Organizers hope the “Pilgrimage to South Carolina” will be an exercise in forgiveness and strength in a state whose reaction to last summer’s violence at Emanuel has been held out as a model of how to handle racially charged situations.

“I don’t think there’s any room in our society, whether in a movement, in a political campaign, for violence,” said Lewis, who recalled 1961, when he was beaten and left bloody at a bus station in Rock Hill during civil rights protests. Ultimately, one of the men who had beaten Lewis, a former Ku Klux Klan member, came and sought his forgiveness several years ago.

“I said, I accept your apology, I forgive you. ... It is time for all of us to lay down the burden of division in civil rights and create a loving community,” Lewis said.

After the June 17 church slayings — in which the suspect is a white man who had expressed support for white supremacy and the Confederate flag — relatives of the nine people killed expressed forgiveness for Dylann Roof, the man charged in the shooting.

Some said they would pray for him. Clyburn, the first black congressman from South Carolina since Reconstruction, said it’s no accident churches have had an important role in the civil rights movement and the forgiving reaction from the relatives of those slain.

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were detained in the raid, including three members of a family that sheltered him. Abdeslam was shot in the leg, officials said.

France’s BFM television broadcast images of police tugging a man with a white hooded sweatshirt toward a police car, as he dragged his left leg as if it were injured.

Abdeslam was not armed but did not immediately obey orders when confronted by police, prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said.

It was possible that Abdeslam had spent days, weeks or months in the apartment, according to Van der Sypt, who said the investigation would continue day and night.

French President Francois Hollande said authorities will need to detain anyone who aided the attacks in any way. He said those people are much more numerous than authorities had believed and that the French government would seek to have Abdeslam extradited.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel called Friday’s arrests a success in the “fight against terrorism.”

President Obama congratulated the leaders of Belgium and France over the arrest, in phone calls with both men, the White House said in a statement.

Two other people believed linked to the attacks were still being sought, including fellow Molenbeek resident Mohamed Abrini and a man known under the alias of Soufiane Kayal.

Friday’s capture of Abdeslam came after Belgian authorities said they found

his fingerprints in an apartment raided earlier this week in another Brussels neighborhood.

In that raid, a man believed to have been an accomplice of Abdeslam — Mohamed Belkaid — was shot dead, Belgian prosecutors said. But two men escaped from the apartment, one of whom appears to have been Abdeslam.

Most of the Paris attackers died on the night of the attacks, including Abdeslam’s brother Brahim, who blew himself up. Brahim Abdeslam was buried in the area Thursday.

At one point during Friday’s police operation, a phalanx of officers in camouflage, masks and riot helmets marched through the neighborhood with guns and automatic weapons drawn, escorting people out of buildings.

Abdeslam’s exact role in the attacks is not entirely clear. The car he drove was abandoned in northern Paris, and his mobile phone and an explosive vest he had apparently used were later found in the Paris suburb of Montrouge, raising the possibility that he aborted his mission, either ditching a malfunctioning vest or fleeing in fear.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks, in which Belgian nationals played key roles.

On Tuesday, a joint team of Belgian and French police showed up to search a residence in the Forest area of Brussels in connection with the Paris investigation. They were unexpectedly fired upon by at least two people inside.

Four officers were slightly wounded.

An occupant of the residence was shot dead by a police sniper as he prepared to open fire on police from a window. Police identified him as Belkaid, 35, an Algerian national living illegally in Belgium.

A Kalashnikov assault rifle was found by his body, as well as a book on Salafism, an ultraconservative strain of Islam. Elsewhere in the apartment, police found an Islamic State banner as well as 11 Kalashnikov loaders and a large quantity of ammunition, the prosecutor said.

Belgian authorities initially said Belkaid had no known background in radical Islamic activities. But Friday afternoon, prosecutors issued a statement saying he was “most probably” an accomplice of Abdeslam who had been using a fake Belgian ID card in the name of Samir Bouzid.

A man using that ID card was one of the two men seen with Abdeslam in a rental car on the Hungarian-Austrian border in September.

Four days after the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, the same false ID card was used to transfer 750 euros ($847) to Hasna Ait Boulahcen, cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader. Both Ait Boulahcen and Abaaoud died afterward in a police siege.

In January, Belgian authorities said one of Abdeslam’s fingerprints was found alongside homemade suicide bomb belts at an apartment in another area of Brussels. Belgian prosecutors said it wasn’t known whether he had been at the address in the Schaerbeek district before or after the Paris attacks, or how long he had spent there.

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FOX takes big risk with live pop musical ‘Passion’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH What’s the difference between “must see TV” and “can’t avert your eyes” television?

Fox executives built a high-wire act over a potential train wreck atop a cultural mine field when they commissioned producer / actor / director Tyler Perry to create “The Passion” (8 p.m.

Sunday, TV-PG), a contemporary pop musical take on the events in the New Testament, set in modern-day New Orleans.

Did I mention that this was a live broadcast? Produced by a guy best known for dressing up as loud, overweight women?

Everything about “The Passion” seems risky. Recent live TV musicals have all been shot in the confines of sets and stages. “The Passion” will unfold on the boisterous streets of New Orleans.

And then there’s the story. For centuries, European productions of the passion were seen as incitements to mob violence. Director Mel Gibson’s 2004 film adaptation became a very profitable lightning rod. Millions identified with its public piety. Others recoiled from its overt sadism. It was a Gibson movie, after all.

“The Passion” is a holiday franchise that has been televised in Holland since 2011. But this is the first musical version.

In pre-production interviews, Perry has discussed “The Passion” in terms of community. He has purposefully set his story of resurrection in his home city, which has itself risen from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

Modern-day adaptations of the New Testament often court controversy.

Some date our so-called “culture wars” to the vitriol that encountered director Martin Scorsese’s 1988 adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ 1955 novel, “The Last Temptation of Christ.”

In a land of religious diversity and intensity, one person’s faithful retelling may be another’s blasphemy. Some have complained that “The Passion” shares a network with “Lucifer.” Others have noticed that it will feature not religious songs, but pop numbers arranged by executive producer Adam Anders, best known for his work on “Glee.”

Producer Mark Bracco told “Billboard” that “The Passion” would welcome all viewers, “whether you are a believer or (someone who) wants to hear Trisha Yearwood sing a Whitney Houston song.” Yearwood plays the Virgin Mary and sings Houston’s “My Love Is Your Love” as well as Jewel’s “Hands.” The soundtrack also includes “We Don’t Need Another Hero,” popularized by Tina Turner.

This is beginning to sound like the Bible according to Baz Luhrmann.

Elsewhere in the cast, Jencarlos

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Jencarlos Canela, center, stars as Jesus in “The Passion,” a two-hour musical event airing live at 8 p.m. on Sunday on FOX. Canela portrays Jesus Christ. Chris Daughtry is Judas and Prince Royce plays Peter. Tyler Perry narrates.

Not to give too much away, but the production culminates with a throng carrying an enormous illuminated cross from the Superdome to a large stage by the Mississippi River.

You can’t say Fox hasn’t promised us a spectacle. Whether it turns out to be godly or ghastly remains to be seen.

Since so much could go wrong, you have to admire both Fox and Perry for their audacity. Like all live performances, it represents a stupendous roll of the dice.

• Bracket-watchers can catch the men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament (7:30 p.m., CBS; 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., TBS; and 8:30 p.m., TNT).

The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament (6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN 2) is also scheduled. For those who prefer the pros, the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs tangle in NBA action (8:30 p.m., ABC).

• Raised by shut-in grandparents, a young woman embraces her newfound freedom and life with her biological

mother in the 2016 drama “Mommy’s Little Girl” (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime), starring Fiona Gubelmann and Emma Hentschel.

• Traveling thousands of miles between house calls, “Dr. Oakley: Yukon Vet” (9 p.m. Saturday, Nat Geo Wild, TV-PG) attends to an ailing yak in this premiere episode.

• Somehow, sometime, during the decades when I wasn’t paying much attention, Naomi Judd became worthy of “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” (10 p.m.

Saturday, OWN).

ricio Macri; Cornel West; a self-regulated inner city school where 85 percent go on to college.

• A foreign policy controversy invades a family campus tour on “Madam Secretary” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth” (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-14) reviews the week’s primary votes.

• A victim takes a case to a gun shop owner on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• A recent abduction case resembles Adam’s on “The Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• “Race for the White House” (9 p.m., CNN) recalls the 1988 contest between Vice President George H.W. Bush and former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis.

• Some wags have begun to call “I Am Cait” (9 p.m., E!, TV-14) “I Am Canceled.” Around here we’ve always called it “I Am Boring.”

• Two groups make a dangerous supply run on “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-MA).

• Devon holes up at the Chelsea Hotel on “Vinyl” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• A costumed vigilante is slain on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Simon finds it hard to adjust on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• Hannah and her mother attend a feminist retreat on “Girls” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• A missing colleague presents a crisis on “Billions” (10 p.m., Showtime, TVMA).

• “The Wonder List With Bill Weir” (10 p.m., CNN) returns for a second season. First up: Long-sanctioned Cuba prepares for a tourist invasion.

• Brett takes the good with the bad on “Togetherness” (10:30 p.m., HBO, TVMA).

CULT CHOICE Punk teens turn on their parents and their perfectly planned hippie community in the 1979 drama “Over the Edge” (3:30 a.m. Sunday, TCM), starring Matt Dillon and Vincent Spano.

SUNDAY SERIES SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • An emerging generation of talent (Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold and Phoebe Cates) was showcased in the 1982 comedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (8 p.m., IFC).

• Eleanor goes all out to save Rogers on “Black Sails” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Argentina’s new President Mau-

Twins strut their talents on “Little Big Shots” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Hook may remain down under on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * A perfect storm on “The Carmichael Show” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * A stepbrother’s secrets on “Crowded” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Brooke Burke plays along on “Hollywood Game Night” (10 p.m., NBC, TV14).

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Strong acting in ‘delightful’ SLT comedy

BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item Cole Porter’s “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” from the Broadway musical “Kiss Me Kate” is good advice for theater goers attending Sumter Little Theatre’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

It is certainly possible to see the show and be impressed with the number of lines memorized — in Shakespeare’s language — but having pre-knowledge of the comedy’s fey and farcical plots will augment a deeper appreciation for the dialogue and “drama.”

The March 13 Sumter Item article “Theatre presents Shakespeare comedy” does a great job defining the plot, and, of course, there is always Google.

Sylvia Pickell’s costume designs — mortals in modern day dress and faeries in (what else?) faerie costumes — and a minimalist set that effortlessly allows the mind to move into and out of Shakespeare’s magical forest also help the viewer. Director Eric Bultman revealed, “Our interpretation is energetic, fun and very creative.” He was telling the truth.

The first act serves as an excellent introduction to the characters and potential conflicts. The second act propels the action into a frenzy of delightful characterizations and machinations.

Normally The Sumter Item does not review Youth Theater productions, but the percentage of adults makes the play suitable for review. Fortunately, the younger actors are more than equal to their role assignments. By the second act, Logan Martin (Puck) has established energy, excitement and excellent stage presence. His scenes as he works his magic on the mortals and spars with Oberon are clear and believable.

Anna Floyd (Hermia) and Stewart Holler (Helena) fend off overeager suit-

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Titania, Queen of the Faeries, played by Cierra Stewart, is amused by Bottom’s appearance after he is turned into a donkey by mischievous Puck, who creates plenty of confusion and hilarity. Bottom is played by Storm Smith. They can be seen in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Sumter Little Theatre at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. today and Sunday. ors and engage in a humorously convincing verbal and physical confrontation. Both exhibit strong stage and character awareness.

William Lane (Lysander) and Andrew Lawrence (Demetrius), the two suitors, lead their characters through a variety of personality revelations.

Justin Floyd (Francis Flute and Thisbe) adds a wonderfully vaudevillian interpretation as Thisbe, creating stage movement designed to evoke genuine laughter. His falsetto and handling of his dress are indications of his comedic

ability. Other youth characters carry out their roles clearly and effectively.

As always, Eric Reisenauer adds strength to his role as Egeus. Director Bultman, a former Youth Theater graduate, adds droll humor as Theseus and Peter Quince. Both Tristan Pack (Oberon) and Cierra Stewart (Titania) prove they “get” Shakespeare, understanding both his language and its meaning.

Stewart’s hairdo is marvelous, and Pack’s scene with Puck is commanding. They remain constantly in character.

In 2013, I had the delicious privilege of seeing the Bristol Old Vic and the Handspring Puppet Company perform this play at Spoleto. Bottom was irreverently played by an overly rotund actor dressed only in a black thong and riding upside down — hands on the pedals — on a bike. Needless to say, it was a sight to create sore eyes and much laughter.

Although Storm Smith’s interpretation of Bottom is not so outré, it is excellent. Early in the play he establishes the over exaggerated theatricality of Bottom.

As the play progresses, he adds layer upon layer of humor and posturing; his transformation into the donkey, complete with braying, displays remarkable control.

The play within a play within a play (or something like that) of “Pyramus and Thisbe” proves to be a show stopper. I do wax effusively about this production. Shakespeare on any level is difficult for both actors and audience.

These actors add credible interpretations and a strong sense of timing and humor.

A friend of mine wished someone would translate the play into today’s language. What a difficult job to capture the rhythm, color and cleverness of Shakespeare’s dialogue. If someone wants to try, good luck. Yes, the language may be difficult to follow all the time. Here’s a hint: “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.”

There are four performances remaining in Sumter Little Theatre’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: today and Sunday at 3 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students, seniors and military.

Call the theatre at (803) 775-2150, purchase tickets and select seats online at http://www.sumterlittletheatre.com/ tickets.html or go by the theater at 14 Mood Ave. between 3 and 6 p.m.

Gwen Stefani’s new solo album is catchy but basic

BY MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer Gwen Stefani’s new solo album is fun and catchy: the hooks are cute and likable, the beats will make your head bop and her voice is calm and cool.

But after listening to it, you’re on to the next.

“This Is What the Truth

Feels Like,” Stefani’s first solo album in 10 years, isn’t memorable or distinctive. It’s not that the songs are bad — because they aren’t.

But they aren’t good either.

The 12 tracks are an OK batch of pop tunes that don’t reveal much about Stefani, the singer or person.

Though the lyrical content

of some of the songs is deep, the tracks don’t drip with emotion. Instead, the album sounds tailor-made for radio, and the songs lack in both originality and personality — a thing that’s usually a specialty of Stefani’s.

For all the talk that the album delves into her personal life, it’s hard to tell. The con-

tent, even when it’s about heartbreak and ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, has a bubblegum feel. It’s as if Stefani’s hiding behind the songs’ beat and hook, and her vocal tonality is on cruise control throughout — whether the subject is heartache or happiness.

“Truth Feels Like” features

a number of hit-making producers, including Greg Kurstin (Sia, Pink, Lily Allen), J.R. Rotem (Jason Derulo, “Empire” TV series), Stargate (Rihanna, Ne-Yo) and Mattman & Robin (Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez).

But all of that talent might be the reason the album doesn’t rise above average.

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Commission: U.S. lacks strategies to lower child abuse deaths NEW YORK (AP) — The United States lacks coherent, effective strategies for reducing the stubbornly high number of children who die each year from abuse and neglect, a commission created by Congress reported Thursday after two years of sometimes divisive deliberations.

According to federal data, the number of such deaths has hovered at about 1,500 to 1,600 annually in recent years.

But citing gaps in how this data is compiled, the report suggests the actual number may be as high as 3,000 a year.

Commission chairman David Sanders said a goal of zero maltreatment deaths was realistic.

“We looked at the airline industry — no one accepts a plane crash anymore. We can get that way with child fatalities,” said Sanders, executive vice president of Casey Family Programs.

The report made dozens of recommendations, including expanding safe-haven programs for abandoned infants and enlisting a broader range of community organizations to help often-overburdened child protection service workers.

“We need a system that does not rely on CPS agencies alone to keep all children safe,” the report said. “Other systems become key partners, including the courts, law enforcement, the medical community, mental health, public health and education. Even neighbors who come into regular contact with young children and families are part of a public health approach.”

Still, the commission, composed of six members appointed by Congress and six by President Obama, failed to reach consensus on some issues. Two members declined to approve the final report and wrote dissents criticizing one of the major proposals.

Under that proposal, states would be required to review all child abuse and neglect deaths from the previous five years and then develop prevention plans. States would identify children at high risk and conduct investigations and home visits to determine if their families needed support services or if the children should be removed. Some commissioners recommended that Congress immediately allocate at least $1 billion in new funding to implement the plan.

“The commission is claiming that spending $1 billion on an experiment reviewing previous deaths will immediately save lives. This claim is not supported by evidence,” wrote dissenting commissioner Cassie Statuto Bevan, a childwelfare expert at the University of Pennsylvania’s Field Center for Children’s Policy.

The other dissenter was Patricia Martin, Chicago-based presiding judge of the Child Protection Division of Cook County Circuit Court. She expressed concern that the proposal would lead to more children being placed unnecessar-

ily in foster care, and urged more support to keep families together. She also contended that the commission, by focusing on children under 5, had missed a chance to address fatalities among older children.

During two years of consultations and hearings, the commission uncovered little in the way of model programs at the state or local level that it could recommend on a national basis. One of the few initiatives to win praise was home visiting — visits to an at-risk mother’s home by a nurse, social worker or early childhood educator during pregnancy and in the first years of a child’s life.

The commission report called “stunningly high” the rate of maltreatment deaths among black children: 2 ½ times greater than the rate for white children.

Maltreatment deaths represent a tiny fraction of the more than 3 million reports of child abuse and neglect received each year by hotlines and law enforcement agencies.

According to federal data, about 40 percent of the reports are soon “screened out” — judged not to warrant further action.

The commission said states should be more rigorous, responding to all reports regarding children under 3 and children who were the subject of previous reports. It said reports about infants less than 1 year old should get responses within 24 hours.

The commission found shortcomings at virtually every sector of the child-welfare system, including at the federal level, which it said fails to provide guidance, monitoring and enforcement.

At the state level, the report decried high caseloads and stressful working conditions for child protection workers.

“Shortages of workers, funds and training may mean that inexperienced workers are tasked with making lifeor-death decisions with insufficient preparation or support,” said the report.

One commissioner, Jennifer Rodriguez, is a former foster child who spent six years in group homes. Now executive director of the San Franciscobased Youth Law Center, Rodriguez expressed hope that initiatives arising from the report would help provide substance abuse treatment, mental health care and other supports for parents in at-risk families, so that their children might be able to stay with them.

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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.

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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 extended its memorand um of understand with South Carolina ing 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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JOAN R. TIPTON

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Joan “Gloria” Russell Tipton, 86, beloved wife of the late Carl Edwin Tipton, died on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

Born in Bangor, Maine, she was a daughter of the late Jack TIPTON WC Russell and Violet Hanson Russell. She earned a bachelor of arts and a master of business administration degree from the University of South Carolina and went on to work in Civil Service with the U.S. Air Force. She was highly decorated, earning the Meritorious Civilian Service Award and the Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award prior to retiring from her final duty as comptroller for Special Operation Command at McDill Air Force Base, Florida. She was a very good friend to many, always putting the needs of others before her own. She was a master quilter and enjoyed playing cards with several groups. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Ann Marie Wright and her husband, Don, and Donna Stock and her husband, James; three grandchildren, David Troy Wright, Russell Stock and his wife, Kendra, and Andrew Stock; four great-grandchildren, Collier, Skyelar, Sadyne and Zander; and one sister, Janet Stevens of West Gardiner, Maine.

A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Sumter Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

On March 15, 2016, Shirley Felder, 66, wife of Henry Felder, entered into eternal rest at her residence, 220 Fulton St. Born on July 28, 1949, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Mattie Leola Witherspoon and Willie Garland. She grew up in the Turbeville-Gable community.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., with the pastor, the Rev. Dr. James Blassingame officiating.

Public viewing will be held from 1 until 6 p.m. today at the Robert Scriven Jr. Memorial Chapel.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 220 Fulton St., and at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, AL and Gwendolyn Garland EL, 285 Tulah Drive.

The Ephriam D. Stephens Funeral Home, 230 S. Lafayette Drive, is in charge of these services, “Where Dignity is the Watchword.”

CORNELIUS M. THOMPSON Cornelius McCullom “Toy” Thompson, 63, went home to be with the Lord on March 18, 2016, at his home.

Born on Nov. 13, 1952, in Manning, he was a son of the late THOMPSON Edward and Pearl Ada Poston Thompson. Toy and his twin sister, Peggy, were reared in the home of William and Dorothy Thompson as their own. Toy attended Manning schools and was of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by five sisters, twin sister Peggy Williams and Caroline Thompson, both of Sumter, Effie Russell of Alcolu, Thelma Easley of Spartanburg and Theresa Black of Greensboro, North Carolina; and six brothers, David Thompson and the Rev. Sammy Thompson, both of Manning, Tommy Thompson, Luke Thompson, John Thompson and Phillip Thompson, all of Alcolu.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Pearl Thompson; his parents who raised him, William and Dorothy Thompson; and a brother, Bobby Thompson.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday at Clarendon Baptist Church with the Rev. Sammy Thompson and the Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. prior to the service in the fellowship hall at Clarendon Baptist Church and after the funeral service at the Thompson family home, 5504 Brogdon Road, Alcolu.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the AWANA Program at Clarendon Baptist Church, P.O. Box 307, Alcolu, SC 29001.

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

DAVID M. WALCOTT David Michael Walcott, 63, departed life on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

He was born on Feb. 21, 1953, in Sumter. David attended Sumter High School.

He was sincerely loved by his family and friends, and he will be deeply missed. David was a loving father who lived his life with a kind heart and unwavering integrity. He had long career at C&P, Bell Atlantic and AT&T telecommunication companies. David was very talented and recognized for all of his accomplishments in life. He lived in Washington, D.C., for many years while attending college, majoring in fine arts at the University of the District of Columbia.

He is survived by his two daughters, Kiana A. Walcott and Tameka M. Walcott-Simmons and son-in-law, Orlando J. Simmons; one sister, Felecia Walcott-Dixon; brotherin-law, Montrey Dixon; sisterin-law, Normie Walcott; grandchildren, Olivia M. Simmons and Taylor M. Simmons; nephews, Leroy F. Walcott III, Cedrich M. Walcott, Erik D. Walcott, Bruce White and Antoine Honeyblue; and a host of cousins and friends.

Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

THELMA J. HODGE Thelma Johnson Hodge departed this earthly life on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on March 14, 1945, to the late William L. and Ella Vaughn Johnson.

She was a very loving mother. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. At early age, she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and was baptized at Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

She leaves to mourn her passing: a loving daughter, April Hodge; two sons, Thomas (Leslie) Hodge and Bryant Hodge of Sumter; one stepdaughter, Lakisha Tindal of Columbia; two nephews reared in the home, John Conyers and Fernando Conyers; two nieces, Della (Marvin) Isaac and Betty (Patrick) Murray, both of Sumter; one sister, Courtney Louise Staley of Columbia; nieces and nephews; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Catherine Foote and Mary Conyers; two brothers, Clarence Vaughn and Ramson Johnson; one sister-in-law, Dorothy Maxfield; two brothers-in-law, Leonard Conyers and Harold Maxfield.

She had two favorite call buddies, Mable Murray and Cassie Bones.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Marquis Jackson, offici-

ating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. until the hour of service.

Interment will follow in St. Mark AME Church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 6 p.m. today at the chapel of Sumter Funeral Service Inc. The funeral cortege will leave at 1:30 p.m. from the home, 170 Rolling Creek Drive.

Sumter Funeral Service Inc. is in charge of arrangements.

MARGARET R. HOUSE

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016

GOZELL SCARBOROUGH Gozell “J.D.” Scarborough, 77, entered eternal rest on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at his home.

He was born on May 13, 1938, in the St. Charles community of Lee County, a son of the late Mary Ann Scarborough.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his daughter, Aretha Scarborough, 800 Radical Road.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

SUMMERTON — Margaret Robinson House, 91, widow of Wendell House, died on Friday, March 18, 2016, at Lake Marion Nursing Home, Summerton.

She was born on June 13, 1922, in Manning, a daughter of the late Jasper and Lutisher Hilton Robinson.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter, Helen Jackson, 2008 Thompson Drive, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home of Manning.

PINEWOOD — Mary Polk Pleasant, 85, entered eternal rest on Friday, March 18, 2016.

Born on July 12, 1930, she was a daughter of the late William and Rosa Lee Ballard Polk.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 2550 Sparkleberry Landing Road, Pinewood.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

RICHARD G. BARKLEY

MAZZIE B. HUFF

Richard Gilbert Barkley, 88, husband of Dorothy Geddings Barkley, died on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at his home.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Richard Sanders Barkley and Euline Osteen Barkley. Mr. Barkley was a lifelong member and faithful servant of Bethel Baptist Church. He was a retired professional dog trainer, poultry grower and farmer. He was also a member of the American Field Trial Association, American Legion Post 15, and was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; two sons, Ricky Barkley (Jennie) and Mike Barkley (Donna), both of Sumter; four daughters, Sandra Hogan (Joey) of Spartanburg, Susan Eleazer (Hal) of Chesnee, Lynn Barkley (Tom) and Beverly Owens, both of Sumter; a sister, Fan Green (Lauren) of Sumter; 16 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Sarah Barkley and Evelyn Avin; a brotherin-law, Bobby Ward; two granddaughters; and one great-grandson.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Fraser officiating.

Burial will be in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at the home.

Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

PINEWOOD — Mazzie Benbow Huff, 89, widow of Joseph Huff, entered eternal rest on Friday, March 18, 2016.

Born on Jan. 19, 1927, in Pinewood, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Odie Watson Benbow.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 12 West Ave., Pinewood.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

MARY P. PLEASANT

GEORGIA M. JOSEY Georgia M. Josey, 91, widow of Manning Josey Sr., died on Friday, March 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

Born on Dec. 4, 1924, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Albert Black and Carrie Sigler Green.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of Cynthia Josey, 862 Twin Lakes Drive.

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

SUSAN DOW Susan Ella Stephen Dow died on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Blue Ridge of Sumter.

Born on May 2, 1929, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Harriet Stephen Keller. Susan was educated in the public schools of Clarendon County.

She was a member of Antioch UME Church in Rimini.

Survivors are seven sons, Charlie (Mary) Dow, Ernest (Barbara Ann) Dow, Henry Dow, Johnny Lee Dow, Julious Dow, Ranzy (Kinio) Dow and Curtis Dow; four daughters, Susan (Claudis) Samuels, Susan (Robert) Billie, Joann (Jimmie) Stukes and Genise Dow; one brother, Lawrence (Nornita) Keller; and a host of grandchildren, relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Antioch UME Church, Rimi-

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ni, with Pastor Barry Gadsden. Burial will be held in Antioch Memorial Garden.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of daughter and son-inlaw, Susan and Robert Billie, 1980 White and Rivers Road, Pinewood, and the home of her son, Curtis Dow, 25 Walker St., Sumter.

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

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

HARVEY STEGNER LYDIA — Funeral services for Harvey Lawrence Stegner, 92, will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Wesley United Methodist Church, Hartsville. The Rev. Fran Elrod will officiate with burial in Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home.

Mr. Stegner died on Friday, March 18, 2016. Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, he was a son of the late Edward and Katherine Sturm Stegner.

Harvey graduated from Beaver Dam High School and entered the U.S. Air Force during World War II, where he obtained the rank of staff sergeant. While in the military, he met and married the love of his life, Gloria Jean O’Harra. They were married for 71 years and had three children, Kathyrn, Larry and Patricia Ann. They returned to Wisconsin after his discharge, where he farmed for a time and then moved his family to South Carolina for little Patricia’s health. He joined Suburban Propane Gas Co. and became their first satellite office manager in Hartsville, where he retired after 37 years of service.

He was very active in the Methodist Church, serving as a lay leader, Sunday school teacher and many other positions. He was also very active in the Gideons, Hartsville Masonic Lodge, Omar Shrine Temple, and the American Legion. His love of farming brought about his growing and showing beautiful prize camellias.

Surviving are his wife, Gloria Jean O’Harra Stegner of Hartsville; son, Larry (Marcia) Stegner of Hartsville; daughter, Kathyrn (Trudell) Swygert of Leesville; grandchildren, Michelle (Marshall) Ransom, Lori (Ashley) Griggs, Shannon (Marty) Franklin, Sharon (Dennis) Hyder and Kimberly (Dave) Moody; great-grandchildren, Connor and Jackson Ransom, Matthew and Elena Urbaniak, Jordan and Mackenzie Franklin, Michael Hyder and Heather Hyder Thivierge; three great-greatgrandchildren; sister-in-law, Dorothy Stegner; and brother-in-law, Jose Pesanté.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Patricia Ann Stegner; brothers, Leonard Stegner, Alvin Stegner, Harold Stegner and Edward Stegner; and sisters, Florence Schutte, Margaret Kelly and Mildred Pesanté The family wishes to extend a special thank you to the McLeod Hospice staff and to his longtime caregiver, Douglas Lewis.

Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Online condolences can be given at www.bpafuneralhome.com.

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AROUND TOWN p.m. on Saturday, March 26, The Sumter County Democrats at the Mount Zion Enrichwill hold their county convenment Center, 325 W. Fulton tion at 10 a.m. today at the Sumter County Democrats hold county St. E. Daniel Rosemond, Sumter County Judicial Cenconvention Southeastern Province ter for the purpose of electPolemarch, will speak. Ticking party officers and seets are $30 and must be purlecting delegates to the chased in advance. For inApril 30 state convention in formation, call Polemarch Columbia. The keynote Ashley Vaughn at (803) 968speaker for this year’s con2283 or Vice-Polemarch Kenvention is Sumter County neth Benjamin at (803) 773Sheriff Anthony Dennis. Call 8514. Tickets will not be Allen Bailey at (803) 316available at the door.

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The Clarendon County Branch Lincoln High School Class of NAACP Annual Freedom Fund 1963 will meet at 2 p.m.

Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. today at the South Sumter on Saturday, March 26, at Resource Center, 337 ManTaw Caw Community Outning Ave. For more information, call Ferdinand Burns at reach Center, Summerton.

U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn (803) 968-4464. will speak. The Gary Green Clarendon School District One Ensemble will provide enterwill conduct free vision, hearing, speech and developmental tainment. Call (803) 4852071. screenings as part of a child A voter registration drive, find effort to identify stusponsored by New Light dents with special needs.

Screenings will be held from Chapter No. 254 Order of the Eastern Stars, will be held 9 a.m. to noon at the Summerton Early Childhood Cen- from 2 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, and Saturday, ter, 8 South St., Summerton, April 2, at Brotherly Love on the following Thursdays: Masonic Lodge, 531 W. HugApril 14; and May 12. Call gins St., Manning. For inforSadie Williams at (803) 485mation, call Joan Deas at 2325, extension 116.

(803) 225-0060, Diane GeorAARP will offer free tax prepagia at (803) 473-0081 or ration from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 Catherine Robinson at (803) p.m. on Mondays and 410-0744.

Wednesdays through April The Pettie Bell retirees will 13 at the Shepherd’s Center of Sumter, 24 Council St. Ap- meet at 11 a.m. on Monday, plicants are advised to bring April 4, at Golden Corral. with them government-isThe Sumter Chapter of the Nasued photo IDs, Social Secu- tional Federation of the Blind of rity cards and / or Medicare South Carolina will meet at 7 cards for anyone in the p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, at household, last year’s tax Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 forms, W-2 and / or 1099 W. Bartlette St. The spotlight forms, and power of attorwill shine on Mable Preston ney certification forms if and the honorary members they are filing for someone are the Rev. Dr. William S. else. For more information, and Doris Randolph. Transcall Henry Dinkins at (803) portation provided within 499-4990 or Lula King at their mileage area. If you (803) 316-0772. know a blind person, contact Debra Canty, chapter Broken Wings, an eight-week grief support group hosted by president, at (803) 775-5792 Amedisys Hospice Care, will or debra.canty@frontier. be held from 10 a.m. to noon com. Listen to the message each Saturday through April line anytime at (206) 3765992 for information about 23. Meetings will be held at the gala. Make donations the Amedisys Hospice ofpayable and mailed to NFB fice, 198 E. Wesmark Blvd., Suite 2, (803) 774-4036. There Sumter Chapter, P.O. Box 641, Sumter, SC 29151. is no charge and the public is invited.

Shaw Air Force Base will host the Shaw Air Expo open house The Sumter Branch NAACP’s and air show Saturday and Annual Women in the NAACP Sunday, May 21-22. The free Program will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, at event will be open to the general public from 8 a.m. to Mt. Pisgah Missionary Bap5 p.m. both days. Visit www. tist Church, 7355 Camden shaw.af.mil/airexpo/ for Highway, Rembert. Dr. Mary more information. Also, B. Hallums will speak.

The Shannon Town Community “like” the Shaw Air Force Base Facebook page at Neighborhood Watch Group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. on https://www.facebook. com/20FighterWing/ for upThursday, March 25, at the to-date information. Aerial South HOPE Center, 1125 S. demonstration teams or Lafayette Drive. performances will include: Lincoln High School Class of U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds; 1966 will meet at noon on U.S. Army Black Daggers Saturday, March 26, at the parachute demo; 20th FightTrinity-Lincoln Center, 26 er Wing Air Power; F-16 Council St. Plans are still Viper; USAF Heritage Flight; being made for the 50th Canadian Air Force CF-18; class reunion scheduled for U.S. Navy F/A-18; Warbirds June 3-5. (historical military aircraft); The Bishopville, Manning, Shaw and Gary Ward & Greg ConAir Force Base Alumni Chapter nell. The acts are not in of Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. will order of performance and hold a charter ceremony at 5 are subject to change.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sign up for EUGENIA LAST something that will challenge your usual way of thinking or help you broaden your friendships with the people you find inspiring. You can make a difference and improve your life if you take the initiative.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take time to lend a helping hand, but don’t feel obligated to go into debt in order to take care of someone else. There is a fine line between being charitable and being used.

Set clear parameters before you offer your services.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll face opposition if you go against the grain. If you can’t agree with others, keep your opinions a secret until you have gathered the facts to back up your claim. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Lastminute changes should be looked at as a new adventure. Look for alternative ways to keep moving forward rather than let a hiccup in your plans ruin your day. Romance is featured and will brighten your mood.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your ability to bring about changes and make a difference to the outcome of something you believe in will result in recognition and a feeling of satisfaction that will encourage further action. Believe in yourself and pursue your dreams.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Explore new interests and make new friends. A relationship will take on new meaning as you begin to discuss what you both want in the future. Be encouraging and don’t fear the unknown.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do the little things that will help you reach your objectives. Don’t rely on others to take care of your responsibilities for you. You have what it takes to get things done, so stop second-guessing yourself and put your ideas into motion.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your intuition will help you find your way. If a romantic encounter has left you feeling uncertain, look to creative outlets and trusted friends to help put yourself on the right path.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be adaptable, but don’t be a pushover.

Step back and observe the way others react to the situations that are unfolding around you. Being prepared for whatever outcome you face will be your saving grace.

Try not to stand out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put more into your home, family and personal improvements. Doing things differently will make those close to you take notice. It’s good to shake things up and refresh your attitude in order to remain in the spotlight.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Embrace being different. Your uniqueness will attract people who have something exceptional to offer in return. An unexpected change will reinforce what you already thought and encourage you to make a strategic move. Play to win.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put everything you want to explore in writing and decide which plans are doable and which you should discard. Avoid lavish purchases. A realistic approach to life, love and expenditures will help you avoid making a mistake.

WEDNESDAY

Warmer with plenty Sunny and beautiful of sun

71°

48°

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59° / 34°

68° / 44°

76° / 51°

Chance of rain: 70%

Chance of rain: 65%

Chance of rain: 25%

Chance of rain: 0%

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 10%

S 7-14 mph

N 6-12 mph

NNW 7-14 mph

NW 8-16 mph

SW 6-12 mph

SW 8-16 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 61/41 Spartanburg 63/41

Greenville 66/41

Columbia 73/50

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

Sumter 71/48

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 70/47

ON THE COAST

Charleston 76/56

Today: Periods of rain. High 70 to 75.

Sunday: Clouds and sun; rain and drizzle in southern parts. High 59 to 67.

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LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

77° 53° 67° 41° 87° in 2011 26° in 1967 0.00" 0.43" 2.34" 10.22" 13.22" 9.89"

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 67/42/r 41/29/c 60/39/pc 40/27/pc 65/46/pc 74/55/pc 71/51/t 47/31/s 83/66/t 48/33/s 89/61/s 66/54/pc 47/35/r

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

357.73 75.78 75.29 97.39

24-hr chg none -0.07 -0.10 -0.05

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Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

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Myrtle Beach 74/52

Manning 73/50

Today: Not as warm with a bit of rain.

Winds southwest 4-8 mph.

Sunday: Cool with occasional rain, mainly early. Winds west 4-8 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 73/47

Bishopville 70/48

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

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 8.73 -0.10 19 4.91 -0.97 14 6.51 -0.12 14 5.19 -0.55 80 79.26 +0.37 24 10.42 +0.15

Sunrise 7:27 a.m.

Moonrise 4:20 p.m.

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5:09 a.m.

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 62/36/r 70/42/r 72/50/r 75/56/r 69/53/r 76/56/r 62/41/r 68/42/r 73/50/r 70/47/r 60/45/r 69/47/r 64/45/r

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 47/29/r 60/35/pc 62/38/pc 64/45/pc 58/44/r 65/43/pc 58/34/r 58/37/pc 61/38/c 59/40/r 51/36/r 55/39/c 57/38/r

City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

Today Hi/Lo/W 73/47/r 76/58/t 60/41/r 65/44/r 75/54/r 54/38/r 66/41/r 55/38/r 72/56/r 78/58/t 70/42/r 71/45/r 67/40/r

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 58/39/r 69/41/pc 56/34/r 54/37/c 63/43/pc 53/34/r 55/34/r 53/33/r 63/44/pc 69/42/pc 56/36/s 61/36/pc 55/35/s

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 56/36/r 74/56/r 74/52/r 73/50/r 74/56/r 57/40/r 63/42/r 64/44/r 74/56/r 63/41/r 74/54/r 74/51/r 54/40/r

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 52/32/r 64/44/c 61/43/r 62/41/pc 64/45/pc 53/34/r 58/36/r 57/38/r 66/43/pc 55/35/r 62/43/pc 60/40/c 54/35/r

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

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The Sumter SPCA will hold a Mardi Gras April Fools dance from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at the Elaine D. Korn Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive. Music will be provided by Recollections Band. Cost is $25 per person (must be 21 years or older). Event will feature Cajun cuisine. Dance your paws off while helping to support the Sumter SPCA. For information, call (803) 773-9292.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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prep baseball

Razor’s edge Couple of miscues and missed opportunities doom Sumter in showdown with top-ranked Panthers

ncaa tournament

UNCA’s Dengokl relishes chance Former LHS standout faces Kentucky today

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

early run in the first when Ryan Moore walked to leadoff the game, stole second and eventually came home on Jordan Holladay’s sacrifice fly.

After CFHS tied the game in the fourth on Hunter Baiden’s RBI double, Holladay untied it on the first pitch he saw in the bottom half of the inning by tattooing a homer to left field.

It was 2-1 in the fifth when things began to unravel for Sumter. A 1-out double by Caleb Lindaberry on a 0-2 pitch set the table for what turned out to be a game-changing inning. Christian Richardson followed with a fielder’s choice grounder to short, but the attempted tag of Lindaberry at third

When Sonora Dengokl signed to play college basketball with the University of North Carolina Asheville last year, she wasn’t expecting any of this. Apparently, neither was anyone else.

All of this is a DENGOKL berth in the women’s NCAA tournament, and the Bulldogs take on Kentucky today at 4 p.m. in Rupp Arena in Lexington in the first round.

“This is great; this has been a different experience,” said Dengokl, the former Lakewood High School standout. “I didn’t realize how difficult it would be this, but we’ve worked really hard to get to this point.”

UNCA is 26-6 on the season and advanced to the NCAAs by virtue of winning the Big South Conference tournament, beating Liberty 64-62 in double overtime. Asheville wasn’t expected to win the Big South; in fact, it wasn’t expected to contend for the title. The Bulldogs were picked to finish eighth out of 11 teams in the preseason poll.

UNC Asheville didn’t get hot on a weekend, winning three games to earn the automatic berth. It also won the Big South regular-season crown with a 16-4 record.

“This was really something (to win the Big South),” said Dengokl, who led Lakewood to the 3A state championship game where it lost to Lancaster in the final seconds. “To be right there last year and not be able to finish it was tough.

So winning (the Big South) was great and now we’re in the NCAA tournament.”

Dengokl has had a very active role in the Bulldogs’ success. She has played in all 32 games and is averaging 14.5 minutes a contest, eighth on

See sumter, Page B3

See dengokl, Page B5

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Sumter’s Dawson Price (12) is tagged out at second by Carolina Forest shortstop Patrick Orlando while attempting to steal during the Gamecocks’ 8-3 loss on Friday at Gamecock Field.

by justin driggers justin@theitem.com “It’s about nine outs.”

That was the message Sumter High School head baseball coach Brooks Shumake hammered home to his team after Friday’s game at Gamecock Field.

Facing the top-ranked 4A team in the state in Carolina Forest, the Gamecocks were nine outs away from victory.

However, things can turn quickly, and the margin for error is razor thin as SHS found out.

A couple of miscues in the fifth inning helped the Panthers take the lead, and another big inning in their final atbat paved the way for CFHS’ 8-3 victory

as the Gamecock offense was unable to take advantage of a couple late opportunities.

Carolina Forest improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in Region VI-4A while Sumter fell to 4-4 and 1-1. SHS hosts Dutch Fork on Monday at 6:30 p.m. in a nonregion contest.

“We were ahead of them and we had nine outs to get,” Shumake said. “Then the fifth inning turned on us. It didn’t happen for us tonight, but it’s always about those last nine outs. “(Carolina Forest) is a very good baseball team and we were right beside them for (six) innings.”

The Gamecocks led 2-1 entering the fateful fifth despite just one hit to their credit at that point. Sumter plated an

usc women’s basketball

men’s ncaa tournament

Gamecocks rout Jacksonville 77-41

Middle Tennessee State busts brackets, upsets Michigan State 90-81

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Alaina Coates had 22 points and 10 rebounds, A’ja Wilson had 15 points and 11 rebounds as No. 1 seed South Carolina ran past first-time NCAA Tournament team Jacksonville 77-41 on Friday night.

The Gamecocks (32-1) won their fifth straight NCAA opener and will take on ninthseeded Kansas State on Sunday night for a spot in the Sweet 16.

The Dolphins (22-11) were the Atlantic Sun Conference champions who came in with an eight-game winning streak.

They were no match, however, for the tall, strong twin postpresence of 6-foot-4 Coates and 6-5 Wilson.

Wilson, the Southeastern Conference player of the year,

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

Rainier Ehrhardt/The Associated Press

South Carolina center Alaina Coates (41) looks to shoot as Jacksonville forwards Kayla Gordon (15) and Kimberly Dawkins, rear, defend the Gamecocks’ 77-41 win See rout, Page B5 on Friday during the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Columbia.

ST. LOUIS — Reality hit Middle Tennessee State guard Jaqawn Raymond as he walked triumphantly off the floor. Giddy Potts thought it might come later, once he returned to the team hotel and flipped on the TV. It sunk in immediately for Michigan State.

Relying on the same balanced scoring that carried them to the NCAA Tournament, the No. 15 seed Blue Raiders ended the secondseeded Spartans’ title hopes in convincing fashion Friday. They never trailed in a 90-81 firstround victory that sent brackets around the country into trash cans.

“We wanted to win this game as bad as anybody wanted us to win,” said Potts, the Blue Raiders’ hot-shooting sophomore guard. “We played our (butts) off today.”

Reggie Upshaw had 21 points and Potts finished with 19 for Middle Tennessee State (25-9), which became the eighth No. 15 seed to knock

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

usc sumter baseball

Fire Ants face new-look Hurricanes in Region X

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Last weekend’s split with Florence-Darlington Technical College was a microcosm of the year so far for the University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team.

In other words, feast or famine -- on both sides of the ball.

The Fire Ants scored 29 runs in their two victories against the Stingers, but managed just three in their two losses. The defense and pitching were also spotty as USCS committed seven errors in the series opener and gave up eight runs or more in two of the four games.

“That’s the part that’s probably the most frustrating,” USC Sumter head coach Tim Medlin said.

“Austin Hawley pitched great, but we only scored one run for him. We didn’t take advantage of anything they gave us offensively in games 2 and 3, but took advantage of everything in games 1 and 4. “...We’re still looking for some of our young pitchers to step up and we’re looking for our sophomores to do what they’re capable of doing.”

Weather permitting, the Fire Ants will get another chance this weekend when Louisburg College comes to Riley Park for a pair of doubleheaders starting today at 1 p.m. The teams are slated to play another twinbill on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Hurricanes are 12-8 overall and 2-2 in Region X after splitting last weekend with USC Salkehatchie. USC Sumter is 12-10 and 2-2 as

Region X standings

MEDLIN

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Spartanburg Methodist 3-1 USC Lancaster 3-1 Florence-Darlington Tech 2-2 Louisburg 2-2 USC Salkehatchie 2-2 USC Sumter 2-2 Guilford Tech 1-3 Pitt CC 1-3

well.

No Region X team earned a sweep, and Spartanburg Methodist and USC Lancaster are a game up in the standings after each going 3-1.

“It looks like anybody in this league can beat anybody else on a given day,” Medlin said. “And until some team steps up and assumes a commanding position, it looks like it might stay that way. I could be wrong, but I think any team is capable of beating any other team right now.”

That being the case, Lousisburg comes in to Sumter with a very similar type of squad, he added. The Hurricanes are under new head coach Blake Herring and his staff and are almost completely different from the squad the Fire Ants swept in North Carolina last season.

“They’ve got a bunch of new faces in the lineup and on their ball club,” Medlin added. “We won’t see many familiar faces and they’ve probably got a different mentality now.

“They’re very athletic and have a couple guys at the top of the lineup that can run.

They haven’t swung the bats a ton, and they’ve had their good days and bad days (pitching and hitting), so they’re a lot like everybody else.”

Jordan Sergent and John

Garcia lead the ‘Canes offense. Sergent is batting .367 with 16 runs driven in while Garcia is hitting at a .432 clip with 10 RBI. Pitching-wise, Kyle Valentine and Marcello Betances have logged the most innings and both have earned run averages above 4.00. Betances leads the team with 20 strikeouts.

Medlin is more preoccupied with his own pitching staff, however, Many of the Fire Ants’ arms have been either very good or very subpar with not much in between. The most consistent pitcher has been Zach Mosay -- so much so that Medlin plans on using him to close games and start the series finale if his pitchcount doesn’t get up to high.

Meanwhile his bigger concern is finding a way to get more consistency out of everyone on his roster.

“You’ve just got to keep pushing guys to get better,” Medlin said. “We’re working with everyone to be focused on what they’re doing and to stop making the same mistakes over and over again.

That’s what it all boils down to. We’ve got to make better pitches, have better command and we’ve got to have better concentration.

“No matter what the situation is, we’ve got to focus on the next pitch and the next at-bat.”

sports items

Sears pitches Citadel to 2-1 win over PC CHARLESTON – The Citadel’s John Patrick Sears allowed one run in seven innings of work to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-1 victory over Presbyterian on Friday at Joe Riley Park.

Sears, the former Wilson Hall standout, scattered three hits. Zach Lavery finished off the game on the mound for The Citadel, throwing 2.0 perfect innings and facing six batters. The senior collected his fourth save of the season in the win.

Clemson 6 Boston College 2

CLEMSON -- fSeth Beer and Weston Wilson both belted two-run home runs and Clate Schmidt tossed seven strong innings with a career-high 11 strikeouts in No. 19 Clemson’s 6-2 win over No. 22 Boston College at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday.

The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series and won their fifth game in a row, improved to 14-3 overall and 3-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Eagles fell to 12-4 overall and 2-2 in ACC play.

Dillon wins pole FONTANA, Calif. — Austin Dillon won the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Fontana on Friday, claiming the spot for the first time this season at a top speed of 188.482 mph.

Dillon turned a lap in 38.2 seconds flat in his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, edging Kevin Harvick by .031 seconds.

Dillon’s only previous pole in 90 career races was at the Daytona 500 in 2014 at the start of his first full Sprint Cup season. Childress’ grandson feels much more ready to build on his second pole with his first victory.

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TODAY 6 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Indian Open Third Round from New Dehli (GOLF).

6 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox from Glendale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

8:40 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Arsenal vs. Everton (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

11 a.m. – College Wrestling: NCAA Tournament Medal-Round Matches from New York (ESPNU).

11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 Practice from Fontana, Calif. (FOX SPORTS 2).

11 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Crystal Palace vs. Leicester City (USA).

11 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Ham vs. Chelsea (USA).

Noon – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series TreatMyClot.com 300 Pole Qualifying from Fontana, Calif. (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon – College Baseball: Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee State (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

Noon – College Softball: Tennessee at Florida (SEC NETWORK).

12:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Arnold Palmer Invitational Third Round from Orlando, Fla. (GOLF).

1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: New York Mets vs. Washington from Viera, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

1:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Hannover 96 (WACH 57).

1:30 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Aston Villa vs. Swansea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2 p.m. – Professional Tennis: BNP Paribas Open Men’s Semifinal Matches from Indian Wells, Calif. (ESPN).

2 p.m. – College Gymnastics: Southeastern Conference Championships from North Little Rock, Ark. (ESPNU).

2 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Minnesota (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

2 p.m. – College Baseball: Kentucky at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

2:25 p.m. – International Soccer: Portuguese League Match – Arouca vs.

Sporting (UNIVISION).

2:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Arnold Palmer Invitational Third Round from Orlando, Fla. (WIS 10).

2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 Practice from Fontana, Calif. (FOX SPORTS 1).

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

4 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Syracuse at Johns Hopkins (ESPNU).

4 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series TreatMyClot.com 300 from Fontana, Calif. (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9).

4 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers vs.

Chicago White Sox from Glendale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

4 p.m. – College Baseball: Boston College at Clemson (WPUB-FM 102.7).

4 p.m. – College Baseball: Arkansas at South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5).

4:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Portuguese League Match – Porto vs. Vitoria de Guimaraes (UNIVISION).

5 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tucson Conquistadores Classic Second Round from Tucson, Ariz. (GOLF).

6 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Virginia at Notre Dame (ESPNU).

6 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Denver at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

6 p.m. – College Gymnastics: Southeastern Conference Championships from North Little Rock, Ark. (ESPNU).

6:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Leon vs. America (UNIVISION).

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

7 p.m. – College Hockey: Hockey East Tournament Championship Match from Boston (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Wrestling: NCAA Tournament Championship Match from New York (ESPN).

8 p.m. – College Baseball: Louisville at Miami (ESPNU).

8 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: St. Louis vs. Boston from Fort Myers, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at San Antonio (WOLO 25).

8:30 p.m. – College Hockey: NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship Match from Minneapolis (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Mississippi State at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK).

8:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Guadalajara vs.

Monterrey (UNIVISION).

9 p.m. – Men’s College Volleyball: Pepperdine at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9:30 p.m. – Track and Field: IAAF World Indoor Championships from Portland, Ore. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11 p.m. – International Baseball: World Baseball Classic Qualifying Semifinal Game (MLB NETWORK).

12:30 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Australian Grand Prix from Melbourne, Australia (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Oakland vs. San Francisco from Scottsdale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

By The Associated Press

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By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Phelan M. Ebenhack/The Associated Press

Jason Day watches his putt on the 13th green during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla., on Friday. Day leads by two strokes.

Day Bay Hill leader ORLANDO, Fla. — Jason Day felt like he was bearing down on each shot. He made it look much easier Friday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Day made a pair of long birdie putts and otherwise put on a clinic at Bay Hill for a 7-under 65 that gave him a two-shot lead over Henrik Stenson going into the weekend.

“It was great,” he said. “I felt like I couldn’t do anything wrong out there.”

Day was at 13-under 131 and was five shots ahead of Jamie Lovemark (68) when he finished.

Stenson faced a daunting task — eight shots behind when he teed off in the afternoon — and he shot 31 on the back nine for a 66 to stay in the game. Justin Rose also had a 66 and was three shots behind.

Mi Hyang Lee shoots 62 PHOENIX — Mi Hyang

Lee shot a tournament-record 10-under 62 on Thursday in the JTBC Founders Cup after playing her first nine holes in 9 under.

On a day when fellow South Korean player Se Ri Pak announced she will retire at the end of the season, Lee threatened to shoot the second 59 in LPGA Tour history after opening with an eagle and seven birdies on the back nine.

Needing to play the front nine in 4 under to break 60, Lee made only one more birdie on the par-5 fifth.

Annika Sorenstam is the only player to shoot 59 in an LPGA Tour event, accomplishing the feat in 2001 at nearby Moon Valley.

Lee matched the nine-hole record of 9 under set by Amy Yang last year in South Korea.

Sei Young Kim and Brittany Lang shot 63.

Wire reports

Atlantic Division

Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

Atlanta Charlotte Miami Washington Orlando Central Division

Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 46 21 .687 — 39 29 .574 7½ 28 41 .406 19 19 49 .279 27½ 9 59 .132 37½ W L Pct GB 40 29 .580 — 39 29 .574 ½ 39 29 .574 ½ 33 35 .485 6½ 29 38 .433 10 W L Pct GB 48 19 .716 — 36 32 .529 12½ 34 33 .507 14 34 34 .500 14½ 30 39 .435 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 58 10 .853 — 39 30 .565 19½ 34 34 .500 24 34 34 .500 24 25 42 .373 32½ W L Pct GB 46 22 .676 — 35 34 .507 11½ 33 35 .485 13 28 41 .406 18½ 22 46 .324 24 W L Pct GB 61 6 .910 — 43 24 .642 18 26 41 .388 35 18 50 .265 43½ 14 54 .206 47½

Thursday’s Games

Toronto 101, Indiana 94, OT Washington 99, Philadelphia 94 Charlotte 109, Miami 106 Chicago 118, Brooklyn 102 Milwaukee 96, Memphis 86 Atlanta 116, Denver 98 San Antonio 118, Portland 110 Utah 103, Phoenix 69

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 71 40 22 9 89 202 172 Boston 71 39 24 8 86 215 191 Tampa Bay 71 40 26 5 85 194 171 Detroit 71 35 25 11 81 179 187 Ottawa 71 33 30 8 74 205 220 Montreal 71 33 32 6 72 191 200 Buffalo 71 28 33 10 66 169 193 Toronto 70 24 35 11 59 165 206 Metropolitan Division

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By The Associated Press

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 St. Mary’s (Cal) 58, New Mexico St. 56 Wednesday, March 16 Wagner 79, St. Bonaventure 75 Georgia 93, Belmont 84 Monmouth 90, Bucknell 80 George Washington 82, Hofstra 80 Virginia Tech 86, Princeton 81, OT Georgia Tech 81, Houston 62 BYU 97, UAB 79

Second Round

Thursday, March 17 Valparaiso 81, Florida State 69 Friday, March 18 Virginia Tech (20-14) at BYU (24-10), 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19 Wagner (23-10) at Creighton (19-14), Noon Sunday, March 20 Florida (20-14) at Ohio State (21-13), Noon Georgia (20-13) at Saint Mary’s (Cal) (28-5), 7:30 p.m.

Monday, March 21 Georgia Tech (20-14) at South Carolina (25-8), 9 p.m.

George Washington (24-10) at Monmouth (28-7), 7 p.m.

Washington (19-14) at San Diego State (26-9), 11:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals

March 22-23 Wagner-Creighton winner vs. Virginia Tech-BYU winner, TBA Valparaiso (28-6) vs. Georgia-Saint Mary’s (Cal) winner, TBA South Carolina-Georgia Tech winner vs. Washington-San Diego State winner, TBA Monmouth-George Washington winner vs. Ohio State-Florida winner, TBA

Semifinals

At Madison Square Garden New York Tuesday, March 29 Game 1, 7 p.m.

Game 2, 9:30 p.m.

Championship

Thursday, March 31 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

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Reagan pitches, hits Crestwood to victory BISHOPVILLE – Lance Reagan pitched four hitless innings of relief and had a big game at the plate to lead Crestwood High School to an 11-7 varsity baseball victory over Lee Central on Thursday at the LC field.

Reagan, who picked up the win, was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs batted in. Justin Vealy was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Dajour Neal had two hits and three runs scored and Michael Stiles had a hit and two RBI. The Knights improved to 2-6 on the season.

VARSITY GOLF WH wins region match ST. MATTHEWS – Wilson Hall shot a 144 to win its second SCISA Region II-3A match of the week on Thursday at Calhoun Country Club.

Calhoun was second at 164 followed by Laurence Manning Academy at 175. Orangeburg Prep shot a 181 and Thomas Sumter Academy a 192.

Walker Jones led WH with 34. Easton Ward shot a 35, Christian Salzer a 36 and Grier Schwartz a 39.

On Tuesday in Manning, LMA finished second in a Region II match. Wilson Hall won with a 153 and the Swampcats shot a 165. Grant Kinlaw led Laurence Manning with a 38.

Manning wins match MANNING – Manning High School had a season low score of 162 to win a tri-match on Thursday at Wyboo Golf Club.

C.E. Murray was second at 232 followed by Lee Central at 264.

Jacob Richburg led the Monarchs with a 36. McArthur Bennett, Hunter White and Robert Dykes all shot personal lows of 38, 41 and 47.

VARSITY SOCCER Crestwood 3 Governor’s School 1 HARTSVILLE – Crestwood High School evened its record at 3-3 with a 3-1 victory over the Governor’s School of Math and Science on Thursday at the Governor’s School field.

Edward Acevedo scored two goals for the Knights John Rdenski had a goal and an assist and Christian Acevedo added an assist.

Wilson Hall 6 First Baptist 1

CHARLESTON – Dalton Miller scored four goals to lead Wilson Hall to a 6-1 victory over First Baptist on Thursday at the FB field.

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ferty each scored a goal for the 3-4 Barons as well.

VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD TSA finishes third Thomas Sumter Academy finished third in a 3-team meet with Crestwood and Lakewood on Thursday at the Crestwood track.

Crestwood won with 78 points followed by Lakewood with 43.5 and TSA with 41.5.

Josh Ladson won both the 800- and 3,200-meter runs to lead the Generals. Hunter Jarvis won the 400 dash and Dre Litsey won the the triple jump.

The 4x800 relay team of Jarvis, Ladson, Liam Miller and Austin Hudson also won.

Thomas Sumter First-Place Finishers: Josh Ladson (800, 3,200); 4x800 relay (Liam Miller, Austin Hudson, Hunter Jarvis, Ladson); Jarvis (400); Dre Litsey (triple jump).

Second-Place Finishers: Ty Litsey (110 hurdles); Dre Litsey (high jump).

Third-Place Finishers: Dre Litsey (long jump); Austin Hudson (400 hurdles).

JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL Laurence Manning 11 Wilson Hall 1

MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy defeated Wilson Hall 11-1 on Thursday at Tucker Belangia Diamond.

Jake Jordan picked up the win for the Swampcats, striking out eight batters. Sebastian Ducom and Chase Lee had two hits apiece to lead the offense.

Burgess Jordan led 0-2 WH with two doubles.

B TEAM BASEBALL Laurence Manning 15 Carolina 3 MANNING – Britton Morris and Gabe Harris each hit a home run in Laurence Manning’s 15-3 victory over Carolina Academy on Wednesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond.

On Monday in Columbia, LMA split a doubleheader with Ben Lippen. It lost the first game 6-4 before winning the second 13-12. Buddy Gales’ singled scored Aaron Carlton with the winning run.

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men’s ncaa tournament FIRST FOUR At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, March 15 Florida Gulf Coast 96, Fairleigh Dickinson 65 Wichita State 70, Vanderbilt 50 Wednesday, March 16 Holy Cross 59, Southern 55 Michigan 67, Tulsa 62

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Hawaii center Stefan Jovanovic (15) and guard Quincy Smith (11) celebrate during Hawaii’s 77-66 victory over fourth seed California in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Fridya in Spokane, Wash.

Hawaii shocks fourth seed California 77-66 SPOKANE, Wash. — Hawaii won its first NCAA Tournament game in school history, when the 13th-seeded Warriors ended No. 4 California’s tumultuous week with a 77-66 upset victory Friday in the first round of the South Regional.

The Golden Bears’ played without popular assistant coach Yann Hufnagel, dismissed amid allegations of sexual harassment, and the loss of leading scorer Tyrone Wallace, who broke his hand Wednesday in practice. As if the Bears (23-11) needed more obstacles, guard Jabari Bird had back spasms during warmups and never played.

The Warriors were 0-4 in their previous NCAA appearances, the last coming in 2002.

SOUTH (2) Villanova 86 (15) UNC Asheville 56 NEW YORK — The first round of the NCAA Tournament was about as easy as could be for second-seeded Villanova. The Wildcats even got minutes for some walkons.

Now comes the part that has been so hard for coach Jay Wright’s team. The hurdle the Wildcats have not cleared since 2009: their second game of the NCAA Tournament.

Ryan Arcidiacono scored 14 points, including a buzzerbeating 3 at the end of the first half, and Ochefu had 17 points and 10 rebounds as Villanova beat UNC Asheville 86-56 on Friday.

(7) Iowa 72 (10) Temple 70

NEW YORK — Adam Woodbury put back a missed shot at the overtime buzzer to give Iowa a 72-70 victory over Temple on Friday in the first round of the South Regional at Barclays Center.

With the game tied at 70, Mike Gesell worked his way to the baseline and shot about a 10-foot jumper that missed the rim and went right to Woodburry, who put it in as the red lights around the backboard lit up.

Iowa (22-10) will play second-seeded Villanova in the second round on Sunday. The Wildcats beat UNC-Asheville 86-56.

(5) Maryland 79 (12) South Dakota State 74

SPOKANE, Wash. — Maryland needed a turnover in the closing seconds to ensure it would avoid a place with all the other top seeds that lost in the first round of this topsyturvy NCAA Tournament, holding off South Dakota State 79-74 Friday behind a career-high 27 points from Jake Layman.

Deondre Parks fumbled a pass from Keaton Moffitt for the 12th-seeded Jackrabbits (26-8) and Rasheed Sulaimon picked up the ball and stuffed it for the final score. South Dakota State was seeking its first victory in the NCAA

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Tournament, but was undone by cold shooting in the first half.

Melo Trimble added 19 points and Jared Nickens 14 for fifth-seeded Maryland (268), which made 51 percent of its shots, including nine 3-pointers.

EAST (14) Stephen F. Austin 70 (3) West Virginia 56 NEW YORK — Thomas Walkup scored 33 points and 14th-seeded Stephen F. Austin faced down West Virginia’s full-court pressure with some of its own in-your-face defense, pulling off a rugged, 70-56 first-round upset of the third-seeded Mountaineers Friday night in the NCAA Tournament.

The Lumberjacks (28-5) ran the nation’s longest winning streak to 21 games and will face either six seed Notre Dame or No. 11 Michigan on Sunday at Barclays in the second round of the East Region.

The Mountaineers (26-9) and Lumberjacks played physical, chest-to-chest defense, contesting not just every shot, but every pass.

Neither team shot better than 31 percent.

(7) Wisconsin 47 (10) Pittsburgh 43

ST. LOUIS — Ethan Happ had 15 points and nine rebounds, none bigger than one he pulled down in the closing seconds, as seventh-seeded Wisconsin beat No. 10 seed Pittsburgh 47-43 in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night.

Nigel Hayes had 12 points and Vitto Brown scored 11 for the Badgers (21-12), who advanced despite an awful shooting night. Hayes was just 3 for 17 from the field, Bronson Koenig failed to hit a 3-pointer for the first time in

44 games and the Badgers finished 4 of 19 from beyond the arc.

MIDWEST (10) Syracuse 70 (7) Dayton 51 ST. LOUIS — Malachi Richardson scored 21 points, Tyler Roberson added 10 points and 18 rebounds, and No. 10 seed Syracuse clamped down with their trademark zone in a 70-51 win over the seventhseeded Flyers in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday.

Up next will be No. 2 seed Michigan State or No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee State on Sunday.

Charles Cooke led the Flyers (25-8) with 14 points.

EAST REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday, March 17 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina 83, Florida Gulf Coast 67 Providence 70, Southern Cal 69 At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Indiana 99, Chattanooga 74 Kentucky 85, Stony Brook 57 Friday, March 18 At Barclays Center Brooklyn, N.Y. Stephen F. Austin 70, West Virginia 56 Notre Dame (21-11) vs. Michigan (23-12), 9:40 p.m.

At Scottrade Center St. Louis Wisconsin 47, Pittsburgh 43 Xavier (27-5) vs. Weber State (268), 9:20 p.m.

Round of 32 Saturday, March 19 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina (29-6) vs. Providence (24-10), 9:40 p.m.

At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Kentucky (27-8) vs. Indiana (26-7), 5:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 20 At Barclays Center Brooklyn, N.Y. Stephen F. Austin winner vs. Notre Dame_Michigan winner, TBA At Scottrade Center St. Louis Xavier-Weber State winner vs. Wisconsin-Pittsburgh winner, TBA SOUTH REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday, March 17 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Miami 79, Buffalo 72 Wichita State 65, Arizona 55 At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa UConn 74, Colorado 67 Kansas 105, Austin Peay 79 Friday, March 18 At Barclays Center Brooklyn, N.Y. Villanova 86, UNC Asheville 56 Iowa 72, Temple 70 OT At Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Wash.

Hawaii 77, California 66 Maryland 79, South Dakota State 74 Round of 32 Saturday, March 19 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Miami (26-7) vs. Wichita State (268), 12:10 p.m.

At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Kansas (31-4) vs. UConn (25-10), 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 20

At Barclays Center Brooklyn, N.Y. Villanova (30-5) vs. Iowa-Temple winner, TBA At Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Wash.

Hawaii (28-5) vs. Maryland-South Dakota State winner, TBA MIDWEST REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday, March 17 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Butler 71, Texas Tech 61 Virginia 81, Hampton 45 At Pepsi Center Denver Iowa State 94, Iona 81 UALR 85, Purdue 83, 2OT Utah 80, Fresno State 69 Gonzaga 68, Seton Hall 52 Friday, March 18 At Scottrade Center St. Louis Syracuse 70, Dayton 51 Middle Tenn. 90, Michigan St. 81 Round of 32 Saturday, March 19 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Virginia (27-7) vs. Butler (22-10), 7:10 p.m.

At Pepsi Center Denver Iowa State (22-11) vs. UALR (30-4), 6:10 p.m.

Utah (27-8) vs. Gonzaga (27-7), 8:45 p.m.

Sunday, March 20 At Scottrade Center St. Louis Middle Tennessee vs. Syracuse, TBA WEST REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday, March 17 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Duke 93, UNC Wilmington 85 Yale 79, Baylor 75 Friday, March 18 At Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City VCU 75, Oregon State 67 Oklahoma 82, Cal State Bakersfield 68 Texas A&M 92, Green Bay 65 Texas (20-12) vs. Northern Iowa (22-12), 9:50 p.m.

At Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Wash.

Oregon 91, Holy Cross 52 Saint Joseph’s (27-7) vs. Cincinnati (22-10), 9:57 p.m.

Round of 32 Saturday, March 19 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Duke (24-10) vs. Yale (23-6), 2:40 p.m.

Sunday, March 20 At Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City Oklahoma vs. VCU (25-10), TBA Texas A&M-Green Bay winner vs.

Texas-Northern Iowa winner, TBA At Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Wash.

Oregon vs. Saint Joseph’s-Cincinnati winner, TBA

WEST (10) VCU 75 (7) Oregon State 67 OKLAHOMA CITY — JeQuan Lewis had 21 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as 10th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2013 with a 75-67 first-round victory over No. 7 seed Oregon State on Friday.

The tournament appearance is the sixth straight for VCU (25-10), and the experience showed as the Rams led by eight points at halftime and held off a charge by the Beavers in the second half.

(2) Oklahoma 82 (15) Cal State Bakersfield 68

OKLAHOMA CITY — Buddy Hield scored 27 points to help No. 2 seed Oklahoma defeat No. 15 seed Cal State Bakersfield 82-68 Friday.

The senior guard made 8 pf 14 shots, including 3 of 6 3-pointers.

(3) Texas A&M 92 (14) Wisconsin-Green Bay 65

OKLAHOMA CITY — Danuel House scored 20 points as Texas A&M pulled away in the second half to win its first NCAA Tournament game since 2010 with a 92-65 firstround victory over Green Bay on Friday night.

The third-seeded Aggies (278) trailed by as many as eight points in the first half before using a 26-9 first-half run to take control on the way to a comfortable victory over the 14th seed.

(1) Oregon 91 (16) Holy Cross 52

SPOKANE, Wash. — Carrying the marquee for the underachieving Pac-12, No. 1 seed Oregon showed no nerves playing as a top seed and rolled past No. 16 seed Holy Cross 91-52 on Friday night in a West Regional firstround game.

Chris Boucher led Oregon (29-6) with 20 points , while Dillon Brooks and Elgin Cook both added 11 points as the Ducks advanced to the round of 32 for the fourth straight season.

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Middle Tennessee’s Reggie Upshaw puts up a shot under pressure from Michigan State’s Gavin Schilling (34) during the NCAA Tournament on Friday in St. Louis. Middle Tennessee won 90-81.

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The Blue Raiders will try to do the same against No. 10 seed Syracuse on Sunday.

“I’ll be honest with you, in my wildest dreams I didn’t think they’d hit some of the shots they hit,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said.

“We didn’t guard them good, but man, they made some shots.”

The Spartans (29-6) were a trendy pick to win the national championship after capturing the Big Ten’s regular-season and tournament titles. Part of it had to do with the experience of Valentine and the seniors, and part of it had to do with Izzo’s postseason pedigree.

“I’m more mad and disappointed because I know what this team could accomplish,” Valentine said. “It kind of fell apart, and it just stinks right now because I know the capability our team had.”

The Spartans’ Matt Costello matched a careerbest with 22 points, but it wasn’t enough to offset Valentine’s miserable after-

noon. The senior had 13 points and 12 assists, but he also had six turnovers — one of them coming with the Spartans trailing 79-76 and less than three minutes to go.

Michigan State twice had chances to tie the game after that, but Valentine missed an open 3 from the top of the key, and Bryn Forbes missed another. The Blue Raiders eventually scored on back-to-back runouts to establish some breathing room, then coaxed the final few seconds off the clock.

Darnell Harris and Perrin Buford scored 15 apiece, and Raymond had 11, as the Conference USA champion Blue Raiders won their first NCAA Tournament game since 1989.

Not that they haven’t made a statement before: They beat Kentucky in the first round in 1982.

They never seemed intimidated by the Spartans, roaring to a 15-2 lead in the opening minutes and slowly getting the Syracuse and Dayton fans in the building on their side.

Michigan State chipped away at its deficit but never managed to make an extended run.

It was the first time the Spartans, heavily favored to reach the Final Four, lost in the first round since 2011.

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Kansas State rallies to beat George Washington 56-51 COLUMBIA — Megan Daines scored 11 of her 14 points in the second half including the go-ahead foul shot as Kansas State rallied past George Washington 5651.

The Wildcats (19-12) used a 14-5 burst in the third quarter including her foul shot for Kansas State’s first lead of the game, 39-38, with 37 seconds left in the period.

George Washington (26-7) kept things tight, trailing 52-51 on Jonquel Jones foul shot with 20.1 seconds left.

(3) Ohio State 88 (14) Buffalo 69

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points to help Ohio State rout Buffalo 88-69 on Friday in a first round game of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Buffalo, which got an automatic tournament bid by winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament, struggled against the larger, sturdier Buckeyes, who move onto the second round Sunday against West Virginia.

(4) Syracuse 73

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Kansas State forward Breanna Lewis, center, is defended by George Washington forward Jonquel Jones, left, and guard Brianna Cummings defend during the Wildcats’ 56-51 win in the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Columbia. upset victory over the fifthseeded Florida Gators in the first-round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon.

(6) West Virginia 74 (11) Princeton 65

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(3) Louisville 87 (14) Central Arkansas 60

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Myisha Hines-Allen scored 25 points to help third-seeded Louisville overcame a slow start and top Central Arkansas 87-60 Friday in the opening round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Louisville trailed the 14thseeded Sugar Bears, who were making their first NCAA appearance, 25-22 after 10 minutes.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Alexis Peterson scored 24 points to help the fourth-seeded Syracuse Orange coast to a 73-56 win over Army in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Briana Day scored 11 points and added 12 rebounds for the Orange (26-7), who matched a program record for victories.

Syracuse advances to face 12th-seeded Albany on Sunday in the second round of the Sioux Falls Region.

(7) Tennessee 59

COLUMBUS, Ohio — West Virginia overcame a slow start but overpowered a scrappy Princeton team in the second half Friday for a 74-65 win in an opening game of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Bria Holmes scored 26 points for West Virginia, which struggled in the first half against a Princeton zone defense but eventually found its shooting touch and began to push around the Tigers in the paint. Princeton couldn’t stay with the bigger, stronger Mountaineers in the final quarter.

(4) Michigan State 74

(10) Wisconsin-Green Bay 53

(13) Belmont 60

(16) Idaho 59

TEMPE, Ariz. — Te’a Cooper scored 15 points, Diamond DeShields added 14 and Tennessee pulled away in the final six minutes to beat Wisconsin-Green Bay 59-53 in the opening round of the NCAA women’s tournament on Friday.

The seventh-seeded Lady Vols (20-13) used a 10-0 run to take control in the final minutes after trailing much of the game. No. 10 seed Green Bay (28-5) went 6:07 without scoring after taking a 49-48 lead with 6:11 to play.

(12) Albany 61

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Fourth-seeded Michigan State pulled away for a 74-60 victory over No. 13 Belmont on Friday, fighting past a feisty underdog that kept the game close until the fourth quarter in the NCAA tournament Aerial Powers scored 27 points — including 19 in the second half — and 6-foot-3 Jasmine Hines added 24 to give Michigan State a potent insideoutside combo that finally wore Belmont down.

(5) Mississippi State 60

WACO, Texas — Alexis Jones scored 23 points in her first NCAA Tournament game with Baylor, and the top-seeded Lady Bears rolled to an 89-59 victory over Idaho in an NCAA Tournament opener on their home court Friday.

Jones hit a 3-pointer on the game’s first shot to put Baylor (34-1) ahead to stay in its 21st consecutive victory.

(13) Army 56

(5) Florida 59

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Imani Tate and the Albany Great Danes weren’t going to have senior Shereesha Richards’ record-setting career end while sitting on the bench.

Tate scored 28 points and Tiana-Jo Carter’s put back with 8 seconds left helped seal the Albany Great Danes’ 61-59

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Briona Brown had 17 points to lead Jacksonville.

Tiffany Mitchell had 14 points for South Carolina, who has beaten its past five firstround opponents by an average of 27 points.

Jacksonville was ready to enjoy its first NCAA Tournament experience and, as coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said Thursday, maybe “throw a little scare” into the Gamecocks.

That did not happen, although the Dolphins did hold a 2-0 lead on Sherranda Riddick’s two foul shots. Jacksonville didn’t score again for another six minutes as the Gamecocks steadily took over.

They were ahead by nine points at the end of the quarter and led 32-21 at the break.

Wilson was her dominant self, the Southeastern Conference player of the year scoring 11 points and grabbing seven

(12) Chattanooga 50

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Victoria Vivians scored 19 points, Chinwe Okorie added 12 and fifth-seeded Mississippi State beat No. 12 Chattanooga 60-50 on Friday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Mississippi State (27-7) pushed ahead thanks to an 18-5 run in the second quarter and never trailed during the rebounds the first two quarters.

Jacksonville couldn’t hold up against South Carolina’s quick hands and pressure defense. The Gamecocks forced 21 turnovers and finished with 14 steals, their third highest total this season.

The Gamecocks post players should have a tougher challenge with the Wildcats, 56-51 winners over No. 8 seed George Washington, on Sunday night. Kansas State is led by 6-5 Breanna Lewis and has two other players at 6-3 in Jessica Sheble and Lanie Page.

TIP INS Jacksonville: McPhee-McCuin spent three seasons as a Clemson assistant coach and tried to forewarn her players about how loud Colonial Life Arena can get. ... When Jacksonville defeated Florida Gulf Coast to win the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, it snapped the Eagles’ 45-game win streak against conference opponents and 71-game home win streak in the league.

South Carolina: This is the Gamecocks fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the longest streak in program history. ... South Caroli-

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women’s ncaa tournament BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL First Round Friday, March 18 At Starkville, Miss.

Michigan State 74, Belmont 60 Mississippi State 60, Chattanooga 50 Saturday, March 19 At Storrs, Conn.

UConn (32-0) vs. Robert Morris (2012), 11 a.m.

Seton Hall (23-8) vs. Duquesne (275), 1:30 p.m.

At Los Angeles UCLA (24-8) vs. Hawaii (21-10), 6:30 p.m.

South Florida (23-8) vs. Colorado State (31-1), 9 p.m.

At Austin, Texas BYU (26-6) vs. Missouri (21-9), 6:30 p.m.

Texas (28-4) vs. Alabama State (1911), 9 p.m.

Second Round Sunday, March 20 At Starkville, Miss.

Mississippi State vs. Michigan State (25-8), TBA Monday, March 21 At Storrs, Conn.

UConn-Robert Morris winner vs.

Seton Hall-Duquesne winner, TBA At Los Angeles South Florida-Colorado State winner vs. UCLA-Hawaii winner, TBA At Austin, Texas BYU-Missouri winner vs. Texas-Alabama State winner, TBA DALLAS REGIONAL First Round Friday, March 18 At Waco, Texas Baylor 89, Idaho 59 Auburn 68, St. John’s 57 At Louisville, Ky. DePaul 97, James Madison 67 Louisville 87, Central Arkansas 60 At Corvallis, Ore. Oregon State 73, Troy 31 St. Bonaventure 65, Oklahoma State 54 Saturday, March 19 At College Station, Texas Florida State (23-7) vs. Middle Tennessee (24-8), 1:30 p.m.

Texas A&M (21-9) vs. Missouri State (24-9), 4 p.m.

Second Round Sunday, March 20 At Waco, Texas Baylor vs. Auburn, TBA At Louisville, Ky. DePaul (26-8) vs. Louisville, TBA At Corvallis, Ore. St. Bonaventure vs. Oregon State, TBA Monday, March 21 At College Station, Texas Florida State-Middle Tennessee winner vs. Texas A&M-Missouri State winner, TBA SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL

First Round Friday, March 18 At Columbia Kansas St. 56, George Washington 51 South Carolina 77 vs. Jacksonville 41 At Syracuse, N.Y. Albany (NY) 61, Florida 59 Syracuse 73, Army 56 At Columbus, Ohio West Virginia 74, Princeton 65 Ohio State 88, Buffalo 69 At Tempe, Ariz.

Tennessee 59, Green Bay 53 Arizona State 74, New Mexico State 52 Second Round Sunday, March 20 At Columbia South Carolina vs. Kansas State, TBA At Syracuse, N.Y. Albany (NY) (28-4) vs. Syracuse (267), TBA At Columbus, Ohio West Virginia (25-9) vs. Ohio State (25-7), TBA At Tempe, Ariz.

Tennessee vs. Arizona State, TBA LEXINGTON REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 19 At South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame (31-1) vs. North Carolina A&T (19-11), 6:30 p.m.

Georgia (21-9) vs. Indiana (20-11), 9 p.m.

At Stanford, Calif.

Miami (24-8) vs. South Dakota State (26-6), 6:30 p.m.

Stanford (24-7) vs. San Francisco (22-11), 9 p.m.

At Lexington, Ky. Oklahoma (21-10) vs. Purdue (20-11), 1:30 p.m.

Kentucky (23-7) vs. UNC Asheville (26-6), 4 p.m.

At College Park, Md. Maryland (30-3) vs. Iona (23-11), 1:30 p.m.

Washington (22-10) vs. Pennsylvania (24-4), 4 p.m.

Second Round Monday, March 21 At South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame-North Carolina A&T winner vs. Georgia-Indiana winner, TBA At Stanford, Calif.

Miami-South Dakota State winner vs.

Stanford-San Francisco winner, TBA At Lexington, Ky. Oklahoma-Purdue winner vs. Kentucky-UNC Asheville winner, TBA At College Park, Md. Washington-Pennsylvania winner vs. Maryland-Iona winner, TBA

(6) DePaul 97 (11) James Madison 67

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — DePaul used hot 3-point shooting to rout James Madison.

The Blue Demons made 11 3-pointers to rout the 11thseeded Dukes 97-67 on Friday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

(1) Baylor 89

(2) Oregon State 73 (15) Troy 31

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Ruth Hamblin had 18 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks as Oregon State dominated early and cruised to a 73-31 win over Troy in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Sydney Wiese added 10 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Beavers (29-4), the No. 2 seed in the Dallas Regional.

The Associated Press na has outscored opponents at the foul line 27 times this season and has made more foul shots (516) than its opponents have attempted (464).

UP NEXT No. 1 seed South Carolina faces No. 9 seed Kansas State on Sunday night.

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UNC Asheville’s Sonora Dengokl, left, has played a vital role in helping the Bulldogs to the Big South Conference title and a berth in the NCAA tournament. Dengokl, the former Lakewood High School standout, and Asheville take on Kentucky today at 4 p.m. in the first round.

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the team. Ten players are averaging double figures in minutes, but Dengokl is only one of five to have played in every game.

She is averaging 5.8 points per game, tied for fifth on the team and is pulling down 3.3 rebounds. Dengokl is 67 of 147 from the floor for a field goal percentage of 45.6 and 52 of 76 from the free throw line, good for 68.4 percent.

Dengokl, a 5-foot-9-inch guard, is happy with the season she has had to date. However, that wasn’t the case early on.

“Over the season I feel like I’ve played pretty well,” Dengokl said. “There was a period of time where I was not sure of myself. I wasn’t scoring a lot of points and I felt

like I wasn’t helping the team the way I should. I was being really hard on myself.

“Coach (Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick) told me that I was doing great,” she added. “She said I was giving the team what I needed, and that she was pleased with my performance. Once i got past that I felt really good. The team was doing good, the progam was improving.”

Asheville has a big task against 23-7 Kentucky, the No. 3 seed in the Lexington regional to UNCA’s 14 seed.

Dengokl said the Bulldogs won’t stray away much, if at all, what they do on the floor.

They may need to make some mental adjustments though.

“We don’t need to be looking at them as an SEC (Southeastern Conference) team,” she said. “It’s just another game; that’s the way we have to approach it.”

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Friend’s new schedule leaves no time to catch up DEAR ABBY — One of my close friends may be “ghosting” me. “Sarah” and I have known each other since middle Dear Abby school. We ABIGAIL went to high VAN BUREN school together and roomed together during our freshman year of college. We both transferred to different schools after that freshman year, but we made it a point to keep in touch. I was the first person she came out to. I helped her move into her new apartment the summer before grad school. In general, I think I’ve been a good friend to her.

Last summer we both moved back to our hometown -- she for med school and I for a new job. I was excited that after five years we were living in the same city again. I have reached out to her on multiple occasions, but my texts and calls usually go unanswered.

When I do get a response, it’s typically, “Sorry! I’m just too swamped!”

I don’t doubt that med school is incredibly difficult, and I completely understand that that’s where her focus should be, but over the holidays I reached out once again and was given the same answer. I know she made time to see another friend -- her best, who ranks higher than I do in the “who to see” list. It still hurt.

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that this is Sarah’s way of breaking ties with me and I’m just not taking the hint. An outsider’s point of view would really help, even if it’s a harsh truth.

Left hanging in Miami DEAR LEFT HANGING — When people are in med school, they must carefully organize their time because the curriculum is demanding. Things that are not essential are often postponed, and that includes social relationships.

As you said, you and Sarah are not as close as Sarah and her best friend are. While it may sting, look at it as a mature adult and don’t let it drag you down. If Sarah says she’s “swamped,” have faith that when she’s under less pressure, there will be time to reestablish the friendship.

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3/19/16 13 It's beside the point 14 Touched on 22 Interactive party song 24 Frozen dessert 26 Doesn't turn away 29 Lionel Richie's "You __" 30 Inflame 32 Capital east of Khartoum 33 Tracks-covering vehicles 34 Reading material?

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank NA, successor trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, on behalf of the registered holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE4, Plaintiff, vs.

The Estate of Idus McCray, John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all Heirs and Devisees of Idus McCray, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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:

Summons & Notice

Summons & Notice

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) 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 Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on August 3, 2015.

Kristen E. Washburn, SC Bar No. 101415 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 803-454-3540 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff

will be made Plaintiff.

by

Attorney

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2016-CP-43-00234 FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-3, Plaintiff, vs.

Jose Osorio; People's Choice Home Loan, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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 WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on February 12, 2016.

Kristen E. Washburn, SC Bar No. 101415 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 844-856-6646 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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

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