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BY MEG KINNARD Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA — A federal program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding is expanding to six states, officials

said Tuesday.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack traveled to South Carolina to announce the expansion of the so-called StrikeForce initiative, which already operates in 10 states.

The program will now also be available in the Carolinas, the

Dakotas, Alabama and Virginia.

The goal of StrikeForce is to help farmers, food producers and other businesses get access to money for projects such as new wells, greenhouses, community gardens, kitchen space and summer meals

for low-income schoolchildren. The money is often hard to access because of complicated grant applications, requirements for matching funds and limited staffing.

The USDA uses U.S. Census data to find areas with poverty rates higher than 20

percent. The agency then works with local officials and community-based organizations to publicize the program and reach out to potential applicants. One of the areas Vilsack visited Tuesday SEE PROGRAM, PAGE A11

School officials will not ask for millage increase Hope is common thread in new TV series ‘The Bible’

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ny time the story of Noah and the Flood is told, I have one image flash into my brain: a two-dimensional, white-bearded Noah leading into a felt ark a long line of animals who were also two-dimensional.

That’s because the stories of the Bible were first visually introduced to me courtesy of my third-grade teacher’s flannelgraph, a popular teaching aid in the 1980s. There on its ubiquitous background, the stories of Scripture played out: Adam and Eve, David slaying Goliath, Jesus’ resurrection from the tomb.

These images serve as a reference point to a time in my own life where the stories of Scripture first seemed real and almost tangible. I believe it was then I began to relate to the stories in the Bible.

So it is with great relish that I have tuned in to the History Channel’s “The Bible” for the past four Sundays. There is something entrancing about once again seeing those stories that I have heard all my life playing across the screen. The series, produced by “The Voice’s” Mark Burnett and “Touched by an Angel” actress Roma Downey, will tell various Biblical accounts across five two-hour installments leading up to and on Easter Sunday. Downey has been very public with the Christian message the series is supposed to communicate.

The smash hit has taken many by surprise. In the past, viewership for productions based on the Bible have been hit and miss. The 1950s’ “The Ten Commandments” and 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ” were both runaway successes while the 1965 film, “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” was a general flop with moviegoers.

The night “The Bible” mini-series debuted, it drew roughly 13 million viewers.

It has held strong ratings even on Sunday’s installment with almost 11 million viewers. What isn’t surprising is that people will naturally respond very passionately to any visual depiction of their faith, SEE FAITH MATTERS, PAGE A11

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com Sumter public school officials are not planning on asking for a property tax millage increase in the coming fiscal year, financial officers announced at the Sumter School District Board of Trustees work session Monday night.

“We heard from the business community, we heard from some other folks, and we felt like this

tional funds are expected, in part, because of a planned increase in the base student cost funding from the state Legislature, as well as expected rising local property tax revenues because of increased values in current millage.

With the additional money, district administrators said they plan to operate with a balanced SEE DISTRICT, PAGE A12

OBSERVING PASSOVER

Irv Schulman breaks a matzo during Temple Sinai Passover celebration on Monday signifying the unleavened bread eaten by the Israelites.

PHOTOS BY KEITH GEDAMKE / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

Worshippers at Temple Sinai on Church Street in Sumter mark Passover with the seder, a special meal with symbolic items. The ceremony involves 15 steps, and a break is taken to have a meal, usually including beef or chicken and vegetables.

Passover began at sundown Monday for those who practice Judaism.

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year, if we could do it, we would get by (with the current tax level),” said Steve Mann, financial officer for the district.

Despite not plan- MANN ning to request additional millage, the school district is expecting about a 4.4 percent increase in general funds, up to about $104 million from about $99.6 million this year. The addi-

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PROGRAM from Page A1 was Bamberg County, home to South Carolina’s fourthhighest unemployment, at 15.3 percent. “Oftentimes, people fail to realize that 90 percent of persistent poor counties are located in rural areas,� Vilsack said during a later stop at the Statehouse in Columbia.

The money has already helped Larry Harris, who has operated a small farm in Sumter County for about 15 years.

Harris said he used to farm row crops such as soybeans and corn but, several years ago, he learned of a USDA-funded program that could help him build a well to irrigate more profitable specialty vegetable crops.

Harris is bound by a contract with USDA to use the well for irrigation for three years.

After that, he can use the well as he sees fit.

Other small farmers from neighboring counties have come to see his setup and get ideas for their own projects, Harris said. “On an acre of land,

FAITH MATTERS from Page A1 especially when it is so brazenly portrayed on film.

The two hour-long installments have been fodder for major news and entertainment networks, with advocates and critics of the 10-hour series filling airways with their opinions on the show.

Those who do not orbit in the realm in religious academia might not notice the differences between what traditional Scripture says versus the creative license taken in the mini-series. Nor do most of them care.

I think it would be irresponsible to label

through these programs you could make more growing vegetables than you could doing row crops,� he said.

In addition to increasing profits for farmers, specialty vegetable gardens of the type Harris operates could help reduce obesity rates in poor counties by increasing residents’ access to better-quality healthy foods, Vilsack said.

In Sumter County, 74 percent of adults are considered overweight or obese, compared to South Carolina’s overall rate of 67.4 percent. “The key to nutrition is access to foods that are healthy and nutritionally dense,� Vilsack said. If farmers grow more of their own fruits and vegetables, he said, “people don’t have to rely on a convenience store that has a very limited set of offerings.�

South Carolina has been considering asking the USDA for a waiver to allow the state to restrict food stamp recipients to certain purchases with the aim of encouraging healthier eating. Vilsack said his agency was also looking at ways to encourage people to eat better, such as discounting some purchases for food stamp recipients but subsidizing the transactions so that retailers get paid full price.

such details unimportant, but I think it is immensely callous of those of us in the faith community to dismiss the impact this production is having on those around us. But just to be fair, I’ll mention some of the more popular complaints.

Biblical characters didn’t have British accents. Jesus most likely didn’t have long, tawny hair and a handsome profile. The Wisemen weren’t present at the birth of Jesus but rather caught up with him about two years down the road.

And yes, there are more.

The strength of the show isn’t in its historical consistency but rather the depth of humanity shown in the Bible characters. Just like people today, the players in these stories portray very real peo-

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Sumter County farmer Larry Harris takes a look at field peas on his farm recently.

ple who acted impulsively and rashly at times but also had the capacity for love and mercy. Many have decried the depiction of violence on the show.

While gore tends to be ratings insurance for any televised program, the truth is the Bible recounts some of the most brutal examples of human interaction.

Children were murdered, families were torn in two, innocent people were killed simply on the whim of another. Scripture can be merciless in its storytelling. Like me, many of you found yourselves cringing when the flaming arrows found purchase in the chest of an unarmed man or when John the Baptist was decapitated on the television series. It was unsettling and not the good feeling I remem-

ber when I saw Noah dance across the felt background in third grade.

Why do they have to show all that blood? I heard one of my friends remark.

It’s a valid question that serves as the foundation for other questions.

Why did God let them die? Where was mercy? How do I explain this kind of violence to my children?

I found myself asking myself those same questions when I heard about the baby who was shot in the head last week in Georgia during a botched robbery attempt. The public reaction has been justifiably angry. How can such violence stand?

How can we find resolution in a world filled with such reckless indifference to life? It would seem the human race has yet to find a bottom to the depths of its depravity.

Based on the stories in the Bible and the stories in the headlines today, violence will be a mainstay in the human race until the end of time.

Those who believe the stories in the Bible will notice one common thread throughout: hope. Hope for a better life, hope for forgiveness, hope for life. I’m so glad “The Bible� hasn’t ignored this theme. Though the Bible is filled with violent acts, it is also filled with hope.

Though King David

lost a child, he was still blessed with more children. Though Moses killed another, he was given the chance to be the leader of the Israelite nation. Jesus’ disciples did abandon him but eventually recommitted to spreading Jesus’ message to the surrounding countries.

In a few days, Christians will celebrate that hope on Easter.

Jews will celebrate it through Passover. It is the hope that even death cannot destroy.

While violence rages around us, I pray you have the capacity to see hope.

Item freelancer Jamie H. Wilson can be reached at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

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DISTRICT from Page A1 budget in 2013-14. In that balanced budget, they said they plan to fund an employee pay step increase. In addition, the spending plan is expected to add to school security by hiring additional school resource officers, increase funding for classroom supplies and restore funding for the district’s maintenance and repair department. The new fiscal year begins July 1.

And while the exact budget proposal has yet to be developed, Superintendent Randolph Bynum said school finances appear to be ahead of schedule.

“I feel very good about where we are in the budget,” Bynum said. “We thought this would take three years to get anywhere near this, and to be able to get near, or to have a balanced budget within grasp, it feels good.”

The district started the current budget year with a $2.1 million deficit, which was later whittled down to about $1.6 million.

Mann did not commit to the salary increase in his presentation to the board — labeling it a goal instead — but the superintendent said the district is planning on raising salaries.

“We have been committed all along about seeing, if it’s within our means, to giving that step increase,” Bynum said.

District administrators are expected to present an actual budget to trustees at the April 22 meeting being held at R.E. Davis Elementary School.

In turn, the trustees have set a May 14 deadline on finally approving the budget to send to Sumter County Council. This deadline gives county council, which ultimately has to approve the school district’s budget, time for three readings and a public hearing on the school budget before the end of the current fiscal year on June 30.

During last year’s budget process, the school district prompted protests from members of the local business community, among others, after requesting county council approve a 13 mill increase in property taxes. Ultimately, the council approved a 5 mill increase, the largest it could without a two-thirds majority vote by the council.

Because of state law, school district tax increases must have a super majority of county council support them if they wish to raise property taxes above and beyond a ratio determined by local community’s population and inflation growth. For the coming fiscal year, that ratio would limit the school district to a 4 mill increase.

Contact Braden Bunch at (803) 774-1201.

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GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed Friday: City of Sumter offices; County of Sumter offices; Clarendon County offices; Lee County Courthouse; and Bishopville City Hall.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed Friday: Sumter School District; Clarendon School Districts 3; Robert E. Lee Academy; Lee County Public Schools; Clarendon Hall; Wilson Hall; Thomas Sumter Academy; Laurence Manning Academy; Sumter Christian School; St. Anne Catholic School; St. Francis Xavier High School; and William Thomas Academy.

Clarendon School Districts 1 and 2 will observe an in-service day on Friday.

UTILITIES — Farmers Telephone Coop. will be closed Friday.

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Jeanette Harrison 70-year-old Jeanette Harrison was struck and killed in a hit-and-run collision while crossing Calhoun Street near Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Witnesses reported that a dark-colored car traveling east on Calhoun Street from Washington Street, toward Main Street, hit the victim and left the scene without stopping. Witnesses further stated that the driver of the vehicle appeared to be a white female, approximately 20-30 years of age.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Dealing with SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Solidify your authority, institutions or government position regarding a personal relationship agencies will be trying. Have all your papers that means a lot to you. Taking care of other in order to avoid being detained. people’s problems will buy you the option to call in favors in the future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Read between the lines. Not everyone will be honest with you, SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You don’t but as long as you stick to what you feel is have to hide the truth or cover up what required and nothing more, you’ll avoid someone else is doing. Making plans with being taken for granted. someone you love will lead to adventure and enhance your relationship.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Use intelligence PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The more and imagination along with sticking to a excessive you are, the more trouble you’ll budget and you’ll excel professionally and face. Don’t make promises you’ll have financially. There is money to be made trouble keeping. Focus on how to make through a partnership. your money work for you.

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Police Seek Assistance in a Hit -And-Run Investigation Sumter Police are asking anyone who may have knowledge or information regarding a fatal hit and run which occurred on Calhoun Street on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, at approximately 7:30 a.m. to contact the department at (803) 436-2700 or Crime stoppers at (803) 436-2718. You may remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward.

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Firefighting program awarded $7,500

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Hemby Smith isn’t sure what he’ll do with an extra $7,500.

“I’ve got a lot of ideas in my head,” said the instructor of the firefighter training program for high school students at the Sumter County Career Center.

He’ll have some time to think about it after the career center received a check Tuesday from the South Carolina State Firefighters’ Association. The state association hopes courses such as Smith’s, a collaboration between the Sumter Fire Department and the Sumter School District, can give a boost to the number of firefighters across the state.

“One big problem we have is recruiting new members, especially younger members,” said John Bowers, the fire chief in Camden, who presented the check to the career center. “And one of the best ideas is partnering with tech-

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The Sumter County Career Center received a $7,500 check Tuesday from the South Carolina State Firefighers’ Association. From left are Camden Fire Chief John Bowers (representing the firefighters’ association), Sumter Fire Capt. Brian Horton, Sumter County Career Center Principal John Michalik, fire instructor Hemby Smith, Sumter Fire Chief Karl Ford and Sumter firefighter Doug Mathis.

nology schools to allow young folks to see this as a career they can pursue, or if not pursue it as a career, as something where they can volunteer.”

The firefighting program is in its first year at the career center, teaching 13 high school seniors and juniors

the skills of a first responder, which at the end of a twoyear course can get them certification from the South Carolina Fire Academy to work as a firefighter.

Smith hopes to use the money to improve the training he can offer on campus without having to move kids

to the fire department’s training ground.

“I’m sure we can get some gear to enhance our safety training,” he said, noting the class already has its own fire truck to train with. “That will energize the kids and make them want to be here more.”

Even before the course got a cash infusion, administrators were already planning for a larger course next year with up to 25 students.

The program was only approved by the S.C. Education Department prior to the current school year, based on a pilot program in Horry County.

“It’s been almost four years in the works,” said career center Principal John Michalik.

“We were looking for a program that’s a good fit for our community, and not just any program, but one where our students can get a certificate and get a job at the end of it.

And that’s where (firefighters) Brian Horton and Doug Mathis have been a big help.”

The career center course,

along with the fire department’s Explorers job training program, is already bearing fruit with the students involved in terms of their firefighting skills and otherwise.

“With several of these kids, it’s really brought their character out,” said Sumter Fire Chief Karl Ford. “We want to open the future up for them and really give them the skills to do the job.”

One student who said he had always wanted to be a firefighter has decided to study fire science in college because of the course, Ford said. Smith said his only female student, who initially signed up for the medical skills portion, now plans to cross-train as a fire medic. Two of his students will also compete in a state fire skills course.

“They have more buy-in,” Smith said. “They’re here every day, and they want to participate. Now they’ll have more support.”

Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272.

LOCAL BRIEFS | From staff reports

Man accused of sex crime with disabled woman A Sumter County man was arrested recently after being accused of trying to have sex with a disabled woman.

Woodrow Hastie Jr., 62, of Tindal Road, was charged Sunday with criminal sexual conduct and abuse of a vulnerable adult.

HASTIE Hastie was arrested after officers from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from the victim’s daughter, according to reports.

In order to protect the identity of the reported victim, The Item is not releasing other details related to the case.

The suspect was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center where he was later released on a $5,000 surety bond.

Morris Gospel Choir concert set for Thursday The Morris College Gospel Choir is scheduled to perform its annual spring concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Neal-Jones Auditorium on campus, 100 W. College St. The concert is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the Division of Religion and Humanities at (803) 934-3214.

Defense department cancels military concert The concert by the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors originally scheduled for April 3 has been canceled because of cuts in the Department of Defense budget, according to representatives of the Sumter-Shaw Community Concert Association.

For more information, call (803) 499-4032.

Joint camp prepares patients for surgery

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com Having a joint replaced can be intimidating.

But to prepare patients for the procedure and recovery process, Tuomey Healthcare System offers Joint Camps the second, third and fourth Wednesday of every month.

“They gave a lot of good information and answered my questions,” Earlene McKee said. “Going into something like surgery, preknowledge can take away some of the fear.”

She and G.B. “Mac” McEwen are both scheduled to have their left knees replaced.

“It kind of tells you what to expect,” McEwen said.

“I’ve talked to enough people who have had it, and they say the rehab is worse than the surgery.”

As the two have different physicians, their initial care following surgery will vary.

“Post op, day one, one doctor wants the knee immobilized while another wants a CPM machine ordered, a continuous passive motion machine,” said Roy Morning, inpatient physical therapist assistant. “Surgeons may differ a little on the best way to progress, but in the end, there is very little difference and good outcomes.”

He talked to McKee and McEwen about how their dressings would look following surgery, monitoring for blood clots and inpatient physical therapy.

Tamara “Tammy” Stone, a registered nurse and case manager, talked to McKee and McEwen about pain management.

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She cautioned people react differently to pain and pain medications. Patients are also monitored for preventing infections such as pneumonia and keeping good circulation to the skin to prevent bed sores, Stone said.

“After day three, you’ll have physical therapy twice a day every day while you are in the hospital and occupational therapy if ordered,” Morning said. “So you could be having therapy up to three times a day.”

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bathroom or brushing his or her teeth, said Melissa Gallie, inpatient occupational therapist.

“These things can be hard to do, especially if you live by yourself,” she said.

Depending on how well a client is doing, the individual’s stay could range from four to 14 days, Morning said. The paperwork is started for inpatient rehabilitation, but the plan is for the client to go home as soon as possible, Stone said. Before surgery, she also suggests looking around the home to see where items can be brought into reach and how hallways can be decluttered.

She recommends removing throw rugs so they do not get caught on walkers or canes.

Once a patient is home, the individual will still need outpatient therapy for two to

three months to continue to improve range of motion and strengthen the knee, said Elizabeth Lee, outpatient physical therapist.

“We want to get you walking around your home and yard, hopefully without your new knee hurting,” she said.

“We want you going up stairs and getting out of the car normal so you don’t walk with a limp. We’ll continue to monitor scar tissue and stiffness, but a lot of it depends on your personal goals. Do you want to get back to driving, golfing, gardening?”

McKee wants to get back to gardening, and McEwen talked about missing hunting with his grandson.

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Finney, Dawes hold poetry readings at Allen University

BY LENORD LAWSON Special to The Item Sumter native and 2011 National Book Award for Poetry winner Nikky Finney, along with former University of South Carolina professor Kwame Dawes, read selected poems Saturday on the campus of Allen University in Columbia. The two celebrated poets held writing workshops throughout the day on campus, culminating in The Big Read Project symposium in honor of

the classic Zora Neale Hurston novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Finney, daughter of former South Carolina chief justice and civil rights attorney Ernest A. Finney Jr., read poetry selecFINNEY tions from her award-winning poetry book “Head Off and Split,” which is based on her childhood experience of getting fish for her mother, Frances Finney,

a former school teacher and civil rights activist, from a local Sumter fish market on Liberty Street.

Among the many pieces of advice she gave to aspiring writers, Finney cautioned them to “never go to DAWES the page lightly,” meaning writers should take caution in their words, especially before they are published.

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poet and scholar Kwame Dawes, a former USC professor and current professor at the University of Nebraska, read poems from his upcoming poetry book “Duppy Conquerer.” In the questionand-answer portion of the symposium, Dawes, who is also the current editor-inchief of the prestigious “Prairie Schooner” literary anthology, dispelled the notion of writer’s block, saying that “if you ask a carpenter to make you a chair … they can’t tell you they have car-

penter’s block,” indicating that the condition is purely mental and nonexistent.

Columbia City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine presented Finney and Dawes with keys to the city and declared March 23 as both Nikky Finney Day and Kwame Dawes Day in the city.

Nikky Finney will begin teaching at USC in August.

Lenord Lawson is an English instructor at Morris College.

Simple tips will help you combat medical poisoning

BY LT. GOV. GLENN McCONNELL

AGING MATTERS

Every year, the Palmetto Poison Center receives thousands of calls from South Carolinians regarding their medications. Many of these callers are elderly persons who have questions about their prescriptions or recommended dosages. This specific sector of our population is oftentimes prone to uncertainty, which can stem from a number of sources, including loss of memory or confusion resulting from a large volume of prescribed medications.

Forgetting to take (or accidentally taking too many) prescription drugs can have dangerous consequences, as unintended drug events can lead to costly emergency hospitalization.

Blood thinners and various medicines for diabetes and regulating blood pressure are of particular concern, since many seniors are prescribed these types of medication. Any accidental ingestion (or failure to adhere to the dosages prescribed by your doctor) can be potentially threatening to one’s health.

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Tools such as pill organizers or medication reminders can prove extremely useful in combating medication poisoning. If you are technologically savvy, you may even want to consider downloading software on your computer or applications on your iPad (or similar device) that help to remind you when it’s time to take McCONNELL certain medicine. Performing a search for “medication management” will display numerous results.

In addition to using newer forms of technology, here are a few other simple tips to assist in preventing medication poisoning: • Use a calendar or journal to establish a routine for taking your prescribed medications.

• When you have a doctor’s appointment, be sure to take a list of all your medications with you. Keep

QUESTION OF THE WEEK Q) What should someone do if a person suspects he or she has medication poisoning?

A) Call the Poison Control Center or your doctor immediately. The center can be reached toll-free at 1-800-2221222. In addition to offering assistance if you take the wrong medication or too much of a particular medicine, the center is able to answer any questions you may have regarding possible drug interactions. When calling, knowing your age, the name of the substance ingested, the time the substance was ingested and your approximate weight can serve as helpful information for the poison information specialist.

For more information, contact the S.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging at (803) 734-9900 or (800) 8689095 or visit www.aging.sc.gov.

in mind that it is possible for herbal medications to react with prescription medications.

• Be sure to use any reading aids necessary to ensure you take the proper medication and follow all dosage instructions.

• Store medicines away safely.

This prevents accidental ingestion by any children who may accidentally gain access to them.

• Never take medication that has expired or medication that has been prescribed to someone else.

Additionally, the South Carolina College of Pharmacy and the Pal-

metto Poison Center are offering free classes and materials to interested participants during May, June, July and August through their statewide “Saving Our Seniors” medication safety program. Some topics that will be covered include instructions on taking your medication safely, drug interactions and using medication logs.

If you would like more information on the program, please visit www.poison.sc.edu, or contact Christina DeRienzo by phone at (803) 777-0570 or by email at derienzo@sccp.sc.edu.

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BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item BISHOPVILLE — Lee County’s Relay for Life teams are busy with special activities and events in advance of the culminating Relay for Life event on April 12 at Lee Central High School.

Teams can’t wait until the final event to raise money for the American Cancer Society, said volunteer Ruby Baker.

Baker, who coordinated the recent Relay Fashion Show, said 28 teams have been registered so far, and it’s not too late to register a team.

The fashion show raised almost $2,000, Baker said.

The fun continues Saturday with two big events at Lee County churches.

Cancer survivor Hampton Rembert said everyone is invited to the Relay 4 Life Jamboree at Unionville AME Church, 1330 Swimming Pen Road in Lee County.

The event begins at 10 a.m. with a worship service.

“We’ve got something planned for all ages,” Rembert said. “We’re calling it a jamboree because that’s what it is.”

Activities include bowling pin knock down, basketball, golf, double Dutch, horseback riding, a motorcycle parade, an Easter egg hunt, bingo and a walk and bike ride.

Rembert said the 4-mile walk will begin at 10:30 a.m., and the 4-mile bike ride will start at 12:30 p.m.

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MARCH IS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH Mayor Joe McElveen signs a proclamation recently declaring March as American Red Cross month. Observing are Nancy Cataldo, front left, executive director of the American Red Cross Sandhills Chapter; and front right, Red Cross volunteer Veronica Sharp. Back row, from left, are volunteer Jennie Geddings; retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Dutch Holland, who is on the Red Cross Board; Gerald Jennings, disaster specialist; and Al Harris, assistant city manager of public services.

Rembert said he will be participating in the bike ride.

“We’ll have about 100 motorcycles participating in the parade,” Rembert said. “It’s really going to be a great day. And we’re asking people for donations. We are not going to be charging for the games.”

There will be plenty of food and drinks for sale at Unionville including fried fish, sausage dogs, hot dogs, hamburgers, French fries and soft drinks.

At 3 p.m., the church will host a Gospel Sing Out featuring local gospel groups including the Singing Cousins, Hill Boys, Ketch Hall Ensemble and Sounds of Gospel.

Gospel music is the focus of the fundraiser planned at Mount Hermon Baptist Church, 302 Woodward St., beginning at 6 p.m.

All proceeds from Saturday’s fundraisers will go to the 2013 Relay for Life campaign in 2013 and the American Cancer Society.

Chinel Boateng, the American Cancer Society staff partner for Lee County, said Lee County Relay volunteers are working hard to meet the 2013 fundraising goal of $55,000.

“It is not too late for teams to join our effort,” Boateng said. “We are still in need of more teams.

They can join by visiting the website (www.relayforlife.org/leesc).”

For more information, call Boateng at (843) 2458538.

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Y debuts Teen Fit Camp for spring break FROM STAFF REPORTS

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While the Sumter Family YMCA offers many opportunities for youth to increase physical activity while having fun year round, this spring break the local Y is introducing its first Teen Fit Camp.

“Obesity has immediate and long-term effects on the health and well being of individuals,” said Missy Corrigan, director of healthy living at the Y. “With youth obesity on the rise, it is important that our youth develop a strong foundation of healthy habits from which to live a long and fit life.”

Teen Fit Spring Break offers 12- to 17-year-olds the opportunity to learn about the importance of being physically active and making healthy food choices. Teen Fit will consist of physical activity, hands-on activities and demonstrations, lectures and healthy cooking lessons.

“Youth need to understand the importance of exercise and develop a positive

• Spring Biddy Soccer — April 9-May 25; two divisions, 3- to 4-year-olds and 5- to 6-year-olds; $25 for members and $40 for potential members • Youth Volleyball League — Season begins in April and runs through May 25 for ages 8 to 12 and 13 to 16; $40 for members and $60 for potential members • Family Fitness 101 is a great way for parents and their children to enjoy an exercise program together. Parents will learn to work out with their child using resistance machines and cardio equipment. This class is open for youth ages 12 to 14 and will certify parent and child to work out together in the fitness center. The cost is $10 per child/adult pair.

• Teen Cycle — Teens 13 and up will learn proper set up and transitioning techniques as well as build strength and endurance. This class is for beginners, intermediate or advanced riders. Free to Y members.

• Y Fit — Learn new skills and take fitness to the next level while having fun. The class format will vary each session which will include Boot Camp, Aerobox, Pilates, Yoga and Zumba. All classes are led by experienced instructors. Free to Y members and recommended for children 6 and up.

• Zumbatomic — Participants will enjoy this Latin-inspired, high-energy fitness party for children. This class involves aerobic and dance movements including hip-hop, salsa, mambo, squats and lunges. Recommended for children 6 and up.

For more information and class schedules, visit www.ymcasumter.org or call (803) 773-1404.

relationship with food,” Corrigan said. “Through our Y-Fit programs, we will show them that physical activity can be fun. While exercise is only one factor, we provide monthly nutrition newsletters with tips on how to incorporate healthier eating habits in the home.”

Teen Fit will be held April 1-5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The

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Contestants in the first Men in Red Pageant wait to hear who the winners are at Patriot Hall.

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BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com The physical beauty on the Patriot Hall stage will no doubt be blinding when Sumter County government employees compete in the American Heart Association’s 2nd Men in Red pageant at 6 p.m.

Thursday. Organizer Lorraine Dennis, human resources director for the county, said 11 men will compete for the crown and trophy shared in 2011’s competition by former Sumter County Administrator Bill Noonan and county engineer Peter Wilson. “We’ve got a good group this year, and they’re all talented, too,� Dennis said. “They’ve been rehearsing for a while.�

She said Noonan won’t be able to return to defend his crown this year, but Wilson will be back “not to compete,

Oliver/Olivia Wiley poses with his third-place trophy he won in the 2011 Men in Red Pageant. This year’s pageant to raise money for the American Heart Association begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at Patriot Hall.

but to crown his successor,� just like Miss America always does. No word on what Wilson will be wearing, but Dennis is sure it will be quite fetching.

All 11 contestants, however, will complete their competition by sashaying across the stage wearing red evening gowns and escorted by Dennis, Rose Ford or Karen Hyatt.

Derrick Rhems is also back to serve as master of ceremonies. In addition to introducing the contestants and narrating the pageant, he’ll ask the all-important questions of each contestant that could make the crucial difference in the judges’ deliberations.

The judges for the evening will be led by former Miss Black America, Caroline Mack, whose experience in national pageants should prove invaluable to her co-

horts Jeanette Roveri and Cheryl Love. Roveri is the executive director of the Shepherd’s Center of Sumter (no age discrimination for this pageant) and the president of the League of Women Voters; Love, her name most appropriate for her job, is with the American Heart Association.

The cast of contestants includes some from the first

pageant and a few new ones, Dennis said. They are Bobby Hingst, director of Emergency Medical Services; paramedic Allen Wilson; retired county engineer Ron Haynes; sheriff’s office employees Perry Tiller, Donny Vickers, Ronald Vickers and Luke Hall; Tommy Bultman of the Sumter County Treasurer’s Department; Phil Parnell, as-

sistant director of the Sumter Recreation Department; Mark Campbell with Public Works; and Corey Tomlin of Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

New to this year’s pageant is a silent auction organized

by Denise McLeod of Human Resources. “She’s really got some good items for the auction,�

Dennis said, “with all kinds of goodies, from fishing rods to lamps and furniture.�

Dennis would make no predictions about the outcome of the pageant. She hasn’t seen the men’s outfits this year, but she’s wary of the fact they’ve been hiding their talent. “I don’t know what their talents are,� she said, tongue in cheek, “and I’m afraid.�

Advance tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and younger. Adults pay $7 at the door. All proceeds benefit the American Heart Association.

For tickets call Dennis at (803) 436-2104; McLeod at (803) 436-2102; or Keysa Rogers at (803) 436-2307.

Court might sidestep major ruling on gay marriage WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court dove into a historic debate on gay rights Tuesday that could soon lead to resumption of same-sex marriage in California, but the justices signaled they may not be ready for a major national ruling on whether America’s gays and lesbians have a right to marry.

The court’s first major examination of gay rights in 10 years continues today, when the justices will consider the federal law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of benefits afforded straight married people.

The issue before the court on Tuesday was more fundamental: Does the Constitution require that people be allowed to marry whom they choose, regardless of either partner’s gender? The fact that the question was in front of

the Supreme Court at all was startling, given that no state recognized same-sex unions before 2003 and 40 states still don’t allow them.

There is no questioning the emotions the issue stirs. Demonstrators on both sides crowded the grounds outside the court, waving signs, sometimes chanting their feelings.

Inside, a skeptical Justice Samuel Alito cautioned against a

broad ruling in favor of gay marriage precisely because the issue is so new. “You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cellphones or the Internet?

I mean, we do not have the ability to see the future,� Alito said.

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Study: Overhaul to raise claims cost 32 percent ignored cost relief strategies in the law such as tax credits to help people afford premiums and special payments to insurers who attract an outsize share of the sick. The study also doesn’t take into account the potential price-cutting effect of competition in new state insurance markets that will go live on Oct. 1, administration officials said.

“It’s misleading to look at only some of the provisions of the law because, taken together, the law will reduce costs,” said Health and Human Services spokeswoman Erin Shields Britt.

But national expert and recently retired Medicare chief actuary Rick Foster said the report does “a credible job” of estimating potential enrollment and costs under the law, “without trying to tilt the answers in any particular direction.”

“Having said that,” Foster added, “actuaries tend to be financially conservative, so the various assumptions might be more inclined to consider what might go wrong than to anticipate that everything will work beautifully.” Actuaries use statistics and economic theory to make long-range cost projections for insurance and pension programs sponsored by businesses and government. The society is headquartered near Chicago.

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Medical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans’ individual policies under President Obama’s overhaul, according to a study by the nation’s leading group of financial risk analysts.

The report could turn into a big headache for the Obama administration at a time when many parts of the country remain skeptical about the Affordable Care Act. The estimates were recently released by the Society of Actuaries to its members.

While some states will see medical claims costs per person decline, the report concluded the overwhelming majority will see double-digit increases in their individual health insurance markets, where people purchase coverage directly from insurers.

The disparities are striking. By 2017, the estimated increase would be 62 percent for California, about 80 percent for Ohio, more than 20 percent for Florida and 67 percent for Maryland. Much of the reason for the higher claims costs is that sicker people are expected to join the pool, the report said.

The report did not make similar es-

timates for employer plans, the mainstay for workers and their families.

That’s because the primary impact of Obama’s law is on people who don’t

have coverage through their jobs.

The administration questions the design of the study, saying it focused only on one piece of the puzzle and

Administrators armed in Colorado school district DENVER (AP) — As lawmakers across the country debate arming teachers and administrators to prevent another deadly school shooting, one Colorado school district has voted to let its superintendent and a high school principal carry concealed semiautomatic pistols on campus — a move some say sidesteps laws meant to keep schools gun free.

The seven-member school board in southwestern Colorado’s rural Dolores County voted unanimously in February to allow Ty Gray, principal of Dove Creek High School, and Superintendent Bruce Hankins to double as security officers, who under state law are allowed to carry guns on elementary, middle and high school campuses.

Hankins and Gray — both lifelong hunters — will receive an additional $1 per year for the extra responsibility after completing a concealedcarry course and receiving permits from the county sheriff before they can carry a gun on school grounds.

“We won’t live our lives in fear, but we realize the world we live in today and need to do ev-

erything in our power to keep kids safe,” Hankins told The Cortez Journal after the vote.

“If somebody comes into the building making threats or shooting, I’m not going to hide behind my desk. I’d prefer to have more than a chair (as a weapon).”

The superintendent of District RE-2J, which serves about 275 stu-

dents, declined an Associated Press request to be interviewed by phone or in person, though he did respond to emailed questions.

“In most school shootings, they are over in just a few minutes,” Hankins wrote. “We will have immediate response capability.”

The Feb. 6 school board resolution argued

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seven rifles, including .22-caliber weapons, shotguns and an M1 carbine, at the boy’s Dove Creek home, and three more weapons when the teen and a 19-year-old friend were arrested in New Mexico.

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BY MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON — Americans are less confident in the economy than they were last month as massive government spending cuts have stoked economic uncertainty.

It’s just the latest swing in the way Americans feel about the economy. Their views have fluctuated between optimism and angst over the months as they’ve weighed an advancing stock market and housing recovery against new economic challenges. “From my standpoint, we’re still in a stalled recovery,� said Skip Tamke, a central New Jersey project manager for a computer storage company who lost a job last May that paid twice what he’s earning now.

The Conference Board, a New Yorkbased private research group, said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell in March to 59.7 from a revised reading of 68 in February and the 68.7 that analysts polled by research firm FactSet expected. Confidence is still far off from the 90 reading that indicates a healthy economy.

The index is closely watched by economists because it makes a monthly gauge of how Americans are feeling about their jobs, incomes and other breadand-butter issues.

That’s important because consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.

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A shopper looks at clothing on sale at the Footloose store in Mount Lebanon, Pa., on March 5. The Conference Board, a New York-based private research group, said its reading of consumer confidence fell in March after rebounding last month.

Anxiety about $85 billion in across-theboard government spending cuts that took effect March 1 caused the decline in the index, the group said. The spending reductions, which were triggered after Congress and the White House failed to resolve a budget impasse, have “created uncertainty regarding the economic outlook,�

Lynn Franco, the Conference Board’s director

of economic indicators, said in a statement.

Congress and the Obama administration reached a deal on Jan. 1 to prevent income taxes from rising on most Americans. But they allowed a temporary cut in Social Security taxes to expire. For a worker earning $50,000 a year, take-home pay will shrink by about $1,000.

That has a more direct impact on most Americans than the

government spending reductions, noted Scott Brown, chief economist at investment firm Raymond James.

The March drop in the confidence index “likely reflects the impact of higher gasoline prices as well as the higher payroll tax,�

Brown said. Although the payroll tax increase kicked in three months ago, its effect may just now be sinking in for some people, he said.

WASHINGTON — Gains in housing and manufacturing propelled the U.S. economy during the winter, according to reports released Tuesday, and analysts said they point to the resilience of consumers and businesses as government spending cuts kick in.

U.S. home prices rose 8.1 percent in January, the fastest annual rate since the peak of the housing boom in the summer of 2006. And demand for longer-lasting factory goods jumped 5.7 percent in February, the biggest increase in five months.

February new-home sales and March consumer confidence looked a little shakier. But the overall picture of an improving economy drove stocks higher Tuesday.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 12 points to close at 1,563 — a point away from its record high reached in October 2007. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 111 points, its biggest gain in three weeks. “There is nothing in this data that says the economy is falling back,� said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors.

A recovery in housing has helped lift the economy this year and is finally restoring some of the wealth lost during the Great Recession.

The year-over-year rise in home prices reported by the Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller 20-city index was the fastest since June 2006.

Prices rose in all 20 cities, and eight markets posted double-digit increases, including some of the hardest hit during the crisis. Prices rose 23.2 percent in Phoenix, 17.5 percent in San Francisco and 15.3 percent in Las Vegas.

The strength in home prices has far from erased all the damage from the crisis. Home prices nationwide are still 29 percent below their peak reached in August 2006.

Still, steady gains should encourage more people to buy and put their homes on the market, keeping the recovery going. And higher home prices make people feel wealthier, which leads consumers to spend more and drives more economic growth.

Sales of new homes cooled off in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000, the Commerce Department reported. That’s down from January’s pace of 431,000, which was the fastest since September 2008.

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re women equal to men? Are Jews equal to gentiles? Are blacks equal to Italians, Irish, Polish and other white people? The answer is probably a big fat no, and the pretense or assumption that we are equal — or should be equal — is foolhardy and creates mischief. Let’s look at it.

Male geniuses outnumber female geniuses 7-to-1. Female intelligence is packed much closer to the middle of the bell curve, whereas men’s intelligence has far greater variability. That means that though there are many more male geniuses, there are also many more male idiots. The latter might partially explain why more men are in jail than women.

Watch any Saturday afternoon college basketball game and ask yourself the question fixated in the minds of liberals everywhere: “Does this look like America?” Among the 10 players on the court, at best there might be two white players. If you want to see the team’s white players, you must look at the bench. A Japanese or Chinese player is close to being totally out of the picture, even on the bench. Professional basketball isn’t much better, with 80 percent of the players being Walter black, but at least there’s a WILLIAMS Chinese player. Professional football isn’t much better, with blacks being 65 percent. In both sports, blacks are among the highest-paid players and have the highest number of awards for excellence. Blacks who trace their ancestry to West Africa, including black Americans, hold more than 95 percent of the top times in sprinting.

By contrast, blacks are only 2 percent of the NHL’s ice hockey players. But don’t fret about black NHL underrepresentation. State underrepresentation is worse. Most U.S. professional hockey players were born in Minnesota, followed by Massachusetts. Not a single U.S. professional hockey player can boast of having been born and raised in Hawaii, Mississippi or Louisiana. Any way we cut it, there is simply no racial proportionality or diversity in professional basketball, football and hockey.

A more emotionally charged question is whether we have equal intelligence. Take Jews, for example. They are only 3 percent of the U.S. population. Half-baked theories of racial proportionality would predict that 3 percent of U.S. Nobel laureates are Jews, but that’s way off the mark. Jews constitute a whopping 39 percent of American Nobel Prize winners. At the international level, the disparity is worse. Jews are not even 1 percent of the world’s population, but they constitute 20 percent of the world’s Nobel Prize winners.

There are many other inequalities and disproportionalities. Asian-Americans routinely score the highest on the math portion of the SAT, whereas blacks score the lowest. Men are 50 percent of the population, and so are women; yet men are struck by lightning six times as often as women. I’m personally wondering what whoever is in charge of lightning has against men. Population statistics for South Dakota, Iowa, Maine, Montana and Vermont show that not even 1 percent of their respective populations is black. By contrast, in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, blacks are overrepresented in terms of their percentages in the general population. Pima Indians of Arizona have the world’s highest known diabetes rates. Prostate cancer is nearly twice as common among black men as white men. Cervical cancer rates are five times higher among Vietnamese women in the U.S. than among white women.

Soft-minded and sloppy-thinking academics, lawyers and judges harbor the silly notion that but for the fact of discrimination, we’d be proportionately distributed by race across incomes, education, occupations and other outcomes. There is absolutely no evidence anywhere, at any time, that proportionality is the norm anywhere on earth; however, much of our thinking, many of our laws and much of our public policy are based upon proportionality’s being the norm.

Maybe this vision is held because people believe that equality in fact is necessary for equality before the law. But the only requirement for equality before the law is that one is a human being.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2013 creators.com

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Christian values being tossed in garbage can I hate to say it about the country that I love, but it is sadly true.

I am talking about the sickening arrogance of Americans who now think they are smarter, better and more enlightened than all others who have gone before them. I see this unholy spirit coming home to roost in America today, especially in the agenda of the homosexual movement. For thousands of years, cultures have believed and practiced marriage between a man and woman, only. Anything else was deemed unnatural, immoral and even illegal. For hundreds of years, our own nation has embraced the same.

However, today, we are told by the media that many Americans have now been “enlightened.” They have discovered a better way, a superior way. All those who have gone before them in history, and even in the history of America, were uninformed and ignorant. The current generation knows better, is better and is working hard to cram their enlightenment down the throats of all Americans. The Judeo-Christian values that have proven to keep our nation and its families strong are being chunked to the garbage pile.

Such is sheer arrogance at its worst. Who do they think they are? God? Even now, our Supreme Court is considering the definition of marriage. May the

justices remember there is only one “Supreme” ruler and He has spoken. Let us pray that they remain true to the beliefs of America’s founding fathers.

True friends of America, pray, take your stand and fight the good fight of godly faith for our dear country. Neither my dad or myself, career military men, put our lives on the line for such an arrogant America. I rarely say I will never do this or that. However, I say this with absolute conviction I will never, ever accept the definition of marriage being anything other than one man and one woman, for life. My faith won’t let me. God said it, and that is good enough for me.

I am sure there are many more like me no matter what the media, president, Congress or Supreme Court may say.

REV. RON UNDERWOOD New Calvary Baptist Church Sumter

People should be able to marry whoever they want Marriage is just a word that has a different meaning in every relationship. Not everyone should get married. Not everyone should have children. The law should get involved only when the “marital contract” is broken. The relationship is most important, whether married or not. If marriage is the answer, why do more than 50 percent end in failure? I personally believe that any person should be able to marry anyone they

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choose. It seems that everything boils to the “sexual relationship.”

There would be no sin if it weren’t for the sex. To religious conservatives, it seems, there is no way to engage in sexual activity that is not sinful, either gay or straight.

I believe that a person should be able to “marry” a fence post if they want. I think that most people would be much happier if they had married a fence post. A fence post wouldn’t talk back or cheat. If you think that same-sex marriage would threaten your marriage, you already have marital problems. We hear religious conservatives say that if same-sex marriage is OK, why not two wives or two husbands? Think about it, if a man could have two wives, he could marry a wife and a good cook. If a woman could have two husbands, she could have one with a good income and one to operate the TV remote and do other important things. And for all of you guys, if you are bisexual, it will double your chances of getting a date on Saturday night.

Seriously, we need to accept people for who they are and stop using our freedom to limit or control another person’s freedom.

Stop using Sumter’s “golden rule” of do unto others before they do unto you. Start following the teachings of The Man and the Good Book that we seem to have forgotten.

LEE INGLE Sumter

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP A recent editorial from a South Carolina newspaper: MARCH 24

The Herald of Rock Hill on open enrollment school legislation: An “open enrollment” school bill that would allow students to attend any public school in the state they want to is a good option. While kinks might need to be worked out as the program progresses, this is a good answer to families who aren’t satisfied with the schools their children now attend.

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Wes Hayes, R-Rock Hill, would create a statewide openenrollment program, allowing students to apply to go to schools in districts other than where they live without paying tuition. Hayes has been a proponent of the concept for years.

A similar proposal died in the Senate last year. In 2007, a bill passed in both the House and Senate, but Gov. Mark Sanford

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vetoed it, saying districts that choose to raise and spend more money on schools than the state provides would not have a way to make up any additional costs.

Funding has been a stumbling block. But under Hayes’ proposal, local tax dollars that a school district raises for education would remain in that district.

However, state education money, which is paid per student, would follow any student transferring to a new school district.

Federal support received by schools based on enrollment also would follow students.

Districts might also have to come up with the money to hire someone to oversee the open-enrollment program. If every district in the state had to hire a new manager, the cost could be as high as $4 million overall.

Another critical issue is transportation. Low-income students, those whose families live at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level, would be eligible for transportation through their district or reim-

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bursement for their transportation costs paid for with money set aside by the General Assembly.

Other families would be responsible for providing their own transportation.

Under Hayes’ bill, the state would conduct a pilot program during the 2013-14 school year among districts that volunteer to participate. Districts statewide would start providing some openenrollment options for students at all levels in the 2014-15 school year.

The bill also would set a 3 percent cap on the students who can take part in the program. With the number of students enrolled this year, the cap would limit participation to 21,370 students statewide. ...

Again, we suspect that adjustments will be made after next school year, when the pilot programs would be completed, and thereafter. But the concept is valid, and we hope lawmakers decide to give it a trial run.

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Yarborough Interchange coming soon

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com Cale Yarborough, one of the greatest drivers in the history of NASCAR, will soon have a section of one of the fastest and most well-traveled thorough fares in the state of South Carolina bearing his name.

Yarborough, the Timmonsville native who lives in Sumter County near the Sardis community, will have the interchange of Interstate 95 and S.C. Highway 341 in Sumter County dedicated as Cale Yarborough Interchange on Tuesday, April 2. The ceremony is scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. start and the public is invited to attend.

State representative Grady Brown (D-Lee) and fellow mem-

bers of the Lee and Sumter county legislative delegations will be in attendance.

Yarborough won 83 races and three consecutive points titles from 1976-78 in what was then known as the Winston Cup Series, NASCAR’s top series. No one else had won three consecutive championships until Jimmie Johnson won his five straight titles.

During his three-year dominance, he won 28 races, and his final championship points margins in those three years were never fewer than 195 and as much as 474 in 1978.

Yarborough’s 83 victories rank sixth on the all-time list. He also won four Daytona 500s. Yarborough became the youngest driver to qualify for the Daytona 500

with a top speed of more than 200 miles per hour.

He later served as car owner until he left the sport in 1999.

He was selected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of its third class and is also a member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, being inducted in 1993.

He finished second in the standings another three times.

He decided in 1980 to run only partial schedules for the final nine years of his career so he could spend more time with his family.

Yarborough, who was inducted THE ASSOCIATED PRESS into the South Carolina Hall of Fame earlier this week, was born on Former NASCAR great Cale Yarborough will have the interMarch 27, 1939 He began racing in change of Interstate 95 and S.C. Highway 341 in Sumter County dedicated as Cale Yarborough Interchange on SEE YARBOROUGH, PAGE B6 Tuesday, April 2.

Kansas races past USC 75-69

No penalties issued after Fontana race

BY ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press

BOULDER, Colo. — The Kansas Jayhawks aren’t about to complain about their No. 12 seeding.

After all, they realize they were likely the last at-large team to make the women’s NCAA tournament after losing seven of their last 11 games.

They’re eager, however, to prove that they’re not your average 12th seed.

The Jayhawks (20-13) were the ones chanting “Sweet 16!” for the second straight season Monday night after senior Monica Engelman scored a careerhigh 27 points in a 75-69 upset of fourth-seeded South Carolina.

Kansas became just the second No. 12 seed to advance to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament, joining San Francisco in 1996 as the only No. 12 seeds to follow up a win in the opening round with another in the second. No. 12 seeds are 2-15 in the second round since the women’s field was expanded to 64 teams in 1994.

The Jayhawks moved on to Norfolk, Va., where they will play the winner of Tuesday’s game between Notre Dame and Iowa in the regional semifinals Sunday.

Engelman’s previous career best was 26 points set

CHARLOTTE — NASCAR won’t penalize Tony Stewart for scuffling with Joey Logano on pit road at California and saw nothing to indicate Logano or Denny Ham- STEWART lin were trying to intentionally wreck each other as they raced for the win.

In addition, NASCAR LOGANO officials have given no thought to policing blocking, which is what Logano did to HAMLIN Stewart on the final restart to trigger the post-race confrontation.

“There are no conversations internally inside of NASCAR to look at blocking as a violation or a penalty as some other forms of motorsports do,” Sprint Cup Series director John Darby said Tuesday. “As good as the racing has been, as exciting as it’s been, I don’t know that we need to jump in the middle

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South Carolina forward Aleighsa Welch, left, and teammate Shelbretta Ball console each other after losing to Kansas 75-69 in Monday’s second-round game of the women’s NCAA tournament in Boulder, Colo.

last month against TCU. “For me, Angel made it easy,” Engelman said of teammate Angel Goodrich. “I mean, she’s a great point guard, she can push the ball so she makes everyone else want to sprint up the floor and get easy buckets in transition.”

Goodrich’s speed allowed the Jayhawks to push the pace much faster than the Gamecocks found comfortable.

“That’s what we wanted to do, we want to control the tempo,” Goodrich said.

“When we run we have fun.

CLEMSON — Chad Morris said he does not plan to add a new element to his offense as significant as the pistol formation that was added last season for Clemson.

But the Clemson of- MORRIS fensive coordinator said his scheme will have new elements when it takes the field this fall.

“There will be some (elements) that people

Kansas guard Monica Engelman, center, puts up a shot as South Carolina’s Ashley Bruner (21) and Sancheon White defend during the Lady Jayhawks’ second-round NCAA tournament victory on Monday in Boulder, Colo.

KU was the second 12th seed in history to advance to the Sweet 16.

SEE USC, PAGE B4

Morris to add new elements to Tigers’ offense next season

BY TRAVIS SAWCHIK Post and Courier

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hadn’t seen and won’t see until it’s time,” Morris said. “But they will not be as significant as the (pistol addition).”

After visiting Nevada to learn the pistol last spring, Morris took the Clemson offensive staff to visit the Arizona State earlier this offseason.

Arizona State’s 31-yearold offensive coordinator Mike Norvell was an assistant under Morris at Tulsa when Morris was the offensive coordinator there in 2010.

Why visit Arizona State?

SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B6

SEE FONTANA, PAGE B4

Lattimore to highlight Carolina Pro Day

BY DARRYL SLATER Post and Courier COLUMBIA — The most widely discussed player in South Carolina’s 2013 NFL draft class, running back Marcus Lattimore, is not expected to be ready to run in drills this morning at the Gamecocks’ pro day, though he will attend.

While Lattimore will get most of the attention from fans who show up at Williams-Brice Stadium, there are several other former Gamecocks with plenty on the line as NFL scouts observe them.

Obviously, what the players accomplished in games at Williams-Brice and elsewhere during their college careers will carry lots of weight as teams finalize their plans for the draft April 25-27. But a few tenths of a second here or there shaved off a 40-yard dash or three-

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South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore (21) will be one of many Gamecock players to work out at the university’s Pro Day today at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.

cone drill time could make the difference between being a mid-round pick and a lateround selection.

Eighteen former USC players are scheduled to take part in pro

day, including Lattimore, whose participation will be significantly limited because he is still recovering from a multi-ligament right SEE PRO DAY, PAGE B6

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 7 a.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay from Clearwater, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

10 a.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado from Glendale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

1 p.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Philadelphia vs. Detroit from Lakeland, Fla. (ESPN).

1 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: Sony Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Key Biscayne, Fla. (ESPN2).

3 p.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los Angeles Angels vs. Texas from Tempe, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

6 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: Brown at North Carolina (ESPNU).

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

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament Quarterfinal Game -- Iowa at Virginia (ESPN2).

7 p.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Baltimore vs. New York Yankees from Sarasota, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Orlando at Charlotte (SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Montreal at Boston (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Miami at Chicago (ESPN).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Inv itation Tournament Quarterfinal Game -- Providence at Baylor (ESPN2).

10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: New Jersey at Portland (ESPN).

11 p.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: St. Louis vs. Washington from Jupiter, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

Midnight -- Professional Tennis: Sony Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Key Biscayne, Fla. (ESPN2).

2 a.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City from Surprise, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

MLB SPRING TRAINING

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 4 Toronto 13, Philadelphia 4 Detroit 6, Miami 3 St. Louis 4, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 12, Boston 9 Seattle 16, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 9, Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 3, Texas 1 Oakland 9, Milwaukee 7 L.A. Angels 11, Chicago White Sox 5 Houston 6, Washington 4 Tampa Bay 6, Pittsburgh 2 Kansas City 8, L.A. Dodgers 2 Colorado 18, Cleveland 4 Today’s Games Atlanta vs. Washington (ss) at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Washington (ss) vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Texas vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

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

L.A. Dodgers vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Houston vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 9:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

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

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

Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

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

Arizona vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

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

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-New York 42 26 .618 – x-Brooklyn 41 29 .586 2 Boston 36 33 .522 61/2 Philadelphia 27 43 .386 16 Toronto 26 44 .371 17 Southeast Division

| W L Pct GB 56 14 .800 – 39 32 .549 171/2 26 44 .371 30 18 53 .254 381/2 16 54 .229 40 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 44 27 .620 – Chicago 38 31 .551 5 Milwaukee 34 35 .493 9 Detroit 24 47 .338 20 Cleveland 22 47 .319 21 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 53 17 .757 – x-Memphis 47 23 .671 6 Houston 39 31 .557 14 Dallas 34 36 .486 19 New Orleans 25 46 .352 281/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB x-Oklahoma City 52 19 .732 – x-Denver 49 23 .681 31/2 Utah 35 36 .493 17 Portland 33 37 .471 181/2 Minnesota 24 44 .353 261/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB x-L.A. Clippers 48 22 .686 – Golden State 41 31 .569 8 L.A. Lakers 36 35 .507 121/2 Sacramento 25 46 .352 231/2 Phoenix 23 48 .324 251/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Monday’s Games Indiana 100, Atlanta 94 Miami 108, Orlando 94 Washington 107, Memphis 94 New Orleans 110, Denver 86 Utah 107, Philadelphia 91 Golden State 109, L.A. Lakers 103 Today’s Games Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Memphis at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

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

Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 10 p.m. y-Miami Atlanta Washington Orlando Charlotte

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 33 25 8 0 50 116 84 New Jersey 33 15 11 7 37 82 89 N.Y. Rangers 31 15 13 3 33 73 76 N.Y. Islanders 32 14 15 3 31 93 105 Philadelphia 31 13 16 2 28 82 94 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 31 20 6 5 45 98 77 Boston 31 21 7 3 45 89 66 Ottawa 33 18 9 6 42 86 72 Toronto 33 17 12 4 38 99 95 Buffalo 32 13 15 4 30 86 100 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 33 17 14 2 36 84 98 Carolina 30 15 13 2 32 85 86 Washington 32 15 16 1 31 92 90 Tampa Bay 32 13 18 1 27 103 98 Florida 33 9 18 6 24 78 116 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 31 24 4 3 51 106 71 Detroit 33 17 11 5 39 90 83 St. Louis 31 17 12 2 36 92 86 Nashville 33 14 13 6 34 83 88 Columbus 32 13 13 6 32 75 85 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 31 19 10 2 40 86 75 Vancouver 32 17 9 6 40 87 85 Edmonton 31 11 13 7 29 74 91 Calgary 30 12 14 4 28 85 103 Colorado 31 11 16 4 26 79 100 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 32 22 6 4 48 104 83 Los Angeles 32 18 12 2 38 93 80 San Jose 31 14 11 6 34 76 82 Dallas 32 15 14 3 33 87 97 Phoenix 32 13 15 4 30 82 90 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games Boston 3, Toronto 2, SO Ottawa 3, New Jersey 2, SO Los Angeles 5, Chicago 4 Nashville 3, Edmonton 2 Minnesota 7, Dallas 4 Detroit 3, Phoenix 2 San Jose 5, Anaheim 3 Today’s Games Montreal at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 9 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Carolina at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013

Barons tennis team moves to 8-0 SUMMERVILLE – The Wilson Hall varsity tennis team kept its perfect record intact on Tuesday, but Pinewood Prep gave the Barons a tough match in a 6-3 victory for Wilson Hall.

Two of the nine matches went to third-set tiebreakers before WH pulled away to improve to 8-0 on the season.

Wilson Hall will play again on April 16.

SINGLES 1 – Roberts (PP) def. Brown 7-5, 6-2.

2 – Davis (WH) def. Craig 3-6, 7-6, 10-8.

3 – Holoubek (PP) def. Stover 3-6, 6-3, 10-6.

4 – Hendrix (WH) def. Wert 7-6, 6-2.

5 – Thompson (WH) def. Braeuning 6-4, 6-1.

6 – Stone (WH) def. Russi 6-1, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 – Brown/Davis (WH) def. Roberts/Wert 6-3, 6-4.

2 – Craig/Holoubek (PP) def. Stover/ Hendrix 6-4, 6-2.

3 – Thompson/Stone (WH) def. Braeuning/Diffley 6-4, 6-1.

VARSITY BASEBALL WEST FLORENCE CRESTWOOD

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FLORENCE – Crestwood High School fell to 1-9 on the season with a 12-0 loss to West Florence on Monday at the WF field.

Edison Aldridge and Christian Buford each had a hit for the Knights.

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP VARSITY GOLF WILSON HALL THOMAS SUMTER

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Grier Schwartz, Sharp Turner and Raines Waggett all shot a 40 to lead Wilson Hall past Thomas Sumter Academy 161165 on Tuesday at Beech Creek.

Coker Lowder and Christian Salzer each shot a 41 for WH and Walker Jones had a 42.

The win improves the Barons’ record to 10-0.

VARSITY TRACK WH WINS 5-TEAM MEET

The Wilson Hall varsity track team won a 5-team meet on Tuesday held at Spencer Field.

The Barons recorded 156 points for first place. Laurence Manning Academy was second with 96 points.

David Brabham won two events for the Barons while LMA’s Tyshawn Epps took first in three events.

1ST-PLACE FINISHERS WILSON HALL 4x800 Relay (Scott Harvin, Ryan Norris, Will Watson, Brayden Fidler); 4x100 Relay (Campbell Mims, Palmer Richburg, Noah Harvin, Hayes Goodson);

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Matthew Tavarez (3200-meter, 11:51.06); David Brabham (1600-meter, 5:02.62; 800-meter, 2:14.84).

LAURENCE MANNING Tyshawn Epps (100-meter, 10.74; 400meter, 53.37; 200-meter, 22.96); Clay Coleman (Discus, 125-02; Shot Put, 4109.75).

VARSITY SOCCER LAURENCE MANNING WILSON HALL

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MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy earned a 5-4 victory over Wilson Hall on Tuesday in a match that went to penalty kicks.

Scoring for LMA was Olin Robinson, Austin Stout, Will Wannamaker, Andrew Compton and Cooper Jolley.

JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER SUMTER 3 WEST FLORENCE 1

The Sumter High JV team improved to 5-0 on the season with a 3-1 win over West Florence on Tuesday.

Ryan Missildine recorded a shutout for his play in the first half.

Owen Brooks, Blake Drown and Oscar Martinez-Cruz all scored goals for the Gamecocks while Martinez-Cruz added

an assist.

Sumter returns to action on Thursday at Camden.

JUNIOR VARSITY GOLF SUMTER 210 EAST CLARENDON 212

The Sumter JV golf team defeated the East Clarendon varsity team 210-212 on Tuesday at Beech Creek.

Hayoung Moon shot a 45 to lead the Gamecocks followed by Dave Rygalski (54), Michael Spurling (55) and JP Montgomery (56).

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Jacob Holladay picked up the win on the mound, going 3 2/3 innings, and Dalton Dabbs got the save as the Barons earned a 10-8 victory over LMA on Tuesday at Patriot Park.

Dabbs and Evan Lewis had three hits apiece to lead WH. Charlton Commander and Corbin Bruce each had two.

Daniel Reynolds pitched 2 1/3 innings of relief for the Barons.

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Gainey lifts Crestwood past Lakewood Kristian Gainey scored two goals and added an assist to help lead the Crestwood varsity soccer team to a 4-0 win over Lakewood on Tuesday at the Knights field.

Angelica Manzo added a goal and an assist for the Lady Knights while Ashley Rutledge scored a goal as well. Montana Marshall, Alexis Scriven and Jordan Matter all had assists.

Kayla Rdesinski had eight saves for Crestwood while Lakewood’s Nena Batey made 10 saves.

Crestwood improves to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the region while Lakewood falls to 3-2 overall and 1-2. Both teams will play again after spring break next week.

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LAKE CITY – Kayla Rdeknski had seven saves in goal while recording a shutout to lead Crestwood High School to a 3-0 victory over Lake City on Monday at the Lake City field.

Montana Marshall had a goal and an assist for the Lady Knights, who improved to 2-4 on the season. Michelle Hastings and Jordan Matter each scored a goal, and Alexis Scriven and Kirstian Gainey both had an assist.

VARSITY SOFTBALL LUGOFF-ELGIN SUMTER

LUGOFF – Sumter High

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School fell to 7-6 on the season with a 5-4 loss to Lugoff-Elgin on Monday at the L-E field.

Hannah Bettencourt led the offense for Sumter, going 3-for4 with a run batted in. She took the loss in the circle, allowing three earned runs and six hits while striking out nine.

Tara Rhodes was 2-for-3 for SHS, while Chae Hutchison had a hit and two RBI. MANNING CRESTWOOD

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The Crestwood softball team fell to 5-8 overall and 1-3 in the region on Tuesday with a 9-6 loss to Manning.

Chloe Foote led the Lady Knights at the plate going 2-for-4. Raven Bennett was 1-for-4 with two RBI and Kaci Dinkins was 1-for-4.

Crestwood travels to Lamar today.

VARSITY TRACK WILSON HALL WINS 5-TEAM MEET

The Wilson Hall varsity track team won a 5-team meet on Tuesday held at Spencer Field.

The Lady Barons recorded 232.5 points to run away with first place. Laurence Manning Academy came in fifth place.

WH’s 4x800 relay team of Anne-Davis Shaw, Anna Lyles, Nicolette Fisher and Julia Ladson set a new school record with a time of 10:27.72.

1ST-PLACE FINISHERS WILSON HALL 4x800 Relay (Anne-Davis Shaw, Anna Lyles, Nicolette Fisher, Julia Ladson); 4x100 Relay (Hayley Hawkins,

Cori Moore, Logan Lee Alderman, Elliott Kassam); Amy Banghart (100M hurdles, 17.09; 400M hurdles, 1:19.02); Julia Ladson (1600-meter, 5:40.00); Anne-Davis Shaw (800-meter, 2:31.81); Cori Stoebel (High Jump, 5-00.00).

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Becka Noyes drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Wilson Hall to a 14-13 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy on Monday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

That finished off a big game for Noyes, who had four hits, including a double and her first out-of-the-park home run, and six runs batted in. Liza Lowder had a double and scored three runs for the Lady Barons, and Amelia Weston was the winning pitcher.

Josie Reed had four hits to lead TSA. Riley DeLavan and Dymond Gibson each had three hits.

LAURENCE MANNING HOLLY HILL

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MANNING – Madison Cantley had nine strikeouts in five innings as the LMA JV squad earned a 13-0 victory over Holly Hill on Tuesday.

Cora Downer was 2-for-3 for the Lady Swampcats as was Sara Herbert, who also had a triple. Baylee Elms and Ansley Ridgill were each 2-for-2 and Elms recorded a triple as well.

LMA improves to 12-5 on the year and will host East Clarendon today.

PREP SCHEDULE: MARCH 27-30 TODAY Varsity Baseball Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6:30 p.m.

Columbia at Lee Central, 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Lamar, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Robert E. Lee, 7 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Holly Hill, 7 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Camden at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Providence Athletic Club, 6 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Holly Hill, 4 p.m.

B Team Baseball Cardinal Newman at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m.

Varsity Softball Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Lamar, 7 p.m.

Waccamaw at Manning, 7 p.m.

East Clarendon at Laurence

Manning, 5 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Buford, 6:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Softball Waccamaw at Manning, 5 p.m.

East Clarendon at Laurence Manning, 3:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Williamsburg, 6 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Buford, 5 p.m.

B Team Softball Williamsburg at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY Varsity Baseball Lakewood at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Lake City at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

Carolina at Laurence Manning, 7 p.m.

Holly Hill at Thomas Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Coastal Christian, 6 p.m.

Maranatha Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Sumter at Brookland-Cayce, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

B Team Baseball Brookland-Cayce at Sumter (DH), 6 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Golf Sumter at Lugoff-Elgin (at Camden Country Club), 4 p.m.

Darlington at Manning, 4 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Laurence Manning, TBA Thomas Sumter in SCISA Re-

gion II-2A Match (at Beech Creek Golf Club), 3:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Golf East Clarendon Varsity at Sumter (at Beech Creek Golf Club), 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer Sumter at Camden, 7 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Westminster Catawba, 6:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Florence Christian, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Sumter at Camden, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer Camden at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Soccer Camden at Sumter, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Softball Lakewood at Crestwood, 7 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Lake City at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

Carolina at Laurence Manning,

5 p.m.

Holly Hill at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Florence Christian, 5 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at First Baptist, 5 p.m.

Maranatha Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Softball Lakewood at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Laurence Manning, 3:30 p.m.

Holly Hill at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Florence Christian, 3:30 p.m.

B Team Softball Heathwood Hall at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m.

Varsity Boys Tennis Sumter at Camden, 4:30 p.m.

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

C.E. Murray, Hartsville, Darlington, Marlboro County at Manning, 4:30 p.m.

Lee Central, Scott’s Branch at Lamar, 5 p.m.

Middle School Track and Field Sumter Middle School Conference Meet (at Sumter Memorial Stadium, TBA FRIDAY Junior Varsity Baseball Crestwood, Lakewood in Crestwood Spring Break Tournament, TBA SATURDAY Junior Varsity Baseball Crestwood, Lakewood in Crestwood Spring Break Tournament, TBA Varsity Track and Field Sumter in Allen Johnson Invitatitonal (in Columbia), 10 a.m.

MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013

16 N.C. A&T 73

11 Middle Tenn. 54

16 Liberty 72

11 St. Mary’s 67

Second Round March 21-22

Lexington

9 Missouri 72

13 N.M. State 44 6 Memphis 54 11 St. Mary’s 52 3 Michigan St. 65 14 Valparaiso 54 7 Creighton 67 10 Cincinnati 63 2 Duke 73 15 Albany 61

8 Pittsburgh 55 9 Wichita St. 73

12 Ole Miss 57 4 Kansas St. 61 13 La Salle 63

Salt Lake

14 Harvard 68 7 Notre Dame 58

2 Ohio State 95 15 Iona 70

March 28-29

March 28-29

Elite Eight

Elite Eight

March 30-31

March 30-31

UNC 58

VCU 53

Oregon 74 Oregon

Final Four

Michigan

Atlanta

St. Louis 57

Memphis 48

Kansas 70

Kansas

Louisville Colo. St. 56

March 23-24

Michigan 78

April 6

MIDWEST

SOUTH

Indianapolis

North Texas

Minnesota 64

Florida

Mich. St. Mich. St. 70

Florida 78

National Championship

Creighton 32 Duke

April 8

S.D. St. 71 FGCU

Duke 43

FGCU 81

Gonzaga 70

Indiana 58 Wichita St.

16 Western Ky. 57 8 N. Carolina 78 9 Villanova 71 5 VCU 88 12 Akron 42 4 Michigan 71 13 S. Dakota St. 56

Indiana Temple 52

Ole Miss 74

California 60

3 Florida 79 14 NW State 47 7 San Diego St. 70 10 Oklahoma 55 2 Georgetown 68 15 FGCU 78 1 Indiana 83

8 N.C. State 72 9 Temple 76

La Salle

5 UNLV 61 12 California 64

Syracuse Syracuse 66

La Salle 76

4 Syracuse 81 13 Montana 34

WEST

EAST

Los Angeles

Washington, D.C.

Arizona

Butler 72

Marquette Marquette 74

Harvard 51

6 Butler 68 11 Bucknell 56 3 Marquette 59 14 Davidson 58

Iowa State 75

Illinois 59 Ohio State

Miami Miami 63

Ohio State 78

7 Illinois 57 10 Colorado 2 Miami 78

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15 Pacific 49

Forgotten no more, La Salle steals Philly’s heart

BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — La Salle has this little thing it does in the locker room after a win. A huddle of jumping players is the best way to describe it, a pogosticked, smiling pack of blue, if you will.

There’s a chorus, as well, to the postgame bounce that goes like this: “Turn it up! Turn it up!

All we do is turn it up!”

Well, the Explorers have being doing just that — and singing their hearts out — all month.

With three NCAA tournament wins already in their pocket, the Explorers — who have led a basketball renaissance that has captured this proud basketball city which houses their campus — are the talk of the town.

Turn on the radio, it’s La Salle basketball. Thumb through a newspaper, it’s Explorers Extra in news and sports sections. Walk down the streets, you’ll see people wearing blue and gold.

Coach John Giannini is at the head of this train. It’s his sense of realism and his way of getting the most out of his players that has helped to orchestrate the run. After one of those recent celebrations, he briefly settled his team before he got the exuberant bunch to holler some more as he credited sev-

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La Salle guard Ramon Galloway (55) tries to block a shot by Kansas State guard Shane Southwellduring the Explorers’ 63-61 secondround NCAA tournament victory in Kansas City, Mo. Galloway, a former University of South Carolina player, is finding success with his new team.

eral Explorers.

“We’re rolling, baby,” Giannini told them. “This is what you work for. We’re bringing it back. Right now, we’re one of the best teams in the country.”

Giannini then addressed the man in the grey La Salle T-shirt, blue hat and glasses sitting alone in a locker a few feet away from the frivolity.

“With that man right there,” Giannini said, pointing to his

right, “they were 30-2, best record in the country. It’s all coming back.”

He was talking to Lionel Simmons.

Before this streak, and two decades of darkness, Simmons made the small-school Explorers a big-time program. With La Salle enjoying its deepest tournament run since the 1950s, the L-Train is back along for the ride. Simmons, the 1990 AP

Player of the Year, has become a regular at La Salle’s games and traveled with the team from Dayton, Ohio to Kansas City, Mo., and now Los Angeles as its biggest fan on this improbable win streak.

Simmons’ presence is a blazing reminder that La Salle wasn’t always one of the bottom programs in Philadelphia and invisible on the national scene. Led by Hall of Fame standout Tom Gola, the Explorers were NIT and NCAA champions in the 1950s. Paul Westhead coached them to tournaments in the 1970s. Simmons rocketed them to the national rankings in The AP poll for the final time and their last NCAA tournament win.

Indeed, La Salle’s had a heyday or two.

It’s the lean stretch, though, that defined the program once the L-Train followed tracks into the NBA. The Explorers had 13 straight losing seasons from 1993-2008. There was an ill-fated move to a Midwesternbased conference, and the Explorers tried to make do without an on-campus arena — an enormous handicap — the caused the program to spiral downward. La Salle bottomed out in 2004 when three players were charged with rape and both men’s coach Billy Hahn and women’s coach John Miller resigned, throwing the athletic program into disarray.

Jayhawks, Shockers separated by more than just bracket

BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Deep within the Sprint Center, just outside the Kansas locker room, Jayhawks coach Bill Self was holding court after beating North Carolina to advance in the NCAA tournament.

In a state that holds basketball dear, the question he was asked was almost inevitable: What do you think of Wichita State joining you in the round of 16?

“I’m happy for the Shockers. I’m excited for them,” Self replied, before adding with a quick smile: “But that doesn’t mean we’re going to play them.”

“That was a joke,” Self said, “because I knew that would be the next question.”

It’s one that Self has heard ever since arriving at Kansas a decade ago.

The Jayhawks play in-state rival Kansas State at least twice a year as part of the Big 12 grind, but the state’s two flagship schools have been reluctant to schedule its only other Division I institution on a regular basis.

That’s left Wichita State on an island in the middle of Kansas.

The reasons why are many and varied, and there’s a bill floating around in the legislature designed to compel Kansas and Kansas State to schedule the Shockers. But as it stands, with the Jayhawks the No. 1 seed in the South Region and

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Sunshine State teams gleaming in spotlight

BY MARK LONG The Associated Press

6 UCLA 63 11 Minnesota 83

16 James Madison 62

Wichita St. 76

Arizona 74

March 21-22 1 Kansas 64

Austin

10 Iowa State 76

3 New Mexico 62

Sweet 16

Second Round

Lexington

11 Belmont 64

Dayton

6 Arizona 81

Sweet 16

Third Round

San Jose

Kansas City

5 Wisconsin 46

Men’s Division I Basketball Championship

Dayton

Salt Lake

1 Gonzaga 64 16 Southern 58

13 La Salle 80

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

4 Saint Louis 64

13 Boise State 71

Austin

Auburn Hills

5 Oklahoma St. 55

Louisville 82

16 LIU-Brooklyn 55 16 James Madison 68

Auburn Hills

12 Oregon 68

8 Colorado St. 84

March 23-24

March 19-20 Dayton, Ohio

Kansas City

16 NC A&T 48

San Jose

1 Louisville 79

Third Round

First Round

THE ITEM

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Kansas guard Travis Releford, left, celebrates with center Jeff Withey after Withey drew a foul during the Jayhawks’ 70-58 victory against North Carolina on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas will face Wichita State for the right to play in the Elite Eight.

Wichita State the ninth seed in the West, only the national championship game would bring them together this season.

Or any time soon, for that matter.

“Our success or failure doesn’t have anything to do with Kansas or K-State. They won’t play us,” Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said. “That’s their business.”

In the case of Kansas, Marshall said, he’s offered to play home-and-home series and even a three-game series that would take a game to Wichita — there’s a sparkling new downtown arena, so it wouldn’t have to be played on campus — and Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, with the third game in Kansas City, where the Jayhawks would have a decidedly home-court advantage.

No such luck. Not even a sniff.

And don’t think for a second it’s not frustrating.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — March Madness in the Sunshine State has long meant little to most people in Florida.

Sure, the Florida Gators have been an NCAA tournament staple during coach Billy Donovan’s tenure, which includes DONOVAN back-toback national championships (200607).

EveryENFIELD where else in the football-frenzied state, though, the closest fans usually get to college LARRANAGA basketball’s biggest stage is taking part in office pools and watching bracket-busting games on television.

Oh, have things changed this week.

With second-seeded Miami, third-seeded Florida and darling Florida Gulf Coast advancing in the NCAA tournament, basketball has taken center stage all across the peninsula.

Throw in the Miami Heat’s 27-game winning streak, six shy of tying the NBA record set by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, and hoops is the hottest thing going in Florida.

Spring football? Not now. Baseball spring training? Please. Even the beautiful beaches can’t compete with what’s happening on the hardwood.

“This time of year, so many people are captivated by the NCAA tournament,” Donovan said Tuesday. “Certainly, when you have three teams from the state of Florida still playing in the NCAA tournament and in the Sweet 16, I think it’s certainly going to draw a lot of attention to basketball.”

It’s certainly a change, too.

Not only does Florida have three schools in the round of 16 for the first time, each program reached milestones in this NCAA tournament.

Miami, the No. 2 seed in the East Regional, earned its highest seeding in school history and made it to the round of 16 for the first time since 2000 and second time since joining Division I in 1985. The Hurricanes face third-seeded Marquette on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Florida, the No. 3 seed in the South Regional, advanced to round of 16 for the third consecutive year — the first time that’s happened in the program’s 18 tournament appearances. The Gators play streaking Florida Gulf Coast on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.

And there’s little left to say about Florida Gulf Coast, which became the first 15 seed to advance to the round of 16 in tournament history.

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SPORTS

THE ITEM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013

Delaware headed to Sweet 16 for 1st time NEWARK, Del. — Elena Delle Donne scored 33 points in her final home game, and Delaware rallied past foul-plagued North Carolina 78-69 on Tuesday night to advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.

The sixth-seeded Blue Hens (32-3) trailed 50-42 with 15:31 left before coming back to extend their school-record winning streak to 27 games and eliminate No. 3 seed North Carolina (29-7). Delaware will next travel to Connecticut to face either Dayton or Kentucky.

Vice President Joe Biden was among those in the second straight sellout crowd at Delaware’s compact arena. Most of the fans wore royal blue, yellow, or a combination of both. Most of them were standing during the final 5 minutes of the game, when it became apparent the Blue Hens and Delle Donne would be playing at least once more this season.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Elizabeth Williams had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Duke rallied to beat Oklahoma State 68-59 on Tuesday night in the second round of the Norfolk Regional.

Haley Peters added

15 points and 13 rebounds while Tricia Liston scored eight of her 13 in the final 6-plus minutes and Chloe Wells also finished with 13 for the second-seeded Blue Devils (32-2). They advance to face sixthseeded Nebraska in the regional semifinals on Sunday in Norfolk, Va. Duke trailed by 15 points in the first minute of the second half before outscoring the seventh-seeded Cowgirls 47-23 during the final 19½ minutes to reach the tournament’s second weekend for the 15th time in 16 years.

Liz Donohoe had 14 points to lead Oklahoma State (22-11).

LOUISVILLE PURDUE

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sara Hammond had 21 points and 10 rebounds to help fifthseeded Louisville beat Purdue 76-63 Tuesday night and advance to its second NCAA tournament regional semifinal in three years.

The Cardinals (268) will play either topseeded Baylor or Florida State on Sunday in Oklahoma City in the program’s fourth regional semifinal in the last six years.

The fourth-seeded Boilermakers (25-9) snapped a five-game winning streak and now have lost in the second round three

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Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne, front, drives around North Carolina forward Xylina McDaniel (34) and Waltiea Rolle during the Hens’ 78-69 second-round NCAA touranment victory on Tuesday in Newark, Del.

straight years.

Antonita Slaughter scored 14 of her 16 points in the first half for Louisville. Shoni Schimmel had 14.

Sam Ostarello led Purdue with 14 points and 12 rebounds. KK Houser had 10.

KENTUCKY DAYTON

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NEW YORK — A’dia Mathies rebounded from the worst game of her career to match her career high with 34 points and lead

second-seeded Kentucky to an 84-70 win over seventh-seeded Dayton on Tuesday night in the second round of the NCAA women’s tournament.

The Wildcats (29-5) will face Delaware in the semifinals of the Bridgeport Regional on Saturday.

Clinging to a 46-44 advantage early in the second half, Mathies scored 10 points during a 16-3 run to take control of the game.

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The two-time SEC player of the year hit two 3-pointers, including one to cap the burst and make it 6247. She didn’t hit a field goal in the first round win over Navy.

She made 13 of 17 against Dayton.

Andrea Hoover scored 22 points to lead the Flyers (28-3), got no closer than eight the rest of the way.

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Holmes finds form in USC’s 3-1 victory over Cougars CHARLESTON– Colby Holmes worked 7.1 innings and allowed just one run on four hits with a season-high eight strikeouts and 14th ranked South Carolina scored twice in the first inning on the way to a 3-1 win over College of Charleston on HOLMES Tuesday evening at Patriots Point. The Gamecocks improve to 19-6 with College of Charleston falling to 13-11 on the year.

Holmes was in control from the opening pitch as he scattered just four hits throughout his outing. His eight strikeouts are the most since he tallied a career-high nine last year in the NCAA Regional vs. Manhattan.

Holmes earned the win and is now 2-2 on the year.

Both relievers Vince Fiori and Patrick Sullivan struck out both the batters they faced and senior left-hander Adam Westmoreland hurled a per-

fect ninth inning to pick up his second save of the season.

College of Charleston starting pitcher Nathan Helvey lasted only 2.2 innings and suffered the loss. He allowed two runs on six hits with no walks or strikeouts.

Carolina wasted no time getting on the scoreboard with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. With one out and Chase Vergason on first base, the Gamecocks executed the hit and run as Joey Pankake knocked a base hit through the right side putting runners on the corners. The Gamecocks then kept attacking as LB Dantzler jumped on the first pitch from Helvey for a double to right field scoring Vergason, South Carolina would go ahead 2-0 on a Grayson Greiner RBI groundout to the third baseman.

Pankake went 2-for-4 with a run scored. He has reached base safely in 17 consecutive games. Dantzler added two hits, both doubles and a RBI. The Gamecocks return to

FONTANA from Page B1 and screw it up.”

Stewart parked his car near Logano’s and angrily approached him after Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. There was some shoving, but crew members intervened before any punches landed. Logano threw a water bottle at Stewart.

Darby said the incident didn’t escalate to a level where NASCAR had to take action.

“A few years ago we backed away from micromanaging drivers’ emotions, you would hope in today’s world that if somebody didn’t win a race, they would be upset about it,” Darby said. “I don’t know that we’ve actually got a rule book that describes every push in

the chest or kick in the shin. If two guys get into a helluva fight, we’re going to have to react. But a couple of guys blowing off some steam and slapping at the air is not going to get anybody in a whole lot of trouble.”

As for the last-lap crash between Logano and Hamlin, Darby said NASCAR viewed it as a racing incident.

The two former teammates have feuded since the closing laps of the season-opening Daytona 500 and it escalated after contact from Hamlin sent Logano spinning into the wall two races ago at Bristol. Logano angrily confronted Hamlin after the race before being pulled away by crew members.

action on Thursday night beginning a three-game SEC series with Texas A&M at Carolina Stadium. First pitch for the opener is 7:30 p.m. with the game televised live on ESPNU as the SEC Game of the Week.

NBA KNICKS CELTICS

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BOSTON — J.R. Smith scored 32 points, Carmelo Anthony added 29 and the New York Knicks extended their winning streak to five games with a 100-85 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.

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seconds left. Then Trevor Lacey got off another potential game-winner at the buzzer after a pump-fake but it bounced off the rim.

The Terrapins (25-12) are making their first trip to the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden since 2005 and are seeking their first title since 1972.

Alabama (23-13) wiped out most of a 10-point second-half deficit but never reclaimed the lead.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alex Len finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds and had a key block in the final seconds to help Maryland escape with a 58-57 victory over Alabama on Tuesday night in the NIT quarterfinals.

Len’s fifth block came on Rodney Cooper’s drive with 3

The two moved their feud to Twitter for at least the second time this season and then came Sunday’s race.

They were racing side-byside on the last lap for the win when they banged into each other. Both cars spun and Hamlin’s hit head-on into an inside wall not protected with energy-absorbing SAFER barriers.

He spent Sunday night in a Southern California hospital, where he was diagnosed with an L1 compression fracture in his lower back. He was back in North Carolina on Tuesday, scheduled to be evaluated later this week by Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates.

“It was the last lap of the race, and the last time they were both going to see turns

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Manti Te’o ran a little better on his home field than he did at the NFL combine, lowering his 40-yard time by more than a tenth of a second during Notre Dame’s pro day.

The Heisman Trophy runner-up posted a best time of 4.69 on Tuesday, bettering the disappointing mark of 4.82 he put up at the combine in Indianapolis last month.

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three and four. They were sideby-side. If somebody was of the mindset to retaliate, they probably would have been lined up nose-to-tail and somebody would have drove into the other car and spun him around,” Darby said. “In this case, that is so far from the opposite, that it never even crossed anybody’s mind that I’m aware of that paid attention to the race.”

Meanwhile, NASCAR is still going over data from Hamlin’s accident and will need to meet with officials from the University of Nebraska, home to the engineering school’s Midwest Roadside Safety experts, and IndyCar before making any recommendations on whether a SAFER barrier should be installed where Hamlin hit.

USC from Page B1 We wanted to catch them off balance, catch them when they’re not ready, because when they set up, they’re really good.”

Goodrich added 20 points to go with her eight assists.

Fourth-seeded South Carolina (25-8) was denied its 26th win, which would have been the program’s most since joining the Southeastern Conference in 1991-92.

“It was a hard-fought, physical game,” South Carolina forward Aleighsa Welch said. “It was really an up and down tempo.”

That’s not the Gamecocks’ style. They gave up just 49.5 points a game and Kansas nearly had that by halftime.

“I told our team at the half, ‘We give up 32 points in entire games,’” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. “The pace of the game was not our pace. They made us play a little quicker. I thought we were pretty efficient on the floor offensively, but in order for us to stay in basketball games, we have to control games from a defensive standpoint, and we didn’t do that.”

Staley said having Sancheon White, her best defender, play just 8 minutes in the first half because of foul trouble was a big part of Engelman’s big night.

“It was her defensive assignment. We could have used her speed, but when you’re playing two freshmen (Khadijah Sessions and Tiffany Mitchell) in a big game like this, it’s pretty difficult to ask them to do things they haven’t done,” Staley said.

“She was hot. When a player gets going like that, it’s hard to stop.”

The first meeting between the two schools was an instant classic, a onepossession game in the final 30 seconds even though South Carolina didn’t score again after Ashley Bruner’s bucket with 2:52 left tied it at 69.

The Gamecocks grabbed 26 offensive boards, a school record for an NCAA game, and they had three players post double-doubles.

Bruner and Welch scored 16 points each and pulled down 12 and 11 rebounds, respectively. Elem Ibiam also had a double-double for South Carolina with 12 points and 10 boards.

Yet it’s Kansas, which has won four straight games at the Coors Events Center, that’s returning to the round of 16 after getting there last year as an 11th seed.

Kansas got a major scare when center Carolyn Davis limped off the court, favoring her left leg, after picking up her fourth foul with 6:40 left. A trainer took off the brace that protects the knee she injured last year, forcing her to miss the NCAA tournament. Welch sank both free throws to tie it at 65.

“It’s always a scare to see someone go down and when I looked at her, she kind of just held her knee and I was just kind of like, ‘Dang!’ I didn’t know what to think, really,” Goodrich said. “But for her to get up and stand up, it relieved me a little bit.

“When that happens, you’ve got to stay composed and think we’ve still got time on the clock, we’ve still got a game to finish. But I’m glad she got back up and she got back in the game and she did what she needed to do.”

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Yankees complete trade for Angelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wells

BY MARK DIDTLER The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; On his first day with the New York Yankees, Vernon Wells recalled a game in the International League more than a decade ago and he saw Darryl Strawberry in uniform for the opposition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember the first time I played the Triple-A Yankees, when I was 20 years old,â&#x20AC;? he said Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the first that I actually got goosebumps playing against another team. And from that day Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve quietly been a Yankee fan.â&#x20AC;?

Wellsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trade to the Yankees was finalized Tuesday, when New York dealt a pair of minor leaguers to the Angels: outfielder Exircado Cayones and lefthander Kramer Sneed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously not when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played against them,â&#x20AC;? Wells said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but every time the Yankees were in the playoffs and I was sitting at home, I was cheering for the Yankees. Somewhat of a dream come true.â&#x20AC;?

Los Angeles will pay $28.1 million of the $42 million Wells is owed over the final two seasons of the $126 million, seven-year contract he signed with Toronto.

The Angels will give New York $9.5 million this year and $18.6 million in 2014, leaving the Yankees to pay $11.5 million this year and $2.4 million in 2014. The structure was designed to help the Angels to stay under the luxury tax threshold of $178 million this year and help the Yankees get under it in 2014, when the threshold rises to $189 million.

Wells was down to play left field and bat sixth for the Yankees against Houston on Tuesday night. With the Angels, he figured to be a spare part. The Los Angeles outfield is set with Josh Hamilton, Mike Trout and Peter Bourjos, and the Angels have Mark Trumbo at designated hitter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It came as a shock,â&#x20AC;? Wells said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once you get toward the end of spring training, you think, all right, this is how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be. They called me into the office and said they have a deal in place. When they told me the team, I tried not to smile too big in the office.

And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here.â&#x20AC;?

A three-time All-Star, Wells hit .230 with 11 homers and 29 RBIs last year and has just 36 homers and 95 RBIs in two seasons with the Angels. He is batting .361 in spring training with four

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The Los Angeles Angels traded outfielder Vernon Wells to the New York Yankees, who were looking for help with their injury-depleted lineup.

homers and 11 RBIs in 36 at-bats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I forgot what right field was like for a couple years,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get caught up in hitting home runs, and your swing changes. I was able to take some time this offseason and look at a lot of video from when I was younger, and just spraying the ball all over the field. So, once we got into spring training, my goal, and so far so good, was getting back to being short and quick.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wells was assigned No. 56, the number worn by Yankees coach Tony Pena. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want that number, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to pay for it,â&#x20AC;? a laughing Pena told him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of guys in here, and they said weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get you a little lower one when the seasons starts,â&#x20AC;? Wells said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I want to wear Lawrence Taylor for a little bit,â&#x20AC;? a reference to the uniform number of the former linebacker for the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Giants.

The 21-year-old Cayones, acquired by the Yankees from Pittsburgh last year in the deal sending A.J. Burnett to the Pirates, hit .228 with 15 RBIs last year in 158 at-bats for the Class A Staten Island Yankees.

Sneed, 24, was 0-7 with a 5.37 ERA at Class A Tampa last season.

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NEW YORK YANKEES 2012: 95-67, first place (lost to Detroit in ALCS).

Manager: Joe Girardi (sixth season).

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Here: 3B Kevin Youkilis, DH Travis Hafner, DH-OF Juan Rivera, OF Brennan Boesch, C Bobby Wilson.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outta Here: RF Nick Swisher, C Russell Martin, DH-OF Raul Ibanez, 3B Eric Chavez, OF Andruw Jones, RHP Rafael Soriano, RHP Freddy Garcia, LHP Pedro Feliciano.

Projected Lineup: SS Derek Jeter (.316, 15 HRs, 58 RBIs, 99 runs), RF Ichiro Suzuki (.283, 9, 55, 29 SBs with Mariners and Yankees; .322, 5, 27, 14 SBs in 67 games with New York), 2B Robinson Cano (.313, 33, 94, 48 doubles, 105 runs), 3B Kevin Youkilis (.235, 19, 60 with Red Sox and White Sox), DH Travis Hafner (.228, 12, 34 in 66 games with Cleveland), 1B Juan Rivera (.244, 9, 47, .286 OBP in 312 at-bats with Dodgers), LF Brennan Boesch (.240, 12, 54, .286 OBP with Detroit), C Francisco Cervelli (spent 2012 at Triple-A Scranton; .266, 4, 22 in 124 atbats with Yankees in 2011) or Chris Stewart (.241, 1, 13 in 141 at-bats), CF Brett Gardner (.323, 0, 3, .417 OBP in 31 at-bats; missed most of season with elbow injury).

Rotation: LH CC Sabathia (15-6, 3.38 ERA, 200 IP, 197 Ks), RH Hiroki Kuroda (16-11, 3.32, 191 1-3 IP, 165 Ks), LH Andy Pettitte (5-4, 2.87, 75 1-3 IP, 69 Ks), RH Phil Hughes (16-13, 4.19, 191 1-3 IP, 165 Ks), RH Ivan Nova (128, 5.02, 170 1-3 IP, 153 Ks) or RH David Phelps (4-4, 3.34, 99 2-3 IP, 96 Ks in 33 games, 11 starts).

Key Relievers: RH Mariano Rivera (1-1, 2.16, 5/6 saves in 9 games before knee injury), RH David Robertson (2-7, 2.67, 2 saves, 60 2-3 IP, 81 Ks), RH Joba Chamberlain (1-0, 4.35, 22 games), LH Boone Logan (7-2, 3.74, major league-high 80 games).

Hot Spot: The trainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room. The aging Yankees entered spring training with a long list of health concerns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; third baseman Alex Rodriguez (hip surgery) is out until at least the All-Star break â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and things immediately got worse. Center fielder Curtis Granderson (sidelined until May) broke his right forearm when he was hit by a pitch and first baseman Mark Teixeira could be out until June with a partially torn tendon sheath in his right wrist after he was injured while swinging in the batting cage during warmups for the World Baseball Classic. Jeterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return from ankle surgery might be delayed into early April after he experienced stiffness. He has played minimally in the field this spring. Hughes injured his back in February and has not pitched in a game yet, and Sabathia is coming back from elbow surgery. The one player coming off an injury who has looked like his usual dominant self: 43-year-old Mariano Rivera, who tore the ACL in his left knee last May while shagging flies during batting practice.

Outlook: Injuries and austerity leave the Yankees heading into the season in a more precarious position than they have in years. Budget conscious with the $189 million luxury-tax threshold for 2014 in mind, the Yankees let Swisher and Martin leave as free agents. Their biggest moves were to sign Youkilis to take over at third for A-Rod until heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if at all â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in July, and re-sign Suzuki and Kuroda. The Bronx Bombers hit a team-record 245 home runs in 2012. This season their opening-day lineup will include one player who hit more than 20 last year: Cano. With a bevy of All-Stars sidelined, the Yankees will turn to Juan Rivera and Boesch to fill in. Both players have trouble getting on base â&#x20AC;&#x201D; uncharacteristic for this club. If Jeter is unable to play early, look for Gardner to be paired with Suzuki atop the order and Eduardo Nunez, a shaky defender, to start at shortstop.

The Yankees still canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be ruled out, though, in the deep AL East. The pitching staff led by Sabathia could be one of baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best and if Rivera is still a one-pitch wonder, then the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career saves leader can still hope his final pitch before retirement will be the World Series clincher.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES 2012: 93-69, second place (lost to New York in division series).

Manager: Buck Showalter (eighth season).

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Here: 1B Travis Ishikawa. INF Danny Valencia, 2B Alexi Casilla, RHP Jair Jurrjens, INF-OF Yamaico Navarro, OF Trayvon Robinson.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outta There: 1B Mark Reynolds, LHP Joe Saunders, 2B Robert Andino, OF Endy Chavez, OF Bill Hall, DH Nick Johnson, INF Omar Quintanilla, DH Jim Thome, LHP Randy Wolf.

Projected Lineup: LF Nate McLouth (.268, 7 HRs, 18 RBIs, 12 SBs), SS J.J. Hardy (.238, 22, 68), RF Nick Markakis (.298, 13, 54), CF Adam Jones (.287, 32, 82), C Matt Wieters (.249, 23, 83), 1B Chris Davis (.270, 33, 85, 169 Ks), DH Wilson Betemit (.261, 12, 40), 3B Manny Machado (.262, 7, 26), 2B Brian Roberts (.182, 0, 5 in 17 games) Rotation: RH Jason Hammel (8-6, 3.43 ERA, 113 Ks), LH Wei-Yin Chen (12-11, 4.02, team-high 154 Ks), RH Miguel Gonzalez (9-4, 3.25), LH Chris

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Tillman (9-3, 2.93), RH Jake Arrieta (3-9, 6.20).

Key Relievers: RH Jim Johnson (2-1, 2.49, 51/54 saves), RH Darren Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day (7-1, 2.28), RH Pedro Strop (5-2, 2.44, 3/10 saves), Brian Matusz (6-10, 4.87).

Hot Spots: Second baseman Brian Roberts hopes heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotten past the numerous injuries that have kept him sidelined for most of the past three seasons. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been healthy at spring training and should start, but the 35-year-old Roberts probably lost his role as leadoff hitter and could be sharing time with Danny Valencia if he struggles with the day-to-day grind of being a starter again. Also, the Orioles will closely monitor the health of Markakis and Nolan Reimold, who missed significant time with injuries last season.

Outlook: The Orioles hope to duplicate their success of 2012 season with a roster that is quite similar to the one that produced a turnaround from 93 losses to 93 wins and a berth in the playoffs as a wild-card team. Showalter and vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette did a marvelous job of juggling the roster last season, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need similar success this year to survive in the tough AL East and get back in the playoffs. The Orioles ended a run of 14 straight losing seasons in 2012, and the goal this year is to build on the success.

TAMPA BAY RAYS 2012: 90-72, third place.

Manager: Joe Maddon (eighth season).

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Here: 1B James Loney, SS Yunel Escobar, OF Shelley Duncan, RHP Jamey Wright, RHP Roberto Hernandez, 2B Kelly Johnson.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outta There: RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis, OF B.J. Upton, 1B Carlos Pena, RHP Burke Badenhop, LHP J.P. Howell, 2B Jeff Keppinger, OF Ben Francisco.

Projected Lineup: CF Desmond Jennings (.246, 13 HRs, 47 RBIs, 31 SB, 85 runs), SS Yunel Escobar (.253, 9, 51 with Blue Jays), 3B Evan Longoria (.289, 17, 55 in 74 games), RF Ben Zobrist (.270, 20, 74, 14), DH Luke Scott (.229, 14, 55 in 96 games), LF Matt Joyce (.241, 17, 59), 1B James Loney (.249, 6, 41 with Dodgers and Red Sox), 2B Kelly Johnson (.225, 16, 55 with Blue Jays), C Jose Molina (.223 8, 32 in 102 games).

Rotation: LH David Price (20-5, 2.56 ERA, 2 CGs, 205 Ks, AL Cy Young winner), RH Jeremy Hellickson (10-11, 3.10), LH Matt Moore (11-11, 3.81), RH Alex Cobb (11-9, 4.03), RH Roberto Hernandez (0-3, 7.53 with Indians) or RH Jeff Niemann (2-3, 3.08 in eight games).

Key Relievers: RH Fernando Rodney (2-2, 0.60, 48/50 saves), RH Kyle Farnsworth (1-6, 4.00), LH Jake McGee (5-2, 1.95), RH Joel Peralta (2-6, 3.63), LH Cesar Ramos (1-0, 2.10), RH Jamey Wright (5-3, 3.72 with Dodgers).

Hot Spots: Keeping Longoria healthy figures to be one of the keys to getting back to the playoffs after falling short a year ago, when the three-time All-Star appeared in just 74 games due to a partially torn left hamstring. The club struggled offensively and defensively in his absence, yet still managed to win at least 90 games for the fourth time in five seasons. How important is Longoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bat? The Rays went 47-27 with their star in the starting lineup, compared to 41-44 without him. The offseason trade that sent Shields and Davis to Kansas City created openings in the rotation and bullpen, but Maddon has an abundance of arms to fill the void.

The managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also counting on the acquisition of Escobar and Johnson to shore up the middle of the infield defensively.

Outlook: The budget-conscious Rays made a huge commitment by signing Longoria to a $136.6 million, 10-year deal that added six seasons and $100 million to his contract this winter, however one of the best pitching staffs in baseball is what gives Tampa Bay a chance, even when the offense is sputtering. The hard-throwing Price led the AL in wins (20) and ERA (2.56) en route to winning the Cy Young Award in his third full season in the majors. He will be counted on even more with Shields, the franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career leader in wins, starts, innings pitched and strikeouts departed. A solid bullpen is anchored by Rodney, who posted a clubrecord and career-high 48 saves in 50 opportunities while setting a major league record for a reliever working a minimum of 50 innings with a 0.60 ERA last season. After making the playoffs three of the past five seasons, anything less than another postseason berth will be a big disappointment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS 2012: 73-89, fourth place.

Manager: John Gibbons (first season).

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Here: SS Jose Reyes, RHP R.A. Dickey, RHP Josh Johnson, LHP Mark Buehrle, OF Melky Cabrera, INF Maicer Izturis, C Josh Thole, C Mike Nickeas, C Henry Blanco, OF-INF Emilio Bonifacio, INF Mark DeRosa, RHP Jeremy Jeffress, RHP Esmil Rogers, RHP Guillermo Moscoso.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outta There: Manager John Farrell, C John Buck, SS Yunel Escobar,

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| SS Adeiny Hechavarria, RHP Henderson Alvarez, C Jeff Mathis, RHP Carlos Villaneuva, 2B Kelly Johnson, RHP Jason Frasor, RHP Sam Dyson.

Projected Lineup: SS Jose Reyes (.287, 11 HRs, 57 RBIs, 12 triples, 40 SBs with Marlins) LF Melky Cabrera (.346, 11, 60 with Giants before PED suspension), RF Jose Bautista (.241, 27, 65 in 92 games), 1B Edwin Encarnacion (.280, 42, 110), DH Adam Lind (.255, 11, 45), 3B Brett Lawrie (.273, 11, 48), CF Colby Rasmus (.223, 23, 75), C J.P. Arencibia (.233, 18, 56), 2B Maicer Izturis (.256, 2, 20 with Angels).

Rotation: RH R.A. Dickey (20-6, 2.73 ERA, 230 K, 5 CGs with Mets, NL CY Young winner), RH Brandon Morrow (10-7, 2.96, 3 shutouts in 21 starts), LH Mark Buehrle (13-13, 3.74 with Marlins), RH Josh Johnson (8-14, 3.81 with Marlins), LH Ricky Romero (9-14, 5.77).

Key Relievers: RH Casey Janssen (1-1, 2.54, 22/25 saves), RH Sergio Santos (0-1, 9.00, 2/4 saves in six games), LH Darren Oliver (3-4, 2.06, 2/4 saves), RH Steve Delabar (3-4, 3.82 with Mariners and Blue Jays), RH Esmil Rogers (3-3, 4.69 with Rockies and Indians), LH Aaron Loup (0-2, 2.64).

Hot Spots: Janssen, who stepped in as closer last year after Santos hurt his shoulder, underwent offseason shoulder surgery and has had a slow start to spring training as he regains his health.

Key slugger and team leader Bautista is returning from season-ending wrist surgery last August, while free agent signing Cabrera is coming back from a 50-game suspension for steroid use.

Outlook: Excitement and expectations are high for a Blue Jays team remade by an offseason of wheeling and dealing. Gibbons is returning for a second stint as manager after Farrell went back to Boston. Gibbons has knuckleballer Dickey, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, at the head of a deep rotation. Former All-Star Reyes and Cabrera, a free-agent signing, join resident sluggers Bautista and Encarnacion at the top of a potent lineup. With AL East rivals New York affected by injury woes and Boston coming off a rare 90-loss season, the Blue Jays are determined to end their playoff drought at 20 years and return to October for the first time since back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993.

BOSTON RED SOX 2012: 69-93, last place.

Manager: John Farrell (first season).

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Here: RHP Ryan Dempster, RHP Joel Hanrahan, 1B Mike Napoli, SS Stephen Drew, OF Shane Victorino, OF Johnny Gomes, C David Ross.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outta Here: Manager Bobby Valentine, RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP Vicente Padilla, RHP Scott Atchison, 1B James Loney, SS Mike Aviles, RF Cody Ross, OF Scott Podsednik.

Projected Lineup: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.271, 4 HRs, 26 RBIs, 14 SB), RF Shane Victorino (.255, 11, 55, 39 SB with Phillies and Dodgers), 2B Dustin Pedroia (.290, 15, 65, 39 2B, 20 SB), 1B Mike Napoli (.227, 25, 56, 125 Ks with Texas), DH Jarrod Saltalamacchia (.222, 25, 59), 3B Will Middlebrooks (.288, 15, 54), LF Jonny Gomes (.262, 18, 47 with Athletics) C David Ross (.256, 9, 23 with Braves), SS Jose Iglesias (.118, 1,2).

Rotation: LH Jon Lester (9-14, 4.82 ERA, 3 CGs), RH Clay Buchholz (11-8, 4.56), RH Ryan Dempster (12-8, 3.38 with Cubs and Rangers), LH Felix Doubront (11-10, 4.86), RH John Lackey (missed season after elbow surgery).

Key Relievers: RH Joel Hanrahan (5-2, 2.72, 36/40 saves with Pirates), RH Andrew Bailey (1-1, 7.04), LH Andrew Miller (3-2, 3.35), RH Daniel Bard (5-6, 6.22), RH Koji Uehara (0-0, 1.75 43 Ks, 3 Ws with Rangers), RH Alfredo Aceves (2-10, 5.36).

Hot Spots: Designated hitter David Ortiz is expected to start the season on the disabled list after experiencing inflammation in both heels. He played only one game last year after July 16 because of a strained right Achilles tendon. He was expected to bat cleanup in a revamped lineup. Shortstop Stephen Drew also could miss time at the start of the season with a concussion. Farrell, the Red Sox former pitching coach, should bring stability after one season under the unpredictable Valentine. Ellsburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to stay healthy after being hurt two of the past three seasons is a key.

Outlook: Expectations have been dampened after last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 69-93 record and last-place finish in the AL East. The Red Sox concentrated on signing short-term contracts with midlevel players after trading pitcher Josh Beckett, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and left fielder Carl Crawford to the Los Angeles Dodgers last August, cutting $250 million from the books. Starting pitching has been strong in spring training with the addition of Dempster and the return of Lackey. The bullpen appears deep with Hanrahan taking the closerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role and Bailey able to fill that spot after a poor, injury-plagued season. Top prospect Jackie Bradley Jr. could make an impact early in the season in the outfield with his speed, arm strength and hitting.

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DWIGHT ALI COCHRAN BLYTHEWOOD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dwight Ali Cochran, 51, husband of Marlene Cochran, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at his residence, 142 Elton Walker Road, Blythewood.

He was born April 29, 1961, in Norfolk, Va., a son of Raye Cochran COCHRAN Honore and stepson of Willie Pearson. He received his formal education in the public schools of Lake Erie, Pa., graduating from Lake Erie High in 1979. He enlisted in the U.S Army and was honorably discharged. He worked for the S.C. Department of Corrections as a chef at the Lee County Correctional Institution. He work for CSX Railroad and S.T.E.P of SC and Sumter.

Survivors are one son, Joab Ali Cochran of Blythewood; his mother, Raye M. Cochran Honore and stepfather Willie Pearson Jr. of Alcolu; his wife, Marlene Cochran of Lake Erie; special friend, Dorothy Dingle; five uncles; and two aunts.

The celebratory services for Mr. Cochran will be held at 2 p.m.

Thursday at Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, Alex Harvin Highway, Manning, with the Rev. Dr. Ashley Vaugh, pastor, eulogist, Minister Johnny Hagin and Minister Eddie Lesaine assisting. Burial will follow in the

churchyard cemetery.

Mr. Cochran will lie in repose one hour prior to service.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother, 1639 Alderman Camp Road, Alcolu.

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

JOHNNY JOHNSON BISHOPVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Johnny Johnson died Sunday, March 24, 2013.

The family is receiving friends at 511 Davis St. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Boatwright Funeral Home of Bishopville.

LAVINIA R. BROOKS Lavinia Richbow Brooks, 84, was born Nov. 6, 1928, in Horatio, a daughter of the late Bill and Essie Ellington Richbow. She departed this life on Monday, March 25, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 4980 Cane Savannah Road, Wedgefield.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

BETTY B. HUBBARD Betty Benton Hubbard, 81, devoted wife of William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;? Hubbard, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Oct. 11, 1931, in Cerro Gordo, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Valery and Hettie

Green Benton. Mrs. Hubbard was a member of First Baptist Church, Order of Eastern Star, Happy Quilters, the Sassy but Classy Red Hat Girls Club, and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 15.

Surviving are her husband of Sumter; two daughters, Stephanie Irick (Ron) of Ridgeville and Lisa Jacobs (Russell) of Atlanta; four grandchildren, Joshua Irick, Katie Irick, Veronica Jacobs and Tyler Jacobs; three brothers, V.J. Benton and Floyd Benton, both of Cerro Gordo, and Richard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earlâ&#x20AC;? Benton of Chadbourn, N.C.; and two sisters, Louise Riley of Garner, N.C., and Sudie Williamson of Chadbourn.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Buster Benton; a sister, Rachel Dubay; and two infant sisters.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m.

Friday at Ft. Jackson National Cemetery.

Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m.

Friday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Dan Barber and the Rev. Charles Clanton officiating.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29151.

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

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Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

WILLIAM COLCLOUGH Sr. William Colclough Sr., 87, husband of Gardenia Isaac Colclough, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at his home.

Born Feb. 10, 1926, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Charlie and Julia Champion Colclough.

The family will receive friends at his home, 4660 Patriot Parkway, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

SHIRLEY H. CLARK Shirley Elizabeth Huggins Clark, 57, died Monday, March 25, 2013, at her home.

Born in Manning, she was a daughter of the late John and Katherine Evans Huggins. Mrs. Clark was a retired security sergeant with CCI. Surviving are two daughters, Sherl Lee McLeod of Sumter and Dana Russell of Columbia; three brothers, C.W. Huggins and Carl Huggins, both of Sumter, and Harold Huggins of Ft. Motte; two grandchildren, Ashley Watkins and Brandon Price; and one great-grandson, Rodney Watkins.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, William Huggins and

Allen Huggins; and a sister, Virginia Compton.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m.

Tuesday, April 2, in Brewington Cemetery.

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.

BRINELL MANNING Sr. Brinell â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redâ&#x20AC;? Manning Sr. was born July 31, 1945, in Sumter, to the late Willie D. and Ernestine Balls Manning.

He departed this life on Thursday, March 21, 2013, at his home.

Red attended the public schools of Sumter County. He was a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church.

He was employed with Burgess-Brogdon for more than 30 years, retiring in 2011. He was a member of Masonic King James Lodge No. 2 for more than 30 years, and was a member of the Truckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club of South Carolina.

His memories will be cherished by his common-law wife, Margie Francis; five daughters, Peggy (Ronald) Stephens of Sumter, Ernestine Manning of New Jersey, Tiffany (Tavares) Hilton and Shikeema Francis of Sumter, and Synetra W. (Shannon) Deloach of Charleston;

three sons, Brinell Manning Jr. and Anthony Manning, both of New Jersey, and Antonio B. Francis of Sumter; 11 grandchildren; four sisters, Martha (Charlie Jr.) Lawson, JoeAnn (Archie) Rembert of Sumter, Bertha Cook of Irvington, N.J., and Mary Agnes (Larry Sr.) Battle of Elkins Park, Pa.; two brothers, Dock Leroy Manning of Sumter and Anthony E. (Arlene) Manning of Irvington; two uncles, Elder Cleveland (Dorothy) McBride and Albert Miller, both of Sumter; an aunt, Florazell B. (Hosea) Smith of Newark, N.J.; one sister-in-law, Ola Mae Manning of Sumter; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary.

Mr. Manning will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Thursday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 320 W. Fulton St., Sumter, with Pastor Lei Washington officiating. Interment will follow in Bradford Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at 747 Warley St., Sumter.

Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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knee injury suffered last October.

The most prominent players are the seven who attended last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NFL combine: tight end Justice Cunningham, linebacker DeVonte Holloman, center T.J. Johnson, wide receiver Ace Sanders, free safety D.J. Swearinger, defensive end Devin Taylor and Lattimore.

Most draft analysts believe that if Lattimore were 100 percent, he might be the first running back taken in this draft.

Now, a lot of where he goes will depend on what NFL medical staffs learned while examining him at the combine, and what they think of his progress when they poke and prod him again shortly before the draft.

NFLDraftScout.com projects Lattimore to get picked in the fourth or fifth rounds and rates him the No. 11 running back in the draft. Swearinger is projected for the third or fourth rounds and is No. 6 at his position. Holloman, No. 11 among outside linebackers, is predicted to go in the third round.

Taylor, ranked 12th at his position, is expected to be picked in the third or fourth.

Sanders was the only USC player besides Lattimore to turn pro early.

Though his punt returning skills add to his value, he is currently projected

by NFLDraftScout.com as a fifth or sixth rounder and is ranked No. 23 at his position.

Cunningham and Johnson round out USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft class. Cunningham is not projected to be se-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was good this year to go visit someone with the same language as you and share some ideas,â&#x20AC;?

Morris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You kind of refresh yourself on some thoughts that they got and that we have.â&#x20AC;?

Morris said it was Ohio State that reached out to Clemson to visit earlier this offseason. Morris is also hoping to arrange a visit with Texas A&M this offseason. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to grow professionally,â&#x20AC;? Morris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are trying to grab one or two things that they are going to take back and make their programs a little better, same thing with us. We are trying to grab one or two different things that keeps us ahead of the curve (because) people are trying to catch us and study us so we have to stay

lected by NFLDraftScout. com, which rates him 17th among tight ends.

Johnson is ranked ninth among centers and is projected as a seventh rounder or a free agent signee.

At the combine, Lattimore only went through medical exams and interviews with teams. They were both valuable to him, because he could back up the assertions of his renowned surgeon, Dr. James Andrews, that he is ahead of schedule in his recovery, and also could demonstrate to teams, during the interviews, the mature demeanor that made him a leader at USC. Among the four USC players expected to get picked in the middle rounds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sanders, Taylor, Swearinger and Holloman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sanders has perhaps the most to improve at pro day.

He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.58 seconds at the combine. That did not rank among the top 15 receivers. The 15thfastest time was 4.5. But his three-cone drill time of 6.81 seconds ranked eighth, which demonstrated his shiftiness.

Though his 20-yard shuttle time of 4.37 seconds didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t place among the top 15 receivers, his 60-yard shuttle time of 11.29 was fourth.

Taylor, who is 6-7 and has a promising albeit lean, 266-pound physique, tested well at the combine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as expected.

Among defensive linemen, he ranked second in the broad jump, three-cone drill and 20yard shuttle; fifth in the vertical jump; and eighth in the 40-yard dash.

ahead of the game and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always taken a lot of pride in.â&#x20AC;?

Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 2?

Morris characterized the battle between Cole Stoudt and Chad Kelly for the backup quarterback position as â&#x20AC;&#x153;greatâ&#x20AC;? following practice on Tuesday. Morris put no timetable on naming a backup and believes the competition will play out into fall camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Cole is having a really good spring,â&#x20AC;?

Morris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Chad is having a good spring â&#x20AC;Ś They are pushing each other left and right.â&#x20AC;?

Kelly is a former four-star recruit with NFLbloodlines (heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the nephew of Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly), and was recruited by Morris. But Stoudt has one advantage: he has experience as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in his third year in Morrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; system.

YARBOROUGH from Page B1 1957.

He was the second NASCAR driver to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated One of Yarboroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest claim to fame came in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;79 Daytona 500 when he and

Donnie Allison wrecked on the final lap and a fight broke out between the two. Allisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother, Bobby, joined in the fray that capped off the first national telecast of a NASCAR race. He finished fourth in the

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After the 1980 season, in which he finished second to Dale Earnhardt in the points and won six races and 14 poles, Yarborough announced he was leaving Junior Johnson Racing. He won 55 races in his eight years with Johnson, a winning percentage of 26.57 in the races he started.

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NOTICE TO: Brittany Bradley By order of the Court for service by publication dated the 14 day of December, 2012, you are hereby notified that on the 14th day of November, 2012, Toney Key filed suit against you for divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Liberty County, Georgia, and to serve upon Plaintiff's attorney Jeffrey C. Donaldson, 420 W. Broughton St., Savannah, GA. 31401, an answer in writing within sixty (60) days of the date of the order for publication.

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Small businesses and minority firms are urged to submit proposals.

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A mandatory pre-bid conference and walk through will be held at 10 AM April 9, 2013 at the office of the Housing Authority, 15 Caldwell Street, Sumter, SC 29150.

Without force and effect on the Bidding Documents and the proposed Contract Documents, the work required is briefly described as: Removal and Replacement of: 59 Back Doors and Screen Doors and 77 HVAC change outs The work required is fully described in Bidding Documents consisting of this Project Manual which includes Contract forms.

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Sharon T. Stanley, by J. Henry Walker, III RLS, dated April 5, 2001, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2001 at Page 287 and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. Also included herewith is that certain 2001 Fleetwood Carriage Manor Manufactured Home bearing serial number GAFL175A&B72552-CD11.

This being the identical property conveyed to James W. Stanley, Jr. by Deed of Jim Stanley and Sharon T. Stanley dated March 19, 2007 and recorded March 30, 2007 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1071 at Page 1196. TMS No. 233-00-02-029 Property Address: 3101Queen Chapel Road, Sumter, SC 29153.

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Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2012-CP-43-02315 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

James W. Stanley Jr.; Discount Homes, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: Discount Homes, Inc. 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, 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, South Carolina, 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by 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 South Carolina Code 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the attached 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 and Complaint attached hereto.

LIS PENDENS: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by James W. Stanley Jr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for 1st Choice Mortgage/Equity Corp. of Lexington dated March 19, 2007 and recorded on March 30, 2007 in Book 1071 at Page 1199 and rerecorded on April 12, 2007 in Book 1073, Page 1044, in the Sumter County Registry, hereinafter Mortgage. Thereafter the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any situate, lying, and being in the Township of Providence, and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Tract containing 5.00 acres, as shown on that certain boundary plat prepared for James W. Stanley, Sr., and

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 December 5, 2012 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC, Suzanne E. Brown, SC Bar No. 76440 J. Marshall Swails, SC Bar No. 79067 J. Martin Page, SC Bar No. 100200, 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, South Carolina 29210 (888) 726-9953 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1029031

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ABOVE: Sumter residents learn an African dance during the Sankofa Connection last year. BELOW: Dancers from Dreamworks Studio, shown performing at the 2012 Sankofa Connection festival, will be back for this year’s festival on April 6.

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com

THE SANKOFA CONNECTION 7TH ANNUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. • April 6 Mt. Pisgah AME Church 217 W. Bartlette St.,

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umter’s Sankofa Connection will present its 7th Annual Cultural Festival from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at Mt. Pisgah AME Church. The organization’s founder and the festival’s presenter and coordinator, Natalie Williams, said the festival has grown each year.

“We hold the festival to ‘promote cultural awareness and stimulate historical learning,’ which is our mission statement,” she said, adding that the word “sankofa” means “remembering the past to build the future.”

“It’s a word from the Akan tribe in Ghana,” Williams said.

She pointed out that the sankofa bird symbolizes that concept, often stated as “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.”

The mystical bird, while going forward, turns back its head to pick an egg off its back, the egg “symbolizing productivity,” Williams said.

While the cultural festival will follow the same basic format as in the past, and some of the performers are the same, there will be some new features this year.

“Our opening ceremony remains mostly the same,” Williams said. “We’ll start

(On the corner of Bartlette and Washington streets)

Contact: Natalie Williams at (803) 406-0832

ABOVE: From left, Suzette Francis and Lynette Moses perform the libation ceremony to honor their ancestors, an important element of the opening ceremonies at the festival. RIGHT: Natalie Williams is the founder and director of Sankofa Connection and the sponsor and organizer of the group’s annual cultural festival to be held on April 6 at Mt. Pisgah AME Church.

with a welcoming prayer, as usual, but then Selena Ruth Smith will sing the Sankofa song, which is new to us.”

Two members of Columbia’s Ibile Drummers will do a “drum call” to welcome the queens and then escort them in.

Among the queens are

Nefertiti (Egypt); Tiye (Egypt); the Candaces of Jerusalem, who ruled for 700 years and brought Christianity to Africa; Nzingha (Angola), Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh of Egypt; and Makeda, the queen of Sheba mentioned in The Song of Solomon.

“All will appear in authentic costume,” Williams said.

Williams will announce each queen as she enters.

“Each queen is carrying an item that goes on the altar,” she explained. “Makeda will be carrying the Mekeke, a straw mat, which symbolizes our tradition and foundation, and Hatshepsut will carry the unity cup to hold the water we use to pour the libations.

Nefertiti will carry the ankh, the Egyptian symbol for eternal life.

“The queens will set the altar for the libation ceremony, in which we honor our ancestors. The libation statement — Tamshi la tambiko — will be read, and the libation will be poured.”

Michelle Breaux will sing “The Presence of the Lord is Here,” praise dancers and the Ibile drummers will perform to end the opening ceremony.

Williams said the event is not just a celebration of African-American history and tradition, but an event to honor all cultures. She has engaged Thai and Philippine

dancers and invites members of Sumter’s Latino, Asian and other communities to attend.

Among the performers will be Dreamworks Dance Studio, the Crestwood High School band, poet William Nesmith and many more, Williams said.

Vendors and exhibitors will include the Sumter Fire Department, traditional quilter Mary McLeod, Patrice Cole with her handmade African dolls, Johnny Fulmore with a variety of items and food vendors Jesse Gant of Ultimate Gullah (Gullah food), Patina Calhoun, 5 C’s Catering, Kathryn Burns’ Dream Shack and others. Greek paraphernalia and traditional African attire will be available, and the S.C. State Museum will bring an exhibit.

Williams will teach a few Swahili words to the crowd, and Suzette Francis of the Ibile dancers will invite members of the audience to learn some traditional moves.

Williams said admission is free to the festival, and there is ample parking available.

The Sankofa Connection 7th Annual Cultural Festival will be held from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. April 16 at Mt. Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette St., on the corner of Bartlette and Washington streets. Bring a lawn chair.

For more information call Williams at (803) 406-0832.

Sumter native, professor and politician returns for book event

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com Sumter native Glen Browder will return to the city for an author/book event from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at Simpson’s Hardware on Wesmark Boulevard. He is promoting the new biography, “ProfessorPolitican: The Biography of Alabama Congressman Glen Browder,” by journalist Geni Certain, former editor of The Anniston Star and Talladega’s The Daily Home, both Alabama newspapers.

Professor emeritus of American Democracy at Jacksonville State University in Alabama, Browder has served as a U.S. congressman, Alabama secretary of state and an Alabama legislator.

He is also the author of two books, “The South’s New Racial Politics: Inside the Race

Game of Southern History” and “Stealth Reconstruction: An Untold Story of Racial Politics in Recent Southern History.”

In the former he discusses the way black and white politicians in the South today work together much differently than in the past. The latter volume examines how the BROWDER races sometimes collaborated before the civil rights era.

Both books have received praise from numerous critics and other readers.

Certain’s biography of Browder devotes the second chapter to his early years in Sumter, where he grew up poor, “on the wrong side of the tracks.”

Readers will recognize the

names of many of the pivotal figures in his life, from his parents Archie and Ila Browder and his stepfather, Charlton McLeod, to teachers Cassie Nicholes, Margaret Edens, Catharine Bass and Edmunds High School assistant principal Ethel Burnett.

Growing up, Browder worked several jobs — delivering newspapers and working in the grocery store owned by George Hinnant and Marion Shuler. Certain quotes him as saying, “Selling peanuts and fish bait, rounding up soft drink bottles and scrap iron, picking cotton, I did it all.”

Delivering papers led to his reading them and in the process learning about local, national and international news, all piquing his interest in government and human rights.

With scholarships and work study, Browder attended Pres-

byterian College, where he met his wife, the former Becky Moore.

Later, he taught courses in U.S. history and government at all levels, and his favorite, Southern politics. The book then chronicles Browder’s career and accomplishments in politics.

“Professor-Politician” is illustrated with photographs, several with his family and others at important events and with prominent national and world figures such as the late Gov. George Wallace, Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, NASCAR’s Davey Allison and former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev.

Browder said he will have books at Saturday’s event discounted to $15.95 for the occasion.

“I’m very excited about the

opportunity to do this event where I was born and grew up,” he said. “I will make a few remarks at the event, respond to questions and sign books.

“Most people in Sumter don’t remember me; but my family still lives in the Sumter/ Florence/Columbia area; and I have many friends in the older EHS crowd. I’m hopeful that local citizens might be curious about the ‘native Sumterite’ aspect; plus they may be interested in my political involvement in Washington and Alabama during the past few decades and my relationships over the years with historic figures like President Bill Clinton and Governor George Wallace.”

For more information about Glen Browder, his books and Certain’s biography, visit the NewSouth Books website, www.newsouthbooks.com.

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Keeping (mostly) the traditional glazed ham ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Who says the traditional Easter ham has to be traditional?

We understand that there is good reason for many traditions, particularly when it comes to food. After all, many food traditions earned their place because they are simply delicious. The glazed ham is a fine example. And that’s why we decided not to mess with that part of this spring staple.

We did, however, play around with what our ham is glazed with. We decided to ditch the orange marmalade, brown sugar, pineapple-cherry, and various clove-spiked glazing options. Instead, we took our inspiration from an Asian pantry staple — hoisin sauce. It comes ready-made by the jar, usually in the Asian food section of the grocer.

From there, we stirred in a few extras to jazz it up, then used it as a simple glaze. In keeping with the theme, we served the ham with a light slaw made from Napa cabbage and snow peas dressed with a light vinaigrette. While our ham was on the large size, if you don’t need one quite so big, you can always use any extra glaze as a sauce alongside the ham.

HOISIN-GLAZED HAM WITH NAPA CABBAGE-SNOW PEA SLAW

We know... Twenty-four servings is a lot. But Easter ham is like Thanksgiving turkey; you want ample leftovers.

So we went big to ensure you’ll have plenty to send home with guests, and still have more for sandwiches and soups the next few days.

Start to finish: 5 hours (30 minutes active)

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Hoisin-Glazed Ham with Napa Cabbage-Snow Pea Slaw takes tradition to a new level.

Servings: 24 For the ham: 10- to 12-pound bone-in ham 9.4-ounce jar hoisin sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons five-spice powder 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger For the slaw: 1 head Napa cabbage, thinly sliced 1 bunch scallions, trimmed and sliced 6 ounces snow peas (about 1 heaping cup)

2 tablespoons rice vinegar 2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as canola 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger 1 tablespoon sugar Pinch of salt Ground black pepper Heat the oven to 300 F. Fit a large roasting pan with a roasting rack.

Set the ham on the rack, then slice a hash pattern over the entire surface, cutting about 1/2 inch deep. Roast the ham for 1 hour.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl whisk together the hoisin, fivespice powder, red pepper

flakes, garlic powder and ginger. Once the ham has roasted for 1 hour, brush half of the glaze over the surface of the ham, being sure to get some of the glaze down into the checked slice marks. Roast for another hour, then brush the ham with the remaining glaze.

Continue roasting, monitoring the temperature and color.

Cook the ham until it reaches 160 F at the center, about another 2 hours. If the outside of the ham begins to get too dark, tent it with foil. Remove the ham from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.

While the ham bakes, prepare the slaw. In a large bowl, combine the Napa cabbage, scallions and snow peas. Cover with plastic wrap, then refrigerate until ready to serve.

When ready, in a small bowl whisk together the rice vinegar, oil, ginger, sugar and salt and pepper. Toss the slaw with the dressing just before serving.

Nutrition information per serving: 330 calories; 180 calories from fat (55 percent of total calories); 20 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 90 mg cholesterol; 10 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 26 g protein; 1720 mg sodium.

Give asparagus a crunchy bake-fried treatment J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor What I wanted? A simple recipe — any recipe, any trick, any technique — that would entice my 8-year-old son to embrace broccoli.

What I got? A simple recipe that ended up so good, so crispy, so delicious I no longer cared if he ate the broccoli (he did), because I wanted it all to myself.

And it was pathetically easy. I wanted something that accentuated, rather than masked, the flavor of the broccoli. I wanted something that appealed with both texture and taste. And that meant that as far as technique went, steaming and boiling were right out. We’d be doing some roasting or frying.

For inspiration, I considered the vegetable tempura served at Japanese restaurants. I liked the idea, but not all the fat (not to mention mess, trouble and time) that goes with the frying of it. So my goal was a crispy coated vegetable that cooked up without a lot of oil.

I started by cutting the broccoli into small florets. Small pieces not only cook faster, they also collectively provide more surface area.

And more surface area meant more coating and more crunch.

Since I wasn’t frying, my coating would need to be made from dry in-

gredients (traditional tempura coating is a pancake-like batter), and those ingredients would need some sort of glue if they were to stick to my florets. Eggs whites were an easy choice. I whisked a few (from a carton for ease) in a very large bowl.

Then I added my florets and used my hands to toss until thoroughly coated.

Onward to my dry coating. Breadcrumbs were an obvious choice, but I wanted something with more body and more flavor. After several attempts, almond flour (sold in the gluten-free and natural foods sections, or made at home by grinding almonds in the food processor) proved to be the best choice.

Once I’d seasoned my almond flour, it was just a matter of tossing the egg white-coated florets a few at a time in the almond mixture.

For even roasting on all sides of the florets, I set a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet, then arranged the florets on the rack. A quick roast at high heat resulted in deliciously crisp, savory and — dare I say — meaty broccoli.

But since we’re coming into spring, I wanted to see just how adaptable this recipe is.

Turns out it produces equally good crispy asparagus. Because asparagus is much smoother than brocco-

li, the coating doesn’t adhere quite as evenly, but it’s still delicious.

ALMOND-CRUSTED BAKE-FRIED ASPARAGUS

Start to finish: 35 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 6 6 egg whites 1 1/2 cups almond flour 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 2 teaspoons kosher salt 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 bunches asparagus, tough bottoms trimmed Heat the oven to 450 F. Set a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet.

Coat the rack with cooking spray.

In a very large bowl, whisk the egg whites until frothy. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix together the almond flour, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, salt and pepper.

Place the asparagus in the egg whites and gently roll or toss until all of the spears are coated and moistened.

A few spears at a time, transfer the asparagus to the almond flour mixture. Roll the spears in the mixture until evenly and well coated.

If needed, pat the coating on with your hands.

Arrange the coated spears on the prepared

rack. When all of the spears are on the rack, spritz them lightly with cooking spray.

Roast for 20 minutes, or until crispy and

lightly browned. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 190 calories; 110 calories from fat (58 percent of

total calories); 12 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 12 g protein; 700 mg sodium.

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Pan-Seared Pound Cake is easy Easter dessert

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press How do you make pound cake even more buttery and delicious?

Easy! Pan-sear slices of it with butter and sugar.

If you know how to make a grilled cheese, you can make this dessert, which is a perfect ending to an Easter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or any springtime â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dinner.

Pan-seared pound cake is decadent and rich, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve paired it with a fresh, minty fruit salad for balance.

Looking for even more indulgence?

Top the whole thing with whipped cream spiked with powdered sugar and orange liqueur.

Looking for a little less indulgence? Opt for banana bread instead of pound cake and top the fruit salad with a dollop of nonfat Greek yogurt.

PAN-SEARED POUND CAKE WITH MINTY FRUIT SALAD

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 8 2 tablespoons sugar, divided 3 navel oranges, peeled and segmented 1 cup blueberries 1 cup raspberries 1 cup quartered strawberries

1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint 8 thick slices purchased or homemade pound cake 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened In a medium bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of the sugar with the orange segments, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, lemon juice and mint. Stir gently, then set aside.

Spread both sides of each slice of the pound cake with a bit of the butter, lightly coating the surface. Use the remaining tablespoon of sugar to sprinkle over both sides of each slice.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium. Working in batches, toast the cake slices for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until golden and caramelized. Serve warm and topped with the fruit salad.

Nutrition information per serving: 340 calories; 150 calories from fat (44 percent of total calories); 17 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 165 mg cholesterol; 46 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 8 g sugar; 5 g protein; 280 mg sodium.

EDITORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTE: Alison Ladman is a recipe developer for the AP. Follow her on Twitter at https://twitter. com/CrustAndCrumbCo

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Pan-Seared Pound Cake is served with Minty Fruit Salad.

Š 2013 by Vicki Whiting, Editor

Jeff Schinkel, Graphics

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Buzz and Beeper have hidden eggs all over this page. How many eggs can you find?

Super Challenge: Can you find the two eggs that are exactly alike?

Standards Link: Visual discrimination.

Draw the missing parts of these funny egg faces. Add hair and hats and make them egg-ceptionally silly!

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Retro Cream Cheese Easter Mints are ready in 30 minutes.

Try a do-it-yourself cream cheese mint

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press A little retro and a whole lot of fun, cream cheese mints are the perfect way to keep little hands busy during Easter dinner preparations.

Make up the dough, then let the kids play around with different flavors and colors (or not, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to avoid pink and green hands). They also can form the mints in a variety of shapes. Consider making lemon mints, classic peppermints, or orange cream mints. You even could do mocha mints with coffee and chocolate extracts.

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The dough also can be mixed by hand; treat it as though you are kneading bread dough.

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Pinch off pieces of the dough and roll into 1-inch balls. Roll the balls in the superfine sugar. Press the pieces into candy molds or press with a fork or the bottom of a glass to make a decorative impression on the tops.

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Goodwill of Sumter will offer free tax services 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesdays and Thursdays through April 20 in the Job-Link Center of Goodwill, 1028 Broad St. For after hours or weekend appointments, call (803) 240-8355.

The Sumter County Library will hold eBook drop-ins 1:302:30 p.m. on the following Tuesdays: April 9 and May 7. Stop by the library, 111 N. Harvin St., during one of the drop-ins to learn how to check out eBooks for eReaders, tablets, smartphones, or other devices. Be sure to take your device and library card.

The Sumter County Education Association-Retired will meet at noon today at the North HOPE Center, North Main Street. All retired educators are invited to join. Call (803) 506-2832.

The Fine Arts Department of Clarendon School District 2 will sponsor its Annual Fine Arts Extravaganza at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at Weldon Auditorium. The program will feature musical performances from each school and art work will be on display in the gallery and front lobby of the auditorium. Admission is free.

The Sumter Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in the office of the Sumter County Historical Commission, 155 Haynsworth St. Dr. Paul Krohne, NAP / AIP, will present a PowerPoint on “Orderly Meetings Call for Knowing which Motions are in Order.”

Open to the public.

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The Morris College Gospel Choir’s Annual Spring Concert will be held at 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 28, at the Neal-Jones Auditorium.

The Sumter Tea Party will host Congressman Mick Mulvaney at its 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 28, meeting at the Elks Lodge, 1100 W. Liberty St. All are welcome to attend.

The Devine Sistas of Pretty Girls Rock will hold its 2nd Annual Easter Eggstravaganza at noon Saturday, March 30, at Swan Lake. Call (803) 4065917 or (803) 406-9621.

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ABC’s ‘Neighbors’ airs possible series finale

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The alien antics conclude on the season finale of “The Neighbors” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). Having recently attended a Broadway show, the gang takes the next logical step for ultimate tourists: a trip to Atlantic City. Frivolity comes to an abrupt end when they receive a call from their home planet.

Is it time to return to Zabvron? That appears to be up to ABC programmers, who have yet to renew or cancel this series.

Look for George Takei and Mark Hamill as familiar faces from home.

• Speaking of sitcoms with uncertain futures, “Whitney” (8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14) also ends its season tonight. In the season finale, Whitney catches her therapist doing something deeply disturbing and begins to question her professionalism.

• An old-fashioned soap opera in all the worst ways, the Canadian series “Bomb Girls” (8 p.m. and 9 p.m., Reelz, TV-PG) enters its second season. Set in a munitions factory during World War II, “Girls” features overlapping stories of high drama, including women worried about their men at the front, an out-ofwedlock pregnancy, a secretive lesbian worried about exposure and blackmail and a rich heiress “doing her part” for the war effort.

The stories might work if the dialogue wasn’t so jaw-drop-

ping and obvious and if “Girls” wasn’t staged as a series of musical fashion shoots interrupted by campy melodrama. Look for Meg Tilly in a starring role as a mother figure in more ways than one. “Girls” is best appreciated as a hoot — a stylish period piece misfire.

• The satirical IFC sketch show “Portlandia” stamped the city of Portland, Ore., with an attitude. Now, “The Real World” (10 p.m., MTV, TV-14), the great-granddaddy of all reality television, moves to Portland to partake in the city’s particular ambiance.

MTV promises nearimmediate romances; heated, jumping-onthe-couch arguments; psychological warfare; and a dog named Daisy. So it really doesn’t matter if things get “real” in Portland or Sheboygan, Wis. Help yourself.

• “Operation Repo” (10 p.m., truTV, TV-14) enters its 11th (!) season. How did I miss the first 10? Tonight: The shop opens up in Las Vegas.

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Finalists compete on a two-hour “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Molly Shannon

guest-stars as Frankie’s visiting sister on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• A killer targets Roy on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14).

• A media fixture discovers that she’s pregnant by her rapist on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A tiff between Claire and Cameron requires intervention on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• “NOVA” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG) examines Russian meteor strikes.

• A suspect evades capture on “Boston’s Finest” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• A minister is murdered at a gravesite on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• Grief descends after a failed rescue on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Rayna enters the talk show circuit to discuss divorce rumors on “Nashville” (10 p.m., ABC, TVPG). This is the first original episode to air since February.

• John scrambles to save Hicks on “Southland” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-MA).

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Series Notes A challenging attitude on “Survivor” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Multiple corpses show signs of ritual trauma on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * A new vampire killer emerges on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A port in the storm for Noah on “Suburgatory” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

Late Night Eva Mendes is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Seth Green, Charles

Phoenix and the Milk Carton Kids appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan and Rascal Flatts are booked on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!, r) * Carl Edgar Blake II sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Jay Leno welcomes Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Groban on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Bruce Willis, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Divine Fits appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Kathie Lee Gifford and Dido visit “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Don Rickles and Radha Mitchell on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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FAMILY FEATURES HAM, EGG AND CHEESE PIZZA

T

he ingredients for an easy weekend breakfast or a special Easter brunch may be in your pantry right now.

Holidays are the perfect time to sprinkle additional creativity or fresh new thinking into meals for family and friends and — by using staples like pancake mix, syrup and instant mashed potatoes in unexpected ways — you can craft new and delicious dishes sure to make everyone smile.

Try these recipes from Hungry Jack® using simple pantry staples, and turn them into what will become new brunch favorites: • Put a unique spin on brunch food with a savory Ham, Egg and Cheese Pizza.

• DIY Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches: You can assemble them for your guests, or get everyone involved by letting them build their own and add some custom touches like eggs, cheese or bacon.

• Combine sweet, spicy and smoky flavors for Spicy Candied Bacon, a definite crowd pleaser.

• Set out some flavored or Greek yogurt and a bowl of Good Morning Granola so guests can create their own breakfast parfaits.

For more creative recipes and ideas, visit www.hungryjack. com.

Yield: 8 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes

SPICY CANDIED BACON Yield: 6 slices Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes 1/2 pound extra-thick cut bacon, about 6 slices 1/4 cup Hungry Jack Original Syrup

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line 15 x 10-inch baking pan with foil. Lay bacon slices on foil.

Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until bacon edges begin to curl. Remove from oven. Tilt pan to drain. Pat bacon with paper towel. Combine syrup, cayenne pepper, cinnamon and pepper in small bowl. Drizzle evenly over bacon slices.

Bake 5 minutes or until evenly browned. Remove to wire rack. Cool 5 minutes.

Serving suggestion: Candied Bacon Breakfast Sandwich — Layer fried egg on English muffin. Top with shredded cheese, Spicy Candied Bacon and a dash of hot sauce or ketchup.

Top with other half of English muffin.

Crust: Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray 1 3/4 cups Hungry Jack Complete Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/3 cup water 2 tablespoons Crisco Pure Olive Oil Filling: 3 large eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh dill weed or 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup shredded Swiss or cheddar cheese 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onion 4 ounces thinly sliced deli-styled baked ham, coarsely chopped Fresh dill sprigs (optional) For crust: HEAT oven to 425 degrees. Coat 12-inch pizza pan with no-stick cooking spray.

Combine pancake mix, Parmesan cheese, dry mustard and onion powder in medium bowl, stirring until blended. Stir in water and olive oil until dough forms.

PRESS dough onto bottom of prepared pan to form a crust, building up outside edge to form a rim. Bake 7 minutes.

For filling: WHISK eggs, sour cream, Dijon mustard, dill and salt in medium bowl. Stir in cheese and green onions. Pour over hot crust, spreading evenly. Toss ham to separate pieces. Sprinkle evenly over egg mixture. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until egg mixture is set in center. Cool 5 minutes before cutting. Garnish with fresh dill, if desired.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST SANDWICH Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Pancakes: Crisco Original No-Stick Cooking Spray 3/4 cup Hungry Jack Complete Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix 1/3 cup water 1/4 cup Hungry Jack Original

Syrup 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese 1 cup frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed, chopped into bite-sized pieces 1/4 teaspoon salt

4 3-inch round sausage patties* Eggs: 1 tablespoon butter 1/3 cup diced red pepper 4 large eggs 1/8 teaspoon salt

For pancakes: COAT griddle or skillet with no-stick cooking spray. Heat griddle or skillet on medium heat (350 degrees).

WHISK pancake mix, water and syrup in medium bowl. Stir in cheese, potatoes and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook sausage patties as directed on package.

POUR 2 tablespoons batter on griddle, spreading batter to make a 3-inch circle or by using 3-inch pancake molds, coated with no-stick cooking spray. Repeat to make 7 more pancakes.

Cook 2 minutes or until golden brown. Turn. Cook second side 2 minutes.

For eggs: MELT butter in large skillet. Add red pepper. Cook and stir about 1 minute. Whisk eggs and salt in small bowl. Pour into skillet with peppers. Cook slightly, then shape into four 3-inch circles about the same size as the pancakes and sausage.

PLACE one pancake on plate. Top with cooked sausage patty, egg and another pancake to make breakfast sandwich. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 3 more sandwiches. *TIP: If using pre-made sausage patties, flatten slightly into 3-inch rounds, if necessary.

GOOD MORNING GRANOLA Yield: 5 cups Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats 1 cup sliced almonds 1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut (optional) 2 tablespoons wheat germ 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons Crisco Pure Vegetable Oil 1/2 cup Hungry Jack Sugar Free Breakfast Syrup 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup dried fruit, such as raisins, golden raisins, cherries or cranberries

HEAT oven to 350 degrees.

COMBINE oats, almonds, coconut, wheat germ, salt and cinnamon in large bowl.

Combine oil, syrup and brown sugar in another bowl. Pour over oat mixture. Toss until well coated. Spread evenly in 13 x 9-inch pan.

BAKE 30 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Cool completely. Stir in dried fruit. Store in airtight container at room temperature.