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POMC marks 1st anniversary Sumter chapter of Parents of Murdered Children continue to provide support to area community

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Debbie Floyd knows the significance that support plays in the grief process.

The 53-year-old Georgia native recently took over as chapter director for a national support group in her area that is designed to provide grief counseling for family members mourning lost loved ones.

Floyd is quite familiar with loss. It’s been little more than three years since she lost her son, TJ, who was fatally stabbed during a street robbery in a small town about 30 miles south of Savannah.

“I have people tell me every day that I’m strong,” she said. “But I tell them,

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Maggie Richardson, right, leads a prayer during anniversary ceremonies for the Sumter Parents of Murdered Children organization Friday evening at the Birnie Hope Center. Richardson, who lost her son to violence in 2000, found the Sumter chapter of the national support group last March.

‘No, I’m not strong. God’s strong.’ Because God has had to carry me every single day for the last three years.”

Floyd was one of several grieving mothers on hand Friday evening at the Birnie HOPE Center as the Sumter County chapter of the Parents of Murdered Children marked its one-year anniversary. She made the two-and-a-half hour drive from Savannah to surprise chapter president Maggie Richardson during the anniversary ceremonies.

“I was just so blown away,” said Richardson, who founded the Sumter group last March. “I was excited, I was overjoyed. It was a blessing, all the support from all the friends that were here. It

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Golfing in Dillon Park Bryan Butler throws his tee shot during the Disc Golf Tournament at Dillon Park on Saturday. See more photos on A3.

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Local schools take top spots in STEM video competition

Some ideas fly, others flounder in Air Force-Community Partners’ report

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Two local high schools took first and second place at the 2015 “This School’s Got STEM” statewide competition sponsored by Comporium, Inc. and presented by South Carolina Future Minds and STEM Centers S.C. Manning High School’s physics class won first place and two students from Lee Central High School took second in the video competition

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that attracted 24 entrants from across the state. The videos displayed various projects involving science, technology, engineering and math in public schools.

Tess Curry’s physics class at Manning High, “CurryLabs,” featured a video with students who were assigned a mission by “Secret Agent Williams” to design, build and test balloon-powered cars in order to

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Monday morning at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, project managers in the Air Force-Community Partners Program reported the results of their studies to the leadership committee, headed by Col. Stephen Jost, 20th Fighter Wing commander.

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The Air Force-Community Partners Program was initiated by the Air Force to increase cooperation between the Air Force base and local communities to leverage facilities and personnel to save costs, increase efficiency, and improve coordination between the military and local governments and organization.

In earlier meetings, initiatives were developed and teams formed to investigate which ideas would be feasible, which would need further effort and which could be abandoned.

Jost kicked off the meeting saying he hoped the process could lead to strengthened

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No injuries in crash involving school bus No one was hurt during a fender bender involving a school bus ferrying children to Millwood Elementary School on Monday morning.

The crash occurred about two blocks south of the school at the intersection of Pinewood Road and Oakland Avenue. A Jeep Cherokee collided with one of the school buses en route to Millwood, according to officials. Sumter School District spokeswoman Shelly Galloway said there were 12 students aboard the bus at the time, and none suffered any injuries.

Authorities from Sumter Police Department said the driver of the SUV ran through a stop light at the intersection and tried to avoid the bus but struck its bumper and overturned. The driver was reportedly cited for disregarding a traffic signal in connection with the incident.

Sumter man charged with burglary A Sumter man was arrested Sunday after reports he stormed into his neighbor’s home demanding money.

Mark Bean, 34, of 1227 Bradd St., was charged with first-degree burglary in connection to the incident.

According to a report from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a residence next door to Bean’s home about 2 a.m. Saturday after reports of a burglary in progress. The victims said a man was beating on their front door, and when they opened it, the suspect forced his way inside. The female victim said the man forced his way into the bedroom and said, “Give it up, where’s the money?” When she told him there was none, the suspect got up and went toward the living room of the residence, where he grabbed the woman’s purse and fled the house.

Both victims said they recognized the intruder as Bean, their next-door neighbor, and said he was carrying a hunting knife and wearing a brown mask over his face.

Amendments could help speed up downtown design review process

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

approved by the planning department, which will save time for property owners.

The major changes made to the reThe Sumter City and County Planview process is to allow the planning ning Department and the Historic department to make approvals for Preservation Design Review Commitsigns and exterior colors for buildings tee have worked together to create downtown and in the historic district. amendments to the city’s zoning and The amendments will allow the dedevelopment standards ordinances partment to approve: that could speed up some elements of • Signs with traditional or serif-style the design review process for downletters; town businesses and property owners • Signs with dark backgrounds and in the historic district.

The historic preservation committee lighter-colored lettering; and • Exterior paint colors that are semade a request to the city planning delected from the planning department partment to amend the city’s zoning and development standards ordinances and committee’s preferred color palette. to allow the department to make inAny signs that feature letters with house approvals on items that do not casual or mimicry font types or dark need intense review from the commitlettering on light-colored backgrounds tee. will still have to be reviewed by the Claudia Rainey, city senior planner, board because those designs could said many requests that go before the clash with the character of the historic board are for signs, but the amenddowntown. ments will allow the board to focus on To simplify the exterior color selecprojects that require more scrutiny, tion, the planning department and hissuch as the development of the hotel toric preservation committee chose a on Main Street. color palette that is specifically de“It’s really the meat and potatoes of signed for buildings in historic diswhat they do,” she said. tricts.

J. Grady Locklear, chairman of the The Valspar National Trust Historic committee, said some of the items for Colors palette will be the new standard review do not need to be brought before the committee but rather could be palette for the city, and colors chosen

from the palette will have not have to go before the board. Rainey said the color palette is very fitting for the downtown area because the National Trust for Historic Preservation is a nonprofit organization that focuses on preserving the character of historic areas across the country.

The new palette can be found at Lowe’s and Simpson’s Hardware, but Rainey said the colors do not have to be purchased from those two stores; the paint just needs to match colors from the palette. Colors that are not featured on the palette will have to be reviewed by the board.

Rainey hopes the amendments encourage people to bring their business to downtown Sumter.

Once the amendments have been accepted, planning department staff can approve signage designs and exterior colors for buildings leaving the committee free to focus on much larger project designs.

Locklear said the amendments will give the committee the opportunity to focus on exterior designs.

The amendments have been approved by the historic preservation committee and the city and county planning commission and will soon go before Sumter City Council for final approval.

Sing a little song Musician Becki McLeod gave a motivational speech and performed a few songs for students at Alice Drive Elementary School on Monday.

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Students encouraged to enter art contest High school students living in or attending school in the 5th Congressional District are eligible to compete in the annual Congressional Student Art Contest.

The winning pieces from each district are shipped to Washington, D.C., to hang for 11 months in the Cannon Tunnel, and they are viewed by thousands of visitors as well as congressional members. In June, a reception is held in Washington to honor the district winners.

The deadline to enter is 3 p.m. April 10. For more information, including rules and the entry form, go to www.5thdistrictart.com.

Unemployment rate dips in Sumter, Lee counties FROM STAFF REPORTS The unemployment rate gained ground in Lee and Sumter counties in February but slipped in Clarendon County, according to information released Friday from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.

Lee County unemployment dropped from 9.8 percent to 9.3 percent and Sumter County unemployment dropped from 7.6 percent to 7.5 percent from January to February.

Meanwhile, Clarendon County’s unemployment shot up from 8.8 percent to 9.1 percent during the same

time period.

Those percentages are all higher than the state average of 6.6 percent.

The available labor force for each county is: • Clarendon County — 13,048; • Lee County — 6,474; and • Sumter County — 44,373.

At the same time, all three counties’ unemployment numbers have increased when compared to a year ago. In February of 2014 the unemployment rates were Clarendon County — 7.8 percent; Lee County — 6.7 percent; and Sumter County — 5.9 percent.

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Tournament hopes to bring sport of disc golf to Sumter

Charlie Brutsch, above, putts from the rough into the hole during the Disc Golf Tournament at Dillon Park on Saturday. Golfers putt into a basket which has chains to stop the flight of the disc. A disc golfer’s bag, left, contains a variety of weights of discs to drive, chip, putt and compensate for winds.

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Scott Burns and Bryan Butler watch as Anthony Byrum tees off during the Disc Golf Tournament at Dillon Park on Saturday. Golfers played eighteen holes to compete for prizes and raise money to get a permanent disc golf course built at the park.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGE Corey Brown, 24, of 150 Carolina Ave., was arrested Friday morning in front of his residence and charged with driving under suspension, third offense. When police officers stopped the man, they reportedly found drug paraphernalia, 17 grams of suspected crack cocaine and small quantities of suspected marijuana during a search.

STOLEN PROPERTY Nine firearms of an undetermined value were reported stolen from a gun safe in the 2400 block of Desmond Drive at 1 p.m.

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A gas-powered generator valued at $350, two 19-inch flat-screen TVs valued at $100 apiece, a laptop computer valued at $400 and a desktop computer valued at $200 were reportedly stolen from a Dalzell home in the 4400 block of Cotton Acres Road before 9:30 p.m.

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A Minn Kota trolling motor valued at $500 was reported stolen from a yard in the 3500 block of Ramsey Road at 5:15 p.m. Saturday.

A 60-inch TV valued at $1,500 was reportedly stolen from a home in the 400 block of Highland Avenue between 6 p.m. Saturday and 9:20 p.m. Sunday.

A .22-caliber Winchester rifle valued at $250, three Buck knives valued at $50 each, personal checks and

binoculars valued at $100 were reportedly stolen from an apartment in the 200 block of Rast Street between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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Exercising critically ill patients may help speed recovery Physical therapist Katie Kellner helps patient Terry Culler do some exercises at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center on March 11. There’s increasing evidence that mild exercise may have its place even for the sickest ICU patients, and new animal research suggests it may target both muscles and lungs.

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON — The intensive care unit is a last frontier for physical therapy: It’s hard to exercise patients hooked to ventilators.

Some hospitals do manage to help critically ill patients stand or walk even if they’re tethered to life support. Now research that put sick mice on tiny treadmills shows why even a little activity may help speed recovery.

“I think we can do a better job of implementing early mobility therapies,” said Dr. D. Clark Files of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who led the research and whose hospital is trying to get more critically ill patients up, ventilator and all.

Hospitals have long nudged less critical patients out of bed to prevent their muscles from wasting away. But over the past several years, studies in ICUs have shown that some of the sickest of the sick also could benefit — getting out of intensive care sooner, with fewer complications — once it’s medically feasible for them to try.

This isn’t just passively changing a patient’s position.

It could involve helping them sit on the side of the bed, do arm exercises with an elastic band or in-bed cycling, even walk a bit with nurses holding all the tubes and wires. It takes extra staff, and especially for patients breathing through tubes down their throats, it isn’t clear how often it’s attempted outside specialized centers.

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At Wake Forest Baptist, a physical therapist helped Terry Culler, 54, do arm and leg exercises without dislodging his ventilator tubing, working up to the day he stood for the first time since developing respiratory failure about three weeks earlier. “I cheered, I was clapping,” his wife, Ruanne Culler of Lexington, North Carolina, said after two therapists and a nurse finally helped him to his feet.

Biologically, why could such mild activity help? Files focused on one especially deadly reason why people wind up on a ventilator: acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, the problem Terry Culler battled. It strikes about 200,000 Americans a year, usually after someone suffers serious injuries or another illness such as pneumonia; it can rapidly trigger respiratory failure.

Survivors suffer profound muscle weakness.

Files’ team injured the lungs of laboratory mice in a way that triggered ARDS. The animals, sick but still breathing on their own, walked or ran on

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a treadmill for a few minutes at a time during two days.

That short amount of exercise did more than counter wasting of the animals’ limbs.

It also slowed weakening of the diaphragm, used to breathe. And it tamped down a dangerous inflammatory process in the lungs that Files suspects fuels muscle damage on top of the wasting of enforced bed-rest.

“It’s not only putting a load on the legs,” Files explained.

“It’s something systemic.”

When certain white blood cells stick inside ARDS-affected lungs too long, they slow healing. The lungs of the exercised mice contained fewer of those cells — and their blood contained less of the protein that activates them, Files reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine this month.

Examining blood frozen from ARDS patients who had participated in an earlier Wake Forest Baptist study comparing early mobility to standard ICU care he found patients who had gotten a little

exercise harbored less of that protein.

The new research adds to the biologic rationale, but there’s already enough evidence supporting early mobility that families should ask whether their loved one is a candidate, said ICU specialist Dr. Catherine Hough of the University of Washington,

who wasn’t involved with Files’ study.

She’s surveying a sample of U.S. hospitals and finding variability in how often ICUs try, from those that help a majority of critically ill patients stand to others where no ventilated patients do. Obviously key is whether the patient can tolerate movement. But so is whether hospitals keep ventilated patients sedated despite research showing many don’t need to be, Hough said.

Back at Wake Forest Baptist, Terry Culler began the exercises when he was medically stable, and he scribbled notes saying he wanted to participate.

“It’s given him something to look forward to,” his wife said a few weeks before he was released from the hospital.

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How many state bugs and beans do we need?

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Maine celebrates its Whoopie pies. North Carolinians proudly dance their Shag. In Kansas, even dirt is official: Harney silt loam is the state soil.

So was it really out of line when a group of fourth-graders asked their lawmakers last month to make the redtailed hawk New Hampshire’s state raptor?

Some legislators insisted on shooting down the kids’ hawk idea to show they had more important work to do, only to be labeled insensitive bullies.

“We already have a state bird. But now do we need a state raptor? Isn’t that a bird?” said Rep. Christy Bartlett, a Democrat from Concord who accused her colleagues of caving to the kids.

Also raising eyebrows was the lesson Republican Rep. Warren Groen gave the kids when he said the hawk would make a better mascot for Planned Parenthood, since it rips its prey apart “limb by limb.”

More than 70 more state symbols have been proposed across the 50 states this year, many proposed by students.

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Flanked by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, left, and her mother, Amanda McConnell, Olivia address the crowd at the State House where her proposal to name the Columbian Mammoth the official state fossil was ceremoniously signed into law last year.

They would name everything from the official Alaska state hostess (Miss Alaska, duh!) to Wyoming’s official legendary creature, the jackalope. (Alas, the jackalope passed the House but died in the Senate.)

Massachusetts alone is considering nine symbol bills this year, including an official form of tai chi.

Sometimes, the kids learn civics.

Sometimes, it’s the lawmak-

ers who get schooled.

Last year, New Zion’s Olivia McConnell’s effort to name the Columbian Mammoth as South Carolina’s official fossil got held up by several lawmakers who wanted to declare that God made mammoths on Day Six. She stuck to her scientific principles until the fossil was recognized without the creation language last year.

In Boise, 14-year-old Ilah

Hickman lobbied since he was 9 on behalf of the Idaho Giant Salamander, only to be thwarted by lawmakers worried about protecting another species. The last doubters were outvoted last week, sending the bill to the governor for his signature.

New Hampshire already boasts — take a deep breath now — an official tree, bird, dog, animal, insect, amphibian, butterfly, saltwater fish, freshwater fish, rock, mineral, gem and tartan.

“We have to stop these and tell the teacher, ‘I know you want to mean well and you want to encourage your kids and you should, but you shouldn’t be taking up our precious time,’” said State Rep. John Burt. He hosts Hot Dog Day on the statehouse lawn to raise money for charity each year, and poked fun at himself by telling lawmakers they’d soon be picking an official state hot dog.

The raptor bill’s sponsor, Democrat Rep. Renny Cushing, later apologized to the students and teachers for his colleagues’ behavior.

“I told them it’s not always like this here ... that we’re re-

ally not as mean and cranky as we were that day,” Cushing said.

New Hampshire’s symbol list is far from the lengthiest: Oklahoma has 45, including five state foods, including the state bean, black eyed peas; and six separate meals — among them, chicken-fried steak. The mammoth gave South Carolina 51.

Whose idea was this, anyway?

According to State Symbols USA, the naming game started when a “National Garland of Flowers” created for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair inspired states to adopt official floral emblems.

High school social studies teacher Dave Alcox sympathizes with the lawmakers. He teaches civic engagement, and says it’s vital to get young people involved, but these bills can take time, so has kids invite lawmakers or the governor to speak to a class, or attend a forum with Supreme Court justices.

“You try to balance that ‘let’s have a teachable moment,’ versus ‘let’s not try to tie up too much time,’” he said.

German co-pilot was once treated for suicidal tendencies DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — How could someone once diagnosed with suicidal tendencies get a job as a commercial pilot, entrusted with the lives of hundreds of people? That’s the question being asked after officials confirmed Monday that Germanwings copilot Andreas Lubitz received lengthy psychotherapy before receiving his pilot’s license.

All 150 people on board were killed by what prosecutors think was a deliberate decision by Lubitz to slam the Airbus A320 he was flying from Barcelona to

Duesseldorf into a mountain in the French Alps last Tuesday.

Lufthansa, Germanwings’ parent company, declined to say whether it knew of Lubitz’s mental health problems. But it said the young pilot had passed all required medical checks since starting work for its subsidiary two years ago.

Prosecutors in Duesseldorf, where Lubitz had an apartment, said the psychotherapy occurred during an extended period before he received his pilot’s license and that medical records re-

ferred to “suicidal tendencies.” They provided no dates.

Lubitz started pilot training in 2008, though it’s unclear when he finished the at least three-year-long course and received his license. Lufthansa said he was certified to fly their aircraft in 2013.

The country’s aviation authority wouldn’t comment on Lubitz’s health, despite acknowledging last week that his record with the agency noted he needed “specific regular medical examination” beyond the annual checkup required of all pilots.

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The head of the German Aviation Medical Practitioners Association, the organization representing doctors who determine if pilots are medically fit to fly, said the standard medical evaluation would not have been able to determine if a pilot suffered from a serious mental illness.

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SHAW FROM PAGE A1 ties long after the meetings were done.

“Building these relationships will carry past the formal partnership,” he said.

As expected, some ideas that initially showed promise didn’t pan out.

An idea to share recycling responsibilities with the City of Sumter would cost more than it would save, the group was told.

And, Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker said the possibility of building a school on land across S.C. 441 from Shaw ran into several shortcomings, including the lot would not be big enough for a kindergarten-throughfifth-grade school, according to state standards.

Baker said pollution in the aquifer underneath the property should not be a problem as long as it is monitored, is not ongoing and does not increase, but he expressed concern about road acquisition and the cost of building the school.

Nicole Milligan from Sumter Chamber of Commerce said her team looked for ways to utilize the movie theater on base but said she received little feedback from the community that the theater could make money.

“We already have these facilities in the community which have not been operating to capacity,” she said.

Roy Edgar, Force Support Squadron deputy commander, told the group costs to upgrade the facility could near $500,000.

Just keeping it open costs more than $40,000 a year he said, and other facilities are available for on-base events, leading Jost to suggest it may be a candidate for demolition.

Efforts to increase awareness of educational opportunities in Sumter for base personnel and their families and to support cooperation between the base golf course and the community reportedly ran in to obstacles from Pentagon bureaucracy.

Jost expressed frustration to the Department of Defense employees who were on hand to facilitate the meeting.

“That really gets my blood pressure up,” he said. “They need to let local leaders make this happen.”

Other projects showed more positive results.

The idea of bringing in students who are near graduation from technical schools and colleges could lead to agreements “within days,” said Shaw Public Affairs Officer Rob Sexton.

The biggest obstacle would

be background checks, he said.

“Institutions would have to put forward candidates who can pass the background checks,” Sexton said.

Also coming together well is a proposal for closer cooperation between the base’s chaplains and chaplains at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, said base chaplain David Kelly.

A proposal to allow local law enforcement and Shaw to share firearm practice ranges is advancing, as well as efforts by the base’s marketing department to better inform base personnel of local events.

Although not among the original proposals, Lt. Col. Heather Perez, chief nurse for the 20th Medical Group, said cooperation with Tuomey to support each other’s continuing education looks like a promising way for both operations to keep staff members up to date on licensing and continuing education needs.

While some of the initiatives ran into difficulties, Force Support Commander John Thomas congratulated the presenters for their good effort and good research which can lead to greater understanding of what resources are needed to make the proposals work.

“Even if the problem looks harder, bumping into the ceilings gives us a sense of where to go next,” he said.

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Mining for tourists? A dubious economic savior SECO, Ky. (AP) — Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above — will help to draw visitors here.

Their Highland Winery — housed in the lovingly restored “company store” — pays tribute to coal-mining’s history here, as do their signature wines: Blood, Sweat and Tears.

“The Coal Miner’s Blood sells more than any of them,” Jack Looney says of the sweet red.

The couple have converted the store’s second and third floors into a bed and breakfast and restored a couple dozen of the old coal company houses as rentals.

Seco, like so many Central Appalachian communities, owes its existence to coal — its very name is an acronym for South East Coal Co. But as mining wanes, officials across the region are looking for something to replace traditional jobs and revenues.

In some of the poorest, most remote counties, about the only alternative people can come up with is tourism — eco-, adventure, or, as with the Looneys, historical and cultural. There are mining museums, festivals and wilderness adventures. Sub-regions have been rechristened with alluring names such as the Hatfield-McCoy Mountains or the PA Wilds.

Proponents point to the region’s assets, its natural beauty and its distinctive mountain character. But others note the paradoxes: Environmental

degradation alongside unspoiled areas, a history of poor education that for decades didn’t preclude highpaying jobs, an away-from-itall feel partly caused by a lack of good roads and other infrastructure.

For all but a lucky few places with both assets and access, recent studies and spending data suggest, tourism may be a dubious savior.

“It’s kind of really odd that economic practitioners push tourism to be a propulsive industry when it has such low wages,” said Suzanne Gallaway, an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sociologist Rebecca Scott, Tourists ride a rail car in the Portal 31 coal mine that has been turned into a tourist attraction in Lynch, author of a book on mounKentucky. As coal and other signature industries wane, officials across the region are looking for sometaintop removal in her native thing to replace those jobs and revenues.

West Virginia, said that state, the only one wholly included in the government’s definition of Appalachia, is “caught between the condition of being an extraction economy, a sacrifice zone, and yet having most of its sort of long-term successes in tourism being around nature-based tourism.”

Gallaway, who teaches at UNCG’s Bryan School for Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality, found that while tourism and hospitality accounted for 16 percent of all jobs in the region, those sectors produced just 7 percent of the wages.

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Parents of Murdered Children is a national organization designed to provide support and assistance for family members and friends affected by deadly violence. The network is specifically geared toward serving parents of murder victims, and it has more than 50 chapters in 25 states across the nation.

While the Midlands is a robust area for the group — with chapters in Co-

STEM FROM PAGE A1 solve a recent crime at a bank, according to the Monday news release.

The students created individual cars based on different physics concepts discussed during class. The only requirements for the cars were that they were compact, used cardboard for its wheels and were powered solely by a balloon.

The two Lee Central students explored basic statistics concepts by building a “Mystery Puzzle Cube.” Twenty-

lumbia and Sumter — Floyd said Georgia has a dearth. The Peach State has just one POMC chapter in Gwinnett County just outside of Atlanta.

The Sumter chapter represented the closest active branch of the national organization for Savannah residents. Floyd said she is working to start an active chapter in her hometown to alleviate that void and noted the need for such groups in her area.

“When you’re with those people who have dealt with the same thing, it bonds you, in a way, like none other,” she said of the group. “When I would say, ‘We’re about to go to court again,’ they got it. They knew. Other

seven small blocks were cut from an 8-foot long board.

The measurements of each block were recorded and used to determine the mean, range, mode and standard deviation of the set.

The students then created a five-piece 3-D puzzle set using the 27 blocks. The students will donate the blocks to Bishopville-Lee Daycare Center.

The Manning High students were seniors Leigh Fleming, Lyndsey Fralix, Caitlin Wimberly, Jazmine Fulmore, Jeffrey Brailsford,

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people who had not experienced that, they didn’t know what I was feeling.

They didn’t know how difficult that was to go to court and deal with that — to sit in the room with the murderer.”

Floyd met Richardson and Ann Mack, one of the other founding group members in Sumter County, during a leadership conference in Ohio last year. The three became quick friends, and Mack coordinated Floyd’s secret visit to Sumter to surprise Richardson during the festivities Friday.

About 50 people turned out for the celebration, which included dance routines, song performances and

Timothy Devitt, Darius Brown, Caleb Elms, Caleb Austin, Shana Dukes and junior Joshua Betrand.

The Lee Central High students were Dashaun Long and Tyrianna Johnson.

Votes for the best video were conducted on the “South Carolina Future Minds” Facebook page for about two weeks with voting ending Sunday.

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Floyd said members of the support group she attends are families of homicide victims. She noted the distinct connection between those mourners.

“It is different because of the climate,” she said. “There’s a whole lot that goes around a murder. You have a lot of unsolved cases, which brings a lot of anger. You have the courts system, which brings a lot of anger.

You have all of these things that people struggle through in the justice system.”

bia. Lee Central High will receive $250 for second place and Saluda Trail STEAM Middle School in Rock Hill will receive $100 for third place.

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THE SUMTER ITEM H.D. Osteen 1904-1987 The Item

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WELL-TRAINED FIRE DEPARTMENT USES WATER LADDER TO SAVES HOMES I would like to praise Sumter Fire Department for their service in saving my home last night. I was sure that my home and the Samuels’ home were going to be severely damaged, if not lost completely. However, your ladder shot water to the fire so effectively that neither home was damaged.

I am grateful that Sumter has such a welltrained fire department and a water ladder that can control the flow of water so effectively.

EVERETTE R. BROWN Grateful taxpayer Sumter

MONEY WON’T HELP UNLESS PARENTS CARE ABOUT THEIR CHILD’S EDUCATION I used my lighted, best magnifying glass to look at the bottom picture on page A1 of The Sumter Item for March 26. It looked like there were two white adults and four white children out of, I am guessing, 50 people. Besides being taught to juggle what else are these very young children being taught?

Then I started thinking about The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (justice.gov/crt/about/edu/types) Civil Rights Division Educational Opportunities. That led me to wonder what was the cost of busing, that was supposed to promote school desegregation. (law.jrank.org/pages/10024/school) I couldn’t find the cost, but I am sure that it was in the billions of dollars. I was under the impression that all of that was suppose to improve education for every child.

Has that happened in the last 50 years? Could I have been wrong and the plan all along was to destroy the educational system?

Now, we have advanced to an educational task force that is to answer for “the Legislature failing to ensure students receive ‘a minimally adequate education’ as mandated by a 1999 ruling that sent the case to trial.” (See front page of the March 27 paper.) The problem seems to be about “the disparity (between wealthy and poor school districts).” It seems to me that if schools declined when they were supposed to improve then it would make sense that taking money from wealthy school districts, to help poor districts, will only make every school district poorer in the long run.

Could the answer to this problem be in the article itself ? See the paragraph that starts “He also reported” and ends in the next paragraph with “single-parent homes with parents who did not finish high school.” Until parents care about their children’s education there is nothing that money, legislation or anything else will help. It doesn’t take money; it takes the student themselves wanting an education. It would also help for young ladies to wait to have children until they can afford to support the children they have.

JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

AN AMERICAN TRANSFORMATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL Let’s get started with a common-sense approach to help hard working patriotic citizens.

1. No income taxes. Eliminate the IRS. 2. Taxes shall be paid through a National Sales Tax. Any increase in the NST must be approved by a two-thirds vote in both houses.

3. Term limits for House Representatives or senators; No more than six years in D.C. 4. Balance budget, which includes paying down the national debt.

5. Strong national defense.

6. Personnel reductions. Any position and person with the term assistant, deputy, vice will be eliminated. Representatives and senators limited to five staff members.

7. All money bills in Congress must be approved

by Sept. 30 for the next fiscal year. If not, the next year’s total budget will be reduced by 10 percent.

8. All military engagements of any kind must be approved by Congress as an act of war.

9. English is the official language of the United States.

10. Education is a state and local community matter. Eliminate the Department of Education.

11. All federal judges shall have term limits of 12 years.

12. Secure the border.

13. Illegal immigrants may be granted limited temporary work permits. The host country shall reimburse the U.S. (States) for education and medical expenses. Not entitled to any federal benefits of any kind.

14. Reduce the United States contribution to the United Nations to no more than 5 percent.

15. Eliminate any federal organization that loans money to individuals, groups and companies of any kind, except the VA. 16. Every federal organization’s personnel shall be reduced by at least 50 percent, except defense, intelligence, investigative and law enforcement and not supplemented by contractor personnel.

17. No presidential directive of any kind can change laws. All laws shall be enforced as written.

18. Every citizen shall have the right to chose any type of health care they desire, from whomever they desire without penalty or tax.

19. The minimum wage shall be determined by states.

20. Any federal organization preparing rules to implement laws passed by Congress must first send them to Congress for approval.

21. Any representative or senator running for office shall be limited to $250,000 for that campaign.

This transformation is not Republican or Democratic but American.

DON DAMM Sumter

COMMENTARY

Everyone gets a vote Even if you live in a van down by the river

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f your house has no street number or name, please draw a map of where your house is located. Please include roads and landmarks.”

Those are the sentences located within section No. 12 of Alabama Voter Registration Form, the form each citizen must fill out before they are allowed to vote.

When this was brought to my attention a few days ago, my immediate reaction was to want to mock this mercilessly.

What sort of Ted Kaczynski wannabe would be so far “off the grid” that they wouldn’t have an address, the “street number or name.”

Maybe they were like Chris Farley’s failed motivational speaker Cliff character Matt Foley, spending McCollum their days “living in a van down by the river.”

Who doesn’t have an address these days?

I was ready to share this discovery with a friend of mine and share a good laugh with him about the silliness of such an option on a state-created form.

Instead, he looked it over and said “I don’t see anything wrong with this,” and proceeded to explain several ways in which an option for drawing such a map could prove helpful.

Some roads throughout the rural areas of the state aren’t paved or clearly marked, so a pictorial proof of residence could prove more effective.

There could, in fact, be some tar paper shackdweller somewhere who prefers his non-addressed abode and simply uses a post office box for his mail.

And, yes, even my go-to absurd answer of our friend living in the van down by the river was deconstructed as a worthy, legitimate voter himself.

All of those possible scenarios illustrate exam-

ples of people who are, despite their interesting living situations, legitimate voters.

And, not only that, but the map would allow county elections officials to accurately place these residents in their proper polling place for voting day (municipal, county or otherwise).

The man living in the Ford Aerostar parked down by the river might be in one district; his neighbor in the Winnebago could actually be in another. Since most voting districts nationwide look like something Jackson Pollack threw up on, this could easily be possible.

But, they do all reside within the state of Alabama and make some sort of living here.

They are guaranteed a right to vote as citizens of this state and this nation, and the map option on this form gives them the opportunity to register just the same as anyone else.

For so long, this state used extraordinary exclusionary measures to keep some of its citizens, namely the black ones, from registering to vote.

Now, with options like the “Map/Diagram” section, all Alabamians can register, regardless of their situations. All citizens have the right to participate in the political process, knowing their vote will matter and be counted, What seemed like absurdity or just another bureaucratic form running amok became a real-life example of our promise to provide equal opportunities for all.

Huzzah for that.

Cliff McCollum is an 80-year-old soul trapped in a 20-something body. He is an ordained minister and former community college professor who enjoys British literature and field herpetology. He spends his spare time trying to show Vegans and vegetarians the error of their ways. As managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. — he can be reached at cmccollum@gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

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

DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten P.O. Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home) SUMTER CITY COUNCIL MAYOR Joseph T. McElveen Jr. 20 Buford St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-0382 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com WARD 1 Thomas J. Lowery 829 Legare St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9298 tlowery@sumter-sc.com WARD 2 Ione Dwyer P.O. Box 1492 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 481-4284 idwyer@sumter-sc.com WARD 3 Calvin K. Hastie Sr. 810 S. Main St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 774-7776 chastie@sumter-sc.com WARD 4 Colleen Yates cyates@sumter-sc.com

WARD 5 Robert Galiano 608 Antlers Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 469-0005 bgaliano@sumter-sc.com WARD 6 David Merchant 26 Paisley Park Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-1086 dmerchant@sumter-sc.com STATE LAWMAKERS Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville District 50 420 S. Main St. Bishopville, SC 29010 (803) 484-6832 (home) (803) 734-2934 (Columbia) Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins District 70 P.O. Box 5 Hopkins, SC 29061 (803) 776-0353 (home) (803) 734-9142 (fax) (803) 734-2804 (Columbia) jn@schouse.org Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, D-Clarendon District 64 117 N. Brooks St. Manning, SC 29102 (803) 938-3087(home) (803) 212-6929 (Columbia)

Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter District 67 P.O. Box 580 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 778-2471 (business) (803) 778-1643 (fax) (803) 734-3042 (Columbia) murrellsmith@schouse.gov Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 (business) (803) 734-3102 (Columbia) Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 (803) 212-6148 (Columbia) Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 (home) (803) 212-6108 (Columbia) Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, D-Sumter District 35 P. O. Box 57, Sumter, 29151 (803) 775-1263 (business (803) 212-6132 (Columbia)

NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 531-A Oxford Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 327-1114 Rep. Jim Clyburn — 6th District 319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3315 1703 Gervais St. Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 799-1100 jclyburn@hr.house.gov Sen. Lindsey Graham 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5972 Midlands Regional Office 508 Hampton Street, Suite 202 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 933-0112 (main) Sen. Tim Scott 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 (202) 228-5143 (fax) 1301 Gervais St., Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 771-6112 (803) 771-6455 (fax)

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TV Land’s ‘Younger’ is devoid of wit, clever writing

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH People don’t watch pornography for the laughs. But the sensibility of that business has had a terrible effect on comedy.

Time was, the inability to engage in the blatantly obvious inspired good writers to minuets of innuendo and inference.

It used to be called wit. The freedom to show or discuss such matters has inspired too many to throw clever writing out the window.

We’re discussing “Younger” (10 p.m., TV Land, TV-14), the latest sitcom from producer Darren Starr (“Sex and the City”).

“Younger” offers viewers of a certain age a revenge fantasy of sorts. It follows the recently divorced, 40-year-old mother Liza (Sutton Foster) as she tries to re-enter the workforce.

Rebuffed as too old and out-oftouch by cruel 20-somethings just barely older than her daughter, Liza has a magical revelation when a Brooklyn hipster hits on her at trendy bar. She doesn’t look 40 and could pass for 26. She proceeds to do so and lands a publishing job right out of “The Devil Wears Prada.”

So far, so good. Her subterfuge and pop culture cluelessness offer plenty of fodder for comedy and misunderstanding. It’s just too bad that the writing is so often thoughtless and vulgar.

For starters, Liza is supposed to be a smart profession-

al, a former publishing executive with a grown daughter volunteering in India. So why is it news to her that Bombay is now called Mumbai? That makes no sense.

She may not know the members of One Direction or how to set up a Twitter feed, but she’s an educated, informed person. It’s the writers of this show who aren’t bright enough to distinguish between gossipy trivia and actual knowledge.

That’s a minor quibble compared to the show’s sensibility.

After a day at the office, Liza’s young colleague invites her for a session of krav maga, a popular form of martial arts fitness training. Not long ago, good sitcom writers might have mined great physical comedy gold from the sight of an older woman trying to keep up with supple 20-somethings.

Think of Lucy and Ethel, Mary and Rhoda, Patsy and Edina or Elaine Benes.

Instead, we cut right to the locker room, where Liza’s colleagues gasp in horror at the sight and style of her pubic hair.

Yes, we go there. And right away. That’s the sensibility at work in “Younger.” Call me old, older or old-fashioned. But I despise it.

• I’m no therapist, but I have to worry about whatever Fox executive decided to program “Last Man on Earth” and “Weird Loners” (9:30 p.m., TV-14) in quick succession. Both

“The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Schmidt’s mother brings a to-do list on “New Girl” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A hit-and-run driver had practice on “iZombie” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Prudence has advice on “One Big Happy” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

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Kelsey (Hilary Duff), left, gives Liza (Sutton Foster) a few tips about Empirical Press, the publishing firm where they work, on “Younger” premiering at 10 p.m. today on TV Land. shows exhibit a contrived dreariness.

There isn’t a single laugh in this comedy about eccentric singles (Becki Newton, Zachary Knighton, Meera Rohit Kumbhani and Nate Torrence) who band together in the New York City borough of Queens.

Not one. That said, it’s still less horrible than “One Big Happy.”

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Jessica’s old beau may have had another agenda on “Fresh Off the Boat” (8 p.m., ABC, TV14).

• Sam Neill stars in “The Dovekeepers” (9 p.m., CBS, TVPG), the four-hour 2015 minise-

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• Raylan and the marshals face a major threat on “Justified” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

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AROUND TOWN 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, The Clarendon County DemoApril 4, at Golden Corral. cratic Party will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, The Lincoln High School Presat Bassard’s Pond House, ervation Alumni Association Clarendon County Party to Victory Cel4162 Rev JW Carter Road, Democratic Class Competition Summerton. meet ebration will be held at 6 Clarendon School District One p.m. on Saturday, April 4, at the Lincoln High School will conduct free vision, heargym, Council Street. Entering, speech and developmentainment and refreshments tal screenings as part of a will be provided. The winchild find effort to identify ning “Bulldogs” for 2015 students with special will be announced. Donaneeds. Screenings will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at tion is $10 per person. Call the Summerton Early Child- James L. Green at (803) 9684173 or Hayes Baker at hood Center on the follow(803) 316-7695. ing Thursdays: April 9; and May 14. For more informaThe Clarendon Section of Nation, call Sadie Williams or tional Council of Negro Audrey Walters at (803) Women will meet at 5 p.m.

485-2325, extension 221. on Monday, April 6, at the Council of Aging, 206 S. The AARP Foundation VolunChurch St., Manning. teer Tax-Aide Program will offer free income tax assisThe Rembert Area Community tance for low-income or elder- Coalition will host a communily taxpayers. You will need: ty meeting and dialogue at 6 all tax forms and informap.m. on Monday, April 6, at tion; government-issued ID; Rembert-Rafting Creek Social Security card; all Community Center, 4050 W-2’s, 1099s and 1098s; and S.C. 261 N., Rembert. Meet supporting documents if city, county and state you plan to itemize. Assiselected officials and repretance will be available 9 sentatives. Information will a.m.-2 p.m. on Mondays be shared about proposed and Wednesdays through changes to government April 13 at The Spectrum structure and the water senior center, 1989 Durant system. Contact Dr. Juanita Lane. Call (803) 316-0772.

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Gaffney 73/48 Spartanburg 75/50

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Columbia 77/56

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Aiken 76/54

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Today: Partly sunny. High 72 to 76.

Wednesday: Some sun; pleasant. High 72 to 76.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Not everything will be crystal clear. Dig deep and find out what everyone wants. Listen and learn. Move in a direction that interests you. Don’t let mundane jobs take up all your time. Do something that appeals to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Present what you have to offer. The moves you make will help you get your way. A partner will show greater interest and contribute to something that means a lot to you.

A competitive challenge will end up in your favor.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t take your eye off the ball. As soon as you let down your guard, someone will step in and take over.

You have to use your imagination and stay ahead of any competition you face. Don’t give in to pressure.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do something to update your image or to make what you have to offer more appealing. Use your insight, knowledge and skills to get what you want. A self-confident attitude will lead to victory.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Emotions will surface, putting you in an awkward position. Look at the big picture and you’ll get a better idea what to do next. Love is highlighted, and making a romantic gesture will improve your personal life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be

tempted to take a risk or to get involved in something that will cause problems at home. Think before you take a leap of faith and follow someone who is offering something that sounds too good to be true.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A challenge will get you heading in a new direction. Consider ways that you can use your skills and talent to bring in extra cash. A partnership with someone with a lot to offer will result in greater cash flow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take on whatever comes your way.

Your ability to challenge and compete with anyone who tries to match what you have to offer will lead you to the winner’s circle.

Changes at home will be in your best interest.

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1-7-7 and 6-1-8

2-0-6-0 and 1-9-2-3

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Debra Riles shares a photo she took of some tulip tree flowers at Swan Lake.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put your money in a safe place. Build your assets and protect your possessions. Focus on self- and home improvements, not on trying to change others. Stick close to home and be conservative in your approach to helping others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take a look back, attend a reunion or just get together with someone you haven’t seen for a long time. Your memories will be a reminder of what you wanted to aspire to. It’s never too late to begin something new.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Focus on learning, sharing information and visiting people who can help you get ahead. Refrain from taking on too much or offering to help someone else when you should be trying to make your own dreams come true. Invest in your future.

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PREP BASEBALL

Gamecocks hold off West Florence

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com It wasn’t the deciding game of a state championship, but Sumter High School head baseball coach Brooks Shumake was making moves like it was in the Gamecocks’ Region VI-4A title game with West Florence on Monday.

Trying to remain within a game of first place Socastee,

Shumake used six different pitchers – if you count sending Edison Aldridge to the mound twice – to pull out a 5-4 victory at Gamecock Field.

SHS improved to 7-5 overall, but more importantly, 4-1 in the region. Socastee was 4-0 heading into region play this week.

“The region games are like that to me,” Shumake said when asked if he was manag-

ing like the seventh game of the World Series.

“They are so important.”

Sumter took a SHUMAKE 5-3 lead into the seventh inning when Shumake was at his best making moves.

The right-handed Aldridge was starting his second complete inning when Grayson

Cottingham reached on an error by shortstop Javon Martin. Benj Jones followed with a single, causing Shumake to bring James Barnes to the mound, but not for the reason one might expect.

“We did that so we could put Aldridge at third base (for a possible sacrifice bunt scenario),” Shumake said. “We wanted someone more athletic at third to make that play if

we needed it.”

The Knights, who fell to 6-6 and 1-4, had Brennon Herndon swing away on the first pitch before putting down a bunt on the next pitch. Aldridge threw him out at first as the runners moved into scoring position with one out.

Shumake moved Aldridge back to the mound after that

SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B2

USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

NASCAR

Final(ly) Four real

Hamlin holds off Keselowski at Martinsville for 25th Cup win

Mitchell helps Carolina claim spot in Tampa

BY HANK KURZ JR. The Associated Press

BY JOEDY MCCREARY The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Someday, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley will eventually rename a play after star guard Tiffany Mitchell.

But the Gamecocks aren’t changing anything just yet.

They might have to run it again — at their first Final Four.

Mitchell scored 21 points and made all the key plays down the stretch to help South Carolina beat Florida State 80-74 on Sunday in the Greensboro Regional final.

Mitchell reeled off seven consecutive points, putting the Gamecocks ahead to stay and then extending that lead to five points by hitting a 3-pointer on the play that Staley says will someday be called “Mitch.”

“Tiffany Mitchell is the person we want the ball in her hands when we need a basket,” Staley said.

Alaina Coates, the regional’s most outstanding player, finished with 14 points, A’ja Wilson added 10 and Asia Dozier hit four free throws in the final 20 seconds for the topseeded Gamecocks (34-2).

Playing from behind for most of the day, they shot 61 percent while rallying to win their seventh straight and keep the best season in school history going.

Next stop: Tampa, Florida, to face the Oklahoma City Regional winner on April 5.

“It put South Carolina on the map,” Staley said. “The regular season that we had, the success that we’ve had in (the Southeastern) Conference, when you

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina’s Tiffany Mitchell (25) battles Florida State’s Brittany Brown for a rebound during the Gamecocks’ 80-74 victory in an NCAA Tournament regional final game on Sunday in Greensboro, N.C. Mitchell scored 21 points and hit a key 3-pointer down the stretch to send USC to its first ever SEE MITCHELL, PAGE B3 Final Four.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Denny Hamlin just needed a visit to Martinsville Speedway to get his racing team back on track.

Now, with his spot in NASCAR’s Chase for the championship virtually assured, they can work to make it better.

Hamlin passed teammate Matt Kenseth for the lead with 28 laps to go Sunday and HAMLIN ended Toyota’s 32-race winless streak in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. It was his fifth victory on NASCAR’s oldest, KESELOWSKI smallest circuit.

“We had a very fast car, but obviously some pit road issues, but we overcame it,” Hamlin said after his 25th career victory, which was helped along by a serious blunder that took four-time champion Jeff Gordon out of contention late.

Hamlin’s pit crew, unlike Gordon, made their mistake early enough in the race to recover. Before the event was 200 laps old, Hamlin was penalized when his crew failed to control a tire on pit road. It dropped him from the lead to 22nd place.

He was back in the top 10 by the midpoint, and stalking the leaders shortly thereafter.

“The last 60, 70 laps played out how they needed to play out for us to win today,” Hamlin said.

Hamlin also held off a fivelap, bumper-to-tail challenge from Brad Keselowski at the

SEE MARTINSVILLE, PAGE B5

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Wisconsin’s Kaminsky, Blue Devils’ Okafor head All-America team

BY JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press Frank Kaminsky and Jahlil Okafor are as different as stories can be in college basketball. The two, however, have a lot in common — both are in the Final Four and both were the top selections on The Associated Press’ 2014-15 AllAmerica team.

Kaminsky, the 7-foot senior from Wisconsin, was a unanimous choice Monday. Okafor, the 6-11 freshman from Duke, AP PHOTOS received all but one first-team Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky, left, and Duke’s Jahlil Okafor, right, are both members of the All-Amer- vote.

Notre Dame senior Jerian ican first team along with Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant, Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein and Ohio State’s Grant, Kentucky junior Willie D’Angelo Russell.

Cauley-Stein and Ohio State freshman D’Angelo Russell rounded out the first team.

Kaminsky worked his to the top by improving through four seasons in college. Okafor arrived with all the laurels out of high school and immediate talk about leaving for the NBA. “Not to be overly patriotic, but we’re an American story, that you can do that in this kind of a system,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. “Sometimes where it looks like the privileged, the ones that are identified as being great

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TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

9 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Washington vs. St. Louis from Jupiter, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

10 a.m. – College Football: Florida State Pro Day from Tallahassee, Fla. (ESPNU).

11 a.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies European Tour Lalla Meryem Cup Third Round from Agadir, Morocco (GOLF).

Noon – International Soccer: United State vs. Switzerland from Zurich, Switzerland (FOX SPORTS 1).

1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota from Fort Myers, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: European Championship Qualifying Match from Jerusalem – Belgium vs.

Israel (FOX SPORTS 1).

3 p.m. – High School Basketball: McDonald’s All-American Scrimmage from Chicago (ESPNU).

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

Oakland from Tempe, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

6 p.m. – College Swimming: NCAA Women’s Championships from Greensboro, N.C. (ESPNU).

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: CollegeInsider.Com Tournament Semifinal Game – Tennessee-Martin at Evansville (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament Semifinal Game from New York – Miami vs.

Temple (ESPN).

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

7 p.m. – College Baseball: Georgia Tech at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Baseball: South Carolina at The Citadel (WNKT-FM 107.5).

7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Houston at Baylor (SPORTSOUTH).

8 p.m. – College Bowling: Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships from Arlington, Texas (ESPNU).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Imia (TNT).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: CollegeInsider.Com Tournament Semifinal Game – New Jersey Institute of Technology at Northern Arizona (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament Semifinal Game from New York – Old Dominion vs. Stanford (ESPN).

9 p.m. – International Soccer: Paraguay vs. Mexico from Kansas City, Mo. (ESPN2, UNIVISION).

10 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Kansas City vs. San Diego from Peoria, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at Los Angeles Clippers (TNT).

2 a.m. – NHL Hockey: Vancouver at Nashville (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

GOLF The Associated Press VALERO TEXAS OPEN PAR SCORES

Sunday At TPC San Antonio, Oaks Course San Antonio Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Final Jimmy Walker (500), $1,116,000 71-67-69-70—277 -11 Jordan Spieth (300), $669,600 71-69-71-70—281 -7 Billy Horschel (190), $421,600 72-70-71-71—284 -4 Chesson Hadley (123), $272,800 71-72-71-71—285 -3 Daniel Summerhays (123), $272,800 71-73-72-69—285 -3

KIA CLASSIC PAR SCORES

Sunday At Aviara Golf Club Course Carlsbad, Calif.

Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 6,593; Par: 72 Final Cristie Kerr, $255,000 67-68-68-65—268 Mirim Lee, $156,242 65-69-66-70—270 Lydia Ko, $113,342 67-70-67-67—271 Alison Lee, $87,679 69-66-66-71—272

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MISSISSIPPI GULF RESORT CLASSIC PAR SCORES

Sunday At Fallen Oak Biloxi, Miss.

Purse: $1.6 million Yardage: 7,088; Par: 72 Final David Frost (240), $240,000 68-70-68—206 -10 Tom Lehman (128), $128,000 71-66-70—207 -9 Kevin Sutherland (128), $128,000 68-67-72—207 -9 Joe Durant (95), $95,200 67-72-69—208 -8

MLB SPRING TRAINING

By The Associated Press

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

W 18 16 13 15 15 13 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 10

L 9 10 10 12 12 11 9 11 13 15 16 15 14 14 16

Pct .667 .615 .565 .556 .556 .542 .526 .500 .458 .423 .407 .400 .391 .391 .385

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct Los Angeles 15 8 .652 New York 16 11 .593 Cincinnati 13 10 .565 Pittsburgh 13 10 .565 San Diego 14 11 .560 Colorado 15 12 .556 St. Louis 11 10 .524 Miami 12 11 .522 Arizona 14 13 .519 Atlanta 12 14 .462 Milwaukee 11 13 .458 Washington 10 12 .455 Chicago 12 15 .444 Philadelphia 11 14 .440 San Francisco 9 19 .321 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 4, tie Minnesota 6, Baltimore (ss) 5 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 2 N.Y. Yankees 7, Houston 0 Washington 11, Miami 7 Baltimore (ss) 4, Toronto 2 Cincinnati 8, L.A. Angels 6 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 1 Oakland 7, Milwaukee 0 San Francisco 11, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 9 L.A. Dodgers (ss) 10, Texas 5 San Diego 8, Seattle 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Kansas City 0 Colorado 11, Arizona 10, 10 innings Colorado 2, Arizona 1

TODAY’S GAMES

Boston vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

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

N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera,

Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

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

Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Texas (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Oakland vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Houston vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W y-Toronto 43 Brooklyn 32 Boston 32 Philadelphia 18 New York 14 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W z-Atlanta 55 Washington 41 Miami 34 Charlotte 31 Orlando 22 CENTRAL DIVISION W x-Cleveland 48 x-Chicago 45 Milwaukee 36 Indiana 32 Detroit 28

L 30 40 41 56 60

Pct .589 .444 .438 .243 .189

GB – 101/2 11 251/2 291/2

L 18 33 39 41 52

Pct .753 .554 .466 .431 .297

GB – 141/2 21 231/2 331/2

L 27 29 37 41 45

Pct .640 .608 .493 .438 .384

GB – 21/2 11 15 19

Pct .685 .676 .644 .608 .534

GB – 1/2 3 51/2 11

Pct .653 .568 .438 .378 .219

GB – 6 151/2 20 311/2

Pct .822 .662 .514 .361 .264

GB – 111/2 221/2 331/2 401/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L x-Houston 50 23 x-Memphis 50 24 San Antonio 47 26 Dallas 45 29 New Orleans 39 34 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Portland 47 25 Oklahoma City 42 32 Utah 32 41 Denver 28 46 Minnesota 16 57 PACIFIC DIVISION W L z-Golden State 60 13 x-L.A. Clippers 49 25 Phoenix 38 36 Sacramento 26 46 L.A. Lakers 19 53 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Houston 99, Washington 91 Brooklyn 107, L.A. Lakers 99 New Orleans 110, Minnesota 88 Cleveland 87, Philadelphia 86 Miami 109, Detroit 102 L.A. Clippers 119, Boston 106 San Antonio 103, Memphis 89 Indiana 104, Dallas 99 Oklahoma City 109, Phoenix 97

THE SUMTER ITEM

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Baseball Marlboro County at Lakewood, 6:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Kingstree, 5:30 p.m.

East Clarendon vs. Battlefield, Va., in Mingo Bay Spring Break Tournament (at Myrtle Beach High School), noon Wilson Hall in A.C. Flora Tournament, TBA Providence Athletic Club at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m.

Robert E. Lee vs. Falls Church, Va., in Spring Break Tournament (at St. James High School in Myrtle Beach), noon Junior Varsity Baseball South Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Varsity Boys Golf Sumter Anderson Brothers Tournament (in Florence), TBA

Trinity-Byrnes at Thomas Sumter (at Beech Creek Golf Club), 3:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer Lake City at Lakewood, 7 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at The King’s Academy, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Thomas Sumter at The King’s Academy, 4 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer Lake City at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Softball Crestwood at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Kingstree, 5:30 p.m.

Orangeburg Prep at Clarendon Hall, 6:30 p.m.

Sumter Christian at Orangeburg Christian, 4 p.m.

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

Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Orangeburg Prep at Clarendon Hall, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Varsity Baseball Sumter at South Florence, 6:30 p.m.

East Clarendon vs. Myrtle Beach in Mingo Bay Spring Break Tournament (at Myrtle Beach High School), 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall in A.C. Flora Tournament, TBA Thomas Sumter at Gray Collegiate Academy, 5 p.m.

Robert E. Lee vs. St. Albans, W.Va., in Spring Break Tournament (at St. James High School in Myrtle Beach), 11 a.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Lakewood at Crestwood, 6:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer

South Florence at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Lake City at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer South Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer South Florence at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Lake City at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Soccer Sumter at South Florence, 6 p.m.

Varsity Softball Sumter at South Florence, 6:30 p.m.

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

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

Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4 p.m.

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

Salzer wins invitational tourney JACKSONVILLE, N.C.— Wilson Hall’s Christian Salzer played steady golf, shooting a pair of 1 over par, 73s on Saturday and Sunday to capture the 7th Jimmy Anderson Boys’ Invitational at Jacksonville Country Club.

Salzer started Sunday’s second round two shots behind first-round leader Davis Richards of China Grove, N.C. A first hole bogey seemed to settle the nerves as Salzer went on to birdie holes 3, 5 and 7 for a 2 under 34 on his outward nine.

After bogeys on 11 and 12, Salzer was at risk of shooting himself out of the tournament. He steadied his play and went on to top Richards by one stroke.

VARSITY TENNIS WILSON HALL 8 MARLBORO 1

Wilson Hall remained undefeated on the season with an 8-1 victory over Marlboro Academy on Monday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

The Barons are now 8-0.

SINGLES 1 – Brown (WH) defeated Raybon 6-0, 6-0.

2 – Davis (WH) defeated Harrison 6-0, 6-0.

3 – Hendrix (WH) defeated Odom 6-0, 6-1.

4 – Stover (WH) defeated Stromberg 6-0, 6-1.

5 – Thompson (WH) defeated Covington 6-0, 6-1.

6 – Stone (WH) defeated Powers 6-1, 6-2.

DOUBLES 1 – Stover/Hendrix (WH) defeated Raybon/Harrison 8-0.

2 – Coulter/C. Kellogg (WH) defeated Odom/Powers 8-5.

3 – Stromberg/Burroughs (M) defeated D. Kellogg/Whitaker 8-3.

VARSITY SOCCER WILSON HALL 3 THOMAS SUMTER 0 David Tussey had 15 saves in goal as Wilson Hall defeated Thomas Sumter Academy 3-0 on Monday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Jake Croft had one goal

and two assists for the Barons, who improved to 8-0.

Michael Lowery scored two goals.

JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER WILSON HALL 3 THOMAS SUMTER 1 Wilson Hall improved to 5-4-1 with a 3-1 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy on Monday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Josh Easler had a corner kick for a goal, while Mills Herlong and Frampton Macloskie also scored goals.

JV BASEBALL MARLBORO COUNTY 10 LAKEWOOD 0 BENNETTSVILLE – Lakewood High School lost to Marlboro County 10-0 on Monday at the Marlboro field.

AC McKinnon had two hits for the Gators.

TODAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Montreal 76 47 21 8 102 200 169 Tampa Bay 76 46 23 7 99 244 198 Detroit 75 40 23 12 92 220 206 Boston 76 38 25 13 89 201 196 Ottawa 75 37 26 12 86 218 203 Florida 76 35 26 15 85 190 207 Toronto 76 28 42 6 62 198 244 Buffalo 75 20 47 8 48 144 254 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-N.Y. Rangers 7547 21 7 101 228 177 Pittsburgh 76 42 23 11 95 210 190 N.Y. Islanders 77 45 27 5 95 235 215 Washington 76 41 25 10 92 223 188 Philadelphia 76 30 29 17 77 198 219 Columbus 75 36 35 4 76 207 232 New Jersey 76 31 33 12 74 168 194 Carolina 75 28 36 11 67 174 204

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION x-Nashville St. Louis Chicago Minnesota Winnipeg Dallas Colorado PACIFIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA 77 47 22 8 102 220 188 75 46 22 7 99 228 186 75 45 24 6 96 213 175 76 44 25 7 95 219 186 76 39 25 12 90 215 201 76 37 29 10 84 236 243 75 35 28 12 82 205 209

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 78 49 22 7 105 227 216 Vancouver 75 43 27 5 91 215 203 Calgary 76 41 28 7 89 224 201 Los Angeles 75 37 24 14 88 200 188 San Jose 76 37 30 9 83 212 215 Edmonton 75 22 40 13 57 181 254 Arizona 76 23 45 8 54 160 252 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2, SO Washington 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Florida 4, Ottawa 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Detroit Boston 2, Carolina 1, OT Calgary 5, Nashville 2 Anaheim 2, New Jersey 1 Chicago 4, Winnipeg 3

TODAY’S GAMES

Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

SHS’ Davis solid in Carolinas Classic MYRTLE BEACH – Sumter High School’s Nijah Davis had a solid game for the South Carolina Select team in its 66-60 loss to North Carolina in the Carolinas All Star Basketball Classic on Saturday.

Davis scored seven points, going 3-for-8 from the field, including 1-for-3 from 3-point range. She grabbed a team high seven rebounds

and had a team high two assists to go with one steal.

JV SOFTBALL WILSON HALL 13 CAROLINA 7 LAKE CITY – Wilson Hall defeated Carolina Academy 13-7 on Monday at the Carolina field.

Madison Elmore was the winning pitcher and also

GAMECOCKS FROM PAGE B1 batter. “We felt like he was throwing the ball really well,” Shumake said. “We just wanted him back in there at that point.”

Aldridge got Cal Butler to hit a grounder to Martin at short, but he short-hopped the throw for an error. That allowed Cottingham to score to make it 5-4 and leave runners on the corners with one out.

Aldridge struck out Noah Mathews for the second out and got Jack Henry Beasley to fly out to Jordan Holladay in right for the final out.

Aldridge got the save, working 2 2/3 innings and allowing no earned runs. Holladay, the third Sumter pitcher, got the win.

He pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowing just one run.

WF took a 2-0 lead in the second against Gamecock starting pitcher Chris Crawford.

Herndon reached on an error to start the inning, Mathews drew a 1-out walk and Beasley singled to load the bases. Herndon scored on a fielder’s choice Jake Swartz and Mathews came in on infield single by Blake

went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double, two runs scored and a run batted in. Kinsley Waynick had three hits, including a double, and three RBI, while Becca Cromer had three hits, two runs and an RBI. Andie Grae Wingate and Carly Allred both had two hits, two runs and an RBI. Camryn Bateman had a triple and three RBI.

Robinson.

Crawford didn’t make it out of the second, but he got SHS back in the game in the third. After Martin led off with a double against West Florence starter William Goodwin, Crawford hit a shot over the left field fence for a 2-run home run to make it 2-2.

Sumter went up 4-2 in the fourth. Brandon Spittle and Reece Hankins singled. Donnie Brownlee put down a fast-moving bunt that Robinson, the third baseman, threw away.

Spittle and courtesy runner Dante Hartman came all the way around to score.

The Knights got a run back in the top of the fifth to make it 4-3. However, Holladay smacked a solo home run to push the margin back to two.

“We didn’t play good on defense tonight,” said Shumake, whose team committed six errors. “We got the long ball tonight from Crawford and Holladay and that was big.”

Holladay, Spittle and Hankins each had two hits for the Gamecocks, who finished with nine.

Robinson had three hits to lead West Florence.

Good Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT

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WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP ALBANY REGIONAL

Regional Semifinals At Albany, N.Y. Saturday, March 28 UConn 105, Texas 54 Dayton 82, Louisville 66 Regional Championship Monday, March 30 UConn (35-1) vs. Dayton (28-6), 7 p.m.

SPOKANE REGIONAL

Regional Semifinals At Spokane, Wash.

Saturday, March 28 Maryland 65, Duke 55 Tennessee 73, Gonzaga 69, OT

Regional Championship Monday, March 30 Maryland (33-2) vs. Tennessee (305), 9 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL

Regional Semifinals At Oklahoma City Friday, March 27 Baylor 81, Iowa 66 Notre Dame 81, Stanford 60 Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Notre Dame 77, Baylor 68

GREENSBORO REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Greensboro, N.C. Friday, March 27

MITCHELL FROM PAGE B1

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Connecticut‘s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (23) shoots over Dayton’s Andrea Hoover (24) during the Huskies’ 91-70 victory in the women’s NCAA tournament regional final game on Monday in Albany, N.Y.

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hurdle over being a regional champion and going to the Final Four, it puts your name in history. So it was a history-making game for us.”

Leticia Romero scored 13 points and Brittany Brown had 12 for the second-seeded Seminoles (32-5). The best season in program history ended after they set the school record for wins and reached their first Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

“Of course, we fell short of our goals, but we made history,” Brown said. “I will remember this forever.”

There were five ties and seven lead changes in the final 10-plus minutes. The last came when Mitchell’s drive made it 69-67 with just under 2 minutes left.

The Gamecocks forced Brown to miss a jumper be-

South Carolina 67, North Carolina 65 Florida State 66, Arizona State 65 Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 South Carolina 80, Florida State 74

FINAL FOUR

At Tampa, Fla. National Semifinals Sunday, April 5 Albany Champion vs. Spokane champion, TBA Notre Dame (35-2) vs. South Carolina (34-2), TBA National Championship Tuesday, April 7 Semifinal winners

SOUTH CAROLINA 80, FLORIDA STATE 74 FLORIDA ST. (32-5) Slaughter 1-4 6-8 8, Bulgak 4-8 1-2 11, Romero 5-14 3-5 13, Brown 5-11 0-0 12, Conwright 2-5 2-2 7, Jones 1-4 2-2 5, Bingley 3-6 0-0 8, Thomas 3-5 2-2 8, Richardson 1-2 0-0 2, James 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-59 16-21 74.

SOUTH CAROLINA (34-2) Welch 3-7 1-2 7, Ibiam 2-3 0-0 4, Sessions 1-2 2-4 4, Mitchell 8-14 4-5 21, Dozier 0-1 4-4 4, Cuevas 4-6 1-2 9, Gaines 2-2 0-0 4, Wilson 3-6 4-5 10, Roy 1-2 0-0 3, Coates 6-6 2-5

fore Mitchell put them up by five with a corner 3-pointer with about 1:15 remaining.

Maegan Conwright pulled Florida State to 72-69 with two free throws with 58.3 seconds left. Mitchell then got the rebound of her missed jumper in the lane, drew a foul and hit both free throws with 27.9 seconds left to restore the Gamecocks’ five-point lead.

Dozier’s free throws each came immediately after Florida State pulled within two points, and Khadijah Sessions stole the ball from Conwright and hit a layup at the buzzer to make it a

14. Totals 30-49 18-27 80.

Halftime_Florida St. 41-38. 3-Point Goals_Florida St. 8-16 (Bingley 2-2, Brown 2-4, Bulgak 2-5, Conwright 1-1, Jones 1-2, Romero 0-2), SouthCarolina 2-5 (Roy 1-1, Mitchell 1-2, Dozier 0-1, Cuevas 0-1). Fouled Out_Bingley, Brown. Rebounds_ Florida St. 33 (Romero, Slaughter 7), SouthCarolina 28 (Mitchell 6).

Assists_Florida St. 13 (Romero, Slaughter 4), South Carolina 14 (Mitchell 5). Total Fouls_Florida St. 26, SouthCarolina 18. A_6,364.

six-point game.

Adut Bulgak finished with 10 points for Florida State, which never trailed during the first 30 minutes of this meeting of teams that until now had combined to reach two Elite Eights but had advanced no deeper.

South Carolina lost to Duke in a 2002 regional final and Florida State fell to Connecticut at this stage in 2010.

“To play that many minutes leading ... the No. 1 team in the country at one point, they weren’t afraid,” Florida State coach Sue Semrau said of her team. “They had so much courage.”

The Huskies also turned up their defensive pressure.

The Flyers shot 51 percent (18-for-35) in the first half, but could only manage to hit 37 percent in the second half.

Breanna Stewart added 23 points and 16 rebounds while Morgan Tuck had 23 points for the Huskies (36-1). Stewart was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the region.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are back in a familiar place — the Final Four.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 27 points to help UConn beat Dayton 91-70 on Monday night to advance to the national semifinals for an eighth straight season.

Now the Huskies stand two wins away from a third straight national championship. They accomplished that same feat from 2002-04.

Unlike the first three games of the tournament when UConn won by an average of nearly 48 points, the Huskies got all they could handle from the seventhseeded Flyers, who weren’t intimidated by the top seed, for the game’s first 20 minutes.

Trailing at the half for the first time in two seasons, UConn scored the first nine points of the second half during a 15-3 run to take a 58-47 lead with 13:56 left.

A little more than a minute later, Mosqueda-Lewis hit her fifth 3-pointer of the game giving her 393 in her career to break the NCAA record for 3s. That made it 6249.

Dayton (28-7) couldn’t get within seven the rest of the way thanks in a big part to Mosqueda-Lewis, who finished the game with seven 3-pointers.

NOTRE DAME 77 BAYLOR 68

OKLAHOMA CITY — Notre Dame star Jewell Loyd struggled with her shot for the second straight game.

Lindsay Allen was there again to help the Fighting Irish advance.

Allen scored 23 points and top-seeded Notre Dame beat Baylor 77-68 in the Oklahoma City regional final Sunday night to reach its fifth consecutive Final Four.

Allen, who scored a careerhigh 28 points in the regional semifinal win over Stanford on Friday, followed that by making 10 of 16 shots and adding seven assists. The sophomore point guard was selected the Most Outstanding Player in the regional.

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said Loyd, a top candidate for national Player of the Year honors, still made her mark.

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A year later than expected, Spartans back in Final Four

USCS splits doubleheaders with Lancers

BY NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE The Associated Press

DETROIT — Michigan State’s run to the Final Four came one season later than expected, and that’s part of the reason coach Tom Izzo is enjoying it so much.

“Last year we were picked by the president and everyone else, and we didn’t get out of the Elite Eight,” Izzo said Monday. “It doesn’t matter who picks us and who doesn’t, I just appreciate the respect our program has gotten.

Being where we are this year, I think we’re still IZZO respected, and that’s all that matters to me.”

Since taking over the Michigan State program in 1995, Izzo had never gone more than three seasons without a Final Four appearance until his 2014 team fell a game short. The Spartans lost three key players from last year — first-round draft picks Gary Harris and Adreian Payne, as well as point guard Keith Appling — but the holdovers took that disappointment to heart. Now, this largely unheralded group is back on college basketball’s biggest stage, the obvious underdog at a Final Four that includes unbeaten Kentucky and two other No. 1 seeds.

“We got here the hard way,” Izzo said. “We earned our way here.”

Although the Spartans were a No. 4 seed last season, they were a chic pick to win it all after overcoming injury problems and rolling through the Big Ten Tournament. Even President Barack Obama penciled the Spartans in for the national title, but a loss to seventh-seeded Connecticut in the regional finals ended that pursuit.

TEAM FROM PAGE B1 players and can’t-miss-type guys, where there can always come that guy from behind in the race and then cross the tape first.

“Frank is that guy who got a little bit later start as far as people noticing his abilities, but that’s just a great accomplishment on his part. ... He took advantage of a chance and has made the most of it.”

Kaminsky, projected as a top pick in the NBA draft, led the Badgers to their second straight Final Four berth, averaging 18.2 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 55.3 percent from the field, including 39.5 percent from 3-point range.

He is one of those big men as comfortable on the perimeter as in the lane, and his outgoing personality has made him a media favorite.

“It’s cool to be named first team All-American. It’s something you dream of as a kid,’” Kaminsky said. “To finally be able to do so, it’s a good thing and it shows how hard I’ve worked in my career. To be up there with Alando Tucker is a pretty cool thing.”

Kaminsky is Wisconsin’s second All-America joining Tucker in 2007. He is the second unanimous pick in as many years following Doug McDermott of Creighton.

Okafor is Duke’s 16th firstteam All-America and is the Blue Devils’ second freshman in as many years, with Jabari Parker being chosen last season.

Okafor, who received 64 first-team votes, averaged 17.7 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting 66.9 percent, second in the nation.

“His game has grown continuously and he’s got a lot more growth ahead of him,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “The main thing for Jah is that he’s gotten better as the season’s gone along.”

At Notre Dame, Grant’s career was in jeopardy last season when he was suspended for the second semester for what he called an academic mistake. The son of former NBA player Harvey Grant star returned for his senior season and averaged 16.8 points and 6.6 assists while playing 36.6 minutes per game.

“I can’t think of a better comeback story in college basketball the last couple years

EAST REGIONAL

Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Michigan State 76, Louisville 70, OT

SOUTH REGIONAL

Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Duke 66, Gonzaga 52

MIDWEST REGIONAL

Regional Championship Saturday, March 28 Kentucky 68, Notre Dame 66

WEST REGIONAL

Regional Championship Saturday, March 28 Wisconsin 85, Arizona 78

FINAL FOUR

At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 4 Michigan State (27-11) vs. Duke (33-4), 6:09 p.m.

Kentucky (38-0) vs. Wisconsin (35-3), 8:49 p.m.

National Championship Monday, April 6 Semifinal winners

The 2014 Spartans were supposed to be one of Izzo’s better teams, but even the coach they call “Tournament Tom” endures a postseason setback every now and then. After the loss to UConn, expectations were tempered for this season, and as Michigan State struggled a bit in January and early February, the Spartans looked like a probable NCAA Tournament team, but not much more.

“There came a point in the year where it was just us, just the people in our locker room and our program,” guard Travis Trice said. “I’m just more happy for us as a whole.

We stuck together. We could have quit. We could have rolled over and died, but we didn’t. We just kept fighting.”

There were a few signs all along that this team had potential.

LANCASTER — The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team split doubleheaders with USC Lancaster on both Saturday and Sunday at the USCL field.

The Fire Ants won opener on Sunday 11-7 before losing the second game 3-2. On Saturday, Sumter lost 5-4 in the opener before winning the nightcap 11-3.

Tee Dubose had a big game in Sunday’s Game 1, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four runs batted in. Mickey Dugan had a double and scored three runs and Brett Auckland had two hits, three runs and an RBI. Colby Tollison pitched four innings of relief to get the victory.

In Sunday’s second game, Kolby Croxton was 2-for-3 with a double and drove in both runs. Auckland had two hits and scored a run.

Victor Gonzalez took the loss, pitching all six innings and allowing six hits with no walks and four strikeouts.

In Saturday’s opener, Dugan had two hits and scored two runs, Ray Murphy had a hit and two RBI, Auckland had two hits and a run and Justin Hawkins had a double, a run and an RBI. In Saturday’s nightcap, Auckland had a hit, scored twice and drove in three runs. Murphy had two hits and three RBI and William Thomas had a hit, two runs and a two RBI. Colie Bowers was the winner, scattering five hits over six innings while striking out 10.

USC 8 GEORGIA 5

COLUMBIA – Freshman Hunter Taylor belted his first career home run to break a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning and Madison Stokes added a 2-run double in the seventh to lift South Carolina to an 8-5 victory over Georgia on Sunday

2014-15 AP ALL-AMERICA TEAMS The Associated Press Statistics through March 15 First Team Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin, 7-0, 242, senior, Lisle, Ill., 18.2 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.7 apg, 55.3 fg pct, 39.5 3-pt fg pct, 1.6 blocks (65 first-team votes, 325 total points), Jahlil Okafor, Duke, 6-11, 270, freshman, Chicago, 17.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 66.9 fg pct (64, 323).

Jerian Grant, Notre Dame, 6-5, 204, senior, Bowie, Md., 16.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 6.6 apg, 1.7 steals, 36.6 minutes (53, 298).

Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky, 7-0, 240, junior, Olathe, Kan., 9.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.0 apg, 58.8 ft pct (45, 285).

D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State, 6-5, 180, freshman, Louisville, Ky., 19.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.1 apg, 41.5 3-pt fg pct, 1.6 steals (51, 282).

Second Team Delon Wright, Utah, 6-5, 190, senior, Los Angeles, 14.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 5.3 apg, 52.9 fg pct, 83.4 ft pct, 2.1 steals (15, 186).

Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky, 6-11, 250, freshman, Piscataway, N.J., 9.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 55.4 fg pct, 81.4 ft pct, 2.4 blocks (8, 139).

Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa, 6-8, 240, senior, Sheffield, Iowa, 15.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 3.3 apg, 61.6 fg pct, (3, 139).

Bobby Portis, Arkansas, 6-11, 242, sophomore, Little Rock, Ark., 17.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 54.7 fg pct (2, 102).

Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia, 6-5, 215, junior, Atlanta, 13.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.5 apg, 87.1 ft pct (2, 98).

Third Team Buddy Hield, Oklahoma, 6-4, 212, junior, Freeport, Bahamas, 17.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 82.2 ft pct (3, 96).

Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga, 6-10, 240, junior, Portland, Ore., 16.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.9 apg, 53.6 fg pct, 46.6 3-pt fg pct (4, 93).

Rakeem Christmas, Syracuse, 6-9, 250, senior, Philadelphia, 17.5 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 55.2 fg pct, 2.5 blocks (74).

Georges Niang, Iowa State, 6-8, 230,

than Jerian,” Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said. “When I told him you need to come back because we have unfinished business, I didn’t know it would be this good and I am thrilled that it is this good because I was nervous it wouldn’t be this good. He came back for all the right reasons.”

Grant, who received 53 firstteam votes and is Notre Dame’s first All-America since Troy Murphy repeated in 2001, said receiving an honor like this makes his decision to return that much sweeter.

“It’s great, especially with where I was last year,” he said. “The work I’ve put in, the guys having so much confidence in me to welcome me back like that.”

Cauley-Stein and his teammates are chasing history with an undefeated season just two wins away. The 7-footer is the first first-team AllAmerica to average less than 10 points per game. He averaged 9.3 points while grabbing 6.4 rebounds and shooting 58.8 percent. He anchors Kentucky’s stifling defense.

“Coming in I felt like I was really overlooked and didn’t know if I really belonged but just worked and worked and worked and eventually be-

junior, Methuen, Mass., 15.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.5 apg, 40.2 3-pt fg pct, 80.5 ft pct (1, 51).

Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga, 6-2, 182, senior, Holland Landing, Ontario, 11.5 ppg, 5.0 apg, 44.4 3-pt fg pct, 83.3 ft pct (1, 50).

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order) Lawrence Alexander, North Dakota State; Justin Anderson, Virginia; Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova; Ron Baker, Wichita State; Jalen Cannon, St. Francis, Brooklyn; Karl Cochran, Wofford; Kyle Collinsworth, BYU; Quinn Cook, Duke (1 first-team vote).

Kris Dunn, Providence (1); Perry Ellis, Kansas (1); Rico Gathers, Baylor; Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern; Anthony Gill, Virginia; Kendall Gray, Delaware State; Ty Greene, S.C.-Upstate; Olivier Hanlan, Boston College (1).

Montrezl Harrell, Louisville (1); Martez Harrison, UMKC; Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington; Corey Hawkins, UC Davis; Tyler Haws, BYU; LaDontae Henton, Providence; Darrun Hilliard, Villanova; R.J. Hunter, Georgia State.

Stanley Johnson, Arizona (1); Tyus Jones, Duke; Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson; Tim Kempton, Lehigh; David Laury, Iona; Damon Lynn, NJIT; Derrick Marks, Boise State; Jerell Martin, LSU; T.J. McConnell, Arizona.

Mikh McKinney, Sacramento State; Nic Moore, SMU; Justin Moss, Buffalo; Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern; Cameron Payne, Murray State; Chasson Randle, Stanford; Justin Sears, Yale; Kenneth “Speedy” Smith, Louisiana Tech.

Keifer Sykes, Green Bay; Marcus Thornton, William & Mary; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Fred VanVleet, Wichita State (1); Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin; Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Dez Wells, Maryland; Joseph Young, Oregon (1).

came a player that everybody looks at like ‘Dude, you’re a freak athlete, you’re a beast,’” said Cauley-Stein, who received 45 first-team votes.

“You can do so many things that I never imagined even happening and now it’s coming together.”

He is the 18th All-American from Kentucky and first since Anthony Davis in 2012.

Russell is another freshman who isn’t expected to be back for a second season. He averaged 19.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists and received 51 first-team votes. Russell is 15th All-American from Ohio State and the first since Jared Sullinger repeated in 2012.

Utah senior Delon Wright led the second team and was joined by Kentucky freshman Karl-Anthony Towns, Northern Iowa senior Seth Tuttle, Arkansas sophomore Bobby Portis and Virginia junior Malcolm Brogdon.

The voting, by the same 65-member media panel that selects the weekly Top 25, was done before the NCAA Tournament.

at Carolina Stadium.

CLEMSON 6 WAKE FOREST 2

CLEMSON — Zack Erwin pitched eight strong innings to lead Clemson to a 6-2 win over Wake Forest on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

WESTERN CAROLINA 12 CITADEL 9

CHARLESTON — The Citadel lost to Western Carolina 12-9 on Sunday at Riley Park, allowing the Catamounts to sweep the 3-game Southern Conference series.

Sumter’s Jacob Watcher batted leadoff for the Bulldogs, who fell to 14-12 overall and 0-3 in the SoCon. Watcher was 2-for-5 with a run batted in. Sumter’s William Kinney added a hit, a run scored and an RBI for The Citadel.

WALKER WINS HOMETOWN TEXAS OPEN

SAN ANTONIO — Jimmy WalkerWalker made birdie putts of 15 feet at No. 16 and 17 feet at the 17th in a 2-under 70 that left him at 11-under 277 at TPC San Antonio, a 35-minute drive from his home to win the Valero Open.

2 ALABAMA PLAYERS ARRESTED IN SEPARATE WEEKEND CASES

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Nick Saban and the Alabama football program are dealing with the weekend arrests of two Crimson Tide players in separate incidents, including domestic violence case involving a player that some say should have never been on the team.

Defensive back Geno Smith and defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor are facing legal trouble again. Saban is expected to address the media Monday evening after practice.

From staff, wire reports

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Through the years, the Act has been amended with a goal of recycling 40 percent of the municipal solid waste stream and reducing municipal solid waste disposal to 3.25 pounds per person per day.

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is defined as paper, cans, bottles, food scraps, yard trimmings, packaging and other items.

MSW may be generated by residential, commercial, institutional and industrial sources. The Act also requires local governments to keep track of waste generated and recycled and to report annually to the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).

Sumter County was one of twentyeight counties to meet the state’s disposal rate for 2014. Our county’s disposal weight for 2014 was 2.93 pounds per person per day and the recycling rate was 27.59 percent. What does this mean? On an average, each person in Sumter County generated approximately 4.1 pounds of solid waste per day in 2014. Of the 4.1 pounds generated, citizens threw 2.93 pounds in the garbage can and recycled 1.12 pounds each day. Sumter County generated a total of 79,957 tons of municipal solid waste. Of that amount, we recycled 22,058 tons of municipal

solid waste.

According to SC DHEC’s Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling, South Carolina generated 4.3 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2014.

Of that amount, more than 3.1 million tons were disposed of in landfills and 1.2 million tons, or 29.2 percent, were recycled. The greenhouse gas savings for the entire state are equivalent to eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from the following sources for one year: electricity use of 201,576 homes, 465,534 passenger cars and 249,299,662 gallons of gasoline.

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MARTINSVILLE FROM PAGE B1 finish. There was some bumping and nudging, and a big wiggle for Hamlin in the final fourth turn, but Keselowski never caused him to spin.

“We just weren’t going to be denied today, and hats off to Brad,” he said, thanking Keselowski for not wrecking him.

“I did everything I could other than wreck him,” Keselowski said.

The race was run without reigning rookie of the year Kyle Larson, who watched from a North Carolina hospital where he was undergoing testing after fainting at an autograph session on Saturday. Regan Smith drove in his absence, finishing 16th.

Keselowski was second, followed by Joey Logano, Kenseth and David Ragan, giving Joe Gibbs Racing three cars in the top five. The jolt was especially appreciated in a week when the team announced that President J.D. Gibbs is being treated for a “symptoms impacting areas of brain function,” an issue that has left doctors with very few answers thus far.

It was J.D. Gibbs who discovered Hamlin on a North Carolina short track, and Joe Gibbs thought of that near

the end.

“For me it was emotional and thinking about J.D. and all that he means to our team, so it was a big week for us, but a great finish to a story there,” Gibbs said.

Logano, the pole-sitter, was trying to become the first driver to sweep a weekend at Martinsville, having won the truck race on Saturday. He led 109 laps, but said his car at the end was not as strong as the leaders.

Gordon, an eight-time Martinsville winner, took the lead for the first time with 58 laps to go and then got caught entering pit road too fast when the 16th and final caution came out with about 40 laps to go.

The mistake put him well back in the field, and while he rallied to finish ninth, was left disappointed.

“Wow. I’m sorry guys,” he said on the radio when told of the penalty. “That’s on me.

I apologize.”

Gordon said he knew he was pushing the limit, knowing he had a chance to win the race.

“I thought with our track position there at the end, we had a shot at it,” he said.

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42. (21) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 328, 54.4, 2, $64,975.

43. (10) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, oil leak, 177, 67.9, 1, $71,475.

pointed. I don’t even know what to say right now. Of course, then the car is the absolute best it has been all day ...”

The race also ended Kevin Harvick’s streak of top-two finishes at eight. Harvick, who was three races shy of tying Richard Petty’s record of 11, set in 1975, led a racehigh 154 laps, but got caught in the outside lane on a restart and faded to eighth.

“Just lost track position at the wrong time,” the defending series champion said.

Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports teammates have

dominated at the 0.526-mile oval in recent years, but Gordon’s finish and an 11th for Kasey Kahne were the best they could muster. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who won here last fall, wound up in the garage after losing his radiator in a large crash in turn one before the midpoint of the race, and Jimmie Johnson, an eight-time Martinsville winner, had issues throughout and finished 35th, 32 laps down. Earnhardt finished right behind him.

The race also marked the Cup debut of Chase Elliott, who will replace the retiring

Gordon in the Hendrick stable next season, and Elliott got a quick welcome. His car was bounced around early, also wound up in the garage and finished 38th.

The day went better for Danica Patrick, who was seventh, her fifth career top-10 finish. That tied her with Janet Guthrie for most top10s by a female driver, and was one spot off Patrick’s career-best sixth place run at Atlanta last year.

“It’s disaster to be off and struggling with the car and it’s really fun to have a good car,” Patrick said.

the Alzheimer’s Association, 4124 Clemson Blvd., Suite L, Anderson, SC 29621.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of NHC Healthcare for all of their care and compassion.

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

Sumter, SC 29154.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

Born on July 22, 1946, in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Theodore and Itlean Johnson White.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 2468 Oak Grove Church Road, Red Hill community, Manning.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced

by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

The Associated Press Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (15) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500 laps, 134.9 rating, 47 points, $166,760.

2. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 114.9, 43, $157,401.

3. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 121.9, 42, $162,418.

4. (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500, 113, 41, $142,121.

5. (20) David Ragan, Toyota, 500, 96.2, 39, $144,061.

6. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 96.2, 39, $118,665.

7. (16) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 500, 86.9, 37, $99,570.

8. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 129, 38, $144,495.

9. (4) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 104, 36, $133,206.

10. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 97.4, 34, $118,461.

11. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500, 96.4, 34, $101,200.

12. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 500, 82.6, 32, $123,811.

13. (30) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500,

OBITUARIES WILLIAM A. KING, M.D. William Anthony King, M.D. died on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, following an extended illness.

Dr. King was born on July 30, 1937, in Baltimore, Maryland. Educated at Mount St. Joseph High School and Loyola College, he received his medical degree from the University of Maryland Medical KING School in 1963.

His internship was at St. Agnes Hospital and residency in psychiatry at Seton Psychiatric Institute in Baltimore, where he received the Elizabeth H. Bartemeier Memorial Award for excellence as a resident physician. Dr. King entered the United States Air Force in 1967 and served at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, as the base psychiatrist, until 1969. He practiced at Santee Wateree Mental Health Center, Sumter, in 1969, where he later became medical director, and served full time for more than 38 years and continued part time until 2014. He started his private psychiatric practice in 1969, was joined by Dr. Marvin Ballard, and retired after 40 years.

Dr. King was a life member of the American Psychiatric Association and the SumterClarendon-Lee Medical Society. He was chief of the medical staff of Tuomey Regional Medical Center and a member of the Tuomey Board of Trustees, July 1986-1988. He was a member of the Sumter Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. Dr. King also served on the State Board of Education 1977-1981.

Upon arriving in Sumter, he joined St. Anne Catholic Church and was a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus.

Dr. King is survived by Mary Margaret (Sue) King, his wife of 54 years; daughters, Teresa King (Scott Pederson) of Ridgefield, Washington, Elizabeth King (Curtis Bridgeman) of Salem, Oregon, and Catherine (Vince) Watkins of Sumter; son, Tony King of West Columbia; and grandchildren, Natalie, Olivia and Meredith Pederson, Mary Katherine and Wills King, Joshua and Zachary Bridgeman, and Vincent and Bradley Watkins. Survivors also include his brothers, George Bagley (Ana) and Edward Moylan; a sister-in-law, Jeannette Hollenshade; and special cousins, Anne Marie and Donald Ramsburg.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Esther Bagley.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday

at St. Anne Catholic Church, 216 E. Liberty St., Sumter, with the Rev. Thomas Burke, C.Ss.R officiating. Burial at St. Lawrence Cemetery will follow.

Memorials may be made to St. Anne Church Building Fund, 216 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150 or a charity of one’s choice.

The family would like to thank our many friends and caretakers, especially Dr. Billy Clowney and the nursing staff at Santee Oncology Center.

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

SHIRLEY JEAN FORTUNE BISHOPVILLE — Shirley Jean Fortune entered eternal rest on March 28, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

The family is receiving friends at 273 Rouse Road, Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home of Bishopville.

RODERICK T. PRINGLE Roderick Torrell Pringle, 36, departed this life on Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born on Nov. 11, 1978, in Darlington, a son of Weldon Bess and Flossie Pringle Nero.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 46 Mikado Road, Mayesville, SC 29104.

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

ETHEL I. SAYLOR Ethel Imogene Saylor, 87, widow of John W. Saylor, died on Sunday, March 29, 2015, at NHC Healthcare in Sumter.

Born in McAllister, Oklahoma, she was a daughter of the late E.T. and Rebecca Garrett Barrington. She was a former resident of Folsom, California.

Survivors include a son-inlaw, Leo Thomas of Sumter; and five grandchildren, Amelia Travis, Christopher Travis and Matthew Travis, all of Citrus Heights, California, James Thomas of Florence and Wendy Murguia of Charleston.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Michele Thomas.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Florence Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to

JAMES W. SIMMONS James W. Simmons died on March 3, 2015.

Jim was born on June 15, 1947, in Hemingway, a son of Charles and Eloise Simmons.

He was a graduate of Eau Claire High School, the University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina Law School. Jim was highly intelligent, literate, and articulate. Jim will be remembered for his legal work on behalf of many clients whose causes he championed, often for little or no pay.

He was a compassionate individual who would care for stray animals. Even as his health declined, he was concerned about who would take care of the neighborhood cats. His friends knew him to be a great raconteur. His colorful stories were always entertaining. He was a loyal friend who inspired loyalty in others.

Jim is survived by two stepchildren, Karen Parquet and Chris Edwards, who remember him as a loving and supportive presence through the tough and good times of their childhood and adult years.

They are honored to be his adoptive stepchildren and will forever miss him. Jim would also wish to acknowledge Helen Duncan, a close friend who did much to care for him in recent years.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at Bullock Funeral Home.

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

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

SAMANTHA V. ANDERSON Samantha V. Anderson, 38, died on Monday, March 30, 2015, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Ezell and Sarah Tiller Anderson.

The family will receive friends at the McCloud residence, 1190 Bamburg Way,

HESTER JAMISON Hester Jamison, 89, departed this life on Sunday, March 29, 2015, at her residence in Powhatan, Virginia.

She was born on Sept. 15, 1926, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Michael and Lillie Johnson Brewer.

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

FRANCIS O. TROY Francis Owens Troy, 73, husband of Nancy Pinkney Troy, died on Sunday, March 29, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

Born on June 21, 1941, in Whiteville, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Sam and Laura Troy.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 5010 John Franklin Road, Sumter.

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

LELIA MURRAY COLUMBIA — On Sunday, March 29, 2015, Lelia Margaret White Murray, devoted wife of Lee Ernest Murray Sr., exchanged her rugged cross for her precious crown at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

MARY STAVIS REMBERT — Mary Stavis, 95, departed this life on Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Sumter.

She was born on Oct. 30, 1919, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late Joseph and Lottie Bennett Stavis.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 5252 Mattie McDaniel Road, Rembert.

Services of remembrance will be announced later by Whites Mortuary LLC.

PAUL E. BEAUFORT ALCOLU — Paul Edward Beaufort, 68, husband of Frances Hickman Beaufort, died on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

He was born on April 30, 1946, in Greeleyville, a son of the late Nelson and Tina Epps Beaufort.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 1397 Robert Reese-Durant Road, Alcolu.

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

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Donation of eggs is fertile ground for discussion DEAR ABBY — My husband and I were chatting recently and the subject of sperm donation came up. He Dear Abby surprised me by sayABIGAIL ing he’s veVAN BUREN hemently against it, and then compared it to selling your body as in prostitution. He also mentioned he thinks it’s disgusting because any kids we would potentially have might end up dating their half-siblings. We let the issue drop, but Abby, I have a secret.

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program to support couples who were unable to get pregnant on their own. At the time, I didn’t think much about it. I didn’t want kids -- and I doubt if I ever will -- so I figured it was my contribution to the gene pool without having to raise little humans myself.

I never told my husband about it because it happened before we met. I do know that some of my eggs were successfully transplanted.

Should I tell my husband about my donations or keep quiet? We don’t have kids, but are talking about trying in the near future. Would it be wrong for them to go out into the world not knowing about their half-siblings?

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DEAR MYRTLE —The time to have spoken up was when your husband aired his feelings on the subject of sperm donation and infertility issues. You did a wonderful thing and with good reason. Your husband should be made aware of that, with no apologies.

If you do decide to start a family, considering that there are half-siblings out there, it would be wise to advise your children to have genetic testing done with their prospective spouses. (Because there are diseases caused by recessive genes, it’s a good idea anyway.)

However, unless you are sure that you want to bring a child into this world, you shouldn’t become a parent.

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

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TAX MAP NUMBER: 016-00-00-014 STUCKEY, FATA AND SEGARS, LLC JAMES R. SEGARS, JR. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 115 E. CHURCH STREET POST OFFICE DRAWER 568 BISHOPVILLE, S. C. 29010 (803) 484-5409 FAX: (803) 484-9239 Email: jsegars@sfslawfirm.com

Estate Notice Sumter County

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

Estate: Amiel Douglas Willams #2015ES4300157 Personal Representative

Barbara Ann Williams 1310 Crowdale Drive Sumter, SC 29150

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEE

Estate:

Steven W. Welsh,

Personal Representative

Joe Ellen Hodge C/O Jack W. Erter, Jr. 126 N. Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

PLAINTIFF -vsChelsea Johnson, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ronald Eugene Webber, Kayla Taylor, Brian Hall and any other Heirs at Law or Devisees of Ronald Eugene Webber, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other Persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANTS

Estate:

DEFENDANTS

Mary Jane Schultz 2660 Indigo Drive Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, not less than ten (10) days after the time for answering has elapsed, Plaintiff will apply for an order referring all issues in this action, whether matters of fact or law, or both, to a Special Referee for Lee County and for a hearing before him, who shall enter final judgment.

TO ALL OF THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, inclusive of all persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint, inclusive of such persons whether infants or under other legal disability, and in the case of infants under the age of fourteen (14) years or persons mentally incompetent, to their parents or the persons with whom they reside or their conservator if they have one.

TAKE NOTICE, that William W. Wheeler, III, P.O. Box 106, Bishopville, SC 29010, has, by Order filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Lee County on March XX, 2015, along with the Order of Publication, been appointed as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for all Defendants impleaded herein who may be infants or under legal disability; that unless you apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent your interest in said action within thirty (30) days after the service of this notice upon you, exclusive of the date of service, the Order appointing William W. Wheeler, III, as Guardian ad Litem

Theron Edward Ard #2015ES4300148

Personal Representative

Helen H. Geddings 11 Huntington Court Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Mary Craig Kramer #2015ES4300088

Personal Representative

R.O'Neil Rabon, Jr. C/O Ashmore Leaphart Rabon Hinds Attorney at Law PO Box 10766 Greenville, SC 29603

ABOVE

You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon subscriber at 115 E. Church Street, P.O. Box 568, Bishopville, S.C. 29010, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Carl E. Willis #2015ES4300174

Personal Representative

SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO THE NAMED:

Lynwood Harmon Hodge, Sr. #2015ES4300181

Estate:

Darleen A. Mader #2015ES4300172

Personal Representative

Joseph M. Mader 2149 Kingsbury Road Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Lottie L. Matthews #2015ES4300183

Personal Representative

Frank Matthews 2903 Hunting Hill Court Oakton, VA 22124 Estate:

Rebecca Juanita Davis #2015ES4300169

Personal Representative

Jerald A. Tindal C/O Thomas E. Player Jr. 84 James Haskell Road Wedgefield, SC 29168 Estate:

Herbert Lee China #2015ES4300151

Personal Representative

Carrie Bell China 202 Plowden Mill Road Sumter, SC 29153 Estate: Christine Dayle Fersner #2015ES4300155 Personal Representative

Cynthia Sue Cook C/O Thomas E. Player, Jr. PO Box 3690 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

Russell R. Potts Sr. #2015ES4300167

Personal Representative

Kristi L. Hooper C/O Attorney Kenneth R. Young Jr. 23 West Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

James Richard Allen #2015ES4300150

Personal Representative

Teresa Maxwell 500 Carlen Avenue Apt. #1113 Lexington, SC 29072 Estate:

Mary Ellen Francis #2015ES4300159

Personal Representative

Patricia F. Breznay 6 Valhalla Court Columbia, SC 29229

Estate Notice Sumter County

Estate Notice Sumter County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

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

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

Estate:

Ada Moses #2015ES4300175

Personal Representative

Sharonlyn R. Moses C/O Dwight C. Moore Attorney at Law 26 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate: Sarah Jeannette Barkley #2015ES4300149 Personal Representative

Michael Wayne Barkley and Kathy L. Ward 3545 Cox Road Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015 In Memory

ANNOUNCEMENTS In Memory

Savondria N. Shannon 03/31/1980 -12/09/2005 Happy 35th Birthday 35 years old is a wonderful age to be You're still missing from our family tree. We still miss you everyday. But knew it will always be God's way.

Sadly Missed Mom, Brother, & Family

Rosella G. Toney #2015ES4300170

Personal Representative

Ivorie G. Lowe C/O Dwight C. Moore Attorney at Law 26 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

Andre D Wiley 8/24/63-3/30/12 Your memories are still with us. We love you. Your mom, wife, children, brother, sister, grandchildren & family

Lost & Found Found dog at the Home Branch rd in Manning area. 4-6 mo. old. call to identify 803-968-4222 leave message or text.