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Haley to reveal Project Rally Clarendon’s highly secretive development comes to light Wednesday

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com A manufacturing company bringing about 300 jobs and a multi-million dollar capital investment to Clarendon County is scheduled to be announced Wednesday.

While the company name has not been officially released, the economic development project —

codenamed “Project Rally” — will occupy the former Federal Mogul facility in Summerton, where it is thought the company will house both manufacturing and distribuHALEY tion operations. Gov. Nikki Haley will be at the Clarendon County Council Chambers on

Sunset Drive in Manning at 2:30 p.m. for the official announcement. Before that, she will visit Manning Junior High School to talk with students.

“The governor focuses her efforts day in and day out on bringing jobs to every part of South Carolina, including our rural areas that may have been overlooked in the past, and she’s very excited to visit

Clarendon County this week for an economic development celebration,” said Rob Godfrey, spokesman for the governor.

John Truluck, executive director of the Clarendon County Development Board, said he could not comment on the announcement other than to confirm Haley’s visit.

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Boy, 5, left on bus District terminates driver, monitor

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com A bus driver and monitor have been terminated by Sumter School District after a 5-year-old disabled student was reportedly left alone on a parked school bus for about three hours Monday morning.

The boy’s 29-year-old mother told the Sumter Police Department that the child was picked up about 7 a.m. from their Marilyn Avenue home and should have arrived at Kingsbury Elementary School about 8 a.m. The child was allegedly left alone in the bus, which was parked like all school buses at Sumter High School for the day. He was SEE CHILD, PAGE A10

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RIGHT: Fred Marshall arshall holds the kite as his 6-year-old son,, Jacob, runs to get it into nto the air during the Sumter mter County Recreation Department’s partment’s Annual Kite Flying ying Contest on Saturday at Dillon lon Park. The competition was also sponsored sored by the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club, Safe afe Kids Sumter County and the Tuomey Foundation. undation. Prizes were awarded in nine ne categories.

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Sumter School District’s own Trevor Ivey was named one of five finalists in the S.C. State Teacher of the Year Program on Monday.

“I am both honored and humbled,” he said. “When I think of the phenomenal nominees I met last week at the S.C. Teacher Forum Conference, my mentors, and my amazing colleagues from whom I learn so JADE ANDERSON / THE ITEM much and who Jeannie Pressley, right, prininspire cipal of Alice Drive Middle me daily, I School, hugs and congratuwish this lates Trevor Ivey for being recogninamed one of five finalists tion could in the State Teacher of the be broken Year Program. up into pieces and shared with them all.”

Ivey teaches seventh- and eighthgrade science as well as ProTeam — the middle school equivalent of high school’s teacher cadet — at SEE IVEY, PAGE A7

Fireside sees considerable drop in donations

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com Salvation Army caseworker Pam Lassiter has appointments lined up through the middle of March with families who need help paying for their escalating heating costs.

Unfortunately, she won’t have much to work with after the Fireside Fund brought in

2012-13 Dedicated to the memory of Freddie Solomon only a little more than $300 last week, far less than the generous donations that have been made

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since the charity began its 43rd year in early November.

“It just means I can’t help

as many folks this week,” Lassiter said. “In fact, we may have to send some to other agencies for assistance. I’m guessing that with the temperatures somewhat warmer, donations have decreased.”

Those warmer temperatures belie, however, the needy families whose power bills from January and February’s colder, wetter weather

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exceeded their budgets.

“Many who have appointments still have large power bills from the last month, and we may have more cold nights this month,” Lassiter said.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 Contact the newsroom at 803-774-1226 or e-mail news@theitem.com

Morris fights for Home Depot grant FROM STAFF REPORTS Morris College is a finalist in The Home Depot’s 2013 RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL campus improvement grant program. Designed to reinvigorate historically black colleges and universities, finalists are competing for $225,000 in grants for on-campus improvements.

Morris needs the public’s help. Now through April 15, supporters can visit www.re-

toolyourschool.com to vote.

One $50,000 Tier I major grant, 12 Tier II $10,000 minor grants and one $25,000 Campus Pride for the school receiving the most online votes and social media activity, as assessed

by The Home Depot, will be awarded. The Home Depot will announce the winners on May 3, 2013.

Morris is competing for the $50,000 grant to improve the entrance to the campus.

To apply for the grants,

HBCUs were required to submit Letters of Intent that included brief descriptions of their potential projects via the “Retool Your School” website. During the online voting period, consumers are able to view descriptions of project proposals and can cast one vote per day for their favorite HBCU. Following the online vote, a panel of judges will also evaluate each school’s proposal. Tier I and Tier II projects will be judged based on

the number of votes posted to the website as well as the judges’ evaluation of the relevance to the proposal requirements as listed on the website and application.

Special attention will be given to schools that pitch eco-friendly plans.

The winning schools will be determined based on a combination of online votes and the judges’ evaluations.

A link is now available on the Morris College website as well, www.morris.edu.

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From left, Joleen Winkelbauer, third-grader at Shaw Heights Elementary; Jackson Elmore, third-grader; Greg Zelnik, author and speaker; Jamiaah Harris, third-grader; and Melissa Morris, principal, participate in a skit Wednesday. Zelnik presented four reading-focused shows in Sumter on Wednesday, two at High Hills Elementary and two at Shaw Heights.

Magic show puts emphasis on literacy

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com Students in the two Shaw Air Force Base schools recently got quite a show.

Greg Zelnik, author and speaker, visited High Hills Elementary School on Wednesday morning and Shaw Heights Elementary School that afternoon. At Shaw Heights, his performance was “Talk to the Animals,” which focused on various animals and the habitats in which they are found.

“He’s actually a motivational speaker who promotes literacy through his performances,” said Lindsay Yaroch, media specialist at Shaw Heights. “He uses puppets, magic and theater with student participation to promote science-specific book titles. It’s fun for the kids and a lot more magical than just talking.”

It had been three years since Yaroch had the budget to bring in an author to celebrate Read Across America, she said. She partnered with Karen Waterfield, media specialist at High Hills to make it happen.

“It had been a long time since we had an author,” said Melissa Morris, Shaw Heights Elementary principal. “We presented it to the PTA (Parent Teacher Association). The librarians set it up, and the PTAs paid for it. We split the cost. We wanted to do something different for Read Across America.”

The students found it interesting, and she liked the types of books he presented, Morris said.

“I started as a magician,” Zelnik said.

“My shows are part magic and part showing reading is fun. When they are learning and having fun, it’s a win-win for everybody.”

The author of four books also said he often reviews materials students have covered in the classroom, but since he presents it differently, it may click with some students who didn’t understand the lesson the first time.

“It was cool and fun,” said secondgrader Gavin Thompson. “I got to use the magic wands. I learned a lot about magic.”

He likes to read Dr. Seuss and Where’s Waldo books.

“I thought it was wonderful,” said his teacher, Lynn Smutz. “It was entertaining and very educational. I think it really made an impact based on the children’s enthusiasm.”

For more information on the author, visit www.gregzelnik.com.

Reach Jade Anderson at (803) 7741250.

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Sheriff Leon Lott said 23-year-old Tristan Gist was arrested Monday and charged with murder and death of a child in utero. Gist has been taken to the jail where he worked.

Coroner Gary Watts has tentatively identified the victim as 22-year-old Dierra Fisher, pending confirmation from medical records.

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FROM LAST WEEK • The Sumter School District Board of Trustees is re-examining the district’s disciplinary policies in an effort to make changes that would allow greater flexibility regarding penalties. The policies currently in place do not take age of students into account, warranting changes, according to Connie Jackson, the district’s attorney. Superintendent Randolph Bynum said the evaluation is still in the planning stages but that he hopes changes would be put into place by the beginning of the next school year.

• A new fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement with an economic development project code-named Project Dark Wolf was given first reading approval by Sumter County Council. The proposed project will make an investment in the expansion of a manufacturing facility worth $30 million through five years but will not be identified until it is prepared to move forward. Dark Wolf is an expansion project involving “the acquisition of land, a building, and improvements thereon,” “the construction of improvements ... and/or the acquisition of personal property,” including machinery, equipment and furniture for the expanded facility.

• Dr. Tim Hardee, president of Central Carolina Technical College, asked Sumter County Council during a specially called meeting for a millage increase to cover a jump in operational costs from $841,000 to about $1.474 million. Council didn’t take any action on Hardee’s request. The college last received a revenue increase from the county in 2006, and increased enrollment and the college’s expansion have increased its costs.

• Lt. Col. David S. Cannon relinquished command of the Third Army’s Special Troops Battalion in a ceremony outside Patton Hall on Friday morning, while battalion soldiers welcomed new commander Lt. Col. Thomas J. Verell Jr. of the re-named Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion. Family members of both men and other officers and guests at the Third Army/Army Central headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base gathered to watch the ceremony.

GET INVOLVED • Lee County’s 2013 Relay for Life Fashion show has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. on March 9 at Lee Central Middle School. There will be a $100 drawing for the models, and door prizes will be given out during the event. Advance tickets are available at $10 from any Relay volunteer, she said. Tickets at the door are $12. For more information, call Cheryl Boateng at (843) 245-8538. You can also form a team to help with this year’s Relay. Go to www.relayforlife.org/ leesc to learn more.

• See the new exhibition Sumter Collects II at the Sumter County Gallery of Art. The exhibition includes fine art from the personal collections of Sumter residents. The opening and reception were held Thursday, but you can view the show through April 19 during regular operating hours, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free. The Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasell St., can be reached at (803) 775-0543, www.sumtergallery.org.

• Are you interested in quilting and fabric? For $5, you can attend the Swan Lake Quilt Guild Extravaganza on March 16 and 17 at Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St. Guild members will exhibit their work from the past two years at Patriot Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and from 1 to 4 p.m.

Sunday. Antique quilts will be displayed, and fabric, patterns and notions will be for sale. There will also be door prizes and a drawing for a sewing machine.

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Bluegrass festival to benefit St. Jude

Roy Reaves, right, and Jack Howell, second from right, members of the Sumter bluegrass band the Kentucky Colonels, have announced a bluegrass gospel concert fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Troy Howell, on the banjo, and Robbie O’Neal, on the bass, are also members of the band. The bluegrass concert is scheduled to begin at noon April 13 at the Sumter County Civic Center. Tickets are available at the civic center.

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item Bluegrass musicians are known for reaching out to help others. Benefit concerts and festivals to raise money for a needy cause are the norm in the world of bluegrass music.

It is certainly the norm for local bluegrass musicians such as Roy Reaves of Sumter and Jack Howell of Bishopville. They have announced that an inaugural bluegrass music festival will be held April 13 at the Sumter County Civic Center to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.

Reaves and Howell spearheaded a benefit concert in September 2009 to raise money for Sharon O’Neal, a 39-year-old Darlington County woman who suffered serious complications from a stroke. A few months later, the local bluegrass group put together a concert to raise money for the family of Bayler Teal, a 7-yearold Bishopville youngster who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma.

Both concerts were a success, raising several thousand dollars for the families, Reaves said. “People have big

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hearts,� Reaves said. “And bluegrass musicians are like family, and we love to play our music. And we love helping people, especially little kids. We’re working hard on this festival, and we hope to raise $100,000 for St. Jude.�

Howell, guitar player

and vocalist for the Kentucky Colonels, said there’s no better organization to help than St. Jude. “My father (Troy) is also in the band,� Howell said. “And we are both Kentucky Colonels. We have a creed just like the Boy Scouts.

And we believe that we should reach out and help others in need.

And the St. Jude Children’s Hospital is an important organization.�

Headlining the concert will be the Cockman Family, a nationally celebrated bluegrass music group from North Carolina. “I met them at a festival in North Caroli-

na,� Reaves said. “They are really good people and a fantastic group.

They have agreed to come down to help us with this concert.

When I talked to them, they told me that St. Jude is one of their favorite organizations to play for.�

The rest of the lineup represents a Who’s Who in South Carolina bluegrass, Reaves said.

In addition to the Kentucky Coalminers, other groups set to perform include the Slope Valley Bluegrass Band of Hartsville, the Hinson Girls of Lancaster, Red White Bluegrass of Conway, Southern Express Gospel of Columbia and Ken Scoggins & Miller’s

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Billy Cockman, the banjo player, was the winner of the 2010 South Carolina Banjo Championship Contest at Renofest in Hartsville. Ben Cockman has won several guitar contests including the New England Flatpicking Championship and the Wayne Henderson Music Festival contest.

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Obama nominates Walmartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burwell as budget chief

BY JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Obama on Monday nominated Walmartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heated partisan budget battles.

Obama announced Burwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selection BURWELL to lead the Office of Management and Budget during a White House ceremony, noting that her appointment comes as government-wide spending cuts are going into effect that he said mean â&#x20AC;&#x153;eventually a lot of people are going to feel some pain.â&#x20AC;? The White House and congressional Republicans were unable to reach a deal to avert the cuts ahead of last Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline.

If confirmed by the Senate, Burwell would bring more diversity to Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secondterm Cabinet following criticism that many top jobs were going to white men.

Burwell is a Washington

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President Obama announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday that he will nominate, from left, MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz for energy secretary, Gina McCarthy to head the EPA and Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Budget Office.

veteran, having served as chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and as OMBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy director in the Clinton administration,

where Obama noted she was on a team that presided over three consecutive budget surpluses. She has been running the Walmart Foundation, the

retail giantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s philanthropic wing, and previously served as president of the Gates Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global Development Program, where

Obama said she helped the organization â&#x20AC;&#x153;grow into a global force for good.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sylvia knows her way around a budget,â&#x20AC;? Obama said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But as granddaughter of Greek immigrants, she also understands that our goal when we put together a budget is not just to make the numbers add up. Our goal is also to reignite the true engine of economic growth, and that is a strong growing middle class, to offer ladders of opportunity for anybody willing to climb them.â&#x20AC;?

Walmart president Mike Duke called Burwell a strong leader with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;clear vision for making big things happen.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;She understands business and the role that business, government and civil society must play to build a strong economy that provides opportunity and strengthens communities across the country,â&#x20AC;? Duke said in a statement.

Burwell would replace acting OMB director Jeffrey Zients, who has been discussed as a contender for other top administration posts.

Republicans unveil government funding measure

BY ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Republicans controlling the House moved Monday to give the Pentagon more money for military readiness while easing the pain felt by such agencies as the FBI and the Border Patrol from the acrossthe-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.

The effort is part of a huge spending measure that would fund day-today federal operations through September â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and head off a potential government shutdown later this month.

The measure would leave in place automatic cuts of 5 percent to domestic agencies and 7.8 percent to the Pentagon ordered by President Obama on Friday night after months of battling with Republicans over the budget. But the House Republicansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leg-

islation would award the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments their detailed 2013 budgets while other agencies would be frozen at 2012 levels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then bear the across-theboard cuts.

The impact of the new cuts was proving slow to reach the broader public as Obama convened the first Cabinet meeting of his second term to discuss the next steps.

The Pentagon did say it would furlough thousands of military school teachers around the world and close commissaries an extra day each week. And Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the spending cuts were causing delays in customs lines at airports including Los Angeles International and Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hare International in Chicago.

Obama said he was continuing to seek out Republican partners to

reach a deal to ease or head off the cuts, but there was no sign that a breakthrough was in the works to reverse them.

The new GOP funding measure is set to advance through the House on Wednesday.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aimed at preventing a government shutdown when a six-month spending bill passed last September runs out March 27.

The latest measure would provide an increase for military operations and maintenance efforts as well as veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health programs but would put most the rest of the government on budget autopilot.

After accounting for the across-the-board cuts, domestic agencies would face reductions exceeding 5 percent when compared with last year. But Republicans would carve out a host of exemptions seeking to protect cer-

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A project to repair the Capitol Dome in Washington could stay on track, and NASA would be protected from the harshest effects of the automatic cuts, known in Washington as a sequester.

The across-the-board cuts would carve $85 billion in spending from the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $3.6 trillion budget for this year, concentrating the cuts in the approximately $1 trillion allocated to the day-to-day agency operating budgets set by Congress each year.

Those so-called discretionary accounts re-

ceived big boosts in the first two years of Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presidency when Democrats controlled Congress but have borne the brunt of the cuts approved as Obama and Republicans have grappled over the budget.

Both Democrats and Republicans for months have warned the cuts are draconian and would slow the growth of the economy and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, for instance, says they would slow the economy by 0.6 percent and cost about 750,000 jobs.

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Myriad languages, cultures challenge health reform OAKLAND, Calif.

(AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Set on a gritty corner of Oaklandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Boulevard, the nonprofit Street Level Health Project offers free checkups to patients who speak a total of 22 languages, from recent Mongolian immigrants seeking a doctor to Burmese refugees in need of a basic dental exam.

It also provides a window into one of the challenges for state officials who are trying to implement the Affordable Care Act, President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweeping health care overhaul.

Understanding the law is a challenge even for governors, state lawmakers and agency officials, but delivering its message to non-English speakers who can benefit from it is shaping up as a special complication. That is especially true in states with large and diverse immigrant populations.

The U.S. Census estimates that more than 55 million people speak a language other than English at home. Nearly 63 percent of those are Spanish-speakers, with the highest concentrations in Texas, California and New Mexico. Chinese was the third most commonly spoken language, with large populations in California, New York, Hawaii and Massachusetts.

Five other languages have at least 1 million speakers: Tagalog, French, Vietnamese, German and Korean.

In California, twothirds of the estimated 2.6 million adults who will be eligible for federal subsidies in the health care exchange will be people of color,

S.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Government officials will face a variety of cultural and linguistic challenges in trying to educate and market the new health insurance exchange to limited-English speakers and hard-to-reach populations across the state. Many people living in South Carolina say they speak English less than â&#x20AC;&#x153;very well.â&#x20AC;?

Key numbers: South Carolina Population Age 5 and Older: 4,107,268 Number of people who speak English less than â&#x20AC;&#x153;very wellâ&#x20AC;?: 111,185 Here are the most commonly spoken languages besides English for people over age 5 in the state, and the number of people who speak that language who say they speak English less than â&#x20AC;&#x153;very well.â&#x20AC;?

Spanish: 148,295; 81,707 Vietnamese: 5,509; 3,637 Chinese: 7,469; 4,139 German: 12,736; 2,272 Tagalog: 6,379; 1,608 French: 13,142; 2,218 Korean: 2,550; 1,140 Arabic: 4,121; 1,291 Russian: 3,431; 1,304 Source: U.S. Census, 2007 estimates

while roughly 1 million will speak English less than very well, according to a joint study by the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center.

With such diversity in cultures and language, the authors said the success of health care reform â&#x20AC;&#x153;hinges in large part on how well the state conducts culturally and linguistically competent outreach and enrollment efforts.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the exchange did no targeted outreach, there could be 110,000 fewer limited-English proficient individuals enrolled,â&#x20AC;? said Cary Sanders, director of policy analysis for CPEHN, an Oaklandbased multicultural health advocacy group.

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Sumterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diana Cook, seated in front of Iditarod Musher Matt Failor, high fives onlookers at the start of her ride in the ceremonial start to the famed 1,049-mile dogsled race in Alaska. Cook rode about 11 miles on Saturday; the main Iditarod started Sunday and is expected to take mushers and their sled dogs 10 to 15 days to complete.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hugged and kissed and barked to deathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Sumterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diana Cook remains in Alaska after her ceremonial Iditarod ride with musher Matt Failor on Saturday. She sent The Item a photograph and a brief summary of her activities so far.

Cook wrote: The opening activity for the Iditariders was Thursday, Feb. 28. This included a meeting with my musher, Matt Failor.

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Friday, my daughter, Ingrid, and I went to the kennels and could meet up with the 95 dogs owned by Martin Buser, a past winner of the Iditarod. Matt was running one of Buserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three qualified teams. The dogs were so excited. I got caught among four of the 2-year-olds. I felt like I was being hugged and kissed and barked to

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On the official start on Sunday, we stood in the snow along the trail to â&#x20AC;&#x153;high-fiveâ&#x20AC;? my musher and wish him good luck as he came by.

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The other four finalists are: â&#x20AC;˘ Lisa O. McCrea-Raiford, an elementary grades teacher at the Center of Innovative Learning at Pinecrest, Aiken County Public School District; â&#x20AC;˘ Darleen S. Sutton, a first-grade teacher at Pickens Elementary School, School District of Pickens County; â&#x20AC;˘ Paul D. Johnson, a biology teacher at Saluda High School, Saluda County Schools; and â&#x20AC;˘ Jeffrey M. Venables, a chemistry teacher at Northwestern High School, Rock Hill Schools (York County District 3). â&#x20AC;&#x153;He truly deserves to be recognized not just at the school and district level but statewide,â&#x20AC;? said Superintendent Randolph D. Bynum Sr. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is one of the finest teachers Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the opportunity to observe in practice. He is there for the right reason â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the kids. If our 20-something-month-old district can produce one of the top five finalists, we as a district are doing something right. I think there are many unsung heroes in the district.â&#x20AC;?

Ivey agrees on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unsung heroesâ&#x20AC;? part. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To this platform, I bring with me a positive focus to the fact that there is no one â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;best teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in Sumter or even South Carolina â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but I am a reflection of all of us who have devoted ourselves to teaching,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to think that I just happen to possess some of the

RALLY from Page A1 However, in November when Clarendon County Council approved a fee-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the unnamed company, Truluck said he hoped the industry would announce its plans sometime in early 2013.

The job announcement comes as Clarendon County has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, sitting at 13.5 percent as of December 2012, according to the South

qualities of the best teachers that I purposefully surrounded myself around.

As wonderful as this recognition is, my greatest achievement as a professional educator will always be, simply each and every time that I have the opportunity to impact the life of a child in a positive and meaningful way. There is no more satisfying life than that of a teacher.â&#x20AC;?

The five finalists were chosen from nominees representing 81 local school districts, the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, the state Department of Juvenile Justice, the Palmetto Unified School district and the South Carolina Public Charter School District. The five finalists will travel to Columbia for personal interviews with a seven-member state selection committee. All five finalists were chosen by a panel of educators and private residents with no connection to the South Carolina Department of Education. The names of the teachers and their schools were concealed from the judges during the selection process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Sumter County is blessed to have someone like Trevor Ivey in our district,â&#x20AC;? said Keith Schultz, chairman of the Sumter School District Board of Trustees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have personally witnessed his dedication to education the last four years, and his being named a finalist is well deserved. I hope the odds are in his favor to win Teacher of the Year.â&#x20AC;?

The announcement of the South Carolina 2013-14 Teacher of the Year will be made during the Teacher of the Year Celebration on May 1 at the Met-

Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.

It is not known if the company will occupy the entire former Federal Mogul building, a 144,000-square-foot facility on U.S. 301. However, the company is expected to eventually employ about as many people as were employed at the location before it closed three years ago.

As part of a companywide restructuring that trimmed 8,600 jobs worldwide, Federal Mogul eliminated around 350 jobs when it closed the Summerton plant in 2010. Federal Mogul had operated in

Summerton for 36 years before closing.

Clarendon County Council Chairman Dwight Stewart said he thought the incoming jobs would be comparable to the Federal Mogul figures â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both in the total number of employees and in caliber, which he described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;high quality.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our concern all along has been would we be able to replace that many jobs with that level,â&#x20AC;? Stewart said.

State Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Manning, said while he did not know the particulars about the announcement, he did know that

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ropolitan Convention Center in Columbia. During the 2013-14 school year the Teacher of the Year will participate in a one-year residency program at the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement and will serve as a statewide ambassador for the profession representing more than 50,000 South Carolina teachers in the National Teacher of the Year competi-

a lot of people had been working for some time to bring Project Rally to fruition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do know enough about the project to know that between John Truluck, and the officials at the (South Carolina) Commerce Department, and the governor and her staff, I think they worked extremely hard to make this project happen,â&#x20AC;?

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In January, Vancouver-based Swift Green Filters announced plans to manufacture replacement refrigerator filters out of the former Freeman Millwork building on Ram Bay Road. Swift officials said the company would make a $3.5 million investment, eventually employing about 60 people at the location.

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Johnson also credited the Republican governor for her efforts in attracting jobs to the rural parts of the state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the years, we have been neglected, but one thing I will say that the governor has done, she has been very out front about jobs and economic development to also include rural South Carolina,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said.

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tion. South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Teacher of the Year will also receive a $25,000 cash award and a BMW to use for a year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ecstatic,â&#x20AC;? said Principal Jeannie Pressley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had the opportunity to hire (Ivey) right out of college. Since the time I hired him, I knew he had a Godgiven talent to teach.â&#x20AC;?

She originally hired him when she was principal at Cherryvale Elementary School, and Ivey taught every thirdgrader science. His students had the highest scores in the building, the district and above the state average on standardized testing, Pressley said.

Lori Smith has had him lead a number of professional development sessions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he returned from Harvard, he went to a middle school,â&#x20AC;? said the science and fine arts coordinator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a stretch, but he met the challenge.

He is seen as a leader by his peers, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise he is seen as a leader of the state. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very proud of him.â&#x20AC;?

Smith also taught Ivey in the fifthgrade.

The 2013-14 State Teacher of the Year will succeed Amy McAllister-Skinner, an English teacher at Johnsonville High School in Florence District 5.

The four remaining finalists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; known as Honor Roll teachers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will each receive $10,000, and the district teachers of the year will receive $1,000 each.

The State Department of Education contributed to this article.

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The Sumter County Republican Party will meet at 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 7, at Hibachi Grill & Buffet, 1390 Broad St. Call (803) 983-7157.

The One Pot CookOff will be held 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, March 8, at the Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St. Sample soup, bog, gumbo, stew and chili. Tickets are $10 and include crackers, dessert and beverage. Tickets can be purchased at the Shepherd’s Center in advance or on the day of the event.

The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Sumter Section will meet at 5 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Morris College.

The People to People Program will host a flapjack fundraiser at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at Applebee’s, 2497 Broad St. Tickets are $7 and include pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee.

Proceeds will help send fifth grade student Victoria R. China on an educational trip to Canada with People to People. For tickets, call (803) 316-6789.

A Zumbathon fundraiser for the James R. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation will be held 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 9, at M.H. Newton Family Life Center, 415 Manning Ave. Contact Angela Burkett at (803) 968-3644 or FoxyAKB@sc.rr.com.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 202 Ballard-Palmer-Bates Post 202 will meet 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at 310 Palmetto St. Call (803) 795-3976.

The Sumter Band of Cheraw Indians will meet at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at 2530 N. Kings Highway, Rembert. Nominations are being accepted and elections will be held for the executive tribal council and judicial branch.

Nominations will be accepted at sbciindians1@hotmail.com. If you’re related to an Oxendine, Benenhaley, Ray, Hood or Buckner and are interested in finding out more about your heritage, you are invited to attend and enroll in the tribe.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Coolio’s girlfriend trades places with the spouse of singer Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) for a week on “Celebrity Wife Swap” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

It’s come to this: Coolio’s girlfriend.

Faithful network viewers are beginning to grumble that the words “celebrity” and “star” have been diluted. The announcement of the forthcoming lineup for “Dancing With the Stars” caused some to complain that it was beginning to resemble Kathy Griffin’s infamous “D-List.” Andy Dick, anyone?

For pure freak-show, low-level, has-been recycling, nothing tops (or bottoms) “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice,” seen on NBC on Sunday nights. It almost goes without saying that Gary Busey is on board. The true tragedy is that the cast features Marilu Henner. As we learned on “60 Minutes,” the former “Taxi” star has a nearly photographic memory. That means she’ll never be able to forget a second of this pointless experience.

• CNBC shakes up its schedule and changes its image. The launch of something called “CNBC Prime” includes “Treasure Detectives” and “The Car Chasers,” and

while they may be new to CNBC, you’ve already seen them a hundred times.

“Treasure Detectives” (9 p.m.) offers a variation on the welltraveled buying-and-selling-stuff genre. Its slightly different hook is its focus on forgeries. Detective Curtis Dowling separates the wheat from the chaff, informing folks that the valuable collector’s item they just purchased is actually fraudulent. Of course the Keno brothers on “Antiques Roadshow” have been doing that since before the turn of the century.

“The Car Chasers” (10 p.m.) becomes the umpteenth series to follow dealers who buy and sell classic and collectible cars. It also features the contrived sitcom antics of a couple working and living together and coping with a know-it-all dad.

Although set in Lubbock, Texas, few folks here sport any recognizable accent. But most of them speak loudly, as if unsure anybody is watching or listening.

If these generic reality offerings represent CNBC’s new direction, the network needs a different navigator.

• Don’t go looking for “Cult.” The CW headscratcher has been yanked from Tuesday nights, where it has yet

to find an audience, and will move to Friday nights beginning March 8.

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Spencer vanishes on “Pretty Little Liars” (8 p.m., ABC Family, TV14).

• A car thief’s desperate deal on “The Lying Game” (9 p.m., ABC Family, TV-14).

• One clue leads to another on “Golden Boy” (10 p.m., CBS).

• Julia feels the tension between Peter and Tom on “Smash” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• An abuse case takes on occult overtones on “Body of Proof” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• An explosive fishing expedition reels in unexpected information on “Justified” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

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Series Notes Gibbs’ barber needs help on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Two helpings of “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers” (8 p.m., r, and 8:30 p.m., NBC) * Zoe keeps her feelings under wraps on “Hart of Dixie” (8 p.m., CW, TVPG) * Sam’s wife goes undercover on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Ryan takes up an old vice on “Go On” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Blood, sweat and fears on “The New Normal” (9:30 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

Late Night Sandra Day O’Connor is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Com-

edy Central) * Colin Farrell, Jenna Elfman and Frightened Rabbit appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * John Caparulo, Arden Myrin, James Davis and Ross Mathews are booked on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * James Franco sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Kim and Kourtney Kardashian and Buddy Guy appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS, r) * Jay Leno welcomes Jennifer Lawrence, Phil and Willie Robertson and Andy Grammer on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC, r) * Zach Braff and Lauren Cohan appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Larry King and Abbie Cornish on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS). © 2013, United Feature Syndicate

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Fire Congress, hire housewives to solve debt problems We are now saddled with a horse that doesn’t walk, run or move. I refer to our Congress in Washington, D.C. They find it impossible to balance a budget. They think it is OK to spend more taxpayers’ money than they take in and thus go deeper and deeper in debt. How many households that are successfully financially managed by the wife survive by using an asinine system like our Congress? Being a professional soldier and away from home much of the time, my wife controlled our finances. She always did an exemplary job and we have never, ever been in debt. That is what gave me the idea.

Fire our whole Congress, president and all, and hire housewives 50 years or older who have run successful households all their lives. You can bet your boots that our debt problem will be over.

Now then, what do we do with our Congress? Well, there will be a ton of messy diapers out there because of all the mothers and grandmothers in Congress. I’m sure the congressmen can handle that somewhat messy task with a lot of OJT (On the Job Training). But I wouldn’t bet the ranch on it.

JOE KALIE Sumter

Minorities have voice in S.C. politics, rendering Section 5 unnecessary In reference to the Voters Rights Challenge article (Sunday, March 3), I think it’s ironic that Mr. Burns says our argument of electing and employing minorities in the party “rings hollow.” He says, in essence, that Tim Scott doesn’t count, really, because he doesn’t “represent the black community.” He doesn’t count, really, because “He doesn’t vote for us.” Well he’s right about one thing: Sen. Scott doesn’t vote along left-wing liberal lines, so naturally he’s going to be a part of the Republican Party, and as such, members of the Democrat Party will discount him as not mattering to this argument.

They completely miss the entire point: Twenty, twenty-five years ago, Sen. Scott wouldn’t even be in the position he is in. Neither would Gov. Haley. Neither would Mr. Glenn McCall. Or Congressman Jim Clyburn for that matter. Neither would any other minority of EITHER party to ANY type of elected office. That’s the entire point of how far we have come, and that is the crux of the whole argument. It doesn’t matter, Mr. Burns, that Sen. Scott doesn’t vote the way you want him to. It doesn’t matter that you would dismiss Mr. McCall just because he belongs to the “wrong” party. That’s completely irrelevant. The fact that they have attained their positions by the collective will of the people of this great state is the issue.

It doesn’t matter what party they belong to. Isn’t the most important thing the fact that minorities are a voice and a presence in state politics and government? Is that not what a main object of the struggle is about? Therefore, it renders Section 5 no longer necessary, as we have proven our ability to move forward on race relations in this state, and we should be proud of this. I regret that Mr. Bailey seems to think otherwise. Perhaps that may be a reflection of the sins of the parties in times past, but as for the GOP, and for South Carolina, despite what others think, we have moved forward in a lot of areas where it counts.

STEVEN SCHUMPERT Sumter

Taxes the cost of living in a free, civilized society I don’t know how old William Heise Jr. is or where he came from but at his age he should know the reason he pays taxes — to support public ed-

ucation. The simplest reason is that it is the cost of living in a free and civilized society. There are many things my taxes pay for that I would get my money back from if I was allowed. But I know that even though my children don’t get free lunch, many more that need it do. I know that the lights on Hampton Avenue are just as needed as the one on Sampson although I don’t live on either. I sure would not pay for the support of a Confederate submarine. There are probably more benefits to other people than there are to me in the tax code, but that is OK because I learned early it was not all about me.

Too many people in this country are concerned about what is in it for them and theirs, and yet they sit proudly in church every Sunday hoping that the mere act of appearing pious will get them into the pearly gates. Well, if you read your Bible with your cherry picker at your side you may notice a part before you plucked it out that said, “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of Heaven.”

Some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

LEE ROY CAMPBELL Jr. Kingstree

Obama the biggest liar we have ever had for president Our president should be in Washington talking with his do-nothing Democratic-controlled Senate instead of traveling across the country trying to scare everyone into believing his lying about the sequestration, which was his idea, and he won’t apply the leadership to prevent it from taking place.

He is wasting thousands of our taxpaying dollars flying around, playing golf and instilling fear in everyone instead of going the short distance to Capitol Hill and being the leader he is supposed to be.

He tells everyone that Congress would only have to make a small compromise, but why isn’t he willing to compromise? All he wants to do is tax and spend. All of you liberals need to start thinking who is going to have to pay back for all of his giveaway programs. He already has and wants more. Your children, my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will have to pay it back. We need to listen to a Republican-led Congress and put a stop to him now, if it isn’t already too late.

I am a conservative Independent, and I vote for the person whom I believe would best benefit our country. I did not vote for Obama because he did not have the experience to be president, and he is the biggest liar we have ever had for president, and I also support Congressman Wilson for calling him one. I still don’t think he

is qualified to be president of this great country. He is trying to bankrupt our nation. He is the only president that our credit rating has dropped two times in his first term.

Our debt is already out of site and rising by the minute.

I don’t believe anyone who is a Christian and believes the word of God could have voted Democrat in this past election with the Democratic platform wanting to leave the word of God out of it. Supporting same-sex marriage and government-supported abortions, this is unreal.

All you conservative Republicans and liberals that would not vote for Mitt Romney because of his religious beliefs are the main reason we don’t have an honest president who would have been an outstanding leader.

RAY RIDGEWAY Sumter Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www.theitem. com.

Only an idiot would believe voter fraud doesn’t exist In response to John Platell’s letter to the editor of March 3, first, I must say, to picture this gentleman throwing gobs of sticky spaghetti up against his kitchen walls to test his “theory” quite humorous.

I must also say, with no offense intended on Mr. Platell’s cooking skills, that if the spaghetti was properly prepared, all you would have is a large amount of spaghetti piled up on the floor. Properly prepared spaghetti does not stick. I am assuming that you were making reference to the claim that voter fraud does not exist. In my previous letter, I did not quote a specific source, I just summed up all the sources (MSNBC. com included) and said voter fraud does in fact exist. Only an idiot would believe that it does not. I looked up “spaghetti theory,” and sure enough, it is exactly as you said.

I also looked up “idiot theory.” One of the references was to Election Day 2012. Just saying ...

DENNIS E. VICKERS Wedgefield

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I am unemployed, not receiving unemployment nor any other entitlements, still a taxpayer and thoroughly outraged.

Our “leaders” have allowed this sequester to take place. This is going to result in many budget cuts.

In South Carolina alone, you can expect budget cuts in the following areas: schools, grants toward college education, assistance in child care, law enforcement, children’s vaccines, first responders, military funding and many other programs.

Our president’s solution is more tax increases even though we just received an increase in our taxes in January 2013.

I have a few solutions for our “leaders”: 1. Take a pay cut of 10 percent to 20 percent as so many hard-working employees have had to do, if they are lucky enough to have a job.

2. Change the policy that the president ($400,000), vice president ($230,000), and Congress ($174,000) get salaries for life. Get a job like I have to do. No job I have ever had in the past is still paying me.

3. Get the same medical insurance that I am forced to get, whether I can afford it or not.

4. Less “first family” taxpayer paid vacations.

In the first four years, Michelle Obama and children took 16 vacations (Colorado, Florida, Maine, New York, Martha’s Vineyard, Grand Canyon, Spain, Africa and multiple trips to Hawaii). I can’t afford to pay for all this. Can you? Reduce my taxes by this amount, and I can afford my insurance.

During a time when Americans are financially destitute, shouldn’t our leaders tighten their own belts a little instead of wanting more money from us in the form of more taxes? Isn’t that what good leaders do — lead by example? Many CEOs of companies in trouble have reduced their salaries significantly in order to help the company.

How much longer are we going to take this before we stand up and say enough?

SANDRA SELLAR Sumter

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CHILD from Page A1 discovered about 11 a.m., according to reports, and then taken to Kingsbury Elementary.

District spokeswoman Shelly Galloway said the child was left on the bus “inadvertently,” and that the 49-year-old driver and 21-year-old bus monitor did not follow “standard procedure, (which) is for the bus to be searched upon the completion of each route.”

“The care and safety of our students is a top priority, and the driver and bus monitor have been terminated,” Galloway said.

“It would be premature right now to speculate on charges,” Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark said Monday afternoon. “This investigation, like all are in the beginning, is fluid at this point. We will wait until such time as we have reviewed all the facts to make any determination regarding charges.”

Roark said police were dispatched to Tuomey Regional Medical Center, where the mother took the child after being notified by the school.

According to the report, the mother told an officer she was notified

by Kingsbury school employees that her son had been left on the bus.

‘The care and safety of our students is a top priority, and the driver and bus monitor have been terminated.’

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Put more thought into SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): how you can make your skills more attractive Don’t overspend to make an impression. and diverse.

Simplicity coupled with an original idea and a TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Help a friend or make little mystery thrown into the mix will put you contributions to a cause you believe in. Handsin a category of your own. on help rather than making a donation will SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll find that bring you far higher rewards in the end. you’re in an uncompromising position if you let GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Slow down until you emotions lead you into conversations that will fully understand the signals you’re receiving. cost you a friendship, advancement or lead to a Expect to face deception from someone you family feud. feel attached to emotionally.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Dig deep into CANCER (June 21-July 22): You can advance if your past and you won’t make the same you display skills, attributes and talent. Don’t mistake twice. You can secure your position wait to be asked. Share your ideas and you’ll and improve your reputation if you’re strict in formulate good relationships with people the way you handle situations that have interested in supporting your efforts. potential to cause friction.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A change to your LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take any opportunity that environment or friendships will help you move comes along to change your surroundings, in a positive direction that will improve your whether it is just moving furniture around or chances to accomplish goals. Focus on selfactually making a geographical move. improvement.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Nurture relationships.

Emotional problems mustn’t be left to fester. Be PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t trust anyone willing to compromise. Excess and overreacting offering the impossible. Do what needs doing will be what lead to trouble in the first place. and keep moving in a direction that suits you.

Waiting for others to complete a job will be a LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Put more thought and waste of time. creativity into a job. A serious consideration will

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assistance with heating costs should call (803) 775-9336, extension 15, to schedule an appointment with Lassiter.

Contributions may be mailed to: The Item P.O. Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151 They may also be dropped off at The Item, 20 N. Magnolia St. When making a donation in someone’s name, please identify that person clearly and make sure last and first names are spelled correctly. If sending donations from a group, give the entire group name, not acronyms, and state what organization or church with which the group is affiliated. Again, make sure group names are spelled correctly.

Contributions received as of Thursday included: IOTA Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, $50; the Loyal Friends/ Alderman Sunday School Class of Grace Baptist Church, $25; the WMU Group Current Missions of Crosswell Baptist Church, $20; and W.D. and Nancy McDuffie, $50.

Combined anonymous donations totaled $160.

Total this week: $305.00 Total this year: $37,264.57 Total last year: $50,657.95 Total since 1969: $1,317, 357.02

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with their heating costs.

This year’s fund is dedicated to the memory of Freddie Solomon, a former Sumter High School football great and Super Bowl winner who died last year after a battle with colon cancer.

The Item collects donations each year for the fund, and the Salvation Army provides vouchers for kerosene, wood or fuel oil; Lassiter also calls utility companies and makes a pledge to pay a certain portion of past-due bills.

“We want people to come to us before it’s cut-off and too late,” Lassiter said. “We’ve had people come who wait until it’s cut off. We don’t pay to have electricity or gas cut back on.”

Lassiter said most of those she is able to help come away grateful for any assistance.

“One gentleman in his 80s reminded me this week I can only do so much, and he is just grateful I was able to help at all,” Lassiter said.

“Helping with the Fireside Fund has helped me realize once again to not take things for granted, as I have had folks in (here) who lost jobs and some even had children with family because they couldn’t afford to heat the home.

Again, I say thank you to those who donated this year.”

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Roark said he can’t remember a situation like this one in his two years as police chief.

Clarendon School District 1 in Summerton experienced a similar situation in 2009, firing a 47-year-old driver after she left a 5-year-old girl on a bus for several hours after parking the vehicle at Scott’s Branch High School for the night. The child reportedly fell asleep on the bus about seven or eight rows back, and was not found by the bus driver during a spot check of the bus. She was returned unharmed to her mother about two hours later.

Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211.

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Cindy Keisling comments on her photo submission, “Here is a snapshot of our group enjoying this past Sumter Christmas Parade.” From left are Felder Poplin, the Grinch (aka Janice Poplin), Cindy Keisling and Dedi Rembert. Photo taken by Scott Keisling.

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Edwards ends drought at Phoenix

BY JOHN MARSHALL The Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Carl Edwards climbed from his car, stood on the door and landed a backflip near the finish line. He then hopped up on the wall in front of the grandstand, grabbed the checkered flag and waded into the crowd, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS trading high-fives with Carl Edwards performs a flip in front of his crew after win- fans. ning the Subway Fresh Fit 500 on Sunday in Avondale, Ariz.

After a miserable

week at Daytona, Edwards had plenty to celebrate.

That it came at Phoenix International Raceway only seemed fitting.

Coming through on his promise to dominate after his Daytona disaster, Edwards pulled away on a late restart and snapped a 70-race winless streak on Sunday, the second long drought he’s ended at Phoenix.

“This win feels as good or better as any win I’ve ever had,’’ Edwards said.

Edwards had a rough 2012 season, missing the Chase for the championship. His downward spiral continued at Daytona, where he wrecked five cars. On his way out of Florida, Edwards said he was ready to dominate and win at Phoenix.

He did just that, lead-

ing the final 78 laps on the 312-lap race around PIR’s odd-shaped oval in the first non-restrictor-plate race with NASCAR’s new Gen-6 car.

Edwards got a good push from defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski on the restart with two laps left and pulled away from there, winning for the first time since Las SEE EDWARDS, PAGE B5

SHS sweeps weekend baseball tournament

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

with injuries since I’ve been here,’’ said Belcher, who did not pitch in 2011 after Tommy John surgery. “To go out there and have that kind of success against those guys is special.’’

Chase Vergason gave Belcher all the run support he’d need with a solo homer in the fourth inning. The Gamecocks broke things open with a five-run sixth, capped by Connor Bright’s two-run double into the left field corner.

Clemson put the pressure on Belcher early, loading the bases in the

The Sumter High School varsity baseball team couldn’t ask for a much better start to its season at the Red Bank Invitational.

The Gamecocks defeated Chapin 17-6 on Sunday in the championship game of the tournament at White Knoll High in Lexington. SHS went 4-0 on the tournament with three of the victories coming against teams ranked in the top 10 in either 4A or 3A. “It was a pretty good tournament for us,” said Sumter head coach Joe Norris. “We hit the ball pretty well throughout the tournament, and we ran the bases NORRIS pretty well. We didn’t pitch as well as I would have liked, and we had some problems on defense, but those are things we’ll work on.”

On Sunday against Chapin, the Gamecocks broke the game open with eight runs in the sixth inning. Taylor McFaddin led the offense, going 3-for-5 with a home run and three runs batted in. McFaddin hit the ball well throughout the tournament and also had two saves on the mound. That led to him being named the tourney’s most valuable player.

Tee Dubose was 3-for-3 on Sunday with two doubles and three RBI. River Soles was 2-for4 with two RBI and Ian McCaffery was 2-for-4 with an RBI. The offense seemed to be way

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SEE NORRIS, PAGE B2

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South Carolina starting pitcher Nolan Belcher throws in the ninth inning on Sunday during the Gamecocks’ 8-0 victory over Clemson at Carolina Stadium in Columbia.

Belcher, USC tame Tigers Starter goes distance as Carolina takes series for 4th straight year

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina senior Nolan Belcher didn’t expect to go the distance against Clemson on Sunday. Given what he’s gone through in his Gamecocks career, Belcher was ready for anything.

Belcher threw a three-hit, complete game to lead South Carolina to an 8-0 victory over Clemson, the fourth straight season the Gamecocks have won the season series with their state rivals.

The Gamecocks (8-2) entered the

weekend having won 18 of the previous 25 games and kept up that domination under first-year head coach Chad Holbrook. Belcher was a big reason why, scattering three singles and retiring 11 straight batters during one stretch. He ended things with his seventh strikeout, preserving South Carolina’s second shutout of the series.

South Carolina took a 6-0 victory on Friday at Clemson before the Tigers rebounded Saturday with a 6-3 win at Greenville’s minor league facility.

“I’ve been through a lot of stuff

Practice begins for Gamecocks

BY DARRYL SLATER Post and Courier COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier is not shy about expressing his pride in what South Carolina has accomplished under his watch.

But Spurrier is also quick to note THOMPSON that he wants more for USC — namely, another trip to the conference title game, and a chance to win the school’s first ever SEC championship.

Between now and the Aug. 29 Thursday night opener against

North Carolina in Columbia, the Gamecocks have about a month’s worth of August practices and 15 practice sessions this spring, starting with today’s 3 p.m. workout.

Spurrier obviously doesn’t expect to have all the answers by April 13, when USC plays its spring game, but here are five questions his team will address this spring.

THOMPSON OR SHAW?

Probably no team in the country had a more exciting final offensive snap last season than USC. While Clowney’s THE STATE unblocked hit of Vincent Smith in the Outback One of the big questions for USC to answer as spring practices begin today is whether Connor Shaw (14) will SEE PRACTICE, PAGE B6 be the starting quarterback or Dylan Thompson.

Jennings, Booker set for final home game

BY TRAVIS SAWCHIK Post and Courier CLEMSON — What if Milton Jennings was a four-star prospect out of Pinewood Prep instead of a five-star, can’t-miss player? What if Devin Booker’s surname was Smith?

Clemson coach Brad JENNINGS Brownell said under different circumstances his two seniors would enter their final home game today (vs. Boston College, 7 p.m.) viewed much differently.

Jennings and Booker followed typical college career tracks — strug-

gling to earn playing time early in their careers and playing their best basketball as seniors. But because of Jennings’ recruiting service grades and Booker’s older brother Trevor, one of the best players in Clemson history, expectations were anything but normal for BOOKER two players who have combined for 2,033 points and 1,304 rebounds.

“Milton is compared to whatever you think a fivestar guy is supposed to be, (Booker) is compared SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B4

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 6:30 a.m. -- International Baseball: World Baseball Classic First-Round Game from Taichung, Taiwan -- South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei (MLB NETWORK).

Noon -- NHL Hockey: Nashville at Los Angeles (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

1 p.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Philadelphia vs. Dominican Republic from Clearwater, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Manchester, England -- Manchester United vs. Real Madrid (FOX SOCCER).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Dortmund, Germany -- Borussia Dortmund vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

4 p.m. --- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego from Peoria, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

5 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: Mount St. Mary’s at Johns Hopkins (ESPNU).

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

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Arkansas at Missouri (ESPN).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: St. John’s at Notre Dame (ESPN2).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Virginia Tech at Duke (ESPNU).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Boston College at Clemson (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWBDFM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Boston at Philadelphia (TNT).

7 p.m. -- College Baseball: Ball State at South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5).

7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Philadelphia at New York Rangers (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Match from Houston -Santos vs. Houston (FOX SOCCER).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Ohio State at Indiana (ESPN).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Alabama at Mississippi (ESPNU).

9 p.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Mexico vs. Arizona from Scottsdale, Ariz.

(MLB NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City (TNT).

Midnight -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: Atlanta vs. New York Yankees from Tampa, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

5 a.m. -- International Baseball: World Baseball Classic First-Round Game from Fukuoka, Japan -- Cuba vs. Japan (MLB NETWORK).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Today EAST Marquette at Rutgers, 7 p.m.

Seton Hall at Providence, 9 p.m.

SOUTH Boston College at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Virginia Tech at Duke, 7 p.m.

Southern Miss. at Marshall, 7 p.m.

Alabama at Mississippi, 9 p.m.

MIDWEST Bowling Green at Kent St., 7 p.m.

Arkansas at Missouri, 7 p.m.

St. John’s at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Illinois at Iowa, 7:06 p.m.

TCU at Kansas St., 8 p.m.

Ohio St. at Indiana, 9 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Memphis at UTEP, 9 p.m.

FAR WEST Boise St. at UNLV, 10 p.m.

TOURNAMENTS Big South Conference At Conway First Round Radford vs. Winthrop, Noon UNC Asheville vs. Longwood, 2:30 p.m.

Campbell vs. Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina vs. Liberty, 8:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals Thursday Charleston Southern vs. Radford-Winthrop winner, Noon VMI vs. UNC Asheville-Longwood winner, 2:30 p.m.

Gardner-Webb vs. Campbell-Presbyterian winner, 6 p.m.

High Point vs. Coastal Carolina-Liberty winner, 8:30 p.m.

Horizon League At Campus Sites First Round Milwaukee at Green Bay, TBA Cleveland State at Illinois-Chicago, TBA Loyola of Chicago at Youngstown State, TBA

MLB SPRING TRAINING

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Kansas City 9 0 1.000 Seattle 10 1 .909 Baltimore 7 2 .778 Tampa Bay 7 4 .636 Chicago 5 3 .625 Minnesota 6 4 .600 Cleveland 7 5 .583 Houston 5 4 .556 Boston 6 5 .545 Oakland 5 5 .500 Toronto 5 5 .500 Detroit 5 6 .455 New York 3 7 .300 Texas 3 7 .300 Los Angeles 1 8 .111 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Miami 4 3 .571 Washington 4 3 .571 Arizona 5 5 .500 Colorado 5 5 .500 Los Angeles 4 4 .500 Philadelphia 5 5 .500 San Diego 6 6 .500 San Francisco 4 4 .500 Atlanta 5 6 .455 Chicago 5 6 .455 St. Louis 4 5 .444 Milwaukee 4 6 .400 Pittsburgh 3 7 .300 New York 2 5 .286 Cincinnati 2 10 .167 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings.

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

Houston vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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Cleveland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

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

Oakland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 35 21 .625 – Brooklyn 34 26 .567 3 Boston 31 27 .534 5 Philadelphia 23 35 .397 13 Toronto 23 37 .383 14 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 43 14 .754 – Atlanta 33 25 .569 101/2 Washington 19 39 .328 241/2 Orlando 16 44 .267 281/2 Charlotte 13 46 .220 31 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 38 22 .633 – Chicago 34 26 .567 4 Milwaukee 29 28 .509 71/2 Detroit 23 39 .371 16 Cleveland 20 39 .339 171/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 47 14 .770 – Memphis 39 19 .672 61/2 Houston 33 28 .541 14 Dallas 26 33 .441 20 New Orleans 21 39 .350 251/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Okla. City 43 16 .729 – Denver 38 22 .633 51/2 Utah 32 27 .542 11 Portland 27 31 .466 151/2 Minnesota 20 36 .357 211/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 43 19 .694 – Golden State 33 27 .550 9 L.A. Lakers 30 30 .500 12 Phoenix 21 39 .350 21 Sacramento 21 40 .344 211/2 Sunday’s Games Miami 99, New York 93 Oklahoma City 108, L.A. Clippers 104 Sacramento 119, Charlotte 83 Memphis 108, Orlando 82 Washington 90, Philadelphia 87 Houston 136, Dallas 103 San Antonio 114, Detroit 75 Indiana 97, Chicago 92 L.A. Lakers 99, Atlanta 98 Monday’s Games New York at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Utah at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 9 p.m.

Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m.

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

Today’s Games Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 22 14 8 0 28 77 64 New Jersey 21 10 6 5 25 52 56 Philadelphia 23 11 11 1 23 66 68 N.Y. Rangers 20 10 8 2 22 51 51 N.Y. Islanders 22 9 11 2 20 64 75 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 22 14 4 4 32 68 53 Boston 19 14 3 2 30 57 42 Ottawa 23 12 7 4 28 52 44 Toronto 22 13 9 0 26 64 55 Buffalo 23 9 12 2 20 60 73 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 21 12 8 1 25 63 59 Winnipeg 21 10 10 1 21 55 64 Tampa Bay 21 9 11 1 19 73 67 Florida 22 6 11 5 17 55 82 Washington 20 8 11 1 17 55 59 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 22 19 0 3 41 70 41 Detroit 22 10 8 4 24 61 59 St. Louis 21 11 8 2 24 60 61 Nashville 22 9 8 5 23 46 54 Columbus 22 6 12 4 16 49 66 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 21 11 6 4 26 61 58 Minnesota 21 11 8 2 24 49 51 Calgary 20 8 8 4 20 57 68 Colorado 20 8 8 4 20 50 60 Edmonton 21 8 9 4 20 51 58 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 20 15 3 2 32 71 55 Dallas 22 11 9 2 24 61 63 San Jose 20 10 6 4 24 47 44 Phoenix 21 10 8 3 23 62 59 Los Angeles 19 10 7 2 22 49 47 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games Chicago 2, Detroit 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Ottawa 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, SO Columbus 2, Colorado 1, OT Dallas 4, St. Louis 1 Carolina 3, Florida 2 Montreal 4, Boston 3 Minnesota 4, Edmonton 2 Calgary 4, Vancouver 2 Monday’s Games New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m.

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

Anaheim at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Nashville at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

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

Boston at Washington, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.

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

Winnipeg at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

LMA duo combines on no-hitter MANNING — Linc Powell and Blake Winans combined on a no-hitter to lead Laurence Manning Academy to a 4-1 varsity baseball victory over Providence Athletic Club on Monday at Tucker Belangia Field.

Powell worked five innings striking out seven batters. Winans struck out five in two innings to pick up the save.

Winans was also 2-for-2 with a run and a run batted in. Todd Larimer had a hit and scored two runs for LMA, which improved to 2-0 on the season.

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GILBERT — Sumter High School finished second in the Gilbert Soccer Tournament, losing to Gilbert 3-2 in the championship game on Saturday.

Ben Cardone and Chris Bult-

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Thursday at the Ben Lippen field.

Jimmy Latham and Michael Streeter each scored goals for the Barons, while Harris Jordan and Adam Jennings each had an assist.

Matthew High had six saves in goal.

man scored goals for the Gamecocks, with Bultman assisting Cardone on his goal.

Earlier on Saturday, the Gamecocks beat White Knoll 2-1. Dale Turner and Ryan Perez scored goals while Perez and Kurt Kehrer had assists.

On Friday, Sumter tied Swansea 1-1 and beat Andrew Jackson High 2-1. Kyle Mavity scored the SHS goal against Swansea, while Turner and Dylan Cano score the goals against AJ. Cano also had an assist.

Turner, Bultman, Cano and Perez were all named to the alltournament team.

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MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy improved to 2-on the season with an 11-1 victory over Providence Athletic Club on Monday at Tucker Belangia Field.

Morgan Morris led the LMA offense with two hits.

Morris, Ryan Touchberry and Hunter Robinson combined for eight strikeouts on the mound.

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Sumter softball falls to South Florence FLORENCE — Sumter High School’s varsity softball team dropped a 4-2 decision to South Florence on Monday at the South Florence field.

Jennifer Bettencourt took the loss for the Lady Gamecocks, but scattered six hits and allowed just two earned runs while striking out three.

Bettencourt and Robbi Winfield both had two htis, with Winfield driving in a run as well.

hitter as Clarendon Hall improved to 2-0 on the season with a 20-0 victory over Faith Christian on Friday at the Clarendon Hall field.

Leading the way offensively for the Lady Saints were Shannon Corbett and Brittany Bays.

Corbett was 3-for-3 with three runs batted in and Bays was 2-for-3 with five RBI. Holly Carlilse and Jamie Lee Kidd both had two hits.

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KERSHAW — Laurence Manning Academy won the North Central High School tournament with a 9-0 victory over Crestwood on Saturday at the North Central field.

Grace Beatson was the winning pitcher for the Lady Swampcats, who are 4-0 on the season.

Dakota Jackson had two hits for LMA, while Grace Beatson and Courtney Beatson both had a triple and Dixie Richburg had a double.

In earlier games on Saturday, Laurence Manning beat Lower Richland 8-4 and Richland Northeast 13-0. In the LR game, Grace Beatson was the winning pitcher, Hannah Hodge had two hits and Christian Hussey had a double.

In the RNE game, Courtney Beatson threw a no-hitter and had five strikeouts. Offensively, Courtney Beatson had two doubles while Jackson and Mary Michael Windham both had two hits. Hussey had a triple.

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“Everybody seemed to hit the ball well during the tournament,”Norris said. “Everybody said they missed six to eight days of practice due to the weather, and about all they could do was get in the batting cage. I think that had the offense probably ahead in the

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Wilson Hall improved to 2-1 on the season with a 23-0 victory over Ben Lippen in three innings on Friday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

Hannah Jordan led the Baron offense, going 3-for-3 with two doubles. Betsy Cunningham had three hits, including a double, and Holly Scott had three hits. Emma Catoe had two hits, including a triple, and three runs batted in, and Danielle deHoll had two hits and scored three runs.

Scott was the winning pitcher.

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WALTERBORO — Laurence Manning Academy defeated Colleton Prep 16-6 on Monday at the Colleton Prep field.

Lundee Olsen pitched six innings to get the win, striking out 10.

Caroline Robinson went 3-for-3, including an inside-the-park home run, with three runs batted in. Marlane Cruz had two hits and two RBI.

After four straight days of baseball and three straight games starting today, Norris and his coaching staff led the team basically have Monday off.

Phillip Watcher will start on the mound against Spring Valley, while Charlie Barnes will start the region contest against Carolina Forest. Will Smith will take to the mound against Blythewood.

Norris said region foe Conway has an outstanding team, but West Florence, South Florence and Carolina Forest are solid teams as well.

tournament.”

Brandon Granger got the victory in relef on Sunday. He pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. He struck out two and walked one.

MCaffery, Jacob Watcher and Chris Crawford were named to the all-tournament team.

SHS now turns its attention to the rest of the season, which begins today. Sumter will play host to Spring Valley today at 6:30 p.m. before opening its Region VI-4A schedule on Wednesday at home against Carolina Forest.

The Gamecocks travel to Blythewood on Thursday.

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Baseball Spring Valley at Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Eau Claire, 6 p.m.

Bethune-Bowman at Scott’s Branch, 5 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at The King’s Academy, 4 p.m.

Calvary Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Bseball East Clarendon at Lake City, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Golf Lee Central at Lake City, 4:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 3 p.m.

Junior Varsity Golf Manning Varsity at Sumter (Beech Creek Golf Course), 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer Eau Claire at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer

FRANK’S

GOLF Honda Classic Par Scores The Associated Press Sunday At PGA National (Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,110; Par: 70 Final Michael Thompson (500), $1,080,000 67-65-70-69—271 -9 Geoff Ogilvy (300), $648,000 68-66-70-69—273 -7 Luke Guthrie (190), $408,000 68-63-71-73—275 -5 Keegan Bradley (104), $226,200 68-68-70-71—277 -3 Erik Compton (104), $226,200 69-68-70-70—277 -3 Lucas Glover (104), $226,200 69-66-72-70—277 -3

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013

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Gamecocks out front for Saluda DL ing a picture of himself in a Clemson jersey and helmet inside the Clemson locker room. However, Clemson did not take his commitment.

Clemson was the first school to offer McCrary, who has had Clemson at the top of his list. He attended the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; junior day last month.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also had FSU, Arkansas and West Virginia in his top four. At one time, he was committed to FSU. QB Drew Barker of Hebron, Ky., went to Kentuckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior day late last month and will make two visits to USC this spring.

Barker has had USC and Tennessee at the top of his list, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wiped the slate clean for now. He also has offers from Louisville, Purdue, Tennessee, UNC, Illinois, Cincinnati, Indiana, Ole Miss and Miami. He will visit USC for a junior day on March 22 and will stay through March 24. And he plans to return for the Gamecocksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spring game weekend April 1214. Barker is the only QB USC has offered thus far for the 2014 class.

Another QB who plans to attend USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March 23 junior day is Tyler Harris of Blackshear, Ga. Offensive lineman Orlando Brown of Suwanee, Ga., has named USC among his top 10 schools along with Georgia, but is in no hurry to narrow the list.

Brown named Arkansas and Oklahoma as his next two destinations and plans to visit California during spring break. Brown is planning a return trip to USC that could come during spring practice.

Defensive back Step Durham of Jacksonville, Fla., has offers from UNC, North Carolina State, GT, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Tennessee and Minnesota. He is getting interest from USC, UGA, Florida, FSU and Notre Dame among others. He has visited USC several times.

USC and Clemson are two of the schools defensive end Jesse Aniebonam (6-5, 235) of Olney, Md., plans to visit this spring or summer. They are two of his dozen offers at this point. The others are ND, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Alabama, Auburn, Duke, Florida, GT, Hawaii and Penn State. He has been to junior days at Maryland and ND. Aniebonam has been in touch with Clemson and USC and is giving both a lot of thought. Aniebonamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teammate is Clemson signee LB Dorian Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Daniel.

Aniebonam also plans to visit GT, Alabama, Michigan and Ohio State.

QB Jalan McClendon of Charlotte has offers from South Carolina State, UNC, Wake Forest and East Carolina with interest from USC, Clemson, NCSU, LSU and UGA among others.

He named Clemson, USC, UGA and UNC has his top four in no order.

McClendon has attended junior days at NCSU and UNC and does not have any other trips scheduled.

QB Jacob Park of Stratford High in Goose Creek has a dozen offers and has not formally cut down his list, but Knights head coach Ray Stackley said four schools have emerged from the group to sit at the top of Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list.

Stackley said the four standing out the most right now are Alabama, UGA,VT and UNC. All have offered along with Auburn, Tennessee, NCSU, Ole Miss and Duke. Stackley said Auburn and Tennessee are no longer in the picture, and right now USC and Clemson are not a factor.

Park has visited Alabama, UNC and VT. His coach said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go to a couple of spring practices at schools he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t visited.

Last season, Park passed for 2,700 yards and 25 touchdowns.

Phil QB KORNBLUT Mason Rudolph of Northwestern High in Rock was offered by Ole Miss last week. He also has offers from LSU, VT and Oklahoma State.

LB Bryson AllenWilliams of Ellenwood, Ga., named his new top 10 in order on Twitter last week. Allen-Williams stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;New top 10: #SC, #UGA, #BAMA, #UF, #Vols, #Michigan, #Auburn, #Razorbacks, #Wisconsin , #NCState... In order.â&#x20AC;? The Georgia LB has been a Gamecock lean for some time. His other offers include Clemson, Florida, Southern California, Washington, GT, Alabama, Tennessee, Vandy, UNC, NCSU, Duke and Missouri.

DB Wesley Green of Lithonia, Ga., has offers from Clemson, USC, UGA, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, UNC, NCSU, Syracuse, WF, WVU, Mississippi State, and Mizzou among others.

He is showing a lot of interest in the Gamecocks.

Green has already visited UNC, NCSU, Auburn and WF this off season.

WR Demarre Kitt of Tyrone, Ga., last week tweeted out his new short list of schools and Clemson and USC are both on the list. He also has UGA, Auburn, Alabama, Ohio State, Ole recruiting corner

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efensive lineman Dexter Wideman (6-foot4-inches, 275 pounds) of Saluda High School has not been to any junior days or visited any schools this spring, according to his head coach, Doug Painter, because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focusing on his academics. And he has no visits planned right now though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talked to Louisiana State about a visit in four to five weeks.

Wideman has offers from South Carolina, Clemson, Michigan, Florida and Mississippi.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also hearing from Florida State and LSU. Both called this week.

According to Painter, USC is out front for Wideman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His family would like him to go to Carolina,â&#x20AC;? Painter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For one thing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closer and they can get there easy.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty close to his grandmother so he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go too far away. But he still has an interest (in other schools) because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been away to football games to see what goes on and check out other campuses.â&#x20AC;?

Wideman has been to USC and Clemson for games, and he went to 1-day camps at Tennessee and Virginia Tech last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to want to take the visits and see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out there,â&#x20AC;? Painter continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaning towards the Gamecocks.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not told me that; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just my perception watching him around school.â&#x20AC;?

DL Poona Ford (6-1, 280) of Hilton Head High is one of the most heavily offered prospects in the state. His offers include USC, Illinois, Missouri, Georgia Tech, Arizona, Tennessee, Purdue, Kansas State, Utah State, Marshall and Florida Atlantic. His head coach, BJ Payne, said last week Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are close to making offers, and Ford is hearing from Michigan and Oregon.

Clemson has shown interest, but has not offered. Ford attended USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior day earlier last month and has been favoring the Gamecocks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a great job recruiting him,â&#x20AC;?

Payne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They see him as being similar to (former Gamecock) Melvin Ingram.â&#x20AC;?

While USC is a definite favorite, Ford is not close on a commitment, according to his coach.

This past weekend, Payne and Ford visited Tennessee, and they plan to get to North Carolina. Last season, Ford totaled 154 tackles, a figure his coach said led the country among interior DLs. He also had 44 tackles for loss and 10 quarterback sacks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the most dominating defensive linemen in the country,â&#x20AC;?

Payne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great character kid.â&#x20AC;?

Ford was a linebacker for most of his career before moving to the DL last season.

Wide receiver Jacob McCrary of Miami announced on Twitter last week a commitment to Clemson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a tiger #tigernation #Clemson boundâ&#x20AC;? McCrary tweeted, includ-

Miss, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M. WVU, Oregon, UCLA, Southern Cal, Oklahoma State and Michigan. He plans to cut his list to 8-10 schools after spring practice. Kitt was at Clemsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior day last month.

DB Darin Smalls of Summerville High was offered by GT last week.

That gives him six offers.

The others are USC, Clemson, VT, FSU and NCSU. Smalls was at USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior day last month and has no other visits planned at this point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;USC is my favorite as of now,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that he might attend USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior day later this month.

USC continues to be a strong player with OL Bentley Spain of Charlotte, according to his head coach, Randy Long.

Spain has taken several visits to USC, which was the first school to offer him. He has a short list of USC, UNC, LSU, Michigan, Stanford and Virginia.

WR Jaylan Barbour of Monroe, N.C., was offered by WVU last week.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been favoring USC over UNC and Duke.

Running back Elijah Hood of Charlotte announced a new top three last week of ND, Michigan and Ohio State in order. He visited the three schools recently. UNC had been No. 2 on his list. Clemson is one of the other offers heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been considering.

Clemson has offered WR Dallis Todd of La Mirada, Calif. He also has offers from Florida, Nebraska, Ohio State and A&M. He has visited Southern Cal and will visit Ohio State on April 6. He also wants to visit Clemson.

Athlete Hyleck Foster of Gaffney High visited UNC and UGA recently. The trip to Athens stood out for Foster.

Foster feels the Bulldogs are showing a lot of interest though he expects his next offer to come from WVU. Kentucky is next up on his schedule and he plans to visit USC. His current offers are from UNC, WF and Alabama State.

DB Qua Searcy of Griffin, Ga., has offers from USC, GT, South Alabama, Louisville and Marshall among others with interest from Alabama, Auburn, UGA, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Mizzou and

UCLA. Thus far, his only junior day visit was to GT. His next junior day visit will either be Alabama or Mississippi State.

LB Richard Yeargin III of Hollywood, Fla.,, who has had an offer from Clemson, was offered last week by USC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited about it because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my home state,.â&#x20AC;? Yeargin said. His father is from Greenville. Yeargin has 21 offers now including Florida, FSU, Tennessee, ND, Vandy, Boston College, Wisconsin, WF, UCLA, GT and Purdue.

Yeargin has not been on any visits and will go to South Florida for the spring game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a battle between Clemson and Florida,â&#x20AC;? said Yeargin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve built a very good relationship with (Clemsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) coaches.â&#x20AC;? Yeargin named Clemson, USC, Florida, ND, Tennessee, BC, GT and UCLA as schools of strong interest.

RB Jonathan Vickers of Jacksonville, Fla., has offers from Clemson, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Alabama, UGA, NCSU, Louisville, Texas Christian and California. He has Clemson, Alabama and FSU as his top three. He went to junior days at Alabama and FSU. Vickers is planning to visit Clemson, USC, Florida and UGA this spring.

RB Kobe McCrary of Chipley, Fla., plans to visit Clemson. McCrary recently visited Florida and Louisville. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also drawn interest from USC, Florida, FSU, Pittsburgh, Kentucky and Mississippi State. McCrary rushed for 1,600 yards and 23 TD last season.

OL Mason Cole of Tarpon Springs, Fla., committed to Michigan last week. Clemson and USC were among his offers. Former Clemson commitment DB Dylan Sumner-Gardner of Mesquite, Texas committed to A&M over the weekend.

DB Edward Paris of Mansfield, Texas committed last week to LSU. Clemson and USC were among his offers.

Coastal Carolina head coach Joe Moglia announced the additions of LB Austin Larkin of San Ramon, Calif., and WR Trey Gattison of Hartsville to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 recruiting class.

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Chad Frazier, a 6-4

player from Gulf Coast State Junior College said last week he is evenly split between USC and A&M and plans to have a decision soon after his official visit to USC. Frazier visited A&M over the weekend and watched the Aggies beat the Gamecocks. He has not set his USC visit date, but said it will come in mid-March. He said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make a decision about a week after the USC visit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like (USC head) Coach (Frank) Martin a lot,â&#x20AC;? Frazier said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said I could play either the point or the two guard and would have a chance to play right away.â&#x20AC;? Frazier said he also likes the A&M staff and the opportunities there. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a native of Charlotte and said the proximity of the schools to his hometown is not a factor. Frazier did not sign out of high school and played two seasons at Gulf Coast. This season he averaged 16 points, five assists and four rebounds per game.

Demetrius Henry, a 6-9 player from Bradenton, Fla., has seen his season come to an end, so now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready to move on with the final stage of his recruiting. Henry is down to USC, Miami and USF and will be scheduling his official visits to those schools in the next couple of weeks.

Henry said USC has been in constant contact..

Henry said the Gamecocksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poor record will have no impact on his view of them as he makes his decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to see how the schools are and how the fans are,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to see how the people are around the school and how nice they are and if I can see myself at the school for the next four years.â&#x20AC;?

Henry plans to sign on the first day of the spring signing period, which is April 17. This season, he averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and two assists despite a sore shoulder which he plans to have checked out soon by a doctor.

USC signee 6-5 Sindarius Thornwell was selected for the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic. 6-6 Travis Hammonds of Gray Military Academy visited GT and Georgia State last week.

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Zags top AP poll

USC women beat Florida THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS The Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The to-do list for the Gonzaga basketball team got shorter Monday: For the first time, the Zags were ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Sweet, but it may get bumpier from there.

Next: Avoiding the potholes that have stopped every other No. 1 this season, then finding a way to the Final Four.

The fact that Few would skip perhaps the biggest day in program history to go fishing says much about the priorities of the coach who helped build and has sustained Gonzagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success.

Few has repeatedly said he enjoys the balance between work and family time that Gonzaga provides, a major reason he has not left for a bigger program.

Students celebrated the No. 1 ranking on the downtown campus Monday, and the food services department wheeled out a 20-foot cake that said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Congratulations Zags.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Staying No. 1 has been tough this season, with Gonzaga the fifth school to hold the spot after replacing Indiana this week. The others were Duke, Louisville and Michigan.

Gonzaga, a small Jesuit school in Spokane, is where crooner Bing Crosby went and where John Stockton threaded pinpoint passes. It has the best record in Division I at 29-2 following wins against BYU and Portland. The Hoosiers, beaten by Minnesota last week, dropped to No. 2.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cashmere Wright, left, battles Louisvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kevin Ware for a loose ball during the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 67-51 victory on Monday in Louisville, Ky.

Kansas, Louisville win big LAWRENCE, Kan. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jeff Withey scored 22 points and every senior had a big night at their last home game, leading No. 4 Kansas past Texas Tech 79-42 at Allen Fieldhouse on Monday night.

Kevin Young had 14 points and Ben McLemore and Travis Releford added 13 apiece as the Jayhawks (26-4, 14-3 Big 12), who took a half-game lead over No. 9 Kansas State in their quest for a ninth straight conference title.

Fueled by Young and

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Withey, Kansas unleashed a 19-2 run and seized a 45-20 halftime lead. Withey and McLemore combined to score the first 10 points in a 16-3 run to open the second half.

(8) LOUISVILLE CINCINNATI

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Russ Smith scored 18 points and No. 8 Louisville gave Rick Pitino his 300th victory with the Cardinals by beating Cincinnati 67-51.

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NBA KNICKS CAVALIERS

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CLEVELAND â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Amare Stoudemire scored 22 points, J.R. Smith added 18 and the New York Knicks overcame a 22-point deficit without Carmelo Anthony to beat the Cavaliers 102-97, ending a 10-game losing streak in Cleveland.

From wire reports

COLUMBIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ashley Bruner scored 16 points and Aleighsa Welch and Ieasia Walker added 14 apiece as No. 14 South Carolina defeated Florida 67-56 Sunday.

The Gamecocks (23-6, 11-5) set a school record for Southeastern Conference victories in a season and tied their program record for regular-season wins.

Khadijah Sessionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 3-pointer started a 9-2 run that gave the Gamecocks a 53-44 lead with 6:32 remaining. They led 61-49 with 3:41 left after a three-point play and another free throw by Welch and a jumper by Bruner.

Welch also had 10 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season, and Walker tied her career high with eight assists.

Sydney Moss scored 16 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Gators (17-13, 6-10). Jaterra Bonds added 12 points before fouling out and Jennifer George had 10 points and blocked four shots.

Both teams will begin play Thursday at the SEC tournament in Duluth, Ga.

SEC TOURNAMENT Thursday At Duluth, Ga. Second Round Arkansas vs. Florida, Noon South Carolina vs. Mississippi St.-Alabama winner, 2:30 p.m.

Vanderbilt vs. Missouri, 6 p.m.

LSU vs. Auburn, 8:30 p.m.

WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AP TOP 25 MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AP TOP 25 1. Gonzaga (51) 2. Indiana (7) 3. Duke (5) 4. Kansas 5. Georgetown (2) 6. Miami 7. Michigan 8. Louisville 9. Kansas St. 10. Michigan St. 11. Florida 12. New Mexico 13. Oklahoma St. 14. Ohio St. 15. Marquette 16. Saint Louis 17. Syracuse 18. Arizona 19. Oregon 20. Pittsburgh 21. VCU 22. Wisconsin 23. UCLA 24. Notre Dame 25. Memphis

Record 29-2 25-4 25-4 25-4 23-4 23-5 24-5 24-5 24-5 22-7 23-5 25-4 22-6 21-7 21-7 23-5 22-7 23-6 23-6 23-7 23-6 20-9 22-7 22-7 25-4

Pts 1,607 1,517 1,471 1,433 1,384 1,245 1,240 1,217 1,040 1,006 993 950 833 763 687 675 589 394 332 326 277 217 196 164 149

Prv 2 1 3 6 7 5 4 10 13 9 8 14 15 16 22 18 12 11 24 23 NR 17 NR 21 19

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 109, Louisiana Tech 103, Saint Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Cal) 47, UNLV 43, California 33, Butler 26, Illinois 25, Minnesota 10, Creighton 7, Middle Tennessee 5, Akron 4, Missouri 4, Belmont 3, Colorado St. 1.

CLEMSON from Page B1 to his brother all the time,â&#x20AC;? Brownell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have both had to deal with some things they never really asked for but have happened. They have had to deal with some difficult expectations.â&#x20AC;?

Clemson fans expected an immediate impact from Jennings.

As a freshman, Jennings was booed in Littlejohn Coliseum during a poor performance against Maryland. Then Clemson coach Oliver Purnell admonished the booing, but the criticism continued throughout Jenningsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; career.

Jennings, who has wrestled with

waning levels of confidence during his career, says he harbors no resentment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what a fan is,â&#x20AC;? said Jennings, who is averaging 10.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I complain when my teams lose. When the Spurs lose I say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What is coach doing? What is Tim (Duncan) doing?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The average fan doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the other stats. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that I had three or four steals or that I came across the lane and walled up and stopped six or eight points. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the hustle plays.â&#x20AC;?

Booker is one of three dozen players to score at least 1,000 points at Clemson, but even he is considered to be somewhat of a disappointment because of his older brother. Trevor Booker, a first-round pick in the NBA draft, helped Clemson secure NCAA Tournament bids three times.

Record 1. Baylor (40) 28-1 2. Notre Dame 27-1 3. UConn 27-2 4. Stanford 28-2 5. California 27-2 6. Duke 27-2 7. Kentucky 25-4 8. Penn St. 24-4 9. Tennessee 23-6 10. Maryland 23-6 11. Dayton 26-1 12. Georgia 24-5 13. Louisville 23-6 14. UCLA 23-6 15. North Carolina 26-5 16. Delaware 26-3 17. South Carolina 23-6 18. Colorado 24-5 19. Texas A&M 21-9 20. Green Bay 24-2 21. Nebraska 22-7 22. LSU 19-10 23. Florida St. 21-8 24. Syracuse 22-6 25. Toledo 26-2

Pts 1,000 957 916 881 840 797 742 709 673 622 565 499 490 484 436 380 376 354 305 223 213 122 93 70 64

Prv 1 2 3 4 6 5 10 7 8 9 12 11 16 17 15 18 14 19 13 21 20 NR 24 22 NR

Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 60, Purdue 38, Gonzaga 19, San Diego St. 13, Oklahoma St. 11, Texas Tech 11, Michigan St. 10, Vanderbilt 8, Chattanooga 3, Oklahoma 3, Villanova 3, Charlotte 2, DePaul 2, Florida Gulf Coast 2, Miami 2, West Virginia 2.

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PTC to host Hamptons Classic March 15-17 The Hamptons Classic tennis tournament will be held March 15-17 at Palmetto Tennis Center.

Registration is currently being taken for the SC Level 4 adult tournament, which is being sponsored by Hamptons Restaurant. There will be divisions for singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

Matches will begin on Friday, May 15, at 5 p.m. All participants will receive a coupon for lunch at Jersey Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, redeemable through the dura-

tion of the tournament, and a long sleeve T-shirt.

Players interested in competing can enter online through www.usta. com. Tournament ID:704109313.

Admission for spectators is free.

2ND DRIVER CHARGED IN COACHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DEATH

A second driver has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of a popular Williamsburg County basketball coach last month.

Kwandeesha J. Taylor, 21, of Lake City was charged Monday with leav-

ing the scene of a collision and failure to render aid, according to S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins.

Taylor is charged in the Feb. 18 death of Sonya Burgess, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach at Kingstree High School. Taylor struck Burgess on the highway after Burgess was ejected from her Ford Explorer and then kept driving, Collins said.

THOMPSON WINS HONDA FOR 1ST TOUR TITLE

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michael Thompson had one of only

five rounds under par Sunday to win his first PGA Tour event at the Honda Classic.

Thompson seized control with a 50-foot eagle putt on the third hole.

He stayed in control with superb par saves early on the back nine at PGA National. He made birdie from the bunker on the last hole for a 1-under 69 and a two-shot victory over Geoff Ogilvy.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013

EDWARDS from Page B1 Vegas in 2011.

After parking his car at the finish line, Edwards landed his first backflip in nearly two years and celebrated with the fans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just like he did at PIR after ending another 70-race winless streak in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a relief for someone like Carl,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Denny Hamlin, who finished third and had a long winless streak end at Phoenix last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now relevant again, he really is and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good sign for their race team for things to come.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The big duel came behind Edwards.

Despite struggling with his car most of the day, Hamlin made a bold move on the last lap with a pass on the apron below the dogleg. He popped up alongside Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and the two drag-raced to the finish, where Johnson edged him by a few inches.

Keselowski, who was outside Johnson during Hamlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move, finished fourth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended up fifth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As far down as I was, I was committed, there was nothing that I was going to do where I would back out,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hamlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just hoped I would have just slid in front of the 48, then you risk getting punted and spun, and your whole day youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked everything for is taken away in a corner. I held my line and thought I really did the right thing and gave those guys room to pass me back â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and one of them did.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The last Phoenix race, in November, set up Keselowski for his first Sprint Cup title after Johnson blew a tire. It also featured quite a sideshow.

A running feud between Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon boiled over late in the race, setting off a brawl in the pits and Bowyer on a WWE-style dash to Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hauler.

The drivers tried to downplay the confrontation after arriving in the desert this week, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been hard to avoid, with video of the scrap-anddash being shown all over in promos for the race and replays.

Ryan Newman had the only dash this time around, running across the track and away from his car after it blew a right-front tire for the second time in 140 laps.

Inside his car, Mark Martin failed in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner.

The 54-year-old became the second-oldest driver to start on the pole in a Sprint Cup car, a few months short of Harry Gantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mark. Martin led the first 49 laps and 26 more later on, but couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sustain it in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner, finishing 21st. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a disappointing result for a great effort on the weekend,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Martin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The car was pretty fast, but we had multiple problems today.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; So did Danica Patrick, who had a rough follow-up to her breakthrough week at the Daytona 500.

Patrick became the first woman to win a pole and lead green-flag laps during NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season opener,

SUBWAY FRESH FIT 500 RESULTS The Associated Press Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (15) Carl Edwards, Ford, 316 laps, 136.5 rating, 48 points, $293,675.

2. (3) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 316, 126.9, 43, $209,686.

3. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 316, 98.7, 41, $157,575.

4. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 316, 115.8, 41, $168,076.

5. (21) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 316, 107.9, 40, $130,750.

6. (13) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 316, 101, 38, $140,083.

7. (9) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 316, 111.1, 37, $129,841.

8. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 316, 103.2, 36, $132,575.

9. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 316, 98.2, 35, $131,186.

10. (20) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 316, 87.5, 34, $96,950.

11. (23) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 316, 71.7, 33, $111,808.

12. (29) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 316, 80.5, 33, $111,064.

13. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 316, 108.4, 31, $125,136.

14. (43) Casey Mears, Ford, 316, 64.1, 30, $105,333.

15. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 316, 85.9, 29, $117,886.

16. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 316, 72, 28, $125,311.

17. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 316, 86, 28, $92,925.

18. (22) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 316, 67.4, 26, $105,914.

19. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 316, 84.9, 25, $93,000.

20. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 316, 70.9, 24, $108,866.

21. (1) Mark Martin, Toyota, 316, 91.9, 24, $92,425.

22. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 316, 68.3, 22, $103,995.

23. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 316, 60.3, 21, $119,508.

24. (33) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 315, 55, 20, $99,408.

25. (34) David Reutimann, Toyota, 315, 49.4, 20, $89,233.

26. (32) Joey Logano, Ford, 315, 72.3, 18, $104,708.

27. (25) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 315, 73.7, 17, $102,920.

28. (27) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 315, 46.3, 16, $76,350.

29. (30) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 313, 41.4, 15, $93,672.

30. (37) David Stremme, Toyota, 313, 40.1, 14, $77,475.

31. (41) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 311, 35.6, 0, $72,810.

32. (38) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 309, 35.1, 12, $75,125.

33. (26) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 306, 38.2, 11, $72,500.

34. (42) Ken Schrader, Ford, accident, 300, 29.8, 10, $72,375.

35. (36) Josh Wise, Ford, 295, 36, 0, $72,250.

36. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 284, 59, 8, $104,170.

37. (31) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 237, 53.7, 7, $71,970.

38. (24) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 186, 46.5, 7, $75,400.

39. (40) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 184, 44.2, 5, $63,400.

40. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 137, 53.5, 4, $93,558.

41. (28) Scott Speed, Ford, brakes, 88, 31.5, 3, $55,400.

42. (35) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 34, 28.4, 0, $51,400.

43. (39) Scott Riggs, Ford, accident, 19, 30.5, 0, $47,900.

sending her popularity to a new level.

But she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay with the leaders at Phoenix, ending her day with one of the hardest hits of her career. It happened with about 100 laps left, when the right-front tire on Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 10 Chevrolet went down and slammed her into the wall.

Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car careened back into David Ragan, flipping her hood over the windshield and shredding the left front fender as protective foam from the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side door flew onto the track.

She came to a stop along the inside wall with a trail of debris covering about half the home straightaway behind her. She climbed from the car and was quickly cleared by the medical center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever those right-fronts go, they always hit hard because you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t broadside, you hit more straight on,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Patrick, who finished 39th. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a hard hit both sides and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m fine, so NASCAR is doing a good job at safety. But no real good warning.

The car wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all that tight and most of the (problems) were in the rear, so there was no real vibration that told me that was going to happen.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Edwards set himself up for this victory with a late-night call to new crew chief Jimmy Fennig, knocking on his door around midnight Saturday to go over some last-minute details. For race morning, Edwards went for a hike to clear his mind and focused.

It paid off, ending two years of frustration and self-doubt that grew as the streak grew. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even make the Chase,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Edwards said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me to sit home while everybody was at the Chase stuff and in Vegas, that was a little bit of a shock to me and I did not like that at all. To get a victory puts us in better position to be in the Chase, it just feels good to win and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just very glad to be here.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Patrick uninjured after hitting wall at Phoenix

BY JOHN MARSHALL The Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Danica Patrick had one of the hardest hits of her career when her car slammed into the wall at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday, but walked away uninjured.

Running 26th with just over 100 laps left, Patrick blew a right front tire coming around turn 4 and slammed the right side of her car into the wall. She careened back onto the PATRICK track and was hit hard again by David Ragan, flipping her hood over the windshield and shredding the left front fender as protective foam flew from the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side door.

Patrick coasted to a stop near the inside wall with pieces of her car strewn across half the home straightaway. A smoking chunk of tire also flew into pit lane.

Patrick climbed out of her car and was quickly cleared by the infield care center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever those right-fronts go, they always hit hard because you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t broadside, you hit more

straight on,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Patrick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a hard hit both sides and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m fine, so NASCAR is doing a good job at safety. But no real good warning.

The car wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all that tight and most of the (problems) were in the rear, so there was no real vibration that told me that was going to happen.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Patrick became the first woman to win a Sprint Cup pole and lead green-flag laps at the Daytona 500 last week, sending her popularity into a new realm.

She struggled with her car in qualifying at Phoenix, starting 40th, and had to make some major adjustments during the race after reporting vibrations in the rear near the midpoint. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, it sucks to lose the points,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody works hard and after last weekend, we just wanted to get these three races to get some solid points to re-establish the garage area. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re parked in the dirt this weekend, so I really wanted my guys to get into the garage area. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just have to get it at Vegas.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; With not enough stalls at Phoenix, rookie Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team had to work outside the garage area.

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Keeping Sumter Beautiful

By Amanda McNulty County Extension Agent

ORGANIC MATTER AND VANILLA EXTRACT The McNulty family had one kind of cake and that was it. We made Gregg Street (they lived at 1108 Gregg Street in Columbia) pound cake. Aunt Irene brought the recipe with her from Montgomery, Alabama, when she married my Uncle Boob.

(There was a cartoon character in the funny papers back then named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boob McNuttâ&#x20AC;? so poor my uncle lost his beautiful given name of Walter Eugene.)

Aunt Irene was sophisticated and stylish and occasionally put on an air or two.

She wrote the recipe out with the butter measurement in ounces rather than percentage of a cup. Some of you readers may remember that butter didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have those convenient little markings on the paper a long time ago and it was always a nuisance to have to do the conversions.

That said, when we kids made the cake we probably tasted away a good bit of the batter but it was not really good until after you added the vanilla extract, 1 ½ teaspoons. So the best part as getting the beaters or the bowl as that small amount of flavoring made a huge difference in the taste.

Organic matter is very much like vanilla extract. Only a small addition to your soil makes a huge difference. Organic matter improves the cation exchange capacity of soil â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the phrase that usually makes student master gardeners look longingly at the classroom exit door. I like to think of it as electrical outlets. Soils are negatively charged and the more negative charges they have, the more positively charged nutrients they can hold onto rather than having them leach out with water. A soil with a high cation exchange capacity is like a modern office building that has lots and lots of electrical outlets. A worn out soil is like my old house where you can hardly plug in two lamps per room.

A top dressing of thoroughly decomposed organic matter or bought composted material can be sprinkled over lawns, established shrub or flower beds, and vegetable gardens. A half inch is enough to make a difference and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to remove the mulch.

Another benefit of organic matter is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great source of micro nutrients. In responding to photographs we received recently of rather pitiful broccoli and cauliflower, Tony Melton made a diagnosis of boron deficiency. If that grower had been adding organic matter to his soil, that old boron problem would be last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trash.

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EMANUEL MACK Sr. LANE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Emanuel Mack Sr., 83, widower of Lue Edda Rogers Mack, died Friday, March 1, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He was born March 31, 1928, in the Wilson section of Clarendon County, a son of the late Andrew and Wilhemenia Mack. He received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County.

MACK At an early age, he accepted Christ as his personal Savior and joined Biggers AME Church, Manning. He was employed with Georgia Pacific in Russellville and retired after 30 years.

Survivors are three daughters, Lue Retha Montgomery, Rose Marie and Mary Alice McCray; one son, James (Christine) Mack; six sisters, Bertha Mack, Lizzie Mack Montgomery, Lucille Vereen, Carrie Mack Nesmith, May Mack Ellison and Betty Mack Frazier; one brother, Buster Jones; one additional daughter-in-law, Dorothy Mack; one additional sister-in-law, Louie Mack; 21 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

The celebratory services for Mr. Mack will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Biggers AME Church, Kingstree Highway, Manning, with the Rev. Andrew Jordan, pastor, officiating, and Elder Shirley Jackson assisting. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

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

The family is receiving friends at the home of his daughter, Lueretha M. Montgomery, 157 W. Third St., Lane.

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from 1 to 6:30 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Joshua Church, Bishopville, with Pastor A.H. Rubin presiding and the Rev. Dr. Vernon Holland, eulogist. Burial will follow in Boone Memorial Garden in the Browntown community of Lee County.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

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

WILLIAM P. MARTIN William Palmer Martin, 88, husband of Barbara G. Martin, died Friday, March 1, 2013, at his residence in Sumter.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Jimmy D. and Addie Thompson Martin.

Educated in the public schools of Sumter County, he was a graduate of Lincoln High School Class of 1941. He attended Morris College and was employed by Boozer and Wharton and Sharp ConstrucMARTIN tion companies.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Blondell Burgess Martin; and a brother, James Martin.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, South Main and West B. Streets, with the Rev. Doris R. Bright officiating.

Mr. Martin will be placed in the church at noon until the hour of service. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends at 207 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.palmermemorialchapel.com

Creight Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Bower officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 190 Macy St. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

CARL G. TRUETT Carl George Truett, 76, widower of Virginia Baker Truett, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Wilton Chap Truett and Macy Mae Herrington Truett. Mr. Truett was a member of First Church of God and was a retired printer at Santee Print Works, where he worked for 47 years.

Surviving are four sons, Carl W. Truett (Joan Faye), Michael O. Truett (Patty), Jody A. Truett (Wanda) and Marty Horne, all of Sumter; two daughters, Janet T. Bouyea (Carmen) and Dana Hill (Adam), both of Sumter; 10 grandchildren, Judy Truett, Teresa Tolson (Robert), Terry Truett (Christy), Jenilyn Stevens (Michael), Ginger Welch (Tim), Cody Truett (Amber), Chandler Hill, Carlyn Hill, Bretta Bradley and Haleigh Horne; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Frances Long of Mayesville.

Mr. Truett was preceded in death by a son, Eddie Truett, and numerous brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill Mc-

CALVIN WRIGHT BISHOPVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Calvin Wright, husband of Ida Wright and son of Annie Mae Wright and the late Sammie Wright, entered eternal rest on Feb. 28, 2013.

Visitations will be held

MAGANLAL C. PATEL Maganlal C. Patel, age 83, beloved husband of Kesarben Patel, died on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

JACKSON CONYERS MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jackson Conyers, 70, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at his residence, 14213 Raccoon Road, Manning.

He was born Aug. 20, 1942, in Manning, a son of the late Levi Sr. and Leona Watson Conyers.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his niece and her husband, Kim and Jerry Cleveland, 1124 Travis Lane, Manning.

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

DEBRA KAY CRESS Debra Kay Cress, 57, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital in Columbia.

Born in Norton, Va., she

was a daughter of Larry R. and Kay Church Cress. Ms. Cress was a member of First Baptist Church in Columbia.

She was a retired employee with the South Carolina State Human Resources Department with 28 years of service.

Surviving are her parents of Sumter; a sister, Tina Cress of Columbia; and an uncle, Roger Church of Charlotte, N.C. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Eddie Bunton and the Rev. Walt Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of her parents.

Memorials may be made to Shaw Heights Baptist Church AWANA Club, 2030 Peach Orchard Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

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

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

BERNICE K. JONES Bernice K. Jones, 85, died Friday, March 1, 2013, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Born on May 1, 1927, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Hattie Knox West.

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

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WHO REPLACES LATTIMORE?

Lattimore is off to the NFL after suffering a season-ending knee injury for the second straight fall. The top candidate to replace him is sophomore Mike Davis, who was the highest-rated recruit in USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Class of 2012. Listed behind Davis are Brandon Wilds, Kendric Salley and Shon Carson, who is splitting time with USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball team.

Last season, Davis had 52 carries for 275 yards and two touchdowns. The game after Lattimore went down, Davis had 13 carries for 53 yards against Arkansas. Two games later, he had 12 carries for 43 yards against Clemson.

He must continue to improve his pass protection to become a more complete player.

CAN BYRD BREAK OUT?

Ellington is on the spring roster and seems likely to play football for the third straight year. But

with Ace Sanders off to the NFL a year early, USC needs another receiver to fill the void left by Sanders, who had 45 catches for 531 yards and nine touchdowns last year.

As a true freshman in 2011, Byrd had just one catch for 16 yards. Last season, he had 14 catches for 366 yards and three touchdowns. He had just two catches in the final six games, both in the bowl.

third on single, an error and a hit batter. But Steve Wilkerson flied out to left to end the Tigers threat. Getting out of the jam seemed to settle Belcher (2-1) down and he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow another hit until the seventh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What really calmed me down was when we scored all those runs in the sixth,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Belcher said with a smile.

Some bad defense opened the door for South Carolina, whose big inning started when Wilkerson couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle Graham Saikoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soft liner to start things off. Starter Scott Firth had a chance to get out of the inning after striking out Max Schrock, but Joey Pankake had a two-out, RBI single into left. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That kind of got a little momentum going,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holbrook said.

Erik Payne and Grayson Greiner followed with run-scoring hits before Bright, put in the lineup Sunday after playing only four games this season, had his double to left that put the Gamecocks ahead 6-0. All five of the runs were unearned.

Clemson had no answers, much like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the past few seasons in the rivalry. The Tigers (6-4) won two out of three games in the series in 2010, but dropped two straight to South Carolina

CLOWNEY AND WHO?

USC has two new starters on the defensive line.

Right now, senior Chaz Sutton is scheduled to replace Devin Taylor at end and junior J.T. Surratt is on track to replace Byron Jerideau at tackle.

Sutton is a career backup who had the best season of his career in 2012 (seven tackles for loss, including five sacks) while playing extensively in the rabbits package, with four ends on the field at once. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to dominate like Clowney, but can he be a productive every-down end?

WILL LINEBACKERS BE READY?

USC lost all three starting linebackers.

At mike, true sophomore Kaiwan Lewis and redshirt freshman T.J. Holloman will compete to replace Reginald Bowens.

At will, third-year sophomore Cedrick Cooper seems the likely replacement for Shaq Wilson, but Cooper is out this spring because of knee surgery, leaving sophomore Marcquis Roberts and redshirt freshman Kelvin Rainey (a converted tight end) as the top two options.

in that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College World Series â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first of the Gamecocks two straight national titles.

Clemson was eliminated from the NCAA tournament a year ago here by the Gamecocks in regional play. This latest loss was the fifth straight at Carolina Stadium. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to beat a good team when you give them extra opportunities,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Firth said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be any excuse, though. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my job to get us out of the inning with as few runs as possible. And unfortunately, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shut it down.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Clemson jumps into Atlantic Coast Conference play next weekend at North Carolina State.

Tigers head coach Jack Leggett told his players it was time to turn the page for league play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel good about my team,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played well yesterday and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen flashes of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some good young players.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Still, Holbrook was happy to see the aggressiveness of his players heading into the seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decisive game. He said there was a disappointment and frustration among the team on the bus ride back to campus after Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defeat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to say anything to them,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said.

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Thompson played well enough as a backup in 2012 that many observers wondered if he will challenge for a bigger role as a junior in 2013. Spurrier has played two quarterbacks before, and he just might end up rotating Thompson with senior Connor Shaw this fall.

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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 ile 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 irst 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.

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#2013ES4300120 Personal Representative Corine Allen PO Box 7 Rembert, SC 29128

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#2013ES4300096 Personal Representative Michelle W. Player 23 Conyers Street Sumter, SC 29150

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#2013ES4300122 Personal Representative Lesa M. Cathcart C/O Walter G. Newman Attorney At Law 27 W Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150

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#2013ES4300103 Personal Representative Dorothy M. P. Baker 31 Paperbark Ct Columbia, SC 29209

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#2013ES4300107 Personal Representative Lou Ella Holliday C/O Dwight C Moore Attorney At Law 26 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

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#2013ES4300099 Personal Representative Dena Watt Farmer 1405 Florence Hwy Sumter, SC 29153

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#2013ES4300111 Personal Representative Carol W. Marshall 1800 Pinewood Road Sumter, SC 29154

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#2013ES4300085 Personal Representative Robert "Rhett" T Davis, IV 6004 Gladstone Court Matthews, NC 28104

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#2013ES4300102 Personal Representative Michael Allen Conte C/O Jesse Near Attorney At Law 140 Gibson Road Lexington, SC 29072

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#2013ES4300106 Personal Representative Frances D. Clement 1549 Longview Road Mt. Pleasant SC 29464

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#2013ES4300097 Personal Representative Elise S. Moore PO Box 998 Sumter, SC 29151

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#2013ES4300091 Personal Representative Robert Leroy Hetrick 6010 Dunsley Drive Katy, TX 77449

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#2013ES4300084 Personal Representative Melissa R. Croft C/O Patrick Killen Attorney At Law 28 North main Street Sumter, SC 29150

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#2013ES4300112 Personal Representative Robert E. Hall 558 Enoree Court Myrtle Beach, SC 29588

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#2013ES4300114 Personal Representative Jack T. Thornton 8 Acorn Drive Annapolis, MD 21401

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#2013ES4300086 Personal Representative: David D. Schaaf 6025 W Warren Place Lakewood, Colorado 80227

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#2013ES4300090 Personal Representative Carlotte Eve Rowell and William Carroll Rowell C/O Jack W. Erter, Jr. Attorney At Law 126 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

John H. Thames, Sr

#2013ES4300104 Personal Representative John H. Thames, Jr PO Box 391 Eastover, SC 29044

Legal Notice COMPLAINT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER NOTICE IS HERBY PROVIDED TO: Frank Holmes, a/k/a Frank Holmes, Jr.; the heirs of Frank Holmes, a/k/a Frank Holmes, Jr.;Charles "Charlie" Holmes; the heirs of Charles "Charlie Holmes; Johnnie Smith; the heirs of Johnnie Smith; Maggie Smith; the heirs of Maggie Smith; Ashby Holmes; the heirs of Ashby Holmes; the heirs of Rosa Lee Carroll;the heirs of Christina Holmes, a/k/a Christiana Holmes, a/k/a Christana Holmes, a/k/a Christanna Holmes; and any persons claiming an interest in the property

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1. The Sumter County Public Officer charged with determining whether dwellings are fit for habitation has preliminarily determined that the property located at: 1288 N. Main Street, Sumter, SC , bearing Sumter County tax parcel number 230-12-02-001, has the following defects which make the property uninhabitable: a) exterior walls open; b) damage to structural components; c) no heating, ventilation or air conditioning; and d) no working plumbing of any kind.

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The unsafe dwelling must be demolished within 60 days of the date of the hearing set forth herein.

3. There is a hearing scheduled before the Public Officer at 10:00 on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at the office of the Sumter City-County Building Inspections Department, 12 West Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150. All parties with an interest in the property have the right to file an answer to the Complaint and to appear in person or otherwise and to give testimony at the hearing. The rules of evidence prevailing in the courts of law or equity shall not be controlling in hearings before the public officer.

4. A full explanation of the rights and responsibilities of the parties and the possible consequences of these procedures can be found in Sections 31-15-310 through 31-15-400, Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as

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Emma D. Portee

#2013ES4300108 Personal Representative Ronnie E. Porter 2895 September Drive Sumter, SC 29154

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Estate: Albert Joseph Drnjevic #2013ES4300101 Personal Representative Donald L. Stichler 2250 Vista Valley Lane Vista, CA 92084

Sophia Janelle Henderson Wilkes

#2013ES4300116 Personal Representative Kathy W. Poss 11 Woodland Road Elberton, GA 30635

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#2013ES4300105 Personal Representative Bryan W. Padgett 831 Westfield Court Sumter, SC 29154

#2013ES4300100 Personal Representative Clyde E. Hudson 3340 Nazarene Church Road Sumter, SC 29154

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James Titus

#2013ES4300098 Personal Representative Patricia Titus 1090 McKeiver Road Sumter, SC 29153

Wayne Jolly

#2013ES4300087 Personal Representative Camille Jolly 526 Godwin Road Sumter, SC 29153

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Donald M. Winegar

#2013ES4300115 Personal Representative Frances K. Winegar 32 Landmark Court Sumter, SC 29154

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#2013ES4300094 Personal Representative Sharon Hudson Baird C/O William Buxton Attorney At Law PO Box 3220 Sumter, SC 29151

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Michael Robinson, 41, of 1130 Tobacco Road, was arrested at 12:46 a.m. Sunday and charged with improper signaling; seatbelt violation; driving under suspension, first offense; open container violation; possession of cocaine; and simple possession of marijuana. According to reports, an officer traveling north on South Guignard Drive on Sunday morning observed a white Chevrolet Impala changing lanes several times without signaling. The vehicle made a right turn onto Palmetto Street, at which point the officer initiated a traffic stop.

The passenger could not provide a driver’s license. A DMV check identified the driver as Robinson and revealed that his license had been suspended.

Robinson was then placed under arrest. While performing an inventory check of the vehicle, prior to having it towed, the officer reportedly found a plastic bag on the ground beneath the passenger-side door. Another bag was found in the floorboard of the front passenger’s side. Both bags reportedly had a white residue within, which tested positive for cocaine. The officer also found an open can of beer under the passenger’s

| seat. Because the officer found controlled substances in the vehicle, a search was conducted that yielded a glass jar containing approximately 7 grams of marijuana from the trunk. Robinson was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Julious Raget Getter, 27, of 32 Brand St., was arrested at 9:07 p.m. Saturday and charged with second-degree burglary. According to reports, a 23-year-old female told law enforcement that she and Getter were arguing via text messaging earlier that day. At about 7 p.m. Saturday, Getter allegedly made an unauthorized entry to the victim’s apartment through the unlocked back door. Getter then reportedly punched the victim, bit her on the head, broke two of her TVs and fled the scene. At 8:43 p.m., officers were notified that Getter was again trying to gain entry to the apartment through the back door. During his attempt, Getter reportedly sustained a laceration to his hand when he shattered the backporch light. Housing authority security detained Getter before the officers’ arrival.

Getter was treated for his cut

by EMS but refused any further medical attention. He was

transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Cyrus Andwan Cherry, 24, of 308 Rutledge St., Apt. 4, was arrested at 6:33 p.m. Friday and charged with disorderly conduct. According to reports, Cherry was speaking with a victim’s advocate at the law enforcement center on Hampton Avenue when he became irate about a situation that occurred several years ago. Cherry reportedly began shouting and cursing at officers in the lobby of the building and was arrested and taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Bill Anthony, 59, of 23 Community St., was arrested at 7:48 p.m. Friday and charged with public disorderly conduct. According to reports, Anthony was found on the east side of the law enforcement center. The officer on the scene detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from Anthony, who claimed he needed help and who reportedly could not walk “more than 10 feet” without stumbling or falling down. The officer asked Anthony to recite his name and address, but the suspect was incapable of doing so. Anthony was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Jerry Lionel Jackson, 43, of 5825 Lost Creek Drive, was arrested at 10:53 p.m. Friday and

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charged with second-degree burglary. According to reports, two female victims, ages 16 and 19, were at their home late Friday night when they heard a knock on the door. When the 16-year-old approached the door, a man on the other side asked for her sister. The man then reportedly began to pound on the door. The victim peered through the peep hole and identified the man as Jackson. The 19-year-old told police that Jackson tried to break through the door by ramming his shoulder into it. The two girls ran upstairs and called police. They stated they then saw Jackson drive off in a blue BMW as officers neared the apartment. According to the girls, Jackson previously dated their mother, but the relationship ended more than a year ago. Officers noted the doorway to the apartment sustained substantial damage. Officers went to Jackson’s address, where they found a blue BMW in the driveway. Jackson confirmed he had been to the incident location earlier that evening and was then taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Willis Rosado, 41, of 1230 S. Pike E., Lot 102, was arrested at 10:16 p.m. and charged with criminal domestic violence. Ac-

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cording to reports, officers responded to an altercation between a man and a woman in the parking lot of a restaurant in the 1200 block of Broad Street shortly after 9 p.m. Friday.

When officers arrived, they found the 31-year-old female victim in a vehicle matching the given description, along with four children, ages 4, 7, 11 and 12. The victim told police that she and Rosado got into a fight about the children and that she and Jackson have a child in common (the 4-year-old). Jackson reportedly punched the victim in the right side of her face though no bruising or swelling was visible. The victim then reportedly slapped Jackson, at which point the 12-yearold child ran into the restaurant and told employees his stepdad was beating up his mother.

When the victim tried to retrieve the child, Jackson then allegedly confronted her and forced her down onto the passenger’s side floorboard and pinned her there for approximately one minute. He then reportedly let her up, and she returned to the driver’s seat. All four children were reportedly present throughout the incident. Jackson was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center and booked for his charges.

Continental plans to build storage, distribution complex

BY DAVID SLADE The Post and Courier Continental Tire the Americas is planning a large storage and distribution facility at the north end of the former Charleston Naval Base, an area that’s been attracting residential redevelopment.

It’s an economic development project the state calls “Project Crescent,” but officials revealed Continental’s plan while seeking a zoning change from North Charleston.

The roughly 20-acre site is currently vacant industrial land owned by the S.C. Department of Commerce’s Division of Public Railways, which successfully asked the city to reclassify the property for heavy industry.

Residential property owners and developers near the site have had mixed reactions.

Raymond Sanders, a self-employed single parent who lives on Saint Johns Street, which abuts the Continental site, said he’d like to see the tire manufacturer come in and create jobs for local residents.

“If they’re going to be hiring, I’m sure they will want people who live nearby and are dependable,” he said, referring to himself. “I’m glad to see they’re going to utilize (the property).”

The developers of West Yard Lofts, an apartment building on the former base, adjacent to the Continental site, took the opposite view.

West Yard Lofts LLC, of Winston-Salem N.C., sent attorney Stephanie Roberts to a recent North Charleston Planning Commission meeting to object to the state’s request to rezone the tract for heavy industry.

A draft of the meeting minutes says Roberts “stated that her client would have never placed apartments there if the client would have known about the proposed heavy industrial rezoning.”

Another residential

developer, Chris Swan, has been building singlefamily homes along Noisette Creek in a gated community called Hunley Waters.

Swan sees the Continental plan as a positive.

He said Monday that the tire manufacturer’s plan is “another example of all that is good happening in the area” with more jobs being created.

The Commerce Department and Continental did not respond Monday to requests for details.

Continental in 2011 announced plans for a $500 million plant in Sumter County, to be completed by 2017, and the North Charleston facility is associated with that plan, an attorney for the company has told city officials.

The project site was originally part of the Navy Yard at Noisette redevelopment plan, which called for a dense mix of residential and commercial redevelopment.

Much of the Noisette

property went into foreclosure, however, and ended up in the state Commerce Department’s hands amid a heated dispute with North Charleston dealing with plans for a rail yard on the former base.

The rail dispute was settled in late 2012, with the city regaining ownership of most of the north end of the base property, except for the site Continental plans to use.

The property has warehouse buildings in

place and rail service.

The West Yard Lofts apartments sits on the southern edge of that property, historic Navy officers’ housing is to the east, and historic naval hospital facilities are to the west.

At the opposite end of the former base, a new Port of Charleston container shipping terminal is under construction and expected to open in 2018. A new rail yard in the center of the former base will serve the new

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