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2nd arrest made in murder

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com (803) 774-1201 A second man has been charged in the shooting death of a 30-year-old Bishopville man found on a walking path in the Manville area earlier this week.

Antonio Chauncey Wilson, 28, of 17 Pecan Drive in Bishopville, was arrest-

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ed Thursday night and charged with murder in the death of Jessie Slater III, who was found in the 400 block of Manville-Wisacky Road shortly after emergency personnel WILSON were dispatched to the area about 10:40 p.m. Monday.

Both Wilson and 21-year-old Marquis Jarell Boyd, who was arrested

and charged with murder on Wednesday, both appeared before a judge Friday at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center for a preliminary hearing. A circuit court judge will hold a possible bond hearing at a later date.

While authorities have not said who they think fired the shot that killed Slater, Maj. J.D. Dellinger of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said investigators are confident both

Boyd and Wilson were involved.

“The investigation, from the beginning, showed there were two individuals there when the shooting took place,” Dellinger said, adding it was clear there had been animosity between the victim and the two suspects.

“Both of the individuals had somewhat of an ongoing dispute with the

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Group doctor visits?

Some pregnant women say yes

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 It’s not the traditional approach, but it does have fans.

For the last year, Sumter OB-GYN has been offering CenteringPregnancy.

“It’s a model of care for lowrisk patients that takes them out of the traditional setting of one-on-one with a physician behind a closed door and moves them to a group setting where they see each other every twoto-four weeks for two hours,” said Tori Whitaker, practice manager. “It takes the mystery out of the process. It empowers the patient to be more involved in the pregnancy and provides a support system.”

Group meetings start after the traditional visit around the 10-to-12-weeks mark. If you’re a candidate and choose Centering, you’ll meet with up to 11 other women due to deliver within a month of your date until about the 36-weeks mark, Whitaker said. Then you will return to the private setting until you deliver and return for a celebration after the babies are born.

When the women come in, they take and record their vitals, Whitaker said. Then they can enjoy refreshments and talk while each individual goes behind a partition for “tummy time.”

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Boy, 15, reportedly shoots man in robbery attempt

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com (803) 774-1201 A 15-year-old Dalzell boy has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a 27-year-old man during an attempted robbery Friday night.

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said the juvenile, whose name is being withheld, was attempting to rob a convenience store owner outside the

businessman’s home in the 2400 block of Peach Orchard Road when the suspect allegedly shot the son of the store owner, who had come out of the house to aid his father when he heard a commotion. “(The 15-year-old) evidently followed him (the store owner) home, and attacked him in the yard. And when the son of the store owner came out (of the home) to assist his dad, that’s when he shot the son,” Dennis said.

According to the sheriff, the shooting

victim was struck in the right shoulder, and the bullet passed through his body without striking any major arteries.

“He was very lucky,” Dennis said, adding the victim was taken to Tuomey Regional Medical Center where he was treated and shortly thereafter released.

The store owner also suffered some bruising but was not seriously injured.

According to the sheriff, the juvenile

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USC Sumter students get top honors at conference

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Help letter carriers Stamp Out Hunger Today is the 22nd Stamp Out Hunger Day, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers. Local letter carriers are again participating, offering their postal customers an easy way to contribute to those in need of food in Sumter County, Bishopville, Summerton, Rembert and Manning.

To contribute to local food banks, simply leave a bag of nonperishable food items on or near your mailbox; on his or her regular rounds, your letter carrier will pick up the food and take it back to the post office, where it will be loaded on a truck for delivery to a central location for distribution.

The South Carolina Psychology Association recently recognized three USC Sumter students for their research paper during the organization’s annual conference. Psychology students Michael Howard, Alyson Shelton and April Andrews received first place in the SCPA’s undergraduate research competition.

The students conducted research and wrote a paper titled “The Privilege Walk: A Comparison of Ethnicity, Gender and Finance Correlations.” Salvado Macias, psychology professor, explained that The Privilege Walk is a workshop that focuses on diversity. With a group of subjects, researchers ask a number of true or false questions regarding race, financial privileges and their socioeconomic background.

Macias said each year the conference has about 10 to 20 research papers presented by two to four students each. The students endured a poster session for about two hours where they took questions from judges and a few hundred practicing psychologists.

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The South Carolina Psychology Association recently awarded USC Sumter psychology students Michael Howard, Alyson Shelton and April Andrews for their research paper during the organization’s recent conference. ing, but it’s a very encouraging and informative process for students,” Macias said.

“Universally, students have enjoyed the conference and the experience even though it makes them nervous.”

For the paper, the trio visited the library and conducted tedious sociology and psychology research. Andrews was one of the authors who placed first last year as well,

making her the only author of two first-place research projects in the history of SCPA. The three students were previously enrolled in Macias’ research methods course where he said he usually decides what students to approach about participating in the competition.

“These students did exceptionally well in that course,

and that prepared them for the research paper,” Macias said. “They did a lot of reading and research, and they’re extraordinary students.”

Macias, who guided the students through their research before they entered the competition, said they will continue the research with more subjects in the upcoming fall semester.

Willow Drive custodial staff recognized for school’s appearance

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 As a part of the new administration for the Sumter School District, the maintenance department started a new program where the district will recognize one school and its custodial staff for their work. On Friday, the school district recognized Willow Drive Elementary School and their staff as the first school to receive recognition.

“It’s very exciting and they do a great job,” said principal Liz Compton.

“I live in this neighborhood, and people always tell me how nice the school looks.”

The impression the public has of the school’s exterior is one of many reasons Superintendent Frank Baker said he wanted to employ grounds keepers and implement the program to recognize them for their efforts. While making improvements and progress in the classroom is a very significant part of education, the outside appearance of a school could be the first impression for prospective parents who are trying to decide on a school for their child, Baker explained.

Baker said for people and prospective parents driving by, the exterior will be the first thing they see before they even have the opportunity to learn about the programs and possibilities offered in the school’s classrooms.

“My philosophy is reaching the whole child. The school is an important place and we want to make sure it’s clean, neat and inviting,” Baker said. “The yard and the outside area will give prospective parents who may be interested their first impression of a school.”

Clyde Chan, energy director and

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The custodial staff at Willow Drive Elementary School was recognized for their efforts in keeping up the school’s appearance. Clyde Chan, energy director and assistant director of facilities, and Frank Jenkins, grounds supervisor for the district, place a sign in front of the school Friday in recognition of the staff’s work. assistant director of facilities for the district, said the district will recognize a school every three months throughout the year, including during the summer break when maintenance staff for each of the schools will continue to keep up the appear-

ance of the schools in the district.

The district wants the community to see the improvements of the schools, not only in the hallways and classrooms, but in their appearances, as well.

“Dr. Baker shared with us a need

for better presentation to the public to make sure it’s presented in a neat and inviting way,” Chan said. “It’s set up to choose a school based on the grooming around the school campus and the presentation to the public.”

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Poet, filmmaker to speak at Patriot Hall

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com (803) 774-1221 Poet, social activist, filmmaker and author Clifton Ross will read from his works at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Booth Room at Patriot Hall in a program sponsored by the Sumter County Cultural Commission. The former Sumter resident is currently touring the U.S. working on a film and a follow-up to his recently published book, “Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements.”

Now a Berkeley, California, resident, Ross has spent much of the past three decades reporting on social movements in Latin America.

The book is a collection of interviews Ross, his wife, author Marcy Rein, and several others did with “some 70 social movement activists in 15 countries in South and Central America, where I’ve been

traveling on this particular project since 2004, gathering interviews with activists working under especially restrictive governments,” he said. “I was really curious about what the situation was like for people in social movements via-a-vis the progressive governments, and I was really surprised by what I discovered.”

He had theorized that “social movements would fare much ROSS better under progressive governments, but in fact, under governments of the left, social movements actually did far worse. They came under more attacks, had greater problems maintaining their cohesion and their memberships. It’s been much harder than, for instance in Colombia, a U.S.supported government that’s viewed as far right. It probably has more social move-

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Berkeley County teacher Myrtle Beach woman gets faces sex charges 30 years for killing ex MONCKS CORNER — A Berkeley County teacher has been accused of having sex with three students.

Twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Lindsay Niemiec of Summerville was charged Thursday with three counts of sexual battery of a student. Two of the charges are felonies, since the alleged victims were 17 years old. The third student was 18.

Investigators said the sex occurred at a house in Berkeley County last month.

The Berkeley County School District said Niemiec is no longer employed. She had worked at Cross High School.

Attorney David Aylor said his client is married and has three young children. He said the charges are very difficult for Niemiec and her family.

CONWAY — A Myrtle Beach woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend outside the home of his new girlfriend.

The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports an Horry County jury found 51-year-old Vivian Schrader-Falls guilty of murder Thursday.

Prosecutors said SchraderFalls knocked on the girlfriend’s door in March 2012 and asked to see 46-year-old Tony Hughes. A woman answered the door and said he wasn’t there, but Hughes told the woman it was his ex-girlfriend and he would go and see her.

The new girlfriend testified she then saw Schrader-Falls shoot the victim three times, walk to her car and sit down inside.

ment activity than any country in Latin America.

“Social activists have more friction they go up against.

Friction helps.”

Among the movements he addresses in the book are “indigenous peoples, campesinos (rural peasants or farmers), students, the LGBT community,” and those left behind by the globalized economy, Ross said.

The book focuses heavily “on some of the indigenous movements,” he said, “because they were some of the strongest, and they were the people who initiated a lot of this current wave of activism in the ’90s to the present.”

Ross said he has also come to realize that “social movements start with the people, grass roots activists, just regular people in the field. ...

Change always starts with them. Leaders emerge later.”

Those are the people he and Rein will primarily be seeking out as they travel across the

CLIFTON ROSS POETRY READING WHERE: Patriot Hall, Booth Room 135 Haynsworth St. WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday PHONE: (803) 436-2260 COST: Admission is free

United States.

However, Ross said his “focus on Tuesday is going to be poetry. I have a book of poems that came out in English and later in Spanish called ‘Translations from Silence,’” which won the 2010 Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence.

“I probably will at some point talk about the situations in Latin American countries and answer questions if anyone asks about it,” he said, “but mostly I’ll be reading my poetry and maybe some I’ve translated from Spanish. My poetry is apolitical.”

Ross’ translations of Span-

ish poetry have been published in several print and online publications, and a sampling of his own work can be found in the collection titled “When Good Dogs Have Bad Dreams: Four American Poets.” He has also been featured in Poetry Magazine.

In 2005 Ross was the U.S. representative at the World Poetry Festival of Venezuela.

He is also a filmmaker, with his first feature length film, “Venezuela: Revolution from the Inside Out,” released in 2008 by PM Press, which is also his publisher.

Ross received his bachelor of arts degree in creative writing in 1997 and his master of arts degree in 2003, both at San Francisco State University (SFSU). He has taught English at Berkeley City College.

Copies of “Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements” will be available for purchase at the event. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free.

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Pastor’s wife talks international adoption

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 Ashley Moore moved to Sumter about a year and a half ago, and this past Thursday she held her first Noonday Collection Show and Open House.

The Christian company supports families in other countries by selling products it makes, such as jewelry, scarves and bags. The company takes it’s name from Isaiah 58:10 which talks about helping the oppressed and “your night will become like the noonday.”

“I’m excited to bring Noonday to Sumter,” said the 27-year-old from Mooresville, North Carolina. “I want people to be aware of their buying power. It’s unique stuff, and it’s going toward a good cause.”

She is also happy that a portion of the proceeds goes toward adoptions as she and her husband are in the process of adopting a boy from Ethiopia.

Her husband, Adam Moore, is a pastor at First Baptist.

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Ashley Moore, Noonday Collection ambassador, shows off a picture of some of the women who make the products. The 27-year-old became involved in the Christian company through her interest in adoption.

TSI: How did you get involved in Noonday?

AM: A couple of years ago, my sister attended a

show in North Carolina and told me about it. It was an adoption fundraiser. My husband and I were in the process of adopting a child from Ethiopia. When we moved to Sumter, it gave me the opportunity to start something new. Now is the time to stop thinking about it and do it.

TSI: What made you want to adopt?

AM: When I lived in Raleigh, my husband and I went to an Orphan Care meeting. The more information we heard, the more we felt called to adopt. I had not thought to do so first, to be adopting before we had biological children.

TSI: Why did you two decide to adopt internationally instead of from the United States?

AM: It sounds funny now, but the predictability of it.

My husband was still in school. With domestic, once you’ve done the paperwork, you could get a call next week saying a baby is available. I felt like I needed to prepare a little more.

TSI: Why Ethiopia?

AM: For international

adoptions, there are certain qualifications and guidelines such as how long you’ve been married, income, all that. We qualified for three countries, and Ethiopia had the most need. At the time, they had 5 million orphans.

Now, not all of those were available for adoption, but that was such a tremendous need. A lot of our friends had also adopted from Ethiopia, so we thought about how we’d have a community for the child with other kids from Ethiopia.

TSI: When did you begin this process and how is it coming?

AM: Fall 2010, but we got on the waiting list November 2011. It’s been a long time. There’s been a lot of changes to the government in Ethiopia. There have been ethical questions with some adoption agencies, and it can be political.

TSI: So is the money from this showing going toward your family’s adoption?

AM: Yes and no. It’s not specifically an adoption fundraiser, but I get a percentage from it. So some of it may go toward the adoption.

To S.C. men, tractors more than just farm tools ANDERSON (AP) — Tim Vickery was one proud 15-year-old kid the day that he rode back from Elberton, Georgia, sitting atop a 1964 International Farmall tractor.

It was close to 30 years ago now when he made that trip to a dairy farm and bought his first and very own tractor.

“We didn’t have a trailer big enough for it,” Vickery said.

“So I drove it all the way home.

I was so proud. The tractor still had its work clothes on.”

By “work clothes,” Vickery means that it was not a show tractor. It had been used — for years. When it made it back to Anderson County, to the Vickery family farm, it was used again.

“We never got it completely restored,” Vickery said. “We used it to pull the hay baler.”

For him, his first tractor holds the same respect in his memory as another teen’s first car. And that tractor still has a home on his farm.

That’s the way tractor guys are.

You won’t catch them hauling the large machines to a scrapyard. Not a chance. They might recycle old models for parts. But they will fight to keep them from the trash heap.

“When you boil the pot down, we grew up with tractors,” said Pat Carpenter, another tractor enthusiast. “It is something that gets in your blood. It rips my knickers to see one going to the junkyard.”

Vickery, Carpenter and Ronnie Mattison were among those who had some of their prized tractors on display at the Anderson County Fair recently. About 15 to 20 tractors were on display inside the Civic Center of Anderson.

About three-fourths of those tractors were from those three men.

For May, June and then a couple of months in the fall, they will travel across the region — and even as far away as Florida and Indiana — to

show off their tractors.

“In two weeks, I will go to a show in Hickory, North Carolina,” Carpenter said.

When they are not traveling to tractor shows, they are looking for tractors or restoring them. They go hunting for old ones in barns, fields and have found particular models they were looking for, on sale on the Internet.

They do it because they grew up on farms. They love the big machines.

Like the old, rusty 1935 McCormick Deering Super W30 that Pat Carpenter had on display. He found it through an ad. A man in Bismarck, N.D., was selling it. It is the same type and model tractor that Carpenter’s father had when Carpenter was a boy.

Carpenter grew up on a “wore out, old cotton farm” in Cherryville, North Carolina.

His mother and father married in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression. They worked hard for what they

had. They never bought on credit and used things until they absolutely fell apart.

“When we got that first bale of cotton done, mama already had that linoleum picked out for the house,” Carpenter said.

“She waited until we had the money. Daddy told us to pick it up from the store on the way back from selling that first cotton.”

So now, that McCormickDeering tractor he has is the one he treasures the most, he said.

It reminds him of his father, of simpler days and of countless days plowing fields.

“I was some proud boy when that thing came rolling up in the driveway,” Carpenter said.

Same thing for Vickery. The tractors he brought to display at the fair have signs in front of them naming the farm that they are from — Spring Valley Farm — and noting that they are there in memory of his father, Gary Vickery.

One of those tractors is a

gray and red 1952 Ford BN tractor that is the same make and model of the one that Vickery’s father used on their beef farm.

“I would have dad’s here, except he wore his slap out,” Vickery said. “That Ford BN was the first tractor dad ever owned. It was his favorite tractor, and he bought it when I was just a little boy.”

Vickery is 44 now. He still operates that beef farm. He does not just show tractors. He still uses them, too.

So does Ronnie Mattison.

Two of the tractors he had on display at the fair were covered with dirt — not just dust.

One of them that he brought, an orange-colored Model G Allis Chalmers, is one he uses to cultivate the ground for his garden.

He brought a small, yellow, slightly rusty 1961 Cub Cadet, Mattison, too. It belongs to his 10-year-old grandson — showing that tractor guys were first tractor boys.

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Black Keys retain alt-rock crown

BY MATTHEW KEMP The Associated Press It’s been four years and several Grammy wins since the Black Keys’ breakthrough album, “Brothers,” and the kings of alternative-rock show no sign of letting their hard-earned crown slip.

“Turn Blue,” their eighth album and follow-up to 2011’s platinum-selling “El Camino,” is arguably their best yet. Superproducer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton is at the helm once again, adding layers of complex orchestration to singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney’s trademark blues-rock backbeat.

The album kicks off with the jawdropping “Weight of Love” — a sevenminute odyssey demonstrating the high confidence coursing through the band’s recording studio last summer.

Starting with a simple acoustic guitar line, the hushed opening builds into an epic meditation on love and loss, with Auerbach’s intertwining guitar solos dissolving in a haze of reverb; the sound of a band operating at the peak of its power.

The stunning calling card is followed by three songs that rank among the best in the Keys’ canon, including the menacing title track (“I really don’t think you know, there could be hell

below,” croons Auerbach over an echosoaked piano) and omnipresent leadoff single, “Fever,” which couples a synth riff and bone-crunching bass.

Elsewhere, distorted tribal drums and a snaking guitar line mark spacey rocker “It’s Up to You Now” out as a future single — an explosion of Delta blues by way of Saturn.

It’s not all smooth sailing. Auerbach’s falsetto vocals on lovelorn ballad “Waiting on Words” lack emotional punch, while the funk bass line repeated throughout “10 Lovers” is stymied by a keyboard riff so high-pitched it will set any dog within a mile radius running for cover.

Thankfully, the Keys immediately recover their sure footing, closing the album with two tracks at opposite ends of the band’s musical spectrum. Jimi Hendrix’s spirit comes through in the psychedelic guitar workout “In Our Prime,” while album closer “Gotta Get Away” is an unashamedly pop-y track destined to become a summer anthem.

The Akron, Ohio-based band’s evolution from a simple guitar-and-drums duo to a fully formed, Grammy Awardwinning stadium rock act is remarkable. Their once limited black-andwhite palette now boasts hundreds of contrasting colors — long may it continue.

McMurtry reimagines gunfight at O.K. Corral

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“Wolverine Bros. Freight & Storage,” by Steve Ulfelder is a fast-paced, highly satisfying mystery.

‘Wolverine Bros.’ a fast-paced mystery

BY BRUCE DESILVA The Associated Press

Did the street gang, which has a long reach, kill Eudora as payback for Kenny’s rescue? Then again, Kenny and Conway Sax is an ex-con, a his brother Harmon, the local former race car driver and a skilled mechanic who is fierce- police chief, both stand to gain by inheriting their mother’s ly loyal to his friends — espevaluable land holdings. And cially those in the maverick what about the money people Alcoholics Anonymous group who are lusting after Eudora’s he credits with saving his life. land as the site for the state’s So when Eudora Spoon, a first full-fledged casino? group member and close As Sax wades into the case, friend who is dying of cancer, he is also drawn into an affair asks Sax to track down her with Harmon’s wife Tricia — a missing son, Kenny, he immediately sets off for Los Angeles move that seems certain to cloud his judgment. where Kenny has been pursuThe result is a fast-paced, ing an on-again, off-again acthighly satisfying mystery told ing career. in the same muscular, vivid There, he learns Kenny has prose that distinguished the been kidnapped by a violent street gang, rescues the young first three novels in this Edgar Award-nominated series. man and escapes through a “Wolverine Bros. Freight & hail of bullets. But shortly after Sax returns Kenny to his Storage” solidifies Ulfelder’s family home in Massachusetts, place as one of the best crime novelists to come out of MasEudora is murdered. sachusetts since Dennis LeSax, not one to trust the authorities to do their jobs, vows hane burst on the scene two vengeance. But against whom? decades ago.

(AP) Larry McMurtry, descendant of Texas cattlemen, can’t stop writing stories about the American West. His latest novel, “The Last Kind Words Saloon,” reimagines the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, an event he brought to life more vividly in his 2006 novel, “Telegraph Days.”

In this version, itinerant lawman Wyatt Earp and his pal Doc Holliday, the dentist turned gambler/gunslinger, are in the frontier town of Long Grass, Texas, where Wyatt’s wife, Jessie, tends bar at the Last Kind Words Saloon.

A big cattle deal is going down between an English baron and Charles Goodnight, a reallife Texas Panhandle cattleman whom McMurtry has written about before. Historical figures such as Buffalo Bill Cody and the Kiowa warriors Satank and Satanta drift in and out of the action, as do fictional characters from McMurtry’s earlier works, including Nellie Courtright, the lusty frontier journalist/narrator of “Telegraph Days.”

Inevitably, Wyatt and Doc make their way to Tombstone, Arizona, where Wyatt reunites with his lawmen brothers Virgil and Morgan and begins feuding with the Clanton gang.

The climactic events of Oct. 26, 1881, unfold in a few sentences, ending on an odd note of

marital discord between Jessie and Wyatt.

McMurtry clearly isn’t interested in burnishing the Wyatt Earp legend — he’s portrayed as a surly, shiftless wife beater — but he doesn’t offer much of a counter history either. The novel — he calls it “a ballad in prose whose characters are afloat in time” — ends with an epilogue narrated by Nellie, a sort of alter ego for McMurtry, both of whom have made good money in Hollywood writing about the West.

Years after the gunfight, she discovers that Wyatt and Jessie are living in a dilapidated bungalow in San Pedro, California. Wyatt is “rheumy-eyed” and doesn’t remember much about the shootout. She regrets going to visit them until she spies the sign for the Last Kind Words Saloon in their junk-strewn yard.

“Not quite sure why I wanted it,” she offers to buy it. When Jessie gives her the sign, she sticks it in the back of her car and drives home to Santa Monica. McMurtry — the Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning author of dozens of books and screenplays about the West, and an avid collector of rare books — may be suggesting that nearly a century and a half after the closing of the American frontier, its battered artifacts are as resonant as its stories.

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Putin hails Crimea’s ‘return’ SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Presiding over a triumphant spectacle of warships and fighter jets, President Vladimir Putin hailed the return of Crimea to Russia as the restoration of “historic justice” before a jubilant, welcoming crowd Friday on the holiday that Russians hold dearest.

In Ukraine’s east, where pro-Russia insurgents have seized government buildings and fought with Ukrainian forces, fatal fighting broke out in the city of Mariupol as a police station was set ablaze. The Associated Press saw at least three dead and Ukraine’s Interior Minister said about 20 “terrorists” and one policeman were killed.

Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, a few weeks after Ukraine’s president was toppled and fled to Russia, was a key event in the monthslong Ukrainian crisis, which has now descended into violence.

Putin’s visit to the Crimean port of Sevastopol, where Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is based, was strongly criticized by both NATO and Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, which said it trampled on Ukraine’s sovereignty and international law.

Ukraine is struggling with its most serious crisis in decades as insurgents in the east are grabbing buildings and territory, fighting the central government and preparing to hold a referendum Sunday on secession.

Putin’s two Victory Day celebrations, which included a massive show of military muscle in the annual Red Square parade in Moscow and then the extravaganza in Sevastopol, rubbed salt in the wounds of the interim government in Kiev without ever once mentioning its name.

In Sevastopol, Putin rode a cabin-cruiser type boat past hulking warships, issuing greetings to their crews, as warplanes and helicopters swooped over the vast harbor.

He then stepped onto land for a short address to the tens of thousands on the shore who came to watch the spectacle.

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Mark Desire, right, assistant director for forensic biology at the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, speaks April 15 as a criminalist, training in forensic science, prepares sample bone fragments for DNA testing at the training lab. With new technology yielding results impossible a dozen years ago, forensic scientists are still trying to match the bone with DNA from those who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Scientists still trying to ID 9/11 victims

BY VERENA DOBNIK The Associated Press

code gleaned from the bits of bone is the only hope for families waiting for anything tangible to officially confirm NEW YORK — Thousands of vacuwhat they already know: Their loved um-sealed plastic pouches filled with bits of bone rest in a Manhattan labora- one is dead.

In some cases, scientists have gone tory. These are the last unidentified back to the same bone fragment 10 or fragments of the people who died in 15 times, using new technology to atthe World Trade Center on Sept. 11, tempt to extract DNA diminished by 2001. fire, sunlight, bacteria and even the jet On Saturday, the 7,930 pouches are fuel that poured through the towers. to be moved in a solemn procession The painstaking process involves from the city medical examiner’s office pulverizing the bone fragments, addto the new trade center site. They will ing a special chemical to the powder be kept in a bedrock repository 70 feet and then spinning it all in a centrifuge underground in the new Sept. 11 Meto break open the bone cells so DNA morial Museum that opens May 21.

The remains will be accessible only to can be extracted. Then comes the last, critical step — looking to match it to families of the dead and to the forensic an item with the victim’s DNA providscientists who are still trying to match ed by families — part of the medical the bone slivers to DNA from the more examiner’s collection of 17,000 contrithan 1,000 victims who never came butions. home and have never been identified.

Four new identifications were made “Our commitment to return the rethis past year. mains to the families is as great today Family members have long endorsed as it was in 2001,” said Mark Desire, the ongoing identification process, who oversees the four-member World even as some protested this weekend’s Trade Center team in the city’s Office move of the remains to the museum of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The death toll stemming from the at- site, which they fear could be prone to tacks at the World Trade Center stands flooding.

“Don’t put them in the basement,” at 2,753. Of those, 1,115 victims, or 41 Rosemary Cain, who lost her firefightpercent, have not been identified through a DNA match to items provid- er son at the trade center, said at a proed by families — toothbrushes, combs, test Thursday. “Give them respect so 3,000 souls can rest in peace.” clothing or swabs from relatives.

Other families support the move, With ever-advancing technology yielding results that were impossible a saying the repository is a fitting site for the remains. dozen years ago, the unique genetic

School districts warned about immigration bias

BY KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON — Despite a 32-year-old court ruling, school districts continue to raise barriers to enrollment for children brought into the U.S. illegally, the Obama administration said Thursday, characterizing reports of hindrances as troubling.

The Justice Department and Education Department issued new guidance reminding schools and districts they have a legal obligation to enroll every student regardless of immigration status. The guidance says schools should be flexible in deciding which documents they will accept to prove a student’s age or residency.

The guidance also reminds them not to ask about a student’s immigration status or require documents such as a driver’s license, if that would prevent a student from enrolling because of a parent’s immigration status.

The Education Department said it is investigating 14 schools or districts for possible violations since 2011.

They are in Arizona, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia. There were four complaints against Kansas City, Kansas, Unified

School District 500.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that in some instances, school leaders have inappropriately required information such as a child’s visa status or date of entry into the United States.

Justice Department officials said they also have taken action, sometimes collaboratively with the Education Department and sometimes working separately. The Justice Department has entered into settlement agreements with school districts in states such as Georgia, Florida and Virginia. And it said that after it contacted officials in Alabama, the state education department sent guidance to districts spelling out that they may not bar or discourage students from enrollment because they lack a Social Security number or birth certificate or because their parents don’t have an Alabama driver’s license.

In a settlement with the district in Palm Beach County, Florida, the district agreed to provide translation help during enrollment and to permit homeless students who lack documentation to enroll.

In Henry County, Georgia, as part of a separate settlement, the district agreed to ensure that a parent’s decision to withhold a child’s Social Security number will not keep the child from enrolling.

“It will show the world the way we treat our dead,” Lee Ielpi, who lost his son in the attacks, said earlier in the week. “Let’s get them back to the site.”

By December, the latest technology will have been applied to every remnant in the medical examiner’s possession, exhausting the available methods.

The question is: How long and at what cost will the forensic team keep working to identify these last 9/11 remains? The team’s annual salary budget is $230,000, plus costs for follow-up work by other scientists and staff.

Desire said that as new technology becomes available, the efforts to identify the fragments will continue indefinitely.

Charles Strozier, founding director of the Center on Terrorism at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that work must continue “because our relationship to the Sept. 11 disaster hinges on being able to identify and pay respects to those who died.”

For Desire, it’s not just a grim scientific task — it’s personal.

He was under the still-standing towers minutes after the two hijacked planes hit them, having rushed down with the then-chief medical examiner, Dr. Charles Hirsch. As the towers toppled, the men were struck and bloodied by falling glass and debris.

“It’s a service and an honor, working on something that has transformed American history,” he said.

OBITUARIES

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CHARLES H. OVERTON Jr. Charles Henry Overton Jr. died on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at his residence.

Born in Lancaster County, he was a son of the late Charles Henry Overton Sr. and Ethel McDuffie Overton Lea. Mr. Overton was a graduate of the University of South Carolina OVERTON and an avid supporter of the Gamecocks. He was the co-owner of Damons Restaurant chain in Myrtle Beach. He was a member of First Methodist Church in Lancaster.

Surviving are a brother, Dr. Jim Overton and his wife, Jayine, of Columbia; cousins, Robert Bundy McDuffie Jr. of Summerton, Angus McDuffie of Sumter, Belinda Gergel of Charleston, Bobby Friedman of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and Barbara Rainwater

Graves of Columbia; and business partner and friend, Bart Buie of Myrtle Beach.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Laura Ethel Overton.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday in Lancaster Memorial Park Cemetery, Lancaster.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorial may be made to First Methodist Church, P.O. Box 608, Lancaster, SC 29721.

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

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

SIDNEY E. WALTON Jr. Sidney Everett Walton Jr., 81, widower of Helen L. Walton, died on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was a son of the late Sidney Everett Sr. and Gladys Ethel Knight Walton. Mr. Walton was a member of The Church of the WALTON Holy Comforter, the Kiwanis Club, the River Rats and Kairos Ministries. He was a retired major with the U.S. Air Force. He served as a navigator and he was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He later retired as a certified public accountant with Fort Roofing Co. Surviving are a son, William Christian Walton (Cynthia Ann) of Lewisville,

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014 North Carolina; a daughter, Nancy Walton Shofner (retired Col. Robert Carl) of Dayton, Ohio; and six grandchildren, Robert Carl Shofner Jr. (Erika), Brett Everett Shofner, Kathleen Rose Walton, Meghan Caroline Shofner, Louisa Anne Walton and Matthew Christian Walton.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday at The Church of the Holy Comforter with the Very Rev. Dr. John MacReadie Barr III, the Rev. Marcus Kaiser and the Rev. Charles Walton officiating.

The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall following the service.

Memorials may be made to Kairos Ministries, P.O. Box 2706, Sumter, SC 29151 or to Youth With A Mission, P.O. Box 5417 Chula Vista, CA 91912.

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

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

EARLENE H. BENNETT Earlene Heyward Bennett, widow of Heyward Bennett, entered eternal rest on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at her home.

Mrs. Bennett was born on May 9, 1949, a daughter of the late Stephen Marion Heyward and Mary Duncan Heyward.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 6630 Middleton Road, Wedgefield.

Funeral services are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

ARREST FROM PAGE A1 victim. One dispute was over money, with Boyd, and Wilson, his dispute was over a previous assault,” Dellinger said.

“This was not the first altercation all three of them have had. Not necessarily at the same time, but both suspects have had previous altercations with the victim.”

Dellinger said alcohol added to the confrontation and was “not helping their decision process.”

Reports have indicated that Slater suffered a single gunshot wound to his thigh Monday night and bled to death before he could receive treatment. The initial call to 911 reporting the shooting did not provide an address where paramedics could respond.

While the investigation continues, Dellinger said investigators feel confident they have the two primary suspects in custody. Still, Dellinger said, “I wouldn’t completely eliminate there being any other arrests in the future.”

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Mothers and soon-to-be mothers talk about their pregnancies during a CenteringPregnancy session on Wednesday at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

CENTERING FROM PAGE A1 and listens to fetal heart tones,” Whitaker said.

While over there, a board is set up for the women to write any questions they don’t feel comfortable asking out loud. Then they circle up to go over educational material.

The seven women who met Wednesday talked about gifts they’d received and recommended shopping sites to each other. They discussed baby’s movement pattern and started talking about what to do after the baby comes.

“That pre-planning is so important,” said Kristine Farley, a certified surgical technician and one of the co-facilitators for CenteringPregnancy. “What I like is it combines quality care with a community feel. A lot of consistent data shows it reduces pre-term labor and leads to better development for the baby. It’s almost like a preventive measure.”

Kelliann Wineski is expecting her first child and was hesitant to sign up for the program.

“I’d never really heard of it, but they told me I’d get more out of it,” she said.

“You get more attention. I have definitely learned a lot, (and) it’s been a good experience. If you forgot to ask a question, you still have time to ask it.”

Dominique Bellamy is having her second child, and she loved the class, too.

“This is great,” she said. “Everyone should do it.”

Rose Bridges came to support her daughter, Marissa Tindal, who is having her first child.

“I didn’t attend any classes (or programs),” Bridges said. “I thought I knew everything. Marissa wanted to make sure. It’s been helpful to her. She doesn’t ask me as many questions now.”

If a pregnancy becomes complicated, such as the development of gestational diabetes, the woman can continue to participate in Centering if she chooses,

but she will have additional, private visits with her doctor.

“We have a couple of patients who are borderline that we’d like to keep a close eye on,” said Dr. Mark Hucks.

“It’s amazing how plugged in they get and love it. It can feel like you go to the doctor 400 times while you’re pregnant, and you get tons of information. With every visit, they can now take more time to talk.”

With four groups having graduated, 22 women have gone through the program. Six other groups are currently meeting, and group 11 starts this month.

The program was initially funded by a $34,000 grant from S.C. Medicaid and the March of Dimes administered by Greenville Health Systems that started the program in the state about six years ago. Sumter OB-GYN was one of four awarded money at the time, and select staff was trained in CenteringPregnancy.

For more information, call (803) 7749650 or visit sumterobgyn.com.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY FROM PAGE A1 fled the scene immediately after the shooting, but was tracked down and apprehended by deputies at his home later that night. Video taken by the store’s surveillance cameras captured images of the boy in the store from earlier that day, helping authorities determine his identity.

The boy is being held by the Department of Juvenile Justice, but Dennis said he will speak with Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip” Finney and strongly recommend the young man be tried as an adult. Additional charges could also be filed.

“The magnitude of this crime warrants he be tried as an adult,” Dennis said.

At Walmart, Obama praises steps on solar power

BY JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Flanked by bargain-priced displays of women’s wear and patio lighting, President Obama came to a Walmart store in Silicon Valley on Friday to praise new steps by businesses and communities to deploy solar energy, showcasing efforts to combat climate change that don’t rely on a disinclined Congress.

Obama said more than 300 companies and state and local governments have pledged to use solar technology, and he unveiled his own executive actions aimed at increasing energy efficiency with a goal of reducing U.S. reliance on carbon fuels. The two tracks underscored Obama’s strategy of sidestepping Congress to advance his own agenda, but they also illustrated the limits of his reach in a bitterly divided government.

“The commitments we’re announcing today prove that there are cost-effective ways to tackle climate change and create jobs at the same time,” Obama said at a sprawling Walmart store in Mountain View.

The solar effort will power the equivalent of

130,000 homes, the White House said, while Obama’s administrative actions could reduce carbon pollution in an amount equal to taking 80 million cars off the road for one year. The White House also announced that long-delayed energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers have finally been completed.

Ticking off a list of economic and environmental benefits he attributed to solar technology, Obama cast the commitments as part of a broader campaign to reduce American energy dependence, create jobs in renewable energy and lower heat-trapping emissions blamed for global warming.

“This is what you call a win-win-win,” Obama told about 250 store employees as he wrapped up a three-day swing through California focused heavily on raising money for Democrats in advance of November’s midterm elections.

Tweaking the mostly Republican opponents of his energy policies in Congress, Obama lamented that lawmakers have “not always been as visionary on these issues as we would like.”

That’s why he’s seizing opportunities this year to act unilaterally to advance those goals, Obama said.

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President Obama speaks at a Walmart store in Mountain View, Calif., on Friday. Obama announced new steps by companies, local governments and his own administration to deploy solar technology, showcasing steps to combat climate change that don’t require consent from a disinclined Congress.

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FYI Hillcrest High School Class of 1984 is planning a class reunion for Aug. 8-10. If you are a member of this class or know someone who is, contact Dianna Adams (Miller) at (301) 471-7250, adams_dianna@yahoo.com or visit http://hhs1984wildcats.com.

The 101st Airborne Division Vietnam Veterans Organization will hold its 20th Annual Reunion Aug. 28-30, in Charleston. All who served with the 101st Division in Vietnam, their guests and supporters, are invited to this event.

Visit www.101namvet.com or call (803) 506-3120.

The University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center and Sumter County Active Lifestyles are sponsoring a free walking program. If you are interested in becoming more active, form a walking group of 4-8 members and join Sumter County On The Move! This program allows you to walk at your own convenience or with a group. Free workshops and physical activity information available. Call (803) 774-3860 or register at https://www.surveymonkey. com/s/scotm-test2.

Are you a breast cancer survivor? Maggie L. Richardson is seeking other survivors to form a music group and give back to the community. If you are interested in joining, contact her at mlrminstry2012@gmail.com or (803) 236-9086.

Belly dancing classes are held at 6 p.m. every Monday at the Parks and Recreation Department, 155 Haynsworth St. Only $20 per month.

The Rembert Area Community Coalition offers an after school program for students from kindergarten to sixth grade at the youth center in Rembert. Children receive assistance with homework, school projects, etc. A nutritious snack is served daily.

There is a small monthly fee.

Registrations are accepted noon-2 p.m. at 8455 Camden Highway, U.S. 521, Rembert, in front of the car wash. Contact Dr. Juanita Britton at (803) 432-2001.

The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone/everyone who served in the 2nd Infantry Division. Visit the website at www.2ida.org or contact Mike Davino at MDavino@ yahoo.com or (919) 498-1910.

Zumba classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Parks and Recreation building on Haynsworth Street. Classes are $5 each and no registration is required. Contact Deanne Lewis at zumbadeanne@gmail.com.

The Palmetto Singles Club holds a dance from 7 to 10 p.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at the VFW on Gion Street. Call Nancy McLeod, club president, at (803) 469-3433.

Sumter Area Toastmasters meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at the Sumter Mall community room, 1057 Broad St. The group helps in developing speaking and leadership skills. Call Douglas Wilson at (803) 778-0197 or Rebecca Gonzalez at (803) 565-9271.

The Sumter Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) meets at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Bultman Conference Room at USC Sumter.

Administrative professionals, assistants and secretaries are encouraged to attend.

Call Mary Sutton at (803) 938-3760.

Having cancer is hard. Finding help shouldn’t be. Free help for cancer patients from the American Cancer Society.

Transportation to treatment, help for appearance related side effects of treatment, nutrition help, one-on-one breast cancer support, free housing away from home during treatment, help finding clinical trials, someone to talk to — all free. Call (800) 227-2345.

The South Carolina Association of Community Action Partnerships Inc., a non-profit organization, announces the S.C. Weatherization Assistance Program. This program helps provide weatherization assistance to low-income South Carolinians. Services include, but are not limited to, insulating attics, walls, floors, water heaters and exposed pipes; stripping and caulking around doors and windows; and replacing broken glass panes. Call the Weatherization office of Wateree Community Action Agency Inc. at (803) 773-9716 or the state information line at (888) 771-9404.

Navy and Marine Corps shipmates who served on the USS Columbus CA-74/CG-12 from 1944 through 1976 and the USS Columbus (SSN-762) past and present, to share memories and camaraderie with old friends and make new ones, contact Allen R. Hope, president, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815-4505; (260) 486-2221 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; fax (260) 492-9771; or email at hope4391@verizon.net.

Hospice Care of Sumter LLC is in need of volunteers in the Sumter and surrounding counties. There are numerous opportunities for you to use your time and talents to be of assistance, such as reading, companionship, light housekeeping, etc. Contact Joyce Blanding at (803) 883-5606 or hospicecareofsumter@yahoo.com.

Agape Hospice is in need of volunteers. Whether your passion is baking, knitting, reading, singing, etc., Agape Hospice can find a place for you.

Contact Thandi Blanding at (803) 774-1075, (803) 260-3876 or tblanding@agapsenior. com.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep things EUGENIA LAST in perspective.

Overreacting or indulging will set you back personally, emotionally and financially. You are best to be frugal and weigh your options carefully. Impulse will be your downfall. Slow down — time is on your side.

deliver a point.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t bring your job home with you.

Concentrate on your personal life.

Get out and enjoy friends, neighbors and family. Your emphasis should be on quality, not quantity. Don’t let someone’s impulsiveness upset your day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Pick up the pace and socialize, network and make a difference by taking part in a cause you care about.

Spread your time among friends, peers, children and those you want to help. Your tireless efforts will leave a lasting impression.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Observe, listen attentively and refrain from offering your point of view. Keeping the peace will be important if you want to avoid an emotional encounter. Relationships will be stressful and understanding will be required if you want to avoid an argument.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A trip will be filled with adventure. You’ll have to zigzag in and out of situations that crop up as you make your way from one destination to the next.

You’ll be favored in any challenge you undertake, but don’t underestimate the competition.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t hold back. You have great ideas — all you have to do is take the initiative and put them into motion. Don’t take a backseat to someone with bravado but little to offer. You’ve got the goods to

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sensitivity will be your downfall. Don’t let criticism derail you. Believe in your ability, skills and talent. Don’t worry about the changes others make.

Stick up for yourself and follow through with your plans.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make changes to add to your comfort and convenience. Use your insight and share your thoughts with someone with a unique outlook.

Together you will find a superior way to get what you want. A partnership will lead to new opportunities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Begin something new. Whether it’s a home improvement project, a new relationship or altering the way you live your life, it will give you the boost and confidence you need to forge ahead. Love is in the air.

DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Winds: SSW 6-12 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 81/60 Spartanburg 82/60

Greenville 81/60

Columbia 86/62

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 86/63

Aiken 83/59

ON THE COAST

Charleston 83/65

Today: Mostly cloudy. High 78 to 82.

Sunday: A morning shower in spots. High 81 to 87.

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LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

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

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Myrtle Beach 78/67

Manning 86/63

Today: Mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm.

Winds southwest 7-14 mph.

Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sun. Winds south-southwest 4-8 mph.

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 87/63/c Gainesville 88/66/pc Gastonia 83/61/t Goldsboro 87/64/c Goose Creek 85/65/c Greensboro 81/60/t Greenville 81/60/t Hickory 79/60/t Hilton Head 77/69/c Jacksonville, FL 85/65/pc La Grange 80/59/t Macon 81/60/t Marietta 80/63/t

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

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 FRIDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

5-19-29-34-36 PowerUp: 2

17-29-31-48-49 Powerball: 34 Powerplay: 2

PICK 3 FRIDAY

PICK 4 FRIDAY

8-1-6 and 8-4-4

1-2-0-9 and 6-6-9-4

MEGAMILLIONS numbers were unavailable at press time.

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Listen carefully, but don’t let anyone goad you into a debate that will leave you feeling stressed and alone. Focus on what matters and is concrete in your life. Fix up your space and make changes that will stabilize your personal environment.

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Interacting and sharing your ideas, concerns and plans for the future will win you the support you need to dive in and get things started.

Make sure all your facts and figures are straight before you begin.

Carol James comments on her photo submission, “This photo was taken by Beth Dukes. I call it ‘Sunset at Emerald Lake.’”

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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014

PREP BASEBALL

Gamecocks open lower state tournament

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Sumter’s Charlie Barnes (2) gives a teammate a fist bump during a recent game. Barnes will take the mound for the Gamecocks today when they play at Lexington at 2 p.m. in the opening game of the 4A lower state tournament.

COLLEGE SIGNING

Wilson Hall track standout Singleton signs with Citadel

Since the brackets for the South Carolina High School League baseball state playoffs were posted on its website, the 4A bracket showed the District VI tournament champion would play host to the District V champion in the first game of the lower SHUMAKE state tournament on Saturday, May 10.

That is until Thursday.

SHS head coach Brooks Shumake and his team found out from the SCHSL they would be traveling to Lexington today for a 2 p.m. contest instead of

playing host to the Wildcats at Gamecock Field.

“The people who benefit from it are the ones who obviously pursued it,” Shumake said. “The brackets are supposed to be rotated (as to who hosts a home game) from year to year, and it wasn’t done with this. It’s kind of a freaky thing.

Brackets are funny.”

Shumake said his 23-2-1 team didn’t seem to be affected by the news.

“They pretty much didn’t react to it,” he said. “I prefaced the whole thing by saying this is something not to be excited about. It is what it is; it’s a non-emotional issue. It was a human mistake and now we have to just go play ball.”

The other half of the 4-team, double-elimination tourna-

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PREP SOFTBALL

PRO FOOTBALL

Keeping cool

Clowney joins Texans after being No.1 pick

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN The Associated Press

ville to put up two late runs, the tying run was left stranded on third as the Lady Wolverines held on for a 3-2 victory.

ECHS, now 18-4 on the year, will travel to Lake View on Monday in a winners bracket game set for 6 p.m. The Lady Gators defeated Latta 3-2 in eight innings on the road on Friday.

The Lady Flashes fell to 17-7 and will travel to Latta on Monday in an elimination game.

“We’ve got a bunch of young kids behind two seniors (pitcher Leslie Altman and catcher Jordan Evans),” EC head

HOUSTON — Anyone who’s seen Jadeveon Clowney’s monster tackle against Michigan in the Outback Bowl last year won’t be surprised to learn what the No. 1 overall pick likes best about football.

“Big hits,” he said. “I’m all about hitting. I don’t care who it is.”

That’s what the Houston Texans are counting on from the South Carolina defensive end after skipping a chance to take a quarterback — their top need — with the top pick Thursday night.

Clowney was introduced on FriCLOWNEY day in Houston, joining a team that features 2012 Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt.

Clowney was already known as a top player before that hit in the Outback Bowl. But when he burst through the line and crashed into Vincent Smith, knocking his helmet off and the ball out of his hands in the process, his star power reached another level.

He’s hoping to pile up plenty more highlight-reel hits this season, but knows he’ll have to be careful about how he delivers them.

“That’s what I live for is making big hits,” he said. “I hope I don’t get no fines this year. I might have to dial it down a little.”

New Houston coach Bill O’Brien, who took over a team that hasn’t won since Sept. 15, raved about Clowney’s many attributes. But one thing stood out to O’Brien as he got to know Clowney.

“He really talked about how much he loved winning and how winning was important to him,” O’Brien said. “These are the type guys that we’re looking for, we’re looking for team

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SEE CLOWNEY, PAGE B3

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com At the start of his senior season, Wilson Hall School’s Devin Singleton decided he was going to increase his focus in preparing for his football and track and field seasons.

“I just made the decision that my work ethic was going to be better,” Singleton said. “I just felt like it was what I needed to do.”

It paid off for Singleton, both on the field and on the track. Despite missing seven games due to injury, Singleton had a tremendous year at wide receiver for the Barons’ undefeated SCISA 3A state championship team. He SINGLETON also had a tremendous year in track, winning the state title in the 400-meter dash and finishing in the top three in three other events at last week’s SCISA state meet.

His success on the track has led to Singleton signing with The Citadel to run sprint events.

Singleton was planning on attending The Citadel regardless, but he is happy to get the track scholarship.

Barons head coach Bruce Lane said Singleton set his mind to making himself a better athlete.

“Of all of the athletes I’ve worked with over the years, I think no one has been better than Devin at dedicating himself to working so hard to achieve greatness,” Lane said.

Although he missed half of the football season for the football team, Singleton still caught 26 passes for 711 yards, an average of 27.1 yards per catch. He had eight touchdown

ment was affected by the mistake as well. West Ashley is playing host to Wando today instead of vice versa.

Left-handed ace pitcher Charlie Barnes will start on the mound for the Gamecocks, who swept the District VI tournament in three games.

Barnes is well-rested, having pitched last in SHS’ 11-1, 5-inning victory over Summerville last Saturday.

Lexington, 20-8 on the season and the defending state champion, had to fight its way back to win District V. Despite being the top seed, it lost to Ridge View 4-2 in the opening game. The Wildcats rebounded by beating Beaufort 11-1 and Ridge View 7-0 before beating

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Members of the East Clarendon High School softball team cheer during Friday’s 1A lower state tournament opener at the EC field in Turbeville. The Lady Wolverines held on for a 3-2 victory over Johnsonville.

Late-game composure helps EC softball edge Johnsonville

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com TURBEVILLE – Friday’s opening game of the 1A lower state softball tournament was all about momentum and composure for defending champion East Clarendon High School.

After getting out of a jam in the top of the fifth inning, the Lady Wolverines channeled that momentum ARD into three runs over the next two innings to break a scoreless tie.

EC then maintained its composure in the seventh, and after allowing Johnson-

PREP TRACK

Sumter track & field aiming for more state qualifiers

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com Sumter High School brought high expectations and a host of athletes into the 4A track and field state qualifier last year.

The same is true this year, but SHS is looking to finish on a much higher note.

The Gamecocks qualified nine for the state track meet last year and are looking to exceed that today at the 4A qualifier at Spring Valley High School

in Columbia. Events begin at 10 a.m. and last through 6:30 p.m.

Tyreke Conyers and Ky’Jon Tyler lead the SHS boys with four TYLER events apiece. Conyers will compete in the high jump and triple jump, the 100-meter dash and on the 4x100 relay team. Tyler qualified in the long jump and 100 as well and will be a part of the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams.

Defending 4A state champion

Devontaye Edwards will look to defend his crown in the shot put as well as qualify in the discus. Covozio Wells also qualified in the shot put and disEDWARDS cus for Sumter.

Demitrius White and Benjamin Austin will compete in two events while Rodney Pitts, Justin Martin and Stacey Shaw will each be legs on two relay teams for the Gamecocks.

On the girls side, Kedejuha Kennedy,

Alexus Choice and Ars’Breana Tyler will all compete in four events. Kennedy and Tyler look to make a splash in the long and triple jumps while Choice qualified for the triple jump, 100- and 200-meter dashes. All three are on relay teams as well.

Dae’Shondra Stephens looks to qualify in the shot put and discus along with Sherah Pair. Deanna King and Dariana Reid will compete in individual events and be legs on two of the

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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014

AREA ROUNDUP

4 local teams unbeaten in softball tourneys

THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOREBOARD

TODAY’S GAMES

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WEST COLUMBIA – Defending SCISA 3A softball state champion Wilson Hall rolled to a pair of easy victories in the 3A state tournament on Friday at Pine Grove Softball Complex.

The Lady Barons beat Augusta Christian 17-0 in three innings before following it with a 12-2, 6-inning win over Florence Christian.

WH, 28-6 on the season, will face either Orangeburg Prep or Hammond today at 2 p.m. in the championship round. It needs just one win to return to the state championship series next week while its opponent will have to beat it twice.

In the win over Augusta Christian, Bailey Connor had two hits and three runs batted in. Haley Hawkins had two hits, including a double.

In the win over Florence Christian, Hannah Jordan had two hits, including a 2-run double. Drake Ives had two hits and two RBI, Becka Noyes and Hawkins both had two hits and an RBI and Catherine Kelley had two hits, including a triple.

LMA UNDEFEATED

WEST COLUMBIA – Courtney Beatson tossed a pair of shutouts to lead Laurence Manning Academy into the championship round undefeated in its half of the bracket in the 3A state tournament on Friday at Pine Grove Softball Complex.

The Lady Swampcats beat

First Baptist 11-0 in five innings in the opener and followed it with an 8-0 victory over Orangeburg Prep.

LMA will play at 2 p.m. today needing to win once while its foe will have to beat it twice.

Beatson threw a 3-hitter in the win over First Baptist. Emily McElveen was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two runs batted in. Hannah Hodge was 2-for3 with two runs and two RBI and Maddie Cantley had a double and three RBI. In the win over OP, Beatson tossed another 3-hitter.

Hodge was 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs and two RBI, while Beatson was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Cantley and Cora Lee Downer both had two hits.

TSA WINS OPENER

WEST COLUMBIA – Emily DeMonte tossed a 1-hit shutout to lift Thomas Sumter Academy to a 6-0 victory over Pee Dee on Friday in the 2A state tournament at Oak Grove Softball Complex.

The Lady Generals, 25-3 on the season, play Williamsburg today at 11 a.m. at Pine Grove Softball Complex.

Logan Morris went 3-for-4 to lead the offense, while Emily Nevels and Taylor Knudson both went 2-for-4.

LADY SAINTS LAST UNDEFEATED

WEST COLUMBIA – Clarendon Hall is the last undefeated team in its half of the bracket in the 1A

state tournament after winning two games on Friday at Pine Grove Softball Complex.

The Lady Saints play today at 12:30 p.m. in the championship round against an opponent to be determined. One victory will send them to next week’s state championship series.

CH beat St. John’s Christian 10-3 in its opener. Gracyn Royce had a triple with three runs batted in and was the winning pitcher.

Brittany Bays was 2-for-4 with two RBI, Shannon Corbett was 3-for-4 with an RBI and Jordan Carter was 2-for-4 with a triple.

Clarendon Hall followed with a 16-0, 5-inning victory over Jefferson Davis. Holly Carlisle had three hits, including a double and a triple, and four RBI. Bays was 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI and Carter had three hits, including a double. Kaela Phillips and Emily Brunson both had two hits, including a double, and Brittany Pack had a double.

REL SPLITS

WEST COLUMBIA – Robert E. Lee Academy beat Spartanburg Christian 6-4 in its opening game in the 2A state tournament on Friday at Oak Grove Softball Complex before losing to Carolina Academy 3-1.

The Lady Cavailers, 10-13 on the season, play Holly Hill today at 9 a.m. in an elimination game.

SPORTS ITEMS

Pacers beat Wizards 85-63, lead series 2-1 WASHINGTON — Paul George had his best game of the series with 23 points and eight rebounds, Roy Hibbert was again a factor by scoring 14 points, and the Indiana Pacers held the Washington Wizards to a franchise-low playoff total Friday night in an 85-63 victory.

The Pacers lead the Eastern Conference semifinal 2-1.

NHL PLAYOFFS RANGERS 5 PENGUINS 1 PITTSBURGH — Derick Brassard scored twice, including New York’s first powerplay goal in 10 games, and the Rangers avoided elimination with a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday.

KAYMER TAKES 1-SHOT LEAD OVER SPIETH

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Martin Kaymer and Jordan Spieth are having a blast at The Players Championship — one because he’s playing good golf again, the other because that’s all he’s been doing.

Kaymer followed his record-tying 63 on the Stadium Course on the TPC Sawgrass with a 3-under 69, capping off his round by hitting a pitching wedge to 3 feet on an island green with a back pin on the 17th hole.

(12) SOUTH CAROLINA 8 MISSOURI 2

COLUMBIA – South Carolina junior lefthander Jordan Montgomery worked into the ninth inning and seven of nine Gamecock starters tallied at least one hit as the 11th ranked Gamecocks defeated Missouri 8-2 on Friday in the series opener at Carolina Stadium. South Carolina improved to 37-13 overall and 14-11 in the Southeastern Conference with Missouri dropping to 20-28 and 6-19 in league play.

Montgomery improved to 7-4 on the year with the win. He allowed two runs on five hits in 8 1/3 innings of work with a walk and eight strikeouts.

NOTRE DAME 2 (24) CLEMSON 1

SOUTH BEND, IND. – Junior right-hander Pat Connaughton pitched eight effective innings to lead Notre Dame to a 2-1 win over No. 24 Clemson at Frank Eck Stadium

5-HOUR ENERGY 400 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Saturday At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 194.252 mph.

2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 193.91.

3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 193.507.

4. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 193.188.

5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 193.05.

6. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 193.043.

7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 192.816.

8. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 192.548.

9. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 192.452.

10. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 191.98.

11. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 191.782.

12. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 190.328.

13. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 193.202.

14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 193.043.

15. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 193.023.

16. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 192.892.

17. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 192.823.

18. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 192.809.

19. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 192.692.

20. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 192.637.

21. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 192.63.

22. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 192.246.

23. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 191.809.

24. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 189.72.

25. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 191.98.

26. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 191.761.

27. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 191.68.

28. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 191.51.

29. (47) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 191.096.

30. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 191.049.

31. (83) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 190.665.

32. (98) Josh Wise, Ford, 190.148.

33. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 189.873.

34. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 189.341.

35. (44) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 189.195.

36. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 189.142.

37. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

38. (34) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points.

39. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (32) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Owner Points.

42. (33) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

43. (66) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (77) Dave Blaney, Ford, 188.442.

on Friday.

The Fighting Irish (18-30 overall, 5-20 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) took a 1-0 lead in the series and snapped the 5 game-winning streak by the Tigers (30-20, 12-12 ACC).

HARVICK SETS TRACK RECORD TO WIN KANSAS POLE

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kevin Harvick set a track record to win the pole at Kansas Speedway.

Harvick posted his record time of 194.658 mph Friday in the second round of NASCAR’s knockout qualifying format. Harvick then hit 194.252 in the third round to win his second pole of the season.

Joey Logano joins Harvick on the front row Saturday for the first night race in Kansas history.

From staff, wire reports

8 a.m. -- Formula One Racing: Gran Premio de Espana Pole Qualifying from Barcelona, Spain (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon -- College Softball: Conference USA Tournament Championship Game from Boca Raton, Fla. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon - NFL Football: National Football League Draft Rounds 4-7 from New York (ESPN).

Noon -- College Lacrosse: NCAA Division I Tournament Match -- Albany at Loyola (Md.) (ESPNU).

Noon -- College Softball: Big East Conference Tournament Championship Game from Rosemont, Ill. (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon -- College Baseball: Vanderbilt at Florida (SPORTSOUTH).

12:30 p.m. -- PGA Golf: The Players Championship Third Round from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (GOLF).

1 p.m. -- College Basketball: Florida State at North Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Minnesota at Detroit or Los Angeles Angels at Toronto (MLB NETWORK).

1:30 p.m. -- International Hockey: IIHF World Championship PreliminaryRound Match from Minsk, Belarus -United States vs. Switzerland (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2 p.m. -- PGA Golf: The Players Championship Third Round from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (WIS 10).

2 p.m. -- College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Championship Game from College Park, Md. (ESPN2).

2:30 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: NCAA Division I Tournament Match -- Harvard at Notre Dame (ESPNU).

3 p.m. -- College Baseball: Santa Clara at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

3:15 p.m. -- College Baseball: Missouri at South Carolina (SPORTSOUTH, WNKT-FM 107.5).

3:30 p.m. -- IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Indianapolis from Indianapolis (WOLO 25).

3:30 p.m. -- MLL Lacrosse: Chesapeake at Charlotte (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

4 p.m. -- College Softball: American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game from Houston (ESPN2).

4 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers (FOX SPORTS 1).

5 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: NCAA Division I Tournament Match -- Cornell at Maryland (ESPNU).

6 p.m. -- Arena Football: New Orleans at Philadelphia (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour Energy 400 from Kansas City, Kan. (WACH 57, WEGX-FM 92.9).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WGN, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Cleveland at Tampa Bay (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Five - Montreal at Boston (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- College Baseball: Auburn at Kentucky (SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: NCAA Division I Tournament Match -- North Carolina at Denver (ESPNU).

8 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Bermane Stiverne vs. Chris Arreola for the WBC Heavyweight Title from Los Angeles (ESPN).

8 p.m. -- College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Championship Game from Columbia (ESPN2).

8:15 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Three - Miami at Brooklyn (WOLO 25).

9:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Four - Anaheim at Los Angeles (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 p.m. -- College Softball: Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game from Irondale, Ala. (ESPNU).

10 p.m. -- College Baseball: Oklahoma at Texas Christian (SPORTSOUTH).

10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Three - San Antonio at Portland (ESPN).

1 a.m. -- MLL Lacrosse: Ohio at Florida (SPORTSOUTH).

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Baltimore 18 New York 18 Toronto 18 Boston 17 Tampa Bay 15 CENTRAL DIVISION W Detroit 20 Chicago 18 Kansas City 16 Cleveland 16 Minnesota 15 WEST DIVISION W Oakland 20 Seattle 18 Texas 18 Los Angeles 16 Houston 11

L 14 15 17 17 20

Pct .563 .545 .514 .500 .429

GB – 1/2 11/2 2 41/2

L 10 18 18 19 18

Pct .667 .500 .471 .457 .455

GB – 5 6 61/2 61/2

L 15 16 17 17 24

Pct .571 .529 .514 .485 .314

GB – 11/2 2 3 9

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 9, Minnesota 4 Houston 6, Detroit 2 Toronto 12, Philadelphia 6 Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 5, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs 12, Chicago White Sox 5 Seattle 1, Kansas City 0

Votto’s homer gives Reds 4-3 win over Rockies CINCINNATI — Joey Votto hit a game-ending solo homer, and the Cincinnati Reds shut down Nolan Arenado in a 4-3 win over Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ORIOLES 4 ASTROS 3

BALTIMORE — Steve Pearce and Manny Machado homered and the Baltimore Orioles won a seasonhigh fourth consecutive game, 4-3 over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

ANGELS 4 BLUE JAYS 3

TORONTO— Raul Ibanez

drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, Mike Trout hit a solo home run and the Los Angeles Angels won their fifth straight game in Toronto, beating the Blue Jays 4-3 on Friday night.

From wire reports

San Francisco (M.Cain 0-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-1), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 4-1) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (Miley 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-3) at Atlanta (E.Santana 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Lyles 4-0) at Cincinnati (Simon 4-1), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-4) at Milwaukee (Lohse 4-1), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-3) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Eovaldi 2-1) at San Diego (Stults 1-3), 8:40 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2) at Oakland (Gray 4-1), 9:05 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Miami 2, Brooklyn 0 Tuesday, May 6: Miami 107, Brooklyn 86 Thursday, May 8: Miami 94, Brooklyn 82 Saturday, May 10: Miami at Brooklyn, 8 p.m.

Monday, May 12: Miami at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 14: Brooklyn at Miami, 7 or 8 p.m. x-Friday, May 16: Miami at Brooklyn, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Brooklyn at Miami, TBA Washington 1, Indiana 1 Monday, May 5: Washington 102, Indiana 96 Wednesday, May 7: Indiana 86, Washington 82 Friday, May 9: Indiana at Washington, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 11: Indiana at Washington, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, May 15: Indiana at Washington, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Washington at Indiana, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE

San Antonio 2, Portland 0 Tuesday, May 6: San Antonio 116, Portland 92 Thursday, May 8: San Antonio 114, Portland 97 Saturday, May 10: San Antonio at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Monday, May 12: at San Antonio at Portland, 10:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 14: Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 or 9:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 16: San Antonio at Portland, TBA x-Monday, May 19: Portland at San Antonio, TBA L.A. Clippers 1, Oklahoma City 1 Monday, May 5: L.A. Clippers 122, Oklahoma City 105 Wednesday, May 7: Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers 101 Friday, May 9: Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 11: Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 15: Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, TBA

NHL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press

SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Montreal 2, Boston 2 Thursday, May 1: Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2OT Saturday, May 3: Boston 5, Montreal 3 Tuesday, May 6: Montreal 4, Boston 2 Thursday, May 8: Boston 1, Montreal 0, OT Saturday, May 10: Montreal at Boston, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 12: Boston at Montreal, TBA x-Wednesday, May 14: Montreal at Boston, TBA Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Friday, May 2: N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Sunday, May 4: Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Monday, May 5: Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Wednesday, May 7: Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Friday, May 9: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, May 11: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBA x-Tuesday, May 13: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Chicago 2, Minnesota 1 Friday, May 2: Chicago 5, Minnesota 2 Sunday, May 4: Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Tuesday, May 6: Minnesota 4, Chicago 0 Friday, May 9: Chicago at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 11: Minnesota at Chicago, TBA x-Tuesday, May 13: Chicago at Minnesota, TBA x-Thursday, May 15: Minnesota at Chicago, TBA Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 1 Saturday, May 3: Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, OT Monday, May 5: Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1 Thursday, May 8: Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2 Saturday, May 10: Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Monday, May 12: Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBA x-Wednesday, May 14: Anaheim at Los Angeles, TBA x-Friday, May 16: Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBA

TODAY’S GAMES

L.A. Angels (Skaggs 2-1) at Toronto (Happ 1-0), 1:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 3-2) at Detroit (Scherzer 4-1), 1:08 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 2-1) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (Miley 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (McAllister 3-2) at Tampa Bay (Bedard 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-4) at Milwaukee (Lohse 4-1), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (Lester 3-4) at Texas (M.Perez 4-2), 8:05 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2) at Oakland (Gray 4-1), 9:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Ventura 2-1) at Seattle (C.Young 2-0), 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

MLB ROUNDUP

Miami 3, San Diego 1, 11 innings San Francisco 3, L.A. Dodgers 1, 10 innings

Miami Washington Atlanta New York Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago WEST DIVISION San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles San Diego Arizona

W 20 19 18 16 15

L 15 15 15 17 18

Pct .571 .559 .545 .485 .455

GB – 1/2 1 3 4

W 22 18 15 14 12

L 13 17 18 20 21

Pct .629 .514 .455 .412 .364

GB – 4 6 71/2 9

W 22 22 19 15 13

L 13 15 17 21 24

Pct .629 .595 .528 .417 .351

GB – 1 31/2 71/2 10

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Toronto 12, Philadelphia 6 Texas 5, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs 12, Chicago White Sox 5

GOLF The Associated Press

The Players Championship Par Scores Friday At TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,215; Par 72 Second Round Martin Kaymer 63-69—132 -12 Jordan Spieth 67-66—133 -11 Russell Henley 65-71—136 -8 Jim Furyk 70-68—138 -6 Lee Westwood 67-71—138 -6 Gary Woodland 67-71—138 -6 Justin Rose 67-71—138 -6 Sergio Garcia 67-71—138 -6 Brian Davis 72-67—139 -5 John Senden 70-69—139 -5 Bill Haas 68-71—139 -5 Sang-Moon Bae 66-73—139 -5 George McNeill 71-68—139 -5 Geoff Ogilvy 69-70—139 -5 Matt Jones 70-69—139 -5 Kevin Na 70-69—139 -5 Charl Schwartzel 72-67—139 -5 Scott Brown 68-71—139 -5 Freddie Jacobson 70-70—140 -4 Kevin Chappell 72-68—140 -4 Joost Luiten 68-72—140 -4 Zach Johnson 69-71—140 -4 Graeme McDowell 69-71—140 -4 Stewart Cink 70-70—140 -4 Jamie Donaldson 74-67—141 -3 Hideki Matsuyama 70-71—141 -3 Pat Perez 68-73—141 -3 Justin Leonard 68-73—141 -3 John Huh 69-72—141 -3 Henrik Stenson 71-70—141 -3 Steve Stricker 71-70—141 -3 Bubba Watson 69-72—141 -3 David Hearn 70-71—141 -3 Martin Flores 70-71—141 -3 Bo Van Pelt 71-70—141 -3 Morgan Hoffmann 71-70—141 -3 Jeff Overton 70-72—142 -2 Daniel Summerhays 74-68—142 -2

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Raiders draft QB Carr

BY BARRY WILNER The Associated Press NEW YORK — For once, Derek Carr didn’t emulate his older brother.

David Carr was the top overall pick in the 2002 NFL draft, the first player ever taken by the Houston Texans. Derek, who also went to Fresno State and, like his elder brother enters the league with a wife and CARR child, went 36th overall when Oakland selected him in the second round Friday night.

Eleven years younger than David, Derek Carr also must hope he gets better protection with the Raiders than David did with Houston. David Carr never reached the expectations of a No. 1 pick, in great part because he was sacked so often during his time with the Texans.

“I learned everything that he did right and everything that he did wrong,” Derek Carr said. “He told me that if he could do anything, he hopes he made the path smoother for me as I transition into the NFL.” Derek Carr rewrote the Bulldogs’ record book, throwing for more than 10,000 yards and 100 touchdown passes.

He led Fresno State to consecutive Mountain West Conference titles in his final two seasons and passed for 5,082 yards and 50 touchdowns in 2013. He guided a spread offense that relied on his quick decision making, fast release and ability to move in the pocket. All in a season where his son was born with a serious problem with his intestines a

2014 NFL DRAFT SELECTIONS

By The Associated Press At New York Friday Second Round 33. Houston, Xavier Su’a-Filo, g, UCLA. 34. Dallas (from Washington), Demarcus Lawrence, de, Boise State.

35. Cleveland, Joel Bitonio, g, Nevada.

36. Oakland, Derek Carr, qb. Fresno State.

37. Atlanta, Ra’Shede Hageman, de, Minnesota.

38. Tampa Bay, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, te, Washington.

39. Jacksonville, Marqise Lee, wr, Southern Cal. 40. Detroit (from Minnesota through Seattle), Kyle Van Noy, lb, BYU. 41. St. Louis (from Buffalo), Lamarcus Joyner, db, Florida State.

42. Philadelphia (from Tennessee), Jordan Matthews, wr, Vandrbilt.

43. New York Giants, Weston Richburg, c, Colorado State.

44. Buffalo (from St. Louis), Cyrus Kouandjio, ot, Alabama.

month before he stepped on the field.

Oakland acquired veteran Matt Schaub to be its starter, but he will get a serious push from Carr.

In other picks Friday: — Houston had 20 hours to think about the first pick of the second round, then went for a blocker. The Texans selected UCLA guard Xavier Su’a-Filo, who joins the first overall pick, defensive disrupter Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina, in Houston.

The two of them can have fun colliding against each other in minicamps and training camp.

The 6-foot-4, 307-pound Su’aFilo, who went on a Mormon mission while in college, also has played tackle.

— The Cowboys took Boise State defensive end Demarcus

45. Seattle (from Detroit), Paul Richardson, wr, Colorado.

46. Pittsburgh, Stephon Tuitt, de, Notre Dame.

47. Washington (from Dallas), Trent Murphy, lb, Stanford.

48. Baltimore, Timmy Jernigan, dt, Florida State.

49. New York Jets, Jace Amaro, te, Texas Tech.

50. San Diego (from Miami), Jeremiah Attaochu, te, Georgia Tech.

51. Chicago, Ego Ferguson, dt, LSU. 52. Arizona, Troy Niklas, te, Notre Dame.

53. Green Bay, Davante Adams, wr, Fresno State.

54. Tennessee (from Philadelphia), Bishop Sankey, rb, Washington.

55. Cincinnati, Jeremy Hill, rb, LSU. 56. Denver (from Kansas City through San Francisco), Cody Latimer, wr, Indiana.

57. San Francisco (from San Diego through Miami), Carlos Hyde, rb, Ohio State.

58. New Orleans, Stanley Jean-Baptiste, db, Nebraska.

59. Indianapolis, Jack Mewhort, g, Ohio State.

60. Carolina, Kony Ealy, de, Missouri.

61. Jacksonville (from San Francisco), Allen Robinson, wr, Penn State.

62. New England, Jimmy Garoppolo, qb, Eastern Illinois.

63. Miami (from Denver through San Francisco), Jarvis Landry, wr, LSU. 64. Seattle, Justin Britt, ot, Missouri.

Lawrence, who they hope will emulate their departed sacks leader with the same first name, DeMarcus Ware, now with Denver. “I’m my own Demarcus,” Lawrence said. “I don’t like to try to be nobody else. I’m going to be me, and I’m going to do it well.”

— Cleveland, more active than any team in the first round, added a protector for Johnny Manziel by grabbing guard Joel Bitonio of Nevada, who also can play tackle or center. The Browns caused the biggest stir on opening night when they traded up to No. 22 to get Johnny Football.

“I think he’s a heck of a quarterback,” Bitonio said. “Hopefully, he comes in and he’s ready to compete and just ready to work and do well for the Cleveland Browns.”

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Sumter Ally Welborn (pole vault); Kadejuha Kennedy (long jump, triple jump); Dae’Shondra Stephens (discus, shot put); Sherah Pair (shot put, discus); Deanna King (400 run); Ars’Breana Tyler (long jump, triple jump); Alexus Choice (100 dash, 200 dash, triple jump); Dariana Reid (800 run) ; Teresa Taylor (100 high hurdles); Brianna Witherspoon (400 intermediate hurdles); Sophie Mobius (pole vault) ; Tasheana Chestnut (shot put); 4x400 relay (Ars’Breana Tyler, Brianna Witherspoon, Deanna King, Kadejuha Kennedy); 4x800 relay (Brianna Witherspoon, Jayde Huffman, Dariana Reid, Diamond Clay); 4x100 relay (Alexus Choice, Kadejuha Kennedy, Ars’Breana Tyler, Raven Pringle).

Manning Makeba Harvin (discus, shot put); Meighan Hilton (100 hurdles, 400 hurdles); Tahiya Sands (800 run, 1,600 run, 3,200 run); Krishuana Hart (400 hurdles, 100 hurdles); Lanisha Brown (high jump, 100 hurdles); Sapphire Frierson (long jump, triple jump); Kareena Hilton (discus); Shana Dukes (100 dash, 200 dash); Sarah Cobb (800 run, 3,200 run); Mahongoney Green, (high jump, long jump); Andrea Liddell (800 run, 1,600 run, 3,200 run); Montica Thames (high jump); Ambria Brunson (triple jump); Brenna Logan (200 run); 4x800 relay (Andrea Liddell, Briana Jones, Sarah Cobb, Tahiya Sands); 4x100 relay (Shana Dukes, Lanisha Brown, Meighan Hilton, Brenna Logan); 4x400 relay (Shana Dukes, Destinee Woods, Montica Thames, Krishuana Hart).

Lakewood Senora Dengokl (long jump, triple jump); Asia Ewing (400 dash); 4x400 relay (Senora Dengokl, Asia Ewing, Deja Richardson, Gabrielle Meyers); 4x100 relay (Asia Ewing, Keymani Bradley, Gabrielle Meyers, Deja Richardson).

Crestwood Keanua Williams (shot put); Taylor Abrams (100 dash).

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Sumter Tyreke Conyers (high jump, triple jump, 100 dash); Ky’Jon Tyler

(100 dash, long jump); Jalen Lewis (triple jump); Devontaye Edwards (shot put, discus); Justin Martin (400 dash); Demitrius White (triple jump, long jump); Covozio Wells (shot put, discus); Turner Newman (pole vault); Evan Myers (shot put); Benjamin Austin (200 dash, pole vault); Kalip Franklin (long jump); 4x100 relay (Tyreke Conyers, Ky’Jon Tyler, Rodney Pitts, Colin Washington); 4x800 relay (Justin Martin, Stacey Shaw, Brandon Poston, Jacquez Sinkler); 4x400 relay (Justin Martin, Stacey Shaw, Ky’Jon Tyler, Rodney Pitts).

Manning Ke’shoan Johnson (long jump, 110 hurdles, high ump); Darius Sharper (triple jump, long jump); Jose Zuniga (800 run, 1,600 run, 3,200); Josh Ladson (3,200 run); Rayvon Witherspoon (long jump, high jump, triple jump) Seth Harvin, (800 run, 1,600 run, 3,200 run); Keenan Brown (triple jump) Keon Hilton (discus); Raquan Bennett (shot put, discus); Joshua Jackson 400 dash; 4x400 relay (Marcus Dozier, Twon Collymore, Joshua Jackson, Timothy Devitt); 4x800 relay (Seth Harvin, Trevon Adams, Josh Ladson, Jose Zuniga); 4x100 relay (Dejuan Wilson, Twon Collymore, Marcus Dozier, John Maddox).

Crestwood Marcus Hilton (discus, shot put); Ty’Son Williams (100 dash); Claude Wheeler (pole vault) Chase Rogers (shot put); Shamari Fakih (200 dash); Anthony Hill (400 dash); Travis Blakely (pole vault); Ricardo Martino (400 hurdles); 4x800 relay (Wilfredo Anderson, Seth Barron, Josel Daniels, Chris Roberts); 4x400 relay (Jamie Dixon, Anthony Hill, Dujour Neal, Dante Singleton).

Lakewood Otis Jones (800 run, 400 dash); Khafari Buffalo (100 dash, 200 dash); Karon Dorsey (400 hurdles); Terrance Nolen (shot put); Mauirce McCarey (110 hurdles); Adrian Eaglin (400 hurdles); 4x100 relay (Khafari Buffalo, Jamal Cowell, Terry Singleton, Karon Dorsey); 4x800 relay (Lathern Anderson, Nicolas Oddo, Otis Jones, Solomon Newby); 4x400 relay (Otis Jones, Karon Dorsey, Adrian Eaglin, Asaunte English).

TRACK FROM PAGE B1 Lady Gamecocks’ three relay teams.

The 3A state qualifier will be held today at Lower Richland High in Columbia. Manning qualified for 23 spots in the boys qualifier and 29 spots in the girls qualifier. Lakewood qualified for 11 spots and Crestwood 10 in the boys qualifier, while Lakewood secured five spots and Crestwood two in the girls qualifier.

SINGLETON FROM PAGE B1 CLOWNEY FROM PAGE B1 guys, we’re looking for tough guys, we’re looking for guys that are going to come in here and understand that they’re part of a team and they’re coming here to work hard.”

Houston general manager Rick Smith obviously coveted Clowney for his pass-rushing ability, but values his attitude perhaps just as much.

“He’s driven, and in my opinion very committed to being an excellent football play, and we need that,” Smith said.

Clowney doesn’t model his play after any player in particular, but he does study many guys to elevate his game.

“I watch J.J. Watt, I watch Ray Lewis, I watch Lawrence Taylor before games,”

Clowney said. “I go out there on the field (and say): ‘I’m about to pull a Lawrence Taylor. I’m about to pull a Ray Lewis today.’ I try to take over the game and try to dominate a game and that’s what I do.”

Clowney got a good laugh during Thursday’s news conference when O’Brien referred to him as J.D. “I guess he has trouble pronouncing Jadeveon,” Clowney said. “So I told him: ‘Just call me J.D., man. We’re going to keep it simple.’ And it’s quicker and easier.”

This isn’t anything new to Clowney, who said people say his unique name wrong all the time.

“I ask mom: ‘Where you get that name from?’ I mispro-

WOLVERINES FROM PAGE B1 coach Lisa Ard said. “The two seniors kept them composed and we got the outs that we needed. That was big.”

Trailing 3-0 entering the top of the seventh, the Lady Flashes got a leadoff single from Savanna Young, and a 1-out single by Ashton Prosser to get things going. After a groundout moved the runners up, Johnsonville plated its first run on an errant throw by Evans to third.

The error proved irrelevant as JHS shortstop Jada Parsons tripled to deep center to pull the Lady Flashes within 3-2 with the tying run standing at third with two outs.

But Altman was able to induce a popup from Shayla Morris and Evans squeezed it for the final out. “(Leslie) threw a high pitch and we were just trying to get her to pop it in the air,” Evans said. “After that, it was just, ‘Don’t let it hit the ground.’ ” Evans provided a big play at the plate, collecting one of the six EC hits. Her bases-loaded, 2-run single in the sixth proved to be the deciding runs.

“Leslie’s good (in those situations), Evans said. “That’s not my spot. But I said a prayer and asked to do my best and that’s what happened.”

The Lady Wolverines’ final two at-bats were a sharp contrast to their first four. Johnsonville starter Young started the game with four perfect innings as EC seemed to hit everything right at or right into a defender’s glove.

That all changed in the fifth, however, but likely began in the top half of the inning. Altman was not perfect through four innings, but had worked around four hits, including a leadoff single in the third and two in the

nounce it sometimes,” he joked. “It’s all right though.

I’ve got so many nicknames, people give me J., J.D. call me Clowney, 7. I’ve got so many names. Just don’t call me Clown.”

Everyone in his family has names that starts with the letter ‘J,’ and his mother wanted to incorporate his father David’s name into her son’s and came up with the hybrid name.

Clowney grew up in Rock Hill, South Carolina, which has a population of less than 70,000 people. He’s excited about moving to big city, but is a bit concerned about the traffic in Houston, home to more than 2 million people.

“I better get here early,” Clowney said. “If I got to be here at 8, I’ve got to get up at 5:30-6, get going and get here on time.”

fourth, to keep the game knotted at 0-0.

A leadoff walk to Young started a tough inning as Altman allowed a wild pitch, a single to Kayla Ard and a stolen base as Johnsonville put runners on second and third with no outs. But a sharp grounder to third kept the runners at bay, and Altman followed that with a strikeout and a grounder to second to escape the inning unscathed.

“Sometimes that momentum in the field can switch over to the plate,” Coacha Arid said.

“We’d gotten some confidence on defense, and then we’d seen their pitcher once through and finally started getting some hits.”

Abby Reardon led off the EC half of the frame with the Lady Wolverines’ first hit.

After Evans laid down a sacrifice bunt, Mikayla Anderson reached on a dropped fly ball in the outfield. KaTerria Rose then drew a walk on a full count to load the bases.

After Johnsonville got the second out on a fielder’s choice at the plate, Caitlin Timmons stepped up with the biggest hit of the night thus far as her sharp liner hit off the glove of JHS third baseman Maelyn Thompson to drive home the game’s first run.

“I had two strikes on me, but I was just looking for something I could get a base hit off of,” Timmons said. “I saw it hit off the girl’s glove and my heart jumped because I knew we scored then.”

Reardon led the Lady Wolverines with two hits. Evans, Altman, Timmons and Gracen Watts collected the others.

Parsons had two hits for the Lady Flashes as did Young.

Altman picked up the win after allowing two runs on eight hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

Young took the loss after giving up three runs, two earned, on six hits with one walk and one strikeout.

catches.

After finishing fourth in the 400 at the 2013 state meet, Singleton won the event this year in a time of 53.08 seconds.

Singleton also finished second in the 200 dash (22.52) and the long jump (20 feet, 11.50 inches) and third in the 100 (11.44).

SUMTER FROM PAGE B1 Goose Creek 10-4 and 7-3 in the championship round on Wednesday.

“Lexington is a good, fundamental baseball team,” Shumake said. “They execute really well. It’s a great program, and they have a pretty good team.”

West Ashley is 21-5 and won District VII as the top seed.

It lost to West Florence 8-5 in the first game on Wednesday before beating the Knights 10-0. Wando is 16-9 and won District VIII as the No. 3 seed. It went undefeated, beating Ashley 9-2 on Wednesday.

Sumter will be on the road against one of those teams on Monday, win or lose.

The upper state tournament will have Fort Mill playing at T.L. Hanna and Rock Hill playing at Northwestern today. Hanna and Northwestern were No. 1 seeds in their districts, Fort Mill was a 2 and Rock Hill a 4.

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DEAR LOST — Have a talk with Bailey and tell her that although you love her, her insecurity and mood swings make it difficult. If you do, it may give her something to think about. The problem with insecurity is it can eventually drive a boyfriend — or girlfriend — away when it becomes smothering.

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DEAR ABBY — My boyfriend and I are in our 40s and have been living together for several years. The house we live in is in his name only, and he pays the mortgage.

I own a townhouse I bought before I met him, and I make the payments on it. People often ask us why I don’t sell it.

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the real reason is, when he drafted his will, he left everything to his mother — at her insistence.

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Hedging My Bets in Texas DEAR HEDGING — I think you are behaving rationally, because it should be quite clear that your boyfriend wants his assets to go to his mother — not you — in the event of his death. I hope you have your townhouse rented and are saving the income, because you may need the money later.

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Nothing says Mother’s Day quite like gothic horror

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The zombie genre has plenty of fans, but not much room for subtlety.

“The Walking Dead” makes the very most of the shock value of shuffling, rotting corpses and the tension that ensues when every moment may bring an attack from an unhappy corpse. But it’s pitiably short on interesting dialogue or much approaching wit.

Now in its second season, the British import “In the Flesh” (10 p.m. Saturday, BBC America, TV-14) harnesses the grim genre to plenty of thought-provoking satire. Years after a zombie uprising, the government has medicated and calmed the shuffling hordes, creating a dependent class of citizens known as sufferers of Partially Deceased Syndrome. Not all the PDS crowd like their treatment, so they form a splinter group called the Undead Liberation Army (ULA).

Violently opposed to the medication, toleration and reintegration of the not quite undead is a vigilante force of veterans of the previous zombie wars, known as the Human Volunteer Force (HVF).

Our hapless hero, Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry), has PDS and the very bad luck of living in a town that’s a hotbed of militant HVF activity. Touching and sporadically funny, “In the Flesh” abounds with parallels to too many contemporary conflicts.

• Think mothers are hardwired for guilt? The makers of “Mom’s Day Away” (8 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark, TV-G) have no doubt. Devoted stay-athome mom Laura (Bonnie Somerville) is hardly feeling the love from her workaholic husband and demanding kids. So she takes off for a pampered resort weekend with her posh pal, Trish (Ona Grauer), where she’s offered a chance to kick-start the career she gave up for domesticity.

Think she’ll take the plunge?

“Mom’s Day Away” is a little like “A Christmas Carol” re-engineered for Mother’s Day, except this time it’s the good wife haunted by her own dreams.

• Remakes and reboots abound — not all of them bad. “Hannibal” and “Fargo” are very well done. The “new” “24” often serves to remind us that it’s not 2002 anymore. The fourhour miniseries revival of “Rosemary’s Baby” (9 p.m. Sunday, NBC, TV14) does not descend to desecration.

Nor does it rise to entertainment. By way of faint praise, there’s some pretty French scenery in this thoroughly mediocre re-creation.

After a miscarriage, the Woodhouses, Rosemary (Zoe Saldana) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams), relocate to Paris, where Guy, a blocked novelist, lands

“Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• Emily and Victoria wage total war on “Revenge” (10 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

SHOWTIME

From left, Josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler, Harry Treadaway as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Eva Green as Vanessa Ives and Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm star in the Victorian gothic horror series “Penny Dreadful,” premiering at 10 p.m. Sunday on Showtime. a teaching job. Fate lands them in the path of Roman (Jason Isaacs) and Margaux (Carole Bouquet) Castevet, a gorgeous middle-aged couple oozing wealth, taste, elegance and connections. They offer our young marrieds the world, but there’s hell to pay.

This “Baby” more closely resembles last year’s “666 Park Avenue,” a beautifully produced series that floundered on ABC, than the 1968 original film that starred Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes.

While considered shocking in its time, director Roman Polanski’s film is a master of understatement compared to this modern meditation on horror. It’s not enough to move into a comfortable, spacious apartment. It has to be a palace studded with signs of ostentatious wealth. And blood, barely hinted at in the original, is on gory display. Lost here is the original’s stark contrast between Rosemary’s luminous youth and the wrinkled decadence of the meddling Castevets.

But the real sin of this new “Baby” is how slowly it moves. Only the devil has all the time in the world.

• Languid pacing also bedevils “Penny Dreadful” (10 p.m. Sunday, Showtime, TV-MA), a new series meditating on Victorian gothic horror, a handsome production complete with everything except a human heart.

Timothy Dalton stars as Sir Malcolm Murray, a dashing explorer who sets out to rescue his daughter from a vampire demimonde. He’s aided by the beautiful but mysterious Vanessa Ives (Eva Green). She plays Morticia to his Gomez in this thoroughly stilted “Addams Family.”

They enlist Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett), a brash American sharpshooter, as well as Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway). You can guess what he’s been up to in the lab.

An expensive production, this could just as well have been titled “Frankenstein and Jack the Ripper Meet Dracula and Buffalo Bill in Oscar Wilde’s London.” It’s so serious, mannered and opulently art-directed, it’s almost ridiculous — but never terribly amusing.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • The Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets meet in the NBA playoffs (8:15 p.m., ABC).

• An unhappily married man hits on his wife’s twin in the 2014 drama “The Good Sister” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

• On two helpings of “My Cat From Hell” (Animal Planet, TV-PG): An “in-continental” divide (8 p.m.); cat vs. newlyweds (9 p.m., r).

• Sarah wants answers on “Orphan Black” (9 p.m., BBC America, TVMA).

• Lorenzo seeks an audience with the King of Naples on “Da Vinci’s Demons” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA). “Demons” will return for a third season.

• Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, and James McAvoy appear on “The Graham Norton Show” (11:15 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

• Charlize Theron hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring musical guest The Black Keys.

SUNDAY’S SEASON FINALES • There’s no place like home on

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): life in Iran; salmon farms and environmental regulations; an orchestra in Paraguay plays instruments built from items abandoned at a garbage dump.

• Lea Thompson stars in the 2014 romance “My Mother’s Future Husband” (7 p.m., UP).

• Eric Church, Zac Brown, Vince Gill, Jackson Browne, Martina McBride and Widespread Panic perform at tribute concert “All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs and Voice Of Gregg Allman” (8 p.m., AXS).

• A client’s gaffe may prove costly on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV14).

• “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) looks at the legacy of Michael Faraday.

• Harry’s government connection helps out on the “Masterpiece Classic” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) presentation of “Mr. Selfridge.”

• Stannis and Davos try something new on “Game of Thrones” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• Don confronts a face from the past on “Mad Men” (10 p.m., AMC, TV14).

• Richard fears the new hire’s (Austin Abrams) notorious reputation as a hacker on “Silicon Valley” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• Selena’s new personal trainer annoys many on “Veep” (10:30 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

SATURDAY SERIES Nosy neighbors on “Mike & Molly” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Two hours of “Dateline NBC” (8 p.m., r) * The grass is greener on “The Millers” (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Two hours of “48 Hours” (9 p.m., r, and 10 p.m., CBS) * “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

SUNDAY SERIES Two hours of “Dateline NBC” (7 p.m.) * Trekking through Liverpool on “The Amazing Race” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Homer embarrasses Marge on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TVPG) * Cleveland returns, but can’t see Peter on “Family Guy” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A kidnapped victim faces a fatal deadline on “The Mentalist” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

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REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale ABSOLUTE AUCTION 4 BR home on 3 acres in Shiloh 1130 Pudding Swamp Rd., Lynchburg, SC. www.jrdixonauctions.com for full details.

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LEGAL NOTICES Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Red Lobster Restaurants, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale ON premises consumption of Beer & Wine and Liquor at 1034 Broad Street, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 12, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NUMBER 2003-ES-43-00252 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Rochell Grant-Hill, Petitioner, vs.

Estate of Laura Floyd Grant, Deceased, Carrie M. Grant-Johnson, Earl Anthony Grant, Ronald Darell Grant, Roderick Lorenzo Grant, Heirs of Harvin Gilbert Grant: Gladys M. Grant, Jason S. Grant, Jonelle S. Grant, and Stacey Renee Truesdale; Heirs of Debbie Grant-Taylor: Reginald Taylor, WauKeisha Taylor, and Reginald Lorenzo Taylor; John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all unknown Heirs of Harvin Grant, Sr. Deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; any unknown adults being, as a class, designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants or persons under disability or persons in Military Service designated, as a class, as Richard Roe, Respondents,

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Summons & Notice

TO THE RESPONDENTS ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED And required to appear and defend by answering the Petition To Establish Heirs of Harvin Grant, Sr., Deceased, the original of which is on file in the Probate Court of Sumter County, Sumter Judicial Center, 215 North Harvin Street, Room 111, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, having been filed on March 28, 2014, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition upon the subscriber at his office at 26 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON(S) WITH WHOM SUCH MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY OR PERSONS IN MILITARY SERVICE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem and/or to retain legal counsel, as appropriate, within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to so do, application for such appointments will be made by the Attorney for the Petitioner.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM, APPOINTING AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT RESPONDENTS UNDER LEGAL DISABILITY AND IN MILITARY SERVICE, AND FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN and upon consideration of the filed Petition of the Petitioner for Appointment of Garryl L. Deas, Esquire, as Guardian Ad Litem to protect the interest of the unknown Respondents in this action who may be infants, under legal disability or persons in military service, and as Attorney to represent such Respondents and persons who may be in Military Service, and it appearing that Garryl L. Deas, Esquire, has consented to said appointments, it is hereby ORDERED That Garry L. Deas, Esquire, of the Sumter Bar, whose address is The Deas Law Firm, 201 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, Telephone Number (803) 775-7004, be and he hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem to protect the interest of the following Respondents in this action; namely, John Doe and Richard Roe, as

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Summons & Notice

IN RE: Harvin Grant, Sr., Deceased.

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Representatives of all unknown Heirs of Harvin Grant, Deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; any unknown adults being, as a class, designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants or persons under disability or persons in Military Service designated, as a class, as Richard Roe who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act, formerly called the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, excepting, however, the Respondents identified above by name, any and/or all of whom may have or claim to have some interest in the proceedings as heir(s) of the Decedent; and it is

ORDERED that Garryl L. Deas is authorized, empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and to represent said Respondents, unless said Respondents, or someone on their behalf shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian(s), Guardian(s) Ad Litem and/or Attorney(s) for said Respondents. It is further ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be forthwith served upon said unknown Respondents by publication in The Item, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Petition To Determine Heirs in the above-entitled action.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED! May 5, 2014 Betty P. Brown, Associate Judge Sumter County Probate Court Sumter, South Carolina

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CLASSIFIEDS

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014