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12-year-old recants accusation Charges dropped against man accused of providing weed to middle school student FROM STAFF REPORTS Charges against Kenneth Blake Clark, the 20-year-old man who was accused of sup-

plying marijuana to a sixthgrade student at Furman Middle School, were dropped during a preliminary hearing earlier this month.

In the hearing on May 3, presided over by Sumter County Chief Magistrate Kristi Curtis, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office announced

the 12-year-old student recanted her accusations against Clark. Clark was arrested March 31 and charged with distribution of a controlled substance to a person under the age of 18 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor for the alleged incident. According to initial reports from the sheriff’s office, the

middle school student, 12, implicated Clark in a written statement to a Furman Middle School resource officer accusing Clark of giving her the drug to distribute at school. On March 22, the 12-yearold was seen by another student giving the marijuana to

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Celebrating with sales event Farm bill veto likely BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Gov. Nikki Haley says she is sticking to her guns when it comes to vetoing the Farm Aid Bill, passed overwhelmingly in the General Assembly. Haley said it is a fairness issue, and the state should not give money to farmers when it can’t do the same for small business owners, homeowners and property owners.

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Dexter Blanding, manager of Habitat for Humanity ReStore, loads a door into the truck for a client on Wednesday afternoon. The store will be having a sale and celebration on Saturday to honor its 16th anniversary.

CHARLESTON (AP) — As federal charges were filed against a white former South Carolina police officer who already faced a state murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott, Scott’s lawyer and family praised the federal prosecutors for pressing the case. “I think the Justice Department is tired of sitting on the sidelines, and they think this is one they can definitely win and send a message to police departments around the country,” attorney Chris Stewart told The Associated Press.

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Habitat ReStore marks 16 years with specials Saturday BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 30 Bridge Court, will have sales specials from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in celebration of the store’s 16th anniversary. Community members can purchase new and gently used household items including furniture, appliances, windows and doors. ReStore Manager Dexter Blanding said this weekend’s sale event is the first celebration of the store’s anniversary since he started work-

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ing there nine years ago. Throughout the day door prizes will be given out every hour, and discounts of more than 50 percent will be applied to different items, he said. Customers can also purchase a hot dog and soda for $2 and make donations to have their vehicles washed. Habitat ReStore will also accept donations on Saturday as long as items are in good, working condition, Blanding said. Theresa White, executive director of Habitat, said the ReStore is the nonprofit organization’s longest

running fundraiser. Donating items keeps them out of the landfill and the sales of those items help build homes, she said. If you are interested in supporting the Sumter community and providing resources to help local families find homes, visit the Habitat ReStore on Saturday. Habitat Restore is open Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information about Habitat ReStore or donation pick up, call (803) 934-9749.

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Former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager, center, is led into court on September 10. A federal judge decided Wednesday that Slager, charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist, can remain free on bond.

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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Meteorologist Bruce Cherry with National Weather Service said the tornadic activity wreaking havoc in the Midwest during the past few days are not headed for South Carolina. “We have a marginal risk of thunderstorms tomorrow, maybe a slightly better chance Friday,” he said. “The main risk would be strong winds and maybe large hail but nothing tornadic.” The National Weather Service forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms today and tonight with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms Friday. The storms should end by early Saturday morning. High temperatures are expected to reach 90 today and 87 on Friday. It should be clear and slightly cooler during the weekend with a high of 84 on Saturday and 79 Sunday. Nightly lows are expected to be around 67 tonight and 62 Friday night. Lows during the weekend should be in the high 50s. A chance of showers and thunderstorms will return Monday and Tuesday.

Sumterites will have the opportunity to celebrate, support and remember local law enforcement officers while participating in several events scheduled for National Police Week beginning Sunday. According to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s website, the week recognizing law enforcement started in 1962 after President John F. Kennedy signed a public law declaring May 15 National Peace Officers Me-

morial Day. As time went on, the week of May 15 became known as National Police Week. Sumter’s 2016 National Police Week events will be held: • May 16 — Memorial Golf Tournament, 8 a.m. at Sunset Country Club, 1005 Golfcrest Road. Registration the day of the event will start at 8 a.m. and will be $200 per team. The entry fees includes the posttournament meal. Beverages will be available for purchase during the tournament. The format for the tournament is

four-man captain’s choice, and a maximum of 20 teams can compete. For additional information, contact Sgt. James Sinkler at (803) 436-2723; • May 20 — Chuck Nesbitt Memorial Blood Drive, 10 a.m. at Sumter Main Library, 111 N. Harvin St.; and • May 21 — Hot Pursuit 5K Road Race, 8 a.m. at Sumter Family YMCA, 510 Miller Road. There is a $30 registration fee. Runners can register online at www.strictlyrunning.com, by mail or in per-

son by sending information to the Y before May 21. Runners can also register the morning of the race from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at the Y. Payment must be included when forms are submitted. Checks are to be made payable to Sumter CrimeStoppers. Strollers are welcome. For more information about Hot Pursuit 5K or registration, contact Lt. Angela Rabon at (803) 436-2700. Proceeds from each event will be donated to Sumter CrimeStoppers.

Patient Care Technicians class of 2016 Patient care technicians must complete certificates in Nursing Assistance, Cardiac Care and Phlebotomy. Upon graduation, students are eligible to take the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program examination. With the passing of this exam and listing on the South Carolina Nurse Aide Registry, the student is entitled to work as a Certified Nursing Aide in South Carolina. Members of this year’s Patient Care Technician graduating class are listed by county: Sumter Kanisha Dennis, Alissa Dickey, Amanda Sweatt

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Libertarians on the rise as Republicans, Dems search souls BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com With the major political parties having presumptive nominees with high negative ratings, interest in the Libertarian Party in the Palmetto State has been on the rise, said Victor Kocher, social media director for south Carolina Libertarian Party. Kocher said he started noticing it in January. “People have been searching us, joining our Facebook page,” he said. “After the New Hampshire primary, it increased more and then after the South Carolina primary.” He said libertarian-leaning politicians such as Ron Paul, who ran for president under the Libertarian Party banner in 1988, and later his son Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, encouraged Libertarians to join the Republican Party and to try to change it from within. That movement appears to have fizzled, Kocher said.

“People have seen how entrenched the establishment Republicans are,” he said. “They are not willing to change what they are doing so they are looking for another option.” The party does not have an organized Sumter County delegation, he said. “We organized our counties back in September,” he said. “Nobody was thinking about what could possibly happen by now.” Kocher said while there is no party organization in Sumter County, there are several Sumter County residents who are active on the party’s social media sites. Libertarians believe in limited government, which is more aligned with the platform of the Republican Party than the Democratic Party, so the turmoil in the Republican Party caused by the emergence of party outsider Donald Trump as the presumptive nominee offers an opening for the Libertarian Party to attract so-called “Never Trump” Republi-

cans. For those who do not wish to vote for either major party nominee, the Libertarian Party is also attractive because it will have ballot access in all 50 states for the 2016 General Election. Kocher said the state party convention was held in November and selected delegates to the national convention, which will be in Orlando, Florida, May 27-30. “Now we are getting more people interested in how they can organize their county,” Kocher said. “If we see a growth spurt by 2018, we can get other counties organized.” The size of the South Carolina delegation to the national convention was determined by the number of state residents who are members of the national party, Kocher said. “If you have a bigger membership, for example, California has a huge membership, you have a bigger delegation,” he said. The top three candidates to be the Libertarian nominee for president

are: Gary Johnson, a former twoterm governor of New Mexico; Austin Peterson, a businessman and publisher; and John McAfee, of antivirus software fame. Kocher said it looks like a close race for the nomination. “We are talking 36 percent to 33 percent to 32 percent,” he said. Kocher said party membership is limited by the nature of libertarians. “When you are a Libertarian you are pretty much an individualist,” he said. “One thing I’ve learned in 16 years with the party is when you look at Democrats and Republicans, they tend to gravitate toward government, and when you look at Libertarians, they tend to gravitate away from government. “It’s not in a Libertarian’s nature to tell people what to do, so it is against their nature to get involved,” he said. For more information, call the (803) 7882226 or visit lclibertarians. net.

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The remains of a nursing home, left, apartment complex, center, and fertilizer plant, right, are seen after they were destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, in April 2013. Federal authorities announced Wednesday that the fire that caused the deadly explosion was a criminal act. AP FILE PHOTO

ATF: Intentional fire caused fatal 2013 blast at Texas plant DALLAS (AP) — A fire that was intentionally set caused the 2013 explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 15 people, federal officials said Wednesday, describing the blaze as “a criminal act.” Federal and state investigators said no arrests have been made, but that authorities were investigating who may have set the fire inside the West Fertilizer Co. on April 17, 2013. The fire caused ammonium nitrate to ignite, triggering a massive explosion that also injured hundreds of people and left part of the small town of West in ruins. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agent Robert Elder said investigators came to their conclusion after ruling out other causes. He didn’t release specifics or a possible motive, though inspectors previously said three possible scenarios caused the fire: faulty electrical wiring, a short circuit in a golf cart stored at the plant or arson. “We have eliminated all reasonable accidental and natural causes,” Elder said during a news conference. “This was a criminal act.” The ATF also released a statement saying investigators determined the fire was “intentionally set” after they conducted more than 400 inter-

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views, a fire-scene examination, reviewed witness photos and videos and conducted “extensive scientific testing” at an ATF fire research laboratory. The blast — one of Texas’ worst industrial disasters — left a crater 90 feet wide and at least 10 feet deep in West, a town about 75 miles south of Dallas. All but three of the people killed were emergency personnel, primarily those from the West Volunteer Fire Department who responded to the initial blaze. Federal regulators determined that factors contributing to the deadly explosion included careless storage of potentially explosive materials and lack of ventilation, along with inadequate emergency response coordination and training, such as hazardous materials training. Regulators also cited poor development planning that allowed homes and a school to be built nearby. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board later adopted recommendations — which it doesn’t have power to enforce — that federal regulators set higher standards for safe handling and storage of fertilizergrade ammonium nitrate. The lack of uniform regulations worries Mary Sanders,

whose son, Kevin, was a volunteer firefighter killed in the explosion. She noted that Texas has taken steps to prevent a similar incident, including ensuring ammonium nitrate be kept separate from combustible material, but that regulations vary by state. “All of those corrections are not going to be federally mandated,” Sanders said Wednesday. The Chemical Safety Board’s report, which the panel approved in January, noted that Texas had 80 plants that stored more than 5 tons of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in fertilizer, and that 19 plants storing fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate operated within a halfmile of a school, hospital or nursing home. The West plant “was about 550 feet from the closest school, which sustained catastrophic damage as a result of the explosion, which could have resulted in additional loss of life had the school been in session at the time,” the report noted. That explosion caused about $100 million in property damage, according to the Texas Department of Insurance, and insurance-related losses were approximately $230 million.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — A man who was has been in prison for about 18 years after he was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of a 16-year-old girl is expected to be released this week after new tests showed that DNA on the victim’s T-shirt did not match his. Malcolm Jabbar Bryant, 42, was convicted of stabbing Toni Bullock on Nov. 20, 1998. Bryant was arrested a few weeks after Bullock was killed. Police said the girl was walking with her best friend when a man grabbed her, demanded money and pulled her into a vacant lot before stabbing her. Police had said robbery was the motive. Toni’s friend, the only eyewitness, picked Bryant out of a photo lineup array that the Baltimore Police Department no longer uses. At a news conference Wednesday, Marilyn Mosby said it was dark and rainy the night Bullock was killed, and the witness likely only had three or four seconds to glance at the attacker. In light of the new DNA test, attorneys for Bryant asked for a new trial and, with no objection from prosecutors, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge granted the motion. When the judge did that, prosecutors dropped all charges. Bryant walked silently out of the courtroom, still handcuffed and shackled, and visibly overcome by emotion. His mother, Annie Bryant, shouted “Hallelujah!” from the gallery. “Eighteen years,” she said outside of the courtroom. “It was a horror.” Michelle Nethercott, an attorney with University of Baltimore’s Innocence Proj-

ect Clinic, has worked with Bryant for the past eight years. Nethercott said prosecutors were initially unwilling to support her quest for DNA testing but have recently become cooperative. During the hearing, Assistant State’s Attorney Lauren Lipscomb said the State’s Attorney’s Office had re-opened the investigation earlier this year, and investigators had interviewed the initial eye witness and several of Bryant’s alibi witnesses as well as reviewed the new DNA test results. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said she understood how painful the exoneration is for Bullock’s family. “They must deal with the unsettling reality that the killer has not been brought to justice,” Mosby said. “We want them to know their daughter has not been forgotten.” Mosby also apologized to Bryant and his family. “My heart breaks for Malcolm Bryant, who was only 25 years old when he was sentenced,” she said. “Now 42, it’s hard to reconcile that we live in a world that would take 17 prime years away from an innocent man for a crime in which he had no part.” Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Bullock’s slaying is now “an active case. We will take pursuit of this killer seriously.” “Today, this is what our community expects from public safety,” Davis said. “Our community expects us to do the right thing when information that exists identifies people are responsible for crimes, or exonerates people for not being responsible for crimes.”

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Hard choices for believers in voting booth

o vote or not to vote? That is now the question that lingers in the minds of many believers as the presidential race has thinned to two likely candidates, neither of which are favored by the majority of weekly church attendees, so says a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. It’s a woolly statistic to tack down depending on who you ask, but it is safe to say the upcoming election has left many believers in the lurch, now believing they have two options: to choose the “lesser of two evils,” as I have heard said, or to simply not vote. You may have already considered those two options given recent events: Do I perform my civic duty and, in a way, sign my name behind a candidate I don’t support, or do I abstain from the process for lack of what I feel is qualified leadership? If you struggle with this question, you aren’t alone. Polls show that today’s voters are more adverse to the potential presidential candidates than they have been in a long time. What’s a Christian to do?

Scripture doesn’t explicitly tell us to vote, but we are commanded to interact with governing bodies in a God-honoring way. The Bible certainly God comFaith Matters records manding His peoJAMIE H. ple to seek justice WILSON (Amos 5:24), to choose wise leadership (Deut. 1:13) and to provide for the general welfare of everyone (Jeremiah 29:7). My personal conviction is that believers should vote, but it isn’t my job to convince you either way. There are great articles and research on the issue from both sides, but, again, that’s not the best starting point. Affecting real change in our world won’t occur whether or not you visit the polling station this November. It will begin if you begin to pray for the only leader who can truly change our world for the better. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves

CHURCH NEWS Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday — Pastor’s Aide prayer breakfast at 9 a.m. Evangelist Tanjo Lonon will speak. * Thursday-Saturday, May 26-28 — Youth Revival / seminar at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s program begins with 8:30 a.m. registration. Theme: Recharge! #HYPE 4 CHRIST. Minister Cee’Jay McFadden is the guest revivalist. Seminar speakers as follows: Brother Trimaine McFadden, Minister Carl Beard, Evangelist Kimberly Britt, Deborah Dunbar, Tiara Lonon and more. Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Sunday — Student recognition and achievement during 10 a.m. service. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph Lemon-Dingle Road, Jordan community, Manning, announces: * Sunday, May 22 — Pastor’s Aide ministry will sponsor a “7-Up Program” at 3 p.m. Call (803) 478-4557 for information. Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday, May 22 — Celebration for the 40th anniversary of soloist Sister Clara Pringle at 4 p.m. On the program: Melodyaires, Gospel Kings, Hill Boys and more. Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Sunday — Appreciation service for Minister John Turner during 11 a.m. service. The Rev. Tommy L. China Sr. will speak. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — United Methodists Women’s Day service. Sunday school begins at 10:30 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship.

nounces: * Saturday, May 21 — May Day 8 a.m.-1 p.m. featuring food, games, fun and vendors. The American Legion Post 204 will provide music. Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Sunday, May 22 — Choir and praise ministry anniversary celebration at 3:30 p.m. Bishop Leroy T. James will speak. Goodwill Baptist Church, 1329 Goodwill Church Road, Manning, announces: * Friday, May 20 — Revival at 7 p.m.

First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Sunday — Men’s Day celebration. Keith Ivey will speak at 11 a.m. A parade of male choirs will be presented at 4 p.m. * Friday, May 20 — “WORTH: Seeing yourself through the eyes of God” young adult conference for men and women ages 18-45 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Belinda WindleyMcKoy and Darrion Somerville will speak. Levitical Priesthood will provide music. Fresh Fire Christian Life Center, 625 W. Huggins St., Manning, an-

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3890 White Oak Drive, Davis Station, announces: * Sunday, May 29 — Fifth Sunday service at 11:45 a.m. Apostle Harold Bennett III will speak. Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Friday — Christian Educators and Youth Workers Conference 6:30-8:30 p.m. Speakers: Pastor James C. Woodley, Onetha Chambers and Donnie Chambers. * Friday-Saturday, May 20-21 — Transform HER 2016 women’s conference and International Natural Hair Meet Up Day as follows: 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 3-6 p.m. Saturday. Speakers: Minister Tiji Murphy, Dr. Karen H. Bradford, Minister Roneika China-Jennette and Candice Phillips. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Cafe will meet 10 a.m.-noon. Linda Campbell will speak. Jennifer Barnett will provide music with her harp and Candace Mitchell will present a praise dance. Light breakfast included. www.knittingheartsministry.org

Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — The 153rd anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 9 a.m. * Monday-Thursday, June 6-9 — Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly. High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The 148th anniversary of the church will be celebrated beginning with the 9 a.m. Sunday school through the 10:15 a.m. worship. The Rev. Richard Addison will speak. Historic Mount Zion AME Church, M.W. Rickenbaker Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, May 22 — Annual Women’s Day celebration at 3 p.m. The Rev. Vanessa Johnson will speak. Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, May 22 — The 140th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 10 a.m. The Rev. Donald Amis will speak. House of Judah Worship Center,

Family Life Center Church of the Living God, International (CLGI), 341D W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday, May 21 — District meeting for Coastal S.C. District CLGI at 3 p.m. Speakers: District Superintendent Cornelius Hudson and Pastor Christopher M. Evans.

and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14, NIV) I think there is a lot to say of the believer who seeks justice and mercy at the throne of our Heavenly Father and not in fallible humankind. Perhaps the most exciting aspect for believers is that it is an opportunity to dig deeper, to pray more and to discover God’s will and your role in it. There is no easy solution to the question of voting, but there is a God who gives answers in the midst of confusion. If you do vote, you will inevitably make a less-than-ideal decision this November because whomever we elect will be an imperfect person, but rather than placing your ultimate trust in an imperfect person, place it in God. This world has seen but one true hero, and I hope you’ve made a decision for him already.

Love Covenant Church, 245 Oswego Road, announces: * Saturday — A “Bless the Community” giveaway event 9 a.m.noon. Available items: summer clothes and shoes for adults and children; furniture, appliances and household items; toys, games and miscellaneous items.

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A full-scale hand-painted replica of Cave 275 of China’s Cave Temples of Dunhuang is on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The exhibit “Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road” will be on display from until Sept. 4.

Mount Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette St., announces: * Sunday, May 22 — Men and women’s day at 4 p.m. Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — YWA program. Church school begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by 10:30 a.m. worship. * Sunday, May 29 — Youth Day. Minister Jake Sanders will speak. Church school begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by 10:30 a.m. worship. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — YWA anniversary worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Johnnie M. Gist will speak. * Saturday-Sunday, May 28-29 — Family and friends weekend celebration as follows: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, fun day with activities for all ages and a cookout; and 10:45 a.m. Sunday worship celebration. New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday — Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-noon. Free snacks will also be given.

Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church, 207 Reardon St., Manning, announces: * Sunday, May 22 — Missionary program at 3 p.m. Evangelist Gail Parson will speak.

New Testament Lighthouse Church, 1114 Boulevard Road, announces: * Saturday — Gospel singing at 6 p.m. featuring the Norton’s. Orangehill AME Church, 3035 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Friday-Saturday — Wedgefield Association of Ministers presents “Man Power Men’s Conference 2016” 6-8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

Mount Herman Missionary Baptist Church, 302 Woodward St., Bishopville, announces: * Today-Friday — Fellowship Revival at 7 nightly. The Rev. Jerome Douglas will speak tonight and the Rev. Travis Laws will speak on Friday.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Monday, May 16 — Widow’s luncheon at 11 a.m. Jan DuBose will speak. * Tuesday, May 17 — WMU meeting at 10 a.m. at the home of Katherine Healan.

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* Saturday, May 21 — GIA’s will sponsor a pancake breakfast 7:30-9:30 a.m. Donations only. Proceeds will go to summer camp funds. * Sunday, May 22 — Graduation recognition at 11 a.m. * Sunday, May 29 — Fifth Sunday night singing at 6:30 p.m. featuring Mended Vessels. Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2400 Queen Chapel Road, announces: * Today-Friday — Revival at 6:45 p.m. nightly. The Rev. Larry Clark will speak today and the Rev. Louis Hilton will speak Friday. Reid Chapel AME Church, 1008 Dibert St., announces: * Sunday — Pentecost service at 3 p.m. The Rev. Abraham Temoney Jr. will speak. St. Luke AME Church, 2355 St. Paul Church Road, announces: * Saturday — Health fair 10 a.m.2 p.m. Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday — 100 Men in Black program at 4 p.m. * Sunday-Thursday, May 29-June 2 — Revival services at 10 a.m. Sunday and 7 nightly MondayThursday. Triumph Ministries, 3632 Broad St. Ext., announces: * Today-Friday — The Breakers Anointing Released Now at 7 nightly. Prophetess Cheryl Graham will speak tonight and Prophet Jeremiah Merritt will speak on Friday. * Saturday — May Fun Day 3-8 p.m. featuring fun, food, singing and fellowship. Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Sunday — Family and friends day celebration at 11 a.m. Pastor Bobby G. Damon will speak. Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, 302 N. Wise Drive, announces: * Sunday, May 22 — Homecoming 10:30 a.m.-noon. Dr. Tim Thrower will speak and the Shireys will provide music.

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JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Voters in House Speaker Paul Ryan’s southern Wisconsin district see him as the last and best hope for bridging the Republican Party’s divide. But ahead of Ryan’s meeting today with Donald Trump, they concede he’s unlikely to succeed in tempering the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. “He’s too much of a loose cannon,” 53-year-old Mike McCann said of Trump. In Ryan’s hometown of Janesville, Republicans and Democrats alike mostly found no fault with Ryan’s stunning comments last week that he’s “just not ready” to back Trump. Ryan told reporters at a news conference Wednesday that the party needs a “real unification.” “We have to be at full strength to win this elec-

PARIS (AP) — Grabbing breasts, tweaking thong underwear, hitting a female aide in the face — top French politicians stand accused of all this and more, in a wave of allegations emerging recently that have women asking: How do we make it stop? In 2011, Dominique StraussKahn’s scandals exposed widespread sexism in French politics, prompting uproar and hope among feminists for a new era. And in 2016? Little has changed, activists say, so they held a protest outside Parliament to say enough is enough. What prompted the renewed anger were recent media reports and a book, “L’Elysee off,” which allege misconduct by two government ministers and a deputy parliament speaker. The accusations pose yet another problem for President Francois Hollande’s embattled government. The most high-profile target

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Miguel Maravillo is seen at the Tienda y Taqueria La Fiesta Mexicana in Janesville, Wisconsin. The 40-year-old has criticized Donald Trump’s generalizations about immigrants, saying it was brave of House Speaker Paul Ryan to voice his hesitation. tion,” Ryan said. Voters in his district don’t see Ryan facing any consequences for his stance in his re-election bid against a longshot primary challenger, but neither do they see Ryan persuading Trump to tone down his provocative rhetoric or otherwise fall in line with the party. “I think he’s a very smart, reasonable, honorable man, who is trying to get his party organized and whole again,” Lynn Westphal, a 55-year-old nurse and self-described independent, said of Ryan. In an interview at a Main Street cafe just across from Ryan’s Janesville office,

Westphal said she thought Ryan was handling the situation “the best he can.” Patty Schumacher, a 59-yearold banker and independent, agreed. “It’s going to take a bigger push than just him,” she said. Her sister, 61-year-old Maryanne Kessel, chimed in: “But he’s a good one to lead it.” Ryan was first elected to the House in 1998 and represents the southeast corner of the state along the Illinois border. He was tapped to be Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012 and was elected House speaker in October.

is Finance Minister Michel Sapin, accused in the book of touching a journalist’s underwear during the World Economic Forum gathering of the global business elite in 2015. French media reported that Sapin issued a statement Tuesday to Agence France Presse acknowledging that he touched her back and later apologized. Paris prosecutors are investigating allegations of breastgrabbing by Green Party politician Denis Baupin, who resigned as vice president of the lower house of parliament this week after investigative website Mediapart and France-Inter radio released testimony by women who say he abused them. He denies misconduct. Speaking about all the recent accusations, Le Foll cautioned male politicians to watch their behavior and “the attitude that politicians should have in all contexts where they exercise their responsibility.”

Church Directory Adventist Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org

Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am

Church of Christ Plaza Church of Christ 1402 Camden Hwy. • 905-3163 Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm

Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

Wayman Chapel AME Church 160 N. Kings Hwy. • 803-494-3686 www.waymanchapelame.com Reverened Dennis W. Broughton, Jr. Church School 9:00 am Worship 10:15 am Wed. Bible Study 12:00 pm & 6:30 pm

Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Evening Worship 6:00 pm

Anglican Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am

Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd. • 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Weekend Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:00 and 12:00 Noon Confession: Sat. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterﬁrstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org FPastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Saturday: 6:00 pm Sun. 9:15 - 12:00 Noon, 5:00 PM Confession: Sat. 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am

City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com

Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net

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Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

Lutheran - ELCA St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday School: 9:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 10:30 am Holy Communion: 12:00 pm

Lutheran - NALC Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive 803-883-1049 • 803-774-2380 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am

First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Presbyterian USA First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Rev. Jim Burton Sunday School (classes for all ages) 9:30 a.m. Hospitality & Fellowship (Fellowship Hall) 10:10 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary) 10:30 a.m. Children (Third Floor) and Youth (West Center) 5:00 p.m.

Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street • 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm Sumter Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm

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St John United Methodist Church The Rock Church of Sumter 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 365 N. Saint Pauls Ch. Rd. • 803-494-7625 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Pastor Gwendolyn Credle Rev. Larry Brown Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Bible Study 11:00 am Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Service 8:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am trinityumcsumter.org

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Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am

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First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm

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Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church Abundant Life 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 Kingdom Ministries S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am 301 Crosswell Drive, Sumter Pastor Dion E. Price Sunday Worship: 10:45 am 803-468-1567 & 6:00 pm Sunday Morning 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 1st & 3rd Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm 7:00 pm Sat. 9:00 am Intercessory Prayer Christ Community Church(CCC) 320 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter www.cccsumter.com 803-905-7850 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) 135 Haynsworth Street

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Judd Hirsch cameos on ‘Big Bang’ season finale Judd Hirsch guest-stars as Leonard’s father on “The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG). Best known as Alex Rieger on “Taxi,” Hirsch often turns up on television in both cameo and regular roles. He recently played a wise old antiques dealer on ABC’s “Forever.” Looking back, “Forever” was not a bad show. Its ratings, while not good, were still probably better than anything ABC has aired in its place since canceling it last year. Hirsch made a memorable appearance in the pilot of “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” as a veteran TV producer delivering a passionate manifesto about the decline of intelligence in television comedy. Unfortunately, “Studio 60,” like a lot of Aaron Sorkin’s efforts, was a little long on manifestos. Who can forget when “The Newsroom” kicked off with Jeff Daniels popping off with a passionate manifesto about the decline of intelligence in television news? Wait a minute — Aaron Sorkin wouldn’t repeat himself. Would he? And, of course, who can forget when Hirsch returned to his taxi in the 2014 spoof “Sharknado 2: The Second One?” It shouldn’t be too hard to see Hirsch in this paternal role on “The Big Bang.” He also plays “Pop Pop,” Murray’s (Jeff Garlin) father on “The Goldbergs,” continuing a role previously played by Paul Sorvino. • “2 Broke Girls” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14) concludes its fifth season tonight. CBS has already renewed this series for a sixth. • The new documentary series “Las Vegas Law” (10 p.m., ID, TV-14) premieres tonight. Not unlike “Law and Order,” it follows a case from indictment to sentencing. But the personalities the show follows are not actors, but real lawyers, DAs, crime victims and their friends and relatives. The debut follows two cases, one against a drive-by shooter, whose actions resulted in the death of an intended victim as well as two unre-

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SERIES NOTES Frozen evidence on “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Amelia and Owen grow closer on “Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Rip and Rory feel disoriented on “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Felix plans Emily’s birthday party on “The Odd Couple” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Conflicting reports on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Shelter from the storm on “American Grit” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Clarke sees a ray of light on “The 100” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Bait and switch on “Rush Hour” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Vengeance on “Game of Silence” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

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Pew study: middle class shrinks in major cities WASHINGTON (AP) — In cities across America, the middle class is hollowing out. A widening wealth gap is moving more households into either higher- or lower-income groups in major metro areas, with fewer remaining in the middle, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. In nearly one-quarter of metro areas, middle-class adults no longer make up a majority, the Pew analysis found. That’s up from fewer than 10 percent of metro areas in 2000. Pew defines the middle class as households with incomes between two-thirds of median income and twice the median, adjusted for household size and the local cost of living. The median is midway between richest and poorest. By Pew’s definition, a threeperson household was middle class in 2014 if its annual income fell between $42,000 and $125,000. Middle class adults now make up less than half the population in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Houston. That sharp shift reflects a broader erosion that occurred from 2000 through 2014. During that time, the middle class shrank in nine out of every 10 metro areas, Pew found. “The shrinking of the American middle class is a pervasive phenomenon,” said Rakesh Kochhar, associate research director for Pew and the lead author of the report. “It has increased the polarization in incomes.” The squeezing of the middle class has animated this year’s presidential campaign, lifting the insurgent candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Many experts warn that widening income inequality may slow economic growth and make social mobility more difficult. Academic research has found that compared with children in more economically mixed communities, children raised in predominantly lower-income neighborhoods are less likely to move into the middle class. Wendell Nolen, 52, has experienced the slide from middleclass status first-hand. Eight years ago, he was earning $28 an hour as a factory worker for Detroit’s American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings, assembling axles for pickup trucks and SUVs. But early in 2008, the good life unraveled. After a threemonth strike, Nolen took a buyout rather than a pay cut. Less than a year later, the plant was closed, and American Axle shipped much of its work to Mexico. Now Nolen makes $17 an hour in the shipping department of a Detroit steel fabricator, about 40 percent less than he made at the axle plant. “America is losing jobs because of the free trade stuff,” Nolen said. “They’re selling America out.” Nationally, the proportion of middle class adults shrank to 51 percent in 2014 from 55 percent in 2000, Pew found. Upper-income adults now constitute 20 percent of the population, up from 17 percent. The lower-income share has risen to 29 percent from 28 percent. Yet the changes have been much more dramatic at the local level. There are now 79 metro areas in which the proportion of adults in upper-income households equals or exceeds the national average of 20 percent. That’s more than double the 37 cities in which that was true in 2000. The trend hasn’t been quite as pronounced in the other direction: In 103 metro areas, 29 percent or more of adults now live in poor households, up from 92 in 2000. The report studied 229 of the largest U.S. metro areas, which constituted 76 percent of the U.S. population.

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Future of Brazil’s president on the line in key Senate vote BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday neared a historic vote on impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, likely ending 13 years of government by her left-leaning party amid a spate of crises besetting Latin America’s largest nation. If a simple majority of the 81 senators voted in favor, Rousseff would be suspended from office and Vice President Michel Temer would take charge for up to six months pending a decision on whether to remove her from office permanently. Senate President Renan Calheiros said he wanted the vote to take place Wednesday night and impeachment appeared to be foregone conclusion. “I’m asking for everybody’s patience because we need to see this through to the end,” Calheiros said late in the day as the chamber entered its seventh hour of debate. While the impeachment measure stemmed from allegations Brazil’s first female president broke fiscal laws, the process morphed into something of a referendum on Rousseff and her handling of the country during the past six years. Brazil is mired in the worst economic downturn in decades and a sprawling corruption scandal centered on the state-run Petrobras oil company has soured the national mood, even as the country gears up to host South America’s first Olympic Games in August. Supporters of impeachment blame Rousseff and her Workers’ Party for the stalled economy and insist that Vice President Michel Temer, whose party has split from the governing coalition, represents the only hope of reviving it.

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he state of North Carolina and the federal government are now in a state of declared legal war. On Wednesday afternoon, the Obama administration sent a letter to North Carolina governor Pat McCrory demanding that the state “not comply with or enforce H.B. 2,” its so-called transgender bathroom law. According to the letter, a state requirement that people use the bathrooms reserved for their biological sex violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Department of Justice gave the state until today, May 9, to assure the federal government that men can use women’s restrooms and showers in state facilities. Today, the state answered the Department of Justice — with a lawsuit. In its complaint, filed in federal court, North Carolina accuses the DOJ of engaging in a “baseless and blatant overreach,” an “attempt to rewrite long-established federal civil rights laws in a manner that is wholly inconsistent with the intent of Congress and disregards decades of statutory interpretation by the courts.” Simply put, Title VII does not establish “transgender status” as a protected class, and any effort to do so by executive fiat violates the law. Then the DOJ escalated again. At an afternoon news conference, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a “significant law enforcement” action — its own lawsuit. At the same time,

COMMENTARY Lynch indicated that the DOJ retained the authority to federal funding to key state entities, issuing a notso-veiled threat of dramatic action before the courts issue a definitive ruling. At David the same time, she French preposterously compared the act of preserving bathrooms for people of the same sex to, of course, “Jim Crow” and hearkened back to the days of segregated water fountains. A public-relations battle over bathrooms and showers has transformed into a fight over the meaning and indeed authority of the Constitution itself. In its zeal to advance the sexual revolution, the Obama administration has defied the will of Congress, unilaterally rewritten federal law without even bothering to go through a statutory rulemaking process, and now seeks to bring a sovereign state to heel through a combination of threats and lawsuits. Let’s make this simple. Title VII prohibits private and public employers (including state governments) from discriminating on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.” Title IX prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating on the basis of “sex.” Nei-

ther statute prohibits sexual-orientation or gender-identity discrimination. For more than 20 years, LGBT activists have sought to amend federal law through the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would essentially add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes within federal nondiscrimination law. For more than 20 years, LGBT activists have failed. ENDA hasn’t passed even when Democrats controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress. Rather than wait for the law to change, however, federal regulators and lawless federal judges have incrementally changed it by executive and judicial fiat, steadily expanding the scope of Title VII until July 2015, when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unilaterally amended the statute. In a document entitled “What You Should Know about EEOC and Enforcement Protections for LGBT Workers,” the Commission declared that it interprets and enforces Title VII’s prohibition of sex discrimination as forbidding any employment discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation” (boldface in original). At a stroke, the EEOC decided that it was going to essentially enforce ENDA — a statute that doesn’t exist. Democracy wasn’t working fast enough for the Obama administration, so it decided to give authoritarianism a try.

North Carolina’s lawsuit represents a direct challenge to the notion that the EEOC can amend federal law merely by changing its “interpretation.” It also challenges the very idea that requiring people to use bathrooms that correspond with their biological sex represents sex discrimination. The Obama administration credulously buys the notion that a man in a dress or a man who has been surgically mutilated is now a “woman,” and it seeks to enforce that notion with the full power of the federal government. As I said before, quack science meets quack law, and the Constitution is the casualty. The Obama administration is playing dangerous games with our constitutional republic. Unlike nullification crises in years past, this time the state government is leading the way in attempting to preserve the will of Congress and our nation’s system of checks and balances by defending federal law as written. The executive branch has gone rogue by amending federal law through unconstitutional action. The administration is supplementing and buttressing its lawlessness with sheer bullying. Governor McCrory and the North Carolina legislature have shown admirable resolve. May they continue to stand firm. We’re way beyond bathrooms now. David French is an attorney and a staff writer at National Review.

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Rules are for breaking: Ideas for avoiding future Trumps

ASHINGTON — It should be obvious to all by now that Donald Trump knows nothing of what he speaks. His disastrous economic ideas are but the latest in a litany of nonsensical proposals. Yet, and still, his supporters — that Republican base so carefully nurtured by the very GOP operatives and politicians who now find its members so distasteful — proclaim his supremacy with such bracing observations as, “Well, at least he’s got,” or “At least he speaks his mind,” or “At least he doesn’t suck up to anybody.” These selections from the morning mail share a common element — “at least” — which seems apt enough, though “the least” seems more to the point. Trump was the least of so many other Republican candidates who offered governing experience, knowledge and even, in some cases, wisdom. So why didn’t these superior candidates win, especially given his consistently low favorability ratings? Indeed, both Trump and Hillary Clinton, presumptively speaking, would be the most disliked nominees at this stage of any in the past 10 presidential cycles, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis. Trump’s average “strongly unfavorable” rating of 53 percent — 16 points higher than Clinton’s — is at least 20 points higher than every other candidate’s rating since 1980. Never mind the many elected Re-

COMMENTARY publican leaders who are distancing themselves from his candidacy. Not enough of them, to be sure, which is disgraceful and surely will be noted by future historians as cowardly. Kathleen My own running list Parker of sycophants remains handy for the duration of their likely shortened political careers. Nearly half of voters say they’re less likely to support candidates who have aligned themselves with Trump, according to Morning Consult, a group that conducts weekly polls of 2,000 voters. To answer my earlier question, the better candidates didn’t win because, obviously, so many of them siphoned votes from stronger ones, giving Trump the lead and all-important momentum. Thus, the constant refrain from Trump supporters that the “establishment” is ignoring the “will of the people” is only true to a point. Trump is the choice of a plurality of the GOP, but not of a majority — a distinction with a crucial difference. At this stage, as the GOP convenes its circular firing squad composed of party leaders, operatives, hacks, flacks, politicos — if you’ll pardon the redundancy — and, yes, certain media, they might better expend their energies considering alternative vot-

‘Trump is the choice of a plurality of the GOP, but not of a majority — a distinction with a crucial difference.’ ing methods that might have prevented Trump’s ascendancy and likely would prevent future demagogues. One of these methods, already used by a variety of professional organizations to elect officers, as well as by the United Nations to elect the secretary-general, uses an “approval” ballot by which voters rank all the candidates of whom they approve rather than select just one. Far from new, this idea was suggested in 1770 by French mathematician and astronomer Jean-Charles de Borda, who expressed concern that several similar candidates would split the majority vote and allow a non-consensus candidate to win. Voila. Through election by order of merit, now known as the “Borda count,” each candidate was awarded a number of votes equal to the number of candidates below him on each voter’s ballot. The candidate with the most votes won. Fast-forward a couple of centuries to 1977 when New York University pol-

itics professor Steven J. Brams and decision theorist Peter C. Fishburn devised “approval voting,” which is similar but even simpler. By their method, voters would cast a vote for each candidate of whom they approve, in no particular order. The candidate with the most votes would win. Another ranking method, advanced recently in The New York Times by economists Eric Maskin and Amartya Sen, was developed by 18th-century mathematician and political theorist Marquis de Condorcet. This process called for ranking candidates in order of approval — or not ranking them at all as an indication of disapproval. The candidate with the highest approval ranking would win. Longtime voters might find such suggestions jarring, but a Trump nomination could be a rule-changer. He can brag that he has won a couple dozen contests but the reality is that another of the other primary candidates might have beaten him if not for voters scattering their ballots among so many. This is to say, the majority of Republican voters rejected Trump. Had an approval system been in place, it’s conceivable that John Kasich could be accepting the nomination in July. And Trump would be piling up approval ratings where he belongs — on reality TV. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group.

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CHARGES FROM PAGE A1 another 12-year-old. A school resource officer and two assistant principals were notified and a lockersearch was conducted. A clear plastic baggie containing approximately 0.4 grams of marijuana, worth about $10, and a cigarette were found in the locker of the girl who received the drug. The girl stated she received the drug from another student, the girl who accused Clark of supplying the marijuana for her to sell. According to a news release from Chandler & Jennings, the office of Clark’s attorney, Ray Chandler, the warrant against Clark was dismissed for lack of probable cause. Testimony from a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office officer revealed that the minor’s statement incriminating Clark was later retracted by the witness, states the release.

EX-COP FROM PAGE A1 A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges Michael Slager, 34, with depriving Scott of his civil rights. During a hearing Wednesday, federal Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant agreed that Slager could remain free on the bond he has already posted in state court. The federal indictment unsealed a few hours earlier also charges Slager with obstruction of justice and unlawful use of a weapon during the commission of a crime in the death of 50-year-old Scott. Slager, who wore a dark suit and was handcuffed, entered a not-guilty plea during the brief hearing. Although he doesn’t have to put up any additional bond on the federal charges, Slager must surrender his passport and have GPS monitoring. A bystander’s cellphone video captured images of

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During a follow-up investigation conducted by the sheriff’s office, the 12-year-old admitted she was angry at Clark because of some issue he may have had with her older sister. The release also states Clark’s attorney was in possession of Facebook conversations acknowledging the false details that led to his client’s arrest. “Evidence of the lie was compelling,” Chandler said in the release. “We are grateful to the sheriff’s office for going the extra mile to confirm the truth.” The sheriff’s office issued a statement Wednesday regarding Clark’s exoneration. “Although it initially appeared that the young woman’s statements were corroborated by the details she provided, she did later recant her statement. Therefore, at this time, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is not pursuing further action against Mr. Clark in connection with this matter,” said Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis.

Slager, then a North Charleston police officer, firing eight times as Scott ran from a traffic stop in April 2015. The case inflamed a national debate about how blacks are treated by white police officers. The federal indictment charges that Slager, while acting as a law officer, deprived Scott of his civil rights. A second count says he used a weapon, a Glock Model 21 .45-caliber pistol, while doing so. The third count, charging obstruction of justice, alleges

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“We are not going to give anything to one industry over another,” she said. “We don’t do bailouts in the state of South Carolina.” Haley said farmers were able to receive loans and crop support payments which other businesses and homeowners were not able to get. Jeremy Cannon, a farmer in Clarendon County, said it is the other way around. “Agriculture is the only one who doesn’t have access to small business loans,” he said. “We cannot get help for our farms for anything crop related. Even the U.S. Department of Agriculture could not supply any funding for those losses, whereas homeowners can get both.” Cannon said many farmers were unable to qualify for emergency loans as well. “They could not get the required collateral for their loans because they lost everything,” he said. South Carolina Farm Bureau President and CEO Harry Ott was critical of the governor’s position. “We are very disappointed, quite frankly, that all along this process she has denied money from the federal government that has come to South Carolina,” Ott said. “She has said she would not allow any of that money to be used for farm relief, even though our con-

that Slager intentionally misled state investigators about what happened during the encounter with Scott. “Specifically, defendant Michael Slager knowingly misled ... investigators by falsely stating that he fired his weapon at Scott while Scott was coming forward at him with a Taser,” the indictment reads. “In truth and in fact, as defendant Michael Slager then well knew, he repeatedly fired his weapon at Scott when Scott was running away from him.” Conviction on all the charges could net Slager a life sen-

gressional delegation clearly sent the signal in signed letters that it was their intent that some of the money be used for farm relief.” Ott said he was holding out hope that Haley will have a change of heart and allow the bill to become law. South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers said members of the farming community will work to override the expected veto. “I think the farmers are ready to make their contacts and a push with the members of the Legislature, who will have the final say,” he said. “The farmers will make their case for an override of the governor’s veto.” Ott, who served in the House from 19992013, said there is a lot of support for the farmers in the General Assembly, but he would not predict a vote to override. “I would never predict what is going to happen in the General Assembly,” he said. “My time over there tells me you never take anything for granted. We will work every day, tirelessly, to make sure that support stays in place.” Cannon said the farmers will be heard from. “I think we will probably be making the trip up to Columbia for the vote,” he said. “I think there is enough support in the House and Senate to override the veto. It will be a great day in South Carolina and a reason for celebration.”

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ANOLA — Birdfest may sound like a festival for bird enthusiasts, but in fact it nothing to do with birds. The annual event is a bluegrass musical festival featuring 16 bands from across the Southeast and even a group from Canada, according to co-organizer Barrett Smith. A few thousand people are expected for the annual event, with music ranging from bluegrass to rock and roll and Americana, he said. Smith said the event grew out of a few family members and friends who enjoyed bluegrass music. Now, the festival features two stages with bands playing simultaneously, Friday night and all day

on Saturday. Bands will play from 5:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Friday and from 11:30 a.m. to after 10 p.m. Saturday. Birdfest will happen at Pineland Farm, 2377 Gaymon Road in Panola. The cost to attend is $25 for the weekend, and tickets are purchased at the gate. Numerous local food vendors and food trucks come out for the two-day extravaganza, said Cleve Dowell, another of the event’s co-organizer. There are also plenty of children’s activities to enjoy, including bounce houses, face painting and other games, he said “The reputation of the event has really grown over the years,” Dowell said. “Each year, we have many bands from all over the country who express

a desire to play here.” Smith said what makes the festival unique is its collection of a variety of bands and laid-back atmosphere. The event is held in a large open field, surrounded by woods on either side, and a pond nearby. Attendees can bring their recreational vehicles and tents and camp overnight. “It’s a special place,” Smith said. The festival is named in memory of “Bird,” a beloved mule, who lived at the farm for almost 30 years. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs and blankets. Part of the money raised will go back to the county’s civic or nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit birdfestmusic.com or call (803) 433-6397.

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Community Angels Fund to host car show for help at holidays BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com SUMMERTON — Community Angels Fund Inc. will host its seventh annual Spring Fling Car and Bike Show in downtown Summerton at 112 Main St. from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event is free and open to the public and is a fundraiser for families in need in Clarendon County. Last year’s show featured more than 70 cars and more than 450 people in attendance, said Angela Reyes, event coorganizer. Registration fee for cars is $20 and will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. The event is the largest fundraiser for Community Angels Fund Inc., a nonprofit organization “committed to making a difference in the lives of Clarendon County residents through financial generosity and community involvement,” according to its website, communityangelsfund.org. The organization was started after Adrian and Angela Reyes, owners of American Pontoon Co., saw a need in the

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Joe Dietzeman takes a picture of Charlene Moses with a 1956 Crown Victoria during the 6th annual Spring Fling Car and Bike Show in Summerton last year. community to help people who were going through tough financial times and decided to do something about it, Angela Reyes said. All of the proceeds from the nonprofit organization’s fundraisers, and money from the Reyeses, go toward families who need a boost. “We hope to make a difference through helping the families who are struggling in the community,” Reyes said. Through the years, the organization has helped as

many as 3,000 people and money from this event has been part of that, she said. Assistance has included helping a family cover funeral expenses for a loved one, paying rent or utility bills for individuals going through a tough financial time and providing food, medicine or gas to those in need. The organization has built wheelchair ramps and last year it assisted an individual with the purchase of a car, Reyes said.

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“We’re trying to help those who are trying to get back on their feet or those who may have had unforeseen circumstances,” she said. During Thanksgiving and Christmas, the Community Angels Fund “adopts” five to 10 families. It provides a meal during Thanksgiving and a dinner and presents for the children during Christmas. This is the second year the event will be held in downtown Summerton. Previously, it was held at John C. Land Landing on Lake Marion. “We hope to attract more people by being in Summerton and promote the downtown business area,” Reyes said. Trophies and plaques for best cars in different catego-

ries will be awarded. The event will also include food and refreshments, door prizes, Chinese auctions, a 50/50 drawing, giveaways, games, vendors and more. Door prizes will include items such as Carolina Panthers-signed memorabilia, a Charlotte Hornets-signed basketball and various items from local businesses. The event is presented by the community of Summerton and sponsored by American Pontoon Co. and Wen Lily’s.Donations to the fund can be made by contacting Reyes at (803) 9794950 or emailing her at info@ communityangelsfund.org. For more information, visit http://www.communityangelsfund.org/.

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Bee will be 3 years old on May 25. She is a beautiful, black, domestic medium hair cat. She is a quiet, loving and sweet girl that loves her belly stroked and likes to be brushed but doesn’t care to be picked up. It has to be on her terms. She is up to date on vaccines, has been spayed and tested negative for feline leukemia and AIDS. The shelter is offering a $50 adoption for all cats 1 year and older.

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cessed, battered and fried type in the freezer section of the grocery store or on a bun at fast-food restaurants but fresh or frozen, non-breaded fish. Fish is a great source of protein and is low in saturated fats. Most fish are high in Omega-3 fatty acids and may be protective against heart attack and stroke because of their anti-clotting properties. The American Heart Association recommends eating fish at least two times per week. The key to a healthy diet is not what you take out of it but what you put into it. Adding a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy and protein products will ensure that you get the most nutrition with the fewest calories. Also, consuming adequate fluid with the addition of regular physical activity to your lifestyle will help to maintain weight, increase energy and improve your quality of life.

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The Clarendon County Branch of the NAACP will host an annual commemorative celebration of the historic Briggs v. Elliott case on Saturday. Briggs v. Elliott challenged school segregation in Summerton. It was the first of

five cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. The event will begin with a parade at noon starting on Roosevelt Street and Gov. Richardson Highway in

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downtown Summerton. A festival will follow. There will also be a worship service commemorating the event on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Historic Liberty Hill AME Church, 2310 Liberty Hill Road in Summerton. For more information, call (803) 485-2071 or (803) 9830302.

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Library parking lot to be closed next week

Boeing representatives will be coming to Clarendon County on Thursday, May 19, to make a presentation to local middle and high schools. The program starts at 8:30 a.m. at Manning High School lecture hall, 2155 Paxville Highway, Manning. At 10 a.m., a reception will be held for several Boeing officials along with a short

The Harvin Clarendon County Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking lot will be closed during the week of May 16 for resurfacing and upgrading to add additional parking spaces. Library patrons may park at Maxway and the Presbyterian Church on Brooks Street. Call (803) 435-8633 for more information.

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ClarendonCounty CountyCouncil Counciland andCounty CountyAdministration Administration would to thank Clarendon would likelike to thank the the following entities for their assistance rendered during the 2015 South Carolina historic ﬂooding event:

following entities for their assistance rendered during the 2015 South Carolina historic flooding event:

Governor Nikki R. Haley, State of South Carolina Barnwell County Beaufort County Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office Florence County Florence County Sheriff ’s Office Greenville County Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office Clarendon County Fire Department Clarendon County Sheriff ’s Office South Carolina Department of Social Services, Clarendon County South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Clarendon County South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, Clarendon County City of Manning Town of Summerton Town of Turbeville Town of Paxville City of North Charleston Fire Department York County South Carolina Emergency Management Division Camp Bob Cooper & Clemson University

Lady’s Island- St. Helena Fire District Red Cross United Way Salvation Army Federal Emergency Management Agency Small Business Administration Fire and Rescue Department Swift Waters Rescue Division Fairfax, Virginia Fire and Rescue Department - Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) Division Fairfax, Virginia South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services South Carolina Department of Natural Resources South Carolina Law Enforcement Division South Carolina National Guard Southeastern Industrial Equipment, Inc. Florence, SC Mercy Chefs Chesapeake, VA South Carolina Highway Patrol Free Baptist Association Burton Fire Department Bluffton Township Fire District South Carolina Department of Transportation, Clarendon County Office …and all the individuals and businesses that so graciously contributed to the Clarendon County Disaster Relief Fund.

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AROUND TOWN Facebook page at https:// The Sumter Stroke Support www.facebook. Group (Overcomers) will meet Have you or a loved one suffered a com/20FighterWing/ for upat 6 p.m. today in the library to-date information. Aerial of Alice stroke? Drive Baptist Church demonstration teams or peron the corner of Loring Mill formances will include: U.S. and Wise Drive. Lincoln High School Preservation Air Force Thunderbirds; U.S. Army Black Daggers paraAlumni Association will meet at chute demo; 20th Fighter 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, at Wing Air Power; F-16 Viper; the Lincoln High School cafeUSAF Heritage Flight; Canaditeria, Council Street. Call an Air Force CF-18; U.S. Navy (803) 968-4173. F/A-18; Warbirds (historical The Sumter Branch NAACP will military aircraft); and Gary sponsor a candidates forum for Ward & Greg Connell. The County Council Districts 1, 3 acts are not in order of perand 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. on formance and are subject to Monday, May 16, at the Cenchange. tral Carolina Technical ColA Grant Seekers Guide to Grant lege Health Sciences Center, Writing Workshop will be held 133 S. Main St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, The Sumter Combat Veterans May 28, at the Sumter County Group will meet at 10 a.m. FriRecreation Department, 155 day, May 20, at the South Haynsworth St. With more HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafaythan 25 years of grant writing ette Drive. All area veterans experience, the Rev. Maxine and active military invited. Sumpter will teach nonprofThe Lincoln High School Preserits how to demonstrate solid vation Alumni Association will concepts that should prohold a dinner fundraiser from 11 duce proposals that yield faa.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May vorable outcomes. Registra20, at the Lincoln High School tion deadline is Monday, May cafeteria, Council Street. Cost 16, and registration fee is $75 is $8 per dinner and menu per person. Contact the Rev. will consist of barbecue Jeanette Collins at (803) 458chicken or turkey wing, sea8662 or jeanettecollins3@ soned rice, vegetable, desgmail.com for information. sert, roll and a drink. Dine in The 60th anniversary celebration or take out. Call (803) 968of the Eastern High School Tro4173. jans will be held from noon to The “Hot Pursuit” 5K run / walk 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, to benefit the Sumter Crime at R.E. Davis Elementary Stoppers will be held at 8 a.m. School, 345 Eastern School Saturday, May 21, at the Road. Donation / cost: $40. Sumter Family YMCA, 510 Call (803) 453-5019. Miller Road. Entry fee: $25 if Sumter County Veterans Associpre-registered on or before ation will hold their annual MeMay 11; and $30 after May 11. morial Day program at 11 a.m. Register at www.strictlyrunon Monday, May 30, at Generning.com, the Sumter Family al Mabry Memorial Park, loYMCA, or by mail to “Hot Purcated on U.S. 76/378 just east suit 5K” Registration, c/o of Shaw Air Force Base. Brig. Sumter Police Department, Gen. R. Van McCarty, of the 107 E. Hampton Ave., Sumter, South Carolina National SC 29150. Be sure to include Guard, will speak. completed registration and The Par 4 Pets 4th Annual Golf fee. Make checks payable to Tournament will be held SatSumter Crime Stoppers. urday, June 18, at Crystal The Springhill Community 2016 Lakes Golf Course. RegistraMayfest parade and festival will tion will begin at 8 a.m. with be held at 10 a.m. on Saturshotgun start at 8:30 a.m. day, May 21, at Springhill Format is 4-Man Captain’s Community Center, 137 ShivChoice with entry fee of $160 er Pond Road, Rembert. This per team ($40 per player). event promises a day of food, Entry limited to first 20 fun and entertainment with a teams. Call Kathy Stafford at car and bike show, Kid Zone, (803) 469-3906, Teresa Durden Chinese auction, live enterat (803) 917-4710 or Mike tainment and more. Contact Ardis at (803) 775-1902. Wendy Wilson Parnell at The Sumter County Prevention (803) 427-4578 or wendy.llwilTeam will sponsor a “Parents son@yahoo.com. Accessing Resources 4 Kids” Shaw Air Force Base will host (PARK) event from 10 a.m. to 2 the Shaw Air Expo open house p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, at and air show Saturday and Sumter High School, 2580 McSunday, May 21-22. The free Crays Mill Road. The purpose event will be open to the of this awareness event is to general public from 8 a.m. to provide information on avail5 p.m. both days. Visit www. able community resources to shaw.af.mil/airexpo/ for parents of youth ages 0-18 more information. Also, “like” years old in Sumter County. the Shaw Air Force Base

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

A stray t-storm this Partly cloudy with a afternoon t-storm

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Sunny, pleasant and less humid

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A blend of sun and clouds

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68°

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78° / 56°

77° / 62°

Chance of rain: 45%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 25%

SW 4-8 mph

S 6-12 mph

WSW 6-12 mph

NW 6-12 mph

ENE 6-12 mph

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Gaﬀney 86/64 Spartanburg 87/64

Greenville 87/65

Columbia 91/68

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 88/68

Aiken 88/65

ON THE COAST

Charleston 88/68

Today: Humid with times of clouds and sun. High 81 to 89. Friday: A shower or thunderstorm in spots. High 79 to 88.

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Myrtle Beach 84/70

Manning 89/68

Today: Clouds and sun with a thunderstorm. Winds southwest 3-6 mph. Friday: A thunderstorm. Winds west-northwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 84/69

Bishopville 89/66

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

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 7.32 -0.30 19 3.92 -0.01 14 8.00 +0.17 14 3.13 +0.31 80 77.67 -0.09 24 6.50 +0.01

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take on monumental tasks and show everyone how efficient you are. Your courage and practicality will help you navigate situations to suit your needs. Romance is featured and will help position you for a brighter future. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be faced with a tough decision. Someone using emotional pleas to get your help will take advantage of you. Don’t take on more than you can handle, and opt to put your energy into your important relationships. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put a spring in your step and bounce into action. Helping others will give you a sense of accomplishment and encourage loyal friendships. Love is in the stars and will bring you happiness. Alterations at home look promising. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Choose to do something you know you can achieve, and put everything you’ve got into reaching your destination. Let go of the past and focus on the future. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Live in the moment and concentrate on doing the best job possible. No matter what you are working on, keep an open mind and be willing to expand on the solutions you want to put in place. Romance is

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Someone who sees things differently will inspire you. A partnership will be in your best interest. Set some ground rules in order to avoid misunderstandings. Keep your emotions out of the mix. Strive for equality in any relationship you pursue. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Excitement and adventure are likely to lead to regret. Think before you act or get involved in rumors or hearsay. Put your energy into making personal changes that will bring about a better lifestyle and a new and improved you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stick close to home and take time to look over personal papers. There is money to be made if you are creative in the way you invest and use your assets. Don’t neglect someone you love, or an emotional situation will surface. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Direct your energy into expanding an idea or something you enjoy doing. Diversity will lead to a viable idea that can turn a pastime into a cash cow. Don’t let anyone discourage you from following your dream. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Getting back to basics and reuniting with people who have encouraged you in the past will help you move forward and steer clear of anyone who is standing in your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

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PREP BASEBALL

It’s ‘Cats, WH for 3A crown

Bleasdale’s gem, Cards’ error lift LMA to 1-0 victory

Barons reach title series for fourth straight year By WORTHY EVANS Special to The Sumter Item

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Cardinal Newman’s Nicky Winterstein, bottom, steals second as Laurence Manning Academy shortstop Taylor Lee catches the ball during the Swampcats 1-0 victory on Wednesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond. LMA won the best-of-3 series 2-0 to advance to the SCISA 3A state championship series against Wilson Hall.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

Cardinal Newman’s Sean Garity picked up Mason’s single and fired it into third to try to nail Jordan, but the MANNING -- Knowing courtesy run- throw went wide and Jordan scored to ner Jake Jordan was stealing, Laurence break a scoreless tie in the bottom of Manning Academy senior catcher Tripp the sixth inning. Mason was hoping the hole at second Behind Buddy Bleasdale’s six shutout base would open up. innings and Taylor Finley’s scoreless It did and Mason didn’t let it go to frame in the seventh, that was all the waste by ripping a solid single into Swampcats needed for a 1-0 victory at right field and sending Jordan all the Tucker Belangia Diamond to clinch the way to third. series and send them to their second Then, the Swampcats finally caught state finals in the last three seasons. their first break of night -- one that LMA, now 23-5 on the year, will play helped send them back to the SCISA 3A rival Wilson Hall beginning on Monday state championship series, in the best-of-3 series for the champion-

ship. The two teams also played two years ago. Game 1 will be at Wilson Hall. “I knew the runner was stealing so I was just trying to get something through the second-base hole,” Mason said. “I knew I had to take second and (I saw the ball get away) and emotions kind of took over. That’s a big deal.” It was especially big considering that prior to Mason’s at-bat, the ‘Cats had the potential series-winning run thrown out at home with just one down.

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SCISA softball tournaments begin on Friday in Sumter By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The South Carolina Independent School Association state softball tournaments have been played at a pair of softball complexes in Lexington County the past several years. This year the tournaments will be played in Sumter. The 3A, 2A and 1A tournaments will be played at both Patriot Park SportsPlex and Palmetto Park beginning on Friday and running through Saturday. Defending 3A state champion Thomas Sumter Academy, runner-up Wilson Hall and Laurence Manning Academy are three of the eight teams in the 3A tournament, while defending 1A state champion Clarendon Hall is one of the 12 teams in its tourney. Robert E. Lee Academy has one of the eight berths in the 2A tournament. Each tournament has a lower and upper bracket. THE SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO The winners of the brackets Laurence Manning Academy catcher Baylee Elms, front, forces out in each class will face off in Thomas Sumter Academy courtesy runner Latrice Lyons at the plate a best-of-3 championship seduring a game earlier in the season. Defending 3A state champion ries next week.

TSA, LMA and defending runner-up Wilson Hall will all begin play in see SOFTBALL, Page B3 the SCISA state tournament on Friday at Patriot Park SportsPlex.

see MANNING, Page B3

COLUMBIA –The Wilson Hall baseball team needed a long rally over the course of Wednesday’s game to beat Ben Lippen. That’s just what the Barons constructed at the Falcons’ stadium. Wilson Hall had to rally from a 6-2 deficit after the Falcons came up with a 6-run second inning. The Barons got three runs in the third, a run in the fourth and three more in the sixth get past the Falcons for a 9-8 win and a 2-0 semifinal series win in the SCISA 3A state playoffs. “I’m very proud the way my guys came back,” Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki said. “They (the Falcons) were hitting the ball well all night long. They came out with the right frame of mind, good pitcher, they took the right approach. I’m very proud of the way we came back. That’s probably one of the biggest margins we’ve come back from all year.” The Barons now 20-5 on the season, reached the 3A title game for the fourth straight year. They will face Laurence Manning Academy in the bestof-3 championship series beginning on Monday at Wilson Hall in their attempt at a third straight championship. McLendon Sears pitched 5 2/3 innings in relief of starting pitcher Ed McMillan. McMillan had given up six runs on four hits in just 1 1/3 innings of work. “He just wasn’t very sharp tonight,” Jarecki said of McMillan. “They hit him hard in the second and got on top of us. I didn’t want to go to him (Sears) that early, I like to use him in a later role. But I had to go to him and there he was.”

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AUTO RACING

Truex takes over from Busch as bad-luck leader at Kansas By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

the fastest car or on fuel mileage and all this stuff KANSAS CITY, Kan. — and it’s like, ‘Damn,”’ Martin Truex Jr. needs to Truex said. “Someday I’m look no further than Kyle going to get on one of Busch when he needs to those.” vent about Kansas. Busch understands that The Furniture Row Racfeeling all too well. ing driver has dominated He was the at the speedway for years, disciple of finishing second twice and doom at Kanin the top five on two more sas for years, occasions. He’s led laps wrecking out seven times and twice led of the Chase the most. Yet he has never race twice and Truex been to victory lane, fate failing to finand fuel mileage and all ish twice manner of bad luck conmore. But the spiring against him. Joe Gibbs Racing driver The most recent slap in has finally figured things the face came Saturday out, finishing in the top night. five his last three starts Truex had led 172 of the and winning his first first 211 laps when he Sprint Cup race there Satheaded to pit road for a urday night. green-flag stop. Everything “The 78 was probably the seemed to go flawlessly fastest car,” he said of and he was back on the Truex, “but we kept ourtrack in a blink. But then selves in the game.” he started to feel a rattling The culprit behind the and knew right away that a loose wheel? The head of a wheel was loose, forcing bolt holding the brake him to come back into the rotor on was sheared off pits. and got hung up in the He lost a lap and didn’t wheel when it went on, have enough time to run leaving the wheel off baldown the leaders. He finance when Truex hit the ished 14th. track. “I swear, you watch guys see NASCAR, Page B4 win races that don’t have

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The Players Championship will be Jordan Spieth’s first tournament since he lost a 5-shot lead at the Masters in Augusta, Ga., last month. The TPC begins today.

Spieth ready to move forward from Masters By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

same since late last summer. In his month away from golf, what has irritated him nearly as much as his own PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Four mistakes was the narrative from Augusta, weeks away from golf, Jordan Spieth feels that he lost the Masters more than Willett like he is starting a brand new season. won. It’s everyone else who is looking behind. “It really bugs me when people are tryThe Players Championship is Spieth’s ing to take that away from him or shoot it first tournament since he lost a five-shot down, and the questions have been asked lead on the back nine at the Masters, most to him, ‘Do you think this will go down as of that on the par-3 12th where he put two you winning or him losing? And that’s abshots into the water and made a quadrusolute bull,” Spieth said. “Because he won, ple-bogey 7. and he earned it.” He received text messages from people If Spieth is having to deal with Masters who didn’t even have his phone number, hangover, so is Willett. reaching out to remind him that sports can Asked what he has done in the last be cruel and it happens to the best. He ana- month because of the green jacket in his lyzed what went wrong with coach Camer- possession, the 28-year-old from England on McCormick, not just on the 12th hole at smiled and said, “Drunk more.” Augusta National but all week with his Willett had played one round of golf in swing. He spent a week in the Bahamas four weeks since his Masters victory, and with three players who are close friends. he was hopeful to work out some kinks in There were commercial shoots with corpo- the two days of practice leading up to rate sponsors, time in the gym, a practice Thursday’s opening round. round at Oakmont and then work on the Spieth starts a busy summer stretch in range. which he plays the next four weeks, folWhen he sat down Wednesday for his lowed by a one-week break before the U.S. press conference, 10 of the 15 questions Open. He has two more majors, the Olymwere about the Masters. pics, a World Golf Championship and the “I think people have moved on already — FedEx Cup playoffs on his very full plate. at least I thought so until I came in here If the Masters stung that badly, he could today,” Spieth said with a smile. have added another tournament just to get Perhaps it will take another tournament back onto a golf course. The temptation to move on from the Masters, and this one was never that strong. should get his attention. The Players Rory McIlroy knows the feeling. Championship is the strongest and deepest He had a four-shot lead in 2011 at the field of the year, with the richest purse Masters until he closed with an 80, a deba($10.5 million) in golf on a TPC Sawgrass cle that included a tee shot nearly off the course that historically favors no one. property and a four-putt double bogey. Mc“One of the tougher tracks of the year,” Ilroy bounced back two months later and Spieth said. “I enjoy that.” shattered U.S. Open scoring records for his Then again, anything is more enjoyable first major. than his last three hours at Augusta Na“I think it was smart of him to take tional, right up until the time that Spieth those four weeks off and sort of decom— as defending Masters champion — had press and get a few things out of his systo slip the green jacket at Danny Willett. tem and just chill out for a few weeks, and He attributes his collapse to one bad then come back fresh for this,” McIlroy swing at the wrong time, that he had been said. “I think Jordan will be just fine with missing his shots short and right most of everything. I think it makes it a little bit the final round, and paid dearly for that on easier that he already has a Masters under the 12th hole. That part he can fix, along his belt. I don’t think we’ll see any longwith a swing that he says has not been the term problems for him because of it.”

Olympics

Professor: Olympics should be postponed due to Zika By MARIA CHENG and STEPHEN WILSON Associated Press

Attaran’s position is not shared by Olympic and global health authorities, who insist the Aug. 5-21 games will not be deLONDON — With the opening ceremony railed by the virus. in Rio de Janeiro less than three months The International Olympic Committee, away, a Canadian professor has called for which follows the WHO’s advice, said it the Olympics to be postponed or moved behas no plans to relocate or postpone the cause of the Zika outbreak, warning the in- games. flux of visitors to Brazil will result in the “The clear statements from WHO that avoidable birth of malformed babies. there should be no restrictions on travel “But for the games, would anyone recom- and trade means there is no justification mend sending an extra half a million visifor canceling or delaying or postponing or tors into Brazil right now?” University of moving the Rio Games,” Dr. Richard BudOttawa professor Amir Attaran, who spegett, the IOC’s medical director, told The cializes in public health, said in an article Associated Press. “The IOC will continue published this week in the Harvard Public to monitor the situation very closely and Health Review. work with the WHO, and we’re confident Brazil is by far the country most affected as we’ve been advised by the experts that by Zika, a mosquito-borne virus which has the situation will improve over the next now been scientifically proven to cause a three months.” range of disturbing birth defects, includThe Olympics are expected to draw ing babies born with abnormally small about 500,000 visitors from abroad, a prosheads and neurological problems. pect that Attaran fears could spark new In February, the World Health Organiza- outbreaks elsewhere in the world and retion declared the epidemic to be a global sult in an increase in the number of brainhealth emergency. The WHO says there damaged babies born to infected pregnant are no restrictions on travel or trade with women that might otherwise not have travcountries affected by Zika outbreaks but eled to Brazil. He doesn’t want the games advises pregnant women not to travel to to be canceled, but argues they should be those regions. delayed or moved.

TODAY 9 a.m. – International Hockey: IIHF World Championship Match from St. Petersburg, Russia – United States vs. France (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11 a.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. – Pittsburgh vs. Florida State (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Noon – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Starkville, Miss. – South Carolina or Missouri vs. Tennessee (SEC NETWORK). 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Players Championship First Round from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (GOLF). 1:30 p.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. – North Carolina vs. Boston College (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 2 p.m. – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Starkville, Miss. – Texas A&M or Louisiana State vs. Kentucky (SEC NETWORK). 3 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Draft Combine from Chicago (ESPN2). 5 p.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. – Syracuse vs. Louisville (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 5 p.m. – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Starkville, Miss. – Mississippi or Georgia vs. Florida (SEC NETWORK). 6 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series West NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 from Tucson, Ariz. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Philadelphia at Atlanta (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WPUB-FM 102.7). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Kansas City at New York Yankees or Houston at Boston (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Starkville, Miss. – Mississippi State or Alabama vs. Auburn (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Kentucky at Mississippi (ESPNU). 7:30 p.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. – Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Six – San Antonio at Oklahoma City (ESPN). 9 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinal Series Game Seven – Nashville at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – America vs. Guadalajara (UNIVISION). 4 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Mauritius Open First Round from Beau Champs, Mauritius (GOLF).

MLB Standings By The Associated Press

National League East Division New York Washington Philadelphia Miami Atlanta Central Division Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee West Division Los Angeles Arizona San Francisco Colorado San Diego

W L Pct GB 20 12 .625 — 20 13 .606 ½ 19 14 .576 1½ 17 15 .531 3 7 24 .226 12½ W L Pct GB 25 7 .781 — 17 15 .531 8 17 16 .515 8½ 14 19 .424 11½ 14 19 .424 11½ W L Pct GB 17 16 .515 — 17 18 .486 1 17 18 .486 1 15 18 .455 2 14 20 .412 3½

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 5, Washington 4 Milwaukee 10, Miami 2 Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ppd. Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 7 Arizona 5, Colorado 1 St. Louis 8, L.A. Angels 1 L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Toronto 4, San Francisco 0

Wednesday’s Games

San Diego 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Toronto at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Philadelphia (Velasquez 4-1) at Atlanta (Blair 0-2), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Shields 1-5) at Milwaukee (Nelson 4-2), 8:10 p.m. San Francisco (Cueto 4-1) at Arizona (Greinke 3-2), 9:40 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-1), 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 4-1), 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Atlanta at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

American League East Division Baltimore Boston Toronto Tampa Bay New York Central Division Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Detroit Minnesota West Division Seattle Texas Oakland Los Angeles Houston

W L Pct GB 20 12 .625 — 20 13 .606 ½ 18 17 .514 3½ 15 16 .484 4½ 13 18 .419 6½ W L Pct GB 23 11 .676 — 16 14 .533 5 15 17 .469 7 15 17 .469 7 8 25 .242 14½ W L Pct GB 20 13 .606 — 19 15 .559 1½ 14 20 .412 6½ 13 19 .406 6½ 13 21 .382 7½

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Yankees 10, Kansas City 7 Boston 13, Oakland 5 Texas 13, Chicago White Sox 11 Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 4, Houston 0 St. Louis 8, L.A. Angels 1 Seattle 6, Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 4, San Francisco 0

Wednesday’s Games

Baltimore 9, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Seattle, 3:40 p.m. Toronto at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at Boston, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Detroit (Pelfrey 0-4) at Baltimore

(Jimenez 2-3), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Kennedy 4-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 2-2), 7:05 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 2-4) at Boston (Price 4-1), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Martinez 4-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-1), 10:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Houston at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Atlanta at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NHL Playoff Schedule By The Associated Press SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 April 27: N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 3 April 30: Tampa Bay 4, NY Islanders 1 May 3: Tampa Bay 5, NY Islanders 4, OT May 6: Tampa Bay 2, NY Islanders 1, OT May 8: Tampa Bay 4, NY Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2 April 28: Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT April 30: Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1 May 2: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2 May 4: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, OT May 7: Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 May 10: Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3, OT

WESTERN CONFERENCE

St. Louis 3, Dallas 3 April 29: Dallas 2, St. Louis 1 May 1: St. Louis 4, Dallas 3, OT May 3: St. Louis 6, Dallas 1 May 5: Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, OT May 7: St. Louis 4, Dallas 1 May 9: Dallas 3, St. Louis 2 May 11: St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m. San Jose 3, Nashville 3 April 29: San Jose 5, Nashville 2 May 1: San Jose 3, Nashville 2 May 3: Nashville 4, San Jose 1 May 5: Nashville 4, San Jose 3, 3OT May 7: San Jose 5, Nashville 1 May 9: Nashville 4, San Jose 3, OT May 12: Nashville at San Jose, 9 p.m. CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh May 13: Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Remainder of schedule TBA

NBA Playoff Schedule By The Associated Press CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland 4, Atlanta 0 May 2: Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93 May 4: Cleveland 123, Atlanta 98 May 6: Cleveland 121, Atlanta 108 May 8: Cleveland 100, Atlanta 99 Toronto 2, Miami 2 May 3: Miami 102, Toronto 96, OT May 5: Toronto 96, Miami 92, OT May 7: Toronto 95, Miami 91 May 9: Miami 94, Toronto 87, OT May 11: Miami at Toronto, 8 p.m. May 13: Toronto at Miami, 8 p.m. x-May 15: Miami at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City 3, San Antonio 2 April 30: San Antonio 124, Oklahoma City 92 May 2: Oklahoma City 98, San Antonio 97 May 6: San Antonio 100, Oklahoma City 96 May 8: Oklahoma City 111, San Antonio 97 May 10: Oklahoma City 95, San Antonio 91 May 12: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. x-May 15: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Golden State 3, Portland 1 May 1: Golden State 118, Portland 106 May 3: Golden State 110, Portland 99 May 7: Portland 120, Golden State 108 May 9: Golden State 132, Portland 125, OT May 11: Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. x-May 13: Golden State at Portland, 9 or 10:30 p.m. x-May 16: Portland at Golden State, 9 p.m. CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland vs. Toronto OR Miami If the Toronto-Miami series concludes in 6 games or less May 15: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. May 17: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. May 21: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami, 8:30 p.m. May 23: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-May 25: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-May 27: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-May 29: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. If the Toronto-Miami series concludes in 7 games May 17: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. May 19: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. May 21: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami, 8:30 p.m. May 23: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-May 25: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-May 27: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-May 29: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

If both series conclude in 6 games or less May 16: San Antonio or Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9 p.m. May 18: San Antonio or Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9 p.m. May 22: Golden State at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. May 24: Golden State at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. x-May 26: San Antonio or Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-May 28: Golden State at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. x-May 30: San Antonio or Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9 p.m. If either series concludes in 7 games May 18: Pairings TBD, 9 p.m. May 20: Pairings TBD, 9 p.m. May 22: Pairings TBD, 9 p.m. May 24: Pairings TBD, 9 p.m. x-May 26: Pairings TBD, 9 p.m. x-May 28: Pairings TBD, 9 p.m. x-May 30: Pairings TBD, 9 p.m.

Transactions By The Associated Press

BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned OF Tyler Collins to Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Daniel Norris from Toledo. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP David Carpenter on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned LHP Daniel Coulombe to Nashville (PCL). Placed 2B Jed Lowrie on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Selected the contract of RHP Zach Neal from Nashville. Recalled LHP Eric Surkamp from Nashville. Transferred 2B Eric Sogard to the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled LHP Andrew Faulkner from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Anthony Ranaudo to Round Rock.

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EC softball team advances to 1A lower state title round PAMPLICO – The East Clarendon High School softball team advanced to the championship round of the 1A lower state tournament with an 11-1, 6-inning victory over Hannah-Pamplico on Wednesday at the H-P field. The Lady Wolverines, who are now 23-6 on the season, will play at Latta on Friday beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the championship round. EC has to beat Latta twice to advance to the state championship series. Brooklyn Fort picked up the victory, allowing just four hits and two walks. She struck out seven. Abby Reardon led the offense with two hits and four runs batted in. Caitlyn

Timmons was 3-for-3 with an RBI, and Gracen Watts and Jessica Welch both had two hits and two RBI.

VARSITY BASEBALL Lake View 10 East Clarendon 1 LAKE VIEW – East Clarendon High School saw its season come to an end on Wednesday with a 10-1 loss to Lake View in an elimination game in the 1A lower state tournament at the LV field. The Wolverines finish with a 14-11 record. Lake View will play at Latta on Friday in the championship round.

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force Reynolds out, then threw to first to complete From Page B1 the double play. The sixth inning spelled the end for the Falcons. Sears put the fire out. He Robert James and Sears scattered six hits, struck out got the short, but potent, intwo and walked one, but ning started with back-tomost important for the Bar- back, 1-out singles. After ons, he gave them a chance McMillan struck out, Watto climb out of the hole. ford delivered a run on a “They’re a really good long single that scored team and we knew that James to tie the game at 7. coming in,” Sears said. Sears moved to third on the “They weren’t going to roll play. over with two 10-run As Talley batted, Turner games.” threw a wild pitch that went The Falcons, trying to to the backstop. The loose bounce back from a 14-4, ball enabled Sears to score 5-inning loss at Wilson Hall and moved Watford beyond on Tuesday, seemed to be in second and headed for third. control of the game after the Ben Lippen catcher Kit second. Starting pitcher Nat Capel couldn’t get a handle Turner gave up two Barons on the ball, and Watford runs in to open the game, didn’t stop running. When but blanked them in the sec- Watford crossed the plate, ond and third innings. Wilson Hall claimed a 9-7 The Wilson Hall bats got lead. going in the fourth. Talley fouled out on the With one out, Drew Talley next pitch to end the inning, at second and Charlton but Wilson Hall’s lead held. Commander at first, Sears got into a little trouDaulton Dabbs slapped an ble in the bottom of the sevRBI single to score Talley. enth. He issued a 1-out walk Daniel Reynolds then to Estridge, then Tucker launched a single into cenJohnson doubled down the terfield that scored Comleftfield line. Estridge held mander and Dobbs to make up at third, but scored on it 6-5 Ben Lippen. Lee Metts’ infield groundout. Later, with Reynolds at Turner flew out to Charlsecond and Sears at first ton Commander in leftfield with two out, McMillan to seal the win for the Barlined out to retire the side. ons. Ben Lippen picked up a “We’re a good enough hitrun in the fourth for a 7-5 ting team that I knew we lead. were going to score more The Barons seemed than those two runs early poised to break the game on,” Sears said. “I was trying open in the fifth. Watford led to get us off the field and off with a double and Comback in the dugout. I knew mander eventually drove we were going to score some him in with a 1-out single to runs eventually.” make it 7-6. However, Dabbs Reynolds was 3-for-5 with hit a ground ball to Tyler a double. Sears, James, WatEstridge at third base. Esford and Talley each had tridge stepped on third to two hits.

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Laurence Manning Academy starting pitcher Buddy Bleasdale tossed six scoreless innings with six strikeouts against Cardinal Newman on Wednesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond in a 1-0 victory.

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Not long before that, the game was delayed for about 25 minutes after lights down the third base line went out with Bleasdale batting. When he returned to the box, a stolen base and an error appeared to set up the go-ahead run before Bleasdale’s grounder to second was turned into an out at home. “The second baseman (Davis Gilroy) just made a great play and a great throw to get our runner out,” LMA head coach Barry Hatfield said. “We just couldn’t seen to catch a break up to that point.” LMA had come up empty in two previous scoring chances against Cards starting righthander Cam Tringali before that as well in the first and third innings. Both times the Swampcats

had runners on first and third with one out and failed to score. One opportunity was erased by a pickoff on a steal attempt and the other was negated by a 6-3 double play. “We just didn’t execute like we needed to in some key situations,” Mason said. “We had a couple of runners thrown out, made a few baserunning mistakes, but kept playing.” Tringali allowed just five hits in the contest, but the two errors in the inning eventually proved costly thanks to the way Bleasdale was pitching. In six innings, Bleasdale never allowed more than one CN batter to reach base in any inning. He worked around a 1-out single in the third, a leadoff walk in the fifth and a 1-out double in the sixth. No Cardinals player reached third base against him and he struck out six batters. “I felt good out there,” Bleasdale said. “I’ve been struggling lately, but I went out there and

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on Hammond and 17-9 Wilson Hall meeting Cardinal NewFrom Page B1 man, both at 3:45. If LMA and WH win they will face each other at 7:30 p.m. If they both TSA, which is 15-7 on the fall in the opener, they would season, takes on Ben Lippen play at 6. at 3:45 p.m. in the upper The entire 3A tournament bracket. The winner and will be played at Patriot Park. loser of that game will take Robert E. Lee, which is 15-8, on either Northwood or Orwill take on Thomas Heyward angeburg Prep later in the day. on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at PatriThe other half of the brack- ot Park. The other half of the et will have 13-9 LMA taking bracket will be played at Pal-

threw strikes and the defense made all the plays behind me. Made a couple big outs with runners on second and that was just big.” CN’s best chances came in the fifth and sixth innings. Doug Crider walked to lead off the fifth and was sacrificed to second. However, Bleasdale struck out Tanner Garrison and got Nicky Winterstein to ground out to end the threat. Bleasdale was also up to the task an inning later. After Tringali’s 1-out double, Bleasdale struck out Patrick Parnell and David Gilroy to keep the game scoreless. “I felt I had good command of my fastball and my curveball,” Bleadale said. “I just tried to utilize them as much as I could,” Braydon Osteen had two hits and a walk to led the Swampcats while Mason had a hit and a walk. Cole Hair collected a single as well as did Bleasdale.

metto Park on Friday with all of Saturday’s games at Patriot Park. Clarendon Hall, which is 11-8, will get a first-round bye. It will take on the winner of a game between Richard Winn and Curtis Baptist at 8 p.m. The 1A tournament will be played at Palmetto Park on Friday with the Saturday games set for Patriot Park. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for students.

SCISA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT 3A All Games at Patriot Park SportsPlex Upper Bracket Friday Game 1 – Thomas Sumter vs. Ben Lippen, 3:45 p.m. (Field 1) Game 2 – Northwood vs. Orangeburg Prep, 3:45 p.m. (F2) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m. (F4) Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7:30 p.m. (F3) Saturday Game 5 – Loser Lower Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, 11 a.m. (F1) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 1:30 p.m. (F3) Game 7 – If Necessary following Game 6 Lower Bracket Friday Game 1 – Laurence Manning vs. Hammond, 3:45 p.m. (Field 3) Game 2 – Wilson Hall vs. Cardinal Newman, 3:45 p.m. (F4) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m. (F5) Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7:30 p.m. (F1) Saturday Game 5 – Loser Upper Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, 11 a.m. (F2) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 1:30 p.m. (F4) Game 7 – If Necessary following Game 6 2A Upper Bracket Friday Games Played at Palmetto Park Game 1 – Marlboro Academy vs. Trinity-Byrnes, 3:45 p.m. (Field 6) Game 2 – Williamsburg vs. Florence Christian, 3:45 p.m. (F5) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m. (F4) Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6:30 p.m. (F6) Saturday Games Played at Patriot Park SportsPlex Game 5 – Loser Lower Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, 11 a.m. (F3) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2:45 p.m. (F1) Game 7 – If Necessary following Game 6 Lower Bracket All Games Played at Patriot Park SportsPlex Friday Game 1 – Thomas Heyward vs. Robert E. Lee, 5:30 p.m.

(Field 3) Game 2 – Pee Dee vs. Carolina, 5:30 p.m. (F1) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 8 p.m. (F4) Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m. (F2) Saturday Game 5 – Loser Upper Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, 11 a.m. (F4) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2:45 p.m. (F2) Game 7 – If Necessary following Game 6 1A Upper Bracket Friday Games at Palmetto Park Game 1 – Patrick Henry vs. St. John’s Christian, 3:45 p.m. (Field 3) Game 2 – Richard Winn vs. Curtis Baptist, 3:45 p.m. (F4) Game 3 – Winner Game 1 vs. Holly Hill, 8 p.m. (F5) Game 4 – Winner Game 2 vs. Clarendon Hall, 8 p.m. (F4) Game 5 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 8 p.m. (F1) Saturday Games at Patriot Park SportsPlex Game 6 – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 9 a.m. (F4) Game 7 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 11 a.m. (F3) Game 8 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 11 a.m. (F4) Game 9 – Loser Lower Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 2:45 p.m. (F1) Game 10 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 5:15 p.m. (F2) Game 11 -- If Necessary following Game 10 Lower Bracket Friday Games at Palmetto Park Game 1 – Wardlaw vs. W.W. Kings, 3:45 p.m. (Field 1) Game 2 – Andrew Jackson vs. Conway Christiant, 3:45 p.m. (F2) Game 3 – Winner Game 1 vs. Colleton Prep, 6 p.m. (F2) Game 4 – Winner Game 2 vs. Dorchester, 6 p.m. (F5) Game 5 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m. (F3) Saturday Games at Patriot Park SportsPlex Game 6 – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 9 a.m. (F3) Game 7 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 11 a.m. (F1) Game 8 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 11 a.m. (F2) Game 9 – Loser Upper Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 2:45 p.m. (F1) Game 10 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 5:15 p.m. (F2) Game 11 -- If Necessary following Game 10

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Spurs’ Duncan competes with Thunder, Father Time By CLIFF BRUNT The Associated Press

Duncan has a player option for next season, and he hasn’t made it clear what he will do. OKLAHOMA CITY — FaWhen asked what he was ther Time can be awfully doing to be effective against sneaky. Duncan, Adams said “NothSan Antonio forward Tim ing,” perhaps not wanting to Duncan turned 40 last month, give the future Hall of Famer and the basketball world marany additional motivation. veled at his accomplishments. Adams and Kanter also have Sure, his minutes were scaled slowed LaMarcus Aldridge, back this season, but he played who averaged 39.5 points on 75 a significant role in helping the percent shooting the first two Spurs have their best regular games. That has dropped to season ever. 21.3 points per contest on 36.7 Suddenly, though, Duncan percent shooting the last three looks his age. games. He has struggled in the past “He had a lot of open looks,” two games of the Western Con- Kawhi Leonard said of Alference semifinals against dridge after Game 5. “They Oklahoma City’s young front just didn’t fall. It’s basketball. line featuring Steven Adams Once we play the right way and Enes Kanter. In Game 3, and get the shots we take and the 15-time All-Star, five-time play hard, that’s all we could NBA champion and three-time do.” Finals MVP went scoreless in Adams, a 7-foot center from 12 minutes, committed four New Zealand, is averaging 10.2 fouls in the first half and did points and 12.0 rebounds in the not play in the fourth quarter. series. Kanter, a 6-foot-11 forIn Game 4, Duncan was 1 for 6 ward from Turkey, is averagfrom the field and scored five ing 9.0 points and 7.6 rebounds. points in 28 minutes. They usually don’t play togethDuncan likely will need to er, but have been both been on play more like his former self the floor late in the past two if the Spurs are to extend their games. Thunder coach Billy season, and perhaps his career. Donovan said Kanter and

Adams have put in the time to make the experiment successful. “I give them a lot of credit because, although we did it a little bit during the regular season, being able to get with those guys after practice and talk with those guys, seeing them work together to try to play off of each other — they’ve had to space the floor and work together.” Donovan said. “They’ve got a good bond going there.” A look at Thursday’s night’s Game 6.

Spurs at Thunder, Oklahoma City leads 3-2, 8:30 p.m. ET., ESPN In Game 4, Kevin Durant went off. In Game 5, it was Russell Westbrook’s turn. If either — or both — get going in Game 6, the Spurs could be done for the year. Both have struggled at times with their shots during playoffs, but there are signs that could be changing. In Game 4, Durant scored 29 of his 41 points in the second half. In Game 5, Westbrook made 12 of 27 shots and scored 35 points. The Thunder want to bring

We can’t be relaxed knowing that we’re going to be at home. And they beat us at home in Game 3.” Even if Westbrook misses shots, the Thunder aren’t concerned. “Who cares about shooting percentage,” Durant said earlier in the week. “Obviously, we want him to — in a perfect world, we’d want him to shoot 65, 70 percent. But he’s getting good shots. It’s not like he’s getting terrible shots. He’s getting good looks. He’s getting to the rim. It’s just a matter of the ball going in and out of the The Associated Press basket.” San Antonio forward Tim Duncan Westbrook is a major reason (21) reached for a rebound the Thunder are hurting the against Oklahoma City during the Spurs on the glass. Oklahoma Thunders’ 95-91 victory on Tues- City out rebounded San Antoday in San Antonio. Oklahoma nio by an average of seven reCity can wrap up the semfiinal se- bounds over the first five ries today with a victory. games, and has won that battle in each of the past four games. their best effort in Game 6 beThe Spurs feel they need to do cause they’re really not inter- better in Game 6 to have a ested in going back to San An- chance. tonio for Game 7. “Control the boards,” Spurs “Closeout games are the guard Tony Parker said. hardest,” Durant said. “We “That’s the key of the series. know they’re going to try to We have to control the boards. force this Game 7. We can’t We can’t keep giving them oprely too much on our crowd. portunities to score.”

3 months before Rio, U.S. losing players By BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press

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Cleveland forward Kevin Love (0) never made the NBA playoffs in six seasons with Minnesota and his first appearance last year for Cleveland ended after four games because of an injury. Now healthy and playing at an All-Star level again, Love is leading the so-farperfect Cavaliers in the postseason.

Love’s return Cavaliers’ big man thriving in second postseason

By TOM WITHERS The Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — When the so-far-perfect Cavaliers held on in Game 4 and finished their sweep of overmatched Atlanta, LeBron James threw both arms around Kevin Love and hugged his teammate tightly, appearing almost afraid to let him go. James knows he can’t lose Love again. One year after Love’s first playoff appearance ended with a dislocated left shoulder, an injury that wrecked Cleveland’s chances of winning an NBA title, the versatile big man is playing at an All-Star level and perhaps the

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biggest reason the Cavs are 8-0 in the postseason. Through two rounds, Love is averaging 18.9 points, 12.5 rebounds and shooting 44 percent (28 of 63) on 3-pointers. The Cavs, who knocked down a league-record 25 3s in one game and 77 in their series against the Hawks, are outgunning everyone including trigger-happy Golden State in these playoffs. “Kev is just being Kev,” explained James, whose oncourt relationship with Love has been analyzed for two seasons. “He’s a workhorse, a guy who is giving us 19 and 12 in the postseason and has eight straight double-doubles. No, he’s not the Kev in Minnesota. He’s the Kev in Cleve-

land.” For Love, now 12-0 in the playoffs, the comeback has been a year in the making. After six sometimes-miserable seasons with the Timberwolves, Love finally got into the playoffs last spring only to have his debut end horribly when Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk yanked his shoulder from the socket. Love had surgery and spent the remainder of the playoffs in a sling, sitting helplessly on Cleveland’s bench, the pain of not playing as searing as his injury. Looking back, Love feels the hurt helped him heal. “There’s something to be said for being able to sit there and watch and be hungry,” he

thing was wrong when he qualified for Saturday night’s From Page B1 race at Kansas, got back to his hauler and saw dozens of text messages on his cellphone. “I thought we did everything “They said, ‘Heard the news. right. It’s just bad luck, I guess,” Is everything all right?”’ said his crew chief, Cole Pearn. Blaney recalled. “It had gone so smooth all It took a couple of phones night. Guess not. That’s the way calls before Blaney learned it goes.” that his dad, NASCAR veteran Now, Truex heads to Dover, Dave Blaney, had flipped his where he’s finished in the top 10 Sprint Car in a violent wreck in three of the past four races. while qualifying for a race at “There’s not much you can do Eldora Speedway in Ohio. The about it,” Pearn said. “That’s elder Blaney was taken to a just kind of how it goes.” hospital and went through a battery of tests before he was BLANEY RECUPERATING released. Ryan Blaney knew some“He got his bell rung pretty

said Wednesday as the Cavs returned to practice while awaiting an opponent in the Eastern Conference finals. “I think last year kind of helped me, getting a little taste in the playoffs and then having it taken away from me.” James, too, believes Love’s injury inspired him. “He was starting to get his groove and that’s what (ticked) him off more than anything when he got injured,” said the four-time MVP. “He was finally starting to get a rhythm of what he needed to do to help our team win — and what I wanted out of him and what he wanted out of me. That’s why he took it to heart more than anyone.”

good, but he’s going to be OK,” Ryan Blaney said. “He’s probably mad that he’s going to be out of Sprint Cars for a little bit, but that’s the only thing he’s made about.” Especially after the performance his son put on Saturday night. Blaney spent the entire night near the front, and hoped to make a run for the lead with fresh tires on the final restart. He wound up finishing fifth, one spot off his career-best finish. As for his dad’s wreck, it never crossed his mind. “I’m grateful he’s OK, but that’s part of the sport. That’s the risk we take,” he said. “It

didn’t affect me too much. He was doing what he loves. Things happen.”

DOVER GETS DONE Officials at Dover International Speedway say track enhancements that include 479 feet of additional SAFER barriers along the backstretch have been completed. The mile-long track also lengthened pit stalls and laid new asphalt in the Sprint Cup garage area. The speedway wanted to get the project done ahead of a busy weekend. The Truck series competes Friday night, the Xfinity Series has a race Saturday and the Sprint

Anthony Davis can’t play. Chris Paul doesn’t want to. Three months before the Olympics, the U.S. men’s basketball team has already been losing players. Not just any players, but some of the best in the sport. Davis and Paul are NBA AllStars, perhaps two of the top 10 players in the league, and could have been the starting center and point guard when the Americans took the floor for their Olympic opener. Paul seems like a particularly big loss, given how many key plays he made four years ago against Lithuania and Spain in the only close games the U.S. faced. This has to be cause for concern, right? “We have too many players over here to kind of get worried about that,” U.S. veteran Carmelo Anthony said. The Americans are losing bodies, but clearly not any sleep. Not when they’re armed with a roster pool of 31 players, giving them quality backups and then if necessary, backups to those backups. They hope everyone would say yes to playing but are prepared when some of them say no. Even when a couple of them happen to be at the top of the list? “No, I don’t think of things that way,” USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said. “We have a lot of terrific players and athletes and flexibility, and we’re going to be just fine.”

Cup race Sunday wraps a triple-header.

SPEAKING OF ASPHALT The 3.4-mile road course at Watkins Glen was repaved during the offseason, and five drivers got a chance to try it out during a Goodyear tire test Tuesday and Wednesday. Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahn, Trevor Bayne, Carl Edwards and Joey Logano were scheduled to take part on the first complete repave at the track since 1989. The Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen is scheduled for Aug. 7.

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Beltre makes up for rare error as Texas beats White Sox 6-5

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Atlanta starting pitcher Matt Wisler (37) delivers against Philadelphia during the Braves’ 3-2 loss on Tuesday in Atlanta. The Braves fell to 1-17 at Turner Field.

Braves’ home misery continues in 3-2 loss By CHARLES ODUM Associated Press ATLANTA — Matt Wisler is pitching like he will be a big part of the Braves’ longterm rebuilding project. Now if only the Braves could find some offense for the young right-hander. Wisler, 23, pitched eight innings for his second straight start but Atlanta’s home misery continued in a 3-2 loss to Adam Morgan and the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. Wisler (1-3) beat the Mets 3-0 in his last start and has a 3.27 ERA. He needed more help from Atlanta’s bats against the Phillies, as Freddie Freeman’s ninth-inning homer off closer Jeanmar Gomez left the comeback one run short. “I control what I can control,” Wisler said. “I’m going to go out there every fifth day and give this team everything I’ve got. These guys are playing as hard as they can every day. It’s going to come around here pretty soon.” For now, the home losses are mounting at a rate that is almost unprecedented. The Braves (7-24) own the majors’ worst record and are 1-16 at Turner Field. The Braves have the worst home start since the 1913 New York Yankees lost their first 17 decisions at home, a span that included a tie, ac-

cording to the Elias Sports Bureau. Atlanta has lost five straight overall and 11 straight at home since its only win on April 19 against the Dodgers. Wisler allowed three runs on eight hits. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said Wisler deserved a better outcome. “That’s where we’re at,” Gonzalez said. “The kid pitches eight innings, gives up three. Most nights, most times, that gives you a hell of a chance to win the ballgame. The way we’ve been swinging, he doesn’t get anything but a loss.” Morgan, who grew up in nearby Marietta, Georgia, allowed only one run in seven innings and Mikael Franco homered. The Phillies’ last seven victories have been by one-run margins. Morgan (1-0) matched the longest start of his career, allowing four hits and one walk. He won at Turner Field, where he said he regularly sat in the $5 “nosebleed” seats. “It’s awesome to be back here and look up where you used to sit,” Morgan said, adding his favorite Braves pitcher was another lefthander, Tom Glavine. The Braves scored in the fourth. Ender Inciarte scored when Tyler Flower grounded

into a double play started by shortstop Freddy Galvis’ sliding stop.

was a daughter of the late James and Marie Addison Toney. Funeral services will be held at noon on Friday at New Zion AME Church, 78 Elliott Highway, Bishopville, with the Rev. Archie S. Temoney Sr., pastor/eulogist. Interment will follow in New Zion Memorial Garden. Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Square Deal Funeral Home Chapel and again one hour before the service on Friday. Online condolences can be sent to the family at esquardealfun@sc.rr.com. Square Deal Funeral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Bishopville, has been entrusted with these services.

Susie Whittington of Johnson City, Tennessee; her wonderful grandson, Brandon Do; her beloved Alfred Schoenberger; her beloved cousin, Rudolph Genewsky’; brotherin-law, Robert N. Leach Sr.; and her faithful furry companion, Buffy. Inge was also survived by her nieces and nephews whom she adored: Kenneth Whitlock of Louisville, Tennessee, Michael Whitlock and wife, Ann Whitlock, of Maryville, Tennessee, Dr. Robert Leach and partner, Lee Thompson III, of Atlanta, David Leach and wife, Dana Leach, of Monticello, Georgia, and Horst, Gerhard, Dieter, and Elvira Yokeit of Munich, Germany; grandnieces and grandnephews, Derek Whitlock, Kara Whitlock, Sofie Whitlock, Morgan Leach and Kelsey Leach; and one great-grandniece, Sadie. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Kevin Massey officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Tri-County Hospice, 2560 Tahoe Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 or to the John F. Keever Solace Center, 21 Belvedere Road, Asheville, NC 28803.

DEKE FOR DP Some good acting by Inciarte in center field led to a double play in the sixth. With Carlos Ruiz on first base following a one-out walk, Galvis hit a fly ball toward right-center. Inciarte ran toward the ball but had his arms outstretched and a look of concern on his face as if he couldn’t find the ball. Ruiz hesitated between first and second until Inciarte caught the ball and immediately threw to first base for the double play. “I’ve got to hand it to Inciarte,” said Phillies manager Pete Mackanin. “He pretended he didn’t see it and (Ruiz) got closer and closer to second.”

BECKHAM RETURNS Atlanta recalled left-hander Ian Krol from Triple-A Gwinnett and activated infielder Gordon Beckham from the disabled list. Outfielder Matt Tuiasosopo was designated for assignment. Krol pitched a scoreless ninth. Beckham, who missed 18 games with a strained left hamstring, started at third base. He could see significant playing time while rotating between third base and second base.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre had the tiebreaking RBI single soon after his long errorless streak ended and Texas beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 Wednesday, giving the Rangers their second win in less than 24 hours against the team with the American League’s best record. In an eventful game for third basemen, Beltre had a throwing error in top of the sixth to end his streak of 44 games without an error. That led to an unearned run for a 5-4 White Sox lead, but the Rangers got even in the bottom of the inning before Beltre had the go-ahead hit.

PADRES 7 CUBS 4 CHICAGO — Brett Wallace hit a three-run homer in San Diego’s four-run seventh inning, and the Padres stopped the Chicago Cubs’ eight-game win streak with a 7-4 victory on Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Wil Myers had two hits and scored two runs for San Diego, which had lost three in a row. Carlos Villanueva (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win, and Fernando Rodney got three outs for his ninth save.

ORIOLES 9 TWINS 2 MINNEAPOLIS — Mark Trumbo hit two home runs and the Baltimore Orioles hit back-to-back homers for the third straight game in a 9-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday. Adam Jones had four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth, and Chris Davis also went deep and drove in four runs for the first-place Orioles, who have won four straight. Tyler Wilson (2-1) gave up two runs and six hits in seven innings.

ROCKIES 8 DIAMONDBACKS 7 DENVER — Nolan Arenado hit a tiebreaking

home run in the eighth inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 on Wednesday to end a sevengame home losing streak. Charlie Blackmon homered among his three hits and drove in three runs for Colorado. The Rockies had tied the franchise record for consecutive defeats at Coors Field and were within two of the mark for home losses in Denver set in 1993 at Mile High Stadium.

ASTROS 5 INDIANS 3 HOUSTON — Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the 16th inning to give the Houston Astros a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. Carlos Correa reached on an infield single to start the inning, Houston’s first hit since the seventh. One out later, Gonzalez sent one into the seats in right field off Cody Anderson (0-3) to hand Houston its third victory in five games.

Mariners 6 Rays 5 SEATTLE — Chris Iannetta led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a homer to give the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday and a sweep of the three-game series. Iannetta jumped on a 3-2 pitch from Steve Geltz (0-1) for his third homer for Seattle, which was unable to hold an early 4-0 lead.

GIANTS 5 BLUE JAYS 4 SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey walked with the bases loaded in the 13th inning and the San Francisco Giants salvaged one win in a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4 on Wednesday. Brandon Belt was hit by a pitch to open the inning and Denard Span’s bunt attempt was mishandled at second. Following a wild pitch, Joe Panik was walked intentionally. Wire reports

OBITUARIES DAVID SCOTT JR. David Scott Jr., 73, departed this life on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Aug. 17, 1942, in Sumter, he was a son of the late David Sr. and Adrie Washington Scott. The family will be receiving friends at the residence, 14 S. Purdy St., Sumter, and 11 Carroll St., Sumter. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

MARION CANETY Marion Canety, widower of Eva Mae Wilder Cantey, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. He was born on April 17, 1934, in Clarendon County, a son of the late Marion and Daisy Sweat Cantey. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 5595 Panola Road, Pinewood. Arrangements will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

THELMA T. DOWELL BISHOPVILLE — Thelma T. Dowell, 75, beloved wife of Willie Lee “Bill” Dowell, transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home on Sunday, May 8, 2016, at her residence. Born in Bishopville, she

INGEBORG K. LOWE Ingeborg K. Lowe, 87, wife of Lewis A. Lowe, died on Monday, May 9, 2016, at John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Born on Feb. 17, 1929, in Munich, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Alois and Emma Pricer Schoneberger. Inge was a loving wife and mother. She was a gifted and talented seamstress and a wonderful cook. She attended New Salem Baptist Church. Inge was survived by her husband of nearly 60 years, Lewis A. Lowe of Sumter; her beloved daughters, Ellen Lowe and husband, Brent Do, of Chantilly, Virginia, and

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

GLADYS SWEAT LEMON Gladys Sweat Lemon, 82, widow of Preston Lemon, died on Monday, May 9, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Nov. 15, 1933, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Wheeler and Sarah Whack Sweat. She was raised by her uncle and aunt, Shead and Eliza Sweat. She retired from John Wannamaker’s and the Pennsylvania State Hospital. She was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church in Sumter. Survivors include five children, Charles Lemon, Betty Lemon Bandy, Wayne A. Lemon, Karen Jeanette Lemon and Brittany Sweat; grandchildren, Marcus Charles Bandy Wayne Allen Lemon Jr., Christian Lemon, Jeremiah Calvin Sweat and Janiah Sweat; a daughter-inlaw, Virgia Lemon; siblings, Minister Annette Sweat Robinson, Tommy Lishead Sweat and Wheeler Sweat II; her niece and caregiver, Saretta Burns; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter; and siblings, Thelma Billups, Levie Sweat, Jeanette Lesesne and Joyce Sweat Busby. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

ALFRED SCOTT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK — On Saturday, May 7, 2016, Alfred Scott, husband of Odessa Anderson Scott, formally of Alcolu, exchanged time for eternity at Highland Hospital in Rochester. Born on Oct. 1, 1945, in Bainbridge, Georgia, he was a son of the late Samuel and Illear Scott. He was the brother-in-law of John Montgomery and the Rev. Jonathan Anderson, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, Manning. A service of remembrance will take place at noon today at Holy Temple Baptist Church, Rochester. The service of committal, benediction and internment will follow in the Scott family plot located in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester. Memories Funeral Home, 1005 Hudson Ave., is in charge of arrangements. This comes as a courtesy announcement of Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

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Opening the door invites hard decisions DEAR ABBY — We have a child who was adopted through a closed adoption. We met the birth parents, but they Dear Abby wanted no ABIGAIL further contact. Both VAN BUREN had issues with drug abuse, and our daughter was born with drug issues, too. A few years later we were contacted via the adoption agency by the paternal birth grandparents. They requested some photos because the birth father was getting out of jail and they thought the photos would help keep him out of trouble. We sent a nice collection of photos.

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The next year, the birth grandparents sent a letter saying they would like more contact, including visits. They provided us with their names and contact info. The birth father, who now is back in jail, never contacted us. Our daughter is 6 and has expressed interest in her birth family. My husband wants no contact with the birth grandparents since neither of the birth parents consented to contact and it was a closed adoption. He is also concerned that our other adopted children may be hurt and jealous since they can’t have contact with their birth parents for various reasons. I am worried our daughter will be upset when she grows up that we never established a relationship with her birth family, but I really don’t want

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to be involved with a family with such complex drug and legal issues. Should we start a relationship with her birth grandparents? Uncertain down South DEAR UNCERTAIN — I agree with your husband, for all of the reasons you mentioned. Your daughter’s birth parents made their wishes clear from the outset. You wouldn’t be in this bind if you had respected them. Because your daughter’s birth parents are addicts, it is very important for her to understand that she may have a genetic tendency toward addiction herself. If she would like to locate her birth family when she is an adult, tell her you will help her then. But prepare her in advance so she will know what she’s in for.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank National Association, PLAINTIFF, VS. Andrew N. Alford, IV; Jessica N. Alford a/k/a Jessica Alford; Deborah C. Newman, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Sudie J. Nichols a/k/a Sudie Jeanette Nichols, Deceased; Karen Goff, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Sudie J. Nichols a/k/a Sudie Jeanette Nichols, Deceased; Brenda Ennis, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Sudie J. Nichols a/k/a Sudie Jeanette Nichols, Deceased; and any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Sudie J. Nichols a/k/a Sudie Jeanette Nichols, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANT(S). (140960.01014) TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-2065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service;

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and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

recorded May 31, 2013 in Book 1188 at Page 573.

the Auditor`s map of Sumter County as tax parcel 176-00-02-045. This also includes a mobile home: 1994 Fleetwood BF, 26.7X48.3, VIN GAFLR54A&B75888HS.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedures, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute.

The description of the premises is as follows: All that lot of land with the improvements thereon situate in Sumter County, South Carolina, represented as 5.2 acres on plat of Baughman Land Surveyors, Inc., dated May 11, 1971, recorded in the Office of the Sumter County Register of Deeds in Plat Book Z-40 at Page 37. Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended) reference to said plat is hereby made for the metes, bounds, courses and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This property is known as 4325 Bethel Church Road and is shown on

This being the same property conveyed unto Andrew N. Alford, IV and Jessica N. Alford by virtue of a Deed from David Geddings dated July 16, 2007 and recorded July 23, 2007 in Book 1087 at Page 953 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 1760002045 Property address: 4325 Bethel Church Rd. Pinewood, SC 29125

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Anne Bell Fant, whose address is PO Box 796, Simpsonville, SC 29681, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, under other legal disability, or serving in the military, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, and for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, under a legal disability, or serving in the Military, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on the 22nd day of April, 2016. YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendants above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Andrew N. Alford IV and Jessica Alford to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for C & G Financial Services, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated July 16, 2007, recorded July 23, 2007, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, in Book 1087, at Page 956; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association by assignment instrument dated May 21, 2013 and

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