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BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com The annual Fourth of July fireworks show in Sumter’s Dillon Park has been canceled because of military budget cuts.

Jammin’ July 4th, put on by the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base in cooperation with the city of Sumter and Sumter County since 2001 at Dillon Park, will not take place this Independence Day, the base announced in a news release Tuesday.

“Due to budget constraints Team Shaw is unable to host Jammin’ July 4th this year at Dillon Park,” Col. Clay Hall, commander of the 20th Fighter Wing, said in the release. “The Sumter community has provided phenomenal support to Shaw AFB and its military personnel at this event for many years, and I’d like to thank every person that has had a hand in its success.”

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Report card revisions coming

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com PINEWOOD — Additional changes to the standards-based report cards Sumter School District uses for its earlier grades can be expected in the coming school year, Superintendent Randolph Bynum said this week at the district’s board of trustees meeting.

BYNUM Holding the meeting at Manchester Elementary School, Bynum announced Monday the grading scale will shift from a 1-to-5 system to a 1-to-4 grading scale. Beginning next school year, the standards also will be clustered together so that they will not extend through multiple quarters.

Bynum added the changes came from the recommendations of vari-

ous focus groups looking over the grading system over the past month and that the grading system remains under review.

The new grading system will be finalized and provided to the public

by June 5, Bynum said, and descriptions of the revisions will be sent home with students as well as posted on the district’s website.

At an earlier meeting this year, the school board approved a motion to expand the standards-based grading system into third grade. Unveiled at the beginning of the current school year, the standardsbased report cards were used for kindergarten through second grade.

With about 60 people in attendance for the meeting, the trustees also gave second reading to a change to policies regarding community use of school facilities.

District considers middle, high school schedule change

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BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com Sumter School District’s administration is considering changing the start and end times for some schools next year.

Now it is seeking public input.

“Feedback is very important,” said Robert Hutchens, chief operations officer. “We’ll look at the feedback and make a management decision.”

This past year, times were standardized across the district as follows: • Elementary, 7:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

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uring my years as a reporter with The Item, I’ve had the opportunity to cover the anniversaries or special events of several churches. In many cases, the church staff supplied me with a brief history of the church: when it began, charter members, high attendance, major milestones, past clergy, etc.

The histories are no more than a page long, and they paint a very general picture of the church. I do a couple of interviews with the current pastors and parishioners, summarize the church history and snap a picture. A couple of clacks on my laptop keyboard, and my article is finished.

I’ve noticed a trend among churches: each history is very neatly packaged and is often without tarnish. They neatly list the clergy in sequential order, the buildings and who paid for them and the congregational number up

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From left, docent Jane Hammond with the Bland Club speaks with visitors Jennifer McCutchen and Bobbi Adams of Bishopville next to the vine-choked post in the garden of Bob and Judy Longtemps on Southern Hills Drive on Saturday.

LEFT AND BELOW: A small stone figurine forms part of a water fountain set in a flower bed, and the leaves of a weeping willow hang over a bench facing a garden archway at some of the homes on the 2013 Garden Tour, leading sightseers though a series of private gardens.

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Teacher reportedly assaulted by student

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item

Law enforcement was called to Hillcrest Middle School on Monday after a teacher was reportedly assaulted by a student.

A 14-year-old boy, whose name has not been released because of his age, was reportedly taken to the front office by the teacher about 12:24 p.m. for misbehavior. While in the office, the boy “stepped up from the chair he was sitting in and attempted to fight” the assistant principal, according to a report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

When the teacher attempted to intervene, the boy reportedly struck him in the face, causing a small cut above the teacher’s right eye.

The boy was detained at the school by a sheriff’s deputy until he could be released into the custody of his aunt.

He will face a charge of simple assault.

BISHOPVILLE — Jared’s Ace Hardware and Bishopville Animal Rescue Krew, also known as B.A.R.K., are joining to sponsor Pet Appreciation and Adoption Day on Saturday.

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the store, located at 576 Sumter Highway, donations will be accepted in return for a variety of pet services including bathing, microchipping, checking teeth, cleaning ears and clipping toenails.

B.A.R.K. President Cherlyn Arrants said the purpose of the event is to build awareness of the animal advocacy group’s existence and to recruit new members to their cause.

“We want to make people aware that we’re here and to let them know what we’re trying to do,” she said. “We want to continue to improve the conditions for the animals at the animal shelter. We need volunteers, new members and donations.”

B.A.R.K. treasurer Sherry Kerr said the event is a great opportunity for animal lovers.

“You can actually adopt a dog on Saturday at the hardware store,” she said.

“All of the adult dogs have been neu-

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WANT TO COME? WHAT: Pet Appreciation and Adoption Day WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Jared’s Ace Hardware, 576 Sumter Highway PHONE: Cherlyn Arrants, B.A.R.K. president, at (803) 459-2410 Donations will be accepted for pet services including washing, micro-chipping, cleaning ears and cutting toenails. Puppies and dogs from the Lee County Animal Shelter will be available for adoption.

tered and spayed. The cost of adoption is less because of that.”

Through B.A.R.K’s work with Animal Shelter Director Doris Winstead, some 15 dogs were spayed and neutered in April, Arrants said.

“We do not want any dog or cat to have to be euthanized,” she said. “But we have to find homes for these animals.

We have several going to rescue groups this week. We need someone who is retired to get on the computer and work to find homes for these dogs and cats.

Doris is working really hard to find these animals a home, but she needs our help.”

Saturday’s pet appreciation day will also serve as a fundraiser.

“It gets expensive,” she said. “These fundraisers we have are very important.”

Arrants said Saturday’s event is the first to be held in Bishopville.

“We usually have these out of town, but we were approached by Marie and Jake Smith, saying they would like to do something,” Arrants said.

Jake Smith, owner of Jared’s Hardware, said having the event at his store “was a natural fit.”

“We are pet lovers,” Smith said.

“We’re known as a pet-friendly store.

People come in all the time with their pets. And we have a cat that lives here.

We have pet supplies, and we sell dog food. It just seemed like a natural marriage to do something like this at our store.”

B.A.R.K. is also accepting donations for its yard sale scheduled for June 1 at the Davis Co. Storage facility at 408 S. Main St., Arrants said.

“We will be at the storage facility on May 26 from 2 to 4 p.m.,” Arrants said.

“People can drop off their donations then, or they can contact me or any B.A.R.K. member to arrange for us to pick something up or to drop something off.”

B.A.R.K. was established in February 2010 as a nonprofit organization with the mission of helping to give adoptable dogs and cats a fighting chance for adoption.

Liberty rail crossing will close for repairs CSC Railroad has announced the closing of the rail crossing on East Liberty Street (west of Myrtle Beach Highway at Boulevard Road intersection) Monday through Friday from May 20-24. The repair project will necessitate rerouting traffic. Adequate signs will be in place marking detour routes.

Dates of the closing are subject to weather and other circumstances.

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The Lee County School District Board of Trustees will hold a called meeting at 7 p.m. today at the district annex, 310 Roland St., Bishopville.

Trustees will enter executive session to conduct superintendent interviews.

Amputee, 80, dies after attack by dogs HARLEYVILLE — An 80-year-old South Carolina amputee in a wheelchair has died of injuries he received after he was attacked by four dogs.

The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office said that Carlton Freeman of Harleyville was driving his motorized wheelchair on May 8 when the dogs attacked him. Freeman, a double leg amputee, told authorities that he was pulled from the wheelchair in the attack.

Coroner Chris Nesbit said Freeman died Sunday night of his injuries.

Authorities have made no arrests in the case.

James H. “Jimmy” Mills conducts the Sumter Community Concert Band in Memorial Park last May. The band will again perform in the park at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and will present its Iris Festival concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Sumter Opera House. Admission to both events is free.

Band will perform concert at Memorial Park

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com The Sumter Community Concert Band is having a busy May, offering lovers of live music the opportunity to hear everything from jazz and symphonic pieces to marches and pop tunes. Coming off its Big Band Spring Dance at the Sumter Elks Club on Friday night, the band will offer both a concert in the park and its annual Sumter Iris Festival presentation at the Sumter Opera House.

At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the band will perform its second spring concert in Memorial Park sponsored by the Heart of Sumter Association.

Spokeswoman Linda Nock said the association hopes to continue the outdoor concerts as an annual event.

“We do it to show off the downtown area,” she said, “to let people know how nice it is and what a good place it is to live.”

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Nock added that Memorial Park, bounded by West Calhoun Street and Park, Hampton and Salem avenues, is “a wonderful little park. We invite the public to bring chairs or blankets and a picnic supper to enjoy during the concert.”

Last year’s sizable crowd “had a great time,” Nock said, “and the band was wonderful.”

Sunday’s concert will be indoors. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. Iris Festival concert at the Opera House.

Trumpet player and band spokesman Rick Mitchum said both concerts offer a wide variety, and as always, will start with “The StarSpangled Banner.”

“We’ve got a good variety of pieces for both concerts that we think the audience will really enjoy,” he said. The programs will be different for each concert, maybe with a slight overlap.

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by Emmett Anglin, who also plays trumpet. “Clyde Quickstep” and “Maryland Guard Galop” are both from the Civil War era.

An arrangement of excerpts from Verdi’s opera “Nabucco,” short for “Nebuchadnezzar,” is “a very nice, different piece of music that’s challenging and gorgeous,” Mitchum said.

Evan Thompson, also a trumpet player, is the soloist in this arrangement.

Kids and adults will recognize most, if not all, of the tunes in the medley titled “The Music of Disney,” most from films and in different styles, from swing to marches to the hoedown of “The Great Outdoors.”

There’s also a medley of patriotic tunes and several marches including Sousa’s popular “The Washington Post.”

Mitchum said “Old Tent Meeting” should be nostalgic for many, as it is a medley of

traditional gospel tunes, including “Amazing Grace,” “We Shall Gather at the River,” “Old Time Religion” and more.

“We invite people who remember them to sing along,” he said.

The audience should also be familiar with the tunes in “The Genius of Ray Charles,” which includes such standards as “What’d I Say,” “Let the Good Times Roll,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Georgia on My Mind.”

The latter song, Mitchum pointed out, “was written by Hoagy Carmichael but is now more associated with Ray Charles. It became the state song of Georgia in 1979.”

Both the 5:30 p.m. Saturday concert in Memorial Park and the 7 p.m. Sunday performance at the Sumter Opera House are free, and the public is invited.

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Legislator’s father approved to run for MUSC board seat

BY ANDREW SHAIN The State

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University of South Carolina Gamecocks’ cornerback Victor Hampton hugs Crosswell Drive Elementary School student Kyrell Stokes. Hampton spoke to the students and shared encouraging words at Crosswell’s Palmetto Assessment of State Standards Pep Rally.

The S.C. joint legislative committee that screens candidates to be university trustees did not follow its own precedence in voting to qualify the father of a lawmaker for a seat on the Medical University of South Carolina’s board.

Dr. Murrell Smith Sr. is running unopposed today in a General Assembly election to represent the 5th District, which includes parts of Sumter, on MUSC’s board.

Smith’s obstetrics practice is in Sumter, and he owns a home there.

But, for tax purposes, Smith’s residence is an Isle of Palms home owned by his wife in the 1st District.

The Legislature fills seats on S.C. universities and college boards based on congressional district.

State Sen. Harvey Peeler, RCherokee, who chairs the trustee screening committee, said the panel usually considers a candidate’s home to be where he or she pays the lower property tax rate that is assessed for a primary residence. (Second homes are taxed at a higher rate.)

In Smith’s case, he claims his primary residence to be on the 1st District’s Isle of Palms. Smith testified last month that he saves $2,000

a year in property taxes by declaring the Isle of Palms residence to be his primary residence.

The legislative screening committee, bolstered by two opinions from the S.C. Attorney General’s office saying the residency question did not preclude Smith from holding the MUSC seat, voted 5-3 last month to qualify him for the post.

Dr. Smith is the father of state Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter.

All four House members on the screening panel voted to approve Rep. Smith’s father.

Dr. Smith’s only competitor for the seat — Dr. Cotesworth Fishburne, a Rock Hill dentist who has served on MUSC’s board since 1988 — dropped out after the screening panel’s vote.

If elected, Dr. Smith would become the 10th trustee this year with ties to the General Assembly.

Forty House members have cosponsored a bill that would bar lawmakers’ relatives from serving on college boards. However, Senate Majority Leader Peeler — whose brother, former Republican Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler, is vice chairman of the Clemson University board — took to the Senate floor Tuesday to oppose that bill, saying families like his “have a pedigree of public service.’’

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Anthony Harvin, 51, of 3808 Wedgefield Road, was charged about 5:41 a.m. Monday at his home with criminal domestic violence after a woman called dispatch to report blood everywhere in the home. According to reports, Harvin told police that the woman had been “spinning around” the home and hit her face on some type of furniture. The victim refused medical treatment.

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Frank Brown, left, president of the Colonel Matthew Singleton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution Award in Sumter, presents Cadet Major Kenneth Berry, Sumter High School Air Force Junior ROTC, with the Sons of the American Revolution Award. This award is given annually to a JROTC cadet who has attained the highest degree of merit with respect to leadership abilities and accomplishments, military bearing and overall academic excellence.

Senator: Loan for hacking bills wrong approach

BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA — A Republican state senator criticized Tuesday how the Department of Revenue paid its cleanup bills following the massive hacking of taxpayers’ personal data.

Sen. Shane Massey called a $20 million loan approved by the Budget and Control Board, which Gov. Nikki Haley leads, a creative way to avoid the negative publicity of deficit spending. He successfully pushed for an amendment in the Senate’s 2013-14 budget plan barring the board from approving another such loan in the coming fiscal year.

“I think that’s a terrible practice,” said Massey, R-Edgefield. “It was an

end-around to allowing a deficit.”

The five-member financial oversight board approved the loan from insurance reserves in December. The vote came days before the Cabinet agency owed half of the $12 million due to credit bureau Experian under a contract Haley negotiated. That bill for providing taxpayers a year of credit monitoring was the largest single clean-up contract.

Massey said such spending decisions should be up to legislators. He called the timing particularly appalling, noting the Senate was in Columbia for a post-election organizational session the day the board voted.

“They did it without any notification to us. There was no ability for us to do anything differently,” Massey said.

He did not weigh into the specific contracts or amounts: “The governor had to do something to give assurances to the public.”

The loan covered decisions by Haley and former Revenue Director Jim Etter after the U.S. Secret Service notified state officials Oct. 10 of the hacking weeks earlier into revenue’s computer servers.

Other bills paid by the loan included $1.2 million for mailing notices to affected taxpayers, $192,000 to a public relations firm, $260,000 to a legal firm and $750,000 to the computer forensic firm Mandiant. Its investigation determined the thief stole unencrypted Social Security and bank account numbers from 6.4 million residents and businesses.

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The Y offers several camps for various age groups: • Fun Factory is a themed day camp full of activities for children ages 3 to 10 and is held on site at the Y. For children ages 7 to 12, the bus heads to Camp Mac Boykin each morning for a day of canoeing, swimming, crafts, games and team building.

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FAITH MATTERS from Page A1 until modern time. Just looking at the record, it would appear as if the church were founded and then maintained an unblemished record of reaching others while getting along swimmingly with others. Both you and I know this is very seldom true.

Any organization that has survived for more than a decade is most likely the victim of discontent. We can’t help it. It’s just a part of human nature.

It’s strange to me that churches often neglect to record their true histories: the good, the bad and lets-justforget-that-happened. I don’t know if it’s born out of a desire to put the best face forward or to cover up the particularly messy parts of the church’s past. Maybe both.

CANCELED from Page A1 July 4th has attracted spectators to Shaw and later Dillon Park for fireworks, carnival rides and vendor foods. The base estimates up to 35,000 people have attended the event.

Sequestration cuts that came into effect in March have hit the military especially hard. The

You can always tell these spans in history because the author starts writing in the passive tense in an effort to camouflage a difficult time.

“After 1972, the church was without a pastor” or “Over the last decade, the congregation has decreased in number.”

“What happened?” I ask.

When I’ve asked the question in the past, I’ve had many pastors tell me the truth about the church’s history, only to cap it with a hated phrase among journalists, “… but don’t write that.”

“Why not?” I want to say.

Why not include the ugly parts and the rocky times?

Aren’t the struggles and tribulations evidence of the limitless bounds of God’s grace?

For the sake of the un-

Air Force alone must cut $14 billion from its budget this year. At a breakfast with local business leaders at Shaw last week, Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, commander of the 9th Air Force, said Sumter’s base will cut flying hours for its pilots by 18 percent because of sequestration, after previously reducing hours by 25 percent in anticipation of cuts in funding.

The annual Shaw Air Expo usually held in the springtime, which drew

churched, I want to scream, let me include it in the story because it bears witness to the power of God to sustain a body of believers despite the efforts of man. Just once I want to see a church whose church history reads, “Hey, we messed up but because of God’s mercy, here we stand!”

I get why the authors of church histories write them the way they do. I understand their reasoning. No one wants to be reminded of their past failures. No one celebrates their regrets. But in our misguided attempts to cover up our mistakes, we have allowed others the opportunity to label us hypocrites. What’s more, we deny ourselves and future generations the touchstones of how God has worked and continues to work in the faith community.

This practice isn’t limited to groups within the faith

50,000 spectators from across the state and beyond as recently as 2010, was also canceled this year. Aerial demonstration squadrons such as the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds, who performed at last year’s expo, have been grounded for the year, as has the 77th Fighter Squadron since its return from Afghanistan last month.

Defense cuts could cause ripples beyond the military community. At the May 8 break-

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community but applies to many individuals as well. Believers are quick to downplay their present struggle. Many believe that if they can simply smile through the hourlong worship service with none the wiser, then they have maintained a key part of some sort of Christian code.

One of the best things about Scripture is that it doesn’t omit the portions of church history or certain aspects of a Biblical character’s life in the name of preserving a specific spiritual image.

You’ll find that God was able to work through murderers, adulterers, heretics, liars, wars, dysfunctional families and the indigent as well as those who kept his commands.

There are thousands of people in our community who need to know that their acts of indiscretion do not

fast, Wells told his audience that 2,300 civilian employees of Air Force installations in South Carolina face up to two weeks of unpaid furloughs this year, which could remove $11.3 million from the state’s economy.

On July 3, Shaw will host a replacement, picnic-style event for base personnel but without fireworks. Canceling the fireworks will save an estimated $16,750, said Shaw Public Affairs officer

disqualify them from a meaningful relationship with God. They need to know that churches are not the strongholds of the perfect but a gathering of the imperfect.

I think we all want the epilogue to our own stories to be very honoring, but allow me to offer the suggestion that our legacies should be that of grace. The practical application is that we have to be honest about our troubles, telling others about how we came to fully understand redemption. What is more inspiring: the person with a perfect church attendance or the person who claims grace as a life mainstay?

Maybe then our church and personal histories would be worth reading.

Reach Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail. com.

Capt. Ann Blodzinski.

“We’re just going to have a family event on base by the pool,” Blodzinski said. “Fireworks are really the most costly thing. We’re still working on what we’re going to do instead.”

In light of sequestration, no government funds will be spent on the on-base event, with Shaw depending on private donations and sponsorships to cover

any cost.

“In my office, we’re down to our last six reams of paper,” Blodzinski said, “so there’s really no way you can do fireworks.”

It was unknown Tuesday whether any other events might be scheduled in Sumter to make up for Jammin’ July 4th’s cancellation.

Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272.

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rothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are accused of setting the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon, attended the University of Massachusetts.

Maybe they hated our nation before college, but if you want lessons on hating America, college attendance might be a good start. Let’s look at it.

“We need to think very, very clearly about who the Walter enemy is. WILLIAMS The enemy is the United States of America and everyone who supports it.” That’s taught to University of Hawaii students by Professor Haunani-Kay Trask. Richard Falk, professor emeritus at Princeton University and the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Palestine monitor, explained the Boston bombings by saying, “The American global domination project is bound to generate all kinds of resistance in the post-colonial world.”

Professor Falk has also stated that President George W. Bush ordered the destruction of the twin towers.

University of Southern California professor Darry Sragow preaches hate to his students in his regulation of elections and political finance class, recently telling them that Republicans are stupid, racist losers and that they are angry old white people.

A few years ago, Rod Swanson, a UCLA economics professor, told his class, “The United States of America, backed by facts, is the greediest and most selfish country in the world.” Penn State University professor Matt Jordan compared supporters of the voter ID laws to the Ku Klux Klan.

Professor Sharon Sweet, an algebra teacher at Brevard Community College, told her students to sign a pledge that read, “I pledge to vote for President Obama and Democrats up and down the ticket.”

Fortunately, the college’s trustees fired her.

University of Rhode Island history professor Erik Loomis tweeted, “I want (National Rifle Association executive vice president) Wayne LaPierre’s head on a stick.”

He asked, “Can (we) define NRA membership as dues contributing to a terrorist organization?”

Here’s a sample of how Professor Loomis frequently expresses himself: “Motherf---ing f--heads f---ing f---.” Then there’s Georgetown law professor Louis Michael Seidman, who explained our national problems by saying, “But almost no one blames the cul-

prit: our insistence on obedience to the Constitution, with all its archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions.” Professor Seidman worked for The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. When he was sworn in as an officer of the court, I wonder what constitution he swore to uphold and defend.

Parents don’t have to wait for college admission for their youngsters to receive America-hating lessons. Scott Compton, an English teacher at Chapin High School in Chapin, S.C., was put on administrative leave after he allegedly threw an American flag on the floor and stomped on it in front of his students.

He has chosen to resign.

An Advanced Placement world geography teacher at Lumberton High School in Texas encouraged students to dress in Islamic clothing and instructed them to refer to the 9/11 hijackers not as terrorists but as “freedom fighters.” They were also told to stop referring to the Holocaust as genocide. John Valastro, the superintendent of the Lumberton Independent School District, told Fox News that the teacher did absolutely nothing wrong.

In McAllen, Texas, teachers tried to force a teenager to sing the Mexican national anthem and recite Mexico’s pledge of allegiance.

The teen refused, saying it was against her beliefs as an American. She was thrown out of the class and given a failing grade for that day’s assignment. Her father has filed a lawsuit on behalf of his daughter against the McAllen Independent School District.

Investor’s Business Daily ran a story that shows student indoctrination is official union policy: “A New Low From The California Federation Of Teachers: Urine Indoctrination” (12/5/12). The union’s website has a cartoon narrated by leftist Hollywood actor Ed Asner. In tones used when reading to children, Asner says: “(Rich people) love their money more than anything in the whole world. ... Over time, rich people decided they weren’t rich enough, so they came up with ways to get richer.” The cartoon finishes its class warfare message by graphically depicting “the rich” urinating on the poor.

These people running our education system are destroying the minds and values of our young people, and we allow them to do it.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More discussion needed on bullies I have been mulling over a subject for a couple of weeks.

The definition first, bully — a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker, bullying — use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants.

I think most people know a bully when they have to react with them. Do we know what to do about their behavior?

I want to ask you to widen your definition as I give you four examples that I also call bullies. Are parents bullied by their children when they threaten to call 911 or DSS because they can’t have their way about something? How about students who bully teachers or school bus drivers because the teacher or bus driver is suppose to be in charge but the bully chooses to disrupt the classroom or disobey rules on the school bus? How about members of the U.S. government who are bullying at least three American witnesses about the Benghazi, Libya, incident that happened eight months ago?

How about the NAACP accusing people of being “racist” because they can’t have their way about something. I bet you can think of other examples.

I have met bullies, and I think to myself, “they will get theirs someday.” I bet there are parents who say it’s someone else’s job to confront their child. I bet teachers or bus drivers think parents should confront their own child. Everyone seems to want someone else to confront bullies because they fear what will happen if they do so. Will they get fired, beat up or maybe sued? So maybe it will be the police who do so, maybe that will end in “suicide by cop.” Yes, then the police person can get fired, sued, killed or perhaps will go to jail.

I love Walter Williams, and his May 1 commentary said; “Liberals suffer confusion and cognitive dissonance because

the rest of us don’t help explain things to them.” Maybe we should have more discussions about what bullies are and what can be done to stop their bullying.

JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

Chamber, GOP do not represent average American As we look at the current situation, the Republican Party and the Chamber of Commerce has put the cart before the horse: The true job creators are the American consumers. We watch the million of commercials and the message is buy my product.

We never hear the Republicans or Chamber of Commerce say let’s improve the lives of the people so that they can help our business. No business can survive if they can’t sell their product. Demand by the consumer allows the business owner to add jobs. The citizen consumer is not a part of the vocabulary of the Republicans or Chamber of commerce. In fact, the Chamber is an arm of the Republican Party. Neither of these entities represent the average American. The Republicans only represent the people who furnish the money to keep them in office. The average American can’t afford the money to get a politician to represent them. The politicians use plain English to deceive the voter and get their vote. Do you ever hear a Republican ask any small thing from the wealthy. Did you ever wonder why it’s the “little people” that have to sacrifice or “take up the slack” and never a wealthy person. The truth is that the wealthy don’t need government representation, but the average citizen does.

You see, some things are bigger than the individual, some things are bigger than the town and sometimes it takes the government. When you think about it, South Carolina is a 1950s town trying to survive in the 21st century. When a politician is elected to government, the state is “frozen in time” until that politician leaves office.

That’s why we need term limits.

When you vote, think about the

country and what we stand to loose ie: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and public education.

LEE INGLE Sumter

School district once again shows incompetence The following letter was submitted to Sumter School District Superintendent Randolph Bynum: Dear Mr. Bynum: Amazing. Under your leadership Sumter School District has once again shown mismanagement and incompetence by not being able to provide a simple list of employees who make over $50,000 annually. I have been requesting this list since last September. Although this information is public information, initially I was told I would be charged $466.18 for that list and two additional pieces of information.

I finally received the list of salaries this past week and paid $150.00 for administrative costs. No problem except that while looking at the list, I discovered some errors even though I had been assured by your public information officer that it was a current and accurate list.

The most disturbing mistake is the listing of a deceased employee who according to your records is receiving $56,054 a year. This employee died in June 2011. Why would he still be on the payroll? Where is that money going? There are also at least two employees listed that are no longer employed with the district. Have their paychecks been discontinued?

Where is that money going?

While you might want to explain these mistakes as clerical errors, the information comes from the leadership. I believe that this is just one example of questionable financial practices and the way business is conducted. And while there have been rumors of mismanagement of money, your office has distributed a list that provides evidence of just one of the problems in Sumter School District.

BILLY RAY Master sergeant Sumter

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REPORT CARDS from Page A1 The vote finalized amendments to the district’s bylaws, creating a method by which school grounds can be used by the public for memorial services.

According to the new policy, there will be no charge to hold services for current students or district employees and a $500 fee for people wishing to hold services for former students or employees of the district.

Trustees also discussed the presentation of its $104 million 201314 budget to county council.

The budget, which was passed by the trustees on a single reading, was presented to county council Tuesday without calling for a property tax increase. County council must approve the school spending plan as part of council’s budgeting process.

DAILY PLANNER In other action, the board: • Unanimously voted to revert the old Mayesville school property and its 11.53-acre site back to the Mayesville Educational and Industrial Institute.

• Unanimously voted to enter into a five-year agreement with First Citizens Bank to handle its banking services after reviewing requested proposals.

• Awarded a $452,200 contract to construct a new technology building, described as a warehouse to house the district’s servers, to Hardee Construction.

• Recognized Bates Middle School student Katherine Norman for being named the Sumter Evening Optimist Club’s female middle school student of the year.

• Received a presentation from Manchester Elementary School Principal Dr. Joan Tye on the status of the school, as well as a performance from the Manchester Elementary School choir.

Contact Braden Bunch at (803) 7741201.

CHANGES from Page A1 • Middle, 8:15 a.m.– 3:15 p.m.

• High, 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m.

The proposed changes are 8:20 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. for middle school, a difference of five minutes, and 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. for high school, a difference of 15 minutes.

“It’s mainly to give us a little bit more leeway and allow us to get the kids to and from school in a timely fashion,” Hutchens said.

“The total time at school is the same, and there is not an increase in the minutes of instruction.”

The administration first sought feedback from school principals, and according to sumterschools.net, they recommended adjusting the middle and high school-level start and finish times.

“The biggest issue we have is middle and high school when we don’t have enough buses or drivers are out,” Hutchens said.

“It’s not fair for (students) to be late to breakfast and miss instruction. It’s extra stress and strain on them and the staff. In the afternoon, they have to wait an inordinate amount of time, which is a supervisory concern. We also don’t want children out there waiting in inclement weather.”

Mechanical failures and lack of manpower and parts at the state bus shop leads to further delays in transportation, he said.

“Right at half our

students, more than 8,000, ride the bus,” Hutchens said. “That’s a lot of kids every day on aged buses. Average bus age across the state is 15 years old. We’ve had more than 20 out at a time, so we’ve had drivers doubling, tripling and quadrupling routes. We are currently using all our activity buses capable of running regular routes.

That takes those buses out of use for field trips during regular route times. I commend our transportation department for an outstanding job. About 4:30 or 5 in the morning they are finding out what buses are broken down or drivers out, and they have to adjust to keep the routes going 180 days a year.”

School districts throughout the state face similar issues, the website states, and since the situation isn’t expected to improve in the near future, the district chose to look at the only variable that could be manipulated — time.

“If the feedback is sufficient, we’ll move forward and make a recommendation or go back to the drawing board,” Hutchens said.

“We’ve got to make the best choice for kids and the operation of the district to get them to and from school safely and on time.”

Interested individuals are asked to email comments to ssd_feedback@sumterschools. net by June 6.

Reach Jade Anderson at (803) 774-1250.

PUBLIC AGENDA LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES CALLED MEETING Today, 7 p.m., District Annex, 310 Roland St., Bishopville CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Thursday, 7 p.m., district office, Turbeville

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pictures from the public

Joey Greene sent this photo in with a note, “Mystery tree.

Would love to know if anyone can identify.”

According to John Nelson, curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia, “This is a ‘Tung tree’ or ‘Tung oil tree,’ native to southeastern Asia. The plant is in the euphorbia family. The scientific name is Aleurites fordii.

Note: Female and male flowers are on the same plant, as in this photo. The female flowers will form big green seed pods which split open in the fall. The seeds are said to be a bit toxic if ingested.”

As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herbarium.org or call (803) 777-8196, or email nelson@sc.edu.

SPORTS

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 To contact the Sports Department, call (803) 774-1241 or e-mail sports@theitem.com

Lady Barons win 3A state title Wilson Hall sweeps Orangeburg Prep for 1st softball championship since 1975

BY CHRIS CLARK Special to The Item ORANGEBURG — For the first time in nearly four decades, the Wilson Hall Lady Barons softball team has finished a season as state champion.

On Tuesday at Lady Indians Field at Orangeburg Prep, Wilson Hall scored three early

runs to take a 3-0 win over OP to finish a sweep of the first two games in the best-of-3 SCISA 3A state championship series.

It was 1975 when Wilson Hall last won a state title in softball. Back then it was slow pitch, and the game was much different from the fastpaced game it is today.

Even so, the Lady Barons

program was determined to keep pace and outplay as many teams as possible this season, in order to write something new in the history books.

Having split ALEXANDER the two regularseason meetings with OPS, which finished with an 18-8

record, 23-6 Wilson Hall came into the state title series focused and driven. That focus and drive earned the program a trophy and a state title.

“We know how good of an offense Orangeburg Prep has, and it really just came down to pitching and defense for us,” Wilson Hall head coach Teresa Alexander said. “Holly

Scott just pitched the two best games of her life; and anytime we needed our defense to step up and make the big play, they were gutsy and got it done.

“For years, we have been getting closer and closer to this. We just said when the season started, it’s either SEE CHAMPS, PAGE B3

SHS’ Norris steps down Head baseball coach ends 2-year stint to resume role as assistant

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com When Brooks Shumake stepped down as the Sumter High School baseball coach following the 2011 season, Gamecock assistant and pitching coach Joe Norris felt like he owed it to himself to try his hand at being the head man.

Norris was hired to fill that role, and after NORRIS two years, he’s decided that he likes being an assistant better.

Norris announced to his team on Monday that he is stepping down as head coach and will step back into his role as an assistant coach and pitching coach at SHS. “The job consumes so much of your time; you’re the head coach from the first day of school to the last SEE NORRIS, PAGE B3 JEFF BLAKE / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

Hammond’s Fred Wadsworth, left, tags out Wilson Hall runner McLendon Sears during a rundown in the second game of the SCISA 3A state championship series on Tuesday in Columbia. The Skyhawks rallied for a 12-11 win to force a deciding third game.

‘Hawks rally to stun WH, force Game 3

BY WORTHY EVANS Special to The Item COLUMBIA – The Wilson Hall baseball team had Hammond beaten on Tuesday at Folsom Field -until the sixth and seventh innings.

With the Barons up 11-4 and with William Kinney on the mound, the Skyhawks scored two runs in the sixth inning, and six more in the seventh before Sam Ulmer’s 2-out, 2-run single gave them a 12-11 victory over Wilson Hall.

“We got taken to the cleaners in the end,” said Wilson Hall head coach Tommy Jones. “You’ve got to give them credit, they played well and we couldn’t turn the momentum.”

The win in the best-of-3 series forces a deciding game at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Carolina Stadium in

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Jockey Rosie Napravnik won her first race at Pimlico Race Course as a 17-year-old, and now, eight years later, she has a chance to become the first female jockey to win the Preakness. Napravnik will be aboard Mylute in Saturday’s race.

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Wilson Hall’s Gordon Owens throws during Tuesday’s 12-11 loss to Hammond in the second game of the SCISA 3A state championship series in Columbia.

Columbia.

“We’re looking to Thursday,” Jones said. “We feel like we’ve got pitching to do this and we’ll be

ready to play.”

Wilson Hall pitchers Gordon Owens and Chase Belk combined to two-hit Hammond. However, the

CH falls 4-2 as repeat bid ends

duo gave up five hit batters and eight walks, which kept the Skyhawks around in spite of the Barons’ 15 hits on the night.

Kinney’s entrance with one out in the bottom of the sixth still couldn’t stifle Hammond. Kinney struck out four, but lost his stuff with the bases loaded in the seventh. Kinney gave up six runs on Hammond’s four hits. He also hit two batters and allowed a run to score when Jake Nidiffer struck out, but reached base.

Owens lasted just 1 1/3 innings, giving up three runs on a hit, three walks and a hit batter. Belk came on in relief and finished out the second Hammond’s starting pitcher, Nidiffer, lasted into the fifth. He gave up 10 runs on 11 hits over 4

SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall saw its reign as the SCISA 1A softball state champion come to an end on Tuesday, as it dropped a 4-2 decision to Colleton Prep in Game 2 of the state championship series at the CH field.

Colleton Prep swept the best-of-3 series, winning the opener in Walterboro on Monday 5-1. The Lady Saints fin- BAYS ished the season with a 19-5 record, while CP closed the year with a 27-5 record, winning its final 13 games.

While the season didn’t end with Clarendon Hall as the 2-time defending state champion, first-year head coach Jeffery Bays was pleased with the way his team performed.

“Going into state, the girls were focused and determined,” Bays said.

“The girls were excited to be playing in the state tournament (held last

SEE WILSON HALL, PAGE B3

SEE LADY SAINTS, PAGE B3

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Napravnik poised for Preakness homecoming

BY DAVID GINSBURG The Associated Press BALTIMORE — Rosie Napravnik’s motivation for winning the Preakness has little to do with making history.

With a victory aboard Mylute on Saturday, Napravnik would become the first female jockey to capture the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. More importantly to her, though, it would serve

as a triumphant return to Pimlico Race Course, where she launched her outstanding career.

“You know what? It would be a great accomplishment, but that’s not the reason I

want to win it, because no other woman has won it before,’’ Napravnik said in a telephone interview. “I just want to win it for my own sense of accomplishment and for

all the people who have been rooting for me since the very beginning. It would be unbelievable to win the race, and I really believe we have a good shot.’’

Napravnik, 25, finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby on Mylute, the best performance ever by a female rider in the sport’s most esteemed event.

“The Derby was a SEE NAPRAVNIK, PAGE B5

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Houston at Detroit or Cleveland at Philadelphia (MLB NETWORK).

1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (WGN).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Europa League Final Match from Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Benfica vs.

Chelsea (FOX SOCCER).

3:30 p.m. -- International Wrestling: United States vs. Iran from New York (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Arizona (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

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

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Boston at Tampa Bay (ESPN).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Five -- Chicago at Miami (TNT).

8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game One -- Detroit at Chicago (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Five -- Memphis at Oklahoma City (TNT).

MLB STANDINGS

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Toronto starting pitcher R.A. Dickey throws during the Blue Jays’ 10-6 victory over San Francisco on Tuesday in Toronto. Dickey struck out 10 and allowed two runs in six innings.

Dickey leads Jays past Giants TORONTO — R.A. Dickey snapped a 4-start winless streak, Melky Cabrera had four hits against his former team and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 10-6 on Tuesday night.

Edwin Encarnacion drove in two runs and scored twice as the Blue Jays had a season-high 18 hits.

Dickey (3-5) struck out a season-high 10 in six innings, allowing two runs and six hits, to win for the first time since April 18 against the Chicago White Sox. PHILLIES INDIANS

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PHILADELPHIA — Jonathan Pettibone pitched neatly into the seventh, Kevin Frandsen and Domonic Brown hit solo homers and Philadelphia beat Cleveland 6-2.

John Mayberry Jr. had three hits and three RBI, including a go-ahead 2-run double for the Phillies.

PADRES ORIOLES

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BALTIMORE — Chris Denorfia and Everth Cabrera hit 2-out RBI singles off Jim Johnson in the ninth inning, and San Diego got a home run from Carlos Quentin in a 3-2 victory over Baltimore.

After the Orioles took a 2-1 lead in the eighth, Johnson (1-3) entered and immediately gave up consecutive singles before getting Jedd Gyorko to hit into

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a 6-4-3 double play. But Denorfia followed with a single up the middle and, after Johnson hit Nick Hundley with a pitch, Cabrera singled to center for a 3-2 lead.

of odd twists, beating Seattle 4-3.

Hernandez exited after six innings with a 3-1 lead, having outpitching CC Sabathia. He appeared to hurt himself in the sixth when he fielded a comebacker, pivoted and threw to second for a forceout.

RAYS RED SOX

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore pitched six strong innings and beat Boston 5-3 Tuesday to remain unbeaten and claim a share of the major league lead in victories.

Moore (7-0) yielded a double to Dustin Pedroia and a 3-run homer to David Ortiz in the first, then limited the struggling Red Sox to one hit over the next five innings.

TIGERS ASTROS

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DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera homered, Doug Fister pitched seven impressive innings and Andy Dirks gave the Tigers a lift for a second straight night in Detroit’s 6-2 victory over Houston.

Dirks hit a grand slam in Monday’s 7-2 win over Houston, and a night later he capped a 3-run fifth with a tiebreaking double.

YANKEES MARINERS

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NEW YORK — Robinson Cano hit a 2-run double, Lyle Overbay delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and the New York Yankees rallied after Felix Hernandez left following a couple

MONDAY BRAVES DIAMONDBACKS

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PHOENIX — Justin Upton snapped a 14-game homerless drought and had four hits to help Atlanta rout the Diamondbacks 10-1 on Monday night in his return to Arizona.

Upton, the first overall pick by Arizona in the 2005 amateur draft, was playing his first game at Chase Field since the offseason trade that sent him to Atlanta in a 7-player deal.

Upton followed his brother B.J., who was hit on the left shoulder by Wade Miley (3-2) to lead off the sixth, and powered a fastball onto the porch above the center field fence for his 13th home run and first since April 27 at Detroit.

Johnson hit a 2-run homer to cap Atlanta’s 3-run fifth and Brian McCann also homered for the Braves, who ended a 3-game losing streak.

Braves starter Mike Minor (5-2) allowed one run on eight hits over 6 2/3 innings.

From wire reports

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SHS golf ties for 10th at state tourney GREENVILLE — Sumter High School finished in a tie for 10th place out of 16 teams in the 54-hole 4A boys golf state tournament completed on Tuesday at the Furman University Golf Club.

The Gamecocks shot a 324 in Tuesday’s final round to finish with a 3-round score of 981, tying them for 10th with LOVE Fort Dorchester. In the first two rounds on Monday, SHS shot a 327 and 330, respectively.

Charile Dallery was the medalist for the Gamecocks with a 3-round score of 235 (78-82-75). John Keffer shot a 243 (82-8180), Dixon Flowers a 250 (82-83-85), Daniel Spencer a 256 (86-88-83) and Austin Baker a 260 (86-86-88).

season and made the 102nd appearances of his career, which ties a school record set by Matt Price. Webb pitched one scoreless inning of relief and struck out two batters.

South Carolina was quick to get the bats going tallying three hits in the bottom of the first and pushing across two runs to take an early lead. Saiko opened the frame with a single and came home when Vergason doubled down the right field line. A walk to Joey Pankake and a single by Max Schrock loaded the bases for Grayson Greiner, who grounded into a double play that allowed Vergason to score and gave USC a 2-0 lead.

South Carolina is back on the road for a three-game Southeastern Conference series with Mississippi State beginnng on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

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STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State will host South Carolina in the new Big12/ SEC Challenge in December.

The Cowboys and Gamecocks will play Dec. 6 in Stillwater.

This will be the first “challenge’’ event for Big 12 men’s basketball since a fouryear series between the Conference and the Pac-10 ended in 2010.

OSU returns four starters from last year’s 24-9 team. South Carolina has all five starters back from the team that finished 14-18 last season.

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COLUMBIA — Consecutive sacrifice flies by Graham Saiko and Chase Vergason helped lift 12th-ranked South Carolina to a 4-3 win over Presbyterian on Tuesday at Carolina Stadium.

The Gamecocks improved to 38-14 on the year, while the loss dropped the Blue Hose to 24-29.

Patrick Sullivan earned the win for South Carolina and is now 2-0.Sullivan hurled 1 2/3 innings of relief, giving up one run on one hit and striking out three.

Tyler Webb earned his 15th save of the

OKLAHOMA ST. TO HOST USC IN BASKETBALL CHALLENGE

From staff, wire reports

American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB New York 24 14 .632 – Baltimore 23 15 .605 1 Boston 22 16 .579 2 Tampa Bay 19 18 .514 41/2 Toronto 15 24 .385 91/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 21 15 .583 – Cleveland 21 16 .568 1/2 Kansas City 19 16 .543 11/2 Minnesota 18 17 .514 21/2 Chicago 15 21 .417 6 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 24 14 .632 – Oakland 20 20 .500 5 Seattle 18 20 .474 6 Los Angeles 14 24 .368 10 Houston 10 29 .256 141/2 Monday’s Games Cleveland 1, N.Y. Yankees 0, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 7, Cleveland 0, 2nd game Detroit 7, Houston 2 Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 3 Kansas City 11, L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 5, Texas 1 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Today’s Games San Diego (Marquis 4-2) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-1), 12:35 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-5), 1:05 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 0-1) at Detroit (Scherzer 5-0), 1:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 0-3) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 3-3), 1:10 p.m.

Texas (Ogando 3-2) at Oakland (Straily 1-1), 3:35 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 4-1) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-3) at Toronto (Morrow 1-2), 7:07 p.m.

Boston (Lester 5-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 1-3), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (W.Davis 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Enright 0-1), 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

BC-BBN--National League Glance,0123 National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 22 16 .579 – Washington 21 17 .553 1 Philadelphia 18 21 .462 41/2 New York 14 21 .400 61/2 Miami 11 27 .289 11 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 24 13 .649 – Cincinnati 22 16 .579 21/2 Pittsburgh 21 17 .553 31/2 Milwaukee 16 20 .444 71/2 Chicago 16 22 .421 81/2 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 23 15 .605 – Arizona 21 18 .538 21/2 Colorado 20 18 .526 3 San Diego 16 21 .432 61/2 Los Angeles 15 22 .405 71/2 Monday’s Games Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado 1 Atlanta 10, Arizona 1 Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cincinnati at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Atlanta at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Today’s Games San Diego (Marquis 4-2) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-1), 12:35 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-5), 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Hudson 4-2) at Arizona (Kennedy 1-3), 3:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-2) at Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 3-2), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-3) at Toronto (Morrow 1-2), 7:07 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-2) at Miami (Sanabia 2-5), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Garland 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-5), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Marcum 0-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 5-2), 8:15 p.m.

Washington (Detwiler 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Magill 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 1:45 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

MLB LEADERS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING -- Loney, Tampa Bay, .376; MiCabrera, Detroit, .369; Mauer, Minnesota, .343; Altuve, Houston, .333; TorHunter, Detroit, .333; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .333; Machado, Baltimore, .331; Pedroia, Boston, .331.

RUNS -- AJackson, Detroit, 33; AJones, Baltimore, 29; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 28; Machado, Baltimore, 28; McLouth, Baltimore, 28; MiCabrera, Detroit, 27; Jennings, Tampa Bay, 27.

RBI -- MiCabrera, Detroit, 40; CDavis, Baltimore, 37; Fielder, Detroit, 33; Napoli, Boston, 33; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 32; AGordon, Kansas City, 28; Morneau, Minnesota, 28.

HITS -- MiCabrera, Detroit, 55; Machado, Baltimore, 54; Altuve, Houston, 51; AJones, Baltimore, 51; AGordon, Kansas City, 49; TorHunter, Detroit, 49; Pedroia, Boston, 49.

DOUBLES -- Napoli, Boston, 17; Mauer, Minnesota, 15; AJones, Baltimore, 14; Machado, Baltimore, 14; Lowrie, Oakland, 13; CDavis, Baltimore, 12; Donaldson, Oakland, 12.

TRIPLES -- Ellsbury, Boston, 4; Trout, Los Angeles, 3; 15 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS -- CDavis, Baltimore, 11; Encarnacion, Toronto, 11; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 11; Cano, New

| York, 10; 9 tied at 9.

STOLEN BASES -- Ellsbury, Boston, 12; McLouth, Baltimore, 11; Andrus, Texas, 8; Crisp, Oakland, 8; RDavis, Toronto, 8; AEscobar, Kansas City, 8; Pedroia, Boston, 8.

PITCHING -- Buchholz, Boston, 6-0; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 6-0; Darvish, Texas, 6-1; Masterson, Cleveland, 6-2; Guthrie, Kansas City, 5-0; Scherzer, Detroit, 5-0; Lester, Boston, 5-0; Hammel, Baltimore, 5-1; FHernandez, Seattle, 5-2; Kuroda, New York, 5-2.

STRIKEOUTS -- Darvish, Texas, 80; AniSanchez, Detroit, 66; Scherzer, Detroit, 61; Dempster, Boston, 61; Masterson, Cleveland, 60; Buchholz, Boston, 60; Verlander, Detroit, 57.

SAVES -- Rivera, New York, 15; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 14; Nathan, Texas, 11; Reed, Chicago, 11; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 10; Janssen, Toronto, 10; Perkins, Minnesota, 8.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING -- Segura, Milwaukee, .368; CGomez, Milwaukee, .367; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .350; YMolina, St. Louis, .343; CCrawford, Los Angeles, .321; SMarte, Pittsburgh, .320; Sandoval, San Francisco, .320.

RUNS -- JUpton, Atlanta, 30; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 29; Choo, Cincinnati, 29; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 29; CGonzalez, Colorado, 28; Holliday, St. Louis, 28; Votto, Cincinnati, 26.

RBI -- Goldschmidt, Arizona, 31; Phillips, Cincinnati, 31; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 31; Buck, New York, 29; Craig, St. Louis, 28; Rizzo, Chicago, 28; Braun, Milwaukee, 26; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 26; Sandoval, San Francisco, 26.

HITS -- Segura, Milwaukee, 50; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 48; GParra, Arizona, 48; CGomez, Milwaukee, 47; YMolina, St. Louis, 47; Sandoval, San Francisco, 47; SCastro, Chicago, 45.

DOUBLES -- Pollock, Arizona, 14; Desmond, Washington, 13; Bruce, Cincinnati, 12; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 12; GParra, Arizona, 12; Schierholtz, Chicago, 12; Craig, St. Louis, 11; DeJesus, Chicago, 11; YMolina, St. Louis, 11; Rollins, Philadelphia, 11.

TRIPLES -- ECabrera, San Diego, 3; CGomez, Milwaukee, 3; Hechavarria, Miami, 3; Segura, Milwaukee, 3; DWright, New York, 3; EYoung, Colorado, 3; 12 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS -- JUpton, Atlanta, 13; Buck, New York, 10; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 10; Harper, Washington, 10; Beltran, St. Louis, 9; Rizzo, Chicago, 9; 5 tied at 8.

STOLEN BASES -- Segura, Milwaukee, 13; Pierre, Miami, 12; ECabrera, San Diego, 11; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; CCrawford, Los Angeles, 8; CGomez, Milwaukee, 8; 5 tied at 7.

PITCHING -- Zimmermann, Washington, 7-1; Lynn, St. Louis, 6-1; Corbin, Arizona, 5-0; SMiller, St. Louis, 5-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 5-2; Minor, Atlanta, 5-2; 14 tied at 4.

STRIKEOUTS -- AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 72; Harvey, New York, 62; Samardzija, Chicago, 57; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 56; Wainwright, St. Louis, 55; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 54; Lynn, St. Louis, 54.

SAVES -- Grilli, Pittsburgh, 15; Romo, San Francisco, 12; RSoriano, Washington, 12; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 11; Mujica, St. Louis, 10; RBetancourt, Colorado, 9; Street, San Diego, 8; League, Los Angeles, 8; Chapman, Cincinnati, 8.

NASCAR LEADERS

By The Associated Press Through May 12 Points 1, Jimmie Johnson, 423. 2, Carl Edwards, 379. 3, Matt Kenseth, 364. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 359. 5, Clint Bowyer, 349. 6, Kasey Kahne, 326. 7, Brad Keselowski, 326. 8, Kyle Busch, 325. 9, Aric Almirola, 317. 10, Kevin Harvick, 315.

11, Paul Menard, 315. 12, Jeff Gordon, 311. 13, Greg Biffle, 311. 14, Martin Truex Jr., 301. 15, Jamie McMurray, 295. 16, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 282. 17, Ryan Newman, 276. 18, Kurt Busch, 262. 19, Joey Logano, 259. 20, Jeff Burton, 258.

Money 1, Jimmie Johnson, $3,328,830. 2, Matt Kenseth, $2,573,506. 3, Kyle Busch, $2,506,735. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,394,829. 5, Brad Keselowski, $2,341,985. 6, Carl Edwards, $2,175,639. 7, Kevin Harvick, $2,087,958.

8, Martin Truex Jr., $1,897,309. 9, Clint Bowyer, $1,879,451. 10, Ryan Newman, $1,854,831.

11, Jeff Gordon, $1,838,889. 12, Kasey Kahne, $1,792,473. 13, Joey Logano, $1,776,357. 14, Aric Almirola, $1,770,417. 15, Tony Stewart, $1,750,314. 16, Greg Biffle, $1,746,294. 17, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $1,744,069.

18, Mark Martin, $1,669,252. 19, Paul Menard, $1,618,019. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $1,597,608.

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 3, Chicago 1 Monday, May 6: Chicago 93, Miami 86 Wednesday, May 8: Miami 115, Chicago 78 Friday, May 10: Miami 104, Chicago 94 Monday, May 13: Miami 88, Chicago 65 Wednesday, May 15: Chicago at Miami, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 17: Miami at Chicago, 8 or 9:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 19: Chicago at Miami, TBA Indiana 3, New York 1 Sunday, May 5: Indiana 102, New York 95 Tuesday, May 7: New York 105, Indiana 79 Saturday, May 11: Indiana 82, New York 71 Tuesday, May 14: Indiana 93, New York 82 Thursday, May 16: Indiana at New York, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, May 18: New York at Indiana, TBA x-Monday, May 20: Indiana at New York, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 2, Golden State 2 Monday, May 6: San Antonio 129, Golden State 127, 2OT Wednesday, May 8: Golden St. 100, San Antonio 91 Friday, May 10: San Antonio 102, Golden State 92 Sunday, May 12: Golden State 97, San Antonio 87, OT Tuesday, May 14: Golden State at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 16: San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 19: Golden State at San Antonio, TBA Memphis 3, Oklahoma City 1 Sunday, May 5: Oklahoma City 93, Memphis 91 Tuesday, May 7: Memphis 99, Oklahoma City 93 Saturday, May 11: Memphis 87, Oklahoma City 81 Monday, May 13: Memphis 103, Oklahoma City 97, OT Wednesday, May 15: Memphis at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 17: Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 or 8 p.m. x-Sunday, May 19: Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBA

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 1, Ottawa 0 Tuesday, May 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Friday, May 17: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 19: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22: Pittsburgh at Ottawa. 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 24: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 26: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD Boston vs. N.Y. Rangers Thursday, May 16: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 19: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, May 25: N.Y. Rangers at Boston TBD x-Monday, May 27: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago vs. Detroit Wednesday, May 15: Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 18: Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Monday, May 20: Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23: Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, May 25: Detroit at Chicago, TBD x-Monday, May 27: Chicago at Detroit, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: Detroit at Chicago, TBD Los Angeles vs. San Jose Tuesday, May 14: San Jose at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Thursday, May 16: San Jose at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Saturday, May 18: Los Angeles at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21: Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m. x-Thursday, May 23: San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS_Placed 2B Jose Altuve on the bereavement list. Recalled INF Jake Elmore from Oklahoma City (PCL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS_Signed TE Kyle Auffray. Released CB Prentiss Waggner.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES_Signed RB Felix Jones to a one-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS_Fired coach Glen Gulutzan and assistant coach Paul Jerrard.

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

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Pens top Sens 4-1 in opener

BY WILL GRAVES The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Paul Martin and Chris Kunitz scored powerplay goals and Pascal Dupuis added his sixth goal of the playoffs and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday.

Evgeni Malkin extended his points streak to seven games with a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh.

Game 2 is Friday night.

Tomas Vokoun stopped 35 shots to win his third straight start and top-seeded Pittsburgh never trailed.

Colin Greening scored for the Senators. Craig Anderson made 26 saves but Ottawa had no answer for Pittsburgh’s power play.

The Penguins are 9 of 24 with the man advantage through seven playoff games, best of the eight teams remaining in the postseason.

The Senators had the NHL’s best penalty kill during the regular season and turned aside 16 of 19 penalties against Montreal in the first round.

Pittsburgh was pushed to six games by the New York Islanders during a spirited first-round series in which the youthful Islanders had the Penguins on their heels at times.

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Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin (71) celebrates with Chris Kunitz (14) on Tuesday after scoring in the first period of Game 1 against Ottawa in Pittsburgh.

The 36-year-old Vokoun made his 713th NHL start on Tuesday, but his first with the stakes this big. Despite admitting to some butterflies when told he would get the starting assignment for Game 1, Vokoun overcame some shaky moments early to settle down.

Having the lead most of the night certainly helped.

Pittsburgh didn’t need to wait long to get a chance to put the power play to work. Ottawa’s

Kyle Turris drew a high-sticking penalty before the game was 90 seconds old, and barely a minute later, Pittsburgh jumped in front.

Malkin worked his way into the corner then threaded a pass between two Ottawa defenders to Martin at the point. Martin’s slap shot from the point deflected off Ottawa defenseman Jared Cowen and scooted past Anderson just 2:41 into the game to give the Penguins an early lead.

WILSONHALL from Page B1 1/3 innings. Harrison Long came on for the Skyhawks with one out in the fifth. Long pitched 2 2/3 innings McLendon Sears, Tripp Holstein and Andrew Kinney had three hits apiece to lead the Barons. Holstein, Andrew Kinney, Owens, and Kemper Patton all had doubles.

Wilson Hall got things started with a 3-run burst in the top of the second inning. William Kinney drew a 1-out walk and Owens doubled to leftcenterfield. Kinney scored on Parker McDuffie’s 5-3 fielder’s choice to make it 1-0 Barons.

McLendon Sears, running for Owens, held up at second on McDuffie’s at-bat, but took third on Holstein’s single to left.

Sears and McDuffie scored to make it 3-0 on Andrew Kinney’s bloop single just inside the rightfield line. Jay Goodson ended the inning on a 3-1 groundout.

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Wilson Hall head coach Tommy Jones, right, talks to his team during Tuesday’s 12-11 loss to Hammond in the second game of the SCISA 3A state championship series in Columbia.

Hammond got those runs back in the bottom of that inning without so much as a hit. Owens hit one Skyhawks batter and walked two more to load the bases with one out.

Ulmer scored on a wild pitch, William Love scored when Belk hit Roo Daniels. Later, with two

out and Nidiffer batting, Grant Hensley scored on a wild pitch.

A 2-run third gave Wilson Hall a 5-3 lead. Nidiffer hit leadoff batter Tyler Panell and John Patrick Sears sacrificed him to second. After Patton popped out, McLendon Sears singled to right to

LADY SAINTS from Page B1 Friday and Saturday at Pine Grove Sports Complex in West Columbia). We just played really well in state, and while we didn’t win either game against Colleton, we played pretty good against them as well.: Bays said his team gained a lot of confidence when it scrimmaged Wilson Hall, which won the 3A title on Tuesday, prior to the state tournament.

day of school,” said Norris, who was 39-16 in his two seasons. “I feel like you need to enjoy all aspects of the job, and there were a lot of things I didn’t enjoy. I’m going back to what I enjoy most.

“I really didn’t enjoy all of the offseason and off-thefield stuff,” he added. “It just took up so much of your time; there’s always something going on. I realized that the on-field things are what I en-

it.”

“It was a situation scrimmage, but we made plays against them and that let the girls know we could go to state and do well.”

In two regular-season meetings, the Lady Warhawks won by the scores of 15-0 and 12-0.

“We made some adjustments; we knew where there players hit the ball,” Bays said. “And (pitcher) Gracyn (Royce) did a good job of putting the ball where we wanted

NORRIS from Page B1 joyed.”

SHS athletic coordinator Reggie Kennedy admitted he was surprised when Norris told him what he wanted to do.

“It caught us off guard,” Kennedy said of Norris, who told him and Sumter principal Sterling Harris of his decision on Friday. “He told us he needed a little more family time, that the job was just taking up a lot of time in the

score Panell. John Patrick Sears scored from third on a double steal.

The Barons broke the game open with a 5-run fifth to make it 10-3. After Hammond scored a run in the bottom of the fifth, Wilson Hall got a run on two hits in the sixth to make it 11-4.

Colleton Prep took control of the game early, scoring two runs in each of the first two innings to go up 4-0.

CP pitcher Kendall Jumper shut down the Lady Saints until the bottom of the sixth. Clarendon Hall’s Emily Brunson singled and Kayla Phillips was hit by a pitch. Brittany Bays drove both in with a triple to cut the lead to 4-2.

Bays went 2-for-3, while Brunson had the Lady Saints’ other hit.

offseason.

“He’s a great guy and he’s still going to be a part of the program,” Kennedy said of Norris, who is part of Kennedy’s junior varsity football coaching staff as well. “We’re going to make this as smooth a transition as possible for the players. We want to keep moving in the right direction with the right guy because baseball is big in Sumter and this program has been outstanding.”

Kennedy and Harris were to meet on Tuesday afternoon

CHAMPS from Page B1 going to be a repeat disappointment or we’re going to shock the world.”

Scott pitched all seven innings for the win, allowing just three hits and one walk, against six strikeouts. The shutout was the second in a row against OPS, as Wilson Hall won Game 1 on Monday in Sumter by a 6-0 score.

“Getting runs early gave me confidence, but I was still worried they would score,” Scott, a sophomore who drove in two of the three runs, said. “We’d never even made it to the state championship series before this, so this is like winning a world championship for us.

“Even when they got runners on base, I knew our defense would get it done.

So, yeah, this has been a great day!”

Julia Bonnette pitched all seven innings for OPS, allowing just four hits and one walk, against eight strikeouts.

The Lady Barons jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning. Betsy Cunningham reached base on a throwing error off a bunted ball and was followed by Haley Hawkins, who reached base on a fielder’s choice grounder.

Cunningham later scored on a fielder’s choice grounder to the right side of the infield off the bat of Jordain Edmondson. Scott then plated Hawkins with a 2-out bloop single to shallow left field.

Bailey Connor (1-for-3) followed with a single, before the at-bat ended with a strikeout.

Two OPS batters reached base in the bottom of the first, with Bonnette leading off with a bunt single, and Jordan Collins reaching on a one-out fielding error. But, the Lady Indians would strand both runners in scoring position.

Wilson Hall didn’t get a baserunner in the top of the second inning, and neither did OPS in the bottom of the inning.

But, the Lady Barons got back on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning, as Cunningham reached on a leadoff fielding error, when her hard line drive went in and out of the glove of centerfielder Amber Robinson.

Hawkins (1-for-3) followed with a single to left field. Both baserunners advanced one base on a wild pitch. Edmondson appeared to have singled in Cunningham for another run, but the batted ball hit Hawkins as she left second base, resulting in her being called out and Edmondson reaching first, for a first-and-third situation with one out. That was all the set-up Scott needed, as she drilled a deep fly ball to left field to score Cunningham on a sacrifice fly.

After that, no Wilson Hall batter reached first base safely. In fact, Robinson caught a deep drive to center by Hawkins with two outs in the fifth, just before it crossed the fence. As it turned out, the early runs were vital to keep the game from becoming a nail-biter in the final few innings.

OPS got four baserunners in the final five innings, including two in the third inning on a hit-by-pitch and a walk. Then, Bonnette (2-for-3) doubled with two outs in the fifth, but the at-bat was ended one batter later, on a sliding catch in left field by Emma Catoe. Jordan Collins led off the bottom of the sixth with a double for the Lady Indians, but the Lady Barons forced three straight popouts to end the threat.

“Usually we hit the ball well, even earlier in the state tournament, but (Scott) pitched so well for them that they were in great position to win it all,”OP head coach Jan Stoudenmire said. “We have six seniors and they worked pretty hard for this. It’s tough, but we also have six juniors who will want to get us back here next year.”

Catoe and Edmondson are the only two seniors on the Wilson Hall squad. It was only fitting then that each of them made diving catches for outs late in the game, keeping OPS from having any chance at a rally.

to discuss how they would approach finding a replacement for Norris. Kennedy couldn’t be reached for comment following the meeting.

One of Norris’ assistants, Frankie Ward, has head coaching experience at Manning High.

Sumter went 20-5 in 2012, Norris’ first season, winning the Region VI-4A title and reaching its district championship game. In the just completed season, the Gamecocks were 19-11, finishing second in the region. Howev-

er, they won the District VII tournament to advance to the 4-team lower state tournament. SHS went 1-2 in that tournament.

Norris was a longtime assistant to Shumake, handling the pitching. Sumter won the state title in both 2006 and ‘11.

“When the opportunity to be a head coach came along, I thought I needed to take it or it would be a decision I would regret,” Norris said. “I gave it a try and I found out I liked being an assistant.”

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NBA

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

Miami returns home, looks to finish off Bulls

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press

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Indiana guard George Hill, left, hits a shot over New York forward Iman Shumpert during the Pacers’ 93-82 victory in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday in Indianapolis.

Pacers top Knicks 93-82

BY MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — George Hill scored 26 points and Paul George added 18 points and 14 rebounds Tuesday night, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 93-82 victory over the New York Knicks and a 3-1 lead in the second-round series.

Indiana needs one more win to reach the conference finals for the first time since 2004. Game 5 will be Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

NBA scoring champ Carmelo Anthony fouled out with 24 points. J.R. Smith had 19 on another dreadful night for the Knicks.

The game followed a familiar pattern. New York’s shooting was off, Indiana had a huge rebounding edge and the Knicks couldn’t challenge in the second half.

New York didn’t hang around long, either. Indiana closed the first quarter on a 9-2 run to break a 14-14 tie. New York never got closer than five the rest of the way.

Indiana improved to 5-0 at home in the playoffs and has won each time by double digits. The Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies are the only teams that haven’t lost at home during the postseason.

But this was not just another off night for New York, which lost for the fifth time in seven games.

New York shot just 35.6 percent from the field, 28.6 percent on 3-pointers and was outrebounded this time 54-36.

And, at times, the Knicks lost their composure, too.

Tyson Chandler, Kenyon Martin and Amare Stoudemire combined to play 42 minutes in the first half and had a grand total of seven points, nine rebounds and nine fouls — three apiece. Chandler and Stoudemire each drew technicals and Smith was fortunate not to get another after being called for a charge.

Coach Mike Woodson complained multiple times with the officials and backup Quentin Richardson even smacked the press table with his hand after a non-call late in the first quarter.

Indiana, which has won five of its last six, could have cared less in a game it dictated for the final three quarters.

New York tied the score at 14 with 3:38 left in the first quarter, then allowed the Pacers to go ahead 23-16 lead after one.

The Knicks never led in the game, and never tied it again.

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade is limping around in obvious pain. LeBron James’ shooting percentage is down.

Shane Battier and Ray Allen have struggled to get anything going from 3-point range.

The Eastern Conference semifinals have been far from perfect for the Miami Heat.

And the reigning NBA champions are now in absolute control of this series nonetheless.

Barely a week ago, there was so much talk about how the Chicago Bulls had Miami’s number like no other team. That seems long forgotten now, after three straight wins — by an average of 23.3 points — have the Heat one win away from returning to the East finals. Up 3-1 in the series, the Heat will try to close out the Bulls in Game 5 at Miami on Wednesday night.

“You have to have a high-character team,’’ Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Tuesday, a few hours after his team returned from Chicago after an 88-65 rout in Game 4 of the suddenly one-sided series.

“You have to have a team that’s built strong habits ... not to take games for granted. Our guys have built up habits. They also have built up perspective that boy, these close-out games have been the toughest ones.’’

When Miami gets a chance to finish off an opponent, it typically doesn’t waste any time. Since James, Wade and Chris Bosh joined up, the Heat are 8-2 in games where they can clinch a series, winning each of their last five by double figures.

Given the way this series is going, it’s not hard to envision Wednesday ending the same way.

“Got to take care of business,’’ Bosh said.

The Bulls outscored the Heat in Game 1, tried to outmuscle them in Games 2 and 3, and then simply looked outmanned in Game 4. Derrick Rose has been gone all season, Kirk Hinrich hasn’t played since logging 60 minutes in Chicago’s triple-

overtime Game 4 against Brooklyn in the opening round and Luol Deng is still dealing with the effects of a nasty bout of illness.

On Wednesday, the Bulls shot just under 26 percent, scored nine points in the third quarter and saw Nate Robinson — Chicago’s best offensive weapon in these playoffs — take 12 shots and miss them all.

“Nobody said this was going to be easy,’’ Robinson said. “We’re professionals for a reason. We’ll go back to the drawing board and figure it out.’’

They better figure it out quickly.

In a series where Wade — averaging just 11.3 points — has been limited by continued issues with the bone bruises in his right knee, where James’ shooting is down more than 10 percent from his regular-season pace and Battier and Allen have combined to go 9 for 34 from beyond the 3-point arc.

Miami has been rolling along anyway.

“You analyze what happened in the game, make your corrections, get ready for the next one. We’ll just keep our focus right there,’’ Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.

“I don’t what them looking backwards. I don’t want them looking ahead. Just lock into the game that’s in front of us and concentrate on winning that game. We know we’re capable.’’

There are so many battles for the Bulls to face right now, all of them being of the uphill variety. No team has ever won four games at Miami in the same season, which Chicago would have to do to pull off this most improbable of comeback bids.

There’s the emotional toll that losing three straight games has taken, frustration over how injuries and illness depleted the roster, and it’s a fair question to ask how much the Bulls might have left in their proverbial tank.

“I think we’ve got enough energy left,’’ Bulls forward Taj Gibson said.

“We just need guys to come back and play. We’ve got some guys banged up. But we’ll just keep playing. We’ll just keep playing. There’s no excuses out there.’’

Durant, Thunder at risk of elimination

BY JEFF LATZKE The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — The Memphis Grizzlies are showing a knack for closing out tight games against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

All that’s left to prove is whether they can finish off a playoff series that’s been nip and tuck throughout and move on to the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history.

In each of the first three games of the series, the go-ahead bucket was scored in the final 2 minutes. Then Game 4 went to overtime, with Memphis winning 10397 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the series and put the Thunder on the brink of elimination.

Game 5 is tonight in Oklahoma City.

“It’s not like any of the games that it was handed to us. Every game has been right down to the last 2 min-

utes,’’ Thunder coach Scott Brooks said Tuesday as both teams took the day off. “That gives you hope.’’

For Kevin Durant and Oklahoma City, a oncepromising season now comes down to desperation time. Without injured All-Star Russell Westbrook, the Thunder need to win three in a row if they hope to reach the DURANT West finals for a third straight season or make their second straight trip to the NBA Finals.

For his career, Durant is 1-3 when facing elimination. The only win came in Game 7 against Memphis two seasons ago in the West semifinals.

“One thing about Kevin, he’s going to come back and give everything he has,’’ Brooks said.

“He’s not an excuse guy.

He’s not going to blame

anything on nobody, other than put the pressure on himself to perform every night. That’s what makes us a good team, because of that attitude that he has.’’

Durant has had to do it all since Westbrook had knee surgery prior to Game 3 of the first round of the playoffs.

He’s averaging 30.8 points, 11 rebounds and 6.8 assists in this round, and also hit all the key shots down the stretch in the Thunder’s Game 1 victory.

But over time, Memphis — the league’s top defensive team in the regular season — has made it harder for Durant to excel with the game on the line. After going 10 for 16 from the field with 22 points in the fourth quarter of the first two games, Durant has gone 3 for 17 and scored seven points in the fourth quarter in Games 3 and 4 plus overtime on Monday night.

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Miami forward LeBron James (6) drives against Chicago forward Jimmy Butler (21) during Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal on Monday in Chicago. The Heat won 88-65 to take a 3-1 series lead and can close out the series today.

Smart & Pretty (Well, 1 out of 2 Ain’t Bad)

OBITUARIES

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

BEAUFORT POGUE Jr. Beaufort Pogue Jr., 80, husband of Patricia Jean Buckner Pogue, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at his residence in Sumter.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son POGUE of the late Beaufort Pogue Sr. and Katie Blackwell-Pogue. Beaufort received his education in the public schools of Sumter County. He later joined the United States Air Force and served for 22 years until his retirement. After his military tour of duty ended, he was employed with Procter & Gamble Corp. in Sacramento, Calif.

He returned to the Sumter community and joined St. Luke AME

Church, where he served faithfully as trustee board member.

He was actively involved in the community as a member of the Sumter-Rites.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Nellie Pogue Davis; and two brothers, Wilbur Pogue and Carl Pogue.

Surviving are his wife, Patricia Jean Pogue; three sons, Osteen (Kathleen) Johnson of Sacramento, Beaufort (Patricia) Pogue III of Cleveland, Ohio, and Ronald Johnson of Sumter; two daughters, Andrea Johnson Speed of Roselle, N.J., and Deatre Pogue-Speights of Cleveland; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will

be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke AME Church, 2355 N. St. Paul Church Road, Sumter, with the Rev. E. Robert Thomas, pastor, and the Rev. Eliza E. Black officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery, Sumter.

A wake service was held Tuesday evening at Palmer Memorial Chapel.

The public may view from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today.

Mr. Pogue will be placed in the church chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday until the hour of the service.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

Online memorials may be made to www. palmermemorialchapel. com.

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RUBY L. MORRIS ALCOLU — Ruby Lyles Morris, 77, wife of B.M. “Donald” Morris, died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital.

Born March 16, MORRIS 1936, in Long Creek, she was a daughter of the late Walter Edmond and Eula Marie Garrett Lyles.

She was a homemaker and a member of Clarendon Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband of Alcolu; four sons, Ray Morris (Kathy) of Manning, and Terry Lyles, Ricky Morris and Rob Morris (Christi), all of Alcolu; two daughters, Judy Gamble (Carl) and Lanette Morris, both of Manning; two brothers, James Curtis Lyles (Jea-

nette) and Edward Junior Lyles, both of Gastonia, N.C.; three sisters, Ruth Pauline Johnson and Olline Mae Goble, both of Gastonia, and Margie Elizabeth Morris of Manning; 14 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two special friends, Garnet S. Thompson and Mattie Dingle.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, James Brian Lyles; and a sister, Edna Blanch Lyles.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Clarendon Baptist Church Family Life Center with the Rev. Michael DeCosta, the Rev. Dr. Norman Rogers and the Rev. Dr. Charles Hattaway officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Tony Morris, Rocky Morris, Cleve Morris, David

Morris, Joey Morris, Rodney Richburg and Kerry Brewer.

Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Clarendon Baptist Church and James Wells.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 1146 Blackwood Lane, Alcolu.

The family would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Mitch Grunsky and staff for their care.

Memorials may be made to Clarendon Baptist Church, Faith Missions, P.O. Box 307, Alcolu, SC 29001.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org SEE OBITUARIES, PAGE B6

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NAPRAVNIK from Page B1 great race,’’ she said. “I mean, he just did everything right. He was a little farther back than I wanted to be, but that’s just sort of his running style. He ran an excellent race, made a huge move around the turn down the lane, basically followed (first-place finisher) Orb the whole way. It was the kind of race that he will really move forward from.’’

If there’s such a thing as home-track advantage, Napravnik will have it in the Preakness.

Her first career win came at Pimlico in 2005, aboard her first-ever mount, Ringofdiamonds, just days after finishing her junior year of high school.

One year later, Napravnik swept the rider standings at all four meets at Pimlico.

And now she’s running in the Preakness, where she will become the third female rider to have a mount, joining Patti Cooksey (sixth aboard Tajawa in 1985) and Andrea Seefeldt (seventh with Looming in 1994).

“It’s always an advantage if you know a track well,’’ Napravnik said. “I won a lot of races at Pimlico and I like the track. I know the track like the back of my hand, and I appreciate that fact.’’

She can only hope that will be of use against Orb on Saturday.

“Whether we can win the race or not, it’s still to be seen. It’s going to be a tough race and Orb is definitely going to be tough to beat,’’ she said.

“Either way, I’d have to say it will be one of my

proudest moments.’’

That’s saying something, because Napravnik has accomplished much since trainer Dickie Smalls sent her out on her first mount on that memorable June afternoon in 2005.

Last year, Napravnik won 193 races. Along the way, she became only the second female rider in history to win a Breeders’ Cup race and the first woman in the 138-year history of the Kentucky Oaks to reach the winner’s circle.

Her career has provided her many rewards and more a few broken bones. She has fractured her collarbone, wrist and leg, but none of that has stopped her from getting back in the saddle.

“I’ve always been impressed with not only her riding skills, but her competitiveness,’’ said Org trainer Shug McGaughey, who has employed Napravnik in the past. “She wants to be a great jock, she’s very, very confident of herself, and when you’ve got her, you’ve got a great addition.’’

It’s been eight years since her first ride at Pimlico, and Napravnik can’t wait for the next one.

“If I think about all the places I’ve been and the things I’ve done, wow, I’ve accomplished a lot,’’ she said. “But at the same time, it feels like it was just yesterday when I was galloping there when I was just 16.

Time has flown by, but time flies when you’re having fun, and I love what I do.’’

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BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods has faced more scrutiny that any other golfer from his generation. Maybe ever.

Just not this variety.

Woods must long for the days when the golf world obsessed over his swing changes (all four of them) and questioned his coaches (all three of them). He was criticized for not playing enough tournaments and not giving the tournaments he did play enough notice that he was coming.

Some complained he practiced so early in the morning that paying customers didn’t get a chance to see him. Others complained he didn’t sign enough autographs. Most of it was petty.

But this is different.

Now it’s his integrity on the golf course that’s being questioned.

Woods won The Players Championship on Sunday for his fourth victory this year. Making it even more memorable, Woods ended his public spat with Sergio Garcia by posing with the crystal trophy. They were tied with two holes to play, and Garcia hit three shots in the water.

That all seems like B-material compared with the buzz over the drop Woods took on the 14th hole of the final round.

He hit what he called a “popup hook’’ with a 3-wood from the tee, and the ball landed in the water left of the fairway.

Consulting with Casey Wittenberg, he dropped it some 255 yards short of the green. Woods then hit a remarkable shot short of the green, pitched on and missed a 6-foot putt to take double bogey.

The Internet has been alive with video showing the ball’s flight on the 14th, along with

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As Tiger Woods’ game rounds back into shape following his victory in The Players Championship, he is facing a different kind of scrutiny when it comes to judging his success.

analysis dissecting what was and was not said by a TV analyst, and seemingly endless theories how the ball could possibly have crossed land where Woods took his drop.

The chatter won’t stop, even though there is nowhere to go with it. Consider this statement put out by Mark Russell, the tour’s vice president of competition: “Without definitive evidence, the point where Woods’ ball last crossed the lateral water hazard is determined through best judgment by Woods and his fellow competitor,’’ the statement said.

Woods conferred with Wittenberg, his playing partner.

“I saw it perfectly off the tee,’’ Wittenberg said. “I told him exactly where I thought it crossed, and we all agreed. So he’s definitely great on that.’’

And if video suggests otherwise?

Decision 26-1/17 says a penalty would not be appropriate because it comes down to an honest judgment.

Of course, this might not be that big of an issue except that Woods in his most recent tournament — the Masters — was guilty of taking an illegal drop on the 15th hole at Augusta Na-

tional. He eventually was docked two shots, but spared disqualification by the Masters because officials said they erred in not talking to Woods about the drop before he signed his scorecard. The rules back up that decision, though this one (Rule 33-7) is subject to interpretation. It could have gone either way.

Back to Sawgrass, where there was that Saturday incident with Garcia which was one case where Woods shared some responsibility.

The scene on the par-5 second hole was chaotic. Woods was so deep in the trees that it appeared it was his turn to hit.

Garcia stood over his second shot for the longest time. There was a burst of cheers when Woods pulled out his 5-wood.

Garcia finished his swing and looked over at the crowd, clearly frustrated.

Garcia suggested in a TV interview during the storm delay that Woods pulled the club at just the right time to fire up the crowd and disrupt his swing.

Woods said in a TV interview that evening, “The marshals, they told me he already hit, so I pulled a club and was getting ready to play my shot.’’

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B6 THE ITEM JOHN L. EDENS Jr. OSWEGO — John Luther Edens Jr., beloved husband of Margaret W. Edens, passed away on May 11, 2013, at the age of 91, at his residence.

He was born March 20, 1922, to the late John LuEDENS ther Sr. and Estelle S. Edens. Mr. Edens graduated from Edmunds High School in 1939. He received his undergraduate degree from Wofford College and a master’s degree from the University of South Carolina.

During his long career in education, he taught at Berry College and Edmunds High School.

He also served as principal of Alice Drive Junior High School for 17 years, finishing his career at Lemira Elementary School. He received the Purple Heart in service to his country in the Army in World War II, 358th Infantry, 9th Division. He was honored with the Order of the Palmetto in 1999 for his work in education, the church and the community.

Mr. Edens was a lifelong member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Oswego and taught Sunday school for 50 years. He was also a past president and member of the Gideon’s.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Becky Timmons and her husband, Tim, and Debbie Edens; grandsons, Todd Timmons and his wife, Kaycie, and Jonathan Timmons, all of Columbia; a sister, Louise Chapman; and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Edens received very loving care from Tuomey Hospice nurse Alechia Broughton and two very compassionate and long-suffering caregivers, Rose Mae Myers and Kiana Myers.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Edens was preceded in death by a sister, Jewel Edens Cubbage.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Bethel United Methodist Church, 5575 Lodebar Road, Sumter, SC 29153 with the Rev. Michael Henderson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family received friends Tuesday at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Bethel United Methodist Church, 5575 Lodebar Road, Sumter, SC 29153; Gideon’s International, 5106 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC 29204; or to Tuom-

OBITUARIES MARION JENKINS CAMDEN — Deacon Marion Jenkins, 68, of 5545 Pisgah Road, Rembert, died Sunday, May 12, 2013.

Friends may call at the residence.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Brown’s Funeral Home, Camden.

ey Hospice, 115 N. Sumter St., Suite 120, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

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

ETHEL WOOMER GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ethel Elizabeth “Betty” Kelley Woomer, age 84, of Glendale, passed away on May 7, 2013.

Ethel was born May 5, 1929, in Altoona, Pa., to Ethel Bahn Kelley and Kenneth C. Kelley Sr. Betty graduated from WOOMER Altoona High School. She was married to Van O. Woomer on Dec. 23, 1950, and he preceded her in death on Oct. 26, 2008.

Betty and Van moved around the world together when he was in the U.S. Air Force.

She spent 15 years as a stay-at-home mom before restarting a career in Civil Service.

Betty’s career included being a telephone operator in Washington D.C.; working in base supply — supporting fighter jets for Vietnam at Shaw Air Force Base; working for U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Ariz.; and working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Water Lab) in Phoenix, Ariz. As Betty moved with her husband, she also worked as a secretary for a variety of businesses from South Carolina to Alaska. Betty enjoyed art, travel and animals.

She is survived by her sons, Van Michael (Nancy) and Christopher J. (Rita) Woomer; daughter, Barbara (Ron) Gibson; grandchildren, Sheryl Ventura, R. Scott Gibson, Leah Woomer, Katherine Marshall, Christina Miner, Victoria Preston, Ben Woomer and Brenda Woomer; and eight great-grandchildren.

Betty was preceded in death by her brother, Kenneth C. Kelley Jr. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m.

Sunday at Celebration Lutheran Church, 8726 W. Olive Ave., Peoria, Ariz.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution of your time or a donation to a non-profit organization that works to the benefit of animals.

Sunland Mortuary of Sun City, Ariz., is in charge of arrangements.

DAVID A. HATFIELD LAS VEGAS, Nev. — David A. Hatfield, age 37, of Mexico, formerly of Las Vegas, died Monday, May 6, 2013, in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.

He was born May 24, 1975, in Torrance, Calif. He received a bachelor of arts degree in kinesiology from University of Colorado in 1997. He was the general manager and partner at three Baja Brewing Co. restaurants in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. Prior to that, he was a general manager of Cabo Magic Sport Fishing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. After graduating, he began his career as a manager at Terrible Herbst in Las Vegas. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes, Calif., and attended Green Valley Baptist Church and Community Church at Anthem. He was also a member of the University of Colorado Alumni Association.

Survivors include his father, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Samuel F. Hatfield Jr.; brother, Lt. Col. (Dr.) John M. Hatfield; sister, Tamera L. Hatfield; paternal grandmother, Mary Louise Hatfield; and maternal grandmother, Frances Widding.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Valerie J. Hatfield; paternal grandfather, Samuel F. Hatfield; and maternal grandfather, William T. Widding.

Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today at Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, where the family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Palm Valley View Cemetery.

JIMMIE WILDER Jimmie Wilder, 60, husband of Mary Heyward Wilder, departed this life on Monday, May 13, 2013, at his residence.

He was born Dec. 28, 1952, in Sumter County, a son of Estella Conyer Wilder and the late Melvin Wilder Sr. The family is receiving friends at the home, 2680 Law Road, Pinewood, SC 29125.

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

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EMILY B. WRIGHT Emily Burns Wright, age 90, passed away at her residence and joined the Lord on Monday, May 13, 2013.

Emily shared her love, care, and gracious spirit so generously with her family and friends. She was a devoted wife of nearly 69 years, incredible mother and grandmother and genuine friend. We celebrate the wonderful life she shared with each of us.

Emily is survived by her husband, Edward E. Wright Jr. of Sumter; her daughters, Emily Johnson (Huey E.) and Leah Burton, both of Sumter; her grandchildren, William Burton of Sumter, David Durham (Stefanie) of Sumter, Lisa Phillips (Brian) of Colorado and Corey Johnson (Nora) of Florida; her great-grandchildren, Sarah Emily Durham of Sumter, Autumn Phillips, Hunter Phillips, Rainey Phillips, London Phillips and Skylar Phillips, all of Colorado; and a brother, Byron Eugene Burns of Laurens.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving brothers and sisters-in-law of Laurens, Russell and Thelma Burns, Leroy and Ester Burns, and Mary Burns.

Emily brought so much joy to the people she encountered in her life. Born on May 10, 1923, in Gray Court, she was the daughter of the late Sam and Hampie Burns. She attended Winthrop University, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in education and a minor in French. She was a dedicated and outstanding teacher for more than 25 years in South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia.

Many individuals are proud to have had her in their educational experience.

Emily was a devoted member of First Baptist Church of Sumter, where she taught Sunday school, greeted on Sunday, and enjoyed participation in her circle. Emily loved her family with a sincere devotion and was a wonderful friend to many. She was unselfish in her caring and giving of her time, energy, and love. She was a rare individual that will be greatly missed.

Her family wishes to thank the many individuals that have so lovingly assisted with her care in these last few months. In particular, we thank Dr. Hugh Stoddard, the Rev. Charles Clanton, Evone, Jalessa, Mary Lou, Cecelia, Tempi,

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Glenda and Katie for the excellent care given to Emily. She appreciated this care and the kindness of her friends who called and visited her so faithfully.

Emily will be honored in a service at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Charles Clanton, the Rev. Dan Barber and the Rev. Marion Zeigler officiating. Graveside services will follow for the family in the Sumter Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Thursday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 107 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

MABLE R. VAUGHN Mable Rembert Vaughn, 84, widow of James Vaughn Sr., died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born May 31, 1928, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of George and Janie Davis Rembert.

The family will receive friends and relatives at the home, 28 W. Moore St., Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

JOHN H. LEASURE IV GOOSE CREEK — John Henry Leasure IV, 68, husband of Jill Anderson Leasure, died Monday, May 13, 2013, at his home in Goose Creek.

Services will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org ROBERT LEE JENKINS Robert Lee Jenkins, 66, husband of Hallie Mae Jennings Jenkins, entered eternal rest at his home on Saturday, May 11, 2013.

Born June 15, 1946, in Sumter County, he was a son of William Jenkins Sr. and Bertha

Kimble, and was reared by his grandmother, the late Estelle Herroitt. He was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and was a member Grant Hill Baptist Church. He was employed as a logger with Boyd Logging Co. Survivors are his wife of 29 years, Hallie Mae J. Jenkins of the home; mother, Bertha Kimble of Rochester, N.Y.; father, William Jenkins Sr. (Joan) of Brooklyn, N.Y.; children, Kassandra Shannon (Torey), Travis Jenkins (Missy), Robert Jenkins Jr. (Rana), James Jenkins, Le’asia Jenkins, Barbara Jenkins, Laura Jean Jenkins and Kathy Jennings, all of Sumter; two grandchildren raised in the home, Je’Noryen Gleaton and Je’nyria Jenkins; sisters, Marie Knox (Arthur), Nita Copeland (Jonathan), Evelyn Dixon (Wallace), Dorothy Dow (James), Bernice Bolden (Willis), Betty McDaniel, Yvonne Jenkins, Marilyn Jenkins, Princess Jenkins and Stephanie Jenkins; brothers, William Jenkins (Bessie), William Eddie Jenkins, John Herriott, Charles McDaniel (Elease), Eric Jenkins, James Murray McDaniel, Leroy McDaniel and Furman McDaniel; his mother-in-law, Cathline Jennings; 20 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; a host of other relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 3:30 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.

Thursday at Grant Hill Baptist Church with Pastor Clifton N. Witherspoon, assisted by Bishop Jeffrey Johnson, the Rev. Durant Jenkins and the Rev. Bernard Jenkins. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family is receiving visitors at the home, 6275 Black River Road, Rembert.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

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TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: Bobby L. Haley YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, South Carolina, 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the 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; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53, of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of South Carolina Code 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the attached mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original note and mortgage and Complaint attached hereto.

PERMIT: NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Regulated Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (SMS4s), SCR030000

Property Address: 3265 Mitchum Street, Sumter, SC 29154-6094.

TMS No. 182-06-02-017 NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on November 27, 2012 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC, Suzanne E. Brown, SC Bar No. 76440 J. Marshall Swails, SC Bar No. 79067 J. Martin Page, SC Bar No. 100200 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, South Carolina 29210 (888) 726-9953 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1037460

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

by Bobby L. Haley to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Homeowners Mortgage Enterprises, Inc. as nominee for Homeowners Mortgage Enterprises, Inc. dated December 29, 2008 and recorded on December 29, 2008 in Book 1116 at Page 002723, in the Sumter County Registry, hereinafter Mortgage. Thereafter the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot Seventy-Seven (77) on a Plat of Ashbrook Subdivision, Phase 1, Section 1 by Louis White Tisdale of Black River Land Surveying Company dated March 27, 2007, last revised June 12, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2007 at Page 281.

Said lot is more specifically shown and delineated on a plat prepared for Bobby L. Haley and Geodi Haley

by R. Brian Pate, PLS, dated December 16, 2008. The above plats are incorporated herein by reference and are made a part hereof for a more complete and accurate description.

All measurements shown on said plats are a little more or less. This is the same property conveyed to Bobby L. Haley by Deed of Shumaker Homes, Inc., dated and recorded December 29, 2008, in Record Book 1116 at Page 2714.

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- Procedures: The hearing will be conducted by a hearing officer. Oral and written comments will be accepted. Oral presentations may be limited to a fixed, reasonable amount of time. And the number of representatives that may make oral statements on behalf of any individual or organized group may be limited.

- Any individuals with disabilities or special needs who wish to participate in these proceedings or review the Department's files on this permit should contact the person listed below by two weeks before the hearing date to discuss any special aids or services required.

PERMIT SUMMARY: DHEC regulates the discharge of pollutants to waters in South Carolina via an NPDES permit.

This permit authorizes stormwater discharges to Waters of the State of South Carolina from Regulated Small Municipal Storm Sewer Systems (SMS4s) as described in SC Reg. 61-9§122.26(b)(16). This proposed NPDES general permit requires operators of SMS4s to develop and implement a Stormwater Management Program to develop, implement, and enforce a stormwater management program designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from their SMS4 to the "maximum extent practicable," to protect water quality, and to satisfy the appropriate water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act. The SMS4 Stormwater Management Program must include the following six minimum control measures: public education and outreach; public participation/involvement; illicit discharge detection and elimination; construction site runoff control; post-construction runoff control; and pollution prevention/good housekeeping. A Fact Sheet is available.

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Eddie Prescott, longtime friend of the late Tom Garrity, whose G&G Fabrications restored this 1920s fire truck, rings the bell to bid farewell to the vehicle G&G workers spent hundreds of hours refurbishing.

Swan Lake’s fire truck fully restored

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com

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f you were a kid at any time from the late 1960s until November 2009, you probably remember climbing on the old fire truck at the Swan Lake playground. Over the years, a combination of weather and wear and tear from happy, energetic children made the truck unsuitable for playground use, and it was removed to another area. It’s been missed.

Now, a concerted effort of individuals and organizations throughout the community has restored the truck so that it looks as new as it did when it was purchased for the Sumter Fire Department in the 1920s.

Just Thursday morning, Ken Clodfelter of Bailey’s Automotive Service drove a flatbed truck to G&G Fabrications, where the restoration was accomplished, to take it back to the playground. Its installation later that day marked the fulfillment of a five-month project.

The move to return the fire truck to the playground started with the Friends of Swan Lake, a local volunteer organization dedicated to the maintenance, beautification and improvement of what is known as Sumter’s centerpiece.

According to Sheryn Lavanish, who has spearheaded the Friends’ efforts, the group originally considered buying another fire truck.

“Then (member) Ruth Ann Bigger located the original,” she said, “and we looked at restoration.”

Their first step, Lavanish said, was to approach the late Tom Garrity, then owner of G&G Fabrications, which builds and restores fire trucks, to find out if the idea was feasible. A former firefighter himself, Garrity agreed that his company could do the job.

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From left, Ken Clodfelter of Bailey’s Automotive Services, the late Tom Garrity, and Eddie Prescott, both of G&G Fabrications, prepare to move the Swan Lake playground’s old fire truck to G&G for restoration on Aug. 29, 2012.

Once he said it could be done, the Friends approached the city of Sumter for insurance information and safety guidelines. With that approval, the project gained the momentum it needed for a full-scale effort, one that, for all concerned, became the proverbial labor of love.

Lavanish said all the local individuals and companies who contributed to the restoration either donated their services or provided them at less than cost, so that the total the Friends paid out was around $6,000, remarkable for the materials, time and manpower involved. The tires alone cost around $3,000.

“Bailey’s Automotive did all the towing for free,” she said, and the truck was sandblasted “at below cost by Patrick Aycock of Aycock-Richardson Monument Company.”

Clodfelter picked up the firetruck on Aug. 29 and transported it to G&G on Stamey Livestock Road. The start of work on the truck was delayed by back orders, and when Garrity died in November, the future of the project was briefly in doubt.

Bigger talked to Garrity’s wife, Laurine, and son, Dr. Tim Garrity, who pledged to make every effort to complete the restoration. Later, Tom Garrity’s friend of more than 40 years, Eddie Prescott, who works at G&G, took on much of the restoration work, which took five months and “hundreds and hundreds of hours,” along with others at G&G. “I worked on it 10 to 12 hours every day until it was finished,” Prescott said Thursday, when the fire truck was moved back to Swan Lake, again by Bailey’s Automotive.

G&G workers, including Tim Garrity, who put on the final touches Wednesday, did their work as much as a tribute to Tom as for the children who visit Swan Lake.

Employees gathered in the parking lot, taking dozens of photos, as the truck was loaded onto Bailey’s flatbed.

They walked around it several times, many touching the plaque with the Friends’ dedication of the truck to Tom Garrity. Prescott climbed into the seat to say his goodbyes, ringing the bell.

During their spring meeting Tuesday evening, the Friends of Swan Lake dedicated the fire truck to Tom Garrity and thanked all those who participated in its restoration to the playground at the park.

It shines there now, awaiting Sumter’s children and visitors to the Sumter Iris Festival later this month.

An anecdotal history of ‘Ol Seagrave

BY SHERYN LAVANISH Special to The Item There have been several sources used to obtain some history on this very old, very unique fire truck. When meeting with Melvin Holloman, a former Sumter fire chief, I was told that this truck was the first gas-powered fire truck purchased by the city of Sumter. Prior to its purchase, horse-drawn fire engines were used. The back wheels were chain driven (like a bike), and the truck had only back brakes. Mr. Holloman has the original solid brass searchlight, some brass fittings and a couple of nozzles from this truck that he is keeping safe until they can be properly displayed.

While speaking with Buck

Wells I learned that the truck was one of two that were purchased in the late 1920s. This truck has rubber tires and the other truck had hard tires. The hard-tired vehicle was much less reliable and often broke down on the way to fires. Ours is a 1,000-gallon pumper truck and is a Seagrave, which is how they referred to it.

Buck was a volunteer fireman in 1939 and came on full time after the war. The fire chief since Seagrave had been purchased was a gentleman named Bit Wilder, and it was definitely his favorite. No one else could drive it when he was on duty, though Buck often fought to do so. Buck seemed to think it was so popular because of its unique sounding siren. It apparently sounded like it was “hoarse”

so you always knew when it was coming to a rescue.

Turner (Gus) Green, another former Sumter fireman who came on board in 1956, thought that Seagrave was decommissioned in the early 1950s and was relegated to the “Sleeper Shed,” located behind the old Harvin Street fire station. When the new fire station was built in the spring of 1970 it was determined not to bring ol’ Seagrave along. Mr. Green also thought the fire truck might be a La France, though he was not sure.

Raymond Riles, a former fireman still living in Sumter, thinks he remembers a company, possibly Wings and Wheels, approaching Sumter to let them completely refurbish the fire truck to its original glory and transport it to

Santee, where it would be put on display with other fire trucks. Sumter declined the offer, however, and instead decided to let it reside at Swan Lake, where the children could climb on it to their hearts’ content.

Mr. Holloman related that he and Mr. Riles got ol’ Seagrave out from the shed when they were going to transport it to the playground and found the gasoline inside had turned to jelly. They were successfully able to get it running however, and Melvin said Raymond drove the fire truck to Swan Lake under its own power around 1970.

Local historian and Item Archivist Sammy Way was asked to do some research on the exact year the truck was transported to Swan Lake and

promised to try to find any articles mentioning that occurrence. Sammy mentioned that he and the late Bubba McElveen, former Sumter mayor and folk historian before his death, had an ongoing debate as to the origin of the Swan Lake fire truck.

One was convinced that this fire truck was the one that was won on “The Price is Right” back in 1958 by Sumterite Mac Spencer. Many folks can still remember that wonderful event, when Mac won so many, many items. Not only did she win a fire truck, but also a fur coat, two swimming pools, trips, etc. As for the fire truck she won, it is now believed that she donated it to the Lynchburg fire department, where it was in use for at least 17 years.

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Good food, good friends

BY FAMILY FEATURES There are no better reasons for outdoor entertaining than good friends, good food and good weather.

“I’ve made a lot of friends around the table in my life,” said Rebecca Lang, food writer, television personality and author of such cookbooks as “Around the Southern Table.”

Lang’s favorite dishes are those that are easy on the cook and incorporate Southern specialties, such as Vidalia onions. Whether you’re planning for several dozen guests or inviting over a few close friends, impress them with delicious dishes in a comfortable setting.

Need a little inspiration to get the party started? Lang and other experts offer tips and recipes at www.flavorsof-summer.com. Have a crowd-pleasing recipe of your own? Visit the website to compete for a $1,000 prize or entertainment package valued at $5,000. Simply submit a recipe in the following four categories: Grilling Favorites; Salads, Sides, and Desserts; Marinades, Sauces, and Salsas; Outdoor Decorating and Entertaining, and get ready to celebrate. All entries must be received by Aug. 15.

TACOS WITH LIME MARINATED VIDALIA ONIONS AND GRILLED ITALIAN SAUSAGES

Servings: 4 to 6 “Tacos loaded with color and flavor spice up a summertime cookout like nothing else,” Lang said. “Arrange all the ingredients on a platter for tacos that are pretty and easy for guests to put together.”

1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1/3-inch strips 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1/3-inch strips 1 orange bell pepper, cut into 1/3-inch strips 2 Vidalia onions, sliced into half-moons 3 jalapeño peppers, sliced into very thin strips 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon Gourmet Garden Cilantro 2 teaspoons Gourmet Garden Chunky Garlic 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 (19-ounce) package Johnsonville Italian Mild Sausage Links

10 (6-inch) corn tortillas 2 avocados, sliced 5 ounces goat cheese, crumbled 2 cups grape tomatoes, sliced in half 1 lime, cut into 6 wedges Combine bell peppers, onions and jalapeño peppers in large bowl. In small bowl, whisk together lime juice, olive oil, cilantro, garlic, salt and pepper.

Pour over bell pepper mixture. Marinate for 45 minutes.

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A lighter, foolproof take on barbecued chicken SARA MOULTON Associated Press Barbecue chicken is one of my favorite summertime dishes. I like every part of it — the tomato-based sauce (the spicier the better), the crispy skin, even the bones.

And taste aside, it’s also relatively healthy, at least as compared to such sundry first cousins as grilled and/or smoked ribs, brisket or pulled pork. It’s chicken, after all, and it wears that lean protein halo. Unfortunately, when it’s prepared with its skin and bones, and slathered with a sugary sauce, barbecue chicken is very nearly as caloric as its brethren.

Know why chicken skin is so delicious? It’s high in fat.

So I set myself the task of coming up with a recipe for a leaner version of barbecue chicken that somehow still boasted the most lovable aspects of the classic version — a mouth-watering sauce and an element of crunch.

I started by enlisting the usual lean poultry suspect, the boneless, skinless chicken breast.

The one problem with this virtuous ingredient is that it’s tough to cook just right. Undercook it and you risk getting sick.

Overcook it and you’re faced with a slab of protein as dry and tough as cardboard.

And then, as I discovered while developing this recipe, there’s another problem — chicken breasts come in all different sizes and thicknesses.

Generally, if it’s labeled “cutlet,” it’s fairly thin. If it’s labeled “chicken breast,” it’s rather thick.

But there’s a range of thickness within these categories, too. I tried both and opted for the latter because the thicker breasts were simply harder to overcook.

The breasts also are covered for two-thirds of the cooking time, which helps keep them moist, further ensuring perfectly cooked barbecue.

By the way, the internal temperature of the cooked breasts should be 165 F. And be sure when you take the temperature to insert the thermometer sideways into the center, and not straight down from the top. That way you’ll get a more accurate reading. Also, don’t forget to let the chicken rest for a few minutes after you pull it out of the oven. It’s another way to maximize the juiciness.

For the sauce, I wanted to conjure up something with big flavor that wasn’t too sweet and somehow didn’t require hours of simmering on top of the stove. I started with the usual ketchup base, balanced off the sugar with acid and Dijon mustard, then spiked it with a secret weapon — adobo sauce from canned chipotles in adobo. Chipotles are smoked jalapenos; they are hot and smoky, as is the adobo sauce they swim in. You also could use an actual chipotle, finely minced, but I found that a tad too fiery for this small amount of sauce.

By the way, if you open a whole can of chilies to make this sauce, you can freeze what you don’t use by putting a chili with a little sauce into each cube

crunchy, easy-to-make chicken barbecue that happens to be tasty hot, cold or at room temperature.

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of an ice cube tray. Caution: after this baptism by fire, this particular tray will be usable only for freezing other spicy or tomato-based preparations.

Finally, I needed to add some crunch to the recipe to replicate the missing skin and bones.

Panko breadcrumbs did the trick. One of my favorite ingredients these days, these fantastically crispy Japanese breadcrumbs are available at most grocers (check the

international aisle if you don’t see them in with the regular breadcrumbs). I sauteed them in a little olive oil with some fresh thyme until they were nicely toasted, then topped the chicken with the crumbs for the last 10 minutes of baking, which guaranteed the crumbs would stick to the chicken, but not get soggy.

I was very pleased with the end result: a juicy, spicy, slightly

This barbecue sauce can be as flavorful as you like. For the adobo sauce and garlic, start with the lower amounts, then taste and adjust to your preference.

Start to finish: 40 minutes (10 minutes active) Servings: 4 1/2 cup ketchup 1 to 2 tablespoons adobo sauce (from a can of chipotles in adobo) 2 teaspoons packed dark brown sugar, or to taste 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste 1 pound boneless

skinless chicken breasts without the filet (a total of 2 to 3 breasts, each about 3/4- to 1-inch thick) 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme Heat the oven to 350 F. In a small bowl combine the ketchup, adobo sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard and garlic.

Season with salt and pepper.

Line a shallow baking dish with foil, leaving enough excess to generously overhang the sides.

Spread half of the sauce on the foil in an area just the size of the chicken breasts. Arrange the breasts on top of the sauce and spoon the remaining sauce over them.

Bring the edges of the foil up and over the chicken and fold it to enclose them. Bake the breasts on the middle shelf of the oven for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a small

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Chevron and the United States Golf Association (USGA) are bringing science to life by showing how STEM studies play a big role in the game of golf. This page is the fourth in a series of special Kid Scoop pages created through this partnership.

You may see a funny, bumpy ball sitting on a tee. ee.

But when you take it into the the STEM Zone, a golf ball looks aerodynamic!

The word aerodynamic comes from two Greek words:

The impact, or hit, of a golf club on a ball gives it speed to move. Drag is an opposite force that slows a moving object.

STEM Zone content on this page is provided through a partnership with Chevron and the USGA.

Scientists and engineers use the rules of aerodynamics to make things go fast and far – like race cars, jet planes and golf balls!

STRENGTH ANALYSIS DYNAMIS FAIRWAY FLIGHT IMPACT TRAVEL TUNNEL SPEED FORCE DRAG HANG BLOW WAKE AIR

Most round objects (like a golf ball) have less drag than flat objects (like a cube).

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The weight of an object makes it harder to lift. Have you ever wondered how a full passenger jet, which weighs about 300,000 pounds, can fly? Aerodynamics!

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drag Dimples on a golf ball reduce and increase lift. Here’s how: ball The air boundary around a golf creates with no dimples is wider. This a thick wake behind the ball and more drag.

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US Att the USGA Test Centeer, scientists scient created Center, 70-foot-lon ng tunnel to test golf a 70-foot-long machin ne shoot balls. A machine shoots out golf mp ph. Infra p balls at 190 mph.

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Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

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Locate a problem in the sports section of the newspaper that an athlete or team faced. Write about and illustrate an invention to solve it.

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

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What would you do if you could communicate with frogs?

STEM Connection: Bernoulli’s Principle explains how objects generate aerodynamic lift. Lift is partly responsible for getting golf balls to travel as far as they do.

skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the breadcrumbs, thyme, a pinch of salt and some pepper.

Saute until light golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.

After the chicken has baked for 20 minutes, open up the foil and spoon any sauce that has fallen off the chicken back on top of it. Sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly over the chicken. Continue baking, uncovered, until the chicken is just cooked through, another 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes.

Carefully slice the chicken, then divide between 4 serving plates, spooning any sauce and crumbs that have fallen off over the chicken slices.

Nutrition information per serving: 240 calories; 45 calories from fat (19 percent of total calories); 5 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 65 mg cholesterol; 20 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 9 g sugar; 28 g protein; 750 mg sodium.

STEM in the News Collect STEM related articles from the newspaper to place in a time capsule. What do the articles tell us about current technology?

Deadline: June 9 Published: Week of July 7 Please include your school and grade.

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The Sumter County Education Association Retired will have a special called meeting at noon today at North HOPE Center. Call Brenda Bethune at (803) 469-6588.

The National Association for Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) will offer two hours of continuing education 10 a.m.noon Thursday, May 16, at Sunset Country Club. Regular meeting will follow at noon. Call Tammy Kelly at (803) 773-8322.

The Pinedale Neighborhood Association will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at South HOPE Center.

Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 968-4464.

The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, at South HOPE Center, corner of South Lafayette Drive and East Red Bay Road.

All area veterans are invited.

A “Footsteps of Dr. Bethune” historical walk-a-thon will be held at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18. This will be a 5K walk from Mayesville to Dr. Bethune’s birth site. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Park is located at 1175 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Road, Mayesville. Entry fee: $1.50 / age K4-6 years old; $5 / 7-13 years old; $10 / 14-18 years old; $25 / adult.

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The “Hot Pursuit” 5K to benefit Sumter Crime Stoppers will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Sumter Family YMCA. Entry fee: $30. Register at www.strictlyrunning. com, the Sumter Family YMCA, or by mail to “Hot Pursuit 5K” Registration, c/o Sumter Police Department, 107 E. Hampton Ave., Sumter, SC 29150. Include completed registration and fee.

Palmetto Healthy Start will hold its family health festival 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at North Hope Park, 904 N. Main St. This free event celebrates children and families through food, games, music, and activities for all ages.

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‘Idol,’ Blue Jays have something in common

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The last two finalists warble for the judges on the final night of competition on “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox, TV14). But will the judges pay attention? Or will they be staring at their pink slips? Reports surfaced or, rather, erupted last week that the entire panel was going to be fired. Even Randy (“Yo, yo, yo, dawg”) Jackson quit, and he’s been part of the show since Millard Fillmore was president.

I don’t know enough, or care enough, and haven’t paid sufficient attention to catalog the shortcomings of judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban.

Suffice it to say, they were famous, so they were supposed to drag their fans into the show’s audience. Instead, they seemed to repel the show’s faithful.

These things happen.

And not just on television. Anybody who follows baseball knows that owners can buy a boatload of high-paid talent, but they can’t always forge good teams.

It’s called bad chemistry. The latest example of a chemistry project gone awry can be found in Toronto. More than any other team, the Blue Jays added lots of talent in the off season.

Many prognosticators

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picked them to dominate their division. So far, they stink. It’s only May, so the Blue Jays can turn it around. But “Idol” wraps up its year tomorrow night, and sadly, more people will tune in to see how ugly it gets rather than watch the new winner be crowned. That’s what happens when you turn what was once the most popular talent competition on television into “Hollywood Squares.”

Celebrities of all stripes have infected the reality genre, at least on network television. And it’s beginning to smell rotten. We can’t just watch strangers on “Survivor” anymore. Former “stars” are continually recycled. “The Apprentice” has given way exclusively to its “Celebrity” version. We’re supposed to care about Andy Dick on “Dancing With the Stars.”

In contrast, cable reality shows are thriving by discovering unpolished personalities.

Would anyone ever watch “Celebrity Deadliest Catch,” “Celebrity Pawn Stars” or the “Duck Dynasty All-Star Celebrity Review”? I would probably tune in for “Celebrity Exterminator,” but for all the wrong reasons.

• “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG), a bona fide hit for its network and one of the more

successful new shows to launch this season, wraps up its first year with Oliver and Diggle racing to stop the Dark Archer.

Tonight’s Season Finales • A journalist gets embedded with the team on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Hellzapoppin’ on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Frankie is assumed to be a doctor on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• A victim’s past emerges after she’s dredged from the river on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• “MythBusters” (9 p.m., Discovery, TV-PG) tackles life’s most compelling question: electric hand dryer or paper towel?

• Auditions continue on “So You Think You Can Dance” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• An RV vacation feels too close for comfort on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• Shay anticipates motherhood on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Lamar is suddenly in Rayna’s corner on

“Nashville” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• The extinction of our Neanderthal cousins is explored on “Secrets of the Dead” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• Shawn and Gus go undercover to find out who killed a radio star on “Psych” (10 p.m., USA, TV-PG).

Cult Choice A lone police officer (Mel Gibson) stands up to post-apocalyptic anarchy in the 1979 thriller “Mad Max” (8 p.m., G4). The movie’s spare brilliance went out the window by the time the bloated 1985 sequel “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” (10 p.m., Reelz) was released.

Series Notes On two episodes of “2 Broke Girls” (CBS, r, TV-14): an all-nighter (8 p.m.); love may not be in the stars (8:30 p.m.) * “Dateline NBC” (8 p.m.) * A posh assignment on “Family Tools” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Panic in Detroit on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Polly returns to school on “How To Live With

Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

Late Night Olympia Snowe is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Zach Galifianakis, Jim Gaffigan and Beware of Darkness appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Zachary Quinto, Brad Wollack, Morgan Murphy and Greg Fitzsimmons are booked on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Cyndi Lauper sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Ed Helms and Brad Paisley appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jay Leno welcomes Usher, Nick Offerman and Pyramids on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Jason and Jarron Collins, J.J. Abrams and Huey Lewis & the News appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Ice-T and Paula Poundstone on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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f you bought a bag of Vidalia onions from the Sumter-Palmetto Rotary Club and you don’t know what to do with them, read on. If you didn’t buy a bag, you will want to run to your nearest grocer as soon as you see these tempting recipes from The Vidalia® Onion Committee.

Cheese Grits with Caramelized Vidalias® & Country Ham Ingredients: 1 medium Vidalia® onion diced, about 1 1/2 cups 4 tablespoons butter, divided 3 1/4 oz. country ham or salt-cured ham, about 1 slice, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 2 cups water 1 cup milk 1 cup stone ground grits 2 cups grated cheddar cheese 1/2 teaspoon pepper Directions: In a 10-inch sauté pan set over medium-low heat melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Add onions and cook until caramelized, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Remove onions from pan and set aside.

Put country ham in the same pan and cook until it begins to brown, about 4-5 minutes.

Bring water and milk to a boil. Whisk grits into the boiling water, reduce heat to low and simmer 12 minutes. Add cheese, stir until melted. Fold in caramelized onions and ham.

Serve immediately.

Hawaiian Coconut Crusted Vidalia® Onion Rings with Tamari-Ginger Dipping Sauce

Honey Glazed Vidalia® Sweet Onion Rings Ingredients: 1 large Vidalia® onion 2 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed 1 tablespoon honey Peel and thinly sliced Vidalia® onion, separate into rings. This should make 3 to 4 cups of rings.

Heat butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat until it bubbles. Add Vidalia® onions and sauté, stirring constantly, until soft but not browned. Add sugar and honey. Reduce heat to low and cook until Vidalia® onions are glazed and liquid is well cooked down. Serve warm with meat of any type.

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Ingredients: 1 large Vidalia® onion Tamari-Ginger Dipping Sauce: 1/4 cup chopped Vidalia® onion 1/4 cup apple juice 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium tamari (or soy sauce) 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 1 teaspoon finely grated, peeled fresh gingerroot 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil Basic batter: 1 cup self-rising flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper 2 large eggs, beaten 1 cup milk Coconut Crust: 1/4 cup ground macadamia nuts 1/4 cup ground almonds 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1/4 cup sesame seeds 1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut 1 oil for frying Directions: Prepare the Tamari-Ginger Dipping Sauce; set aside.

Basic Batter: Mix the flour, salt and pepper in a medium size bowl.

Add eggs and milk, whisking gently until a smooth thick batter forms.

Coconut Crust: Stir macadamia nuts, almonds and ginger into the batter. In a shallow bowl, combine the sesame seeds and coconut.

Pour oil to a depth of 3/4 inch and heat to 375°F. Peel Vidalia onion and cut crosswise into 1/2 inch-thick slices; separate the slices into individual rings. Dip onion ring into batter, coating thickly, then dredge in the sesame/coconut mixture. Lay onion ring gently in hot oil and cook until underside is dark golden — about 2 minutes; turn and cook 2 to 3 minutes longer. Remove and drain. Serve with dipping sauce.

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter, plus more for dish 1 medium Vidalia® onion, minced Pinch cayenne pepper 1 package frozen spinach, thawed, drained and chopped 1 cup milk 2 eggs 2 cups shredded extra sharp Cheddar, plus extra for top 4 cups cooked rice 1 teaspoon freshly chopped parsley leaves 1 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme leaves 1 teaspoon chopped basil leaves Salt and freshly ground black pepper Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a large casserole dish. In a large pan over medium-high heat, sauté onions with 2 tablespoons of butter and cayenne until translucent. Add the spinach and cook for 3 minutes.

Set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together milk and eggs. Add the cheese, rice, parsley, thyme, basil and spinach mixture. Combine well.

Season with salt and pepper.

Pour into prepared casserole dish and top with extra shredded cheese.

Bake for 30 minutes. Serve piping hot.

in olive oil. Set aside.

Mix eggs, sugar, vanilla, and flour together. Pour over squash and onion mixture.

Pour into pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Southern-Style Sweet Vidalia® Onion Rings with Crabmeat Dip (requires food processor) Ingredients: 1 large Vidalia® onion 1 can (15 oz.) cream-style corn 1 cup self-rising flour 1/8 teaspoon white pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup corn kernels 1 oil for frying Crabmeat Dip: 1/4 cup Vidalia® onion, coarsely chopped 3 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves 3/4 cup flaked crabmeat (can substitute imitation crabmeat) 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 3 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 dash of hot sauce Process corn until nearly smooth in food processor. Remove to bowl and whisk in flour, salt and pepper.

Stir in corn kernels.

Pour oil into saucepan and heat to 375 degrees. Peel Vidalia® onion and cut crosswise to make rings. Dip onion ring into batter and lay in oil to cook.

Combine onion and parsley in food processor until finely chopped.

Add remaining ingredients and process until well blended.

Serve with warm crabmeat.

Squash and Sweet Vidalia® Pie

by Sabrina Toole 2 deep dish pie shells (baked) 3 large Vidalia® onions 3 large yellow squash 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 heaping tablespoons self-rising flour Sauté onions and squash together

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