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Wilson Hall celebrates half-century BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com A school that was built on the tireless dedication of its founders and community is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The idea for Wilson Hall was first proposed in 1964 by the late John S. Wilson, for whom the school is named, and his father-in-law, Shepard K. Nash, a well-known attorney in Sumter.

Wilson was elected first board chairman but passed away before his idea could see fruition, said his wife, Sally Wilson. “The people in the community were worried about the education of their children,” Wilson said. “They wanted a school where they could maintain discipline and academic excellence. They knew if they had a small school and could find the finest teachers they could, it would be good for the student body.”

Wilson Hall seniors hug each other goodbye on their last day at the school on Tuesday.

The school began in the fall of 1964 at First Southern Methodist Church, 321 Miller Road, with 87 students enrolled in grades one through six. “When I drove up to see the doors of Wilson Hall open to the students, I sat in my automobile and sobbed,” Wilson said. “It was not out of sadness but out of a dream that was fulfilled. And the school was now in progress.” The school was organized

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Fire Ant 5K Color Run ends in exchange of marriage vows Brandon Osborne kisses his new bride, Lindsay Osborne, after getting married on the Finish Line of the Fire Ant 5k Color Run on Saturday. KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Guard survived ‘hit,’ now helps other trauma patients Dr. Stephen Fann of Medical University of South Carolina, right, embraces former Lee Correctional Institute guard Robert Johnson. Fann was one of the surgeons that saved Johnson’s life.

BY DAWN BRAZELL MUSC News Center Editor’s note: This article is reprinted with permission from MUSC News Center, a Medical University of South Carolina website. Staring down the muzzle of the .38-caliber revolver, Robert Johnson knew the scene wasn’t going to go down well. He had just scuffled and lost with a man who kicked in his door early in the morning of March 5, 2010. Johnson, who was a state prison guard at the time getting ready for work, tried to fight off the intruder,

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a man Johnson would later learn had been hired to kill him for $6,000. The man put six bullets into him less than 6 feet away and left him for dead. Johnson had told his wife to escape if anything should happen, instead of trying to save him. Thankfully, she listened. “We had made a plan because we knew I had a hit on me,” he said, explaining that he had developed enemies at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville with his talent for discovering illegal contraband, including cellphones. Johnson always thought the hit would be out in the streets or at the prison, though.

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“I call her the bravest woman that I know,” said Johnson, explaining how his wife came back to help him after the man left him for dead. “She gave me a towel and held it on me and called 911. And she did just what I wanted her to do, leave the house — cause there was no sense in both of us getting hurt. Somebody had to tell the story.”

TRAUMA AWARENESS Johnson, as part of Trauma Awareness Month in May, is telling his story to help other survivors

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Hootie and the Blowfish member talks recovery Hootie and the Blowfish band member Jim Sonefield will give his testimony regarding his struggles with addiction and his recovery at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road. Alice Drive Baptist Church has recently started a chapter of Celebrate Recovery; a Christcentered recovery program. Celebrate Recovery is a 12Step program designed for people who are seeking help. The DNA of Celebrate Recovery is all about pointing people back to the Beatitudes, Jesus’ instructions on how to live a good, productive life. Celebrate Recovery meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at Alice Drive with small groups at 8 p.m. Participants meet at the Studio building at the back of the church campus. For more information, contact Jock Hendricks at (803) 9055200.

City council will hold 3 public hearings Tuesday Sumter City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider final reading of an ordinance authorizing a municipal service agreement with Black River Electric Cooperative Inc. At approximately 6 p.m., council will hold three public hearings regarding: • The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, a report on how the city utilized its entitlement funds in the amount of $285,930 for the period April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016; • The proposed budget for fiscal year 2016-17; and • A request to rezone 4.65 acres of land at 2120 Thomas Sumter Highway from general commercial and agricultural conservation to general commercial.

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Small town marks big place in history BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Beatrice Rivers, the Grand Marshall for the Briggs v. Elliot Celebration, Parade and Festival, gazed out from under her broadbrimmed hat Saturday as the parade passed by. Sitting in a Ford Model T in RIVERS front of a now closed supermarket, many things have changed in the small Clarendon County town since she was a student at Scott’s Branch School, where a petition for a school bus for the black-only school put the nation on the legal road to desegregation. Rivers, whose maiden name was Brown, was one of the children who signed that petition. “The parents got together and decided whether to sign,” she said. “If they signed then the children would, too.” “It took a lot courage,” she said. Few towns anywhere in the country have a better reason to celebrate than Summerton. The courage of those educators, parents and schoolchildren from Summerton — ordinary people — who risked their jobs, their reputations and their lives to get a better education for their children should not be forgotten. On Summerton’s Main Street, people strolled through the bikes and classic cars gleamed in the sun at the Community Angels Fund Spring Fling and Bike Show. A bounce house was set up and a number of booths offered everything from cellphones to body fragrances. At the celebration, with election season in full swing, plenty of candidates and supporters wearing T-shirts took in the festivities. The Crestwood High School band marched in the parade and streamed through the crowd. Rivers said she thinks the annual event is “wonderful.” “They still want to remem-

Parade Grand Marshall Beatrice Rivers, above, watches the parade at Summerton Briggs v. Elliot Celebration, which celebrates the historic case that began in the small Clarendon County community. Crestwood High School Band members, left, give a shout Saturday afternoon as they march in the parade. PHOTOS BY JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM

ber what they did,” she said. Naomi Bradley, who was a teacher in Clarendon and Lee counties, said the Briggs v. Elliot case was a milestone, but change was slow. She started her education at Scott’s Branch in 1961, she

said. “You could go to the white school but few did,” she said. “We did not integrate here. We are still not.” She says she still works with children and tells them what happened.

Julia Green, who was at the festival with her family including children and grandchildren, said having the celebration is a good thing. “My older grandchildren know what happened,” she said. “Not the younger ones.” Rivers, who left Summerton and worked in Washington, D.C., for 40 years, said children today don’t have the same problems as when she was a child. While much progress has been made, there is still much more to be done, she said. “I do think people should stop being divided,” she said. The Briggs v. Elliot Celebration, Parade and Festival will continue with a worship service at 4 p.m. today at Liberty Hill AME Church, 2310 Liberty Hill Road. For more information, call (803) 485-2071 or (803) 9830302.

S.C. Official: Adult education must improve or jobs will flee COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina must ramp up efforts to educate and retrain adults or jobs will vanish, says the director of the state’s Education Oversight Committee. Just 40 percent of South Carolina’s working-age adults — those 25 to 64 years old — have an industry certification or degree beyond high school, ranking the state 40th nationwide. Twelve percent lack even a high school diploma, according to a report released last month by the Lumina Foundation. “That’s why it’s getting harder and harder for businesses and industry to attract people,” EOC Director Melanie Barton told a Senate panel Thursday. “Even if we graduated 100 percent of

our kids ready for college tomorrow, it’s still not enough. You’ve got to address the adults.” While the state’s unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in March, about 131,500 South Carolinians remained out of work, despite 63,000 job openings statewide, according to the Department of Employment and Workforce. Legislation that aims to match training with businesses’ workforce needs is headed to the Senate Education Committee. Passed 106-5 by the House in January, it creates a council to coordinate all workforce training offered by various state agencies. Its responsibilities include surveying businesses to deter-

mine their hiring needs and working with technical colleges to fill in any gaps. The council would also dole out tuition scholarships for adults who need schooling to get a job as well as grants to pay for books and other fees they can’t otherwise afford. Its sponsor, House Ways and Means Chairman Brian White, said coordination between K-12 schools, colleges, other state agencies and businesses is essential. “Right now, everybody wants their own kingdom, and that’s not working,” he said Friday. The low percentages of degree attainment in poor, rural counties are

particularly startling, said Barton, who leads an agency tasked with accessing K-12 schools and overseen by a board educators, legislators and business leaders. According to U.S. Census Bureau, just 14 percent of adults in Marlboro County hold at least an associate’s degree. Five other counties are below 20 percent. “That explains why economic development is not happening in those counties. The workforce is not there,” Barton said. At the top end, half of adults in Charleston County and 46 percent in Richland County hold a post-highschool degree.

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A grizzly bear is seen near the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Three states — Wyoming, Montana and Idaho — are getting ready for the possible return of grizzly bear hunting in the Rocky Mountains for the first time in four decades.

3 states gear up for possible grizzly hunts HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Hunters soon could be chasing grizzly bears across the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, leaving three states to drum up plans to ensure the iconic species won’t be snuffed out soon after recovering from threats to their survival. The Obama administration in March proposed lifting protections for the more than 700 grizzlies around Yellowstone National Park. The bears have been considered a threatened species since 1975, but federal wildlife officials say that population has sufficiently recovered to give management to Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Those states and others use hunting and trapping to manage wildlife populations from elk to wolves, setting quotas with the aim of preventing overpopulation that could harm habitat and lead to conflicts with people and livestock. Charging hunters and trappers for licenses also provides a revenue source for state wildlife agencies. Before U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service makes a final decision on grizzly protections by March 2017, it is requiring the three states to outline what their grizzly hunting seasons would look like. The states came up with a coordinated plan late last year to guide their individual proposals, including reviewing the bear population each year, stopping hunting if the grizzlies’ overall numbers drop below 600 and banning hunting of female bears with their young. “This is a historic undertaking because we don’t manage any other species like this,” Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Gregg Losinski said. Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission gave its initial approval Thursday to the three-state plan and the state’s proposed hunting season regulations, which would charge $150 to residents and $1,000 to nonresidents for what is expected to be fewer than 10 licenses per year.

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Wyoming’s Fish and Game Commission approved a grizzly management plan Wednesday and still must come up with its own hunting rules. Idaho officials plan to discuss the matter next week. The scrutiny is intense, with wildlife advocates insisting the bear population is still too fragile for hunting and that federal officials reverse course before it’s too late. Defenders of Wildlife is worried the federal government is moving too quickly and with incomplete information. It should delay making a final decision until the states’ plans to manage the species have been completed and fully vetted, said Jamie Rappaport Clark, the advocacy group’s president and CEO and a former Fish and Wildlife Service director. “All the work of bringing back the grizzly bear from the brink of extinction should not go up in smoke because the game plan is substandard,” she said. The regulations are being created now because federal wildlife officials require it, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Jeff Hagener said Wednesday. “This doesn’t mean that automatically we’re going to start hunting grizzly bears as soon as they’re de-listed,” he said. The Montana hunting regulations will be up for a final vote in July. Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Gary Wolfe warned wildlife officials to carefully align the state’s plans with the federal government to protect themselves against inevitable lawsuits. The last major debate about hunting an animal that had been previously protected was the gray wolf. Congress lifted those protections in Idaho and Montana in 2011, and wolf hunts have since been held annually in those states. For grizzlies, the actual quota available for each state’s hunt would vary from year to year, depending on the previous year’s bear deaths.

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ooking at school class pictures today compared to several decades ago the difference is immediately noticeable. Kids today are not only bigger, but they also look older. According to the CDC, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in the past 30 years. Being overweight or obese is the result of a caloric imbalance, meaning that fewer calories are being used than what is being consumed. Ask any adult who was a kid 20 years ago or more, and they will tell you that they spent hours outside playing every day. NowaMissy days, kids spend 4 or more Corrigan hours a day on average on electronic devices. During that time, they are probably snacking or eating a full meal. South Carolina ranks second in the nation for childhood obesity with 21.5 percent of children ages 10-17 being reported as overweight or obese. These children are at a greater risk for bone and joint problems and psychological issues as well as chronic diseases such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Children who are overweight or obese are more likely to be so as adults as well, and 80 percent of parents are concerned about the state of children’s health and childhood obesity. However, the majority of parents don’t know how to help prevent this. While kids spend the majority of their days in school, it’s important that they receive a healthy lunch or bring one from home. The standards on school nutrition are regularly updated with the USDA guidelines to ensure healthy foods are in the schools. But offering it and making sure your child eats it are completely different. Children swap foods or refuse to eat healthy foods that they don’t like. Pizza, corndogs and sandwiches are safe fallback options yet those foods aren’t always avail-

‘South Carolina ranks second in the nation for childhood obesity with 21.5 percent of children ages 10-17 being reported as overweight or obese. These children are at a greater risk for bone and joint problems and psychological issues as well as chronic diseases, such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease.’ able, and even if they are, they lack vital nutrients. Kids imitate what they see, so as a parent you must be a good role model. Choose fruits and vegetables instead of chips and cookies. Get the kids involved in preparing healthy snacks and meals and talk about the importance of nutrition. Drink water instead of juice or soda and go for a walk regularly or enjoy a fun physical activity with your kids. Getting the kids started with exercise and healthy eating at a young age sets the foundation for a healthy and fit life. As adults we know how hard it is to change those lifelong habits. If we are to improve the outlook for our kids, we must make the change with them, show them how and start them now. Healthy lifestyle habits and behaviors are influenced by their surroundings. Schools, families and neighborhoods play a critical role in childhood development and habits. Make sure those areas are supportive of healthy behaviors. With summer coming up it is a great time to enroll in local healthy cooking classes, nutrition camps and physical activity or sports.

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Lessons learned with transgender students Schools offer advice on how to accommodate SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From locker rooms and sex education classes to dress codes and overnight field trips, many U.S. public schools are already balancing the civil rights of transgender students with any concerns that classmates, parents and community members might have. The U.S. Department of Education is drawing on those practices to guide other schools as they work to comply with the Obama administration’s directive that transitioning children be treated consistent with their gender identity. That has been the policy since 2013 of the Arcadia Unified School District in Southern California. As part of a settlement with the federal de-

Lincoln High School principal Peyton Chapman monitors the halls of the school in Portland, Oregon, on Friday. She recalls the “challenging times” about seven years when a transgender student transferred after being bullied at her previous school. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

partments of Justice and Education that became the foundation for the national mandate issued Friday, students may use the bathroom, locker room or wilderness cabin that corresponds with their recognized gender outside school, Superintendent David Vannasdall said. “This is absolutely not about a student on a day-to-day basis saying, ‘Today I’m a boy; tomorrow I’m a girl.’ That has never happened,” Vannasdall

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needs of nontransgender youngsters. In Portland, Oregon, Lincoln High Principal Peyton Chapman recalls the “challenging times” about seven years when a transgender student who identified as female transferred there after being bullied at her previous school. The student made the cheerleading squad and “bathroom and locker rooms became an immediate issue with the cheerleading parents,” she said. An anti-bullying campaign that focused on the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity diffused the situation, Chapman said. “Some students may be uncomfortable with it, but we can’t let some people’s discomfort violate other people’s civil rights,” she said. But there was a high level of discomfort as soon as the directive came out, with officials in several states saying they would defy the administration. The rallying cry was against

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Italian woman, 116, thought to be last living person born in 1800s VERBANIA, Italy (AP) — Surrounded by relatives and neighbors, Italy’s Emma Morano greeted with a smile the news that she, at 116, is now the oldest person in the world. Not only that, but Morano is thought to be the last surviving person in the world born in the 1800s, with a birthdate of Nov. 29, 1899. That’s just 4½ months after Susannah Mushatt Jones, who died Thursday in New York, also at 116. Journalists on Friday descended on Morano’s home in Verbania, a northern Italian mountain town overlooking Lake Major, to document her achievement, but had to wait until she finished a nap to greet her. Morano lives in a neat one-room apartment,

which she no longer leaves, and is kept company by a caregiver and two elderly nieces. Morano told The Associated Press last year that she attributes her longevity to her unusual diet: Raw eggs every day — a diet she’s been on for decades after a sickly childhood. She said she is down to two raw eggs a day and 150 grams of raw steak after a bout of anemia. “My father brought me to the doctor, and when he saw me, he said, ‘Such a beautiful girl. If you had come just two days later, I would have not been able to save you.’ He told me to eat two or three eggs a day, so I eat two eggs a day,” she said at the time. Her physician, Dr. Carlo

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HALL FROM PAGE A1 by five founders: George James, Paul Bullock, W. Burke Watson, James Dinkins and Deuward Bultman, Jr. Bultman is the only living founder. “I had no idea at the time that the school would become what it is today,” Bultman said. “The quality of education and our reputation has become wellknown, and the children have done well.” A major obstacle the founders had to overcome was figuring out how to pay teacher salaries that first year, Bultman said. The founders approached Sally Wilson’s father, Shepard K. Nash, on the issue, and Nash volunteered to pay the teachers’ salaries, he said. The first headmaster was Dorothy O’Neal Compton. There were 14 students in the school’s first graduating class. The graduation was held on June 3, 1970, at First Presbyterian Church in Sumter. In 1967, the Dinkins family donated 16 acres of land, where the school’s first building was constructed and where it still stands today, Bultman said. In the fall of 1968, students attended school there for the first time. During the years, the school has grown to include six buildings and enrolls about 780 students in preschool through grade 12. The school was formed as a college preparatory institution, said Headmaster Fred Moulton, who’s been the school’s leader for more than 30 years. Wilson Hall prides itself on the fact that 100 percent of its

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Wilson Hall senior Leah Barwick says goodbye to her close friend Margaret Briggs Kelly, a sixth-grade student, on the seniors’ last day at Wilson Hall on Tuesday. students are accepted to fouryear colleges. The school has had many academic accomplishments, including National Merit Scholarship finalists and several students who’ve scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT. Mary Lou Lee has been a second-grade teacher at the school since 1969.

She said she remembers when the school suffered a fire in the lower school building in the early 1970s and had to move the lower and upper schools into one building. Students had to be placed on a split schedule with the lower school attending classes in the morning and the upper

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A mee ng for private schools is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, 2016, for eligible private schools located within a 25-mile radius of Sumter School District’s Title I schools. Private schools may be located in or outside of the district. The purpose of the mee ng is to make recommenda ons regarding par cipa on and the design and plan for the 2016-2017 Title I, Title II, and Title III projects.

school attending classes in the evening. “Everyone worked together, and pitched in to help,” Lee said. “The lower school building was rebuilt in one year.” Lee said the school has a great concept of its mission and its place in the community. “Teachers work hard to

make sure each child succeeds,” she said. Lee said being at Wilson Hall is like being in a large family. “It’s nice knowing you have help anytime you need it,” she said. Susan Driggers has been a bookkeeper at the school since 1974. She said the campus has grown a lot while maintaining a small classroom size. “It’s a family; everyone belongs and works together,” she said. “We’ve been blessed with great leadership, excellent teachers and wonderful students.” Headmaster Moulton said the school has maintained its mission while changing with the times. “Schools need to progress without losing their foundational principles, and we’ve been able to accomplish that,” Moulton said. He said the school is intertwined with the Sumter community. “A strong Sumter community makes a strong Wilson Hall, and a strong Wilson Hall makes a strong Sumter community,” Moulton said. The school is located at 520 Wilson Hall Road. For more information, call (803) 469-3475 or visit the school’s website, www.wilsonhall.org.

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TRAUMA FROM PAGE A1 learn some of the ways heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s managed to survive not only the physical but also the emotional toll. Often trauma survivors have a long road to recovery that takes perseverance and reaching out to others who already know the ropes of creating a â&#x20AC;&#x153;new normal.â&#x20AC;? Trauma is the leading cause of death for people ages 1 to 46 and the third-leading cause of death overall, across all age groups. The effect of years of life lost is equal to that of cancer, heart disease and HIV combined, according to the National Trauma Institute. Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new normal started when he woke up by his bathtub, knowing he was gravely injured. He and his wife began quoting scriptures as they waited for an ambulance to arrive. Johnson was stabilized at a local hospital to be flown to Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. Surgeon Stephen Fann, M.D., who now is an associate professor of surgery at Medical University of South Carolina, recalls being surrounded by a SWAT team of law enforcement officers with M-16s. He took one look at the extent of Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injuries and called in his partner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had horrendous injuries,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that the gunshots affected Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colon, small bowel, liver, iliac vein and vena cava, the large vein that drains and returns most of the blood to the heart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very big case and a very challenging case. He arrested on the table, and at one point, one of my partners and I were operating on him at the same time.â&#x20AC;? Johnson said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember much but was told Fann let his wife come in the operating room without a gown or mask at one point to say goodbye to him. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I wanted her to touch you while you were still warm before you got cold.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how sure he was that I was going to die. He said they gave me 63 units of blood. I bled out three times, and they had to use this machine to force the blood into my system because it would bleed out as fast as they put it in.â&#x20AC;?

DR. FANNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FAN Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road to recovery would be long and slow, with more than 20 surgeries and other procedures. He now has only 51 percent lung capacity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The violence from those six bullets, I looked it up on the Internet, at 755 feet per second, caused my heart to have a dead spot, and I have atrial fibrillation. The iliac vein to my left leg causes a limp, and it swells up, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in pain 24/7 from that. I broke three ribs. And like my wife and I say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is the new normal.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? When Fann came to MUSC, Johnson followed him here. They had been through so much together, and Fann never gave up on him. John-

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Former Lee Correctional Institution guard Robert Johnson, right, spends time with Dr. Stephen Fann, one of his attending surgeons during his recovery from a near-fatal hired attempt on his life. son sometimes brings him treats, such as shelled pecans. They share a love of fishing and tell tall fish tales together, so Fann recently gave him a fly fishing rod. Fann said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long and hard recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far so good. For a guy who died on the table, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing remarkably well. He actually gave me a plaque that I keep at home for not giving up on him there in those first few weeks,â&#x20AC;? Fann said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has a tremendously positive attitude. He has continued to live life to the fullest. His daughter, unfortunately, succumbed to an aggressive breast cancer, and he weathered all of that while dealing with the complications of his surgery.â&#x20AC;? Fann describes trauma patients as some of the most vulnerable in the health care system, and special bonds often form. Johnson has a Tshirt with the slogan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Fannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fan.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a special thing,â&#x20AC;? Fann said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has me on short dial and can call at any point, and we can get him in if he needs it.â&#x20AC;? Fann said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glad to see the MUSC Trauma Survivors Network get rolling to address long-term emotional needs and provide a support network for trauma survivors. MUSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trauma Telehealth Resilience and Recovery Program offers much-needed outreach efforts to help those experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder and depression or anxiety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a much-needed service. I think our patients deserve these grassroots, holistic efforts. Our goal is return a person from their injury to a productive life,â&#x20AC;? he said. More needs to be done to support trauma survivors, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trauma to me is an unrecognized epidemic in our country,â&#x20AC;? Fann said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like the thief in the night. It strikes without warning. People are subjected to it without preparation. It affects every aspect of your life. The patient deals with it for the rest of their life moving forward. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truly a life-altering event. It affects the entire family.â&#x20AC;? One of the best features of

the Trauma Survivors Network is a peer-mentoring program where survivors can help others. Fann said Johnson is one of his greatest inspirations. He shows others in law enforcement who have had similar injuries that there is life after recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He shows them that despite these horrific injuries, you can have a full life after this. I call him my hero. He has had a positive attitude throughout this. He has not let his injuries and the limitations they have produced suppress him in any way. He reads voraciously. He goes on speaking tours. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become an advocate to improve prison security systems and to limit prisoner access to cell service so what happened to him cannot happen to others.â&#x20AC;?

FORGIVENESS BRINGS HEALING Johnson also shares advice about how recovery comes in stages.

After the shooting, he spent four months in three hospitals, and when he got home, he went through a period of depression. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to leave his home, but his wife wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear of it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She made me. She would say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going for a ride.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; She took me to this one area of Sumter, and I saw this man out in his yard taking care of his yard with one leg. And I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Man, I got a leg and a half. I can at least do something.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And that motivated me to start doing something toward my recovery.â&#x20AC;? Another milestone for him was being able to forgive Sean Echols, who was convicted in the shooting.

TRAUMA AWARENESS MONTH Johnson and Fann shared a moment before Johnson headed home to Sumter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lord has blessed me because he woke me one morning, and it was like the

word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;forgivenessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was placed in my mind,â&#x20AC;? he said. Johnson fought it, feeling like this man had hunted him down as prey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like it was pressed to my spirit. God said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What is that to you? Follow me.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; So I forgave him, and even in that courtroom, once we had this trial, he asked forgiveness in the courtroom, and I told him I forgave him.â&#x20AC;? It helped Johnson start to heal emotionally. Another life lesson Johnson, now 63, learned is that some scars will remain. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the man anymore who used to do push-ups and sit-ups and take a run. He has a limp and battles an irregular heart rhythm. He has limited lung capacity. The physical ailments, though, do not prevent him from traveling to advocate for trauma survivors and for better regulations to be able to block cellphone signals in prison. Johnson accepts reality and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pretend the trauma didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. It helps to talk about it, something he encourages other survivors to do. Fann always let him talk and was quite frank about his medical issues, which he appreciated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m handicapped,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wear it as a badge. I say yes, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m handicapped, and I deserve the tag.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to gloss over anything. I deserve that.â&#x20AC;? And he keeps moving on. He has a new house and a two-mile trail heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mapped out to walk, and he is working on two books. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lord has shown me that this is the new normal; do what you can now. And I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dwell on the past. I dwell on what I can do now. And I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what has really helped me.â&#x20AC;?

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Obama plans visit to Hiroshima this month He will be 1st sitting president to visit city hit by atomic bomb WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Obama tours Hiroshima’s haunting relics of nuclear warfare, he will be making a trip that past administrations weighed and avoided. For good reason: The hollowed core of the city’s ABomb Dome and old photos of charred children are sure to rekindle questions of guilt and penitence for World War II’s gruesome brutality. Obama’s visit later this month already is stirring debate on both sides of the Pacific about the motivations and justifications for the nuclear attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Anything he says will be sharply scrutinized in the U.S., Japan and beyond. Anything resembling an apology could become a wedge issue in the U.S. presidential campaign and plunge Obama into the complicated politics of victimhood among Japan and its Asian neighbors. “I don’t have any problem with him going, but there is nothing to apologize for,” said Lester Tenney, a 95-year-old American survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March, when the Japanese marched tens of thousands of Filipino and U.S. soldiers to prison camps and hundreds to their deaths. Forty-two years ago, a White House aide suggested President Gerald Ford visit the city where 140,000 people were killed in the inferno on

Aug. 6, 1945. A senior adviser, Gen. Brent Scowcroft, vetoed the idea: “It could rekindle old animosities in Japan at a time when we are striving for new relationships.” Asked in 2008 if he might go, President George W. Bush was noncommittal. In the end, it took 65 years for a U.S. ambassador to attend the city’s annual memorial service. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled there last month. Obama won’t say sorry, U.S. officials have emphasized repeatedly since announcing the trip. Instead of revisiting the fateful decision to drop the bombs, the president will “shine a spotlight on the tremendous and devastating human toll of war” and “honor the memory of all innocents who were lost,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser. In some ways, Obama has it easier than his predecessors. Japanese survivors, known as “hibakusha,” have long refrained from demanding an apology, seeking to mobilize Hiroshima’s revered sites for the causes of pacifism and denuclearization. Even if Obama’s effort to reduce America’s arsenal has stalled, most Japanese support his much-recited preference for a nuclear-free world and last year’s arms-control deal with Iran. Nevertheless, Ian Buruma, a professor at Bard College

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An allied correspondent stands in the rubble in front of the shell of a building that once was a movie theater in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sept. 8, 1945, a month after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped by the U.S. In a moment seven decades in the making, President Obama this month will become the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima, where the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb during World War II, decimating a city and exploding the world into the Atomic Age. and author of “Year Zero: A History of 1945,” said visiting Hiroshima is risky because of the lack of consensus in the U.S. or Japan about the bombings. Many Japanese see the attacks as atrocities; others view them as punishment for Japan’s hostile acts, which included conquering much of

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camps include those who think President Harry Truman, barely sworn in, failed to stop “bureaucratic momentum” toward using a weapon that took so long to develop. Others argue U.S. leadership mainly wanted to intimidate the Soviet Union. “I don’t think there will ever be clarity,” he said.

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Navy officer fired for Iran’s detention of 10 U.S. sailors WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy has fired the commander of the 10 American sailors who wandered into Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and were captured and held by Iran for about 15 hours. In a statement Thursday, the Navy said it had lost confidence in Cmdr. Eric Rasch, who was the executive officer of the squadron that included the 10 sailors at the time of the January incident. He was responsible for the training and readiness of the more than 400 sailors in the unit. A Navy official said Rasch failed to provide effective leadership, leading to a lack of oversight, complacency and failure to maintain standards in the unit. The official was not authorized to discuss the details publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity. Rasch has been relieved of his command duties and reassigned, the Navy said. Although this is the first firing by the Navy regarding the incident, several other sailors received administrative reprimands. The investigation is expected to be finished by the end of the month, and others are likely to be disciplined. Rasch was promoted to commander of the unit in April — after the Iran incident occurred, but before the preliminary investigation was done. The sailors, nine men and one woman, were detained after their boat drifted into Iranian waters off Farsi Island, an outpost in the middle of the Persian Gulf that has been used as a base for Revolutionary Guard speedboats since the 1980s. The sailors were on two small armed vessels, known as riverine command boats, on a 300-mile journey from Kuwait to Bahrain, where the Navy’s 5th Fleet is located. The incident, while brief, raised tensions between the U.S. and Iran because of images Iran published of the soldiers kneeling with their hands on their heads. It caused political uproar at home, too, coming on the day of President Obama’s final State of the Union address and months after the signing of a deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program in exchange for relief from financial penalties. Navy Capt. Gary Leigh, commander of Riverine Group 1, decided to fire Rasch after Leigh reviewed the initial investigation. A Navy official said no action has been taken, at least so far, against Cmdr. Greg Meyer, who was serving as commander of the squadron when the incident happened. He is no longer in a command job.

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the sailors made a navigational error and went off course. An initial account said the “planned transit path for the mission was down the middle of the Gulf and not through the territorial waters of any country other than Kuwait and Bahrain.” That account said the crew stopped when a diesel engine in one of the boats appeared to have a mechanical issue. The second boat also stopped. At this point they were in Iranian territorial waters, “although it’s not clear the crew was aware of their exact location,” the report said. While the boats were stopped and the crew was trying to assess the mechanical problem, two small Iranian craft carrying armed personnel approached. Soon after, they were joined by two more Iranian military vessels. A verbal exchange ensued between the Iranians and Americans, but there was no gunfire. The sailors had been scheduled to meet up with a U.S. Coast Guard ship, the Monomoy, in international waters to refuel. But about 10 minutes before the refueling was supposed to take place, the Navy headquarters in Bahrain got a report that Iranians were questioning the crew members.

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only know Lynn Dreher because she, her husband, Eli, and I are members of the Sumter Chain Gang, a bike-riding group that meets regularly to encourage me to make it up the next hill. Lynn teaches fifth grade at Alice Drive Elementary School, where I know she’s admired and respected by her students, even though she hasn’t told me so. In fact, we speak very little about our work when we’re on bike rides. We’re more interested in discussing the virtues of her new bike, the snake in the road we just dodged or the jerk who just passed us within inches who obviously didn’t know the law requires drivers to give us 3 feet of space. (After all, bikers do make sudden moves when those snakes are still alive and come out of nowhere.) I know Lynn as a great teacher from what she posts on her Facebook account. The post she put on Facebook of her stu-

COMMENTARY dents who created a jingle for her kickball team showed me they took the time to let her know they appreciate her. Equally important, that kickball team they created the jingle for was a fundraiser for her Relay For Life Rick team. Relay Carpenter For Life, an American Cancer Society event, raises money to find a cure for cancer and provide other services. That tells me she cares about her community and helping people of all ages who suffer from disease. In November, she posted about “Girls on the Run” in which she and another teacher organized students from the school to participate in the program that teaches girls core

values and self confidence and inspires them to realize their potential through regular meetings to train to finish an organized 5K run. Taking the time to do that volunteer work outside of her classroom tells me she cares about her students’ development. She also posted with excitement as her students expanded their minds on a field trip to Wonderworks. Through her Facebook posts I know more about her than I do other teachers in Sumter School District. But I feel she exemplifies the unsung heroes in our community who go about their business every day with little fanfare, but we know they love their jobs. Teachers such as Lynn are priceless. At least we like to talk that way. I don’t know (and it’s none of my business) where Lynn sits on the district salary schedule that bases salary on the number of years taught and the

level of education the teacher has acquired. But when I discovered that beginning teachers make $30,999 a year, I was taken aback. There has been a national discussion about a need to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Some states, such as California, have already adopted that minimum wage. An annual income at $15 an hour based on 40 hours a week for 52 weeks comes to $31,200 or $201 more than we now pay our first-year teachers. Quite frankly, that’s embarrassing. And it surely doesn’t inspire youth to become teachers. Lynn represents the kind of teachers we want in our district — those who bring enthusiasm to the classroom, exemplify ethical standards and motivate students to reach their potential. The local economic development organization threw its support behind a proposal by the district to give teachers a 5

percent raise by raising taxes, not on homeowners but on the business community, which has the most to gain from an educated workforce. The proposal would also expand the upper level of teaching experience pay steps from 22 to 30. Bravo to Jay Schwedler, president and CEO of the Sumter Economic Development Board, for making that point to Sumter County Council. He told the board that although manufacturing companies would be the hardest hit by the increase, they’re willing to invest in the community to make it better. And those manufacturers will become the beneficiaries of a well-educated workforce. If they are willing to put their money where their mouths are, we’ll be able to retain teachers such as Lynn — even if we only know them from bike rides and Facebook accounts. Rick Carpenter is managing editor of The Sumter Item.

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ore than 20 years ago, The Sumter Item officially entered the digital era with the launch of www. theitem.com, now the most well-established, “findable” local website in this region of South Carolina. Years of providing valuable, relevant, searchable local content has made our site a dominant online force in this marGraham ket. To put that in Osteen perspective, consider that from last May until today, the site had more than 3.5 million “sessions.” Google Analytics defines a session as “a group of interactions that take place on your website within a given time frame.” In technical terms, that’s a “mess of people” taking time to interact in a wide variety of ways with Sumter’s busiest website on a regular daily basis. They’re reading stories and obituaries, searching for information, linking to local businesses and generally learning more about this part of the world. Statistics show that they do indeed come from all over the world. Our experience has led to a couple of important conclusions. One, we are agnostic as to platform. If our readers want to consume our content on paper, on a smartphone, on a Web browser or on a tablet, we’re happy to provide it for them. The second, equally important conclusion is that we cannot, and must not, provide quality local content for free. The Sumter Item has never wavered in its now 122-year-old daily commitment to providing indispensable, interesting and unique journalism and advertising information that is important to readers in Sumter, Clarendon and Leecounties. This work makes a difference, and providing these important, trusted services costs millions of dollars to produce and distribute. At roughly $14 a month, our content remains a great value in any local community that cares about the people, progress and growth of area businesses and institutions. As has always been the

COMMENTARY case, our six-day print subscribers receive all of our digital content with their print subscriptions. Digital-only subscriptions and day passes to the web site are available, but many of our readers appreciate the opportunity to receive our product in both formats. For our six-day print subscribers, we’re now proud to offer the new Sumter Item Rewards Program App, a great way to save money at dozens of area businesses. Subscribers simply download the App to their Apple or Android smartphone and start saving. A simple example is that you may get a “buy one, get one free” lunch deal at a participating Sumter restaurant, save 20 percent on an oil change, then finish off the Sumter savings bonanza with 15 percent off at a local salon. In no time at all, you’ve easily paid for your valuable Sumter Item subscription, and you’re just getting warmed up. The Sumter Item Rewards Program is simple to take advantage of, so just click the link on the lower right side of www.theitem.com; go to item.clickitrewards.com; or call (803) 774-1200 to discuss how to take advantage of this great new value with a live, friendly and helpful person. We have plenty of them. ••• On a related note, check out today’s Sunday Business front explaining our new venture into providing local digital services. The Iris Digital Agency — www.theirisagency.com — will be a game-changer for many local businesses and institutions, and we’re excited to be providing this advanced new customer service. Managing Editor Rick Carpenter’s story explains it all, and next week there will be multiple opportunities for you to learn more at the free seminars on Wednesday and Thursday. We encourage you to take advantage of this effort and remember the most important lesson of all: It’s all about the “media mix” these days. Go forth and prosper, and don’t be intimidated by this often confusing new world. We can help. Graham Osteen is Editor-At-Large of The Sumter Item. He can be reached at graham@theitem.com. Follow him on Twitter @GrahamOsteen, or visit www.grahamosteen.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I DO NOT ENVY ANYONE PICKING BETWEEN BERNIE AND HILLARY In reference to Mr. Lee Roy Campbell’s letter on May 13, in regards to his “opinion” of anybody who supports and votes for Donald Trump: For the record, I am not ignorant, racist, narcissistic or self-centered. I fully support Mr. Trump and have from day one. To think that a Trump administration would be Nazi-like is stupid. But I fully understand why you would think that way considering your political affiliation and the current administration. To be quite frank, I do not envy any Democrat who has to decide between Bernie and Hillary. Flip a coin? Rock/ paper/scissors? Must be tough having to decide between the lesser of two evils. We all know that Hillary is going to get the Democratic nomination, and I, along with millions of others, are terrified that another Clinton administration will be another Obama-like administration. I am a conservative Republican, and I, too, am proud. Democrats are more worried about keeping their voter base happy. They tell you what you want to hear, but does anything change? I’ve seen none. Democrats would rather leave our southern border open so a potentially larger voter base can come in by the thousands. Democrats are more concerned about which bathroom people should use. Democrats are more concerned about taking away my constitutional right to keep and bear arms. I support Trump because, again, like millions of others, we feel he will run this country like a business. Nobody has him “in their pockets” like most Democrats. I could go on and on with reasons, but you don’t care.

My suggestion to you, Mr. Campbell, is to wake up and realize that the Democratic party doesn’t care about you. All they care about is keeping their precious jobs. President Lyndon Johnson said something in 1964, and I’ll paraphrase so as to not use an impolite word: “I’ll have those black folks voting Democrat for the next 200 years.” Seems it has worked. So far. DENNIS E. VICKERS Wedgefield

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOYS, GIRLS USED TO BE OBVIOUS Unbelievable. I would like someone to tell me what the difference is among transgender, bi-gender and Transylvania. It used to be that we all knew the difference between boys and girls; it wasn’t hard to tell. At least 98 percent of us knew, and the other 2 percent kept their mouths shut. Now the federal government is trying to legislate public bathroom use. Perhaps it won’t be long before they want us to disclose our personal bathroom habits. Now that it looks like Donald Trump will be our nominee, and today it was announced that Chris Christie will head his transition team. I implore everyone to re-examine their choice for president. We must have a Republican in the White House before the country falls completely apart. As it is, there is no law and order with our president defending the law breakers. Every person with an affiliation with the Clintons, the Obamas or the Sanders should be shipped to Cuba, where they would be right at home. WARREN C. FORDHAM Manning

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Is Clinton running low on enthusiasm?

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally in Blackwood, New Jersey, on Thursday. Read the full story at theitem.com.

MAY 15, 2016 JACQUELINE BRODY COLUMBIA — “A devoted wife and mother, far more precious than jewels.” Jackie Brody, 88, beloved widow of Alex Brody of Sumter, died on May 12, 2016, at home in Columbia. Born on Oct. 8, 1927, in Hopewell, Virginia, she was a daughter of BRODY Harry and Frieda Goldman. She graduated from Endicott College in 1948, a small seaside private college, known for its vision to educate women for greater independence and position as the country emerged from wartime and the Depression. Jackie was the daily refuge for 47 years for her husband, Alex, a longtime clothing merchant in Sumter, until his death in 1997. We remember her unwavering independent style of strength, convictions and responsibility, along with her beauty, twinkling eyes and easy laugh. Her hospitality shone in her love of family and friends gathered for her sensational dinners and stimulating, always lively, conversations on current issues. She loved reading, bridge, golf, politics, dogs, investing, long walks and classic movies. She was great company. The funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Temple Sinai, 11 Church St., Sumter. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at 23 Huntwick Court, Arcadia Lakes, Columbia. Interment will be private. She will be missed dearly by her daughter, Sheila Brody Cooke of Columbia; son, Mark I. Brody of Greenville; and granddaughters, Tao Brody of Charlotte and Tate Brody of Greenville. The family is very grateful to Hospice Care of Tri-County for their diligent care, especially the love and kindness of all her personal caregivers. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Temple Sinai, 11 Church St., Sumter SC 29150 or Hospice Care of Tri-County, 166 Stoneridge Drive No. 100, Columbia SC 29210.

ANITA JOHNSON Anita Denise Bolden Johnson, 56, peacefully departed this life on Monday, May 9, 2016, at Gilchrist Hospice Care Medical Center, Towson, Maryland. Born Sept. 24, 1959, in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Bolden Sr. and Maggie D. Bolden. She was educated in the Sumter County public school system

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rock concert rallies versus intimate town halls. Adoring groupies versus dutiful voters. Sweeping promises versus targeted proposals. Whether Hillary Clinton is competing against Democratic rival Bernie Sanders or presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, one concern is much the same. They are outsider candidates riding a wave of populist excitement, while she is viewed as a traditional, establishment choice. As a result, her campaign sometimes just looks a little less exciting. Clinton has won far more votes than any other 2016 candidate. But if she moves into a general election matchup

and graduated from Hillcrest High School, class of 1977. Nita, as she was affectionately known, received her religious education early in life at the Hopewell Baptist Church where she was baptized under Pastor L. W. Walker Sr. She leaves to JOHNSON cherish her memories: her companion, Gil Goggins, of Baltimore, Maryland; two sisters, Linda D. Bolden of Columbia, Maryland, and Leslie J. Bolden of Atlanta, Georgia; five brothers, Joseph Bolden Jr. and Robert R. Bolden of Rembert, Leon R. Bolden (Debra) and Warren Bolden (Verna) of Columbia, Maryland, and Reggie L. Bolden Sr. (Cynthia) of Jacksonville, Arkansas; one aunt, Carrie Dawson, and one great-aunt, Angeline Loney, both of Dalzell; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., with the Rev. Richard Addison, eulogist. Wake services will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St. Flower bearers will be Hillcrest High School, class of 1977. Honorary pall bearers will be trustees. Burial will be in the Hopewell Baptist Church Yard Cemetery, 3285 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web — www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

WILLINE H. CREQUE Minister Willine Huggins Creque, 76, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at her residence in Summerton. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Taw Caw CREQUE Missionary Baptist Church, Summerton. The Rev. Dr. William T. Johnson, pastor, officiating. Final resting place will be Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Davis Crossroads. Visitation will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Dyson’s

with Trump, she may continue to be dogged by questions about voter enthusiasm, especially as Trump pledges to continue his raucous rallies. Clinton’s supporters say they are not worried. “Big crowds mean nothing,” said former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell. “You don’t get extra points for an enthusiastic vote versus a moderately enthusiastic vote.” Still, the differences are clear. In recent days, Sanders rallied with roughly 4,000 in Salem, Oregon, and Trump drew thousands in Bellingham, Washington. Clinton held a rally with more than 1,000 people in New Jersey, but also spoke about family issues at a gather-

Home for Funerals Chapel. The family is receiving friends at 1042 Longleaf, Manning. Online condolences may be sent: www.dysonshomeforfunerals.com. Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton.

JOHNNIE L. THAMES SR. MANNING — On Friday, May 13, 2016, Johnnie Lee Thames Sr., husband of Josie Bell Ratchford Thames, exchanged his rugged cross for his precious crown at the Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Born on April 10, 1944, in Manning, he was a son of the late Hughie and Lucille Mallette Thames. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 10 Logan St., Manning. Funeral services are incomplete and shall be announced by the Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel

LLAWAYNE W. JONES Llawayne Walker Jones, daughter of the late Dr. L. W. Walker Sr. and Ida Mae Rembert Walker, died on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg. She was born Jan. 29,1950, in Sumter. The family will receive friends at her residence, 2122 Griffith Drive, Orangeburg, or phone (803) 536-9633. Simmons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Courtesy announce by Sumter Funeral Service Inc.

SANDRA PEARSON Sandra Pearson departed this life on Friday, May 6, 2016. She was born Sept. 25, 1941, in Sumter to the late Tryphena Lewis Henry and Earl Spears Sr. Sandra Pearson was reared in Sumter where she attended Lincoln High school and was known for her extraordinary basketball skills. She continued her education at Florida A&M University, Howard University and Morris College where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. She spent most of her career as a high school English teacher. She dedicated her time to helping and caring for others. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Thales “Skipp” Pearson; children, Paolo (Von) Picott and Mei Lin (Yusuf) Pearson Boykin; grandchildren, Thales “CJ” Boykin, Yusuf Amir English, and Edison Amari English; sisters, Darcelle Henry-Mack and Geneva Davis; nieces, Mei Lan (Julian) Bargas, Jesean Mack and Kalia (Kevin)

ing with about 15 in northern Virginia. Trump’s large crowds were good for more than his ego. They helped him power past his numerous rivals and to the verge of clinching the nomination as Clinton continues mopping up against her last remaining challenger. “I think the rallies for Trump are the demonstration of his appeal as I think the rallies for Sanders are the demonstration of his appeal,” said Republican pollster Greg Strimple. He added that Sanders’ crowds have exposed some of Clinton’s weaknesses and he would not have generated that energy “if the Democrats were so enamored of her candidacy.”

Spears Lane; and many greatnieces and nephews. Sandra was preceded in death by one brother, Earl Spears Jr. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday in the parlor of Job’s Mortuary, 312 S. Main St. Job’s Mortuary, Inc., 312 S. Main St.,is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at: jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at: www.jobsmortuary.net.

DAVID SCOTT JR. David “Brighteye” Scott Jr. was born Aug. 17, 1942, to the late Adrie Washington Scott and David Scott Sr. He departed this life on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Brighteye was educated in the public schools of Sumter County where he completed his education. He was employed by Newman Construction for 20 years where he worked as a pipe fitter until he retired in 2003. He thoroughly enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. His hobbies included fishing and gardening. He was an honorary Mason of the International Free and Accepted Masons Walker 56. He leaves to cherish his precious memories his wife, Hattie Scott, of Sumter; special companion, Ruby Mae Wilson-Dukes; five children, Joann (Mona) Eaglin of Gaston, Sabrina (Daniel) Morris of Columbia, David Scott Jr of Sumter, Frankie (Lisa) Scott of Rock Hill and Hope (Milton) Dukes of Sumter; one step-daughter, Barbara Jean Robinson of Santee; special granddaughter of the home, Samaria Johnson; one sister, Plummie (Jimmy) Green; two brothers-in-law, Edward (Rosa Lee) Daniels and Harry (Lessie Mae) Daniels; two sisters-in-law, Annie Ruth Scott and Shirley Jones; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; very special friend for more than 40 years, Colel Choice; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Adrie Washington Scott and David Scott Sr.; sisters, Lula Mae Thompson, Audrey Felder and Rosa

Lee Daniels; and brothers Walter Scott, Joe Scott and Sammie Scott. Public viewing will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mr. Scott will be placed in the church at noon Monday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Westend Community Church in Christ, 101 S. Salem Ave., with the Rev. James H. Jackson III, officiating. Interment will follow in Bradford Cemetery. Family will be receiving friends at the home, 14 South Purdy St. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at: jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at: www.jobsmortuary.net.

ELEANOR B. HOLMES Eleanor Bowens Holmes, 95, wife of the late William N. Holmes, died Saturday, May 14, 2016, at her residence. Born in Mayesville, she was a daughter of the late Hughie and Rosa Smith Bowens. The family will receive friends at 890 Salters Road. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel, Sumter.

JOSEPH TONEY Joseph Toney, husband of Patricia R. Toney, entered eternal rest on May 11, 2016, at the McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 159 Luckey Road, Bishopville. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishopville, with the Rev. Jerome McCray presiding and the Rev. Donnie McBride, eulogist. Interment will follow in New Zion Memorial Garden in the Wisacky community of Lee County. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

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PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER COUNTY DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD INC. CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS INC. INDEPENDENT LIVING INC. ABILITIES UNLIMITED INC. ADAPTIVE LIFESTYLES INC. MAGNOLIA MANOR INC. FIRST FLIGHT INC. Monday, 1:30 p.m., 750 Electric Drive. Call (803) 778-1669, ext. 119 CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 Monday, 6 p.m., district office, 12 Church St., Summerton MANNING CITY COUNCIL Monday, 6:30 p.m., second floor of Manning City Hall, 29 W. Boyce St. LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Monday, 6:30 p.m., 310 Roland St., Bishopville

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take care of EUGENIA LAST personal business so that you can enjoy the rest of your day. Check out the online job market and send out your resume if something interests you. Put a savings plan in place for your next vacation.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make contact with people who have something to offer. Expand your knowledge or delve into something that will help you market your skills better. Share your thoughts and ideas with someone you love. A kind gesture won’t be forgotten. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t share your personal information or secrets. Someone will use emotional blackmail to get you to do things his or her way. Avoid getting involved in gossip. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your involvement in community events or helping someone who is going through a difficult time will enlighten you. Your insight will help you realize what you’re capable of doing and how you can improve your life. Romance is in the stars.

TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Tuesday, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center, 822 W. Liberty St. SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Tuesday, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., district office CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE AREA COMMISSION Thursday, 5:30 p.m., building M500, President’s Conference Room, 506 N. Guignard Drive

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Accept the inevitable and don’t linger over situations that can’t be changed. It’s best to shake yourself off and head in a direction that shows promise. A short trip will help you see your situation clearly. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Get involved in causes that fight for the underdog. Your insight will help bring together people who can make a difference. Live your life according to your own rules and don’t be afraid to do things differently. Romance is encouraged. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Someone will use emotional tactics to influence or entice you. You’re better off doing things on your own where you can control the outcome. Changes at home will bring you satisfaction if you do the work yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can impress others and persuade them to do things your way. Family gatherings or making improvements to your home environment will put you in everyone’s good graces. Love should be a priority, and plans for two should be put in place.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t let anyone take care of your affairs for you. Concentrate on personal development and getting in tiptop shape mentally, physically and financially. Don’t allow someone’s negativity to deter you from reaching your destination.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stick close to home. Problems while traveling or dealing with friends, relatives or neighbors will set you back. Concentrate on making personal changes that will help you improve your chances of advancement. Physical fitness will ease your stress.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take care of responsibilities and move on to projects, events or activities that bring you joy. Doing things with the people you enjoy being with will give you something to look forward to. Romance is featured.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Attend a reunion or visit a place where you used to hang out. Partnerships, love, romance and doing things to improve your relationships and community are favored. A practical plan will bring good results.

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ACROSS 1 Ad agency clients: Abbr. 6 Locket shape 10 Pointy-eared dog 15 Medical ctr. 19 Bravery 20 Toon explorer 21 Sushi ingredient 22 Unfolds, in verse 23 1940s girls’ fashion 25 1980s women’s fashion 27 Motel review phrase 28 Hold in reserve 30 Give the eye to 31 DC-based alliance 32 It might be an indie 33 Persevere 34 Straight talk 38 Auto wheel

alignment 39 Symbol on viola music 43 “Smart” guy 44 1950s women’s fashion 46 Grounded bird 47 M*A*S*H soft drink 48 Washer contents 49 Scented like cones 50 Memoirs, for instance 51 Go astray 52 1970s men’s and women’s fashion 56 Sew loosely 57 Tuition payers 59 Frat letter 60 Ne’er-do-wells 61 Roman god of beginnings 62 “Ici on ___ français” 63 More miffed 64 Works with a plane 66 Ukrainian figure skater 67 Plot-twist giveaways 70 Implied but

understood 71 1960s men’s and women’s fashion 73 Cul-de-__ 74 Some lodge members 75 Solitary 76 Literary or musical work 77 Member of the mackerel family 78 Brink 79 1920s men’s fashion 83 Katherine of Grey’s Anatomy 84 Italian Renaissance rhymester 86 Strongroom 87 Lost feathers 88 Brink 89 Some Yugoslavs, today 90 DC baseballer 91 Touring band’s aide 94 Left Bank’s “thanks” 95 Marine conservation pioneer 100 1910s wom-

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Sunshine and cooler

Patchy clouds

Nice with sunny intervals

Showers and thunderstorms

Some sun with a t-storm; humid

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73°

53°

73° / 61°

78° / 64°

82° / 62°

76° / 61°

Chance of rain: 10%

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Chance of rain: 70%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 25%

NNW 6-12 mph

NE 4-8 mph

E 7-14 mph

ESE 4-8 mph

NW 6-12 mph

NE 7-14 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 70/43 Spartanburg 72/44

Greenville 73/48

Columbia 78/54

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

Sumter 73/53

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 76/51

ON THE COAST

Charleston 77/58

Today: Mostly sunny and beautiful; not as warm. High 72 to 79. Monday: Periods of clouds and sun; pleasant in central parts. High 73 to 79.

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LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

85° 63° 81° 57° 97° in 1956 44° in 1960

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.81 75.61 75.45 97.95

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REGIONAL CITIES

Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 72/54/s Chicago 57/42/pc Dallas 71/63/t Detroit 53/39/pc Houston 81/66/t Los Angeles 73/59/sh New Orleans 85/71/pc New York 60/43/pc Orlando 92/67/s Philadelphia 58/43/pc Phoenix 92/70/s San Francisco 67/54/pc Wash., DC 61/44/pc

City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 77/63/c 67/49/pc 79/68/t 66/51/s 79/69/t 73/59/pc 84/70/t 64/52/s 90/70/pc 65/51/s 89/68/s 68/53/pc 68/52/s

Today Hi/Lo/W 64/41/pc 75/50/s 79/51/s 79/60/s 69/54/s 77/58/s 71/47/s 76/48/pc 78/54/s 72/51/s 68/46/s 71/47/s 72/48/s

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 6.42 -0.28 19 3.77 +0.19 14 4.44 -0.54 14 3.44 -0.07 80 77.07 -0.22 24 6.54 +0.04

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 66/51/c 76/57/c 79/60/pc 79/68/pc 69/58/pc 77/66/pc 70/56/c 73/58/c 76/61/pc 74/60/pc 67/54/pc 73/57/pc 72/57/pc

City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

Today Hi/Lo/W 73/52/s 90/62/s 71/44/s 69/47/s 78/54/s 67/44/s 73/48/s 67/45/s 76/60/s 85/61/s 74/51/s 79/51/s 70/51/s

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High 4:57 a.m. 5:43 p.m. 5:48 a.m. 6:32 p.m.

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So we meet again Thomas Sumter, LMA advance to SCISA 3A state championship series with shutout victories

EC rides power, pitching to series Lady Wolverines playing for 1A championship By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

straight state championship series. The defending 3A state champions will see a familiar face next round as well. Liz Hussey struck out 10 in four innings and Ashton Rogers had a 2-run triple as Laurence Manning Academy blanked Northwood Academy 4-0 to advance to its fourth championship series

East Clarendon High School faced a tall task as it traveled north on Interstate 95 on Friday to Latta for the championship round of the 1A state playoffs lower state tournament. All EC had to do was beat the defending state champion Lady Vikings twice. Nothing like a 3-run home run in the top of the first inning to take the edge off though. That’s what the Lady Wolverines got from Gracen Watts to spark them to a 5-0 victory in the opening game. They followed it up with a 5-1 victory in the second game to win the tournamnent and advance to the state championship series. “You get to breathe a little easier when you get a 3-run homer in the first inning,” said East Clarendon head coach Lisa Ard, whose team improved to 25-6 on the season. EC will face a familiar foe for the state title in Dixie. The Lady Wolverines won the state crown in 2013 and lost in the finals in ‘14 while facing Dixie. It was Dixie that Latta beat in three games for the crown last year. “I know they’ve got Delanie (Laudenbacher) back pitching,” Ard said of Dixie, which is 27-4. “She’s pitching for them since the eight grade and she’s just a junior. I don’t think they’ve allowed a run in the playoffs (actually one in six games). We’re going to have to play really well.” The Lady Wolverines got outstanding pitching from Brooklyn Fort in both games

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Thomas Sumter Academy’s Carmen Silvester, left, is congratulated at third base after hitting a 2-run homer against Wilson Hall on Saturday at Patriot Park SportsPlex. Silvester hit two homers and drove in seven runs as the Lady Generals advanced to the SCISA 3A state championship series for the second straight year with a 13-0, 5-inning victory.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Thomas Sumter Academy head softball coach B.J. Reed had a meeting with parents on Feb. 26. “I told them no one believes this, but I promise you this -- we’re going to be playing in the state championship series,” Reed said. “...I believe in this

team.” Fast forward almost three months and the Lady Generals have made believers out of everyone. Carmen Silvester drove in seven runs on three hits -- including a 2-run home run and a walk-off grand slam -as TSA run-ruled Wilson Hall 13-0 in five innings on Saturday at Patriot Park SportsPlex to advance to its third

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Few, if any, secrets between Barons, LMA in title series

Scott’s Branch boys finish second in 1A state meet

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com There will be few, if any, secrets when the SCISA 3A baseball state championship series begins on Monday. That’s because it will be pitting 2-time defending state champion Wilson Hall against its Region II rival Laurence Manning Academy, the team it beat for the 2014 title. “These kids have been playing against each other for a long time,” LMA head coach Barry Hatfield said of his Swampcats and the Barons. “They know each other. When it rained on Friday (when Laurence Manning was trying to practice), we pulled out the scouting reports (on Wilson Hall). We were done in about five minutes.” Wilson Hall brings a 20-5 record into Monday’s opening

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Wilson Hall’s Daniel Reynolds, bottom, slides into second base as Laurence Manning Academy shortstop Taylor Lee waits for the ball during the Barons’ 8-1 victory earlier this season, avenging a 6-2 loss in the first meeting between the two teams. WH and the Swampcats will play in the best-of-3 SCISA state championship series beginning on Monday at Baron StaSee series, Page B3 dium at 7 p.m.

By WORTHY EVANS Special to The Sumter Item

Johnson. Their performance in the event meant the difference between second and third COLUMBIA – The Scott’s place. Branch High School boys Even though Southside track and field team knew it Christian did not field a 4x400 had a shot at clinching second team, it had long since place in the 1A state meet on clinched the 1A state champiSaturday at Spring Valley onship. Going into the 4x400, it High’s Harry Parone Stadium. totaled 70 points to 4a for secThe Eagles just didn’t know ond-place Scott’s Branch and that it would come down to Ke- 39 for St. Joseph’s. ondre Tappin being a few steps The field was tightly faster than a St. Joseph’s run- grouped in the opening ner. stretch, but when Aiken took “It was amazing. We all had the baton on the second leg, he great times, and overall as a started breaking away from team we did pretty good,” the field. Tappin said, adding that the “I was pretty scared, to be close competition kept him honest,” Aiken said when he and his teammates on their took the baton. “The boy came toes. “It kind of added fuel to flying past me, and then on the the fire. It made us want to last stretch I just passed everygo for it and pushed us to body.” win.” St. Joseph’s runners weren’t The Scott’s Branch sophofar behind. When Tappin more was the final leg of the began the final leg, St. Joboys 4x400-meter relay team, seph’s was just a few steps bewhich included senior hind. He kept it that way. Chauncey Aiken and juniors See second, Page B3 Marcus House and Kevin

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Jimmie Johnson waits in his car before practice on Saturday at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. Johnson has 10 wins at the track and is looking for No. 11 today in the AAA 400.

Johnson looks to extend Dover track dominance By DAN GELSTON The Associated Press

AAA 400 lineup

DOVER, Del. — Jimmie Johnson fell in love with Dover the first time he turned a lap at the track in the late 1990s. He can’t quit it, even when it left him with a broken car part. Johnson’s 2015 championship hopes were over at Dover not because of a wreck, a blown engine or a mistake on pit road. It was a busted right rear axle seal that sent the No. 48 into the garage and knocked him out of title contention. Johnson’s bid for a record-tying seventh championship came to a shocking end when he finished 41st and failed to advance to the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. The faulty finish was a rare misstep at his favorite track. Johnson has a record 10 wins at Dover, dominating the mile concrete track like no other driver. But the last race here was the worst one for Johnson — and he’s tried to focus on the 10 wins rather than the one that got away. “You’re going to have bad experiences at all tracks,” Johnson said. “Drivers are going to make mistakes even if it’s at their favorite track. It doesn’t matter. My love for this track ... it’s still just as cool now as it ever has been.” Johnson won the spring race last year at Dover, placing him among a small group of drivers who have won 10 races at a single track. Johnson joined NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty (Martinsville-15, North Wilkesboro-15, Richmond-13, Rockingham-11, Daytona-10), Darrell Waltrip (Bristol-12, Martinsville-11, North Wilkesboro-10), Dale Earnhardt (Talladega-10) and David Pearson (Darlington-10) in that group. The Hendrick Motorsports driver swept Dover in 2002 and 2009 and also won races in 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Rain wiped out qualifying, so Johnson will start 21st Sunday based on his practice speed.

After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Dover International Speedway; Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 mile (Car number in parentheses) 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 165.145 mph. 2. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 164.707 mph. 3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 164.489 mph. 4. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 164.144 mph. 5. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 163.815 mph. 6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 163.741 mph. 7. (78) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 163.681 mph. 8. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 163.666 mph. 9. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 163.607 mph. 10. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 163.451 mph. 11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 163.406 mph. 12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 163.021 mph. 13. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 162.925 mph. 14. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 162.881 mph. 15. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 162.462 mph. 16. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 162.316 mph. 17. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 162.286 mph. 18. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 162.228 mph. 19. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 162.199 mph. 20. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 161.645 mph. 21. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 161.609 mph. 22. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 161.478 mph. 23. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 161.413 mph. 24. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 161.276 mph. 25. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 161.182 mph. 26. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 161.009 mph. 27. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 160.271 mph. 28. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 160.157 mph. 29. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 159.794 mph. 30. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 159.759 mph. 31. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 159.398 mph. 32. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 159.341 mph. 33. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 159.222 mph. 34. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 158.388 mph. 35. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 157.992 mph. 36. (98) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 154.110 mph. 37. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 153.767 mph. 38. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 153.146 mph. 39. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 152.879 mph. 40. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 151.471 mph.

last weekend. Busch topped Saturday’s first practice leaderboard, hitting 157.839 mph in the No. 18 Toyota. Perhaps a sign of what’s ahead on Sunday, JGR drivers swept the top three spots in the first practice. Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards followed Busch. STEWART ANNIVERSARY: Tony Stewart stood on his car and raised his arms in triumph as confetti fluttered around victory line after he surged past Juan Pablo Montoya on June 2, 2013, in one of the great races at Dover and earned his 48th career Cup win. And his last to this point. The three-time Cup champion is closing OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST in on the three-year mark of his last victoKYLE BUSCH: Kyle Busch seemed just ry, a staggering mark for one of racing’s allfine on the track without crew chief Adam time greats. Stewart had won at least one Stevens in his ear. Stevens was slapped with race in every NASCAR season from 1999 to a one-race suspension for violating the lug 2013. nut policy during the team’s win at Kansas His winless streak has reached 80 races.

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Jones takes Xfinity, $100,000 bonus DOVER, Del. — Erik Jones won the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Dover International Speedway and took a $100,000 bonus from the series’ Dash-4-Cash program. Four drivers were eligible for the bonus Saturday, and Jones won it for the second time this season. There’s one more Dash-4-Cash race, at Indianapolis this summer. Jones led a race-high 76 laps in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and he was cruising to the win until a caution came out with 11 laps remaining because Brendan Gaughan spun. The yellow flag ate up Jones’ lead over Alex Bowman, who pitted under the caution for four tires. Jones did not pit and admitted he was worried about the strategy. “At first I couldn’t see

how many came to pit road, I was a little anxious to see how many came and how many stayed out,” he said. “Fortunately enough stayed out to make it viable for us to win.” Jones was the leader on the restart with five to go, and Bowman was fourth. But Jones got a nice push from Darrell Wallace Jr. that allowed him to break free of the pack. Jones later thanked Wallace for the push. “You’re welcome for that restart, Erik,” Wallace said as Jones was doing a celebratory burnout.

Crafton wins Truck Series race at Dover DOVER, Del. — Matt Crafton raced to his first Trucks Series victory in 16 career starts at Dover International Speedway.

Crafton held off Daniel Suarez down the stretch Friday for his 12th career series victory. The two-time season champion had been unable to turn 75 career laps led into a victory in his previous starts on the mile concrete track. Crafton had said he never thought he’d be able to break though and win at a track that had given him fits. Coming off a secondplace finish last weekend at Kansas Speedway, Crafton led 78 of the 200 laps. With truck owner Kyle Busch rooting him on from pit road, Suarez was second. Kyle Busch Motorsports driver William Byron won last week at Kansas. Christopher Bell, Johnny Sauter, and Cole Custer completed the top five. The Associated Press

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TODAY 7:30 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Spanish Grand Prix from Barcelona, Spain (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Manchester City vs. Swansea (WIS 10). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Ham vs. Stoke City (BRAVO). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Leicester vs. Chelsea (CNBC). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Crystal Palace vs. Southampton (E!). 10 a.m. – College Softball: Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game from Irondale, Ala. (ESPNU). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Norwich vs. Everton (ESQUIRE). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Liverpool vs. West Brom (MSNBC). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Bournemouth vs. Manchester United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match –Sunderland vs. Watford (OXYGEN). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Aston Villa vs. Arsenal (SYFY). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Tottenham vs. Newcastle (USA). 12:30 p.m. – College Lacrosse: NCAA Tournament First-Round Game – Quinnipiac at Maryland (ESPNU). 1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 Drive for Autism from Dover, Del. (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees or Houston at Boston (MLB NETWORK). 1 p.m. – College Baseball: Vanderbilt at Florida (SEC NETWORK). 2 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Players Championship Final Round from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (WIS 10). 2 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas Christian at Baylor (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Kansas City (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 2 p.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Mauritius Open Final Round from Beau Champs, Mauritius (GOLF). 3 p.m. – College Track and Field: Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships from Tuscaloosa, Ala. (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – College Lacrosse: NCAA Tournament First-Round Game – Towson at Denver (ESPNU). 3 p.m. – International Hockey: IIHF World Championships Match from St. Petersburg, Russia – Germany vs. United States (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Seven – Miami at Toronto (WOLO 25). 3:30 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Orlando at Kansas City (ESPN). 3:30 p.m. – Professional Basketball: Euroleague Playoffs Championship Game from Berlin (NBA TV). 4 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas A&M at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5). 4:30 p.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies European Tour Buick Championship Final Round from Shanghai (GOLF). 5 p.m. – Track and Field: Cayman Invitational from George Town, Cayman Islands (ESPN2). 5:15 p.m. – College Lacrosse: NCAA Tournament First-Round Game – Navy at Yale (ESPNU). 6:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Playoffs Quarterfinal Match – Guadalajara vs. America (UNIVISION). 7:30 p.m. – College Lacrosse: NCAA Tournament First-Round Game – Albany at Syracuse (ESPNU). 7:30 p.m. – Major League Soccer: New York at Portland (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN). 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final Series Game One – San Jose at St. Louis (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Selection Show fom Oklahoma City (ESPNU). MONDAY 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105,9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Boston at Kansas City (ESPN). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Notre Dame at North Carolina (ESPNU). 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Final Series Game Two – Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Portland at Cleveland (UNIVISION). 9 p.m. – NBA: Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game One – Oklahoma City at Golden State (TNT). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers or Texas at Oakland (MLB NETWORK).

MLB Standings By The Associated Press

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

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Friday’s Games

Baltimore 1, Detroit 0 Chicago White Sox 7, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cleveland 7, Minnesota 6 Houston 7, Boston 6 Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 5, Texas 0 Kansas City 5, Atlanta 1 L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 6

Saturday’s Games

Boston 6, Houston 5, 11 inn. N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Minnesota at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Oakland at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m. Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Chi. White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m. Oakland at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Houston at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Atlanta at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m. Toronto at Texas, 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m. Boston at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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

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Friday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2 Washington 5, Miami 3 Milwaukee 1, San Diego 0 Kansas City 5, Atlanta 1 Colorado 5, N.Y. Mets 2 San Francisco 3, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 8, St. Louis 4

Saturday’s Games

Washington 6, Miami 4 Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. Miami at Washington, 1:35 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Atlanta at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland 4, Atlanta 0 May 2: Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93 May 4: Cleveland 123, Atlanta 98 May 6: Cleveland 121, Atlanta 108 May 8: Cleveland 100, Atlanta 99 Toronto 3, Miami 3 May 3: Miami 102, Toronto 96, OT May 5: Toronto 96, Miami 92, OT May 7: Toronto 95, Miami 91 May 9: Miami 94, Toronto 87, OT May 11: Toronto 99, Miami 91 May 13: Miami 103, Toronto 91 May 15: at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City 4, San Antonio 2 April 30: San Antonio 124, Okla. City 92 May 2: Okla. City 98, San Antonio 97 May 6: San Antonio 100, Okla. City 96 May 8: Okla. City 111, San Antonio 97 May 10: Okla. City 95, San Antonio 91 May 12: Okla. City 113, San Antonio 99 Golden State 4, Portland 1 May 1: Golden State 118, Portland 106 May 3: Golden State 110, Portland 99 May 7: Portland 120, Golden State 108 May 9: Golden State 132, Portland 125, OT May 11: Golden State 125, Portland 121 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland vs. Toronto or Miami

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City vs. Golden State May 16: at Golden State, 9 p.m. May 18: at Golden State, 9 p.m. May 22: at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. May 24: at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. x-May 26: at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-May 28: at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. xMay 30: at Golden State, 9 p.m.

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Tampa Bay 1, Pittsburgh 0 May 13: Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1 May 16: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. May 18: at Tampa Bay 8 p.m. May 20: at Tampa Bay 8 p.m. x-May 22: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. x-May 24: at Tampa Bay 8 p.m. x-May 26: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

St. Louis vs. San Jose May 15: at St. Louis, 8 p.m. May 17: at St. Louis, 8 p.m. May 19: at San Jose, 9 p.m. May 21: at San Jose, 7:15 p.m. May 23: at St. Louis, 8 p.m. x-May 25: at San Jose, 9 p.m. x-May 27: at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Golf By The Associated Press The Players Championship Par Scores Saturday At TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $10.5 million Yardage: 7,215; Par 72 (36-36) Third Round Jason Day 63-66-73—202 -14 Hideki Matsuyama 68-71-67—206 -10 Ken Duke 74-67-65—206 -10 Alex Cejka 67-67-72—206 -10 Francesco Molinari 66-69-72—207 -9 Kevin Chappell 71-67-70—208 -8 Retief Goosen 70-68-70—208 -8 Colt Knost 72-63-74—209 -7 Cameron Tringale 65-69-75—209 -7 Jonas Blixt 67-67-75—209 -7 Si Woo Kim 68-70-72—210 -6 Danny Lee 67-71-72—210 -6 Matt Kuchar 71-67-72—210 -6 Bryce Molder 70-68-72—210 -6 Daniel Berger 66-72-73—211 -5 Daniel Summerhays 69-71-71—211 -5 Rory McIlroy 72-64-75—211 -5 Gary Woodland 67-68-76—211 -5 Graeme McDowell 72-70-69—211 -5 Shane Lowry 65-68-78—211 -5 Ryan Palmer 67-70-75—212 -4 Jerry Kelly 67-68-77—212 -4 Louis Oosthuizen 72-67-74—213 -3 J.J. Henry 70-69-74—213 -3 Billy Horschel 68-70-75—213 -3 Vijay Singh 70-70-73—213 -3 Adam Scott 73-65-75—213 -3 Justin Thomas 70-68-75—213 -3 Scott Piercy 70-68-75—213 -3 Sean O’Hair 70-67-76—213 -3 William McGirt 72-65-76—213 -3 Brooks Koepka 66-70-77—213 -3 Boo Weekley 66-69-78—213 -3 Adam Hadwin 70-70-74—214 -2 Bubba Watson 69-71-74—214 -2 Brendon de Jonge 71-67-76—214 -2 K.J. Choi 73-68-73—214 -2 Zac Blair 71-70-73—214 -2 David Hearn 71-71-72—214 -2 Keegan Bradley 72-67-76—215 -1 Bill Haas 65-73-77—215 -1 Sergio Garcia 72-66-77—215 -1 Brendan Steele 65-76-74—215 -1 Russell Knox 68-67-80—215 -1 Hudson Swafford 66-73-77—216 E Brian Harman 69-70-77—216 E Bernd Wiesberger 71-67-78—216 E Paul Casey 68-72-76—216 E

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Laurence Manning Academy’s Maddie Cantley connects on a pitch during the Lady Swampcats’ 4-0 victory over Northwood Academy on Saturday at Patriot Park SportsPlex. LMA advanced to the SCISA 3A state championship series.

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else. I knew it (as soon as it hit it). I was just like, ‘I did it and From Page B1 we did it.’ “It’s the greatest feeling in in the last six years. the world.” Game 1 is scheduled for While TSA’s offense was Monday back at Patriot Park clicking, the Lady Barons were on Field 1 with a 5 p.m. start unable to scratch a run across time. Game 2 will be at LMA’s against Hunter. She allowed Julie Skoler Field in Mansix hits with one strikeout and ning on tuesday at 5 p.m. as one walk. well. Wilson Hall had its chances The Lady Generals enter though, especially in the secwith an 18-7 overall mark ond and fourth innings. Cathewhile the Lady Swampcats are rine Kelley’s 1-out double with 16-9. The two teams split their two on went for naught when regular-season matchups. This the lead runner was thrown will be the third straight year out at the plate. that teams from SCISA Region Two innings later, Drake II-3A have faced off for the Ives’ leadoff double was negatstate crown. ed when it was ruled she didn’t “We played our best game touch first base. WH loaded today,” Reed said. “Ellie Hunt- the bases after that, but a lineer was phenomenal on the out double play ended the mound. She threw strikes, and threat. on the infield we made all the “We were putting the ball plays we needed to. When they in play well, but we just got a hit, we kept them to one couldn’t (push across) any base. runs,” Wilson Hall head “At at bat -- oh my gosh the coach Teresa Alexander said. bats were hot.” “As the gap grew, you start That’s an understatement. pressing a little more and The Lady Generals scored 42 maybe start hitting a few runs in three games and more pitches that you would never played past the sixth normally lay off. inning in any contest. TSA “I thought defensively we collected 13 hits against Wilplayed well. Thomas Sumter son Hall of which six were just did a really good job for extra bases. Hunter hom- with their offense and we ered, Sydney Daniel and weren’t able to get anything Josie Reed doubled and Diagoing.” mond Gibson legged out a triBecka Noyes had two hits ple. The younger Reed finfor the Lady Barons as did ished with two hits and two Liza Lowder. driven in while Gibson colWilson Hall(19-11) made it lected one RBI and scored to the semifinal round with a twice. 16-1 victory in four innings Then there was Silvester -against Orangeburg Prep earwho had both the first and lier in the day. Ives went 4-forlast big blows for TSA. Her 4 with a double, a triple and 2-run bomb in the first gave four RBI. Noyes drove in the Lady Generals the early three while Danielle deHoll lead. After an RBI single in went 2-for-3 with two RBI. the third and a fielder’s Madison Elmore collected a choice in the fourth, Silvester double. stepped to the plate again in Madison Sliwonik had four the fifth needed just a single strikeouts and allowed three to send everyone home. hits on the mound. “I was just waiting on one Meanwhile LMA made it pitch,” Silvester said. “I wasn’t back to the title series for the going to swing at anything time since 2014 thanks to good

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Tappin pushed Scott’s Branch to a first-place time of 3 minutes, 32.62 seconds. St. Joseph’s came in seven-tenths of a second later. Southside Christian finished with 84 points to Scott’s Branch’s 61. St. Joseph’s ended up third with 57. Malique Coard led the way in the field events for the Eagles when he tossed the shot put for a first-place distance of 46 feet, 8 inches. Marquis Thomas added to the point to-

From Page B1 on Friday. She tossed a 4-hit shutout in the opener, striking out four. In the second game, Latta did touch her for a run and seven hits, but Fort kept the Lady Vikings’ bats at bay. “Brooklyn really pitched well,” Ard said. “She was hitting her spots and we were playing good defense behind her. Watts finished with two hits

pitching and a 3-run third inning. Hussey allowed just two hits in four innings and Courtney Beatson came in and closed the door -- striking out three and giving up just one hit in three innings. “My two pitchers worked really hard this game and they threw great,” LMA head coach Maria Rowland said. “(Hussey) looked very good today -- she looked strong in warmups. She’s right where she needs to be right now.” After missing an opportunity to score in the second, the Lady ‘Cats broke through in the third with all the runs they needed highlighted by Rogers’ triple. Cora Lee Downer finished with two singles for LMA while Abbie Beard and Maddie Cantley collected base hits. “(Those runs in the third) were huge,” Rowland said. “Our pitchers were able to relax and everyone was able to breathe a little bit and things just started working better after that. “This was one of our goals from the beginning of the year. We’ve gotten past the first part of that goal, now we have to regroup (because) we’ve still got a lot of work ahead of us.” In other state finals matchups, Williamsburg Academy will face Thomas Heyward Academy for the 2A title. Williamsburg defeated Pee Dee Academy to earn a championship series berth while THA knocked off Robert E. Lee Academy 10-4. The Lady Cavaliers topped Marlboro Academy earlier in the day to advance to the semifinal round. In 1A, Clarendon Hall fell short in its bid for a fifth straight trip to the state finals after falling to Richard Winn on Friday and then losing to Patrick Henry on Saturday morning. The 1A title matchup will feature Holly Hill against Colleton Prep.

tals in that event with a fifthplace throw. Joshua Pringle placed third in the discus. Aiken also took fifth in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump. Tappin ran the only individual track event for the Scott’s Branch boys, coming in third in the 800. The relay teams made the difference for the Eagles. Besides the 4x400 win, The 4x800 team took third and the 4x100 team finished sixth. The injuries that complicated a state title run this year was a disappointment, but see-

ing the 4x4 team win was a good note to the end of the season. “Two of our kids had hamstring problems and they ran their hearts out,” Eagles head coach Wayne Farmer said. “They won it last year, and they won it this year, so they got to defend their titles. We’re looking forward to coming back and trying to do something next year.” The Scott’s Branch girls finished seventh with 36 points after winning the 1A lower state title last week. Christ Church girls claimed the state title with 107 points.

and four runs batted in in the opening game, while Kinsley Driggers was 2-for-3 with a walk. In the deciding game, East Clarendon won the coin toss and was the home team. Latta jumped out to a 1-0 lead, but that didn’t last long. Driggers hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the inning and Watts followed up with a solo shot to make it 3-1. Caitlin Timmons had a 2-run double in the fourth to widen the EC lead to 5-1. “We had a great week last

week,” said Ard, whose team won four straight games after losing to Latta in the opening game of lower state. “We really came together. We were swinging the bats well, playing good defense and Brooklyn pitched well.” The opening game will be played on Monday in Due West beginning at 6 p.m. The second game will be played on Wednesday in Turbeville beginning at 6 p.m. If a third game is needed, it will be played on Friday at a neutral site.

game in the best-of-3 series which will be played at Baron Field beginning at 7 p.m. LMA is 23-5 and will play host to the second game on Tuesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond beginning at 7 p.m. If a third game is needed, it will be played at a neutral site on Thursday. The teams played twice during the regular season. Laurence Manning won the first meeting 6-2, while the Barons, who won the region title, won the second meeting 8-1. Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki thinks the way those two games went easily shows what will be the key in determining in who wins the series. “I think it will come down to who makes the fewest mistakes,” said Jarecki, who is in his first year at Wilson Hall, but knows the LMA program quite well due to his long tenure at Calhoun Academy. “If you look at the first game, we made some mistakes and they were able to win. Then in the next game, they made some mistakes and we were able to win that game. So I think it will just come down to who makes the fewest errors and mistakes.” Wilson Hall swept its two series to get to the championship series. The Barons beat Thomas Sumter Academy 8-1 and 11-1 in the quarterfinals before topping Ben Lippen 14-4 and 9-8 in the semifinals.

The Swampcats had a more difficult road. It needed three games to beat defending state runner-up Northwood Academy in the quarterfinals, winning 4-1 before losing 4-1 only to claim the series with a 10-2 road victory. It swept Cardinal Newman in the semis, winning 12-4 and 1-0. Hatfield is happy with the familiarity between the teams in the series. “I think it makes for a less stressful, more interesting, series,” he said. “The kids can just go out and play. We’ve got six starters who played junior varsity last year. The less stress on them the better.” Neither coach knew how he was going to set up his pitching rotation for the series. Buddy Bleasdale, Ryan Touchberry and Braydon Osteen have handled most of the starting chores for LMA with Taylor Finley coming from out of the bullpen. Wilson Hall has used Edward McMillan, Drew Talley and Charlton Commander as its main starters with McLendon Sears and Daniel Reynolds seeing time in relief. Even though the Barons lost several key parts to last year’s title team, Jarecki said getting to the championship series for a fourth straight season has been this team’s focus. “I think getting back to this point was their goal from the get-go,” Jarecki said. “These young men just know how to win. They don’t ever quit. That’s the way they were in football and it has carried over to this.”

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Wilson Hall shortstop McLendon Sears, left, applies a tag to a Ben Lippen base runner during the Barons’ 14-4 win in the opening game of the SCISA 3A state semifinal series last week. Wilson Hall will be going after its third straight state title when it faces Laurence Manning Academy in the championship series beginning on Monday.

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Ortiz puts on show as Red Sox defeat Astros BOSTON — David Ortiz hit a winning double with two outs in the 11th inning after lining a tying triple in the ninth and earlier moving into 20th place on the career home run list, sending the Boston Red Sox past the Houston Astros 6-5 on Saturday. Boston’s Jackie Bradley Jr. singled in the first inning, extending the majors’ longest hitting streak to 20 games. Twins 6 Indians 3

CLEVELAND — Juan Centeno took Corey Kluber deep for his first major league homer, Ervin Santana allowed one run in six innings and the Minnesota Twins ended an eight-game losing skid with a 6-3 win Saturday over the Cleveland Indians. Centeno’s two-run homer in the fifth landed in the right field seats and put Minnesota on top for good. Rays 6 Athletics 0

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Jason Day walks past his ball on the sixth green during the third round of The Players Championship on Saturday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Day made a double bogey, but still leads after three rounds.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Matt Andriese pitched a twohitter for his first career shutout and Brad Miller hit a two-run home run, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night. Andriese (2-0) won for the second time this week. He beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Sunday in his first start since being called up from Triple-A Durham. Yankees 2

Day sets 36-hole record, then hangs on at Players By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and defending champion Rickie Fowler all missed the PONTE VEDRA BEACH, cut when the storm-delayed Fla. — Jason Day set the 36second round was completed hole record at The Players Saturday morning. If there Championship on Saturday was a consolation, it was not morning. By the end of a long having to take on Sawgrass and laborious day of big num- and its scariest. bers, he was hanging on by the Shane Lowry of Ireland, seat of his pants on a TPC playing in the final group, Sawgrass that was as frighten- played his opening four holes ing as ever. in 5 over. That feel-good story Through it all, one aspect of tournament rookie Will never changed: Day is in Wilcox, who made the first charge, and he looks like he hole-in-one in 14 years on the will be tough to beat. island-green 17th on Friday? On a vastly different golf He hit in the water Saturday to course with greens that felt make double bogey and wound like putting on glass compared up with an 82. with the previous two rounds, Sergio Garcia took six putts Day overcame two double bofrom just off the sixth green. geys with a strong back nine Paul Casey took five putts for a 1-over 73 to maintain his from about 8 feet on the 15th four-shot lead. hole. But what a wild ride. Day had his moments. Day four-putted from 18 feet He finished his second for double bogey and made an- round at 15-under 129, breakother double bogey when he ing by one the 36-hole record blasted out of sand across the Greg Norman set in 1994. Day green into deep rough as his didn’t make a bogey until his lead shrunk to one shot. From 39th hole of the tournament. there, the world’s No. 1 player But that was inevitable. played 3 under with no bogeys “You had putts that never over the final 10 holes to restopped,” Jhonattan Vegas store some semblance of said after a 79. order. Day’s first blunder was a He was at 14-under 202. Any four-putt double bogey on the thoughts of adding to the resixth hole, which started with cord book were gone. But an 18-foot birdie putt that he when a shootout turned into a nearly made. It could have survival, all that mattered was been worse. His 5-foot putt for the lead. double bogey nearly spun out Ken Duke turned in the best of the cup. He answered with a round of the tournament by wedge to 2 feet for birdie, but making six birdies over his then had more trouble off the last seven holes for a 65, more green at the par-3 eighth. This than 10 shots better than the time, he had to make a 6-foot average score. He was four putt for double bogey. shots behind along with HideAnd while his card was ki Matsuyama (67) and Alex clean on the back nine, the Cejka (72). biggest break of all came at “I’m just a player on the the 15th. He was short of the PGA Tour,” Duke said. green in three, certain to drop “They’re all good out here, and at least two shots, when Day when you get some good num- chipped in from just over 50 ber and make some good putts, feet for par. Then, he pounded the scores are there. ... But it a 3-wood and hit a towering was a great round. This golf 8-iron to 6 feet on the par-5 course is very difficult with 16th. He missed the putt and this condition, and it was a re- had to settle for birdie, made a ally unbelievable round.” 10-foot par putt on the 17th As tough as the greens were and finished with a solid par. to putt — there were 148 threeOne more round, and no one putts or worse — the Stadium is sure what to expect now. Course still presented its typiThe opening two rounds cal set of problems. were soft and vulnerable, and Russell Knox was trying to the 163 rounds under par shatstay in the mix when he put tered the record in the 35 years three shots into the water on The Players has been at TPC the island-green 17th and took Sawgrass. Day (Thursday) and a 9. That ruined his round (he Colt Knost (Friday) tied the shot 80) and his chances. course record with a 63. Day Kevin Chappell was three broke the 36-hole record. shots behind when he had to Lowry and Rory McIlroy set a play his second shot with his record with a 29 on the back feet on the planks framing the nine. water on the 18th hole. Having Saturday was a different made two eagles, he closed story. with a double bogey to fall six The average score the openshots back. ing two rounds was 71.02. It

was 75.59 on Saturday. There were 82 rounds under par on Thursday, 81 rounds under par in the second round, and only six of them on Saturday. Of the 76 players who made the cut at 2-under par, 60 of them had a double bogey or worse. There were 86 scores of double bogey or worse. Day had two of them. And he still has a four-shot lead.

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NEW YORK — Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman combined for scoreless relief and struck out eight as the New York Yankees used their three big bullpen arms in the same game for the first time Saturday to secure a 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox.

Ivan Nova pitched neatly into the sixth inning, Aaron Hicks hit an RBI double and Didi Gregorius added a runscoring single with two outs in the second. Cubs 8 Pirates 2

CHICAGO — Unbeaten Jake Arrieta struck out 11 in eight innings, Anthony Rizzo drove in four and the Chicago Cubs remained perfect against the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 8-2 win Saturday. Arrieta (7-0) improved to 18-0 in 20 outings since Aug. 1. The Cubs have won his last 21 starts, extending a franchise record. Nationals 6 Marlins 4

WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg remained undefeated and struck out seven over six innings as the Washington Nationals defeated the Miami Marlins 6-4 in the opener of Saturday’s daynight doubleheader. Strasburg (6-0) allowed three runs and five hits for his second victory over the Marlins this season. He signed a seven-year, $175 million deal Tuesday.

Friday Royals 5 Braves 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Edinson Volquez pitched seven effective innings, Alcides Escobar had two hits, scored a run and drove in a run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Friday night. The Royals had dropped 12 of their previous 16 games, while the Braves, who have the worst record in the National League, lost for the 17th time in 25 games. The Associated Press

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Spurs unsure if Duncan or Ginobili will return By RAUL DOMINGUEZ The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio’s unexpected and abrupt end to the season brings on another stressful summer that begins with what has become an annual quandary. Will Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili return? “I really don’t know what they’re going to do,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said Friday, a day after the Spurs’ season-ending loss at Oklahoma City. “But when they do decide to move on, sometime between now and the next five years - that’s a little bit of a joke - it will feel a little differently walking into the gym.” Anything less than having both Duncan and Ginobili in uniform next season will be even more jarring for the Spurs than losing to the Thunder in six games in the Western Conference semifinals. “We’ll see,” said Tony Parker, the other member of San Antonio’s Big Three. “It’s going to be a long summer for us.” The Spurs did not expect their offseason to begin so early. San Antonio appeared revived and renewed after resigning Kawhi Leonard and adding marquee free agent LaMarcus Aldridge during the offseason. But after winning the series opener by 32 points, the Spurs suddenly looked old and thin in comparison to the Thunder’s size inside and athleticism on the wings. Still, the Spurs hope for the return of two of the franchise’s greatest players ever. Duncan, 40, and Ginobili, 38, both have player options on the two-year contracts they signed last summer, but neither has given any indication what he plans to do. Duncan said he would “get to that after I get out of here and figure out life” when asked about his future following San Antonio’s 113-99 Game 6 loss. Ginobili said he would “take my time as always.” Duncan has played 19 sea-

sons, leading the Spurs to each of the franchise’s five championships. Ginobili has been a part of four of those titles over 14 seasons. Popovich joked one thing is certain, the veterans won’t be turning to him for advice. “I haven’t talked to Timmy in about 11 years and Manu stopped talking to me about three or four years ago,” Popovich said. “So, I doubt it highly. They are just going to come in and say, ‘Pop, this is what I’m doing.’ And then whatever they say, that’s what I’ll do.” It would officially mark the end of an era if either one retires, although San Antonio’s reliance on its Big Three came to a close this season. Aldridge and Leonard became the focal point, helping the Spurs transition for the future with All-Star seasons. Leonard led the team in scoring for the first time in his five-year career, averaging 21.2 points and 6.8 rebounds. The 6-foot-7 forward also won Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first non-center to win the award in consecutive seasons since Dennis Rodman in 1989-91. “Kawhi’s just improved every year, become more confident, a bigger part of the offense every year,” Popovich said. “Obviously plays at both ends being the Defensive Player of the Year. He’s a special young man, deserves a lot of credit for the work that he puts in. He’s just going to get better. There’s more room for him to grow.” Aldridge and Leonard guided San Antonio to a franchiserecord 67 wins in the regular season, including matching the league mark for best home record at 40-1. That success made losing to Oklahoma City all the more disappointing. “It’s the same, It doesn’t matter if you win 50 games or 67,” Popovich said. “There’s only one team that is happy at the end of the year and everybody else at some point is sad, but you get over it. You get over it.”

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Miami’s Dwyane Wade (3) grabs a rebound from Toronto’s Bismack Biyombo (8) during the Heat’s 103-91 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Friday in Miami. Game 7 is today in Toronto.

Raptors, Heat to decide next foe for Cleveland By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press

greater challenge than a Game 7.” The Heat fended off elimiMIAMI — History is going nation Friday, going with a to happen. super-small lineup and beatEither Toronto or Miami ing the Raptors 103-91 in will become the 15th NBA Miami to force a winner-taketeam to win two Game 7s in all game. Miami won a Game the same postseason. The 7 in the first round, topping Raptors could go to the EastCharlotte at home. Toronto ern Conference finals for the also successfully defended first time. The Heat have a home-court in a first-round shot at being the first team Game 7, and this series has ever to erase 3-2 deficits in gone just as that one against consecutive playoff series. Indiana did — Raptors lose at And if that wasn’t enough, home, win at home, win on LeBron James awaits the win- the road, lose on the road, ner in the East finals. win at home, lose on the road. The stage is set, the stakes They hope history repeats are super-high. The final sec- itself one more time Sunday. ond-round game of this year’s “Game 7 in the first round playoffs is Sunday afternoon was a little more tight,” Rapin Toronto, where the Raptors tors guard Kyle Lowry said. and Heat will play Game 7 “This one Sunday will be and finally decide their back- ‘Just go out there and hoop.”’ and-forth, black-and-blue seEvery team and every year ries. The winner will join is different, but closeouts Golden State, Oklahoma City seem to never come easily for and Cleveland as the four Toronto. teams left standing in the The Raptors are 2-6 all-time chase for the NBA champion- when they have a chance to ship. eliminate an opponent, and “This is why we’re in this lost a Game 7 at home two business, to be pushed and years ago to Brooklyn — a tested and challenged,” team that featured current Miami coach Erik Spoelstra Heat forward Joe Johnson. said Saturday. “There’s no Lowry and backcourt mate

DeMar DeRozan are averaging a combined 42.7 points in the series, but are still shooting a combined 38 percent. “Our backs will be against the wall,” Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll said. “It’s Game 7 on our home court with our home crowd. What better place do you want to be?” The Heat, meanwhile, oddly seem to thrive when in trouble. Miami has won its last four Game 7s, could join the Lakers and Celtics as the only franchises to win five straight, and are 7-1 in its last eight games when facing elimination. And Miami has somehow won its last three series after falling into a 3-2 hole. “You’ve got to give a little more,” said Heat guard Dwyane Wade, the leading scorer in the series at 25.2 points per game. “You’ve got to do a little more. Obviously, it’s a great environment to be in. ... It’s phenomenal. But you’ve got to give everything you have. There’s no tomorrow. That’s the way we approach it. I think it’s going to be two teams trying to give everything they have. Best team win, man.”

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exercise equipment that left many of the players too tired to run. INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — “That was pretty tough,” Even coach Tyronn Lue came forward Tristan Thompson off the floor sweating on Satsaid. “But I thought it was urday. great for us because the team Don’t think for a second the could push each other. It was unbeaten Cavaliers have been fun. I thought it brought us lounging around the past week even closer together as a as they’ve waited for their team.” next opponent. The nine-day break could “Guys have been really bust- most help the 31-year-old ing their butt in the gym,” for- James, who had to carry the ward Channing Frye said as Cavs a year ago. He’s averagbeads of perspiration streaked ing a career-low 23.5 points so the sides of his face. far as Kyrie Irving and Kevin Unblemished and seemingly Love have stepped up. unstoppable through the first “LeBron is letting the game two rounds of the playoffs, come to him,” Lue said. LeBron James & Co. finally “When he wants to be aggresknow they’ll host Game 1 of sive and he sees fit to be agthe Eastern Conference finals gressive when the teams have Tuesday night. All that’s left to a good run or whatever they be determined is whether may have, then he just takes they’ll play Miami or Toronto. over the game. And with Kyrie The Heat and Raptors will and Kevin playing at a high play Game 7, with the winner level, he can take a lot of mileearning a shot at the 8-0 Cavs. age off of his body and just Cleveland hasn’t played kind of seeing and figuring out since May 8, when it completthe flow of the game. ed its second consecutive post“I don’t think he’s been in season sweep, ousting an Atthis position before and it’s lanta Hawks team that was been great for him.” grounded by the Cavs’ battalThe Cavs won’t practice ion of 3-point marksmen. The until Sunday evening after the Cavs dropped 77 3-pointers in Heat and Raptors conclude four games, and they’re hopGame 7, that way they’ll be ing the long break between se- able to prepare for a specific ries won’t cool off their shoot- opponent — not two. ing touch. Frye, whose role has grown To combat any rust, Lue has throughout these playoffs, said made sure his team worked on the extended layoff has alits conditioning. They’ve been lowed the Cavs to heal some running and lifting and lifting “nicks and knacks” and they should return to the floor reand running. On Wednesday, the Cavs en- newed. “We have a lot of guys doing dured a grueling workout suabove and beyond, staying pervised by strength and confocus, watching the games,” he ditioning coach Derek Millender. The brutal, 40-minute ses- said. “If you’re not focused now, hey, I don’t know if this sion included time on a punishing piece of cardiovascular is the right sport for you.”

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SUMTER HIGH CAMP Sumter High School will have a football camp July 13-14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the school’s practice field. The camp is open to children who have completed grades 2 through 7. The camp is free, but pre-registration is required by June 30. Forms are available in the school’s main office or by calling SHS head coach Mark Barnes at (803) 4814480.

carted off.” Backup Alexei Vasilevskiy made 25 stops in Bishop’s abPITTSBURGH — So much sence in his first significant for niceties and the promise of playing time since the end of fluid, free-flowing hockey. In the regular season. The the span of three testy periods 21-year-old received plenty of Friday, the Eastern Conferhelp in front of him. The BASKETBALL Photo provided ence finals flipped from benign Lightning blocked 15 shots and SUMTER HIGH CAMP Members of the Wilson Hall varsity boys golf team and the varsity to occasionally belligerent. kept Pittsburgh’s star-laden atboys cross country team are honored on the floor of the South CarSumter High School will Pittsburgh defensemen Kris tack under wraps while buildolina Statehouse for winning SCISA 3A state titles in the 2015-16 have a basketball camp July Letang and Brian Dumoulin ing a three-goal lead. 11-15 in its main gymnasium. school year. needed to be helped off the ice The Penguins pressed the The camp will run from 8 after getting smashed into the issue in the third, but by then a.m. to noon each day and is dren ages 5-12 with demonboards headfirst following ille- Tampa Bay was in command. ROAD RACING open to children ages 6-17. strations from a PTC profesgal hits from behind by a Yet the Lightning held firm, HOT PURSUIT 5K The cost is $35 per student. sional. member of the Tampa Bay though their fifth straight The Hot Pursuit 5K will be Registration forms are Other events will be held on Lightning. Tampa Bay center playoff win didn’t end quietly. available in the school’s main held on Saturday, May 21, be- June 4 at Memorial Park and Tyler Johnson skated off in Dumoulin left late in the third ginning and ending at the office or by calling SHS boys June 25 at Swan Lake Park. obvious pain following a knee- after Ondrej Palat pushed Sumter Family YMCA. head coach Shawn Jones at Each of those events will go on-knee collision with Pentwice as Dumoulin went back Money raised from the (803) 467-3874. from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Events guins forward Chris Kunitz to retrieve the puck. The secevent will go to Crime Stopat Shaw Park on July 16 and that may have been avoidable. ond bump sent Dumolin awkpers. Birnie Park on July 30 will Following two emotionally wardly into the end boards. CHEERLEADING The registration fee is $30 run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. charged series wins over the “It happened,” said Palat, SUMTER HIGH CAMP per person. Applications are For more information, call New York Rangers and Washwho was called for a boarding The Sumter High School available and accepted at the PTC at (803) 774-3969. ington Capitals, the prospect minor. “Bad play.” mini cheer camp will be held YMCA or through www. of facing the less familiar One both teams insist they’ll from June 6-9 in the school’s strictlyrunning.com. Lightning seemed to offer an try to avoid, along with the GOLF mini gymnasium. opportunity for a respite from temptation to retaliate. CGA Golf Outing The camp is open to chilthe NHL’s annual tap dance “There’s not much you can TENNIS The Christian Golfers’ Asdren ages 4-12 at a cost of $50 with what is — and what isn’t do as far as fighting them or Twilight in the Parks sociation’s monthly golf outper child. Registration dead— against the rules. Tampa something like that,” Penguins Twilight Tennis in the ing will be Monday, May 23, at line is May 24. Bay’s chippy 3-1 victory in defenseman Ian Cole said. Parks sponsored by Palmetto Bishopville Country Club. The camp will run from 9 Game 1 instead proved to be “You can, (but) you have got to Tennis Center will be held on The event is open to the first a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day. more of the same. be careful not to get an instigaThursday at Dillon Park. 20 golfers and they must sign Forms are available in the “This isn’t as much as a ritor (penalty). I think you’ve reThe event is scheduled to up by Monday. The cost is $15. Sumter High main office or valry as maybe the Rangers ally just got to double down, run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. To sign up, call (803) 773by emailing sekenyia.wiland the Capitals, it certainly mentally up your battle level a The events are open to chil2171. liams@sumterschools.net. should be (now), after some of little bit.” the hits,” Pittsburgh forward Patric Hornqvist said. Neither side wanted to do much politicking afterward. When asked about the way Kunitz slammed into Johnson in the final moments of the opening period, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper called it a “trap question.” Pressed on if Callahan deserved supplemental discipline outside of the five-minute major he received for nudging a vulnerable Letang into harm’s way, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan offered only “the NHL’s going to do their job, we’re going to do ours. We’re just going to play hockey.” The league chose not to pursue any further action against Callahan. The veteran cast part of the blame for the severity of the hit on the way Letang was hunched over in pursuit of the puck as Callahan closed in. “He turns at the last second. I’m committed, I think, when he turns his head, and his body is pretty low,” Callahan said. “I’m trying to pin him, and in that split second, I can’t really make a decision,” Callahan said. “Unfortunately, I think the position he was in made it worse than it was.” Callahan stressed “that’s not the way I play” while pointing out he’s never been fined or suspended. Yet CooYour phone number must match the per allowed while his team’s number on ﬁle with your Sumter Item reputation for being among subscription. the league’s elite skaters is Contact customer service at 774-1258 well deserved, the Lightning if you need assistance. have found themselves in the penalty box more than any other club in the postseason. Tampa Bay is averaging over 16 minutes in penalties through 11 games. The Penguins are averaging less than 10 minutes in the box. “It’s not something we’re proud of,” Cooper said. “We’ve had to grind some Offers that appear in the app things outs.” are based on either your current At least the Lightning location or the zip code you might not have to grind it out designate in the app. — at least in the long term — without top goaltender Ben Bishop. The Vezina Trophy finalist injured his left leg just over 12 minutes into Game 1 while scrambling to get back in position in front of the net. Bishop left the ice on a stretcher but tests revealed no structural damage. Cooper is upbeat about Bishop’s prognosis even though he cautioned Bishop’s status for Monday night’s Game 2 — and anything after that really — remains uncertain. “Everything has been really good so far on Ben,” Cooper said Saturday. “Much better than the scene we saw, what happened when he was

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Spring tour features

6 home landscapes Sumter garden clubs sponsor colorful event BY BONNIE DISNEY Special to The Sumter Item

he 2016 Spring Garden Tour will be presented by the Sumter Council of Garden Clubs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday May 21. Tickets are $15 each and may be purchased from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Alice Boyle Garden Center at 842 West Liberty St., adja-

cent to Swan Lake-Iris Gardens in Sumter or at each home on the tour. For more information, call (803) 607-9274.

LYNN AND KEITH CHARPENTIER 5 Mill Run By blending a Southern classic garden with low country settings, Lynn and Keith have created a paradise on Second Mill Pond. The white and Charleston green three-story home has multi-level porches embellished with handmade wrought iron railings. To the right side of the home sits the Charpentiers’ pool house, designed to be a replica of the Episcopal chapel on Edisto Island. A lovely classical garden statue, Rebecca, is a recent addition to the fountain in front of the pool house. Together, the home and pool house provide the focus around which the land and water garden are created. An antique wrought iron gate provides the entryway into the front garden. Following a slightly curved brick pathway, one is greeted at the porch by a pair of majestic, black cast iron lions and two elegant black urns at the front door. The porch is surrounded by hanging ferns, azaleas, loropetalum, hollies, Yoshino cherry trees, crepe myrtles and beds with seasonal annuals — all of which provide a tapestry of color and texture that softens and enhances the house’s features. Access to the rear garden is made on the left side of the house. Lined with tea olives, gardenias and pittosporum, the path winds its way to the patio and pergola supported with brick columns. Here at the back of the house, outdoor life is active with hummingbirds, a variety of other native birds, squirrels and koi that live in the built-in fountain. The pergola also provides seating areas that allow visitors and family members to enjoy the vista of Second Mill Pond where cypress knees, bald cypress, autumn ferns, cattails, irises, cannas, lilies, palmetto trees and hickory trees abound. Separating the back garden from Second Mill Pond is a brick wall with wrought iron designed “to keep out the alligators and to keep the dogs in the yard.” The panorama, a breathtaking view, is

filled with native trees and plant life along with dogwoods, azaleas, tulip poplars, hostas, hydrangeas, camellias and hanging baskets. Larger birds such as herons, geese and mallards frequent this spot. This shade garden is filled with azaleas, Lady Banks roses, daylilies, hydrangeas, camellias, philodendron, elephant ears and a special willow tree Lynn planted which also happens to be well loved by a local beaver. Nearby is Keith’s favorite place to relax, a fire pit and private dock that overlook Second Mill Pond. Upon leaving the fire pit area, guests and family may climb the sloping path to go through a large antique wrought iron gate that leads into the smaller garden with the free form pool and pool house. Lining this area are miniature boxwoods and a metal crafted heron as well as some cherub statuary. The pool deck and the area in the pool house have Travertine tile. The area in the pool house is the perfect setting for entertaining. It is fully equipped with a kitchen, stove, refrigerator and an eating area with bar stools and a granite counter top. Nearby is a separate bar. The area also contains a lounging area with sofas and comfortable chairs, a bathroom, and a shower. A special feature Lynn included when designing this area is a crystal chandelier placed in the center of the cypress ceiling. At the moment a lovely pair of cardinals have a young family nesting in the chandelier, but they seem oblivious to outsiders watching them.

Jim and Linda have lived in many places in the United States during Jim’s service in the Air Force and during Linda’s childhood as a military child. Being exposed to diverse environments, they have planted and grown a wide variety of flowers and shrubs. Their hibiscus remind them of their “hardship” assignment in Hawaii. The red hot poker, viburnum, scuppernongs, hydrangeas, Japanese irises and oxalis blend despite their diversity. The heart and soul of the backyard is the large patio over which Jim and Linda have built a cypress wood pergola that covers two “rooms” of the three-room patio. Complete with seating space for 24 people, this area becomes the party place where guests enjoy food, Southern iced tea and conversation. Comfortable cushions with colorful pillows invite guests to come early and stay late. Included in the décor are antique treasures such as the cast iron stove that belonged to Jim’s mother, who actually used it, and the large, dark green ceramic elephant pieces that Linda’s mother brought back from the Philippines. When sitting in the comfortable chairs on the patio, you’ll hear wind chimes and birds providing the soothing background music. Bluebirds, the red-headed woodpecker, cardinals, doves, brown thrushes, mockingbirds, Carolina wrens, chickadees and other bird varieties delight in the food and surroundings provided by Jim and Linda, as the birds provide pleasant entertainment for them. At night, the trees close to the patio and the major beams of the pergola are covered with tiny white lights creating the perfect ambiance for guests who may never want to leave.

BRYAN AND BETH DURANT 221 Idle Lake Court

JIM AND LINDA CRAWFORD 3015 Hermitage Drive “Come on around. The party is in the back,” says Linda to all of her guests. Indeed, all of the comforts of the Crawford home are in the backyard at Jim and Linda’s home, where their friends and family gather to enjoy the moment and refresh their lives with good food and laughter — all in a lovely garden setting. Upon entering the backyard, guests follow the path along the fence covered with the colorful hanging baskets. Flower pots are also situated in the lower bed of dianthus, agapanthus and hydrangeas. From this lovely entryway, the garden opens into a large area divided into five separate garden spaces or outdoor rooms complete with different types of seating areas, statuary, fountains and plant design. A master at growing and propagating Japanese maples, Jim has provided each section with some type of maple tree, including a coral bark and silver maple. Other types of trees throughout the garden include dogwoods, camellias, pine trees, tea olives, crepe myrtles and river birch trees.

In 2008 Bryan and Beth began to landscape their undeveloped “yard” at 221 Idle Lake Court. Drawn to the property’s setting for its natural beauty and its proximity to Idle Lake, the DuRants have an unobstructed view of the lake and shoreline where they can see and enjoy the diverse wildlife, particularly water birds including geese, wood ducks, cranes, blue herons and white ducks. The setting provides a perfect place for them to enjoy nature while relaxing at the end of the day or while enjoying an early morning cup of coffee. The hard work over eight years and the careful planning have earned both Bryan and Beth a showplace with an ideal, expansive garden near the lake. Many of Bryan and Beth’s plants have personal meaning to them. For instance, they have used plants from their families’ yards and properties by air layering and growing the camellias from seed. Bryan has created a camellia hedge made from camellias from Beth’s mother Aline McIntosh’s land in Lee County as well as Bryan’s family land on Liberty Street in Sumter. Another way the DuRants have personalized their yard is through Bryan’s artwork and unusual family antiques. Bryan creates art using copper and other weather-tolerant materials. Most of his creations are attached to the house or on a fence. Two examples of the DuRants’ unusual antiques are Bryan’s father’s saddle rack that has been converted into a holder for a variety of decorative flower containers and his father’s abandoned large cast-iron syrup pot that was made to hold sugar cane so it could be boiled down to make syrup. Again, this nearly forgotten piece of Americana has been re-purposed as a flower container.

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County fair most successful; Sumter welcomes first lady 75 YEARS AGO — 1941 Oct. 6–12 The city of Sumter has agreed to entertain 500 soldiers from nearby maneuver areas this weekend, W.E. Bynum, chairman of the local US. committee, announced this morning. Of these, 250 will be taken care of in private homes; the other 250 will be housed at the YMCA or the high school. • W.E. Bynum has been reelected president of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce for

1941-42, it was announced today. Other officers elected were: G.B. Moseley, first vice president: Thomas W. Lemmon, Yesteryear second vice in Sumter president: Julian SAMMY WAY Schwartz, treasurer. Warren T. King is executive secretary and Ena E. Boykin

is assistant secretary. Directors of the Chamber of Commerce are T.H. Price, W.D. Boykin, John L. Evans, W.J. Lawrence, Jr., P.W. Shaw. • On Thursday evening the young people of Broad Street Methodist Church entertained the group of young soldiers stationed at Shaw Field with a wiener roast at Burnt Gin Camp. Around 75 boys and girls enjoyed the evening of fun. While two huge bonfires

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1991 — Joey Wofford, with Jard Kish behind him and Carl Goodwin to the right, plays during recess Wednesday morning at Sumter Christian School. Joey said the boys were pretending the logs were a “big ol’ bridge.”

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WEDDING

McNair-Bonner Tiffany Renee McNair and Nicholas Blake Bonner, both of Sumter, were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Graham Baptist Church in Sumter. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Truitt Jay McNair, and the granddaughter of the late Mr. Clyde Lewis McLeod, the late Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Truitt McNair and the late Mrs. Gloria JoAnn McLeod Rabon, all of Sumter. She graduated from Laurence Manning Academy and the University of South Carolina Aiken with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. She is employed by Palmetto Adult Medicine as a radiology administrative assistant. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Randolph Bonner, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Roger Holman and the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hubert Bonner, all of Sumter. He graduated from Lakewood High School and NASCAR Technical Institute with an automotive technology and NASCAR diploma. He is employed by TCO Construction as a shop foreman. The Rev. Michael Ray Lowder and the Rev. John Williamson Patrick officiated at the ceremony. Music was provided by Kathy Gatlin, accompanist, and Lisa Patrick, soloist. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a chiffon soft A-line gown flowing into a chapel train and accented with beaded lace appliqués on the empire waist and back. She carried a bouquet of white roses and white hydrangeas.

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Brittany Nicole McLeod served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Mattie Kay Bonner, sister of the bridegroom, Kayla Brooks Brunson, Rollins Monroe Lowder, Brittany Anne McNair and Carolina Lee McNair. Brynli Elizabeth Brewer and Olivia Allison Newman served as flower girls. The bridegroom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were Daniel Edward Brewer, Danny Brewer, Philip Wayne Hodge, Michael Raleigh Lowder, Kenneth Graison Matthews, Chandler Myer Newman, Thomas Yates Newman and Craig James Wilson. Landyn Ronnie Lee served as ring bearer. The bride’s parents held the reception at Graham Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. The bridegroom’s parents held the rehearsal party at the Sumter County Museum. Following a Disney Cruise, the couple will reside in Sumter.

DEAR ABBY — We have an adult son and daughter who can’t handle money and can’t keep Dear Abby a job. Should we ABIGAIL tell them VAN BUREN they are NOT going to inherit everything we have when my wife and I are gone? We have bailed them out of trouble more than once, but they don’t seem to learn. They are in their 30s and 40s, and neither one is looking for a job. Anything we left them would soon be squandered, and there are many organizations that could put the money to good use. We would leave them something, but nothing like what they expect. So: Tell them or not? Perplexed in the South DEAR PERPLEXED — In the back of my mind is echoing the Boy Scout motto, “Be prepared.” You should definitely tell your “children” now, while there’s still time for them to get off their posteriors and start preparing for their financial futures. DEAR ABBY — I’m a gay teen who wants to come out and possibly be in a relationship. Many students at school have come out re-

EDUCATION NEWS

Reames, Tara Schumacher and Jan Waggett.

Wilson Hall

READING INCENTIVE TRIPS Members of the fifth-grade class who read at least 6,000 pages throughout the year traveled to Frankie’s Fun Park in Columbia on May 5 as part of the reading recognition program. Students in first and second grades went to Chuck E. Cheese in Columbia on May 9 for their reading reward, and on May 11 third- and fourth-grade students who achieved special reading goals also visited Chuck E. Cheese.

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Seniors Kate Whaley and Edward McMillan were crowned May King and Queen at Wilson Hall.

MAY KING AND QUEEN Seniors Edward McMillan and Kate Whaley were crowned the May King and Queen at the 43rd-annual May Day celebration in the Nash Student Center. Other members of the senior court were Betsy Cunningham, Robert James, Catherine Kelley and Grier Schwartz. Senior members of the court were elected by the 12th grade, and grades nine through 12 elected the king and queen. The program began with the presentation of the court that included representatives from grades one-12, followed by the traditional May Pole Dance by the fifth-graders. The program concluded with a musical production, with the theme of “May Day Memories,” performed by students in grades one through five. It was sponsored by the PTO, and Susan D. Osteen was the chairwoman of the event and Kimberly Land was the cochairwoman. The lower school music teachers are Frankie Eldridge and Jeanne Shaw, and Jennifer Reimer choreographed the program.

ART EXHIBITION The seventh-annual Fine Arts Department Exhibition and Reception will be held Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building. The showcase will feature the artwork of students in preschool through 12th grade. Each art student will have at least one piece of artwork in the show, which will feature more than 1,000 works of art (ceramics, drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures). Refreshments will be served. The art teachers are Ashley Lareau, Mary Ann

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As of May 3, 85 percent of the 61 members of the senior class received merit-based scholarship offers totaling more than $4.7 million to a four-year college or university. The following is a partial list of scholarship recipients compiled from information submitted to the college counselor, Diane Richardson. Ohio Wesleyan University awarded an International Scholarship to Jiyeon Baek, Burlington College awarded a Trustee Scholarship to Maddie Rauch, and the College of Charleston offered a Merit Scholarship to Mary Catherine Smith. Clemson University offered a Presidential Scholarship to Brayden Fidler and Catherine Kelley, an Independent Scholarship to Anna Lyles, and an academic scholarship to Jackson Matthews and Kate Whaley. The University of South Carolina offered a School of Journalism Scholarship to Mary Paisley Belk, a Dean’s Scholar Award to Catherine Kelley, and an academic scholarship to Jackson Matthews. Wofford College offered a Merit Scholarship to Wells Osteen and Grier Schwartz, a Benjamin Wofford Scholarship to Kate Whaley, and an Old Main Scholarship to Katie Scannella. — Sean Hoskins

University of South Carolina Sumter DEGREES AWARDED The following University of South Carolina Sumter students were awarded degrees at the commencement ceremony on May 4 at USC Sumter. • Associate in arts, candidates for May 2016: Kaitlin Grace Alexander; Shauntay Nicole Alston; Yanet Alvarez-Perez, with honors; Hannah Delaney Baker; Emily Kathryn Batey, Montez Alonta Benjamin; Chrishaunda Cathleen Berard; Patrick Kelly Brown, with high honors; Steven Christopher Calcutt, with high honors; Victoria Hampton Cannon; Alexis Brianna Cocklin; Emily Faith Cook, with high honors; Jennifer Lynn Cromer; Jesse Donald Davis, with high honors; Zachary Ryan Davis; Cathy Depestre; Felix Louis Espada; Lamontreal Lamaine Giles Jr., with honors; Natasha Denise Glover; Ontonio Sen-

cently, and everyone seems to be embracing our sexual diversity. However, I suspect that many of the kids who have come out may have done it to seem “cool” and be popular. I’m not trying to denounce them for who they believe they are, but it seems to be the hot thing at the moment to be bisexual or gay because so many mainstream celebrities have come out of the closet. Because of this, many gay students are being bullied by kids who say they’re only doing it for attention and popularity. I don’t want to be subjected to the same bullying they are when I really am attracted to the same sex. Closeted in Pennsylvania DEAR CLOSETED — If you don’t find it safe to come out, my advice is to wait to do it. I find it interesting that your student body is open to accepting gay and bisexual peers, but would accuse some of them of being “secretly straight.” What a switch! Sexual orientation is a personal thing. No two people are identical in that department. According to sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, sexuality can be measured on a scale from zero (which is exclusively straight) to six (exclusively gay), and everyone is on it somewhere. It’s not for others to declare where anyone else belongs.

tell Grant; Christopher Cody Guest, with honors; Kristen Faith Hammett; Brittney Michelle Harrington; Cody Austin Hawley; Benjamin Zackery Hayes; Courtney Cierralexis Hilton; Larry Romerio Hudson; Justice Marva James; Benjamin Robert Jones; David Ocampo Londono; Aleighsha NaShaun Major; Bradacia Shamere McCray; Latasha Lashay McKnight, with high honors; Rebekah Jean McLendon; Patric Rhett McRoy; Christian James Morlan; Victor Sanchez Pacheco, with honors; Brianna Nicole Pierson; Kaitlyn Juanell Pinkney; Akeila Janeé Robertson; Shannon Leigh Sims; Nathaniel Joseph Sincoular, with highest honors; Julia Margaret Sorrells, with honors; Kensey Nicole Stephens; Devin Warren Summers; Adrienne Devondra Sumpter; Tyler Emanuel Taylor; Jonathan Colby Tollison; Micah D’Andre Vaughn, with honors; Alyssa Marie Weatherly; Donnasia Kiana Williams; Bryce DeWayne Williams; and Kendal Brooke Winge. • Associate in arts, awarded December 2015: James Henry Ardis; Ida Spann Atchison; Brett Aaron Auckland; Jordan Taylor Barton; Alaysia Quavonne Belle; Kristian Leigh Jackson; Shanekia Latrese Littles; William Owens Smith; Rikiah Shavonne Stuckey; Joseph Michael Watcher; and Whitney Chantel Woods. • Associate in arts, awarded August 2015: Phdeidra Chantal Bennett; Kaydrin Nicole Butler; Lakin LeeAnn Davis; John Quinton Dingle; Beverly Cain Guyton; Monica Rene Heriot; Alyssa Jean Hilliard; Elizabeth Elin Powell; Jasmine Lasha Pringle; Amy Lynn Pulliam; Andrew James Replogle; Elizabeth Carolyn Sieber; David Alexander Singleton, with honors; Ansley Paige Smoak; and Ryan Hartwell Spann. • Associate in science, candidates for May 2016: Valencia Shanice Abraham; Jason Michael Bibeau; Joshua Levi Bremer; Ryanne Alexis Burgess; Taylor Michelle Carter; Cathy Depestre; Kaitlyn Allison-Paige Diaz, with honors; Samuel Thomas DuBose, with high honors; Douglas LeRoy Elvington; Katherine Austin Floyd; Brittney Michelle Harrington; Thomas Edwin Hart, with honors; Courtney Cierralexis Hilton; Adam Sidney Jennings, with high honors; Jessica Nicole Kohler, with high honors; Cory Alexander Leonard; Alexis Nicole Martin, with honors; Savannah Leigh McCause, with honors; Monique Renee McCause, with highest honors; Kristan Brooke McElveen; Breanna Jo McIntosh; Rebekah Jean McLendon; Derrick Jermain McLeod; Patric Rhett McRoy; Courtney Lee Montgomery; Elizabeth Lois Morris; Conesha Monshay Myers; Andrew Clifton Nesbitt; Angela Lynn Peaden; Sean Patrick Robinson; Takia Nicarra Samuel; Asia Kiera Singleton; Brandon Lee Tant, with honors; Ebony Kia Thornton;

DEAR ABBY — My husband and I hang out with a group of six couples ranging in age from 24 to 74. One day, when three of us women went to lunch, I was complaining about the list of things that needed to be fixed in our home. My dear friend came up with a great idea that works very well, and I want to share it. Once a month a couple will host a party at their home. The wives prepare a covered dish and we all bring any sort of beverage we would like, from tea to soft drinks, beer and wine. The men all get to work on the problem until it’s fixed, and then we laugh and eat and drink together. It’s so much fun. We call ourselves ... The “Honey Dew” Gang DEAR GANG — I love the concept, which proves not only that “many hands make light work,” but also that honeydew is more than a melon. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

Teleshia Annyá Toney; Jose Jonathan Turcios; Andrew Jordan Ward; and Bryce DeWayne Williams. • Associate in science, awarded December 2015: Ida Spann Atchison; Nena Rose Batey; Anndrea Nikole Williamson; and McKenzie Quinton Yarbrough. • Associate in science, awarded August 2015: Dianna Marie Bibeau, with honors; Kimberly Morgan Conyers; Taylor Jordon McFaddin, with honors; and Randi Breanna Page, with high honors. • Aiken, bachelor of science in business administration, candidates for May 2016: Nathaniel Rivers Baker; Robert Green Cannon; Haiyen Do; Felix Louis Espada; Gregory Allen McLeod; and Kimberley Valentina Mickens. • Aiken, bachelor of science in business administration, awarded December 2015: Candace Renee Ferry, cum laude; Jessica Faith Griesi, magna cum laude; and Jennifer Rebecca Ziola, cum laude. • Aiken, bachelor of science in business administration, awarded August 2015: Leigh Ann Daughrity; Derrick O’Dell Edwards; Taylor Curtis Lee; Jazmine Omari Wilkes; and Daniel Owen Williams. • Palmetto College Programs, bachelor of arts, candidates for May 2016: Patrick Jacob Anderson; Rebekah Marie Davis; William David DeLavan; James Bradford Eubank; Savannah Claire Fenters; Caleb Ryan Gaddy; Kristian Leigh Jackson; Matthew Isadore McLeod; Patric Rhett McRoy; Elizabeth Lois Morris • USC Upstate, bachelor of arts in education, candidates for May 2016: Emma Wynn Betchman; Alison Paige Coleman; Rachel Anne Horne, summa cum laude; Taylor Nicole Jones, magna cum laude; Kala Rae McCall; and Devyn Wingard Youngblood, summa cum laude • USC Upstate, bachelor of arts in education, awarded December 2015: Emily Caroline Floyd, magna cum laude; Mary Rachel Hudson, summa cum laude; Chhastity Chham Martin; Tiffani Marie Newman; Gregg Alan Shapiro. • USC Upstate, bachelor of arts in education, awarded August 2015: Megan Danielle Geddings. — AC Sullivan

Clarendon School District 1 SCOTT’S BRANCH MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL New Tech students in grades nine through 11 are taking part in an End of Course blitz as they get ready to take statewide assessments in English I, Algebra I, Biology and U.S. History. Students realize that while it is great to attend a New Tech school, they are not exempt from the EOC. Teachers

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YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 roared skyward, Miss Sadie Morrow, a recreation leader from Ashwood, led the group in singing old familiar songs. • Gen. Emile P. Moses, native son of Sumter and commanding officer of the U. S. Marine post at Parris Island, has accepted the invitation of the central committee on the football game to be here and to ride in the parade, and for him and Mrs. Moses to be guests of the committee at the game. Moses has a host of acquaintances and friends in Sumter, beside his sister and brothers and other close relatives. • The Federal Rural Electrification Administration is sponsoring a plan which would make it possible for the local rural schools to establish electrical food processing centers, says R.B. Dinkins, who returned today from the REA Nutrition Conference in Atlanta. More than 200 representatives of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina REA systems, representatives of the extension service, health officials, representatives of educational groups, and other participating agencies heard REA officials and others stress the danger in lack of protective foods especially during periods of national emergency. The proposed centers would be equipped for refrigeration of foods, cooking, baking, canning, preserving, dehydrating fruits and vegetables and grinding homegrown grain. This would make hot lunches possible in schools where they have never been available before. The equipment could also be used by the home demonstration agent, home economics teachers and others who wish to give demonstrations or conduct adult education. • Two buses were operating in Sumter today, first to be brought here by C.B. and Moody White of Statesville, N.C., who have been granted a temporary permit to establish bus lines here. Under the name of the Sumter Coach Company, the buses will operate the full length of Main Street through Manning Avenue down Broad and on Liberty Street. • Lt. Gobe Smith Jr., U.S. Marines Corps, and son of Rev. and Mrs. Smith Sr., of Sumter, has recently been assigned to active duty with the Corps. • The Knight Furniture Company, at present located next to Canty-Plowden, has purchased the property at 117 and 119 S. Main St. and expects to occupy it shortly after the beginning of the year, according to information given out today by Henry P. Moses Realty Co. The new home of Knight’s will be next to the Courtright Chevrolet Company. • From every angle, director J. Cliff Brown of the county fair association reports, this year’s exposition has been the most successful on record. Highest attendance figures since the organization of the annual show have been turned in, the crowd for opening night alone totaling more than 10,000. 50 YEARS AGO — 1966 Aug. 8–14 Stanley Ross notched his first hole-in-one yesterday at Sunset Country Club. The feat came on Sunset’s 150-yard, par 3 eighth hole. Ross, a student at the University of Georgia, used a 5-iron on the shot, which sailed into the cup on the fly. Ross was playing in a threesome with his father, Gilbert Ross, and David Blum. • Officials and technicians of General Telephone Co. of the Southeast and the Farm-

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1966 — John W. Ragsdale, chairman of the Governor’s Beautification and Community Improvement Board, presents the quarterly beautification award plaque to Mrs. Leroy Davis, left, and Mrs. E.W. Dabbs, co-chairwomen of the Sumter County beautification committee. The award was presented at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn. Mrs. Dabbs said, “All Sumter won the plaque. This renews our enthusiasm to work even harder in the beautification effort.” ers Telephone Cooperative, Inc., met with local leaders recently at the Chamber of Commerce to review individual and common problems affecting area telephone service. State Sen. H.B. Richardson, Chamber President I.H. Moses, Mayor R E. Graham and Clark Reed of Public Service Commission of South Carolina were among those who met with the companies to learn what actions were under way to improve existing service and meet communication needs of the community during its current period of growth and expansion. • Before leaving for a oneyear tour at Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1st Lt. Robert D. DeBerry, an intelligence operations specialist at Wright-Patterson, was presented the Bronze Star. Lt. DeBerry, assigned to the Foreign Technology Division for the past year and a half, was cited by Brig. Gen. A. W. Cruikshank , Commander of the Foreign Technology Division, for meritorious service in Vietnam from August to December, 1965. Upon graduation from Edmunds High School in Sumter, Lt. DeBerry was appointed to the U. S. Air Force Academy. • On Aug. 10, 1965, Item employees arrived to find their offices, typewriters and notes had disappeared into a sea of charred boards and ashes. A devastating fire had struck suddenly during the night, leaving only the partially damaged composing room and its equipment and the press room and stereotyping equipment and press. • A field of 20 sportsmen and 30 jalopies are expected for Saturday’s action at Sumter Raceway, starting at 7:30 p.m. with time trials, followed at 8:30 with the six-event 100lap racing program. Joining the late model sportsmen ranks this week will be Clint Hyatt driving McKinnon’s Chevy; Henry Ziegler, runnerup to Johnson in the point standing; Jake Timmons in a ’55 Chevy; and Mack Morris, who will be making his second appearance in a ’57 Chevrolet, as will Jimmy Alsbrooks in a ’55 model. O’Neal Livingston and Ronald Hammond should be ready after installing new engines in their ’55 Chevys. • Pursuing the “Watermelon Queen” title at this weekend’s Pageland Watermelon Festival will be Miss Susan Cutter, reigning Miss Sumter. Miss Cutter will ride on the Sumter float with Queen Iris. Miss Juanita Sears, in the watermelon parade Saturday afternoon, will be one of 43 contestants seeking the title. Activi-

ties begin Friday night with evening gown and swimsuit competition. Coronation of the new Watermelon Queen Saturday night will be followed by a coronation ball. • Stan Buinecky, Shaw’s stellar golfer, won the 1966 Tactical Air Command Golf Championship at the Shaw AFB course by edging out “a never-say-die” Mike McAdams of McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, in a spine-tingling sudden-death play-off match-one up. Buinecky and McAdams ended up in a 33-3298 tie at the end of the regulation 72-hole tournament. The Shaw AFB open team also won the TAC team championship with a total of 1224 strokes. • Registration for the fall term at the Sumter Area Technical Education Center enters its third week Monday, and according to Associate Director B.O. Compton, “it’s running ahead of last year at this time.” The new semester at the Center, located at 506 Guignard Dr., begins Monday. Application forms for day and night sessions may be obtained either by writing Cecil Walters director or by visiting the TEC office. 25 YEARS AGO — 1991 May 9–15 It cost Sumter taxpayers $31,717 and some change to roll out the red carpet for President George Bush when he visited the city March 17. Sumter Mayor Steve Creech, who could not be reached for comment this morning, said after Bush’s visit that “whatever it cost, that was worth it. There’s just not going to be another opportunity like this.” The red, white and blue bunting draping Memorial Stadium’s walls and the 9,000 U.S. flags handed out to the crowd cost $4,703.15, according to the city’s figures. Signs welcoming the president cost $1,234.86. • Free job training and educational programs for former employees of Sumter’s Campbell Soup Co. plant will begin Monday, officials with the Employment Security Commission announced today. The program, which is being funded by an $800,000 federal assistance package, was scheduled to start May 1, but organizational delays pushed the startup date back to Monday. • Keith’s, located at 540 Bultman Drive, has served the Sumter area since the turn of the century. The store is owned by H.H. Keith, and the manager Hunt Keith. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday thru Saturday. Keith’s is a 97-year-old business and has been located on Bultman for the past 16 years.

• As the Sumter High boys track team prepares for the 4A lower state meet, to be held at Sumter Memorial Stadium, the Gamecocks appear to be on another state championship pace. Last year, Sumter swept through the Region IV-4A lower state and state meets, winning easily each time out. This season, the road has been rougher, but the Gamecocks have been performing up to the high expectations placed on them. • Should taxes collected from residents in Sumter County School District 17 be used to update and improve the quality of education in neighboring District 2? Board members and administrators in District 2 think so, and they explained why during a press conference at the district office. The group met with county officials in a closeddoor meeting to discuss their proposal. • John Dorman will tell you that the “welfare” program he took part in during the Depression is nothing like the programs around today. Like about 3 million other people, the 70-year-old Dorman was part of the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, a federal agency established in 1933 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Created by Congress for the conservation of the country’s natural resources, the agency provided employment and training for unemployed young men between the ages of 17 and 23 until 1942. • Bishopville City Council and mayoral candidates were busy campaigning this weekend as the days leading to the election wound down. One of two candidates will replace former Mayor Tom Drayton, who announced in April he would not seek re-election. • It was Coca-Cola School Night at Riley Park, and a record 3,147 fans, most of them children, showed up to watch the baseball game between the Sumter Flyers and the Greensboro Hornets. What transpired on the field was not a sight to be seen by even the most avid baseball fan, much less impressionable children. The Hornets ripped four Sumter pitchers for 17 hits, including seven extra-base hits, in a 14-0 whitewashing. • The child grabbed her teacher’s hand and screamed, “Looky, looky at the chickens.” “That one has spots,” the adult said to the child. The child moved a little closer to the chicken-wire pen. She pushed her face against the wiring, and then the bird let out a loud “BAAAAAAWK, BABAAAWK, BAAWK.” That child and about 1,500 other

pre-schoolers were getting a little taste of farm life at Furman and Manchester high schools’ FFA Farm and Environmental Show. • A recently announced state highway department program that sets priorities for road construction could mean increased tourist traffic and industrial projects for the Sumter area, according to local business leaders and the district’s highway commissioner. • Three Sumter High School students have been selected to participate in the S.C. Governor’s school for academic achievement at the College of Charleston this summer. The students are Maisha Johnson, Wallace Richardson and Laurie Robinson. They are part of 240 high school juniors from across the state selectee to be in the program. • In 1973, Sumter native Irvin “Speck” Plowden Sr. was enjoying the good life as an executive with Rock Hill’s Celanese Corp., a textile manufacturer. He didn’t enjoy the moving around and numerous relocations that his career required. He purchased Zip-Up Inc., a small Rock Hill company that manufactured lights for carnival midways. The 1953 graduate of Edmunds High School has increased employment at the plant from 3 to about 150, and annual sales have skyrocketed from $92,000 in 1973 to about $20 million. • Furman High School student Dre’Nita Williams placed first in the Impromptu Speaking category at the FBLA State Leadership Conference. She will now go on to represent South Carolina at the National Leadership Conference. • For this city of 28,000, Mother’s Day shared the limelight with something else: Barbara Bush Day. The first lady sat amid about 8,000 people as the honored guest and speaker at South Carolina State College’s commencement exercise. She was joined by Gov. Carroll Campbell and U.S Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C. • Secretary of the Air Force Donald Rice will deliver the keynote address at the University of South Carolina Sumter’s commencement exercises. Rice served from April 1972 until May 1989 as president and chief executive officer of The RAND Corp. • Curbside trash pickup spurred heated debate among city council members at their meeting. Councilmen said the cost of adding citywide curbside recycling will require either a tax increase, a monthly fee for garbage pickup or all city residents to roll their garbage out to the curb for pickup once a week. But council members are deeply divided as to whether to make the change to roll out bins, and some said even their constituents are split on the issue. • Sumter County School District 17 is sponsoring the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service program to help feed eligible children in the area. Food will be available at no charge to children under 19, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or handicap. Children of food stamp households or AFDC assistance families are automatically eligible. • City election officials are reprinting ballots for the municipal elections following several candidates’ complaints about the quality of the ballots. Candidates complained that the print on the original ballots was too small, that the boxes where voters mark the candidate of their choice need to be on the right rather than the left side of the ballot. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo. com or (803) 774-1294.

CLUB DIGEST SUMTER DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB April 6: 1st – Jimmie Ann Anderson and Barbara James 2nd – Winnie Fields and John Mills April 13: 1st – Jimmie Ann Anderson and Barbara James 2nd – Winnie Fields and John Mills April 20: 1st – Stan Kohli and Marvin Chin 2nd – Kenneth Hamilton and Denis Harbath

April 27: 1st – Stan Kohli and Marvin Chin 2nd – Lila Cobb and Larry Baum

NU MASTER CHAPTER OF BETA SIGMA PHI A regular business meeting was held on Feb. 18 at the home of Jenny Sumner. On March 3, members met at the home of Margie Zelano. The chapter’s annual potato party was held at

the home of Fran Kolar on March 19. Libby Singletary is now eligible to become a regular members. The April 7 meeting was held at the home of Fran Kolar. Her program was a series of questions about Beta Sigma Phi. A Founder’s Day luncheon hosted by Nu Master on April 27 at the Carolina Skies Club on Shaw Air Force Base. Members in Xi Eta also attend-

ed. Fran Kolar was selected as Woman of the Year. Heidi Johnson was honored with a Golden Circle ceremony for her 50 years as a member of Beta Sigma Phi International. Next year’s theme is “We Put Our Hearts into It.” Meetings for the rest of the sorority year will be held at 6:30 p.m. Plans are being made for an end-ofyear social at the home of Dot Edwards.

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Crowson perched on top of a building on Washington Street to take pictures of the Sumter Iris Festival parade, probably in 1955. His images inadvertently provided a look at other buildings around the corner of Calhoun and Washington streets, most now replaced by newer structures. The band is marching west on Calhoun toward what was then McLaurin Junior High School and is now Grace Baptist Church.

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This home, right, served as a boarding house operated by Mrs. Marie Spencer. It stood on the lot to the east of what was then the local Tuberculosis Association and is now a flower shop.

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The Tuberculosis Association porch afforded a comfortable spot to view the Iris Festival parade.

The Edmunds High School band marches west on Calhoun Street, in between Mrs. Spencer’s boarding house at left and the former home of Miss Ida Dick, a well-known French and English teacher at McLaurin Junior High School, farther west on Calhoun.

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Note the old, private homes that once lined Washington and Calhoun streets. Most have been torn down, many replaced by offices and parking areas often associated with Palmetto Health Tuomey.

While taking a series of images of the Iris Parade circa 1955, Crowson positioned himself above the parade route. The photos were outstanding, as they not only captured images of parade participants but several buildings that no longer grace the curbs of Calhoun and Washington streets. In a case of unintended results, the viewer is able to witness how time has Sammy Way changed the REFLECTIONS streetscape of the Sumter community. The information for this article was obtained from numerous articles in The Item archives. The photos, now part of the Heyward Crowson collection in The Item archives, were donated by Bruz Crowson, former Item photographer and son of Heyward. The photos allow the viewer to revisit the busy intersection of Washington and Calhoun streets prior to their having been widened and several homes removed. The initial photo shows the corner of Washington and Calhoun, providing the viewer a glimpse of the neighborhood prior to the removal of the homes. The church, then known as The Little White Church around the Corner, was torn down and its space currently serves as parking space for a local bank. The viewer can also see a building that once housed the local tuberculosis association that has been serving as a florist shop for many years. The third building was a large colonial structure whose architecture reminds people of many buildings of this era. This beautiful edifice served as a boarding house owned and operated by Mrs. Marie Spencer. This once beautiful home has since been torn down leaving no evidence of its existence. Crowson’s photos remind readers of the number of large private homes that once lined Calhoun Street. The building, like many others, has since been removed and replaced with smaller, more contemporary office structures and parking areas often associated with the expanding Palmetto Health Tuomey facility.

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CLARENDON FROM PAGE C2 are collaborating, sharing ideas and maximizing teamwork to finish another year strong … EOC strong that is. The school’s blitz gives the students one more opportunity to review concepts they were taught throughout the year. The blitz is an aggressive, fastpaced activity that each teacher uses to challenge the learners. Students love the blitz because it takes them from the beginning of the year to where they are now in a specific content area. The blitz tests students’ mental stamina, comprehension, knowledge, depth and ability to articulate previously taught skills and concepts. Each year teachers and students look forward to the blitz as a way to demonstrate their “survival skills.” For years, “survival rates” have been extremely high when it came to the EOC blitz. In fact, students are enthusiastically standing up to the challenge as they show teachers and peers that they are indeed ready for what they are about to embark upon. — Beverly Spry

Sumter School District INDUCTION TEACHERS RECOGNIZED Sumter School District provides training for all first-year teachers, better known as induction teachers. The participants meet monthly during the school year, and under the direction of the personnel department and seasoned teachers and mentors, the district supports teachers who are just starting their careers in education. In celebration of the completion of their induction year, the personnel department hosted an Induction Teacher of the Year ceremony at the Crestwood High School Fine Arts Center. Coordinated and planned by Director of Teacher Recruitment Sheree Boozer, remarks were given by Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Dr. Denise Nixon and Superintendent J. Frank Baker. V. Watson-Smith, interim director of USC Upstate School of Education, Sumter Campus, was the guest speaker. She urged the new teachers to keep their passion for teaching and serving students while maintaining a balance with their own lives. She reminded them to take care of themselves, get enough sleep and laugh and establish relationships with friends and colleagues. The principals were asked to nominate outstanding induction teachers in their schools who showed exceptional work ethic and exhibited tremendous professional growth during the school year. Some of the things considered were effective individual and collaborative planning; continuous monitoring and adjusting of effective instructional strategies and assessment; classroom management; positive role model; rapport with students, parents and colleagues; passion for teaching; ability to impart knowledge to students; strongly cares for his or her students; and willingness to seek assistance when needed. The Induction Teachers of the Year from the various levels were chosen from the principals’ nominations and announced at the celebration. There were two selected from the elementary level and one each from the middle and high levels. Each was recognized and presented with a gift and a plaque. The first elementary Induction Teacher of the Year was Kiara Wilson, a fourth-grade math and social studies teacher at Cherryvale Elementary School. According to Cherryvale Principal Dr. Henrietta Green, “Ms. Wilson implements engaging lessons through active learning, historical re-enactments and hands-on, realistic applications using technology, anchor charts, and manipulatives.” The second elementary winner was Caitlin Murtha, an art teacher at Rafting Creek Elementary School. Principal Ida Barboza said in her nomination, “Ms. Murtha plans and imple-

ments appropriate short and longrange plans to meet the academic needs and interests of her students. Her instructional plans are thorough and well thought out. She constantly monitors her students and provides immediate, positive and encouraging feedback to them.” The middle school award recipient was Laresha McDaniel, a math teacher at Ebenezer Middle School. Principal Marlene DeWit wrote, “From the first moment you meet her, you know there is something special about this energetic teacher. She is very calm because she is so well prepared to teach and uses a variety of strategies to engage the students. It is hard to believe that she is a first-year teacher.” Jaime Chase, a Crestwood High School special needs teacher, was the recipient of the high school award. According to her principal, Dr. Shirley Gamble, “Ms. Chase is a hard worker who stretches herself by participating in school activities, providing effective instruction and collaborating with teacher. She cares deeply for the wellbeing of her students and the overall success of Crestwood. Despite the rigors of her content area, she spends late evenings assisting others to accomplish school-related tasks.”

JUNIOR SCHOLARS NAMED Nineteen eighth-graders in Sumter School District have been named South Carolina Junior Scholars. The program was developed in 1985 by the S.C. Department of Education to identify eighth-graders with exceptional academic talent and to develop strategies for inclusion into special programs. Potential Junior Scholars may include students who scored exemplary in English language arts and math on the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards in the seventh grade. Once identified, the students have two ways to become Junior Scholars. They must either score 550 or higher on the evidence-based reading and writing or 530 or higher on the math portion of the PSAT, or have participated in the Duke TIP program during seventh grade and then were recognized as Duke TIP Scholars. From Alice Drive Middle School, the students were Fatima Abarca Hernandez, Thomas Bessmer, Jacob Bogar, Samone Howard, Anthony Jambard, Kennedy Tips and Kyle Wilson. From Bates Middle School, honorees were Skylar Brown, Haley Lordy and Lauren Moody. From Ebenezer Middle School, Jacob Bittinger was named a Junior Scholar. From Furman Middle School, the students were Carla Gonzalez, Amber Gregory and Michael Poole. From Hillcrest Middle School, those recognized were Kenliegh Douglass, Aniyia Good, Devin Koehler and Aaleyah Powell. Travis Johnson was named a Junior Scholar from Mayewood Middle School. The students will receive an Award of Merit certificate from the S.C. Department of Education and may be invited to attend summer opportunities at participating South Carolina colleges and universities. Sumter School District will recognize these Junior Scholars at a recognition ceremony at Bates Middle School on May 26.

RELAY FOR LIFE SCHEDULED The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will be held Friday beginning at 7 p.m. at Crolley Memorial Stadium behind Hillcrest Middle School in Dalzell. All the district schools and the district office have a team and a team captain. Anyone who wants to make a donation is asked to call the school of their choice or Mary Sheridan at the district office at (803) 469-6900, extension 103. — Mary B. Sheridan

Lee County School District BISHOPVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ANNEX Students have been eagerly reading and working in the Flight 21 after-

school program. The end of the afterschool session may be quickly approaching, but students are keeping their momentum as they compete to gain the most points with Accelerated Reader and by refining their math skills through working collaboratively to solve problems.

LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Our fifth-grade students have been presented with a wonderful opportunity — their first online course. Students will be working under the direction of the guidance department to complete a course titled “The Vault.” This is a financial literacy course for students to learn about responsible money choices, income and careers, making plans with money, credit and borrowing, insurance and safety, savings and investing. Students who complete the lessons and assessments with at least a C average will be awarded with a Future Scholar Financial Literacy Certificate. Each student has been issued an individual login and password which will also allow them to complete course work at home. This program was made possible by Everfi and State Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis Jr. Lower Lee held its first Lower Lee’s Got Talent Show. Students and faculty showed off their talent by acting, dancing, singing and modeling sportswear, casual and Sunday’s best. We knew that Lower Lee had talented faculty and students, and this talent show proved it. Good job Lower Lee.

WEST LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL There are a lot of great things happening at West Lee Elementary School. Roberta Grant’s and Rodriguez Stuckey’s 5K class have been freezing and shaking as they made ice cream after a lesson on mixtures, solutions, liquids and solids. Our 4K students are busy reading and exploring various genres. A class vote revealed that the student’s favorite genres are fiction and folk tales. Students are also enjoying counting to 100 by ones, fives and tens. Students will receive rewards this quarter in the Word Master Spring Analogy Challenge. At the district level, Malakai McCray, a third-grade student placed second, and third-grader Champ Martin placed third. The student winners at West Lee Elementary are Malakai McCray, first place; Champ Martin, second place; and there was a tie for third place between Malachi Johnson, Dominick Mathis and Amari Simon. Congratulations to these students and those who participated in the challenge this year.

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April 21 and 22. Representative students were selected from all four grades based on academic performance, teacher recommendations and class rankings. They participated in laboratories at Clemson University and the very challenging biology exam. We were one of only two schools in the state sponsored by Duke Energy and Clemson for the series of activities, overnight stay, fees and meals. Lee Central High School has participated in this event for nearly 20 years with many participants going on to attend and graduate with honors from Clemson University. Students enjoyed three lab activities on Thursday. Starting in the Clemson Outreach Center, the students worked through a DNA forensics lab to identify a “cookie thief” based on DNA evidence. Students worked with precise pipetting skills, gel electrophoresis and explored career options in the biochemical field. Students then were led on a walk through the Mountain Habitat portion of the S.C. State Botanical Garden with an expert in natural history. The students explored the unique habitat that the mountains and valleys contain including rare plants such as the Oconee Bell and carnivorous plants of mountain bogs. Students were also treated to a tour of the historic Hunt Cabin located in that region made from rare American Chestnut tree. They were then challenged to explore a local stream for water quality characteristics that included collecting and identifying macroinvertebrates such as insect larva, crayfish and other water “creatures.” The presence of these organisms are biological indicators that allow scientists to judge the “health” of a body of water. On Friday, students headed out for the focal point of the trip, the Biology Merit Exam. The exam took about two hours, and amid some headshaking questions and some successful answers, students were glad to file into the large buffet-style lunch on the campus of Clemson. After lunch, students were invited to visit the amazing newest building on the campus, the Watt Innovation Center. The modern styling, amazingly large touchscreens and total design provided a great finale to our visit at Clemson University. We are grateful to Duke Energy, SC Life and Clemson University for providing the experiences and funds to provide our students with a great college experience. — Kara Fowler

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Lee Central Middle School is “bringing back the band,” and sixth-grader Morgan Carter is happy to be a part of the program. “I played the trombone when I lived in New York,” she said. “It was exciting, and ever since I came to Lee Central Middle School, I have appreciated playing it a lot more. I get to apply what I learned from my previous school. I look forward to going to Lee Central High School and being a part of a marching band.” According to Principal Tonya Addison, “The program has really struggled, but the purchase of instruments in the last couple of years has turned things around, and we are now working with the high school to create a strong, comprehensive program.” Billie Williamson, who has 42 years of experience as a band teacher, came out of retirement two years ago to lead the program and feels that it is providing an integral part that was lost over time. “Brian Moss has a wonderful program at the high school with the drum line and the color guard,” she said. “The missing piece is the instruments. We are hoping that the kids who take band here will have the opportunity to continue to do so at the high school.”

CONWAY — Approximately 1,100 students were graduation candidates for Coastal Carolina University’s commencement ceremonies on May 6 and 7 at the HTC Center on campus. Candidates for graduation included: Jecquea Brown of Olanta graduated with a bachelor of science in biology. Bruce Dawson of Sumter graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration in accounting. April Floyd of Manning graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts in education in elementary education. Ja Keon Green of Sumter graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration in accounting. Armonte Harvin of Sumter graduated with a bachelor of arts in psychology. Julius Hinton of Sumter graduated with a bachelor of arts in political science. Devin Johnson of Sumter graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration in marketing. Herbert June of Wedgefield graduated with a bachelor of arts in political science. Harry Titus of Mayesville graduated with a bachelor of arts in interdisciplinary studies. Leighandra Turner of Dalzell graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts in special educationlearning disabilities.

LEE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Thirty of the best and brightest students at Lee Central High School participated in the 37th Annual Biology Merit Exam at Clemson University on

Sign the surfboard? Wedding guest books now take many forms BY LISA A. FLAM The Associated Press Alexis and John Roulette don’t have to look far to remember the love that friends and relatives showered upon them on their wedding day. The 7-footlong surfboard mounted above their living room couch says it all. In silver Sharpie, guests wrote messages of love, congratulations and advice on the board that the couple used as a guest book at their wedding in Huntington Beach, California, last summer. “It’s a constant reminder of our special day and the love we had around us,” says Alexis Roulette, 30. As weddings have become highly personalized, the guest book, too, has come a long way. What was once a traditional white bound book has become elaborate and creative, often taking the shape of

something that reflects the couple’s personalities or wedding theme. “What it’s morphed into is more of a way of delivering messages and notes and keepsakes for the bride and groom, while at the same time it’s become more interactive and creative in its display,” says Darcy Miller, editor at large of Martha Stewart Weddings. Guests might sign a giant wine bottle, a piece of sporting equipment, seashells or stones, maps, artwork or fabric squares that get stitched together to form a quilt. Miller has seen a vintage typewriter displayed for guests to peck out messages, a dictionary in which guests circled words relevant to the couple and a globe on which guests signed near places they felt the couple should visit. “If you love to ski, it’s signing vintage skis,” she says. “If you’re into boating

and the nautical theme, then it’s a buoy.” Guests might snap an instant photo and leave it behind with a message, to be compiled in a scrapbook. Or a couple might offer a published book for guests to sign, Miller says, such as a book on birds for a nature-inspired event. Because guest books are so individualized, they often become part of the couple’s home. “It becomes personalized decor you live with,” Miller says. “These are no longer things getting stuck in a box and never looked at ever again.” The Roulettes’ surfboard guest book fit the laidback feeling of their beachthemed wedding at Don The Beachcomber. “It’s a really nice piece that I appreciate that we have and can admire,” Roulette says. “I like that we can see it every

day rather than a book. Any guest book, you normally put it away and won’t see it.” Jane Kernen, a wedding planner with Austin Busy Brides in Texas, specializes in events held in nontraditional venues. Most of her couples shy away from the traditional guest book, she says. And while traditional guest books were often set out in church, her couples tend to display their alternative guest books during cocktails. “Couples want something for people to talk about and an activity during the cocktail hour,” she says. The nontraditional sign-ins also help guests get to know the couple better. Kernen once worked with a pair of pilots who were married in an airplane hangar; they asked guests to sign a propeller that was later hung over their mantel.

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SPRING TOUR FROM PAGE C1 Other personalized features include a variety of statuary, whimsical as well as more classical types, and more than 55 hanging and wall baskets. The statuary is usually tucked in a spot to greet one with a pleasant surprise. The hanging baskets have a special feature: They are lined with colorful coffee bean bags from South America rather than the traditional coconut liners. Each basket has a beautiful, one-of-a-kind flower grouping, and each is a study in color and design. In the front yard, free form island beds are lined with handcrafted, etched concrete edging. A few large native stones anchor the beds, and one bed features a Japanese pagoda situated near a lovely Japanese maple. Inside the beds, a variety of trees are planted to accentuate their shapes and colors. Japanese maples, a weeping cherry, a flame maple, the eucalyptus tree, a weeping yaupon, crepe myrtles and a weeping spruce add interest and beauty. Outside the island beds, standalone trees such as an ash tree and a tulip poplar provide beauty and shade. Near the front door, the Knock Out® roses, a fountain and two camellias have been trained to hug the wall (espaliered). Idle Lake and the vista become the clear focal point in the back yard as one walks along the side pathway, but quickly one’s eye is also drawn to all the features that Bryan and Beth have created. Fountains, carefully placed statuary, sun and shade plants, birdhouses, staghorn ferns, an herb garden, cold-hardy banana trees, rhododendrons, a tulip poplar and a Koosa dogwood add beauty and interest to the home and garden.

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features that make their lawn and garden a paradise for their family. They have built a rock koi pond, a picnic table that seats 15 persons, a fire pit area surrounded by five huge swings connected in the shape of a hexagon and a deck with a hot tub and a table with plenty of seating for family meals. Among Janet’s many island beds, she has dozens of plant choices including daylilies, herbs and vegetables, black-eyed Susan, petunias, viburnums, moon flowers, salvia, ferns, peonies, milkweed, angel trumpets, wax begonias, ajuga and a gigantic elephant ear. Among these plants, Janet has placed 10 regular bird feeders, three hummingbird feeders and three birdbaths. Naturally, the Morlan family has plenty of opportunities for bird watching. Hanging on the side of the house is a living wreath Janet created with a variety of live plant pairings.

CLAUDIA AND MALCOLM RAINEY 502 Haynsworth St.

DAN AND MELANIE HANCOCK 39 Calhoun Drive RICHARD AND JANET MORLAN 685 Allison Brook Lane Richard and Janet built their home in 2013 on 13 acres in an area off Salterstown Road. As their house was being built, they began the task of building the gardens surrounding the home; therefore, in less than four years they have created extensive gardens surrounding their lovely new home. In addition, together with their nine grandchildren, Richard and Janet have created winding trails through their wooded areas that can be accessed by walking, using their golf cart and taking their four wheelers. Each trail is named for a grandchild, depending on the one who spent the most time helping to clear the trail. To get to the Morlan home and property from Salterstown Road, one has to take a dirt road called Allison Brook Lane that bends around a couple of other homeowners’ properties before arriving at the Morlan property. The entry area is lined with 42 blueberry bushes, fig trees, concord and muscadine grape vines, raspberry bushes, a paulownia tree and a potato tower. In one area they have transported a large boulder that came from Janet’s mom, Marian Bjerken’s yard in Sumter. When Marian died, Janet transported the boulder to their yard. Likewise, another island contains a vintage bicycle holding flower containers. The bicycle is placed to honor her friend Paula Cearley and her mother and also to remind Janet of her hobby of cycling long distance rides with the local Chain Gang bicycle club. Many other garden beds and islands hold specialty plants with special family history. In Janet’s succulent bed, the hens and chicks are originals from Janet’s grandmother, Nellie Hoover, who years ago mailed the plants to her mother in a check book box. Likewise, a rose of Sharon, two wrought iron fences currently functioning as trellises, two toad houses, palms and a bench serve as reminders of Janet’s mother. A special memorial garden feature is the one for Len Hawthorne, Janet’s son, who died tragically 12 years ago at the age of 26. The Morlans have created several hardscape

areas with wrought iron furniture. The larger of them is a circular design surrounded by two of the oldest pine trees in the city. It has also served well as a dance floor for wedding receptions. These garden beds continue the plan of brick terracing with the added feature of latticed brick walls. These beds are also bordered with ivy and include boxwoods, azaleas, holly and several interesting species.

Dan and Melanie purchased their home in the fall of 1997 and moved in with their four children. The original brick house was built by Dr. and Mrs. Wallis Cone in 1948. Margaret Cone loved a classic Southern garden. In 1962 when the Cones began extensive renovations to the house, she hired renowned landscape architect Robert E. Marvin to design the new garden. Marvin was renowned for creating designs that celebrate the unique regionalism of the South Carolina Lowcountry. His many projects include the Governor’s Mansion in Columbia, Monarch at Sea Pines on Hilton Head, Chambers Waterfront Park in Beaufort, Glencairn Gardens in Rock Hill and Callaway Gardens in Georgia. He won the 2001 ASLA Medal for outstanding lifetime achievement, the highest honor given by the American Society of Landscape Architects. The house’s theme of “rich in detail but also quite simple” inspires a gracious lifestyle. The property is anchored by a brick pathway that circles the house, providing comfortable access to all of the garden. The front entry has terraced brick beds featuring boxwoods and cleyera. The steps to the front door begin with a circular native slate platform leading up brick steps with black iron railings to the door’s slate landing. The sides of the front yard have beds filled with azaleas bordered by ivy. These beds also have a Japanese Maple, tea olive and Margaret Cone’s favorite shrub, camellias, found throughout the garden. The driveway is lined by tall cleyera and crab apple trees. This leads to the less formal area of the garden that is defined by several large crepe myrtles and a traditional small potting shed. The back porch, both elegant and approachable, is designed for a family that enjoys entertaining. “We want people to feel like they can just walk up and sit down with a glass of iced tea,” Melanie said. The porch echoes the theme with slate flooring bordered by brick and a water fountain. It’s known as the “Breezeway” and provides cooling breezes for the covered porch. This porch is the heart of the outdoor entertaining area and is just right for soaking in the garden views. Brick pathways expand in the backyard to two large sitting

Claudia and Malcolm bought the mid-century modern ranch house (atomic ranch style) three and one half years ago knowing that they would need to re-landscape the entire yard. For Claudia, who has her master’s degree in landscape architecture and who also has many years in working with landscape design, the challenge was something the young working couple could take on despite their full-time job demands and their family obligations. Costs of buying plants were not a real issue because Claudia also knew that she could use her knowledge and skills to propagate almost any plant or bush that she wanted for her landscape. The Raineys first task was to remove and/or transplant almost all existing plants and bushes in the front and back of the house. Claudia and Malcolm have agreed on two goals: First, they want to create a sense of privacy, and second, they want to create a low maintenance yard and garden that does not need to have a manicured look. In the front yard, Claudia has created a bed with curving lines that is filled with a mixture of wax myrtles, anise shrubs, pittosporum, azaleas, boxwoods, viburnums, live oaks, pine trees and dogwoods. As these shrubs and trees grow together, they will form a living fence that helps to reduce noise and give beauty to the area. Closer to the house, Claudia and Malcolm have planted a variety of trees such as a bald cypress, two sweet bay magnolias, a pineapple guava, a Shumard oak, two Nellie Stevens and an ornamental cherry. Filler plants include muhly grass, loropetalum, gold mop cypress, cleyera, existing boxwoods, liriope and azaleas. The backyard is where Claudia and Malcolm unleash their creative sides through gardening. In one area, they have both an herb and vegetable garden that is terraced on naturally sloping soil. To hold the soil and create the terrace, they have used concrete blocks to create rectangular-shaped areas to put the plants. The herb and vegetable garden also has many ornamental plants, including a native wisteria that grows near a satsuma orange, a fig tree and a loquat hedge that Claudia grew from “babies.” Other plants and shrubs interspersed in this area are a butterfly bush, roses — original to the house — a weeping hackberry, Japanese maples, one of which Claudia has grown from a seed from the Clemson Botanical Garden. A Buckeye and big leaf magnolia are beginning to grow along with several upright, or pee gee hydrangeas. Claudia has also begun to create a Japanese garden that will be visible from the dining room. Always the artist, Claudia has undertaken an unusual task. She is using recycled lighting globe fixtures and turning them into containers and fountains that she will feature in the backyard. As we can see from the landscape in both the front and back yard, Claudia and Malcolm enjoy combining native and uncommon plants and trees. Through the diversity of their plant choices, they have created both a unifying effect and an eye-appealing result.

Mystery plant thrives in vanishing wetlands BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium Wetlands are natural habitats characterized by a lot of water — or maybe not so much, depending on a lot of things. They come in many varieties, and they provide a home for a huge array of plant and animal species. Across North America, unfortunately, many kinds of wetlands are becoming increasingly rare, as they have commonly fallen victim to urbanization and landscape manipulation. Of course, when wetlands are sufficiently disturbed or destroyed, their resident plants and animals also suffer, commonly disappearing. Perhaps you’ve heard: In the last three decades, more and more research has focused on the plight of wetlands and to efforts protecting them, these efforts offering a mixed bag of success. We would do well to make sure that legislation and public awareness remain to safeguard these precious habitats. This week’s Mystery Plant

is always found in wetlands. It occurs from New Jersey and Delaware south through Florida and west to eastern Texas. It seems to like the coastal plain most, although it is occasionally found in Piedmont environments. It’s a perennial, forming dense clumps. Soft, needle-like leaves are clustered at the base of a clump, which will produce several dozen elongated, flimsy flowering stems. Each stem will have a single chalky, spherical head at the very top. The heads contain many flowers, all very tiny, and collectively surrounded by bracts that are whitened, due to the presence of thousands of tiny white hairs. These heads are about the size of a nickel, maybe a bit larger, and they are very soft. Botanists noticed long ago that when making their pressed specimens of this plant, the heads would flatten out, and this has led to the plant’s scientific name. Although the individual flowers are quite small, the heads themselves are promi-

nent and conspicuous, and this plant has earned a reputation as an attractive late spring wildflower. (GASP! It’s already late spring where I live!) The plants many be found in a variety of wet, boggy habitats, including Carolina bays, cypress ponds, cedar bogs, savannas and sandhill seepages. In a vigorous, healthy ecosystem, they may form huge patches, occurring by the thousands and producing quite a show, along with colorful orchids, sundews and pitcher plants. The late Robert K. Godfrey, professor at Florida State University and one of the foremost botanists of the Southeast (and one of my teachers), wrote a charming tribute to this plant, “abundantly decorating the shallow waters of pinelands as to appear like a shower of white confetti.” Godfrey’s monumental “Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States” is still available from the University of Georgia Press.

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This week’s mystery plant loves the wetlands, where it is an attractive, late-spring bloomer. Answer: “Bog buttons,” “Hatpins,” Eriocaulon compressum John Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department

of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herbarium.org, call (803) 777-8196, or email nelson@sc.edu.

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Osteen Publishing launches digital agency Company offers free educational seminars to local business owners BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com Discount Furniture Outlet General Manager Brad Beasley says he’s getting some sales off his website, www. outletfurniture.com, without much effort. Now he wants to know strategies that he can use to maximize his sales opportunities on the site. Beasley knows his way around a computer and that websites need to adapt to different platforms — from computer to tablet to smartphone. And Discount Furniture Outlet has positioned itself as one of the top sites available when potential customers Google “furniture in Sumter.” Now, he wants to ensure his site continues to stay at the top of that list while learning the latest and greatest ways to continue to connect to those potential customers. Beasley will join one of three free seminars this week to learn how to reinvigorate his company’s digital strategy through the new Iris Digital Agency created by Osteen Publishing Co. to meet the growing needs in the tri-county area the newspaper serves. Osteen Publishing created the agency to help local merchants leverage their digital products to improve their presence through their website and social media. Jack Osteen, editor and publisher of The Sumter Item, owned by Osteen Publishing, said that while the newspaper continues to serve as a strong marketing tool for local businesses and services, the newspaper wants to expand its services by serving as a one-stop shop for all its customers’ marketing needs. “We’ve always been very focused on producing results for our clients,” he said. “The launch of Iris Digital ensures

Osteen Publishing created The Iris Agency to help local business owners improve their online presence, including with social media. Three free seminars will help owners better understand new trends and digital opportunities to draw customers to their products.

WANT TO REGISTER? To sign up for the free digital seminar, go to www. theIrisAgency.com or call Katie Shaw at (803) 464-5055 or send her an email at Katie@ theIrisAgency.com.

we’ll be able to extend that tradition with a full suite of digital products that current and future clients really need.” Osteen Publishing has selected Guarantee Digital, www.guaranteedigital.com, to provide support and help kick off the new agency. Guarantee Digital partners with many publishers in the Southeast and throughout the U.S. by working closely with digital specialists in each local

market. Guarantee Digital will partner with Osteen Publishing to present the seminars Wednesday from 11:45 to 1 p.m., with a free lunch, and on Thursday with a breakfast seminar from 8 to 9:15 a.m. and a lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. All three seminars will be in City Centre, 25 N. Main St. During the educational seminars, merchants will learn the latest consumer trends and best practices in digital media that a variety of businesses are using to grow their businesses. All participants will receive a free digital audit and reputation report about their business. Daryl Hively, CEO of Guarantee Digital, praised the Osteen Publishing team for realizing that many of its

long-standing clients needed assistance with digital marketing but weren’t sure who could help them and who had their best interests at heart. “The programs that Iris Digital will offer will help merchants quickly improve their presence on sites like Google, Facebook and beyond,” Hively said. As part of the new agency, Osteen Publishing hired Katie Shaw as a digital specialist with Iris Digital. Shaw emphasizes that business owners are now realizing that creating and mainSHAW taining an online presence while also marketing through digital opportunities takes a lot of time away from

Shaw asks for feedback to gain contract bids BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com The 20th Contracting Squadron of Shaw Air Force Base wants to involve more local companies in securing local contracts for projects such as HVAC repair, asbestos removal, lead-based paint removal, air compressor repairs, fire extinguisher inspections, audio visual system maintenance, vehicle repairs and even chapel musicians. And right now, representatives want to understand what barriers exist that limit the number of possible local vendors that might bid on such contracts. The 20th Contracting Squadron and Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce will host a seminar called “Contracting with the Government” on June 16 to help local business owners discover opportunities that are available for less than $5,000. Before that meeting, the squadron wants to gather information about how it can assist local businesses in overcoming challenges that have limited small business participation. And it wants to encourage local businesses to get involved in the process. Vince Pavkov, owner of Pavkov Construction Co., says there have been years when his company didn’t leave Shaw because of prime contracts the company had with the federal government. Obviously, it left the base daily, but Pavkov was referring to how his company’s sole business in those years was because of government contracts on the base. Like many companies, Pavkov Construction started small as a sub-

contractor for prime contractors, the term the government uses for what civilians call general contractors. Pavkov started by replacing 300 driveways and repairing a quarter mile of drainage. But by focusing on learning the minutiae of Federal Acquisition Regulations, Pavkov has specialized in gaining governmental contracts for road and bridge infrastructure on government-owned real estate. His contracts have ranged from $25,000 into the millions of dollars. Although he’s located in Sumter, his contracts primarily involve structures for the Coast Guard for off-shore aids to navigation as well as pier and dock work. But he’s recently completed work in New York City and Washington, D.C., where he won competitive bids. Pavkov said it would have been beneficial for his company to know the regulations before bidding on projects. In fact, he recommends for those seeking larger contracts such as his to hire someone with extensive governmental contract knowledge. He even recommended someone who had previously worked in the government who has that knowledge. At the $5,000 level, different regulations exist that might make working with the base more reasonable, he said. To provide feedback to the 20th Contracting Squadron, send an email to thomas.sexton.4@us.af.mil or Randall May at randall.may@us. af.mil. Look for more information on the chamber website, www.sumterchamber.com.

business owners, regardless of their size. Iris Digital wants to take that burden off the owners, and Shaw said she will work with each customer to build a portfolio of products that match each client’s needs. “We have developed a variety of options that bundle really well with our newspaper print advertising,” Shaw said. “The synergy between the two platforms can be very effective in helping our clients zero in on their best prospects in print and online.” Like Beasley said, he wants to know the latest trends that will help him take advantage of digital opportunities. Not knowing what he doesn’t know makes him wonder whether he’s leaving money on the table.

David McQuinn is seen in his office at MiTek, a construction and engineering firm, on Tuesday in Chesterfield, Missouri. McQuinn, 61, is retiring after 30 years with the suburban St. Louis company, a length of time with one employer that is unlikely to be achieved by many younger workers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Poll: Age, benefits factor in staying with single employer CHICAGO (AP) — A new poll says more than 40 percent of America’s baby boomers stayed with their employer for more than 20 years. But it’s unlikely that their children or grandchildren will experience the same job tenure. The survey of more than 1,000 Americans 50 and older by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 41 percent of those employed workers have spent two decades with the same company, including 18 percent who’ve stayed at least 30 years. But it’s a trend more common among the older baby boomers than younger ones, and traditional pensions appear to be one of the driving factors. Among those who have had at least 20 years with a single employer, the survey found that about half are excited about retirement, but a third are anxious about their post-work lives. David McQuinn, 61, is retiring Tuesday after 30 years with MiTek, a construction and engineering firm in suburban St. Louis. He says there were times he thought about leaving but he

liked his co-workers and his senior position and also owned stock in the company. “I started working young and I’ve been a man in a hurry my whole life,” he says, “and now I’m in a hurry to not be in a hurry.” His experience exemplifies a trait among boomers: more attachment to the company than the younger generations. But even among older Americans there’s a gap in employment tenure: Half of those aged 65 and up but only a third of those age 50 to 64 have stayed with the same employer for at least two decades. The shift may be less about differences in attitude than changes in jobs — and benefits. About two-thirds of those who stayed with one employer for 20 or more years had a pension, according to the survey, compared with only a third of those who had never stayed that long with one employer. Those defined benefit pension plans are slowly disappearing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that only 18 percent of private workers were covered by these plans in 2011, down from 35 percent in the early 1990s.

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

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SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016

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Living the outdoor lifestyle

e probably take it for granted that we live in an area that offers so many things to do in the great outdoors. Hunting and fishing, camping and hiking and other outdoor pursuits are just a way of life here. We have Lake Marion, Sparkleberry Swamp, Manchester State Forest and many other natural areas. The countryside is a mix of farms and timberland. Larger towns and cities are within easy driving distance if you need an occasional, more civilized diversion. I grew up in a small town. We hunted and fished, camped out in the woods, rode horses and explored the dirt roads out in the countryside on our bikes. We enjoyed an innocence that may be all but gone now. I consider myself lucky to have grown up in this Eden. In my childhood, people called this land “God’s country.” I think it still is. It has always amused me that some people think that outdoor activities are a sport. They are not. They are a way of life. A lifestyle that we choose. Baseball is a sport and football and basketball. They foster competition and require some athletic ability. I guess shooting could be considered a sport and tournament fishing and some others that involve competition. The outdoor lifestyle requires no competition. I like to think that I live close to the land. I admire the wildflowers on the roadsides and the songbirds that come

to my backyard. My wife, Ginger, and I sit out on the front porch and admire the sunset when we can. You have to have the time — or more correctly, make the time. I Dan yearn to be Geddings outside breathing OUTDOORS the fresh air and feeling the sun. I treasure the view of the nighttime sky at our hunting lease. There are no cellphone towers visible, no street lights intruding into the darkness, only the moon and untold numbers of stars overhead. One of my friends, John Merkel, is from New Jersey. He grew up and lived in the shadow of New York City. After college, he moved here and married a local girl. His enthusiasm for the natural world and wild places is contagious. It is a whole new world to him, one that he has heartily embraced. I lived in Colorado while in the Army, years ago. The nearby mountains were beautiful to look at, but the “front range” was arid. It was a high, dry desert. Dirt, rocks, cactus and tumble weed. There was no lush, green landscape. No lakes and rivers nearby. I missed my home turf. My home turf is the upper coastal plain of Carolina. It is like no other place on earth. Carolina bays dot the landscape. Pine forests cover the

land, and ribbons of hardwoods shade the drainages. Farms, ponds and lakes have been carved out of the flatwoods and bottomlands. The people here are hardy and resilient. We have an attachment to this land and our outdoor lifestyle, even if we don’t know it or understand it. The outdoors may not be the most important thing in your life. Shopping malls and amusement parks do have their place. I could survive and live without those things. But I know that I could not live without the natural world and the things that the outdoors can provide. I’m a hunter and a fisherman, but I’m also a naturalist, an aviculturist and an artist. I’m a birder, a hiker, a historian and a writer. I’m all those things because I love the outdoors, the land and the people. I’ve been fortunate to be able to write about my experiences in the outdoors and share my thoughts with you. The things I do are typical pursuits and may be similar to the things that you do in the outdoors. There are more people here now than when I grew up, and more will come. We will put a burden on the land. I hope we can keep some of the innocence and preserve and protect some of the natural world so that the outdoor lifestyle will live on.

5 sea turtles being released from South Carolina Aquarium ISLE OF PALMS (AP) — Five loggerhead sea turtles, including one originally thought to be blind, are being released after treatment at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston. The release is being held Tuesday at the Isle of Palms County Park. A turtle named Boyles was found in the Folly River almost two years ago. It was determined to be blind, but after cataract surgery and

therapy it can see well enough to find food. A second turtle, Discovery, was caught in a trawl net last July and was badly underweight. A third turtle named Reece was found emaciated and mired in the sand on the South Carolina coast last July. The other two turtles, named Chaz and Quincy, were treated after being stunned by the cold off New England last winter.

Dan Geddings is a weekly columnist for The Sumter Item. If you would like to contact him, you can email him at cdgeddings@gmail.com. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FISHING REPORTS Information on fishing trends provided courtesy of www. AnglersHeadquarters.com, South Carolina’s premier fishing report source. Customers of the Angler’s Headquarters online tackle store have access to daily updates and fulllength reports on its site. DHEC Fish Consumption Advisories: www.scdhec.gov/environment/water/fish Freshwater Report Santee Cooper 4/14 Bass: Good. Steve Harmon reports that a large group of fish are post-spawn, and another big wave should move up to spawn on the April full moon. Pre-spawn fish can be caught around shallow cover on soft plastics while post-spawn fish have pulled out slightly deeper. Crappie: Good. Captain Steve English reports that crappie can be found in the shallows as well as around mid-depth brush where they will eat minnows. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Jim Glenn reports that the best catfish bite is coming in 20-30 feet of water on cut shad. Striped Bass: Fair to good. Captain Jim Glenn/ Pack’s Landing reports that the striper spawn continues and fish are being caught in the top of the system on artificials, live herring and cut herring. Bream: Fair to good. Captain Steve English reports that bluegill are staging in anticipation of the full moon, while a few shellcracker are already shallow. Midlands Area Lake Wateree 4/24 Bass: Fair to good. Dearal Rodgers reports that bass at all three stages of the spawn can still be found on Lake Wateree, but the numbers are tilted heavily towards spawning and postspawn fish. The shad spawn is starting and spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and shallowrunning lures are catching fish. Catfish: Very good to excellent. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that catfish are concentrated along the river channel in the upper one-third of the lake, where they will eat cut bait. Crappie: Good. Will Hinson advises that a few straggler fish are still up shallow but most fish have pulled out to the middle of creeks where they will bite jigs fished at mid-depths. Lake Greenwood 4/14 Bass: Good. Fish are up shallow on Lake Greenwood, and Stan Gunter advises that the biggest wave of bass should spawn on the April full moon. Topwater lures as well as floating worms will catch fish. Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) says that catfish are biting well in the shallows on drifted cut bait. Lake Monticello 4/14 Bass: Good. Andy Wicker reports that

another very good wave of fish should spawn on the April full moon. Soft plastics in the shallows work well for pre-spawn and spawning bass, and post-spawn fish will take topwater lures. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that catfish continue to be caught in 20-40 feet of water on small pieces of cut bait. Lake Murray 4/29 Bass: Good. Captain Doug Lown reports that pre-spawn and spawning fish can still be found, but most bass anglers are now thinking about the blueback herring spawn. Early in the morning fish can be caught very shallow off points and later in the day they will drop deeper in the same areas. Striper: Good. Lake World (803-9576548) reports that striper are also shallow around points, and they can be caught on free-lines, planer boards, and cut bait as well as artificial lures blind-casted. Piedmont Area Lake Thurmond 4/27 Bass: Good. Buckeye Lures reports that some bass are bedding and a very few are still pre-spawn, but most bass fishermen are thinking about the blueback herring spawn. Bass are shallow around points chasing herring and they will take topwaters, flukes and soft plastics fished on the bottom. Striper and Hybrids: Good to very good. Captain William Sasser (864-3332000) reports that striper are also hanging around shallow points and they will eat free-lined herring, cut bait and artificial lures. Catfish: Good to very good. Captain William Sasser reports that this is peak catfish season on Clarks Hill and channels and flatheads can be caught around riprap on a Carolina-rigged piece of cut herring. Shellcracker: Good. Captain William Sasser reports that shellcracker are spawning and can be caught shallow on nightcrawlers. Crappie: Fair to good. Captain William Sasser reports that crappie are in the backs of creeks where they can be caught on minnows fished vertically. Lake Wylie 4/28 Bass: Good. FLW angler Bryan New reports that the spawn is winding down on Lake Wylie, and with it the shallow bite is falling off. Shad are spawning but bass aren’t really keyed in on them yet, but fishing in deeper water with jigs, crankbaits and more is getting pretty hot. Catfish: Good to very good. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that catches of medium to large blue catfish have been good, and flatheads are also starting to show up. The best pattern is fishing around river current with cut herring or white perch.

Lake Russell 4/13 Bass: Good. Guide Jerry Kotal (706-9880860) reports that largemouth at all three stages of the spawn can be caught on Russell, while spotted bass seem to be mostly pre-spawn. Both moving baits and soft plastics will catch fish in the shallows. Crappie: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson (706-283-3336) reports that the better crappie have now spawned, but the bulk of the fish are still in relatively shallow water where they can be caught on minnows and jigs. Striped Bass: Fair. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that good numbers of striper are mid-way up the rivers, and they will take live herring presented on free lines and planer boards. Catfish: Fair. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that catfish can be caught around rip-rap on cut herring. Mountains Area Lake Hartwell 4/26 Bass: Fair. Guide Brad Fowler reports that weights have been a little down in recent tournaments, but bass are feeding shallow around spawning blueback herring. They will eat a variety of lures on the top, middle and bottom of the water column, and bass are also still spawning. Striped Bass: Good. Captain Bill Plumley (864-287-2120) reports that stripers are being caught around points across the lake. Anchoring with live bait as well as variety of other techniques will catch fish. Catfish: Good. Captain Bill Plumley reports that channel and blue catfish are both feeding well in 2-20 feet of water. Crappie: Slow. Captain Bill Plumley reports that crappie are showing up again around bridges and brush where they can be caught at night on minnows. Lake Keowee 5/5 Bass: Good. Guide Brad Fowler reports that there are still spawning fish on Lake Keowee, particularly on the northern end of the lake. There is also a good topwater bite for post-spawn fish in the morning, and after that fish will take soft plastics in 15-30 feet. Lake Jocassee 3/17 Trout: Fair to good. Guide Sam Jones (864-280-9056) reports that while they are not wearing out the fish right now, some decent trout are being caught on Lake Jocassee. In the past week or so his boat has caught three fish over 5 pounds as well as plenty of fish in the 3-4 pound range. There are also plenty of sublegal stocker-sized fish to be caught. Fish are highly scattered out, and anglers are catching fish around pretty much all of their normal spots. Sam says it’s rare to hear of someone fishing in their preferred area where they have confidence and not catching fish. South Carolina freshwater recreational fishing regulations: (Pdf file): www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/pdf/ freshfishing.pdf

Beekeeper Roger Garrison, left, and hotel general manager Michael Pace look over beehives on top of the Clift Hotel in San Francisco in April. At least seven San Francisco hotels have built rooftop beehives that produce honey for food, cocktails and spa products. Convention and tourist hotels from Union Square to Fisherman’s Wharf say they’re doing their small part to combat worldwide honeybee colony collapse.

Hotels build buzz for ecology efforts with rooftop beehives SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, there are more than 370 rooms inside and hundreds of thousands of bees buzzing above in rooftop hives outside. Yes, honeybees. Aware of the well-publicized environmental threats to honeybees that have reduced numbers worldwide, seven San Francisco hotels have built hives on their rooftops. The sustainability effort also benefits the hotels as the bees produce honey for cocktails, food and spa treatments. It’s the latest in a series of environmental programs at hotels that includes low-flow toilets and aggressive recycling programs. “This is not about making money, it’s really about raising awareness about sustainability,” said Melissa Farrar, spokeswoman at the Fairmont in San Francisco. “There’s not one solution so we wanted to do our part to help. It’s part of the bigger effort for helping the planet.” Farrar said the four hives on the rooftop garden support about 250,000 bees and produce about 1,000 pounds of honey each year. In this foodie city, the honey is used in such things as the Clift’s The Peerless Purple drink with gin-infused lavender, honey syrup and lavender bitters, and their compressed watermelon salad with lavender-infused honey and goat cheese. Honey is used in beer at the Fairmont Hotel, and the jars of the product are sold in the gift shop. At the W, they make honey ice

cream. The bee hives at hotels are not new, but the effort is growing every year. Fairmont’s first beehives were built in 2008 at the company’s hotels in Toronto and in Vancouver in an effort to help combat Colony Collapse Disorder. Since then, dozens have been installed at Fairmonts from Seattle to China and Africa. At the Clift, high above the city on the rooftop garden, 10 hives are buzzing with activity. Most guests don’t even know they are there. But the fruits of their labor are evident in the cocktails and food. You won’t find the squeezable honey bear container in Chef Thomas Weibull’s kitchen. “Since we are chefs in California, we like to use a lot of things that are local,” he said, talking about his pork adobo appetizer with a honey glaze. “Ninety five percent of our products are local and sustainable.” The bees are on track to produce more than 70 pounds of honey per hive by this summer. The colony is expected to grow at least 800,000 by next year, said General Manager Michael Pace. His interest in bee hotels started last year when he took on the job of chairman of the Sustainability Committee for the Hotel Council of San Francisco. He spearheaded a larger effort between numerous local hotels to put bees on their rooftops as well. There are now seven hotels from Nob Hill to Fisherman’s Wharf with rooftop hives.

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774-1200 NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING CLARENDON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE

The Clarendon County Board Of Education advises the citizens of school district #2 that Three (3) seat in district #2 will be appointed. The appointeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; term will run for three (3) years beginning July 2016. Any persons interested in being considered by the County Board of Education should pick up an application at the Clerk of Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office at Manning Court House beginning May 16, 2016. Applications should be returned to the Clerk of Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office No Later Than 12:00 noon on May 31, 2016. These appointments will be made on June 17, 2016.

Clarendon County Board Of Education Post Office Box 476 â&#x20AC;˘ Manning, SC 29102 803-435-8583 ccboedu@yahoo.com George A. Wilson, Chairman

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6:00 P.M. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES The districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed operating budget for FY 2016-2017 will be submitted for approval by the board of trustees on June 6, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. CURRENT FY15-16

PROPOSED FY 16-17

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6,603,081

7,119,537

(7.82%)

Total Expenditures 6,603,081

7,119,537

(7.82%)

Local Tax Millage

127.95

Total Revenue

125.8

For additional information contact: Dr. Rose H. Wilder District Superintendent Clarendon County School District One 12 South Church Street Summerton, SC 29148

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‘The Simpsons’ Go tries Live something ‘The Simpsons’ new with live animation www.theitem.com By Candace Havens FYI Television

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